Show news review of current events the world 0 over ver secretary roper plans national census of unemployed armistice day duly observed opening of the hu huge hue e san francisco oakland bridge by EDWARD W PICKARD Q western newspaper union NOW ow that the election is over secretary of commerce roper is laying plans for the complete census ot of the unemployed in the united states which has so long been called for he said he would ask congress to appropriate between 13 and 15 million dollars for this count and that J it would require the P services of about persons who would be given special training for see sec roper koper several months the census would not only take up an enumeration of those classified as unemployed said roper but we want to find out which trades or industries the unemployed would fall into we would also like to help the states in classifying the ur unemployed employed from the unemployable there are many economic questions involved some families have enough income to support them but one or mo more re members may be out of work woric we anve want to obtain information on this phase the secretary intimated that the census machinery might be made permanent so that a close check be kept on persons out of work as is done in england according to the american federation of labor workers have been re employed since last january employment has been gaining steadily since january without setback the federation said this unusual development points to the strong upward trend of business which was of such force as to offset the usual summer layoffs comparing september this year with september 1935 we find more persons employed in american industry indicating that while a portion of this years gains merely restored winter losses by far the major part represents lasting gain in employment recovery this years gains comparing september 1935 and 1936 have been largest in manufacturing industries dus tries where about wage and salaried workers were re em aloyed about more farm laborers are at work more in trade more in building and have been added in railroads most of the other gains were in service industries IN TN A joint report by the federal bureaus of agricultural and home economics the prediction is made that farm cash income available for spending in 1937 will continue the the upward trend shown in 1936 As a basis for this expectancy the bureaus cite increases in net income con from agricultural and nonagricultural sources lower interest rates and long term financing of debts record production of 0 truck crops also was forecast all sections of the country will share and all important truck crops will be included except celery onions and spinach it was stated with the likelihood that in spite of indicated larger supplies improvement in consumer buying power would help maintain the higher prices of 1938 1936 which were about 10 per cent over 1935 SECRETARY of agriculture wal 0 lace in an interview intimates that for a year there may be no new legislation for crop control along the lines of the outlawed AAA for farmers would I 1 like to have one really good crop without forced curtailment tail ment but he added we will 1 need some legislation eventually unless the weather changes or the world demand for our products great see wallace ly improves wallace was asked whether the lack of a control plan might not result in another surplus leaving the administration up in the air without any machinery to cope with it he said he could not estimate a surplus ahead of time and that he would rather wait to see what would happen it may be possible to find a solution that will prove better than the AAA or the soil conservation act he said PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT I 1 led e d the nation in observance of armistice day by going to arlington national cemetery and laying a wreath of chrysanthemums beside the tomb of tha unknown soldier the ceremony was quiet and s simple general pershing commander of the american expeditionary forces and secretary ot of the navy swanson stood by the presidents side and a small detachment of soldiers sailors and marines was present general pershing also placed a wreath at the tomb and all stood bare headed as taps was sounded precisely at 11 eighteen years after the guns ceased firing on the western front in france everywhere in the united states and in all the allied countries the was suitably observed and in poland the day was one of especial rejoicing for it is regarded as the birthday of that thai reborn re born nation an ironical note came from geneva where the league of nations announced that men are now permanently under arms throughout the world of this total are attached to world navies the league calculations show that men under an arms ns throughout t the it e world just before the outbreak of the world war numbered not counting naval units the figures released show that since world armies have increased men in europe total armed forces are now compared with in SAN CAN FRANCIS COS dream of 30 years was realized when the great bridge across the bay of 0 oakland was formally opened with elaborate ceremony this longest vehicular bridge in the world has been under construction since july 19 1933 at a cost of the funds being largely supplied by the reconstruction finance corporation it is eight and a quarter miles long and except for a tunnel passage through yerba buena island is entirely over water it is divided roughly into two parts mechanically speaking the west side from san francisco to yerba buena is of the suspension type the cables are the largest ever spun for a bridge nearly two feet in diameter the east cro crossing I 1 from yerba buena to oakland is of the cantilever type As the climax of a tour four day celebration president roosevelt pushed a button in his white house office lighting two green lamps on the bridge and officially throwing it open for traffic pol COL JOSEF BECK foreign man min v 1 ister of poland concluded his visit sit to london and departed with assurances of great britaina Brit ains friendliness and desire to operate cooperate co with poland in its contest against nazi intrigues especially in relation to the free city of danzig foreign mi minister nis eden talked with colonel beck for three days and was told by him that poland would reject the overtures gol col beck ck of both moscow and berlin and work for the same neutrality in eastern europe that belgium intends to maintain in the west one feature of polands bolands Po lands celebration of its independence day was the bestowal of a baton on gen edward making him hina the fourth marshal in the revived nations history he thus succeeds the late marshal josef Pil and is regarded by many as the new military dictator of poland president presented the baton during an imposing ceremony in the courtyard of warsaw castle admiral william H WHEN standley retires on january 1 from the post of chief of naval operations it will be filled by admiral william D leahy now commander of the navy battle force this selection by the president was announced in washington half a dozen other high officers of the navy will be advanced when the change occurs it was also announced that maj gen john H russell commandant of the marine corps would be succeeded in that post when he retires from active service december I 1 by brig gen thomas holcombe the latter will be e elevated to the rank of major general of marines K KING ING victor of italy had a birthday and president roosevelt in his cabled message of congratulations batio ns was careful to follow the american policy of not recognizing territory acquired by force addressing him only as king and not as emperor Howe however verp the italian conquest of ethiopia was formally recognized by both austria and hungary following ger banys example pornell university at ithaca N 1 Y is to have a new president in the person of dr edmund E day an internationally known social scientist and economist he will assume office june 30 next on the retirement ti of dr livingston farrand doctor day who is 53 years old is a graduate of dartmouth and has taught there and at harvard and the university ol of michigan WHILE HILE the fascist insurgents were smashing their way into madrid and hurling shells among its chief buildings the socialist government of spain headed by premier fancisco largo caballero fled from the capital and set itself up in valencia on the mediterranean coast the capture of madrid by the rebels seemed certain and this it was believed would be followed by recognition of the fascist government by several powers including portugal and italy and perhaps germany the first nation to accord this recognition was the central american republic of salvador it is not to be assumed that this would end the civil war immediately or soon caballero it was reported believed the loyalists could best continue the struggle from the south and it was claimed they had strong concentrations at valencia cartegena alicante and albacete moreover there were indications that they would soon receive open aid from russia and perhaps franco france leon blum the french premier told a socialist meeting that he wasa was ready to scrap the nonintervention intervention non pact and help caballero if great britain would join in such action this caused consternation among the british statesmen fighting lri in the suburbs of madrid was continuous and bloody the casualties on both sides were heavy and the fascist bombardment by Er z tillery and planes killed and nd wounded hundreds in the center of the city the socialist defenders had been ordered to hold their posts regardless of losses and they fought bravely and stubbornly THROUGH T the efforts of edward A F mcgrady assistant secretary of labor and the departments chief conciliator the strike of maritime workers that tied up a large part of the shipping on the pacific atlantic and gulf coasts may be settled amicably negotiations between b e the ers and the union leaders were resumed in san francisco i I 1 and in washington L I 1 n g t 0 n secretary E F Alc GradY y perkins said she was hopeful that a just agreement would be reached on the pacific coast the strikers had already consented to ease the plight of stranded passengers and release perishable cargoes the joint strike committee recommended that their membership return strike bound vessels to home ports this promised relief for stranded passengers and strikers in honolulu as well as for hundreds of maritime men idle in atlantic and gulf ports f AJOR producers of steel led i 1 by the carnegie illinois steel corporation largest subsidiary iary 0 f united states steel and the columbia steel company west coast member of the same group announced wage increases averaging 10 per cent and in some cases running as high as 25 per cent which will add about a year to the in du payroll in most instances the increases were to take effect november 16 according to compilations of the american iron and steel institute they will affect employees throughout the country cou committees acting for employees at more than a dozen plants rejected the offer demanding higher pay negotiations in these cases are therefore continued directors of numerous big corporations po rations authorized special dividends to stockholders and wage bonuses to workers that will release many of dollars this is in pursuance of the policy of avoiding so far as possible the stiff levies imposed on undistributed profits under the revenue act of 1936 and also in most cases in recognition of I 1 improved business s of the navy cl claude aude swanson who it is believed may retire from the cabinet made his annual report to the president showing that the navy had made considerable sid erable progress in its program to build up to full treaty strength at the end of the 1936 fiscal year last june 30 the secretary said the navy had under construction 79 vessels further the 1937 appropriations act provided for the building of 18 vessels as replacements for overage over age ships and for the beginning of construction in 1937 of two battleships the secretary emphasized the need for auxiliary vessels which service and supply combat vessels as necessary to the maximum efficiency of the fleet present auxiliary vessels are old and unfit and should be refaced with modern craft he said chief of staff malin craig reported to secretary of war woodring that the army in the second year of its five year rebuilding program had gained ground toward its objective a defense establishment up to the minimum needs of the nation our military establishment is of a type that conforming strictly to our national policy is designed f for or defense and is unsuitable for aggression gres sion craig said this fact may not be clearly understood by our people our establishment is of a character exclusively its own essentially senti ally distinct from the military establishments maintained abroad and now in the course of vast expansion |