Show CURRENT EVENTS r PASS IN REVIEW REVIE 1 PRESIDENT STIRS NATION BY Bl PROPOSAL FOR A CHANGE IN ITS BASIC LAW By EDWARD W W. PICKARD J. J O. O N NII w pap Union rUnion RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has hns t creat created PRESIDENT 1 PRESIDENT P ed cd a major Issue for tor the campaign of ot 1930 and stirred up widespread debate and end controversy ersy over o a question that the nation had bad thought r was settled In Its early culy h It ItIs ItIs days So Furthermore f Is likely likely ho has start start- starts started s ed the movement for fora S' S a complete re align realignment ment went of ot political forces SS' S Into what will be vir vir- virtually virtually virtually two new parties Briefly he proposes proposes' that the Constitution be changed d to take from the states and give to the tie federal I 1 Colby government power over the chief social and economic ques ques- questions questions so BO that the New Deal may be saved laved from the doom pronounced upon it Jt by the Supreme court I In the course of ot a two hour talk with the Washington correspondents the President sent up a trial balloon on the plan he had conceived for tor re re- remodeling remodeling remodeling modeling the government to fit his pro pro- program program gram iram declaring that he favored cur cur- curtailing curtailing curtailing tailing the thc sovereignty so of ot the states and giving the Ole central government full control over oer agriculture Industry com com- commerce commerce commerce merce and all other occupations and en en- He said this question of ot amending or writing re the Constitution Constitution tion must be settled by a n vote of ot the people In some ways wn s 's he said the Su Su- Supreme Supreme Su- Su Supreme preme court decision was the best thing that could have hae happened to the coun coun- country country country try because It clarified the Issue as ns he presented pres It The Issue must be met by moving one way or the other he said Eald back to the 13 states or forward to the modern Interpretation We are the only country In the world which has hns not solved this problem Mr Ir Roosevelt Poosevelt said MId We thought we were solving It but now It Is thrown right back In our faces We are arc relegated to the horse and buggy Interpretation tion of ot the Interstate commerce clause That many prominent Democrats will l willbe be te alienated from their support of ot Mr r. r Roosevelt by this pronouncement Is cel celwin tain win Already there has been launched a movement for those of ot the party who seek a return to constitutional government gov gov- government to unite with the Republicans who are of ot like mind Its leaders are Colby who was secretary of ot state In President Wilsons Wilson's cabinet and Chief Justice William llam R. R gall of the Massachusetts Supreme court Mr Colby has written to a number of f Democratic leaders of ot national re re- repute repute re- re repute proposing they meet in a south south- southern southern ern city preferably Richmond to con con- consider sider some form of political action that thatIs Is for our country and above party In a letter lette to a friend In Washington It was revealed that Chief Justice Pat- Pat had decided to resign In order to Join with other Demo Demo- Democrats Democrats Democrats to bring about a coalition with Republicans and the restoration of constitutional government go to replace the New Deal Neither of ot these gentlemen hopes to prevent the of Mr Ir Roose Roose- Roosevelt Roosevelt velt but bot they believe bell ere he might be de de- defeated defeated defeated at nt the polls by a n coalition move move- movement movement ment Of Democratic senators a number like Smith of South Carolina Connolly of ot Texas Clark of Missouri and King of ot Utah frankly expressed their op op- opposition opposition position to the Presidents President's views Oth Oth- Others Others Others ers expressed rather mild approval All AJl were surprised The conservative Republicans of ot course were outspoken In their disapproval of ot the abrogation of ot states states' rights rl and the more radical men of ot that party were divided Sen Sen- Senator ator Borah of ot Idaho voiced the opinion of ot many others when he said There Is plenty of ot power absolute power to deal with all nil national lems We dont don't need a constitutional amendment nearly so much as we need some one to draw bills ls In accordance with the Constitution You cant can't draw a bill on great subjects of ot this nature as ns you would draw a resolution for a n town meeting Let It be that the construction which the Su Su- Supreme Supreme Su- Su preme court has placed on the Inter Inter- Interstate Interstate Interstate state commerce clause gives ample and complete and plenary power to deal with all aU matters of ot national concern IT WAS said In Washington that the President and his advisers ad had de de- decided decided de- de decided on their course In reforming the New Deal but would not announce It for tor a time Meanwhile according to the story congress will l be urged to pass makeshift legislation to reinstate the code system by voluntary co opera cooperation tion Uon of ot business men and to treat the labor problem by a law protecting any state from goods produced In other states under labor standards below Its own The states will w be Invited In to tomake tomake tomake make their own recovery laws and the federal government will assume the power Ower of enforcing them Statesmen are arc trying tr to devise some someway someway someway way of ot centralizing the government without amending the Constitution One suggestion approved by a gooi good many Is that congress deprive the Su Su- Supreme Supreme Supreme preme court of appellate jurisdiction in cases Involving wages and hours o of labor production anti and various other fields In which the New Deal operates Mr Roosevelt el himself says that the Supreme court C decision by Implication serious cast cast doubt upon the tIle validity of ot much New Deal legislation besides beside notably the agricultural adjust adjust- adjustment adjustment ment went act the securities net and the securities and exchange e act of ot the United Mint Mine MineWorkers OFFICIALS Workers of ot America gave notice that approximately miners In is Inthe Inthe the soft coal fields would go on strike unless new wage wage- contracts were signed before June W. W The members of the union were warned warnell there must be no violations of ot the law nor any disturbances of the public peace dur dur- during durIn during ing In the strike The entire soft sort coal coalfields coalfields coalfields fields of the United States Is Included but jut not Canada A committee of the producers was of oC the about a revision trying tr to bring coal stabilization bill hoping this his would prove n a satisfactory substitute tute ute for tor the NnA coal code colle and would avert the threatened strike rejoicing In Racine Ra- Ra pHERE was as THERE 1 cine Is when hen the strike nt at the J. J J I. I Case company plants was called off otT after lasting SO days The em em- employees employees compromise offer of of- ofer plo ees accepted the has hns the whose payroll ter fer er of ot company been the largest In the city In gen gen- general general eral the demands of the strikers were ere not met though the company compan agreed to o certain raises In piece and day wages It promised to employ re-employ the themen themen themen men without discrimination as busi busi- business business business ness conditions warrant ACTING A A with surprising suddenness the senate passed the Copeland Copeland- Tugwell Tu well food drug and cosmetic bill which had been modified to meet the objections of Senators Clark Bailey and Doctor Copeland said he believed It would woud get through the house louse without difficulty President Roosevelt Roose favors the measure The bill greatly Increases the scope of the 1000 food rood and drug act In the definitions of adulterated or misbrand- misbrand misbranded ell ed d articles and provides penalties of a year In Jail or a 1000 fine for viola viola- Ions NI NE Immediate result of or the Su Su- Supreme Supreme Su- Su Supreme ONE O preme courts court's HA 1 decision was the dismissal of n 1 cases cases Involving NInA NIRA Invalidated by the ruling This action was taken by Y General Cum- Cum Cummings Cummings Cumy t Attorney y ry with the approval S al of tho the President 4 a All of ot these cases related to the enforce enforce- enforcement enforcement it ment of ot code co e or sim sim- simIlar similar t i ilar liar requirements vio vio- violations violations lations of fair trade practices on the part parth parta I d a of ot individual In business h 1 or failure to live lI up t u S J x J to minimum wage or C. C C. C Davis hour standards stan ards the theon official on cial statement said There are of ot course a large number of additional cases In every er e state In which actual court action has not yet et been Leen Initiated These also because of the case ase decision must necessarily be dropped Chester C. C Davis ls AAA administrator tor In reply to Inquiries concerning future plans as ns to maintenance of ot marketing agreements and licenses sent out the following telegram The Agricultural Adjustment ad ad- administration administration administration ministration has lias no thought of aban aban- abandoning abandoning either Its present program of ot marketing agreements for fruits and vegetables vegetable's or Its Us milk marketing plans On the contrary we are now working with congressional leaders on amend amend- amendments amendments amendments ments designed to strengthen these marketing agreements and milk plans LITTLE ITTLE George Weyerhaeuser nine nine- nineL L- L year old lumber fortune heir belr who vho was from Tacoma Is safe at home but the snatchers who held him captive for a week weel got away awa with ransom money paid by bythe bythe the he lads lad's la s 's family They fled In a a fast automobile and at this writing are still nt at large though pursued pursue closely by y an army of ot government agents and other officers At last reports they the were In the bad lands of ot Oregon FLOODS and tornadoes wrought I havoc In Nebraska Colorado Wyo Wyo- Wyoming W Wyoming o ming Texas and Kansas Kansas Kansas-a a region re ion that only recently was afflicted by drouth and dust storms It was thought as ns many as 2 0 lives were lost and great numbers of ot families were rendered homeless The worst flood Hood area was In southern Nebraska where the Republican river was swollen Into a raging torrent Several entire vil vil- villages villages villages lages were swept away and utility plants and transportation lines were all washed out garden city of north north- northwest northwest northwest QUETTA QUETA Q west India and all the surround surround- surrounding ing region were shattered by a series of earthquakes The dead were es es- estimated es- es estimated roughly at but the ex ex- exact exact exact act number never will be known The city and many villages v lla es were laid In ruins and aull fire and flood Hood swelled the toll of the killed and Injured The barracks s of ot the royal ro al air force at Quetta were demolished shed and more than fifty members of the garrison were killed The rhe city's police force was al oh- almost almost most wiped out While most of ot the victims of ot the disaster were natives there were many English men and women among them BABE BAllE RUTH is out of ot baseball The most sensational figure In tile Uie na na- national national na- na national sport during many years ears an an- announced announced he had quit the Boston Braves and soon thereafter Judge Emil Fuchs president of that club announced that thai Ruth Huth had hall been released unconditionally ally The Babe and the management of ot the Braves had not been In accord for some time and the final break came when he be asked for tor time off oil to meet the new v French liner Normandie and was turned down ERMANY has no desire to deprive G GEn GERMANY Great Britain of ot control of ot the high seas but Miller Hitler does propose the limitation of ot naval power so 50 so that th lt Germany will b to Q cope with other continental powers That was the message carried carriell to Lon Lon- London London London don by Joachim von on ele- ele elevated ele ele- elevated to the rank of ambassador ex ex- extraordinary extraordinary and Admiral Schuster Hitler Hiller also niso sent his proposals for an anair anair anair air pact asking parity with the strong strong- strongest est western rn power power France France and mu mu- mutual mutual mutual assistance pledges pled es In case of at at- attack attack attack tack from the air He lIe suggested sUJ ested that air bombing attacks on civilian populations lotions lations be outlawed d. Although the proposal calls for tor lim lm- limitation limItation of or air fleets Heets Nazi officials say that they the think the result will be an agreement among the powers ers not to build further than they the have already done and that It will not mean the scrapping of planes already built I the theng e honors list In connection with IN I King Ki Georges George's es e's birthday appear three names especially Interesting to Amer- Amer icons cans Dr Allan Roy Ho Defoe DeCoe the coun coun- country coun countr country try tr physician who attended the births of the famous Dionne quintuplets of ot Cullender Callender Ontario was given the Or Or- Order OrI Order Order I der of the British Empire Jolts John Masefield l the poet laureate who once was n a bartender In New ew York was one ne of or three made members of the high high- highest highest highest est ranking Order of Merit Among E. E honors hon hon- honors honors he the the others who received O. O B. B ors was Edward Johnson Canadian tenor who is now director of ot the Met Metropolitan Metropolitan et- et York opera of New IOns that Vice Chancellor Ernst Ernston RUMORS RU von on had seized dic die dictatorial dictatorIal powers In Austria or was planning such action were put at rest resty by y his public pledge of ot loyalty to Chancellor given glen at a rally of the princes prince's Fascist home guard troops However he made ma e It plain he still hopes for a n government for his country desperately to save the thc FIGHTING G franc and prevent Inflation Pre Pre- Premier mier Flandin of ot France staked everything every every- everything everything thing on a demand that he be given dictatorial financial powers until the end of the year and lost The cham cham- chamber chamber chamber ber of deputies voted against him and after dramatic debate to O a Flandin rind and his cabinet Immediately resigned M. M I. I Fernand who was committed to the support of the franc formed a new government AN DIEGO'S beautiful worlds world's fair S SAN the California Pacific exposition was thrown open to the public practically practically practically cally completed Thousands of ot visitors ancient El Camino Cam- Cam CamIno tors ors moved along the Ino no Real Heal of Balboa park on the open- open openIng opening Ing ng day and viewed with delight the handsome buildings and Interesting exhibits The climax of the opening ceremonies came in the evening when President Roosevelt addressed the throng by hy radio from his study In the White House The exposition has been built to be bea a symphony s of ot sight sl ht and sound combining com com- combining combining bining the grace of nature and the cun cun- cunning cunning cunning ning of science for the pleasure and edification of an expected tourist throng of people The show stretches over oer 14 winding miles of exhibits ex- ex exhibits hibits and pleasure palaces housed In buildings of delicate Spanish architecture architecture ture tore scattered through acres of ot landscaped gardens PETILLO of ot California won KELLY the mlle mile auto |