Show news review of current events the WorldON world over Ter national government under macdonald supplants british laborite cabinet gifford organizes campaign for relief in america A by EDWARD W PICKARD G GREAT REAT alos economic arnit 1 and financial crisis has resulted in the formation of a national or coalition mints minis try which Is expected to hold office tor for only a few months and in that time to work out naj A the grave problem of balancing the budget prime minister mae mac stanley donald found him baldwin self caught between the two fires of the demand by the conservatives and liberals for reduction of the dole and the absolute refusal of the trades union congress to accept that flint expedient for the financial relief of the country eight members of his cabinet of labovites laborites Lab orites resigned so BO mr air macdonald gave up the struggle and hurried to buckingham palace he handed to king george the resignation of tire the entire ministry the king who had rushed back bach from scotland called stanley bald win the conservative leader and sir herbert samuel acting leader of the liberals into conference and it was decided that a national government should be formed at the suggestion of mr baldwin mr macdonald was persuaded to resume his place as prime minister and a cabinet small email as in war time was selected these being the members laborites labovites Lab orites mr macdonald philip snowden J H thomas and lord sankey conservatives stanley baldwin neville feville chamberlain sir samuel doare oare former chancellor of the exchequer cb equer and sir philip cunliffe llster lister liberals sir herbert samuel and the marquis of rending reading eight other ministers without cabinet rank were ivere appointed in a radio address mr macdonald defended the proposed reduction of the dole mr macdonald Is denounced in some come labor circles as a traitor and elsewhere Is being hailed as almost a hero he seemingly has sacrificed his bis personal ambition and perhaps his political future to help his bis country out of its financial distress the london dally daily herald chief organ of the labor party charges that the fall all of the labor government was dictated by the united states federal reserve bank A condition to the granting of further credits it says was a drastic reduction in the dole this was flatly denied by snowden and others high officials in washington raid eald they bad not heard that an additional dit ional loan had bad been asked of the federal reserve system by the british government it was their belief that the coalition ministry would be able to rescue the nation from its difficulties W WITH ITH headquarters in the great building of the department part ment of com coin nerce in washington walter S gifford head of the american telegraph and telephone company and now director of national relief Is rapidly getting eady his bis organization W s gifford for the strenuous work of combating unemployment and distress throughout the country his able assistant Is fred CC roxton acting chairman of the emergency committee on unemployment which lias has been busy since last fall gathering information and the 52 members of the advisory committee named by president hoover representing all sections of the land are rendering such service as they can then too there are aie many capable volunteers and also hired experts to handle technical matters lo in connection with the great campaign for funds that Is planned mr gifford spent the week end with mr hoover at the rapidan camp ind and they discussed the problem thoroughly in all its phases the president received telegrams from gover nora dors emmerson of illinois rolph of california tudor of maine and winant of new hampshire and from other individuals assuring of their coop co op aeration with the relief group governor roosevelt of new york sent a message concerning unemployment to the state legislature which met in special session primarily to handle other matters plans worked out by the president ond and mr gifford call for complete organization of the entire country for or the relief task the nation must most face this winter all relief relict agencies are to be welded into one system so there will be no duplication of effort and no section of the country will be neglected under tile the direction of the wash ington organizations communities which have not yet begun to prepare for the winter re expected to make new efforts to obtain funds with which to supply local needs the and mr gifford were in agreement that the relief load must be carried by combined state and community effort while the federal gov cov eminent will aid in organizing relief relict activities and in the drive for funds every attempt Is to be made to frustrate all attempts to pass dole legislation senator of michigan has generously offered to donate to tire the jobless of detroit providing can be raised from other sources to in the effort to avoid a winter shortage of food in drought sections the american red cross Is sending full fall garden seed to lo teris tens of thousands of rural families arveral congressmen speaking on S SEVERAL behalf of american shipping interests are protesting against the deal made bet between Neen the federal farm board and the government of brazil because the bushels of heat w which aich will be traded for coffee will be trans ported to brazil in brazilian vessels chairman stone of the farm board said nothing could be done about it as the negotiations had been closed representative frank L bowman of west virginia declared the action of the board in allowing brazil to or ar range the transportation was a coll col clossal economic blunder and in violation of the spirit of the merchant marine act the american steamship owners association sent a protest to president hoover probably as mr stone says nothing can be done in this instance but it Is more mere than likely that if the bearl makes sales of wheat or cotton to china and other countries amerlan shipping like interests rests will be protected VERY family man r employed by bv the ford motor company at iron mountain mich will have to cultivate a garden next nest year it if he be expects to retain ills his job such Is the edict of henry ford who thus hopes to relieve alk his employees from the effects of the henry ford temporary business depression lie he believes other companies throughout the country will take similar measures he has been studying the problem while on a tour of inspection and Is convinced there Is no do use trying to help men who do not try to help themselves by raising vegetables for their families when the people of our country learn to help themselves they will be benefited far greater than they would be by unemployment insurance as to Is being suggested in congress ford said if our agriculture plans are adopted throughout the country such a thing as the dole system need never be thought of family men who have no available space for gardening ford said raid would be supplied with land by the company which bould provide expert advice for those not familiar with garden work he added that an investigation would be started soon to determine which of his employees needed instruction T I HERE were indications that the 1 campaign in the southwest to force the price of crude oil up to 1 a barrel would be successful but the fields of oklahoma and east texas were still kept closed tight by the militia and those of kansas we were shut by order of the state public service commission several big oil companies made overtures to governors murray and sterling but both said eaid the lid would stay clamped dono until all the major purchasers met the price of 1 u barrel Mean meanwhile lille the prices paid for oil moved steadily upward in the states named darned and also in mon tana wyoming colorado new me mexico louisiana and arkansas california ref re finers iDers profited by the shortage caused by the shut down shipping gasoline in large quantities to the east coast A curtailment program Is in effect there too arid and producers are drawing drain from their storage tanks to supply the eastern markets DAY AY by day the flood disaster in central china grows worse dispatches describe the terrible conditions in the valley of the yingtse where all the country except the hilltops Is under water junks sailing unobstructed over hundreds of town and villages uncounted thousands of the inhabitants have drowned and hundreds of thousands of others are starving or dying of pestilence on every bit of land that Is still are throngs of refugees without food drink or shelter and most of them beyond help the three great cities of dankow muchang Wil chang and llan ilan yang are in desperate state threatened with complete destruction and ankina Klu kiang klung and other cities are little better off the tea crop of central china has been utterly ruined sun ivors of 0 the recent floods to in vera cruz san luls luis potosi Ioto sl tofau lipas and guanajuato mexico are now confronted with worse horrors than drowning with the receding of the waters has come an ont outbreak break ot of yellow fever dysentery and other diseases and as it if this were not enough hordes of snakes are traversing the mud covered lands attrIc Ling everyone in their path CW YORK city aroused to fury NEW aby by the exploits of its gangsters which rival or surpass those of chi cagos gunmen lias hab started on a campaign to rid itself of those thugs the police force was as told to arrest all known or suspected criminals A great mass meeting was held in ma mai i loon ison square garden and the speakers sneakers who rho included colby blamed prohibition and crooked politics for tile the gang outbreaks the city administration was bitterly denounced noun ced mayor braker wr aker coming in for some hard bard slops slaps of 0 11 0 a are r 0 OS rejoicing in the acquisition na of an 1 am 41 27 4 recruit to their ranks ile he is 13 ae I 1 WA N 4 samuel vauclain steel magnate an and I 1 locomotive co builder on one e of those captains of industry whose opinions ions are generelly held in high respect g S vauclain for years mr van aai clairl was a strong supporter of the dry law on economic grounds and because it abolished the salon but he now declares the speakeasy has nullified tile the benefits of the law the attempts at enforcement are failures and the eighteenth amendment should be repealed the Dat national ional treasury should collect much of tile the millions now going to the bootleggers mr vauclain avers and he supports to some ed gree grec senator morrows plan which would restore to each state the power to enact its own dry laws somewhat the same plan was advocated by senator robert J bulkley of 0 ohio 1110 in an address before a big democratic rally in kenton ohio in which he declared the right to control liquor traffic should be returned to the sovereign states outlining a plan tor for resubmission of the eighteenth amendment to the states bulkley said he hoped such a plan would be placed before constitutional conventions vent ions rather than state le legislatures isla he urged a plank for or the democratic party which would take prohibition hibi tion out of national politics once and for all incidentally senator bulkley Is still looked upon as a possibility for the democratic nomination for president SIDRO AYORA president of ecuador I 1 ISIDRO since 1929 resigned immediate ly after his cabinet quit their posts as the aftermath of a peaceful r revolt among the officers of the chim borazo garrison before stepping down adora ayora appointed col larres larrea alba as minister of government and he be as assumed slimed the presidential powers in accordance with the constitution ayora adora took refuge in the united states legation in quito THREE economists hundred industrialists labor leaders and government officials were present w when h e n the world social economic congress began its lt sessions in amsterdam A holland in the chair as presiding officer was C H van der leeuw an deml ru C H v van rf der dent p dutchman who leeuw l Is president of the international ter industrial relations as so clation there were delegates from 20 countries 35 of them representing the united states the topic for the first session was the present paradox unemployment in the midst of economic ress and to start with a five year world prosperity plan was outlined by dr louis L lorwin of the brookings institution in washington ile he said that a general five year moratorium on all war debts and reparations payments was the first necessary step to give the world orld a breath ing spell from what but te he termed its most aggravating find and dangerous postwar problem such a moratorium would leave open final settlement ol of the debts arid and reparations question he said but the presumption would be in favor of further extending it and a final cancellation if the effects proved as beneficent as expected an entire session of the congress was as devoted to hearing first ban hand reports from fram the union of soviet socialist republics concerning the experience of the russians in economic planning prohibition DIRECTOR woodcock I 1 c 0 k after investigation of charges has ordered all dry agents to cease the employment of women if in gathering evidence either as informers or companions he says it Is unnecessary thereby disagreeing with mccampbell the new york enforcer C COLONEL AND MRS LINDBERG II arrived safely at naval base in japan near tokyo and pro ceedee to the capital where they were accorded a tremendous welcome by government and citizenry alike thy they planned to remain in japan about two weeks and to fly from there to china afterwards they may go on to manila and it Is thought they are likely to continue on around the world however the colonel declared in toko tokio they had no fixed plans ira 1931 western News Daver union |