Show news review of current events the world over presidents memorial day address at gettysburg major labor disputes trouble administration attempt to assassinate ambassador cattery caffery in havana by EDWARD va W PICKARD 0 by bf western newspaper union beford a vast multitude of 0 persons gathered at gettysburg battle eldr resident roosevelt noo sevelt delivered a memorial le day address that was in effect a vigorous attack on critics of his plans for national recovery introduced trod by governor M pinchot as the first citizen ot of the world mr roosevelt first paid eloquent tribute I 1 I 1 to the men of the north and south who fought bravely on that historic field and described how bow the president sections se tiong ot of the nation na on roosevelt had been welded into one its unity being aided by foreign wars until now novy all sectionalism has disappeared lie ile continued we are all brothers now in a new denv understanding the grain farmers ot of the west ivest do not set themselves up for preference it if we seek at the same time to help the cotton farmers of the south nor do the tobacco growers complain of discrimination if at the same time we help the cattle men of the plains and mountains in our planning to lift industry to normal prosperity the farmer upholds our efforts and as we give the farmer a long iong sought equality the city worker understands and helps all of us share in whatever good comes to the average man we ve know that we all have a stake a partnership in the government ot of our country today we have many means of knowing each other means that have sounded the doom of sectionalism it Is I 1 think as I 1 survey the picture from every angle a simple fact that th the chief hindrance to progress comes from three elements which thank god grow less in importance with the growth of a clearer understanding of our cur purposes on the part of the overwhelming wh elming majority these groups are those who seek to stir up op political animosity or to build political advantage by the distortion of facts those who by declining to follow the rules of tile the game seek to gain an unfair advantage over those who live up to the rules and those few who still because they have never been willing to take an interest in their fellow americans dwell inside of their own narrow spheres and still represent the selfishness of sectionalism which has no place in our national life from gettysburg to new G GOING york the president embarked on the cruiser indianapolis put out to tea sea and reviewed the american fleet which as assistant secretary of the navy he helped to command during the world war and in which he maintains the warmest interest with him were secretary swanson and josephus daniels the war time navy secretary there were some other distinguished guests but members of congress tried in vain to get aboard I 1 he indianapolis was anchored about a mile from ambrose Aio lirose lightship and 88 lighting fighting ships passed proudly in review the pennsylvania flying the four starred hag flag of admiral david A sellers commander of the fleg lel t led ed the parade and then with the I 1 louisville k als vill e turned out of line and anchored near the indianapolis it was an rm imposing spectacle such as had not been witnessed since the early days of president Coolid administration T TUB THE annual exercises at the audited AT united states naval kaval academy am midshipmen were graduated A total of were commissioned ensigns in the navy davy 0 25 5 lieutenants in the marine corps one lieutenant in the philippine scouts and will resign the present administration U UNDER tile the navy Is doing quite well but the army feels that it Is neglected secretary of 0 IV war dern and newton D baker who ad held the portfolio during the war appeared before the house military affairs committee and urged the passage of 0 the thompson bill which would increase the strength of the army to cu enlisted listed men and 14 officers cers that the present regular army la Is inadequate in the face of pr ent bent disturbed world conditions was lie lared by both gentlemen tile the american army as now cow manned would not protect our outi out os ng possessions train civilians and repel any sudden invaders secret secand irv dern insisted A more tor army would cost the nation 0 o OCO ocl annually he said in explaining th ar lie he had not sti suggested ested an indrea increase se to ri 0 nt roosevelt because of the pro pre idd ants desire to balance the bud e g t ith the rest of tile the world armed to 0 i aili I 1 dont see how we can afford mr dern told the artnell to L b i i co ti 11 te our 11 ent army lias has but ri im to ao 10 officers al I 1 f i r could not Inias luc fill i 1 alian ive five tittles times the present E nr fit 0 rs ng tin till ih i test effect i v ot of any other ait 11 in n al ii pot i 41 n ol in 11 in ill not adio cr i lic 1 li it aid 11 four divisions one in each section ot of the country with a fifth free to train civilians vil vi lians lans would suffice eunice HOUGH administration leaders THOUGH have assorted asserted that labor troubles are to be expected in a time of recovery and that they are not alarmed by the strikes that are now in effect or are threatened for the near future it was evident in washington that these optimists were disturbed by the prospect of general strikes in the cotton textile and steel industries it was believed president roosevelt Koo sevelt would have to intervene in the effort to bring about peace frequent Pre quent conferences ot of officials were without result As general johnson refused to change the order permitting cotton mills to reduce their output by 25 per cent for twelve weeks the united textile workers of america summoned all cotton mill employees to quit their machines and it was predicted ill that it would respond the workers claim the reduction would amount to 25 23 per cent cut in their wages and say they will not stand for this they also demand a O hour week with no reduction of pay fighting for recognition of non company unions a point on winch which the steel masters will not yield the amalgamated garna ted association of iron steel and tin workers announced that a general strike would be called in mid june unless its members win the right to choose spokesmen freely for collective bargaining the union leaders who contend the collective bargaining guaranty in the has been violated by employers asked Is the american iron and steel institute more powerful than the president of the united states YOKING to learn what small Ebu jj j J business siness throughout the country thinks about the NKA the national industrial du conference board hat has been conducting a survey that has not brought definite results tabulating these results as best it can the board states it round found that sia 0 44 per cent favored the naia as a whole another per cent favored it with some reservations 3 30 36 per cent were definitely opposed to it while 04 64 per cent could not see that it made much difference C UBA Is now entirely freed from united states suzerainty through a treaty which was signed at the state department by plenipotentiaries of both countries and ratified by the senate the pact abrogates the platt amendment providing for the maintenance of the independence and territorial and financial integrity of the island republic and authorizing the united states to intervene therein for the protection of the country and the preservation of order in the new treaty the united states retains the lease of guantanamo as a naval base the people of cuba rejoiced exceedingly cee over the abrogation of the platt amendment and president mendieta declared a three days national holiday H AVANA police learned that there was a plot to assassinate jefferson caffery american ambassador to cuba and to destroy american property on the island they took ext extraordinary precautions to protect sir mr caffery Caf Cery but despite the presence of soldiers at the entrance to ills home some unidentified un didenti assailants drove by in a car and poured a stream of bullets from sawed ott off shotguns just at tile the time J caffery 3 ir r caffery usually leaves tor for the yacht club lie ile was not JD injured jurel but one of the soldiers was grievously WOUD wounded ded ills his right le les being torn oil off by an explosive bullet nil mr caffery went on to the yacht club calmly aud and refused to say who he thought the assassins might be cuban government officials were greatly excited by the attempt 0 on n the ambassadors life and there was an inclination to blame the communists but bub leaders of that party denied their followers had anything to 10 lo 10 wath it in recent demonstrations the radicals have atta attacked irked mr fr cattery caffery in their speeches presumably the sole purpose Is to stir up lip trouble between the governments of I 1 lie united states and cuba from tire the five fire new D DELEGATES england gi and states new york find and pennsylvania have signed a solemn sou inn pact for or the pro women minors in industry which has been under negotiation for several years the compact which must be ratified by the legislatures of the several states contemplates minimum standards of wages ages for women and minors and contains a 8 provision that no do employer shall pay a woman or a minor an unfair or oppressive wage state boards are to be set up with authority to investigate pay rolls and require compliance C HARGES are made by alie hons bon sit J agriculture committee that joi joint stock land banks have been using federal funds male available under the 19 33 farm loan act act to buy in their own bonds at 33 35 cents on the dollar while pressing foreclosures fore closures on their debtors the committee approved the fulmer bill to authorize farmers who have obtained loans from joint stock land banks to buy on the open market joint stock land bank bonds tendering same to the joint stock land banks in payment of their indebtedness the bill would also enable farmers to repurchase their lands that have been previously foreclosed it if said lands are still in the possession of these banks MEN from many nations S STATESMEN STATES met in geneva and reopened the sessions of the disarmament conference with a full realization of the fact that their failure may mean the renewal of war in europe in the not far future and possibly the end of the league of nations such hope as they had of breaking the impasse seemed to rest on the plan which foreign commissar litvinov of russia said he was ready to offer it was believed he would concentrate cen on a policy of political security as a basis for disarmament norman il davis american ambassador at large presented the views of arest president roosevelt urging an accord emphasizing pha sizing supervision of 0 arms and a more rigid control of the international traffic in arms louis barthau Bar thou foreign minister of france showed no inclination to yield to the german demands for rearmament the french are said to believe bitler Is due soon to run up against domestic troubles that will tie hla his hands they will continue to promote their defensive alliances until the german chancellor gives in and just now are counting on a pact of mutual assistance with russia and the little entente which will be signed if as expected russia enters the league ot of nations premier mussolini of italy in a speech before the chamber of deputies said that disarmament tall talk was foolish and in so many words suggested that war was the only way out of the economic adversities that beset italy I 1 and europe general ly 1113 irish free state took another TUB step toward becoming a republic when the dall dail elreane passed a bill abolishing the senate after this action had been taken president eamon do de valera V a 1 e r a said wo we want england to get out we do not want to have anything to do with britain it if there is to be any form of association it must be to in the common interest of both we must be the judges of whether it eamon do da Is to our advantage valera or not no definite plan was mentioned and none is expected to be put forward before march 1035 when abolition of the senate will become effective until that date any action of the dall would have to have bare senate approval EXEMPTION of the service industries KJ from some of the fair trade practices of NNA codes was authorized by president roosevelt in an executive order the exemption does not apply to minimum wages and maximum working hours child labor or collective bargaining the order empowers administrator johnson to cease attempting to enforce open price systems price fixing and other devices on hundreds of thousands of cleaners dyers and pressers bressers pr essers barber shops beauty shops and the like ilke mr IT roosevelt in his statement said that a trial period ot of some mouths has shown that while most industries after organization tor for this work and a little experience with it can secure uniform nasonal nat jonal results there are others in which a greater degree of autonomous tono local self government Is desirable si among these are some but not nil all of the service industries the statement added enforcement of the cleaners and dyers code lias has been especially troublesome accounting tor for more than halt half of the blue eagle removals under the executive order fair trade practice provisions for a service industry in a given area may be provided when 85 per cent of the industry in the area tigress angrees to them and they are up approved proved by the ROOSEVELT feigned P the joint resolution or of congress empowering power I 1 n ill him to stop arms shipments destined for countries at war and immediately med lately proclaimed an embargo against shipments ot of arms or munitions from the united states to bolivia arid and ilar paraguay aguay ills action was the first of its kind in american history because of existing treaties he could not forbid actual shipment of arms I 1 but lie he did prohibit their sale in the united states to the warring countries costa durels bolivian representative in geneva before an open session of tho the league of nations council invoked article 13 the arbitration clause of the league covenant as a basis for settling the conflict with paraguay if his demand Is granted the dispute will automatically go to the worlds court or of permanent justice for settlement durels said an arms embargo would mean the finish of roll bolivia via CODOS C ados and rossi french flyers who hold the distance record sought to butter better their mark by making a nonstop night flight from paris to california they ibey got across the atlantic ocean nil all right but a of one wing of their big monoplane developed and they were forced to land at new york |