Show news review of current events the world over president offers higher tax and wealth reduction program social security and wagner ta connery labor bills passed by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper union S SPURRED on by the white house the house after a hot debate passed the wagner connery labor disputes bill by acclamation and president william green of the american federation 0 of labor hailed balled it as a magna charts charta of labor As Is well known the federation Is the chief beneficiary of the measure and green and other labor union leaders had worked unceasingly ak for its passage sen sn wagner opponents of this bill including consal lional authorities in both parties have asserted repeatedly that it Is unconstitutional and it Is most probable that it will be carried c to the supreme court for an early test As passed by the house the lie wagner connery bill provides I 1 for the setting up of a permanent labor relations beaw board of three members appointed by all afie president as an independent agency the board or its agencies or agents is authorized to supervise soper vise elections conduct hearings and issue cease and desist orders for unfair labor practices which are enforceable by the courts 2 that representatives selected selected tea by a majority of a unit of employees for the purpose of collective bargaining shall have bare the exclusive right to negotiate with the employer the board may determine the appropriate unit for collective bargaining whether by plant or craft etc 3 that it Is an unfair labor practice for employers to restrain coerce or interfere with employees in ID their organization for collective bargaining 4 that it Is an unfair labor practice for employers to dominate or contribute financially to any labor organization 5 that it Is an unfair labor practice to encourage or discourage membership in any labor org organization for the purpose of malting making closed shop agreements 6 A fine of or a year in prison for anyone interfering with agents of the board such lucli as refusing to permit access to books and records record EVEN VEN huey long cheered when president Roosevel ts unexpected message on redistribution of wealth and increase of taxation for t the e r rich c was read to congress the chief executive offered a program that he hopes w will pay part of the vast expenses of the new deal and at the same time break up some huge fortunes and check the growth of big corporations ile fie expect congress to do the entire job at this session and the administration leaders at once set about stopping the radicals who wanted immediate enactment the presidents taxation plan Is frankly aimed against the wealthy especially the men with million dollar incomes of these there were nere 46 in 1933 the following legislation be becom mended for enactment during the present session in order to obtain ample revenue without hampering enterprise and to distribute tax burdens equitably 1 high inheritance and gift taxes on all very large amounts received by any one legatee or beneficiary se segregation re of this revenue for reduction of the national debt 2 tax levies to restrict very great individual net laco incomes mev 3 substitution of a graduated corporation po ration tax ranging from 10 to 16 per cent for the existing 13 per cent rate for consideration at the next session of congress the president proposed 1 elimination of unnecessary holding companies la in all lines of business by discriminatory taxation 2 discouragement of unI unwieldy eldy and unnecessary corporate sulp surpluses luces 3 at an amendment of the file don to abolish tax exempt securities by authorizing the federal government to tax lax subsequently gub issued state and local obligations and state anti and local governments to tax federal athe ITH only six senators M voting in the negative the senate passed the tremendously important social security bill that already had gone through the house bouse during the live days of debate a number dumber of members democrats and republicans like bad argued earnestly that this measure never would stand up in the supreme wurt urt but when their names were called nearly every one of them voted for it the only consistent ones were moore of new jersey democrat I 1 and hastings of delaware 11 dale ale of maine metcalf of rhode island austin of vermont and townsend of delaware republicans public ans this social security measure will affect about beneficiaries fi fici aries la in the immediate future and by 1900 it Is estimated will cost the federal government more than a year these are its main features 1 an appropriation of for the fiscal year 1930 1936 including for grants in aid to states for old age assistance in addition there are authorized annual appropriations for the old age reserve fund graduated from in 1937 to 2 in 1990 2 income tax as on employees and excise tax on employers for old age benefits beginning in each case at I 1 per cent of the pay roll la in 1037 1937 and reaching the maximum of 3 per cent in 1919 1049 in addition there Is a pay roll tax tas on employers for unemployment me n t insurance beginning at 1 per cent in 1930 increasing to 2 per cent in 1937 I 1 and to 3 per cent the maximum in 3 grants in aid to states on a matching basis for assistance to persons six ty five or older the governments contribution trib ution not to exceed 15 per month 4 old age benefits after january 1 1942 ranging from 10 to itsu 85 per month depending upon the total amount of wages earned after december 1 19 36 and before reaching sixty six ty ove five years of age 5 A 00 per cent credit to employers for taxes paid into state unemployment insurance funds the other 10 per cent to be apportioned among the states for administration of their unemployment insurance laws 6 grants in aid to states for aid to dependent children the federal government putting up 1 to the states 2 an appropriation of OW Is authorized for the fiscal year 1930 1936 7 grants in aid to states on an equal matching mal ching basis tor for maternal and child health services an annual appropriation of Is authorized 8 grants in aid to states on an equal matching basis for the care of crippled children an annual appropriation pria tion of Is authorized 9 an annual appropriation of 1 through the childrens bureau for aiding state public welfare agencies in the care of homeless or neglected children 10 an annual appropriation of 1 I 1 to be apportioned among tb the states for vocational rehabilitation 11 an annual appropriation of sa 8 to be apportioned among the states tor for public health services 12 grants in aid to states on an equal matching basis for assistance to the blind an annual appropriation of Is authorized 13 A social security board of three members in the department of labor to be appointed by the resident each member rec receiving eiNing a 8 year awing WING Y whom pres E ident dent roosevelt Koo sevelt ousted from the position of assistant secretary of commerce because bebau ze he could not wort work in harmony with secretary r roper retaliated with public charges that special interests dominate the commerce department ile ie cited especially a govel ament contract contra ct the united states lines for the perina permanent lay up of the steamship leviathan asserting that thai it was c E Y M mitchell itchell against the public in terest lerest and that interested it in the he company including P A S franklin john M franklin vincent astor and ant kermit roosevelt Koo sevelt stood to benefit by it ile he also severely seve iely criticized the bureau of air commerce and the inspection service no one in the administration seemed disturbed by sir mr Nitch mitchells ells outbreak hut but the senate committee on commerce nt at once summoned him film to explain and expand his charges mr mitchell turned out to be an excitable gentleman ian prone probe to jump to conclusions and to 0 o bolce ice ills his opinions alons rather than facts ile he talked a lot about inefficiency sinks of corruption favoritism and graft and an such things but he tell the committee much that it already know ile he asserted the united states lines a subsidiary of the international mercantile marine had bad received a gin of through the retirement or of the leviathan S SENATOR JAMES Ns of MIllI michigan gaD has hag given to the federal lc deril government to finance a 1000 acre residence colony tor for part ume industrial workers in the detroit area A tract has haa been purchased nine alne miles south bouth and west of pontiac the file project will he be controlled by a nonprofit corporation P POOR old now just a thing ot of skin and bones has hag a new dew set of managers Mann gers president eDt roosevelt issued an executive order extending the emaciated VIVO affair until april I 1 next in accordance with the resolution adopted by congress and then announced ell that james L oneill ONel ll vice president of the guarantee trust company of new york would serve as administrator ls assisting the banker in the effort to persuade the public G c L i berry nw rry business men and labor to abide voluntarily by the codes no do longer enforceable and la in the assembling sem bling of 0 statistics lea are leon 0 marshall director of the division ot of review prentiss 4 coonley Coon lcy director of the division of business co opera tion and george L berry assistant to the administrator representing labor sir mr berry who has been serving as a code administrator Is president of the international Press mens union onion oneill ONel ll marshall and coonley were made directly responsible to the president an advisory council of 0 six elx members was named to help them on this council are charles edison and howell cheney chency for industry william green president of the american federation of labor and philip murray murr ay vice president of the united mine workers tor for labor and emily newell blair and walton IL hamilton tor for consumers ahas AFTER three bloody riots in onia oma has street car strike in which one man was killed and nearly dearly two hundred were injured gov GOT it L cochran of nebraska took charge of t the h e situation state troops were called out to preserve the public peace and the governor meeting with representatives of the traction company the central labor union and the strikers ordered that the dispute be arbitrated immediately president roosevelt succeeded in averting the threatened strike of bituminous tu coal miners both the operators aid aad the united mine workers agreed to a truce until june 30 before which time it Is hoped a new dew wage scale can be formulated and accepted GREAT arat realistic government finds the best path toward general peace in europe la is conciliation of germany so it has yielded to hit lers naval demands and concluded a bilateral pact with the belh disregarding gardlin entirely the desires and fears of france the agreement acknowledges germanys germanas Germ anys right to build a fleet up to 35 per cont cit of the tonnage of the british empire and what Is more important permits germany 45 per cent and in certain circumstances parity with the empire in submarine tonnage submarines were forbidden to germany by the treaty of versailles OF WAR WAIR DERN exonerated SECRETARY S one rated maj gen benjamin D foulois of blame for the army airmail air mail fiasco and merely directed that he be reprimanded for mak disk ing inexact unfair c rind and misleading statements to the house military affairs committee this suit certain members it of the committee who vrho kil insist the general genera should be removed from his bis command of the army air corps representatives william liam 11 1 I rogers of new gen foulon foulois hampshire and lister mil hill of alabama said they would curry carry the matter to the floor of the house and there review the evidence the committee took in holding that foulois should receive more drastic punishment than a reprimand representative rogers made public a letter from secretary dern to the committee the letter followed an official war department statement clearing foulois Fou lols whose friends insisted he was being made a scapegoat for the administration airmail blunder ItES DENT CARDENAS of mexico P PRESIDENT appeared to have bae come victorious out of a crisis that was precipitated by plutarco ellas elias calles who was opposing cardenas economic poll policies cles the young president forced bis big entire cabinet to resign and formed another that would support him wholeheartedly ly the mexican city catholics who are pretty much suppressed took advantage of the presence in the capital of thousands of liot rotarians arians attending their international convention and held a monster parade with speeches culling calling for lib icv |