Show news review of current events the world over anye committee points need of protecting 17 defense fun funds ds from shipbuilders Ship builders congress divorces tax the rich bill from nuisance tax by EDWARD W PICKARD C 0 western newspaper union NYE of north dakota and s SENATOR ills his committee on munitions do not mot have a very high opinion ot of american ican shipbuilders ship builders and they feel that strong legislation Is needed to keep keel them from confusing public defense needs with t their e r private pocketbooks therefore the committee in a preliminary Il reports report asks that laws be enacted to do these things 1 prevent collusion la in bidding tor for navy construction senator nye jobs s 2 prevent american patents from retting into the hands of foreign powers 3 limit profits to 5 per cent of the total cost to the government in cases where the government assumes the risks ot of the enterprise or to 10 per cent where the government does not nol 4 require that shipbuilders ship builders lob register with the government and disclose their income and expenditures di tures the committee finds in the matter of collusion that there was telepathy among shipyard officials so BO that in bidding for many contracts each concern was able to get the contracts it wanted at profits that ran as high as 38 per cent it says the navy has been at the mercy of the shipyards in preparing plans for war vessels and also in determining what were fair prices construction of naval vessels Is declared blared to be more costly in private yards lards than in government yards while the evidence Is not dot all in th report says the indications are that the private yards cost the government from one to two million dollars dolian more per cruiser than the navy yards the committee charges big ers with breaking up the geneva naval limitation conference con terence in 1827 1027 and immediately launching a price increase campaign that made profits of 35 and and per cent on the cruisers L legislative legislative administration leaders for or a while in a frenzy of anxiety to hitch the presidents tax the rich program to the resolution extending the so called nuisance excise taxes thereby speeding 7 it through the washington legislative factory in four days suddenly disclaimed any intention of such procedure and let the tax extension ride along ed congress will consider the new taxation program during early july this program Is expected to produce tome come in new revenue principally from inheritance and gilt gift taxes increased taxes on the highest income brackets and corporation taxes graduated from 10 per cent to 1712 per cent the program has been held up as a sweetmeat to placate the sugar palate of t louisianan Loui kingfish actually a wealth of shared amon among americans would amount t to about a head all of which would be applied to a public debt of 29 MX and a budget of anyway the net taxable worth ot of the estates ha which paid taxes based on a valuation of each in 1933 was MOW it if the government had taxed these estates per cent seizing them entirely they would have been worth only a head to the american population if the government confiscated all income of more than in it would have taken an army of trucks loaded with small email change to distribute it for each american would get only 45 4 cents and the general opinion of administration leaders in the senate was that the taxes obtained from the rich might possibly eliminate the necessity of the nuisance taxes after another year alive between sixteen and twenty live will III be served ia for a nation ulde job hunt and further training of young men and women to hold jobs after they get them through president Roosevel ts new national youth administration itself administered under the works relief program by miss josephine roche assistant secretary of the treasury and aubrey williams assistant to harry L hopkins works progress administrator the new organization will endeavor to L 1 rind find employment in private industry for unemployed youth 2 train and retrain for industrial technical and professional employment opportunities 3 provide tor for a continuing attendance at high school and college 4 provide work relief projects designed to meet the needs of youth the ste average payment for youths on relief work will be 15 a month those going to high school would be given 6 a month and those attending college 15 a month the problem of what to do with the alie youth who finishes school supposedly equipped to make his real start in life and finds what few jobs there are are given to older and married men bud and women as well as the youth w who b 0 Is unable to finish school because e of poor circumstances has hag been one of 0 the most discouraging aspects of the entire depression L T IRE IKE most utopias the new one in alanskas matakuska Ma valley has been reported a nest of discontent the disillusionment apparently was manifest even quicker than usual in this case minnesota michigan and wisconsin farm farin families who made up cp a large share of the recent expedition to be begin in life anew in the north pacific territory drafted a list of grievances for the FERA trouble shooter eugene carr many of them said the project was misrepresented that the land Is poor and that housing la Is not what they were led to believe I 1 it would be neither are medical service school facil facilities ides seeds disbursed for planting the ell mate and prices for groceries measuring up to advance word pictures there Is considerable jealousy existent over the distribution of farm land and to top it all off the utopians want government pay for their work GEN EN HUGH S JOHNSON once Gambit ambitious ious to direct the public works program was wag named to direct a comparatively small email part 0 of the presidents Cs now works re lief ilef schedule As director of works relief in new york city he will ordinate coordinate co the program in that area with the famed fighting jaw determinedly set be revealed the four conditions under which he accepted the new job Gen Johnson he will au get no pay only for a years ayears expenses ue ile got a year for this purpose during most of his time as keeper 0 of the blue eagle ills his job will end october 1 unless he and the administration agree that it shall continue he will devote a minimum of tour four days a week to his official duties and he be will consult with mayor florello IL la guardia as far s possible but will be responsible to harry I 1 L hoplins ins alone rw YORKS harlem and its kindred NEW negro populations throughout the land re sounded in jubilation with chicken an ham in every bryin pan and juniper juice flowing freely as joe louis the first great brown hope of pugilism since jack johnson joanson Job established himself as a real threat to the worlds heavyweight boxing championship showing ring generalship tar far beyond his brief professional experience boxing ability conspicuous by its absence from the heavyweight ranks since the days of corbett and a wallop like the kick of a cotton belt mule the dusky Det cut prime carnera camera italian human skyscraper to ribbons for five rounds knocked hl him down three times in the sixth and was declared the winner by technical k knockout in a bout at the yankee stadium T ABOR policy in a democracy L L Is not mot a program conceived by a government it Is a program of action which the people who earn their living as wage wag bearn earners ers and those who employ them in profit making enterprises must work out together so asserts secretary of labor frances perkins in her annual report to congress and she sets forth these six specific duties of the government in this respect 1 to do everything in its power to establish minimum basic standards tor for labor below which competition should not be permitted to force standards of health wages and hours 2 to further peaceful settlements of controversies and relieve labor of the necessity of resorting to strikes in order 0 secure equitable conditions and the right to be heard 3 through legislation and fostering operation cooperation co between employers and workers to make every job the best that the human mind can devise as a to physical conditions human relation loos and wages 4 to encourage such organization and of wage earners as will give status and stability to labor as a recognized important group of citizens having a contribution to make to economic and political thought and to the cultural life of the community 5 to arrange that labor play its part in the study and development of any future economic policies 6 to encourage mutuality between labor and employers in the improvement of production and the development in both groups of a philo philosophy sop by of self belt government in the public interest F SPECIAL interest to the crim ealm 0 OF inal lawyer who Is more criminal I 1 than lawyer will be the news of atty ally I 1 louis conviction in chicago ule lie was found guilty of having harbored bored concealed and concealed homer van meter right hand roan man of john dur ing the summer weeks of 1934 before both these public enemies were slain by G men ato DESPITE G SPITE germanys germanas Germ anys promise meaer to engage in unrestricted subah marine warfare france entered an immediate and strong protest to the welchs bilateral pact with great britain permitting germany to increase naval tonnage capt anthony eden was hurried over to paris to explain the british action and justify it premier laval told him that the french national doctrine was and would continue to be that organization of collective security must precede any legalization of german rearmament caal eden then went to rome home and mussolini told him flatly that he sided bided with france and could not approve the manner in which the anglo ger man accord was reached without consulting italy and france no more success did capt eden have lo in trying to get 11 II duce to submit to a compromise allowing italy certain concessions in abyssinia in return for the guarantee that there would be no war with the african monarchy mussolini refused to talk about it great britain was faced with two remaining choices to influence the abyssinian government to accede to italian demands in toto or simply give up and let the apparently inevitable war go on LOR some reason that entirely V clear an attempt was made to blow ow up the american embassy in mexico city A bomb made of dynamite and percussion caps was hurled burled from an a automobile uto mobile into the embassy garden where it exploded tearing a hole in the garden wall and breaking a window in the private office of ambassador Josep josephus bus daniels no one was injured and the damage was slight mr daniels said the incident was of no josephus P importance at all and daniels daniel declined to make a complaint but the acting secretary of foreign relations senor ceniceros called to express regret and extra police and detectives were placed about the embassy CO congressman IN GRESSMAN MARTIN DIES of VJ texas has before congress a bill the enactment and enforcement of which would evoke cheers from millions of tax weary citizens for it provides for the deportation of about aliens who are receiving dole or holding jobs that should be held by citizens who are on the relief rolls A campaign to get congressional action on this measure has been started by am organizations estimated by mr dies to represent people and he be says at least congressmen have promised to support the MIL bill outlining the provisions of the measure mr dies said first it bars all immigration ot of pioneer immigrants who do not have relatives in this country second it makes mandatory deportation por tation of aliens estimated of illegal entry third it gives about aliens legally in this country 10 12 months la in which to become citizens or go home fourth all allens aliens must secure labor department permits to work and permits would be issued only when employers show they cant find united states citizens to do the job fifth it provides for gradual reunion of families not likely to become public charges when ben the economic situation Is improved everywhere were urged 13 CITIZENS by atty ally gen cummings to assist the federal government in cracking down on bucket shops which are swindling the public out of millions of dollars 19 ue ile declared that a nationwide nation wide chain Is operating most of their victims are doctors lawyers professors and business men he said we know knew the names dames of the ers said mr cum mangs but it will atty ally gen take g operation cooperation co of cummings both y the public and legitimate brokers to put them where they belong behind the bars most of the victims believe that they have lost their money legitimately he said and are afraid of complaining to federal officers because they are in debt after they have been cleaned of the navy swanson S SECRETARY asked bids from private yards on 13 vessels es sels and was prepared to negotiate for 11 more launching the navys 1935 ag construction program within 20 hours after receiving the required funds from congress included in the program are two new cruisers of tons each equipped with six inch guns and at least four airplanes apiece one aircraft carrier three heavy des destroyers tr twelve light destroyers 1 and six submarines ERR la Is something to make the HERB men chuckle at a conference in atlantic city the national party adopted resolutions advocating equal rights before the law for men and women equal pay for equal work equal domicile property and guardianship rights and equal alimony in cases of divo divorce ace and equal consideration for men in cases of breach of promise for four of the leaders in I 1 the spanish revolution of last october was decreed by bi the military tribunal Irl bunal at oviedo thirty elx others were sentenced to life imprisonment and seven to twelve years mrs sixteen were acquitted for lack of evidence i |