Show news L I 1 a review of current events the world over supreme court takes up gold clause abrogation case senate committee favors world court adherence congress gets the budget by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 by wistern New union HAVING howat given the new deal a sli slight ht swat by holding the petroleum control feature of the NIRA naita ancon the supreme court moved rapidly toward a judgment as to the legality of the abrogation of gold payments several cases challenging this net act were lumped and oral arguments were heard this being a matter of vast importance Ini involving attorney general nomer flomer attorney gens geng cummings Cum minga himself oral cummings appeared to present the case for the government mr dummings Is an excellent lawyer but tot cot much can be said in praise of the legal abilities of most of the men whom the exigencies of politics have shoved into his office in washington so probably he be was wise to handle this matter bim self cummings defended the constitutional authority of the president and ron congress gress to adopt the present monetary policy as inherently the right of the government to preserve itself in an argument distinguished tor for 1 oratorical display as well as tor for its legal aspects cummings said an adverse decision by the court would 1 increase the public and private fielis of the nation by 2 create a special class that would be beyond the pale of the general financial structure a class composed of t those holding bonds demanding payment in gold 8 reduce the balance in the united states treasury 4 add to the public debt and increase the interest charge on this debt alone by 2500 a year the latter sum alone cummings Cumm logs bald aid Is equal to twice the value of the 1934 wheat and cotton crop the attorney general referred to the troubled state of the country in the spring of 1933 and added 1 I contend find and shall show that the congress and the president of the united states acted reasonably in a period of very grea great t difficulties and that their acts were not the he product of caprice from the questions asked by the justices observers gained the imbres blon that there was a sharp division of opinion among them S SENATOR JOSEPH T ROBINSON majority leader of the senate being informed that the foreign relations committee had voted 14 to 7 in favor of the project for american adherence to the world court said he be would bring the resolution up on the floor of the senate as soon as pos elble however he recognized the sentiment against it was strong and would not predict the outcome of the fight the new resolution as approved by the committee Is slightly altered to meet the objections of other nations to what Is known as reservation five fire mr robinson said the legal import and effect of reservation erv er five fire has been preserved la in full it Is provided that discussions may take place under the root protocol but in the end the court may not entertain over the objection of the united states any request tor for an advisory opinion on any dispute or question in which the united states has or claims an interest of the democrats on the committee senators lewis and murray voted against the resolution republicans who favored it were and capper pobe pETROL EUll control provisions of 0 1 the national industrial recovery act specifically section 9 c are held by the supreme court of the united states to be invalid as unconstitutional abdication of legislative power to the president eight of the justices united in rendering this decision justice cardozo alone dissenting and the opinion was read by chief justice hughes the section declared vold void authorized authorize d the president to ban interstate shipment of hot oil that Is oil produced in excess of state quotas while the opinion did not deal with other phases of the recovery act it aroused widespread oread speculation as to disposition of other cases this was the first major new kew deal case to come before the court emergency legislation by congress to remedy the situation and to meet the objection of the court was reported to be an immediate likelihood ROSE democrats and republicans T THOSE eminent and othe otherwise who are handed banded together as the american liberty league are now really getting into action against what they deem the radical features of the administrations program and their executive council has put out a ten tell point platform it declares the leagues opposition to such practices as sweeping delegations ot of legislative authority to the president lump jump sum appropriations to be doled out cut by tle the white house socialization of industry and re regimentation I of amerlean american life in the first plank of its platform the league pledged itself to preserve american institutions which safeguard to citizens in all walks of life the right to liberty arid pursuit of happl happiness and at the same time to combat the growth of bureaucracy the spread of monopoly the socialization of industry and the regimentation of amerlean american life lie invasion of the law making and law interpreting functions by new deal administrators was also rapped by the league in promising to uphold the american principle that laws be made only by the direct representatives of the people in the congress and that the laws be interpreted only by the courts other points in the 10 point declaration of policy pledged the lea league gue to fight for government economy a sound federal fiscal policy a stable currency protection for investors and individual liberties work relief must be carried bried BECAUSE on the federal budget will not be balanced for the coming fiscal year and probably not dot for several years thereafter in presenting the budget to congress president roosevelt admitted this but 1 without qualms ue he estimated as the amount of money necessary to ac carry on the governments activities for a the 1930 fiscal year be A g july I 1 next the expenses tor for the president current year partly roosevelt estimated are if one wishes to know who spends all these huge sums an idea may be obtained from these figures showing the estimated expenditures for the fiscal year 1936 I 1 legislative judicial and executive 2 civil departments and agencies 8 3 national defense I 1 veterans pensions and benefits 6 debt charges ch arces interest 8 retirements 63 40 00 6 refunds 7 recovery and relief I 1 4 7 5 8 supplemental items for or above groups 1 I to 4 inclusive total expenditures SS total receipts for the same period are put at so go the estimated deficit will be of the recovery and relief fund the president asked that be placed at his disposal to be allocated by him principally for giving work to those unemployed on the relief rolls 1 here are some other vital things disclosed by the mei message sage the national debt will increase from at the close of this ils fiscal year to no new taxes are requested congress Is asked to continue the so called nuisance taxes which expire soon and the 3 cent stamp rate A national defense appropriation of the greatest in the history of the country is requested A total of federal workers are to be dismissed veterans pensions la in 1930 1030 will reach the staggering total of ow the accumulated new deal deficit tor for three years on june 30 1930 0 will total while the trend of recovery and relief expenditures is downward regular federal expenses will increase MARY PICKFORD PICK FOnD went before judge den ben lindsey in los angeles and obtained a decree of divorce from douglas fairbanks and thus came to an end the union of the royal couple of movle dom who for ten years were regarded as the tha model wedded pair so far as happiness and worldly success went marys sult salt filed more than a year ago charged doug witts with mental cruelty indifference and neglect she told judge lindsey the charges were true and that a fair and just property settlement had been made and after elizabeth lewis miss Pick fords secretary had testified the decree was granted and mary left the courtroom almost in tears fairbanks in st moritz switzerland was informed of the divorce but declined to comment E EX X PRESIDENT HERBERT ER CR has been elected a director of the new york life insurance company at the instance of alfred E B smith lie be was as first offered the place two years ago when hen the death of calvin coolidge created a vacancy mr hoover said 1 I have accepted in the hope of contributing something to the protection and advancement of the interests of millions of policy holders tor for in these great insurance trusts lies one of the file most vital of personal se to the women and children ce c the country IN 1 THE highly dramatized trial of bruno ci uno for or the and murder of the Lind lindberg ber gh baby the state continued to weave a strong net of circumstantial evidence around the tha deren defendant danL lindbergh first identified his voice as that of the man who received the ransom next nest was amandus hochmuth muth cf lit saven year eny old ear man who aho told of 0 seeing hauptmann driving a dirty green car with nith a ladder in it into the lindbergh lane march 1 1932 the day of the then john bronx taxi driver identified him as the man who paid him 1 to deliver a ransom note to jaisle Jafs le jaisle Jafs le otherwise dr john condon the lie aged bronx educator ulio aho undertook the negotiations with the kid draper next went on the stand and in hla his garrulous way identified bruno as the man with whom lie he dealt and to whom he handed the ransom money ills long and somewhat rambling story was bitterly assailed in cross examination by J reilly keilly chief of defense counsel but seemingly the great value of his evidence was mas not much shaken sli aken detective arthur johnson of new york was on his way home from europe bringing relatives of the late isadore 1 3 fisch to testify tor for the state hauptmann claimed in his defense that the ransom money found in ills his possession was waa given civen to him by fisch a business associate in new york fisch later returned to his home in germany where he died Aern A N X APOLOGY to the canadian gov ment and payments of 50 50 damages Is the penalty imposed on the united states for sinking the rum running schooner im alone in the tha gulf of mexico in march of 1929 this decision was announced by willis van devanter associate justice of the united states supreme court and sir lyman dult duff chief justice of canada who were the commissioners of arbitration under the abi ship p liquor treaty of 1924 between the alie united states and great britain for controlling liquor smuggling of the damages awarded la is to be paid as compensation to the canadian government and to the master and members of the crew of the im alone or their families included in the latter Is to the widow and children of leon mainguy Mal nguy a french citizen of st SL pierre alerre miquelon who ubo drowned when the schooner was sunk stink by the coastguard the commissioners found that the master and members of the crew were not parties to a liquor smuggling conspiracy sp iracy tin LIERE were huge sighs of relief in the chancelleries chancell eries of europe when the success of the conversations in rome between foreign minister pierre laval of france and premier mussolini wg A nf A was announced informally for two days the two statesmen discussed the points at issue between their nations and conditions in general in central europe emerging from the last of ja their meetings laval pierre laval smiling broadly said to a group of french and italian war veterans 1 I am glad to tell you that premier mussolini and I 1 are now in complete accord without waiting for an official those best informed said laval and 11 duce had reached a full agreement the principal features of which are a joint declaration to preserve the independence of austria a five or six pact of noninterference and provisions for colonial concessions ces in africa the pact agreeing not to interfere with one an others internal affairs presumably will include italy czechoslovakia austria and hungary and later england france and rumania may be asked to adhere to it it S SENATOR HUEY P LONG after attacking the administration on the floor of the senate betook retook himself to the radio and continued the assault lie he declared the roosevelt policies were hopeless and summoned all the people to hock flock to his ban banner ner and help wipe out all fortunes above three or four our millions making every man a king meantime the revolt against the kingfish in louisiana was growing cit citizens eizens by the hundreds were joining the square deal association which la a pledged to march on the capitol in baton rouge unless the legislature repeals certain of dictatorial laws PUBLIC WORKS administrator ICKES has resumed his contest with arizona over the building of the isar ker dam in the colorado river and wants the supreme court to keep that state and its navy consisting of one scow from interfering with the job solicitor general biggs asked permission of the court to file suit tor for an injunction the governor of arizona recently called out his militia and hla his navy to keep the public administration from completing the dam lie ile held that it would interfere with the distribution of irrigation water in his state pada R B BENNETT of canada appealing for support tor for his hia administration promises to give the dominion dominio a a ne now w deal dea 11 that bears a close resemblance to president roose noose veits econ economic omle and social program ue outlined his bis proposals la in a speech in which he demanded an end to the reckless exploitation of human resources and the trafficking in thi the heziah and happiness of canadian clu zerva ec |