Show news review of current events the world over new deal si sighs relief as supreme court 0 Ks gold laws president urges congress to extend two more alore years 4 by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper union RESIDENT ROOSEVELT and the P PRESIDENT new dealers breathed easier after the united states supreme court handed down its decision sustaining invalidation of gold e clauses I 1 a u a e s in private contracts but not on federal bonds while it was held that the government must pay off its bonds in gold or its equivalent in devalued currency another ruling that the court of claims had bad no jurisdiction over such cases means that pros president ent it would be impossible roo roosevelt evelt tevelt for holders of federal bonds to collect on their old gold basis bagis in other words the holder of a 1000 federal bond Is entitled to a technical value of but in reality it would be impractical to make any collection of that amount since bace the court of claims Is 1 the only tribunal before which suits against the government may be taken and other courts may not bot entertain such suits without a special act of congress the court also held that those who held gold certificates bad no cause of action and could not sue the government the power of co congress ogress to deal with currency was fully upheld not only this country but the entire world awaited what the nine lonely old eld men of the supreme court had bad to say eay about the roosevelt monetary policies the decision Is ranked with the courts decisions in the dartmouth college cases in ISIS which upheld the sanctity of contract and in the dred scott slavery case in 1857 which had touch much to do with hastening the outbreak of the civil war briefly the ruling said 1 congress has the power to nullify promises to pay in gold contained in the bonds of private corporations 2 A gold certificate Is worth only its face value in present devalued currency congressional power over the currency includes the right to establish circumstances under which gold certificates need not be redeemed in gold or its equivalent 3 congress has no authority under the constitution to abrogate the pay ment ln in gold clause of government bonds but as no actual dams damage e has been shown therefore there la Is no basis for suit for recovery the decision was rend read by chief justice charles evans hughes who voted with justices B Br andels stone roberts and cardozo in the maj majority alty dissenters were justices van devanter sutherland and butler the tour four so go called conservatives satisfaction within the administration was evident at once justice was spokesman for the dissenters he unleashed a scathing attack on the majority views nis voice vibrant he be said the constitution as we have known it is gone if given effect the enactments here challenged will bring about confiscation of property rights and repudiation of national obligations 11 just men regard spoliation of citizens by their sovereign with abhorrence but we are asked to affirm that the constitution has granted power to accomplish both no definite delegation of such a power exists and we cannot believe the farseeing framers who labored with hope of establishing justice and securing the blessings of liberty intended that the expected government should have authority to annihilate its own obligations and destroy the very rights which they were endeavoring to protect notified that chief justice hughes was reading the decision president roosevelt went to the cabinet room where he listened to telephone reports from an aid three cabinet officers were at hit his tide side the chief executive was prepared to take swift action to protect the credit of the government in case an adverse decision was handed down but executive orders were unnecessary the carefully prepared program wab waa not needed TWO WO more years of the with clarification of policies more effective enforcement of codes and the granting of unquestioned power to the federal government were urged by the president in a message to congress the national recovery act terminates june 18 16 this year abandonment would be unthinkable he said naming the act as the biggest factor in giving re employment to approximately people he said congress must maintain the fundamental principles of tbt act to establish at least a minimum fair trade practice and labor relations standard pleading that child labor must stay out and that fixing of wages and hours was practical and necessary answering recent protests of labor he be sold said the rights of employees freely to organize tor for the purpose of collective bargaining should be fully protected lie he urged more strict application of antitrust anti trust laws condemned mono monopolies and private price fixing opposed hind rances to fair competition and pro posed further protection of small enterprises terp rises against discrimination and oppression ills suggestions if adopted would keep code violators from behind the bars bar the way to enforce laws codes and regulations regulation relating to industrial practices Is not of to seek feck to put pirt people in jail lie said admitting some mistakes the president was well satisfied that the had done a good job considering ltd its short existence only carping critics and those who seek political advantage adian adan tage and the right again to indulge in unfair practices or exploitation of labor or consumers deliberately libera tely seek to quarrel over the obvious fact that a great code of law of order and of decent business cannot be created in a day or a lear I 1 mr roosevelt declared all details of the le legislation Islat lon were left to congress while this Is in progress the senate finance committee proposes to conduct the nye mccarran investigation vesti gation gatlon of the KRA administration and codes the judiciary subcommittee reported no funds available but the inquiry which has the presidents approval will be attempted without money MORE M ORE than men were reported killed or wounded bounded in a skirmish in the demilitarized zone which lies between Manchu kuo and china north of the clash was between the recently formed peace preservation corps and the militia the peace preservation corps which has the approval of the chinese government ern ment was receiving money and arms from the japanese it was alleged the militia I 1 13 supported by local chinese interests VICTOR VICTOR A CHRISTGAU demoted from his position of second rank ing officer of the AAA in the recent shake up which bleb involved several alleged radicals resigned in protest chester C davis administrator had not accepted the resignation and secretary of agriculture wallace was attempting to persuade christgau to change Ms ills mind wallace hinted that there had bad been differences between christgau and A II 11 lauterbach chief P of the AAA dairy section over the milk policy A of undersecretary der secretary rexford guy tugwell christgau was wag also supposed to have encountered friction with other members of the department part ment this gave rise to new rumors that brain truster secretary tugwell will resign be wallace w i i fore g his influence in the AAA Is 13 too severely curtailed by the demotion and ouster of his con freres meanwhile amendments to the agricultural adjustment act were declared to conceal dangerous arbitrary and autocratic powers over farmers manufacturers rs and distributors of farm products by the legislative committee of the agricultural ff ri cultural industries conference in washington the committee cited the provision that the AAA may require that a licensed processor purchase only from those who sign contracts it charges that the amend ments make no provision for the farmer to express himself in the matter of licenses but contain provisions for price control markets product production lon and purchasing through indirect restriction of the farmers far merB market these provisions are equivalent 10 to a licensing of the farmer according to the committee the entire economic life of communities could be directed from washington the committee said RUNO RICHARD Bes J escaped the electric chair at least temporarily when a writ of error filed by defense attorneys earned him a stay of the execution sentence which was to be carried out at trenton N J march 18 the bronx carpenters life Is safe at least until september or october since a further appeal can be made to the court of par dons dona if the court of errors and appeals falls to uphold the writ lloyd 0 fisher and frederick A pope presented the appeal after a batt battle le with chief defense counsel edward J reilly who subsequently threatened that either he or fisher would have to withdraw from the hauptmann defense the hearing bearing will probably take place at the next session of the court which begins may 21 part of the dissension among defense attorneys was thought to exist because reilly never challenged the assumption that the body of the dead baby was wag that of Lindberg LInd berghs hi son george n H poster foster former invests investigator 9 ator tor for the defense declared that se seven V en autopsies were ready to show that the baby could not lave have been landys because it was four inches taller than charles A lindbergh jr was in a less identifiable condition than would have been possible in the mild VL weather th following the and was embalmed embalm ed ma shot and aki killed ailed a guard in 1 a spectacular break from the oklahoma strife prison at granite the only milo male penal institution administered by it a woman warden thirteen wore were captured shortly afterward and a ann hunt Is on n for the others the fugitives use used two guns which had been smuggled to them forced n 11 trusty turnkey tc open up for them corralled 20 1131 tors in the visitors room and using them for a shield ninde their her prison already the subject of in vestI gation into its moral and man standards the warden mrs G A mother writers waters was ordered replaced hy by a ninn man gov GOT n B W declaring that a woman just cant manage a prison defiantly she refused f u red to cie clear ir out until completed investigations indicated her N THE heels of the supreme 0 ON courts gold ruling former president clerbert hoover demanded re establishment of the gold standard in the hie united states as the only way to restore confidence lo in our currency this could only lie lone done by making the dollar immediately convertible at the present 50 59 cents ot of gold the modern method of specie payment the only living ex president said that herbert such gy nion action would put hoover more of the unemployed men back to work than any other step the united states should take the lead in returning to the standard he said declaring that i there Is no need to wait on forel foreign gri nations before we reestablish establish re the gold standard and restore confidence in our currency they would be bound to follow some time they are more afraid ot of our doing just this than they are of any american managed currency n F r E townsend of california D DR whose pension plan for the aged has gained the support of many thousands of americas citizens went before the senate finance committee and tried to explain how bow the government could get out of its economic troubles by pacing pa ing monthly pensions to all persons persona over sixty provided each one must spend hla his for commodities or services within wital n the country each month the senators treat the proposition with much seriousness chairman harrlson harrison said that with or more aged the plan would cost a year but a 2 per cent tax would raise only leaving a deficit ot of a year yes tes townsend said but we will not be able to put on 00 the pension immediately it took two years to get men into the army we would have to examine each citizen for his citizenship and age as we examined applicants for the army NEW assault on germanys germanas Germ anys A ANEW problem Is announced ti by nazi leaders who will put their plan into effect on april 1 the scheme the most drastic yet announced will force most young people to give up their tbell paying jobs and join the government labor service which will send them to construction projects voluntary la Is bor camps and to farms in this way positions will be opened for older men and those with depend ants all jobs tor for persons under awen ty five will be state controlled and the entire labor market will be under nazi domination jobless at the pres ent time are estimated at another feature of the campaign Is the setting of a definite goal of as the number to be left without work as chronically unemployed reply to the anglo GERMANYS french proposals for a european security pact was not very specific but welcomed the spirit of trustful dis cission between the individual govern ments and promised that the belch would examine thoroughly the whole document concerning the Euro european peah questions contained in it it the note not declared the air agreement might be one step toward solution ot of other lems and promised that germany would examine the question of how to avoid the danger of an armaments race no mention was made of the proposed eastern pacts the german conciliatory attitude to ward a pact which recognizes its rearmament was generally considered to put the french in an uncomfortable position since it was believed that the pact was drawn in terms that were ex pecked to find quick german refusal EALM LEADER HITLER refused R REALM to exercise his prerogative of mercy and two berlin society women were be headed by the official execl lioner tor for divulging military secrets another woman and a polish nobleman were sentenced to life imprisonment at hard work The execution of the two women was carried out at dawn with mith such secrecy that it was hours before their exact fate could be learned officials finally admitted that the women had bad gone to the block where their heads were severed by a silk hat ted led executioner with a medieval battle ax STEPS to curb the inroads of 0 japanese landholders landholder sID in the rich hemp growing grow ins province of P dabao are being taken by the philippine government strict application ot of insular laws governing land holdings by aliens will be made according to Eti logio rodal guez secretary of agriculture who schemes a wholesale cancellation of 0 subleases sub leases of public lands which lie c maintains are illegal |