Show cells review of current events BUSINESS WILL BE AIDED suggestions of the advisory president approves council CIO blamed blame d for west coast losses r n 4 4 a via As 4 r drags wolf and foolish bear aged members ot of the ancient water buster clan of north dakotas gros gres ventre indians are shown being greeted by the great white father president roosevelt whom they visited on a trip which they hope will bring brin a merciful rain to end the long drouth in their parched country the indians were on their way to the heye foundation of the museum of the american indian where george G aleye was to return to them a sacred bundle a medicine they believe will make their lands fertile again since the loss of the bundle in 1907 their country is slowly turning into desert due to lack of rain W IN y nv SUMMA summarizes 1 THE worta WORLDS WEEK 4 0 western newspaper unton union business at white house members of the business FIFTY advisory council of the department of commerce all of them leaders of the nations business and industry went to the white house for a long conference with the president and told him what they believed to be responsible for the current recession then they promised to operate cooperate co with him in in combating the slump on condition that he made clear the course he intends to follow the business men specified that necessities to aid in the struggle were limitation to wage hour legislation a truce with public utilities no general purge of holding companies and no further tinkering with the currency to these suggestions mr roosevelt gave his approval others were heard by him without comment W averill the councils chairman issued a statement which embraced the views of his colleagues and which was read to mr roosevelt the statement said re employ ment in private industry is the critical problem now before the country and that uncertainties that exist in the hearts of men must be eradicated we wish to record with you our faith in the efficacy of the principles of democracy and yet our grave concern over the possible far reaching effects of our present situation the statement concluded tolerance and understanding must be used by all sections and interests in the country at the conclusion of the conference the president announced that he will seek the formulation of a definite policy designed to end the depression and create a framework for steady functioning of the nations economic life through the appointment of a group representative of all the interests within the country the group would consist of as many as twenty five or as few as five or six persons who would be charged with the task of sifting over all proposals to aid business and un snarling all conflicts existing among the various interests with a view toward perfecting an administrative and legislative policy for business c huge loss laid to cio PROM ROM the lips of mayor J K carson of portland ore the senates joint committee on co commerce mm erce and labor learned that the activities of the C 1 I 0 and harry bridges its leader in that region have cost the people there more than a billion dollars in the last three years this was due to strikes and maritime F bridges cannot even vote in this said w a 1 country may or carson yet he harry ry bridges exercises more power over the maritime industry of the pacific coast than all the ship owners and all the seamen combined bridges who came from australia is not naturalized he is a C communist om and his deportation has been requested by the in inspectors specters spec tors of the bureau of immigration and naturalization iza tion but issuance of a warrant has been prevented by secretary of labor frances perkins mayor carson said the shipping and fruit industries of the west coast had suffered not only because of maritime strikes but also because of tie ups ca caused used by the longshore mens unions which are controlled by bridges the fruit industry is endanger endangered red b by the present attitude of maritime labor mayor carson said the continued disruption of deliveries has resulted in a lack of confidence in our ability to fulfill orders causing us to lose our european markets to argentina and south africa ir c choice of reed liked nomination of stanley formen ia reed of kentucky solicitor general as associate justice of the supreme court met with general ap 44 and it was predicted in wash ington that he would be speedily confirmed by the senate oc with little or no opposition republicans and democrats alike a 11 k e were quick to praise t the h e kentuckian who while a de fender of mahy many new stanley F deal measures has reed ce acquired a reputation for being realistic and a liberal with moderate tendencies senator ashurst chairman of the judiciary committee named a subcommittee which approved the nomination after a public hearing mr reed who will fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of justice george sutherland is fifty three years old and has never before been on the bench in 1929 herbert hoover then president made him general counsel of the federal farm board later he was shifted to the same capacity in the reconstruction finance corporation he retained his post at the outset of the present administration then president roosevelt picked him for solicitor general to defend the new deal cases before the supreme court of these he won 11 and lost 2 41 stalin checks the purge OT a single bit of legislative A work was accomplished by the first session of the new parliament in soviet russia but there was a lot of speech making and external enemies especially japan were denounced and defied dictator josef stalin through the central al committee ordered an end to the mass expulsion of communist party members which has usually been followed by death bani banishment ashment or loss of jobs pravda the comma communist party newspaper indicated satisfaction with the res results alts of the pur purge ge but a assailed rotten leaders who played into the hands under the mask of false vigilance agent fascism sought to break up and oust from the ranks our bolshevist personnel pravda said d egypt s king weds F king of r egypt agypt was married in cairo to miss farida zulfikar as cannon boomed a salute the city was thronged thron ged with natives but they had no glimpse of the bride because the moslem clergy y were in control and would not permit her even to be present at the ceremony they did howe however ver consent to a semipublic semi public reception afterward in the abdine palace at which the seventeen year old queen made an appearance tragedy in canada athe FIRE IRE that destroyed the college of the sacred heart at st hyacinthe ac inthe not fir far from quebec resulted in the death of at least 47 persons and the injury of many others the victims included members of the teaching 0 alg staff as wen well as stu dents fourteen drums of gasoline housed aused in the four story structure contributed to the speed with which the ine fire ire roared through the building security fund shy expenditures under the social E security and railroad retire ment acts were more up to january 1 1 1938 than was received by the treasury from taxes imposed to finance these programs the treasury said this condition would W not hald permanently and that the social security taxes were being used primarily to build up a reserve for old age pensions which began operating the first of the year T A great portion of the expenditures was used in grants to states to set up social security machin ery ross was slam slain another for J edgar SCORE hoover and his G men they have solved the mysterious case ot of the of charles ross elderly retired manufacturer in chicago last september arrested the kidnaper and obtained his confession that he killed both ross and his own confederate after getting ransom money from mrs ross the murderer peter anders was taken at santa anita race track near los angeles where he be had been passing some of the ransom money ahr through ough the pari machines full details of his confession were not at once made public every tenth worker idle statistics statistics released by secretary k 5 of labor perkins showed that every tenth worker in the country is without employment her findings were disclosed as the senate unemployment and relief committee called state and local relief administrators istra tors to testify on increased demands for aid during the recession approximately persons person filed unemployment compensation claims for benefits during the first week of january when 21 states and the district of columbia began this new plan the secretary reported d mexican high tariff F FOR OR the purpose of leveling the balance on international payments mexico has just put into effect virtually prohibitive tariff rates on items considered to be luxuries no details regarding the amounts and nature of the new rates were revealed but the finance department indicated that mexico desired to abolish the importation of almost everything except machinery the new rates will chiefly affect united states exporters who already have complained of recent increases in medicos cos tariff schedule secretary of state hull has said that the increases were contrary to the plan of removing trade barriers as advocated at the inter american peace conference at buenos aires in 1936 chautemps in m again RANCES frances F latest governmental 1 crisis ended with the return oi of camille chautemps to the post of premier he and his popular front cabinet h had a d resigned 41 beca because use of financial and labor troubles several old timers tried in vain mk to form a new government 14 and chautemps S was again called on for the job his new cabinet was much like the former one and it t was believed believe d it chautemps ahn camille would not need the support of the communists munis ts eighteen of the twenty ministers were radical socialists chautemps was drawing up pla plans ns for extensive social reforms continuation of frances vast armament program seemed assured what with foreign minister yvon delbos and defense minister edouard De deladier ladler retaining their posts in the new cabinet d more woe for jews rby D government headed lv by premier octavian goga is ie so anti semitic that thousands shousan ds of jews are seeking means of escape from the country jewish cor committees ami visited foreign consulates in bucharest to ask about the possibility of emigration to brazil ethiopia madagascar Ar mexico exico or A australla australia US one of the vastest moves of the government is the issuance of orders that make virtu virtually any impossible the intermarriage of jews and gentiles all alien jews not engaged in farming were g given ive 30 days in which to quit ecuador u under der a decree by the pro provisional visional military mi tary government of col alberto eriquez E quez hundreds or of jews permitted to colonize in ecuador to escape perse persecution persecute cuti on in central europe entered d business instead a of f agriculture as the government had expected them to do the decree said tax changes planned CHAIRMAN DOUGHTON and his house 58 ways ays and means committee h began mi 63 hearings on proposals for changes change in the revenue laws which would corpora exempt small smal corpora A Kic 10 mie ai can 30 business ting so go under per P the cent t of profits n fits levy and grant I 1 large arge deri enterprises demanded demitr Tr from only 0 harsh part of rates the relief by bv these tr fred changes vinson ages I 1 were formulated mutated s subcommittee which in a long report deafen defended ded them as fair fa f wound 11 and predicted they would stimulate rn due business siness without withof t reducing the federal revenue |