Show news review of current events WAGES FOR REAL WORK president opposing outright dole still looking for solution of unemployment problem y I 1 WN speediest ediest ship in our navy the destroyer mccall was commissioned at the mare blare island navy yard in california the mccall first privately built navy vessel since 1921 has a specified speed of knots but in recent tests was reported to have averaged ave raped 42 knots it carries four 5 inch gans fans and four quadruple torpedo tubes and is especially fitted for quick attacks on capital ships rn we 33 y summarizes THE worta WORLDS WEEK 0 western union spending Is a stopgap stop gap the new deals objective DECLARING is to give wages for real work and that he is opposed to the outright dole for bare existence president roosevelt said in a press conference that he is k J still looking for a permanent solution of the unemployment problem pro em he made it clear that he did not believe relief or public works afforded anything more than a stopgap stop gap remedy for a little president t understood dislocation roose roosevelt it of the nations economic and industrial life in fact he be said no country in the world had bad as yet worked out a method for dealing with the most acute unemployment situation in the history of the world he noted that public works expenditures tures had worked bever in sweden than in this country be cause the swedish government had been able in recent prosperous years to put on heavy taxes and pay off its borrowings he said the swedish method was being given dose close study the president warned that the prosperity which vast outlays for rearmament appeared to have brought to european nations was unsound when the munitions plants close down he predicted the nations of europe will find themselves weaker in an economic sense than ever before no nation he argued could spend its way back to prosperity by laying out vast sums in unproductive goods like weapons of war all federal spending agencies received instructions to launch the big spending push july 1 mr roosevelt said funds will pour out through the works progress administration the public works administration the civilian conservation corps and the reconstruction construction re finance corporation aubrey williams scolded A A WILLIAMS deputy administrator aroused the indignation of many citizens especially of opponents of the administration when he advised organized relief enrollees at a meeting in new york to keep the roosevelt adain admin administration s in power and to elect per cent roosevelt democrats to office he even incurred a mild rebuke from the senate committee created to investigate aubrey senatorial williams campaign fund expenditures the use of public money to the committee pronounced williams speech unfortunate because of his position in the relief organization and uttered a warning against attempts by the spenders of the governments relief and pump priming billions to influence the votes of beneficiaries williams sent a letter to the committee claiming there was no political intent in his speech and asserting he had been misquoted farmers oust a un union i ion FIVE hundred angry farmers in evaded the richland operative cooperative co creamery at richland center wis to which they sell their milk and drove out seven employees of a teamsters union they then forced the remaining employees to sign statements that they would not join a labor organization and established a picket line to keep out union members and organizers the demonstration was the climax of five months resistance by the operatives cooperatives co directors mem bers and patrons organization of the plant by the american federation of labor teamsters union at the insistence of the national tion labor relations board the creamery had just agreed to accept the union as a bargaining agent and not to oppose recognition further N S dark clark milwaukee regional director of the labor board had agreed to withdraw charges of unfair labor practices against the company dark clark said later that all offers toward a compromise with the creamery had been withdrawn the farmers who took part in the demonstration on had outlawed themselves he said and declared he would ask the washinton office of the labor board to prosecute them indiana GOP picks willis RAYMOND D AYMOND E WILLIS of angola ind a newspaper publisher and veteran political leader was nominated for the senate by the state republican convention in indianapolis lis willis was named on the third ard ballot defeating four rivals among whom was james E watson former senator the nominee who is sixty two years old has been the active editor and publisher of his weekly paper the angola republican since since its establishment in 1898 he is president of the steuben publishing company and with another editor at its head publishes the angola herald a democratic organ fisa attacks hamilton discussion over immel diate control of campaign funds among members of the republican national executive committee meeting in washington gave rep hamilton fish of new york an opportunity to renew his fight on national chairman john J 0 h n hamilton whose removal he demanded with hamilton out of 0 f power fish said t the h e republicans would win 10 senate seats and house rep fish seats with hamilton at the helm he warned republican gains would be reduced by half rep joe martin of massachusetts and sen john townsend of delaware chairmen respect respectively i vely of the house and senate G 0 P campaign committees have demanded allotment of funds from the national committee and exclusive control of their expenditure hamilton has resisted these demands representative bertrand snell of new york republican leader in the house told the committee that he intended to retire from public life and would not seek reelection election re this tau fail italy checks franco V GAYDA noted editor and spokesman for the fascist regime in italy declared that italy had advised franco leader of the spanish insurgents to use moderation in his efforts to prevent british and other foreign ships from bringing supplies to government spain gayda said however that italy approved the bombing of vessels carrying contraband but disclaimed any italian responsibility representations by the earl of perth british ambassador to rome had opened the way to an agreement to end the bombings mussolini was reported as ready t to act only to spare prime minister cham chamberlain from e embarrassment london dispatches said great britain france italy and germany had agreed t to 0 split the cost of withdrawing foreign t troops r from spain russia refused to pay a full share of the expense estimated at 10 million dollars signs of compromise HERE are distinct indications of THERE compromise and operation cooperation co in and hopes for the american picture restored prosperity are som somewhat revived the stock market has become unusually a active and private enterprise is awakening unfreezing of three billions in stored up credit is expected to result from new banking regulations ordered by the president thousands of contracts for approved projects to cost almost have been sent to all parts of the country by the public wo works administration mr roose roosevelt velt in his latest radio address to the nation said in simple frankness and in simple honesty I 1 need all the help I 1 can get and it seems th that a t the people are ready to give that help if the administration will do its part notable in the presidents talk was the admission that mistakes have been made not only by his opponents and by industry and labor but also by government leaders he sharply attacked reactionaries in business blaming them for much of the current depression asserting his continued belief in individual enterprise and the profit m motive ot ive he criticized the recent congress for failing to enact his program for government reorganization and legislation to aid the financially depressed railroad industry at the same time however he said the legislators achieved more for the future good of the country than any congress between the end of the world war and the spring of 1933 wants liberals elected M OST of the presidents radio 1 speech was frankly political he declared himself the leader of the liberals and held that as such it was his privilege to intervene in state primary and election campaigns for the purpose of insuring the defeat of those whom he characterized as conservatives the opponents of his policies this aroused the indignation of many democratic statesmen like senators burke of nebraska and king of utah senator king asserted the president should not use the great advantage he has in controlling the purse strings of the huge spending program people who have fought for the democratic party for a great many years do not like interference in their state affairs by outsiders he said 1 I do not believe the president should meddle in the primary elections of the democratic party or any other party general opinion was that mr roosevelt had widened the split in the democratic party and by his words had placed the stamp of his approval on the attempted purge directed by corcoran cohen and others of his advisers for naval expansion IMPETUS IMPETUS was given the naval ex mansion program with allotments lot ments of tor for the enlargement lar gement extension and remodeling of existing plants and facilities of the navy department with orders for full speed ahead the navy department said that projects approved by mr roosevelt will be under way by august 15 among the projects are power plant improvements foundry building high frequency radio station fleet moorings turret assembly facilities cili ties improvements to ship building ways structural assembly electric and sheet metal shops water storage railroad tracks noncommissioned officers quarters storage buildings and other improvements austn t seize hainan T athe HE british and french envoys in tokyo warned japan that any occupation of hainan chinese island off the south coast of china would be met by joint franco british action the island which lies near french and british trade routes was bombed by japanese flyers germany is recalling the germans who have been acting as advisers to the chinese army and diplomats believe germany may now give active aid to japan i swedes celebrate AMERICANS of swedish descent aby by the thousand and many from sweden gathered at ton del for the celebration of the anniversary of the he landing in amer abi B ica of the first y swedes and finns f w from the old coun aft a try came crown C 1 prince gustaf adolf 1 jacj i with a large party S t but he was confined to his suite on the tj SsU liner by fw illness his place f was taken by his iak son prince bertil prince bertil the principal event of the opening ceremony was the presentation of a monument erected by sweden on the landing site the presentation was made by prince bertil and accepted by president roosevelt then the president pa presented resented the monument to gov richard mcmullen fo tor r the state of delaware after the monument ceremony there was a lawn lan party attended by crown princess louise the celebration was continued for four days in delaware new jersey and pennsylvania parts of which states were embraced in the new sweden founded in 1638 by a corn com pany of swedes and finns sent to america by gustatus Gust afus adolphus |