Show news review of current events the world over revised guffey coal bill Is passed republicans call S map campaign 0 strate strategy ff er england land iland i abandons anti italian trade Saric sanctions lions by EDWARD W PICKARD union 11 ly AST minute passage of important legislation marked the closing sessions of 0 congress before adjournment for the summer the house by a vote of to go 90 passed the revised version of the guffey bill to restore federal control of soft coal production invalidated by the supreme court it passed the in measure ensure on to the senate observers pointed out that this was the quickest repair job on a supreme court decision that the new deal has thus far achieved the new bill eliminates provisions goell working hours and wages alch which ilic court held invalid it retains bo however weer two features which tile the court neither approved nor disapproved 1 I the granting to a national bituminous coal commission authority to fix prices and approve marketing agreements 2 the of a tax on the production ot f I 1 coal the tax feature has been filtered somewhat from the orl original inal IIII 1111 instead of a flat 15 per cent tax on coal production it calls tor for am outright excise levy of 1 per cent on all soft coal plus a 13 per cent tax on emil in interstate commerce the house likewise adopted the two billion million dollar relief and deficiency bill at the same time it tilled killed two other one was for the appropriation of fu funds nas to complete the florida ship canal which had bad been approved by the senate the other was the anti lobby bill sponsored by senator black of alabama As presented to the house it would have forced the registration of lobbyists hobbyists including those appearing before congress and before government departments it would also have required information on contributions for lobbying purposes and payments made to lobbyists hobbyists the senate by a vote of 42 to 24 passed the wagner bill providing tor for a program to encourage low cost housing construction the bill would set up a federal housing authority to administer the act in the harness barness came to DEATH senator duncan C U fletcher dean of the senate who had represented florida in the upper house for the last quarter of a century ile he died suddenly at J tits his home in washington senator fletcher a strong supporter of the roosevelt Koo sevelt administration althou although h he was considered a conservative wa serva tive was chairman of the banking and curren currency CY committee which bore the brunt of the task insen t fleta fletcher er evolved in tb e currency reform legislation and the banking act of 1933 1935 president roosevelt in a statement eulogizing the senator said the country has lost an able and conscientious servant in the death of senator fletcher he declared the floridian was ever actuated by motives of high patriotism and unselfish devotion to the public welfare the death of senator fletcher followed closely the passing of senator park trammel of florida and the death of speaker joseph IV byrns of tennessee senator fletcher aas w as born in sumter county georgia january 0 IKO 1809 ue lie was graduated from vanderbilt university in 1880 and began the practice of law in jacksonville pin fin in lasi ne he was elected to the united states senate in 1908 1008 and had been and reelected elected re in each subsequent term while no movement had been undertaken to select his big successor as chairman of the important bandill ban banking kill and currency committee it was felt in washington circles that senator carter glass senate veteran vir virginia ginia democrat wartime secretary of the treasury and staunch gold standard advocate was in line for the post although a critic of some of presidents policies senator glass has acier gone far olt if the reservation A A semiannual SEMI SENH ANNUAL checkup revealed arx that 10 debtor nations had notified the state department that they would default on their andl indebtedness bt edness to tile the united states included among aroon these nations are grest great britain brita in france italy latvia lithuania Ks Es rumania Hu manla yugoslavia czechoslovakia and poland finland alone promised to pay belgium r el and hungary had not yet replied to the state departments notice that an installment on their war debt was due while the present debt payment was being passed in informed id circles it Is regarded that some basis of settlement will be sought by the european debtor nations in tile the near future increasing possibility of war in europe it Is believed 1 will induce these nations to re pair their credit situation in the united states S 0 IX red robed jud judges ps of Ca canadas Dadas suu prenie preme court declared two of the dominions eight social reform laws unconstitutional decided that two oth ers were valid one partly valid nod and returned tie verdicts on the other three the two major laws declared unconstitutional were the national products marketing act sh similar rillar in some respects to the nullified NR and the Eul employment and social insurance act proposing a compulsory contributory tribu tory employment insurance system the laws were passed in 1034 1934 and 1933 1035 under the conservative go government vern then headed by premier bennett declared Declai cd ed inlaid were the unfair business practices act and the llie farmers and creditors arrangement act the judges decided that the dominion trade and industry commission act was partly alad they readied reached a tie verdict on the minimum wages act the limitations of hours of work act and tile weekly day of rest host in industrial undertakings act N TOPEKA kan gov alfred M I 1 IN landon republican nominee for the presidency met col frank knox vice presidential President fill nominee and chairman john hamilton and members of the lie executive committee of the republican national committee to make plans tor for the coming 1 campaign speaking speak ing itineraries for governor landon and colonel 11 knos nox were discussed as well as other campaign strategy youth Is definitely john hamilton represented resented in the reorganized r e personnel ot of the executive committee which will chart the republican course hamilton the new chairman ma Is forty four the youngest member robert P burroughs of manchester N II 11 Is thirty six seven new members attended the meeting including in burroughs representative joseph IV martin jr north Att attleboro leboro mass J will taylor knoxville tenn sirs mrs horace sayre ardmore okla mrs john wyeth st joseph mo ezra whitla coeur dA dalene leile idaho and earl warren oakland calif members returned to the committee are charles D IIII ulyles Ies new york harrlson harrison B E spangler cedar rapids iowa R B creager brownsville Browns ville texas mrs bertha baur chicago III mrs paul fitzsimmons newport it L I 1 walter S hallahan Hall alian charleston W va and george ball mancle ind in the reorganization of bf the committee hamilton na mllton traded posts with henry P fletcher who took over the job of counsel for the committee CL B goodspeed of chicago succeeded george F getz as treasurer tile the other committee officers include four vice chairmen ralph E williams oregon J henry connecticut mrs john E hillman colorado and mrs jamos james worthington pennsylvania dan DANGERS ANGERS of civil war in china and an armed intervention by japan were lessened somewhat by reports that gen LI 11 tsung jen military overlord of province and his supporters had decided to yield to the superior strength of the central government of which chiang kal kai shek is the generalissimo the rebellious chieftains of had been coupling their agitations against ge general chiang with warlike demonstrations against the japanese tokyo has demanded in no uncertain 1 in terms that the anti japanese activities throughout china be suppressed DEFINITE strade abandonment of britaina Brit ains trade sanctions against italy and advocacy of their official metal removal by the league of nations was decided upon by the british raw cabinet under the jis presidency of prime 1 minister stanley baldwin this action of I 1 the cabinet had been 47 V expected for some time following the failure of the sane pw i lions to halt italis progress in the conquest of ethiopia it was expected t that hat capt anthony edon eden anthony y eden foreign secretary would go to geneva to attend the lea league ue ML meeting eting and urge abolition of league sanctions against italy dispatches from paris indicated french support of the british program the cabinet was also reported to have formulated a program regarding germany and the reformation ot of tile league which may call for continued pressure on hitler hit e r to use ills his power and influence to promote european peace GEN G EN JOHN J PURSUING PERSHING Is not optimistic concerning world peace addressing the graduating class at the united states military academy on the fiftieth anniversary of bis big own graduation the general said bald no one can tell when we shall again need our admies ile he continued the rhe situation in the world today is far from reassuring none can foresee the effect upon us of another world cata catastrophe loyal citizens cannot shut th their air eyes to the possibility SIN lity of war the they y one it to all that Is backed to make ample preparation against an ell eai day ROOSEVELT ROOSEVE lr returned PRESIDENT to washington from his tout through six western states and though he be was wag rather tired he hoped to run up t to anew new london conn f for or the yule yale halvord boat race that depended on the congressional 4 situation lie ile had bad to deal with will the lawmakers who were svere all ong led up in the control ersy over the tax bill and also to complete his speech of acceptance to be delivered at P n president i ehla alila on june 27 roosevelt velt the final speech of mr Roosevel ts trip was delivered nt fit vincennes ind whore where lie he dedicated the handsome memorial to george rogers clark claris ile he paid eloquent tribute to that conqueror of the northwest and found occasion to appeal tor for support OE ot his own program sold said lie he in its his darks clarks day among the pioneers there were jumpers of 0 land claims and those who sou sought bt to swindle their neighbors though they were poor in this worlds goods and lived in sparsely settled communities today among our teeming millions there still are those who by dishonorable means seek to obtain the possessions of their unwary neighbors our modern civilization civilisation roust must constantly protect itself against moral defectives fec tives whose lose objectives are the same game but whose methods are more subtle than their prototypes of a century and a halt ago we do not change our form of tree free government when we arm ourselves with new weapons against new devices device of crime and cu cupidity ill city in a series of rhetorical questions the president defended the AAA subsidies to farmers soil conservation reforestation and preservation of wild life from vincennes mr air roosevelt went to hodgenville Hodg enville ky for a brief visit to Lincol ns birthplace and then his train carried him back to washington i TN N A secret consistory pope plus XI A raised to the rink rank of cardinal two of his old friends glovanna Glovan Glov annl nt mercata and eugenio eugenic raoL twenty seven cardinals were present at the ceremony among amo ng them bet being ng cardinal dougherty Doug berty of philadelphia during the consistory the pope formally proclaimed appointments of three american and two canadian bishops they were msgr george 14 leech bishop of harrisburg pa msgr hugh L lamb auxiliary bishop to cardinal dougherty msgr william adrian nashville tenn msgr sistr francis carrol calgary alta and msgr patrick bray st john as his office was about to expire JUST aust joseph B austman Eust man federal coordinator of transportation submitted a report in which he proposed a lot of reforms by which the railroads might win back the business they have lost to the truck and the automobile among ill hit suggestions are lower fares 11 lighter lit weight and speedier cars use of busses and trucks by the rall boals to meet competition and cons consolidation ollda of terminals and J JB Eastman other facilities ile he also advised the development of a nationwide nation wide container service to in the movement of freight by rall railway way highway and water predicting that this would save millions of dollars in the handling of present freight and would create much new business the containers are now used in a limited manner in some localities and industries eastman recommended a searched sear searching examination and thorough overhauling of railroad pullman service and a plan of operation under which the pullman company would own and operate the cars and railroads leasing alem and retaining the entire revenue from the sleep sleeping ln and parlor car service OUR years ago senator george nor fris als of 0 nebraska independent republican warmly supported franklin D roosevelt for the presidency and be now announces that lie ho will again back the democratic ticket ile he urges his countrymen to forget partisanship and come to the support of 0 the man who more than any other man in recent years has stood for the welfare of the common people the senator said the cleveland convention nominated a man for president whose greatest asset Is that nobody knows him and nobody knows what he be stands for it does not necessarily follow from this that the nominee Is not a good man but it does mean that it if he will not take orders from the undisclosed bosses who made him then these eminent gentlemen have been deceived RUSSIA D proposes to establish what la 11 its rulers assert will be the only real democracy in the world A new dew constitution to bo be promulgated next fall f a I 1 1 has b a s been b C e n drawn draw a up u p under the direction 0 of f josef jose stalla stalin the dictator and will be acted un by the all union congress of soviets on november No 25 this document guaran guarantees teas protection for private prop rt suffrage for all citizens more than eighteen years old regardless of rae race sex belief and previous activities or property ownership the communist party will be retained as the only recognized political organization there are to be two legislative bodies the council ot of the union elected by the people and the council of nationalities selected by the present indirect system these two bodies will elect a board of 31 officials to run the government |