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Show DELEGATES from the five New England states, New York and Pennsylvania have cow signed a solemn pact for the protection of women and minors in industry, which has been under negotiation for several years. The compact, which must be ratified rati-fied by the legislatures of the several sev-eral states, contemplales minimum standards of wages for women and minors and contains a provision that "no employer shall pay a woman wom-an or a minor an unfair or oppressive op-pressive wage." State boards are to be set up with authority to investigate in-vestigate pay rolls and require com- News- Review of Current Events the World Over President's Memorial Day Address at Gettysburg ; Major Labor Disputes Trouble Administration; Attempt to Assassinate Ambassador Caffery in Havana. By EDWARD W. PICKARD by Western Newspaper Union. T EFORE a vast multitude of per-I per-I ' sons gathered at Gettysburg battlefield President Roosevelt delivered de-livered a Memorial day address that was in effect a vigorous attack on critics of his plans for national recovery. Introduced Intro-duced by Governor P I n c h o t as "the first citizen of the world," Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt first paid eloquent elo-quent tribute to the men of the pliauce. ""BARGES are made by the house agriculture committee that joint stock land banks have been using federal funds made available under the 1033 farm loan act to buy in their own bonds at 35 cents on the dollar while pressing foreclosures on their debtors. The committee approved the Ful-mer Ful-mer bill to authorize farmers who have obtained loans from Joint stock land banks to buy on the open market mar-ket joint stock land bank bonds, tendering ten-dering same to the joint stock land banks in payment of their indebtedness. indebted-ness. The bill would also enable farmers to repurchase their lands that have been previously foreclosed fore-closed if said lands are still ln the possession of these banks. THE Irish Free State took another anoth-er step toward becoming a republic re-public when the dail eireann passed a bill abolishing the senate. After this action had been taken President Presi-dent Ramon de Va-lera Va-lera said: "We want England to get out. We do not want to have anything any-thing to do with Britain. If there is to be any form of association, it must be in the common it i v q x 1 President's desire to balance the budget, Mr. Baker could not "imagine an army less than five times the present pres-ent size of ours having the slightest effect on the military policy of any other nation." Of course, he did not advocate any such Increase; he said that four divisions, one in each section of the country, with a fifth free to train civilians, would suffice. 'TPIIOUGH administration leaders have asserted that labor troubles trou-bles are to be expected in a time of recovery and that they are not alarmed by the strikes that are now in effect or are threatened for the near future, It was evident in Washington Wash-ington that these optimists were disturbed dis-turbed by the prospect of general strikes in the cotton textile and steel industries. It was believed President Roosevelt would have to Intervene ln the effort to bring about peace. As General Johnson refused to change the order permitting cotton mills to reduce their output by 25 per cent for twelve weeks, the United Textile Workers of America Amer-ica summoned all cotton mill employees em-ployees to quit their machines, and it was predicted that 300,000 would respond. The workers claim the reduction would amount to 25 per cent cut in their wages, and say they will not stand for this. They also demand a 30-hour week with no reduction of pay. Fighting for recognition of non-company non-company unions, a point on which the steel masters will not yield, the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers announced that a general strike would be called in mid-June unless its members win the right to choose spokesmen freely for collective bargaining. The. union leaders, who contend the collective bargaining guaranty in the NRA has been violated by employers, asked : "Is the American Iron and Steel institute more powerful than the President of the United States?" rUBA. Is now entirely freed from United States suzerainty, through a treaty which was signed at the State department by plenipotentiaries pleni-potentiaries of both countries and ratified by the senate. The pact abrogates ab-rogates the Piatt amendment providing pro-viding for the maintenance of the independence and territorial and financial integrity of the island republic re-public and authorizing the United States to intervene therein for the protection of the country and the preservation of order. In the new treaty the United States retains the . , North and South President w,)0 foU(jht brave. Roosevelt y on ,hat nIstorIc field, anil described how the sections sec-tions of the nation had been welded weld-ed Into one, Its unity being aided by foreign wars, until now al! sectionalism sec-tionalism has disappeared. He continued con-tinued : "We are all brothers now in a new understanding. The grain armors of the West do not set themselves up for preference If we eeek at the same time to help the cotton farmers of the South; nor do the tobacco growers complain of discrimination if, at the same time, we help the cattle men of the plains and mountains. "In our planning to lift Industry to normal prosperity the farmer upholds up-holds our efforts. And as we give the farmer a long sought equality the city worker understands and helps. All of us share In whatever good comes to the average man. We know that we all have a stake - a partnership In the government of our country. "Today we have many means of knowing each other means that have sounded the doom of sectionalism. section-alism. It is, I think, as I survey the picture from every angle, a simple fact that the chief hindrance to progress comes from three elements ele-ments which, thank God, grow less ln Importance with the growth of a clearer understanding of our purposes pur-poses on the part of the overwhelming overwhelm-ing majority. "These groups are those who seek to stir up political animosity or to build political advantage by . th4 distort ioa of facts; those who, by declining to follow the rules of . the game, seek to gain an unfair advantage over those who live up to the rules; and those few who still, because they have never been willing to take an interest in their fellow Americans, dwell inside of their own narrow spheres and still represent the selfishness of sectionalism section-alism which has no place in our national na-tional life." interest of both. We must be the Eamon de judges of whether Valera It is to our advantage or not." No definite plan was mentioned, and none is expected to be put forward, for-ward, before Mrfrch, 1935, when abolition of the senate will become effective. Until that date any action ac-tion of the dail would have to have senate approval. It Is apparent that De Valera no longer hopes that Ulster will be included in-cluded in any Irish republic. STATESMEN from many nations met in Geneva and reopened the sessions of the disarmament conference, with a full realization of the fact that their failure may mean the renewal of war In Europe in the not far future, and possibly the end of the League of Nations. Such hope 33 they had of breaking the impasse seemed to rest on the plan which Foreign Commissar Lit vinov of Russia said he was readj to offer. It was believed lie would concentrate on a policy of political security as a basis for disarmament. disarma-ment. Norman H. Davis, American ambassador-at-large, presented the views of President Roosevelt, urging urg-ing an accord emphasizing supervision supervi-sion of arms and a more rigid con- lease of Guantanamo as a naval base. The people of Cuba rejoiced exceedingly ex-ceedingly over the abrogation of the Piatt amendment, and President Presi-dent Mendieta declared a three days national holiday. tT AVANA police learned that 1 1 there was a plot to assassinate assassi-nate Jefferson Caffery, American ambassador to Cuba, and to destroy is Y American property on the island. They took extraordinary precautions to protect pro-tect Mr. Caffery, but despite the presence of soldiers at the entrance to his home some unidentified un-identified assailants drove by in a car and poured a GOING from Gettysburg to New York, the President embarked on the cruiser Indianapolis, put out to sea and reviewed the American fleet, which, as assistant secretary of the navy, he helped to command during the World war and In which he maintains the warmest Interest. With him were Secretary Swanson and Josephus Daniels, the war-time navy secretary. There were some other distinguished guests, but members of congress tried in vain to get aboard. The Indianapolis was anchored about a mile from Ambrose lightship, light-ship, and 88 fighting ships passed proudly In review. The Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, flying the four-starred flag of Admiral David E. Sellers, commander command-er of the fleet, led the parade and then, with the Louisville, turned out of line and anchored near the Indianapolis. It was an imposing spectacle, such as had not been witnessed since the early days of President Coolidge's administration. administra-tion. A T THE annual exercises at the United States Navy academy 403 midshipmen were graduated. A total of 3o2 were commissioned ensigns en-signs in the navy, 25 lieutenants in the marine corps, one lieutenant in the Philippine scouts and 105 will resign. TJNDEU' the present administra- tion the navy Is doing quite well, but the army feels It is neglected. neg-lected. Secretary of War Dern and Newton D. Baker, who held the portfolio port-folio during the war, appeared before be-fore the house committee and urged the pussage of the Thompson bill, which would Increase the strength of the army to 1G3.000 enlisted men and 14,0-13 officers. That the present pres-ent regular army Is inadequate in the face of present disturbed world conditions was declared by both gentlemen. The American army as now manned would not simultaneously protect our outlying possessions, train civilians, and repel "any sudden sud-den invaders," Secretary Dern Insisted. In-sisted. A more satisfactory army would cost the nation $35,000000 annually, an-nually, he said In explaining that he had not suggested an Increase to President Roosevdt because of the trol of international traffic in arms. Louis Barthou, foreign minister of France, showed no inclination to yield to the German demands for rearmament. The French are said to believe Hitler Is due soon to run up against domestic troubles that will tie his hands; they will continue con-tinue to promote their defensive alliances al-liances until the German chancellor gives in, and just now are counting on a pact of mutual assistance with Russia and the little entente which will be signed If, as expected, Russia Rus-sia enters the League of Nations. The French also are hoping for an accord with Italy. Premier Mussolini of Italy, ln a speech before the chamber of deputies, dep-uties, said that disarmament talk was foolish and in so many words suggested that war was the only way out of the economic adversities that beset Italy and Europe generally. gener-ally. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT signed the joint resolution of congress empowering him to stop arms ship ments destined for countries at war, and immediately proclaimed an embargo em-bargo against shipments of arms or munitions from the United States to Bolivia and Paraguay. His action ac-tion was the first of Its kind In American history. Because of existing ex-isting treaties he could not forbid actual shipment of arms but he did prohibit their sale in the United states to the warring countries. Costa Durels, Bolivian representative representa-tive in Geneva, before an open session ses-sion of the League of Nations council coun-cil invoked Article 13, the arbitration arbitra-tion clause of the league covenant, as a basis for settling the conflict with Paraguay. If his demand Is granted the dispute will automatically automat-ically go to the World Court of Permanent Per-manent Justice for settlement. Durels Du-rels said an arms embargo would mean the "finish" of Bolivia. "'ODOS and Rossi, French flyers ' who hold the distance record, sought to better their work by making mak-ing a nonstop flight from Paris to California. They got across the Atlantic At-lantic ocean all right, jut a weak ness of one wing of their big mono plane developed and they were forced to land at Floyd Bennett field. New York- stream of bullets J. Caffery from sawed-off shotguns just at the time Mr. Caffery Caf-fery usually leaves for the yacht club. He was not Injured but one of the soldiers was grievously wounded, wound-ed, his right leg being torn off by an explosive bullet. Mr. Caffery went on to the yacht club calmly and refused to say who he thought the assassins might be. Cuban government officials were greatly excited by the attempt on the ambassador's life, and there was an Inclination to blame the Communists, but leaders of that party denied their followers had anything to do with it. In recent demonstrations the radicals have attacked Mr. Caffery in their speeches. Presumably the sole purpose pur-pose Is to stir up trouble between the governments of the United States and Cuba. PXDEAYORING to learn what -L' small business throughout the country thinks about the NRA, the national industrial conference board has been conducting a survey that has not brought definite results. Tabulating .these results as best it can, the board states it found that 34.4 per cent favored the NRA as a whole; another 12.S per cent favored fa-vored It with some reservations; 3G per cent were definitely opposed to it, while 0.4 per cent could not see that It made much difference. |