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Show What Small Business Wants TWELVE delegates from the lit-I lit-I ue business" conference that held such uproarious session in Washington were received by Wesi dent Roosevelt . presented to him a list of 23 proposals for the, , cure of their economic ills. These had been consolidated and toned down from the proposals conceived by the conference, the condemnation condemna-tion of much New Deal legislation being omitted. The principal recommendations in the report were for easier credit for mall business, repeal of the un-divided un-divided profits tax, modification of ., . .-.-.! ,-r,c tav eaual respon- the capital gains tax, equal responsibility respon-sibility on employer and emp oyea for observance of mutual labor agreements, the return of relief to local governments as soon as possible, pos-sible, the abandonment of wage and hour legislation and the immediate investigation of the Wagner labor relations board. Through Secretary Early, the President announced that a large majority of the recommendations seemed constructive and possible of fulfillment Others, however, he felt, sounded well but were rather impractical. im-practical. It is known that the administration administra-tion does not want the undivided profits tax completely repealed. Neither does it want relief returned i i t nV.nnrlnnmpnt M SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK Western Newspaper Union. to local government, of wage and hour legislation, or interference in-terference with the Wagner labor relations re-lations board. New West Point Chief BRIG. GEN. JAY L. BENEDICT has assumed command as the new superintendent of the United I States Military academy at West Point, succeeding General Connors, about to retire for age. General Benedict, who is fifty-five years old, began his military career ca-reer as an enlisted man in the National Na-tional Guard in 1898. Bulkley's Toll Road Plan X7'ITH the approval of the President, Presi-dent, Senator Bulkley of Ohio offered to the senate the great toll I highway plan that he has been It would control production through acreage allotments on the five principal commodities on the basis of domestic and export needs. In bumper years, marketing quotas would be applied with penalty taxes to enforce them if approved by two-thirds two-thirds of the affected farmers in national referenda. It would set up an "ever normal" granary system by storing in bumper bump-er years surpluses on which loans would be made to the producers. Through this medium the administration adminis-tration aims to stabilize the flow of commodities during lean years to prevent consumers from being "highjacked" into exorbitant prices -oi.wi is j working on for some time. It is designed to be a long range medium of work relief re-lief for the jobless and to stimulate business. The measure provides pro-vides for the construction, con-struction, by the federal government of ten superhigh- A. F. of L. Ousts Miners WITH tears in his eyes, President Presi-dent Green of the A. F. of L. announced to the convention in Miami that the United Mine Workers Work-ers of America, the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers and the Federation of Flat Glass Workers had been expelled from the federation. The miners' union is headed by John L. Lewis and is the nucleus of his C. I. O. Sen. Bulkley WayS4 acfoss tte Madame Perkins on the Spot CECRETARY OF LABOR PER-lJ PER-lJ KINS, who has been having a hard time explaining why Harry Bridges, C. I. O. leader on the Pacific Capone May Be Mad A L CAPONE, who attained a bad eminence as America's most powerful gang leader during the prohibition era and was sent to Al-catraz Al-catraz for ten years for income tax fraud, is under observation in the hospital of "the Rock" and it is reported that he has lost his mind. His attorney says if medical men find he really is insane, he will apply for a writ of habeas corpus to get him out of prison. Capone would be eligible for freedom free-dom on January 19, 1939, but still has awaiting him a sentence of one v-umitiy, tiiree running run-ning east and west and three north and south. The cost is put at eight billion dollars. This, according to the terms of the bill, would be liquidated liq-uidated from "reasonable toll charges" and from sale or lease of tracts of a strip of land not over 550 feet wide on each side of each highway. The tolls employed for estimating purposes were 25 and 50 cents on passenger and freight vehicles, respectively, re-spectively, plus 1 mills a passenger pas-senger mile on passenger vehicles and 4 mills a ton mile on freight vehicles. Freight and passenger vehicles would operate on separate pavements. TO"1'--- "Hfwwi coast, has not been deported as an alien Communist, has put herself in a tight place and aroused indignant protests from Joseph Kennedy, Ken-nedy, chairman of the maritime commission com-mission and ambassador-designate to Great Britain. year in jail and a fine of $20,000. Hitler Seizes Full Power A DOLF HITLER has made him-self him-self the absolute ruler of Germany Ger-many and has assumed full control of the armed forces of the reich. More for Dole Asked n RESIDENT ROOSEVELT in a special message asked congress to appropriate $250,000,000 more for relief to supplement the billion and a half relief fund. He said this was necessary to care for three million persons thrown out of work during the last three months. A bill to carry out the President's suggestions was introduced in the house immediately and speeded toward to-ward passage. f i! .I'V.-.ww' - ....... proclaiming himself "chief of national defense." Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg was removed re-moved from the post of war minister; Col. Gen. Hermann Wilhelm Goering, minister of aviation, was made general Seld marshal: Gen. J. P. "Kennedy Mada f'ns uy appeared before the senate commerce committee and took a stand beside Ralph Emerson of the C. I. O. affiliated maritime union m condemnation of the maritime mar-itime commission's proposal to settle labor disputes in the merchant mer-chant marine by the mediation methods successfully employed on the railroads. Kennedy, who was in Palm Beach sent angry telegrams to the White House and it was said he was on his way to Washington to demand a showdown between himself and the labor secretary. If the President Presi-dent should side with her, Kennedy might be expected to quit the administration ad-ministration and give Up his an pointment to'the court of St. James Should Mr. Roosevelt uphold Sen! nedy, Secretary Perkins might resign re-sign from the cabinet. Emerson defied congress to pass the bill and apply the principles of Railway mediation to the merchan marine. He said the union wmW Steel Price Cut; Wages Stay TVI AYBE President Roosevelt was right when he said recently that steel and other mass production produc-tion industries could and should reduce re-duce prices to buyers' levels and at the same time maintain the general gen-eral wage level. Anyhow, United States Steel is doing just that. This huge corporation extended indefinitely its working agreements . 4 WaUer vm Brauch Brauchitsch 'f "plaCed Gen" eral Werner von Fritsch as commander in chief of the army; seven army generals and six generals of the air force were summarily dismissed. According to the London Dailv not obey the law if it was enacted adding that "there are not enough Kennedys to man the ships." g Links C.I.O. With Reds JOSEPH RYAN, president of the chargf. He 1 to SUPPrt the Elinor M. Herrtk, gional director of w 0rlc re' bor RelatrSoari'oKr1 official powers to"wie R wiui uie committee for Industrial Organization in which present rates of wages and the eight-hour day are maintained. At the same time the price of cold rolled sheets used in large amounts by the automobile industry was reduced $4 a ton, the first break in the steel industry's price structure. -fc- No Secret Alliances "VXTITH three curt expressions of "No," Secretary of State Hull denied that the United States has any alliance with Great Britain relating re-lating to the event of war, or with any other power or any agreement in connection with the operations of the American navy. The denials were made in a letter to Senator Key Pittman, chairman Herald, between 180 and 190 senior army officers were arrested in the German provinces. Reorganization of Germany's diplomatic dip-lomatic corps was announced, the ambassadors to several European countries being changed. In the shakeup Joachim von Ri-bentrop Ri-bentrop was recalled from the London Lon-don embassy and made foreign minister. min-ister. No new minister of war was appointed, ap-pointed, but Gen. Wilhelm Keitel was named chief of the supreme command and will rank ap minister. minis-ter. -fc Monarchy Plot Foiled gACK of Hitler's sudden grab of " absolute power was a move ment among high army officer fr.. of the senate committee on foreign relations. The letter, which was read in the senate, gave a specific answer to questions which have been raised by opposition senators who have been seeking a definition of the administration's foreign policy. pol-icy. House Passes Farm Bill . j T IMITING debate by a gag rule the house adopted the conference con-ference report on the administration's administra-tion's crop control bill by a vote of 263 to 135 and sent it on to the senate. sen-ate. As it came out of conference, the measure continues, in an extended and revised form, the existing soil conservation program, providing benefit payments to co-operating farmers. restoration of the monarchy It was revealed in Berlin that a secret speech delivered by one general to which the return of the exiled former for-mer Kaiser Wilhelm was urged was reported to the reichsfuehrer and aroused his anger, hastening his de-termmation de-termmation to assume personal command of the armed forces Anyhow, the coup is a crushing victory for the Nazi government group over the army clique tha had been growing daily more Uireatening to Hitler's regime and that was said to be planning to force his gradual retirement The monarchists' plot, it is sairt included the elevation to the throne of the ex-kaiser's second son, Prince ler head of the Gestapo or seem police, revealed it to Hitler. 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