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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over President Roosevelt's Vacation Trip Ends NRA Modification and Drouth Relief Taken Up Von Papcn's Hard Task in Austria. By EDWARD W. PICKARD by Western Newspaper Union. SHITTING and business Interests long have urged the establishment establish-ment of "free ports" or foreign trade zones at many American sea, lake and river ports, and this Is now under consideration by the government, having been authorized by the last congress. Trade and shipping experts are preparing Information In-formation on how to apply for grants. Some of the cities that have asked how to set up the trade zones, are New York, Newark, N. J. ; Providence, Provi-dence, It. I.; Pittsburgh, Philadelphia; Philadel-phia; San Diego, Calif.; Miami, Fla., and Iloboken, N. J. Private corporations located on the Great Lakes also are Interested. A barrier would surround the area set off for the trade zone. Into this area, which must be equipped with adequate shipping and warehousing ware-housing facilities, foreign and domestic do-mestic merchandise could be brought, without being subject to customs laws, and stored, broken up, repacked, assembled, distributed, distribut-ed, sorted, mixed with other foreign for-eign and domestic goods, and then exported. Or, if desired, the merchandise mer-chandise could be placed In American Amer-ican domestic commerce upon payment pay-ment of customs duties. EItOM now on Communists are not going to have so pleasant a time In the United States, and the spreading of their destructive doc- P RESIL-EXT ROOSEVELT ended Ills rather long vacation trip, returning re-turning to his home In Hyde Park, New York. During the remainder of Terence by a small body of citizens known to be Communist agitators who are being supported In their agitations agi-tations by the sympathetic attitude of Gov. Floyd B. Olson." At the end of the statement was a sentence interpreted as a request for replacement of the federal mediators, medi-ators, Father Francis J. Haas and E. II. Dunnlgan. The conciliators were authors of a peace plan which the union accepted ac-cepted with alacrity because It granted a maximum of the demands de-mands made before the walkout. It was turned down by the employers, employ-ers, but mediation proceeded until the principal point of difference now concerns the rohlrW f pil i'i the summer ana until un-til congress meets he will spend some time there and In Warm Springs, Georgia, but most of the time he will be In Washington, busy with the nation's affairs in his temporary tem-porary oflice which President Roosevelt lias been established estab-lished In the Blue room of the White the strikers. The Haas-Dunnlgan plan makes that blanket provision. The employers do not wish to be forced to take back men who have Communistic sympathies. TN GREEN BAY, WIS., the Presi-1 Presi-1 dent delivered what was considered consid-ered his principal political address of the year. lie told his hearers that the New Deal was going ahead on its nonpartisan road and that those who support it "do so because it Is a square dea and because It is essential to the preservation of security and happiness of a free society." ii trine will not be so easy. Congres-s Congres-s 1 o n a 1 Investigations Investiga-tions Into this matter mat-ter may not have amounted to a great deal, but several of the country's great organizations have undertaken to arouse the people to the danger that threatens their government gov-ernment and their M. F. Shannon House. The executive ollices nre being be-ing remodeled and enlarged. One of the first matters to claim the President's Pres-ident's attention Is the modification of NRA. The secret cabinet committee com-mittee he appointed to inquire Into the legality and advisability of continuing con-tinuing and extending the price fixing fix-ing features of NRA has decided this price fixing should be restricted restrict-ed and gradually abandoned, and there Is little doubt that this ad-Tlce ad-Tlce will be followed. Whether or not the fixing of prices is legal, it has brought sharp and continuous criticism from Senator Borah and many others which has not been relished by the New Dealers. On his way from the west coast the President not only saw some of the great public works projects of the Northwest, but also passed through regions that have suffered severely from the drouth. So he is backing up the government agencies agen-cies In their work of hurrying vast sums of government money to the arid regions to ease the human suffering suf-fering and also to lessen the chances of another such catastrophe. catastro-phe. The Public Works administration, administra-tion, which had an original appropriation appro-priation of $3,300,000,000, revealed it had spent about $-100,000,000 on projects to aid Impoverished western west-ern families. The President's reference to Wisconsin Wis-consin political alignments was this significant remark: "Your two senators, both old friends of mine, and many others have worked with me in maintaining maintain-ing excellent co-operation between be-tween the executive and legislative branches of the government." Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Republican Re-publican Independent and sponsor of the new state political party, is up for re-election. F. Ryan Duffy, Democrat, is the. other senator from Wisconsin, elected In 1932. PRANZ VON PAPEN, vice chan-cellor chan-cellor of Germany, who was appointed ap-pointed minister to Jnrfnn i- national Institutions. The Order of Elks took cognizance of the Communist Com-munist threat in its convention In Kansas City, and Michael F. Shannon, Shan-non, its newly elected grand exalted exalt-ed ruler, is now making an airplane tour of the country for the purpose of urging every lodge of the order to carry on the "Pro-America" program pro-gram In its community. He will travel 10,000 miles to give what he calls "marching orders" to the 1,400 Elk lodges. Of the Communists in America, Mr. Shannon says : "A vast and formidable organization organiza-tion has been set up. The United States Is now divided into twenty districts, each with its own committee. commit-tee. Each district is divided into two sections and subsections, with section committees set up in ac- - -J.utj1.iit4 UUl." I ing the excitement that followed iiii cordance with the residential locations loca-tions of the Communist members. "Youth organizations, formed to teach not only disrespect, but hate, for American institutions, have appeared ap-peared everywhere. Organizations under patriotic names, but designed to destroy confidence in our government, govern-ment, are meeting nightly. Bureaus of propaganda are working secretly." se-cretly." The Crusaders, that organization of young business men that was so influential in bringing about repeal the assassination of Chancellor Doll-fuss, Doll-fuss, has been accepted ac-cepted by the Austrian Aus-trian cabinet after considerable delay. His avowed task is to restore amicable am-icable relations between be-tween the two governments, gov-ernments, but this will not be easy. Chancellor Schusch-nigg Schusch-nigg is as determined deter-mined to root nut Emergency Relief administration officials announced they had allotted allot-ted huge sums to feed men and women. They also have spent thousands thou-sands to care for starving cattle. Public Works Administrator Harold Har-old L. Ickes, who was on an Inspection Inspec-tion tour In the drouth area, ordered or-dered his forces to expedite all construction con-struction projects affecting the dry regions. XT ATIONALTZATION of silver, authorized by the last congress, con-gress, was ordered Into effect by the President. This will have little immediate effect on the average citizen, though the move Is somewhat some-what inflationary and started prices on the up-grade. Big debtors and owners of silver mines will benefit, but as the value of the dollar goes down, the holders of securities and loans suffer loss. The President's order directs the surrender to the government of all silver bullion and bars within 90 Franz von Papen of prohibition, has been reorganized and, under the leadership of Fred G. Clark, commander in chief, has entered the fight against the Communists Com-munists and other groups that seek to overthrow American Institutions. Among its national advisers are Aldrich Blake, Oklahoma City; Francis H. Brownell, New York; John W. Davis, New York ; Prof. E. W. Kemmerer, Princeton, N. J. ; Nazism in Austria as was his predecessor, prede-cessor, and at the same time the Uerman Nazis are keeping up their press and radio attacks on the Austrian Aus-trian government In camps around Munich are about 40,000 Austrian Nazi fugitives for whom Von Pa-pen Pa-pen Is expected to obtain amnesty so they may return to their country; coun-try; but as they have been hoping to march into Austria under arms Martin W. Littleton, New York; Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., New York ; Charles F. Thwing, Cleveland ; James P. Warburg, New York, and Sewell L. Avery and Albert D. Las-ker, Las-ker, Chicago. The Paul Reveres, a national organization, or-ganization, was established especially espe-cially to cleanse educational and religious institutions of subversive influences ; and the American Vigilante Vig-ilante Intelligence federation Is also actively combating Communism. The Department of Americanization Americaniza-tion of the American Legion Is working in the same cause. , A congressional subcommittee, of which Representative Charles Kramer Kra-mer is chairman, has been Investigating Investi-gating Communist activities In southern California, and also has heard a lot of testimony about the so-called Silver Shirts, an organization organiza-tion with alleged Nazi affiliations and a large membership. An Intelligence Intel-ligence service witness who Joined the Silver Shirts, said members were armed and that he was offered of-fered money for stolen government machine guns, rifles and ammunition. ammuni-tion. He said the declared objective objec-tive of the organization was to take charge of the United States government, govern-ment, by force if necessary. to overthrow the government, It Isn't likely Schuschnlgg will care to let them return. The cabinet in Vienna is taking vigorous action to curb the Nazis, and it is reported that the executive execu-tive committee of that party had been ordered dissolved, the members being told to take leaves of absence and to cease activities. Chancellor Hitler Is daily solidifying solidi-fying his power in Germany. The latest step Is to require all Protestant Prot-estant pastors and church officials to take an oath of fealty to Hitler just as did the Nazi storm troops and members of the regular army. New rules were imposed by the national na-tional synod that make Relchs-blshop Relchs-blshop Mueller the supreme lawmaker law-maker and authority for the church. Between eight and ten thousand political prisoners in concentration camps were given their liberty by an amnesty decree announced by Hitler In memory of President Von Hindenburg. tTEARTY approval was given by 1 the world Baptist congress, in session in Berlin, to a proposal that a plebiscite be held In 40 countries to determine whether the people want to fight another war. The suggestion sug-gestion was made by Rev. Harold Camp of Oakland, Calif., who said the Kellogg pact should be made the basis of such a vote, all nations which adhered to it taking part days, the price to be paid being C0.01 cents an ounce. Silver coins and silverware are not included. Under the silver purchase act the treasury is authorized to value the silver It obtains at $1.29 an ounce and to issue silver certificates on thnt basis. The government proposes pro-poses to hold enough silver to make up 25 per cent of the metal backing of the national currency. No one knows how much silver bullion there is In the United States, and It may be necessary to make considerable con-siderable purchases in China and India. CECRETARY OF STATE HULL and Secretary of Agriculture Wallace joined in a statement concerning con-cerning their efforts to revive America's Amer-ica's world trade, explaining that the reciprocal trade agreements to be negotiated with foreign countries coun-tries will be beneficial and not harmful to American agriculture and manufacturing. The statement pointed out, In answer an-swer to criticism from farm organisations, organi-sations, that farm interests would not be sacrificed to aid other groups. It also said no sacrifice of any major or basic agricultural or manufacturing man-ufacturing industry was planned, although Secretary Wallace told reporters re-porters that some harm might be done to a tiny fraction of the producers pro-ducers for the greater good of all. WHETHER or not Japan obtains naval parity with Great Britain Brit-ain and the United States, It proposes pro-poses to have a powerful navy. Admiral Ad-miral Mineo OsumI, minister of the navy, submitted to the cabinet the largest budget in the country's history. his-tory. It calls for appropriation of about $214,416,000 for the coming year. New Items alone total about 590,000,000. In the last budget the diet allowed the navy little more than half of what is now asked by Admiral Osumi. France has denied Japan her support sup-port of any steps toward abrogation abroga-tion of the Washington navy treaty of 19-1 by announcing her intention to adhere to Its previsions pending "some change in the European situation." A RABS of Algeria, like the Arabs of Palestine, do not love their Jewish neighbors, so they started anti-Semitic riots In Constantlne and surrounding towns, In the course of which a great many persons were killed or wounded. Nearly all the casualties were among Jews. The French military authorities quickly got control of the situation. Con-stantine Con-stantine is in a wheat growing area and the Arab farmers had a poor crop this year. The rioting gave them a chance to wipe out many debts to Jewish bankers and shopkeepers. NE thousand men and women " comprising the Minneapolis Protective committee telegraphed n appeal to President Roosevelt to protect the constitutional rights now superseded by martial law in their city. Copies of the appeal were sent also to Secretary Perkins Per-kins and Lloyd Garrison, chairman of the National Labor Relations board. "We are satisfied," they wired, "that an agreement between employers em-ployers and employees could be reached were it not for the Inter- |