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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over William Green Says Labor Must Force 30-Hour Week; Gen. Johnson and Business Leaders Discuss Future of the NRA. By EDWARD W. PICKARD NOTICE Is served on the nation that the 30-hour work week will he forced on Industry, by organized organ-ized labor by the use of widespread strikes, If neces- sary. This Is the dictum of William Green, president of the American Federation Fed-eration of Labor, and It causes consternation con-sternation In the administration 'as well as grave alarm In the country generally. gen-erally. Green, in his May day address to r , j William Greer eral commission and a cessation of federal subsidies for Inland waterways. water-ways. Another $2,000,000,000 for public works In order to help the laggard heavy industries. Relaxation of the present rigid security act and a soflening of the pending stock exchange bill. Approval by congress of the President's Pres-ident's tariff bargaining plans as a means to reviving foreign trade. Abandonment by the administration administra-tion of Its demand that Industry cut Its working hours 10 per cent and raise its pay rolls 10 per cent Control of bituminous coal production pro-duction by a system of quotas and penalty taxes on overproduction. T UST a few hours before Genera J Johnson had spoken In high praise of the bituminous coal settlement, set-tlement, Federal District Judge Charles I.Dawson In Louisville held unconstitutional the code arranged for that industry, as npplied to local business, and granted a temporary Injunction restraining the government govern-ment from forcing the code upon unwilling operators in western Kentucky. Ken-tucky. The operators, who claim to have $30,000,000 invested in the mines, chiefly in Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Union and Webster counties, protested pro-tested vigorously when the code recently re-cently was formulated providing for $4.00 a day for seven hours work. Prior to that the scale was $4 for eight hours work. Most of their mines were shut down more than a month ago. WHEN the senate committee on privileges and elections opened the hearings on the demands that Senators Huey P. Long and his po- TA.70RITY and minority reports of the Investigation Into Dr. William A. Wirt's "red plot" stories were made to the house, and they were Just what had been expected. The majority of the committee held that Wirt's charges were untrue and that his companions at the famous dinner party did not make the statements state-ments he had attributed to them. Representatives MeGugln and Lehl-bach, Lehl-bach, the Republican minority members mem-bers of the committee, characterized character-ized the Investigation as a "repudiation "repudi-ation of all precedents" and indicative indica-tive of Intentions to "suppress all Information" which might directly involve the brain trust. THE senate by acclamation accepted ac-cepted the conference report on the V.I34 revenue measure, which provides for an Increase in taxes of $417,000,000. The Couzens amendment amend-ment for a 10 per cent Increase In Income tax, which the house rejected, re-jected, was cut out, XTUEN the administration's bill for reduction of cotton production produc-tion was under consideration its opponents op-ponents argued in vain that it would work grievous injustice to thousands of tenant farmers and "croppers" in the South. Secretary of Agriculture Agricul-ture Wallace now finds this prediction predic-tion was well founded, his Information Informa-tion corning from Dr. Calvin B. Hooker of Duke university whom he requested to make an Investigation. Investiga-tion. Mr. Wallace now plans the establishment of a compliance board to inquire into complaints of tenants. ten-ants. At the same time the enforcement enforce-ment of cotton reduction contracts will be -tightened to prevent farm owners from ousting tenant farmers and farm workers because of the reduced re-duced amount of production. SPEAKING to about two million Germans at the Templehof airport air-port outside of Berlin, Chancellor Hitler defiantly denied Germany's war guilt and declared the reich has been a victim of the war. He warned the world again that Germany Ger-many no longer was willing to accept ac-cept discrimination against her by the former allied powers, and declared de-clared that day of "spineless submission" sub-mission" was at an end. TVKAD" for more than a. year, the Austrian parliament came to life long enough to approve, by a vote of 74 to 2, the new Constitution Consti-tution and a mass of laws decreed by Chancellor Dollfuss since March 8, 1933. The new Constitution abolishes abol-ishes parliaments and also does away with trial by jury. JUST before midnight of May 6, George V began the twenty-fifth year of his reign as king of Great Britain, Ireland and the British dominions do-minions beyond the sea and emperor emper-or of India. By his own choice the anniversary was not observed by especial ceremonies, but preparations prepara-tions are already under way for a celebration of his silver jubilee In 1935 that will rival that of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee in 1887. In his 24 years on the throne George has earned the high esteem of the the world and has proved himself a real leader and, In the minds of the British, all that a king should be. He Is democratic, human and progressive pro-gressive and a genuine sportsman, but upholds with dignity the traditions tradi-tions of the court. ATTORNEY GENERAL CUM-MINGS CUM-MINGS feels that the forces of the Department of Justice are Inadequate In-adequate to cope with the gangsters, and will ask congress for about $2,-000,000 $2,-000,000 in excess of the $28,700,778 authorized the department for. the fiscal year 1935. Next year's appropriation appro-priation is the lowest granted the Justice department since the war. . With the additional money the attorney at-torney general contemplates purchasing pur-chasing for the division's agents a fleet of high-powered automobiles, a few armored cars and ample guns and ammunition. Likewise the force of investigators will be added to, and there is a possibility that the division's 24 field offices will be increased. FEDERAL agents believe they have uncovered a great ring of crooks for the handling of money derived from kidnaplngs, bank rob- Wllllam fcreen w()rUerSi says the New Deal has failed to remedy the unemployment situation, since tliere are mill more than ten millions without Jobs. The 30-hour week, lie says, Is the only remedy available avail-able since If all Industries not yet under codes are brought under them, the resulting, re-employment will not give work to these millions. Just before Green Issued this statement, President Roosevelt had apparently declined to support the Connery bill legislating a. 30-hour week for all industry; and General Johnson has recently abandoned as not feasible the plan for forcing a 10 per cent reduction in working hours. REPRESENTATIVE EERTRAND S.NELL of New York, minority leader In the house, says the period of emergency Is over, so he and the rest of the Republican leaders feel free now to demand that the emergency emerg-ency laws and bureaus be dispensed with. An amazing phase of the controversy con-troversy over the New Deal thus comes to light. The opponents of the ndministrntion virtually concede that President Roosevelt and his advisers ad-visers have won their fight against the depression and declare that normal nor-mal conditions have been restored or are at hand. But the President and the other New Dealers deny that the battle is over and assert that their recovery measures must be continued in force. At the same time they insist that they are not seeking to change the American system sys-tem to state socialism, collectivism, communism, fascism, and that what they are accomplishing is "evolution, "evolu-tion, not revolution." Thus a most peculiar situation in politics is created, and the man in the street Is waiting interestedly to Bee how it will be handled in the coming campaign. LEADERS of business from all parts of the country gathered In Washington for the annual meeting meet-ing of the United States Chamber litical follower, John II. Overton of Louisiana be deprived de-prived of their seats, the political groups that have been seeking especially espe-cially ' to oust the "kingfish" remained in the background and left it to the women of Louisiana Loui-siana to take the Mrs. of Commerce, and naturally the topic for discussion was the NRA, concerning concern-ing which varying views were offered. President Henry I. Hnrriman declared that industry is willing to accept the President's suggestion sug-gestion of a permanent perma-nent NRA if modi- 'v lead in the fight. mrs-These mrs-These women are Hammond headed by Mrs. Hilda Phelps Hammond, Ham-mond, who has been Indefatigable In the compaign against Long and his crew. The women were represented as counsel by Gen. Samuel T. Ansell, wartime acting judge advocate general, gen-eral, who has pending against Long a suit for libel. His opening statement state-ment dispelled the idea that Long's opponents would be satisfied to let Overton remain in the senate if the "kingfish" were thrown out. "We expect to prove," said General Gen-eral Ansell, "the charge that there was fraud in the 1932 Louisiana primaries sufficient to vitiate the election of Senator Overton ; that Senator Overton was an active perpetrator of that fraud ; that Senators Overton and Long were designers and instigators of that fraud." WILLIAM H. WOODIN, who was President Roosevelt's first secretary of the treasury, has passed away, succumbing to the throat affection that forced his resignation from the cabinet last December. In his death the country coun-try loses a business man of the highest type and a gentleman who had the respect and affection of all who knew him. He became president presi-dent of the American Car and Foundry company in 1916, and also was president of the American Locomotive Lo-comotive company. His Interests were varied, for he was musician, composer, art lover and student of government as well as leader In Industry. In-dustry. He was long a personal friend of Mr. Roosevelt and, though a Republican, was one of the first selections for the President's cabinet cab-inet and worked hard so long as his healtn permitted. tpXACTLY 3G years from the day Admiral Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila bay, the legislature leg-islature of the Philippines accepted the new offer of the United States for the Independence of the Islands as embodied in the Tydings-McDuflie act. Uuder the terms of the measure, the Filipinos will obtain complete Independence in 1945. During the intervening years a commonwealth government, to be set up probably next year, will govern the islands. With acceptance of the act the Filipinos ceased to be nationals of the United States and became subject sub-ject to the rigid immigration laws. Only 50 may enter this country yearly. The status of an estimated 60,000 Filipinos in the United States as well as the International status of the entire Island population during dur-ing the transition period remains in doubt, due to the wording of the measure. ?V'- ' h beries and swindles. They already have arrested a number of men and are hurrying hur-rying to get others before they are put out of the way by members of the gang, as has been done before. The ring, It is said, has been operating In ficatlons and re- Gen- Johnson strlctlons are placed on the broad authority granted Mr. Roosevelt during the emergency last year. On the other hand, Silas H. Strawn, former head of the cham- ber, attacked what he termed the abandonment of a scheme of government gov-ernment which has made "us happier hap-pier and more prosperous than any other nation." He called for a three-way action by Mr. Roosevelt: Balancing of all governmental budgets, a definite announcement that there will be no more requests for emergency legislation and "no more tinkering with the dollar," and a revision of the securities act and proposed stock-exchange legislation. At a dinner Gen. Hugh S. Johnson John-son was the chief guest and after his address he submitted to an inquisition in-quisition on the present and prospective pros-pective policies of the NBA. Asked directly If the principles embodied in the recovery act were to be permanent, per-manent, he replied : "If there has been any good demonstrated dem-onstrated by the recovery act, it will live and it ought to live; if there has been any bad it will die and it ought to die." Admitting that there has been a lapse in public Interest and enthusiasm, enthus-iasm, the general said a new campaign cam-paign to make the nation Blue Eagle conscious was being mapped. He also admitted that the controversy controv-ersy between labor and industry Is becoming more acute. He expressed the opinion that the ideal relationship relation-ship between labor and management manage-ment had been worked out in the bituminous coal Industry. Generally, the member of the chamber of commerct agreed that the first year under the NRA had brought economic Improvement. Some of their suggestions for speeding speed-ing the recovery program were: Co-ordination of all land, water, and air transportation under a fed- Chicago, New York, John J. st Louis, Kansas McLaughlin city and other cities. One of the first men taken into custody was John J. McLaughlin, Mc-Laughlin, formerly a state legislator legisla-tor and a political boss In Chicago, suspected of being a leader in the disposal of the "hot money." The specific charge against him Is conspiracy con-spiracy in the kidnaping of Edward Bremer, St. Paul banker, for whose release a ransom of $200,000 was paid. The federal agents were diligently dili-gently searching for William Elmer Mead, a notorious crook, who Is thought to have directed the kidnapers. kid-napers. McLaughlin confessed that he had handled some of the Bremer ransom money, and his son was arrested ar-rested with part of It in his pocket by Western Newspaper Union. |