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Show sjws Review of Current Events the World Over Ts Victory Over Pincliot Delights Opponents of New Deal NRA Will Abandon Codes for P Small Businesses. By EDWARD W. PICKARD by Westiro Newapapor Union. S ATOH DAVID A. REED of y nnsylvanla, fighting In the Re- an primaries for re-noralna- Nnerged from tha hectic bat- tie victorious over his rival, Gov. Glf-ford Glf-ford Tlnchot. Reed's majority was In the neighborhood of 100,000, and long before all the returns re-turns were In Governor Gov-ernor Plnchot gave up and wired his congratulations to the senator. sliver until It reaches $1.29 an ounce or until Its metallic reserve strength reaches 25 per cent. This is both permissive and mandatory. The President Is authorized to nationalize silver through condemnation. condem-nation. This Is permissive. CONSIDERATION of tha records of three Chicagt federal Judges In receivership and bankruptcy cases were under consideration by the house judiciary committee, with the possibility of Impeachment in prospect. A sub-committee turned in a report on the jurists, Charles E. Woodward, James H. Wilkerson and Walter G. LIndley, making no recommendations for or against Impeachment Im-peachment but criticizing sharply their allowances for attorney and receiver fees. With respect to Judge John P. Barnes, who has handled several receiverships and bankruptcies In the federal courts at Chicago since 1933, the subcommittee declared it had "no criticism as to his conduct In these matters." CNATCI1ERS" are not faring so O well In the Far West and Southwest. Six-year-old June Ro-bles, Ro-bles, who was kidnaped from Tucson, Tuc-son, Ariz., was found in a tomb-like hole where she had been kept chained, and there were good chances that her abductors would be caught. The child was weak but uninjured. Eos Angeles police in a sudden raid freed William F. Gettle, oil millionaire who had been kidnaped and held for a large ransom, and arrested three of the men who abducted ab-ducted him. The trio confessed, were promptly given life sentences and are now In the San Quentin prison. GENERAL JOHNSON and his assistants in the NRA are tired of trying to enforce the multiplicity mul-tiplicity of codes for small groups, CTRIKES In many branches of the automobile Industry will occur oc-cur unless the striking employees of the Fisher Body plant at Flint, Mich., win their demands, according accord-ing to President Green of the American Amer-ican Federation of Labor. "The strike of the workers employed em-ployed at the Fisher Body plant at Flint, Mich., reflects the spirit of unrest and discontent which prevails pre-vails among the automobile workers work-ers at the present time," Green said in a statement. "There will be no peace In the automobile Industry," he added, "until the grievances of the workers work-ers are fairly settled, discrimination discrimina-tion and coercion stopped, the right of collective bargaining established es-tablished and company union domination dom-ination and Intimidation stopped." Dissatisfaction has been accentuated, accentu-ated, he addedv "because of th failure of the automobile labo; board to function properly and effectively." ef-fectively." Labor troubles along the American Ameri-can waterfronts increased dally. On the Pacific coast thousands of seamen quit work in sympathy with the striking longshoremen, and the mayor of Seattle asked Secrelary of the Interior Ickes for federal troops to protect non-union workers. work-ers. In the ports of the Great Lakes a general strike of tugmen was threatened. At Galveston the longshoremen were still out, and hundreds of other workers went on strike. r Y A vote of G2 to 13 the senate - passed the Fletcher-Rayburn bill which places the securities markets of the country under the regulatory control of a federal commission. com-mission. The measure already had passed the house, but with the provision that the federal trade commission should be the regulatory regu-latory body, and this difference, together with the house's provision pro-vision for a fixed margin requirement, require-ment, caused some delay In the conference. At a press conference confer-ence President Roosevelt stated that he preferred the house version of the bill In those two particulars and that he had told the chairman of the committee so, although he had kept his hands off the measure meas-ure until it was passed by both bouse and senate. THE White Star liner Olympic, coming slowly into port in a fog, rammed and sank the Nantucket Nan-tucket lightship, seven of the lat-ter's lat-ter's crew being killed and four, including Capt. George Braithwaite, saved. Captain Binks of the Olympic Olym-pic blames the accident on an error in the radio direction beam which he was following, though this device de-vice has heretofore been considered infallible. He admitted, however, that at the time of the collision he was five miles off his supposed course and that his radio signals, submarine signals and reckoning all misled him as to his real position. posi-tion. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY SWANSON announced that as soon as funds can be obtained from the public works appropriation asked by the President, the construction con-struction of twenty warships will begin. These vessels, it is estimated, estimat-ed, will cost $40,000,000. This building program will Include In-clude twelve destroyers, two destroyer de-stroyer leaders, and six submarines, forming the first year's program under the Vinson act, which authorized au-thorized the replacement of 102 ships to bring the navy up to- full treaty strength by the end of 1939. "XXfORLD Good Will day" was VV May 18, and to mark it students stu-dents from colleges in all parts of the country gathered In Washlng- "itji Since Senator tEjr Re9d Reed, one of the Sjiuard conservatives, has been hjrelenting critic of the New - ind Governor Pinchot, a "pro-!Pe" "pro-!Pe" Republican, has given his Support to President Roose-".policies, Roose-".policies, the result of the prl-t;i prl-t;i was hailed with glee by op-.n3 op-.n3 of the-national administra-ufc3oth administra-ufc3oth the candidates made the 8,1 kOeal the issue in their cam- rat-- and when the governor was e tk, .ted by illness from making ot;es, Mrs. Pinchot took the rn' and vigorously defended the Client's programs of recovery, hstanding all this, Postmas-Moft-neral Farley said : "I do not J jjf the defeat of Governor Pin- Sirt,is a New Deal test," and An'tir Joseph T. Robinson, Dem-j,"! Dem-j,"! leader, took the same atti-ixu'j atti-ixu'j President Roosevelt refused '' iment. iliLtor Daniel O. Hastings of liiare, chairman of the Repub-"congressional Repub-"congressional campa.ign com-j-gj,; Issued a pronouncement that ennsylvania primary result 6fili great victory for the Amerl-., Amerl-., , izen who wants a square deal St a New Deal." TjWrnor Pinchot, who has tried jjbefore to get Into the senate, b would continue to fight for 3g3';':erests of the people against ilt ni trated wealth, and It was 1 -it lllllilll ::::-:::si;;::::::;''';M,;f5;j";::i and therefore the administration has decided to abandon thousands of those arranged for lesser Industrial plants and service establishments. estab-lishments. In fact, to regulate prices and trade practices and innumerable details In countless ton and staged a demonstration i n support of world disarmament. Miss Elizabeth Wheeler, daughter of United States S en a t o r Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, was chairman of the affair, af-fair, and after the meeting Miss ItaiiKl that he would run Inde-oft.iit.tiy Inde-oft.iit.tiy ln November. r inriiGuffey, Democratic leader in Ph"'lvauia, easily won his party's l!flition for the senate, but the igisi ficans claim he will have p gchance against Reed in the M1 1N "DEItS of the Republican par-.jIn par-.jIn Indiana turned down Sen-'S'ty Sen-'S'ty rthur R. Robinson quite de- if. They not only defeated j; n to gain control of the party .Mtlon, but also refused to i ' ssurance that he would be andwed for renomlnation ln the , . onvention June 5. The best "''nator could get was an In-SaltW'ient In-SaltW'ient of his fight In the senate " constitutional government" ,r his stand "against bureau-5fias bureau-5fias exemplified by the Derao-party Derao-party and Its administra- si og those mentioned as possl-nj possl-nj jjiijals of Robinson for the nom- are former Senator Jim i, former Representative ) Ick Lnndis and former Gov. 1 G. Leslie. Robinson angered 4Nlj)te committee by attacking facers. f Q kDER that congress may ad-n ad-n June 5, the Tresident and congressional leaders got Ar and pared down the legls-4i legls-4i program. They agreed to je "must" bills to four meas-. meas-. ' These are: no1C, sue billion, three hundred j of 'dollar emergency approprl-:o approprl-:o C'jill carrying funds for the 7 Ration of the New Deal re- communications control bill ng the consolidation of fed-gjjpilat'lon fed-gjjpilat'lon over all communica- jfOI-fflonns to Industries bill, ati-ig ati-ig RFC and federal reserve ajlfoallvnnccs to smaller Industries Jte rmcdintu crwlit terms. deposit Insurance extension jrjgrjntlmilng the temporary fed-' fed-' ink deposit guarantee plan ;t Lal(!'th" year In lieu of putting --maneut program contained rtJ!o3l!,S3 banking hill into effect Gwd''$OOS(voIt sont fo "-'""ffosa n .torrt- explaining why (ho first inu l! bi" ls neccss"r.v, and urg-'" urg-'" Af "O more than the amount re- jpje appropriated. Jther measure that may be Uj)' ""S" nt this session Is the ,J.IU upon which the TrosMent rrferfe sliver bloc agreed and fTiLijvas to be introduced with a from Mr. Roosevelt. As Hi, tills Is n compromise con-jjrj) con-jjrj) V these provisions: 3 pjUlarntlon of policy that the (t,ient recognizes silver as pri-,.r,10.v pri-,.r,10.v nd that tho nation's p'Jultf' !1' roscrvs shall be 2o per j fl-hii'.vor and 73 per cent gold, or mandatory. Secretary of the treasury is S-'cd RI1 directed to purchase small businesses Gen. Johnson hag proved tQ bg Impracticable and the effort has taken an outrageously large percentage per-centage of NRA work and funds. Johnson said he was working on arrangements to substitute simple agreements for codes covering small Industries. These agreements merely will cover wages, hours and the collective bargaining guarantees of the recovery act. The agreements may be identical with the Presidential re-employment contracts that employers signed last summer pending adoption of codes. Those who are relieved from codes will be permitted to continue to display the Blue Eagle if they sign such agreements. The relaxation probably will apply to nearly all small establishments except retail stores. It ls reported ln Washington that General Johnson would soon ask the President to empower him to supervise and check prices which private business concerns are charging charg-ing their customers. This would be the start of his attack on the charges that the NRA Is fostering monopoly and high prices. The President could take the action by Issuing an executive order and congressional con-gressional sanction would not be uecessary. The silk textile Industry found itself overloaded with surpluses of goods, and the NRA permitted all t he mills to shut down for one week, during which time 30,000 workers are unemployed. The shutdown shut-down was ordered by the silk textile tex-tile authority, the board set tip by the industry Itself to rule the Industry In-dustry under the code. Ollicially the NRA itself did not order or approve the layoff, but It Is watching It closely. close-ly. It may suggest the same device to other industries. The cotton textile tex-tile manufacturers are reported to he eyeing the silk shutdown enviously. envi-ously. CATT. GEORGE POND and Lieut. Cesare Pabelli opened the ocean-flying ocean-flying season with an attempt to make a nonstop hop from New York to Rome a thing that has never yet been done. They ran Into dense fogs and head winds over the Atlantic At-lantic and then hnd such serious engine trouble that they were forced to land their big Bellanea monoplane, mono-plane, the Leonardo da Vinci, on the west coast of Ireland. According Accord-ing to their stories, the aviators were mighty fortunate that they did not fall Into the ocean and drown. Wheeler led a dele-Miss dele-Miss Eliza- E(lti0I, to the White beth Wheeler I()Use an( present. ed to President Roosevelt a petition peti-tion asking him to take the lead in securing a world treaty for complete com-plete disarmament. News from abroad indicates that this Is Imposing a tremendous task on Mr. Roosevelt, for the prospects of disarmament are growing slimmer slim-mer daily. There is no abatement of the quarrel between France and Germany over German rearming, and France has lengthened the service term of its soldiers, which example Belgium probably will follow. fol-low. Hungary and Jugoslavia are engaged in a bitter border dispute and the former has asked for help from the League of Nations council, coun-cil, which has opened another session ses-sion in Geneva. Japan, still stubbornly stub-bornly aloof, seems to be seeking a new cause for hostilities against China, alleging that a number of Japanese soldiers were killed by Chinese troops. The League's commission en the Paraguay-Bolivia war ic the Gran Chaeo submitted a report recommending recom-mending that ail '.aliens of the world, especially the American republics, re-publics, he asked to join in an effort ef-fort to shut off from the two South American coi::.trs ail ti.e materials mate-rials neccss.'ii-y to varry ei a war. |
