| Show news L I 1 k review of C current events the world over i congress quits having done most things the president dent 6 asked steel strike postponed Roosevel ts dau daughter in nevada presumably for divorce by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 by western newspaper union colon A FTER several days of hectic AA work pushing through the last measures labeled must by the administration and a host of other bills demanded by various members the seventy third congress closed its ats second session the measures passed during this session include some of the basic laws of the new deal and considerable elaboration and modification of laws passed last year in addition to the regular appropriation bills and a normal amount of necessary routine legislation As in the first session president roosevelt was in full control though the legislators displayed a more critical attitude and a tendency to give proposed legislation closer scrutiny before giving it their approval this could not be attributed to a lessening of the presidents influence or of the confidence in him but rather to the fact that the members of congress wish longer to be labeled as a yes men on the whole mr roosevelt succeeded in getting what he asked and in preventing what he did not want several measures that had bad the backing of tho the administration failed of passage these included the oil bill ardently desired by see sec rotary ickes the tha puro pure food and drug drue bill which never neter came to a vote tote the ratification of the st lawrence waterway treaty and a series of amendments amplifying and clarifying the powers of the AAA in its closing hours the congress spent money like water indulging in what congressman britten of chicago called an orgy 0 of spending such as never has been known in tho the history of the world during peace times the last of tho the major bills disposed of were the deficiency appropriation bill allotting tho the president more than two billion three hundred million dollars for relief and other amer emergency purposes the one billion dollar housing bill to promote the revival of the building trades and of the durable goods foods industries the frazier bill for relief of farm mortgagors the bill amending banking legislation ta i the railway labor bill athe WILLIAM ILLIAM GREEN president of the american federation of labor succeeded where president roosevelt administrator johnson and all others had bad tailed failed he appeared q before the delegates of the steel workers work era un tons lona at pittsburgh and persuaded them at least to postpone their threatened strike the plan which he offered and which may lead to a per I 1 earl J L manent settlement forbeck forback of the g controversy in brief provides establishment of a three man board by the president to adjudicate and mediate all violations of code on matters of discrimination against employees to insure the right of workers to organize empowering the board to hold and supervise industrial elections for collective bargaining representatives all grievances or complaints would be referred to the board for final decision if acceptable to labor capital and the federal government the strike would be called oft off permanently this was a modification of the plan offered by the administration and violently opposed by the more radical delegates leaden of of the rank and aid file tl steel workers including earl J and other chiefs of local unions were especially bitter in their attitude toward general johnon and were still eager tor for a strike but they were outnumbered and the green plan was adopted as it a basis bala for further negotiations the union leaders went gowash to washington for a final decision they carried authority to call the strike it th the peace plan were rejected by the government ov emment or the steel operators operator era er ator tors I 1 IN N A A formal letter accompanied by a long explanation the code cod authority of the tho cleaners and dyers has ha notified tha 69 president lint that it has ha withdrawn its consent to the code the reason assigned for this achon that mat administrator johnon johnson son acting by authority of the president ident su the minimum price and other fair trade practice provisions of the code while leaving tn in effect affect all other provisions including those establishing minimum wages mind dd maximum hours of labor the cleaners and dyers say that with operating costs greatly increased by the labor provisions provIs lons tt it Is impossible to make a profit unless a minimum price la Is established and enforced in its appended explanation the code authority challenged the validity of this oils action by general johnson continuing we cannot believe that you would knowingly countenance a reckless disregard of repeated promises and assurances given to authorized representatives of the trade by the administrator personally within two weeks of the date on which he played a major role in their breach the code was consented to says tho the memorandum on the express understand understanding ing that the minimum price and other trade practice provisions were absolutely necessary if members of the trade were to comply with other provisions or of the code including the limitations on maximum hours and minimum wages of labor the suspension of the minimum price provision Is pronounced a deprivation of the primary benefit of the code to members of the trade leaving them only the burdens the memorandum states that 97 per cent of the plant owners owner and to retail shops shop are able abla and willing to comply with the price and other trade practice provisions if there la Is reason reasonable abi L operation cooperation co on the part of the government in enforcing compliance on the other 3 per cent there la Is vir dually complete compliance in of the districts SECRETARY S OF WAR DERN and president roosevelt have received a unanimous report from a house investigating committee demanding that maj gen benjamin CID D f foulois be removed as chief of the army air crops 11 without d delay e I 1 a y 1 1 jy 1 I the report ac I 1 S aused the general A of dishonesty tar gross misconduct cneill inefficiency clency unreliability in ce n foulois 11 mismanagement mismanage men t after praising the young men who fly army planes under foulois Fou lols I 1 direction the report concluded we find it necessary to report that we are most firmly convinced from the evidence and records submitted that before any substantial progress in the building up of the morale and material of the army air corps can be attained maj gen benjamin D foulois must be relieved from his position as chief of the air corps the report referred to certain violations and avast evasions ns of law a and nd army regulations by also the gross misconduct induct and inefficiency of general foulois and other executive officers under his bis command particular exception was taken to the fact that army airplanes had been bought by negotiation instead of after competitive bidding striking back at the committee for its secret hearings goulois foulois challenged his accusers to a meeting in open court 1 I consider that the accusations accusation are most unfair and unjust he said in a statement and I 1 am ready and willing at any time to meet my accusers in open court avelt ANOTHER NOTHER divorce in the roosevelt family Is impending mrs anna dall the daughter of the president has taken up residence in nevada with the evident though not yet declared purpose of seeking I 1 legal e g a I 1 separation from her husband curtis dall new york broker the news neva was no surprise to friends of the family the dalls have not been living together for a year anna and mr M rs anna A nna their two children dall a and residing in the white house for the six months she must remain in in nevada mrs dull dall has selected a log cabin on the shore of lake tahoe some alf fifteen teen miles from the house where her brother elliott El llott lived a year ago when he and the former elizabeth donner of philadelphia were divorced L the america born member of the british parliament mint has done a lot of bright things thing and some stupid ones in the latter category cornea comes her action in plymouth at it a ceremony in memory of sir francis drake she grabbed from a midshipman of the american battleship wyoming a wine filled goblet and throw threw the wine into the river saying 1 I cannot understand why men will leave home for this beastly stuff ROOSEVELT went pup PRESIDENT up to new haven conn for the yale commencement and was pro pre td with the highest honor the un hersIty can bestow the degree of doctor of laws after the ceremony lie he attended a luncheon of alumni mid and took occasion to challenge the critics of his new deal and especially those who make fun of the brain trust it Is true lie he told his hearers and there was obvious lu in his voice a note of de defiance flance that today more than ever before in our public life we are calling on the teaching profession for in our government ern ment there have been certain ribald comments and sonic some laughter about the use of brains in the national government but it seems to me a pretty good practice it Is a practice that will continue lie added firmly and the professors around him started the vigorous applause which followed later on he evoked further applause when he said 1 I tell you the party affiliations of the majority of people holding responsible positions in washington anti and it Is a mighty good thing I 1 cannot that evening mr air roosevelt boarded the presidential yacht sequoia find and proceeded slowly to new london conn to witness the boat races between 11 harvard arvard and yale ills hia son franklin jr was one of the harvard freshman crew after the regatta the president motored to the family home at hyde park N Y yi to remain over the week end C chancellor HITLER has been receiving some hard knocks recently vice chancellor franz von delivered himself of a vigorous criticism of the more radical experiments peri ments of the nazi regime and its excesses and arrogance alluding z to the pagan revival von said germans must not exclude themselves f from r 0 in the society of chris van nations the count speech spee cli delivered at was out of the german press but the german people read it in swiss papers and then learned that president paul von hindenburg had sent von a telegram of congratulation ula tion immediately after this incident count rudolf announced hla his resignation as german ambassador to russia this was the first firs t defection from nazi government ranks since dr alfred hugenberg resigned as minister of agriculture and economics in june 1933 na doines resignation Is attributed to his failure to persuade chancellor hitler to accept dussias Rus sias proposal for a aggression non pact the count Is a close personal friend of president von iron hindenburg late dispatches from berlin say hitler has rejected von lapens offer to resign and has made a temporary horary y truce with him both of them arranged to confer with the president at neudeck but not at the same time C COLLUSIVE bids on city supplies and contracts are ended by the recognition by the administration tra tion that code regulations are unworkable im ble in dealings with municipal and other governmental agencies an executive order has been issued exempting contractors manufacturers and merchants from the most important of the code restrictions strict ions lons in all transactions with federal state or city or other subdivisions of government it was published after thousands of cities had protested against increases in operating costs occasioned by the JAPAN APAN was obviously pleased recently when the american fleet was moved from the pacific to the atlantic but it will not be so glad to hear that the fleet Is to return to the pacific about november 1 when all its maneuvers have been completed presumably there will be an attempt in passing through the panama canal to break the I 1 47 hour record made in the spring secretary swanson says the navys construction program will be pushed ahead with obtained from the public works administration six new submarines and fourteen destroyers wil luse up most of this sum about will be spent on airplanes TERRIBLE marine tragedy ATILE A was waa narrowly averted when the german uner liner dresden carrying 1000 holiday passengers gera struck a rock in a norwegian fjord and was wa run aground F fortunately only four persons wera were drowned though a hundred of the panic stricken passengers leaped overboard ENRIK D won re HENRIK in minnesota as the farmer labor bahor candi candidate droe tor for the united states senate he will be opposed at the polls by Con congress gregs man elnar einar hoidale Hol dale democrat and N J holmberg republican the farmer also gov floyd B olson BEGINNING july 1 the air mall mail postage will be six cents an ounce flat the old rate was wag eight cents the first ounce and 18 cents tor for each additional ounce ta the he reduction was announced by the post port office department |
