Show news review of C current L events the world 0 ater supreme court kills and farm mortgage r moratorium act new dealers congress C and business uncertain about future action by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 newspaper unton union unanimous decisions of athe THREE the supreme court of the united states shook the new deal to tta its very foundations to in the first and M k T chief J justice us tc H chea most important read by chief justice hughes the heart was cut out of f the for the co court u r t ruled that the entire code structure was invalid the code making provisions being an unconstitutional delegation by congress of its auth author or ity to legislate to persons not con necked with the governments legislative functions by the ruling tile tha exercise of congressional powers over commerce was definitely restricted strict ed to interstate commerce or oc to such activities as have a provable direct connection with interstate commerce the court held that no economic emergency could justify the breaking down of the limitations upon federal authority as prescribed by the constitution or of those powers reserved to the state through the failure of the constitution to place them elsewhere next in importance was the decision read by justice brandeis Br andels holding unconstitutional the fra aler lemke farm mortgage moratorium act this act provides tor for a five year moratorium in the case of collapse of efforts to scale down a farmers debts to a figure that would enable him to pay off his mortgage the court held that under ander the fifth amendment to the constitution private property could not be taken without just compensation there has been no previous instance the court said where a mortgage was forced to relinquish property to a mortgagor free of lien unless the debt was paid in tull full in the third decision president Roosevel ts Vs dismissal of the late william 0 humphrey from the federal trade commission was held illegal because the president did not remove mr humphrey for the statutory grounds of inefficiency neglect of duty or malfeasance in office but as the president stated because their minds did not meet upon the polley policy of administration of the commission the court held that trade commissioners terms aro are fixed by law and that their removal must be for the grounds stated in the act acl THERE HERE was consternation and confusion among the administration forces in washington and no one could say gay immediately just how much the new deal had been damaged or what could be done to repair the damage to its structure donald chberg Rl chairman of the national industrial recovery board boar d after a white awhile house conference issued a statement saying that all ineth of compulsory enforcement of the codes will be immediately suspended he added that abe the administration now faced the problem of maintain maintaining in the gains which have been made in the last two years and expressed the hope ithac employers would voluntarily maintain fair standards of commercial merc lal and labor lojis the question of the constitutionality of the wagner labor disputes bill passed by the senate was raised by the decision BUSINESS B was as confused as congress and the administration after the killing of heads of many large employing corporations intimated they would not make wage reductions or lengthen the working hours just because the way was open for such action but always there was the qualifying statement it depends on what our competitors peti tors do the big concerns would prefer to maintain the code hours ours but the smaller merchants and manufacturers who were hardest hit by the code requirements might depart from them enough to demoralize prices among the dozens of national trade associations whose officers urged members to maintain wages and otherwise to continue the status quo are those of the automobile manufacturers automobile dealers chemical industry retail dry goods good dealers cotton manufacturers cement makers oil industry wholesale grocers and grocery chain store distributors tribu tors harper sibley recently elected president of the chamber of commerce of the united states called upon american industry and business men to preserve the present wages and work hours established under the instead of cutting wages stand ard oil company of new jersey and the tide water oil company an bounced an increase of 5 per cent in salaries and wages effective june 1 the united textile workers in number threaten to strike if any mills cut waves wages and there la Is also a chance that 4 altu manous coal miners will go 0 on n strike because Is no wa wage e agreement with the operators and a scale conference collapsed the liquor business busin esq was thrown wide open without any federal re regulation u except that exerted by the treasury department in tile the collection of taxes officials of the fed eral alcohol alco liol control administration said that the supreme courts ruling took away from froin the PACA FACA every lota iota of control I 1 it t had over the distilling business A ACTING with surprising sudden ness the senate passed the copeland tugwell food drug and cosmetic bill which had been led fled to meet the objections of sena tors clark bailey and doctor copeland said he believed it would get through the housa without difficulty president roose velt favors the measure the bill greatly increases the tha scope of the 1000 food and drui drug act in the definitions of adulterated or misbranded articles and pro vides tides penalties of a year in jal jail I 1 or OP a 1000 fine for violations it was designed originally to permit the secretary of agriculture to order wholesale seizures which would permit the destruction of a business if he deemed the articles in question adulterated As amended however only a single article may be seized pending a court hearing exceptions may be made it if there Is imminent danger to public health originally also the bill provided severe penalties for publishers and radio broadcasting companies as well as advertisers for violations of regulations flatirons flat ions to be laid down by the department of agriculture TI this ils was changed so that no publisher radio broadcasting company advertising agency arother medium for the dissemination of advertising may be deemed to have violated the false advertising provisions unless they refuse refuge to furnish the name and address of the advertiser FRANK C WALKERS present job as head of the division of allotments and information in connection with the work relief pro t frank V a C walker gram la Is not so important p or ta n t as had been expected and probably by the end of the year or earlier he will be able to delegate his duties to others then accord ing to current rumors he will enter the presidents cabinet cabine t as postmaster a ster general to succeed jim farley mr farley has definitely decided to retire from the cabinet voluntarily it Is slid so that he can devote all his time and energy to directing the lie campaign of mr roosevelt for and re election he fie expects to remain not only as chairman of the national democratic committee hut but also as chairman of the new york state committee in order that thai he may have an income he plans to make a business connection with an important organization that will not I 1 interfere n with his political activities there has been a lot of talk about mr Far parleys leys alleged ambition to be governor of new york melvln melvin C eaton republican state chairman dares him to run tor for that position desperately to save the ffrank FIGHTING franc and prevent inflation premier F landin of france staked everything on a demand that he be given financial powers until the end of the year and lost the chamber of deputies voted against him to after a dramatic debate and flandin and his cabinet immediately resigned ferdinand Bouls son who was co committed malt to the support of the franc fran C was called on to form a new government ADOLF DOLF HITLER 11 has proposed that germany great BrIt britain aln france italy and belgium enter ente into a multilateral western european pact against aerial aggression it follows the lines of the proposed anglo french air pact and would do tor for the nations named what the locarno pact does with the land forces of france germany and bel glum s VELLY ELLY of california kwon 1 won the mile auto race at the indianapolis speedway setting a new record with an average speed of 1084 LOSA miles an hour piny clay weatherly of cincinnati lost control of his ear asir and was wa s killed d J JAPAN APAN ready to take control over more chinese territory delivered to the government at nankin nn an alt ultimatum I 1 inktum charging that meta tor chiang kal kai slick ns as well as gen yu chairman of hopel province and commander or of chinese troops in north china were directly responsible for a long wit list or of alleged infractions of the tan ku truce signed may 31 1933 marl marking 11 the conclusion of the sin alno japanese capane e hostilities over manchuria dispatches from tokyo sald japanese officials admitted plans hail had been made to include neiping and Tsin tsin within the demilitarized zone which at present north of the two tio cities threats were made to bomb and occupy both those cities ARLOS SIB president C of cuba lias has announced that he will not be a candidate next winter to succeed himself therefore the race la Is expected to narrow down to miguel 11 arinno gomez twice mayor of havana and marlo mario G menocal Mc nocal former president or of the island republic gomez who Is forty five 3 cars old and a son of a former president probably will be supported by a coalition of the liberals the nationalists and gicana alcana nine states of the central ONLY west will send delegates to the grass roots convention of the republican pub livan party which opens june 10 in springfield ill but the meet ing will ne less be rather na lional in scope for it will be attended by dele delar gates from other states and by nil na lional leaders of the pt party arty it was wag believed eved bell believed that harrlson E spangler national nation ai commit A M hyde teeman from iowa would be made temporary chairman and as such would deliver the keynote address others on the tentative program for speeches are arthur M al hyde former governor of missouri and secretary of agriculture in the hoover cabinet and edward hayes of decatur ni ill former national commander of the american legion the keynote address according to reports will take inventory of american affairs under tinder the roosevelt new deal and indicate the trend of the party in opposition mr hyde Is to talk on the great emancipator at the lincoln tomb in oak ridge cemetery and hayes Is expected to deal with the theories of the republican party on constitutional tut ional government AN beautiful worlds S fair the california pacific ex position was thrown open to the public practically completed thousands of visitors moved along the ancient el camino real to balboa park on the opening day and viewed with delight the handsome buildings and interesting exhibits the climax of the opening ceremonies came in the evening when president roosevelt addressed the throng by radio from his study in the white house the exposition has been built to be a symphony of sight and sound combining the grace of nature and the cunning of science for the pleasure and edif edification leation or of in an expected tourist throng of people the show stretches over 14 winding miles of exhibits and pleasure palaces housed in buildings of delicate spanish architecture scattered through acres of landscaped gardens R ALAN ROY DAFOE judge D DR J A V alln and minister of welfare david croll of ontario guardians under the king of tile the dionne quintuplets quintuple ts put on a party for those ramous famous babies on their first birthday and there was a great crowd of visitors in the little town of callender but mr and mrs dionne resentful because the infants have been removed from their charge and home to a special hospital across the street refused to attend the festivities the five little girls who are in good health and growing rapidly were displayed briefly and were permitted to crow cow or cry into the radio microphone THOUGH HOUGH the league of nations council ended its session in geneva with the hope that it had arranged matters so that war be e ka A benito tween italy and ethiopia would be averted the prospects for such a settlement are not bright under pressure from great britain and france mussolini consented to recognize tile the leagues jurisdiction over the quarrel and agreed to arbitration but immediately med lately there aft er 11 II duce told the chamber of deputies lo in rome he would not allow germany to make of ethiopia a pistol perennially pointed at us to in case of trouble in europe and asserted he was ready to take the supreme responsibility to sustain by every means italis position in I 1 eart africa he alluded bitterly to britain and france and indicated that he believed that ethiopia was perfecting its army with the help of european powers inimical to italy |