Show news review of current events the world over new deal sighs relief as supreme court 0 Ks gold i laws president urges b congress to extend two more years by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper union ROOSEVELT and PRESIDENT the new dealers breathed easier after the united states supreme court handed down its is decision sustaining invalidation of gold clauses in private contracts lut but not on federal bonds while it was i held that the government must pay off its bonds in gold 1 or its equivalent lo in devalued currency another ruling that 1 the court of claims had no jurisdiction president over such cases roosevelt means that it would lie be impossible for holders of federal bonds to collect on their old gold basis in other words the goldei of a 1000 federal bond Is entitled to a technical value of 1090 but in reality it would be impractical to make any collection of that amount since the court of claims la Is the only tribunal before which suits against the government may be taken and other courts may not entertain such suits without a special act of congress the court also held that those who held gold certificates had no cause of action and could not sue the government the power of congress to deal with currency was fully upheld briefly the ruling said 1 congress has the power to nul afy promises to pay in gold contained in the bonds of private cor lons 2 A gold certificate Is worth only its ita face value in present de valued currency congressional pow er over the currency includes the right to establish circumstances un der which gold certificates need not be redeemed in gold or its equivalent 3 congress has no authority under the constitution to abrogate the payment ln in gold clause of government bonds but as no actual damage has been done therefore there Is no basis for suit for recovery the decision was read by chief justice charles evans hughes who voted with justices brandeis andels Br stone roberts and cardozo in the majority dissenters were justices van devanter sutherland and butler the four so called conservatives serva tives not only this country but the entire world awaited what tho the nine lonely old men of the supreme court had to say about the roosevelt monetary policies the decision Is ranked with the courts de in the dartmouth college case in 1818 which upheld the sanctity of contract and in the dred scott slavery case in 1857 which had bad much to do with hastening the outbreak of the civil war satisfaction within the administration was evident at once justice was spokesman for the dissenters he unleashed a scathing attack on the majury majority views ills his voice vibrant he said the constitution as we have known it Is gone if given effect the enactments here challenged will bring about confiscation of property rights and repudiation of national obligations just men regarded spoliation apoll atlon of citizens by their sovereign with abhorrence hor rence but we are asked to affirm that the constitution has granted power to accomplish both no definite delegation of such a power exists and we cannot believe lieve the farseeing framers who labored with hope of establishing justice and securing the blessings of liberty intended that the expected government should have hava authority to annihilate its own obligations and destroy the very rights which they were endeavoring to protect prote eLl ahey i notified that chief justice hughes was wall reading the decision president 1100 levelt sevelt went to the cabinet room where abere he listened to telephonic re ports from an aid the chief ex was waa prepared to take swift action to protect the credit of th the government in case an adverse de clellon was handed down but execl tive orders were unnecessary thi the carefully prepared program was no not needed I 1 T TWO WO more years of the with clarification of policies more effective enforcement of codes code and the granting of unquestioned power to the federal government were urged by the president in a message to congress the national recovery act terminates june 10 this year abandonment would be unthinkable he said naming the act as the biggest factor in giving re employment to approximately people he said congress must maintain the fundamental principles of the act to establish at least a minimum fair trade practice and labor relations standard pleading that child labor must stay out and that fixing of wages and hours was practical and necessary answering recent protests of labor lai ini he said the rights of I 1 employees freely to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining should be fully protected he urged more strict application of antitrust anti trust laws condemned monopolies no and private price fl drig opposed hindrances to fair competition and proposed further protection of small enterprises against discrimination and oppress oppression I 1 on his als suggestions if adopted would keep code violators from behind the bars tile the way to enforce laws codes and regulations relating to industrial practices is not to s seek eek to put people in jail he sald said admitting some mistakes the president was well sati shed that tile had done a good job considering si its short eI existence stence only carping critics and those who seek political advantage and the right again to indulge in unfair practices or exploitation of labor or consumers deliberately seek to quarrel over the obvious fact that a great code of law of order and of decent business cannot be created in a day or a year mr roosevelt declared all details of the legislation were left to congress while this Is in progress the senate finance committee proposes to conduct the nye mccarran investigation of the administration and codes the judiciary subcommittee reported no funds available but the inquiry which has the presidents approval will be attempted without money M ORE than men were report ed killed or wounded in a skirmish in the demilitarized zone which lies iles between Manchu kuo and china north of the clash was between the recently formed pence peace preservation corps and the militia the peace preservation er corps which has the approval of the chinese governments government was receiving money and arms from the japanese it was alleged the militia Is supported by local chinese interests while the battle was raging wang ching wel premier of the chinese nationalist government and koki El frota japanese foreign minister expressed themselves as desirous of peace be tween the two nations fingerprint records of every L citizen of the united states on file in washington along with those of john at al capone and even john D rockefeller jr would go far toward ending and serious crimes says attorney general homer S cummings he urged that nil all americans obtain free fingerprint cards from the fingerprint ger print department imprint their marks and send the results to washington VECTOR ICTOR A CHRISTGAU de from his position of second ranking officer of the AAA in the recent shake up which involved several alleged radicals resigned in protest chester 0 davis administrator had not accepted the resignation and secretary of agriculture wallace was attempting to persuade christgau to change ills his mind wallace hinted that there had been differences between christgau and A H lauterbach chief of the AAA dairy section over the milk polley policy A of undersecretary rexford guy tugwell christgau was also supposed to have encountered friction with other members of the department part ment this gave secretary wallace rise to new dew amo rumors that g brain truster tugwell will resign before his influence in the AAA la is too severely curtailed by the demotion and ouster of his confreres contreres con freres meanwhile amendments to the agricultural ri adjustment act were declared to conceal dangerous arbitrary and autocratic powers over farmers manufacturers and distributors tribu tors of farm products by the legislative committee of the agricultural industries conference in washington the committee cited the provision that the AAA may require that a licensed processor purchase only from those who sign contracts it charges that the amendments make no provision for the farmer to express himself in the matter of li licenses censa but contain precisions tor for price control mar bets production and purchasing through indirect restriction of the farmers market these provisions are equivalent to a licensing of the farmer according to the committee the entire economic life of communities muni ties could be directed from washington the said UNO U no 1 B c aped the e lectris chair ai flits t felpi andly mien it 11 tit or of enor ir filed by deren w earned him a ir r which filch wis was to ti in nut lit jit trenton N 3 1 I fim lo IS the bronx Q ali r Is stir sift nt it finist until ot since a cain lit lir fit mafi to me court or of gardn piri in it ir tho th amiri of cernis and appi ai aig fill tit in lit 1111 hold the writ larn i r c ii ilar mill A clolie arevia gitil il tin tiff appeal afler i ditth fill bif I If lit ir bense counsel klinl 1 it ln subsequently threaten pl ehno pitin lie or fisher donld lim kinf tn tit willi draw from the lie hl the alie hearing hei irin will ill pio probably bably silv t clr place it at the lie next net qin q i n of the court which begins mn mii 1 I part part of alir ill dl somlon IP de tense wis was lit hi atell lurar filp iiri the assumption flint ilav hedv or of ill alie dead de id baby lal v was that of ra ali h son cent deore ge 11 II foster f former orall I 1 ill ID for the defense doel lied that taint tile binl v could not lint 1131 alme e bicci landys bemuse because it was vas four taller titan charles A lindbergh Lindh ergh jr was tn lit a less les ron thin would Noi ill have been po sible in tile mild ileather cirii or roll the and was cin balin L 1 I B balu G tile the tenth command ment Is breaking the law lit in eng en land alexander frederick churchill sim of Cook cockham liam dein dean berkshire coated the perfect merln serving maid of ills his neighbor herbert mercer stretch and enticed her away front from halil lor for l or this the civil court fined sim it assessed him another also for asserting in a telegram that stretch borrowed money from the maid edith saville Savl lle whose affairs were the talk of john dulla bulls island where perfect serving mald are hard to get and hard to keep sim was also forced to pay court costs totaling 2000 IN THE heels of the supreme 0 ON courts gold ruling former president herbert hoover demanded re establishment of the gold standard in t the h e united states as the only way to restore confidence in our currency this could coul d only be done by making the dollar immediately convertible at the present alfr 59 cents of gold the modern method of specie payment herbert the only living hoover ex president s said a I 1 d that such action would put more of the 10 unemployed men back to work than any other step the united states should take the lead in returning to the standard he said declaring that there Is no need to walt wait for foreign nations before we reestablish establish re the gold cold standard and restore confidence in our currency they would be bound to follow some time they are more afraid of our doing just this than they are of any american managed currency ONE inmates shot and THIRTY X killed a guard in a spectacular break from the oklahoma state prison at granite the only male penal institution administered by a woman warden thirteen were captured shortly afterward and a man hunt Is on for the others the fugitives used two guns which had been smuggled to them forced a trusty sty turnkey to open up for thorn them corralled 20 visitors in the visitors room and using them for a shield made their escape her prison already the subject of investigation into its moral and managerial 11 standards the warden mrs G A mother walters was wag ordered replaced by a man gov E W marland declaring that a woman just cant manage a prison defiantly she refused to clear out until completed investigations had vindicated her R EALM LEADER HITLER DITLER roused to exercise his prerogative of mercy and two berlin society women were be headed by the official executioner tor for divulging military secrets another woman and a polish nobleman were sentenced to life imprisonment at hard bard work the execution of 0 the two women was carried out at dawn with such secrecy that it was hours houra before their exact fate could be learned the two women went to their death with a calm courage that should be on an example for or the strongest men an eye witness reported the sensational publicity awakened by the execution was expected to induce hitler to commute the sentences of two men spies scheduled to be be headed in tile the same game manner soon to curb the inroads of S STEPS japanese landholders in the rich hemp growing provinces of dabao are being taken by the philippine government strict application of insular laws governing land holding by aliens will be mad made according to eulogio rodriguez secretary cr of agriculture who schemes a wholesale cancellation of subleases sub leases of public lands which he maintains are illegal A recent survey rodriguez asserts shows the japa nese control acres in the province and that leases to acres are illegally held |