Show news R review deview of current events tl the ic world 0 over ver weirs weira conflict with national labor board johnson plans realignment of code authorities insults In son and others indicted in indiana by EDWARD W PICKARD action tt tf any the WHAT wand and the national labor board would take in the case 0 of the weirton steel company was unrevealed by the authorities E T weir chairman c ot of the board of the company maintained bained that he was loyal to the presidents recovery program but insisted that the labor board had no right rl lit to coerce or abrogate the election of 0 employees depre L T weir E senta tives that was held at the weirton plant the successful candidates were handpicked hand band picked and so were those who were defeated all being company men members of the workers union the amalgamated association of iron steel and tin workers did not appear on the ballots union representatives senta tives charged that workers were threatened with loss of their jobs tt if they vote and said many of the well men deliberately spoiled their ballots there were ugly threats that that it if tile government did not act the workers would begin to take things apart we are putting our faith in president roosevelt and the said eald one of the union leaders promised to see this case through well it they dont then well be forced to take things into our own hands because were going to win this fight thomas H assistant to president williams said the only way the government would be at al enter the matter was on oil the strength of a court order we are for the 11 he said but there are some parts of the recovery law which frankly we do not like its no secret that weirton steel Is opposed to a closed shop which is what the labor provisions of the act mean nor Is it any secret that we do not intend to recognize the amalgamated ile he still insisted that the company union was not a company union at all but an association of employees plo representatives chosen by free and untrammeled ballot by the workers gen hugh S johnson Jo linson administrator refused to comment on published reports that president william green of the american federation of labor will demand a clear cut statement from the recovery administration and the national labor board outlawing company financed unions green said that on september 20 he had filed many affidavits with the recovery authorities charging that corporations in every section of the country were violating the jabor provision by company company union activities ile he charged charge A no action had been taken against h adust these corporations G GENERAL E JOHNSON has mapped out a new alignment of code authorities in order to provide more effective representation of consumers interests ills his plan Is to place on every code authority one representative selected by the administrator Illais this representative will be assisted by two tavo advisors one drawn from the ranks of labor and by the labor advisory board of and the other othel to be nominated by tile consumers advisory board an important ant part of johnsons announcement was that he be proposes to give the representatives on each code authority a veto power over any of the actions the authority may ay elect to take in other words in the self government ern ment of each industry which the general has often discussed as ills his rim aim a code authority way may decide to take lake some step with respect to prices or production or wf wages if it suits the representative it wilt will be put into effect otherwise he can veto the action the administrator also announced tile the appointment of leon henderson of the russell sage foundation new york find and S 3 a director of tho the consumers research bureau as special assistants in tile the consumers division of the lie he emphasized that mrs hits mary rumsey sey society woman who heads the consumers advisory board would retain tier her present pot reports of secretary roper ot of the commerce department and secretary wallace ot of agriculture wore were or of a nature to cheer up president roosevelt and all the supporters ot of his policies mr roper submitted facts and fig nry showing that considerable progress toward bu business Iness recovery had bad been made in tile united states as aa a result of decisive action by tile the government and that there were definite signs ot of a business revival throughout the world ne ile albore alsore al also sore reported that in line with the administrations economy program he ha had d brought about drastic reorganization in hla his department and had cut expenditures per cent compared with those of the previous year secretary wallace reported the 1033 farm income at against last year exclusive c ot of in crop reduction benefits to be paid by the government before the alie end of the year ONE of the encouraging signs of the times is the de decision cislon of of the van swearingen railroads to purchase worth of rolling stock this being the biggest order for equipment au authorized thorlie in many years the purchases will be financed by the the railroads will buy the equipment with the proceeds of 4 per cent fifteen year trust certificates sold to the government in this way the government will obtain security tor for its loan without receiving as collateral bonds or other evidences of mortgaged indebtedness debt edness by contrast the demands bonds as security whore where possible tile the roads are the chesapeake ape ake and ohio the nickel plate and the erie G GRAND BAND jury investigation of the affairs of the northern indiana public service company resulted in the returning of indictments at crown point ind against samuel insull jr and other of the company including morse dell plain its president it Is 1114 4 1 char charged ged that the companas comp anys treasury was looted for the 1 benefit of insult insull holding companies the report of the samuel gra grand fad jury include included e d insull jr these accusations that a bookkeeping P in error of was purposely made to deceive cc lye the indiana public service commission and justify high rates for service that huge expense account for certain officials covering trips to california and atlantic city and the sending of vast quantities of flowers to hotels were an unjustified charge against northern indiana public service that properties in many instances worthless and without exception worth far less than the value charged were transferred to the treasury of northern indiana through a system of interlocking dl di orates this was done the report declared to milk northern indiana public sen ice of surplus earnings that the funds and assets of the operating company are still being constantly depleted by the domination of midland and other parent organizations of tile the insult insull group the investigation was given its start when howard W duncan former assistant treasurer of northern indiana confessed he had embezzled 11 of the alie compa comp companas anys C money and lost it on the r race horses duncan pleaded guilty guilt to the theft of 1500 lie offered to to tell the inside story of the insult insull high finance and was wag allowed to do so the investigators then followed out the lines he laid down for them to follow tried alie HE government of greece hotl fied samuel insult insull that he would have to leave that country when hla his residence permit expired on december 31 but when the american fu gutive pleaded illness he was granted an extension of the permit to january 31 insult has no consular status as an american citizen his passport having been revoked where he be can go with safety Is a puzzle for the united states has extradition tic tte atles with all countries bordering greece and presumably he would be nabbed as soon as lie entered any or oc them the government in washington toll has instituted proceedings to collect from insull ills his wife and his bla son in income taxes LIEN president Roosevel Roosevelt ts pet project in the To tennessee unessee vat valley is far enouf enough gh advanced to manufacture electric power it is going to produce Q a lot of oe it and consumers will be needed so to create a market tor for this energy the president lias has set up a million dollar mortgage loan corporation using 6 public works funds and directed 1 it t to finance electric appliance purchases in the tennessee region cheap credit will be extended to all home owners and residents in the tennessee valley authority area for this purpose ai manufacturers of electrical household goods are enthusiastic over the prospect of having the gobern ment furnish funds with which their products can be bought stephan T early arly secretary to the president said in an official explanation 0 of the order alvil IBETS supreme religious and C civil ruler the dalal lama died in lhasa and a bengal correspondent says it Is reported lie he was poisoned this powerful priest was regarded by buddhist asia as the reincarnation of a long dead buddha and was vas worshiped as a deity irk in ills his sixty years he had many adventures when tile the british opened up tibet in 1004 1904 he fled to Alon mongolia golla five years later lie returned to lhasa but was quickly driven out by the chinese an and d took refuge in india in 1912 the till tib edans ousted the chinese and established their independence and the dalal lama went back and resumed ills his place as ruler of the con country ALEJANDRO A Is premier of spain again having succeeded diego martinez Martl nez barrios who was made vice pres president dent oi of the new cabinet and minister of war larroux said lie he was waa pleased with the ministry he had got together and that its formation of members ot of the left the rig right lit and the center parties was compatible with the complexion of the new parliament which Is dominated by conservatives A appointment of hiroshi salto saito aas ax as the new japanese ambassador to the united states was confirmed firmed by the cabinet in tokyo the foreign office there cabled instructions tor for him to proceed at once to washington from froin the hague where he be has been serving as minister to the netherlands PEACE acome for the time being has come to the gran chaco for paraguay and bolivia agreed to a truce and their warfare in the jungle region was stopped this was arranged by the league of nations commission with the backing of the delegates to the pan amerl ameri can conference in montevideo negotiations for a permanent settlement of the long iong conflict were proceeding in the uruguayan capital secretary of state hull was given much of the credit for bringing about the armistice F RENCH police broke up what they asserted was an international espionage ring and arrested ten persons as spies among them are robert switz and ills his wife of east orange N J the authorities said tile the gang was working for no particular nation TWO tand WO of americas most popular and widely read novelists died on tile the same day in new yolk toik louis joseph vance author of miny many tales of mystery was found dead in a blazing arm chair in his apartment the fire having apparently been set by a dropped el cigarette garette robert W chambers writer of best sellers for nearly forty years and noted especially for ills his novels of american history passed away after an operation for an intestinal disorder from which he had suffered for several months oil of alabama who TOM used to entertain the senate and the country with his long iong diatribes against those who lie alleged were persecuting him on religious grounds plans a comeback come back to washington in A the capacity of a r member of the lower ae house lie he was 1 I beaten for the sen sell mi ate in 1930 by john r A bankhead and J 1 was virtually read out of the democratic 4 party tile the thomas year before by the heflin state executive committee because he be took the stump against alfred E smith in 1928 1028 now tom announces that lie he Is a primary candidate for congressman from the fifth district because lie he thinks the democratic party Is weak in debating ability ne he says he ha will help the president to obtain legislation that will take the control of the money supply out of 0 tile the hands handa of those who produce panics every ten or bears mr heflin Is concededly an able debater but lie may find the lower house less patient with ills his lengthy speeches concerning himself and ills his persecution complex than was nas the senate HARGES against william 0 C CHARGES donne illinois manager of the nome H ome owners loan corporation resulted in the acceptance ot of ills his resignation by the alie corporation board after he bo had been heard in washington various accusations accusation of fraud and favoritism were made anade against donne who was backed by the illinois democratic organization it was predicted his removal would have a serious political kal flare back in the state L AND MRS LINDBERGH COLONEL ended their long ions alsing tour of foreign lands when they arrived at miami fla from tile dominican mini call republic they took off soon after for now new york their trip took them twice across the atlantic ocean find to tour four continents arid and thirty nations 0 1333 1233 western Newe newspaper paper union |