Show news review of current events the world over prinle prime ministers of three nations confer at stresa rtresa president roosevelt busy with work relief program prods congress by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper union umon SIX TX of Eu ropes foremost statesmen with experts and secretaries solemnly considered peace plans and security pacts on isola bella a lovely lit allt na I 1 tle ile island ln in lake maggiore off stress 51 h V italy the conference was momentous but it was of an exploratory Z nature mature and no definite results were expected d prime minister R ramsay a DO s a y I 1 Ar acDonald and foreign secretary sir pre er john simon representing FI nadin great britain were willing to carry out that nations cat ions military obligations under the locarno treaty but balked at further commitment in continental affairs anyhow they had promised to enter into no new agreements without the consent of parliament which cannot be consulted until after the easter holidays premier flandin and foreign minister laval of france sought to persuade england to line up op with france and russia rather than with germany and they presented as one argument a new mutual assistance pact they had just signed with russia premier mussolini solemn and pessimistic handled matters for italy with the help of fulvio undersecretary of foreign affairs ile he had already warned the world that the Is eue cue of war or pence peace probably could sot mot be settled at stress of course the chief question was the attitude of other nations toward the constantly growing pan ger of the retch under hitler and the first concrete problem taken up was frances appeal to the league of nations against ger banys repudiation of the military clauses of the versailles treaty mussolini and macdonald were inclined to accept hillers Hit lers rearmament if there could be an agreement against further military expansion but stood in opposition the italians urged a three power alliance for protection against germany but england objected and france was uncertain all three nations rather favored the rearmament bf austria bulgaria and hungary and the danube pact which italy especially hasteen has been promoting M pessimistic frame of mind was illustrated by an announcement in his newspaper bitalla dl dI talla that italy would keep men under arms until the horizon Is well cleared and give them all modern weapons both the italians and the french are convinced that germany Is maliciously stirring up the troubles that confront them in northern africa with the purpose of weakening their position in europe this matter was discussed privately by some of the participants in the die stresa rtresa meeting T THE HE new mutual assistance agreement reached by france and russia was at first supposed to be merely an agreement on sanctions to be taken against an aggressor once the latter has been determined ter mined by the league of nations but paris correspondents assert that it Is in effect a military alliance such as russia had bad been ur urging on france and that in certain cases the signatories signa tories will determine for themselves who Is the nor eor without waiting tor for word from geneva the agreement Is of course directed primarily against germany it Is believed in parts paris that russia will soon conclude similar alliance with czechoslovakia and the baltic states thus completing it a steel ring around ger banys land frontiers the agreement Is still subject to alteration and final approval and the soviet press does not discuss it that russia still seeks to maintain and strengthen the general peace was shown by the signing of a rugoo german trade treaty which Is believed will greatly increase the volume of Rus sias orders in the retch under this accord the soviet will I 1 increase nerease purchases in germany b by y OW marks about a banking consortium headed by the deutsche bank and DI discount gesell schaft and the dres dresdner admer bank to grant import credits tor for an average tern term of five years the credits will bear interest at the discount rate of the plus 2 per cent the russian trade delegation Is thereby enabled to pay cash for or orders placed with german firms athe announcement was mado made by the government that it had uncovered extensive frauds in the immigration and naturalization service from 1923 1023 to 1033 and steps were taken tor for the ousting of a number of employees and for criminal prosecutions it was estimated that a ring of bribe takers and fixers had received as much as a million dollars from persons illegally entering the country revelations so startling in character have come to light that investigators vesti gators believe the actual extent t lit of corruption corrupts and ad fraud has hag been but partially disclosed dl said a statement issued by the labor department after a secret investigation of alleged frauds in the new york district sums ranging up to are alleged to have been paid in cases involving false witnesses or passing of an applicant who had failed in his test of knowledge of the government or his bis ability to speak english it Is alleged that fees ranging rangin from to 1200 were levied in cases involving fraudulent or altered manifest records where it was desirable to obtain a record that would safeguard an allen alien from deportation or procure citizenship status by showing his legal admission at the port of new york tor for permanent residence P PRESIDENT RESIDENT ROOSEVELT deeply tanned and in good physical condition was landed at jacksonville fla by the destroyer far F ar mazut and started pw immediately for new york to attend the funeral of his cousin warren delano R robbins 0 b b 1 n s after which he returned to washing ton aboard his special train the president rend read through the asso work relief bill as it was final harry hopkins ly passed by both houses of congress called for pen and ink an and d appended his signature to the largest appropriation measure ever enacted by congress there were somo features of it a agreed reed upon in the senate and house conference which lie did not like but he be said those who had bad studied it recommended its approval the president at once signed two allocations from the amount appropriated pria ted the first was to the administrator of the federal emergency relief administration in order that relief might not stop the second was for continuation of the emergency conservation work in washington the republicans and some others discussed with dissatisfaction the probability that harry L hopkins II relief administrator would be the presidents chief assistant in carrying out the vast work relief program I 1 TN N HIS first post vacation confer ence with congressional leaders president roosevelt disregarded their tears fears of a prolonged session and insisted on enactment of his legislative program especially he wants legislation dealing with ex of the social security utilities holding companies extension of federal authority over banking ship subsidy readjustment and extension of in nuisance taxes later the president conferred with senator joe robinson who said both of them felt that very satisfactory is progress Is being made to the correspondents mr roosevelt said he hoped to have the work relief program at its peak by the middle of november at which time unemployed should be at work under its terms ile he indicated this program would be carried out as far as possible by existing governmental agen agencies cles he will seek to avoid moving workers from one area to another and will take care of as many white collar workers as possible the social security bill finally was prod produced aced on the floor of the house of representatives there were several blocs against it in its form as reported these included representatives e senta tives who want higher unemployment and old age payments members from the poorer states who want the federal government to bear the entire cost of the program with the states relieved of any contribution and the conservatives who are opposed to the government going into the insurance business and exacting a pay roll tax during the depression OUR 0 UR minister to canada warren delano robbins succumbed to pneumonia to in a new york hospital after a weeks illness ue he was a first cousin of president roosevelt and had been in the diplomatic service tor for more than 25 years being abeln one of the most distinguished of the career men he had served sered in latin america france germany and washington before being sent to ottawa EN HERMANN W I 1 L H h L M G GEN GOE GOERING RING the dynamic premier of prussia and air minister of germany and aminy thirty seven year old actress were married in berlin first in the city hall ball and then in the jhb evan evangelical cathedral with hitler acting as groomsman in both ceremonies it was a most spectacular wedding with many famous germans and a grand opera chorus in attendance a triumphal procession through the crowded streets and a display of the nazi air force s and catholics of danzig combined to give chancellor cello r hitler of germany his first big setback in the free cites par gg lla election MA the nazis polled boned GOC 2 per cent of the total vote but failed to get the two thirds majority of the seats that would give them complete control of parliament hitler and hla his followers had hoped danzig would follow the lead of paul goebbels the and return to the retch and this may yet be the result for the population of the city Is more more than SO 10 per cent ger man cut but the nazis were defeated in their attempt to lay the ground work for the suppression of all other political parties and the establishment tb lish ment of a dictatorship presumably their next step will be to vote for a change in the free cites constitution ution and to ask the league of nations which administers the city through a commissioner to permit a plebiscite on return to the retch reich this was openly discussed by paul joseph goebbels german propaganda minister during the hot campaign in danzig carried carried on by the nazis poland was enraged by the violent methods of the Hitler ites la in the campaign find and demand an apology from berlin the whole affair endangered the new friendship between poland and germany and probably this was not mourned by the other nations nation s ot of europe dust storms the worst of NEW the destructive series swept over kansas colorado oklahoma new mexico and texas completing the virtual ruin of the wheat crop and causing great losses and suffering among live stock schools and shops were closed airplanes grounded and train and bus schedules disrupted some regions were being abandoned by all inhabitants A delegation of senators and representatives from four of the stricken states called on president roosevelt and asked him to earmark 1500 KWO for a land program lor for the next nest two years ile he did not indicate what amount would be allocated but was said by the delegation to have given assurance that lie he would permit the expenditure of all the money that was necessary the rubber workers in the WITH tire plants of akron ohio ready to quit their jobs the amerlean american federation of labor pledged itself to finance the strike which president green declared would be a crucial attempt by organized labor to force on industry the col bargaining provisions of the ue he announced his or aniza tion would support the rubber workers of akron for as long iong a time as may be necessary green definitely marked out the tire strike as a test of labors ability to make good on the promises held out to it by the new deal the national labor relations board he pointed out had ordered the big tire companies goodyear goodrich and firestone to allow their workers to elect representatives for collective bargaining the companies compan leg have refused and labor now takes into its own bands the enforcement of the NLRB decI decision green argued tire manufacturers on the other side recognize the threatened strike as a key move in th the new deal program for regimentation of labor and industry and are fighting back firestone expected to go before the district of columbia supreme court and ask a permanent injunction against the NLRB and meddling in its labor situation PA postmaster GENERAL JAMES A PARLEY FARLEY went to new york to study the political and legislative situation there and it was declared by local democratic lea leaders ders that he would retire from the cabinet soon after the adjournment of 17 congress mr far ley neither affair d mae nor denied the story ile he has been bit terly attacked for retaining his big cabinet james A post anant the same time contina parley farley ing as chairman of the democratic national committee ind of the new york democratic committee despite the edict of the president agal nit such double holding mr air roosevelt wants sir mr parley farley to remain head of the national committee and to conduct his campaign tor for re elec tion so be will glie ghe up his post office job but he be did not wish tt resign while still under ar tim fron nuey huey long and othern |