Show A A aw aul wul W uld summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK 0 western newspaper union auto workers let out MOTORS corporation GENERAL starts os off the new year by reducing its working force by approximately in its various plants in the united states the bad news was announced by president william S knudsen knudson he said however that men would still have their jobs and that the monthly payroll would be more than J mr knudsen said william ill A ti hat at in order to knudsen nu sen spread the work as tar far as possible the corporations plants would be operated on a three day week for the present the corporation has kept its men employed up to very recently by reducing the hours given per man in order to help the general economic situation in the commini communities ties where plants are located knudsen said the inventories both in the field and at the plants accumulated through this policy have however reached a point where adjustments must take place as it is impossible to carry larger stocks than the demand makes possible purchasing Pur purchasing chasin power is down and the used car market is at the bottom this came about with the increased unemployment situation and without the old car market there cant be a market for new cars when general employment falls off theres nothing we can do in making his announcement at a press conference the general motors head said that in his opinion one of the main reasons for the current business recession was the fact that the price level rose too fast in the spring of 1937 and that the nation could not digest it commenting on the bad news about general motors senator van nuys of indiana declared that congress should act immediately to restore business confidence revision of the tax on undistributed profits and the tax 0 on n capital gains so that they would be more favorable to business would have an immediate beneficial effect he said the continuing trade recession together ether with fears that another administration attack on business was impending sent stocks plunging downward on wall street may ask bigger navy C CONCERNED by the general international ter situation president roosevelt notified chai chairman aman taylor of the house appropriations committee that he might soon ask funds for the building of additional warships and he told the washington correspondents h he e also was considering increases of the army at the same time the navy department part ment announced the departure of 0 four american cruisers to australia the asserted purpose of this is to participate in the celebration of the sesquicentennial of the australian commonwealth and the vessels are sent at the request of the british government the cruisers are the louisville trenton milwaukee and memphis they will go to sydney via hawaii and american samoa in his letter to representative ta taylor Y lor the president said the preliminary estimates submitted by the director of the budget to the naval subcommittee were prepared some time ago and called tor for appropriations to commence during the fiscal year 1939 two battleships battleship two light cruisers eight destroyers and six submarines since that time world events have caused me growing concern under the constitution the president is commander in chief of the army and navy and has therefore a very specific duty to safeguard the defense of national interests mr taylor fully in dorsing the presidents Vs position said we must be prepared to lick hell bell out of anyone jeopardizing our safety he added that he also favored substantial increase in the strength of the army and navy air corps offensive and defensive J c dodd leaves berlin WILLIAM ILLIAM ra E DODD who resigned as ambassador to germany and mrs dodd sailed from hamburg for the united states his departure from berlin was unceremonious in the extreme his relations with the nazi government had been strained and at his own suggestion the german fore foreign M office omitted the formal farewells farewell usually accorded a departing envoy 4 c ireland now eire T THE HE irish free state went out of existence as its new constitution went into effect and now its 26 counties are officially known as eire in gaelic and ireland in english ei religious and military ceremonies throughout the country marked the change which its sponsors hope will be followed by complete separation from great britain eamon de valera who has been head of the free state has the new title of or prime minister A president is yet to be elected K sentenced for bombings athe THIRTY HIRTY SIX men convicted in the mine bombing conspiracy case in illinois were sentenced by federal judge C G briggle at springfield thour to four years imprisonment and fines of each this was the maximum penalty the defendants fend ants nearly all of whom are members of the progressive miners of america were found guilty by a jury ot of conspiring to halt interstate commerce and delay the malls mails through train and mine bombings during the war between the two factions of miners H for ickes F FROM ROM chicago comes the interesting news that friends of secretary of the interior ickes have started e d a S small mall boom for him as the favorite son candidate 1 t of illinois tor for t the h e presidential nomination in 1910 it is said democratic leaders in illinois have be been e n approached pro ached with t the he plan to enter mr ickes in the presidential primaries so far there has been no enthusiastic 11 harold 1 ickes response to the proposal for the leaders would prefer to wait for the development of other candidacies candi dacies besides that the secretary has been notably independent adent of party organization control naturally the proposal would carry no weight unless president roosevelt makes it plain that he will follow tradition and refuse a third term the ickes adherents believe beleve their man would stand a fair chance in a wide open race for the nomination and they assert his independence would add to ins ills strength and attract many republicans unemployment grows to the works progress aress ACCORDING administration persons have lost their jobs since september I 1 and more may be out of work by the end of february the estimate was made by leon henderson consulting economist while a start staff ot of federal employees was speeding compilation ot of the mailman census ot of the unemployed made more than a month ago it was conceded that it if the unemployed are increasing at the rate indicated in the henderson estimate the post card census will be worthless as a basis for attacking the unemployment problem don marquis diet dies ON MARQUIS one of the coun D DON try arys Is well known humorists and poets died at his home in forest hills N Y after a long illness at the age of fifty eight years he was one of the pioneer newspaper columnists and the creator of old soak archie the cockroach mehitabel Mehl tabel the alley cat and many other highly amusing characters through which he expressed his wit and philosophy byrd in in battle early 0 ONE NE of the big lights fights scheduled for or the regular session of congress is to be over the presidents reorganization bill which aims among other things at abolishing the office of comptroller general popularly known as the watch dog on federal spending this officer Is the agent of congress in seeing that expenditures are made only in accordance with law senator harry F r byrd of virginia one of the democrats who insist on economy projected himself into the battle over this measure early by issuing a public statement in which he pointed out that the new auditor established in the measure would report to congress only after money had been spent and accounts settled this would be like locking tho the stable after the horse is stolen sell senator byrd declared this proposal to give the spending in branch of the government a fre free e hand with upwards of a year strikes viciously at the vital elements of good government good business and the general we welfare iare said the senator in the committee hearings he continual ol the only complaint ot of consequence against the comptroller general was that this official at times delayed the quick spending of public money and compelled the department part ment heads to show that the funds were to be disbursed in accordance cor dance with the laws enacted by congress no proof however was given that any expenditure was prevented when autho authorized prized by con gress and made legally jap pledges accepted APAN has promised that there i JAPAN shall be no recurrence of the panay outrage and if her pledges are kept the incident may be considered closed but uncle sam is going I 1 I 1 Z V I 1 to keep close watch A I 1 k I 1 to see that there are no further attacks on american life and property in the war zone in china ambassador joseph C grew handed to foreign minister koki hirota a note from secretary J C grew of p state hull accepting in in the main japans amends for the destruction of the panay and three american merchant vessels the american note however refused to accept explanation that the bombing of the panay was the result of a mistake preferring to rely on the findings of the naval board of inquiry the report of the board said the identity of the panay and the three american oil tankers was unmistakable that the attack was deliberate that the weather was clear and the visibility perfect that the japanese naval planes swooped down and released their death charges on the ships flying the american flags and then fired on them with machine guns and that japanese river craft directed machine gun fire on life boats carrying the wounded from the tha panay and other vessels under a japanese decree establishing strict regulations for the conquered areas in china americans and other foreigners were made subject to the death penalty tor for crimes against the armed forces of japan this seems to raise the question of treaty rights of foreign powers in china 4 monopolists blamed B LAME for the business slump L was placed at the door of monopolists opo lists by assistant attorney general robert H jackson and he uttered a warning that government spending would be increased unless prices are brought more in line with consumers income jackson head of the justice departments part ments antitrust anti trust division said said that the impression that steep price increases are traceable to wage vage boosts resulting from the growth of labor unions is not accurate or at the most only halt half accurate As an example he cited the steel industry where wages he said were increased 10 per cent and prices were tilted 21 per cent from december 1 1936 to march 1 1937 X r newton D baker Is dead EWTON D BAKER one of the world war men who did a tremendous job well died at his home in cleveland ohio of coronary thrombosis at the age of sixty three years called to washington in 1916 to be secretary of war in president wilsons Wil sons cabinet mr baker accomplished the great feat of mobilizing the huge american army and getting it across the atlantic in time to be the decisive factor in winning the conflict it was he who selected general pershing to command the A E F and counseled him to keep the american army intact mr baker was emin eminent crit as a lawyer and a close student of international affairs though always a democrat he turned against tho the present administration mainly because of the tennessee valley au dhority projects and the usurpation tion of state rights |