Show SW rd W V 1 NA summarizes THE WORL WORLDS WEEK 0 western newspaper union wide powers for president RESIDENT ROOSEVEL TS reorganization PRESIDENT P bill squeeze squeezed d through the senate by the close vote of 49 to 42 after a fierce fight A motion to recommit which would have virtually killed the meas measure ure was defeated by a vote ot of 48 to 43 opponents of this bill are convinced that it paves the way tor for a dictatorship in the united states mr roosevelt made public a letter to a friend in which he disclaimed any intention to become a dictator under the powers granted him by the bill he said he was firmly opposed to an american dictatorship ship and that he has none of 0 the qualifications which would make him a successful dictator the special reorganization committee ot of the house reported a new bill as a substitute for the senate measure but differing from it it only only slightly its speedy passage was predicted by majority leader rayburn the bill as it was passed by the I 1 senate authorizes the president by executive order to transfer regroup ordinate coordinate co consolidate segregate the whole or any part of or abolish any of the bureaus agencies and divisions of government excepted from this section however are the federal reserve board the corps of engineers of the united states army and the independent quasi judicial and regulatory establishments lish ments such as the board of tax appeals the communications commission the federal trade commission the interstate commerce commission and the national labor relations board it abolishes the civil service commission as now constituted and the general accounting office it creates a new department of welfare and it authorizes six more a year assistants to the president senators are angered C commenting to the press on the senates action on the reorganization bill the president made the remarkable statement that it j proved the senate 3 could not be pur chased by organized telegrams based on direct misrepresentations tat ions this led to an outburst of indignation in the senate hiram johnson of california started a hot debate with h the assertion ser tion 1 I dont sen c J johnson on what at know g just was meant by this remark but I 1 do know full well the implications which arise from it did the president mean that the senate could be purchased only by promises of projects in particular states or by marshals or other officials in particular localities senator wheeler of montana said that it was a coincidence that senator james P pope democrat ot of idaho had voted for or the reorganization bill about the same time that he had bad been able to get for his state an appropriation of close to to start a dam project when pope and his fri friends ends indignantly protested wheeler said he was satisfied there was no connection between the two matters the citizens who se sent nt between and telegrams asking senators to vote against the reorganization measure are still to be heard from concerning the presidents comment adjournment prospects C CONGRESS wants to adjourn by the first of may but leaders foresaw three possible obstacles to this plan the wage hour bill the hungarian debt settlement proposal and railroad legislation democratic leader barkley said he hoped the senate could dispose of the tax revision bill the naval expansion pro program ram and the proposed relief rn measure in april this would clear the senate calendar he said unless consideration of Hun garys debt program should result in a lengthy senate debate on the entire war debt question representative rayburn house floor leader said he thought that chamber could complete its is present program by may 1 but other members said that if efforts to revive the wage hour bill are successful the picture may change 1 ten I 1 en men to probe TVA F FIVE IVE senators and five represents tives es will do the investigating of the tennessee valley alit authority hority tor for the resolution for a joint committee n inquiry was adopted by the senate with out a dissenting 1 j vote and was ap 41 K proved unanimously f by the house the fj resolution ion was introduced by sen alben W barkley of ken tu c k y majority leader it calls for investigation of 0 charges of maffea sen bridges sance and dishonesty made by the ousted chairman A E morgan and includes eight ot of the twenty three charges originally made by senators bridges and king in their first resolution tor for a con gressional inquiry it also calls for a fishing expedition into the activities tivi ties ol of private utility companies and their injunction suits against the TVA sen H styles bridges the new hampshire republican in a radio debate declared the administration was trying to obscure the charges of scandal within the TVA by forcing the inquiry to cover the private utility angle the administrations strategy has been to cover up TVA dirt b by y a phoney counterattack counter attack ho he said he was answered vigorously by sen lister B hill of alabama italy ready for war bon BENITO ENITO MUSSOLINI put a chip on his shoulder and dared a anyone ny to knock it off in a speech before the italian senate which was broadcast to the world 11 II duce said I land sea and air forces are tuned tor for rapid and implacable war ile he warned europe and especially france of his readiness and willingness to fight and said he subscribed to the theory that the best defense is offense tense of ile he called the italian sub submarine mari ine fleet the largest in the world s said aid the nations air leet fleet was one of the best in existence and asserted that if necessary he can put an army of men in n the field 1 I will be in supreme command mussolini cried thrusting out his is military problems are fundamental ones continued mussolini 1 I dedicate the greatest part of my day to them anyone who dares ao to attack the rights and interests of our fatherland will find in the land sea and air the immediate resolute and proudest answer from the italian peoples arms france was warned also by nazi propaganda pro minister goebbels in a sensational speech in vienna proclaiming the might ot of the new germany goebbels shouted germany is now strong enough to resist any attack irom from france there can no longer bo be any question of 0 a promenade from paris to berlin paris is no longer the heart of european politics the heart is now berlin tornadoes in middle west T tornadoes that swept through illnois Ill mois kansas missouri arkansas s as and oklahoma killed at least 39 persons and did a vast amount of damage to property south pekin in the illinois river valley was almost destroyed and many other ollie towns suffered severely light and water services were crippled hospitals throughout the stricken areas were crowded with the injured oil seizures protested between the united K RELATIONS st states ates and mexico took a serious turn when ambassador daniels delivered to foreign Mini minister stet eduardo hay a sharp protest against the action of president cardenas in expropriating foreign oil properties he asked just how mexico pr proposed to pay for the properties seized cardenas thereupon ow called his congress in special session tc consider an internal loan to pro vide tor for the indemnity payments american withdrawal of support from the silver market cardenas chief source of revenue threatened to close many silver mines silver buying halted OF THE TREASURY SECRETARY announced that the united states had discontinued the purchase of mexican silver until further notice this probably was a direct result of medicos cos expropriation of foreign oil prope properties which secretary of state hun hull considers a hard blow to his good neighbor policies price of silver was cut 1 cent an ounce the united states treasury has been buying ounces of newly mined mexican silver each month no nth paying around for it at the artificially maintained ne new w york price which gave mexico sizable profits czar for broadcasters T PHE HE national association ot of broadcasters announced the election of mark ethridge ot of louisville ky as temporary president or czar of the billion dollar radio broadcasting industry ethridge who is managing editor of the louisville courier journal and times accepted the position after stipulating that he would not take any salary the job authorized at at the N A B s annual convention was to have carried a salary of yearly britain s new spanish plan GREAT REAT BRITAIN laid before rep of 0 Eu ropes major p powers new proposals for obtaining early removal of foreign troops from the spanish civil war the plan was submitted to the chair mans subcommittee of the nonintervention tion committee in its first meeting in nearly two months informed persons said britain proposed first a new formula tor for deciding when belligerent rights should be granted the warring factions second restoration of control on frontiers franco in i n catalonia cata ionia GENERAL FRANCOS insurgent garmy army blasted its way through the loyalist lines and entered the province ot of catalonia moving tar far toward barce barcelona iona the third capita I 1 of the government forces in thi this s rapid advance about towns were captured in a single day and many villages were demolished by bombardment bar dment by a fleet of war planes said to have been contributed by italy and germany italy warned france that any french intervention in spain might compromise peace on the european continent the organ of the italian foreign office diplo batca published the statement colonel house dies D TEATH EATH after a long illness ended the notable career of col edward M house whose name during the world war era was familiar to millions he passed away in new nem york at the age ol of i seventy nine years shunning publicity AMP and personal glory I 1 ll 11 house devoted him self untiringly to what he deem deemed d the best interests of his country and f tor 0 r years his influence especially in international COL house matters was great an early supporter ot of woodrow wilsons Wil sons political fort fortunes unes he became wilsons Wil sons trusted adviser after his election to the pres presidency dency and continued to help direct his course immediately before and during the war making frequent trips to europe he was wilsons Wil sons personal representative in the ver sailles peace conference later he and wilson disagreed and their close association came to an end japan s regime in china i APAN announced offic officially lally the in augu ration of the reformed government of the republic ot of china hi in this puppet state is intended to replace the regime ol of generalissimo chiang kal kai shek and is headed by liang hung tze as chairman of the new executive yuan a position equivalent to pre mier the chinese were vere still fighting the invaders desperately along fhe he pei ping bankow railway and claimed the japanese were suffer suffering ilg heavy losses losse t IF A W ai ka 2 E i 7 r ap 4 4 ogg V A v seeking visas to enable them to leave austria following the foreign consulates this besieged I 1 crowds like in Poo tung members of the police fo ace to become the annexation of that countr y by gern kany 2 in training york aiho to don their uniforms 3 patrick cardinal hayes of new china these girls vill soon be qualified declared during an interlici inter vici that he was praying for general franco to win the spanish civil war |