| Show news review of current events HOUSE VS PRESIDENT administration makes great concessions to save sav dictator bill senate gets tax measure bui built to aid business r 4 4 N v members of the house of 0 representatives were swamped with tele grams crams from citizens all over the country urging that they vote against tl the administrations reorganization bill which it was feared would pave the tt way to an american dictatorship above is seen congressman john J oconnor of new york a leading foe of the bill reading some of the mes me sages he be received A 0 0 IN P sawa W na M summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK 0 western newspaper union tumult over reform bill president roosevelt returned WHEN from warm springs he found that a crisis confronted the administration forces concerning the reorganization bill pending in the house and that there was danger that the opposition to that measure would defeat it he called to the white house a number of leaders and it was decided to push the bill through with a min imura of conces rep rayburn representative sam rayburn majority leader of the house told the president it would pass with amendments to which he had agreed one of these would enable congress by concurrent resolution to override any reorganization proposition the president might put through another would exempt the bureau of education from the scope of the bill representative john J oconnor of new york one of the leading opponents of the measure admitted it probably would get by with the concessions ces offered but said he would vote against it even it if the title alone remained he and practically all other members of the house were flooded with telegrams and letters urging that the bill be defeated even after passage by the house the measure would have to go to conference and many days or weeks of debate could be expected there eventual enactment of the bill was to be expected but the probability was that it would then have lost most of the dictatorship features which seem so repugnant to many thousands of american citizens the popular opposition had not been lessened at all by the presidents action in making public a letter to an unnamed friend in which he disclaimed any intention to become a dictator and asserted he has none ot of the qualifications that would make him successful in that role help business measure WHAT HAT sen pat harrison called the help business measure being the revenue bill as rewritten by his senate finance committee was submitted to the senate though harrison said he expected its speedy passage others believed at least a full week of debate would be necessary sen charles mcnary of oregon minority leader promised to support the bill saying 1 I think it is a great improvement over the house version I 1 am in favor of speeding its passage to help business the three chief matters in controversy tro versy were administration opposition to elimination of the undistributed profits tax and drastic modification of the capital gains and losses tax A proposal by sen james P pope of idaho to attach as a rider to the tax bill an amendment to impose of processing taxes on manufactured cotton 1 synthetic yn fabrics rice tobacco and wheat amendments by sen robert M la follette of wisconsin to broaden the tax base by reducing the exemption for single persons from 1000 to and for married persons from 2500 to 2000 and by increasing surtax rates on the lower bracket incomes sloan hits government A ALFRED P SLOAN JR chairman of the board of general motors reported to the stockholders that the corporations earnings for 1937 were lower and he declared that the governments policy toward business had caused a lack of confidence which was largely responsible tor for the business recession sloan asserted a sharp decline in consumer sales began in november and in commenting on the slump as it appeared through the eyes of industry he named two factors one influence he told the stockholders was the fact that there had been developing a growing lack of confidence and a tear fear as to the future of american business enter prise due to the attitude of government toward business and economic policies affecting business the other influence discussed by sloan as responsible for or throwing the domestic economy economy into the violent and unprecedented decline was what he described as a radical increase in pay rolls for industry as a whole in the early part of 1937 in some important industries he said this increase was extended to an uneconomic degree at his own request mr sloan has been eliminated from further participation in the profits under the corporations bonus plarl plan loyalist spam spain split S SPANISH insurgents are at this writing near the accomplishment of francos great objective the splitting of the territory held by the loyalists in the eastern part of the country they captured the ancient city of lerida known as the key to catalonia further south the rebels were almost to tortosa and their vanguard was actually within sight of the mediterranean sea all along the catalonian front the government troops fought desperately but it seemed their struggle was hopeless and observers believed the war was nearing its end while this was going on in the eastern sector madrid was subjected to the heaviest bombardment of the war huge shells were rained on the city at least 50 persons were killed more than injured and buildings shattered TIE tornadoes in middle west TIlli TORNADOES that swept through illinois nois kansas missouri arkansas 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 towns suffered severely light and water services were crippled hospitals throughout the stricken areas were crowded with the injured bigger Dread U UNITED STATES and great britain advised each other that they would invoke the escalator clause of the london naval treaty and would build dread larger than tons the british also notified ge germany r m a n y and soviet russia of their decision both nations based their action on japans refusal to disclose her naval construction st plans france third sig batory to the treaty sen senator c to clark announced she would continue to adhere to the ton limitation so long as no continental power departs from that standard secret hearings on the naval expansion bill were begun by the senate naval affairs committee with secretary of state hull and admiral leahy chief of naval operations erat ions as the first scheduled witnesses chairman walsh said open hearings would be held later opponents of the administrations administration s big navy program are rather numerous in congress though probably in the minority one of the most consistent of them is senator dark clark of missouri commenting on the invoking of the escalator clause concerning battleships he said it is just the preliminary announcement of a worldwide world wide naval building race the maneuvers of the united states fleet were transferred from alaska to the equator for the second phase in the battle for possession of the hawaiian islands the fleet lost eleven flyers and three bombing planes britaina Brit ains new spanish plan GREAT REAT BRITAIN laid laid before rep of Eu ropes major powers new proposals tor for obtaining early removal of foreign troops 0 from the spa spanish nish civil war the plan was submitted to the chair mans subcommittee of th the e 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 f factions ac second restoration of control on frontiers green strikes at CIO PRESIDENT RESIDENT GREEN ordered all affiliates of the american federation of labor to withdraw from labors nonpartisan non partisan league which he said was overrun by communists communist st and to shun any ticket put forward in the name of an independent political labor party in a letter aletter to office officers rs of all A F of L nation national al and international unions state and city federations and central labor unions green called tor for strict adherence in forthcoming primary and congressional elections to the federations traditional nonpartisan non partisan political policy he particularly warned the A F of L s members to be on guard against candidates nominated by labors nonpartisan non partisan league which he called a ventriloquists dummy tor for the committee tor for industrial du organization leaders oil seizures prof protested eaf ed between the united RELATIONS states and mexico took a serious rio us turn when ambassador daniels delivered to foreign minister eduardo hay a sharp protest against the action of president cardenas in expropriating foreign oil properties he asked just how mexico proposed to pay for the properties seized cardenas thereupon called his congress in special session to consider an internal loan to provide for the indemnity payments american withdrawal of support from the silver market cardenas chief source of revenue threatened to close many silver mines AE adjournment prospects C wants to adjourn by 1 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 program and the proposed relief 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 present program by may 1 but other members said that if efforts to revive the wage hour bill are successful the picture may change could cut phone rates DEPORTING on his investigation of the american telephone and telegraph company paul A walker of the federal communications commission said teli ephone rates in the united states could be reduced 25 per cent without reducing the net earnings of the bell system his report was tor for warded to congress by the FCC which ch later will make recommendations walker charged that unnecessarily y W s gifford clifford high costs of telephone service have resulted from depreciation policies of the beu bell system and other practices involving the cost of manu fac turing hiring telephone apparatus and equipment standardization policies license contract payments and seg re gation of plant revenues and expenses the report drew a sharp retort from walter S gifford president of the american telephone and tele graph company gifford described the investigation of the big telephone s system as one sided fron from start to finish and added if the summary of it correctly reflects the report it presents much that Is simply not true and has been prepared with the same unfairness that characterized the investigation proceedings ce senators ors aro are angered C commenting to the press oik 0 aik senates action on the beor bill the president made the remarkable statement that it proved the senate could not be I pur chased by organized telegrams based on direct misrepresentations tat ions 11 this led to an outburst A ot of indignation in the senate hiram johnson ot of california started a hot debate with the as bertion ser tion 1 I coif t sen senon jahnson know just what 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 ot of p PR acts in particular states or by in jy chals or other officials in particular localities senator wheeler ot of montana said that it was a coincidence that senator james P pope democrat of idaho had voted for the reorganization bill about the same time that he had been able to get for his state an appropriation of close to to start a dam project when pope and his friends indignantly protested wheeler said sald he be was satisfied there was no connection between the two matters the citizens who sent between and telegrams asking senators to vote against the reorganization measure are still to be heard from concerning the presidents comment v I 1 il italy ready for war bon DENITO ENITO MUSSOLINI put a chip SJ on his shoulder and dared anyone to knock it off in a speech before the italian senate which was broadcast to the world il II duce said I land sea and air forces are tuned tor for rapid and implacable war 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 he called the italian submarine fleet the largest in the world said the nations air fleet was one of the best in existence and asserted that if necessary he can put an army of men in the field 1 I will be in supreme command mussolini cried military problems are fundamental ones continued mussolini Mus 1 I dedicate the greatest part of my day to them anyone who dares to attack the rights and inhere in of our fatherland will find 1 in n U jr land sea and air the im immediate resolute and proudest answer from the italian peoples arms france was warned also by nazi propaganda minister goebbels in a sensational speech in vienna proclaiming the might of the new germany goebbels shouted germany is now strong enough to resist any attack from france there can no longer be any question of a prom 1 enade from paris to berlin paris pans is no longer the heart of european politics the heart is now berlin tic czar zar for broadcasters PHE HE national association of broadcasters announced the election of mark ethridge of louisville ky as temporary president or czar of the billion dollar r ti broadcasting industry SS ethridge who is managing ed editor of the louisville courier journal and times accepted the position after stipulating that he would not take any salary the job authorized zed at the N A B s annual convention was to have carried a salary of yearly |
