Show news review nerraw 0 of current events NAVY EXPANSION IS PUSHED congress gets busy with presidents defense program complaints of little business are heard we Y summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK 0 western newspaper union rush defense plan bill LEADERS T in congress lost no LJ L J time in carrying forward the national defense program which president roosevelt had offered in i a special message i legislation to authorize the expenditure of in naval construction was introduced immediately in both the house and senate and steps were taken to provide the additional require i ments of the army it was predicted the carl r vinson house ye would pass the expansion bill by the middle of february chairman carl vinson of georgia called together his house naval affairs committee and began hearings on the measure certain that it would be reported favorably with little delay I 1 the president in his message recommended om mended that the present naval building program be increased 20 per cent that congress authorize two additional dit ional battleships and two cruisers during 1938 1933 that congress authorize 00 for additional antiaircraft anti aircraft equipment that congress provide for better establishment of an enlisted reserve for the army that congress legislates legislate teto 1 to prevent profiteering in wartime war time and to equalize the burdens buffens of possible war among his recommendations the president also included appropriations for experimental smaller vessels for army ammunition and for the manufacture of army equipment opposition to the bill in the house bouse was expected to come from certain members from the middle western states tinkham of massachusetts also like the program saying it was one of offense not defense and that the president was preparing to get the united states into the league of nations senators of michigan and frazier of north dakota demanded that mr roosevelt make public the foreign policy he expects to follow behind increased armaments new fleet commander CLAUDE CHARLES ADMIRAL A BLOCH new commander of the united states fleet assumed his duties at san pedro calif replacing admiral arthur J hepburn in the colorful ceremonies admiral bloch made a brief address saying 1 I wish to emphasize to the officers and men of the fleet that our only justification for being is to be ready to fight we have fine ships and knowing you men as I 1 do I 1 know that you win will continue your hard work and unselfish devotion to duty so that our navy always will be ready and second to none big business scared again M big business and lv 1 the country generally gener aUy was discussing with considerable apprehension the declaration by the president that industry must reduce prices and at the same time keep wages up an immediate result was the crash of prices on the stock exchanges the decline reaching as high as points commodities declined in sympathy with stocks it if industries reduce wages this winter and spring the president said at his press conference they will be deliberately encouraging the withholding of buying they will be fostering a downward spiral and they will make it necessary for their government to consider other means of creating purchasing power many congressmen democrats as well as republicans took issue with mr Roosevel ts logic and economics pointing out that industries lack the resources to keep wages up on a falling market because their funds have been depleted by the undistributed profits tax in his statement the president said 1 I am opposed to wage reductions because the markets of american industry depend on the purchasing power of our working population and if we want to restore prosperity we must increase not decrease that purchasing power those in charge of a well managed and solvent industry should no more consider casting the burden of a temporary business recession upon their workers than upon their bondholders bond holders to cast such burden on the bondholders bond holders is financial bankruptcy to cast such burden on its workers is not only moral bankruptcy but the bankruptcy of sound business judgment US avoids entanglement representatives of great R representatives britain france and russia in the league of nations council meeting in geneva were ready to adopt a resolution to aid china by sending her war munitions but awaited the operation cooperation co of the united states the scheme was proposed to washington informally and was as informally rejected after president roosevelt had conferred with secretary hull and others mr hull indicated our policy would not be changed and that america would take no leadership in aiding china 4 row over coal prices m MINIMUM prices tor for coal and marketing regulations fixed by the national bituminous coal commission have aroused a storm of complaints resentment was especially strong in illinois which though ranking third among soft coal producing states is not represented on the commission six coal companies started court action in chicago to restrain enforcement of the price schedule and chicago itself contemplated similar action the cities of rochester N Y cleveland ohio and st louis mo complained of high and unfair coal rates and appealed to the courts to suspend the commissions orders t Aus australia fralia celebrates WITH ITH elaborate ceremonies the commonwealth of australia began a three months celebration of its one hundred fiftieth birthday as a white settle settlement meAt the first fetes were in sydney where capt arthur phillip landed on january 26 1788 with soldiers and british convict settlers representing the united states in the water pageants were the cruisers memphis trenton and milwaukee 11 may split labor vote e athe ILLIAM GREEN president of the american federation of labor threatened to split organized labors vote in the 1938 congressional elections by asking for the withdrawal of all federation support for labors nonpartisan non partisan league charging that the league was a ventriloquists dummy tor for the com 4 admiral claude charles bloch shown above has assumed command of the united states fleet succeeding ce eding admiral hepburn the transfer was made at san pedro calif cittee for industrial organization green recommended that the federations erat ions executive council order all affiliates to withdraw and cease financial contributions such action it was believed may effectively split labors vote in the 1938 elections when all congressmen 32 senators and many state officials face reelection election re campaigns in washington john L lewis declared that thousands of workers now face desperate need and even starvation despite the presidents promise to let no willing worker starve in a letter urging all affiliates of his committee tor for industrial organization to notify congress that immediate action is needed to provide work relief jobs for the unemployed lewis added 1 the administration has taken upon itself I 1 this obligation and the workers of america expect it to fulfill its promise union controls canned music THE HE american federation of musicians will control the output of canned music music recorded by mechanical means for broadcast in nearly radio stations in the country in a new contract between the musicians and the principal recording companies the chain radio broadcasting companies and the independent affiliates james C petrillo head of the chicago musicians union and a member of the international executive board said the agreement will cost the radio stations an add additional dional each year and require the employment of 1000 more musicians c niagara bridge falls T THE HE falls view bridge at niagara falls from which many thousands of honeymooners have looked at the cataract was crushed by i a terrific ice jam in the river and fell into the gorge in a great mass of twisted steel the bridge had been closed to traffic a few hours earlier so there was no loss of life jackson gets reeds place Rat ROBERT OBERT H JACKSON assistant attorney tomey general was nominated by the president to be solicitor general of the united states he succeeds stanley reed whose appointment to the supreme court was confirmed by the senate jackson has been much in the headlines lately because of his speeches attacking business and his avowed intention to seek the governorship of new york john roosevelt wedding plan JOHN OHN ROOSEVELT youngest son of the president and anne lindsay dark clark are to be married in nahant jahant mass on june 18 the grooms brother franklin will be his best man rev endicott peabody headmaster of groton school who has officiated at the weddings of all the presidents sons as well as that ot of the brides parents and rt RL rev henry knox sherrill episcopal bishop ot of massachusetts will officiate following a six weeks honeymoon the couple will live in a brookline apartment as young roosevelt expects to work in a boston advertising agency 4 t nazis extol hitler NAZI germay celebrated the fifth anniversary ot of chancellor adolf hillers Hit lers rule with parades concerts and orations hillers Hit lers major accomplishments lish ments were described as elimination ot of unemployment abolition ot of versailles treaty restrictions putting germany in a position to drive jews out of the economic as well as social and political oal life suppression ot of opposition political parties and breaking germanys germanas Germ anys isolation by alliances with italy and japan and friendship with yugoslavia poland rumania and hungary still facing the nazi regime are the questions ot of possible colonial expansion pan sion improvement of foreign relations and reaching peaceful relations with the catholic and protestant confessional churches 4 turn of little business to washington from all C CALLED parts of the country by secretary of commerce daniel C roper some representatives of little business undertook I 1 to formulate a recovery program tor for submission to president roosevelt mr roper and his assistant si E ernest r n e s t draper took part in the preliminary discussions cus and since the president could not receive all of them a small committee was named secretary to take their pro roper koper to the white house according to reports from the capital the president desires legislation for federal financing of small industries to stimulate business this would require the creation of a new government agency unless the power were granted to the reconstruction finance corporation three chief complaints of the small business men are the undivided profits tax has prevented them from accumulating a rainy day surplus the capital gains and losses tax has frozen capital and prevented the encouragement of new enterprises monopolistic practices are presenting increasing hazards to their successful operations congress and the administration already are busy with steps ito to correct these alleged abuses service chiefs EAR ADMIRAL WILSON R REAR BROWN former naval aide to the president and not yet fifty six years old has been named head of the naval academy at annapolis to succeed admiral D F sellers mr roosevelt said the army and navy at his suggestion had adopted a policy of assigning younger officers as superintendents of the military and naval academies bri brig 9 gen jay L benedict fifty six is slated to take command at west point in place of maj gen W D connor who retires february 28 4 lynch bill doomed ONE senators voted against fa FIFTY a motion to invoke the cloture rule tor for the purpose of choking off the filibuster against the anti lynch ing bill and the measure which the southerners were fighting so determinedly was thus doomed to failure majority leader alben W barkley of kentucky who had supported i the bill and voted for cloture im mediately served notice that the senate had made it impossible tor for the bill to be passed and that it must be displaced promptly by other legislation democrat in in Sti ewers seat OV CHARLES MARTIN of oregon aggon GOV appointed alfred even reames of salem to serve out the 11 months of the term of sen frederick st Sti ewer who wf signed to enter private law pr tice mr reames a lawyer sixty seven years old thus becomes the first democratic senator from oregon since 1921 he Is chairman of th the e executive committee of the democratic state central committee he will not seek to succeed himself in the se senate nate presidents birthday ROOSEVELT was PRESIDENT fifty six years old on sunday january 30 he and mrs roosevelt decided to have the birthday dinner the evening before and twenty guests were invited among them being members of the cuff link club wearing gold cuff links which mr roosevelt gave them to commemorate me their experiences in vice IM presidential and presidential ca a M as well as in the days akis he was assistant secretary of the navy after the dinner mr roosevelt made a brief radio address in connection with the birthday balls being given all over the nation to raise funds to combat infantile paralysis c fall kills congressman RA representative representative EDWARD A KENNEY of new jersey was killed by a fall from a sixth story window of a hotel in washington where he had attended a party given by the new jersey state chamber of commerce kenney who was first elected to congress in 1932 won prominence by his persistent advocacy of a national lottery bridges record demanded HAVING heard from many witnesses that harry bridges was responsible tor for maritime labor violence the senate commerce committee ordered secretary of labor perkins to produce all records in her department concerning the alien communist and west coast C 1 I 0 leader the resolution of senator adopted unanimously specifically directed madame perkins to report on recommendations of inspectors of immigration and naturalization for the deportation of bridges miners for third term INERS from three states attending M MINERS the convention of the united mine workers of america in washington presented eight resolutions urging that president roosevelt be drafted tor for a third term in the white house echoing the tega of mr roosevelt by jov jot L lewis as the only president w abo has given the common people a square deal the third term resolutions were submit submitted tedo by unions from royal pa avella pa new salem pa uniontown Union town ky rives ville W va everettville Everett ville W va scottsdale W va and lochgelly Loch gelly geny W va jap slaps american diplomat j OHN ALLISON third secretary of the american embassy in was slapped in the face by a japanese sentry when he tried to enter a house occupied by japanese troops AUis Alli ons sons protests brought an apology from the japanese officer in command of the unit involved an official japanese announcement no said allison adopted af pf f in solent insolent attitude and criticized V japanese army the japanese embassy in shanghai ordered all commercial firms there regardless of nationality to give the japanese censor copies of their code books |