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REAT BRITAIN was still hopeful
that the United States would not
insist that the $05,550,000 war debt
principal and interest, due December
15, must be paid. She
had the money neces.
sary, and would pay
§ If here was no way
out of it, but kept on
trying to find a way.
The cabinet approved
the terms of a new
note to ‘Washington
and even King George
took a hand and
helped decide what
was best to be done,
The king had a long
interview with Neville
Chamberlain,
lor of the exchequer, who lald before
him the the treasury
which is dominated by Montagu Nor
man, head of the Bank of Ei
This presumably was that
should refuse to pay now or, at least,
should pay into a blocked account,
not transferring any money to Amer
fea at this time.
Opposed to this view that of
the foreign office, upheld by Prime
Minister MacDonald, that payment
should be made promptly If the new
request for postponement were re-
fused. and that the entire matter of
internaticnal debts be taken }
the Roosevelt administration
comes into power. It
that the foreign office
in the controversy.
France, the most determined of the
opponents of payment, was
the buck to England, Premier
riot’'s government seeking to
decision and even parliamentary dis
cussion until the British
announced. Many of the
however,
to force the governinent to
down,
Neville
Chamberlain
chancel-
proposal of
Wis
up wit
was
had won
course
IRECTLY connected with
debt affair was the fall of
pound sterling, long the unit of in
ternational fir to unnrecedented
ly low prices.
week the En
changes also weakened
and at i
yen and
badly.
From London
there had developed a sud
of available dollars in the w
kets t Britain may
pay { i
was that Amer
bought up In
nce,
By the
eald atang
Oia SiAl
ropean
the
the States
An CUrrew
France and
by exchange broiers as
scheme to depress the pours
benefit of bears on steriin
EER
too
would seem to be «
prominent a place
American public mind
the national
relief
volved in the restora
tion of the
to a legalized status
Early in the
Speaker Garner de
were |
income and employment
features In
beverage
week
vised a plan to pu
the hesitant l
tors on the spot. Th
drys and
had been
that a measure legal
izing beer and possi
bly light wines should
not be pressed to pas
sage until a resolution
for repeal of the Eighteenth
ment had been pul
Garner drew up such a
and announced that he insist
on its being put to a vote In the
house on Monday, the first day of the
short session. It was a resolution for
flat repeal, with no mention of pro
tection for the dry states
Many congressmen, both Democrats
and Republicans, called on the spenk-
er with protests and pleas for delay,
and Mr. Garner began to weaken, say.
ing that If he found there was con-
siderable objection to consideration
of his resolution he would just as
soon back up and say: “We will
wait.” Fred Britten of Chicago and
other eminent wets tried to keep the
speaker to his determination, Britten
assuring him that the Republican side
of the house would supply more than
100 votes for the repeal resolution.
But there was no certainty of more
than 130 Democratic votes, so it was
doubtful whether the necessary two
thirds majority could be obtained.
Later In the week some of the dry
members from the South were re
ported to be sliding over to the re
peal side and the prospects of the
resolution were considered brighter,
legisin
semi-drys
asserting
Speaker
Garner
amend-
Mr.
resolution
through. So
would
EPRESENTATIVE CA. VINSON
of Georgin, chairman of the house
cotnmittee on naval affairs, bad a long
talk with President-Elect Roosevelt at
Warm Springs, and came away with
his former “big navy” attitude consid
erably changed. He did not quote Mr,
Roosevelt, but announced that he would
favor girastic cuts in the naval bulld
ing program and general economies,
He declared at least $100,000,000 could
be pared from the naval budget and
said he was now willing that the build.
ing program should be reduced to a
point far below the maximum set by
the treaty of London,
From what Mr. Vinson said it was ap-
parent that Mr. Roosevelt hopes to
provide the United States with a small
hut powerfully effective navy, He
thinks, too, that economies can be ef.
fected by the consolidation of some
bureaus and a better control of all
purchases,
RESIDENT-ELECT ROOSEVELT
held a series of conferences on farm
relief with farm organization leaders
an! legislators, Including Senators Rob
Wheeler and Bankhead, and
Henry Morgenthau, and the net result
seemed to be a probability that noth
ing would be done during the short
session except the enactment of some
inson,
emergency measures such as price fix.
ing and perhaps mortgage refinancing
Mr. Roosevelt declined to announce his
plan In advance, saying “That
be too much Ike telling con
own
would
Farm leaders in Washington said
they thought Mr. Roosevelt wants to
meet the 1933 crop emergency and that
they are willing to accept temporary
measures such as the price fixing bill
that was proposed in the previous ses
gion.
HRY FORD spent the week in
the Detroit hospital that bears his
name, recovering from an operation
for strangnlated hernia. The opera
tion, which included
removal of the appen
dix, was pronounced
na success, and within
three the auto
mobile manufactur:
er's temperature,
pulse and respiration
were about to
normal. By that
the hospital
cians
of the
zation
that the multi
§ recovery wns a
days
back
time
physi
members
Ford
felt assured
organi
Henry Ford
mililon
itier only of
and quiet. Members of
1 his im
ediate family, im daily.
» no longer ar
By
ut his con
ve from the
stricken with heart
Virgir
Melaugh
fr +
Of the wnyvs
tour of
Afr
Republ
mer-Labor,
cans
and
MTX PANSION of
thority
panies is
over
recommendes
¥ fT
by the power
commission
nual report. The bods that It
meerns with
urges
be authorized to require
1
f de ' 1 1 fi tse 2 $
federal licenses, Including holding
companies to
i submit
any informa
tion desired as an ald to their
supervision. The twa fundamental
purposes In view,
said are:
“First:
the commission
Regulation of the holding
company in relation to the operating
company and through the operating
company to the consumer of electrical
energy : and, second, regulation of the
holding company in relation to the
investing public. which Is principaily
interested In the securities of such
holding company.”
UST as soon as there is a let up In
the depression and federal finances
permit, the regular army should be
increased by 2,000 officers and 40.000
enlisted men, In the opinion of Gen.
Douglas MacArthur, chief of staff. In
his annual report the general sald the
army already has been reduced below
the level of national safety,
“The regular army should be ready
at all times,” General MacArthur sald
“to furnish any troops required by in.
ternal emergencies and initial defense
against attack. The national defense
act provided 18,000 officers and 280.
000 men. This has heen progressively
reduced to 12,000 officers and 128,000
enlisted men, Including Philippine
scouts. On June 80, 1932, the actual
figures were 12,180 officers and 110.
888 enlisted men”
ONAL BUCKLEY, a retired shop-
keeper who was a rebel against
British rule for years, was appointed
eral of the Irish Free State, on the
advice of President De Valera, whose
close friend he Is. London was rath-
er shocked by the appointment. many
regarding it as a distinet attempt to
belittle the king and bring the office
of governor general into disrepute.
Buckley succeeds James McNeill, who
was forced out of office by De Valera.
1
HROUGHOUT another week Pres
ident Paul von Hindenburg sought
to find a man who could form as new
ministry for Germany. His best bet
of the seven duyvs was
Gen, Kurt von Schiel
cher, the minister of
defense, who Is prob
ably the strongest
mun In public life in
the reich. The gener
al was willing to un
dertake the task, but
needed the support
of the Nazis, and this
was denjed him by
Adolf Hitler who con
tinued to hold
ground that
should be no
Gen. Von
Schleicher
govern
ment unless headed by himself, How
yield in Iater conferences [If not
there was a chance that the President
might instruct Von Schleicher to foru
a cabinet and the
Or else, he might create »
cabinet” under Von
carry on, regardless of public
The Nazis said if the
dissolved the reichstag
would be considered by
gal act and
answer.”
digsolive refchstag
“husiness
and let It
opinion
Papen
government
this
an ile
foreibly,
them
ke an
would evo “illegal
political foes,
ht hig i
who have so often sought ife; and
determined to restore internal
if possible He ordered Gen
Herrera, chief of sinfY
political prisor
day he direct
he Is
peace
Alberto
lense RO
to re
following
er oppositionists he let
the Isle
ontinted
Havana
tentiary on
tary rule was disc
the island except in
Machado's en
nanimity due to unoftic
sure from United
denied this flatly.
was
the
VALERA
League of Nati
{AMON DE
- the
pre
ons council
report
AREOM
passed the Lytton commission
on Manchuria on to the lenone
bly, that bods
to convene In specin
session on
6 The Japanese spe
cial representative
Yosuke Matsuokn
mnde the usual reser
vation to this actior
in line with the Toky
calling
oem
Decenibe
contention that the as
sembly Is not
petent to ha
Sino-Japanese
Yosuke
Matsuoka
P IEMIER HERRIOT
Ambuigsador Dovenle
sin signed in Paris tl
sian treaty of nonngyr
{ion it is the
the Soviet govern
with any of the grea
A GRE ULTURAL depression did
i not seem to hurt the Interna
show for
tional Live Stock in Chicago
this year the affair was bigger and
The title of
the
better than ever grand
wns
Texans
made as nsusl hy
Judge Walter Biggar of Scotland
animal raised and
Will Largent of Merkel Texas and
after its brief reign It went through
the enstomary process of sale hy ane
tion, slaughter and consumption by
Chicago gourmets,
Herman Trelle of Wembley, Alberta.
Can., won the crown of world wheat
champion steer of
awarded to a
the
world
Hereford from
selection being
was exhibited by
judges pronouncing his when!
finest they had éver seen. The new
hay king is M. V. Gillett of Nebraska.
by many hundreds of young agricul
turiste of both sexes who competed
for the usual fine prizes.
—
[ EARTILY backing up the demands
of President William Green. the
American Federation of Labor in con
vention in Cincinnatl adopted a resoln.
tion calling for the universal adoption
in Industry of the five day week and
the six hour day.
Stirring the delegates to waves of
applause Mr. Green sald labor's pa.
tience with Industrial management
was at an end Labor's paramount
policy, he said, henceforth wonld be
to resort to “forceful methoda™ if
necessary, to establish the shorter
work week. By those methods he
meant use of every weapon In the
union armory-economic, political, and
industrial,
It was indicated by Mr. Green that
the spearhead in the movement for
the thirty hour week would be a de
mand on the federal government that
it set an example by establishing that
reform.
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