——
AMSAY MACDONALD threw a
falr-gized monkey wrench into the
London economic conference machin
ery In his opening speech, but the
wheels hadn't really
begun to revolve, so
the mechanism was
not wrecked immedi-
ately. Whether it is
ultimately to operate
successfully depends
on diplomatic skill
or on the complais-
ance of Uncle Sam.
In the middle of an
otherwise wellor-
dered address, the
British prime minis.
ter suddenly inter
Jected the war debts issue, despite the
fact that it was not on the agenda of
the conference. ‘That question, he de
clared, “must be dealt with before every
obstacle to general recovery has been
removed, and it must be taken up
without delay by the nations con-
cerned. Lausanne has to be complet.
ed and
for all in
conditions.”
Delegates from all
Ish empire and
France were not
Donald's I
and
Unite :
Ramsay
MacDonald
this vexed question settled once
the light of present world
parts of the Brit.
ibly those
t a dis
Hull was soo:
mn with Washing
dd a fenst
considered
taste, Mr.
his address to
result
and as a
nference which was to open the
lay of the
Among the
howey
tnd Gen,
uth Africa, both of
ip MaeDonald's stand
were Guid
Jan Christian Smuts
whom
Sinuts
Americans
ed States
the world.
Chancellor of the E
Chamberlain seco:
MacDonald about wa
suid the crisis in world
ditions makes restoration of the gold
standard absolutely impossible at pres-
ent,
He fav
lower tarifl
were actiua
ivered a
upose undue sacrifices on lower tar-
[ countries and that they did not lead
> warfare,
ity for cheap money,
————
econo He emphasized
y JHEN Sed
third to
was expected
gort of reply to
mand. But he
retary Hull arose, the
his
would make
the war
was silent on that sub-
debts de.
argument for a renewnl of
truce promulgated by President Roose.
by removal of trade barriers, elimina-
tion of excessive tariffs, stabilization
of exchanges and abandonment of na-
tionalistic economic policies,
“The world cannot longer go on
a8 it Is going at present.” Hull sald.
“A successful meeting of this confer
ence In my judgment is the key to
widespread business recovery.”
poasiBLY more threatening to the
success of the conference than the
injection of the war debts issue was
the demand of the French, represented
by Premier Daladier,
that the dollar be
stabilized before the
matter of tariff re
ductions and re
moval of other trade
barriers be taken up.
Both the dollar and
the pound, he . inti.
mated, must be sta.
bilized on a gold
basis at the earliost
possible moment,
“We feel we must
end the currency
war,” Premier Daladier declared. “The
aintenance of the gold standard is
Indispensable. How ean elrenlation
of goods be re-established if their
value depends on luck and hazard?
What would you say to an architect
or builder who used an elastic foot:
rule?”
America’s hope for success of the
conference was built upon a world tariff
truce, and the French believe they
have blocked this for the present at
least. They assert this would mean
nothing so long as currencies are
fluctuating. Only 15 of the nations
represented In the conference adhered
to the temporary ftarilf truce which
was to lust during the life of the par.
ley, nnd one of these, France, now re
fuses to renew He pledge under exist.
ing circumstances,
HILE this sort of talk was go
ig an in the conference hall,
Great Britain and laly were plan
Premier
Daladier
ning to evade payment of the great.
er part of the Installments due the
United States on June 15, and France
was calmly ignoring the” fact that
she also was due to make a payment
on that date, her government being
determined to do nothing about it.
The British offered to pay $10,000,000
of the $79,000,000 due,
President Roosevelt's reply to the
jritish offer, eagerly awaited, was
that the United States would accept
the partial payment only with the ex.
plicit understanding that the money
was just an mstallment on the sum
due and that such action should in
no way invalidate America's claim to
the unpald remainder.
Mr. Roosevelt advised the British
that as soon as possible they should
make whatever representations for a
revision of the debt they desire to
offer, and in Washington. He said he
had no power to reduce or cancel the
debt but would submit the results of
the negotiation to congress,
Under the new inflation bill
President is authorized to accept silver
in payment of debt installments at the
vilue of HO cents an ounce. So the
British paid in silver obt from
India,
ained
\ JAR debts, as much nas
over the matter of war
caused delay in the
discord
veterans’
ad}
the
benefits,
ment of
question
The
though latter
ostensible
CONEress,
the
appeared
was
reason
senate
there
about the offe
was to know wut th
of partial payment and the Presi
response The {
for a long time
wanted then
15, and Robinson of
them cabled
lent's
senntors had know
that Mr
’
t away b
Indian:
10
n
saying that
war ing for
announcing
wait
before
cent pas
on the
Un
to disagreement
of the President's progri
tion of veterans’ be nefits, a part of the
independent offices bill. The ho
had accepted the compromise, but
Democratic
Farmer-Laborite,
senators and
foined with
Shipsten
<r
the measu
adopted the
which
crease veterans’ compensations
about £135000000, though the Presi.
dent had sald he would ge
than 100.000 000,
house would
and that Mr. Roosevelt would
entire bill, But the h«
signs of going along with
the Demoeratie
changed their mind and, after a hot
debate, accepted the program it had
previously Tejected. The bill was
passed by a vote of 45 to 36, and what
had seemed to be the first defeat for
the President was turned into a vie
accept the senate plan
veto the
ise showed
the Presi
dent, go
N OTHER respects the senate acted
swiftly in completing the legisla.
tion the President had asked. The
important bills enacted included the
timost terrifying industry control-pub.
lie works measure: the Glass-Steagall
banking bill which makes provision
for limited deposit guarantee January
1, 1034, unless In an emergency or
dered earlier by the President: and
the fourth deficiency bill carrying the
largest appropriations ever made in
peace time. The home owners’ loan
act setting up a $2,200,000,000 corpor-
ation for home loan mortgage relief
already had been passed and was
gigned by the President, who at the
tame time issued an appeal to mort.
gage holders to desist from foreclos
tires until the new agency can begin
functioning.
The industry control bill did not get
through without flerce opposition from
15 of the more radical Democrats and
23 Republicans, all led by Senator
Borah, who especially denounced the
giving of vast power to Gen. Hugh
Johnson, the man selected ns the ad.
ministrator.
The senate rather ignored the execy-
tive order which President Ioosevelt
had transmitted, providing for re
groupings, consolidations, transfers
and abelitions of certain executive
agencies and functions. He explained
in his message the necessity for these
changes and sald they would effect a
saving of more than $25,000,000. Many
other changes, he sald, were In con.
templation, and he had selected only
those he believed should be put Into
effect as quickly as possible.
OW Massachusetts is in lne for
repeal of prohibition, the tenth
state to decide the matter. The elec.
tors voted about 4 to 1 wet In select.
ing 45 delegates to a constitutional
convention that will ratify the repeal
amendment. In Boston the vote was
approximately 10 to 1, and one of that
city's delegates will be James Roose.
velit, son of President Roosevelt. In
most of the communities the question
of local license war submitted and
only a few of them stood firm against
license,
OSEPH B. EASTMAN, a mem
ber of the interstate commerce
commission, wus selected by P'resident
we transportation
i the terms of
emergency
act. Eastmun doesn't
like the labor clauses
in the measure
prevent the reduction
of operating forces,
but believes that much
can be accomplished
In spite of them,
The railroad execu-
tives themselves have
decided there must be
savings effected in labor and decided
to request organized labor to accept
a 22% per cent reduction in the basie
wage scale. Thelr eommittee of nine
is empowered to negotinte with the
unions to a conclusion. If the nego
tiatlons fail, there would still be a
long period before a strike call, ®n
der the terms of the raflway labor act,
If direct negotiations fall, the federal
mediation board would offer the serv-
lees of a concilintor who might spend
several months in bringing the parties
together, “Then, If both parties per
sisted In disagreement, the way would
be open to arbitration.
Arbitration would likely extend aver
a long period. Should this fall, the
lnw provides for the declaration of n
state of emergency, under which the
President of the United States ap-
points a fact finding commission, which
must study the involved and
report within thirty days,
the
which
J. B, Eastman
{ssues
N BS. ROOSEVELT reterned home
h from trip to California
in the course of announced
her air
which she
her son Elliott,
To the Washington correspondents si
the incident at the Dall
airport when Gov, “Ma” Ferguson
her husband failed to get
the coming divorcee of
explained
into a
with First Lady
simple fact was that Mrs, Roosevelt,
break
tograph ihe
being h ating
and asked the
and when she finishe
away
Wis
ngry,
eating, the
Fy
gusons had 1 & huff,
: gone
ECRETARY of Labor Perkins an
ye ent of Presi
nt Robert Hutehing of the Univer
ity of Chicag 1
Jd the a
ed the ug
0 as chairman of the ad
} De set un
feder
acts of
was
for cOngressional
fives
all acts of Jud
feral court
in receiver.
cases, the spon.
Sabath
of Chicago and Cel
ler of New York
Representative Hat.
ton Summers, Texas
prosect
4 SRL
Chaairman
being
14
ocratic
tor 1d
the house judiciary
committee, sal
be «
first. courts to
subject of In. .
quiry, because of the Chicago Bar as
sociation report the
tions of Judge Frederick E. Woodward
in allowing nearly a quarter of a mil-
ne
Judge F. E.
Woodward
ariel yl pow ~
congemning As.
ceivers’ counsel, The bar association
did not reflect on the integrity of the
judge or the law firm, but «¢
the practice.
ondemned
HANCELLOR ENGLEBERT DOLL
FUSS Is determined that Austria
shall not be infected with Hitlerism,
and the government is carrying on a de
termined war aguinst the Nazis, who
are accused of plotting to inaugurate
a reign of terror there to be followed
by a coup to seize control of the coun:
try. All known Nazis in the country
are being arrested for questioning by
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Washington.—President Roosevelt's
departure from the White house for a
rest and a fishing
Presidency cruise calls atten-
a Heavy Load tion again to the tre.
mendous strain to
which a President «f the United States
is subjected. Anyone holding that
office has to undergo It and, despite
attempts to make the job easier, none
kas come forward with a workable
plan to lighten the burden.
P'residents have been criticized in
communities away from the national
capital many times in the past because
they took a week or a month off. In
other years, it has been common to
hear political attacks on the Presi.
dent then occupying the White House
on account of vacations or recreational
methods that caused thelr absence
from the executive mansion. Obsery.
ers here, however, can in no wise
agree that such eriticism Is justified,
On the contrary, 1 belleve the agree.
ment would be on a premise that were
the President unable to get away from
his job periodically, he would be a
broken man physically, If not mentally,
in a short time,
The President of the United States
has at his beck and call all of the ad-
visers, all of the expert assistance,
Yet, with all of
the responsi.
that
him to deo
this, he
bility of
erux of the problem,
right direction
tates familiarity
to be solved by his
the joh,
cannot
leadership, and
He must lead in
and that necessl-
with problem
He
assistance from
opinion bee; use it Is
and women to
Bo the President
dodge
ix the
every
administration.
receives advice and
shades of
for men
varying views
all
have
has
per cent of them are Germans. One
of their alleged leaders, Theodore
Habicht, was claimed by the German
minister to be an employee of his le
gation, and the minister protested
sharply when Habicht was arrested
In retaliation the Prussian secret po-
lice expelled from Germany Dr. Irwin
Wasserbaeck, chief of the press de
partment in the Austrian legation In
Berlin. Naturally relations between
conclusions and those
conclusions
make or break ini
either the adminis
tration
CE
In order to Must !
ent that the Sob of Presi
Slates
rate i
sinten
Cr
ne revi
the
tite banking crisis ever known
him In the face: med
untry's az.
staring
the Pres
he ngs:
deney when the co
the throes of destin
riculture was in
tion, If not actual starvatic he took
over the Joh at a time when 12.000,000
were without work whose re
SOUTOOR WES gone ith the Indus.
the n
vhole at more than
tries of
per cent
The Presider ’ otiree. knew how
desperate the cond and he
immediately called congress into ex.
traordinary session,
hanks for a holiday so they cduld get
started fresh after they hb
tn detern
tlons were
he closed
ine whether they were sol
vent and he began grinding out a pro
gram for
signed to restore order out of chaos
These things were within =a
period of ten days and It was thought
the strain would lessen after the hanks
were again operating But the darvs
and igh between March 4 and
March 15, the period of the banking
holiday, were only the beginning, Others
presenting Just as much of a burden
have occurred until the current gues
' ts "
legislation by congress
done
* * *
It may sound simple that the Pres!
dent called congress Into exira sos.
sion; that he closed
the banks and that
he did all of the
other things men
tioned above, Unfortunately, it ix not
fo simple as It sounds. For example,
Mr. Roosevelt was Inaugurated at
noon, March 4; he had luncheon with
a few friends and went to work with
the new members of his cabinet. A
steady stream of men filed in and out
Strenuous
Days
Chief Executive sought to map plans
breaking point,
N A statement addressed to
League of Nations, the Soviet gov.
ernment, and the signatories of the
nine power pact. the Southwest Poll.
tical ecouncli condemned China's truce
which the Nanking regime ean imple.
ment only by precipitating a civil war,
The statement said the eouncit
would be compelled to take steps to
safeguard the honor and vital Inter
ests of China as a nation determined
not to be conquered,
Paraguay has notified the League of
Nations that it will not accept the lat-
est proposals of the league for arbi.
tration of its quarrel with Bolivia over
the Gran Chaco territory,
THe prince of the Asturiae, son of
former King Alfonso of Spain, in.
tends to marry Edelmira Sampedro of
Cuba, a commoner, despite hig father's
objection. Dispatches from Paris say
the prince, at the demand of Alfonsa’s
ing all rights to the throne for himself?
and his descendants in favor of his
brother Don Jaime,
©. 1823, Western Newspaper Union.
the President had gone to the White
House itself and long after midnight
he was working on a program for
handling the banking situation. Awak-
ened at seven o'clock, the circum.
stances of the preceding afternoon and
Sunday. Then, the banking holiday
proclamation was ready.
Rut the banks, having been closed,
Emergency
legislation was required. [t*had to be
let-proof. Bankers and experts in
finance and in legisiation were sum
moned; others were called by long
distance telephone and their views and
suggestions ascertained ahd members
of the senate and the house had to he
consulted that any «lip might be
avoided,
That was just one problem. There
were numerous others, perhaps not
quite as acute at that time bot never
theless vital to the country as a whole,
In order to save precious moments,
the President was eating his noonday
meal on his desk in the Executive of.
fice. Perhaps he had had a group of
legislators or advisors with him at
breakfast. He seldom wax able to
dine alone in the evening becnuse
there were questions to be decided at
once and people whom he had called
to consult were awaiting the moment
they were to have with him.
It would naturally seem that the
strain would subside after the first
few weeks of a pew administration,
but such was not the case for Presi.
dent Roosevelt, He told the country
duripg his campalgn that he would
like to have “a honeymoon” in office
for awhile. He wanted to start off his
administration without having con-
gress in session and with some time to
map plans, But that was not to be.
The “honeymoen” if such it can be
called, has been delayed until now,
and even now he Is not safe from the
worries of his job, nor from the pester.
ing of office seeking politicians,
The newspaper correspondents of
Washington are in a peculiar position
to judge the load the President ear-
ries. Those who are detailed to re
port White House activities are thank-
ful when the President sends out word
that there will be a brief respite. It
menns a moment in which those writ.
ers can safely leave their job and eat
a meal without fearing that the Presi.
dent has sent another special message
to congress or has determined to eall
a world conference or has suddenly de-
cided on some less consequential thing
like appointment of a collector of in.
ternal revenue or a United States at-
torney somewhere,
From the ontlines given. it is obyl.
ous there was constant activity, But
the activity itself
proved unbearable,
straln- of reasoning
and their solutions and the 4
tion of which co
sued, since always there are
to the question. Frank!
ways been amazing to me how
dents have
would n
It was the
the
out
urse should
heen
ordeal of thelr office,
» .
Mr. Roosey
order to rex uperate
olf te fal
wo] .
ontdoors
Welcome
Vacation
Presider
President Coolie
oo
gon enjoved
+
aft enjoyed
headore Nooseyell
Mr. Hoowe
need to *y
13a
a St
* had 3
ident Harding won
rather play a game of golf as a mem
with cronies than
thorough!
{ President
seemed to er solitude
although nsuaily he
intimate friends ab
Actually the purpose of these
ings is to get away
demands coming
President. He must and
freedom. His physical wellbe.
ing Is at stake at all times, for unless
he is physically fit he becomes In-
taske
from all of
the office of
should have
upon
. 0»
Presidents can receive
they desire to receive In
but the
Lawmakers ors has to be culled
clogely In order not
Hide Out
to overcrowd the
Chief Executive's time.
whomeoever
their offices,
have adopted another method of sav.
ing time for themselves In order to got
work done. They go Into hiding.
Otherwise, folks from the home state
would occupy so much of their time
they would not be able to study the
problems of legislation they have be-
fore them.
Few of the legislators have
courage, however, that has been
shown by Senator Tydings of Mary-
land. His home state being within
ator has plenty of visitors
on his office door.
hours are from morning until noon,
when the senate convenes,
seems to me that It has required a
considerable determination to take
did and thus far has not caused any
real howl from his constituents,
so »
Senator Bennett Thamp Clark of
man, so to speak, because this is his
first full term, he has demonstrated
so near being the Democratic Presi.
dential nominee over Woodrow Wilson,
The late Speaker Clark “was a thorn
in the flesh of President Wilson. Ren.
ator Clark Is proving he is a chip off
the old block by being a thorn In the
side of the present President. He
broke with the President on the so.
called economy bill and he refused to
stand hitched to several! other meas.
ures, including the Industrial recovery.
public construction measure. Tho
Missouri senator always has been ree
garded as nn Democrat through and
through, but he appears to dislike por.
tions of the “new deal” because of
their unorthodox character,
© 1988, Western Newspaper Ublon
Age of Reason
Great Americans
Luck
By ED HOWE
fression ; everywhere
careful
every
i nh
did
one
much betier
was Injured The
those
~realized that they
suffered muck
the occupants of
thrown
they
doubt
houses
together
built,
and neglected
There
carelessness is o
were
that
an
. on
When
it ever we
man who about
necessary lights left burning by
less people, is a better
mean persons who left
the expense is
We will also like
the
does
age of reason
will
admit
goes turning
heenuse
to them
Few families
ply of new string on
string Is needed,
a saving woman who
it usus
* & 9»
“Who ir
fifteen greates
I have
they are compar
A man asks me:
ion are the
Americans?”
lieve
men: some of them pe
away In small towns
Most of the noted mer
been called to W
President Hoover
welt In the presser;
have
vise
attends any ma
In the course
baseball pls
“breaks” a
have come to all of ©
have not
of them ; frequentls
dle bad “breaks” x
This Is the truth, an
but what I belleve is
luckiest man in the world,
we take
* * .
in the gentlest wife there Is 8 ton
of the Old Harry she does not show
in mingling with the neighbors. but
which does show In mingling with
a hushand If wires were
ag polite and géntle with hushands
as telephone girls are with subserib
ers, there” would be fewer hus
bands.
always
bad
During the presentation of a play
I attended recently, an actor men
tioned a Contented Farmer, whereupon
those Mn the audience burst into
laughter.
. os
i came to Miama, Fla. this winter,
disgusted because Hannah, the colored
tered my room without putting the
windows down, if 1 had them up, or
putting them up If 1 had them down.
I have been disgusted all winter In
Miami because Nancy, at the apart
ment house, where 1 live, does the
I was walking on the streets Intely
with a white wonmn from Indiana.
She learned bossy wars as a school
teacher when young. The tilt of my
hat brim didn't suit her. so she
reached over and changed it. Owoca-
sionally (not often) 1 rebel, and said
to her:
“Put that hat brim back where you
found 1.”
She is probably telling around now
that I am no gentleman, but she did it.
I have never suited women; always
there is something about me they want
to fix.
$n
As soon as a fool proposes another
plan for more human betterment than
is possible, the people should some
how have the power to say to him:
“Now, now, we've tried that” and
force him back to work. The certain
thing seems to be we cannot afford to
try all these plans as we have been
doing some thousands of years to the
violent disturbance of Industry and
peace,
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