ENERAL JOHNSON, administra. tor of the NRA, evidently must be given credit for a skillful piece of work in negotiating the agreement " which forestalled the threatened strike of some 400000 workers in the cotton textile industry. The Imme- diate peril was to the workers themselves, for the cotton mill owners, embarrassed by over - production, would be willing to . § shut down thelr ._, plants for a consider- M. F. Tighe able time, Of course, the New Deal would have suffered a black eye, so General Johnson tackled the problem energetically and per- suaded Thomas F. McMahon, president of the United Textile Workers of America, and George Sloan, head of the Cotton Textile institute, to accept a compromise, and the call for the strike was revoked. The employers are permitted to go ahead with their program of curtailing production 25 per cent, and the labor- ers have the promise of an NRA inves- tigation into the matter of higher wages and other points of difference. The union also is assured of Increased representation on the industrial rela- tions board of the cotton textile code authority and on the NRA advisory board, The next great labor trouble, the dis- pute between the steel masters and the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, promised to be more difficult for General Johnson to handle, and it seemed that prompt action by President Roosevelt would be necessary to avert the threatened strike. The men demand the right of collective bargaining through the union agents. Michael F. Tighe, pres- ident of the Amalgamated, declared it was up to Mr. Roosevelt to provide “prompt and unqualified enforcement of the Jaw” on this point. He said the government had failed the steel work- ers and “their patience is exhausted.” General Johnson offered a compro mise in the form of a special labor relations board for the steel industry, similar to that which was created for the automotive Industry in March. But the proposition was rejected by both the steel masters and the spokes. men for the union. According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, the strike threats are due to the activities of union leaders who seek government intervention “to maneuver themselves into positions of power and domination over the steel workers of the pation.” In a formal statement, the institute asserted re lations of steel companies and a great mass of their employees are “peace- ful,” and that the whole difficulty lies with the Amalgamated association. The “closed shop” is the one point at issue, the statement says, and for the employers to “accede to such a request would be rank treachery.” R CUSED to action by the drouth, which Is the worst the country bas ever experienced, President Roose. velt telephoned from Groton, Conn. to the federal relief ad- en ministration, directing that a special relief | work program be put into operation im- mediately in the mid- dle western states, On his return to Washington he called a council of war to ex- pand his plans and hear proposals from various . government officials, It was stat- H. L. Hopkine ed by Mr. Roosevelt that farmers should be given cash Income from work and also employment on proj ects so that their immediate distress might be alleviated. Harry L. Hopkins, federal emer gency relief administrator, at once al- located $6,500,000 to 18 states so that the work could start. The states re ceiving allotments are: Wisconsin, $2. 100,000; Minnesota, $1,000000: South Dakota, $1,050,000; Idaho, $250,000 ; Kansas, $200,000; Montana, $350,000 ; Nebraska, $276,000; New Mexico, $100, 000; North Dakota, $500,000; Utah, $600,000; Wyoming, $150,000, Work projects, Mr. Hopkins said, will be put speedily under way to em- ploy the heads of farm families in need. The projects will Include the development of additional water sup- ply through digging wells and through impounding or diverting water from rivers and lakes, Plans of live stock owners in the most seriously affected states to drive their cattle into Minnesota, North Da- kota and Wisconsin for feeding” and grazing were forestalled by the action of the governors of those three states forbidding the carrying out of the scheme, In Minnesota Governor Olson mobilized the National Guard to patrol the borders and enforce the embargo, JH EXRY P. FLETCHER of Pennsyl- vania has been handed the rather difficult job of managing the Repub- ilcan party. The national committee at its session in Chi cago elected him chairman to succeed Everett Sanders. This would seem to be a wise cholce, for Mr. Fletcher is an able and energetic man, notable for his diplo- macy and tact and al- so for ready wit. In 1898 he abandoned law practice to be come one of Theodore H. P. Fletcher Roosevelt's Rough Riders, and after the campaign in Cuba he transferred to the infantry and served through the Philippine insurrection. He entered the diplomatic service in 1902 and aft- er valuable service in Cuba, China Portugal and again in China, he was successively ambassador to Chilg Mexico, Belgium and Italy. For a time during the Harding administra tion he was undersecretary of state, and after his retirement from the em. bassy in Rome he was chairman of the federal tariff commission The national committee adopted a statement of principles for the party in the fall campaign which in temper- ate but firm language condemned the doings of the Democratic administra- tion, without any personalities, and more specifically set forth what the Republican party thinks should be done to restore the nation to prosper. ity. Opening with the statement that “American institutions and American civilization are in greater danger to- day than at any time since the foun. dation of the Republic,” the statement plunged immediately into discussion of the need for social legislation. There was assurance of liberal treat. ment of these problems in this para graph: “Our nation is beset with problems of infinite complexity—the problems of recovery; of unemployment, with its unending tale of human suffering: of agriculture, with its lost markets and relatively low prices: of forever check ing abuses and excesses that have be come all too apparent, and thereafter the problems of a wider spread of prosperity, of relieving the hardships of unemployment and old age, and of avoiding these . tragic depressions, These problems must be approached in & broad, liberal and progressive spirit, unhampered by dead formulas or too obstinately elinging to the past” Solution of the problems. however, Said the statement, should be “within the framework of American Institu- tions in accordance with the spirit and principles of the founders of the Ie public.” Further on the platform said: “We are opposed to revolutionary change without popular mandate—and all ‘change by usurpation,’ the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. “We believe that the present emer gency laws vesting dictatorial powers in the President must never be permit ted to become a permanent part of our governmental system.” During its session the committee raised more than enough money to pay all its debts, HAROLD ICKES journeyed to Chicago and testified In the disbar- ment proceedings brought by him against two Chicago lawyers, CC. WwW. Larsen and J. M. Malmin, the latter once a federal judge of the Virgin Is lands. Mr, Ickes asserted the defend. ants had tried to blackmail him in or der to obtain for Malmin the position of governor of the Virgin islands and a federal post for Larsen. He sald their “conspiracy” was based on “trumped-up charges” growing out of a Probate court case he handled as an attorney some years ago, The secretary's charges were later flatly denied by the defendants. The case was being heard by the grievance committee of the Chicago Bar asso ciation, (CARRYING forward the program of federal acreage control which with passage of the Bankhead cotton bill, the house voted, 206 to 144, for passage of the so-called Kerr tobacco bill vesting the AAA with statutory power to force com. pliance with its adjustment program. The measure was sent to the senate REAT BRITAIN formally notified the United States that it would not pay anything on the war debt in- stallment due June 15: that it would make no more payments until the United States consents to a downward revision of the debt, and that any dis cussion of revision at this time would be useless. All of which means plain default. The British note was sent in response to a blunt notification from President Roosevelt as to the sums due. It was evident, from foreign dis- patches, that the other debtor nations, except Finland, would follow the course adopted by the British, In his war debt message to congress the President sald this country ex- pected the debtor nations to pay un- less satisfactory excuses could be of- fered, and he called attention to the vast sums those nations are expend. ing on armaments, His plain language was not at all pleasing to the nations that owe us nearly twelve and one- half billion dollars. HERE was rejoicing in when It was announced that a son queen, Leopold and Astrid well, ried in 1926, have two other children, three, helr apparent to the throne. being especially the activities of the Nazis, Facts and figures were presented show. ing officials of the German government had spent money for the dissemination of pro-German informa. tion In this country, the German ambassa- dor, Dr. Hans Luther, and the German con- sul general in New York, Dr. Otto Kiep, both figuring in the testimony. Dr. Hans Luther $4000 to a New York city publicity and business promotion firm to “obtain publicity in this country" of Semitic statements, to have contributed, unofficially and in behalf of a third person, $300 In 850 man pamphlet, Doctor Luther was de- scribed as the financial sponsor of the pamphlet, Under examination, Carl Dickey. partner in the New York firm of Carl Byoir and Associates, said his firm has receiving 36000 a counsel, formation office, month “giving advice, getting together material information™ Economie Bulietin™ is prepared and tions.” Perth Amboy, N. J. linked Ambassa- dor Luther with to the commitiee. Father Gross, a re. to Hungary, Germany and Austria ™ “propaganda”-—some of out customs inspection. Evidence was presented to show that German con aganda” was sent. Representatives of the State, Post Of- fice and Labor departments were In. terested listeners to the testimony pro- duced, and there were hints of Ister deportation proceedings. OUIS BARTHOU, foreign minister of France, appears as the domi may dispel the war clouds hanging over Europe. The mee: important thing he already has ae complished is the en- gineering of an ac cord between France and Germany on con ditions for the Saar plebiscite and setting the date for that vote on January 13, 10388 a The agreement gives TR assurance that France, Louls Barthou ,,40r the pretext of preserving order, will not use force to prevent the return of the Saar basin to Germany. It also means that the Germans now have everything to lose and nothing to gain from a putsch in the Saar, so the possibility of a clash in the near future is virtually elimi nated, Of special Importance is a clause that amounts to recognition of the rights of Jewish and anti-Nazl mi- norities in the Saar, In the disarmament conference in Geneva M. Barthou has been equally forceful though not so peaceful in his doings, He has stood out firmly against the German demands for arms equality and has greatly angered Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary. Washington, ~—Congress did a lot of wrestling, in its closing hours, with new legislation de FearTooMuch signed to encourage the building of more New Debt homes by individu. als, and In connection with this debate there developed what [ belleve to be one of the outstanding questions of the times. The housing bill, as it was called, would make borrowing easier for those who want to own their own bomes. In other words, it is a pro gram that will put more people into debt if they take advantage of the And that is the ques. tion: After the conditions that have obtained through the last four years, is it or Is it not sound economy to en- courage individuals to contract new Debate on the housing bill, there has caused concern In the back of many heads. Up to this time, how- ever, apparently few of the legisiators had paused to think of the trend of hearings the the committee that a number of I noted in Such stolid men as and Hollister of Ohlo, and ary side, like Goldsborough of Mary : for sound. Mr. Luce, example, which be held. Mr. Luce, of reflected the wholesome New and the attitude of Mr. Bus however, course, England feeling a southern Democrat, To them, he added to his home the the same tenor. visit indicated to him baili wick had need encouraging debt. He suggested fur. Thereafter, there was an other tailspin insofar as recovery was Whatever one’s conclusion about go- ing into debt may be, the fact is un has put out approximately $7.000.000,- 000 in the last year in various types of The individuals or the corpor- ations to which that money was loaned are in debt to Uncle Sam, therefore, President Roosevelt and his associates and ad defend their course with the argument that by making the loans they have enabled all of those folks to weather the storm, He argues that the economic casualty list would have been much higher had the loans not He holds that those who borrowed from the federal government were actually unable to get money elsewhere and that the government was merely looking after its own folks. this manner, Mr Roosevelt has sald repeatedly that these loans will be repaid and that the government will suffer no loss in the end. » - * But, after all, there are the debts, debts on top of debts. They must el. ther be repaid or ree Debts on pudiated. If they are paid, the borrowers Top of Debts must pay them out of future earnings. That condition, ac. cording to the latest line of argument that developed under the housing bill debate, means the borrowers can cre ate little or no reserve for the future It is being sald that the recovery program and the New Deal generally contemplates planning for the future In such a manner as to ward off a re currence of the calamity of depres. sion. But I have asked in a good many places ; what if the theories of economic planning fall to work at all, or work only in part? The answers 1 obtained depended somewhat on the slant of the person questioned. If they are follow ing the professors blindly, they said to me that the plans could not fail be canse they were sound by every theory under which they are drawn. If the person to whom the inquiry was di. rected examined the problem on a practical basis and studied it wilh the background of history in mind, I be. lieve without exception the answer wag: “Well, It will be just too bad" My own feeling coincides with the | Iatter view. If the New Deal program for economic planning, for adjusting production to consumption, for con. iE: at all. In the meanwhile, there was a terrific bombardment of propaganda cellation, win. It was impossible, came here and conferred at with our debt funding commission. Settlements were eventually worked out. The debts were funded. That is, the debtor nations were given a long time in which to pay. They were giv- en enormous concessions by our debt commission in order to get some agree ment for repayment of the various loans, I know whereof 1 speak re- garding those concessions because it happens that 1 am the only newspaper correspondent in Washington who re ported everyone of the debt confer. ences, and I say unequivocally that those funding settlements represented on the average than osnethird In the total amount which the debtors contracted original- iy to pay. - - - Now, again we are in the midst of new efforts to get something done in the way of repay Dodges ments, The foreign R nt nations are not go- epaymen to pay If it put the very that obtains with everyone who Is in debt and who has hit on the depression conditions, They raise the money, so they say. To avoid de- faults, some of the foreign nations made what they called token payments 8 year ggo at this time. Some of them have offered token payments again, tut token payments amount to about the same thing as when your friend eats the apple and hands you the core, It was a nice apple to begin with, and the funding settlements were nice set- tiements when they were signed, Frankly, I suspect that the United States is never going to get more than about 10 per cent of the total now due. There will be plenty of argu ments, propositions and counter prop ositions, negotiations and hauling and filling, and after awhile some of the foreign governments will have suc ceeded in creating enough public sen. timent among their home to cause a national action of the same character as that taken by France a Fear ago. The condition as regards the foreign debts owing the United States, I am afraid, will be paralleled right here at home by individual corporation and bank debts owing the federal gov- ernment. Many borrowers will ron in- to hard luck, as they always have done, and they will appeal to the poli ticians to save them. When those debts become a political issue, it will be an issue too strong for politicians to withstand. They will arise on the floors of congress and weep about the plight of “those poor people.” ing can They argument be avoided. up natural chin bs cannot been people and - - . The special senate committee is get- ting under way with its inquiry into the wariods indus May Stir tries that manufac . ture materials for Up a Stink war, and it appears now that it is headed into an investi- gation that will disclose plenty of things that will cause a stink to arise when the investigators have laid their findings before the committee headed by Senator Bye of North Dakota. 1 spent a couple of hours the other day certainly his opinion that there are things awaiting revelation that will surprise the populace, le “Stuffed” Ballot Box in English Parliament If an old yarn is to be believed, the people of the world owe their privileges regarding habeas writs to an old trick of crooked politics, When the act of 1070 was going through the English parliament there was strong opposition in the house of lords. The third reading, ae- cording to one Bishop Burnet, was carried by a trick. 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Get a box today. A \ Dr. Peery’s Vermifuge kills and expels Worms and Tapeworm in a few hours. Good for grown-ups, too, One dose does the trick, light. ceiving their credentials and money with which to start out on the trail. They were headed for what amounts to a rald on the files and books of some factory which the investigators believed had been engaged in the man- ufactore of war materials and which they thought also had been engaged in propagating information that would cause a couple of foreign nations to look with suspicion upon each other. Suspicion between two nations is ob viously a prelude to more serious gif- ferences, and eventually war Is the result. The committee has started out to expose such conditions, if they ex ist, and the investigators are convinced that things of that sort are being prac ticed by some of the makers of mu- nitions, 1 have no way of knowing where the investigators are going in their con- tinuing effort, but from all indica- tons they have orders to dig deep into files and records to see what they can find. They will come back to Wash fetter and records that they think shed light on the various suspected activities, and, of course, when the beak tak : those things will be ht out. Sngages in wapproviing or are going to be smeared. 4
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