By EDWARD W. PICKARD EN. HUGH 8. JOHNSON steps wing” members of the New Deal manage- ment. President Roose- velt announced the greater part of the re. organization plan for the national recovery body, naming first the policy making board, with Richberg as its chairman and Secre- tary Ickes, Secretary Perkins, Harry L. Hop kins and Chester Da- vis as members. A fifth Richberg member was yet to be selected, he to be the chairman of the mew administrative board. Five other members of this latter body are 8S, Clay Williams, head of the Reynolds Tobacco company; Arthur D. White- side, president of Dun & Bradstreet; Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers; Leon C. Marshall, labor specialist; and Prof. Walton H. Hamilton of Yale. Two ex- officio members are Blackwell Smith, assistant general counsel of NRA, and Leon Henderson, chief of the NRA di vision of research and planning under Johnson, The judicial branch of the NRA was still under consideration. Mr. Roose welt Indicated that its duties might be assigned to a special department of the Department of Justice. The recommendations of the new policy making board are subject to the will of the President, but under the terms of the executive order these rec ommendations must be submitted to the President by the director. Thus, Richberg will have the final voice be fore the President himself approves or disapproves the board's decisions The board was further empowered to “promulgate administrative policies, to appoint, to employ, discharge, fix the compensation, define the duties, and direct the conduct of the person- nel necessary for its administration, and to exercise all those powers here. tofore conferred by executive orders upon the administrator for industrial recevery.” ESIGNATION of General Johnson, as accepted by the President Is not effective until October 15. Until then he will be busy compiling his final report and also, it is sald, writing the story of his life. It was learned that he has been offered the management of industrial and labor relations of *a large group of midwestern many- facturers.” This is not the time or place to es timate General Johnson's achlevements as administrator of the NRA which was largely his own creation. He cer tainly worked hard and accomplished much, whether for good or evil. His mistakes were admittedly glaring, and not the least of them was his recent assertion that during his administra tion he had ‘been in close touch with Justice Brandeis of the Supreme court. As that tribunal will have to pass on the constitutionality of NRA before long, this statement created a sensa tion and was dismaying to the friends of Justice Brandeis. Of course the Jurist could take no notice of it. The “low down” is sald to be that Johnson did consult the justice when he was formulating the NRA and recelved some informal advice which he dis regarded, and that later Mr. Brandeis told him he had better resign, RGANIZED business and the Pres ident are not at all satisfied with each other. Business leaders are nervous, and Mr: Roosevelt feels that they have too many “inhibitions” and are not doing what they should to ald recovery. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States, seeking a clear statement of the President's future in tentlons, sent him a list of questions on expenditures, budget balancing. cur- rency stabilization and the govern- ment’s part in business, politely re questing categorical replies, Mr. Roose. velit received the questionnaire with a smile and a joke, and there was no in- dication of his intention to answer it. It was revealed In Washington that the President also received net long ago a set of resolutions adopted at a secret meeting of 120 leading indus trialists and financiers These men as serted that the policies of the New Deal, along with the uncertainties of the future, are throttling economic re covery In the United States. The res olutiong were not intended for publi ention and the President made nn men tion of them In his press conferences, Still another hard rap at the New Deal came In the form of a statement by the federal advisory council, com: posed of leading bankers, It was con tained in a set of recommendations for the federal reserve system and severe 1y criticizes the administration's mone. tary and economic policies, demanding a return to what the council consid: ers sound principles, The federal advisory council Is a statutory hody created by the federal reserve act to advise the federal re gorve board concerning technical bank. ing matters and general con ditions, It Is composed of one prom- inent banker from each of the twelve federal reserve districts, plus a secre tary. ECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR ICKES, as head of the federal pub lic works administration, announced an ambitions family housing project for Chicago which, at a cost of £12.500,000, will abolish a “slum area” of 37 city blocks on the southwest side and re place demolished buildings with small apartment houses for 3.000 families Condemnation proceedings were start ed in the Federal court in Chicago, and Mr. Ickes sald If the property owners are reasonable In thelr demands the project will go through speedily. The area to be rehabilitated is Inhabited now almost entirely by persons of Italian descent and, far from being n typleal “slum,” contains numerous neat, wellkept homes and several large apartment houses. The plan of the PWA for its rebuilding is very similar to housing projects in Moscow and Vienna, with the government sup plying social and nursery facilities as well as dwellings. The work will be done through the federal housing cor poration, which concern the govern ment owns. N ISS GRACE ABBOTT, for years one of the government's most faithful and useful servants, has re signed her position as director of the children’s bureau, to the grief of her associates In Washington and the re gret of every one who knows about her fine work there. Miss Abbott now becomes professor of public welfare administration in the University of Chicago and editor of the So Sery ice Review, TE 53 MERICA'S Cup remains in United States and T. 0. AL with, latest British challenger, goes home defeated and disgruntled. Har old 8. Vanderbilt skippered the defend ing yacht Rainbow to four consecutive victories over Sopwith’s Endeavour after the latter had won two races and seemed lkely to carry the old trophy back to England. In the third race Sopwith flew his protest flag, claiming Rainbow had technically fouled En deavour, but the racing committee re fused to hear the protest because of a minor infraction of the rules. Sopwith was not the only person displeased by this action of the committee. In fact general opinion was with him, and the races have left an unpleasant taste In the American mouth. However, It is probable the victory went to the better yacht, or the better crew, or both. the Sop RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S request that the great textile strike be called off and that the workers be taken back without discrimination, ce pas after he had re ceived and approved the report of the spe cial mediation board headed by Gov. John G. Winant of New Hampshire brought tn an end the bitter struggle that had cost 14 lives and millions of dollars. The union leaders ordered the strikers to return to Gov. Winant 1c mills, and all the way from Malne to Alabama the looms hummed again. The next step was the appointment by the President of a board to adjust disputes between the workers and the einployers In the industry, He named the three veteran arbiters who served in like capacity as members of the steel iabor relations board-—Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy of North Carolina, Ad miral Henry A. Wiley and James Mul lenbaceh of Chicago, The executive order stipulated that the board Is "authorized and directed” to Investigite wages, hours and other conditions in the industry to determine whether code provisions are being vio lated. If necessary, the board may re fer its findings to proper governmental agencies for appropriate action, The national labor relations board is made the court of appeal from any de cision of the textile board. The board's findings are not subject to review by the executive branch of the govern. ment, To start with, the board had the job of investigating numerous charges that some mill owners were discriminating against strikers, This alleged action so angered the union members that n.any demands for a renewal of the strike were sent in to the office of Francis J. Gorman, who directed the great walkout, Meanwhile the leaders of the United Textile Workers went ahead with thelr plans to unionize the entire industry, ’ UEEN MARY OF ENGLAND, ac companied by King George and the prince of Wales, went to Clydebank, Scotland, and there launched the larg est stenmship In the world, the 73.000. ton Cunard-White Star liner that was Marted four years ago. Breaking a bottle of Australian champagne on its bow, the queen christened the huge vessel “Queen Mary.” hi per cent boost In wages, - pmounting to more than £10,000, 000 am year, has been granted thelr em ployees by the four big packing con cerns of Chleago, Swift, Armour, Wil followed by packing companies in oth er cities, The wage Increases were granted as a result of negotiations between the companief and thelr plant labor con ference boards. Whether the increases were the full demands of the workers or were compromises was not stated, The - plant boards are established at all points at which the companies op- erate and they are composed of em- ployee representatives, half of whom are chosen by the workers themselves and half by the managements, ] ORE than two thousand persons : perished In a typhoon that swept over the richest Japan In which Kobe, and Kyoto. are situated Osaka, Thousands of others $100,000,000, The army's munitions program suffered a great setback, for out guns and munitions stroyed., and farmers 6lso were most serious. of Nations assembly that Russia still hopes for the establishment of a permanent peace conference in which the United States is a participant, for the consolidation of peace movements He asked the league council to obtain a report on whether the world disarm ament conference could be with a possibility of success VIDENCE was presented to a grand man machine gunner and journeyman carpenter accused of extortion in connection with the Lindbergh baby kidnaping. Col onel and Mrs. Lind bergh flew from Los Angeles to give thelr testimony, The au thorities they had an case against the sus pect, who was arrest ed after he had passed a ten doliar note that wns of the ran. som money handed over a garden wall by Dr. John F. Condon (“Jafsis") when baby was be still alive, In Hauptmann's garage was found $13,750 of the ransom fund. his handwriting was found to be identical with that of the ransom notes, and there were many other facts plainly indicating his guilt. He explained his possession of the money by saying it was paid him by one Isidor Fische who later died In Germany, but this de fense was sald by the police to have been exploded The grand Jury in New York indicted Hauptmann on charges of extortion, and when he was arraigned he pleaded not gulity. The detectives worked like beavers and found among other in criminating evidence, £540 more hid den in the Hauptmann garage. This the prisoner admitted was part of the ransom money, The police sald they expected the early arrest of two al leged accomplices of Hauptmann, one of whom was in Germany and the oth er on a liner bound for Europe, New Jersey authorities expect to In dict and try Hanptmann as the actual kidnaper and murderer of the Lind bergh child ironciad Sruno Hauptmann part the supposed to I revealed his plans for relief for the coming winter, but the executive committee of the United Siutes con ference of mayors on unemployment re- lief has made its recommendations to him. These are, In effect, that a per- manent federal relief fund should be established preparatory to the erea- tion of a nationwide system of une employment Insurance. The report says: “This permanent unemployment work relief fund and program should Include the following features: “1-—It should include all workers of all types. “2-The governments, federal, state, and municipal, should draw upon those benefited from the fund for work on publie work relief projects “3-—8uch benefited persons should be pald prevalling wage rates up to the amount of the determined benefits, “4-—The United States should be di. vided into regions for the purpose of fixing weekly benefits In accordance with the regional costs and standards of living. “S—General administration and su. pervision of the plan and fund should be the responsibility of the federal gov. ernment.” HEN President Roosevelt's plan for a $75,000,000 “tree belt” from Canada to Texas, previously discussed in this column, was submitted to Con troller General MceCarl, that gentleman turned it down as an improper use of he was in full sccord with the con troller general's ruling that drouth funds might be used for putiing men to work planting trees, but could not be used for land purchases. He sald the original plan of the HALL, PA. Washington.—Major party strategy in the present congressional-senatorial campaign resolves G. O. P. Has itself into a deter Hard Task mined effort by the Democrats to hold the two-thirds majority they have in the house of representatives and an equally determined drive by the Repub. lican high command to break the “strangle hold” there of the New Denl party. The holding of this majority is of vital Importance to the Democrats be- cause, with a two-thirds vote they will | be able in the next congress to con tinue “gag” rule which was Invoked in the last congress and under which ft was possible to pass administration measures with a minimum of debate and effort, In the light of the outcome In the Maine elections and in the face of the | size of Democratic votes In the pri maries In a number of states regarded i as rath safely Republican before 1632, the G. O. P. leadership apparently {bas a hard task ahead. In the last | congress the Democrats had 312 mem- | bers, or 22 more than a two-thirds ma: Jority and generally were able to com | mand most of the five votes of the farmer-labor membership as well as the votes of several Republicans from Wisconsin and from one or two other of the northwestern states, Assuming ' a farmer-labor membership in the next house as great as that In the last, the Republicans would have to register a net gain of not less than thirty seats in order to break Democracy's “strangle hold.” Even with such a gain the Re publicans would have to muster their ull strength on every vote In order to prevent “gag” rule, The Democrats are certain to make substantial gains In the senate, and they are by no means overlooking a single senatorial contest. Democratic leaders in headquarters here have been mentally kicking themselves ever since the Maine election that they did not put on a vigorous drive sgainst Sen ator Frederick Hale in that state. Thes explain privately that they did not do sc because they never had an there was a possibility of defeating Mr Hale because a Hale In the senate has been Maine tradition for generations They detected the flaw in thelr reason ing when Mr. Hale came through with only a& very scant majority, and this fact has caused them to redouble thelr efforts in other states, and particularly in Ohio where Simeon D. Fess, former chairman of the Republican national committer, Is up for reelection: in Maryland, West Virginia, Rhode Island New Jersey, Missouri, Indiana, Dela ware, Connecticut and Michigan. Nor are they even overlooking that citadel of Republicanism, Pennsylvania, where David A. Reed is up for re-election. The Democrats now have sixty mem bers in the senate—four short of a two-thirds majority—and they are con fident that November will see this membership increased by a minimum of five, or one more than a two-thirds majority. And when they get down to cases, Hepubliean leaders somewhat mournfully admit privately that Demo eratic expectations are likely to be ful | Blled, A two-thirds majority In the senate during the next two years is highly Im portant from the Democratic point of view because of the number ol impor tant treaties now pending or to be sub mitted to that body for ratifiention. A two-thirds majority Is necessary to rat. ify these treaties which include the St Lawrence waterway—of vital impor tance to the agricultural Northwest: the naval limitation treaty which is expected to be negotiated next year and which would replace the Washing | ton treaty which expires on December 81, 1636. Other pacts pending include | that on American adherence to the | World court” And another important {one to be submitted by the President provides that nations having bi-lateral | treaties containing most favored na- | tions clauses will not press their rights | in those sections of the world where muiti-lateral treaties control «eo» It is no secret in political circles here in Washington that the campaign strat egy of those at pres Talk of ent in command of hird the G. O. I. does not I Party meet with the full approval of some Republicans who are offering for reelection. 1 have had several of them tell me that their pros pects for victory would be materially enhanced If the Republican high com. mand stayed out of their states or dis tricts. These are men who hereto ore have been regarded as of the “regular” wing of the party but who have the feeling which apparently is becoming more and more widespread among the younger leaders that there must be a reorganization of the Republican party and a younger and more liberal leader ship if the party is to regain its place in the American political sun. Meantime reports trickle into Wash. f Aan iden inception on the western prairies for the formation of a third party. Sev eral conferences of progressive lenders already have been held and some of those who have participated tel! me that the movement Is gaining steadily, although It has had no publicity as yet. participating des're no fan fare. do not believe the time 1s ripe announcement, and that brought Into the open until after the November elections, The fate of the progressive party in Wisconsin as organized by Robert M. La Follette, Jr. and his brother Phil, can be expected to have a considerable viewing the field to determine whether a sizeable pubiic sentiment can be mar- ment. Many political strategists both in the National Capital and elsewhere believed, and gave expression to thelr views at the time, that Senator La Follette made a major political error when he came out openly for President Roosevelt in 1032. This made certain that the Democrats would carry Wis consin—the state many regard as the tute James A. Farley, as chairman of the Democratic national committee, would lose no time in building up a formidable Democratic organization through the power of patronage at his disposal as postmaster general. The vote in the recent Democratic primary indicated that he had done a rather cain be broken remains to be seen. With some four or five tickets in the Uean, Progressive and Socialist, outcome is bound to be doubtful, * * » the the the Whatever may be In Democratic next senate, ealers are I 1 Would Outdo to have two “Kingfish” ma jority the New certain files In the when heretofore they have had only one. Mississipp! is sendi to the senate ts former governor, Theodore G. Bilbo, to Soin Louisiana's irrepressible Huey P, (Kiagfish) Long. Mr. Bilbo, who became a clipper In Washington Deal, has promised constitu that If they would to ington he would “raise more h—] than Huey Long” He has set for hin a very sizeable job because Mr. Long has raised since he has been in was raised by even those two, theretofore ointment, ee UE new gpaper under the New his send him ents Wash- self admittedly more he] the senate than incomparable h—] raisers Cole Blease of South Carolina, and Tom Heflin of Alabama. They constituted a real team from the South during their stay in the “world’s deliberative body,” but unquestionably Long and Bilbo will put their record fo shame— that is If they team up together. ator Long has demonstrated during his brief stay In the senate that he likes to hold the center of the stage with a silent cast about to admire. Whether he will take kindly to another “hI raiser” within his own party ranks remains to be seen, Democratic leaders do not overlook the possibility that if these two team together they might create a schism within the party ranks. Senator Long has far outstripped any of the New Dealers in some of the proposals which he bas made, and Mr. Bilbo apparently is determined to keep pace with him if not surpass him. There are several Democratic senators who might con- ceivably go along with them, as they are not wholly satisfied with what they regard as the “conservative radicalism” of the administration, : greatest Sen Two pieces of legislation enacted by the last congress with a view to aiding the farmer seem des Due for tined for the scrap Scrap Heap heap. They are the Bankhead compu sory cotton control law and the Lemp ke-Frazier form mortgage bill, Strange. ly enough it is Senator Bankhead of Alabama, author of the cotton law, who million bales with each state allocated its respective share of this total, It so happens that the total yield was only nine million bales, 8 million less than permitted by statute. But, peculiarly had superb weather and raised more than they were permitted to raise un der the allocation made by the Agricul- tural Adjustment administration. There is a penalty of $30 on every excess bale raised in any state and taken to market. Mr, Bankhead would have this confiscatory tax waived, setting up the argument that since only nine million bales in all are available it is senseless to keep any of it off the market in the face of a crop shortage. The Lempke Frazier bill, in the first test case brought In the courts before Federal District Judge W. Calvin fate which its opponents predicted it would meet, It has been declared un constitutional, The purpose of this measure was to declare a moratorium on farm mortgages for a period of five years, It will be recalled that this was one of the measures which was passed by the senate In the hectic closing hours of the last session, and it Is no secret that many Democrats voted for it In the belief that Mr, Roosevelt would veto It and that even If he did sign it—~which he did-<the courts wonld de clare It Invalld, This was merely an other one of the many cares of pass ing the “buck™ which are to he found fn the annals of the congress, Mr Roosevelt declined to take the “buek’ #0 the holders of farm mortgages were eft only recourse to the courts, © Western Newspaper Union By Bob Nichols Shooting Editor, Field and Stream MANY upland shooters delay thelr shooting proficiency by. months, and even years, by neglecting to learn how to mount thelr guns, They watch good shots perform and get the idea | into thelr heads that the gun is thrown | or jerked to the shoulder in a con | vulsive, spasm-like movement. Which jonly goes to prove again that the | hand Is sometimes quicker than the | eye, The good shot has gone through that movement so many thousands of times, both in “dry” shooting practice a8 well 8 In actual firing practiee, that he seems to make the movement in a flash. Actually he does sccom- plish it in what seems to be a flash, but instead of being a Jerky, convul- | Sive move it is a deliberate and well. timed motion, iecently on one of the well-known skeet fields In the eastern part of the country, 1 observed a beginner stop shooting because of a sizable lump he had raised ou the under side of his right Jaw. I asked him what seemed to be the matter, never doubting for & moment that he no more knew what { was the matter than Adam knew how to avold apple-eating women. He told me his gun was kicking him. Ridiculously wrong reason, be. cause he was shooting a 20 automatic, and the slight kick of this little gun Is as gentle as a lamb. I | knew what his was. But was Interested to know whether he could come anywhere near analyzing his own mistake. I pointed out to him that his bruise was under his jaw bone where no self respecting gun should ever raise a bump. Then 1 told him what he had been do He was simply, and I is gun i gauge trouble stock up agains with such uncon give force that tiing his own teeth, Such a trick it wasn't fun: pathetic {1 tate what the good shot make Good gus shot does co-ordin n Seen in slow this: the ments, be something like As flashes into view, gun rise to the shoulder and to the cheek. { The bead remains erect. The eyes now have the target clearly In focus. The gun keeps rising carefully, deliberate. ly. And ali the while It is rising it is oser and line of flight motion the ta begin pointing — instinctively — ¢l the During this interval the eyes are con- scious only of the target. They are not yet conscious of the gun, The trained hands are taking care of the gun. Gradoally tock { Hes firmly. but against ghoulder—never shove the shoulder with f disturbs the shoulder support. also causes the gun muzzle to wobble! Now the eyes begin to take ¢ of gun as well as target. As the butt. stock settles into the shoulder (never out on the arm!) the head nes forward slightly to cheek comb, Now in the last split second comes the finer adjustment, eyes and hands working together—and in a flash the trained trigger finger has let off the shot. That's real wingshooting! During the last fine adjustment of sighting, | estimate that the eyesight is concentrated about 30 per cent on the gun, 60 per cent on the target, and 10 per cent on the immediate area around and in front of the tar. get. Shoot with both eyes open, of course, always. The best upland shots I have ever seen all shoot with both eyes wide opeh. You need the full power of both eyes to see your game distinctly and to judge angles, dis tances, and flight speeds accurately. ! Nature gave jou two eyes for this | very reason. But jearn first to mount your gum { gently, then “pointing-ly"—then “alm- ing-ly.” Don’t Jump your gun up spas. modically and then try to find your target with your eyes giuned at the barrel breech. Take it easy. You may be slow at first. But begin doing it right, and speed will come with prac- tice. i @® Western Newspaver Union closer fo target's instinctively the gu: set. 1 gentl the inst LR d back aga orce th not only but Inel incil the rising Conservation Commission i Denied Regulatory Power A court decision of far-reaching ef- | fect was recently handed down by | Judge Frank A. Rell, In the Marquette | Oounty Circuit court. He said that | the state conservation commission had | no authority to regulate the manper in which any unprotected animal could | be taken and that the commission had no right to establish closed seasons on them. This means that mink. coyote, wolf, fox, skunk, porcupine, house cats, red squirrels. weasels, owls, hawks, crows, starlings and blackbirds can be taken at any time of the year, in any manner so long as it
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