RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has creat- ed a major issue for the campalgn of 1086 and stirred up widespread debate and controversy over a question that the nation had thought was settled In Its early days. Furthermore, it is likely he has start ed the movement for a complete re-align- ment of political forces into what will be vir- tually two new parties. Briefly, he proposes that the Constitution be changed to take from the states and Bainbridge gi. to the federal Colby government power over the chief social and economic ques tions so that the New Deal may be saved from the doom pronounced upon it by the Supreme court. | In the course of a two hour talk with the Washington correspondents the President sent up a trial balloon on the plan he had conceived for re modeling the government to fit his pro- gram, declaring that he favored cur- talling the sovereignty of the states and giving the central government fall control over agriculture, industry, com- merce and all other occupations and en- gerprises. He said this question of amending or re-writing the Constitu- tion must be settled by a vote of the people. In some ways, he sald, the Su- preme court decision was the best thing that could have happened to the coun- try because it clarified the issue as he presented it. The Issue must be met fy moving one way or the other, he sald, back to the 13 states or forward to the modern interpretation. We are the only country in the world which has not solved this problem, Mr. Roosevelt sald, We thought we were solving it, but now it is thrown right back in our faces. We are relegated to the “horse and buggy” Interpreta- tion of the interstate commerce clause. That many prominent Democrats will be alienated from their support of Mr. Roosevelt by this pronouncement is cer- tain. Already there has been launched a movement for those of the party who geek “a return to constitutional gov- ernment” to unite with the Republicans sho are of lik: mind. Its leaders are Bainbridge Colby, who was secretary of state in President Wilson's cabinet, and Chief Justice William R. Pattan- gall of the Massachusetts Supreme court, Mr. Colby has written to a number of Democratic leaders of national re pute proposing they meet In a south- ern city, preferably Richmond, “to con- sider some form of political action that is for our country and above party.” In a letter to a friend In Washington it was revealed that Chief Justice Pat- tangall had decided to resign in order to join with other Jeffersonian Demo- crats to bring about a coalition with Republicans and the restoration of #“constitutional government” to replace the New Deal. AVING startled the country by his preposition for changing the basic law, Mr. Roosevelt turned his atten tion te speedy legislation that might salvage part of the NRA, considering, it was authoritatively said, that amend ment of the Constitution was not a matter of the immediate future. Ha asked congress to pass the Clark reso lution in modified form extending the NRA until April 1, 1998, with the an derstanding that it would be a skeleton organization to collect and classify data but without power to enforce wages, hours or fair trade practices upon industry, except In the case of work done for the government. This was agreeable to both the senate and the house majorities. The President gald there would be no attempt to cir cumvent the Supreme court decision or to persuade business men to enter into voluntary code agreements, Attorney General Cummings, Solle- {tor General Reed, Felix Frankfurter and others were studying numerous proposals for substitutes for the NRA, but Secretary Early of the White House staff sald none of the sugges tions had met the requirements. Secre- tary of Labor Perkins had a plan for using the government's taxing powers as a means toward Interstate regula. tion. Senators Nye and King Intro. duced In the senate a bill to expand the powers of the federal trade com. mission. And there were many other propositions, but none of them seemed adequate, — ONGRESS, it now appears, will be in session until September, for the President handed to the leaders a “must” program of legislation that will keep the law makers busy for a long time, Here Is the list: 1. Social security bill 2. Omnibus banking bill 8. Holding company bill 4. Wagner. labor relations bill, and Guffey coal regulations bill, Tennessee valley bill Bankhead cotton act extension, AAA amendments, Tax extension bill, Temporary NRA extension. 10. NRA government contract re- Quirements, i 11 tion, 12, Federal alcohol control leglsla- Federal oil control legislation. 13. Central statistical board set up. 14. Electrical farm and home au- thority set up. The holding company measure has been resisted firmly in committee by two Democrats, Pet- tingill of Indiana and Huddleston of Ala- bama. In a senate debate it was vigor ously attacked by Die terich of Illinois, Dem- ocrat, and Hastings of Delaware, Republican, as an unconstitutional scheme to destroy the ; government's competl- & tors in the power busl- Thomas N. ness, Mr, Dieterich McCarter _.1a 1t was his honest conviction that the measure would de- stroy all private ownership of publie utilities in the country, together with the millions upon millions of dollars invested in them by private citizens, This measure was naturally the chief tople of discussion at the annual con- vention of the Edison Electric Instl- tute at Atlantic City. President Thomas N. McCarter told the assem- blage that the privately owned power industry must fight for its life against the administration's “mos} devastating and destructive attack.” He told of presenting “In person” to the President “a dignified memorial” setting forth “facts that seemed to the truftees to threaten the existemce of this Industry and appealed to the government for a get-together policy for the elimination of whatever abuses and wrongs might be found to exist,” but sald he got nowhere, EMPORARILY the work-rellef pro- gram was halted when the officials found that the projects were too costly, that would provide maximum work at minimum cost, so that the promise to employ 8,500,000 persons can be car- applications was held up. They have an average of $1,100 per man to spend. approximately $2,000 for every person taken off relief rolls and kept on gov- ernment pay rolls until July 1, 1986 To reduce the aveeage, Mr. Roose velt Instructed Progress Director Har ry IL. Hopkins to search the country for local, quick work where material costs will be low with almost all the money going for labor and wages, The plan of enlarging the Civilian Conservation corps from 300000 to 600,000 was In process of revision be cause it was belleved the additional men could not be enrolled If the pres. ent eighteen to twenty five-year-old age limit were retained. The probability was the age limit would be raised to thirty years OLELY on account of ill health, Ramsay MacDonald has retired as prime minister of Great Britain and gone to Lossiemouth, his home in Scot- land, for a good resi His successor as head of the national cabl net is Stanley Bald win, the veteran lead er of Conservatives who has been serving as lord president of the council and in re ality bas been a dep uty prime minister gince the national gov 4 ernment was formed seven years ago. Mr. Stanley MacDonald exchanges Baldwin places with him, thus remaining In the cabinet but without departmental duties, The date of his last cabinet meeting as prime minister was the sixth anniversary of his assumption of the office for the second time. With the exception of H. H. Asquith he has held the office continnously for the longest period in modern times. Of the other changes in the cabinet the most important was the transfer of Sir John Simon from the foreign office to the home office. He Is suc ceeded In the former by Bir Samuel Hoare, who has been chief secretary for India. Mr. MacDonal#s son Mal colm, only thirty-four years old, was made colonial secretary. soe A OUISSON'S French cabinet having fallen almost immediately, Presi dent Lebrun had great difficulty find- ing another premier. Plerre Laval, former foreign minister, finally under took to form a new government and to “save the franc.” He kept the foreign ministry post himself, and put Marcel. Regnier In as minister of finance. Ss ITHOUT any special ceremony the Supreme court, at the end of its spring session, for the last time walked out of the old senate chamber which it has ocenupled as a courtroom gince 1800. When the court recon venes next October after its summer recess It will be housed in the magni ficent new $10,000,000 marble bullding Just east of the Capitol HAIRMAN JESSE H. JONES an- nounced that in the future the RFC will file with the interstate commig- ficulties and In which it holds a finan- clal Interest. NEW USES FOR FARM PRODUCTS nounced a plan whereby the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific raliroad would be organized with the aid of a $24,000,000 government loan, A four- point program was worked out In con- ferences between Mr, Jones and H. A. Scandrett, president of the road, and will be filed for court appreval Notice of the intention of the RFO to force reorganization plans has been given in letters to the Denver & Rilo Grande Western, and the Western Pa- cific, ITHOUT discussion and without a record vote the house passed the Wilcox blll ealling for the con- struction of seven powerful army alr bases at a total cost of $110,000,000, The measure specifies the locations as the Atlantic Northeast, the Atlantic Southeast and Caribbean areas, the southeastern states, the Pacific North- west, Alaska, the Rocky mountain area, and “intermediate stations neces- sary for transcontinental movements in the maneuvers of the general head- quarters alr force” NE of the most prominent figures in the World war passed from the scene with the death In Essex, England, of Viscount Byng of Vimy. As a young officer of cavalry Byng distinguished himself in campaigns in the Sudan, In South Africa and In India, In the great war he won un- dying fame by his desperate defense of Ypres when it was attacked by overwhelmingly superior German forces which for the first time used poison gas and flame throwers. He was given a baronetcy for this and other gallant work, and after serving as goverpor-general of Canada from 1921 to 1826 he was made a viscount and later a field marshal. He was called from retirement in 1028 to be- come commissioner of London's police force, but [ll health forced him to resign this post in 183L Another war commander who died was Gen. Alexander von Linsingen, who was at the head of the German southern army after having fought through the earlier campaigns lo north- ern France, APAN'S army, which appears to rule Japan's foreign policy, has decided that Gen. Chiang Kal-shek, dictator of China, must retiree This was an- nounced at Tientsin by Col. Takashi Sakal, chief of staff of the Japanese troops In North Ching. Hesald: “Chiang Kal-shek, using his financial and military power under the pretense of uniting China, is act. ually corrupting and disintegrating North China, which Chiang regards as a colony. Hence the Japanese army now feels that it is the wisest policy to uproot Chiang Kal-shek's in- fluence, especially in North China, “It 1s not the communists but Chiang Kal-shek who will put an end to the existence of China. The Japanese army intends to take the necessary measures to compel the Chinese gov- erment to abolish the Tientsin garrison corps, the Kuomintang political branches, the Blue Shirt secret police and patriotic soeleties encouraging the consumption of native goods. These societies have been responsible for anti-Japanese sentiment as well as dis turbance of peace and order within Manchukuo,” Gen. Chiang Kai-shek I. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH'S active participation in the affairs of Transcontinental and Western Alr has been terminated at least for the present. Henry B. Dupont, chairman of the board, In making the announce ment, denied there had been any dis- agreement between the famous aviator and the company officials, “Colonel Lindbergh never has devoted 100 per cent of his time to TWA ac tivities,” Mr. Dupont sald, “As ad- visor he drew a retainer for his tech nical advice. Sometimes he worked only two or three days a month. “He has devoted much time to the company, but now has decided to de- vote the next few months exclusively be avallable If we need him, ened out he may be devoting a lot of time to our problems.” rs George Weyerhaeuser, nine- year-old lumber fortune heir who was kidnaped from Tacoma, is safe at home. but the “snatchers” who held him eaptive for a week got away with $200,000 ransom money paid by the lad’s family, They fled In a fast automobile, and at this writing are still at large, thotigh pursued closely by an army of government agents and other officers. J Loons and tornadoes wrought havoe in Nebraska, Colorado, Wyo ming, Texas and Kansas—~a region that only recently was afllicted by drouth and dust storms. [It was thought as many as 250 lives were lost, and great numbers of families were rendered homeless, The worst flood area was In southern Nebraska, where the Republican river was swollen inte a maging torrent, Purposes Is Possibility, A conference between representa tives of agriculture, industry and science held at Dearborn, Mich., was devoted to the possibility of produc- ing crops for industrial purposes. The Importance of chemistry in con. verting raw products into useful commodities was stressed, Growing motor fuel on the farm was pictured as a §5,000,000,000-a-year income builder for future farmers. The land requirement for the pro- duction of 25,000,000 gallons of nl- cohol a year was estimated at 80, 000,000 to 100,000,000 acres. There seems to be no unsolved teehnienl problem standing In the way of util izing alcohol as a fuel, though there doubtless will be improvements and refinements developed. Metor fuel Is a competitive prod. uct, Users of automobiles will con- tinue to utilize the type which fur- nishes power at lowest cost and greatest convenience, Present sup- plies of gasoline and those immedi ately In prospect, together with the efficiency developed in give It a decided advantage other fuels. If production should cline and prices increase substitutes will consideration. be given gion into uses other than for feeding subsided, advocate its conversion into aleohol to he mixed presuppose a prices, Ethyl alcohol any farm crop. It Is derived largely from carbohydrates. In Europe un- marketable potatoes are utilized largely for that purpose. Much of the molasses, a by-product of the sugar Industry, is now converted Into : 2 aleohol, have largely Those who with gasoline for fuel decided reduction In can be There 18, however, no indl- eation that any crop marily for that purpose, rials of low is grown pri but some mate value, in stances waste products, a it probably will fore corn will be grown primarily or re uti be many years be AR a fuel crop. Ray bean oll i= extensively used In paints and has many industrial frees Linseed oll ung oil in a prospects of great. varnishes, users. 1 are South limited way with er expansion. grown in the Levulose, | sugar, can be made from artichokes or sunflowers, Cornstalks have been successfully converted Into wall board, slash pine into paper pulp, New uses for other farm products will be discovered, but the problems of getting production costs low enough, of factories located close to the source of supply to save labor and transportation costs, will have to be solved before commercial ac tivity may be developed. American agriculture has been conducted upon an export basis. 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