By EDWARD
W. PICKARD
UEY P. LONG, United States sen-
ator and political dictator of Lou-
isiana, is dead, the victim of an as
sassin’s bullet. As he passed through
wes 8 corridor of the
state-house in Baton
Rouge, where the leg-
islature was passing
more laws to solidify
his control over the
state, he was shot
once through the body
by Dr. Carl A. Weiss,
Jr, of Baton Rouge,
one of the “King-
fish's” political oppo-
pents. The assassin
Huey P. Long o. immediately shot
to death by the senator's ever present
bodyguards.
The surgeons and physicians worked
unceasingly to save Long, but his
strength steadily waned and shortly
after 4 o'clock Tuesday morning, about
thirty hours after the shooting, he
passed away,
Long's body lay In state in the ro-
tunda of the Capitol building while
many thousands passed by the bler.
The impressive funeral services were
held on the front terrace and the dead
senator was interred In a sunken gar
den of the Capitol grounds. Rev. Ger
ald IL. K. Smith, the young minister
who deserted a rich parish in Shreve
port to follow Long, was the only
speaker at the funeral. The only mu-
sic was the song, “Every Man a King."
played in minor key and dirge time
by the State University band.
Though the man who killed Long
was known as one of his political foes,
the real story of the assassination was
shrouded in uncertainty. Earl Chris
tenberry, secretary of the late senator,
declared that Long was murdered as
a result of a conspiracy: that a num-
ber of his enemies formed a “jury of
death,” and that Doctor, Welss was
selected by lot to fire the fatal bullet.
To those who are familiar with the
conditions In Louisiana this story does
not sound especially fantastic.
What will become of Long's “empire”
is a question that agitates all his fol
lowers, and all the people of the state
as well. For the present, it seemed
likely, the members of the long ma-
chine will sink their personal ambi
tions and try to hold the organization
intact. It will be difficult for them to
decide on a successor to the “Kingfish”
as their leader. Gov, 0. K. Allen Is
considered too mild and peace-loving.
Seymour Welss—no relative of the as
sassin—treasurer of the long organ.
fzation, Is the strongest man in the lot,
but he always has drawn back from
holding a public position. Allen A.
be the man finally selected,
Lieut. Gov.
fore,
Political leaders of all parties ex-
pressed their deep regret for the as
sassination of Senator Long.
though
James A. Noe is to the
m—
USSOLINI tacitly consented to
the appointment of a committee
of five nations by the League of Na.
tions council to handle the Italo-Ethl
oplan embrogiio, and .
after protest agreed
that Great Britain and
France should be §
among the members of |
that body. The other §
members are Spain,
Turkey and Poland
Benor Salvador de
Madariaga of Spain Is
the chairman, and he
and his associates at
once began the task g
assigned them. Each Salvador de
country Is represented Madariaga
by its chief delegate, being besides
Madariaga, Eden of England, Laval
of France, Rustu Arras of Turkey and
Josef Beck of Poland
Soon after the assembly of the
leagne opened its session, Sir Samuel
Hoare, British foreign secretary, elec
trified the gathering by an outspoken
warning to Italy and France. He de
clared Great Britaln recognized Italy's
need for expansion and raw materials
but would not admit’ these could not
be obtained peaceably. Pounding the
tribune, he said:
“Britain stands for steady collective
resistance to all acts of unprovoked
aggression.” He paused, struck the
tribune again, and repeated quietly:
“Steady collective resistance to all
acts of unprovoked aggression.”
Sir Samuel more than intimated that
Creat Britain was prepared to take
sanctions against Italy in case of ag
gression provided all the other mem.
bers of the league shared the risk;
and If not, then England was prepared
to isolate herself from the continent,
Yhis seemed to put it up to Premier
Laval of France, to choose between
the friendship of Britain and that of
Italy. Laval, meanwhile, was trying
to persuade Mussolini to accept anoth-
er plan he had devised and postponed
his speech to the assembly.
Representatives of the Netherlands
and Sweden were the first to support
Hoare's position, announcing their
countries would fulfill all obligations,
focluding collective penalties, If any
member became a victim of aggres
slon,
In two speeches In Rome Mussolini
A “
'
gave Indication that he would not be
diverted from his purpose to conquer
Ethiopia. Though In one he sald “the
Italian people want peace provided it
is accompanied by justice,” In the oth-
er he declared *“we shall march
straight on” The Ethioplan govern.
ment announced that “telegrams from
the northern frontier show that the
Italians are making Important troop
movements on the Ethiopian and
Eritrean frontier, indicating an early
offensive against Ethlopla.”
Accepting the advice of his “brain
frust,” which includes Everett A. Col
son of the United States, Emperor
Halle Selassie Instructed his repre-
sentatives in Geneva to reject all solo.
tions thus far offered by the powers
for settling the quarrel with Italy.
These are a tripartite mandate over
Ethiopia, as suggested by France, with
the League of Nations guaranteeing
Ethiopia's independence and territorial
integrity; France's proposal for an
Italian protectorate similar to that of
the British in Iraq, and an internation.
al police force similar to the one that
occupled the Saar.
UBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATOR
ICKES and Work Progress Adminis
trator Hopkins got Into such a quar
rel over the spending of the $4,000,000,
000 fund that the
President had to eall
them to Hyde Park,
together with the
third and neutral
member of the works
relief trinmvirate—
Frank G. Walker, the
director of the na
tional emergency coun
cll and administrator
of applications.
Others called to the
important works re-
lief parley Included Danlel Bell, direc
tor of the budget; Charles West, un
der-secretary of interior; Corrington
Gill, assistant of Hopkins; Fred Iron
sides, administrative assistant of
Walker, and Col. Horatio Hackett,
chief of housing in the PWA.
Mr. Roosevelt was determined to
have peace, and told those present that
the prime necessity at this time Is to
make jobs quickly, always keeping In
mind the idea of turning workers back
to private Industry as business war.
rants. This looked like a victory for
Hopkins, who favors quick jobs, over
Ickes, champion of permanent public
works. The President has declared
that he hopes 3.500.000 persons can be
removed from the relief rolls and put
to work by the first of November,
Harry Hopkins
EGAL attack on
coal act has been opened by 16
coal companies operating in Harlan
county, Kentucky, in Federal court at
Louisville. They brought suit for In
junction against its enforcement, charg:
ing that it violates the federal Consti-
tution In these ways:
1. It violated the fifth amendment,
which forbids taking property without
due process of law,
2. It violated the tenth amendment,
which reserves to the states, or to the
people, all rights not granted the fed.
eral government or forbidden the
states,
8. It attempts to delegate legislative
power,
4. The section levying a 15 per cent
tax on all coal production, with a WW
per cent refund to producers submit
ting to the code provided by the act,
is “an unconstitutional attempt on
the part of congress, under the guise
of taxation, to punish those producers
of bituminous coal who are unwill
ing to surrender their constitutional
rights.”
5. Congress has no jurisdiction over
and no power to legisiate upon certain
matters covered by the act or the code,
The companies declared they would
refuse to submit to the act and the
code It authorizes.
Former Federal Judge Charles |
Dawson filed the action as counsel for
the plaintiffs. Judge Dawson recently
left the bench to re-enter private law
practice after declaring unconstitution.
al the NRA and other New Deal
measures,
the Guffey soft
xiversiTY of Michigan is rejole
ing over a gift of £5,000000 for
enlargement of its graduate school
The money Is donated by the Horace
H. and Mary A. Rackham fund, based
on the bulk of the estate of the Iate
Horace H. Rackham, Detroit phi
lanthropist.
One million dollars will be spent to
purchase a square block of land ad
Joining the present campus and for a
new bullding. The remainder will be
employed as an endowment. The in
come will be used to promote research.
By the terms of the agreement the
school will be known as the Horace
H. Rackham School of Graduate
Studies,
“The purpose of the gift is twofold,”
Dr, Mark 8. Knapp, director of the
fund, sald. “First, to create a me
morial, and, secondly, to place the unl.
versity on a firmer foundation as one
of the greater universities In this coun.
try. It will provide means for original
research, funds for which have been
lacking.”
KEACTION of American business and
financial men to President Roose-
velt's latest public statement that his |
basle program has reached substan- |
tial completion and industry will have |
a breathing spell ran the gamut be- |
tween mild hope and downright un- |
belief. Those who permitted them- |
selves to be quoted were generally |
extremely cautious in thelr expres- |
sions, but there was usually a vein of
skepticism In their remarks, Wall
Street brokers were gladdened by a |
spurt of trading at higher prices, but
bankers were more than doubtful, and |
economists insisted that a balanced
budget, which wasn't mentioned in the
President's letter to Roy Howard, pub-
lisher, was a prime requisite,
Silas Strawn, former president of
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, sald: “Business men
generally will say that the Improve
ment In some lines of business has
been In spite of, rather than because
of, the activities of the administra-
tion.”
Politicians regarded the letter as
Mr. Roosevelt's opening of his cam-
paign for re-election, and praised or
decried it according to their party affill-
ations, Frank Knox of the Chicago
Daily News, a potential candidate for
the Republican Presidential nomina-
tion, called It “Just another promise”
and set forth the many campaign
promises which Mr. Roosevelt: has
failed to keep. Senator Black of Ala-
bama sald the statement was “a won-
derfully clear explanation of his pro-
gram, its original alms and its ex-
ecution. It should be a call to those
engaged In business to co-operate in
further national progress.”
Howard had written the President
that many business men had become
convinced that there could be no real
recovery “until the fears of business
have been allayed through the grant-
ing of a breathing spell to Industry
aud a recess from further experimenta-
tion until the country can recover its
losses.”
In a long letter the President re-
plied that the legislative program of
his administration bad reached sub
stantial completion and “the breath-
ing spell of which you speak Is here—
decidedly so”
AREE men who made independ
ent investigation of the deaths of
ong war veterans in the Florida bur-
rieane reported they found no evi
dence indicating culpable negligence
on the part of any persons. They were
States Attorney G. A. Worley of Miami,
Aubrey Williams, representing Federal
Relief Administrator Hopking, and Col.
George E. Ijams of the veterans’ bu.
reau, representing President Roosevelt.
This finding was denounced as
“whitewash” by James E Van Zandt,
commander in ehief of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars; John J. Skillman, com-
mander of the Miami chapter of the
same organization, and other repre
sentatives of veterans’ societies, Van
Zandt's statement called on President
Roosevelt to ignore the official report
and take action against “officials guilty
of negligence.”
ESTORATION of the Greek mon
archy is coming nearer and pre
sumably Former King George will be
the man to occupy the throne. Premier
Tealdaris has put himself on record
as favoring the restoration, and Presi
dent Zalmis has indicated he will be
willing to resign to make room for a
king.
Tsaldaris sald in his statement:
*{ attribute the nervous tension at
present existing in public ranks and
the army to general anxiety concern
ing the question of a constitution. 1
consider democratic royalty as the nat-
ural regime for Greece and ask the
people to vote for it in the impending
plebiscite.”
““ E WENT to war on foot, and
we're joining the parade the
same way,” declared about 150 of the
grizzled veterans who attended the an-
nual encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic in Grand Rapids, Mich,
80 these sturdy old men marched In
the big parade while the rest, nums
bering some 2050, rode in automobiles.
Here were all that remained of the
hundreds of thousands who answered
the eall to the colors in Civil war days,
save for a few who were kept at home
by extreme age and iliness, Some of the
states had no representatives in the
line, but their flags were carried never. |
theless. From other states there were
but one or two. It was a pathetic but |
inspiring procession, watched by thou. |
sands whose eyes were dimmed by tears |
and escorted by Sobs of Veterans, |
American Legionnaires and Veterans |
of the Spanish war. !
Oley Nelson, 91, of Siater, Iowa, |
was elected commander-in-chief, to sue- |
ceed Albert KE. Stacey of Elbridge, N.
Y. In a session of the organization the |
proposed reunion at Gettysburg next |
year with the Confederate veterans |
was discussed, and Commander Stacey |
made it plain that the affair would not
be held under the official auspices of
the Grand Army. The plan originated
in Pennsylvania,
DWARD IL. DOHENY, one of
wealthiest of America's
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washington.—For fifty years, Ameri
ean diplomatic methods have been the
subject of tittering
among the trained
agents of foreign na-
tions. True, they
never laughed openly or in a loud guf-
faw at the international practices of
the United States but it Is a well
known fact that American methods
were always mentioned somewhat In
a spirit of mirth. And well they might
be. The American government with
its system of constantly changing its
forelgn emissaries has had few out.
standing diplomats and never has kept
those few outstanding individuals on
the job very long under any circum-
stances, ‘The condition of American
diplomatic eapacity is shown no better
than by the latest debacle—the Rus-
sian recognition case. As usual, the
American government got licked on the
diplomatic field. It may reassert itself
yet by breaking off relations with the
Russian Soviet government but it is
uncertain at this writing whether that
can be done with safety.
What 1 am trying to say is that in
according recognition to the Soviets,
American statesmen were pot clever
enough to guard against the more
shrewd and better trained negotiators
gent here by Dictator Stalin, The re
sult is that our protests about Soviet
communistic propaganda in the United
States were rejected, tossed bodily out
of the window with an ejaculation that
the objection had no basis.
American
Diplomacy
Let us go back to the original nego.
tintions., “the events leading up to the
tragedy” as it were, It will be remem
a commission here for a discussion of
relations, or lack of them, between
Moscow and Washington, He told the
Russians that he wanted to be a good
neighbor to them and wanted them to
be a good neighbor to vs. He saw no
insurmountable problem or obstacle to
recognition of the existing government
of all the Russias: the government was
functioning and it was entitied to be
regarded as a sovereign power. He
proposed, therefore, that consideration
be given to of
relations between the two powers,
Maxim Litvinoff, a
corresponding our
state, appeared In Washington and ne
gotiations for recognition were open.
establishment formal
Soviet official
fo secretary of
It was decided early In those con-
versations that war debt of the
Cezarist government the United
States should be set aside and a set
tiement worked out after the two na
tions had reached an agreement on
other phases of international relation.
ships, The Soviet always has dis
claimed sny obligation In connection
with the debt contracted by Czar Nich.
olas during the World
United States has had nothing to show
for the several hundred millions ad-
vanced to the Czar except some IL O.
U's.
the
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The proceedings developed numerous
bitches but each was ironed out in
turn and in & series
of communications
Hitches exchanged between
Mr. Roosevelt and M.
Litvinoff, the various pledges and
promises usual between nations were
made. Included in these pledges was
one which since has become the bug-
bear of a controversy and which, If
American recognition is withdrawn,
will be the crux of the incident.
Almost constantly since the Soviet
gystem overthrew the Czar and de-
stroyed all vestiges of the monarchial
government in Russia, the communist
party of Russia has been engaged in
world propaganda. World revolution
is its aim. It proposes and constantly
fights for overthrow of the system
which enables individuals to make a
profit; which enables individuals to
earn money of thelr own and to save
and invest or spend that money as they
choose. Common ownership of every-
thing is the objective and government
by the proletariat—everyone—is de
manded,
M. Litvinoff pledged his government
to curb such activities in the United
States, But that pledge was a year
ago, It seems to have been forgotten.
Communistic propaganda has gone on
and continues to go on in this country
on a broad scale, The efforts were so
bold that eventually our Department
of State could not overlook it. After
mulling over the records for weeks,
Secretary Hull recommended to the
President that Washington call the at.
tention of the Boviet to its pledge. Mr,
Hull's recommendation lay in a White
House pigeon-hole for some weeks and
it was not until the Communist Inter.
nationale met In Russia and flery
speeches criticizing the United States
and advising revolution were made.
This was the straw that broke the
camel's back. Mr. Roosevelt gave his
approval to Mr, Hull's proposal for a
protest. It was made and promptly re-
Jected, as 1 have mentioned above.
»
The Soviet foreign office rejected
Eat Oe Ce as warms
Trick Not was not a part of
Foreseen the Red government ;
that it was a politi
eal party over which the Russian Soviet
government had mo control and that
consequently the American government
Numerous
could not properly accuse the Moscow
authority with having broken their
pledge to avoid Interferences in Ameri
can affairs,
That trick was one among many
which the American government falled
to foresee in negotiating Russian recog-
nition, It is a splendid example of how
our diplomatic representatives fall in
thelr work.
The Soviet took advantage of an op-
portunity. It is true that the Com-
munist Internationale is a political party
but the Communist Internationale in
Russia is not comparable to the Demo-
cratic or Republican political party in
the United States. It is the only po-
litical party and it decides what the
government shall do and is responsible
to no higher authority. Thus, when
the Communist Internationale took the
firebrands of revolution inte the Unit.
ed Btates, it Is hard to understand why
the Russian government did not have
some finger in the pudding.
The American government has
warned Russia of “serious conse-
quence” if the communistic propaganda
does not cease. Buch an expression bo.
tween nations can mean only the break-
ing up of diplomatic relations, Wheth-
er Mr. Roosevelt will go that far is
still undetermined.
As we look back over the Russian
affair, one can hardly fall charac-
terize it as a misadventure, Mr. Roose-
velt sald he wanted to recognize Rus-
sia because great economic advantages
would flow from that act. There would
be much more trade, much new busi.
Department of Com-
however, that
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0
figures reveal,
in 16830 but that have dropped
down in the last year to about $30,000
they
So, apparently we have gained noth-
ing but some trouble by recognizing
What did the Russians gain? First,
they undoubtedly have broadened the
field of thelr communistic and revolu-
tionary propaganda. Doors were opened
to in country that were
closed before recognition was granted.
But undoubtedly the outstanding vic-
tory recorded by the Russians In per-
suading America to recognize the Mos-
cow government les pot in the Ameri-
can feild at all, Their greatest gain
was in thelr relations with Japan, The
jast several years have witnessed con
tinued friction along the frontier be-
tween Japan and Russia. There was
a8 constant threat of war, Strange as
them this
began to
almost no
The rea-
son is that before recognition the Jap-
anese appeared to feel they would have
the moral support, at least, of the Unit-
ed States In any controversy develop
ing between them and Moscow. Bo the
books will record another victory for
foreign diplomats, another defeat for
the hit and miss diplomatic system of
the United States,
(And the debt contracted by the
Czar's government and disregarded by
the Soviet is ss much unsettled as the
day that the Czar was murdered.)
- * *
The passing of Labor day In Wash.
ington seems to be the signal for the
bulk of government
officials to return to
their desks and al-
ways with that re-
turn there comes swift and burning
activity in politics. Usually, also, the
passing of Labor day sees the return
to Washington of other types of vaca-
tionists—Washington being what It is
in August-—and they, too, bring back
new political Ideas. Hence, just at
this writing Washington Is deluged
with all kinds of political fireworks.
between Russia and Japan
improve. There has been
trouble on that border since,
Activity
in Politics
the situation, there are three distinct
go out on vacations to see whether
they can find as much or more support
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