ELF-GOVERNMENT became a real ity for the Philippines on Novem- ber 15, according to schedule, and it Is now up to the islanders to utilize thelr independence wisely and safely, with only general supervision by the United States. In the presence of a great throng of dis tinguished persons In the magnificent legis- lature bullding at Manila, Manuel Que- zon, veteran advocate of independence, was inaugurated as the first president of the commonwealth, Representing the United States were Vice President Garner, Speaker Byrns and a large party of senators and representatives with their wives. Many foreign governments sent unofficial observers, and the leading statesmen of the islands were present, After Quezon had taken the oath of office, Sergio Osmena, vice president, and the members of the new unl cameral legislature were sworn in. President Roosevelt was personally represented by Secretary of War Dern, who made a pleasant speech and read the proclamation, simultaneously Is- sued in Washington, terminating the old government of the islands and es- tablishing the commonwealth govern- ment which Is to lead to complete in- dependence of the archipelago in ten | years. A cablegram of congratulation also was received from Mr. Roosevelt, Because of the danger of outbreaks by the extremist followers of Emilio Aguinaldo who have opposed Quezon, the constabulary was out In full] force, thousands of its members being brought In from all over the archi | pelago, The day before the Inauguration the legislature held its final session and Frank Murphy, the last of the gov- ernors general, appeared before it to! review the accomplishments of the | American regime that lasted 36 years. “Having found democracy good for itself, America believes it will be good | for the Filipinos” he sald. Mr. Mur | phy was then sworn in as high com- missioner of the new government. The entire American delegation at- | tended a grand reception and ball | Manuel Quezon given by Mr. Quezon in honor of Mr, | Murphy. N AJ. GEORGE L. BERRY, indus- | trial co-ordinator of the New Deal, 1s having a hard time co-ordi-| pating Industries. An Industry-labor | conference has been : arranged for Decem- ber 9 In Washington, but it is evident that some very consider- able industries will not be represented. First, the Ford Motor com- pany refused curtiy to send a representative; then the Automobile Manufacturers’ associ ation objected to the affal>. announcing its 9°oree L. opposition to any re Berry vival of the NRA, though most of its | members signed the old NRA code; | and next came a sharp letter from the | National Hardwood Lumber associa- | tion, one of the country's oldest and | largest trade associations, flatly re | fusing to attend the cBnference. The | letter, written by J. W. MeClure of | Chicago, secretary of the association's | board of directors, labeled any at-| tempt to impose a new NRA on indus try as “impractical, nnworkable, un- enforceable, a menace to respect for all laws and theréfore opposed to public interest.” Nevertheless, the conference will be held, and representatives of labor are expected to advocate a plan for li. censing Industry, a proposal that all government contractors, comply with code provisions and the 80-hour week. F SECRETARY ROPER in address ing the Associated Grocery Manu- facturers of America In New York was speaking with authoritative knowledge of the intentions of the administration, business may feel considerably reas sured. He sald “the breathing spell which we are now enjoying Is to be the end of governmental regimentation” He declared business was the “scapes goat” of the depression and hesupheld the profit system. Of Mr. Roosevelt's announcement of a “breathing spell” the secretary said: “This declaration of the President is clearcut and concrete. It means specifically that the basic program of reform has been completed. It means that business no longer needs to feel any uncertainty as to what may come in the future with respect to govern mental measures.” According to a Washington dispatch in the New York Times, informal or. ders have been issued by President Roosevelt to administrative officials to cut federal expenditures under the 1987 budget to $300,000,000 less than the newly estimated total for 1936, As a result, the dispatch says, the lives of many federal bureaus and agencies were reported to be hanging in the balance, The economy wave Is heightened by signs of better business, the Times says. HAT story, originating with the Deseret News of Salt Lake City, that George Norris had sald he would not seek re-election to the senate from Nebraska, seems to have been at least premature, The veteran senator says he will make his decision at elec- tion time next year, and not earlier. “A campaign would be a small dis turbance, compared to the trouble my not being a candidate has cost me,” he sald in Los Angeles. “1 have re- celved hundreds of letters from all parts of the United States urging me to run next year.” RMISTICE day wes celebrated In the United States more generally and elaborately than it had been since the first of those occasions seventeen years ago. Chief of ... all the ceremonies, naturally, was that at Arlington National cemetery In Washing ton, where many thou- sands gathered to hear an address by President Roosevelt. Standing before the tomb of the Unknown the Chief Ex. pald a brief eloquent tribute to the gallantry of Roosevelt iting men In the World war, set forth America's hopes and in- tentions for world peace, and announced the imminent signing of a trade treaty Canada which Prime Minister King had been negotiating in Wash ington. At exactly 11 o'clock the President President minute, as did millions of his fellow next placed a wreath on the Unknown Soldier's tomb. For six hours, afterward, uniformed organiza- and laid their wreaths at the tomb. The celebration In the national cap- was culminated by a ball ar the Veterans of Foreign Congressional Medal of Honor men headed the list of guests, others high officials of the army, navy and G°" CYLDE L. HERRING of Towa nd Gov. Floyd Olson of Minne sota made a bet of one hog on the Herring lost, and paid That seemed all right, but Virgil Case, a vice crusader and editor of a Des monthly paper, immediately nt for the ar- Under lowa statutes, gambling Is a by a maxi mum fine of $600 and a year in prison. The federal charge Is a felony, Case prison sentence. Neither governor appeared to be perturbed by the charges. Herring named Olson as his counsel, along with Senator Dan Steck of Iowa. who ac Paul to deliver the pig. Br ISHERS went to the polls In the seventh general election since the World war, to elect a new pariia- ment. © Counting and publishing the vote over there is a deliberate process, so at this writing the re- sults are not known. But there was no doubt of the victory of the government forces, though probably they would lose a number of seats. Prime Min. ister Stanley Baldwin was unopposed. Bat the Laborites made a Haney hot fight to defeat Ramsay MacDonald and several other members of the Bald: win cabinet, The government, In Its campaign, urged support of its League of Nations activities and its program of unem- ployment rellef and stimulation of na- tional trade, Liberals and Laborites took issue with the Conservative candidates on pational defense questions, with Labor candidates particularly insistent on dis- armament and international control of war materials, proMoTED by the powerful na- tionalistic party WAFD, riotous demonstrations against British domina- tion In Egypt broke out in Cairo and other places. Several rioters were killed and many wounded by the police commanded by an Englishman. The WAFD party insists that Prime Min. ister Tewlik Nessim Pasha must re sign, There Is a large Italian com munity in Egypt, and for a long time it has been understood that Musso. lini's emissaries have been stirring up discontent against Britain there. APAN'S apDETest determination to of the city, regiment of Cossacks under Col. F. R, W. Graham, tailed as commander of the local vol- unteer units, the international settlement, constitute a small standing army for the foreign quarter, The Chinese were terrified and thousands of them fled from the na- tive quarter to the International set- tlement, believing the Japanese intend- ed military action in retribution for the murder of the sallor. This the Japanese government denled, but it de- clared the situation was “serious.” HREE Greeks went to London to Invite George II to return to the throne, In accordance with the plebes- cite of the Greek people. Deeply moved, he replied: “l shall never forget the past. I beloved people. May we have divine guldance to bring happiness, peace, and prosperity to our Greece!” Following the ceremony, the forty- five year-old monarch, with the Princes Paul and Peter and the Princesses Catherine and Olga, the latter a sister of the duchess of Kent, at- tended a special service of thanks. giving at the Greek orthodox church. ICTOR EMMANUEL, king of Italy, celebrated his sixty-sixth birth. day rather quietly because of the war in which his people are engaged ia Africa. He reviewed a parade of armed forces, and with him was the real ruler of the country, Benito Mussolinl, II Duce then appeared on the balcony of his Venezia palace to address a great throng of cheer. ing citizens in the plaza. He spoke just these two sentences: “The forces you have seen this morn. ing with all their weapons, and espe- cially in thelr spirit, are ready to de- fend Italy's interests in Europe, Afri. ca or anywhere, “In one month we have regulated two old accounts (apparently the Ital. fan defeats at Aduwa and Masakale, Ethiopia, In 15806) and the remainder will be settled later.” Mussolini that same evening sent to the nations participating in the sane tions against Italy a formal protest against their action, and warned them that Italy would be forced into re prisals with serious consequences to the economic world, Dispatches from Rome sald Pope Pius was making a supreme effort to persunde the League of Nations to postpone the imposition of sanctions, believing this not only would spare the world great economic disordar but also would increase tremendously chances for settlement of the Italo-Ethioplan war, which might come through col- lapse of the Ethiopian resistance, Meanwhile the Italian armies in Ethiopia were advancing steadily to- ward the interior from both the north and south, The strategic towns of Makale and Gorrahel were occupled practically without resistance, Halle Selassie lost one of his ablest commanders in the death of General Afework, who was struck by an Italian bomb splinter at Gorrahel, King Victor Emmanuel OT of vast Importance, but Inter. esting enough to command the presence of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and 100,000 other persons, was the twelfth annual national corn husk- ing contest held village of Newtown, Ind. The wihner was Elmer Carlsen, twenty-six years old, of Audubon coun- ty, who was competing against 17 opponents, the winners and runner. ups of nine midwestern states’ con- tests, Carlsen shucked 41.52 bushels of the golden corn in 80 minutes, which means that he ripped the ears from the stalks, tore the flimsy husks from 2,005 pounds Into his wagon. Carlsen set a new world's record, the old one being 369 bushels, which Farmer, NCE more Jefferson Caffery, intelligence operatives of the Cuban army baving discov ered and thwarted the plot on the eve of its PA. Washington. —Even the Republicans are surprised at certain Democratic attacks on James A. Farley as a re sult of his pre-election claims, De. mands that he resign, coming from an outstanding Democratic newspaper, put together with the fact that the Democrats registered a net majority in the Empire state of 360,000, cause some insiders here to wonder if there underlying the situation It is perfectly true, they admit, that chance to do some crowing over thelr regaining of the control of the New York assembly, But It was pretty sad crowing, mostly done before the vote tabulation showed that huge Democratic ma- jority. Privately, Republicans were search- ing around for comfort next day as far as New York state is concerned. They finally decided that Tammany put forth all its effort because of its necessity for getting a strangle hold on- the board of aldermen, and thus circuiting Mayor La Guardia, Whereas there were no fights cal culated to bring out a big vote upstate except In Erie county, where the Re- publicans did pretty well Actually, however, it always has been Farley's strategy to claim every- thing, concede nothing. He has ex- plained his theory to newspaper men many times. For example, in 1832 Farley knew perfectly well there was no chance of Franklin D. Roosevelt's carrying Vermont, But, as he told friends at the time, if conceded Vermont, publicly, all the party work- ers in that state would lay down, Whereas If he claimed it. and sent them speakers, money and assistance generally, they would be up on their toes fighting. As a result, the ghrewd Jim com- mented, “We might win a coroner here, and a sheriff there, and a mem- ber of the legislature somewhere else, Then, next election, these winners will be on the job working for our tick- et,” and will not have to be. paid or cajoled. In fact, his theory is that three or four hard fights, even in hope. less territory, will be apt to produce 8 winning by and by. Logic Accepted Now the fact Is that no politician wha ever won a campaign disagrees with that logic. They may not prac- tice it, because they may not have the time and energy to spare. Generally they think they baven't, anyhow, and so often they do not make these bhope- less fights, But there is seemingly no limit to Farleg's energy, and he has actually had all the money be needed in every campaign, regardiess of plaintive statementf to the contrary, His strategy, incidentally, is abun- dantly justified by what has happened in upstate New York as a result of campaigning in hopeless territory. With a live, fighting Democratic or ganization In every upstate county, the old-time majorities above the Bronx he by the Democratic majorities In the big town, This was demonstrated in this elec tion, where despite a very sizable showing of Republican strength up- state, the net vote In the entire slate was 350000 Democratic, In fact, the main hope of the Re publicans about the Empire state, whose 47 electoral votes are so vital to any hope of beating the New Deal next November, lies in the belief that go many New Yorkers vote Democrat. fc locally, but Republican nationally. This was certainly a factor in the Al Smith's record of running a million votes ahead of his national ticket in 1020 is The government at Warsaw may fective embassy in Washington. In is considered necessary by the milling interests of this country, not to men The wily Poles, apparently, were just shrewd enough to realize that this tion, loves to see speculators get it in such profits would boost income tax All of which Is concerned with rye and rye flour, not very exciting In themselves, but highly interesting to Caffery vember 1, and that six automobiles were ready to carry the assassins to who buy and sell them, It also concerns the feverish desire of many European countries, in the last few years, to make themselves self-supporting on foodstuffs, against the evil day when war might cut off their imports. In this particular case it has to do with the efforts of Poland in that direction. This desire on the part of all Euro. pean countries, practically, became of this country several years ago. Also to the milling interests and the grain They wept aii over the shoulders of their senators and representatives, ay law which made it mandatory secretary of the treasury to add what is called a countervalling duty to the tariff on food products in certain cir cumstances, The certain circumstance for the production of that foodstuff. The idea is to boost the tariff precise ly that same amount, so that the pay- ment of the bounty in the producing country will not give the foreign pro- ducer an unfair advantage over the American producer. Rye Poured In Last spring prices for rye were high in this country, and some of this Pol {sh rye and also some Polish rye flour began pouring in. Whereupon there were loud cries from the grain trade for the treasury to put the “manda- tory” countervailing duty in effect Treasury officials consulted with the State department. Also with the Pol- ish embassy, The State department folks did not like it much. the face of Secretary Hull's well known opposition te trade barriers. Mr. Hull himself talked about it with the Polish ambassodor, One lieutenant of Mr. Hull was such a frequent attendant at cocktail par ties of the Polish embassy that one of the underlings there humorously Polish yet.” He tells this story on himself, so it is not a question of the Poles laughing about their own accom- plishments, They are much too shrewd for that. jut the Poles made quite a point In thelr talk with our State and Treasury folks of the fact that the American farmer was not being hurt by this Polish competition In the slightest de- gree, whereas the American consumer was being benefited, Hopkins’ Faux Pas The two people who are most de- Jected by Harry L. Hopkins' faux pas in attacking Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kansas, the resentment that the “never put up a thin dime” ion aroused, and the prompt necessity for a backdown are, in the order named. James A, Farley and Governor Lan- don. Farley One of accusat 's chagrin Is natural enough, the cleverest organizers and politicians of our time, he naturally to see his shrewdly planned campaign messed up by bungling, even if he himself is not responsible, Landon’s disappointment is far more subtle. but just as sound politically. It can be explained in four words: It came (00 soon. The point is that Landon knows perfectly well he is getting out in front far too quickly, He has been publicly advertised as the probable nominee in too many quarters. For instance, by William Randolph Hearst, who has been giving the Kansas Coo- lige plenty of publicity both in his newspapers and magazines. Then it was allowed to leak out that President Roosevelt told several friends on his way across the country to San Diego that he figered It would be Landon who would oppose him in 1936, Which, Incidentally, Is to the venom and force Hopkins struck. Landon is a comparatively young man, but he has seen enough of pol ftics to know that the old tradition about a candidate's getting too far out in front too soon is not just an old wives' tale. Most of the time it works, A Bit of History hates the answer with which publican national committee met in Washington fo Decembér, just six months before the convention, peared that Leonard Wood was vir tually nominated. A glance back at the newspaper files of that month will show that virtually every reporter in Washington, writing for out-of-town papers, and regardless of the slants of his own paper, was impressed by the Wood strength. In fact, if convention had been convened the day the national committee adjourned, Wood would have been nominated on the first ballot. All the other candidates when the few enthusiasts knew he had: no chance, nomination, Alfred E. Smith thing to do with starting. the nomination of either, tion known in advance to be absolute ly hopeless, and it was given to heal the religious breach made in 1024, Roosevelt got a head start very large. ly because the South and the Bible Belt were scared to death that Smith would take the nomination again. There are many who think that if Smith had taken himself out of the race, even at the convening of the con vention, Roosevelt would never have been named. Landon was sitting very nicely, In deed, up to the Hopkins blast, with Herbert Hoover and Senator William E. Borah virtually shooting at each other, Col, Franklin Knox harrying the administration, and Landon just get. ting a lot of good publicity. But the effect of the H boomerang may easily be to center the fire of friends of Hoover, Borah and Knox, to men. fon. only three, on the Kansas gover nor Copyright. —=WNU Servies. USE LAMP TO CALL DOCTORA Morse code signals flashed by a lamp on the telephone-less Papa Stour island of the Shetland group The lamp signals explained an inhabitant had been taken 111 and needed an {m- mediate operation. The doctor and nurse rushed to the patient in =n life A Law Every Mother Should Knowand Observe Never Give Your Child An Unknown Remedy without Asking Your Doctor First According to any doctor you ask, the only safe way is never to give your child a remedy you don't know all about, withoul asking him first, When it comes to “milk of magnesia,” that you know every- where, for over 60 years, doctors have said “PHILLIPS’ Milk of Magnesia far your child.” So—always say Phillips’ when you buy. 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