Bh By EDWARD W. PICKARD EATH, sudden and unexpected, came to Joseph Wellington Byrns, &peaker of the house of representa- tives, and put an end to a notable ca- Teer. The veteran Ten- nessee congressman suffered a heart at- tack, followed by a cerebral hemorrhage, and passed away with- in a few hours In his apartment in the May- flower hotel, Washing- ton. For 27 years Mr. Byrns had represented the “Hermitage dis- y trict” of Tennessee in Sl the house, and he was J. W. Byrns elected speaker when the Seventy- fourth congress convened in January, 1985. He was a master of parliamen- tary strategy and so fair-minded a presiding officer that all, even his po- litical opponents, praised and admired him. Before becoming speaker he tions committee, as member and chalr- man, and he also was leader of the Democratic majority and chairman of the Democratic congressional campalgn committee, Grief for Mr. Byrns’' death was gen- eral and sincere In Washington official dom. “I am shocked beyond all imagi- pation,” said Representative Bertrand H. Snell of New York, the minority beader. “It is a terrible thing. It 1s an almost irreparable loss.” Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Ar kansas, the majority leader, after ex- pressing his own sense of loss, added: “His work during the session has been very difficult and trying. He was a great speaker.” President Roosevelt In a statement from the White House expressed well the high esteem in which Mr. Byrns was held, Said he: “Fearless, incorruptible, unselfish with a high sense of justice, wise In counsel, broad of vision, calm in ad- versity, and modest in victory, he served his state and the nation with fidelity, honor, and great usefulness. I personally mourn the passing of a steadfast friend of many years” Impressive funeral services were held In the chamber of the house, the Presi- dent, members of the cabinet and no- merous diplomats being present in ad- dition to all members of congress. The body was then taken to Nashville, Tenn. for burial, and Mr. Roosevelt ae- companied the special congressional committee there, The house elected Willlam B. Bank- head of Alabama speaker for the re- mainder of the session. The death of Speaker Byrns followed closely that of another well-known congressman, A. Platt Andrew of Mas sachuset:s, a Republican. He died of influenza at his home In Gloucester at the age of sixty-three. Mr. Andrew, who taught economics at Harvard more than thirty years ago, was director of the mint for a few months under Pres- ident Taft and then was assistant sec- retary of the treasury. He was elected to congress In 1021, and supported much of President Roosevelt's early legislation, ISS CLARA DUTTON NOYES, sixty-six, director of the Ameri- can Red Cross nursing service, died in Washington a few minutes after she was stricken while driving to work In her car. Miss Noyes was assistant di- rector of the American Red Cross nursing service during the World war. She also had been superintendent of nurses at the Bellevue and allled hos- pitals in New York. Cyrus Hall McCormick, whose father developed the farm reaper and who himself belped organize the Interna- tional Harvester company and was its president for 33 years, died at his home in Lake Forest, Ill, at the age of sev- enty-seven years. He was noted as a progressive business man, liberal with bis employees and always interested actively In public welfare movements. He was rated as one of the wealthiest men ir America and gave millions of dollars to educetional and charitable organizations. ARSHAL PIETRO BADOGLIO, conqueror of Ethiopla and now wiceroy of that part of the reconstitoi- ed "Roman empire” returned to the Eternal City in tri. omph and was vocif- ercusly welcomed as & hero, Bixty thou sand Romans wel somed hin. as he stepped from his train, and Premier Mussolini modestly waited in the back- ground until they had shouted their greet. ings to the veteran warrior. Then Il Duce came forward and the viceroy on both cheeks, and ranking Fascist military lead seen in London, where Halle Selassie, the deposed emperor of Ethiopia, ar rived In tears and sadness, though he was given an ovation by the cheering thousands that had seldom been ac- corded to visitors to England, Many of the Londoners carried Ethiopian flags or scarlet banners reading “Wel- come to the Emperor.” With the white sympathizers were many African chiefs In native robes, Somalis, ne groes, Hindus, Chinese, and colored people from all parts of the world There was an outburst of wild cheer- ing when Selassie, bareheaded and wearing a long black cape, stepped from his private sleeping car and was greeted by many notables, including O. C. Harvey, private secretary of An- thony Eden, British foreign secretary. Harvey was the lone representative of the British government. UST as the “popular front” in France was taking over the government the country was distracted by strikes that spread rapidly to almost all Industrial centers and Involved all manner of trades. The workers demanded higher wages, a 40-hour week and a closed shop, and they went out by the hun dred thousand though they knew they were causing great embarrassment to their own leaders. In many cases the strikers took possession of the closed plants, In Spain the syndicalists tied up various industries by strikes that in- volved about 250,000 workers and that were marked by several murders and other outrages. Augusto Barcia, min- ister of state, sald the government planned to outlaw the syndicalists if they persisted In disobeying orders from the ministries of labor and the interior, J H. THOMAS, until recently Brit. * ish colonial secretary, was found responsible by a special government tribunal for the leak In budget se crets which enabled some of his friends to profit largely through insurance against tax raises. Final disposition of the case was left to the house of commons. Thomas, once an engine wiper and later a porerful Sgure In organized labor and politics, termed the tribune's verdict “cruel” He sald: “My own conscience ls clear. | repeat what 1 previously stated upon oath: that I made no disclosures of budget secrets to anybody.” URAL housewives from many conn tries began their third triennial conference in Washington with Mrs Alfred Watt of Canada presiding Thelr first meeting was beid In 1830 in Vienna, and the second in Stockholm three sears later. Secre- tarfies Hull sand Wal lace and Mrs, Frank lin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President, ex- tended greetings to the visitors, but be yond that there were no set speeches and Mrs. Alfred 10016 formality. In watt stead, the farm wives beld “exchange of experience” ses sions, viewed elaborate exhibits of rural need.ework and crafts of organ. ized countrywomen of the participat. ing nations, and attended “open houses” held by all branches of the federal government in which coun trywomen are particularly Interested In exchanging experiences the women learned, among other things that: English groups bave stimulated a remunerative revival of quilting to supplement the family income. Australian countrywomen maintain seaside homes for convalescents Canada's Federated Women's insti tute promotes clubs for rural youth and combats maternal and Infant mortality, By conducting evening classes for young girls Danish countrywomen bave belped to check their migration to town to seek factory work, N A report just made public the busi. ness advisory council proposes a simplified basis for Industrial self. regulation through the medium of vol untary Joint agreements on unfalr trade practices enforceable by the fed. eral trade commission, The report was prepared by the council's committee on unfair trade practices of which Lin. colin Fllene of Boston is chairman, Outstanding among the committee's proposals were suggestions that each branch of an Industry, such as whole sale, retall, and manufacturing, police the activities of each other througa confidential reports to the federal trade commission and that no attempt be made to Include trade practice and labor provisions In the same agree ments, E so-called Industrial mobiliza tion plan of the War department, providing for a military dictatorship over labor, capital and industry, as well as censorship of the press In war. time, was severely condemned In a re port to the senate by the munitions committee, HE senate by a vote of 62 to 14 | passed the deficiency bill carrying | £2,375,000,000, of which sum $1,425.000, 0001s handed to the President tospend as he pleases for “relief and work relief.” As passed by the house, the measure turned the entire amount of relief money over to WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins. Three Democratic senators voted against the blll—-Tydinrs of Maryland, Bulkley of Ohio and Byrd of Virginia. By a senate amendment, the bill authorizes the President to order a re study of reports on the $200,000,000 Florida ship canal and allocate ap- | other $10,000,000 to carry on work upon it during the coming fiscal year. Efforts to do anything for the Pas samaquoddy tidal project in Maine bad proved unavalling. EW YORK state's law providing | minimum wages for women and minors was declared unconstitutional | by the United States Supreme court | on the ground that it conflicts with | the fourteenth amendment by violat- | ing freedom of contract. The decision, | written by Justice Butler, was con- curred In by Justices Van Devanter, | McReynolds, Sutherland and Roberts. Chief Justice Hughes and Justices | Stone, Brandeis and Cardozo dissented. | A number of other states have staiutes similar to the one thus held invalid ATHOLICS the world over cele brated the seventy-ninth birth. day of Pope Plus XI, and the pontiff himself narked the day by attend: ing a solemn mass in St. Peter's io the presence of 40,000 pligrims who went to Rome especially for the occasion. These were mainly members of the Catholle Ac tion organisation which Plue XI found. eg, and to them he spoke for nearly an hour, He denounced Pope Plus XI munism, as be has done on other occasions, and de clared the Catholic press was one of the best forces in combating the com | munists, It was evident to all observers the pope's age is beginning to tell on him and that he found the long ceremony very much of a stralo, INE of the richest unions in the American Federation of Labor, baving more than & million members probably will be suspended soon by the federation’s executive council and at the next convention they will be expelled If the council can com- mand the pecessary two-thirds ma jority, Thus will come to a crisis the internecine contest between the craft unionists led by President Wii liam Green and the Industrial union ists who follow John L. Lewis bead of the United Mine Workers Green wanis to continue to organ ize Industry by skilled groups while Lewis would seek to unite all work ers, skilled and unskilled, by indus tries into one big union The craft unionists, it was learned intend to suspend the charters of the nine Industrial unions at the July executive councii session, a power granted the councii under the A. F. of lL. constitution. Lewis’ group of unions 400,000 miners, Sidney Amalgamated Clothing David Dubinsky’s International la dies’ Garment union, the oll work. | ers, typographers, fiat glass workers hat, cap, and miliinery workers, | mine, will, and smelter workers, and textile workers inelodes Hillman's Workers, HERE was every reason to belleve that Japan had found, or manwac | tured, excuses for further encroach: ments in northern China, and that se rious conflict between the two nations | would ensue unless China were sub missive, The Japanese alleged that a : bridge on the rallway line between | Tangku and Tlentsin was destroyed | and that there was an attempt to | wreck a troop train. The highest Jap | anese officers In North China were | summoned to a conference in Tientsin. | Yakichiro Suma, Japanese consul | geveral In Nanking, declared publicly | that China must choose either “mutual interdependence with Japan or war | with Japan,” and be said be had in- formed Generalissimo Kai-shek, Ohi nese dictator, of this viewpoint. “Ja. pan has gone too far to retreat now and must advance straight ahead with immutable convictions,” Suma sald, The Japanese military command, meanwhile, disclosed frankly some of their demands upon China. These in cluded: 1. Privilege of buliding raliroads, military and civilian air bases and army barracks, 2. Establishment of regular alr sery- ice between China and Japan. B. An economic, political and mili tary position for Japan in China. STEWART McDONALD, federal bousing administrator, outlined to newspaper men & new program which provides for the construction of “gar. den homes” outside of large cities that will ald in the gradual move ment of industrial workers from ur ban and suburban areas to small plots several miles out in the coun try. He sald President Roosevelt was enthusiastic over the plan. Emphasizing that “this is not any. thing in the way of a benevolent proposition” and that no grants of federal funds were Involved, Mr, Me Donald sald it wonld be accomplished through a broadening of FHA regu iations to permit government insur. ance of mortgages on such property. This will enable bankers and other lenders to advance funds for the de velopment of these “in between" areas for purposes, The time for gay little cotton prints both for older sister and the younger set is at hand, and nothing able for nimble dears—and so smart to wear. 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