By EDWARD W. PICKARD OV. ALF. M. LANDON now knows officially that he is the Republican nominee for President of the United States. Before more than 100,000 of his fellow citizens he stood at the south entrance of the Kansas capitol in Topeka and re- ceived the formal notification from Congressman Snell ] of New York, who . 1 was permanent Gov. Landon chairman of the Cleveland convention. Around him were grouped a thousand leaders of the party, and in front of him were the throngs of his supporters and admirers who had gathered from far and near to do him hon- or and to witness the ceremonies. Trains, automobiles, buses and air- planes had been pouring them into gaily decorated little city was crowded to the limit. Everyone was happy and enthusiastic and every- would be the next chief executive of the country. The nominee's speech of accept- ance was the plain spoken, outright kind of talk his hearers expected. Asking divine guidance to make him worthy of the faith and confi- dence shown in him, he said: “This call, coming to one whose life has been that of the everyday American, is proof of the freedom people under our government.’ don had to say on some of the more vital issues: Recovery—''The that these (New Deal) did not fit together into any defi- nite program of recovery. Many of them worked at cross-purposes and defeated themselves. The na- tion has not made the durable prog- ress, either in reform or recovery, that we had the right to expect . . . We must be freed from incessant record shows tility. We must be freed from ex- taxation. We must be freed from certain monetary policy, and from private monopolistic control.” while we propose to follow a policy tures, get it. exploiters.” Agriculture—*‘We shall establish effective soil conservation and ero- with a national land use and flood prevention program-—and keep it all out of politics. Our farmers are entitled to all of the home market they can supply without in- justice to the consumer. We pro- pose a policy that protects them in this right . . We propose to pay cash benefits in order to cushion our farm families against the dis- astrous effects of price fluctuations and to protect their standard of living.” Labor—'“The right of labor to or- ganize means to me the right of employees to join any type of union they prefer, whether it covers their plant, their craft or their industry. It means that, in the absence of a union contract, an employee has an equal right to join a union or to refuse to join a union.” Constitution—"It is not my be- lief that the Constitution id above change. The people have the right, by the means they have prescribed, to change their form of govern- ment to fit their wishes . . . But change must come by and through the people and not by usurpation. . + « The Republican party, how- ever, does not believe that the peo- ple wish to abandon the American form of government.” State Rights—'‘There has now ap- peared in high places a new and dangerous impulse. This is the impulse to take away and lodge in the Chief Executive, without the people's consent, the powers which they have kept in their state gov- ernments or which they have re- served in themselves. In its ulti- mate effect upon the welfare of the whole people, this is the most im- portant question now before us. Shall we continue to delegate more and more power to the Chief Execu- tive or do we desire to preserve the American form govern. ment?’ JFATHER COUGHLIN, the De- troit “radio priest” who in a speech before the recent Townsend. ite convention called President Roosevelt a ‘great betrayer and liar,” has realized the imp of his language. ublishes an open letter to the ent offering his “sincere apology.” The priest also says: “As my President I still respect you. As a fellow citizen and as a man I still regard you highly, but as an executive, despite your ex- cellency’s fine intentions, I Jeem it best for the welfare of our com- mon country that you be supplant- ed in office.” Dispatches from Rome said Fa- ther Coughlin’'s speech caused a “painful impression’ at the Vati- can, and Bishop Gallagher, the priest's ecclesiastical superior, leaving for a visit to the Vatican, intimated he might report on the incident. I% SEEMS at this time that noth- ing can prevent the great schism | in the ranks of American organized labor. John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, and his fol- lowers in the industrial union movement, are determined to go ahead with their plans for the or- ganization of steel workers into a mass union, and now have expand- ed their program, proposing to un- | ionize thus the employees of steel | fabrication and processing plants. Moreover, Lewis and his asso- ciates have declared they will not appear before the executive coun- cil of the American Federation of Labor to stand trial on charges | of “fomenting insurrection,” so it appears the council can do nothing but suspend the rebels and their ship. ions will be made by the national convention in Tampa in November. The members of the Committee for Industrial Organization, the | Lewis group, assert the contem- of the federation. | the United Mine Workes, gave out the news of the CIO drive to gath- er in the steel fabricators and proc- 000 and 400,000 men. As there are about 446,000 employees in the steel | mills, the goal of the CIO is now the organization of more | three quarters of a million steel | workers. PANISH Fascists and royalists, in rebellion against the leftist | government, were temporarily in were moving on ening to bomb the tal of Catalonia, fierce fighting was 3 4 reported, and at the . request of the C. G. Bowers Et authori- | ties a vessel of the American Ex- port line was hastening there to evacuate Americans, whose lives were in danger. Catalonia had de- clared against the rebels. San Sebastian, near the border, and the loyalists were said to be making a desperate attempt to recover that town. This is the place where Claude G. Bowers, American ambassador, is in sum- mer residence, and as communi- cations were completely disrupted there was much anxiety in Wash- ington as to Mr. Bowers’ safety. Socialists, Communists and work- ers in large numbers were joining the loyal troops for the defense of Madrid, and also helped in crush- ing the rebellion in several towns, according to the claims of the gov- ernment. In the south, where Gen. Fran- cisco Franco commanded the revo- lutionaries, there was almost con- tinuous fighting, and in the engage- ments between rebel planes and loyal warships some bombs and shells struck the Rock of Gibral- tar and others fell close to a Brit- ish destroyer. The latter fired warning shots and the acting gov- ernor of Gibraltar protested to General Franco, "T BROUGH an executive order of President Roosevelt, all post- mastership appointments in the fu- ture are to be subject to civil serv- ice examination. The order affects 13,730 postmasterships of the first, second and third classes as vacan. cies occur. Incumbents chosen for reappointment must pass a non- competitive examination, as must employees promoted to postmaster. In other cases the examinations will be open and competitive, Fourth class postmasters already were under civil service. CooL. AND MRS. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH flew in a bor. rowed plane from London to Ber. lin, and were given a big reception by high Nazi officials, ress and the populace. The co was He ues of he at ministry at a luncheon attend 's best aviators, by Germany — XPLANATIONS and apologies are not enough for J. Edgar Hoover, | head of the federal bureau of in- | vestigation, who was angered by | A Comfortable Culotte the revelation that the doings of his | “G men” had been under investi- | gation by secret service men of the Treasury department. His | strenuous protests started an in- | quiry that at this writing is still going on. Mr. Hoover also heard a rumor that some one was prob- | ing his “brokerage accounts,” and | this didn’t help to calm him. Said | he: “Anybody making such an in- | quiry is wasting his time. I have | no brokerage accounts, so any ef- | fort to find them will be futile.” It is admitted by the Treasury that the secret service has no le- | gal right to investigate the actions of any other government depart ment, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE WALLACE, addressing the Inter- national Baby Chick association in Kansas City, discussed at length | the drouth situation and the meas- ures taken or contemplated for re- lief. He suggested this four-point program for the protection of both farmers and consumers: 1. Judicious commodity loans, especially in years of excessive supplies. 2. The ever normal granary. 3. Crop insurance. 4. Government purchase of land which definitely never should have been plowed. 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Send 15 cents for your copy. third St., New York, N. Y. © Bell Byndicate.~WNU Bervice, The Canny Poet This peep at Longfellow, as a business man, is permitted us by Authors’: In November, Hiawatha" 1855, dared to criticize it Soon criticisms concerning source of “Hiawatha’' and cusations of imitation were made by newspapers from coast coast. Longfellow’'s publisher, 10 PReian, was gah One dav The perfect antidote for blister. | one, 98Y, \ \ Pattern No. James 1922-B study, he exclaimed: “These atrocious ’ libels must be stopped!’ for | Pi Hi or | Longfellow the | the Fields, how is tha' selling?” beach, housework: through the woods, down the street to said “By ‘Hiawa- quietly, way, of action “Wonderfully! None of your books has ever had such a sale.” “Then,”’ said the poet, calmly, “lI think we had better let those Designed for plenty i IF OUR BUSINESS WOMEN DECIDED TO WALK OUT ON US The harried business man yelled for his breakfast. “Where's the maid?’ he called upstairs to his wife. ‘“‘Resting,” was the re- ply. “And I'm taking the day off, too,” Nor had the children gone to school. “Teacher's rest. ing today,” they explained. At the office, the worried man found that none of the stenogra- phers had put in an appearance. Worse still, the telephone was “dead.” The morning paper dis- closed the reason: “10,000.008 Women on a One-Day Strike,” it screamed, Miss Charl Ormond Williams, president of the National Federa. tion of Business and Profession- al Women’s Clubs, said that she “would not dream of suggesting that women go on strike.” But, she pointed out, ‘“‘the possibilities opened up are so upsetting that I think we should all consider how to avoid them.” According to Miss Williams, nearly 2,000,000 women are em. ployed as clerks in the United as postmistresses, countless oth. ers elsewhere. “One interprets Miss Williams® convinced that there is a EB ood wrote Fred Betts Herald, “We concur.” —Literary Digest. Birds Not High Flyers Students of used to believe that traveled at heights above 15,000 feet. They had the idea that flying was easi- er in high Every avi the oppo- Most birds fly migration, and them rill even cross stretches of water only the waves. migration birds ailitudes, knows site is the truth. just Just some of wide a valley in New York and southward Maryland, the Ohio valley, parts of Arkansas, and most of Oklahoma. It was announced in Washington that President Roosevelt had creat measures for remedying conditions in the drouth region through uti lization of natural resources. The committee is headed by Morris L. Other members are Col. missioner of the bureau of reclama- Frederick H. Fowler of the resources committee; Tugwell, resettlement kins, works progress administrator. I® OLYMPIA, Greece, scene of the first Olympic games, a torch was lighted by the rays of the sun and a Greek runner seized it and started It on a 12-day relay to the sports field in Berlin where the August 1. Five thousand distin guished persons were selected to carry the torch, these including King Boris of Bulgaria, King Pe- of princes, statesmen and sports men. On the last leg it was to be borne by S. Loues of Greece, winner of the marathon in the games of 1806. A hundred thou sand youths will accompany Loues [JNLESS, the protests of Poland are effective, all opposition to Nazi power in the Free City of Danzig is due to be crushed. Dr. Arthur Karl Greiser, president of the Danzig senate, which is con- trolled by Nazis, has issued ad- | ministrative decrees ordering: 1. Dissolution of any organization whose members, with knowledge of its executive board, spreads news “endangering the state interest.” | 2. Prohibition of review by the courts of police measures of a po- litical nature, including those | aimed at the right of assembly, | the press, and free speech. i 3. Prohibition of Jewish ritual | slaughtering for food purposes. 4. Imposition of three month pro- tective custody on persons declared to be “endangering the public | peace.” i Thus the city’s constitution fis | virtually set aside, and the Poles especially, having extensive eco- nomic interests there, are indig- nant, R EVOLT of the Cantonese against the Nanking govern. ment has collapsed and latest re- ports say government troops have entered Canton and taken over maintenance of peace and order. There was no opposition and the of a go lord, deserted his followers and fled to Hongkong on a gunboat. There was a scramble to find Chen's al- leged silver hoard, said matter, Only Japan made slight reserva. tions because it is nc longer a member of the League of Nations. HOW YOU SAVE MONEY — Firestone saves money by careful buying of high grade materials—manufacturing in large volume in the most efficient factories in the world—and delivering to you by the quickest and most economical distribution system. These savings are passed on to car owners. 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