By EDWARD W. PICKARD W TH the repercussions from the President's fireside radio address and the opening of hear- ings by the senate judiciary com- mittee, the contro- versy over the prop- osition to enlarge the Supreme court took on renewed heat. Mr. Roose- velt's talk was so generally heard over the radio that no ex- tended report of it is needed. He made an extraordinarily ‘ bitter attack on the President majority of the Su- Rooseveit preme court that has repeatedly upset New Deal leg- islation, and avowed frankly his de- termination to have a tribunal that “will not undertake to override the judgment of the congress on legisla- tive policy.” If the phrase ‘‘packing the court'’ means that, then, said the President *‘I say that I and with me the vast majority of the American people favor doing just that thing— now.” “The court, in addition to the proper use of its judicial functions,” said Mr. Roosevelt, ‘‘has improper- ly set itself up as a third house of the congress—a super-legislature, as one of the justices has called it— reading into the constitution words and implications, which are not there, and which were never in- tended to be there. “We have, therefore, reached the point as a nation where we must take action to save the constitution from the court and the court from itself. ind a way to take an appeal from the S me court to the cons iC $ We want a Supreme court which will do justice under the con —not over it, goverr men. Mr. Roosevelt ponents of his | The first, he sa inc “who fundament and economic legislation along mod- ern lines” last election; with supreme contempt. The second group, those ‘‘who honestly believe the amendment process is the best," were told they could not expect faithful support from their ‘‘strange bedfellows,” and that even if fast in ivided the 110 two classes, op- ides fied, its meaning would depend on the “kind of justices who would be sitting bench.” had employed. Senators Borah and searchingly, but he was evasion. However, he did the opposition senators by admit- ting bluntly that the purpose of the measure was to change the com- plexion of the court, to get men with “liberal, forward - looking views.” Senator Dieterich of Illinois sought to curb the questioning of Mr. Cum- mings but was squelched by Borah. Dieterich has not committed him- self on the bill but is now classed among its supporters. His candidate for the federal circuit court of ap- peals in Chicago, District Judge J. Earl Major of Springfield, has just been nominated by the President. Assistant Attorney General Rob- ert Jackson was the sccond witness heard, and the foes of the measure sought to prove, by questioning him, that there is no actual need for the judiciary bill to relieve congestion of federal dockets and therefore that the only purpose of the measure is to change the viewpoint of the high tribunal. SATISFIED with the way his ad- ministrative plans are going for- ward, President Roosevelt left Wash- ington for a two weeks’ stay in Warm Springs, Ga. He went directly to his white cottage on Pine moun- tain from which he looks down on the foundation for infantile paraly- sis sufferers. It was announced that he would see few officials or other visitors there, conducting all essen- tial public business by telegraph and telephone. Temporary execu- tive offices were set up in Kress hall at the foundation. Before leaving Washington Mr. Roosevelt said at a press conference that he and Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King of Canada had dis- cussed the St. Lawrence waterway treaty during King's visit. Whether the treaty will be submitted to the senate at this session, he said, is not yet known. It was rejected a few years ago. HE Committee for Industrial Or- ganization has declared open warfare on the American Federa- tion of Labor by authorizing its ex- ecutive officials to issue certificates of affiliation to national, interna- tional, state, regional, city and cen- trzl bodies and local groups when- ever it is deemed. John L. Lewis says the C. 1. O. has hundreds of applications for affiliation and that he will take in any A. F. of L. unions that wish to join his organization. At the same time half a hun- dred organizers of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor met with President William Green to plan means of protecting the body against the C. I. O. and to hold the ranks of the craft unions in line. They arranged for an intensive campaign to organize unions in steel to rival the C. I. O.'s Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers; considered spreading the charge that Lewis is allied with communist interests, and the launching of plans to organize in the cement, aluminum, cereal, and flour mill industries. The organizers also discussed organization of gas sta- tion attendants, which would over- lap with Lewis’ plans to organize the petroleum industry. The Carnegie-Illinois company union, which is bitterly opposed to the C. 1. O., has not yet reached an agreement on affiliation with the A. PF. of lL. General Electric and some of the other big concerns that yielded to a certain extent to the demands of that they still reserved the right to deal also with other unions or groups of employees. Westinghouse Electric and facturing company's in wages and it was feared would start a strike if the demand were rejected. Because the Chrysler n pany refused to recogniz 1 the sole bargaining agency for all its employees, a strike was called ) in all its major units in Detroit, closed because of dependence on Detroit production. More than 50,000 workers were thus th The union also called a strike at concern were stalling in negotia- EN. FRANCISCO FRANCO, leader of the Spanish Fascists, was reported to be about ready for a final grand assault on Madrid. He : assembled a tre- { mendous force of tanks and artillery before Guadalajara and captured sever- al towns near by, threatening the im- iate cutting off capital's road to the east. Military observers predicted that the greatest battle of the war would soon be fought on the line between the Tajuna and Tajo rivers. Gen. Jose Miaja, loyalist com- mander in the Madrid area, charged that 7,000 Italian troops were taking part in the attack on Guadalajara. These men, he asserts, were landed in Cadiz on February 22, two days after the international neutrality committee's ban on permitting “‘vol- unteers’’ to enter Spain was de- clared effective. The shelling and capture of the Spanish liner Mar Cantabrico by a rebel vessel was a spectacular event in the war. She was carrying a cargo of planes and munitions from the United States for the loyal- ists and sought to evade the insurgent cruisers by taking the name of an English ship. But, ac- cording to a story printed in New York, the complete plan of her movements was revealed to the agent of the rebels in that city and cabled to their headquarters in Spain. Also, according to the only member of the crew who escaped capture, the crew found the captain was communicating with the in- surgents and executed him at sea. The Mar Cantrabrico, with fire in her holds, was taken to Ferrol. It was presumed most of the Spaniards aboard were slain. LARENCE A. DYKSTRA, city manager of Cincinnati since 1930, was selected as president of the University of Wisconsin by the executive committee of the insti tution’s board of regents. If he ac- cepts the place he will succeed Dr. Glenn Frank who was ousted be- cause he was not satisfactory to the La Follette regime. Dykstra is fifty-four years old and a graduate of the University of Iowa. W ITHOUT a record vote the AY Gen. Franco ITHERTO on a temporary basis, the United States mari- time commission is now permang ly established, or will be as Pp] as the senate acts on nomina sent in by the President. Mr. Roose- velt selected as chairman of the commission Joseph P. Kennedy of New York, former chairman of the securities and exchange commis- sion. He Is a millionaire banker and business executive and a stanch supporter of the New Deal. The other members named are Thomas M., Woodward; Rear Admiral Henry A. Wiley, retired; Edward C. Moran Jr., former Maine congress- man, and Rear Admiral Emory 8S. Land, retired. Moran, Wiley, and Land were named to the temporary commission appointed last fall to cope with the maritime strike. Kennedy once served the Bethle- hem Shipbuilding corporation as business administraton. In that ca- pacity he met and became a warm friend of the then assistant secre- tary of the navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was active in the Presidential campaigns of 1932 and 1936. V ILLIAM ABERHART, social credit premier of Alberta, Canada, has introduced a bill that would give his government full con- trol over every business, industry, trade and occupation in the prov- ince, and would force every man, woman and child to pay a personal license fee to carry on his or her work. The bill gives the cabinet the power to refuse to grant or renew a license to any person or business operating in the province, and to impose a maximum fine of $50 for individuals, and $200 for corpora- tions, or a jail sentence of up to ninety days for attempting to carry on without the government's per- mission. Another law proposed by Aber. to fix um and maximum prices for all commodities and serv- ices and to prescribe standards of methods, practices or sys- tems." ICTATOR STALIN hasn't yet cleaned up Russian Com- munist party to own satisfac- and it probable that more men prominent the bolshevists go to trial the his seems Nikolai Buk- harin, former editor of the government organ Izvestia. These two were expelled from the Communist party the other day on charges of anti-party activity, and it is believed in Moscow they and a score of others will soon be tried for conspiring to overthrow the Stalin regime. For ten years Rykov was pre- mier of the soviet union, and before that, during the civil war, he had the job of provisioning the Red amy. Though succeeding to Len- in's position, he did not have his power, for Stalin reserved that for Alexis Rykov P# WILLIAM T. HOKNADAY, one of America’s foremost nat- uralists, died at his home in Stam- ford, Conn., at the age of eighty- two. the New York Zoological park, re- tiring in 1926. Doctor Hornaday was a devoted advocate of the conserva- tion of wild life and steadily worked for the protection of migratory fowl and for federal game refuges. lican party passed with the death of Mark L. Requa in Los Angeles. He was national in politics on the West Coast. During the World war Mr. Requa was di- rector of the oil division of the Unit- ed States fuel administration and the "‘motoriess week-ends" tablished are still remembered. IGURES supplied by the Depart. ment of Commerce show that the live stock producers who predicted the United States would be forced to depend on foreign meat imports this year were right. During Jan- uary the arrivals of foreign pork at domestic ports set an all time record for any month, and the im- ports of meat were far in excess of those a year ago. This condition is blamed on the drouth and the four-year federal crop control pro- gram. Meat imports in January aggre- gated 30,387,000 pounds, compared with 19,922,000 in January of 1036 and only 7,14,000 pounds in 1935. Dressed pork imports alone reached the record figure of 5,580,033 pounds compared with 2,250,389 in January, 1836, and only 265,000 in 1035. Heavy imports of pork continued during the first three weeks of Feb- ruary, government figures for re- ceipts at New York indicated. Dur- ing this period foreign nations shipped 2,088,500 pounds of pork to New York which exceeded imports for any February. ’ Canada proved to be the largest source of supply for the market. Imports of all kinds meat from Canada during the month of this year imately 17,102,000 crease of 190 per 884,000 pounds of last year. Quickly Knitted in Stockinette Stitch Like a gay addition to your “‘all year 'round’’ wardrobe? Of course you would! Then take a tip and You'll love the laciness of a pointed adore the snug fit of ribbing 'cross the hips. Ribbing also bands the Knit it of soft- colored string or yarn, in one of new shades! In pattern 5655 your will find instructions for mak- ing the blouse and skirt in sizes 16-18 and 3840; an illustration of the blouse and of all stitches used; material requirements. To obtain this pattern send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept, 259 W. Fourteenth St., New York. N. Y. 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