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ican people need to
promote prosperity.
ese are the five
measures he
President 14 pe passed
Roosevelt without delay:
Crop production control to ‘build
an all-weather farm program so
that in the long run prices will be
more stable.”
Wage and standards
“make millions of our lowest paid
workers actual buyers of billions of
dollars of industrial and farm prod-
ucts.”
Regional planning to conserve nat-
ural resources, prevent floods and
produce electric power for general
use
Government reorgani
vide ‘Twentieth
ery’’ to make the ‘‘der
ess work more efficiently.
Stronger antitru
of 3
to
hour
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therance
which
up the wage and
Some Democratic leaders said
labor bill, passed by
senate in the last session but held
up in the house rules committee,
would probably be the only one of
the five measures to get through
congress session.
Even that
southern Democrats and has been
condemned by the American Fed-
eration of Labor.
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Labor Hits Labor Board
EVERE condemnation of the fed-
eral labor relations board was
voiced in a resolution adopted by
the American Federation of Labor
in the Denver convention. It was
presented by John P. Frey, head of
the metal trades depart and
charged that board act-
ing “without warrant or author-
ity"’ in interfering
tweenthe A. F.of L. and the C. 1. O.
and was violating ‘the spirit and
specific intent of the labor relations
act, with decided advantage’ to the
C. I. O. affiliates and damage to
the A. F. of L.; that the board has
sought to “destroy the validity of
contracts” between bona fide trade
unions and employers and that such
actions were taken “in some in-
stances with full knowledge of the
facts involved’; that the board, in
direct contravention of the mean-
ing of the law, has repeatedly ‘‘de-
nied employees the right of desig-
nating the bargaining unit and the
right of selecting representatives of
their own choosing with full free-
dom.”
Frey in his speech asked that Ed-
win F. Smith be removed from the
board and that three regional direc-
tors be dismissed.
The convention adopted a resolu-
tion opposing the pending wage and
hours bill, and one calling for a boy-
cott on all Japanese products.
Authority was voted the executive
board to expel finally the ten C. 1. O.
unions under suspension, and Presi-
dent Green announced plans for the
attack on the rival organization in
several great fields. The first vig-
orous blow will be struck on the
Pacific coast in a drive to organize
workers in the cannery and agricul-
tural field. The second battle
ground will be among the white
collar workers generally.
ent
the was
in disputes be-
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these
delegates also co
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n of ts.
demned re-
ns by the national labor
board as being contrary to the pro-
ons of the Wagner-Connery act
y which the board was created and
approved a four-point federal legis-
lative program. This program called
for a wages-and-hours bill, licensing
The
decis:
commerce, appropriation of
sufficient WPA and PWA funds to
provide jobs for every American |
worker, and expansion of the social |
security act. |
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No Peace for Labor
AR between the rival factions
in American organized labor is
not going to cease in the near future.
The C. 1. O. leaders gathered in
+ Atlantic City for
their first “war |
council,” and John |
L. Lewis, their |
chief, revealed!
plans for setting up |
a permanent dual |
organization.
ed the sus- |
pension of the C. I.
s from the
Federa-
Labor as
vardly and |
said those |
unions considered themselves now |
out of the federation and awaited |
any further action by the federation |
with complete indifference.
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Big Battle at Shanghai
HANGHAI was witnessing the
J fiercest battle of the Sino-Jap- |
anese war. Land and air forces of
both sides were fighting furiously
and the casualties were piling up
hour by hour. The Chinese were
making a great counter-offensive for
which they had massed men and
guns about the city. The Japanese
were ready for the attack, and des-
perately battled to turn back their
foes. Observers described the hand-
to-hand fighting as that of madmen,
especially in the Chinese quarter,
A big fleet of Chinese airplanes
sent down the Yangtse and
bombs were showered on the Jap-
anese warships along the Japanese-
occupied shore of the Whangpoo.
An American navy radio man, J.
P. McMichael of Connorsville, Ind.,
was slightly wounded by Japanese
shrapnel as he stood on the signal
deck of the United States cruiser
Augusta between Admiral Harry E.
Yarnell, commander-in-chief, and
Capt. R. F. McConnell, chief of
staff. American navy authorities
immediately entered a protest and
the Japanese commander expressed
his regret.
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Brady Gang Wiped Out
] AST of the big “mobs” of bank
robbers and murderers, the
Brady gang was wiped out in a gun
battle with federal agents at Bangor,
Maine. Al Brady, the leader, and
Clarence Shaffer, Jr., his lieutenant,
were killed; and James Dalhover
was wounded and captured. The
outlaws were recognized by a clerk
in a sporting goods store and the
G-men were summoned. Dalhover
was to be taken to Indiana to stand
trial for the murder of a state po-
liceman, one of four killings attrib.
uted to the gang. He made a full
confession, and search began for
persons who had been aiding them,
The gangsters’ capture was be-
lfeved to have nipped a potential
New England crime wave. Floor
plans of two banks were found in
Dalhover’'s possession with maps of
nearby roads.
May Meet in Brussels
OW far President Roosevelt is
willing to go in the effort to
stop Japan in China is what other
powers, especially Great Britain,
are eager to know. The people of
the United States also would like to
be informed in that matter. The
British statesmen wish America to
take the lead, and also they would
like the suggested conference of the
nine-power treaty signatories to be
held in Washington. This latter sug-
gestion is definitely opposed in our
capital, and so it was believed
Brussels might be selected as the
meeting place.
Mr. Roosevelt, who conferred with
Secretary of State Hull, Undersecre-
tary Sumner Welles and Norman
Davis, his roving ambassador, was
represented as being strongly
averse to taking a solitary lead in
the action to check the Japanese.
Apparently he preferred that the
“‘quarantining’ of nations guilty of
“international lawlessness’ which
he proposed in his Chicago speech
should be limited to a united inter-
national moral stand.
In his radio talk the President al-
luded to the conflict in China rath-
er vaguely, reiterating that ““Amer-
ica hates war’ and stating that the
United States is going to co-operate
with the other signatories to the
nine-power treaty in an effort to find
a ‘‘solution of the present situation
in China.” He did not tell just
what he proposes to do, but assured
his listeners that he could be trusted
to do the right thing.
The National Council for Preven-
tion of War, representing a part of
the extreme peace sentiment in the
United States, announced that its
annual meeting had declared for im-
mediate invocation of the neutrality
law which the President has not
seen fit to put in operation.
ws Fon
considerable doubt
ly would take part
in the Pacific treaty conference, but
it was assumed that if it did, it
— a") would defend the
ly course pursued by
would do what it
could to frustrate
the designs of the
other conferees.
This was assured
by the message con-
veyed to the Tokyo
government by Gia-
cinto Auriti, Italian
ambassador to Ja-
pan. According to
Aariti a Japanese news
agency, Auriti promised Kensuke
Horinouchi, Japanese vice foreign
minister, that ‘Italy will never
spare general support to Japan.”
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Japan Denies Violations
N A formal reply to the charges
of treaty violation the Tokyo for-
office flatly denied responsibili-
7 for the Sino-Japanese conflict and
erted that China, not Japan, had
iolated the treaties. The anti-Jap-
Giacinto
1
d Japan. to take military ac-
entirely in self-defense. Japan
desire to annex
parts of Chinese territory, and de-
clared the accusing nations misun-
derstand the situation.
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sclaimed any
OR the present, at any rate,
Hugo L. Black's seat on the Su-
preme court bench is secure. The
court refused to permit Albert
Levitt, former federal judge in the
Kelly of Boston to contest the le-
gality of Black's appointment. The
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Ogden Mills Dies
O GDEN L. MILLS, who succeed- |
ed Andrew Mellon as secretary |
of the treasury and for years was a
leader in the Republican party, died |
of heart disease at his home in New |
York. Besides being a financier, Mr. |
Mills was an able lawyer and busi- |
ness man and had a fine record as
a member of congress. He served in
the army through the World war, |
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Divorce Rule Stands
HURCH laws against remarriage
of divorced persons by Episco-
pal clergymen stand unchanged for
at least three years. Proposed lib-
eralization of the rule was defeated
by the house of deputies of the
church at the general convention in
Cincinnati. The deputies voted to
continue for another three years the
commission on marriage and di-
vorce, but the question probably will
not come up again for a long time.
The defeated proposal would have
permitted bishops to allow Episco-
pal clergymen to solemnize mar.
riage of persons, who were divorced
for any cause, after study of each
case,
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U. S. Consul Murdered
J THEODORE MARRINER,
*American consul general at Bei-
rut, Syria, was assassinated by an
Armenian who had been refused a
visa for travel to the United States.
The murderer was arrested and the
police said he admitted having acts
ed for personal vengeance only.
Marriner, who was forty-five years
old and a bachelor, was considered
one of the most valuable men in our
diplomatic service, which he entered |
as third secretary of the American
legation at Stockholm. At one time
he was chief of the western Europe
section of the State department.
Ask Me
Another
A Quiz With
Answers Offering
Information on
Various Subjects
1. What American statesman
was the grandson of a king?
2. How much does a single inch
of rain over an acre weigh?
Over a square mile?
3. How many wars have there
been since the signing of the
Armistice in 19187
4. Do Chinese surnames pre-
cede or follow the given names?
5. Who was the author of “Give
me men to match my moun-
tains’'?
6. Name some famous musi-
cians who had the gift of abso-
lute pitch.
7. How many cabinet members
were there in the first President's
cabinet?
8. What is the usual order of
business for general meetings of
8. What caused a farm to
“sink”’ in Idaho?
10. How many
in the English
Answers
1. Charles Bonaparte, a mem-
ber of Theodore Roosevelt's cab-
words are there
language?
2. A single inch of rain weighs |
113 tons an acre, or 72,300 tons |
a square mile.
3. There have been 17 wars since
November 11, 1918.
4. They precede,
5. Samuel Foss,
6. Among them are Mozart,
Brahms, Mendelssohn, Rachman-
inoff, Von Bulow and Max Reger.
7. Three: secretaries of state, at
first called foreign affairs: treas-
ry and war. The attorney gen-
eral and postmaster general were
not at first given the rank of cabi-
net members,
8. Reading of the minutes: re-
ports of boards and standing com-
mittees; reports of special (se-
lect) committees; special orders:
unfinished business; general
ders; new business.
this a landslip.
river undercuts its canyon
until some of the land overhead
breaks away, causing cracks or
other land adjustments at
distance from the rim
10. According to the
manac the reputable
guage
woras.
may be
as nonce, obsolete,
etc., and therefore
Laws Are a Retreat
It isn't laws that Americans
need to enable them to get along
together, but a decent regard for
each other.
You cannot often communicate
the lesson you have learned by
experience,
The hardy pioneer, rest his soul,
cut down so many trees that his
descendants, bless their souls,
now have to restore them for their
descendants.
Truth IS stranger than fiction,
A Very Salutary One
The best part of experience is
into you.
3 should be re-
18 the only way of
ome idea of the family
Be free with compliments. They
cost you nothing, but the surren-
der of your stiff-necked ill will.
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