NO LABOR done its work. Labor Parley Deadlock EADERS of the American Fed- eration of Labor and the C. L O. couldn't get anywhere in their peace conference in Washington. So they adjourned tem- porarily, and some of them said the parley might not be resumed. George M. Harrison, head of the fedration dele- gation, said that un- less the C. 1. O. at- titude changed there was no prospect of peace. 3 Eo Both sides ha 5 made offers, but Dilip Murray these were scornfully rejected by the opponents. The A. F. of L. proposed that the fate of the C. 1. O. affiliates organ- ized since the split be decided at an immediate conference ‘‘between representatives of organizations chartered by the A. F. of L. and organizations chartered by the C. I. O. and which may be in conflict with each other, for the purpose of bringing about an adjustment to bring the membership into the A. F. of L. on terms and conditions mutually agreeable.” This clause of the fedration pro- posal brought a denunciation from Philip Murray, chairman of the ten- man C. I. O, peace committee, who asserted that it asked ‘‘desertion and betrayal’’ of these unions. The C. 1. O. proposal was that its unions should return to the federa- tion and that a new autonomous de- partment should be created, to be known as the C. 1. O., to have com- plete and sole jurisdiction over its policies and operations. This plan represented no concessions. John L. Lewis called Murray and others into a strategy meeting to consider whether a new proposal for a truce should be offered by the Cc. 10. James Dewey, Labor department conciliator, and Senator George L. Berry of Tennessee were busy try- ing to find a way to peace. The position of President Roosevelt was unknown, but it was believed he would continue his hands-off policy. anne Japs Smash Chinese JAPAN officially declined the in- vitation to the nine-power treaty conference in Brussels, and her forces went ahead fast in their op- erations in China. They had been checked by a desperate stand of the Chinese defenders of Shanghai, but launched a new offensive that forced the Chinese to abandon Chapei, the native section, and fall back to a new line to the west of the inter- national settlement. There they en- trenched with their backs to the Soochow creek on the other side of which were the United States ma- rines. These American troops had orders from Admiral Yarnell to shoot at any planes attacking them or at non-combatants, The British troops in Shanghai had similar orders, and the inter- national tension was brought nearer to the breaking point when a Jap- anese tank fired on a British infan- try detachment of which Brig. Gen. A. P. D. Telfer-Sollett, British commander in chief, was a member. A few days before a Japanese ma- chine-gunner in a plane had killed a British soldier. In refusing to send a delegate to Brussels the Japanese government said the conference was inspired by the League of Nations and would “put serious obstacles in the path of the just and proper solution of the conflict.” mr PEACE YET od PION = ickard Japs Mobbed in Frisco FIVE eminent Japanese citizens, | sent out on a good will mission to the world, arrived at San Fran- cisco and were at once besieged on The demonstration was sponsored time Federation of the Pacific, com- prised of seagoing unions affiliated with the Committee for Industrial But about a third of nese. en Help for Stock Market VER since the slump in the stock market began the government has been urged to do something about it. Finally the administration yield- ed to the demands and the federal reserve board of governors reduced margin requirements on stock pur- chases from 55 to 40 per cent and imposed a 50 per cent margin on short sales. The new requirements went into effect November 1 and are not retroactive, No official explanation was given for the board's action but it was un- derstood that it was designed to ad- just the margin requirements to current stock market conditions. Imposition of the increased mar- gin requirements on short sales was an innovation from the board's standpoint, a stock exchange rule requiring only 10 point protection on short sales. It was understood that before arriving at its decision the reserve board consulted with the securities and exchange commis- sion, Many brokers were doubtful that this action would stabilize the mar- ket; but the immediate effect was to give stock prices a start upwardg Ronn Yardstick for Power RESIDENT ROOSEVELT, in conference with J. D. Ross, ad- ministrator of the Bonneville dam project on the Columbia river, es- tablished the ‘‘yardstick” rate by which the charges of privately owned utilities for electric current are to be judged. The formula is to pay operating charges, amortize the federal in- vestment in power generation in 40 years and provide a net return of 3% per cent. For the present the formula is to apply only to the Bonneville project, but Ross recommended that the same principle be followed with re- spect to power from the TVA and other government plants. a Miss Roche Quits Treasury Mss JOSEPHINE ROCHE, first woman to be an assistant sec- retary of the treasury, has resigned that post and returns to the pres- idency of the Rocky Mountain Fuel company of Denver. The position will be left unfilled, for the ad- ministration hopes she will resume it later. She was appointed by Pres. ident Roosevelt three years ago and has been in charge of the treasury’'s public health and other welfare ac- tivities. — Steiwer to Retire Mussolini's Bold Talk EARLY a million Italians gath- ered in Rome to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the Fascist march on the Eternal City, and heard Mussolini declare that bol- shevism must be driven out of Eu- rope, meaning primarily that the rebels must win the Spanish civil war. Among the invited guests was a delegation from Nazi Germany, and for their benefit I1 Duce assert- ed vigorously that Germany must obtain colonies, peacefully or other- wise. “The motto of the sixteenth Fas- cist year is peace,” shouted Musso- lini. “There has been much use and abuse of this word by the bleat- ing of the so-called reactionary democracies. But when fight again—this word attains nition. lasting peace it eliminate bolshevism from Europe. clauses of the treaties of peace be revised. It is necessary that great peoples like have again the place to which they had, under the African sun.” The presence of the official Nazi delegation, led by Rudolph Hess, deputy leader of the party, demon- strated ‘‘the ever closer political bond uniting the two people,” Mus- solini said. nh me Chautemps Gives Warning F THE necessity arises, France is prepared and ready to employ force in defense of her vital inter- ests. At the same time she offers peace to all nations “that will prove by their acts their de- sire to keep their en- gagements loyally.” Such was the warning, evidently directed especially to Italy and Ger- many, which Pre- mier Camille Chau- temps uttered fore a congress of M.Chautemps the central federa- tion of his Radical Socialist party. “1 hope especially in the grievous and courageous action will succeed in cutting short the violations of jus- tice which cannot be renewed with- out constraining France and Britain to renew their liberty of action,” Chautemps said. The premier’'s declaration recalled French insistence that unless the nonintervention commitiee soon pulled foreign troops out of Spain France would open her frontier to aid the Spanish government. wus Franco's Progress ENERALISSIMO FRANCO, having completed his conquest of Gijon and the rest of the loyalist territory in northwest Spain, began moving his insurgent forces east- ward to the Aragon front, where his officers said the “decisive offensive of the war" would be begun The loyalist government moved from Valencia to Barcelona. snl Windsor Talks of Trip HE duke of Windsor, speaking at a dinner of the Anglo-Ameri- can Press association in Paris, said that he wanted to make it clear that “in any journey I have undertaken or may plan in the future, I do so as a completely independent observ- er without political considerations of my own initiative.” pily married man, but my wife and I are neither content nor willing to lead a purely inactive life of leisure. We hope and feel that in due course the experience we gain from our travels will enable us, if given fair treatment, to make some contri- butions as private individuals to solving of some of the vital prob- lems that beset the world today.” ann Noted Editor Dead [DEATH chose a shining mark when it removed George Hor- ace Lorimer, retired editor of the Saturday Evening Post. in Wyncote, Pa. bearers at his funeral included for- mer President Herbert Hoover and life. Mr. Lorimer became editor in chief of the Saturday Evening Post in 1899 and developed it from an obscure weekly to its high posi- tion in its field. won Ecuador Coup de'Etat GEN ALBERTO ENRIQUEZ, war minister of Ecuador, and officers of the army executed a coup d'etat which forced Provisional President Federico Paez to resign and leave the country. Enriquez at once assumed power as ‘‘supreme chief” with a cabinet composed sargely of army officers. He de- creed the establishment of a popu- lar tribunal to deal with persons accused of tampering with public funds and announced ‘‘a national po- litical purge.” The people accepted the change of government quietly. John Roosevelt to Wed MM RS. FRANCES HAVEN CLARK d er Ce hat hes a , John Roosevelt, youngest President, will be married in Na- hant, Mass., next June, shortly after Mr. Roosevelt is graduated from Harvard. h ro NATIONAL PRESS BLDC HN Washington. — In this so-called modern civilization of ours when we are supposed to Network keep pace with of Spies progress, every one of us is con- fronted every day with some sort of government regulation or restric- tion. We are told what to do and what not to do and a good many politicians want to increase the number of things we are told to do. Included in this modern civiliza- tion is a perfect network of spies who bear official titles of one kind or another, and probably the most insistent of these spies are taxes. All of which is necessary because tax payers undoubtedly will a good many thousands of them; glate governments have them and tain a veritable army of employees payers Make no mistake about that, If not come through in accordance with the orders of the tax collectors, there is plenty of punishment, ly. the taxpayer does Which brings us to the point of and the on for this discussion, It sets t stage for the question: If the gover nt, national, state or local, is so punctilious about tax collections, ¢ gathering in of peo- pie 8 money, why is il that govern- ment is not equally punctilious about the way the money is spent? This n is very much to the fore- front now. It is a question of para- rea ny w nme posal for governmental reorganiza- tion which President Roosevelt in- sists must be considered by the forthcoming session of congress. The federal government must be reorganized. The reason for this reorganization, according to the President's argument, is that the present truclure is wasteful, and generally wieidy. It is to be granted, I think, that much of the present federal govern- ment structus Quite un- ful and unwieldy. government one will find various cies charged with the same re- spons s, doing things in oppo- sile directions, win red agen ling and binding Citizens until them scarcely can get a hand free mark their ballots. The whole thing needs a thorough going over but, as I see the picture, this going over should be done with a view to making governmental ma- workable and rebuilding around the aiouna ue to Mr. Roosevelt's plan to destrey the ceivable, % » » Drain on Treasury a terrific drain on the fore accounting office istence in 1921. is that there was a tremendous drain on the treasury before 1921 when the accounting, auditing of bills and checks, was done by indi- vidual agencies of the government, The difficulty is that, except for war time agencies, the cost of run- the general came the general accounting office was established was only about one-sev- is now. None of the federal agencies then in exist ence were as large then as they are now; none had as much authori- ty nor as great a scope of opera- tions, and the bulk of the new agen- cies have been born in legislation that is haphazard and undigested the least. The older agen- cies of government have scores of workers who know how to handle Regretfully, it must be said that most of the new Bgen- cies are controlled by, completsly filled up with, men who are un- familiar with the gigantic problems heir jobs entail. *ublic ment is a thing dif. cult to understand. For example, millions of people became wrought up when President Roosevelt sought to increase the membership of the Supreme court of the United States by the addition of six judges of his own choosing. They rightfully to say of our judicial system. Fighting words characterized the criticism of Mr. Roosevelt and his New Dealers who sought to break down the sys- have demonstrated that they are an encouragement to the nation as a whole, . * » I have no quarrel with Mr, Roose- velt concerning the need for chang- ing some parts of the governmental machine. I have a very definite ob- jection, however, to some of the changes he proposes. 1 object stren- uously, for example, to his move to destroy the present setup for pro- tection against improper spending of the taxpayers’ money. Specifi- cally, I can see no possible excuse for Mr. Roosevelt's demand that the general accounting office be made subservient again to the whims of politicians by placing that agency Changes Proposed pointee, namely, the secretary of the treasury. That is exactly what governmental reorganization pro- gram is accepted by congress in its present form, the President of the United States, whether Mr. Roose- That may appear to be an exag- gerated statement. One may ask about the constitutional provision which requires that all appropria- tions shall be made by congress. This would seem to prevent execu- tive mismanagement of the taxpay- ers’ money. Such, however, unfor- tunately is not the case because we have had proof under President Roosevelt's administration what can be done when one political party has such complete control of the machinery of government. Con- gress appropriated billions. True. But had there been no general ac- counting office in existence, I doubt if anyone could have even guessed what would have happened to those vast sums of money. It has been my privilege to watch operation of the federal government almost 20 years. Because of that experience, I think I am able to say that I am more conversant with the tricks to which politicians resort in getting money out of the treasury than persons who have not had an cause of that experience, I am go- unequivocal state- ing to make the fathers when they provided for ex- ecutive, legislative and judicial di- visions of governmental authority. So, I am wondering why thus far there has not been outburst of vehement criticism of Mr. Roose- velt with reference to the proposed destruction of the check on spend- ing. 1 am wondering, too, why peo- ple who i s0 violently against spies in the form of tax in- not demand of their government equal protection for the funds after they have been taken away from the taxpayers. \ ® »* an comp There are two other agencies of i i f Roosevelt's reor- Two Good ganization plan Ones Doomed will eventually de- stroy. Each has proved its worth. Each has a rec- ord of service to the nation and pro- tection for individual citizens that cannot be ignored. I refer to the commerce commission and the federal trade commission. The ICC has supervised the rail- roads nearly half a century. It has compelled them to be fair when some individuals in the railroad in- dustry were inclined to cheat or take advantage of an unorganized seg- Sometimes there has been criticism of the com- mission for placing the railroads in ICC has done far outweighs any damages it has caused. Yet, it is proposed in the Presi- dent's reorganization plan to take away the independence which has dent wants to sible only to the Chief Executive. on the agency that controls the rail roads. pen if the politicians were able to convinced that if the ICC is sub- will be paying toll. politicians. mission is quasi judicial. bered, it has stepped on crooked business and has forced business of this stripe to play the game within the regulations. On occasion, I have criticized specific rotions by the commission as lacking in judicial consideration. 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