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Thursday, Deceiriber 21, 1933 TIMES, WILLAMINA, OREGON Page 2 Ing periods and periods of Inclement weather for purposes of instruction. News Review of Current Events the World Over ■ Controversy With Secretary Wallace Forces Peek Into a New Job— Education Begun In CCC Camps— Sumner Welles Comes Home From Cuba. By EDWARD W. PICKARD / ’7J.EORGE PEEK’S controversy with Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and his assistant, Professor Tugwell, was put up to President Roosevelt and he speedily found the way to settle it. Mr. Peek was persuad ed to resign as agri c u ltu r a l adjustment administrator and a new position m u c h more to his liking was v devised for him. He was called a special assistant to the Presi dent and named to head a temporary com George Peek mittee that will rec ommend permanent machinery for co ordination of government efforts to expand foreign trade. The committee also will include the members of the two departmental committees, the inter-departmental ad visory board on reciprocal treaties, in ter-departmental trade policy commit tees, and such other individuals as Peek may select. In a formal statement the White House said : “The report of the com mittee and final action is expected within two weeks.” It continued : “George Peek, agri cultural adjustment administrator, having completed the organization period of the AAA, is designated to head this committee as a special as sistant to the President on American trade policy The new organization “to correlate the internal adjustment of production with such effective foreign purchas ing power as may be developed by reciprocal tariffs, barter, and other in ternational arrangements,” will be headed by Mr. Peek when it is com pleted. The administration expects to bring ■ about modification of some most-fa vored nation treaties so as to make possible special treatment of liquor im ports from countries agreeing to take more of this country’s surplus farm products. This is not regarded as a great difficulty to Mr. Peek, as it is a favorite theme with him that trade amounts to “swapping my jack-knife for your marbles.” Trade, to him, whether on a do mestic or international basis, is just what the word signifies, and he says that in its transaction “we sometimes have to sleep with people we don’t like and sometimes with those we like.” He Is quoted as remarking to an aide of the prospective liquor deals: “Sure, we’ll take their liquor if we can pay them with butter and pork and other stuff.” Mr. Peek has long felt that agri culture has been neglected in its pos sibilities for export, contending that too much emphasis has been placed during the last 15 years on the ex portation of industrial products. HESTER DAVIS, who was slated to B succeed Mr. Peek as administra tor of the AAA, has been In charge of the crop control section. Though long a close friend of Mr. Peek, he sided with Secretary W a l l a c e and Assistant Secre tary Tugwell in the dispute. However, he defended Mr. Peek a g a i n s t assertions that the latter’s pres ence in the adminis tration had delayed prosecution of the crop control program. Chester Davis He pointed to the control plans for wheat, cotton, hogs, tobacco and other commodities placed in operation, and said: “The record of the past six months would have been impossible without the continued co-operation of Mt. Peek. It is absolutely untrue that he obstructed progress.” g With Mr. Peek moved to a new post, officials associated with him were considering plans for extensive revision of the methods of handling marketing agreements in the AAA. It has been virtually decided to scrap the two main divisions, crop control and processing and marketing. GRICULTURAL leaders' from all a for the over the land gathered in Chicago annual convention of the Amer ican Farm Bureau federation, and gave their full support and approval to the farm relief policies of the President. Edward A. O’Neal, president of the federation, called the federal farm ad justment act the “Magna Charta of agriculture,” saying that “a t last farm ers have the machinery and the power to obtain a fair share of the consum er’s dollar.” For forty years, he said, the farmer has been getting less and less of this dollar, but by use of the full powers of the agricultural ad justment administration, he declared, this trend can be turned the other way. A/TOST of his duties having been transferred to Acting Secretary of State Morgenthau, Thomas Hewes resigned his position as assistant sec retary and followed Dean Acheson and Professor Sprague out of the adminis tration. All three of those men had been selected by Secretary Woodin, who is never expected to resume his duties, and Mr. Hewes is a close ally of Attorney General Cummings. - It was understood in Washington that Walter J. Cummings, executive treasury assistant, would retire very soon to become head of the Continen tal Illinois Bank and Trust company of Chicago. HEERED and honored by hundreds S of Americans and Cubans, but snubbed by the Grau government, Sumner Welles departed from Havana by plane to Miami on his way to Washing ton, where he re sumes his former post as head of the Latin American affairs bu reau In the Depart ment of State. Jeffer son Caffery, who suc ceeds him in Havana, will be, for the pres ent, the personal rep resentative of Presi Jefferson dent Roosevelt rather Caffery than a m b a s s a d o r . Whether he will be able to do more than Mr. Welles in the way of restor ing peace and prosperity in Cuba is a question. Col. Carlos Mendieta, leading oppo sitionist, said that the strife, with no end in sight, is keeping the island sunk in economic bankruptcy and threat ened by strikes. He said the nation resents control by a government backed by army dictatorship and the student directorate, composed of J1 youths with decidedly Communistic leanings. Augusto Saladrigas, a director of the ABC opposition, declared that 95 per cent of the natives are opposed to President Grau’s fevolutiopary soci alistic regime. Saladrigas expressed the opinion that the only solution is either a native revolution or United States intervention. A revolution seems impossible as long as the army remains' loyal to Grau, but failure to meet a pay day might prove the start of a revolt. At the Pan-American conference in Montevideo Angel Giraudy, Cuban min ister of labor, attacked the Cuban pol icy of the United States. Failure to recognize the Grau regime, he assert ed, was actually intervention, since it was upholding a minority group against the wishes of the people and propagating revolution. OBERT FECHNER, director of R emergency conservation work, an nounced that a great program for edu cation of the 300,000 men in the civil ian conservation corps had been ap proved by the President and was be ing put into effect Immediately. Edu cational advisers to the number of 1,465 are being placed in the forest work camps and an individual pro gram of instruction for each camp is being developed. To a considerable extent the advisers are drawn from lists of unemployed teachers that have been submitted to Dr. George F. Zook, federal commissioner of education, by state directors of education. “It is the hope of the President,” Mr. Fechner said, “that the education al program, by emphasizing forestry, agriculture and like subjects, will as sist the men in readjusting themselves to a new mode of living—to country life instead of city life—and to assist them in improving themselves educa tionally and vocationally. “A great number of the young men in these camps arrived at working age at a time when there were no jobs. Many of them had meager educational advantages. We propose to give these men a chance at an education and to furnish them vocational guidance which will aid them to earn a living.” The opportunity for education will be offered to all members of the corps, but participation in the courses of in struction will not be mandatory. The available working hours on for estry projects—40 hours per week— will not be disturbed. The plan is to utilize hours other than normal work- >Wa i t i in £ fo r H I ITTI GE cannot wither James A. Reed, who for so many years enlivened the sessions of the senate with his dynamic personality. The Missouri statesman, who is seventy-two years old, assembled 20 guests for a game dinner in Kansas City and surprised them by marrying, there and then, Mrs. Nell Q. Donnelly, wealthy garment manufacturer who has long been his political supporter and friend. Two years ago Mrs. Donnelly was kidnaped and held for ransom, and Mr. Reed helped to run down the kidnapers and prosecute them. Later Mrs. Donnelly divorced her husband. Mr. Reed’s first wife died in October, 1932. ILLIAM C. BULLITT, ambassa ■ dor to Russia, was received in Moscow in a manner entirely unpre cedented since the establishment of the Soviet r e g im e . Other envoys on ar rival at thè capital have been accorded little or no attention until they have pre sented their creden tials; but Mr. Bullitt was greeted with ex traordinary e n th u s i asm by officials and populace alike. When he crossed the Rus sian frontier at Ne- Alexander A. goreloge he was in T royanovsky stalled in a sumptuous private car provided by the government and in this he traveled to Moscow. On his arrival at Alexandrovsky station he was met by cheering crowds and was formally presented to Alexander A. Troyanovsky. who is coming to Wash ington as Russian ambassador, and to Alexis Neuman, vice director of the Soviet press department. He was installed in the National hotel, which thus became a temporary American embassy, and atop the build ing the Star-Spangled Banner was raised, flying thus for the first time in Soviet Russia. Mr. Bullitt himself and his nine- year-old daughter occupy an elaborate three-room apartment which last sum mer was tenanted by Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. S h R SKU m f i f e j b ì ’1 ’’í M illion s For-» B -Christmas ûreej FA OWN in Montevideo the Pan- American conference was talking about ways of ending the Chaco war between Bolivia and Paraguay, with out getting anywhere. Meanwhile the forces of those countries were ex ceedingly bpsy fesfcthe jungle, with the result that the Paraguayans captured more than 13,000 Bolivian troops, with most of their officers. In one engage ment more than 600 Bolivians were killed, according to the official an nouncement. There was great rejoic ing in Asuncion, where the Paraguay ans marched through decorated streets; and corresponding despair in La Paz, the Bolivian capital. A few days later the Paraguayans captured Fort Saavedra, the most im portant Bolivian stronghold in the Cha co, and it was generally believed that these victories meant the final defeat of Bolivia in the war. p* l-IEN the postman delivers another sheaf of Christmas cards at the door during the few days just before Christmas, how many of the recipients give a thought to the magnitude of the job of pre paring sentiments for helping folks to express a cheery word to friends and kin at that season-? A word about the origin of the Christmas greeting will be interesting. Thomas Skorrock of Leith is credit ed by an English journal published prior to 1846 as the originator of the Christmas c a r d, but as no copy of his card came to public notice, an other source must be found. In 1846 J. c. Horseley,, R. A., acting upon the suggestion of Sir (then Mr.) Henry Cole, produced a drawing which was lithographed by Jobbins of Warwicjt Court, Holborn. But one thousand cards were printed, and each was colored by hand. From this beginning the custom of ) RESIDENT ROOSEVELT let It be known that the interdepartmental jmmittee on communications headed j Secretary of Commerce Roper had completed its study of the matter and laid its report before him. This report will be submitted to congress, ' "■ 1 an^ may resu^ in leg- IH I I islation for rigid gov- KT ' , | * ernment regulation of |||& . :: j tel e g r a p h, telephone jf and radio companies, the reorganization of B ’ « - 9 tbe whole communica- t i o n s industry and Sec’y Roper gome huge mergers. The committee favors a trend toward monopoly subjected to strict federal supervision. Outright government & ownership is an alternative. The consensus of studies within and without the government has been that present conditions are unsatisfactory both from the standpoint of national defense and regulation of such mat ters as rates, and that present restric tions give foreign governments an un due advantage over the American com munication agencies. J ©, 1933, Western Newspaper Union. ©, 1933, W estern N ew spaper Union. ness!” But he finally had to go. Much time was squandered on select ing and cutting down the tree. Mr. Mincy raged. Finally they were ready to start on. The road was extremely rough, the hills steep, the car old and dilapidated. They came to the steepest hill of all. One side a sheer rise of cliff; on the other « drop to a deep gully. By Martha Banning Thomas “Brakes won’t hold on this,” declared the driver, “hardly dare to go down.” Mr. Mincy was almost violent in his R. MINCY, like old Scrooge, said remarks. he did not believe in Christmas. At last a means was devised of hold He said it was all bunk, which is the ing the car back on the steep grade. modern term for humbug (Scrooge's The Christmas tree was lashed to the own word for it). Mr. Mincy was six rear, lengthwise. It dragged on the ty-three year old and had never ex ground and its weight and branches pended a cent of money or a drop of served to keep the Car from crashing kindliness where it wouldn’t bring In down the hill a t a dangerous, speed. a fine return. That was business. And “You see,” said one of the men in a business was all that Mr. Mincy cared slow drawl, “Christmas trees are some for. good after all!” Once, however, business took Mr. Mr. Mincy was obliged to admit they Mincy to a far outpost in the Cana were . . . but it was like pulling dian woods. He found himself on the teeth to drag the acknowledgment 24th of December trying to get trans from him. portation back to a tiny village from © .‘1933, W estern N ew sp ap er Onion. where he could take a train. The only Yuletide person wbo could take him was a man who said he was on his way to get n Christmas, of all seasons, is the one Christmas tree for the kids. most dedicated to forgetting ourselves “Christmas tree!” snorted Mr. for the sake of children.—Woman’s Mincy. “Never heard of such foolish Home Companion. i Christmas Trees i Good for Something PANISH anarchists started a bloody S revolt against the republic in the ÍH' northeastern part of the country and it soon spread to Madrid and further south. There were sanguinary con flicts between the rebels and the troops and police and bombings In the capital and elsewhere were frequent. Scores were killed in street fighting, and hundreds of agitators were placed under arrest. After several days of ineffectual efforts to overcome the civil, guards the anarchists resorted to their strongest weapon and pro claimed. a nation-wide revolutionary strike. The order was issued through the National Confederation of Labor, which is controlled by the syndicalists. For four days the fighting contin ued, and then the government an nounced that both the revolt and the general strike had failed. "r v j , C/iarles Frederick 1fVàdsworlk>~ sending greetings at Christmas has spread to the entire Christian world. In an average year the output of these concerns, approximates $90,000,- 000 at retail prices, of which a large proportion consists of Christmas greetings. Sentiments usually are purchased from free-lance writers, who submit them to the editorial department of the publishing company, just as fiction and other manuscripts are submitted to editors of magazines, though some concerns maintain a writing staff. Naturally, w riters'try to express a sentiment better than the purchaser himself could, and also to provide a variety of sentiments which individu als might find apfopos for a particu lar friend or relative. Besides the Christmas cards found in the stores (called “counter cards”), individual designs and sentiments are prepared to order for persona I use by society people and others. Some of the greetings of this character af fected by the Hoi lywood movie col ony are very elab orate and expen sive. Ot hers bear merely a formal engraved greeting with the name of the sender. Another class of Christmas greet ings is that provided by the telegraph companies, the sentiments being sent in code and written out in full for the recipients on special blanks decorat ed with Christmas designs. Telephone greetings also, both local and long distance, make important additions to the big multi-million-dollar wish for joy to the world and a Merry Christ mas to a ll!
