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Tu gw ell Confirinutl bv Senate Despite Ritter
Darrow Board Assails Johnson
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President Roosevelt’*
and water re»oiireca. Mr |loo«ev*lt In
dies ted hi* Intention of providing euch
a policy, and for th* transferring to
new land* of " t h e e people who esn
not make a living la their present po­
sition*.”
Outlining his v ie «* » » providing se
t] gg* at am mi >yi >< » i * * * t R
age. Mr Roosevelt »*hl he w *• seek
lug * "sound nouns’ which he could
recommend to provide an Immediate
safeguard against the»* "harurvla and
vicissitude* o f life ”
to
FROCKS OH VARIOUS
TYPES AND FABRICS
ratita*« itu
You’ll •>->11 I mi needing on* of || ^
e o i-pu-trly new mottling <li>
a, a*
' w arn dava ate well on the way 1
! d e ig n >>f this llilt « frock U a» a-lapi
»I o la l-lcaa o f y.uir own. y.,„
uae the sama pattern to uiake %mt.
1 crai ditierriti dre«»«-«
Make It s|| ^
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Plans for Social Regeneration.
\\ B Alllt of U.viiforitl* brought
(he world's heavy weigh! title
h :o« to A met -'a by soundl' «hipping
Urlino Cantora, the huge Italian. In
\,.v» \.■ rk
i he Igh l v h ÜM nací
exciting one »ecu in this country for
a long time
Hebe»Iuled for fifteen
rounds. It elided III the eleventh when
the referee declared » technical knock
out ami awarded the vlctorv to Baer.
Camera was game to the end Thir­
teen times he went to the canvas, yet
he was advancing again»1 the retreat
lug Ilucr during tie greater part of
the contest. Chrneia went Into the
ring weighing .Ht pounds, and |ta*»l
tipped the scales al
IU.
suited
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By EDWARD W. PICK \RD
C t» \\ *»t*rn N««»p«p#r I'nUG
G t'Y t u g w k i . i s *r»-
pearntioe before the senate «cri
culture committee to he quiziod a* to
his fltnoss for (hs position of under
secretary of ngrlcul-
flirt» was rath or farci
cal. even though It
brought on healed en
counters among the
members of the com
mlttoe The senators
aired their own views
freely, hut learned al
most nothing fenrrrn
Ins those of Mr. Tug-
well. He »till tell them
he helievetl the <'on
H. Q. Tugwsll stltutlon was flexible
enough to take care of any necessary
economic chauffes; that he was op-
posed to the adoption of Soviet plan­
ning by America, ami that he thought
his experience on his fathers furm
and bis research qualified him for the
posit loo to which the President had
appointed him. Finally the committee
reported the nomination favorably, the
only two opposing rotes being
o f •'Cotton Kd" Smith of South faro-
lina amt Henry I>. HatflcIU of West
Virginia
The action of the committee as-
aured Tuffw ell'i continuation by the
aenate. but the debate ou the floor
was nnexpectediy long and the attacks
on Tugv .-I! were outspoken Senator
Schall o f >i nt es..fa. for instance, said :
“ Agriculture demanda and already
has experiment stations dealing In
actual crops, live stoek. and mnrkets.
It wanfs no ’bold exj»er;nients In col­
lectivism' by a self-styled philosopher
who functions like a three card :: "tite
sharp who Jumps upon a t>-*x with
three shells and a pea ami who en­
tertains the public with h,« cry '.Vow
you see It and now you don't. Who is
the next gent?*
“Ttigw eH 's general denial, and his
apectfle denials. In the light of his as-
portâtes in the fleld of political writ-
lag. are absolutely worthless.
They
a re an Insult to an Intelligent Jury.
H e Insults the United States senate
In order to gain a high office from
which he can preaih 'collectivism' s*
a substitute for American institutions
and the Constitution.”
R
kxford
W
H IL E the delegates o f the steel
workers' unions were gathering
In Pittsburgh to vote on the threat­
ened strike. President Roosevelt and
his advisers brought forward a plan
fo r an emergency law designed to
a vert the walkout. It was admittedly
a temporary expedient to give the
President an effective agency
>r the
consideration of Industrial disputes
arising during the life of the NltA.
Under the new bill's terms, boards
selected by the President would be
wmpowered to order and conduct an
•lection, by a secret ballot, to deter­
mine “ by what person or persons or
organizations” employees may desire
to be represented in negotiations un­
der the collective bargaining features
o f. the national recovery act.
Th e proposed boards also would
have the authority to order produc­
tion o f pertinent documents and wit­
nesses to give testimony under oath,
and their orders would t»e enforceable
by any United States court of compe­
tent Jurisdiction, similar to like privi­
leges enjoyed by the federal trade
commission. Vested with authority to
prescribe thpir own rules and regula-
tions. the boards would he armed with
a penalty clause in the new law, set­
tin g $1.000 fine or a year Imprison­
ment. or both, for violation of their
decrees.
N IT S second report to the Presi­
dent the national recovery review
board, headed by Clarence Ifarrow,
loosed another blast at Administrator
Johnson and In effect recommended
his removal as head o f the NltA. The
hoard said Johnson had given the re­
covery program an un American and
dictatorial tinge that hnndirapiwd It
In the war on depression ; that he has
arbitrarily decreed life and death for
Industries, arid that by arbitrary mod­
ifications o f codes he has hel|>ed big
business concerns to oppress their
■mailer competitors.
“ The rule of the military commander
Is totally nnaiftte* to the genius, hah
Its, traditions, or psychology o f the
American people, and wholly Ineffeetu
■ I In meeting the present national
crisis." the hoard concluded.
The second Harrow r*|mrt covered
the retail dry good*, warehousing, lum­
ber, cement, retell food, hoot ami shoe
electrical manufacturing, bedding, pe
troleum, coffee, plumhing fixture, cm
broidery, and lead pencil codes. Until-
I
plaints against the warehousing elec­
trical manufacturing, ami embroidery
code* were dismissed a* without foun­
dation. Rul In the other «w ie* the
hoard claimed to fimi oppression of
small businesses or consumer*.
S
ECRETARY OF S TA TE IIU II.
sent to Great Itrltain another note
concerning the war debt, bluntly re
futlng the arguments of the llrltlsti
government, saying It was up to the
debtor to offer propositions In such
cases, and Intimating that an arrange,
nient for |wtrt payment In good« might I "v - S
communications bill and It wan
he possible. However, when June 15.
handed to the Creoldent for his sign»
the day for Installment«, came. Uncle
lure. This tu-w low puts su end to the
Sam nvelved only $lthl,."kis, which v> iv
federal radio commission and creates
the full sum due from Finland The
a new hoard of seven moiid-ors known
larger debtor* ail gave notice of do
as the f nierai communlcntlons coin
fault, and so did most of the oilier*.
mission Ilia! not only takes over t e
Czechoslovakia suggested a readjust
duties of the radio hoard hul also all
ment to permit It to pay In gote)« and
control that has Iteen everc.od by IN«
service.
Interstate commerce cornudas,on over
In Berlin the Re!rh»hank declared
telegraphic and telephonic communi­
a all-months moratorium <>n Its for
elgn obligations, these Including the
cations
A significant new provision which the
Hawes and Young loans.
No cash
transfers will be made by the hank
bill carries Into law l* the
»5
of full control o 'e r all wire and radio
from July 1 to Ifecember 31, RKH.
communications l>< tie government in
ENATO R A R TH U R ROBINSON ..f
case of war or “ publie peril."
Indiana, who was renominated by
tbs Republican*, will l>e opposed at
I ARGEI.Y through the eff rts of
the polls next fall by Sherman Min
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I («avis. Amer i an an '• »•
ton the selection of the I •cumerallc
sudor at large, the Kunyenn states
state convention.
Mr
Minton, s
IBM at U t ■ -a were persuadvd t*>
World war veteran. Is now public
drop their quarreling
counselor for the public servl.-e com­
and adopt • mild
mission o f the state. Ills oomlnai on
compromise resolution
was s victory for Governor McNutt
that
prolonged
the
over the faction led by It. Earl Peters,
life of the disarms-
former state chairman.
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Great U r l i s i n sn.l
I N T ill!
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Franc# agreed upon
* In Alabama. Former Gov. Bibb
a plan, hated on the
Graves won the nomination for gov­
return of Germany to
ernor and goes back to the executive
the conference, ami
office which he held from January
the aid of Italy was
UR, i" Jaaawy, l
enlisted
It was ar­
Prsmlvr
Judge James E. Horton, who pre
ranged that Chancel­
Mussolini
shied In the second trial o f Hey wood
lor Bitter thou d g >
Batterson. one of the nine negro de­ to Venice and that Premier Mus»-,
fendant* In the “ Scottsboro esse.” and
l.nl should fly to that city to confer
then set aside a Jury verdict of death,
with hta fellow dictator, whom he had
ran more than 2..VS) behind A. A. G rif­ never met. loiter U n it Itarthou.
fith of Cullman. George Huddleston
Krench foreign mlntaier. la esperte*
of Birmingham retained bis seat as
to go to Rome f« r a talk with Hue
congressman from the Ninth district,
solini In which th* misunderstanding*
but Congressman Mile* C. Allgood of
between their countries may be Ironed
the Fifth district was beaten by MaJ
out.
Joe Starnes.
Mussolini and Hitler were to dileu«*
European policies generally, and. ep*-
HEN President Roosevelt signed
clflcally. the German claims to full
the tariff bargaining hill he s o
armament and the Austrian question.
qulred authority to negotiate recipro­ Involving Nazi pro[>agamla In tit* tet­
cal trade treaties without senate ap­ ter rountrv.
This Anglo-French compromise > n
proval and to Increase or decrease
a diplomatic sethack for Ruaals. hut
tariff rates by as much as . » |>er cent
In order to stimulate foreign com­ the Soviet republic rounterrd with the
announcement that It had been recog­
merce. This policy o f swapping reouc-
nized by Czechoslovak
and Rumania.
tions, the government believe*, will
Recognition by Jugoslavia was expect­
result In great benefit to our foreign
ed to follow shortly. Maxim Litvinov's
trade, and at the same time will give
adequate protection to Industry. Al­ announcement waa taken to mean that
the Russians Intend to go ahead with
ready nearly thirty foreign nation*
tbelr policy of encircling Germany.
are lined np, awaiting an op|x,rtunity
A committee of th* disarmament
to negotiate reciprocal treaties.
conference had under consideration
th« matter o f guarantee» for any con­
IM M E D IA T E relief from distress and
vention which may be agreed upon;
• recovery o f b— H l W p ro s p e r
ta ll
far short o f President Roosevelt’s hut when the question was submitted
to the Japnnese delegate he said his
plana for regeneration of the nation.
government could not consent to guar­
T b it was revealed in
antee* without reservation*. Ther«e
his Special message to
upon the Russian delegate said th*
congress w Idch told
Soviet government would not accept
o f the plans and rec.
o m m e n d a t I ons lie any such agreement that was not
aigned by Japan.
would submit to the
(fo
asked for no present
rp i'E N the Demócrata In congress
legislation, hut gave
A-* are not boasting openly of their
notice of the social
success In (lassitig the hill for a cen­
experiments he pro­ sus o f the unemployed, arid many of
poses to begin next
them voted agalnat It or were absent
winter.
when It came up for final passage.
President
The message d lv
That
It was designed mainly to give
Roosevelt
cussed the three fac­ Jobs for the faithful at the ei|>#na«i
tor a of housing, land and resource of the national treasury was clear, for
planning and old age and unemploy
the census takers nre not to get their
merit Insurance.
Jobs until after the November eon-
Expressing satisfaction over prog­ gresslonal elections Then they will
ress In relieving Industry, agriculture,
receive $2 a day for • long period, ob­
and unemployment, the President, as­ taining answer* to in elaborate ques­
serting his rigid to chart social re­ tionnaire.
forms, declared, “ It la childish to
si*tHk o f recovery first and reconstruc- !
ROUTH STRIC KEN regions o f th*
lion afterward.”
•Middle West were blessed with
Taking up the housing problem, he •making rains, and hope was held out
aaid millions of dollars had already
for forage crops and corn. The earlier
been provided to Improve living condi­ rrops, however, nre ruined over most
tions, and voiced the hope that with
o f the «rea. Secretary Wallace, after
passage of Ills housing program pri­ a trip through the "dry" states, de­
vate capital would he stimulated to
scribed the drouth as s “ tragedy" for
widen the scope of home building.
the farmers who lire suffering from It*
Discussing planned control of the
ravages, hut a possible future "bless
land, he declared that hundreds o f
Ing for the country as a whole."
thousands of families now live “ wiiere
there Is no reasonable prospect o f a /~\U \' HUTRA, professional o f a
living In the years to come."
' * California
country club, now
Hounding the failure of the govern
wear* the crown o f open golf cham­
merit thti* far to create a "national
pion o f the United States
He won
policy” for the development of land
the title by shooting a lii.'l for 72 I io U- sl
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W ilfred »a* up III he-I and b*-k*d
•tceptly at hte »If* - "W ell, whai
shout H T he groaned.
"I can hear It squeaking.“ she
said.
“ Well, dyu wanl me to gel out
sit I Oil It, .-r «.lUirthltig X" hr
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Exchange
Vital Betel
Lady o f the ll-u se Why <!•>•>'t
you |u to work! I Von I you know
t! it a roll : g *t -ne gath* r> oo u s « i
Trauip Mailsme. not to rva-te
your question at all. hut merely to
obtain Information, may I **k of
what practical utility is u>--«* I » a
* 14» l-kc me? |,|ii,*dc!pt. 1 I
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Tee Bu«y
“ Ever «tudy politic*, econom y)"
“ No.” replied Hcuator M>*fgl*um
“ If Ihv («^-¡ile out my way caught
me »ittlng down to rrad a l»t »
book* they d think t v u neglecting
my Job.”
Boh-Haired Bawdil
"W ere you cvrllr-! when y u first
*«k< I your husband for m -oeyY'
” t >h, no, 1 was cairn and collect
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gaiety in t»i small way ‘
l*altrrn l i t la avallabte In »'.Mg
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Illustrated step by etep ■#•-
log !n «lructó.o» Included
Herví F I IT E E N C E N TS t t V » la
roll.« >>r «lampe frwtn* preferred) far
Ihla pattern
W rite ptelnly r.atnw
l> M tru and » ty l« number BE HL'HS
T o S TA TE St/.E
Addreea orders to Hewing IT- »
l'attera I>rj.«itm rot. J U West See*
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FOODS E S S E N T IA L
James waa having a hard time re*,
taring 1. « attention on lbs ille gn lW
of < arb-.hydrate«, proteina, an i fate
N-.ting t ie lack of attenth-n. the
tea.-her a«k #d: “ Jam «« what tire*
foods are r««en its) lo man'a phy«:rol
w elfa re )"
‘ Breakfast, dinner sod iu i .- w /
answered the b»y.
Mwalcal Neta
“Th e fart that | am a good tow
alelan," ««id a lady, "w as the tu ¡A
o f Mving my Ilf* during the fi -1 la
our town a few year* a g o ”
How waa that I” asked the young
lady who «ang
"W ell, when t tie mater struck "W
home my husband got on Iba fotdlag
bed and floated d » « t i the Street Ilk
rescued”
"A;.d what did you do ?”
“ Why, I acrompanled him oo ite
plano. "—Ottawa Citizen.
Bubliaily
There had been a fracag at a«
aetora' club and Yorlrk llam m » » •
haled before the board o f governor*
for a public trial.
A sympathetic
friend remarked; 'T h is pula y«u te
• bad light.”
T o which the old trouper respond­
ed wlih dignity; "T h e spotlight !•
never a had light."— lovulavllte Cou­
rier-Journal.