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By E D W A R D
W.
PICKARD
© Western Newspaper Union.
President Returns From
H is W estern Tour
RESIDENT ROOSEVELT re
turned to Washington from his
tour through six western states and,
though he was rather tired, he
¿« jsssss hoped to run up to
New London, Conn.,
for the Yale-Har
v a r d b o a t race.
¡1 That depended on
t h e congressional
situation. He had
to deal with the
l a w m a k e r s who
were all tangled up
in the controversy
over the tax bill,
and also to com
President
plete his speech of
Roosevelt
acceptance to be
delivered at Philadelphia on the
twenty-seventh of June.
The final speech of Mr. Roose
velt's trip was delivered at Vin
cennes, Ind., where he dedicated the
handsome memorial to George Rog
ers Clark. He paid eloquent tribute
to that conqueror of the Northwest,
and found occasion to appeal for
support of his own program. Said
he:
“In his (Clark’s) day among the
pioneers there were jumpers of land
claims and those who sought to
swindle their neighbors though they
were poor in this world’s goods and
lived in sparsely settled communi
ties. Today among our teeming mil
lions there still are those who by
dishonorable means seek to obtain
the possessions of their unwary
neighbors.
“Our modern civilization must
constantly protect itself against
moral defectives whose objectives
are the same but whose methods are
more subtle than their prototypes
of a century and a half ago. We do
not change our form of free gov
ernment when we arm ourselves
with new weapons against new de
vices of crime and cupidity.”
In a series of rhetorical ques
tions the President defended the
AAA subsidies to farmers, soil con
servation, reforestation, and pres
ervation of wild life.
From Vincennes Mr. Roosevelt
went to Hodgenville, Ky., for a brief
visit to Lincoln's birthplace, and
then his train carried him back to
Washington.
P
Senator Norris Again W ill
Support R oosevelt
OUR years ago Senator George
Norris of Nebraska, independent
R e p u b lic a n , warmly supported
Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Pres
idency, and he now announces that
he will again back the Democratic
ticket He urges his countrymen “to
forget partisanship and come to the
support of the man who more than
any other man in recent years has
stood for the welfare of the com
mon people."
The senator said the Cleveland
convention “nominated a man for
President whose greatest asset is
that nobody knows him and nobody
knows what he stands for. It does
not necessarily follow from this
that the nominee Is not a good man.
But it does mean that If he will not
take orders from the undisclosed
bosses who made him, then these
eminent gentlemen have been de
ceived.”
F
Russia to Become Only
“Real Democracy”
D USSIA proposes to establish
*’hat its rulers assert will be
the only real democracy In the
world. A new constitution, to be
promulgated next fall, has been
drawn up under the direction of
Josef Stalin, the dictator, and will
be acted on by the all-union con
gress of soviets on November 25.
This document guarantees protec
tion for private property, suffrage
for all citizens more than eighteen
years old. regardless of race. sex.
dren in the matter of maximum
hours, minimum wages and working
conditions, provided It Is " ^
ble to do so under the Loustmt
ns it now stands.
He likewise advocated a currencj
expressed In terms of gold and con
vertible Into gold, adding: I ret
ognlze, however, that tbl. r-'yuUw.te
must not be iu.de until .ml »■>>«*
It can be done without penalizing
our domestic economy and without
injury to our producers of agricut
tural products and other raw mate
rials."
,
Concerning the merit system In
civil service, he suggested that It
should include every position In the
administrative service below the
rank of assistant secretaries of ma
jor departments and should cover
the entire Post Office department.
religious belief, and previous activ
ities or property ownership. The
communist party will be retained as
the only recognized political organ
ization.
There are to be two legislative
bodies, the council of the union,
elected by the people, and the coun
cil of nationalities, selected by the
present indirect system. These two
bodies will elect a board of 31 of
ficials to run the government. The
chairman of this board will be equiv
alent to the president of a republic.
The official press in Moscow says
bourgeois democracy is a “dictator
ship of capitalism,” whereas the
Soviet democracy will grant the
widest rights to all working people,
the “old, exploiting classes" having Eastman Offers Program
disappeared over there.
of Railway Reform
UST as his office was about to
expire, Joseph B. Eastman, fed
Death of G. K. Chesterton,
eral co-ordinator of transportation,
Noted English Author
NE of England's most distin submitted a report in which he pro
guished and interesting authors posed a lot of re
and critics passed from the scene forms by which the ■
in the death of Gilbert Keith Ches railroads might win
terton, generally known as “G. K.” back the business
He was sixty-two years old. Ches they have lost to
terton was converted to Catholicism the truck and the
in 1922 and thereafter much of his automobile. Among j
writing was devoted to his cham his suggestions are j
pionship of that church. For many lower fares, lighter -j
years his writings were very popu weight, and speed
lar and in 1926 he established bis ier cars, use of |
own weekly magazine. He was the busses and trucks |
author of about 50 books and in by the railroads to J. B. Eastman
m e e t competition
numerable articles.
Chesterton loved to write some and consolidation of terminals and
thing incongruous and was called other facilities.
He also advised the development
“prince of paradoxes.” Combative,
unconventional, and dogmatic, his of a nation-wide “container" service
was a distinctive style. His out in the movement of freight by rail
spoken criticisms In addresses and way, highway and water, predicting
writings frequently led to contro that this would save millions of dol
versies.
lars in the handling of present
freight and would create much new
business. The containers are now
Landon and Knox Are
used in a limited manner in some
Named by Republicans
localities and industries.
N ONE of the greatest demon
Eastman recommended a “search
strations of popular acclaim in ing examination and thorough over
the history of American politics,
hauling" of railroad pullman serv
Gov. Alfred M. Landon was nomi ice, and a plan of operation under
nated for President
which the pullman company would
of the United States
own and operate the cars and rail
by the Republican
roads, leasing them and retaining
national convention
the entire revenue from the sleep
meeting In Cleve
ing and parlor car service.
land.
Nominated on the
Pershing Says Outlook for
first ballot, Gover
nor Landon received
Peace Is Not Bright
the unprecedented f
("JEN. JOHN J. PERSHING is not
number of 984 out I
^ optimistic concerning world
of a possible 1,003
peace. Addressing the graduating
votes. The nomina
class at the United States Military
tion was m a d e Gov, Landon academy on the fiftieth anniversary
unanimous. Although his name had of his own graduation, the general
not been placed in nomination, Sen said “no one can tell when we shall
ator William E. Borah of Idaho re again need our armies.” He contin
ceived 19 votes, Including 18 from ued: “The situation in the world to
the Wisconsin delegation and one day is far from reassuring. None
from West Virginia.
can foresee the effect upon us of
Col. Frank Knox of Chicago, pub another world catastrophe. Loyal
lisher of the Chicago Daily News, citizens cannot shut their eyes to
was nominated for vice-president the possibility of war. They owe It
on the ticket, receiving the unani to all that Is sacred to make ample
mous vote of the delegates.
preparation against an evil day."
Party unity and harmony were
The 276 cadets of the 1936 class
the watchword of the delegates. The
go
on three months’ leave before re
action of the three other leading
porting
to their first stations as sec
candidates for the Presidential nom° ond lieutenants.
ination—Col. Frank Knox of Chi
cago, Senator Arthur Vandenberg
of Michigan and Senator Borah— Farm Mortgage Body
in withdrawing in Landon’s favor Shows Good Profits
paved the way for a militant and A NNOUNCEMENT by the Fed-
united front in the coming campaign
tinn !h3 F\ rm iIort8aSe corpora-
by the Republican party.
on shows that its net profits from
The convention adopted a plat its organization to March 31 last
form of “Americanism," pledging a were $15,280,716. This sun, has been
broad farm relief program, repeal feet aside as a reserve against mort
of reciprocal tariff bargaining, the gage loan losses.
elimination of monopolies and op
The profit and loss statement of
position to American entry into the
,CorporatIon- Published In the
t issue of the Farm Credit Ouar
League of Nations and the World
court.
Governor Landon In a telegram ¡ S t » ° o 7 z v x
m°rt'
read to the convention by his cam gages on farm real estate
paign manager, John Hamilton,
placed his own Interpretation on cer
tain planks In the platform. Under
the title of labor he advocated a
Constitutional amendment permit
ting the states to adopt legislation
necessary to protect women and chil
31 totaled *l,CH7,20ti,9w?
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Two N ew Cardinals Are
Appointed by the Pope
IN A secret consistory Pope Plus
I XI raised to the rank of cardinal
two of his old friends. Giovanni
Merest I and Eugenio TUaerant.
Twenty-seven cardinals were pres
ont at the ceremony, among them
M ug Cardinal Dougherty of Phila
delphia.
During the consistory the poj»e
formally proclaimed appointments
of three American and two Canadian
bishops. They were Msgr. George L.
Leech, bishop of Harrisburg. I’n.;
Msgr. Hugh L. Lamb, nuxlllnry
bishop to Cardinal Dougherty, Msgr.
William Adrian, Nashville, Tenn.;
Msgr. Francis Carrol, Calgary. Alta.,
and Msgr. Patrick Bray. St. John.
New Dealer W ins in
Alabama Primaries
"MIE New I »cal was made the Is
sue of a congressional campaign
in Alabama with the result that
Luther Patrick, an ardent supporter
of the administration, defeated Con
gressman George Huddleston, an ln-
cumbent for 22 years. Patrick, a
forty-two year old lawyer, won the
Ninth district nomination by about
0,000 votes after a spirited cam
paign In which he charged Huddle
ston with disloyalty to the New
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the liquor lowness
could not s,d| hta ,,r “
tlum the whole«a|e „
the opinion;
I he fair trade net hm #
Jor object|vn the
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the producer and hit
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the good win represented^?*^
trade marks and trade
M ussolini Gives Up Three
of H is Cabinet Jobs
IN A long •■M.ectH cabin*,
1
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Premise u.
gave out tli.«i- of hU HrtL
folios. There
',rp 13 p*u L
'•nblnet. !| ft*
l*olnted his m2
!«w. fount GS
r" Clano, u *
e|gn minute;
three, U the ~
youngs« f*--
minister. He
up from the
post of prop«;
Mussolini i ! m
up
the mi
Mussolini
colonies and
(torntions, th*-«>*- ¡>o»ts going
tlvely to Ferruda I-antlnl i&J
sandro Less^na. Count (laae'i
roer ministry was taken bj
Alflerl. GiuM’ppe Itastiaaig,
hnssador to Poland, «as mafe
, dorsecretarv for foreign
Great Britain Ready to
i Is only thirty-seven.
Abandon Sanctions
Elsewhere in the world
A VITAL alteration of Great j ments were ex[*-rii»ndnf
Britain’s foreign policy, par ! In Nicaragua, Dr. Carlos Brew
ticularly as It affects Anglo Italian quin, completing the unexpirtd
relations, was Indicated by Chancel of the dep<•«.. I President. Dr.
lor of the Exchequer Neville Cham B. Saouta, announced his
berluln in an address In which he The cabinet Included Dr. Let
implied broadly that England may uel I »ebay le minister of Drdp
soon move to end sanctions against Intlons; Dr. •••-ronioM
Italy. Regarded by many experts as Brown, prime minister; Jose
likely to become Britain’s next prime Gonzales, minister of pubHc
minister, Chamberlain said:
Benito ltan
• i nlsterof*
"Collective security bused on sane Pr. Lorenzo Guerrero, mists*
tions has failed."
education; Pr Robert*
This was taken to mean that Eng minister of health; Dr. 4
land may reverse the policy which Sequelra Rivas, sanitary 'lit**
had supported the League of Na
lions’ futile sanctions campaign to S trik es Still Annoy New
halt Mussolini's conquest of Ethi
R egim e in France
opia.
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John H ays Hammond Is
Taken by Death
r\E A T H came to John Hays Ham
^ Boad,
’ion-
ally-famed mining engin«*er, econo
mist and writer, at his home at
Gloucester, Mass. .
He had lived a life
high In adventure
and rich In experi
ences. lie was a
friend a n d con
fldant of Theodore
Roosevelt, M a r k
Twain, h . Rider
Haggard,
Cecil
Rhodes and many
other figures cele
brated In wor l d
history In the past
John Mayi
half century.
Hammond
Mr, Hammond was born In San
1 ranclsco, where Ills parents settled
after the Mexican war In which his
father served as a major. It was
the era of the spectaculur California
g"id rush. He watched miners pan
'" r gold dust as a boy. After gradu
ation from Yale he set himself up
as a mining engineer. Soon he via
ited the west const of Mexico.
He became known as an expert
Judge of mining proj»erty and was
aent to South Africa by “Barney”
Barn a to, great speculator of the last
fcntury.
Hammond experienced
•ome romantic adventures Including
an acrimonious encounter with Paul
Kruger, president of the Transvaal
republic who sentenced him to he
hanged and relented only on the In
tervention of the secretary of state.
/
a
dal
Jo w h i r l ) l.CMI.OOO woi
paralyzed the industrial Ilk
France, the new “popularftwff
eminent under Premier
was faced with further dit
th e form of a series of new
A lthough th e government bid
day and night trying to i4jd
putea and though most of th
mands of strikers had been-
by employers, there wai i
return to work than had &*•
pected. It wa* reported ttat*»
as »trikes In some Industrie
settled , others were affected.
Bread L oaves Larger,
P o ta to Crop Small
ARGER loaves Of bread it
crease In price to the v
were being offered by lea'll«
company chains welling t
net In large cities of
State». One company lnC
size of Its 10 rent I««' 1 •
cent, and another by 1
The saving to consume«
L
AAA proces-ing
.
an official of • baki"S
The tax was 30 cents
wheat, he said, and « ¡ J * !
an Increase of from *
a barrel for flour.
^
At the sarin1 rime, tbj
possible potato fumlnc.
¿4
that 1« seriously curtzl
the Southeast.
P*
among housewives.
^
clpltatply, Mil -•'-•S «^„,,„««1
mediate demand ' r,’ni
# :tx
cllntft. The
nation wan roll"'
[tfpt
Illinois Fair Trade A ct
the crop division of
of Agriculture that u • fij -
Upheld by Court
'T 'H K Supreme Court of Illinois soon an acute »hortai ^
upheld the constitutionality of the price of Potat‘ m-ut |t ^
• he state’s fair tra«le act In n deci over this y«*»r 'vn"n .^edo*»
|l0i(jo^
sion affirming the opinion of the vested, and Main*
carloads
of
lust
year!
ook County Circuit court. The
coun 11(11(1 »hat Carl W. McNeil, iu
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