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About The Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Bonneville, Or.) 1934-1939 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1936)
„ I C li K ebonneviliedamohuoxu Review of the History "Making Events o f the Wor] By E D W A R D W. P IC K A R D ® Western Newspaper Union. Danzig Crisis Worries Nations of Europe Europe shifted W AR-WORRIED its anxiety from the Italo- Ethiopian sanctions problem to the newer and baffling question of what to do about the Free City of Dan zig now seeking to free itself from the bonds of the League of Nations. The league dis posed of +he sanc tions problem by voting to abolish them, thus to all practical in te n ts and purposes re- Adolf Hitler m o v in g Ethiopia from the family of sovereign states. Appearing personally before the league assembly, the refugee em peror, Haile Selassie, made a last moving bid for Ethiopia’ s freedom. The “ king of kings” denounced France and Great Britain without mentioning their names. To the generally expressed desire to re form the league, he said the weak ness was not the league covenant itself, but a lack of international morality. The Negus’ request for a loan of $50,000,000 to Ethiopia was voted down. Previously Haile had informed Capt. Anthony Eden, Brit ish foreign secretary, that he would return to Ethiopia immediately to join his loyal tribesmen and fight for Ethiopian independence. With Mussolini given satisfaction, the Danzig situation brought into the foreground the figure of Adolf Hitler, chancellor of Nazi Germany. It was a Nazi follower of Hitler, Dr. Arthur Greiser, president of the Danzig senate, who demanded inde pendence for the form er German city now surrounded by Polish ter ritory and who denounced the league and Sean Lester, league high commissioner for the port. Observers were of the opinion that Greiser was acting under or ders from Chancellor Hitler. In view of Germany’s expansionist program and its rearmament, they feel that Danzig will be the next Nazi objective now that the Rhine land is remilitarized. By the elim ination of Commissioner Lester or by the curtailment of his authority over the international affairs of the city, it is believed the Nazi would be in a position to crush the opposi tion party and pave the way for an nexation of Danzig by Germany. In the event of a Nazi putsch on Dan zig, it is believed that Britain and France would co-operate in oppos ing it. Because of a rumored deal between Poland and Hitler, the po sition of Poland in the matter was in some doubt. Roosevelt and Landon Return to Their Desks Presidential candidates of T HE both the Democratic and the Republican parties returned to their desks in their respective capitals following absences. President Roosevelt came back to Washington after a three-day pil grimage to Virginia. Included on his program was the dedication of the Shenandoah National park, his Fourth of July address from the portico of Thomas Jefferson’ s home at Monticello and his visit to Wil liamsburg, capital of the Old Do minion from 1699 to 1779. In his ad dress at Jefferson’ s home, the Pres ident called on the nation to rekin dle the “ sacred fire” of “ true free dom ” which had lighted the “ golden age” of American history. He de clared the present emergencies re quire the same leadership as that displayed by the founder of the Democratic party. Gov. Ali. M. Landon returned to Topeka, Kan., after a vacation in the Colorado mountains, for the re convening of the state legislature and for the acceptance speech at the Republican notification ceremo nies July 23, National significance was attached to the meeting of the Kansas legislature because of the fact that it would have to deal with old-age pensions, unemployment in surance and general social welfare legislation and that an amendment to the state constitution was in pros pect. Discussions of the farm prob- lem and conferences with Governor Landon’s political advisers were on the program. The Republican stand ard bearer was not expected to re turn to Colorado until after the no tification ceremonies. In the meantime, great activity was apparent in opposing campaign headquarters. President Roosevelt summoned Democratic National Chairman James A. Farley to Washington for a conference on the political cam paign. It was expected that the question of Mr. Farley's retirement from the cabinet about which there has been considerable rumor lately, would be decided. The Democrats have established national headquar ters at the Biltmore hotel in New York and it is from here Chairman Farley will direct the campaign. John Hamilton, national chairman of the Republican party, opened national headquarters in Chicago, He addressed 2,800 banqueters at a dinner in his honor and declared that the reaction of voters in recent days has been disheartening to the Roosevelt administration. Since the Cleveland convention, he said, the Democrats had offered the Repub licans the “ sincere flattery of imi tation.” ers Union, which forms the basis of organized labor’s drive. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers and head of the committee for industrial organ ization, in a radio address broad cast from Chicago entitled “ Indus trial Democracy in Steel.” sought the support not only of union labor, but of the public generally in his crusade. j At Homestead, Pa., scene of the bloody conflict between strikers and guards in the famous strike of 1892, speakers officially opened the union ization drive. Foremost among them was Thomas Kennedy, lieu tenant governor of Pennsylvania and secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers. Kennedy promised state relief to any work ers who might lose their Jobs. Texas Floods Cause Heavy Property Damage which followed a series F LOODS of cloudbursts in south Texas caused property damage estimated at millions of dollars and cost the lives of 22 people. Rains which fell at the rate of nine to ten inches a minute swelled the creeks and rivers of the af flicted areas . into floods. It . . . . wild . . , was reported that thousands of a " « of farm Iand in Gonzales and adjoining counties were inundated, As the flood waters receded *bey revealed a gra\e picture o destruction. The flood ripped through the settlement of Kyle, be tween Austin and San Antonio, washing out bridges and wrecking a train. It was here that the loss of life was greatest. July 4th Celebrations Cost 346 Lives in U. S. Pope Pius Orders World Censorship of Movies WORLD censorship on movies was ordered by Pope Pius, in an encyclical letter addressed di rectly to the bishops and archbish ops of the Roman Catholic church in the United States. The pope also or d ered bishops th rou gh ou t th e world to obtain f r o m their com municants annual ly renewable pledges “ to abstain from witnessing bad films.” The en Pope Pius cyclical of his holi ness was addressed to the American bishops because they originally took the lead in movie censorship. He invited bishops of the entire world to follow their example. To carry out the plan of censor ship, the pontiff directed that a per manent national movie reviewing office be established in each coun- try. He urged the exchange of in- formation between the various of- fices for making the censorship ef fective. He urged bishops to appeal to Catholics connected with motion picture productions to use their in fluence in accordance with their faith and ideals. A Labor Leaders Begin Drive for Steel’s Unionization T I T I T H labor organizers spread- ▼V ing throughout the nation’ s steel mills in a drive to enroll 500,- 000 workers into one big union, the National Labor Relations Board re opened a fight in the courts to force steel companies to accept the Na tional Labor Relations act as a means of keeping peace. The board announced it had peti tioned the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans in a new effort to enforce the act. Meanwhile the full resources of the $5,000,000,000 steel industry were marshaled against the unionization drive. Observers pointed out that the situation was fraught with grave possibilities of industrial warfare. Principal steel companies who have banded together in a militant ef fort to maintain the open shop warned employees not to be “ m is led” into affiliation with the Amal gamated Iron. Steel and Tin Work A TOLL of 346 lives was exacted in the celebration of the Fourth of July throughout the Unit ed States. Booming cannon crackers played a comparatively innocent part in the slaughter, for only 11 lives were lost in accidents due to flre- ; crackers. But if tne nation heeded warnings about the danger of fireworks, it forgot the menace of motoring ac cidents, for 208 people in 36 states were killed as the result of acci dents on streets and highways. Ninety persons were drowned in 36 states. Miscellaneous tragedies ac counted for 37 additional fatalities in 15 states. Not since 1931 has the celebration of America’s patriotic holiday claimed so many victims. In that year the death total from accidents reached 483. i i Gen. McCarl Criticises r» i • • ew ^ ear on D E T IR IN G from the post of Comptroller General, J. R. Mc- Carl announced that following the expiration of his term of office he would aid in the government reor ganization study undertaken by the senate committee headed by Sen ator Byrd of Virginia. General McCarl criticized New Deal emergency agencies as “ loosely and extravagantly set up” and as “ tax consuming in the ex treme.” He declared that a syste matic reorganization of both reg ular and emergency agencies would improve government administra tion and reduce the cost to tax payers. Recovery of Business Holds in First Half /CONTINUING hn«inOCe - | L recovery , MA Ur,ing the first six months of 1936 fulfilled the hopes of optimis tic prognosticators and surpassed the expectations of conservative forecasters. All the leading trade barometers regis.ered fair business weather at the close of the first half of the year. The production of automo- biles reached 2,400,000 units in the first six months of 1936. the best for the period since 1929. „ItLZ Improvement was iurtfier reflect- i ed by the steel industry, the opera pensing the railroads for tions of which rose from 49.2 per cal work involved * ^ cent of capacity at the start of the year to 71.2 per cent at the end of June. The output of electricity Joined the railroad*!!!? climbed steadily to reach an all board from taking aJ * f time peak in June. com pel the railroads .J V * * The steady recovery of the rail formation. The d e c i s i ^ ^ roads was indicated by carloadings the tax law adopts which worked up to approach their pensions was uncons ¡ u ST* best levels since 1931. The figures ruled that the tax me ^ for the first six months of 1936 tirement measure setting l* * were substantially better than of Paying the pensions ^ those for the similar period of 1935. separable.” tr* A strong upsurge of home build ing gave impetus to the construc B r e c k in r i d g e !^ R - , tion industry although it still re mained at subnormal levels. as Ambassador to Italv Another barometer of improved O R eckinridgf . long conditions was the stock market w can ambassador to Itah which extended the gains it made m^ted his resignation to P- in 1935 and reached the highest Roosevelt because of ilw." ground it has held since 1931. diplomat declared that he h recuperate his health dura» summer and to take an activ* Drouth Crisis Brings in tne Presidential campainj. autumn. Government Aid EARS that drouth may Irre Mr. Long's place will be trievably destroy farm crops in by Undersecretary of State North and South Dakota, eastern ' Phillips. He will represent Montana and Wyoming prompted United States government is in an effort to solve Italo- President R o o s e can problems arising from M velt to marshal Uni’s conquest of Ethiopia. $500,000.000 in re Mr. Phillips has had a lief funds to com guished career in the dipL bat the damage service. He has held posts is and to develop fur rope, the Far East and fc ther plans for fight and has three times been sr ing drouth. Secretary of Ag retary in the State department riculture Henry W. The most pressing problem ing Mr. Phillips in his new Wallace, who left Washington for a is the regularizing of America'i lations with Ethiopia, now cb personal survey of Secretary the stricken areas, by Italy as a territory, but Wallace recognized by this country at declared that from all reports conditions had becom e pendent. The importance of as serious as they were in 1934. due question, observers declare, i to lack of sorely needed rains. dicated by the selection of The secretary declared that un Phillips for the Italian post less rains descended in the sun- on rare occasions in the part scorched regions the government active sub-cabinet officers will buy 30.000,000 head of cattle given diplomatic posts. in the next month. In St Paul, Minn., the governors Gov. Lehman Decides of the five drouth-stricken north to Seek Re-Election western states met with Federal ie l d in g to the urging Works Progress Administrator Har party leaders, Gov. Ha ry L. Hopkins and administrators from the various states. Mr. Hop H. Lehman of New York kins ordered relief jobs made im nounced that he would run again mediately available for from 25,000 the office of governor. The to 50,000 farmers who have seen nor had announced several their sole source of livelihood de ago that he would not be a stroyed. Their Jobs were to be made date again, giving as his available on water conservation the press of personal business projects, farm-to-market roads, a desire to retire to private lilt Dem ocratic leaders declared rural schools and recreational proj governor’ s decision will help ects. national ticket to carry New Y President Roosevelt, In Washing in the election next November. ton, appointed a special committee In a statement issued to ne composed of Secretary Wallace, per men. Governor Lehman said Budget Director Daniel Bell. Aub could “ no longer resist” the rey Williams, assistant works peals of national and state - progress administrator, end Dr. cratic leaders. The statement Rexford G. Tugwell, resettlement “ Regardless of personal - administrator. They will work in co-operation with a committee of erations, however compeflfel' Department of Agriculture officials. feel that I can no longer resist The President instructed Budget picas of my party both in the Director Bell to study government and in the nation or of those appropriations to determine what whom I have worked in closer sociation for many years s* funds are available. whom I have waged the equal opportunity and Justice Bailey Decides curity. , Rail Pensions Are Legal “ Therefore if my party ■ R E S P IT E his previous decision state chooses to nominate me declaring unconstitutional the and if the people of the sta tax on railroads to permit pensions, call on me for service I * a Justice Jennings Bailey of the Dis ly accept the call an trict of Columbia Supreme court vote m yself wholehearted* ruled in an oral opinion that the interest of the people o f “* railroad retirement board could pay pensions to railroad workers. Survey Show* Pa8t0J*. The justice declared that his pre Oppose Jobs f°r vious decision on the validity of Minneapolis.— WorkirJ the rail pension laws could not be construed to mean that the retire a menace to society, _ ment act itself was unconstitution m arriages arc an * . al. He ruled that the government danger, a survey conduct^ . could proceed to collect from rail 166 pastors in 160 Arne workers a sum amounting to 3 1-2 discloses. . t two per cent of their salaries and could The survey showed use the money to pay retirement of every three minis e pensions to the workers when they advised against reach sixty-five years of age or ments even though eStab have worked 40 years. work for a time to help es« He also ruled that the railroad the home. _ „ retirement board could proceed to collect information on which to al lot the pensions, provided It did so F Y ^ at its own expens« and by recom
