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T H K h o n n i : VI I I I : TW O i * " " ' " 110' " • ItIHAY, in 1 K Review of the History -Making Events of the Wor| . By EDWARD C W#it»rn N«i Mormons Are Off the Dole, Says President Grant S IX D ay m onths Saints ago the L atter church—otherw ise the M orm ons—in augurated a pro g ra m to m ak e every able bodied m em b er self-sup porting by Octo b er 1. In the g re a t tab ern acle a t Salt Lake City H eber J. G rant, p resident of the church, told an a u d i e n c e th at the plan had suc ceeded and th at th e d r i v e h a d t a k e n all the H eber J. G ran t n e e d y m em bers off public relief. The church has consistently opposed “ pay without w ork.” In reading his rep o rt P re s id en t G ra n t took occasion to criti cise the Townsend pension plan and governm ent control of crops, and he w arned the m em b ers to avoid "po litical en tan g le m e n ts." U nder the church relief drive, land w as leased and the needy provided w ith im plem ents for tilling. Wom ens groups h av e m ade clothes and bedding. M em bers have contributed the financial equivalent of two m eals m onthly to a sp ecial fund. In s c a tte re d storehouses, Mr. G ra n t reported, supplies have been laid up in generous quantities for distrib u tio n am ong the needy who helped produce them . U nder the p ro g ram , the speaker declares, “ the curse of idleness would be done aw ay with, the evils of a dole abolished, and independ ence, thrift, an d self-respect will be once m o re estab lish ed am ongst our people.” Social Security Act Is Due for a Court Test DISTRICT U N JU I D T G E E D C. STATES B. K EN N EM ER of M ontgom ery, Ala., issued an order halting collection in A labam a of a one p e r cent p ay ro ll ta x to finance the unem ploym ent p ro g ram . T h e result, it is expected, will be a clea r cut te s t of the v alid ity of the New D eal’s social sec u rity act, for law yers h ad no doubt the case would be c a rrie d to the U nited S tates Su p rem e court. The o rd er was granted the Gulf S tates Steel corpo ration of G adsden, A la., on a plea th a t the unem ploym ent in su ran ce pro g ram , o p erated in co-operation w ith the fe d era l governm ent violates both sta te and fe d era l constitutions. A S uprem e court h ea rin g would c a rry the th re a t of possible invalidation of in su ran c e an d pension p ro g ram s now under developm ent in the sev e ra l states. Test Case Started Under Robinson-Patman Act H R E E com plaints w ere filed by the fe d era l tra d e com m ission un der the R obinson-P atm an act, n a m ing five concerns, launching the first m ove to te st its pow ers under this far-reaching legislation which for bids the g ra n tin g or receiving by m erc h an d isers of d iscrim in ato ry price discounts in in te rsta te com m erce. The com plaints nam ed M ontgom ery W ard and C om pany, Inc.; K raft - P hénix C heese corpo ration, C hicago; ShefTord Cheese com pany, Inc., S yracuse, N. Y.; B ird an d Son, Inc., and B ird F loor C overing Sales corporation, E a st W alpole, M ass. M ontgom ery W ard and Com pany is n am ed jointly w ith B ird and Son and the B ird F loor C overing Sales corporation, a subsidiary. The com p lain t contends th a t the two Bird com panies sold floor coverings to M ontgom ery W ard and C om pany at su b stan tially low er p rices than to com peting re ta ile rs. K raft-P henix C heese was charged with d iscrim in atin g in price be tween p u rc h a se rs, w ith the alleged effect of lessening and in ju rin g com petition betw een it and other m anu- T , „ Iclcs. Mr. R oosevelt, not so elo quent as usual, d efen d ed the spend W. P I C K A R D lug policies of his a d m in istra tio n •paper Union. Hr, too, spoke a t P ittsb u rg h . The I 7 who . factu rers and distributors of sim ilar high spot of the ev en in g ca m e at SsmJV products. Lessening of com petition the close of Al S m ith 's a d d re s s to ,,,K ' f " 1 ,he Terre Hauteg^ bt tween custom ers of K raft-Phenix a w om en’s o rg a n isa tio n in New ' ia,17 '- '*‘d '-eitherBn was also alleged, and some of them York city. H r hud been tre a tin g of 1 mtnuair w ere alleged to have received fa Italy's Cabinet Votes the New D eal an d its le a d e rs with " 1 ’ * to D e v a lu e th e Lira vored prices. biting s a rc a s m an d wound up with In filing its bill of com plaint, the P OLLOWING the eyampl* set by the d ra m a tic d e c la ra tio n : 1 J com m ission pointed out that no alle r F rance and other countries, the “ I firm ly believ e th at the rem edy !r Al ’ r • a«nrn*y. . w gation was m ade of “ bad faith or Italiun cabinet voted to devplue the for all the ills th a t we a te Buffering ,'1' a,tmg booth u* any subterfuge or secrecy on the lu a , setting its value at ap p ro x i from today is (he electio n of Alfred i ’hr h'» priaapal p a rt of K raft-Phenix in connection m ately 5 2 cents, as com pared with M L andon." I ' " I while Y»te, >XM the latest previous figure of 7 8 with its price policy." (hr loekrd (J»**. C harges against Shetlord Cheese cents The cabinet also let It be Treasury Figure» on w ere substantially the sam e as in known th at it would take action to pievent ren t and price in creases, Year’* Fir»t Quarter the case of K raft-Phenix. Hlraklcy and Lehm*|, and it voted a new 5 per cent capital 'T M IE g o v ern m e n t wound up Its levy to which property ow ners are nonly a affairs for the first q u u r tr r < f N rw York Governor Chicago Meat Packers obliged to subscribe to the extent the 1937 fiscal y e a r w ith a deficit of |> I Pt'BLICAJB iM Cited by Wallace ' *“ * V r* tuu -*,J of 5 per cent of their wealth about $530.000.000 c o m p a re d with a HARGES of engaging in unfair .¡.J The gold value of ih j lira was deficit of m o re th an $880.000.000 fur practices have been filed against placed at 4 677 g ram s of gold for the sam e period la st y e a r ; v «*>tm tbernoj the A rm our and Swift m eat pack each 100 lire. Gold re serv er of the -„J R eceipts in the Ju ly 1 S ept 28 p e ing com panies of Chicago, and Sec Bank of Italy will be revalued on the riod W e r e $1,119.196 888. C om pared hot ci—¿.¿j re ta ry of A griculture W allace has basis of the new lira with the surplus with $988 888.265 last y e a r, w hile ex Rrpvblaj cited them for a hearing in New to be placed at the disposition of the pen d itu ars it s were $1.635.909.816. York on N ovem ber 2, for violation treasury. !*w kl4r ki ag ain st $1.815 219.471. G e n e ra l e x of the packers and stockyards act ir: M V J p en d itu res w ere $1.047,514 060 this of 1921. Ble»k>t t year, c o m p ared w ith $939.977.775 Former Ambassador Straus According to Dr A. W M iller of last. R ecovery and re lie f e x p e n d i Taken by Pneumonia the bureau of anim al industry, the tu res am o u n ted to $588.395,755. c o m ... ; ESSE ISADOR STRAUS, m er com plaint was based on the charge p ared with $875 241.695 chant prince and. until his re sig n a th at the packers had been obtaining Incom e tax co llection fur S ep business in violation of the law from tion last August. A m erican a m b a s tem b er will am o u n t to ab o u t $287.- .. , fr.rr. sagl steam ship com panies in New York. sador to F rance, passed aw ay In 000 000. a g a in st $231.000.000 last IS uli on > 1 , his New York hom e ... .. Uk* COB U nder the alleged illegal a rra n g e Itlraklry y ear, and f r the first q u a r te r of this cxift. at the age of sixty- m ent, Miller said, A rm our and Swift y e a r appr- x u n .itH y $358,000,000. C !'■ . K R • --lx f j \ four. The im n.edi had arran g ed a reciprocal a g re e co m p ared with $278,000.000 M iscel falo was rutminstal ( m ent by which they sold m eat to A I laneous in te rn a l re v e n u e n etted the g ■v'-rr.ur. Ns than D the ship owners and in return sent was pneum onia, but gov ern m en t $817.307.783 in the Ju ly - - 1 tneir exports abroad in their ships Mr Strau: had been 1-S eptem ber 28 period, as co m p ared and J hn A Mijr, Gic Another charge was that the p ac k ’W in fll health f >x some with $517.984.451 last y ear. comptroller. ers had extended credit for longer time, this being the Tlie public debt a t the end of the periods for favored custom ers than reason for his r e * nvrfltioB at Si m | m onth Stood at $33.831.790.000. COO»* for others. tirem en t from the • : C F-;-t t i f p ared with $29.423 624.000 on the am b assad o rsh ip j ¡b. -iri vice pfri ktiii G rad u atin g from sam e d ate la st y e a r. r.f iv.iri afc| Secretaiy Ickes Reports H arv ard in 1893. Mr. Deal. Jesse I. Straus S traus began work Alleged Collusive Bids Poland Confiscating The Democrat* reaxM ECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR as a bank clerk. In 1896 he ob Hi rbert H Lehman. ia4 Bj Land» of Nobility ICKES referred to the D epart- i tained em ploym ent with it H Macy didacy was wsrnly m ent of Justice for investigation two | it Co., big New York d ep a rtm en t P O L A N D 'S g «verr.m ent b gan the President Roosevelt who i new instances of alleged collusive store, and by 2919 was its p re si uie to deliver tJ Wf bidding for federal construction m a dent, holding th at position until he nobility and la rg e e s ta te holders , , a . '1 csndids!* !b! terial contracts. The charges are was given the P aris post by P re s i by seizing 60.000 a c re s from tax In ,i.e to M L against seventeen copper cable and dent Roosevelt in 1933. He was a debted p ro p e rtie s. T he land will U t he trek» ConunMC steel tubing firms. The Ju stice d e D em ocrat and was a m em b er of be divided am ong the p e a sa n try . that km «••] partm en t already has under investi the board of o v erseers of H arv ard This is the first step In c a rry in g out barring druted scntfl^ gation previous charges m ade by and of the A m erican Aca<b my of a ra d ic al p ro jec t th a t h as been by his opponents. Ickes of collusive bidding on steel Political and Social Science. He shelved for ten year» Ju les f’on iatn w ik l, m in is te r of ag contracts. m aintained a country estate at " W i n d f a l l " Tax Ca«» The projects effected w ere the Mount Kisco. N. Y., as w»U as a city rlcu ltu re, had a h a rd fight b e f o r e the p resid en t and ca b in e t Indorsed B e Decided by Court» N orth P latte reclam ation develop ap artm en t. the decree. M uch p re s su re was m ent in N ebraska, and the G rand WHAT w»* Mtd tJ adii brought to b e a r on th e g o v ern m en t I 1 N tnchei Coullee Dam in the Columbia riv er to be the fin’, cy Madrid Claims Victories basin of Washington. and confiscations w ere red u ced a l ruling anywhere on W * * M any of the bids in both cases, Over the Insurgents m ost 50 p er cen t from th e am o u n ts fil<-1 by packml «»P“8* said Mr. Ickes, w ere identical. How ' I 'HOUGH the cap tu re of Toledo suggested by the m in ister. other against goverarer. ■ ever, in each case at least one bid * by the Spanish insurgents was a M ore than one th ird of the seq u e s of ' windfall" , d er subm itted different and lower severe blow for the governm ent. It tra te d land Is in e a s t G alicia, the C the Baltzell of the Lnited S-* figures, and the contracts were by no m eans ended the civil war. re m a in d er in the e a s t and south of trict <• urt at IndujjW* aw arded. M adrid announces th at one of the Poland. ruled the government»»- loyalist colum ns broke the rebel line ¿ „ m i . . » « * » ''* ; French Communists and that alm ost surrounded the cap ital Admiral Sim» Buried With by Kingan »nd and re took the im p o rtan t junction Fascists Clash packers. Full Military Honors P R A N C E m ay be on the verge of town of M aqueda. An arm y of loyal I T ’GH ran k in g officer» of the navy " a civil w ar betw een C om m unists ists m iners was rep o rted to have * 1 and a rm y nnd m an y fed era l Suprem e Court MayP* and F ascists com parable tc the te r reached the o u tsk irts of Oviedo, and officials w ere p re se n t nt the fu n eral on W agner Labor Act rible conflict in Spain. In P a ris reinforcem ents for the M adrid g a r of R ear A d m iral W illiam S. Sim» rison were on their way from A stu a ppea ls n W r J J 1 d esp erate fighting already has be in W ashington nnd his in te rm e n t rias province and from Valencia. lab' r relation. boart gun. The Reds, num bering m any with full m ilita ry honors In A rlin g S u m — - u r t « ; « - ; Ilie governm ent forces also w ere thousands, and the nationalists, un ton natio n al ce m e tery . T he w ar d er orders from Col. F rancois de la said to have taken the im p o rtan t tim e c o m m an d e r of A m eric a'» n a town of M otrico on the Bay of Bis R ocque whose Croix de Feux o r cay. val force» In E u ro p e an w ater« died T h v board aske fJ| ganization w as disbanded by the suddenly In B oston of h e a rt a tta c k . Gen. F rancisco F ranco, chief of governm ent, undertook rival dem D uring his long y ear» of »ervicc he onstrations; and the resu lt was a the insurgents, decreed a F ascist «• wa» a ir v e r e c ritic of n a v a l m a t *ns ‘h" day-long series of stre e t battles in dictatorsh ip and created a “ Junta ter», and. he w as given c re d it for 1 ' ’’ (,-rf iwauf Tr»il‘: J of Rtate” which will g o v .rn su b ject which hundreds w ere wounded. O r *nd two * developing g u n n ery in the n av y to ink th’ to his will. In his first statem en t of d er w as finally restored for the Of Canton. ohl ’ Mud the FnedmM-Hjr7 ^ tim e being by a force of 12.00C r e policy, F ran co assu red w orkers they a high point of ex cellen ce. would be “ protected ag ain st the ills ing company* «» publican guards and police. The N ationalist-rightists said the of ca p italism ” and th at “ steps Communist Nominee for fighting “ was only beginning.” would be taken to regulate fav o r President Jailed , . , Kv Cel«brtt* Frankfort, M - v Troubles resulting from devaluation able working hours.” ARL B RO W D ER , C o m m u n ist "AD Spaniards will be obliged to of the franc would be severe and It. S lu ic e " « « “ * I p arty nom inee for the P resi- num erous, they predicted. Leftists work according to their capacity.” 13 ESI DENTS 0 ^ pjgW ch arged the b attles w ere p a rt of a he said. "In the new state no par 1 dency, ach ieved the d istin ctio n of b e K stopped „ (bruRj ing the first P re s id e n tia l c a n d id a te rig h tist plot to provoke tro rb le for asitical citizens will be permitted.” three days and. ® to be jailed since E u g en e V. D ebs the Socialist governm ent. ‘ AP10"*. was in c a rc e ra te d d u rin g th e W orld guest*. •' In London, also, th ere was a big A1 Smith Comes Out nial of «heir w - war. B row der w as sch ed u led to riot in which a hundred persons lor Gov. Landon was given the 8 (f9|n 0iM» m ak e a ca m p a ig n a d d re s s o v er the w ere injured. S ir Oswald M osley’s C R A N K KNOX. P resid en t Roose ra d io from T e rre H aute, Ind., b u t of m a n y Black S hirts, a F a sc ist o rg an iza of Kentucky in ^ * v elt and A) Sm ith, al on the tion, planned a p arad e but Com air the sam e evening, provided a when he a rriv e d in th a t city he w as and on h°r*eb8C^ |tff, Uff* m unists and Socialists cum bering political feast for radio listeners. nabbed by C hief of P olice J a m e s C. torical P ^ f j u r * * “ 100,000 w ere determ in ed to prevent Colonel Knox, speaking a P itts Y ates and put in th e hooaegow on ..a ».chioned t>ur* ch a rg es of v a g ra n c y and “ for in it and battled w ith a big force of burgh, re ite ra te d and su b stan tiated e a st end police to get a t th eir en e his form er assertio n th at New Deal v estig atio n .” Held w ith h im w ere m ies. The au th o rities forbade the financial policies w ere im periling Seym our W alden an d W aldo F ra n k , p arad e as scheduled but the oppos savings accounts and insurance pol- both of New Y ork city ; C h arles S tadtfeldt, s e c re ta ry of the In d ian a ing mobs got together In various localities and fought desperately Sir Oswald issued a statem ent charging th at the ’ B ritish govern m ent has openly surren d ered to Hod te rro r.” C J S A ¡¡¿Si