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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
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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.”
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