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the Atlantic coast during 1937. In
a letter to President J. Hampton
Moore of the association, to be read
ENATOR WILLIAM E. BORAH to the convention, Mr. Roosevelt
of Idaho, whose attitude in the also said:
Presidential campaign is a matter
“ This year has been noteworthy
of great interest to all parties, has in witnessing the completion of the
declared he would
1,435 mile inside route of the intra-
confine his attention
coastal waterway from Trenton to
to state matters; but
Miami. Much credit for this accom­
then, being irked by
plishment belongs to your associ­
some criticism from
ation and it is to be congratulated
Republicans he went
therefor. Other waterway projects
further and said he
of permanent value to the nation
was ‘ ‘going after the
sponsored by your organization have
Republican party.”
been completed or are progressing
The veteran said he
in a satisfactory manner.”
had been accused of
not being regular.
‘ ‘Well, what is a Senator Borah Swanson’s Hint to Japan
regular?” he asked.
About Fortifications
“ A regular is a man with no ideas,
S THE time for the expiration of
who waits for someone to tell him
the Washington naval treaty
what to do. My idea of being regular draws nearer, the utterances of Sec­
is in doing what you believe to be retary of the Navy Swanson take on
right in the interests af the people more and more the nature of sharp
you represent
warnings to Japan not to get too
“ Let this be understood—I’m tell­ gay in the Pacific. In a press con­
ing all parties, Republican, Demo­ ference the other day he said:
“ Fortifications are intended to an­
cratic, Union—I’m going to advo­
One menace
cate the things I believe in whether swer fortifications.
must be met by another menace.”
they cross party lines or n o t”
And he gave notice that the navy
should be ready to do the necessary
Pessimism Prevails at
meeting.
Last League Sessions
About the same time the State
E S S I M I S M and discontent department was studying a proposi­
marked the final session of the tion, made to it and to Japan by
League of Nations assembly, the Great Britain, for an extension of
leaders admitting that little had the treaty pledge of the three
been accomplished. Carios Saave­ nations not to build new fortifica­
dra Lamas of Argentina, president tions or naval bases in certain of
of the assembly, even asked if he their Pacific possessions.
might not raise the question wheth­
er “ civilization is on the verge of a
Austria Private Armies
final breakup.”
Forced to Dissolve
The question of reforming th e
URT SCHUSCHNIGG, chancellor
UR'
league covenant provoked a bitter
of Austria, is taking his place
controversy on whether nonmember
among the European dictators. In
states should be consulted. Russia
order to consolidate military power
was understood to be anxious par­
in his own hands, he
ticularly to bar German influence
decreed the dissolu­
and achieved a minor triumph since
tion of all private
no definite action to solicit nonmem­
armies, this being
ber co-operation was taken. A com­
aimed especially at
mittee of twenty-eight was named
the Fascist Heim-
to study reform proposals.
wehr headed b y
The assembly approved reports of
Prince Erast v o n
its economic and disarmament com­
Starhemberp. T h e
mittees.
The economic report
prince directed his
carried a British proposal to create
follower* to obey
a comission to study accessibility
the edict, and Major
or raw materials. The United States
A
Fey,
Starhemberg’ s
and other nonmembers would be in­
rival for control of Prince von
vited to participate. The report of
Starhemberg.
the disarmament committee ap­ the H e i m w e h r ,
called
on
the
elements
recognizing
proved the reconvening of the world
his
leadership
to
presarve
order.
disarmament conference at an early
The chancellor’ s order also affect­
date.
ed his own Catholic storm troops.
All the private troops were ordered
Disorders in Palestine Ate
consolidated with the Austrian state
Dropped by the Arabs
militia. This would increase Aus­
RABS of Palestine, who had tria’ s official armed forces to about
been on “ strike” for 175 days 158,000 men. The dissolution decree
in protest against unrestricted im­ met strong opposition within the
migration of Jews, were persuaded cabinet, and was voted after three
by the British to call off the strike, ministers had walked out
which had been accompanied by
Schuschnigg's task now is to ac­
great disorders and the killing of tually disarm the private Armies. If
several hundred persons. The Arab he succeeds in doing this, his com­
high committee issued an appeal *o plete control over Austria may be
Arabs throughout the country to re conceded. It is recalled that the
turn to work quietly, and this com Heimwehr was ordered to disarm
mand was obeyed generally. Sir in 1931, that the government seized
Arthur Wauchope, British high com­ many weapons, and that a year
missioner, was said to have in­ later some 40,000 Heimwehr m ci
formed the British government that appeared fully armed and uni­
it was now sa.’e for the royal com formed. Von Starhemberg may not
mission of investigation to begin its be really squelched this time, cither.
work of inquiring into the grievances It is a certainty that he has a power­
of the Arabs.
ful friend in Premier Mussolini of
According to a Hebrew newspaper Italy.
of Jerusalem, the Arabs have ar­
ranged for backing by Italian Fas­
Russia Angrily Warns
cists for their aspirations. Also the
Moslem authority administering Is­ Fascist Nations
lamic church property is reported to T T E L P given the Spanish insur-
gents by Fascist countries so
be prepared to sell Catholics a Chris
enraged soviet Russia that she gave
tian holy place on Mount Zion.
notice that, unless it ceased s h e
would free herself from any obli­
Waterway Money Allotted
gations to the agreement for neu­
for Atlantic Coast
trality. The representatives of the
\ / f EMBERS of the Atlantic Deep- 27 nations on the international com­
er Waterways association, as­ mittee of non - intervention in the
sembling in Trenton, N. J., for their Spanish war were about to meet in
annual convention, were informed by London, a n d Moscow’ s challenge
President Roosevelt that funds to­ caused a real sensation. Moiseyvich
taling $24,000,000 have been allotted Kagan, soviet delegate on »he com ­
for waterway improvements along mittee, s;^eciflcaUy named Portugal,
Senator Borah Maintains
Independent Attitude
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Italy and Germany as the offenders
and called for an investigation. It
is believed that if Russia is not
satisfied in this matter she will send
airplanes and other war material to
the Spanish government.
Kagan's communication made the
direct charges that German
air
planes reached the Spanish rebels
from Gcrmuny. that poison g a s
reached the rebels from Italy, and
that Portugal permitted its 'rentier
to be used by die rebels.
The committee refused to take any
action of the Russian complaint,
averring that the charges were not
specific enough.
Spanish Fascists pushed their
lines so closely around Madrid that
they called on the government to
surrender the capital immediately
and thus save it from a destructive
bombardment.
An airplane fleet
showered the city with circulars tell­
ing the citizens that further resist­
ance was useless. One of the most
threatening of General Franco's
advances was directed at Aran-
juez, whose capture would cut off
Madrid's food supply from the Med­
iterranean.
The government claimed that an
army of loyalist miners had fought
its way to the center of Oviedo
against the desperate resistance of
the rebel defenders.
Gen. Francisco Franco, chief of
the insurgents, decreed a Fascist
dictatorship and created a "junta
of state” which will govern subject
to his will. In his first statement of
policy, Franco assured workers they
would be "protected against the ills
of capitalism a n d that s t e p s
would be taken to regulate favor­
able working hours.”
Finds Private Debt Load
Is Not Excessive
B
ASING its conclusions on a study
covering the period from 1900
to 1935, the National Industrial Con­
ference board finds that there is no
evidence to support the theory that
the burden of private debt upon
business is excessive. Statements
that private debt is "absorbing
wealth” or is showing a changed
and unfavorable relationship to
wealth, or that the depression was
precipitated by an excessive debt
burden are without factual basis, the
board reported.
Interest charges have not outrun
the capacity to pay them, according
to the board’s study, which showed
that the rates of growth of private
long term debt and of interest
charges from 1900 to 1935 were simi­
lar to those .of national wealth and
national income.
Since 1930 private long term debt
has tended to decline. Only the pub­
lic utilities have increased the
amount of their outstanding debt
But the board points out that no
debt problem exists in the public
utility field as a whole and that ex­
pansion of the electric light and
power utilities has been on a sound
basis, with the industry in a safe
position to meet interest charges.
The steam railroads, taken as a
whole, are neither overcapitalized
nor overburdened with debt, the
board concludes.
Swedish Aviator Fails
in Stockholm Flight
[ ( U R T BJORKVALL, Swedish
aviator, made an attempt to fly
alone from New York to Stockholm.
Thirty-two hours after the start he
was picked up from the ocean about
one hundred miles off the coast of
Ireland. Supposedly he had run short
of fuel. The rescue was made by a
French trawler. The plane was bad­
ly damaged and was abandoned
Court Opens Way for
Security Act Test
I J N I T E D s t a t e s d is ih ic t
JUDGE C. B. KENNKMER of
Montgomery. Ala., issued an order
halting collection in Alabama of a
one per cent payroll tax to finance
the unemployment program. The
result, it is expected, wiU be a clear
cut test of the validity of the New
Deal's social security act, for law­
yers had no doubt the case would
be carried to the United States Su­
preme court The order was granted
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the Gulf State Steel corporation of
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Gadsden. Ala , on a plea that the
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unemployment Insurance program,
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o|M*rated In co-operation with the
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federal government, violates b o t h
state and federal constitutions.
W mant Show* Well j»
Karl Radek la Latest
king Abase At^a .
Accused in Russia
• V i k i n g .b u » 7 ij
-i i r‘YíWf». »te l
c c u s e d of complicity in the
plot against Dictator Stalin for
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Wh^n they
which lfl prominent Russians were ••‘I ;
r Arthur H
executed in August. Karl Radrk,
f Mien
brilliant journalist. Is under arrest
and in danger of losing his life lie •kan pr [x>sti Dm
disappeared just after the execu- f ' '. i: r r , , J,JM Jf |.
lions of the others, but was caught islation lust will pm
•*
.¡i to thu
a few days ago.
In hia <ast article, published In ' for the ui((
the official newspaper Izvestia, Hi- the or hand 'J the
dek confessed his unfaithfulness to postal revenue md
the Communist party, but defended f‘ >r the sake, on 0»
himself with a vitriolic attack on other, of political
fair ¡ lay *•
Trotzky and claimed he had "ex
W h e n John G
plated" his sins by foiling Trotzky *
attempted sabotage of the Stalin re­ W . ■ •; t rei.jr.ed
fr • the i risi security -xcl
gime.
le-ti rr t.’.e President mig
pro Nr» Desi doeirta, >|
Odd Political Condition
t r v ; t,jr the preu t.-wfi
Up in Minnesota
’ ' ■■ 'J boird Ká tg
POLITICAL «psdtsesry brought
J : -VJ
sag in
■ about a strange state of affairs in v > ■ •••••?* asked if.- %
Minnesota. Fred Curtis and 1'atrlck
c " r t '/r niil
J. Delaney, respectively Demo­
< •{
cratic gubernatorial and senatorial Mr W.riant replied pnegM
nominee, withdrew from the race lest t .-re be any quota <|
in favor of the Farmer-Labor can­ pr ; r < \y of the rr.V.'r a|
didates in return for Farmer Labor I a 1
rr ni.fij costi
support for the re-election of Presi­ tudr was warmly c.meigl
dent Roosevelt The members at the Srr.at ir Vsndenberj, si '.hi
Democratic party throughout the by all good citizens.
state were rather dismayed by this
action and some of the leaders pro­
tested vigorously.
Typhoon in Philippines
John E. Regan, the party’ s 1934 Kills Many Persons
gubernatorial candidate. Issued a
NE OF the wonttyj
statement asserting that Minnesota
history of the Ptulippssl
Democrats had traded votes and
-< Luzon island kJsfl
engineered "coalition of parties" be­
s and dfitroyisiil
fore. but “ never has there been an At least ¡09 perished s&Haj
absolute sellout.”
fi ured the detfiliq
Alric Anderson. St. P a u l attor­ be much larger for taf I
ney who was the Democratic candi­
! ssisstsf
date for attorney general two years b< ' ■ •• • cere recovered!nst^
ago, marshaled his followers into of Cabanstuan skoe.
the "Democrats-for Nelson Club "
Martin A. Nelson Is the Republican
W a r o f Postal Syite*
gubernatorial candidate.
Joseph Wolf, former
national
a Most Curious f-
committeeman, and Judge J. D F
The . ntry of the L* t—
Melghen. state central committee into the Holy Roman
chairman, led that group of Demo­ Sixteenth century broufMM
crats supporting both Farmer-Labor th<- rn it curi .us episodsskj
candidates and President R< osevclt tory f mails, a w»r
local carriers support*
t * • vj -- pie and the
John L. Lewis State«
which had come m
Labor Peace Terms
ILLIAM GREEN, president ish army, relates I « *
at the A. F. of L., who had Just N -* Y' »a HersWTrt^J
been calling on President Roosevelt dujtri.il cities of the •
at Hyde Park. N. Y.. told the news­ were at this time ( ' j
Fur' i <* and over «*»•
papermen that the
obt.i
'•') ■ lar»e
tafkgg
prospects for peace
self
g
vernirent
between the warring
, ,- r ..’ . n of sprung* T j
factions in the fed­
tern to serve th*
eration were better
ch.m’
t and *ulld* ‘ 2 ,3
and that those par­
:
were
app
¡nted bT
¿id
ticipating in the con­
and
'
jerated
ovei’
in
d''
g(
troversy were be
for
their
'-wn
P
ror\
*
coming “ more tem­
which were travel^
j
perate.”
However,
that same evening
the towns of the
*
John L. I-ewis, the
, «tended to the
dynamic leader of
¡o f England, Franc •
the C o m m I 11 ee
The malle carried ^
for Industrial Organization, rather
.ble
»nd the
dashed the aforesaid prospects for
peace. In Washington he laid down, diatelv set out ,0 ‘ tpe0pie
as the only basis for restoration of nr**- l,ut f ‘^ ca rril»
peace In the ranks of organized
^ nd they
Iona Ire* * ^ fta
labor, a program consisting of these con<
two propositions:
tota* :
1. Revocation by the executive ')••' ’ > to have
,
.sed
falIfd’
m
s*
4
council of the American Federa­
into the'» 0
tion of Labor of the order sus­ things
i» -« -
to
temp
pending ter C. I. O. unions on tempted
Imperial
P°slm ¿ over to4*
Imp«’
charges of insurrection.
2. Isolation of certain mass pro­ their mails turn ^
k up * ,
duction industries which would be carried. i nd-
flcinls
tried
to
W
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g*
organized strictly on Lewis’ “ one
posts. ‘ hcy *m0bl.
big union” theory.
,
It had been stated that David beaten by thf
lltt'e
¿
Dublnsky, head of one of the sus­ nhie nr^portion*-
pended unions, had submitted a
compromise p e a c e proposal, but
Lewis told the correspondents that
he knew of no change in feeling be­
tween the battling factions; that
he had made no move for peace and
contemplated none; that the C. I. O.
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