TW O
THE
B O N N E V IL L E
F R ID A Y , JA N U A R Y 2 0 , 1937
DAM C U R O X I C L E
Review of the History - Making Events of the World
By
EDWARD
W.
PICKARD
© Western Newspaper Union.
Morgan May Resign as
Chairman of T V A
sen a n d the re c o rd s of the F lint
A lliance. He c h a rg e d th a t Boysen
UM ORS w e re c u rre n t In W ash w as w orking w ith G e n e ral M otors
to b re a k th e strik e.
ington th a t D r. A rth u r E . M or
G o v e rn o r M urphy said he w as still
gan w ould soon re sig n as c h a irm a n
try
in g to “ w ork out the situ atio n ” .
of the T en n essee V alley a u th o rity
By
his d irectio n th e N ational G uard
as the re s u lt of his
d
e
ta
c h m e n ts in F lin t w ere kept in
long a n d b itte r d is
the back g ro u n d .
a g re e m e n t w ith D i
R
re c to r D av id Lilien-
thal o v e r TVA poli
cies. B oth th e g en
tlem en w e re in the
c a p ita l a n d it a p
p e a re d
th ey
h ad
laid th e ir c a se s b e
fore P r e s i d e n t
R oosevelt fo r his
decision as to w hich
should be th e le a d A. E . M organ
e r. L ilie n th a l, who
w as fo rm e rly W isconsin u tilitie s
co m m issio n er u n d e r G ov. P h il La
F o llette, fa v o rs u n re le n tin g w a r
fa re on p riv a te u tility in te re sts.
D octor M organ, on th e o th e r hand,
doesn’t w a n t a “ fight to a finish”
but, r a th e r , a co -o p erativ e effort
to pool public an d p riv a te e le c tric
ity in th e S o u th e ast in o rd e r to end
TVA’s le g a l w a r w ith th e p riv a te
in te re sts. The c h a irm a n , how ever,
stood a lm o st alone am ong th o se who
a re sh ap in g th e a d m in is tra tio n ’s
pow er policy. He issued a s ta te
m e n t to th e p re ss se ttin g fo rth his
view s b u t it d id n ’t a ro u se m u ch
sy m p a th y in high circles.
D ecision in th e co n tro v e rsy is n e c
e s s a ry soon fo r th e first big con
tr a c t b etw een TVA and p riv a te u til
ity in te re sts e x p ire s F e b ru a ry 3 and
th e question of ren e w al m u st be se t
tle d before then.
D raftin g of a n a tio n a l pow er pol
icy w as ask ed by the P re s id e n t of
a c o m m ittee h ead ed by S e c re ta ry
of th e In te rio r Ickes. H e said
th a t th is policy, once established,
would apply to all ex istin g p ro je c ts
and to new pow er developm ents r.s
th ey a re com pleted.
Curb for Supreme Court
to Be Considered
ER G IN G from a W hite House
E M conference,
S enator S h erm an
M inton of Indiana announced th a t
P re sid e n t Roosevelt would soon call
to g e th e r congressional lea d e rs and
a d m in istra tio n officials to consider
leg islatio n designed to cu rb the
S u p re m e court.
T he se n a to r sa id he h im self w as
co n tem p latin g the introduction of a
bill th a t would req u ire the concur
re n c e of seven of the nine ju stices,
o r m o re th an tw o-thirds, to in v ali
d a te an a c t of congress. He did not
sa y w h eth er the P re sid e n t in d icated
ap p ro v a l or d isap p ro v al of this plan.
Deadlock Is Renewed in
General Motors Strike
w ere about
W H to EN open negotiations
for se ttle m en t of the
s trik e of G en eral M otors w orkers,
th e tru c e d ec la re d by p ersu asio n of
G overnor M urphy of M ichigan w as
c alled off, both sides c h a rg in g bad
faith . H om er M artin, h ead of the
U nited A utom obile W orkers, said
th e corp o ratio n violated the tru c e
by atte m p tin g to reopen the C adil
la c p lan t in D etroit; by a g re e in g to
b a rg a in collectively w ith nonunion
em ployes, and by denying the rig h t
of picketing a t the G uide L am p
p la n t in A nderson, Ind.
G e n e ral M otors accused the union
of vio latin g the tru c e by refusing
to rem o v e sit-down s trik e rs from
all th e p lan ts. Vice P re sid e n t Knud-
sen h a d w ired G. E. Boysen, head
of th e F lin t A lliance w hich a c ts for
the nonunion m en, th a t the com
pany w ould p ro tect the rig h ts of all
ita em ployes and would discuss any
q u estion w ith the alliance or any
g roup of the w orkers. This so e n
ra g e d M artin, who now claim s for
his union a m a jo rity of the e m
ployes, th a t he d ire c te d the strik ers
not to e v a c u a te the F lin t plants.
M artin se n t a te le g ra m to S ena
to r L a F ollette. c h a irm a n of the
se n ate c o m m ittee on civil lib e r
ties, asking him to subpoena Boy-
W allace W ill Buy Eggs
to Aid Producers
E T A R Y OF AGRICULTURE
S E W C R ALLACE
say s the fed e ra l gov
e rn m e n t is going to buy eggs in o r
d e r to re m e d y w hat he describes
as a s h a rp d rop in re c e n t weeks
in the w holesale and fa rm prices
of eggs. T he su rp lu s eggs taken
fro m th e m a rk e t, he says, will be
d istrib u te d am ong persons on relief.
A g ric u ltu re
d e p a rtm e n t rep o rts,
how ever, show th e re is no surplus,
an d one d e p a rtm e n t spokesm an
s a id the g o v e rn m e n t would buy few,
if a n y eggs, providing fa rm and r e
ta il p ric e s m oved tow ard each oth
er.
M r. W allace say s the p u rch a se s
w ill be financed under a unique
provision in se rte d in the a g ric u ltu r
al a d ju s tm e n t a c t by congress in
A ugust, 1935. T his hands W allace
30 p e r cen t of all custom s rec e ip ts
“ fo r a g ric u ltu ra l p urposes,” or
ab o u t $100,000,000 each year. The
fund h a s a lre a d y been used this
season to keep up p rices of g ra p e
fru it, p e a rs and onions.
Report That War Debts
May Be Discussed
W ALTER
m an of
RUNCIMAN. c h a ir
the B ritish Board of
T ra d e, a rriv e d in New Y ork and
w as due to spend a w eek-end in the
W hite House a t the
in v itatio n - of P r e s
id en t
R oosevelt.
G eorges B onnet, a
financial e x p e rt and
fo rm e r
cabinet
m em b e r, w as a p
pointed a m b a ssa d o r
fro m
F ra n c e
to
W ashington
a n d
plan s to com e over
e a rly in F e b ru a ry ,
su p p lan tin g
A ndre
W alter
de Laboulaye. These
R uncim an
two fa c ts gave rise
to re p o rts th a t the su b je c t of the
w ar debts would be reopened.
M r. R oosevelt denied published
stories th a t he had invited G re a t
B rita in and F ra n c e to begin p re
lim in a ry discussions for the adopt-
tion of a peace p ro g ra m b a sed on
financial and tra d e facto rs.
He
specifically denied he h ad invited
M r. R uncim an to p a rtic ip a te in d is
cussions b earin g on tra d e relatio n s
of the U nited S ta te s and G re a t B ri
tain which m a y p av e the w ay for
im p o rtan t m oves la te r but it w as
understood, n e v e rth ele ss, th a t such
conversations w ere to tak e place.
The P re sid e n t said M r. R uncim an
w as com ing h ere on a holiday and
as a personal friend.
M. Bonnet said in P a ris th a t he
w as com ing h e re sim ply as an a m
b a ssa d o r and w ith no special m is
sion concerning w a r debts, b u t it
w as considered possible he m ight
seek to reopen the debt question
in inform al discussions.
Russia Refuses to Keep
Volunteers Out of Spain
O R IT A IN 'S plan to b a r from Spain
volunteers
from
o th er
na
tions m e t w ith a big setb ack when
R ussia refused to adopt prohibitive
m ea su res.
Foreign
C o m m issa r
M axim Litvinov handed to A m b as
sad o r Chilston a note saying:
“ The Soviet governm ent, although
it p rese n tly does not p ra c tic e the
d ispatch of volunteer d e ta c h m e n ts,
does not consider it exp ed ien t to
adopt u n ila te ra l prohibitive m e a s
u re s .”
E x plaining the refusal, L itvinov
continued: “ I consider it n e c e ssa ry
to point out th a t in the Soviet gov
e rn m e n t's opinion u n ila te ra l, p ro
hibitive m ea su res on the p a rt of
sem e p a rtic ip a n ts in the London
com m ittee
(on nonintervention)
while other p a rtic ip a n ts not only
a re free fro m obligations, but con
tinue sending m ilita ry divisions to
Spain, will not only fail to a cco m
plish the d e sire d aim but will resu lt
in in te rv en tio n .”
Definite rep lies from G erm any,
Ita ly and P o rtu g a l w ere still a w a it
ed by the B ritish governm ent.
F ighting betw een the Spanish loy
alists and F a s c is ts w as fierce in
the U niv ersity City section of M a
drid and along the M e d iterran ean
coast e a st of G ib raltar. In the
M adrid suburb the loyalists tra p p e d
a larg e n u m b er of insurgents in a
hospital w here the la tte r had set
up m achine guns to w ithstand a
siege. On the coast the F a sc ists
had effected a landing at E stepona
ar.d w ere ad vancing on M alaga
which the gov ern m en t has held
since the civil w ar sta rte d .
000,000 would go to p ro d u cers in
benefit paym ents.
The se c re ta ry believes the su g a r
pro cesso rs have been “ u n justly e n
ric h e d ” u n d er the quota sy stem
w hich ratio n s im p o rts and is sup
posed to m a in ta in the dom estic
p rice ag a in st foreign com petition.
Ontario Convicts Start
Riot and Break Out
N EA ta rio RLY ’s
800 convicts in On
fine re fo rm a to ry a t
G uelph s ta rte d a big rio t and set
fire to everything in the buildings
th a t would burn. D uring the e x c ite
m ent about one hundred of them
broke out of the p en iten tiary , and
n e a rly forty escaped. The d o rm i
tory, chapel and h o spital w ere
ruined by flam es, the d a m a g e be
ing put a t $200,000.
in London a g a in st M rs. Jo a n S uth
erland, beautiful wife of Lt. Col.
A rthur Sutherland.
The su it is
based on a re m a rk , said to have
been m ade a t a luncheon atte n d ed
by M rs. S utherland, th a t Sim pson
was “ well p a id ” for p e rm ittin g the
divorce.
The U nited P re ss co rresp o n d en t
was told: "T he case is not e x p e c t
ed to b reak into the open for se v
e ra l w’eeks. It is now sub ju d ice
(before the co u rt). It will not be
open to the public until a fte r it is
set down for h e a rin g and pleadings
have been te rm in a te d . No s ta te
m ent has been deliv ered y e t.”
American Farm Bureau Has
a Legislative Program
R ECOMMENDATIONS
lativ e action d uring
for leg is
the p re s
sent session of congress have been
p resen ted to the P re sid e n t and con
Reorganization Scheme
gress by the executive c o m m ittee
Laid Before Congress
of the A m erican F a r m B u reau fed
LANS for reo rg an izin g the a d eration. The p ro g ra m involves the
m in istra tiv e b ra n c h of the gov- ever-norm al g ra n a ry , com m odity
Fatal Crash of Air Liner
e rm e n t w ere laid before congress loans, a d ju stm e n t of production
Will Be Investigated
by P re sid e n t Roosevelt, and m an y to effective d em and, soil c o n se rv a
OSING the rad io b eam in foggy
D em o crats as well tion, the stre n g th e n in g of m a rk e t
w eather, P ilo t W. W. Lew is pan
as the few R epubli ing agreem en ts, postponem ent o f
caked his W estern A ir E x p ress
can m em b e rs w ere sta te a d m in istra tio n of the soil con
plane w ith a c ra sh on a hill n e a r
quick to e x p re ss servation and dom estic allo tm en t
B urbank, Calif., and two of his
th eir d isap p ro v al of a c t until 1940, and a “ p e rm a n e n t”
p assen g ers w ere killed. E veryone
p a rts of the schem e. revenue policy to m ee t the cost
else on the plane, eleven in n u m
It would g re a tly e n of these m easu res.
ber, was in ju re d and two m ore
hance the pow er of
died later. T he dead a re M artin
the executive, would
Johnson, fam ous explorer, E. A.
abolish no fed eral New York Banker Leaves
Spencer of Chicago, A. L. Loom is of
agencies and would Big Sum to Aid Youth
O m aha and J a m e s A. B ra d e n of
not re su lt in any
T IS p leasan t to tu rn from poli
C leveland. M rs. Osa Johnson, who
considerable econo
tics, strik es and w ar and rec o rd
Louis
accom panied h e r husband on his a d
m y of ex p enditures. the fac t th at C harles H ayden, New
Brownlow
venturous expeditions in A frica and
Special com m ittees York ban k er who died recently, left
Borneo, w as am ong those m ost s e ri of both houses w ere to begin d r a f t about $54,000,000 to estab lish a
ously hurt.
ing a bill to c a rry out the P r e s i foundation for the education of
T here will be search in g inquiries d en t’s desires, b u t it w as freely p re needy boys and young m en, “ e s
into this and o th er re c e n t a ir d is dicted th a t not all of them would pecially in the a d v a n ce m en t of th e ir
a ste rs. S en ato r Copeland of New get through.
m o ral, m en ta l and ph ysical well
York b lam es the D e p a rtm en t of
Louis Brownlow. Prof. L uther being.” M r. H ayden, who w as a
C om m erce. A irline o p erato rs have Gullick and Prof. C harles M e rria m bachelor, also gave $1,000,000 to
long com plained th a t ce rtain radio constituted the co m m ittee th a t M assach u setts In stitu te of T echnol
b eam statio n s in the F a r W est evolved the reo rg an izatio n plan for ogy, $2,000,000 in tru s t to his b ro th
a re in ad eq u ate. Officials of the the P re sid e n t. The m a jo r changes er and n e a rly $2,000,000 to frien d s
b u reau of a ir navigation deny this, they recom m ended a re :
and em ployees.
a sse rtin g : “ R adio b e a m s som e
C reation of two new d e p a rtm e n ts
tim es play q u e e r p ran k s in c e r
headed by cabinet m e m b e rs—a d e “Germans in Morocco” Tale
tain a re a s and in c e rta in m oun
tainous te rrito rie s.
E v e ry pilot p a rtm e n t of social w elfare and a d e Seems to Be False
p a rtm e n t of public w orks—and dele
knows these p e c u lia ritie s.”
HE la te st g en eral E u ro p ean
gation to the P re sid e n t of a u th o r
Down in M exico th e re w ere th ree
w ar sc are h a s subsided. It w as
ity to “ overhaul the 100 independent
a irp la n e c ra sh e s w ithin a week, and
agencies, ad m in istra tio n s, a u th o ri caused by F ra n c e ’s announced d e
it w as believed eleven persons had
ties, boards, and com m issions and term in atio n to stop, by force if
lost th e ir lives.
n e c essa ry , the a l
place them by executive o rd e r” in j
leged
infiltration of
the ten existing and two proposed
G
erm
an
troops into
additional d e p a rtm e n ts.
Railway Brotherhoods Plan
Spanish
M orocco,
E xpansion of the W hite House
to Ask W age Increases
and
G
re
a
t
B rita in
staff, chiefly by the creation of six
C O M E 400 rep re sen ta tiv e s of the “ a ssista n ts to the P re sid e n t,” who
was re a d y to su p
^ five ra ilro a d brotherhoods g a th would reliev e him of m uch of the
port
the
F re n c h
e re d in C hicago to discuss plans for routine executive work.
w ith its fleet. B ut
o btaining in cre ase s of w ages. A
H itler and his a m
Abolition of the office of controller
com m ittee recom m ended th a t fo rm
b a ssa d o r to F ra n c e
al dem an d s for h ig h er pay be m ade, g en eral w ith his pow er to disallow
w ere able to con
but said it had not yet decided on a d m in istra tiv e ex penditures in a d
vince the nations
the pro ced u re or the am ount of in vance as violative of law, and c re a
th a t
the
sto ries
tion in stead of an au d ito r g en eral
c re a se to be asked.
w ere false and th a t
Gen.
G
oering
with pow er lim ited to rep o rtin g a n
J. A. Philllips,' p resid en t of the
G e rm a n y has no in
nually to congress illegal and w aste tention of try in g to g ra b any S p an
O rd er of R ailw ay Conductors, said
ful ex p en d itu res by the executive ish te rrito ry . P a ris cooled down
th a t while the co m m ittee had
at once, and to add to the p eace
a g re e d th a t a w age in cre ase should branch.
E xtension of the m e rit system to atm osphere,
negotiations
w ere
be sought, th e re had been no con
sid e ra tio n of hours of work, pen “ cover p ra c tic a lly all non-policy d e s ta rte d for a tra d e tre a ty betw een
term in in g p o sts,”- rep lacem en t of F ra n c e and G erm any.
sions or any o th er m atte r.
Then, too, Col. Gen. H erm an n
The other four unions rep resen ted the civil serv ice com m ission by a
a t the m eetin g w ere the B ro th er civil serv ice a d m in istra to r w ith a W ilhelm G oering, resp len d en t first
hoods of Locom otive E ngineers, "citizen b oard to serv e as the w atch m in iste r of the G e rm a n reich, w ent
R ailro ad T rainm en. L ocom otive dog of the m e rit sy ste m ,” and in on an official v isit to R om e and
F ire m e n and E nginem en, and the c re a se of s a la rie s to key positions w as inform ed by M ussolini th a t
S w itchm en's Union of N orth A m eri to a ttr a c t su p erio r ability to a c a the recen tly signed Italo -B ritish
M e d ite rran e a n a g re e m e n t does not
ca. The five groups, which r e p r e re e r service.
D evelopm ent of the “ m a n a g e ria l change Ita ly ’s frien d sh ip for G e r
sent the tra in serv ice classifications
of railw ay em ployees, a re actin g in agencies of the g o v ern m en t,” p a r m an y or its collaboration with the
dependently of the other 16 s ta n d tic u la rly the budget b u reau and reich on the m a jo r problem s of
agencies engaged in efficiency r e E urope.
a rd ra ilro a d brotherhoods.
search , personnel questions, and
long, ran g e planning of the use of Storing of Gold at Fort
land,
w ater, and other n a tu ra l r e
Wallace W ants Processing
Knox Is Begun
sources.
Tax Imposed on Sugar
NCLE SAM h as begun storing
Opposition to the first, th ird and
UGAR processors a rc m aking fourth of these sections w as p ro
his gold in the bom b-proof d e
"unduly high profits,” acco rd nounced and it seem s ce rtain th a t pository built a t F o rt Knox, K en
ing to S e c re tary of A griculture introduction of the bill will s ta r t a tucky. The first tra in , heavily
H enry A. W allace, and so he p ro long and stubborn fight in congress. g u arded, c a rrie d about $200,000,-
poses a tax of $10 to $20 a ton on
000 of the precious m e ta l from the
all su g a r processed in the U nited
P hilad elp h ia m in t and it w as r e
S tates. This, he says, will be su g Mrs. Simpson’s Ex-Husband
ceived by the m otorized Seventh
gested to congress. M r. W allace Starts a Slander Suit
c a v a lry and put in the g re a t vaults.
sa y s the profits a re from 10 to 12
HE Sim pson affair has been r e The gold w as fo rw ard ed by t h e
p e r cent and he estim a tes th a t the
vived by new s th a t E rn e st S im p P ost Office d e p a rtm e n t as p a rc e l
ta x would yield a p p ro x im ately $70.- son, who w as divorced by the f a post and the tre a s u ry will h av e
000,000 a y e a r. Of this about $13,- m ous W ally, h as filed a slan d er suit to pay the postage.
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