Your account does not include highlighter on images.
Searches Highlighted on Image
National Sponsors
| March 28, 1935 Golden Valley News |  |
|
©
Golden Valley News. All rights reserved. Upgrade to access Premium Tools
PAGE 2 (2 of 8 available) PREVIOUS NEXT Jumbo Image Save To Scrapbook Set Notifiers PDF JPG
March 28, 1935 |
|
|
Website © 2024. All content copyrighted. Copyright Information Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Request Content Removal | About / FAQ | Get Acrobat Reader 
|
THE
BEACH REVIEW
CURRENT EVENTS
, PISS IN REVIEW
By EDWARD W. PIG~ARD
0, w~tern Newspapesr Union.
G ERMANY, havlng recently boldly
announced that she was now pos-
sessed of a military air force In vio-
lation of the Treaty of Versailles, still
more boldly declares
she is no longer bound
by the obligations of
that pact and proposes
to build up an army
of about 480,000 men,
comprising 12 corps of
three divisions each.
This was the decision
of the cabinet, which
decreed compulsory
m 111 t a r y training
throughout the reich.
Chancallor The exact number of
Hitler men in tlle army will
be determined by a law to he enacted
later.
This was Chancellor Hitler's reply
to the action of France's chamber of
deputies in accepting Premier Fian-
dl•'s plan to increase the term of con-
script service In the French army to
18 mo~ths and subsequently to two
years. Germany considered that
Fr•nce was "dealing the last blow to
disarmament," and Hitler, rushing to
BerLin from Berchtesgadeu, directed
the action of the cabinet and issued
to the German nation a rousing appeal
for full support. He declared that the
failure of other natlons to reduce
armament as called for in the Ver-
sailles treaty had released Germany
from all treaty obligations, and that
while the reich had only peaceful in.
tear,us, it must re-arm te protect
Its territorial Integrity and malatain
the respect of the world as a co-
guarantor ef European peace.
• he Reicksfuehrer stated that Ger-
many did all she could to stabilize
peace as evidenced by three facts:
She offered non-aggressian pacts to all
her neighbors; she regulated her af-
fairs with Pola~l; she showed France
that after the return of the Sear there
were ne territorial questions at issue
between France and Germany.
Omclal London was greatly dis-
turbed by this sudden action of the
German government which came Just
ten days before the date set for a
meeting of Sir John Simon, foreign
oecre~ry, and Lord Privy Seal An-
thony Eden with Hitler ia Berlin. The
British were prepared to offer aboli-
tin of some of the military clauses
of the Versailles treaty in return for
Germany's adherence to the Inclusive
pin1 t~r European security. But It
was feared Hitler would mew demand
formal recoguiflou of German rearm•-
moist, including an army of half a mil-
lion men. a military air leet of 1,500
pianos and a navy one-third the
ntrength of the British navy. All of
which is far beynd what the British
peace plan contemplates.
Of course all the world has been
aware for some time of the fact that
Germany was re-armlng. Before the
French chamber voted to approve
Flnmdln's project, Jean Fabry, presI.
dent ef the chamber's army commlso
slom, stated that the army of the reich
had been strengthened in one year
from 100,000 to 600,000, asserting the
retchswehr had been increased foam
300,000 (the treaty figure) tn 4{K)j~0
and the nominal total of 100,000 po-
lice in barracks doubled.
COIMPLETE collapse ef the admln-
stratlen's long battle te regulate
latices In the steel indust~'y is seen in
an NRA offer to give up, •nd In
ch•rges by the federal trade commls-
~on of a fiasco of coliusiom. The
trade commission lnsistm that price-
fixing be scrapped, and no prosecution
of steel companies under the anti-
trot laws. The trade commlssion
charges that under the code the steel
companies have fixed and raised prices
on government contracts, in defiance
of competitive bidding requirements.
Bids were identical, and then steel
executives slapped fines of $]0 a ton
on members who let the government
have steel cheaper.
GOV. MARTIN L. DAVEY of Ohio,
charged by Federal Relief Ad-
ministrator Harry L. Hopkins with
".corruption" Jn Ohio relief, went be.
fore the state senate and demaeded a
thorough investigation. He defied
Hopkins to come to Ohio for trial eu
a warrant he had secured charging
Hopkins with criminal libel. Hopkins
had alleged in a letter that he has
proof of "corruption" of relief admln.
istration In Ohio including soliciting
of funds for campaign purposes from
firms that sold relief materials. Hop-
kinl, through C. C. Sti~lmal, FERA re.
glonai officer, has taken over admin-
Istration of Ohio relief. Department of
Justice attorneys in Washington de-
clare they stand ready to defend Hop-
kins, but there was no indication that
Hopkins would go to Ohio, although
he may change his mind. The spec-
tacular blowup Is said to have lad its
Inception in the 1934 political cam-
paisa. Davey made campaign speeches
charging that Ohio relief was mis-
managed, and particularly aimed his
barbs at Cleveland. Thls irked Cieve-
}and leaders since relief there had
been administered through a non-poll.
ileal group, which later became the
official CuyahoBa county relief admln-
istration. Hopkins often took °4ante el.
the fact that Cleveland's relief com.
mitten wu "oDe of the best in the
country." Later l~vey pledged him-
self not to touch the Cleveland organ-
ization, but is said to have ousted sev-
eral members, and repeated old
charges. Cleveland leaders took the
fight to Washington.
]~UMBLINGS from Russia declare
z,~. that Germany is concluding a
military pact with Japan. Gen. Sudan
Araki, former Japanese minister of
war, it is claimed, Is going to Berlin
soon to discuss terms. Official warn-
ing went out over Russia that "war
may break out unexpectedly at any
moment." Michael Kalinln, president
of the all-Russlan central executive
committee, made this blunt statement
in an addres~ before organizers of the
Soviet cavalry, and It was later broad-
cast over the republic. He blamed
conditions on "the present political
whims of the dominating classes of
capitalistic countries." He said:
"It Is not necessary to prove that
the Soviet Union is against war. No
other government in the world ever
manifested ~ desire for peace more
than ours."
COMPROMISE and White House
pressure brought about the defeat
of the McCarran "prevailing wage"
amendment to the work relief bill in
the senate, and admlnlstratiou leaders
were confident that the measure would
be laid before the President for sit.
nature within a few days. The
deadlock over the amendment was
broken when Senator Richard B. Rus-
sell, Jr., of Georgia proposed a substi-
tute which leaves the President free
to pay "security wages," officially esti-
mated at $50 a month, provided they
do not adversely affect the wage scale
in private industry; and providing that
the prevailing wage must be paid on
all permanent federal building proj-
ects. This way out, which had been ap-
proved by the White House, was ac-
cepted by the senate by a vote of 83
to 2, after the McCarran amendment
had been defeated, 50 to 38. The two
votes against the compromise were
cast by Metcalfe of Rhode Island and
Hale of Maine, both Republicans. Be-
fore the vote ~ the McCarran ~mend-
meat was taken Senator Glass an-
• onnced he was authorized te say that
if it prevailed President Roosevelt
would veta the measure.
There remained many obstacles over
which the relief bill must be pushed,
far the regular Republicans and a con-
siderable numher of Democrats were
determined to alter it materially. See.
eral senators favored cutting it down
by three or even four blllians; and
La Falsetto ef Wisconsin wanted the
total increased to ten billions. Infla-
tion and bonus enthusiasts also planned
to attach riders.
THE house appropriations commit-
tee favorably reported nut the De-
partment of Agriculture appropriations
bill for the 1936 flsca, l year. A cut of
$518,878,755 was due
largely to a $411,022,-
425 slash In the AAA
item. The total bill
calls for $653,278,758,
of which $570,000,000
would go to the Agri-
culture Adjustment ad-
minlstrati~m ac~vities
At esmmittee hearings
it was expl•ined that
it is Impossible to esti-
mate how much would
Sec'y Wallace have to be obligated
because ef the crop control program,
but the AKA item was a rough esti-
mate of processing tax collections and
is net controlling. Henry Wallace, sec-
retary ef agriculture, told the commit-
tee that the farmers' share of the na-
tional Income is now about 10.2 per
cent, and should be 13 to 16 per cent.
Wallace said "true prosperity" can-
not come "until there has been a very
material increase in the output of phys-
ical goods, Industrial goods."
"If In some way It were possible to
turn out 50 per cent more industrial
goods at a p~lce definitely lower than
the present price," the secretary testi-
fied, "the result would be to make it
possible for agriculture to buy more
with the agricnlt~ral dollar and there
would be more factory workers to be
fed in the cities."
COUNTERFEITERS, narcotics deal.
era, bootleggers and other vio-
lators of federal laws were given a
tremendous shock and many hundreds
of them were thrown into Jail when
the government opened up an anti:
crime campaign that covered the en-
tire land. The k~ttla] raids, made with-
eat warning, were immensely success-
ful and it was announced they would
be continued indefinitely. Twelve thou.
sand federal officers took part In the
operatlens, and besides the individuals
captured, millions ot dollars worth of
contraband was seized.
The drive was described by treas.
ury nfficlais as a test of the advan-
tages of concerted action by all en.
forcement agencies coming under its
supervision. Such a campaign was
planned as early as last summer when
a "crime co-ordination committee"
was formed, under the leadership of
Har~old N. Graves, special assistant to
Secretary Morgenthau.
W ILEY POST'S second attempt to
fly from Log Angeles to New
York through the stratosphere in rec-
ord.breaking time ended at Cleveland,
where he was compelled to come down
because his supply of oxygen was run.
ning short. He said he would l~ve
"passed out" in a few minutes If he
had not descended to breathable air.
Post is convinced that only this trouble
prevented his making the trans¢onti.
nental flight in seven hours and 40
minutes, and he declared he wo~d
sObn try ngatn. His unofficial average
speed to the Cleveland airport w~
279.46 mile~ an hour.
GREECE is mopping up the loose
ends of the revolt. Some fighting
is reported near the Bulgarian border
where one regiment, part of the re-
bellious Fourth army corps, has de-
clined to surrender, but the revolution
is definitely over. Eleutherios Veni-
zelos, ex-premier, and leader of the
futile revolt, was reported a refugee
at Rhodes, the tiny island where Julius
Caesar was interned hy pirates some
2,500 years ago. Venizelos was trans-
ferred there by the Italian government
after he had been landed in Italy by
pnc of the rebel warships. Gen. George
Karmenos, rebel commander, is safe
In Bulgaria, where officials have re-
fused extradition. Rebel prisoners are
helng concentrated In camps, and
courts martial are functioning in
Saloniki, Kasala and Larissa, and mili-
tary trials have begun In Athens.
THE President's special message
calling for abolition of utility hold-
Ing companies stirred up a storm that
probably surprised even such an astute
politician as Mr.
Roosevelt. The Presi-
dent urged legislation
to abolish these hold-
ing companies which
were unable to show
they were operated in
the p.u b I i c interest.
Representative B e r t-
rand H. Snell, Repub-
lican leader, immedi-
ately attacked the
message, claiming the
8ouster Norris President had de-
nounced propaganda against the pro-
posed legislation, and was himself
propagandizing for it. Utility compa-
nies also swung into the battle and
thousands of investors In utility stocks
are reported to have sent in protests to
congress. In the senate, Norris, No.
"braska Republican, offered a resolu-
tion calling upon ths federal trade
commission to investigate propaganda
regarding the legislation. The senate
approved without debate. Oharges
were made hy utility companies that
because of the administration's cam-
paign against public utilities "the val-
ues of utility securities has declined hy
three and one-half hlllioa dollars since
1933." Enactment of legislatin to
halt holding companies, will cause
enormous loss to the America• family,
one power offici•l testified before the
house interstate commerce cemmlftce.
THE senate smacked down Senator
Huey Long for his Jlibustering
tactics and his efforts to amend the
admlnlstration'a $4,$$80,00~,@~ work
relief measure. The Kingfish had de-
manded alterations in the work relief
blll whlch would take $100,000,0~
away from the $60~,000.000 earmarked
for CCG work and allot it to students
in colleges and universities. Long's
amendment was defeated by a vote of
58 to 27. To prove that old adage
of "politics makes strange bedfel.
lows," Long was aided hy Senator
Hiram Johnson of California, who de-
clared that the senate should have
something to say about methods for
spending the huge sum sought by the
President. Johnson has heretofore
been considered a supl~rter ef the
President. Leng's amendment brought
forth other proposed changes which
should keep the senators busy arguing
for several days. The beaus bill may
be dragged in and an attempt made to
make it a rider to the relief measure,
and inflationists and leaders of other
"lsts" will insist on having their say.
ALL outstanding first LlhertT loan
bonds have been called far re-
demption by Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau. The $2,000,000,~ out-
standing has been called for June 15,
before which time the treasury will
likely offer lower interest-t~arlmg
securities in exchange for the first
Liberties, saving the government some
$14,000,000 in annual interest charge.
NEW DEAL polleies took two more
batterings as Federal courts held
both the AAA and NRA unco .stltution-
al as regards intrastate business. The
administration might find some cc~so-
laUon in another ruling which held the
radical Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage
bill was valid. Federal Judge Merrill
E. Otis, •t Kansas City, declared the
Frazler-Lemke law was constitutional,
"although unwise In many of its pro-
visions and almost incomprehensible
matter/' Judge Otis said his ruling
was not the first In which the act was
upheld, and that an •ppeal was already
before the United States Supreme court
and a decision might be expected short-
ly. The AAA was declared invalid as
regards intrastate business bY Federal
Judge Ira Lloyd Letts at Providence,
R. I., who issued an injunction re
stra~ing Secretary of Agriculture Wal-
lace from enforcing the act agalnsi
three Rhode Island retail milk dealers,
on the grounds that their buslness was
co~,ducted entirely wl~la ~he state, and
the national government had no right
~o interfere. At Newark, N. J., Fed.
oral Judge Guy L. Fake ruled the na-
tional recovery act unconstitutional as
applied to intrastate commerce "be-
cause it attempts an unlawful delega-
tion of legislative authority." The lat-
ter decision agrees with that banded
down by Federal Judge Nlelds In th{
contreverslal Wlerton steel dispute.
pRESIDENT ROOSEVELT clashed
with veterans over immediate pay-
ment of the two hlRfon dollar bonus,
and through Chairman Harrison of
the senate finance committee, an-
nounces he will veto the Patman nr
Vlnson bills if passed. The President,
It Is said, will not coml~romlse, but Is
prepared for a "no~arrtmder" fight.
The house rules committee has aP-
proved the Vinson, Patman and Tyd.
Jngs-Coehrans Mils, and tim ~ bat,
t~ ~ read~ to
Washington.--Air pllnts use an ex-
pression that I want to appropriate In
connection wlth a
"Low discussion of th e
Visibility" country's economic
situation and its re-
lation to the administration policies
and plans. The pilots refer to "low
visibility" and "low ceiling" when they
want to say that they cannot see far
in the distance. It seems to me that
the clarity, or lack of it, with respect
to current economic conditions war-
rants the use of the term "low vlsibll-
Ity"~lf any credence whatsoever ts to
be placed in the statements and ac-
tivities of business leaders.
Government agencies by the dozen
have been issuing rapid fire reports in
recent weeks showing how industrial
production is improved, how the price
level has shown signs pleasing to in-
dustry, if not to the consumers, and
how the volume of bank clearings Is
progressing upward. Bank deposits
were seven bllllon dollars hlgber at
the end of 1934 than at the end of
1933. Tim Reconstruction Finance
corporation is having difficulty In keep-
ing its borrowers from paying back
the loans and the Securities and Ex-
change commission recently was made
very happy by application of a great
packing company to list forty-five mll.
lion dollars In new securities.
The treasury has been pursuing
what is regarded as orthodox financial
policies and a good many other agen-
cies appom- to be veering away from
the leftists' course that so long dom-
Inated Roosevelt policies. All of these,
It seems, ought to be reassuring to
business, whether that business be the
great corporations or the little trades-
men in the corner groceries. But there
has been a fly in the ointment and that
seems to be the reason why masses of
capital and a goodly percentage of the
country's population shares uncertain-
ty about the future economic condi-
tion.
I have sought answers te this puz-
zle in many quarters and I have had
many different explanations. It is
made to appear, hawever, from the
weight of opinion that I have gathered
that the relief ro~ls are the cause of
this lack of faith. It has been record-
ed previously that approximately twen.
ty-two million persons, about one-sixth
of our population, are living on relief.
This staggering total, the highest ever
known, obviously represents a basic
weakness somewhere and the admin-
fstratlon is seeking to locate that
weakness. This total has been reached
by a steady growth. }t has not come
suddenly. The circumstance, there~
fare, has led many individuals to the
conviction that Mr. Roesevelt's reform
measures are failures.
Perhaps it is a lack ef understand-
Ing on the part of business that
prompts it to keep its pen In its pocket
and Its check-book ¢)osed under these
conditions. It may be that business
leaders have failed to read the pos-
sib!~Ities represented by increased pro.
duction and the other signs of an im-
proved economy. Nevertheless, busi-
ness apparently has found It difficult
te see far ~r clearly ante the future.
It seems to h~k ulmn the economic
condition as having a *'low ceiling"
and "low visibility."
Washingtou correspandents wer e
startled In the President's press con-
ference the other day
More when he let it be
Me~gea knawn that he plans
four additional mes-
sages to congress this session, not
Including hls recent bitter denuncia-
tion of the holding companles when he
asked that action be had on that bill.
It was not the number of messages
that surprised the correspondents; it
was the fact that the President said
~Ith some frankness that he did not
knew what m~b~ects would be treated
in them. To most of the observers it
seemed wholly reasonable that the
President should he unwilling to out-
line those messages, but it was in-
comprehensible that he should admit
his inability tc say what subjects
would be handled.
After that information came out of
~he White House there was a notice-
able sinking In the optimism of a great
many men who count for something in
the country's business structure. Most
of them sald frq~kly that they did not
know which way to turn. Among their
nnmbers were more who believed sin.
cerely that the President wag giving
up some of hls numerous New'~Deal
experiments and was proceedlng on
ground whlch the conservatlve thought
conslders to be solid. The reaction to
work of this kind always has been
and always will be bad from the stand-
polnt of the pe]itlcal party In power.
Added to the circumstances I have
Just mentioned, one should remember
how congress normally la unpopular
with the business community. In many
years past I have heard the plaint of
business representatlves in Washing-
ton asking or urging for adjourn-
ment. Business men normally feel that
the less work congress gets done and
the sooner it leaves the halls of the
Capitol, the better conditions will be.
The same is true now, only more so.
It may as well be admitted that the
current session of eangre~ is here for
a considerable number of weeks. This
ts true for several reasans. In the firSt
Instance, many of the member8 f~l
that they want to be legislators and
not rubber stamps any longer. There
Is no longer the overwhelming fear
among congressmen of the President's
power. They have shows this several
times lately, including the forty-nine
day battle over the public works bill.
Feeling their independence again,
members of the house and senate have
begun to press for action on legislation
carrying out their own ideas. Much
of this runs counter to administration
ideas on leglslation. Further clashes
are inevitable. When there are con-
fliction of plans in congress you can
expect to see a long-drawn-out session,
and since this Is not an election year,
there Is no need for the members to
rush home to mend their political
fences.
It is not strange, therefore, that
business as a whole is worried about
congress. The business~leaders them-
selves Insist that It is not strange that
they are worried about the secrecy
which surrounds the President's plans.
The two circumstances, taken togeth-
er, obviously serve as a brake on the
wheels of industry bee•use now as al-
ways in the past business will not risk
the last vestige of its capital re-
sources unless it can be assured of
stability.
While the Democrats, the party in
power, are floundering, the Repub-
licans lie wholly dor.
Usele~ mant. Seldom in my
Oppo~t~on experience In Wash-
lngton has the oppe-
sition party been as useless as the Re-
publicans now seem te be. They are
making no effort at all to gather funds
for use by C'halrma~ Henry P. Fletch-
er of the Republican national commit-
tee in taking advantage ef vulnerable
spots in the Democratic armor. In
fact, they have left Mr. Fletcher rath-
er high and dry and when he attempts
to d~ anything one faction or another
shoots harder at him than at its nat-
ural rivals, the Democrats.
I have heard expressions lately to
the effect that Mr. Fletcher has a gold-
en opportunity at hand. He Is in the
enviable position of being able every
time he is criticized by his own par-
tisans to point out that the help they
are giving him is worse than nil and
that criticism under such a circum-
stance does not become them. The
thought is that Mr. Fletcher by tak-
ing the bull by the horns, becoming
militant and mapping out a program
with which his wide knowledge of
potlffcs equips him, could become ac-
tually the dominant Republican force
In this country. Thus far Mr. Fletcher
has sat back in his easy chair and has
taken all the darts. Some observers
are asking haw long that can continue
and the Republican party remain alive.
Early In the Roosevelt administra-
tion the Republican policy was to
avoid critlctsm of the ~emocratic lead-
ership at all times. They declared, and
openly announced their Views, that If
they criticized Mr. Roosevelt a~d his
New Deal they would be characterized
as obstructionists. If the New Deal
failed the Democrats surely would
place the blame on the Republican op-
position. But palitical writers here
tell me that Mr. Roesevelt's political
honeymoon has been ever quite n
while and that there Is, in their oldn-
fen, no need for the Republfeans long-
er to stick thelr heads In the sand
after the manner of the ostrich, and
see nothing.
As the administration gets Its bands
on fresh supplies of money, a strong
demand has set up
Concreta for more concrete
H~£hwaya highways. There
seems to be almost
a propaganda in favor of constructIng
concrete highways here, there and
everywhere, including two or three or
four transcontinental, high speed road-
ways.
The new public works bill carries a
considerable sum for highway con-
struction and it is quite natural that
dealers in road materials and equip-
ment want to get hold of it. My in-
quiries among road-building authorities
lead me to believe, however, that the
use of these funds ought to be exam-
ined closely and any program that is
mapped out should be the result of
careful study. Around the Department
of Agriculture there is a chronic cam-
plaint that too many through highways
and not enough far m~to-market roads
have been constructed. If that be cor-
rect, the authorities tell me, then the
concrete road-building program will
have to be revamped or else there will
be hundreds of miles of concrete road.
way constructed at an expense so
great that it can be called reckless
waste.
Some years ago the bureau of pub-
Ilc roads made a statistical study
which indicated that • concrete road-
way, as distinguished from other hard.
surface highways, was unjustified un-
less the daily volume of automobile
traffic approximated fifteen hundred
cars. It Is to be remembered that a
concrete roadway costs several times
as much as when other materials are
used In hard-surface construction. 8o
the public reads statistician figured
out the Mfe of • roadway built of less
expeuive materials would he of ~ffi-
eient length to warrant use of the
cheaper matevlal where the volume of
travel was low.
Wmtmm N,w~ U~
TINY CAMERA
'I~e smallest camera In
worhl, recently exhibited In I~
Is about the size of a man's t]
nail. and a watchmaker's Jewdi
used as a lens.
~mmmml ~om~mommm
The "liquid
e. • it ENDS bowel
for many Ji)eople
This is a test that tells
the system needs a
If you have constant
or bilious attacks,
to make things worse, it
wise to try this:
Stop all use of any laxative |
does not encourage variation
"fixed dose" (which may .be~
too large a dose for your
need). Use instead, a
that you can measure
as to do~. As
take smaller doses, less
until the bowels are moving
any help at all.
Doctors use liquid
• properly
containing
like senna and cascara m a
a comfort; a real help
re~larity. Ask your doctor
this! (Doctors use liquid
You can get Dr. Cald~
Pepsin, wliich is a most
liquid laxative, at any
Succinct
Teacher--Name three artlcls~
tsinlng starch.
Pupil~A shirt and two collar~
,,Coleman l
Source of Strength
A strong man is one who
~ow weak other men are.
FLOWER
YOUR
WILL ENVY
Don't take a back s~tt
when it comes to grow*
ing fIowers. Plant
Ferry'a Purebred Flow~
Seeds and your garde~
will be the envy of
every one in your neigh*
borhood. They are pur~
bred seeds--the off°
sprin8 of generations eg
perfect plants.
all the
Golden
DlSceve~ built
gave me • fine
lind X could eat without fear oJ
New si~e, tablets 50 c~., liquid
8d~. t~be, ~ liquid, $1.3.5.
ITCHING..'
anywhere on th0 bod~~'
also burning irritated
~0othed and helped by