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I URRENT EVENTS PASS INR[VI[W By EDWARD W. PICKARD O. Weeter'a NewBp~per Union. GEORGE N, PEEK, in his capacity of advisor to the President on for- elgn trade, has Just made public sta- tistics that tend to show the United States is losing its po- sition as the world's chief creditor nation, and makes recommen- dations that are in ac- cord with the growing trend against interna- tionalism in the ad- mlnlstration and in conflict with Secretary Hull's program of re- moving barriers to in- ternational trade by George N. Peek reciprocal trade agree- menta Stating that whether or not this country still owes less to other natlons than they owe to it appears to depend on the true value of defaulted war debts, Mr. Peek recommends these im- mediate steps : "1, The inauguration of a detailed study of our direct investments abroad and foreigners' direct investments in the United States, to supplement the studies now In progress of capltal movements. "2. A review of all natlonal policies based in whole or In part upon our in- ternational creditor status." The proposal seems to lead toward high tarlffs and a policy of allocating our forelgn trade among other nations, ss is done by many uf the European countries. Figures compiled by Mr. Peek Indl- sate that the United States is a net International creditor by $16,897,000,- 000, but this includes $10,304,000,000, principal amount of war debts owed by foreign governments, and also for- eign bonds held by private investors in the United States invoiced at their face value, and a pre-depresslon esti- mate of the value of American branch factories abroad and other direct in- ,vestments in foreign countries. Mr. Peek strongly infers that a re-estima- tion of these "assets" will result in such a scaling down that this country will no longer be a creditor nation and need not act as such. By his recommendation for a re- view of all our national policies based in whole or in part on our international credit status, Mr. Peek unquestionably means that there will be no further validity to the argument that as a cred- itor Datlon we must open our markets to imported goods, and that imports need be only sufficient to balance cur- rent exports, taklng into consideration such Invislble items of international trade aa shipping services and tourist expenditures. pRESIDENT ROOSEVELT strongly resented the criticism of his New Deal policies by the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States, and re- torted by calllng to the White House Secretary Roper's business planning and advisory council for an endorse- ment of NRA extension and the social securities program. Then to the news- paper correspondents Mr. Roosevelt scored the action of the chamber, as- serting that in too many cases so-called business organizations misrepresent the business men for whom they claim to speak, and that be did not hellene a single speech made at the chamber's meeting contained any mention of the human side of the picture. He de- clared the business organizations were not indicative of the mass belief and that he would go along with the great bulk of the people. Several members of the business ad- .visory council were also members of the Chamber of Commerce, and It is sald they resented the President's as. tion in seemlngly using them to offset the attack by the chamber. Some of them were on the point of resigning from the Roper counch, but were pla- cated by Mr. Roosevelt wbe assured them their views were highly valued. IN THE crash of a transport plane of Transcontinental Western Alr near Atlanta, Me., Senator Bronson M. Cut. tins of New Mexico and four other persons fell to their death. The pilot was unable to land at Kansas City because of a dense fog and hls fuel gave out before ]ae could reach an emergency landing field atKlrksvllle. Besides Mr. Cutting those killed were Miss Jeanne A. Hlltias of Kansas City, Mrs. Wll. Ilam Kaplan of West Senator LOS Angeles, and Har. Cutting vey Bolton and IL H. Greeson. pilots. both of Kansas City. Eight passengers were seriously injured. Bronson Cutting, a millionaire of an aristocratic family, was a radical Re, publican and was one of the outstand. ins members of the senate. He sup- ported Mr. Roosevelt for President in :1932, but when be came up for re. election last fall he was not given the endorsement of the administration. His victory was contested by Dennis Chavez and the case is still before the senate elections committee. Mr, Cut- u_ng was born on Long Island In I888~ graduated from Harvard and there, ~ter went to New Mexico. In the World war he was an infantry eap- taln and assistant military attache at th9 American embassy in London. He was appointed to the senate In 1927 to fill a vacancy and was elected next year to a six year term. The senate on being advlsed of the tragedy adjourned out of respect to the memory of Senator Cutting, and the house cut short its session. ~FFIRMING a decision of the Su- . A press court of the Dlstrlct of Co- lumbia, the United States Supreme court held unconstitutional the railroad retirement act, ruling that many of Its provisions are invalid. The act pro- vided for a system of old age pensions for all railroad workers. The decision was read by Justice Owen J. Roberts. It condemned many provisions of the law as "arbitrary," placing an undue burden on the railroads and having no relation to safety and efficiency in the operation of the railways. The act was passed by the Seventy- fourth congress Just before It closed and had the ta~t approval of the new administration, although President Roosevelt said he believed it would have to be perfected by amendment, It set up a compulsory pension plan, requiring contributions by both the car- riers and the benefited employees. The District of Columbia courts held that the law went too far when it included intrastate as well as interstate employ- ees and when it gave workers retire. sent credit for the time they had spent In the service prior to passage of the act. ALL the vast British empire cele- brated the silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary--the twen. ty-fifth anniversary of their accession ~and for three months there will be a contin- uous series of fetes in the United Kingdom and all the dominions and dependencies. Lon- ......... don. of course, was the scene of the chief cele- bration on the open- ing day, and the me- tropolis was thronged with visitors. Hotels and rooming houses King were overcrowded and George the ldng ordered that Hyde Park be kept open so some of the overflow thousands could sleep there. There were seven state processions the first day. The first was that of the speaker of the house of commons, Capt. Edward A. Fitzgerald, with five ancient gilded coaches; the second, that of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, with six coaches in which rode the do- miblon prime ministers. Then came a two-coach procession of Lord High Chancellor Sankey, and one of the lord mayor of London, Sir Stephen Ktlllk. The fifth procession was that of the duke of York. from Buckingham pal- ace, two carriages with a captain's escort of the magnificently appareled royal horse guards. The prince of Wales, as heir to the throne, came sixth. He had with him a captain's escort of the Life Guards and two carriages, in the first of which he rode with Queen Maud of Norway and his brother, the duke of Glouces- ter, like him. a bachelor. Finally, in the most gorgeous parade of all, came George and Mary, and as their ornate coach, drawn by the fa- mous grays, passed, the voices of all loyal Britishers rose in a roar of "God bless the king and queen." The rulers, accompanled by all the other notables, went to St. Paul's cathedral to give public thanks to God. DISREGARDING the wishes of Pres- dent Roosevelt, the finance com. mittee of the senate adopted and re- ported for passage a simple resolution continuing the nation- al recovery act until April 1, 1936, and at the same time making these provlslons: 1. No price fixing shall be permitted or sanctioned in codes, except in those re- lating to mineral or natural resources which now have price fixing provisions. Donald 2. No trade en- gaged In intrastate Rlchberg commerce shall be ellglble for a code. 3. The President is given specified time in which to review present codes to carry out the condltlons lald down in the first two exceptions to the reso- lution. Both President Roosevelt and Don. ald Rlchberg, head of the NRA. had urged the passage of a new two-year NRA bill which would set up a strictel dictatorship over business and indus- try. The senate finance committee. however, would not consent to this and Instead passed the resolution, which was drawn up by Senator Clark of Missouri and approved by Chairman Pat Harrison. Twelve senators first called at the White House and the President seemed willing to accept the continuing resolution until Mr. Rich- berg came in and protested urgently : whereul~on Mr. Roosevelt turned it down. The committee then took the actlou noted by a vote of 16 to 3, de- fying both the President and Rich- berg. B AHIA, third city of the republic of Brazil. wan overwhelmed by furi- ous storms and torrential rains, and the destruction was extended to nil the surrounding country. Communica- tions were demoralized, but fragmen. tary reports told of terrible scenes of death and devastation. It was believed that at least 400 lives were lost and probably 2,000 persons rendered home. less. Rescue and relief work was be- ing carried on as well as possible by hundreds of eoldlers and the govelq~- ment agencie~ THE BEACH REVIEW TWO thousand young Catholics ot Germany made an Easter pilgrim- age to Rome, and on their return home they were treated as political suspects, stripped of their mementoes and held for a time In a concentration camp. • ddressing another group of Pilgrims from Germany, Pope Plus made a strong protest against this action of the Nazis who, he said, "wish in the name of so-called positive Christianity to de-Christianize Germany, and they wish to conduct the country back to barbaric paganism, and nothing is left undone to disturb Christian and Cath- olic life." THE senate committee named to de- vise s means of curbing such at. tacks on the Presldent as are fie- quently made by Huey Long on the floor of the senate has not yet reported, but It is said Senator Ben. nett Champ Clark oi Missourl has figured out how it can be done. Clark Is the upper chamber's chief expert on parllamen. tary procedure and for four years he was parliamentarian of the lower house. His Senator plan Is to rewrite rule B. C. Clark 19 of the senate rules to include the President and so pro. tect him from unwarranted attacks and slanders. That rule reads at present: "No senator in debate shall, direct. ly or indirectly, by any form of words impute to another senator or to other senators any conduct or motive un. worthy or unbecoming a senator." One of Long's favorite ways of launching his diatribes is to rise to a question of personal privilege, and Clark proposes that in this respect the senate rules be changed to conform with those of the house. In that body when a member feels he has been as. grieved he must explain exactly how he has been injured before he is per. mitted to speak. The speaker decides whether or not his injury is Justified. Senator Glass of Virginia has failed at various times to silence the "King. fish" and he, too, has a plan he thinks might help accomplish that end. He recommends a requirement that all amendments offered to an approprla. tion bill be germane. Such~ a require, meat would affect other senators, but Glass' move admittedly is directed against Long. yUGOSLAVIA'S dictatorship will be continued and enlarged, for Premier Yevtitch's government party won a sweeping victory at the polls; this, despite the fact that the small towns and villages of Croatia gave an overwhelming vote for the opposition leader, Dr. Vladlmir Matchek. IN THE name of 400,000 Knights ot Columbus, Martin H. Carmody, su- preme knight of the order, has sent to President Roosevelt a letter urging American diplomatic intervention ou behalf of Catholics in Mexico. The matter has been up in congress at va- rious times but quite naturally the ad- ministration Is hesitant about interfer- ing in what Mexico considers a domes- tic affair. S ECRETARY ICKES' Department of the Interior has now been elevated to the level of the State, Treasury and Agriculture departments, for congress has granted one of Harold's dearest wishes and given him an undersecre- tary, whose salary is to be $10,000 a year. This was u senate amendment to the Interior department appropriation bill, and was accepted by the house, 243 to 92, only after considerable pres- sure had been applied by the adminis- tration. Many of the house Democrats lave asserted that Mr. Ickes snubbed them, and they would have liked noth- ing better than to administer a rebuke to him by defeating the amendment, but the party leaders drove them into line, pOLICE of Havana apparently are well on the way to solution of the mystery of the fire which destroyed the Ward liner Morro Castle, and other recent marine disasters. They have ar- rested three men, all natives of Cata- lan province in Spaln, and say that they found on their persons letters of Instructions concerning the destruction of the steamshlp Magallanes of the Spanish llne, which was soon due In Havana. The documents according to the authorities, ordered the accused to "take necessary action to precipitate a disaster similar to that of the Morro Castle." The police say the prisoners are well-known anarchists. ~vREIGN MINISTER PIERRE LA- AL of France and Ambassador ?otemkln of Russia finally fixed up the mutual assistance pact between the two countries in a way acceptable to both and It was signed in Paris. M. Lavnl then prepared to leave for Moscow, planning to stop in Warsaw en route, It would seem that Lanai had his way with the treaty, for it subordi- nates military action of the two powers to the procedure of the League of Na- tions, to provisions of the Locarno pact and also to the France-Polish alli- ance. ARIZONA'S victory over the govern- ment in the Parker dam case ruled on by the Supreme court alarmed the New Dealers for the safety of some of their other big projects of the same nature. The court decided that Secretary Ickes, as public works ad- ministrator, was without authority to dam navigable rivers unlen specifically ordered by congress and that the~law creating the PWA ~ad not listed any such specific proJet~ am Um P~ dam. =========================== Washtngton.~Probably the most not- able incident of recent days in Wash- Ington Is the explo- Blast at sign of a bomb by New Deal business. It is sig- nificant and impor- tant that the business voice, as repre- sented by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, has spoken in such emphatic terms about the New Deal. It is further a matter of sig- nificance that the business voice crlti- sized the New Deal generally as well as specifically, because it is the first time in the period since President Roosevelt took charge that anythlng like unity in business thought has bees presented. The reaction was instantaneous. First, Secretary Roper of the Depart- ment of Commerce mustered 21 mem- bers of his business advisory commit- tee for a counter attack. It was al- most drowned out by the chamber's roar. Such was not the case, however, wlth the President's reply. He waited until the convention had ended to let loose a charge that the business In- terests were selfish. It made all the front pages. This brings us to the crux of the condition precipitated by the outburst of the Chamber of Commerce conven- tion. It is seldom, and I believe the record shows this statement to be ab- solutely true, that annual conventions of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States have been taken serious- ly by the newspapers. The business men have been looked upon as posses- sots and promoters of rather anti- quated ideas. Their Interests have been and are of a selfish character. That is quite obvious and quite nat- ural. But at this time, the voice of business speaks more than Just busi- ness views. It speaks politically. Hence, when business spoke this time the newspapers of the country paid heed. The result was an unprecedent- ed amount of publicity was obtained by the chamber through the medium of Its convention this year. Whether this represents a change in the thought of the country, surely no one individual of any group is able to say definitely. It must be recog- nized, however, that for many months a highly vocal minority of politlclans has been accusing the administration of throttling criticism. Although this group fought vigorously and charged the administration with having the greatest propaganda machine ever to exist, It obtained little publicity for those views. Most newspapers dis- missed them by publication of three or four paragraphs, buried on the inside pages of the metropolitan dailies. So, necessarily, significance attaches to the fact that when the business voice was raised in apparent unity the newspa- pers accorded columns of space to lt. It can be construed in no other way than as meaning there Is a larger opposl. ton to some phases of the New Deal at least than most of us had expected. • S For quite a while such groups as the American Liberty league have pounded away at certain Opposlt~on phases of the New Unified Deal. To the Wash- ington observers it appeared that these groups were get- ting nowhere and getting there fast. Of a sudden, however, the voice op- posed to the New Deal seems to have found Itself. Certainly at the moment and for the first time, there tS an ap- proximation of unity to New Deal opposition antl that fact is reflected in a rather Important way. I refer to the courage exhibited in congress where there Is more and more evi- dence of a decision on the part of the legislators to assert their Independence In contradistinction to previous silent obedience to the White House. I believe it is too early to attempt a prediction whether the Chamber of Commerce leadership will last. If I were to make an individual guess I would say that leadership of thls type will crumble. That guess Is predicated upon the record of the past because heretofore it has been true that business always suffered defections and presently there was bushwhacking in Its own camp. Regardless of whether that condition develops again, the explosive character of the speeches in the chamber's convention have added a momentum to Roosevelt oppo- sition which it has lacked heretofore. It Is Just possible, therefore, that even If business leadership falls in Its efforts to curb radical tendencies among the administration group, a well knlt oppo- sition may now be developing. Pursuing this assumption further, one hears suggestions around washing- ton to the effect that a genuine and basic issue for the 1936 campaign may be In the making. It would seem that Mr. Bcosevelt will be forced Into the position again of appealing to the forgotten man of hls 1932 campaign who has since been forgotten. The conservative thought of the country meanwhile wlll marshal behind the home owners, the possessors of property nnd capital and the workers whose In- come must be taxed heavily in subse- quent years to pay for the program of spending our way out of the de- pression. Some support Is seen for this theory of probable issues In 1936 in the ret~nt statement of Postmaster General Far- ley who spoke politically u chairman of the Democratic national ¢ommltt~ [ In almost so many words, Mr. Farle~ declared tlmt the business interests had not been favorable to Mr. Roose- velt; that they were not now favor- able to him and that there was no reason to expect the support of busi- ness hereafter. Mr. Farley, clever poli- tician that he Is, recognizes that un- der pre.~ent conditions there are more votes on the side of the man who ap- peals to those who have not than there are on the side of the man who appeals to those who have. On the other hand, government sta- tistics show that something like 65,- 000,000 persons hold life insurance policies ; that something like 20,000,000 have saving accounts iu banks; that there are around 10,000,000 home own- ers in the nation, and that even at the lowest point of the depression there were more people working for salaries and wages than there were unem- ployed. Mr. Farley's guess apparently Is that so many of these workers have had their Incomes reduced that they will support a candidate who prom- Ises to improve their condition. In their numbers lles the difference be- tween victory and defeat. In addition to these factors, there Is to be considered the probability of de- fections caused by such demagogic leadership as the Longs and the Coughlins. Saner thinking people know, of course, that the programs which Senator Long and Father Cough- lin have been preaching far and wide are as impossible of fulfillment as was the EPIO program advanced by Upton Sinclair in his California cam- paign. But it may not be overlooked that these men can and will pull to. gerber several million voters. No discussion of the controversy be- tween business and President Roose- velt would be com- NRA the plete without consid- Hot Spot eratlon of the NRA. It is the hottest spot in congress right now. The situation is of such a character as to be com- parable to a carbuncle on your neck. Those who have had carbuncles will fully understand. A few days ago, Mr. Roosevelt called the most obstreperous of opposltlon senators to the White House for a conference on the question of what to do about extending the national In- dustrial recovery act. It is due to expire by limitation of law on June 16. He cleverly invited Miss Perkins, the secretary of labor, and Donald Rich- berg, the guiding hand of the Recovery administration, to sit In on that meet. ing. It was only natural that two such avid New Dealers as Miss Per- kins and Mr. Richberg should hold out for continuation of NRA for a two. year period. And it was only natural for senators who do not believe whole, heartedly in all of the NRA principles to insist on a makeshift, or temporary continuation. The President put them Into a cockpit to fight it out. The resulting disagreement was perfectly logical but the President had put him- self in a position to trade with con- gress. Since the NRA opponents in con- gress did not yield, they naturally went back to the Capitol and framed their own progTam. They propose to have NRA continued, with some of Its un- satisfactory features eliminated, to April of next year. They probably will be able to muster enough support to pass some such legislation. If they do, the President will accept it. Actual- ly, he has no choice. He cannot alTbw the policy represented by NRA to crash completely. It would mean a political defeat which the President, strong as he is, probably could not withstand. It is a wiser and sadder Blue Eagle that is proposed in the senate resolu. tion contInuing NRA. Wiser That resolution is Blue Eagle equipped with scis- sors to trim the tail feathers of the famed eagle so that it cannot operate against businesses whose traffic is wholly within a state--- intrastate--nor will it permit price fixing. The senate finance committee which drafted this resolution reported it to the senate by the overwhelming vote of sixteen to three. That shows better than any words of mine how thorough- ly determined that senate group was to override the Rlchberg-Perkins views on administration policy. Succinctly, the continuing resolution provides for changes In the current law as follows: 1. No price fixing shah be permitted or sanctioned under any code except in codes covering mineral or natural re, sources industries that now embody the price fixing principle. 2. No trade engaged wholly In in. trastate commerce shall be placed un. der code. 3. The President will have 30 days in which to review present codes of fair practlce In order to revise and adjust each so that it will conform to the provlsions of the new NRA. "I think this is the best way out," said Senator Harrison, Democrat of Mlssissippl, chairman of the committee. "I feel certain we can pass this reso- lution wlthout a great amount of de- bate and it will give NRA time to ad- Just ltsel~ and give the courts time to rule on the various questions of NR~ validity." Q ~Veatera Newspaper U~IO~ BEVERLY HILLS,--Well all I is Just what I read in the papers, what I gather as I roll down gather no moss. [know all these * tlnually and * and grow ~giving everybo~ pain in the neelt I do. When I something that agree with em throw me in th~ can and they read me any and maby week l might with era, but they dont walt to see. But its as I was saying before. other minor thought interrupted O. O. McIntyre, Irvin Cobb, Bugs and of course Mr. Brisbane, they Just keep growing in popular favor, they can write about anything, and can make it marvelously readable. makes it funny, and when I say brother I mean funny. He has the eat and most unique and original on humor than any man in the You know darn it that fellow marvel. And Cobb of course has lived outlived wrote and outwrote all men of his time. Humor, but combined with a great sense of understanding. No "Nut" humor Cobb. Its based on years of And by the way the best reporter old New York World ever had. based on years of mingling, and getting next to all classes of I would rather have him on a story with me than any man I ever He knows what to keep you Its kinder like a good wife, that "Yes" you all the time. They you where you are not so hot. Homer Croy who wrote "They To See Paris" is another that Just what a character should do, Owen Davis, the great (who has had more successes course of years than all of knows character. There is lots of stories where we do thing to get laugh, but its not the thing that the man who we are playing would do. thats all not done by one man, its by two or three men working director who can tell when a out of tune. Cobb, Croy, and do it. Now this fellow Oh Oh McIntyre~ l character, that same as one we the stage, but he is fortunate in ins what to do himself. NobobdY to walk around and tell him. His ers picture him, they ~visuallze ~ meeting these various celebrities. see him walking among the out of way places in New York. They that they are getting an authentic ture of New York in all Its (And is read more than all the N. Y. writers put togaether). Ha sit down at his desk and write umn about his typewritm ribbon working, but darn it, thats pening. We dent know one teu~ these people that drop in, or that meets on the street, or at various ties. They are Esquimos to us, golly before we are finished we we know em too. He likes to use words, but he is sure to have little ones in there, so us dumb dont lose out entirely. And he is to run you to the dictinary, (he did me for I havent got any. I you had guessed that by now). That brings us to my older~riend,i Brisbane, the daddy of all of era. A I expect with more talents mau in the ~ewspaper game. A Judgo of what millions of people to read. If a newspaper is in quick sand, or if it has the Mr Hearst sends old Dec there. He operates. The patient only recovers, but thrives. No writer in America. can do that. can write, but when they writing then they are through. may know how to write their or column, but they dent know should be in the 50 or 100 columnS. ~ But to go back to the subject of original oration, Mr Brisbane awful lot about a lot of things. I know what caused the earthquakes in Japan till away last week when he told it. They are on the edge of a tremen- dously deep deep canyon in the ocean, and its the land slipping off in this canyon. Now that makes sense and Its plain aint it'! Well thats what he! writes. They are for- tunate men that can do that. always kidding about Democrats did to the Re then I got the Republicans on then I will sing a praise of lican uprising, and 1 will Democrats down on me. My Jung ways controversial. Thats all havent got the range of background of reading, the li foundation. There is Just eo can say in praise, or in our Government. And when I saying it over and over again, stand up like those other boY~ ~ont I know it. @ IP~$. M~N~g~ Sysd~m~. Iat.