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PASS IN REVIEW
GREAT NATIONAL RESOURCES
PROGRAM REPORTED?STEEL
INDUSTRY'S PLANS.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
Western New = !iaiH.*r Unl n
pKKSI L>ENT ROOSKVEI/rs nn*
tlonal resources hoard. appointed
last .Tune to devise "a plan for planning."
with Secretary of the Interior
!jrram. coverinc HO to
oO v< ars. for development
of land, water
ar?<l resource-? at an
*" m iknmmi.imni. It sur>
*!2Sfe M& veys projects which
t presumably include
the administration's
relief and public
Harold L. works program for the
Ickes immediate future,
these being:
1. Improvement of highways and the
elimination of grade crossings.
2. National housing, including slum
clearance, subsistence homestead, rehabilitation,
and low cost housing
projects.
3. Water projects, including water
supply, sewage treatment, flood control.
irrigation, soil erosion prevention,
and hydro-electric power developments.
4 Rural electrlfleation.
Secretary ot Labor Perkins, a member
of the board, has said that if its
recommendations are carried out, nil
unemployment will be eliminated for the
next 25 years. These, she says, are
the results that might be expected:
3. Provide i much creator development
of water resources.
2. Stop menace of floods.
8. Stop soil erosion.
4. Remove all marginal or submarginal
lands from attempted production.
5. Stop waste of mineral resources
and substitute a national policy
of conservation.
fi. Create great new recreational
acres.
7. Assemble basic data for mapping.
public finance and population,
necesary for national planning, with
a mlddecennial census in 1935.
8. Co-ordinate socially-useful federal,
state and municipal public works.
9. Provide for continuous longrange
planning of land, water and
mineral resources "In relation to each
other and to the larger background
of the social and economic life in
which they are set."
The hoard's report does not suggest
that the government spend the $105000,000,000
Involved, but recommends
a national plan of co-ordinating federal
construction projects with state
and local undertakings. It also recommends
a public works "reserve" of
$ 10,000,000,000 to take up the slack
of construction In periods of depression,
but does not suggest where such
a fund?more than one-third of the
total national debt?could be obtained.
FROM his economic security advisory
committee the President received
a recommendation for an unemployment
insurance system based
upon contributions from employers
iiuou^ii a |m:j i t?ii kia , uuu aieu uurc
proposed plans for old ape pensions
submitted tor his consideration.
It was recommended that payments
to workers who become jobless should
be 50 per cent of their pay but payments
were not to be less than $15 per
week for 25 weeks in the year. States
would l>e permitted to set a higher
standard if they wished.
A "waiting period" of from two to
four weeks between the time a worker
lost his Job and the time insurance
payments started was provided for.
Five years ago it was asserted that
thp steel Industry was far overbuilt.
But its general program for 1935 build
ing is now made public, showing that
it plans the exiiendlture of $100,000,ooo
for new equipment. This includes
the Eord Motor company's $19,000,000
program, already described in this column.
Other items are: The United
States Steel corporation has pledged
?40,009,000 worth of modern!zatlon in
the coming year.
The National Steel corporation has
announced a $12,000,000 expansion for
Its subsidiary, the Great Lakes Steel
corporation.
Carnegie Steel is building a 42-Inch
hot strip mill at Youngstown, Ohio,
and Bethlehem is planning a 60-lnch
hot strip mill for its Lackawanna
works at BufTalo. *
Youngstown Steel and Tube company
Is completing a $7,000,000 mil] at
its Campbell (Ohio) works, and nearby
tne Republic Steel corporation is
spending $500,000 for a new electric
weld tube mill building.
linALANCED abundance" is the
13 keynote sounded in the program
offered by Secretary of Agriculture
The Cherokee Sc
Wallace In his annual report Con
vlnced that agriculture should b<
brought under permanent federal con
trol, he will ask congress for drastic
new legislation. This will include broad
amendments to the AAA. great exten
sion of the grain futures act and passage
of the Tugwell food and drugs
bill. While he insists on continuance
of crop control, Mr. Wallace advises
against falling Into the pit o" "scarcity
economics"; nevertheless. I.e de
fends the working of the AAA reduction
schemes to date.
lie sees "the end of our period of
emergency adjustments, of drastic reduction
in farm output coming into
view." Hereafter, the task may in
elude adjustment of production to a
rising demand, he says. To this end. as
a safeguard against the effects of crop
failure In the future, the secretary <i?velops
his proposal for "an ever nor
mal granary." Larger ro?*?rves against
crop failure would l?e maintained.
These, he l?elie\es. should remain in
; the control of the fnrinors. through
storage and government loan arrangements.
coupled with an obligation to
participate in continued crop adjustments.
By co-ordinating storage with
crop adjustments, farmers would have
the beginning of means to control live
stock production cycles, it is held.
The Tugwell amendment to the food
1 and drug act is defended by Wallace
on the ground that It would remove
from the government "the formidable
obligation of proving that claims made
in the labeling of patent medicines are
both false and fraudulent" and provide
more drastic penalties. Including
jail terms, for violations.
He defends the section of the proposed
amendment which would give
him cxnrlstic control over all food,
drug and cosmetic advertising, a fea
niuwrn (i oiWtii ?ii piuicsis
in the Inst session on the ground that
; it Invaded the freedom of the press.
SECRETARY OF WAR DEItN is no
less insistent on the necessity of
strengthening the army than Is Secre;
tnry of the Navy Swanson in the case
j of our naval defenses.
In the first section of
i his annual report Mr.
JV ^ Dern asks that the of]
licer and enlisted
strength of tlie army
all ^?.5 I be Increased to 14,000
m commissioned ofllcers
1 and 105,000 enlisted
; ^"jB men. other recomkn,cndations
include:
L " Purchase of 000 airplanes
over a period
Secretary tj,rye years to give
Dern tl:e air corps 2,:t20
serviceable planes, as urged by the
board headed by Newton D. llaker,
which Investigated the air corps and
its needs.
Allocation of sufficient funds to complete
the army housing program at
home and abroad.
Construction without undue delay
of a War department building to house
all its activities under one roof instead
of in 17 buildings, as at present.
Enactment by congress of legislation
to Improve the promotion system, so
as to give a more uniform and satis;
factory flow of promotion without
necessitating heavy additional expense.
Increasing the pay of officers, particularly
In the lower grades, when
the condition of the treasury warrants.
RUSH D. HOLT, the young radical
who was elected United States
senator from West Virginia, may have
a hard time getting his seat, for he
will not reach the constitutional age
of thirty until next June. The Republican
senators are determined to exclude
Holt if possible, but they have
not yet decided on the method to be
; (luisutni. .uv.vnrjr urcglHI, IiepUDI
lican leader, says he will chal1
lenge the West Virginian's eligibility
when the latter appears to present
I his credentials to Vice President
Garner, asking that the credentials be
submitted to the committee of privileges
and elections.
Senator William E. Ilorah of Idaho,
a constitutional authority, differs with
Senator McXary but merely on the
[mint of procedure. He will take the
same position as he took in the case
of Frank I~ Smith of Illinois and William
S. Vare of Pennsylvania, and 11
he is successful Holt will be seated
but later expelled by resolution after
the investigating committee makes Its
report.
T11IUTY-ONE years ago, on Decern
her 17, 1903, the Wright brothers
made at Kitty Hawk, N, C? the hte
toric first flight in a powered airplane
and the anniversary was handsorueh
celebrated throughout the United
States and its possessions. Every
where that weather conditions permit
ted, all available airplanes took to tb?
air to honor Orville Wright, the sur
vivlng brother, and to demonstrate the
extraordinary progress that has beer
made In aviation. Army and navy ah
fields, airport managers and owneri
of planes all co-operated in this cele
brat Ion of National Aviation day.
PORTUGAL, under the ieadershi]
of Dictator-President Cannons, hai
i gone Fascist. A new corporate state
i modeled after the system establish*
out, Murphy, N. C., Thursdi
In Italy by Mussolini, has boon cre?
ated; Carraona's dictatorship is assured
and a now constitution replaces
' that of 10,13 which restored in some
I measure representative government.
The first of the two chambers provided
for has just been elected, and ! j
only one list of candidates was per- ]
' m it ted In the field. Republicans and
1 Socialists, not being represented, generally
refrained from voting. Three j
women were chosen members of the
chamber, which lias in) members. The
other chamber, of 7J?. is appointive.
ITALY is having a rew with Ethiopia
because of an affray at I'nlual between
two bodies of their troops. Both j
have re|M?rtcd the affair to the League
of Nations, each blaming the other,
i Premier .Mussolini personally present|
ed the Italian side and characterized
the fight as "a sudden and unprovoked
uagie?ioit agatiisi Italy's native garrison."
||i> demntided an apology and
indemnities, and flatly refused arbi- I
tration of the ?iunrrci.
W
III LK the seriate committee lieadNortli
I'akota was still investigating j
munitions makers and their profits
_____________ and methods. President
Roosevelt named another
committee
charged with the duty
of preparing legislate^.
^ tion that would uuPv
thorlze tlie Chief Executive,
in time of war,
ft -N to assume absolute
w.?... power over industrial
profits, prices and ^
wages and over the op- ?
erations of all IndusBernard
M. ,ries- M. BarBaruch
l,ch. **ew financier
who was head of
the war industries board, was made (
chairman of this commit t??i? nn?l I Ion ??
Hugh S. Johnson was appointed to
be Mr. Baruch's assistant Others on
the committee are Secretaries Hull j
(state), Morgenthau (treasury), Dorn
(war), and Swanson (navy) ; Undersecretary
of Agriculture Tugwell, act- f,
ing for Secretary Wallace; Assistant
Secretary of Labor McGrady, acting q
for Secretary Perkins; Assistant Sec- /y
rotary of the Navy Henry Latrobe
Roosevelt; Rail Co-ordinator Eastman; #
Gen. Douglas MacArthur. chief of q
stall; and Foreign Trade Adviser
George N. Peek.
The President told newspaper men a
gathered at his press conference If
that "the time has come to take the '
protit out of war." He declared that A
not only the war profits of corpora- L
tlons would he under inspection but i
the wages of individuals as well. He L
pointed out the disparity between the A
soldier's pay of SI a day and that of j
the munitions worker at $10 a day, and F
declared this unequal mobilization, as D
he called it, had led to the veterans'
demands for a soldiers' and sailors' =
bonus.
Legislation will be asked of the new
congress meeting In January, Mr.
Roosevelt said. He added that he regarded
the subject as one of the most
important of any to l>e laid before
congress.
The President insisted that his move
at this time was not prompted by any
threat of war. The war horizon, he I
said. Is cloudless. Neither should the I
proposal be considered one for war
preparedness, the President added.
In order that he may aid In handling
expected War department legislation,
General MacArthur Is retained
as chief of staff indefinitely. ! ?
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ALL Michigan was thrown into )
mourning by one of the worst N
disasters that ever occurred In that 9.
state. The Hotel Kerns in LansiDg.
crowded with legislators gathered for
a special session of the assembly, was *
destroyed by an early morning fire, <
and probably as many as forty per- r,
sons were killed by the flames or by D
leaping to the street or Into the Grand e
river on the bank of which the hotel n
stood. The exact number of victims tl
may never be known, for the register j ^
H'OC hlirntul A r lno c? elv mAn?Kn?? ' ?
*y> December 97 m?1
the legislature lost their lives.
?|"M in. 1 have more than enough
1 votes to win," said Representative
Joseph W. B/rns of Tennessee: !
and this euded the contest for the j 4
speakership of the next house, for a ; 1
count of noses proved Mr. Byrns was ; 1
1 right. The Present remained neutral, I 4
and one after another the state delega | j
tions fell into line for the Tennessee
There remained the race for the floor
1 leadership which was sought by a
number of men, including John W. Mc
Cormack of Massachusetts, John E_
Rankin of Mississippi, James M. Mead
I and John J. O'Connor of Ne'T York, 1
William W. Arnold and Adolph J. Sabath
of Illinois 8
. r
INVITED by the League of Nations f
council to name the commander of C1
1 the International force to preserve or- ^
' der In the Saar before and daring the 1
> plebiscite of January 13, the British
government ^gave the post "lo Ma J. J.
E. 8. BrindT a soldier of considerable '
experience In and since the World <J
> war. The British contingent will com- 1
> prise 1,500 men. The Italians will nnm- 1
; ber 1^00. the Swedes 250. and the <
I Dutch 230, bringing the total to S3UU.
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rijrht lever and then watch. In this
case the right lever Is old Foxton.'1
They went into a huddle of secret
planning.
At twelve that night they were to hold
especial celebration. They could count
on Old Foxton. The moment the big
hell began to clang . . that would
ue me nrsi insir.nl or rne urst minute
of the.New Year. Exactly! There was
something tine and dependable in the
thought of Old Foxton. they said. Gave
you confidence in the human race, lie
was as right as Fatwelve,
where parties
were in prog- JwT Tslf&L
ress, every one lift
stopped talking ly Vl?
rhey waited expec- jJ
tantly. The minute //
hand crept on to
aliened In readiness
Ilrst ringing of the ||
great bell. But no P TV^s4' ll
sound came clangtops
. . . only the saiall tinkles of their
own clocks chiming the boor.
SILENCE! Nothing more.
They waited. At ten minutes past
the hour the big bell sounded Its
twelve deep notes. Clocks were set
back ten minutes. Even those people
awakened from their sleep looked at
their watches ind set them right with
the bell.
Next day confusion reigned?often
annoying but not serious. Badio programs
were tuned In ten minutes after
their beginning.
Two solemn youths, unnaturally
grave, were exhibiting their watches to
this and that unconvinced citizen. "But
you're wrong, both of you," declared
every one. "We were all wrong. We
know it because we set our clocks by
the midnight t>elL"
The boys raised surprised eyebrows.
'But we," tliey laid, "have correct
'railroad' time. Nobody in Landers is
right . but us 1"
It came out at last- It had to. of
course. Did Fox ton sputtered to his
wife. His wife told a neighbor. The
news ran like wildfire. Though inclined
to be scandalized at first, the whole
town laughed. It came to be considered
a capital Joke .If never repeated.
Twenty minutes ?etore midnight the
lanltor in his cubby-hole found himself
? bound, and not too
roughly gagged. His
watch was removed
from his pocket and
held before his eyes.
The minutes ticked
themselves away
until twelve. The
old man writhed in
his bonds. Not a
sound from the
steeple.
Five minutes past
. ten minutes
past the hour. Then
the slow clanging of
twelve strokes.
Fox ton never discovered who kept
dim in his chair or who rang me oenBandit-wise
a handkerchief swathed
all but the eyes of his Jailer. When the
last stroke sounded, the stranger untied
Fox ton's arms. He swiftly left,
locked the door, and threw the key
through the transom. By the time the
old man had freed himself there wasn't
so much as a sound In the entire building.
"Its a good idea. Just the same, '
remarked one solemn youth to another,
**for a person lot to be right all of
the timer
fe Wntira Nswaps pw
| THE NEW YEAR
By GEORGE COOPER
in Indianapolis News 1
\SONC for the Old !
While its knell is tolled.
And its parting moments fly! I
ui a sung und a cheer
the glad New Year,
While we watch the Old Year diet
h! its grief and pain
e*er can come again.
And its care lies buried deep;
ut what joy untold
oth the New Year hold,
And what hopes within it sleep!
sung for the Old, *
hile its knell is tolled.
With a grander, broader zeal,
nd a forward view,
el us greet the New,
Heart and purpose ever leal! \
et the ills we met, i
nd the sad regret, I
With the Old be buried deep;
or what joy untold
'ol/i the New Year hold.
And what hopes within it sleep!
Jhejliqht
^Martha ^ ?
| Banning
|1 ThomajJfl new vear-j g
MTI1HE town hall of the sinull
f JJL\ village of Landers had no
clock, but a bell in the cupola.
l'he Janitor was one of
those fussy fellows who
make a positive creed of do
5CLJS\ ing jverything on the dot
"22L\ ^ept his watch set "rail
oad time,* consequently when the old
tan entered the ball .n the morning,
very one knew it was exactly one
ilnute of seven. The selectmen met
here. The offices of the probate judge
rere on the second door. The town
all had to he kept warm. When the
Janitor left at night
. 4Hbm il was exactly five
yJ|H| minutes past six. At
six the hell pealed
iout its only ringing
tor the day, and peo
pie set their watches
^5 Old Foxton had a
>wn where he could
rest smoke
when be wasn't
busy. It was the
custom on Mew
wBs' Year's eve for the
own hail bell to ring 0111 at midnight.
One ot the youths who had long cov
ted lb* fun of New Year s eve bell
lnging held a conference with a
rlend. "Have you ever thought." said
his enterprising young man. "what a
oke It would be to have the whole
own lata for a day?"
His friend cocked up his ears.
"It's possible for one individual to
end the lives of a thousand people
3to a tail-spin of unpunctualilj . . .
ver a mere matter of ten minutes."
'hey stared at each other, a slow grin
rowing ? tnelr faces. "Ton pall the