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The Alamance Gleaner VQL- LX' GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 1934. NO. 43. News Review of Current Events the World Over General Butler's Fantastic Story of Fascist Plot to Seize the Government?Strike in the Great Steel Industry Becomes Imminent. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ? by Western Newspaper Union. SOBER minded American citizens find it difficult to take seriously the fantastic story that MaJ. Gen. Smedley D. Butler told to the con gitrsaiuuai tuiuumicr investigating un-Amer ican activities. This retired officer of ma rines charges that there is a plot, en gineered by Wall street men, to seize the government of the United States and set up a Fascist dictator ship, and the chairman of the committee, Rep ucii. resentatlve John W. D. Butler McCormack of New York, considered the tale of enough Im portance to warrant the calling of wit nesses to prove or disprove It. General Butler made his story public through the columns of the New York Evening Post, as the proceedings of the com mittee are conducted In private. If Butler Is to be believed, he was approached by Gerald P. MacGulre, bond salesman In the stock exchange firm of Grayson M. P. Murphy and Company, and urged to accept the lead ership of a soldier organisation of half a million men "which would assem ble?probably a year from now?in Washington, and that within a few days it could take over the functions of the government." MacGuire, accord ing to the general, thought the over turn of the government might be ac complished peacefully and suggested that "we might even go along with Roosevelt and do with htm what Mus solini did with the klngj of Italy." Butler's story continued: "He told me he believed that at least half of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars would fol low me. "MacGuire exptained to me that they had two other candidates for the posi tion of 'Man on the White Horse.' He said that If I did not accept an offer would be made to Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, chief of staff of the United States army, and that the third choice would be Hanford MacNIder, former commander of the American Legion. "So far as I know, neither General MacArthur nor MacNIder has been ap proached. Their names were merely mentioned as 'alternates.'" The general said he was offered con siderable sums "for expenses" which he did not accept. He said MacGuire in timated that among the backers of the plan were Mr. Murphy and Col. Robert S. Clark, a wealthy New Yorker with offices In the Stock Exchange build ing; and he added that later Colonel Clark offered him money to go to the American Legion convention in Chi cago last year and make a speech for retention of the gold standard, which speech MacGuire had previously given Butler. Clark, at present in France, admit ted he had asked Butler "to use his Influence in favor of sound money and against inflation," but strongly denied that he had sponsored a Fascist move ment He declared he would take ac tion for libel against any person ac cusing him In such a connection. Murphy and other Wall street men said the story was absolutely false and unutterably ridiculous, and Mac Cuire, after being heard by the Mc Cormack committee, said: "It's a Joke ?a publicity stunt I know nothing about it The matter is made out of whole cloth. I deny the story complete ly." ?0 FAR as the great steel Industry "is coffcerhedT It appeal's Thar the industrial truce asked by President Roosevilt cannot be arranged, and the ^prospect of a strike of the steel work ers is growing. In behalf of the United States Ste-i corporation, a proposal was made the American Federation of Labor i recognition of that organization wuu.a he granted, but that no contract would he made. This proposal, It was said, would be agreed to by 85 per cent of the steel Industry. The labor spokesmen, led by William Green, president of the A F of L, re jected the tender on the ground that It was hedged about in such a way to Permit collective bargaining with mi nority groups or company un'ons, and that the employers were still unwilling to accept the principle of majority rule as set forth in the national labor re lations board's decision in the Houde case. If a rupture comes the Federation ?f Labor may find the federal govern meat rather unsympathetic. Mr. Green's Influence In the White House has been waning noticeably and he has had no personal contacts with the President for gome time. DT ORDER of the national labor re 1 atlous board there will be held j soon a great workers' election which will determine whether organized labor shall dominate the country's rubber In dustry. The board decreed that the Fire stone Tire and Rubber company and the B. F. Goodrich company of Akron. Ohio, must allow their employees to ballot on the question of whether they want a company union or an American Federation of Labor union to represent them in collective bargaining under the NRA. Twenty-one thousand workers, the largest number ever polled by the labor board on an NRA question, will par ticipate in the election. In addition another 15,000 workers of the Good year Rubber company may ballot on the same question. Donald r. richberg, executive director of the national emergency council and now perhaps the Presi dent's chief adviser, addressing the As sociated Grocers of America at their convention in New York, proposed the I creation of a new federal body, com bining functions of the NRA and the federal trade commission, to define and regulate concerted trade action in the "twilight zone" under antitrust laws. Discussing the program for perma nent NRA legislation, he reiterated his opposition to control of prices and pro duction. He said the fixing of mini mum wages and maximum hours had demonstrated its soundness for elimi nating the worst forms of unfair com petition in treatment of employees, and that admittedly dishonest business prac tices should be proscribed. PHILADELPHIA lawyers are tradi tionally supposed to be able to unravel the worst of tangles, so Presi dent Roosevelt has picked one to be chairman of the na tional labor relations board. He is Francis Biddle, of the famous family of that name, and be succeeds Lloyd K. Garrison, who re tired from the chair manship to resume his duties as dean of the law school of the Uni versity of Wiscopsin. Francis Biddle has rrancn ornate beeQ engage ln law practice as a member of the Phila delphia flrra of Barnea Blddle, and Meyers. He served from 1922 to 192C as assistant district attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. In his new post his task will be the set tlement of labor disputes arising out of the recovery act, especially those Involving collective bargaining. FRANCE Is worried by the admitted fact that Germany bas developed a military air fleet of considerable size, composed of modern pursuit and bomb ing planes, and Gen. Victor Denain, French minister of air, estimates that by January the relch will have from 1,000 to 1,100 of these machines, swift er and better than those possessed by France. Consequently he has asked the chamber of deputies for about $230, 000,000 to finance a program for re covering the ground lost by French aviation. The task is already under way, $32,500,000 having been spent out of an appropriation for modernization. HUGB -Rr-WIJUKON, American am bassador to Switzerland, laid be fore the disarmament conference in Geneva a proposal by the United States for international control of arms traffic and full publicity to pre vent secret arming of nations. The proposal was well received by most of the delegates, and It will be studied by committees in January. By the American plan each govern ment would license Its manufacturers of munitions for ffve year periods. No reserve stocks would be allowed and manufacturers would be required to present bona fidtf orders before receiv ing a license. Details of war vessels built for other nations would have to be reported. Reports of licenses and orders would be turned over to a cen tral committee at Geneva and made a matter of public record. A perma nent commission. Including a mem ber from each signatory nation, would be empowered to Investigate transac tions. OTABLES of the Catholic church gathered In Chicago from all parts of the world to take part In the sliver jubilee of Cardinal Mundelein, who was consecrated a bishop 25 years ago. The pope sent his personal greet ings and his blessing. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT is revel ing in baths and rest at Warm Springs, Ga., but be is not neglecting the nation's business, keeping in close touch with Washington and receiving many official visitors. At his first press conference there he announced with glad smiles that be would again "lend his birthday," January 30, to the na tional committee that arranges birth day balls all over the country for the benefit of Infantile paralysis sufferers. COMPTROLLER GENERAL J. R. M'CARL has thrown a monkey wrench Into part of the machinery of Relief Administrator Harry L. Hop kins. Turning down a check from Hop kins to the officials of the District of Colombia which was to have started work on a housing development, Mr. McCarl held that the federal emergen cy relief act, providing for the grant ing of funds for various relief pur poses, could not apply to the acquisi tion of real estate ant the construc tion of homes. This type of activity, he said, would be of a permanent and not an emergency nature, and the act was adopted to meet emergencies. The FERA already has under way a program of "rehabilitating" 80,000 farm families In homes and on land to be sold to them by the government. \/fORE and more It becomes evident that President Roosevelt Intends to pursue a middle of the road policy In hlB efforts for national recovery, and that In the over whelmingly Democrat ic next congress there will be no one faction strong enough to dic tate to him. The Chief Executive and the business leaders of the country are grad ually coming together, and If and when they reach an accord on methods It will be snas strawn foun(j that a good many of the more radical Ideas of the brain trusters will have been discard ed. The best minds In Industry and finance are no longer standing back and merely criticizing. They are tak ing an active part In planning for the future welfare of the nation. Here with are summarized some of the Im portant new developments In this di rection : President Henry L Harriman of the United States Chamber of Commerce, In pursuance of a resolution adopted by the board of directors, has appoint ed a committee of six men, beaded by Silas Strawn of Chicago, to co-operate with other business and agricultural associations In drafting plans for the recovery of business. The board of the chamber endorsed the continuation of relief and bousing, but signified that business Is still opposed to the unbal anced budget, further reduction of working hours as embodied In the movement for a 30-hour week, new and unprecedented outlays for public works, continuance of the NRA, the doctrine of majority rule In collective bargaining, and unemployment Insur ance. Through tbe National Association of Manufacturers, Invitations were sent to every manufacturer In the United States to attend a national Industrial conference In New York on December 5 to draft "constructive recommenda tions" for presentation to President Roosevelt. In a petition addressed to the Presi dent and congress the National Econ omy league has presented a definite program for balancing the federal bud get In the coming fiscal year, holding that only by balancing the budget can sustained national recovery be accom plished. The petition proposes heavy reductions In government expenditures and additional taxes totaling $933,000, 000. NOT so pleasing to the industrialists were the two speeches the Presi dent delivered daring bis Inspection of the Tennessee valley project, for If his predictions are borne out, his "revolu tion" *111 bring about the death of pri vate enterprise In the power Industry. At Tupelo, Miss., be declared himself flatly for public ownership of public utilities, saying: "What you are do ing here Is going to be copied in every state In the Cnlon before we are through": the allusion being to the fact that Tupele has contracted for TV A power. In Birmingham the President said: "I am aware that a few of your citizen ry are leaving no stone unturned to block and harass and delay this great national program. I am confident, however, that these obstructionists, few in number In comparison with the whole population, do not reflect the views of the overwhelming majority. "I know, too, that the overwhelm ing majority of your business men. big and little, are In hearty accord with the great undertaking of regional plan ning now being carried forward." France Claims This Dam Is the Biggest PICTURED here Is a dam which France says la the biggest in the world. It Is on the River Isere and has been constructed to supply elec tric power for the Paris-Lyons Mediterranean railway. Bedtime Story for Children By THORNTON W. BURGESS PETER LISTENS FOR SOMETHING THE leaves of the trees turned yel low and red and brown. They be gan to drop, a few at first, and more and more every day, until all but the spruce trees and the pine trees and the hemlock trees and the fir trees and the cedar trees were bare. The fur of Pe ter's coat was growing thicker. The grass of the Green Meadows had turned brown. All these things were signs j which Peter knew well. They meant that rough Brother North Wind and Jack Frost were on their way down from the Far North to stay. Peter spent a great deal of time In the dear Old Brier Patch Just sitting still and listening. He didn't know what he was listening for. It Just seemed to him that there was some thing he ought to hear at this time of year, and so he sat listening and list ening and wondering what he was list ening for. Then late one afternoon there came floating down to him from high up in the sky, faintly at first, but growing louder, a sound unlike any Peter had heard all the long summer through. The sound was of many voices mingled. "Honk! Honk! Honk 1 Ka-honk, honk. ^YOU Know? i?r?: 1 That "chop suey" ia un known in China?except in a few semi-foreign restau rants. It was "invented" and named in the Southern Paci fic railroad camps in Ameri ca, more than half a century ago. A cook for Chinese workmen threw in a little of everything and called it "chop suey." ?. McClur* Newnpap#r Syn4!oat*. WNU SerTlca. I GIWGAGP | The trouble with most wlvee," says knowing Norah, "la that the only time they will liaten to what their husbands have to aay is when they talk in their sleep." C Bell iyndlcete.?WNC Serrlce. I honk, ka-honkl" they cried. Peter gave a little jump. "That's what IYe been listening for," he thought "Honker the Goose and his friends are coming! Oh, I do hope they will stop where I can pay them a call." He hopped out to the edge of the dear Old Brier Patch that he might see better, and looked up in the sky. Very high up, flying in the shape of a letter V, he saw a flock of birds moving steadily from the direction of the Far North. By the sound of their voices he knew that they had flown far that day and wejre tired. One bird was in the lead, and this he guessed to be his old friend Honker. Straight over his head they passed, and as Peter listened to their cries he felt within him the very spirit of the Far North, that great, wild, lonely land which he had never seen, but of which he had so often heard. Suddenly Honker turned and headed In the direction of the Big River. Then he began to slant down, his flock fol lowing him. Presently they disap peared behind the trees along the bank of the Big River. Peter gave a happy sigh. "They are going to spend the night there," thought he. "When the moon comes up I will run over there, tor then they will come ashore, and I know just where. Now that they've arrived I know that winter is not far away. Honker s voice is as sure a sign of the coming of winter as is Winsome Bluebirds that Spring will soon be here." ?. T. W. Burgess. ? WNU Servlc#. (QUESTION BOX By ED WYNN ... Th? Perfect Fool Dear Mr. Wynn: I went Into a restaurant the other ' day and ordered some "liver and ba con." The waitress brought me some bacon, but said I would have to wait for my liver until after the two men at the next table were served. What answer have you for that? Truly yours. PHIL HARMONIC, Answer: That Is the toughest ques tion I've had, hut I've worked It out The two men must have ordered be fore you placed your order. They prob ably ordered liver, the same as you. She served them first because she didn't want you to have your "Hver out of order." Dear Mr. Wynn: I Just arrived in town today and noticed sonnr stgror -on th*r tamp -post*. I am a little nearsighted and cannot see what are on the signs. Can you tell me what they are for and why they are up so high? Yours truly, I. VORY. Answer: They are put on top of the lamp posts so that people passing will see them. You are supposed to climb up the post and read the sign. If It says "fresh paint" then you know you shouldn't lean against the post* Dear Mr. Wynn: I am a married man with three chil dren. I keep working hut seem unable to make both enda meet What shall I do? Sincerely. AL. TRl'ISTIC. Answer: That's easy. If you can't make both ends meat, make one vege tables. I G. the A**oMated Xewapapers. WNU Serrlce. __ IlotHeBCooliBooli SOME TESTED GOOD THINGS THERE Is an old saying that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," and an onion a day keeps everybody away. A good time to Indulge in the odoriferous bulb is at a time when you will not annoy others. Onions are such wholesome vegetables that they should be served at least twice a week In some form during the entire winter. An onion sirup cannot be ex celled for a cough, and a poultice of chopped raw onion, mixed with rye flour with a bit of vinegar to moisten, makes a remedy for any lung trouble. Not pleasant, but very effective. Baked Stuffed Onions. This makes a most satisfying main dish. Peel and cook the onions In boiling salted water for ten minutes. Take out the centers, drain well. Par boil a small green pepper and remove the seeds, peel 1U large mushroom , caps, cook In three tablespoonfuls of butter with the onion scooped from the centers, finely chopped. Add one half cupful of bread crumbs, salt, pep per and a tablespoonful of butter; mix well. Fill six medium sized onions and top each with a mushroom cap. Put Into a baking dish with a little Portrait of One Business Man By ANNE CAMPBELL THEY say in business be plays chess. He takes no stock Id happiness. Or the well being or the hope Of those who work for him, and grope Back to the light of day again. The boss plays chess. . . . His pawns are men. He sits aloof from those who try To please bim, with a wary eye Upon his Interests . . . and feels" Himself a man of high ideals. With no thought but of gain, he plays A game of stalling and delays. I think there is a Power that sees 1 His many needless cruelties. And sometime, though the years are N long, , That bait the weak, and feed the strong. The Boss will hear, as lights grow dim: "Checkmate. . . It will be said to him! WNT Service. water, cover and bake in a moderate oven about one hour. Remove the cov er the last 15 minutes and browm They are delicious without mush rooms, or with a bit of sausage. Walnut and Salmon Salad. Separate into flakes one-fourth of a I cupful of canned salmon. Take one half cupful of walnut meats coarsely chopped. Shred three-fourths of a cupful of cabbage, let stand In cold water to crisp. Drain, mix with the salmon and nuts, add one cupful of cooked salad dressing and serve on lettuce. ?. Western Xewiptper Union. Upholstery Satin Upholstery satin appears for eve ning wear in this white and fuchsia striped gown of intriguing cut. The skirt follows the new line?fitted at the waist with fullness from the hips down. The corsage matches the fuchsia stripes. I PAPA KNCWSH "Pop, what is scrutiny?" "Scientist's glance." C. Dell Syndicate.?WNU Service. I Restoring Historic Minnesota Home LADIES of the D. A. R. are shown Inspecting restorative work In the home of Henry Hastings Sibley at Mendota. Minn. The occasion was the one hun dredth anniversary of the arrival of Sibley, Minnesota's first governor, who led the forces that quelled the Sioux uprising In 1S62-63. The original wicker bird cage, wooden dash churn, sink and utensils are shown In the picture.
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