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The Alamance gleaner VOL. LX. GRAHAM, IS, C., THURSDAY DECEMBER 20, 1934. NO. 46. News Review of Current Events the World Over President Roosevelt Moves to Take the Profit Out of War? Wallace for Continued Federal Control of Agriculture. By EDWARD W. PICKARD C hy Western Newspaper Union. WHILE the senate committee head ed by Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota was still investigating munitions makers and their profits ana memous, t-resiuem Roosevelt named an other committee charged with the duty of preparing legisla tion that would au thorize the Chief Ex ecutive, in time of war, to assume absolute power over industrial profits, prices and wages and over the op erations of all indus tries. Bernard M. Bar uch, New York finan Bernard M. Baruch tier who was head or tne war inuus tries board, was made chairman of this committee, and Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, former head of the NBA, was selected as Mr. Baruch's assistant Others on the committee are Secretaries Hull (state), Morgenthau (treasury), Dern (war), and Swanson (navy); Under secretary of Agriculture Tugwell, act ing for Secretary Wallace; Assistant Secretary of Labor McGrady, acting for Secretary Perkins; Assistant Sec retary of the Navy Henry Latrobe Roosevelt; Rail Oo-ordinator Eastman; Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chief of staff; and Foreign Trade Adviser George N. Peek. The President told newspaper men gathered at his press conference that "the time has come to take the profit out of war." He declared that not only the war profits of corpora tions would be under Inspection but the wages of Individuals as well. He pointed out the disparity between the soldier's pay of $1 a day and that of the munitions worker at $10 A day, and declared this unequal mobilization, as 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 re garded the subject as one of the most important of any to be laid before congress. The President insisted that his move at this time was not prompted by any threat of war. The war horizon, he said, is cloudless. Neither should the proposal be considered one for war preparedness, the President added. Senator Nye and others of his com mittee, fearing this move might pre vent the appropriation of funds for the continuance of their investigation, were rather caustic in their comments on the President's action. It was pointed out that the entire field of In quiry suggested by the President was covered by the war policies commis sion, appointed under congressional authority three years ago. This com mission made recommendations, but congress took no action. In order that he may aid in han dling expected War department legis lation, General MacArthur Is retained as chief of stafT indefinitely, by direc tion of the President This does not mean that he will serve another four year term. A l.L Michigan was thrown Into mourning by one of the worst disasters that ever occurred in that state. The Botel Kerns in Lansing, 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 sons were killed by the flames or by leaping to the street or into the Grand titer on the bank of which the hotel stood. The exact number of victims may never be known, for the register was burned. At least six members of the legislature lost their lives. ?' D A LANCED abundance" is the " keynote sounded In the program offered by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace in his annual report. Con vinced that agriculture should be 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 pas sage of the Tugwell food and drugs hill. While he Insists on continuance of crop control, Mr. Wallace advises against failing Into the pit of "scarc ity economics"; nevertheless, he de fends the working of the AAA reduc tion schemes to date. He sees "the end of our period of emergency adjustments, of drastic re duction in farm output coming Into view." Uereafter, the task may In clude 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 de velops his proposal for "an ever nor mal granary." Larger reserves against crop failure would be maintained. These, be believes, should remain in the control of the farmers, through storage and government loan arrange ments, coupled with an obligation to participate In continued crop adjust ments. By co-ordinating storage with crop adjustments, farmers would have the beginning of means to control live stock production cycles, it Is held. The secretary defends the proposed amendments to the AAA on the ground that they really did not enlarge his powers but merely "sought to remove uncertainties In the law and to specify | more clearly the secretary's powers to enforce these marketing agreements I against the recalcitrant few," The Tugwell amendment to the food 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 pro vide more drastic penalties, including jail terms for violations. "I'M IN. I have more than enough A votes to win," said Representa tive Joseph W. Byrns of Tennessee; and this ended the contest for the speakership of the next house, for a count of noses proved Mr. Byrns was right The President remained neutral, and one after another the state delega tions fell into line for the Tennessean. There remained the race for the floor leadership which was sought by a number of men, including John W. Mc Cormack of Massachusetts, John E. Rankin of Mississippi, James M. Mead and John J. O'Connor of New York, William W. Arnold and Adolph J. Sab ath of Illinois. INVITED by the League of Nations council to name the commander of the international force to preserve or der in the Saar before and during the plebiscite of January 13, the British government gave the post to MaJ. J. E. S. Brind, a soldier of considerable experience in and since the World war. The British contingent will com prise 1,500 men. The Italians will num ber 1,300, the Swedes 250, and the Dutch 250, bringing the total to 3,300. The governing body of the Saar is authorized to exempt "the interna tional force," as it is called, from "all responsibility for any acts accom plished in the performance of its mis sion and confer on itself, in case of need, power of requisition, accommoda tion, maintenance, and transport of said force." FOR a few days it seemed that Jugo slavia was determined to provoke another European war as an aftermath of the assassination of King Alexander. DUgUIJIlU 1CIUUU, Ju goslav foreign minis ter, appeared before the League of Nations council In Geneva and denounced the govern ment of Hungary as responsible for the Marseilles murder, and his government pressed him to obtain concrete action in re ? . ? * HA Minnlalnt giiru l" l UC LUlu^lumM V?ft'*Uh At th? same time Ju e 1 0 goslavja ? was deport ing thousands of Hungarians from within its borders. Hungary, denying any responsibility for the killing of Alexander, protested bitterly against the deportations, and was supported by Italy in its position. France stood back of Jugoslavia** as did Czecho slovakia and Rumania. Yeftitch told leaders of the major European powers he preferred to with draw the matter from the hands of the league and deal directly with Hungary rather than accept a mere "platonic" condemnation of terrorism. . ' "Our moderation . has mistakenly been conceived to be weakness," he asserted. . The situation was genuinely threat ening and the representatives of the great powers began to get;busy. Pierre Laval, French foreign minister, told Baron Aloisi of Ital? abbut 'he Serb threat, and a spokesman, /pr the little entente admitted that the Belgrade government might be forced by public opinion to act unless the council's ac tion was satisfactory. Then Laval proposed to the league a plan Involving an invitation to Hungary to conduct a careful' inquiry into the murder of Alexander ana to panisn I anyone found guilty of connection with the crime. This scheme was presented to Hungary and the little entente by Capt. Anthony Eden, British lord privy seal, and was accepted by them, to the great relief of the statesmen. Meantime the tenseness of the situ ation was lessened by the sudden ces sation of deportations of Hungarians from Jugoslavia, which action, it was said was due to the Intercession of oth er powers, chiefly Great Britain and France. The Serb government probab ly realized that Its cause at Geneva would be prejudiced by the continua tion of the expulsions. WHEN December 15, war debt in stallment day, came around, it was found that Finland was again the only nation . with enough decency to pay. It deposited the amount due, $228,538, in the New York Federal Re serve bank. All the other debtor na tions repeated their defaults, and Great Britain rejected a suggestion for anoth er conference on the ground that world conditions had not altered since last June and negotiations now would be "useless and unwise." DOLAND'S foreign policy was clearly * set forth to the press by Prince Radzlwill, chairman of the foreign re lations committee of the Polish parlia ment, the statement being meant pri marily for the French. The prince said the Franco-Polish alliance was still the basis of his country's foreign policy, but France's lack of considera tion for Poland's independence and the attitude of French capitalists who re gard Poland as a fit object of exploita tion have developed serious differ ences. Radzlwill said Poland wishes to avoid becoming involved in Danubian and Balkan problems and at the same times wishes to be consulted on prob- | lems directly affecting it, such as the proposed eastern Locarno security pact and questions concerning its relations with Russih, Germany, and the Baltic states. Poland is not the "yes man" of France, and it cannot permit action to be taken in northeastern Europe with out being consulted, Radzlwill con tinued. HENRY FORD believes, as do many others, that recovery can be brought about by reviving industry and creating employment, and be is ttcuug uu uia ucuci. The motor magnate announces that he will spend an additional $8,001,000 for further expansion and im provement of his com pany's thousand-acre plant at River Rouge, near Dearborn, Mich. This is in addition to the recent letting of contracts for nearly $12,000,000 for two steel mills and power units for the plant, so the company will spend a total of about $20,000,000 within a period of ten months for the development of the River Rouge plant The new units now under construc tion and the cost of each are the steel finishing plant $3,460,000; the hot steel strip mill, $6,111,923: the stripper [ building, for handling ingots, $230,000; new steam and electrical units for the power house $4,599,868; new blast fur naces and foundry equipment $2,120, 460, and additional equipment of many kinds, costing $3,144,250, made neces- j sary by the shift from 24-hour to 16 hour daily production. Evidently Mr. Ford has no fear for the future economic stability of the country. T TN'ION" labor, like President Roose *?' velt _ls heartily In favor of legis- j lation establishing unemployment In surance, but li proposes, through Pres ident Green of the A. F. of L., that the Insurance be financed wholly by a 5 per cent tax on pay rolls. Opposing any direct levy on the workers, Mr. { Green says they would pay most of the cost any way? Employers add their cost to prices and employees buy 85 per cent of all goods, he argued. If workers shared the direct cost of In surance, he adds, they would be pay ing twice. Representative Connery of Massa chusetts, chairman of the house labor committee, says that sentiment in favor of the 30-hour week measure as a means of reducing unemployment is increasing. This also Is warmly urged by union labor, hut the administration seems to think the time for it hag not yet come. BOI.IVIA, badly beaten by Paraguay, announced her acceptance of the League of Nations' plan for endiqa the war in the Chaco; and. although at the same time an order was Issued for a general mobilisation of all the coun try's available man power. It was be lieved the long struggle was near Its ! ending. The league plan provides for an arm istice while a neutral International commission works out details of a set tlement of grievances. Paraguay has not acted finally on the league's offer. Henry Ford Outdoor Court for "Party Cleaning" in Russia TPHESE four members of the Russian Judiciary, ^ i>erclied on a bench, are conducting court during \ the "party cleaning." This Is an investigation to check up on the farm leaders of the U. 8. S. R. who have not conducted themselves as true Communists in their | work and general behavior. The defendant is the man standing. Bedtime Story for Children By THORNTON W. BURGESS ? YANK YANK THE NUTHATCH RETURNS PERHAPS you can guess how pleased Peter Rabbit was one morning when, as he hopped over the old stone wall Into the Old Orchard, he heard the voice of an old friend. It was ihe voice of Yank Yank, the Nuthatch, and while it was far from being swr t there was in it something of good cheer and contentment. At once Peter hur ried in the direction from which it came. On the trunk of a tree he caught sight of a gray and black and white bird about the size of Downy the Woodpecker. The top of his head and upper part of his back were shining black while the rest of his back was bluish gray. The sides of his head and his breast were white. The outer feathers of his tail were white, with black patches near their tips. But Peter didn't need to see how Yank Yank was dressed in order to recognize him. Peter would have known him if he had been so far away that the colors of his coat did not show at all. You see, Yank Yank was doing a most surprising thing, some thing no other bird can do. He was walking head first down the trunk ? of that tree, seemingly quite as much at home and unconcerned in the queer position as If he were right side up. He lifted his head and called a greet ing which sounded very much like the repetition of his own name. Then he turned and began to climb the tree as easily as he had come down. "Welcome home, Yank Yank!" cried Peter, hurrying up quite out of breath. Once more Y'ank Yank turned so that he was head down and his eyes twin kled as he looked down at Peter. "You're mistaken, Peter," said he. "This isn't home. I've simply come down here for the winter. You know home is where you raise your children, and my home is in the great woods further north." "Well, anyway, this is a kind of home. It's your winter home," pro- i tested Peter, "and I certainly am glad to see you back. The Old Orchard wouldn't be quite the same without you. Did you have a pleasant sum mer? And if you please, Yank Yank, tell me where you built your home and what it was like." "Yes, Mr. Curiosity, I had a very pleasant summer," replied Yank Yank. "Mrs. Y'ank Y'ank and I raised a fam ily of six, and that is doing a lot bet ter than some folks I know, if I do say ! It. As to our nest. It was made of leaves and feathers and it was in a hole In a certain old stump that not j a soul knows of but Mrs. tank Yank j and myself. Now is there anything i else you want to know?" T. W. Burgess.?WN'U Service. QDIIQGP i : l : i "One nice thing about the telephone,'* says jibbering Jane, **is that it makes lying so easy that one's conscience doesn't bother them." ft. Bell Syndicate.?WNU Serrlca. THROUGH A Wjmans Eyes By JEAN NEWTON ^^^WHlJPRoTHINC^ TODO A WELL known minister the other day preached a sermon on the need of modern men and women for solitude. "Our mental powers," be said, "ex press themselves most efficiently .n solitude." And he cited the work of successful people and creative artists the world over who have accomplished their best work alone, away from peo ple. Do we need solitude! It seems to roe the question Is will w; tolerate it. For the one companionship that most peo ple today 6eem zealously to avoid is their own. It Is one thing to like pleasant company and enjoy the society of our friends. But an honest observer of the modern scene must admit that the way the average womah clings to com pany and craves companionship for every bit of leisure time looks almost like a mania to get away from herself. Why? Is it the rush and bustle of this modern age making so many de mands on our time? Is It simply dis inclination to give up something else to take the time for getting acquainted with ourselves? That xould be an agreeable explanation, but one difficult of acceptance by anyone who has seen that look of consternation on the faces of women whom a -broken date" left -high and dry" with themselves. ii is uui uui> uuu iuc iie?po:ni ot work, accomplishment, that solitude Is a good thing. Every on? of as needs a little leisure time alone Just for oar growth as a person. As oar bodies need time to rest from physical activity to rebuild, so oar minds need rest to con template. to digest, to assimilate. La a way that we cannot when we are pre occupied with things or people. Many a woman who Is hectic about "making a date" for every moment she has free, might find a pleasant sur prise in store for her if she tried tak ing a walk, for instance, with herself. She might find a certain satisfying something that will open ap to her a new resource and give her a feeling of new power the next time someone disappoints her and she finds herself with "nothing to do." C. B?L1 Syndicate.?WNT Serrtca. Man's Mane Some scientists believe that in the very remote past man mast have bad a mane on his neck not unlike that in the baboon and ever since has worn something around the neck. Essential ly masculine and associated with pow er. the collar has been worn by knights as a badge and in metallic form by kings at coronations. Bracing Up the Ruins of Greece GREEK authorities discovered that the walls supporting the Temple of Vic tory on the Acropolis of Athens were In danger of crumbling. So they were propped op temporarily until a decision is reached whether they shall be entirely reconstructed. Question box kjEDWYNN, The Perfect Fool | Dear Mr. Wynn: Do you believe In equal rights for men and women? I do. la there any thing a man can be that a woman can't be? Truly youra. F QUALITY. Answer: Yes, there is something a man can be that a woman can't be. That's a "father" to a big family. Dear Mr. Wynn: I am a boy nineteen years of age. and intend >eing a chef. I love to.cook. Can you tell me the best way to pre serve peaches? Yours truly. F. M. KNIT. Answer: The best way for you to preserve peaches Is not to introduce them to any other fellows. Dear Mr. Wynn: I have to write a story about "Nero" for my 'school examinations. Who was Nero? Wasn't he the fellow who was always so cold? Sincerely, K. Ql'ATOR. Answer: No. my child. You are think ing of Zero, lie is a different chap entirely. Dear Mr. Wynn: My wife Is always picking on me because I let her take In washing and support me. She says I'm lazy and calls me a "Hydroplane." I admit everything, but I don't get that Hydro plane. What does she mean by calling me a "Hydroplane?" Yours truly, L M. TIRED. Answer: She simply means "You're no good on earth." Dear Mr. Wynn: My brother and I were painting the roof of our three-story house. My brother fell from the roof and lay In a heap on the ground. I could not get him arbused. so 1 sent for a doctor. The doctor examined him and then told me my brother was dead. At that moment my brother shonted: "That's a lie. I'm not dead." What do you think of that? Truly toots. ART TIST. Answer; Tonr brother most hare been wrong. The doctor knows better than he does. C. th? Awlittd N>T>7tp?rai VVNU Sdrr'.M. ^YOU Know? I 1 r f ? u That stilts were used in an cient days for the scaling of castle walls. In the upper parts of the Tweed and Clyde in Scotland, they are resorted to for crossing dry shod from one bank to an other. ?? McClure N?wjptwr Syndicate. WSU Service. Sherman's Georgia Headquarters A modern dwelling has been made of tbe boose in which General Sberman bad his headquarters after selling At lanta. Ga? dnrlng tbe ClTll war.
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