News Review of Current
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
The Big "Black Legion"
More and Better Babiea
A Worried Empire ; ' .
U. S. Dollar Emigrate
Uncommon
Sense
JOHN BLAKE
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Events the World Over
about:
The "ritual" of tbe murderous secret
society called the "Black Legion" eon
. tains ' someXold
"Know - Nothing'
features. The can
didate for admis
sion must be "wilt
Ing to commit mur
der, to proceed
against Catholics,
Jews and Negroes'
'he must be "native
. born, Protestant,
white and gentile,
Serious Labor Troubles in Many States Moley Warns tbe
Administration -Municipal Bankruptcy
Act Is Held Invalid.
Arthu Brtahaa.
The "Black Le-
; glon," which prob
ably will not ldst
long, had ambitious
plans.. Amon
ether things It proposed to overthrow
tbe federal government, which Is not
an original Idea. It was also going to
set op a dictatorship, with nlght-rldlng
regiments to enforee discipline. Dic
tatorship Is not a new Idea, either.
Strange things are done or planned
in the name of "liberty" now, as they
were when Madam Roland mounted
the guillotine platform.
Russia wants bigger families, like
Mussolini and others with "plans."
Stalin wants plenty of new little citi
zens.
A thousand million rubles will be set
aside by Moscow to "subsidise large
families and aid mothers." Birth con
trol ladles and gentlemen will hear,
surprised, that aid to large families
will begin ' after the seventh child.
Seven are taken as a matter of course
that Is Just tbe beginning of a Russian
family.
Chancellor Hitler of Germany joins
In the "more and better babies" cry.
The German Ideal Is no longer the
beautiful golden-haired Margaret, spin
ning her wheel and saying "No." Tbe
(Nails demand women who, "above
everything else, can become the moth
ers of several children," and are will'
lng to do so, according to a represents
tive of Chancellor Hitler.
William Philip Simms, English, Is
afraid the British empire may not sur
vive, on account of "air fleet peril."
Britain is disturbed by the thought
that her whole Imperial line of com
munication, stretching 4,000 miles from
tbe Straits of Gibraltar to the Gulf of
Aden, Is under Mussolini's bombing
planes. Except that her empire Is
'the biggest, England should not worry
rvore than other countries. With sur
face ships losing all importance, except
In the opinions of some. Americans,
anybody's bombers can break up any
line of communications temporarily,
"Americans Investing huge sums In
the Bahamas, to escape Income tax,'
says the New York Times, big type.
front page.
Americans have been "investing huge
sums" elsewhere, outside of the United
States. Billions of American money
have gone to Canada, England and
ether "foreign parts." More will go.
In all the . Bahamas, 4,403 square
miles of beautiful territory, there Is no
Income tax. Think of that for a
happy country.
Needless to say. If enough Ameri
can money pours in to make it worth
while tbe Intelligent British will find
a way to tax It
Germany has proved the "48-bours-from-Europe-to-America"
. possibility,
with America looking on.
Now England Is : rushing prepara
tions for a line of heavler-tban-alr
planes to fly between England .and
America, starting In a few months,
and the French,, preparing a similar
line, are. negotiating for a ' half-way
harbor ait the Azores. The southern
route was said to be the wisest by
Lindbergh, shortly after bis great
"flight. , ,(,
: Many Frenchmen are disturbed and
puzzled by the situation In Europe,
and General Mordacq. close associate
of Clemencean In the war, discusses
the question, "What would Clemencean
do if he could come back?" ,t
; France feels tbe need of "a man with
a nst," un . uomme a poigne, ana
Clemencean was that kind.
, . Concerning that fine old fighter from
the Vendee, it. Is safe to aay that If ho
came back he would hasten prepara
tions for another' war. Bat he would
not have waited until now.
Marshal Badogllo, who" cleaned op
Ethiopia so swiftly, has been called
to Rome, perhaps as part of a wise
plan not to let anybody grow too big.
like the tree IgdrasU, supposed to have
Its roots. In hell. Its topmost branches
In heaven, ;:.Jl i, i'V- ; hVt
' A new comet now approaching us,
discovered by and named for h. C Pel
tier, amateur astronomer." Who works
In a garage, win be the tlrst comet
visible to the naked eye since 192T. ,
Germany cat off the head of a slity-ove-year-old
man- convicted of killing
12 boys. Before' death, "examined" by
Nasi officials who thought he might bo
a Communist, lie admitted many other
murders, He used a secret poison that
doctors could not detect. "..
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By EDWARD W. PICKARD
. Wtra Nwppr Unted.
FACTORIES and farms in 18 states.
- in an parts of the union, were ar
retted by labor troubles which Inter
mediaries were trying in vain to settle.
Leaders of organised labor claimed
that from 80,000 to' 45,000 strikers al
ready were out, but employers chal
lenged the union claims that the strikes
were effective.
Workers in six plants of Remington
Rand, Inc., were out on strike after
union leaden ordered a walkout at
Syracuse. N. T. They said 6,000 work
ers In the company's New York, Ohio
and Connecticut plants were involved,
Company officials asserted there were
4L200 affected.
s. Six thousand barbers In lower Man
hattan. New York, were ordered to
join 8,000 others In a strike which had
spread over a wide area of Manhattan,
the Bronx and Brooklyn.
Striking seamen in New York were
said to number 7,000 and there was a
good deal of trouble over their efforts
to picket the piers and tbe home of
Mayo; La Gaardla.
Two hundred office workers and com
pany police in Portsmouth, Ohio, were
besieged in the strike-closed plant of
the Wheeling Steel corporation; and
In Akron, Ohio, employees of the Good
year Tire and Rubber company were
arrested for violating an anti-riot law.
In other states the union leaders
thus estimated the number on strike:
Arkansas Three thousand tenant
farmers.
California One thousand celery field
workers.
Oregon and Washington Seven thou
sand loggers.
Wisconsin Twenty-five hundred
workers In various industries.
Minnesota About 600 millwrights,
fur and cereal workers.
Indiana About 170 In various Indus
tries.
Iowa One hundred employees of the
Burch Biscuit company In Des Moines.
8outh Dakota Three hundred butch
ers at Morrell packing plant, Sioux
Falls.
Nebraska One hundred highway
Workers.
Texas Sixty-two power plant work
ers at El Paso.
Vermont Two hundred marble work
ers near Rutland.
RAYMOND MOLEY, who used to be
considered tbe chief of the "brain
trust." fears that his friend President
Roosevelt may be destroyed politically
by the radicals within
the Democratic party
who at the same time
would "destroy moder
ation and destroy the
very system which he
attempted to Improve.
In a speech before
the National Economy
league In New York,
Doctor Moley said be
saw . confronting tbe
RonMvelt admlnlstra-
Raymond aon tnege dangers:
1. That federal re
lief agencies will be turned into politi
cal machines to perpetuate the rule of
state and local politicians.
2. Tbe tendency, "all too prevalent
in this congress, to engsge In muck
raking, marauding expeditions which
destroy the liberty of all of tbe peo
ple while they seek to restrain the
abuses,of a few. These orgies of pub
lic eastlgatlon . . . may be means of
furthering Individual political ambl
tlons, they may be build-ups for those
with Presidential hankerings, but so
far as tb public -Interest is concerned
they are simply sound snd fury."
8. Tbe tendency "of those In
charge of the New Deal to over-empba
size adherence to the belief In the
philosophy of the movement and to
minimise the Importance of competent
technical ' administration.''
Doctor Moley defended capitalism;
declared that already there has been
wide distribution of wealth in this
coubtr, and warned the average man
that he eventually must pay tbe mount
lng bills for relief that he is the "mis
sionary being fattened for a csnnl
ballstic feast"
nonncement revealing that $2,050,754,
418 of government securities , will be
offered the middle of June. This financ
ing calls for an even billion dollars
of new money. In addition to the
$1,050,754,416 required to meet matur
ing obligations.
C ENATOR ROBINSON'S resolution
authorising the continuance of the
Florida ship canal and Passamaquoddy
tide harnessing projects wss favora
bly reported by the senate commerce
committee after Mr. Robinson bad told
tbe members the administration want
ed the schemes kept alive as work re
lief measures.
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan
warned the majority leaders they had
better not bring tbe resolution up In
the senate If they really wanted ad
journment by June 6, for he bad 21
amendments to offer and each one
would lead to prolonged debate.
Robinson's resolution authorizes the
President to appoint two boards of
three engineers each to examine and
make reports upon surveys that have
already been made of the two projects.
They would have to report to the Pres
ident by June 20 of this year.
s,
C RANK O. LOWDEN of Illinois
" will be the choice of the Repub
lican convention for President if he
will accept tbe nomination."
That was the confi
dent prediction of a po
litical observer who la
usually well Informed
and close to sources of
national party news.
He declared there was
a steadily growing de
mand from many parts
of tbe Colon for the
nomination of the for
mer governor of Illi
nois, who always has
been popular with'
farmers and whose
qualities of statesmanship are recog
nized generally throughout tbe coun
try. Mr. Lowden la vigorous and hale,
and be Is always actively interested
In the welfare of his state and nation,
especially In the problems of tbe agriculturist.
Frank O.
Lowden
:
FIVE justices, of the United States
Supreme court held Invalid the mu
nicipal bankruptcy act of 1934. declar
ing it to be an unwarranted invasion
of state sovereignty. Four Justices dis
sented, these being Chief Justice
Hughes and Justices Stone, Brandeis
and Cardoso. The majority opinion
was written by Justice James a Mc
Reynolds. The case was brought by
bondholders of a water Improvement
district In Texafc--w-';.W vfcV
The municipal bankruptcy act was
designed to permit does and other po
litical subdivisions which found them
selves la financial straits to effect a
composition, with the approval of two-
thirds of tbe bondholders or other
creditors, whereby the Indebtedness
could be readjusted, scaled down, or, as
Mr. Justice McHeynolds pnt It. "re
pudiated.". , , ,
THE United States treasury will un
dertake the biggest pec time bor
rowing operation in the nation's his
tory. Secretary of the Treasury tfor
genthaa disclosed in an official an-
CONGRESSMAN TINKHAM of Mas
sachusetts Is one of those Repub
licans who think tbe chances of their
party for victory In November would
be enhanced It a coalition with disaf
fected Democrats were formed and the
ticket shared with them.
"The country is facing as great' a
crisis as it faced In the Civil war,
be said. "This Involves tbe very char
acter of the government of the United
States. Tbe question is, 'Are the gov
ernment and tbe Institutions of the
United States to remain American n
become European or' Asiatic?'
"This crisis Is so great that It should
eliminate all party lines, and the Re
publicans should nominate as Vice
President a Democrat I suggest that
tbey nominate Alfred E. Smith."
FOR tbe third time Norman Thomas
Is the Presidential nominee of the
Socialist party. He was selected at
the national convention In Cleveland,
Ohio, and George Nelson of Wisconsin
was put in second place on the ticket
There was a great demonstration after
tbe voice vote, but It was not Joined in
by tbe right wing leaders from several
eastern states who were angered by
the seating of a leftist delegation from
New York. The disaffected ones threat
ened, to form another party.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT starts on
bis trip to Arkansas, Texas and In
diana on June 8, and he told the cor
respondents It would not be a political
tour. His speeches, he said, would be
historical, dealing with early days in
tbe three states. He has no slightest
Intention of stealing the show from the,
Republican national convention
Mr. Roosevelt planned this trip some
time ago so that be might take a cruise
along the Maine coast line late In June
with his sons.
A RABS of Palestine, rebelling
A against British protection of Jew
ish Immigration,' are causing Britain a
lot of trouble. 1 English soldiers fonght
real battles with the Arabs la several
localities, and Jews- throughout i tbe
Holy Land were arming themselves In
self-defense. Casualties In the fight
ing were few, but the situation was so
serious tbst Sir Arthur Wauchope, Brit
ish high commissioner, asked the gov
ernment, for more troops. . r
EDWARD A, FILENH, Boston mer
chant announced his withdraws!
from the United States Chamber ot
Commerce, severely criticizing its fall
are "to study business in a business
way" and to "substitute fact-finding re
search for opinion as a guide to de
cisions concerning the needs of busi
ness In general even as opposed, pos
sibly, to the ambitions of special la-
tsrssta.-:-; '
Mr. Fllene has been a consistent sun-
porter of President Roosevelt's admin
istration,, and the Chamber of Com-
e . ass been Increasingly critical
of the New Deal. '
Irvln S. Cobb
I ' Hot ' Political Campaigns,
OOLLYWOOD. CALIF.
a. 1 They say this will be the
liveliest fight for years and years,
with glee clubs gargling and the
boys out with brass bands and
brass-knucks ; and batteries of
college professors firing on op
position professors.
' But they'll never reclaim the glori
ous ancient spirit. , We're too tame.
Take "96. Now, there
, was a campaign for
you. When Bryan was
a discovery Instead of
a chronic recurrence.
. Two life-long friends
would meet "What
d'ye think of this here
free silver thing?" one
would ask. "I think"
It's the greatest no
tion in history," the
second fellow would
say. "What do you
think?" "I think you're
a dirty such-and such 1" The first man
would yell, and then everybody would
start bouncing those old-fashioned
brass cuspldores off of everybody else's
dome.
J. Edgar Boulder.
OWING to recent developments over
which It had no control, I believe
the Interior department temporarily
has shelved the Idea of changing J.
Edgar Hoover's name to J. Edgar Boul
der, as was previously predicted In
these dispatches. But now certain
critics at Washington insist on accus
ing that gentleman of over-advertising
In connection with his latest activities.
Well, he has the advantage over some
press agents. When he promises a
show he certainly puts It on upon the
day and date announced, with the band
playing "The Alcatraz Drag" and
every cage full.
Funny Foreign Names.
WORD from Warsaw Is that the
incumbent, the Hon. Marjan Zyn
dram Kosclalcowskl, having resigned.
the president of Poland has picked as
the new premier none other than Gen.
FeHcya'n Slawogskladkowskl. The lat
ter:, gentleman has already been in
stalled up to and Including his first
five or six syllables, the rest of the
name running as a second section.
So what you mistook for static on
the radio night before last was Just
the news broadcaster trying to pro
nounce him as a whole.
Ever Rising Taxes.
A NYBODY who fondly believes that,
regardless or wnicn outnt wins in
November, taxes won't keep right on
going up and up has a thinking ap
paratus that dates back quite a spell.
I'd say It dates back to the climax
of the big rise, as set forth In the
Bible, and is a direct Inheritance from
the skeptical folks who wouldn't barken
to the prophetic warning.
Remember the scene, don't you? The
forty days' rain still beating relent
lessly down, the freshet climbing high
er and higher, the animals marching In
two by two.
And with the old ark starting to
more and Father Noah yelling, "All
aboard," and with the waters closing
over their beads, those know-lt-alls
still gurgling through their valedictory
bubbles, "Shuckln's, there ain't goln' to
be no flood."
Honoring Lee and Jackson.
WHEN the Post Office department
Includes among the gallery of the
greatest Americans, to be pictured In
the new Issue of memorial stamps, the
faces of the Confederate chieftains. Lee
and Jackson, what happens?
Why, nobody waves the bloody shirt
Nobody ennobles the sorry word "trai
tor" by applying It to the memories
of those two gallant soldiers and sim
ple Christian gentlemen. Nobody In
tbe name-of patriotism drags tbe moul
dering bones of sectional rancor out of
the ground. Nobody beats tbe "Rogue'
Marsh for Rebels on hates snare
drum.
Instead, all over the Union, men and
women applaud this generous but
merited gesture. A leading paper of
Boston Boston, no less, once the
mulching bed of abolition and the
breeding ground for anti-southern
sentiment editorially commends the
Idea. .
IRVIN 8. COBB
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The rallcar, or "automo trice," as It
Is known there, is becoming one of the
most popular means of rapid passenger
transport In France. At the same time
great, efforts are being made to increase
the speed of these rallcars. . Every few
weeks a new record is established by
one of the rival constructing compa
nies. Record waa attained by M. Jean
Bugatti, who drove a Bugatti rallcar
from Strasbourg to Paris in 8 hours 81
minutes, averaging 88.4 miles an hour.
Seventy-five Bugatti rallcars are bow
running on the French railway system,
fi. Jean Bugatti considers that rallcars
run-on petrol- are particularly useful
for .ultra-rapid transit transport over
distances, of three or four, hundred
miles, London Sunday Observer, o
Say to yourself every morning
"Here Is another day. What am I
going to do with
Full Speed it?"
Ahead Map out your
plan of action be
fore you start. If some job was left
unfinished yesterday .take It up, and
get done with it. Then turn to the
next Job on hand, and make at least
a stsrt on that
Go into a business establishment
or a factory and you will never find
anybody wondering what to do next
In a war the commanders must
count oa the enemy. And there he
finds a problem.
But In peace be may look a good
way Into the future and be ready to
meet It.
Doing a job carefully is not enough.
It must be done not only carefully
runt rapidly.
That factor of time must alwsys
be taken Into consideration.
In every large and prosperous busi
ness speed Is manadatory.
But speed does not mean hurry.
It can only be attained through
knowledge of the Job, and sufficient
experience to enable you to get
through it' without blunders which
may send you back to the beginning
for a new start.
Those second starts are always ex
pensive.
Make It a rule, when one day's
work Is done to think about the next
day.
It is quite possible that unforeseen
contingencies will force you to alter
your plans.
But get back to them as soon as
soon as possible.
Don't let your wits wander.
Don't try to do one Job while you
are thinking about another.
Neither will be well done if you do.
The person of average Intelligence,
willing to work, and with a fair sup
ply of ambition ought to get on in
the world, and he wiH If he keeps
his head and his temper, and doesn't
look out of the window too much.
In war the leaders must count on
what the other fellow may be doing
Just over the hill.
In peace you are able to make
pretty shrewd guesses about what Is
likely to happen, and be ready for It
When the day's work Is done, think
It over and check up.
Then turn to something else. You
A Man's Task
TO BE honest, to be kind, to
earn a little, and to spend a
little less, to make, upon the
whole, a family happier for his
presence, to renounce when that
shall be necessary and not to be
embittered, to keep a few friends,
but- these without capitulation ;
above ail, on the seme condition,
to keep friends with himself;
here is a task for all a man has
of fortitude and delicacy. Robert
Louis Stevenson.
Let us believe neither half of
the good people tell us of our
selves, nor half the evil they say
of others. J. Petit-Sena.
can't get along without some sort, of
recreation.
Keep away from office polities.
Don't try to shoulder the man ahead
of you out of tbe way.
He may be more expert In the
shouldering business than you are.
Use your abilities and your endur
ance to their full capacity; and yoa
will find the going easier and the
prospect of success more probable
every day that you spend on your
job.
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