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News Review of Current Events_
F. D. R. EYEING THIRD TERM?
Belief He Is Grows in Capital . . . State Troops Act
For Peace in Strikes . . . Mediation Board Hits Snags
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Being human at bar on island where President Roosevelt “humanized”
relations between the White House and majority members of congress:
Senators Key Pittman (left) of Nevada and John H. Overton of Louisiana.
"Humanizing” the Majority
A S MAJORITY members of con-
zx gress met on Jefferson island
in Chesapeake bay with President
Roosevelt, to have their relations
with the chief execu-
tive "humanized,"
the belief in Wash-
ington circles that
the President is will-
ing to accept a third
term expanded t o
the greatest propor-
tions ithasyotknown.
The spark which
touched off the lat-
est cloakroom whis-
perings of a third
term was the dec-
laration by Gov.
George H. Earle of Pennsylvania
that he would give "unqualified
and final” support to a Roose-
velt - for - President movement in
1940. Further reports had it that
John L. Lewis, chairman of the
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
tion and leader of the sit-down
strikes that have swept the nation,
was working toward the same end.
The President has only Indirectly
disavowed such an ambition. He
said at his victory dinner:
“My great ambition on January
20, 1941, is to turn over this desk
and chair in the White House to my
successor, whoever he may be, with
the assurance that I am at the
same time turning over to him as
President a nation intact, a nation
at peace, a nation prosperous ...”
The "humanizing” on Jefferson
island was interpreted as attempts
to salvage the New Deal programs,
which have been getting a mild
kicking around in congress of late,
through heart - to - heart talks
between Mr. Roosevelt and his sup-
porters in the Capitol.
Several pieces of attempted leg-
islation, most notably the Pres-
ident’s Supreme court bill, have
apparently created a split between
the conservatives and liberals in
the Democratic party. The Presi-
dent’s continued silence throughout
the C. I. O. strikes has been a fac-
tor, too. Democratic members of
congress are puzzled to decide
whether the President is unwitting-
ly bringing about the split, or is
doing so deliberately with an eye
to freezing out the conservatives
and creating u completely liberal
party. They would also like to know
whether he is silently supporting
John L. Lewis or is simply giving
the C. I. O. leader plenty of rope
with which to hang himself.
—a—
Statos Patrol Strike Areas
A S NATIONAL guardsmen, or-
** dered out by Gov. Martin L.
Davcy, arrived on the scene to pro-
tect the public peace in Ohio cities
where C. I. O. steel strikes have
caused bloodshed und threatened
more, violence dwindled, temporar-
ily at least, to the throwing of a
few stones and choice epithets.
At Warren, troops dispersed pick-
ets and allowed loyal workmen to
move in and out of the Republic
Steel plants. A general strike which
the C. I, 0. had ordered and
claimed to be 40 to 70 per cent ef-
fective wus reculled after a day,
with the threat, "The next time our
men are called out, it will be on
even a larger scale.”
At Youngstown the strikers were
celebrating the order by which sev-
eral hundred stale troops were
forcing the four plunts of Republic
and the Youngstown Bhecl & Tube
compuny to remain closed. Then
Gov. Duvey reversed his order, com-
manding troops to keep the plants
open.
Shortly before the arrival of the
troops, in Youngstown two C. I. O.
strikers had boon killed and 25 per-
sons injured ns strikers und local
police fought for hours in front of
■ Republic plant.
Bethlehem Steel’s plant at. Johns-
town, Pa., wus closed and kept
closed for several days by Pennsyl-
vania state police under Instructions
from Governor Earle. Martial law
was finally lifted.
Any eastward movement of the
sit-down strikes was given some-
thing of a setback when strikers in
the Apex Hosiery company plant at
Philadelphia were forced t o
evacuate under a federal court evic-
tion order. During the seven weeks
the sit-downers had occupied the
plant they had wrought damage to
machinery and books totaling $3,000,-
000, according to company officials.
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Nazi Fleet Moves on Valencia
pOR the second time Germany
" and Italy withdrew from the
four-power non-intervention patrol
of Spain, asserting that by this act
their "freedom of action” was re-
stored. Hitler immediately ordered
the strongest units of the Nazi fleet
to Valencia, the loyalist capital, the
while assuring Great Britain he
would commit no rash act. Britain,
in turn, let it be known through her
ambassador at Berlin that she
would regard any hostile act against
the Spanish government “most seri-
ously.”
The reason for the Fascist nations’
withdrawal was that Great Britain
and France had refused to join
them in a naval demonstration at
Valencia to protest the alleged loy-
alist submarine attack against the
German cruiser Leipzig on May 18.
Germany and Italy, who support the
rebels, were assigned to patrol the
eastern, or loyalist, coast of Spain
under the four-power patrol agree-
ment. Although they have quit co-
operating with the patrol their ships
remain in the patrolled waters.
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Hopkin* Slice* WPA Roll*
AS/ORKS PROGRESS ADMINIS-
vv TRATOR HARRY L. HOP-
KINS is busy trimming 314,759
names oft the WPA rolls, to shave
the total to 1,655,477 by mid-July.
The cut was to be effected "simply
through not replacing men who
found jobs in private industry" and
by combing the lists for ineligibles.
WPA officials emphasized the need
for economy by comparing the es-
timated $2,175,000,000 spent in 1937
with the $1,500,000,000 approved by
congress for relief in fiscal 1038.
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Mi** Perkin* Name* Three
'T' HE federal government took a
* hand In the settlement of the
dispute between John L. Lewis’
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
tion and the big In-
dependent steel
companies, as the
mediation board of
three, appointed by
Secretary of Labor
Frances E, Perkins,
sat in Cleveland to
hear the cases of
both sides. The
government’s move
was prompted as
the steel strikes, af-
fecting plants in
several states, threatened new out-
breaks of violenca which might be
beyond the powers of local or even
state governments to control.
As the mediators began their task
of effecting a compromise, a dozen
persons had been killed in strike
riots and scores more injured since
the strike against Republic, Bethle-
hem, Youngstown Sheet k Tube,
and Inland slatted May 20. Eighty-
five thousand workers already had
lost approximately $10,000,000 in
wages.
Charles P. Tuft II, Cincinnati
lawyer, son of the former Presi-
dent and chief justice, and a mem-
ber of the "bruin trust" of Gover-
nor London’s presidential cam-
paign, wus named chairman of the
mediation board. Appointed to sit
with him were Lloyd K. Garrison,
former president of the national la-
bor relations board, and Edward F,
McGrudy, assistant secretary of la-
bor and a former A. I1’, of L. or-
ganizer under Burnuel Compere.
The mediation board hud a job
cut out for It. it was to conduct an
Investigation of the strikes und the
grievances of both sides, then make
recommendations lor u settlement.
It has power to act us arbitrator
only if both sides request it to do
so. The first stumbling block It en-
countered was the refusal of Tom
Girdler, chairman of Republic, to
sit In the same room with C, I. O.
representatives.
Secy. Perkins
Irvin S. Cobb
what f I L
zsL_about:
The New NRA Bill.
CANT A MONICA, CALIF. —
tJ They do say the new NRA
bill, as drawn by the Gallagher
and Shean of the administra-
tion, Messrs. Corcoran and
Cohen, is more sweeping than
was the original NRA.
Even Gen. Hugh Johnson, once as
conversational as Mrs. Astor’s par-
rot, but lately exiled
amid the uncongen-
ial silences, crawls
out from under a log
in the woods with
lichens in his hair,
but the lower jaw
still working
smoothly in the
socket, to tell how
drastic a thing it is.
Critics assert this
legislation will cov-
er business like a
wet blanket over a
sick pup, and point out that the
number of sick pups benefited by
being tucked under wet blankets is
quite small. However, these fussy
persons belong to the opposition and
don’t count. Anyhow, they didn't
count much at the last election ex-
cept in Maine, Vermont and one
backward precinct in the Ozark
mountains. .
• • •
Friendly French Visitors.
TT SEEMS we were cruelly wrong
* in ascribing mercenary motives
to those French financiers who've
been dropping in on us lately. They
came only to establish more cordial
relations. Of course, there's a new
French bond issue to be floated, but
these visits were purely friendly
and altruistic.
Still and all, I can’t help thinking
of Mr. Pincus, who invaded the east
side to invite his old neighbor, Mr.
Ginsburg, whom he hadn't'seen in
years, to be a guest at Mrs. Pincus’
birthday party.
He gave full directions for travel-
ing uptown, then added:
"Vere we lif now it’s von of dose
swell valk-up flats. So mit your
right elbow you gif a little poosh on
the thoid button In the doorjam
downstairs und the lock goes glick-
glick und in you come. You go up
two floors und den, mit your other
elbow, you gif one more little poosh
on the foist door to the left und valk
in—und vill mommer be surprised I"
“Vait,” exclaimed Mr. Ginsburg.
“I could get to that Bronnix. I got
brains, ain’t it? But ulso I got fin-
gers und thumbs. Vot is de poosh-
mit-elbowa stuff?"
Murmured Mr. Pincus gently:
"Surely you vouldn’t come empty-
handed I”
• • •
Visiting Ancient Ranchos. .
I T NDER the guidance of Leo
Carlllo, that most native of all
native sons, I’ve been visiting such
of the ancient ranchos as remain
practically what they were before
the Gringos came to southern Cali-
fornia. You almost expect to find
Ramona weaving in a crumbly pa-
tio.
What’s more, every one of these
lovely places is lived on by one of
Leo’s cousins. He has more kin-
folks than a microbe. They say the
early Carillos were pure Spanish,
but I Insist there must have been a
strong strain of Belgian hare in the
stock. When it came to progeny,
the strain was to the Pacific coast
what the Potomac shad has been
to the eastern seaboard. It’s more
than a family—it’s a species.
And a mighty noble breed it is—
producing even yet the fragrant es-
sence of a time that elsewhere has
vanished and a day when hospitality
still ruled and a naturally kindly
people had time to be mannerly and
the instinct to be both simple and
grandly courteous at once.
• • •
Privileges of Nazidom.
T-1 HE German commoner may be
I shy on the food rations and have
some awkward moments unless he
conforms to the new Nazi religion.
But he enjoys complete freedom of
the press—or rather, complete free-
dom from the press. And lately an-
other precious privilege has been
accorded him.
He may fight duels. Heretofore,
this inestimable boon was exclusive-
ly reserved for the highborn. But
now he may go forth and carve and
be carved until the field of honor
looks like somebody hud been clean-
ing fish.
This increase in hla blessings
mukes me recall a tale that Charley
Russell, the cowboy artist, used to
tell:
"The boys were fixing to hong s
horse thief,” Charley said. "Ha only
weighed shout ninety pounds, but
for his heft lie wus the champion
horse thief of Montana. The rope
was swung from the roof of a burn.
Then they hulunced n long board
out of the loft window, and the con-
demned wus out at the for end of It,
ready for the drop, when a stranger
busied In.
"Everybody thought he craved to
pray, but that unknown humanita-
rian had a better notion than that,
In less’n a minute he came Inching
out on that plunk and there wasn’t
a dry eye In the crowd as he edged
up behind the poor trembling wretch
and slipped an anvil In the seat of
hi* pants."
IRVIN 8. COBB.
•--WNU Sorvle*.
Washington
Digest g
LngesT Jit:,
National Topics Interpreted
By WILLIAM DDIiri/ADT
NATIONAL ■»! >-> (HOC, WASHINGTON, 0"t
Washington.—Two actions of sec-
tions of the congress lately deserve
more than o r d i-
Congrett 'nary attention.
Maket Newt One of these was
probably as cou-
rageous a position as any group of
senators ever has taken. The other
action—by majority of the house—
was shot through with the utmost
cowardice and selfishness.
Lately, a group of senators, near-
ly all Democrats, took their political
lives in their hands and delivered
to the senate a report from its judi-
ciary committee advising defeat of
President Roosevelt’s proposal to
add six new justices of his own
choosing to the Supreme court of
the United States.
In my time in Washington, I be-
lieve I can say without qualifica-
tion, there never has been a com-
mittee action in the house or sen-
ate in which the President, as the
leader of the dominant party, re-
ceived such a castigation on a legis-
lative proposal as was given Mr.
Roosevelt by Democrats who con-
stituted the majority of the senate
judiciary committee. They did not
mince words in any respect. What-
ever may be the merit of Mr. Roos-
evelt’s proposal to add six justices
of his own choosing to the highest
court, the majority report of the
judiciary committee left no stone
unturned in disclosing objections to
the proposal as opponents ’of the
court reorganization scheme see
them.
Almost on the same day that
senate Democrats' were, in effect,
breaking or revolting from the Pres-
ident’s leadership, the Democratic
majority in the house killed off a
proposal for new taxes in the Dis-
trict of Columbia that would have
resulted in taxing the salaries of
representatives and senators and
their office staffs. They were brazen
about it. They were not going to
vote an income tax upon them-
selves and they made no effort to
conceal their reasons for refusing
to accept the recommendations of
a special tax subcommittee which
was acting for the permanent com-
mittee in the house of the District
of Columbia.
The District of Columbia com-
mittee, examining the budget for
the seat of the federal government,
was confronted with a deficit in
the district finances and instructed
its tax subcommittee to develop new
sources of revenue in order that
the District of Columbia might not
get into debt. Among the taxes pro-
posed was a tax on Income of res-
idents of the District of Columbia,
which is synonymous with Wash-
ington, and it provided for taxing
earnings here whether the person
who earned tiro Income was a resi-
dent of the capital city or not.
That was too much, The majority
In the house of representatives just
could not take it. They voiced their
objections openly and, being supe-
rior In numbers to those who be-
lieved that income In the District
of Columbia should be taxed, they
forced the tax bill back to the
District of Columbia committee for
revision. Indeed, they went further.
The line of criticism of an income
tax that would touch the sacred
salaries of congressmen and sen-
ators was such as to have the effect
of forcing the committee to bring
In a tax bill that would increase
the tax on property In the federal
area. Now, It Ib a fact that few
members of the house and a very
small number of senators have
bought residences in Washington,
They usually live in apartments or
hotels or lease homes for the period
that congress is In session. Conse-
quently, o real estate tax will not
concern most of the representatives
snd senators.
• on
The Indictment brought against
the President’s court plan by the
_ senate judiciary
Court Plan commutes was
Report quite unusual i n
many respects.
In the first Instance, It was ap-
proximately fifteen thousand words
in length; being In that regard prob
ubly the longest and most com-
prehensive analysis Uiat any con-
gressional committee ever has
mode of a piece of legislation, Cer-
tainly, it Is the) most extensive ex
nmlnntlon to bo included In a com-
mittee report in the last quarter of
a century.
Every argument advanced by the
administration In support of the
plun wos picked to pieces and held
up to public gaze; every possible
reason for expansion of the court
by the addition of six new justices
was scrutinized and denounced and,
then, the committee put forth some
of its own idea::.
"It applies force to the Judiciary,”
the committee nutd in a sentence
that constituted one paragraph and
thereby wus emphasized.
"The only argument for the In-
crease which survives analysis," the
report added, “is that congress
should enlarge the court so as to
make the policies of this administra-
tion effsctlve.”
The bill was found by the seven
Democrats and three Republicans
who constituted a majority of the
senate judiciary committee, to be
“a needless, futile and utterly dan-
gerous abandonment of constitution-
al principle.” It charged that the
“American system" of independ-
ence of the courts would be violated
and that if the bill were to be en-
acted into law, "political control”
over the judiciary branch of the
government would pass into the
hands of the President.
With the presentation of this ter-
rific attack on the bill to the senate,
a second unusual circumstance de-
veloped. Those Democrats who
were opposed to the President’s
proposal decided to go about the job
of fighting the measure on the floor
in a manner seldom seen in the
congress. These opponents from the
Democratic ranks got together and
chose Senator Wheeler of Montana
as leader of the Democratic oppo-
sition to the Democratic Presi-
dent’s court revision program. They
gave him full authority to act, in-
cluding the selection of a steering
committee, a committee on strat-
egy, to aid him.
Thus, in the senate now we have
three major leaders. Senator Wheel-
er will speak for the court opposi-
tion; Senator Robinson of Arkansas
as the leader of the Democratic
party in the senate will lead the
fight for passage of the court bill;
and Senator McNary of Oregon will
head up the Republicans as usual.
Since all of the Republicans and
Independents excepting only Senator
La Follette, Progressive, of Wis-
consin, are opposed to the court
revision plan, Senator McNary and
Senator Wheeler are working hand
in glove against the regular Demo-
cratic line-up headed by Senator
Robinson.
It appears that the President is
going to be badly defeated on this
piece of legislation, but It is too
early to be sure. Mr. Roosevelt Is
a powerful figure and he has politi-
cal knowledge that must be de-
scribed as remarkable. He has with
him in the senate some exceedingly
able political strategists. It is thus
a battle of wits.
Mr. Roosevelt has said several
times that he will accept no com-
promises. There is a very definite
feeling at the Capitol, however, that
the President will be glad to have
a compromise if he can get one
and save the bill from complete
wreckage. On the other hand, Sen-
ator Wheeler and his strategy
committee have announced in no
uncertain terms that they will de-
feat the bill or any compromise that
is offered. Time alone can answer
the question of what will come out
of the President’s proposal. At this
writing, the odds certainly are
against the President on the
proposition.
• • »
Speaking of taxes and the selfish-
ness that was evident in the house
„ _ action, as men-
Hunt Tax tioned earlier,
Evadert calls to mind the
investigation b y
the joint house and senate com-
mittee that is now under way. This
committee, made up of five repre-
sentatives and five senators has be-
gun a search to find out how tax-
payers avoid taxes or reduce the
amounts they would otherwise have
to pay by various trick schemes.
The commlttoo has been given fifty
thousand dollars with which to
make the Investigation and it is re-
ceiving able assistance from Under
Secretary Roswell Maglll and other
Treasury experts on taxation.
Contrary to the outlook when Mr.
Roosevelt rcleasod a vicious attack
on tax dodgers and tax avolders,
this commlttes is getting down to
real business and there Is every
reason to believe it will be able
to recommend to congress changes
in the law that will stop some of
the schomes and tricks to which
large taxpayers have resorted.
I have set in on a number of the
hearings thus far, Including the
opening session when Secretury
Morgenthuu mude (he opening state-
ment and disclosed to the satisfac-
tion of everyone that he wus not
conversant with the problem at
hand. Like the President, Mr, Mor-
gonthau attempted to place the tux
problem confronting the govern-
ment on moral grounds. His statu,
ment did not click with the com-
mitloo at all, With two or three ex-
ceptions, the committee members
recognized (lie problem ns purely a
question of law and Senator Pat
Harrison, Democrat of Mississippi
vice chairman, said that tliero was
no point in malting the investigation
“a Homun holiday.” Therefore, the
thing settled down very quickly to
an earnest study of cases where
men have resorted to various kinds
of subterfuges of low, to reduce
their tux liability.
In this connection, It seemed to
mo that too much credit cannot
be given Under Secretary Maglll
who apparently Is anxious to get to
the bottom of the problem.
a Western Newspaper Union.
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STAR
DUST
M.ovie • Radio
Loretta
Young
***By VIRGINIA VALE***
'T'HE loyal motion picture
1 fans of the country do not
want any substitute for the late
Jean Harlow. Letters, tele-
grams and phone calls of pro-
test poured into the Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer studio when it
was announced soon after her
death that her unfinished pic-
ture “Saratoga” would be re-
filmed with a newcomer named
Rita Johnson in her role.
In no uncertain terms the public
demanded that Jean’s last picture-
either be released in its unfinished
state or kept from view. Decision,
on the matter is being postponed,
but when the public takes such a
whole-hearted stand on any ques-
tion, you can be sure that the studio-
will not run the risk of offending,
them. "Saratoga” will probably
never be seen.
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Loretta Young’s household is Just
about the happiest, busiest estab-
lishment in all Hol-
lywood just now.
She has adopted two
little girls, Jane
aged three, and
Judy not quite two,
and is busily confer-
ring with architects
about adding a wing
to her house. Just
to add to the air of
Old Home Week, her
sister, Sally Blane,
and Sally's husband
Norman Foster have
come with their
youngster to stay at Loretta’* house
while they re-build theirs.
-$-
All the time that Irene Hervey
was under contract to M-G-M, the
executives just couldn’t see her
when a good role in a big picture
came up for casting. She married
Allan Jones, her contract expired,
and It looked as if she meant to
retire from the screen. She was
just waiting for the right part,
though. Along came the enterpris-
ing Grand National company with
a role for her In “The Girl Said
No,” audiences raved about her at
the preview, and wbst compiny
rushed to get her services then,
do you suppose? None other than
her old studio.
Lily Pong is very busy these days
with her radio program and an
extensive concert tour, to say noth-
ing of her frenzied trips up to her
home in Connecticut to see how the
garden is doing, but she keeps in
touch with the R-K-O studio every
day to get reports on the plans for
her next picture.
—ti-
lt Is all of a year now since Jack
Dempsey and his restaurant were
shown In a motion picture, typifying
the very center of New York sport-
ing and night life, so M-G-M la
going to remedy that omlislon right
away. He and hia headquarters will
appear iu “Big City” which stars
8peneer Tracey and Luiae Rainer.
Jaok won’t go to Hollywood, though;
hit scenes will be made In a studio
near New York.
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The best picture of the week, and
a frothy light extravaganza for a
warm evening it is
too, is “Woman
Chases Man.” Mir-
iam Hopkins Is the
star and dear old
Charles Winnlger
plays a giddy rots
delightfully. The pic-
ture is force that
verges on slapstick
most of the time,
and Joel McCrea
plays the thankless
ro'e of the one fair-
ly sensible human In
the piece. It Isn't,
frankly, nearly so good a picture
as Claudette Colbert's grand com-
edy ”1 Met Him in Pnrls”-but
until that superb bit of entertain-
ment comes your way, “Woman
Chases Mun” will keep you amused.
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ODDS AND m Cwi Heart path
ptmed nonius hr t im mi pirlurn I nr luv
wriilii i« |Ail) tiei fee,(ins men, hlelvyo
Dnuglni, timid go In l/ie Sul thing feed.
ml, u/iere Sit wi/g fi lining in lilts > • •
At ill Snthern't * filer, litintllit Like, hill
mid e mug ilini the enmptuad In lluddy
Hint'll , , , Thu I loud nudln laugh you
fleer Itilermllleolly through H aller Win-
rhelTt Sunday night hrnndi'nnl i» IT, C,
Hehli, hit /”' ante vitllnr Hu I ter drawl
an inidietii'a lhal It an all-itnr rail , . .
Haul (llrnn who ilngi nuriary intigi on
f/ie Dr, flo/ee lirntulrml hat a Ian feller
lhal the mm hi n't en hnnge Inr a diamond
brneelrt. The giniil durlnr lira I a her lhal
ilia ij n in 11 hail lltlened In one nj their
brninlentit and et firmed delight over lha
lady who tang , , , The mnhe-up einerti
art Imllying Stnkmvtkl null'. Alter all hh
nttny yenrt at an arrhetlrn enndttrinri
uiei’ins fils limited mime, ha hat bean
ordered to grenta hit hair lieeaiite other•
wlte It dnetn'i lank dignified . , . Denting
Ihurhin tried In rnmnle him by letting
>dm It made him look like a juvenile , . .
Since Carole lombard It not nvnllable,
Cred Allaire h mne trying to gel Inn el I a
Voun* to play uppntlla him In hit next
pit lure.
• Western Newspaper Union,
Miriam
Hopkins
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Martin, W. L. The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1937, newspaper, July 2, 1937; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth728647/m1/2/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carrollton Public Library.