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ORT VOL. L. FT. COVINGTON, N. Y.. THURSDAY. JULY 26. 1934. NO. U. News Review of Current Events the World Over General Strike in San Francisco Area Collapses—North Dakota's Hot Political Row—Mrs. McAdoo Divorces the Senator, By EDWARD W. PICKARD © br Western Newspaper Union. O NCE more it has been demon- strated that the general strike Is wtot a successful weapon in the hands,, of organized labor in the United States in industrial disputes. The San Francisco unions, dominated for the moment by. radi- cals, undertook to use this weapon, and witb- in two days were forced to admit their failure. Governor Mer- riam, Mayor Rossi and other officials, strongly backed by public opinion, were Marry Bridget determined that San Francisco and the surrpunding com- munities should not be deprived of the necessities of life, that the em- bargo on food shipments should be broken and that transportation should not be stopped. Nearly 8,000 members of the National Guard were mobilized to aid the police, and their efforts were seconded by hastily formed bands of vigilantes which raided the head- quarters and gathering places of the Communists. The central committee in charge of the strike soon realized the movement was collapsing and the -conservative members, regaining con- trol, relaxed the restrictions, and made £D offer of arbitration under certain ^conditions. On Thursday the general strike was -formally called off and the men or- dered back to work. General Johnson, NRA administra- tor, acting as spokesman for the fed- eral maritime dispute board there, was on hand determined to bring about a peaceful settlement. The Pacific coast maritime strike, on behalf of which the mass walkout was called, re- mained a difficult problem, ,lor the longshoremen and maritime workers Tvere Insistent that the main cu'sp^ 1n their case, control of the \hiring lialls,\ should not be subjected to ar- bitration. To the average person the whole thing looked unreasonable and unnec- essary. The longshoremen, like their fellow workers all alpng the west -coast, have been on strike for changed ^working conditions, and were joined T>y#he marine workers and teamsters. Then Joseph P. Ryan, national presi- dent of the longshoremen, signed an ^agreement that the men would retnrn to work pending arbitration and a labor disputes board was appointed *y President Roosevelt But Harry Bridges, an Australian radical who is liead of the local maritime workers, gained control of the situation and absolutely blocked the move for arbi- tration, persuading the men to repudi- ate the Ryan agreement. In the unions -of the San Francisco metropolitan *rea it Is said the conservatives out- number - the radicals, but the latter are trained in the tactics of intimida tion »nd are seeking to wreck the trades unions for the benefit of the -cause of Communism. Mayor Angelo J. Rossi announced ••pledge to run every \Communistic ag- itator\ out of San Francisco. The pledge, announced through. an emer- gency citizens' committee, said: \I pledge to you that I, as chief ex- •ecutive in San Francisco, to the ful T extent of my authority, will run out of San Francisco every Communistic agitator, and this is going to be a con- tinuing policy in San Francisco.\ T HERE was disquieting strike news from many parts ^of the coun The unions of .Portland, Ore., were pushing their plans for a general strike, and their officials said nothing could now be done to prevent it The truck drivers of Minneapolis and their helpers voted for a renewal of their *trike which in May tied up trans- portation and resulted in fatal riots. Representatives of 40 out of 42 locals of the United Textile Workers in Alabama decided on a state-wide *trlke which will affect 18,000 opera- tives. The date was not announced. Demands made to the employers In- clude : Thirty hour week with $12 min imum pay, abolition of the \stretch- out\ system, reinstatement of all jobs abolished under the stretchout sys- tem; re-employment of all workers •discharged for union activity and rec- ognition of the textile workers* union for collective bargaining under provi- sions of the NRA. Employees of Walter J. Kohler In Kohler village, Wisconsin, are out on *trlke and began picketing the plant, though It has been closed down since July 4. These workers for whom Koh- ler built and maintained an \Ideal\ Industrial town and who have been treated with remarkable generosity by the company, demand recognition of their union, a minimum wage of 65 <enta an hour and a 80-bour week. The company has Us owo employees' tinlon, a minimum wage of 40 cents *m hour, and a 40-hour week. CONSTITUTIONALITY of the Bank- va* head cotton act Is to be tested in the federal courts. Gaston Therrell of -Colurofcus, Miss., has served notice that he will bring the suit in the United States district court at Mer- idian, directing It against Henry A. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, and Internal revenue and extension officials Sec'y Icket in the state charged with execution if the act's provisions. ITOUSING conditions in the United ** States amply demonstrate the need for new housing, Acting Secre- tary Dickinson of the Commerce de- partment said in making public results )f a national \real property Inventory,\ aow being conducted by the. Commerce Jepartment Sixteen per cent of 1,811,462 dwell- ings In 99 cities are in crowded condi- tion \or worse,\ Mr. Dickinson said. kn additional 16.6 per cent are In need of structural repairs aad 44.7 per cent need minor repairs. The incomplete returns show 32,442 houses, or 2.34 per cent of the total, as \unfit for human habitation.\ N ORTH DAKOTA was in a state of political chaos, with two men bat- tling for .the governorship and the con- trol of the state government and Na- tional Guard. William H. Langer, according to a ruling of the State Supreme court was no longer entitled to hold the office of governor because of bis recent conviction on chajges - of con- spiracy to defraud the federal govern- ment The court de- _. .. _, creed that he must Ole H. Olson g . ye u p his office t o Gov. Ole H. Olson. Langer defied the court, refused to move out of office, sum moned the National Guard to support him and called a special session of the legislature, which he dominates Olson countermanded these orders, and Adjt Gen. Earle R. Sarles seemed to side with him, though he kept two companies of the National Guard on duty in Bismarck to quell possible dis- orders. It was reported that tbou sands of farmers were on their way to the capital city determined to sup- port Langer in whatever action he might demand. It was believed the legislature would vote wholesale im- peachments of state officials, possibly including the members of the Supreme court, who voted to oust Langer. State Senator A. B. Bonzer, In an address at Bismarck, declared the jurists had \pretended to base their decision as though interpreting the constitution of this state.\ \The Supreme court of this state, 1 he said, \has linked itself with the federal courts in* an endeavor to con- tinue the persecution of one who has dared to be a leader for the common people—namely, Gov. William Langer. \ linger and several co-defendants were convicted in June. The federa\ government charged that the Langer group forced federal employees to con- tribute to a political fund. This fund, it was said, was collected supposedly for a newspaper. The governmeni contended that the money eventually went into the campaign chest. Langer soon afterward was re-nominated by an overwhelming vote, and following this 5 he was sentenced to 18 month In prison. S ENATOR WILLIAM G. McADOO of California was too fond of pol- itics and travel to suit his wife, whose interests were In sculpture, painting and home life. So the former Eleanor Wilson, daughter of the war-time President, went before a judge in LOJ Angeles with her complaint and in 42 minutes had been granted an inter- locutory divorce decree. \Mental cruelty\ was the charge, and Mrs. McAdoo testified that the senator had been living almost entirely In Wash- ington for two years, and that It wai lmpossiWe for her to reside in the National Capital because the climate there was Injurious to her health. Senator McAdoo did not conXest thi divorce, and there was a property set- tlement the details of which were noi njade public. The custody of the children was vested In both parents. It was revealed that the McAdoos have been separated since last December. D AYS of torrential rain In th mountains of southern Poland re- sulted in raging floods that poured through the valleys, drowning perhaps as many as three hundred persons. More tha/i 55,000 were without food and shelter. The property loss was tremendous, all the crops just har- vested being ruined. Many popular resorts crowded b summer vacationists were cut off Eighty-three camps of Boy and Gi Scouts were evacuated, after the youths experienced harrowing difficul- ties. F OR several hours earthquakes shook all Panama and Costa Rica, but the Panama canal was unhurt. The most serious damage was at David, Panama not far from the Costa Rlcan border. There many buildings fell and scores of persons were injured. Considerable losses were sustained also at Puerto Armuellea, the United Fruit company's Pacific tide banana headquarters. One American soldier was killed by Jump- ing from a barracks window at F Davif RESIDENTIAL SECRETARY MAR- VIN M'INTYRE announced that ie President had created a special •ommlttee to formulate a new fed- eral policy concern- Ing the generation and distribution of electricity, and In Washington this was looked upon as a probable move for the nationalization of the power industry, letter to Secre- :ary Ickes asking him to bead the com- mittee, Mr. Roosevelt said: \Its duty will be to develop a plan for the closer jo-operation of the several factors In >ur electrical power supply—both pub- ic and private—whereby national pol- icy in power matters may be unified ind electricity be made more broadly ivailable at cheaper rates to industry* o domestic, and, particularly, to agri- cultural consumers. 'As time goes on, there undoubtedly will be legislation on the subject of holding companies and for the regula- tion of electric current in interstate commerce. This committee should con- sider what lines should be followed in shaping up this legislation. Since a lumber of the states have commis- sions having jurisdiction over intra- state power matters, it is necessary that whatever plan is developed should have regard to the powers of these rarious state commissions as well as >f the states in general.\ Besides Mr. Ickes, who is to act as chairman, the committee will consist of Dr. El wood Mead, bureau of recla- mation; Frank R. McNInch, federal power commission; Morris L. Cooke, t the PWA Mississfppi valley com- mittee; Maj. Gen. Edward M. Mark- ham, chief of army engineers; Robert E. Healy, of the federal stock ex- change commission; David E. Lilllen- thal, Tennessee valley authority, and T. W. Norcross, assistant chief of the forest service. F/\ING GEORGE of England offi- \\ dally opened the Mersey tunnel connecting Liverpool and Birkenhead, the largest underwater highway of its kind in the world. More than half a mile longer than the Holland tunnel of New York, the tube under the Mer- sey river stretches 11,380 feet from the main entrance in Birkenhead. In addi- ion to the main tunnel, which accom- modates four vehicles abreast there are two-lane tributaries connecting the docks which give the whole undertak- ng a length of 15,465 feet The engineers responsible for the design of the $35,500,000 tube, chief among whom is Sir Basil Mott, con- cede they owe much to the experience American engineers gained on the Hol- land tunnel. They waited until the American tunnel had been operated before completing their plans for the Mersey project's ventilation plant. T AMMANY HALL has a new chief- tain In the person of James J. Dool- Ing, elected at the urgent demand ot Postmaster General Farley. He took his seat at the head of the once great Democratic organization and an nounced that he would undertake U do two things. The first is to restore harmony within the society by elim- inating factional disputes; the second, and perhaps harder task, is to change the New York point of view toward Tammany. A LL Germany and most of the rest ef the world heard Adolf Hitler justify his bloody purging of the Nazi party, involving the violent deaths of 77 persons, and his defiance of his ene- mies within and with- out the reich. The chancellor in his speech before a com- plaisant reichstag em- ployed his well knowi gift of oratory to the limit, and unless the Berlin correspondents are mistaken, he won to his support the great majority of Ger- mans who were wa- vering in their allegiance to him. Hitler not only defended the slaugh- ter of the alleged conspirators, but also gave warning that a like fat< awaits all other \traitors.\ \Every one is to know for all fu- ture times,\ he said, \that If he raises his hand for attack against the stat* certain death will be his lot\ Far from apologizing for the kil Ings, he shouted: \I gave orders to shoot those who were mainly respon- sible for treachery. I gave further orders to burn out into the raw flesh the pest boll of our internal well poisoning and the poisoning of foreign countries. I was the supreme court of the land for 24 hours. 1 \ His iudictment of Roehm and the circle of perverts that surrounded him was terrific in Us details and con- vincing to most of his countrymen. Just before the delivery of his ad- dress, Hitler and his government were\ notified by Great Britain and Italv that they approved the eastern Euro- pean security pacts that France Is fostering. These would include Rus- sia, Poland, the Baltic states and Czechoslovakia, and unless Germany also signed up the result would be the forging of an iron band around the reich. Hitler alluded to this plan In de- fiant language. He said: \If our trade balance, through eca nomlc barriers in foreign markets through political boycott becomes passive one, we shall, through our ow ability and thanks to the genius o our inventors and chemists, find wayi of making ourselves independent of those raw materials which we our- selves are in a position to manufacture or find substitutes for,\ Scenes and Persons in the Current News o Howe About: Forgiveness Wedded Happiness ^Suspicious, Characters ' © Bll %dte^W i Nfc 1—Premier Goering of Prussia entertaining Queen Rambai Barni of Siam at a banquet in Berlin just after the \bloody purge\ of the Nazi party. 2—Alexander TroyanoTSky, Russian ambassador to the United States, on \a visit to A Century of Progress In Chicago. 3—Scene in Jacksonville, 111., after a destructive tornado had hit that city. Where Grand Coulee Dam Will Be Built General view of the Columbia river basin near Almira, Wash., showing the site of the projected Grand Coulee dam. The plans call for a dam 251 feet high and a power plant with eight generating units and an installed capacity of 700^ 000 horsepower. The PWA has allotted about $60,000,000 for the project ON AIR COMMISSION Edward P. Warner, who has been appointed by President Roosevelt on the new presidential commission on air policy, is editor of the McGraw- Hill publication Aviation, the oldest American aeronautical magazine. Mr. Warner became the\ first appointee to a \baby cabinet\ position especially concerned with aeronautics when he was -first appointed assistant secretary of the navy for aviation by President Coolldge in 1926. He was later ap- pointed a -member of the national ad- visory committee for aeronautics by President Hoover. TO CLEAN ST. PAUL Alexander G. Jamie, former head of Chicago's crime-fighting agency, the \secret six,\ who has been appointed chief of police of St. Paul, Minn., with orders to give the city a thorough cleaning. Memorial to the Negro War Dead Members of the Daughters of War Veterans unveiling in Fairmount park, Philadelphia, the beautiful monument erected In memory .of the American ne- groes who died in the World war. By ED HOWE D URING a long life certain person* have been so unfair and unrea- sonable with me I am not able to for- give them; I cannot again trust or as- sociate with them. I have adopted this policy as the easiest an<f best way. If I had oppor- tunity to punish them, I should not do so. I do not talk about them, or think of them when 1: can help it. I believe in all decency, hut this-1* the best I can do with my enemies. Any suggestion that I love them is plainly silly to me; I cannot sumach as forgive them. The best I can dip Is to let them alone. • • • . \' ->..-. In 1816 a Frenchman made an esti- \ mate as to happiness of husbands and wives in England. Out of every, hun- dred thousand population, he concltiB- ed, only thirteen of the married were fairly happy. Of those passing for happy, he estimated the number at . 3,525 per 100,000. Of those living in open hostility, he found 17,345; W£& of the secretly discontented, and 58,405 of the materially indifferent Nearly 8,000 ran away or were divorced dur- ing the year. . . . Conditions are better in 1932 than in 1816. In my sec- tion there is a city of 500,000. I do not believe only 65 married persons in it are only fairly happy. In my own. town there are 15.0QO souls. Accord- ing to this estimate^ we have some- • thing like one and a half married per- sons who are fairly happy. I am cer- tain we can do better than that ... Here is more criticism of marriage far beyond reason or fact. '- • '• • .' I know a man who married a second time. Within a day or two bis wife began regulating him. \Now looky \here Alice,\ he said, \we might as well understand each other. I have recent- ly secured, at great expense, trouble and humiliation, divorce from a wom- an who nagged me. I specially dislike nagging; I regard it as an insult, and It specially humiliates and angers me. If you cannot resist the temptation, let us part now, that I may avoid the life of shame from which I lately fled.\ * * * Every criminal Is under suspicion In his community before he engages In crime. Every man who will be arrest- ed next week is labeled as a proba- bility for arrest this week. People wonder how he makes a living; his habits are not the normal habits of the steady men of the community. We must tighten up on suspicious characters who have no visible means of support Of my acquaintances I can make an accurate list of those li- able to be arrested; so can you. The cost of crime to the worthy majority is enormous and burdensome. I see men on the streets every day who should be promptly arrested as va- grants, as a precautionary measure; they violate the law as loafers, dead beats and adventurers. Occasionally a written sentence is so wise and true as to be worthy of a place in the permanent philosophy o£ every fairly intelligent and honest man. I know of no American who may be credited with a greater number flf su«h rare exhibitions than Abxigftot Lincoln. And the sentences I adliilm were cast in almost perfect form; nothing can be taken from them nothing, added, without harm. Yet Lincoln was not a professional writer. He almost never went to school; of young men of today not one in a hun- dred had as poor a start as Lincoln. Of all Americans of large equipment I regard Ralph Waldo Emerson as per- haps the ablest writer. Lacking Em- erson's enormous technical education, Lincoln was timid, and wrote sparing- ly. I can point out many specimens of folly in Emerson's writing; none in .„ Lincoln's he Intended for the public. Some of his private love letters were foolish, but these were intewied for the fire. And no one should be criticised for folly in love. Uncle Sam Gets a Nsjv Destroyer* Looking down from the highest rafters of the Philadelphia navy yard upon the destroyer Ay 1 win just Before it was launched. The new sea fighter was christened by Betty Farley, eleven-year-old daughter of the postmaster general. \Before the gates of excellence,\ wrote Hesoid, \the high gods have placed Sweat Long is the road there- to, and rough and steep at the first; but when the height is achieved, then thrre is ease, though grievously hard! in the earning.\ * • * Probably seven out of ten people have grumbled about the moving pic- tures and thought they co*dd write better plays, but they have not done so. ... The mechanics of the pic- ture theaters have been improved until they are little short of marvelous, bat authors and producers show less ton- provensent. (Science always does bet- ter than the philosophers or intellee* tuals who claim to know more than mechanics). • • • Great men are largely those wl» have managed to do a good deal «* work at odd times while greatly tartly ered with love affairs. Ibsen had a bad start: at eighteen he had a serious affair with a hired girl, and ame near going to the d«rt* before she and her child were disposed of, but Ibsen managed to survive, ID a way. -••••• Books are ramd gossip, and rarely as interesting «* l«6sip fresh from tbe homes, the sire*!* and other placet of yesterday.
