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ORT COVINGTON SUN VOL. L. FT. COVINGTON, N. ¥.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4. T934. NO. 24. News Review of Current Events the World Over General Johnson Resigns and Richberg Rules the NRA— Textile Industry Board Named—The America's * Cup Is Successfully Defended, By EDWARD W. PICKARD © by WwUrn Newspaper Union. G EN. HUGH S. JOHNSON steps out of the picture and the NRA is turned over to Donald R. Richberg and other \left wing\ members of the New Deal manage- ment President Roose- velt announced the greater part of the re- organization plan for the national recovery body, naming first the policy making board, with Richberg as its chairman and Secre- tary Ickes, Secretary Perkins, Harry L. Hop- kins and Chester Da- vis as members. A fifth member was yet to be selected, he to be the chairman of the new administrative board. Five other members of this latter body are S. Clay Williams, head of the Reynolds Tobacco company; Arthur D. White- side, president of Dun & Bradstreet; Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers; Leon C. Marshall, labor specialist; and Prof. Walton H. Hamilton of Yale. Two ex- ©fficio members are Blackwell Smith, assistant general counsel of NRA, and Leon Henderson, chief of the NRA di- vision of research and planning under Johnson. The judicial branch of the NRA was still under consideration. Mr. Roose- velt indicated that its duties might be assigned to a special department of the Department of Justice. The recommendations of the new policy making board are subject to the will of the President but under the terms of the executive order these rec- ommendations must be submitted to the President by the director. Thus, Richberg will have the final voice be- fore the Presidenthimself-approves or disapproves the board's decisions. The board was further jem powered to \promulgate administrative policies, to appoint, to employ, discharge, fix the compensation, define the duties, and direct the conduct of the person nel necessary for its administration, and to exercise all those powers here- tofore conferred by executive orders upon the administrator for industrial recovery.\ R ESIGNATION of General Johnson, as accepted by the President, is not effective until October 15. Until then he will be busy compiling his fj report and also, it is said,, writing the story of his life. It was learned that he has been offered the management of Industrial and labor relations of *'a large group of inidwestera manu- facturers.\ This is not the time or place to es- timate General Johnson's achievements as administrator of the NRA which was largely his own creation. He cer- tainly worked hard and accomplished much, whether for good or evil. His mistakes were admittedly glaring, and not the least of them was his recent assertion that during his administra- tion he had been in close touch with Justice Brandeis of the Supreme court.- As that tribunal will have to pass on the constitutionality of NRA before long, this statement created a sensa- tion and was dismaying to the friends of Justice Brandeis. Of course, the jurist could take no notice of It The *'low down\ is said to be'that Johnson did consult the justice when he was formulating the NRA and received some informal advice which he dis- regarded, and that later Mr. Brandeis told him he had better resign. O RGANIZED business and the Pres- ident are not at all satisfied with each other. Business leaders are nervous, and Mr. Roosevelt feels that they have too many \inhibitions\ anj are not doing what they should to aid recovery. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States, seeking a clear statement of the President's future In- tentions, sent him a list of questions on expenditures, budget balancing, cur- rency stabilization and the govern- ment's part In business, politely re- questing categorical replies. Mr. Roose- velt received the Questionnaire with a smile and a joke, and there was no in- dication of his intention to answer It It was revealed in Washington tha the President also received not long ago a set of resolutions adopted at a secret meeting of 120 leading indus- trialists and financiers. These men as- serted that the policies of the New Deal, along with the uncertainties of the future, are throttling economic re- covery in the United States. The res- olutions were not Intended for publi- cation and the President made n<» men- tion of them In his press conferences. Still another hard rap at the New Deal came In the form of a statement by the federal advisory council, com- posed of leading bankers. It was con- tained In a set of recommendations for the federal reserve system and severe- ly criticizes the administration's mone- tary and economic policies, demanding a return to what the council consid- «rs sound principles. The federal advisory council Is statutory body created by the federal reserve act to advise the federal re- serve board concerning technical bank- lax matters and general business con ditions. It Is composed of one prom- inent banker from each of the twelve federal reserve districts, plus a secre- ECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR ICKES, as head of the federal pub- lic works administration, announced an ambitious family housing project for Chicago which, at a cost of $12,500,000, will abolish a \slum area\ of 37 city blocks on the southwest side and re- place demolished buildings with small apartment houses for 3,000 families. Condemnation proceedings were start- ed In the Federal court in Chicago, and Mr. Ickes said if the property owners are reasonable in their demands the project will go thmagb speedily. The area to be rehabilitated is inhabited now almost entirely by persons of Italian descent and, far from being a typical \slum contains numerous neat, well-kept homes and several large apartment houses. The plan of the PWA for its rebuilding is very similar to housing projects in Moscow and Vienna, with the government sup plying social and nursery facilities as well as dwellings. The work will be done through the federal housing cor poration, which concern the govern ment owns. M ISS GRACE ABBOTT, for years one of the government's most faithful and useful servants, has re- signed her position as director of the 1 children's bureau, to the grief of her associates in Washington and the re gret of every one who knows about her line work there. Miss Abbott now becomes professor of public welfare administration in the University of Chicago and editor of the Social Serv- ice Review. A MERICA'S Cup remains in the United States and T. O. M. Sop- with, latest British challenger, goes home defeated and disgruntled. Har- old S. Vanderbilt skippered the defend Ing yacht Rainbow to four consecutive victories over Sop.vitb's Endeavour after the latter had won two races and seemed likely to cr.rry the old trophy back to England. In the third race Sopwith flew his protest flag, claiming Rainbow bad technically fouled En- deavour, but the racing committee re- fused to hear the protest because of a minor infraction of the rules. Sopwith was not the only person displeased by this action of the committee. In fact, general opinion was with him, and the races have left an unpleasant taste In the American mouth. However, it i, probable the victory went to the bettei yacht or the better crew, or both. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S request * that the great textile strike be called off and that the workers be taken hack without discrimination, after he had ceived and approved the report of the spe- cial mediation boar* headed by Gov. John G. Winant of New Hampshire brought to an end the bitter struggle that had cost 14 lives and millions of dollars. The union leaders ordered th< strikers to return to the mills, and all the way from Maine to Alabama the looms hummed again. The pext step was the appointment by the President of a board to adjust disputes between the workers and the employers in the industry. He named the three veteran arbiters who served in like capacity as members of the steel -labor relations boards-Chief Justice Walter P.*Stacy of North Carolina, Ad- miral Henry A. Wiley and James Mu lenbach of Chicago, The executive order stipulated thai the board is \authorized and directed\ to investigate wages, hours and other conditions in the industry to determine whether code provisions are being vio- lated. If necessary, the board may re- fer its findings to proper governmental agencies for appropriate action. The national labor relations board is made the court of appeal from any de- cision of the textile board. The board' findings are not subject to review bv the executive branch of the govern- ment To start with, the board had the job of investigating numerous charges that some mill owners were discriminating against strikers. This alleged action so angered the union members that many* demands for a renewal of the strike were sent in to the office Francis J. Gorman, who directed great walkout Meanwhile the leaders of the United Textile Workers went ahead with their plans to unionize the entire Industry. Q UEEN MARY OF ENGLAND, ac- companied by King George and the prince of Wales, went to Clydebank, Scotland, and there launched the larg- est steamship In the world, the >73,00O ton Cunard.Whito Star liner that wa* started four years ago. Breaking bottle of Australian champagne on Its bow, the queen christened the hug<j vessel \Queen Mary.\ Gov. Winant 7»IGHT per cent boost fn wages, H« amounting to more than $10,000,- 000 a year, has been granted their em ployees^ by the four big packing con- cerns of Chicago, SwWt, Armour, Wil- son and Cudahy, and their example i* ollowed by packing companies in oth- ' cities. The wage increases were granted as result of negotiations between the companies and their plant labor con- ference boards. Whether the Increases were Jhe full demands of the worker* r were compromises was not stated The plant boards are established at ll points at which the companies op >rate and they are composed of em- ployee representatives, half of whom tre chosen by the workers themselvef tnd half by the managements. M ORE than two thousand persons perished In a typhoon that swept iver the richest industrial section oi Japan in which are situated Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Thousands of others were injured, and the property damage was enormous, probably running above $100,000,000. The army's munitions program suffered a great setback, foi scores of factories that were turning »ut guns and munitions 'were de- stroyed. Losses among the fishermen and' farmers also were most serious. M AXIM LITVINOV told the League of Nations assembly that Russi si 111 hopes for the establishment of permanent peace conference in which the United States is a participant, for the consolidation of peace movements He asked the league council to obtain a report on whether the world disarm- ament conference could be resumec with a possibility of success. E VIDENCE was presented to a gran- jury in New York against Bruno Richard Hauptmanri, the former Ger- man machine gunner and journeyma carpenter accused extortion in connectio with the Lindbergh baby kidnaping. Col one! and Mrs. Lind bergh flew from Los Angeles to give theii testimony. The thorities considered they had an ironcla case against the sus- pect, who was arrest ed after he had passed a ten dollar note thai was part of the ran som money handed over a garden wal by Dr. John F. Condon (\Jafsie\) whej the baby was supposed to be stil alive. In Hauptmann's garage wai found $13,750 of the ransom fund, hi handwriting was found to be identical with that of the ransom notes, an there were many other facts plainl; indicating his guilt. He explained hi possession of the money by saying was paid him by one Isidor Fische who later died in Germany, but fhis d fense was said by the police to hav< been exploded. The grand jury in New York indictee Hauptmann on charges of extortion, and when he was arraigned he pleaded no guilty. The detectives worked lik< beavers and found, among other ii criminating evidence, $840 more hi den in the Hauptmann garage. Thi the prisoner admitted was part of th< ransom money. The police said the: expected the early arrest of two al leged accomplices of Hauptmann, on of whom was in Germany and the oth er on a liner bound for Europe. New Jersey authorities expect to i diet and try Hauptmann as the actual kidnaper and murderer of the Lind bergh wfaild. S O FAR President Roosevelt has n< revealed his plans for relief f< the comlhg winter, but the executiv< committee of the United States co ference of mayors on unemployment lief has made its recommendations him. These are, in effect, that a per manent federal relief fund should bf established preparatory to the crea tlon of a nationwide system of u employment insurance. The repor says: \This permanent unemployment wori relief fund and program should Inclui the following features: \1—It should include all workers all types. \2—The governments, federal, stat< and municipal, should draw upon tho benefited from the fund for work o: public work relief projects. \3—Such benefited persons shoui be paid prevailing wage rates up the amount of the determined benefits \4-—The United States should be dS vlded into regions for the purpose fixing weekly benefits In accordanc with the regional costs and standard of living. «5—General administration \ and si pervision of the plan and fund shoal be the responsibility of the federal go< ernment\ W HEN President Roosevelt's plai for a $75,000,000 \tree belt\ fror Canada to Texas, previously discui in this column, was submitted to Cor troller General McCarL that gentlemai turned It down as an Improper use funds from the $525,000,000 emergem drouth appropriation. The Presidenl however, has not abandoned the proj ect, though he told the correspondent he was in full accord with the con troller general's ruling that emergency drouth funds might be used for putting men to work planting trees, but could not be used for land purchases. I said the original plan of the ad mini tration was to begin the shelter be: .project with $15,000,000 of drout money, and that some of this was be used to purchase land. The President said the shelter bel project, designed to protect the Mid< West region from future drouth; would be carried out, but that the I Itial funds would have to be taki from sources not yet determined. , Scenes and Persons in the Current News HOW SHOIl By Bob Nichols tor. Fitid « 1—New York policemen searching for more of the Lindbergh ransom money in the roof of Bruno Haupt- mann's garage. 2—Chief Inspector Lewis J. Valentine who was made police commissioner of New York by Mayor La Gruardia after Gen. John F. O'Kyan resigned. 3—-British challenging yacht Endeavour slipping past Rainbow, the defender, in one of the America's Cup races. Memorial to George Eastman Dedicated Rush, Khees, president of the University of Rochester, speaking during the exercises marking the unveiling of the monument dedicated to the late George Eastman, founder of the Eastman Kodak company, at the entrance to Kodak park, Rochester, N. Y. Mr. Eastman's ashes are sealed within the marble shaft HAWKEYE CAPTAIN Here is Russ Fisher, new field gen- eral of the University of Iowa eleven. Last season he played halfback. This year he has succeeded Joe Laws as quarterback and captain of the team. BIG CLEANING JOB An unusual view of the steel scaf- folding erected around the Washington monument in preparatifn for giving the famous shaft Its first cleaning and repairing. The scaffolding weighs 600 •tons and cost approximately $100,000. Ant Foe of Aphid. Aphids, one of the really Irritating pests which harass the flower lover, have two natural enemies which aid in keeping them under control, although where they are present in any quan- tity artificial means, such as spraying with nicotine solutions, are necessary. The aphids are particularly fancied by the larvae of the ladybirds, or as they are commonly called \lady bugs.\ Ants, too, find aphids of value as the Insects exude a sweet liquid which the ants seek. In fact, ants are known to corral aphids in herds and keep them In captivity, protecting them against other enemies. The aphids form a \dairy herd\ for the ants which col- lect the sweet liquid for food purposes. Accused in Lindbergh Kidnap Case Kogues gallery portrait of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, arrested for pos- sessing part of the Lindbergh baby ransom and then accused of being one of those who kidnaped and murdered the child. Soap Guns That Were of No Avail , \/f ANY upland shooters delay their i*l shooting proficiency by months, and even years; by neglecting to learn how to mount their guns. They watctt good shots perform and get the idea into their heads that the gun is thrown or jerked,to the Bhoulder In a con- vulsive, spasm-tike movement Which only goes to prove again that the hand is sometimes quicker than the eye. The good shot has gone through that movement so many thousands of times, both In \dry\ shooting practice as well as in actual firing practice, that he seems to make the movement in a flash. Actually he does accon> plish it In what seems to be a flash, but instead of being a jerky, convul- sive move it is a deliberate and well- timed motion, Recently on one of the well-known skeet fields in the eastern part of the country, I observed a beginner stop shooting because of a sizable lump he had raised on the under side of bis right jaw. I asked him what seemed to be the matter, never doubting f# a moment that he no more knew what was the matter than. Adam knew how to avoid apple-eating women. He told me his gun was kicking him. Ridiculously wrong reason, be- cause he was shooting a 20 gauge automatic, and the slight kick of this little gun is as gentle as a lamb. I knew what his ^trouble was. But I was interested to know whether he could come anywhere near analyzing his owh mistake. I pointed out to him that his bruise was under his jaw bone where no self respecting gun should ever raise a bump. Then I told him what he had been doing. He was simply, and stupidly, throwing his gun stock up against his shoulder and iaw with such uncontrolled and convul- sive force that he was literally rat- tling his own teeth. Such a trick may sound funny. But it wasn't funny. It was just a rather pathetic illustration of how easily the beginner goes wrong in trying to imi- tate what he thinks are the motions the good shot makes. Good gun mounting, as the crack shot does it is a gradual blending and co-ordination of two major adjust- ments. Seen in slow motion it would be something like this: As the target flashes into view, the gun begins to rise to the shoulder and to the cheek. The head remains erect The eyes now* have the target clearly in focus. The gun keeps rising carefully, deliberate- ly. And all the while it is rising It la pointing — instinctively — closer and closer to the target's line of flight. During this interval the eyes are con-\ scious only of the target They are not yet conscious of the gun. The trained hands are instinctively taking care of the gun. Gradually the gun stock set- tles firmly, but gently, against tho shoulder—never shoved back against the shoulder with force that not only disturbs the shoulder support but also causes the gun muzzle to wobble! Now the eyes begin to take command of gun as well as target As the butt- stock settles into the shoulder (never out on the arm!) the head inclines forward slightly to cheek the rising comb. Now In the last split second comes the finer adjustment, eyes and hands working together—and in a flash the trained trigger finger has let off the shot That's real wingshooting! During the last fine adjustment of sighting, I estimate that the eyesight is concentrated about 30 per cent on the gun, 60 per cent on the target, and 10 per cent on the immediate area around and in front of the tar- get Shoot with both eyes open, of course, always. The best upland shots I have ever seen all shoot with both eyes wide open. You need the full power, of both eyes to see your game distinctly and to judge angles, dis- tances, and flight speeds accurately. Nature gave you two eyes for this very reason. But learn first to mount your gun gently, then \pointing-ly\—then \aim- Ing-ly.\ Don't jsmp your gun up spas- modically and then try to find your target with your eyes glued at th» barrel breech. Take it easy. You isay be slow at first But begin doing it right and speed will come with prao. tice. «L W««t«rn NewKwmer Union. Two Dillinger gangsters, emulating their late chieftain by using guns cunningly fashioned from soap, failed in a desperate attempt for liberty from Ohio penitentiary's death row. Charles Makley was shot to * death by the prison guards and Harry Pierpont was wounded. Above are the fake guns used In the attempted escape. _ Conservation Commission Denied Regulatory Power A court decision of far-reaching ef- fect was recently handed down by Judge Frank A. Bell, in the Marquette Cbunty Circuit court He said that the state conservation commission had no authority to regulate the manner in which any unprotected animal could! be taken and that the commission had no right to establish closed seasons on them. This means that mink, coyote* wolf, fox, skunk, porcupine, house cats, red squirrels, weasels, owls, hawks, crows, starlings and blackbird* can be taken at any time of the year, in any manna* so long as it does not conflict with geaeaal game laws, bat that any order issued by the commis- sion in conflict with the general game laws is out and need not be obeyed.— Detroit News. * , Brail'* Wom.m (Ut Ssffrag* One of the outstanding features of the new Brazilian Constitution la the establishment of universal suffrage al- lowing women full political rights for the first time in South America, la- cludlng election to any office—e?ea thv presidency. - &;,,**£&& I
