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ORT COVINGTON SUN VOL. L. FT. COVINGTON, N. Y.. THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1935. NO. 46. News Review of Current Events the World Over President Returns From Vacation to Face Critical Test of His Administration Policies as Foes Stand Firm on Prevailing Wage Clause. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ©, Western Newspaper Union. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ended his * vacation at Hyde Park and left for Washington where his administration faces serious trouble, involving the r ^ prestige of the White House. Capitol Hill Is full of lively curiosity over the President's program, and whether he will fight the pres- ent congressional de- fiance of his leader- ship and go before the people with one of his famed fireside talks, or whether he will fi#n w a ««T -'-gree to a compromise. Sen. Wagner Mr Roosevelt at the •end of his second year in office faces a predicate in his relations to congress similar to that which confronted Mr. Hoover in 1931. Unless he regains control his entire program is likely to bog down. The fight hinges on the $4,880,000,000 work- relief program, the first item in the President's budget message and the principal mainstay of his program. Se- cret conferences at which slices of pork were reported to have been dan- gled before the avid eyes of revolting senators were said to have been held. A few supporters of the McCarran prevailing wage amendment which wrecked the bill and forced its recom- missioQ to the appropriations commit- tee were said to be wavering under the pressure. Senator Robert F. Wag- ner, who voted for the amendment, act- «d as peacemaker. He intimated the possibility of a compromise by paying more than the so-called security wage of $50 a month, but still lower than the prevailing rates. Other leaders de- clared they would not budge from their positions. Secretary Ickes has been no help to the President in quelling the re- volt. In his recent testimony, Ickes was reluctant to tell a senate committee about allocation of $238,000,000 for a naval shipbuilding program. The sen- ators finally pried out Information which would indicate that the navy and the speculators knew all about the appropriation, but none of the mem- bers of congress knew about it The money was to be spent at executive •discretion, and senators feel this does not auger well for the proposal to fcand to Mr. Rosevelt unlimited power In spending the proposed five billion -dollar appropriation. Since next year will bring another Presidential election, a third of the senators will be up for re-election, and all of the house members. They are watching closely the present situation because, if the President is slipping, they want their own records back home in good order. A/lUSSOLINI has sent 5,000 more *•** Italian troops to east Africa, making 10,000 that have been dis- patched for the possible war with the •empire of Ethiopia. With the latest contingent went Gen. Rudolfo Graziani, who will be in command of the expedi- tionary army. The soldiers were given a fine send-off at Naples, Crown Prince Humbert being present Mussolini has set European govern- ments buzzing in a speech in which he roared defiance at Italy's foes, assert- ing that he could put eight million armed men In the field if necessary. Newspapers during the past few weeks have openly referred to the* possibility of a war between Italy and Germany over Austria, and it was thought that II Duce's speech was made to Impress upon the Nazis that he was prepared to defend Brenner pass, although a part of the troops are being used in Ethiopia. Britain Is keeping a close watch on Ethiopian developments, Sir John Simon, foreign secretary, told the h«jse of commons. Simon said that the agree- ment of 1908 between Italy, France and <Jreat Britain to preserve the political and territorial status quo in Ethiopia ts In force and that Britain has drawn Italy's attention to this fact He added, that the whole trouble Is over the fron- tier between Ethiopia and Italian Somallland which has never been prop- erly defined. T HE Blue Eagle lost another tall feather the other day, when Fed- eral Judge Nields at Wilmington, Del., lield that the collective bargaining pro- vision of NIRA is unconstitutional when applied to companies not engaged in interstate commerce. The adminis- tration and organized labor Immediate- ly joined In a fight to preserve the va- lidity of Section 7-A, and announced that an immediate appeal would be tak- en before the United States Supreme court. The Wagner labor relations bill mak- ing Section 7-A the law of the land «nd outlawing company unions may tmve to be revised, if Judge Nields Is upheld by the high court. The ruling also give* support to opposition now forming in congress against extension of NRA unless It Is reorganized. Judge Nields' ruling was on an in- junction suit brought by tho govern- ment against the Welrton Steel com- pany to enjoin the steel firm from al- leged violations of Section 7-A of NIRA and the labor section of the fair com petition code of the iron ani steel In- dustry. He upheld the right of em- ployees to form company unions for collective bargaining, thus upsetting the claim of the Amalgamated Associ- ation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, that the company Intimidated employ- ees and dominated the company union. The court held that the company Is primarily engaged in state, not Inter- state commerce, which congress Is not empowered to regulate. Judge Nields stated: \Power to enact Section 7-A was not conferred upon congress by the 'gen- eral welfare' recital in the preamble of the Constitution, nor by the welfare clause, Article 1, Section 8, of the Con- stitution.\ Unless the Supreme court reverses Judge Nields, the decision will prevent the New Deal from interfering with employee-employer relationships of a vast majority of American business. . New Deal policies received another jolt the same day when Judge Charles L. Dawson on application of 35 west era Kentucky coal operators issued a writ enjoining the government from enforcing the bituminous coal code, re- affirming an earlier decision that the national industrial recovery act was unconstitutional. Judge Dawson de- clared that the coal mining is an in- trastate business, and beyond the pow- er of congress to regulate. He had previously issued a tempor- ary writ on petition of the operators on the ground of invalidity of the code, but the court of appeal remanded the case for a finding of fact on the ques- tion of irreparable injury* \When the government unconstitutionally inter- feres with the right of a citizen to do business in his own way, that interfer- ence constitutes an injury to the prop- erty rights of the citizen,\ said Judge Dawson, who labeled as fallacious the government lawyers' contention that gains resulting from the coal code should offset losses. F EDERAL JUDGE W. L GRUBB of Alabama gave the New Deal a sharp rap that threatens the great electric power development in the Ten- nessee valley. He ruled that the Ten- nessee Valley Authority has no legal authority to dispose of surplus power generated at hydro-electrie plants on the Tennessee river. The administra- tion Is depending on this enterprise to bring about the lowering of private power plant rates, and It was believed there would be an immediate appeal from the decision. In Washington especial note was taken of the fact that Judge Grubb made permanent an injunction re- straining 14 north Alabama cities and towns from negotiating with the Public Works administration for loans to build electric distribution systems. There was speculation as to what ef- fect, If any, this might have nationally on PWA's policy of giving financial encouragement to municipal power de- velopments. ' rNTERNAL troubles continue to rock I Cuba, and President Carlos Mendi- eta's regime appears tottering. Manuel Despaigne, the only member of Mendi- eta's cabinet who was in office, has resigned as secretary of the treasury, completing the rout of the min- istry brought abont by the school strike. And twelve assistant cabi- net secretaries have also deserted the ad- ministration The cabinet resigna- tions began over differ- ences of opinion as to how to deal with the strike of several hundred thousand stu- dents and teachers which has devel- oped into a national movement to oust the Mendieta administration. Commu- nist-led labor organizations are ready to throw their strength behind a revo- lutionary general strike, and the situa- tion Is becoming critical. Although armed forces are being, held in readi- ness to quell disorders, there is some doubt as to their loyalty to the presi- dent Col. Fulgencio Batista, army chief of staff, was reported ready to throw his support to Dr. Carlos Manuel de la Cruz for president if the Mendi- eta government falls, but leaders of the antl-Mendleta movement have indi- cated Batista's choice would not be acceptable to them. Terrorism continues rampant Bomb- ing has become general, railroads have been blown up, and Havana has suf- fered considerable damage to property. POSSIBILITIES of a merger of Dem- * ocrats with Republicans in fighting for repeal of the \pink slip\ or income tax publicity section of the 1934 rev- enue act was seen as Representative Bell. Missouri, pleaded for immediate passage of his bill eliminating the publicity provision, \Not only ts there fear on the part of the people of tne country on ac- count of gangsters and racketeers,\ Bell asserted \but there also Is concern among business men, because their competitors .will have the opportunity of nosing into their secret flies.\ A SWEEPING investigation of NRA ** and charges of graft and corrup- tion was started by the senate, when it passed the Nye-McCarran resolution for a finance committee inquiry after a series of floor conferences between the sponsors, administration leaders, lib- eral Democrats, and western progres sives. Sponsors of the bill originally demanded a special committee to In vestigate NRA, but finally agreed to the finance committee handling the In- quiry. Since the finance committee is headed by Senator Pat Harrison, ad ministration follower, this may mean little. However, it is understood that Harrison agreed that counsel and pro- fessional investigators be employed, and also yielded to demands that the committee confer with McCarran and Nye in planning the investigation. If Harrison attempts to \whitewash\ tfie NRA, it is rumored that Nye will take the floor to demand that the inquiry be placed in the hands of the judiciary com.mit.tee. T HE irrepressible Huey Long an nounced in Baton Rouge that he will be a candidate for governor of Louisiana In 1936. That may be just more KIngfish conversation. However it is known that Long has not preferred the office he now holds, and there is some possibility that he may seek the chief executive's chair of his state. When asked what would become of his candidacy for the presidency, he said that being elected governor and being a candidate for president would not interfere with each other. D ETERMINED not to accept the McCarran-Federation of Labor prevailing wage amendment, the ad- ministration forces in the senate sent the work relief bill back to the committee. What will happen now to the President's big program is problemat- ical. Senator Byrnes of South Carolina, one of the administration men, declared the measure had met its death. Insisting he was ex- - , pressing his own be- Senator Huey Ue f and not tolkIllg Lonf l for the President, Byrnes said, \There is no prospect\ of reviving the works program and \The committee probably will do nothing about it.\ \The President stated that if the McCarran amendment were adopted he would not sign the bill,\ Byrnes said. \The senate adopted i t therefore, so as far as the works part is concerned, the bill is gone.\ He expressed the thought the com- mittee would report out an appropria- tion of $880,000,000 or $1,880,000,000 to carry out the present relief program for six months or a year. Adoption of the McCarran amend- ment by the senate was brought about only after a hard fight and by means of a rather tricky shifting of pairs in which Huey Long took a leading part It won by a margin of one vote, where- upon Senator Robinson, Democratic leader, moved that the bill be sent back to the committee. 'This was done. Sen- ator Glass expressing the hope that the committee would report out a bill \that will not be quite so controver- sial.\ Senator Long, who loses no oppor- tunity to pester the administration and to display his political shrewdness, has started a movement for the specifi- cation of $2,500,000,000 of the work re- lief measure's total for the purpose of highway construction. Highway com- missions in every state were asked by him to indorse this plan. Long said he had discussed it with some other sen- ators and that they liked it /CHANCELLOR HITLER has been v- 1 forced to abandon his intensive campaign against the Jews. Economic pressure has caused Der Fuehrer to give up public manifestations of his cherished anti-Semitic policy, .speeches at a meeting of political leaders and Nazi party members indicated. Boy- cotts, foreign exchange difficulties and other troubles cannot be risked by the reich at the present moment T HE Saarland after fifteen years un- der League of Nations rule returned to Germany. Baron Pompeo Aloisl, Italian chairman of the league's Saar committee, took over the reins from Col. Geoffrey Kuox, British chairman of the territorial governing commission. The next day, Aloisl formally surren- dered the Saar to Germany, and the German flag was hoisted over the ter- ritory for the first time since the World war. ^CELEBRATING the seventeenth an- v-* niversary of the establishment of its army of 960,000 men, Soviet Russia renewed its defiance of \imperialistic\ nations. All over the country there were fetes, and the speakers took oc- casion not only to glorify the Red warriors but also to attack Germany and Japan. - . _ G HANCELLOR KURT SCHUSCH- NIGG of Austria paid a visit to Ramsay MacDonald, British prime min- ister, and was told that while Britain is all for maintaining the Independence of Austria, return of the Hapsburgs in Austria and more British loans were strictly tabooed. Incidentally, Britain hinted that Austria might be a little more popular if It were a little l**& rough with the Socialists and trade unionists. Austria saw the light, and gave a half promise to be a little gentler. Everything was very friendly, but the Austrian* came to London without Invitation, and little effort was made to conceal otiiclal Britain's feel Ing that thpj would rather they had stayed at home. Mussolini Shouts Defiance at Europe 1.—Italian reservists answer call to colors. 2.—-Narcotics valued at $15,000 were seized and nine Chinamen ar rested in a raid by narcotic agents at San Rafael, Calif. 3.—John Edward Bradley of Altadena, Calif., announced by President Roosevelt as winner of the, Mount Rushmore Memorial inscription competition. Huge Army Now Ready, Says II Duce Eight Million Men Can Be Put in Field Premier Mussolini hurled defiance at Italy's foes with the announcement that he could place 8,000,000 under arms, and chancellories of Europe were thrown into a furore. War preparations have been going forward-.steadily, with conscripts arriv- ing at mobilization centers as shown above. Five thousand men have already left for Italian Somaliland where trou- ble threatens with Ethiopia. Mussolini's statement was seen as a warning to Germany that although a force might be engaged in the Ethiopian border dispute, Italy was prepared to brook no Nazi Interfer- ence with Austria. European newspa- pers have freely predicted trouble be- tween the reich and Italy, and some have thought that Hitler might be plan- ning to take advantage of the dispatch of Italian troops to Africa to attack Italy in the belief that its defenses were thus weakened. The signed communique stated: However, it must be remembered that by virtue of recent laws Italy can mo- bilize thirty-seven classes, numbering eight million men, between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five.\ His brusk communique was issued as the transport Leonardo Da Vinci load- ed additional troops from the Pelori- tana division at Messina, Sicily. The Leonardo Da Vinci, delayed by bad weather at Messina, sailed for east Africa at nifht with 110 officers, 1,200 infantry and artillery troops, and 300 skilled workmen. Loading of materials on the Arabia was begun at Naples. The supply ship sailed the following day. Mussolini said the modernized, mili- tary organizations of Fascist Italy can rush thirty-seven classes into uniform should war come. Intensive recruiting is provided for in new Fascist law in- volving military training for all citi- zens between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five. While troops are being sent forward from Italy, prospects of future trouble was somewhat lessened, observ- ers claimed, after Sir John Simon, Brit- ish foreign secretary, declared to the house of commons that Italy was still bound by treaty to respect the terri- torial rights of Ethiopia. He said that all the trouble was caused over indefi- nite boundaries, YOUNGEST PREACHER Charles B. Jaynes, aged five, for more than a year has been conducting evangelistic services throughout the country. He is ambitious to become the world's greatest preacher. He Is here shown at the Angelus temple in Los Angeles. YOUNGEST BISHOP The Most Reverend Raymond A. Kearney who recently was consecrated auxiliary bishop of the Brooklyn dio- cese. Bishop Kearney, aged thirty-one, is the youngest member of the hier- archy In the world. Wins Prize in Rushmore Competition Writes Text for Huge Monument John Edward Bradley, Altadena Calif., who won the prize for the best inscription to be placed on the Mouni Rushmore National Memorial, is shown above. The heroic Black Hills monu- ment to four immortal Presidents will be completed in 1937, according to A, E. Demaray, associate director oi national parks. Last year the sculptor, Gutzon Borg- lum, put finishing touches on th< majestic countenance of George Wash ington, and completed that of Thomai Jefferson, author of the Declaration ol Independence. On passage of an Interior depart- ment bill now pending, congress wil have appropriated $245,000 of the $250,- 000 authorized. Meanwhile private con tributors have donated only $145,001 of the $250,000 expected from them. A \Sunflower\ House in Italy TRUE GHOST STORIES • • By Famous People Copyright by Public Ledger. Inc. WNU Service. A house, the living rooms of which, as a unit, rotate on circular tracks facing the sun, making the complete turn within the arc of a circle, in 9 hours and 50 minutes. The motive power comes from a 3 horse power engine whlcn operates in the center of the house. The house shown is located on a hillside in Italy. \Snowmocycle\ Makes Its Appearance By ELEANOR SMITH Avlatrix. I NEVER dream of an airplane crash that I don't hear of one the next morning,\ state Eleanor Smith, 'ho possesses youthful beauty as well as bravery and skill as an avlatrix. 'Last year, when I was making an altitude attempt, I thought my motor had been cut off 26,000 feet above the ground. I reached down my hand to try the throttle, and I accidentally turned oft the oxygen gauge. 'Well, that has Just the same ef- fect upon a person as doing this to her—.\ Here Miss Smith graphical- ly sliced her throat with the biade of her hand and made a shivery, siz- zling sound as one makes when chok- ing. \While I was unconscious, my plane dropped. I regained consciousness just as it was nosing for the ground. I was too near to glide to a landing. I had the immediate choice of hitting a brick wall or falling into the reser- voir, and probably drowning, or of heading for a space between two tall trees. \Now I remembered that the night before I had dreamed of a crash. I knew what that meant for me; I knew I must take no chances; I must do anything to avert such a catastrophe. \To fly between the trees was my only chance of escape. I had enough experience to know that if the plane flew between them the Impact would slice off the wings, turn the plane over and wreck it \So I turned the plane over delib- erately, from within, and saved dam- age to it, Instead of allowing It to re- sist the turn and doubtless be shat- tered. \If it had not been for that dream I might have taken more chances with those trees.\ * • • By FAY BAINTER Actress. \A COUPLE of months before my *~* son was born my mother died. Mother and I had been very dear to each other; we had lived together as great: friends; I was terribly hurt by her death. I became resentful of life,, doubtful of a God. \One night my husband and I opened the French doors to our bedroom and retired early. I could not sleep for fleeting and tormenting thoughts of my mother's death, the reason for it, the loneliness of It \Suddenly I heard a strange rat- tling sound. My husband, after I awak- ened him, heard nothing. He .was more than kind; he said I only Im- agined the sound; that I was nervous, due to my condition. I wanted to re- monstrate, for I am a steady person, not given to weeping or to weakness. \As soon as he fell asleep I heard the sound again. This time it was a rattling sound, as if some one were shaking the ceiling. \When my husband responded this time to my alarm he arose and ~ searched the room. He lighted the ., heavy marble lamp, which, together with various boxes and books, stood upon the night table between oar beds. No sign of anything or anyone strange coald be found. \I promised not to disturb Mm again. All became quiet once more. But only for a moment \The night table between our beds, heavily laden, arose from its position and crashed to the floor, breaking the lamp and* boxes. It was as if some one had lifted it and smashed it upon the floor. The crash was terrific. \This time my husband did not re- fate me. He verified everything I heard and saw. He jumped to his feet and turned on the lights. Whatever had caused the crash had vanished. \I have never been able to interpret the meaning or the mystery of this occurrence. * Doctor Riemerschmid, of Munich, with his special snow-bike, which realty might be called a \snowmocycle specially constructed for swift traveling through high piled snow drifts. The rkler wears skis to maintain the bal- ance of the machine which is motor driven. The machine seems to have trac- tor wheels. Pitch of the Pine Tree Hardens; Becomes Amber Have you ever noticed masses of pitch or resin clinging to the bark of a pine tree, and thought how much like amber it looked? And no wonder, for amber is merely pitch or resin changed somewhat and hardened by countless years beneath the earth. The variety of pine which produced most amber once grew where the Bal- tic and the North seas now lie. This land was gradually submerged. Later, violent storms would cast large pieces of the amber np on the shore. The an- cients valued it highly and credited it with mysterious powers, chiefly be- cause it becomes electrified when it is rubbed. In fact, our word elec- tricity is derived from elektron, die Greek name for amber. Today some amber is still obtained by picking up fragments washed ashore by the waves, bat most of it is mined. The cnief source is East Prussia, al- though it is found in small quantities in many other countries.—St. Li Globe-Democrat. Effect, of Lockjaw The famous physician, Hippocrates, observed that when symptoms of lock- Jaw develop ten days or more follow- ing a wound the patient is math mor* likely to recover than if lockjaw seta In promptly. \/ I
