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BRISBANE „ THIS WEEK Adolph S. Ochs Russia's New Plane ’ Superstition and Suicide Cocktail Parties The death of Adolph S. Ochs, editor and owner of the New York Times, is a great loss to

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mind, “How can I make of the Times a permanent and useful institution?" Russia, according to Lloyd George, la the world’s real flying •< nation, possesses, probably, the world's greatest fighting air fleet. - It is certainly the country that takes flying most seriously, with 8.000.000 Russians trained in aeronautics, young Russian girls learning to pilot planes and dirigibles and make , 20.000-foot parachute jumps, as our young girls learn new dance steps. This makes Important Russia's announcement that she Is manufacturing airplanes on a mass production basts, using for air power “an ordinary light automobile engine." The planes, very cheap, using ordinary gasoline, will be supplied to collec- . tire farms. Russia may be the first I nation to do with flying machines j what this country did with automo- | biles. American genius put this na- | tion’ on wheels. If Russian engi- > neerlng skill puts Russia on wings, j it will make some Other countries i thoughtful ——— A young man Is found strangely i murdered, or committing suicide in an unusual way, hanging from a low tree. His legs were fastened behind his back wlt.i chains, chains were ■round hla hands and neck, and a metis 1 that he had won in an athletic contest was fastened with a safety pin to one of hta nostrils. The man, thirty-one. who Kgd been employed In moving pictures as a substitute for actors under dangerous conditions, is believed by police to have killed himself in a strange way. through vanity, to attract attention. climbing to the limb of a tree, adjusting the chain, dropping and strangling. » Police quote a superstition of certain Malays who believe that evil spirits carry off their souls if they kill themselves. When they commit ‘suicide they exhaust their Ingenuity in efforts to die In such a fashion as to make suicide seem impossible, that the spirits after inspection may decide that the dead man was murdered and leave his soul in peace. During prohibition, the habit of drunkenness was acquired by many, particularly young women. They I yield more easily than men to the effects of alcohol and drugs, and once “caught" they are caught for life, usually. American fathers and mothers that give cocktail parties for their sons and daughters, or permit them in their houses, should be told plainly that they are using their money to make drunkards of the daughters and sons, and are not fit to have, or bring up. children. In addition to moving 60.000 more soldiers to the German lines, France is hurriedly connecting her steel and concreteJtne of fortresses, with barbed wire entanglements and trenches. Thirty thousand soldiers are digging tn as you read. The French apparently expect the same old thing over again, but they will not see it. Nations tn the next war will not squat In trenches, but will fly against the enemy nation’s chief cities and kill an Impressive number of citizens with poison explosives and gas. Nothing will be more lonesome than, a front line trench In the next war. Harlem. In upper New York' city, with some 200,000 colored population, is stamping ground for many that preach ultra-radical doctrines, including the theory that whoever has money must have stolen it from those that * have no money. . This added to race antagonism, and the influence of certain "exhnrters," brings results reminding citizens of what may happen when dangerous doctrines are preached recklessly. The latest news Indicates that Chancellor Hitler Is not as anxious for “war in a hurry" as was alleged. . Sir John Simon, for England.- received from Hitlers written proposal: First, a ten-year nonaggreaatoa treaty with Germany's neighbors, nobody to attack anybody else. Second, a pledge to withhold economic and financial assistance from any nation starting a war. Hitler wrote that, and, if he means It Lloyd George is correct in his statement: “Not thia time." ©. Kiss FMtarv* Syndicate. Im. WNL’ Service. Nitvogaa Carries Sound Wavaa Nitrogen, the element In air which, if present alone, would cause people to die of suffocation, is the medium that carries on the major job of trana- . milting sound waves, and oxygen, the element in the air which supports life, is the chief bearer of sound wares. Untqwo Church Organisation • A unique church organisation at Racine. Wlk. is a Protestant auxiliary to St Roses Catholic church. It is composed of husbands of Catholic wires and wives of Catholic husbands

News Review of Current Events the World Over Prime Ministers of Three Nations Confer at Stresa—President Roosevelt, Busy With Work Relief Program, Prods Congress. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ©, Wettern Newspaper Union.

American journalism and good citizenship. Mr, Ochs was a good American, whose life and work set an admirable example to his profession. All his life a hard-worker, conscientious, indifferent to personal profit, Mr. Ochs often put to this writer and other friends the question, ever In his

SIX of Europe’s foremost statesmen, with experts and secretaries, solemnly considered peace plans and security pacts on Isola Bella, a lovely

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tlons under the Locarno treaty but balked at further commitment in continental affairs. Anyhow, they had promised to enter into no new agreements without the consent of parliament, which cannot be consulted until after the Easter holidays. Premier, Flandin and Foreign Minister Laval of France sought to persuade England to line up with France and Russia rather than with Germany, and they presented as one argument a new mutual assistance pact they had just signed with Russia. Premier Mussolini. solemn and pessimistic, handled matters for Italy with the help of Fulvlo Suvlch, undersecretary of foreign affairs. He had already warned the world that the issue of war or peace probably could not be settled at Stresa. Os course, the chief question was the attitude of other nations toward the constantly growing Pan-Germanism of the relch under Hitler, and the first concrete problem taken up was France's appeal to the League of Nations against Germany’s repudiation of the military clauses of the Versailles treaty. Mussolini and MacDonald were I Inclined to accept Hitler's rearmament > if there could be an agreement against further military expansion, but Flandln stood tn opposition. The Italians urged a three-power alliance for protection against Germany, but England objected and France was uncertain. All three nations rather favored the rearmament of Austria. Bulgaria and Hungary, and tbe Danube pact Which Italy especially has been promoting. — . K 4 VSSOLINI’S pessimistic frame of '■ mind was Illustrated by an an- ■ non nee inent In his newspaper, Popolo d'ltalia, that Italy would keep 600,000 men under arms “until the horizon is ! well cleared, and give them all modern | weapons.’’ Both the Italians and the | French are convinced that Germany is ; maliciously stirring up the troubles I that confront them in northern Africa with the purpose of weakening their position in Europe. This matter was discussed privately by some of the participants In the Stresa meeting. THE new mutual assistance agreement reached by France and Russia was at first supposed to be merely an agreement on sanctions to be taken against an aggressor once the latter has been determined by the League of Nations. But Paris correspondents assert that It Is in effect a military alliance such as Russia had been urging on France and that In certain cases the signatories will determine for themselves who Is the aggressor, without waiting for word from Geneva. The agreement is, of course, directed primarily against Germany. It Is believed in Paris that Russia will soon conclude similar alliance with Czechoslovakia and the Baltic states, thus completing a steel ring around Germany’s land frontiers. This agreement la st 111 subject to alteration and final approval, and the Soviet press does not discuss It. That Russia still seeks “to maintain and strengthen the general peace" waa shown by the signing of a Russo-Ger-man trade treaty which It Is believed will greatly Increase the volume of Russia’s orders in the relch. Under this accord the Soviet will Increase purchases In Germany by 200.000.000 marks (about $80.000.0001, a banking consortium headed by the Deutsche Bank and Discount Gesellschaft and tbe Dreadner bank to grant import credits for an average term of five years. The credits will bear Interest at the discount rate of the relcbsbank plus 2 per cent Tbe Russian trade delegation is thereby enabled to pay cash -for orders placed with German firms. Tbe agreement provides further that Soviet exports to Germany shall exceed 150,000.000 marks ($60,000,000) In the current year, and stipulates that previous Rusaiah debts In Germany shall be paid during 1935, most payments to be in kind. > Announcement was made by the government that It had uncovered extensive frauds in the Immigration and naturalisation service from 1923 to 1983, and steps were for tbe ousting of a number of employees and for criminal prosecutions. It was estimated that a ring of bribe takers and fixers had received as much as a million dollars from persons Illegally entering the country. “Revelations so startling in character have come to light that investigators believe the actual extent of corruption and fraud has been but partially disclosed.* ssid a statement Issued by the Labor department after a secret Investigation of alleged frauds-in the New York district “Sums ranging up to SIOO are alleged to have been paid in cases Involving false witnesses or passing of an applicant who had failed in bls test of knowledge of the government or his ability to speak English. “It la alleged that fees ranging from

little island In Lake Maggiore off Stresa. Italy. The conference was momentous, but it was of an “exploratory’* nature, and no definite results were expected. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon, representing Great Britain, were willing to carry out that nation’s military obllga-

S3OO to $1,200 were levied In cases Involving fraudulent or altered manifest records, where it was desirable to obtain a record that would safeguard an alien from deportation or procure citizenship status by showing his legal admission at the port of New York for permanent residence.” NEW dust storms, the worst of the destructive series, swept over Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas, completing the virtual ruin of the wheat crop and causing great losses and suffering among live stock. Schools and shops were closed, airplanes grounded and train and bus schedules disrupted. Some regions were being abandoned by all inhabitants. A delegation of senators and representatives from four of the stricken states called on President Roosevelt and asked him to earmark $150,000,000 for a land program for the next two years. He did not Indicate what amount would be allocated, but was said by the delegation to have given assurance that he would, permit the expenditure of all the money that was necessary. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, deeply * tanned and In good physical condition. was landed at Jacksonville,

Fla., by the destroyer Farragut and started Immediately for New York, to attend the funeral of his cousin, Warren Delano Robbins. after which he returned to Washington. Aboard his special train the President read through the $4,550.000.000 work relief bill as it was finally passed by both

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; houses of congress, called for pen and ink and appended his signature to the largest appropriation measure ever enacted by congress. There were some features of it, agreed upon in the senate and house conference, which he did not like, but he said those who had studied it recommended its approval. The President at once signed two allocations from the amount approprii ated. The first was $125,000,000 to the i administrator of the Federal Emer- | gency Relief admlnistratoln, in order j that relief might not stop. The sec- ! ond was $30,000,000 for continuation of the emergency conservation work. In Washington tbe Republicans and . some others discussed with dissatlsfaci tion the probability that Harrjr L. HopI kins, relief administrator, would be the ; President’s chief assistant in carrying j out the vast work relief program. “It is extremely fortunate for Mr. ' Hopkins that if he is going to be the lord high distributor of the money, the bill is so drawn that he won't have to be confirmed by the senate," said Senator Vandenberg of Michigan. Representative Snell of New York, the Republican leader in the house, declared It was “a sad commentary that a man like Hopkins," who had termed criths of work-relief methods “d —n dumb," should “appear to be in line to be clothed with extraordinary grants of power over the greatest sum of money ever appropriated." As fixed up in conference, the act does not require senate confirmation of administrators already in the employ of the government That Includes Hopkins, Secretary Ickes, and Rexford G. Tugwell, all considered probabilities as members of the board that will administer tbe work relief fund. Work for a total ot 3,500,000 destitute persons is contemplated under the relief bill. Officials estimate 2,500,000 of these already are working for relief payments. According to plana, these ■re to be absorbed by the new work program on July 1, leaving jobs to be found for 1.600,000 more. It was said that soil erosion control projects and rural electrification would be relied on heavily at the outset of the drive to increase the number at work. Later, officials said, the present work-relief program will be "pruned” to provide labor for other projects. TN HIS first post-vacation confer- * ence with congressional leaders. President Roosevelt disregarded their fears of a prolonged session and insisted on enactment of his legislative program. Especially be wants legislation dealing with extension of the NRA, social security, utilities holding companies, extension of federal authority over banking, ship subsidy readjustment* and extension of $416,000,000 in nuisance taxes. Later the President conferred with Senator Joe Robinson, who said both of them felt that very satisfactory progress Is being made. To the correspondent Mr. Roosevelt said he hoped to have the work relief program at Its peak by the middle of November, at which time 3,500.000 unemployed should be at work under its terms. He indicated this program would be carried out as far as possible by existing governmental agencies. He will seek to avoid moving workers from one area to another, and wMI take care of as many “white coUqr" workers as * v The social security* bill finally was produced on the floor of the house of representatives. There were several blocs against tt ta Its form as reported. These included representatives who want higher unemployment and old. age payments; members from the poorer states, who want the federal government to bear the entire cost of the program, with the states relieved of any contribution, and the conservatives, who are opposed to the •government going Into the insurance business" and exacting a pay roil tax during the 'depression.

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GEN HERMANN WILHELM GOERING, the dynamic premier cS Prussia and air minister of Germany, and Emmy Sonnemann, thirty-seven-year-old actress, were married in Berlin, first in the city hall and then in the evangelical cathedral, with Reichsfuehrer Hitler acting as groomsman In. both ceremonies. It was a most spectacular wedding, with many famous Germans and a grand opera chorus In attendance, a triumphal procession through the crowded streets and a display of the Nazi air force. SOCIALISTS and Catholics of Danzig combined to give Chancellor Hitler of Germany his first big setback. In the free city’s parliamentary

election the Nazis polled 60.6 per cent of the total vote, but failed to get the twothirds majority of the seats that would give them complete control of parliament, Hitler and his followers had hoped Danzig would follow the lead of the Saar and return to the relch, and this may yet be

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the result, for the population of the city is more than 90 per cent German. But the Nazis were defeated in their attempt to lay the groundwork for the suppression of all other political parties and the establishment of a dictatorship. Presumably their next step will be to vote for a change |n the Free City’s constitution and to ask the League of Nations, which administers the city through a commissioner, to permit a plebiscite on return Ito the relch. This was openly discussed by Paul Joseph Goebbels, German propaganda minister, during the hot; campaign in Danzig carried on by the Nazis. Poland was enraged by the violent methods of tbe Hitlerites in the campaign and demanded an apology from Berlin. The whole affair endangered the new friendship between Poland and Germany, and probably this was not mourned by the other nations of Europe. WITH the rubber workers In the tire plants of Akron, Ohio, ready to quit their jobs, the American Federation of Labor pledged itself to finance the strike, which President Green declared would be a crucial attempt by organized labor to force on industry the collective bargaining provisions of the NRA. He announced his organization would “support the rubber workers of Akron for as long a time as may be necessary.” Green definitely marked out tbe tire strike as a test of labor’s ability to make good on the promises held out to it by the New Deal. The national labor relations board, he pointed out, had ordered the big tire companies, Goodyear, Goodrich, and Firestone, to allow their workers to elect representatives for collective bargaining. The companies have refused and labor now takes Into its own hands the enforcement of the NLRB decision, Green argued. Tire manufacturers, on the other side, recognize the threatened strike as a key move in the New Deal program for regimentation of labor and industry and are fighting, back. Firestone expected to go before the District of Columbia Supreme court and ask a permanent injunction against the NLRB add NRA meddling in itsjabor situation. POSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES A. / FARLEY went to New York to study the political and legislative situation there, and it was declared by

local Democratic leaders that he would retire from the cabinet soon after the adjournment of congress. Mr. Farley neither affirmed nor denied the story. He has been bitterly attacked for retaining his cabinet post and at the same time continuing as chairman of the Democratic national committee and

of the New York Democratic committee. despite the edict of the President against such double holding. Mr. Roosevelt wants Mr. Farley to remain bead of the national committee and tn conduct his campaign for re-election, so he will give up his post office job; but he did not wish to resign while ■till under fire from Huey Long and others. JAMES R. BOURNE, federal relief J administrator of Puerto Rico, was alleged to have said that “there are criminals In the legislature.” so he was arrested on the charge of slandering that body. He denied making tbe statement but was held in S3OO bonds. Bourne has been bitterly attacked recently In both bodies of the legislature. The house adopted ■ resolution declaring him “persona non grata" because of alleged political favoritism to the Liberal (minority) partyOUR minister to Canada. Warren Delano Robbins, succumbed to pneumonia tn a New York hospital after a week’s illness. He was a first cousin of President Roosevelt and had been in the diplomatic service for more than 25 years, being one of the most distinguished of the “career" men. Adolph S. Ochs, veteran owner and publisher of the New York Times, waa stricken with cerebral hemorrhage while visiting old friends in Chattanooga, Tenn., and died without regaining consciousness. He was seventyseven years old and had been tn poor health for some time. Another notable man taken by death was Edwin Arlington Robinson, generally considered the foremost American poet He won tbe Pulitzer privy for poetry in 1922, 1926 and 192 R A NNOUNCEMENT was made by **the State department that the United States has accepted in general terms the proposal of Argentina and Chile for co-operative efforts to end the Bolivia-Paraguay war In the Gran Chaco. It was expected Brazil, which bad been consulted, would join in the plan. Just what will be done has not been determined.

IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chqol Lesson By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D. D, Member of Faculty, Moody Bible Institute of Ch.ica«o. ©, Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for April 21 THE FUTURE LIFE (EASTER LESSON) LESSON TEXT—Duka 24:1-1$: John 14:1-6. GOLDEN TEXT—I am the resurrection and the life;* he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet ahall ha live.—John 11:25. PRIMARY TOPlC—Jesus Living Again. JUNIOR TOPlC—Jesus Living Again. . INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—Life Here and Hereafter; YOUNG PEOPLE AND SENIOR TOPIC—Life in the Light ot Eternity. I. God, the God of the Living (Mark 12:26, 27). “If a man die, shall he live again?" is an age-long question. It is affirms? tively answered by both the universal human conviction and the holy Scrip- I tures. Death does not end all. It is > not a leap into the dark. It is rather the open door through which human ; personality enters Into the light of glorious freedom. Life itself is but a training school, a preparation for the ■ larger and' higher life after death. ; Those who in their lifetime are in vital ; relation to Jesus Christ, the eternal j Life, shall never die. 11. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Luke 24:1-12). The supreme test of Christianity is the resurrection of Jesus Christ froth i the dead. It matters little what Jesus said and did while alive, if his body remained tn the grave. If he did not come forth tn triumph from the tomb, then all his claims are false. On the other hand, if he did arise, all his claims are true. L The empty sepulchre (vv. 1-3), a. The coming of the women (v.l). As an expression of affectionate regard for the Master, they came with spices tor his body. b. What they found (w. 2,3). When they came to the sepulchre they found the stone had been removed, but they found not the body of Jesus. For them to have found his body in the sepulchre would have been the world’s greatest tragedy. The empty tomb spoke eloquently of the deity and power of Lie Son of God (Rom. 1:4). 2. The message of the men In shining garments (vv. 4-8). a. “Why seek ye the living among the dead?” (v. 5). The angels’ question has continued 'to reverberate through the centuries. b. “He is not here, but is risen” (v. 6). Jesus, before he was crucified, had told them that the Lord must be betrayed and crucified and that on the third day he would rise. 3. The women witnessing to the eleven (vv. 9-11). Their thrilling testimony concerning the empty tomb and the words of the angels appeared to the apostles as idle tales. 4. Peter investigating (v. 12). While the testimony of the women seemed as idle tales, Peter was not of tbe temperament to lightly dismiss the matter Therefore, he ran to the sepulchre. Upon close investigation be found the linen clothes lying in such away as to prove the reality of the resurrection. 111. Jesus Preparing a Place In Heaven for His Own (John 14:1-3). The hopes of the disciples were utterly shattered when Jesus told them about the cross. He consoled them by pointing to the reunion in the Father's house. This he did by 1. Asking them to trust in him even as God (v. 1). Faith in the Godman. Christ Jesus, will steady the heart no matter how intense the grief. 2. By informing them that he was going to the Father's houie to prepare a home for them (v. 2). He declared that in that house there were many abiding places. Heaven is an eternal dwelling place for God’s children. 3. By assuring them that be would come again and escort them to heaven (v. 3). He will come and call forth from the grave those who have died and transform living believers and take them all together to be with him forever in the heavenly home (I Thess. 4:16. 17). IV. Jmus Christ Is the Way to the Heavenly Father (John 14:4-6). In answer to Thomas* interposed doubt Jesus asserted: L That be is the way (v. 6). Jesus Christ is more than a mere guide to God or a teacher. 4ffe is tbe way Itself, the very door of the sheepfold, the gateway to the tree of life. 2. The truth (v. 6). He is not merely the teacher, but the truth incarnate. la his incarnation the spiritual and material worlds were united. Therefore, every line of truth, whether spiritual or material converges in him. 3. The life (v. 6). Christ is not merely the giver of life, but the very essence of life. Only those .wbo receive Christ have life in the true M&ML Yea May Ba Wroag “My brethren.” said Oliver Cromwell to some of his fanatical, positive followers, “in the name of Christ I beseech you to think it possible yon may be mistaken.** That is a good word to carry in our minds. Hindariag God Not man’s manifold labors but bis manifold cares, hinder the presence ot i God. Whatsoever thou doesL bush thyself to thine own feverish vanities, and busy thoughts, and cares; in silence •eek thy Father’s face. Th. Brooding Spirit “The Spirit of the Lord brooded opon the face of the waters.” The Spirit of the Lord still broods over human souls and be alone knows the great and glorious beings who will be manifested, and will enjoy the Creator's ptesenee for ever. Other’s Bardens God has so ordained it that we should learn to boar one another’s burdens; for there is no one who has not some defect, no one without some burden. • - * * ? --

James A. Farley

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Washington.—lt appears that at last all of those questions as to whether

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the national industrial lecovery act is constitutional are go-

ing to be answered by the Supreme court of the United States. That is. they will be answered by a Supreme court decision unless the moving spirits in NRA decide again to dodge the issue as they once have done. Sometime ago W. E. Belcher, an Alabama lumberman, ran afoul of a national recovery administration code ruling and he was promptly prosecuted. Lower courts decided adversely to the government, however, and the NRA lawyers decided to appeal. They wanted a Supreme court decisioh. But before the case reached the stage of argument before the highest court in the land, the Department of Justice suddenly withdrew the petition and announced its refusal to prosecute Mr. Belcher any further. There immediately was set up a farflung cry accusing the NRA and the Department of Justice of being afraid of a constitutional test. Legal brains of the Department of Justice stood pat and offered no explanation, but NRA brain trusters let It be known that they preferred to avoid a test at this time because of the imminent expiration of the industrial recovery act They pointed out that the law expires June 16 and that congress is now engaged in consideration of a revision. The implication was that the NRA believed a test In the Belcher case was a waste of time and money because of the probability that a Supreme court decision would not be handed down until after the present law was no longer, operative. Now, however, the NRA authorities think they have found the right kind of a case for a constitutional test. They have announced they will fight to have the act declared constitutional in a case in which the Schechter Live Poultry market of Brooklyn. N. Y., is accused of violating the poultry code. So Instead of trying out the constitutional question on boards, the brain trusters are seeking a decision on the hen. The whole situation is regarded by observers as being much confused and no cne seems io know exactly what is behind the sudden reversal of position on Ihe part of NRA and the Department of Justice lawyers except a good many folks think the NRA could not stand the gaff of countrywide editorial criticism. It is true that after abandonment of the Belcher case was announced, nearly every important metropolitan newspaper In the country printed editorial comment about the action and little of it was favorable to the NRA. Examined from this viewpoint then, there are some who believe the administration was goaded into a constitutional test of NRA. Politically, the Department of Justice’s determination to avoid a test in the Belcher case already is having repercussions. Barbs and backbiting are coming not alone from Republican antagonists but from among Democrats in congress as well. Senator Hastings, a Delaware Republican, and Senator Clark, a Missouri Democrat, joined in an effort to have Attorney General Cummings reverse his position and urged upon the head of the Department of Justice the necessity for clarification of legal questions involved. The administration’s position also has drawn fire from Republican Leader Snell in the house and there are In that body also certain of the so-called progressives who have charged that President Roosevelt is unwilling to face tbe music in the Belcher case. Economically, the decision to refrain from pressing the Belcher case for final adjudication by the Supreme court has caused a wave of uncertainty to permeate the business structure. From NRA quarters, I learn that there is a huge volume of mail now coming in through which firms and individuals engaged in commerce and Industry are demanding to know what their course shall be. While there has always been much confusion among business interests as to Interpretation of the codes under which they operate my information is that lately there has been a sharp revival of inquiries as to the rights of business and the rights of NRA and the code authbritles to enforce the multiplicity of rules and regulations that have grown out of the national industrial recovery act What the end is going to be, even Donald Richberg, number one man in NRA. has avoided saying. Since he has not enunciated policies his subordinates are afraid to move. Consequently. according to some of tbe letters now going out from the NRA to business Interests, the whole question of codes and their enforcement frankly can be said to be up in the air. If the NRA can be said to be up in the air. the agricultural adjustment ad-

ministration can be said to be a rudderless ship. There is no longer any doubt that

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AAA policy is confused, not to say floundering about in helpless fashion. It has reached the stage where delegations and Individuals are arriving in increasing numbers to wait on tbe doorstep of Secretary Wallace and Administrator Davis for advice as to what the program la. } It ought to be said just here that Mr. Wallace and Mr. Davis are showing signs of Irritation and that is always significant It was only the other day that a group of farm organization leaders came in to Washington to tell Mr. Wallace how the Department of Agriculture must do something to enable farmers in the areas that were drouth stricken to plant crops. They pointed out tbe necessity for quid: action because crops must be planted within the next few weeks. They did not stop there, however, but added points of criticism about AAA policy.

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This ao irked Mr. Wallace that he announced abruptly that the Interview was closed. The secretary was quoted by members of the delegation as having inquired whether the Roosevelt administration had not done more for farmers than any previous administration; He was reported also to have said he did not like the attitude or the spirit which the visitors displayed in their conversations with him. The result was that the farm leaders went away from the vast building housing the Department? of Agriculture with a decidedly bad taste in their mouths and the prediction is heard frequently now that these men will cause much trouble for Mr. Wallace hereafter by telling their stories among the home folks. I think it is generally conceded that economical and political numskulls may b 0 found In positions of responsibility among farm organizations but after all they serve as something of a leadership for groups that speak for agriculture and. when Mr. Wallace becomes anzered by their criticism of his administration, serious trouble for him lies not so far ahead. * • Around the halls of congress, also, there is Increasing criticism of Mr.

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stalwart Democrats as Senator George of Georgia describes'a cabinet officer as being unfit for the office he holds, the situation as regards that individual necessarily becomes precarious. The controversies that are centering around Secretary Wallace naturally are having their reaction on his legislative proposals.' It is my understanding that considerable difficulty is faced by the amendments to the adjustment act which the secretary desires to have passed at this session of congress. These amendments are described by the secretary as being designed to strengthen the adjustment act and accord the AAA more power in enforcement. It seems, however, a certain bloc in congress holds the conviction that there is already sufficient power in Mr. Wallace's hands and those members are growing resentful toward proposals delegating more authority to him. The recent house-cleaning which resulted in elimination of certain, of the brain trusters in the Department of Agriculture and its stepchild, the AAA, had a wholesome effect on relationship between the Department of Agriculture and congress as a whole, yet In some quarters it appears, the housecleaning did not remove ajl of the stigma with which oppositionists have stained the administration’s farm policies. With reference to the house-clean-ing, it should be said just here that another move is in the making. Prof. Rexford Guy Tugwell, the present undersecretary of agriculture, is slated to be dehorned Insofar as farm recovery policies are concerned. When President Roosevelt gets, his hands on the five billion voted In the public works relief bill. Professor Tugwell will be given' charge of something like nine hundred millions to spend in away that is variously described as “scientific.” His job will be to sort out lands that are productive from those that are mediocre or without value at all in agriculture and to find uses for those which should not be used as farm lands. «> • I believe it is not too much to say that conditions in the NRA and AAA

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outlook of the administration. In this connection it should be mentioned that the Republicans are showing signs of life. For instance, Republican Leader Snell took a shot at President Roosevelt the other day that indicates a forthcoming deluge of criticism of him personally for the first time since he entered the White House. The volume of mall being received on Capitol Hill tells Its story as well. Members of the house and senate are beginning to inquire of each other what their political course should be in view of the type of inquiries that are now being received. Through many months, the personal charm of the President has seemed to prevent expressions of a critical nature and certainly has held off complaints from the business section of the country. Certainly those who have money invested were not ■ being told about future plans. It seems now, however, that the •‘honeymoon” for which Mr. Roosevelt asked has ended and that henceforth it will be a battle of realities. The most direct attack upon the President and upon the New Deal came from Representative James Wadsworth, a New York Republican. Mr. Wadsworth stressed uncertainty. In fact, he called It one of the three or four major “evils” of the administration. Some observers looked upon Mr. Wadsworth s speech, delivered through a national radio hook up, as the initial cannonading in the 1936 election. This is interesting because It was only four or five months ago that Republican leaders were saying privately that any man who was nominated by the Republicans against Mr. Roosevelt would be a sacrificial lamb and would make the race solely to hold the remnants of the Republican party together. If the Wadsworth attack actually does represent the opening of the campaign, it must be construed as meaning the revival of hope among Republican wheelhorses. It must be accepted as indicating an undercurrent of feeling that there Is at least a chance to defeat the New Deal and that the conservative section of the voting population has begun to look about for a candidate. ©, Western Newspaper Union.

Wallace and it is of a character to undermine him if it continues. When such

,have added to the general uncertainty concerning the political and economic