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WEATHER
Continued Warm, Variable
Light Winds; Clear
Tomorrow
MARKETS
Storks Are Listless,
Wheat, Cotton Mixed
VOLUME 2—NUMBER 165
ROOSEVELT TBYS FOB PEACE IN STEEL BATTLE
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Blazing Sun Spreads Death in Wide Territory
EAST SWELTERING
AS HEAT THROES
ENVELOP CITIES
ENERVATING WAVES CUT
THROUGH MAJOR
SECTIONS
NEW YORK, July 10 (TP).—The
blazing fury of the sun continued to
day to spread death from the Atlan
tic coast to far western states.
Latest reports snow 275 persons
have died from the heat In the past
60 hours—an average of almost five
an hour. Unbearable temperatures
are forecast for the burned-out prai
rie region. A rise in the humidity
combined with suffocating tempera
tures Is the grim warning for the
sizzling eastern states.
In the Mississippi Valley creeks
have dwindled to small puddles and
the mighty father of waters is itself
barely navigable. At St. Louis, the
Mississippi's channel is nine-feet deep
—l3 feet below normal.
Wyoming is harrassed by some oi
the worst forest fires ever to sweep
through the Black Hills. Other for
est fires are reported in Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Michigan. The vast
fields of South Dakota are a depress
ing fight. Swarms of grasshoppers
cover the prairies, already burned
crisp by hot winds and scorching sun.
Chicago crop experts conservative
ly placed midwest farm damage at
$300,000,000. They said it will be
months before the total damage,
placed at more than half a billion
dollars, can ever be estimated.
In North Dakota, a flock of wild
ducks died in the withering heat.
Forest rangers in the northwest said
wiid animals are migrating and trav
eling long distances in search of
wat?r. "I---»»«-»-• • -
The mercury is soaring again in
Ilinois, Kentucky, Michigan - and
Missouri. Each state is expected to
swelter at temperatures well above
the 100-degree mark. Throughout
the middlewest, Churchmen are hold
ing special services today to pray for
rain.
The Chicago weather bureau re
fused to hold forth any hope. Said
one forecaster —"there is little likeli
hood of a change in conditions. It
may be hotter today than yesterday
and still hotter tomorrow.”
Thousands of city dwellers, particu
larly those in the congested districts
of large mid western and eastern
towns, dragged themselves from their
beds this morning after hours spent
in a futile effort to sleep.
Thermometers which took only a
slight drop in most sections of the
heat zone last night, seemed headed
for new highs today. Scattered show
ers which fell in other parts of the
heat belt did little to cut short a hot
spell which is causing suffering to
millions.
New York, still gasping from an
all-time heat record of 102 and three
tenths, recorded yesterday, was given
little hope of relief today. The "‘fair
and warmer” bulletins were general
in the northeastern zone—f ro m
Maine to Maryland and west into
Ohio. One blessing in disguise was
the lack of rain in the eatern New
York and the middle Atlantic area.
Weather bureau officials said that
rain would boost humidity marks and
make the heat unbearable.
Dignity was thrown to the winds
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SOCIALISTS TEST
FRENCH PUBLIC
BLUM CABINET OFFERS
FIRST POPULAR BOND
ISSUE
PARIS, July 10 (TP)—The French
people’s confidence in their new So
cialist government will be tested to
day when the Blum Cabinet offers its
first popular bond issue.
On the eve of the bond sale, Fin
ance Minister Vincent Auriol went
before the people by radio and plead
ed for strong support of the Blum
Cabinet’s financial efforts. Auriol call
ed for popular subscription of the
bond issue, rather than a Bank of
France purchase of the bonds, which
ire being floated to finance new na
;lonal defense projects.
The loans are of the “baby bend”
ype. ranging from about sls to $7,-
*OO. In his plea for support, Auriol
daimfd that French finances had lm
>roved steadily since Socialist Premier
jeon Blum had taken office. The
l low of gold out of France Auriol
naintained, had been stopped and al
•eady a steady stream of the precious
yellow metal had begun flowing back
into the country.
Savannah Daily Times
Fights For Life
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Dr. S. Parkes Cadman
Stricken with appendicitis
and forced to undergo an em
ergency operation for what has
been diagnosed as ruptured
appendix, Dr. S. Parkes Cad
man, radio preacher and pastor
of the Central Congregational
Church in Brooklyn, N. Y., was
reported in ‘‘grave condition”
at a hospital in Plattsburg, N. Y
—Central Press.
ETHIOPIANS WAGE
GUERILLA WAR ON
ITALIAN OUTPOSTS
I
ACTIVITIES HAVE BLACK
SHIRT LEADERS
WORRIED
ADDIS ABABA, July 10 (TP)—
Reports of steadily increasing anti-
Italian activities in the wild regions
of western and southeastern Ethiopia
worried Italian military chefs today.
Black shirt engineers are rebuilding
a railroad bridge about 45 miles from
Addis Ababa. The bridge, which is
situated between Moggio and Hada
ma on the Addis Ababa-Djibouti line,
was blown up by insurgent Ethiopians
who struck with lightning swiftness
in a hard-hitting raid. Rails were
torn up and telegraph wires cut be
fore Italian troops, rushed from
Addis Ababa, beat off the attackers.
Unofficial reports say numerous
raids on Italian outposts have been
staged .in the mountainous sections
of western Ethiopia by bands of de
fiant natives. Quantities of Italian
stores were rumored seized by the
Ethiopian raiders and many black
shirt soldiers were said to have been
slain in the attacks.
Italian quarters label the raiders
"bandits.” Ethiopians, however, say
the raids are being staged by soldiers
of Prince Nassibu and Prince Kassa’s
armies who fled when they were
r. ited in the Tembien mountain bat
tle but since have reformed their
ranks and pledged themselves to
carry on guerilla warfare against the
Italians •
BASEBALL EXECUTIVE
IMPROVES SLIGHTLY
BALTIMORE, July 10 (TP).—The
president of the International Base
ball league, Charles Knapp, was re
ported in a slightly improved condi
tion today for the first time in al
, most a month.
Knapp has been fighting for his
life in a Baltimore hospital since he
suffered a relapse from a heart ail
ment last month.
I
ANOTHER BAB\
EIGHT POUND BOY FURTH
FAMED FAMILY; D
PRESENT j
CALLANDER Ont., July 10 (TP)
i A tiny eight pound boy who is des
tined to be universally known as the
U.d brother of the Dionne quintuplets
is sleeping in a humble farm house
in Callander loday.
His famou mother, Mrs. Oliva
Dionne, ha.'i. \;ked out a name for
him yet but row arrival will prob
ably get an: 'xi \ve:k. His christ
en. n? r:pcrtc eheduled to take
place at the u. Roman Catholic
church in Callander a week from Sun
day.
The newcomer is the 12th baby to
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FIRING SQUAD ENDS KILLER’S LIFE
LEGITIMATE BULLETS WIPE OUT EXISTENCE OF CON
VICTED MURDERER; WAS MODEL PRISONER.
SALT LAKE CITY. July 10 (TP).
Delbert Green was shot to death by
a firing squad today for a triple
murder In 1930.
The 28-year-old Vmodel prisoner"
of the Utah state penitentiary walked
nervously to the “death chair” and
was strapped In before the rifles of
his executioners. His 11th hour pe
tition for reprieve had been turned
down.
Green shot his wife, his mother-in
MURPHY TO RUN
FOR GOVERNOR
IN HOME STATE
POLITICAL QUERRY MARK
IS FINALLY ANSWERED
IN LATE MOVE
WASHINGTON. July 10 (TP)—A
strong New Deal candidate in Michi
gan is a certain today. The high com
missioner of the Philippines, Frank
Murphy of Detroit, is going to run for
governor wtih the expected backing
of all Democratic groups in Michi
gan.
President Roosevelt) refused to ac- |
cept Murphy’s resignation from his
islands position. As he did with Post
master General Farley, the president
granted the commissioner a two
months’ leave of absence without pay.
The leave is effective Sept. 5 and
will enable the aspiring governor to
campaign in the primaries and gen
eral election.
If victorious, Murphy will Imme
diately resign his commissionership.
Politicians regard the Murphy can
ddacy as a helpful one to the presi
dent and the New J}?.^. *C*ini *
! but that Murphy will be a strong op
-1 ponent of the Union party, which has
| Father Charles E. Coughlin’s endorse
; ment. Murphy, former Detroit mayor,
is a close friend of Father Coughlin
and at one time served as his legal
advisor. The radio priest, according
to some opinions is almost bound to
give support to Murphy, deserting the
Lemke candidate;.
Murphy and a group of Michigan
Democrats were received at the White
House preceding the announcement
of the leave of absence. Mr. Roosevelt
paid high tribute to the commissioner
for the work he has done in the
Philippines.
PROBECONTINUES
OF BLACK LEGION
FOUR MEN FACE HEARINGS
FOR REPUTED AC
TIONS
DETROIT. July 10 (TP).—Four
men accused of taking part in a
Black Legion murder plot face hear- j
ings today in a Detroit court.
The defendants are two Highland
Park police officers, a fireman and a
street car employe. They will be
questioned on a plan of the Black
Legion gang to kill the Highland
Park publisher, Arthur Kingsley.
The secret society’s triggerman,
Dayton Dean, accused the men of
participating in the murder plan.
Dean testified that the two officers
promised to protect him after Pub
lisher Kingsley had been killed.
CHICKEN RING NABBED
TOWSON, Md., July 10 (TP).—
Officials in Baltimore county, Mary
land think the arrest of four negroes
today has broken up a chicken steal
ing ring that operated on a whole
sale scale.
Two of the men were frightened
from a clump of bushes when police
fired at them. The other two were.:
arrested in a rwarby car. The men i
wil be given a tearing tonight. Po- ’
lice thnk ther arrest will put an j
end to more than a score of large j
thefts of chickens in the section. ;
IT FOR DIONNES
[ER AUGMENTS RANKS OF
>R. DAFOE WAS NOT
AT EVENT.
be bom to the Dionnes. All but one
are living. The parents of the famous
quintuplets were reluctant to an
nounce the birth. It wa sev-ral hours
before those outside the family knew
that the stork had paid the Dionnes
another visit.
Dr. Allan Roy DaFoe. the man who
ushered the five Dionne quintuplets
into the world was not present when ;
the new baby arrived. Papa and
Mama Dionne have b:tn on the outs
with Dr. DaFoe ever since the qu.n
tuplfts were taken from their parents
and made wards of the king.
SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY. JULY 10. 1936
law and his wife’s step-father to
death. Gov. Henry Blood refused to
consider a reprieve or commutation.
Five riflemen, who were paid $25
apiece, raised their weapons and
trained them on Green. He was
blindfolded. A target was pinned on
his chest. Five rifles spoke as one.
Four bullets burned into the prison
er’s body. One rifle contained a
blank. Which weapon it was, the
riflemen will never know.
AS GOES MAINE!
AUGUSTA, Maine July 10 (TP)
The Republican chief, John Ham
ilton, can find no fault with
Democratic hospitality in the
state of Maine. He has been
presented with a complimentary
fishing license by Democratic Gov
ernor Louis J. Brann.
Hamilton is expected to take ad
vantage of the license when he
visits Maine next Tuesday to meet
Republican leaders of the Pine
tree state.
The license is lettered in gold
and enclosed in a black case. It
was sent to Hamilton at Topeka,
Kan., by Governor Brann.
RADIO COMPANY
TURNS BACK ON
LABOR DEMANDS
STRIKE CLOSED ISSUE IN
ANNALS OF R. C. A.
PLANT
CAMDEN. N. J.. July 10 (TP)—
strike at the R. C. A. manu
facturing company ts a iMosed'tSsue as
far as company officials are con
cerned.
Their statement that the number
of returning workers was daily grow
ing larger served notice on the Unit
ed Electric and Radio Workers’ Union
that further negotiations were out of
the question.
The union called a strike at the
R. C. A. plant nearly three weeks
ago with a demand for higher wages
and the right to collective bargain
ing. Since then, disturbances between
pickets and workers have kept Cam
den police on the jump. Several have
been injured and many arrested.
Just before the company state
ment was issued, the strikers were
given the news that John L. Lewis
and his committee on industrial or
| ganization would support their drive.
Union leaders revealed that the Lewis
committee had donated $2,000 to their
strike fund.
This may widen the breach between
Lewis and William Green of the A.
F. of L- presidnet who have split on
union matters in the mining and steel
industries. Green stated that the i
j striking Camden union is not con- |
! nected with the A. F. of L.
MRS. OWEN TO WED
ROHDE TOMORROW
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO
BE IN ATTENDANCE
AT EVENT
SANDS POINT, N. Y., July 10
(TP)—Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen—the
American Minister to Denmark—will
marry her Danish Guardsman at St.
James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park i
—on Saturday at sp. m. The pros
pective bridesgroom. Capt. Bosrge
Rohde arrived from Denmark yes
terday.'
President and Mrs. Roosevelt will
attend the ceremonies. There will be <
I a wedding reception later at the ■
J Hyde Park home of the President’s
mother. The novelist, Fannie
| will be bridesmaid and Robert Lsb- | I
j man, nephew fit Governor Lehman I ,
j and husband of Mrs. Owen's daughter 1
will be a groomsman.
The butler at the Sands Point, Long
Island home of Mr. and Mrs. Leh- I
man called newsmen in today and ,
handed out the anhouncement. He |
said Mrs. Owen will retain her diplo- 1 (
matic post in Denmark. Capt. Rohde ;
presumably will continue as a person- <
al Guardsman to King Christian of
j his native land.
There was no announcement of a
wedding trip. It is understood it will I
be a brief one. and that the bride may <
do some campaign speaking for Pres- <
ident Roosevelt—as originally plan- i
ned. ,
Mrs. Owen met her husband-to-be at <
the Court of King Christian, shortly
after her appointment as Minister
in 1932. Her American friends were i
in the dark about the romance until I
Capt. Rohde's mother revealed their (
engagement this week. The Captain, i
a tall, handsome Dane, arrived in <
New York yesterday. <
Wings Clipped for Honeymoon
.v. Spy.-
>£ ■./ ISBf
r .
Jacqueline Cochran Odium (above), famous aviatnx, is giving up nying
temporarily to honevmoon with her husband, Floyd B. Odium, head of the
$100,000,000 Atlas Corporation. Recently married in secret, the couple
are now voyaging on Odium’s new yacht, North Star.
fCentral Pross)
TAX COLLECTIONS SHOWGAIN
GEORGIA DISPLAYS INCREASE OF MORE THAN 24 PER
CENT. OVER FISCAL YEAR OF 1935.
(Special to Savannah Daily Times) i
ATLANTA, July 10.—Federal txa
collections in Georgia for the fiscal
year 1936 which ended June 30 in
creased more than 24 per cent ovre
1935, W. E. Page, collector of inter
nal revenue, reported here today.
The increase was seen as indica
tion of a general business increase
by Page.
The total air.uont of taxes collected
in the state by the fedarel, govern
ment during the past yaer was $14,-
512,527 as compared with $11,512,680
in 1935.
Os this amount $5,565,205 was col
lected in corporation income taxes as
KANSAS ASSEMBLY
0. K.’S PET BILLS
OF G. 0. P. NOMINEE
LANDON NOW TURNS TO
REPUBLICAN FARM
POLICIES
TOPEKA. Kan., July 10 (TP)— 1
Two new amendments to the Kansas
State Constitution are ready for the
voters’ okay today.
Lamakers who were called into
special session by the Republican
Presidential candidate. Governor All
Landon, are heading home today
with all of Governor Alf’s legislative
requests signed, sealed and delivered.
The legislators pushed through two
constitutional amendments which
will be submitted Kansas voters in
November. Both woul dallow the Sun
flower State to participate in the Fed
eral Security program.
With the special session out of the
way Governor Alf is polishing up his
farm policy ideas in conferences with
G. O. P. campaign aides. Former
Governor Frank Lowden of Illinois
said today that his talk with Landon
convinced him that Landon would be
a real friend of the farmer in the
White House.
Lcwden explained 'that he and Gov- j
ernor Alf agreed perfectly on Soil j
Conservation programs which would
include subsidy payments to farmers
who might be forced to move from
drought areas.
Said Lowden:
“Governor Landon and I apparent
ly are in perfect accord on the general
farm program. I am thoroughly per
suaded that if he is elected he will
insist on carrying out the farm plank
of the G. O. P. platform as well as
other platform pledges.'
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j compared with $4,564,797 in 1935.
The total amount of individual in
come tax collections during 1936 were
$4,201,297. and the number of income
tax returns filed by Georgians ex
ceeded that (of any other year. Total
individual income collections in 1935
were $3,401,202.
Liquor taxes during 1936 showed a
greater increase than any other type.
During the year $459.64 was collected
as compared with $131,131 in 1935.
Excise, taxes amounted to $99,649, as
compared with $71,529 in 135.
Due to the supreme court decision
outlawing the AAA, processing tax
collections dropped from $20,678,114
in 1935 to $1,865,020 in 1936.
DR. CADMAN WAGES
VALIANT BATTLE
MINISTER IS MAKING LAST
DESPERATE STAND
FOR LIFE
PLATTSBURG, N. Y., July 10 (TP)
—The Brooklyn minister, Dr. S.
Parkes Cadman is making a valiant
| battle for life at the Champlain Val
j ley Hospital in Plattsburg. Authorities
1 reported a slight improvement in his
j condition early this morning. Al
; though physicians have virtually
abandoned hope of saving Dr. Cad
man’s life they expressed great ad
miration for the gallant fight he is
making against peritonitis and a rup- ’
tured appendix.
Dr. Cadman was taken ill last Sun
day and underwent an emergency
operation Monday night. His condi
tion has been extremely grave ever
since. Last night oxygen was ad- I
ministered but authorities announced J
he had been removed from the oxygen 1
tent this morning. 1
LONDON JEWS MENACED BY FACISTS
c
LABORITE LAUNCHES BITTER ATTACK ON MOVEMENTS „
‘UNDER-SHIRT’ PARTY; HOUSE OF COMMONS AROUSED. t
LONDON. July 10 (TP)—The,
House of Commons hel da fiery de- j
bate today on charges of Fascist ter- {
rorism against Jews in East London. ;
The aged Laborite George Lansbury ,
said that Fascist gangs are a real
menace in the British capital. He ac
cused them of inciting riota against
the Jewish shopkeepers. Other mem- I
b*rs chimed in wit! Lansbury, tell- j
ing of attacks which had come to
their attention. ,:
The famous essayist, A P. Herbert j i
launched a sardonic attack against | <
the whole Fascist movement. Most
BRITAIN IS EYEING
NEXT MOVES OF
ILDUCE’S MACHINE
FEEL THAT ITALY SHOULD
WITHDRAW TROOPS i
FROM FRONTIER
LONDON, Eng., July 10 (TP)
Great Britain is looking expectantly
towards Italy today. The EritLsh feel ,
that the new order reducing the size
of the British fleet in the Mediter- 1
ranean should be closely followed by <
immediate friendly gestures from ]
Italy. The first of these gestures, if .
the British expectations come true,
will be the withdrawal of n large part !
of the army force Premier Mussolini
is keeping in Lybia, on the Anglo- ;
Egyptian border.
Britain also hopes that the reduc- 1
tion of the British fleet concentrated i
in the Mediterranean when the Ethi- ,
opian crisis bid fair to set off a Eu- ,
ropean conflagration .should affect
Italy’s attitude towards the Dardanel- ■
les conference. ]
Italy refused to attend the confer
ence at Montreaux, Switzerland. Mus
solini protested that Italy was still '
the victim of discrimination, through 1
the Mediterranean concentration of
the British fleet and the Anglo-Fran
co\Ealkans Mediterranean pact drawn
up in the eaily days of the African
war. France already has notified Italy
that she is scrapping the emergency
treaty and other scigners of the pact
are believed ready to follow suit.
With this in mind, London feels
that Mussolini may reconsider his re
fusal to send a representative to Mon
treux. If the Italian premier does
withdraw his Lybian troops and re
consider his stand on the Dardanelles
conference stand, it will mark one
of the last steps in patching up the
sadly damaged Stresa front between
France, Britain and Italy.
SOUTH DAKOTA
FEELS BENEFIT
OF HEAVY RAIN
CENTER OF DROUGHT BELT
RECEIVES SHOWERS
CHICAGO, July 10 (TP)—Hearts
which had been low since the early
days of the drought beat with a new
hope in some parts of the midwest
and northwest today.
Beneficial rains, ranging from show
ers to heavy downpours of more than
two inches, fell in some section of
South Dakota, the center of the
drought belt. Farm officials in the
area said it is possible that the rains
may mean the salvaging of some
crops which were feared hopelessly
ruined.
In most places, however, the rains
arrived too late to do much good. In
the Dakotas, Minnesota, Montana ana :
Wyoming farmers have only next sea
son’s crops to look forward—and jobs
cn the WPA rolls for this year. Burn- \
ed out acres which will require years
to rehabilitate present a dreary pic
ture in most of the drought belt.
While the advance in grain prices J
was slowed down somewhat by reports ‘
of rain in some portions of the ]
drought area, wheat prices are still 1
about 20 cents above what they were J
when the drought assumed serious
proportions. Added to the midwest- j
ern reports of ruined crops are the
dispatches from the wheat country or
Canada speaking of a lack of water }
and resultant damage to the Canadian t
grain crop. J
LABOR RELATIONS BOARD \
WINS IMPORTANT FIGHT
' c
WASHINGTON, July 10 (TP).— i
The National Labor Relations board r
won a victory in the federal court of
the District of Columbia today. * .
Justice Adkins denied a petition by I
the International Nickel Company,
Inc., of New York, for an injunction
to prevent the N. L. R. B. from hold
ing an employes election among the
company’s workers at its Hunting- (
ton, W. Va., plant.
Fascist parties are characterized by g
the color of the shirts they wear.
Herbert called them the “undershirt
partes.” ■ n
He remarked—" Any political party u
wore aim is to wear underclothing of .
some particular color, calling them- D
selves, black shirts, bluebracrs, pink- M
pants, fiery drawers, never appealed ei
to me.” t £
Herbert irged that force be used w
to crush the Fascist mov:-ment. The c<
home secretary. Sir John Simon, de
clared that the police were making e<
every effort to check the anti- tc
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Steps Taken
In Hopes of
Healing Gas
GREEN STILL SEES PROS
PECTS FINDING WAY
TO SOOTHE LEWIS
WASHINGTON, July 10 (TP)—
The administration has entered
the labor dispute between the
can Federation of Labor and Joh*
Lewis’ insurgent committee for indus
trial organization—in an effort to re
store peace.
Transradio learned that the admin
istration is taking definite steps to
day to heal the breach which threat
ens to cause a permanent split in th<
organized labor ranks The dispute be
tween Lewis’ group and the A. F. oi
L. centers on union organization
policies.
The federation’s executive council is
meeting to discuss possible suspension
of Lewis’ group which include 12 un
ions with a membership of a million
workers.
The administration is working to
ward a compromise. In tne past two
days, President Roosevelt has con
ferred with the three big men in Amer
ican labor—the United Mine 'Workers
head, John Lewis: Preside.it Green of
the American Federation of Labor,
and Assistant Secretary of Labor Ed
ward McGrady. McGrady is the New
Deal's ace when it comes to makinj
peace in labor wars.
After Jeaving the White House, Me
Grady plunged into a series of s£nr»
conferences with important leader ,
of both sides. His conferences wil
continue through today.
Another New Deal agent—Senate
Majority Leader Robinson—also visit
ed the White House, ostensibly for
the purpose of discussing the Demo
cratic campaign in Arkansas. Imme
diately after leaving, however, hi
lunched privately with Green.
One member of the A. F, of L. ex
ecutive council, W, L. Hutcheson, wlu
is president of the carpenters union
is a Republican and a former labor
advisor to President Hoover. He U
expected to play a big part in Gov
ernor Landon’s campaign?
Hutcheson is opposed to the Lewis
plan. He is demanding immedite sus
pension of the miiie union chief.
American Federation of Labor
President William Green still hsa
hopes of finding away out of the
threatened split with John L. Lewis
and the 12 affiliated with the United
Mine Workers offiical.
Green admits that a majority of
the executive council are in favor of
suspending the Lewis faction on
charges of setting up a labor organ
ization in competition with the A. F.
of L- but he refuses to concede that
the suspension is inevitable.
The federation's executive council is
considering the matter in Washing
ton this week. Yesterday they set
aside two hours for Lewis to explain
why tjie insurgent unions' charters
should not be suspended. Lewis did
not appear. Instead he went to the
White House and discussed labor and
political questions with President
Roosevelt.
Lewis told the president that the
ranks of labor are practically unani
mous in favoring a New Deal re-elec
tion. The U M. W. leader denied that
they discussed the impending breach
between his unions and the A. F
of L.
Final decision by the executive
council on the question of suspend
ing the 12 pro-Lewis unions will be
made next week.
FRANCE TO SPEED
UP DEFENSE PLANS
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
APPROVE HUGE EX
PENDITURE
PARIS July 10 (TP)-The French
Chamber of Deputies handed the
defense ministry a huge credit today
to speed up its armament program.
The deputies approved an addition
al credit of $32,500,000 to strengthen
' he nation’s three fighting arms—the
iavy, the army and the air force. The
ncreased outlay was made necessary
>y the government’s plan to boost
he production of munitions and war
quipment. The government is to
£»•«*»» of the arms industry
uuch has been operated by private'
:oncems.
The Chamber of Deputies had add
ota n n » € ; shf h I 1! and tank stories
o the war industries which are to
ome under government control.