HATCH A prediction made by Vice President Garner a couple of / vt^vo' months ago has come true today. (The much-debated Hatch bill is^the law of the land.^ President Roosevelt settled all doubts about it. With evident misgivings he signed that new statute. And political observers in Washington declare that it will revolutionize many features of national politics, it wirll-cgrtainlj vtLvutnfrioni— - /’T- the national conventions of the big parties. 3EI prohibits all * ^ Federal employees from taking part in politics', all except a mere fistful of the top officersysuch as Cabinet members and the highest ranks of the appointees who have to be confirmed by the senate. The effect of that clause upon conventions Is obvious* A majority of the delegates at conventions are office-holders, U. S. marshalls, deputy marshalls, postmasters, United States Attorney and their assistants, a whole raft of lesser officials. Hitherto it has been upon the strength of such as these that the party in power has retained control, at ± ik £ least control of the conventions. '* frefin^pnlBtedteouW that the Hatch bill will almost entirely strip Postmaster General Farley and President Roosevelt of their control of the Democratic National Convention next year. Indeed it has been said that this was the principal reason HATCH-2 for Vic© President Garn©r,s affection for the Hatch bill* ere are many other revolutionary features, too numerous to oonsider now in detail* President Roosevelt in approving the bill said that it had provoked hundreds of questions and more would undoubtedly arise. he-ea,id*~that^he-ii3|x- wa^eensequently» asking the Attorney General to take all necessary steps, through the new Civil Liberties Unit of the Department of Justice, to protect the civil rights of every Government employee and to remove from them the element of fear# /t-Taf. added that he considered this Hatch bill at least a step in the right direction CONGRESS The Congress of the United States, now has the bit in its teeth No amount of pulling on the reins of either the President No amount of or sat his Lieutenants can stop the lawmakers. The defeat administered another of the President’s pet measures into the ashoan, the eight Ueal- lender-e ee^.the ’ itThe announcement that the housing hill had been thrown overboard came from Illinois Representative Sabath, Charlman of the Rules committee. He didn't announce any reason txx for the act. But it was generally admitted on the hill that the Democratic chiefs did it because the housing program was sure to be killed by the same coalition of Republicans and economy minded Democrats who put the_%i©W»raaawi the lending ^ /v program yesterday. But that wasn't all they did to discomfit the Big Chief in Appropriations Committee the miite House* The^py»ttjBJcJtg*lBnra*TOmB±**«c^of the House next went to work on the final deficiency appropriation bill, and they chipped away seventy-five per cent of the amount that the President had asked. For instance, Mr, Roosevelt had asked for almost two A hundred and sixteen million dollars for military preparedness CONGRESS-2 The Committee pared that down to fifty-three millions. He had requested a hundred and nineteen millions for the Commodity credit Corporation. This the Committee dropped altogether. He had asked for two million dollars for the wages and hours administration. That was chipped away, Sabath of Illinois declared that the killing of the lending bill yesterday "forces President Roosevelt to become a candidate for a third term”., runotion are^dyunk—On the other hand, senator Austin of Vermont, acting leader of the Republicans, vowed that the latest actions by Congress were the greatest encouragement that business men have had in years* All this makes it likely that Congress will adjourn after all on Saturday night, and the lawmakers will go home for the Job known as "mending political fences," JAPAN | There1 a a story in Tokyo today that the Japanese k!xx Government is going to recall its ambassador from Washington f-^ho weve-r r^-iotended -ae^an^aggre e ei»e-mg>ve m* At^Aeaet—th. Ambassador Horinouohi home ( te> a wa* explain to the Mikado and his Ministers just why we are breaking A off that oommereial treaty. ) \ / Alt the ffleme-i/i— Cbxxr Charge d,Affalrest tfft ima4»^er^O< the Amerioan Embassy at Tokyo,, made another complaint to the^Forelgn A A Office. He protested against the treatment of American citizens, A men and women, in China, by Japanese soldiers. The latest complaint is that they forced an American woman to strip and be searched at Tsing-Tao. And here's a bit of news affecting Japan^from Canada. A Canadian statesman thinks the Dominion should follow the example of Uncle Sam and thus break off relations with Japan. This comes from W. D. Herrldge, who was once Canadian Minister to Washington and is now leader of the new Democracy Party in Canada. Herrldge says there's no basis for friendly associations between the democracies and the Fascism of Japan. And he adds: "The United States appears to acknowledge that fact." So Herrldge continues: "Canada should JAPAN-2 b© equally candid in to Canadians themselves, to the Empire /V /V and to" what he calls "•our good nieghborj*** ****^-^*-~**-*-~+^-^ v C aac J c ^ „ BRITISH NAVY The latest in European war preparations is that the already predominant British Navy Is going to he increased by a hundred and eighty vessels^immediately. To be sure, a hundred and seven of them will be trawlers for mine sweeping and the catching of submarines* And fifty-six will be patrol boats of the whale-catcher type, big mine sweepers, boom defense vessels, and a cable ship. The British Admiralty makes no bones about the reason for this additional outburst of building. It's an answer to Hitler, to the Increase in the number of submarines built by the Germans. public a claim which sounds sensational. The British Navy has a s secret apparatus for defense against submarine. And the Admiralty believes that It is a device which no other nation can match or cope with. At the same time, the first Lord of the Admiralty, made Lord is Earl Stanhope, m who on previoue- ‘bhg-tr-gomg-raonthB ■r-«we th wngov ernmane.-ha^^g^red- BRITISH NAVY - 2 whether- declares positively that with this apparatus they can detect the presence of any submarine^and they can make sure of finding it. ENGLAND The Right Honorable Winston Churchill delivered a broadside Chamberlain had moved that the House adjourn from August fourth of Commons, that whatever happens, there must be no interference with the shooting ^season which begins August Twelfth. The famous Twelfth. that Great Britain is now ready for any emergency. That was what Winston Churchill objected to. He declared that the European situation is more serious today than even during the Czechoslovak crisis of Nineteen Thirty-Eight, the Munich business. Germany, he said, is massing men on the polish frontier; Hitler now has two million men under arms with another half million due to be added to the Army this month. He said T wt further, there are five divisions in a mobilized condition around Breslau alone, and the roads of Poland through Czechoslovakia are being raised to top notch condition^by Czechs whom the Germans have forced to labor on to October Third. oldest traditions of the House Chamberldin, in his arguing for his motion, announced the highways. ”1 trust the good faith of Prime Minister Chamberlain” ENGLAM) - 2 said Chtirchill, "but there might be differences of Judgment," Churchill and his party lost. will -Mtiifalmry—. Sa: Parliament / adjourne* until October Third* a vote of confidence in the Chamberlain government ■ bcl ef twe, hundred and fifty to a hundred and thirty-two, A CAGNA today fly all the way to Lima, the capital of his own country* Unfortunately, he didntt get far. On the coast of Africa, fifty-five miles south of Casablanca, Jw evidently had engine A- trouble. He was seen from the ground circling around the air trying to find a landing spot in the desert* Not finding any good place for it, he tried to land on the beach, kb A s he lost altitude his plane was seen to kix burst into* flames and to crash, '^ 02 . ‘“****^ killing irrgSSgf^-ami ito mechanic.wtotehtag His radio operator A was the only man in the crew who survived, but he was badly injured and taken to the hospital by men of the French Air Force in Morocco aviation In the Oval Room u% the White House, President Roosevelt pressed on a telegraph key this morning. That key tapped off a signal to every air field in the nation and started a demonstration all over the country of the air power of your Uncle Sam. Every fighting plane thatown. at that signal. leaped into the air. celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of the Army Air Corps. lust bought thirty years ago today, the United States government^tXMgWfc its first military airplane. principal part of UPrcelebration took place at Wright Field A tm Dayton, Ohio, aft the place where a couple of bicycle repair- unlock men started wtavtates* grown into the .aviation industry, an A A A £*. TF* industry that** still growing by leaps end bounds. Tfairty- five thousand spectators assembled at Wright Field to watch /V the stunts of the army bombers. Two new world’s recordsannouncedmaking a total of six for this week. Major Caleb V. Kayxx Haynes of the General Headquarters Staff made e new speed record with a super-fortress plane carrying six other officers and AVIATION - 2 men. With a load of four thousand, four hundred and nine pounds they flew three thousand a hundred and seven miles at an average speed of a hundred and sixty-six point two miles an hour. And Captain C. S. Irvine and Captain Pearl Roby established an x£ altitude record flying up to thirty-three thousand, four hundred feet, carrying a pay load of eleven thousand and twenty-three pounds* The previous record German > ^ A thirty %hott3&ml'"y*'f-iwe hundred ~gnd flfby-one feet bridges The hearings over the proposal to deport Harry Bridges "tchHZl becam^^interestin# today. The witness on the stand was Bridges himself. As atgirfcribej expected, he denied categorically that he is a Communist. Incidentally, he was summoned not by his own counsel but by the Government lawyer* Bridges was asked whether he believed in the form of government, and he replied;- ”1 have no use for it.” Asak he^expla^nedr-, -capital or«fora-of—go^rety^wfe&oh means e»pleitat4e<t ef—a^rot-^f^-peeplww Then the Government lawyer asked whether he believed in a Democratic form of government. To which Bridges replied:- ”1 most certainly do.” Awfc^^also said -ttet we should have a greater degree of government ownership under a democratic form of government and the present policy of the United states ^ A Government is towafd that end. He was asked whether he believes A nt is^towa^d A that Communism operates against the Government. And he replied,*** Xxxx "No•” He was asked whether he believed in communist teachings, wholly or in part. He answered that he was not familiar with them, his hands are too full of practical matters, no time for theories. said tte* there are many Communists in the Maritime Union. JW-admltted tlaat to#" / DAM Out in Colorado, a monster water diversion project is to cost forty-four million dollars. One feature of this project is a four million dollar dam at Green Mountain* Three weeks ago, the American Federation of Labor called a strike on the contractor. Negotiations to settle it didn’t get [taxi A so the business men of the nearby Colorado towns f? Hfiwga .They decided to b,Me»j;trhw» strike, w44fc ^Ast-^i£reii3n!§?4r«®^Eighteen miles southeast of the Green Mountain dam, they organized a caravan of fifty oars. wo hundred business men.and they picked up sheriff’s deputies, and more than a / A —i > hundred workingmen who did net want to strike* s Then they walked'^through the picket line of the American Federation of Labor.* 34ke-tF^faeroe-jumping through g^yaper hoep.^Thea / /K the men went back to work, defying five American Federation of Labor units who had wanted to establish a closed shop on the big Thompson project, situation, •he Sheriff of the County jfrhsmtjfrofc charge of the hold this )n.and^dsclers4s» nFrom now on we’re 'going to A- /v camp RACKETS There * a to be a nationwide investigation into racketeering. It will be made by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in “to New York. This is^'an outcome of some of the activities of New Yorkfs racket-buster, Tom Dewey. K# has been trying to get the Hew York .A. Board of Estimate to increase the reward offered for a named 'v A Lepke, a^ugA$4ve-#i*aia-«4«e4£e* accused of being a dangerous mobster. At present there*a a reward of five thousand dollars for Lepke, dead of alive. In spite of that, he has kept in hiding for two years. Dewey would like that reward Increased to thirty thousand* a-pyjbe REX ^Plie State of California won a naval victory today.) It was not against an invading Japanese fleet, although most Californians consider the Men of Nippon their natural enemies. It was a victory over the gambling fleet which has been holding forth on the high seas of the Pacific twelve miles off shore, near Los Angeles. For months four vessels which had been turned into luxurious gambling casinos, successfully defied the law. Being anchored beyond the twelve mile limit, they thought they were out of reach of not only state but even Federal law^i But the Attorney General of California defied the defiance of the gamblers. He procured a court order, organized a volunteer navy of a hundred and fifty deputies in motorboats, and swooped down upon the gambling fleet. Three of f \ the«g» floating casinos surrendered without a blow, fThe California Attorney Generalfs men boarded the ships, arrested the skippers, confiscated the strong boxes which held thousands of dollars, and, adding insult to injury, threw overboard into the deep blue Pacific, all their expensive gambling paraphernalia. But one ship held out, the flagship of the gambling fleet. bearing the proud title of the ''Rex”. For several hours the Captain of the "Rex" and his crew stood off the forces of the law. They had nets to repel boarders just as in the days of the battle of the 'Serapis" and the "Bonhomme Richard." They fired no deadly weapons, Nthey fought with strong streams of water from the ship's hose. BUS 4t last even the "Rex" surrendered. And six hundred more gamblers fell into the capacious hands of the law. The Captain of the "Rex" surrendered under protest, vowing he would cite the Attorney General for contempt to the Supreme Court of California. It eo happefte-"that the of Appealo h*» ^ halA-tha^-»h»»a^har.ltias-ftf .the State end-the County had--ne» jnrlBdfcefrien oveytliuse -ahipa-twelve —aea^ mrxm