American way now in danger, Landon fears; Buffalo speech (Springfield Weekly Republican, Aug. 27, 1936, p. 7)

'AMERICAN WAY' NOW IN DANGER, LANDON FEARS 'Pig in Poke Policies' of Democrats Thre at e ning Liberty, Nominee Tells 40,000 in Pennsylvania West Middlesex, Pa., Aug. 22 (AP) --Speaking at his village birth place, Gov Alt M. Landon told an outdoor throng today that the vot ers' choice in the 1936 campaign was between "the pig in the poke poli cies" of the Roosevelt administra tion anti "our heritage of freedom and opportunity." Applauded as he said the "Amer ican way of life is being threat ened," the Republican nominee pledged himself "so far as it lies within my power to protect for America our heritage of freedom and opportunity. Let us not abandon our determination to win security and abundance without sacrificing any of our precious heritage of freedom," Landon said, adding: "The frontier of new wants points the way to a better standard of living in this country." Crowd of 40,000 Present Bareheaded, in a blue summer suit, Landon stood on a flag and sunflow er decked platform on the Tam O'Shanter golf course to deliver the first major eastern address of his campaign to oust the new deal. Before him, Robert Outthwaite of the Re publican national committee staff es timated a crowd of 40,000 persons dot ted the fairways. It was drawn chief ly from the Mahoning valley indus trial area of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. With few gestures beyond a nod of the head, Landon stressed that "pe riods of depression are favorable for reviving ancient and discredited sys tem of society and government and presenting them as the sure way of gaining Utopia. "Wool gathering." grown out of the depression, he continued in a speech entitled "The American way of life." had shaken confidence. This "doubt and distrust," he continued, "is fos tered by unstable men to whom it is always dangerous to give political power." v "Some are trying to supplant our institutions by others from abroad," he said. "Now in many parts of the world democracy is in retreat and dictatorships are advancing." Landon's special train reached the village where he was born 49 years ago September 9. at 2.15 p. m. (E. S. T.) from a run which began at La- Salle. Col., and included dozens of rear platform appearances in wheat and corn belt states. The nominee was driven the mile and a half from his train to the .speaking platform in an open car which was flanked, almost without break, by rows of onlookers. To their cheers and applause, he responded with a wave of his straw hat, some times rising. One or two "Hurrahs for Roosevelt" and "boos" were heard amid the shouts of welcome. "At-at-boy, Alf." rang out from the crowd more than once during his address. Landon was introduced by M. Har vey Taylor, state Republican chair man, who said the "socalled new deal" was the issue of the national campaign. Side by side on a platform flanking the governor as he talked sat former Senator David Reed, for mer Gov Gifford Pinchot and Senator James J. Davis. Members of the offi cial Landon party also sat on the platform. Makes Talks In Ohio Before reaching West Middlesex, Landon made half a dozen stops in Ohio, where he spent many of his boyhood and school days. At Mans field he said. "We must frankly and resolutely attack the evils of mo nopoly." At Canton, home and burial place of William McKinley, he fore shadowed his afternoon address by referring to the depression of the 1890's. "Forty years ago," the candidate told a Canton crowd, "found the coun try under the blight of another de .pression. The American people found in this typical American community a pilot who weathered the storm of the depression. "The honesty, courage and common sense of William McKinley's leader ship in those dark days revived the confidence of the American people and quickened anew their faith in Ameri can institutions. "Under his piloting the ship of state was put once more upon her normal course. As we emerge from this de pression we are reminded that we need throughout the Union a revival of the spirit of McKinley." The heavy speaking schedule of the last two days prompted Landon to postpone his scheduled visit today with 85-year-old Mrs Mary Reed Baird, who served as his nurse. To morrow morning, the nominee planned to return and possibly attend services in the church of which his grand father. W. H. Mossman, once was pas tor. William Mossman of Pittsburg, Landon's uncle, was one of those who greeted him today. BLANTON CONCEDES DEFEAT IN TEXAS Dallas, Tex., Aug. 22 --(AP) --Thom- as U Blanton, fiery veteran of many a congressional struggle, tonight con ceded he was defeated today in his race for renomination against Clyde I> Garrett. Eastland county judge. Judge Garrett led 8762 to 5356 in Incomplete returns to the Texas elec tion bureau from four of the 12 coun ties in the 17th district. The Abilene Reporter-News estimated that 30 to 10 per cent of today's total ballot was included in these 14,718 votes. Dallas. Tex., Aug. 23--(AP)--A ru ral county judge new to state and na tional politics, stood elected today as congressman from the 17th district of Texas, unseating the veteran cam paigner Thomas L. Blanton of Abil ene. Clyde L. Garrettof Eastland, long experienced in stumping but never before entered In a political contest more than county wide, wrested the Democratic nomination --tantamount to election--from the fiery Blanton who had held the post for two dec ades with one brief Interlude. Returns to the Texas election bu reau early today gave Blanton 16,938 votes to Garrett's 31,201. Garrett. 50. former section-hand, school-teacher, deputy sheriff, and deputy county clerk, found much sup port in rural districts He was born in a log cabin near Gorman. He Is married and has two hoys and three girls ranging in ages from tour to 22. QUEEN MARY SETS NEW ATLANTIC MARK New York. Aug 23--(API--The liner Queen Mary passed Ambrose light ship at 10.12 p. m. (Eastern standard time) tonight and laid claim to the speed championship of the north Atlantic. Cunard White Star line officials said the time for the trip across the Atlantic was four days, seven hours and 12 minutes "lowering the exist ing record by four hours and 30 min utes." They gave the Queen Mary's av erage speed tor the trip as 30.01 knots, and said this was .36 of a knot fastei than the speed made on the previous record crossing. The Queen Mary's run on the trip was timed from Cher bourg breakwater to Ambrose light ship and represented a shorter cross ing than that from Southampton with which the French liner Normandie claimed the blue pennant on her maiden voyage to New York on June 3, 1935. On the crossing completed tonight the Queen Mary broke both the French liner's record for average speed and her own record for the quickest crossing. LANDON DEMANDS A CONGRESS THAT INSISTS ON DEBATE On Way East, He Says Good Government Is Campaign Issue and Urges U. S. Aid Beet Sugar Industry Aboard Landon Special Train on way East. Aug. 20--(AP) --A demand for a Congress that "will not abdi cate" its constitutional functions of "consideration and debate" was voiced by Gov Alf M. Landon of Kansas today as the Republican presidential nominee sped eastward on his first campaign tour. From the rear platform of his train, he told a Sterling (Col.) au dience that "good government is one of the issues of this campaign," and called tor the election of a Repub lican Congress to "remedy the situa tion" created by "legislation hastily prepared and slappd together." The nominee's nine-car train en tered Nebraska late this afternoon after crossing the northeast corner of Colorado. He boarded the train at La Salle, Col., after motoring from his summer ranch home near Estes Park. Both at Fort Morgan and Sterling, in the heart of Colorado's sugar beet country, Landon referred to the beet industry. "The beet sugar Industry is the nucleus and the backbone of your prosperity and it should receive every protection from the federal govern ment," he said. "It is one of the crops we can grow here at home." In his first rear platform appear ances of the campaign, Landon was introduced by state political leaders and then stepped forward before a microphone to wave a greeting. He talked extemporaneously, his face be coming serious as he spoke. Discussing what he termed the "good government" issue, Landon said "entirely aside from the administra tive features is the question of elect ing a Congress that will not abdicate one of its most important functions under the constitution, that is, of consideration and debate." "We have seen more major pieces of legislation passed in the last three years without any consideration and without any debate than we have ever seen in any other three year period in the history of our history. "And the way to remedy that situa tion is to elect a Republican Con gress. "1 want again to thank you for your courteous consideration, and the fine kickoff you are giving this cam paign." Traveling eastward across the Colorado and Nebraska countryside, the Republican nominee made more than half a dozen rear platform ap pearances, centering his remarks chiefly on government and agricul ture. He was greeted at North Platte by a crowd which W. A. Lindy, local police official, estimated at 6000. Sun flowers were plentiful and a band blared "Oh Suzannah." After mentioning that Lincoln county was the home "of that fa mous frontiersman, Buffalo Bill," the nominee said: "I know the part that the prices of livestock andVif farm products play in your prosperity. Our problems in Kansas are very similar to your problems here in Nebraska. We also depend upon wheat and livestock for our prosperity. "There are many things that gov ernment should do. There are many things we want government to do, but I think we Want those things done without squandering our money." Most of the Colorado leaders left the train at Julesburg, where a party of Nebraska leaders met the special to accompany it across that state. The group was headed by Robert Sim mons. former representative from Nebraska, and a candidate for the Republican senatorial nomination. Landon" left La Salle. Col., a tew miles from Greeley In a flourishing farm territory, at 10.25 a. m. (12.25 p. m., E. S. T.) as onlookers gathered at the tiny station cheered him off. Mrs Landon and Peggy Anne, the governor's 19-year-old daughter, made the 50-mile automobile drive here with him from Estes Park, near which the family's vacation site Is located. They waved a farewell as the spe cial train puffed away and then climbed back in their automobile for the return trip. GOVERNMENT MEN VISIT DROUTH AREA Scott City. Kas., Aug 19--(AP)-- The President's drouth commission came out of the dust bowl today with the terse declaration, "Things are not so bad ns we had expected." As the government men. studying first hand the drouth conditions In the plains states, reached Scott City after a hot, dust, trip from Lamar, Col., John C. Gage, acting commissioner of reclamation and a member of the commission, remarked: "Baca county. Colorado, is well known In Washington as the capital of the dust bowl, but things do not appear so bad as we had expected." Yesterday the commission, headed by Chairman Morris L. Cooke and with Rexford G. Tugwell, under secretary of agriculture, as a mem ber, encountered its first dust storm since the drouth tour began at Amarillo, Tex., several days ago. As the members drove through the Oklahoma panhandle and Into Colo rado. a light "duster" swept across the fields near Lamar. A rain washed the skies clear later. There was ovl dence of what some members des cribed as "fair" wheat crops along the route of today's itinerary. THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN; SPRINGFIELD, MASS.: THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1936 FOUR EXECUTIVES CREDIT NEW DEAL AS RECOVERY AID Filene, Two Bankers and Manufacturer Declare Roosevelt Should Have a Second Term New York, Aug. 21--(AP)--Two bank presidents, ,a large department store head and a manufacturer to night declared new deal measures were largely responsible tor business recovery and urged the reelection of President Roosevelt. The speakers were Edward A. Filene, president of William Filene's Sons company. Boston department store; William H. Regnery. president of the Western Shade Cloth com pany. Chicago; Maurice L. Breidcn thal, president of the Security Na tional bank of Kansas City, Kan.: and William T. McCaffery, president of the Lincoln National Bank and Trust company, Syracuse, N. Y. They spoke on a nationwide broad cast sponsored by the Democratic na tional committee. Against "Hiring Some Unknown" "No clear thinking business man would discharge an executive under whom business had climbed from failure to success and hire some un known who promised to reduce total expenditures without reducing any one expenditure," Filene said, speak ing from Boston. "Some call the new deal reckless experimentation," he continued, "but the most reckless experiment in which America could now engage would be to stop Roosevelt." Breidenthal. speaking from Kansas City,, said:-- "Although I have the greatest re spect for Gov Landon personally. I am genuinely convinced it would be unwise and harmful to this country if President Roosevelt should be de feated. "From Panic to Prosperity" "By every test we can apply, the present chief executive is entitled to reelection. He has been a successful President, he has brought us from panic to prosperity, he has brought us contentment at home and peace abroad, and for this country to re ject such a gallant leader would be nothing less than rank ingratitude." Speaking from Rochester. McCaf fery said he did not subscribe to the view that recovery. particularly in the banking field, was due to natural causes. "I for one am glad to acknowledge that a grand job has been done in. the banking- field by President Roose velt and his administration." he de clared. "I believe that any individual or banker unwilling to give Mr Roose velt and the present administration credit for recovery in the banking business is indeed ungrateful." Praises Roosevelt Policies At Chicago, Regnery said: "Personally, as a business man, I am for the reelection of President Roosevelt with all the fervor and all the intensity and sincerity at my command. "It is my firm and honest belief that we are in the prosperous and enviable position that we occupy to day as a direct result of the policies which his administration put into operation to rescue the industrial and agricultural populations of our coun try from disaster and ruin. "There is no sense in the Repub lican party trying to frighten this country or to frighten business be cause there is nothing to be fright ened about." LANDON ATTENDS BOYHOOD CHURCH, VISITSOLD NURSE Minister Departs a Bit From His Text at West Middle sex, Pa.--Candidate Dines With Mrs Reed West Middlesex, Pa., Aug. 23 --(AP) --Gov Alt M. Landon sat in a wood en-back pew in an ancient red-brick church today to worship where his grandfather preached half a century ago. Then the Republican candidate for President turned "homeward" to the little residence of his Sa-year-old nurse, Mrs Molly Reed Baird, for a Sunday dinner. His great-aunt, Mrs Emma Linin ger. and his uncle. William Mossman, sat with him in the Methodist church while the youthful minister. Rev Henry G. Shilling, gave the sermon and departed from his text to declare: "In our day and age when atheistic, communistic forces are sweeping the world, I believe the Christ of the agos shall not forsake the Christian civili zation of the day. Somewhere this gigantic, herculean task of restoring Christian rule will be placed tn the bosom of some character. "It Is my prayer that if this town has given birth to such a chaXcter he shall lead America and our civili zation back to the feet of the Christ of the ages." The scripture was read from the Bible used 49 years ago by Landon s grandfather. Rev W. H. Mossman. On September 9 of that year Landon was born in the little parsonage, HINDENBURG LANDS WITH RECORD LIST Lakehurst, N. J„ Aug. 19--(AP)-- The dirigible Hindenburg landed with a record passenger list at the Naval Air station tonight for what was ex pected to be the quickest turn-around In transatlantic airship service. Capt Ernst Lehmann of the huge Zeppelin said he planhed to take off for his home port, Frankfort, Germany, as soon as the Hindenburg could be re fueled and regassed. Lieut-Comdr C. V. F. Knox of the air station, who was In charge of servicing the ship, estimated the min imum possible time at "seven hours and 47 minutes." The craft landed at 6.39 p m.. eastern standard time. It carried 56 passengers. Sailing on It tonight will be Comdr Charles Rosendahl, commandant of the naval air station and the navy's best known aeronaut. Traveling as express will be two baby pronghorn antelope, flown here by airplane from Pitchfork. Wyo.. and on their way to a soo tn Hanover. Germany. The westbound passage took ex actly 71 hours. The Hindenburg fol lowed the southern route to avoid rough weather reported over the great circle course and then flew over Boston, Long Island and At lantic City to await sunset. Text of Landon's Speech West Middlesex. Pa.. Aug. 22 I (AP)--The text of Gov. Alf. M. Lan don's address at. his birthplace. West Middlesex. Pa., follows: The American Way of Life It with leal happiness that I return today to see again the place of my birth. I, have come back to thia part of the cobntry almost every summer for over 30 years. I still send to Crawford county every winter for maple syrup. The people of this region are my people. I am one of you. and I greet you with the deepest pleasure. Although I have spent most of my life in the great state of Kansas, our immediate problems are not very different. You have discussed them among yourselves, just as I have mulled over them with my friends and neighbors out West In coming to see you and talk with you this afternoon, therefore, I do not feel I am among strangers. I feel I am visit ing with old friends discussing com mon difficulties, in an effort to find a real and common sense solution for them. Let us look first at some of the at tributes of our country and of our people. These are more fundamental than political issues. For out of them spring those habits of thought and of action and those social, economic and governmental institutions which create political issues. I Wherever I have gone in tills coun- I try, I have found Americans some j thing more than a dweller within our boundaries. It means an attitude of heart and mind, an outlook on life. It means not only deep love of liberty and justice, but courage to face the dangers and responsibilities that go with liberty. Our fathers cherished this way of life because they bought it with their own blood. We have received it as a free gift from them. There is danger that we may not prize it as we should. This American way of life is being challenged. We are told that it does not meet modern requirements. The conditions of the time incline some of our people to listen to these accusa tions. Some are trying to supplant our institutions by others from aboard. I Periods of depression are favorable I for reviving ancient and discredited I systems of society and of government, and presenting them as the sure way of gaining utopia. In the waste and extravagance of the boom days and the hardships of the depression, many of us went wool gathering. So it is not surprising that the con fidence of many of our people in oui way of doing things has been shaken. They are wondering whether we may not have to scrap our American insti tutions. This doubt and distrust is festered by unstable men to whom it is always dangerous to give political power. Feeling of Doubt and Distrust This feeling of doubt and distrust, i like the depression, is world-wide, and not confined to the United States. It I challenges not only the economic sys tern of free enterprise, but even the I representative form of government. Before the depression, such phrases j as "the onward sweep of democracy" were commonplace. Now in many parts of the world, democracy is in 1 retreat and dictatorships are advanc- I ing. Today w'e can well review the w'ay of life that has brought us thus far i on the road to national greatness, and ask ourselves whether the end of that road has been reached. Let us look at the picture as it ex- I ists in thousands of American com munities, as they are in normal times. We see men. women and children liv ing together as families in homes: We see that the family and the home are the foundation of national life. We al so see the heads of families assuming responsibility for their support. We I see them facing life with cheerfulness and courage, asking no odds. Taking pride in their independence, support ing their families, helping those in need. AVe see them rising through the ranks to the highest positions in every field. We also see them solving their larger problems by voluntary co-op erating with friends and neighbors through economic, educational and political organizations. We see them j generally speaking, traveling from the cradle to the grave without ever feel ing the coercive or directing hand of government, except insofar as they I may have transgressed the rights of others. We take all this as a matter of course. This freedom from the coercive I hand of government has always been a distinctive feature of American life. I Even before the recent revival of dic tatorships, the citizens of foreign I countries were subject to restrictions I unknown in America. Their goings and comings were closely watched land regulated. They could not open new businesses without the consent of a bureaucratic government. Their es tablished businesses were subject to incessant bureaucratic meddling. Ec onomic and social development was bound to be slow under these condi tions. In contrast, the American way of life, had left men and women free from these restrictions. Our people have been free to develop their own lives as they saw fit and to cooperate with one another on a voluntary basis. They have been encouraged to start any honest enterprise that would enable them to support their fami lies. give the public the goods and services it wanted, and make jobs for themselves and others. Under the en couragement, business has expanded here taster than elsewhere, the public has had more goods; workers have had higher wages and shorter hours; children have had better school facili ties: all have had higher standards of living. There has been more leisure for spiritual and cultural things. This freedom of enterprise which has distinguished the American way of life exists not for the few', but for all. It has benefited every American whether he worked for himself or someone else. Under freedom, more enterprises are started than under government control of production. Let us not forget, however, that a fair j distribution of economic and social benefits has yet to be brought about. Insist on Freedom and Security Now I take it that we Americans lived I i that way becau e we wanted to live I that way. Wo still like It better than I any other way. We know there are; many wrongs to right. Only the mis guided will claim that this system is perfect or that all its results arc I desirable. We do not contend that j Individual effort can of itself over- I come many of th handicaps placed i on great numbers of individuals by the workings of our industrial civlllza- 1 tlon. The record proves, however, that our system gives the most personal liberty to human beings and offers the whole the highest possible standard of hfe to the greitcst numbers. It Is a system which permits the driv ing force of free initiative to produce more of the good things of life and thus promote a more rapid Improve ment of human welfare than can be found anywhere outside of America. Wc have found by experience that American Institutions serve our pur pose better than those of any other country. We not only want to safe guard our freedom, but we also want security and abundance of the good things of life. We are told, however, by defeatists that we cannot have both. We must, they say. choose be tween freedom and security. They in .slst we must give up one in order to gain the other. Let us not surrender to any such counsel of despair. Let us not abandon our determination to win security and abundance without sacrificing any of our precious her itage of freedom. In this depression, as In everv depression, there arc timid souls who fear that the temporary setback is to be permanent. There Is nothing to jus tify any such conclusion. We have had hard times before. They have followed wars or a period when our people have lost their grip on reality and indulged in reckless speculation. The day of reckoning always comes and then, as now, unfortunately, the innocent suffer with the guilty. We are told now, however, that we got out of previous depressions be cause of the natural growth of the country and the westward expansion of the frontier. We are warned that we are at the end of that era of xpansion and must now face a new situation. The remedy offered is that the federal government shall restrict production dole out jobs, and parcel out business opportunities. This argument, instead of being progressive, is 40 years behind the times. Much the same thing was said during the depression of the 1890's. There was more reason for that de fearis: attitude than there is now. The expansion of our geographical frontier was slowing down. The good farm land that could be had for the ask ing wag about gone. The railroads had generally been built into the new farming areas. For a time men seemed at a loss what to do. We wer. told then, as we are being toll now, that we were at the end of an era. There was some truth in that then. There is no truth in it now. a revival of confidence came with the election of 1896. things began to move again. From 1896 to 1914 was the most prosperous period up to that time we had ever enjoyed. In dustries expanded so rapidly that they employed not only our own workers, but milikns of workers from other countries. Against Centralizing Powers A new frontier had been discovered --the frontier of invention and new wants. Under our American way of life, men with courage and imagina tion were free to occupy this new frontier and develop it. They built a greater America. Our people were able to buy the new luxuries, com forts and conveniences, because they had new purchasing power--new pur chasing power that came not in checks from the treasury, but from the production of goods. All this was achieved without un dermining any American institutions. It was achieved by continuing to en courage free enterprise. Free enterprise does not mean that the government shall do nothing. Government must always be on the alert to repress violence and fraud, to terminate special privilege and un fair practices, to protect tile everyday American in carrying on projects that are beyond the scope of private enterprise. One of the proposals for changing our America has to do with the form of government Government power must alw'ays be used unflinchingly to correct the abuses and inequalities I which admittedly exist. So far as I possible, this should be done by the I individual states or by compacts j among the states. In the case of abuses beyond the power or jurisdic tlon of the states, federal authority should be used. I am, however, against the transfer to Washington of any power which can be more safely and efficiently administered by I state and local governments. It Is a fundamental law of repre sentative government that nothing j shall be done by a larger unit that a I small unit can do as well. It is a fundamental principle of our Ameri can system that the federal govern ment in Washington shall have only such powers as are specifically grant ed to it. The founders of our govern ment knew all too well the evils of being governed from a distance. They knew from experience that the local colonial governments understood the needs of the colonies better than any distant government. All they asked at first was more self-government. When they found that they could not get it, they demanded Independence. That distrust of centralized power was the beginning of our American. I liberty, we are now asked to barter it I away for persuasive theories which j have been tried and found wanting. Some people now say that the America we have built no longer meets our needs. They point to the unemployed. They cite examples of special privilege. They say that these are inescapable by-products of our system of free enterprise and of our form of government. They recognize as all of us do, the lack of balance in our economic structure. These are defects, it is true, and call for remedies. But I believe that there is more promise for their solu tion by clinging to American ideals than under any other plan which has been proposed. The remedy for unemployment is not a permanent dole. Of course, re lief must be continued as long as tiie need for it exists. The American remedy for unemployment is real work at good wages. It is clear that limita tion of production and destruction of crops is not going to provide this kind of work. The remedy for nionoply and special Privilege is to do away with them. This must be one of our first objec tives. One of the chief causes of our economic difficulties is the tendency of monopoly to fix prices and retain special privilege. Great markets yet to be developed lie within our own I borders and across the sea. The fron tier of new wants points the way to a better standard of living In this I country. Even In our most prosperous days many of our people did not live i I well enough. How can it be said that we have over-production when so many Americans are badly fed. badly clothed and badly housed, how can it I be said we have over-production when I large groups of our fellow citizens are I neglected, under paid, or unemployed? How dare wo talk about over-produc- ticn when the evil effects of these con- I ditions run beyond the tragedy of i stunted lives and challenge the w< I- fare and the honor of the nation? But beyond the satisfaction of materia! things lie the longing of the mind and i the spirit. These can never be stilled while imagination and ingenuity dis tinguish American character. So here at the place of my birth. I have sought to make clear what 1 believe to be the choice now before our country. It Is the choice be- j tween the pig in the poke policies of the present administration and those j American institutions under which we I have enjoyed more liberty and at-1 talned a higher standard of living i than any other people In the world Once that choice Is clearly understood, i I have no doubt of the outcome. I pledge myaeUt so far as It Ites within my power, tn protect for America our j heritage of freedom and opportunity, j PROPOSE TO CURB PRESS AND RADIO 'USURPING' COURT

I Bar Association Study Cites 1 Hauptmann Trial Publicity as Menace to Justice That Must Be Halted Indianapolis, Aug. 20 --(AP) --Pro- posals for curbing what it termed newspaper and radio 'hippodroming" of American criminal justice as in the Hauptmann and Mooney trials are contained in the report of the Ameri can Bar association's committee on criminal procedure to be presented to the association at its annual conven tion starting Monday in Boston. Stressing publicity given the trial of Bruno Hauptmann for the kidnap ing of the Infant son of Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh, the report pro poses enactment of legislation that w'ould strengthen existing contempt of court statutes. The committee report was made public here today by Atty-Gen Philip Lutz, Jr., of Indiana, chairman, and was signed by the following commit tee members: Curtis C. Shears and Ir ving I. Goldsmith of New York, Frank lin Miller of St Louis, Mo., William j McKay Skillman of Detroit. Frederick j P Warber of Minneapolis. James J. Robinson of Bloomington, Ind., and Carl A. Badger of Salt Lake City. Court's Own Functions Usurped The report said. "The most serious criticism of American criminal pro cedure today is that the judges of the courts permit newspapers to usurp the court's own duties and functions." "Newspaper interference with crim inal justice always appears most fla grantly in celebrated criminal cases," the report said. "Those judicial pro ceedings. therefore, in which American criminal justice most needs to be a calm investigation of the truth are, on the contrary, most violently 'hippo dromed' and 'panicked' by the press. "Not the least serious result of this interference in the business of the courts is the jeopardizing of the de fendant's life or liberty if he is in nocent. or the jeopardizing of the de fendants conviction, both in the trial Citing proposals advanced in the past for "correcting the present sys _tem," the report suggested that a new statute might be enacted to give the courts more broad powers of punisn ing for contempt as a weapon for con troling publicity in criminal trials. Notes U. S. Judges' Hesitance The report said: "It is a recognized fact that while English judges make use of the inherent power of a court to punish for contempt of court the publication of more than a fair and accurate report of pending criminal proceedings American judges rarely i have resorted to it." As one of the reasons for this re luctance, the report listed: "The rec ognition by the judge that many news p^yers, after all, seem to be giving the public what the public wants and that public sentiment has not yet come to realize what trial by newspapers really involves, in unfairness oth to the defendant and the pro#?--^on and its potential dangers, its abuses, its endless confusion and controversy, i and its sordid commercialism of the I very home and spirit of justice." Other subjects covered by the report included proposals for enactment of I procedural statutes which have proved effective, but have not been widely adopted; to admit evidence obtained by police officers acting in good faith, but with technical illegality, and for interstate compacts to obtain more cooperation in law enforcement. RAIN RAISES HOPE OF CROPSALVAGE IN MIDWEST AREA Heavy Precipitation in Large Area Termed Distinct Benefit--Torrid Weather Continues Undiminished Chicago, Aug. 21--(AP)-- Further precipitation in some parts of drouth land today gave agronomists new hope of salvaging paying crops from the ruin left by this season's blazing sun. Heavy rains, which crop experts said would be of distinct benefit to forage crops and pastures were re ported over a wide area of the North J Cent ral states yesterday. "The rains were of greatest benefit to Nebraska." A. W. Cook, govern ment weather forecaster of Chicago, i said. The precipitation was reported in eastern North Dakota. lowa. Wls i consin. Michigan and northern Illi nois. Predictions were made of fur ther scattered precipitation in Minne sofa. Wisconsin and Michigan tomor row. Probable thunder showers were forecast tor parts of Montana. Among the heaviest rains recorded was that st Charles City, la., with a i total of 2.28 inches. Hot Weather Continues There was no letup in the heat, which brought temperatures over the 100 mark in many parts of the Cen tral West. Grain pri res were lower. Corn broke about 214 cents a bushel at the opening, largely as a result of trade reports of a possible heavy importa tion of corn from Argentina. Despite rallies at times the market closed at a net overnight loss of 1 to 2 cents, with September corn at 11.1243-%, about 7 cents below the nine-year peak established Wednesday. Wheat developed independent strength and advanced more than a cent a bushel partly under the "bullish" influence of European political development*. However, the closing prUe of 81.1341- for September wheat showed little change overnight. Reports of better possibilities for farmers to show a profit came from isolated sections, where corn crops escaped the most damaging effects of the long dry spell. Among the fa vored spots named was the southern tier counties of Minnesota, tn which J S. Jones of the Minnesota Fann bureau said fair craps were expected. Wo want every boy and girl to have a better chance lit life than we had. We want a government in Washing ton that will safeguard for the younger seneratton the opportunity to develop, each in his own way. the American qualities of self-reliance, of honesty, and of generosity. We must remain a natloa of free citizens, each choosing for himself, each holding fast not only to opportunity, but to i the truths he has inherited. This-- an America of free and independent citizens--recognizing our mutual ohll cations, one to the other. Is the Amer ica we should strive to leave for our children. DYEING AND FINISHING LOSSES 'CONSISTENT Washington. Aug. 21--(AP) --The Federal Trade commission reported to day dyeing and finishing companies have "consistently made the most un favorable showing" of any operators in the silk and rayon textile industry in rate of return on investment. For the first half of 1935. the com mission said, their return on invest ments showed a loss of 4.63 per cent, compared with losses of 6.09 per cent I in 1933 and 3.80 per cent in 19^4. Reports also were given for "throw ing," or spinning companies and for weaving companies. These were broken down between "stock" com- panies, which buy their own raw ma- I jterials and operate self-sufficiently, and "commission" companies, which i perform processing services for oth- ers on a commissiotr basis. In the first half of 1935. throwing and weaving stock companies were I listed with an aggregate loss of 2.97 I per cent, while throwing and weaving I i commission companies had a 3.62 per cent loss. This compared with re-! spective losses of 2.22 and 1.21 per (cent in 1933 and 3.19 and 0.93 per s I cent in 1934. The figures were not strictly com parable, however, because the num- i ber of reporting companies varied for I the different years. U.S. REINFORCES MORAL EMBARGO ON ARMS SALES Shipping Board Man Warns That Steamer Companies Owing Government Money Must Observe Ban Washington. Aug. 22 --(AP) --Amer- I lea's moral embargo against arms i shipments to either side in Spain's i civil war was bolstered today by a warning from an official of the Unit ;ed States shipping board that ship ilines indebted to the government are, obligated to comply. S. D. Schell, who gave notice of the I board's attitude, revealed also that it has required tw o companies which operated lines to Spanish ports to j take out war risk insurance on ships lin which the government has a fi j nancial interest. Follows State Department Stand These developments closely follow :ed publication of a letter from Wil ham Phillips, acting secretary of |state, to an unnamed airplane manu- I facturer who inquired about the gov i ernment's policy toward sales to Span j ish forces. "It seems reasonable to assume that i I the sale of aeroplanes, regarding which you inquire, would not follow I i the spirit of the government's pol icy," said Phillips. "Applies to All Americans" Asked regarding the attitude of the 'shipping board toward shipping lines which owe money to the government. I Schell, assistant to the director of 'the shipping board bureau, asserted: "They're obligated to carry out the nonintervention edict by the state de partment. It applies to all Ameri cans. It has been widely published. The shipping board called the gov -1 ernment's neutrality policy to the at tention of the shipping lines during the Italo-Ethiopian war. and we as sume they understand it now." He said he had been advised of no cancelations of scheduled Mediterran ean trips by ships of the two lines re quired to take out war risk insur ance but added it is expected they will I keep out of danger zones as a mat ter of course. Government Has Own Line Schell said the government itself operates a shipping line--the Amen can Pioneer Line Indian Service-- I through the Strait of Gibraltar and i the Mediterranean but that its ship.- do not stop at Mediterranean ports. He i said care is being taken to keep them i out of troubled areas and that the government maintains an insurance fund for them. The two private lines which have been required to take out war risk I insurance are the American Export line of New York, two of whose ships have helped take Americans out of Spain, and the Lykes Brothers-Ripley Steamship company of New Orleans. The government has no means, ex cept moral and financial pressure, of enforcing its policy of neutrality in the Spanish situation. Neutrality leg islation enacted at the last session of Congress provides for embargoes and other measures in event of war be tween two countries but says nothing about civil conflicts. In the letter made public by he state department's previously expres sed opinion tht American citizens, both at home and abroad, are "patri oticaliy observing" the noninterven tion policy. HITS OLDPARTIES AS UNABLE TO BAR NEW CALAMITIES Norman Thomas Declares War or More Economic Troubles Will Lead Nation Into Fascism Chautauqua. X. Y.. Aug 20--(AP)-- Norman Thomas. Socialist presidential candidate, said here today neither of the "old parties" could keep the United States "out of fresh economic catastrophe or new war." He added that new economic troubles or war "will lead to fascism" and that "the issue this year more than ever is socialism versus capital- j ism." Says Reemploj nient Lags "Nothing is proposed under capital ism which can avert new economic calamity." he said. "Recovery in em ployment lags far behind the re cqvery in industrial profits and pay rolls behind both Thomas was the third presidential candidate to speak at Chautauqua in stitution this year. President Roose velt and D. Leigh Colvin, the prohibi tion party nominee, preceded him. The Republican candidate. Gov Alf M Landon of Kansas, will speak here on Monday. Crltlclies Coughlin's Tactics Thomas called upon the other parties for specific programs, saying politicans were specific only in criticising the other party, He used I Rev Charles E. Coughlin as 'the out- I standing illustration of the evil of which I sneak." saying that at the) Cleveland Townsend convention "the: priest whipped hla great audience in- to frenzied enthusiasm by the un restrained vehemence of his denun ciation of President Roosevelt and i others whom he does not like and by such further appeals to the intelli gence as tearing off his coat and col lar." I PRESIDENT WINS INDORSEMENT OF G. 0. P. SENATOR Couzens of Michigan, Ask ing Renomination, Says Reelecting Roosevelt Most Vital Issue Facing Nation Detroit. Aug. 22--(AP) United Slates Senator James Couzens, a can didate for renominatton on the Re publican ticket, announced in a brief statement today that, be intend* to support President Roosevelt for re election. He intimated that his support would hr- active, asserting that the masons for his decision "will be advanced from time t lime between now and election next November." Tt,a tUnatnr'x Statement The text of Senator Couzens'* state ment follows; "Believing as I do that the most Important matter confronting the na tion is the reelection of President Roosevelt. I intend to support him.- "The outcome of my own candi iacy for the Senate is neither important to the nation nor to me. but I believe it is Important that my many loyal supporters in- Michigan be advised in advance of the primary September 15. "The reasons for this conclusion will be advanced from time to rime be tween now and election next Novem ber." In the primary. Senator CouMMHs opponent for the Republican senatorial nomination this year is Wilber M. Brucker, former governor of Michi gan. who has been campaigning vigor ously during the last month, devoting much of his campaign argument to describing instances of Cmizens's Senate support for admlnistration spunsored legislation. Couzens. under whose administra tion as mayor Detroit appro red municipal ownership of its street railway system, was appointed United States senator in 1922 to succeed Truman H. Newberry, who igned. Previously, in the 1920 campaign, and subsequently in those of 1924 and 1928. he supported the Republican presidential candidates. He made n<» statement of his position in the 1932 election. His independence of party long has been a subject of discussion in both Republican and Democratic circles in Michigan. There was talk, even in 1930. that he might not receive Re publican support and would shift to the Democratic ticket. Running as a Republican, he was renominated by a vote of 537.901 against 232,200 for Chase S. Osborn, former governor. In the following election Couzens de feated Thomas A. Weadock, his Democratic opponent. 634.577 to 169,- 757. Hadn't Boomed Own Candidacy Again a few months ago. as tbs time for filing nominating petitions approached, speculation was rife con cerning Senator Couzens's possibls candidacy on the Democratic ticket. He filed as a Republican, however, and promptly announced he did not "in tend to compete with Brucker for this nomination. If the people are dissatisfied with my work I shall be content to stand aside." Then he departed on a yacht cruise vacation and has made no effort to promote his candidacy for renomina i tion. In answer to a series of written questions presented him at a meet ing of the Optimists club of Detroit three weeks ago. Senator Couzens said 'hat he had learned during his years in the Senate that. "There is no p-oe sibility, no intimation, no s.:gzestica that our government is a 'red' gov ernment. Even though somebody might start a 'red' movement, he could not get far." COUZENS SUPPORT OF ROOSEVELT ADDS COLOR INJICJHGAN Republican Senator's Stand as He Seeks Reelection Draws Swift Reactions in Political Quarters Detroit. Aur 23-- i AP)--Michigan'* priman election campaign, thus far enlivened argely by the contest tor the Dem 'cra'ic gubernatorial nomina tion. entcied a new and somewhat complicated phase today with the an nouncement by Senator James Cou zens. Republican, that he will support Preside::' Roosevelt for ejection. Senator Couxens is a candidate for j renomination on the Republican ticket. His announcement brought a swift reaction from leaders in both parties who have been watching the catn naign of Frank Murphy, high com missioner of the Philippines, and George W Welsh, former Republican lienteniint-goveriio:. turned Democrat, tor the Democratic nomination fop governor. Both have asserted their support of rhe Roosevelt administra tion. Former Gov Wilber M. Brucker, Couzens's opponent for the RepuMi can nomination, declared that the I Senator's stand "will have the im mediate effect of solidifying all that* forces in opposition to the new deal. It can ne taken as notice to the na tion that Michigan is once more safely Republican." Senator Arthur H Vandenberg,: Republican, said he disagreed "with my distinguished colleague's conclu sion- bur "I commend him for hi* usual candor.'' Gr.itifa ation was expressed la Dem ocratic circles. New Land of Hope Pictured by Lemke Milwaukee. Aug. 23--iAP) --Con gressman William Lemke. Union par ty candidate tor President, today pic tured i midland empire on the east ern slopes of the Rocky mountain* wherein the nation's youth "will havn in opportunity to build homes and enter the industrial field." Materialization of the picture. Lem ke said in an address before Milwau kee members of the National Union for Social Justice, would be contin gent upon the success of the L'nlott party ticket in November. Lemke said water conservation lind drouth prevention aro provided tor K! a bill he introduced in the last ses sion of Congress. The bill, favorably, j reported, he said, is now pending $e- fore the special committee on irriga tion and reclamation. The candidate urged that voters get behind the Union party, saying ■it would see that the bill is enacted. Lemlje said the bill provides for the impounding of the unused and uncon troied fl.Ktd waters coming from the eastern slopes of the Ruckle*. near their source. In such a way as to pre- j humidity IO the atmosphere. and prevent flood* in the lower Mississippi valley at low cost on a permanent basis. 7