The producers news., 1927-03-04

to make good on his claim that he
favored the measure. Hoover had |
already betrayed it, while Mellon,
Work and Jardine of the cabinet were
fighting it, because the bill would
permit the government to develop
100000 horsepower of electric cur
rent, to be sold at low rates in com
petition with the power trust.
Coolidge told Johnson he would
"see what he could do" Johnson
asked him to telephone Curtis, the
Republican floor leader, to line up
his forces for the adoption of the
cloture rule. Coolidge agreed. When
the roll was called Curtis and the ad-
ministration forces were lined up
against cloture. 1t was beaten, 81 to
SO. That meant the death of the bill,
with its government ownership pos
sibilities.
First Philippines echoes from the
Chinese revolution: A message de-
scribing a dinner given in Manila to
Commissioner Galaldon on the eve of
his return to Washington, to carry
on the struggle for a grant of ma
tional independence.
, ''To abdicate now," said Gabaldon,
'from the ideal of complete independ-
ence when the Orient is on the crest
of intense nationalism-Jav and Su-
, matra agitating the overthrow of for
/ eign control, India clamoring for the
5 right to stand by herself and China
/ fighting against alien interference
| would be the blackest stain on the
escutcheOn of the Filipino people,"
: President Macahado of Cuba has {
S serious political stomach-ache, anC
f will not make his promised visit tt
Washington, where he was due to bt
e acclaimed by the Gridiron Club-tha
r hard-bOiled list of news writer's wht
S know what will please the biggest ad
e vertisers in their papers. Machad,
: has been killing off trade union Of
: flcials and agitatOrs during the pas
e 18 months-ever since a certain rail
: road strike that embarrassed Ameri
: can sugar investments in the island
h He has also terrorized a lot of mid
e dleclass political personages, O
S whom he was suspicious. He decide,
to come to Washington, and then ha,
S a pain. He did not like the enthusi
/ asm with which his proposed absenc
1t was received.
i Because Macado will stay at home
l. with his bodyguard on the aler
against revolution, he will be unabl
to personally negotiate a loan he ha
! in mind.
r An official of the Pan-America
a Federation of Labor has just return
s ed from a secret visit to Cuba, wit
,e confirmation Of the reports secure
If during the past year, on the murde
ye and terrorization of trade union leaC
i ers by Machado's police
q
4 President Fred Baer and Secretar
e. George Richardson of the Init. Ass1
i'll Of Fire Fighters are completin
Id their compilation of fire fighter
wages and conditions in all cities
the United States and Canada. Tt
n data thus far published in their off
10 cial magazine has been used in man
6 cities to induce city councils or fiji
al boards to raise wages to the model
rs standard Toledo, for instance, h;
x just granted to 436 men, all membe
Sc of the union, a raise from $1,000
at S2,400 a year, effective immediately
ed Pittsburgh fire fighters and poll,
e. have petitioned the Pennsylvania LEI
IS islature to give them a referendu
AS on a raise in minimum first graz
d. salary from $2040 to S2520 a year.
f. These developments are bringil
e more cities firemen into the union
:,
VS. Legislative agents for unions
he the American Federation of Lab
view the session Of Congress now e
piring as the most Indifferent
labor, on the Democratic as well
ht the Republican side, known in a ge
he Grafton.
N Toward organized labor the ty
ite parties have turned a unitedlv he
ge tile front.