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The Washington times., 1934-01-03
R1 JULIA a. BONWIT

Women shone in their own
right and in the reflected glory
Of their husbands today as the
regular session of the Seventy
third Congress got under way at
the stroke of noon.
Long before the Speakers gavel
called the session to order, the
public galleries were filled-90
per cent of them women in
Rayly-colored dresses and hats.
The gallery of the Presidents
official family began to fill as
soon as the doors were opened
at II o'clok. Among the Cabinet
wives on the scene early were
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr., wife
Of the new Secretary of the
Treasury; Mrs. Harold L. IckeS,
wife Of the Secretary Of the In
terror; Mrs. Henry Wallace, wife
of the Secretary of Agriculture,
and Mrs. George Dern, wife of
the Secretary of War.
Mrs. Roosevelt Arrives
As the President arrived to de-
liver his message to the joint Ses-
sion of the House and Senate,
Mrs. Roosevelt appeared in the
gallery, accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. Anna Dali, ana
bw0 Of her sons, James and John,
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conditions that they feel unable
at this time to enter into stabil-
izatiOn discussions.
Agriculture has suffered from
more than its debts. Thus far
the experiment of seeking bal
ance between production and
consumption is succeeding. /
continue in my conviction that
industrial progress and prosper
ity can only be attained by
bringing the purchasing power
of that portion of our pOpula-
tiOn which is dependent upon
agriculture up to a level which
will restore a proper balance.
I expect to report to you later
in regard to debts owed the
Government and the people Of
this country by the governments
and peoples of other countries.
The adoption of the Twenty
first Amendment (repeal)
should give material aid to the
elimination of those new forms
Of crime which came from lille
gal traffic in liquor.
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PRESIDENT
POINTS To
RECOVERY .
AS HERE
HaiIing Success Of NRA, and
Other Units, He Foresees
"Permanent" Program
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service

In a friendly, intimate message,
far different from the usual type
Of Executive communications.
President Roosevelt reported to
Congress today that the nation
has Travelled far along the road
to national recovery and that
what is now most needed is to
consolidate the gains already
made.
He summed it all up near the
end of his address, which was
delivered in person to a crowded
joint session of Senate and House,
in these words:
'We have pIOughed the good
furrOw and planted the good
seed; the hard beginning is
over. If we would reap the full
harvest, we must cultivate the
soil where this good seed is
SprOuting and the plant is
reaching up to mature growth"
Mr.. Rooseevlt's message, his
first traditional estate of the
Nation" was an accounting of his
stewardship during the first 10
months of his Administration.
one of the most strenuous periods
in the countrys' history.
"On Ruins of Past"
He pictured the various recovery
moves in his Administration as
knitting themselves together to
comprise, ultimately, a structure
that will better equip government
to meet the problems of modern
civilization. This structure, he
observed, must be erected ION the
ruins of the past" He said
"CiviliZatiOn cannot go back.
Civilization must not stand still.
I'VE have undertaken new
methods. 1t is our task to per-
feet, to improve, to alter when
necessary, but in all cases to go
forward.
p "TO consolidate what we are
doing, to make our economic
and social structure capable Of
dealing with modern life is the
joint task of the legislative, the
judicial and the executive
branches Of the national Gov
ernment."
The President made no spe-
cific recommendations in his mes
sage, other than the general in
siStence that there be no turning
backward along New DEAL road.
Proposals Come Later
Specific proposals for legisla-
ton will come along piecemea1
as the Congressional session ad-
vances. He preferred to keep this
communication general and in
formative.
But he did observe that the
issue is clearly drawn between
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OOIC9I coo CO]NU yVtCVWo'
To the Congress:
I come before you at the
opening of the Regular Session
of the Seventy third Congress,
not to make requests for spe-
cial or detailed items of legis-
lation; I come, rather, to
counsel with you, who, like my
self, have been selected to
carry out a mandate of the
whole people, in order that
without partisanShip you and
I may cooperate to continue
the restoration Of our national
we'll l-being and, equally import
ant, to build on the ruins of
the past new structure de-
signed better to meet the pres
ent problems of modern civili-
Zation.
Such q structure includes not
only the relations Of industry
and agriculture and finance to
each other, but also the effect
which all of these three have
on our individual citizens and
on the whole people as a nation.
Now that we are definitely
in the process of recovery, lines
have been rightly drawn be-
tween those to whom this re-
covery means a return to old
methodS-and the number Of
these people is small-and
those for whom recovery means
a reform of many old methods.
a permanent readjustment OF
many Of our ways Of thinking
and -thsuetora of many OF our ,
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3 FRESHMEN
SENATORS
SEATED
Congress Opens Amid Noise as
Galleries Are Jammed to
d Hear Roosevelt Speak
BY International News Service


Failing gavels in both Senate
and House promptly on the
stroke of noon sent the Seventy
third Congress away today on
it's first and probably its last
regular session.
With a record of accomplish
ment already behind it in the
epochal special session last spring
that framed the recovery pro-
gram, the session that began to-
day has for its. principal work
tax revision and coordination OF
the various aspects of "the New
Deal"
Crowded galleries in both
houses witnessed today's getaway
under. the anticipatory thrill Of
President Roosevelt's first per
sonal appearance before a joint
session.
Breaks Precedent
Mr.. Roosevelt was scheduled to
arrive at the Capitol about 1:15
p, M, after breaking another
precedent.
Is From time immemorial it has
been the custom for Congress to
convene an then send commit
tees to the 7r7hite House to for
mally appriss the executive that
the national leislature is in ses-
sion and ready to do business.
The President decided to dis
penSe with this Congressional Pill
grimage today, and he accepted his
notice by telephone. 1t was ar
ranged that the Senate and House
committees should merely meet
him upon arrival at the Speakers
office.
Thousands of people were dis
appointed at not being able to
gain entrance to the Capitol.
Special Cards Issued
All regular gallery admission
cards had been called in, and
special cards issued for today
only. They were so tightly re-
stricted that Senators and Rep
resentatives were limited to one
each, which in many cases did
not take care of their Immediate
families. Cabinet officers were
scurrying around during g the
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Text of Roosevelt's S
Congress Message

The complete tert of President RooseveFs message to
foJn foIo
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social and economic arrange
nentS.
Cannot Go Backward
Civilization cannot go back:
Civilization must not stand
still. We have undertaken new
methods. It is our task to per-
feet. to improve, to alter when
necessary, but in all cases to
go forward. To consolidate
what we are doing, to make
our economic and social struc-
ture capable of dealing with
modern life is the joint task
Of the Legislative, the Judicial,
and the Executive Branches of
the National Government.
Without regard to party, The
overwhelming majority of our
people seek a greater opportu-
CONTINUED on Page s, Col. y
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Dollar Eases Off,
Gold Price Stands

NEW YORK, Jan. 3 1.N.SO .
The dollar was somewhat easier
today despite the action of the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton in holding the gold price at
$34.06 an ounce. The official
indicated value of the dollar of
60.68 cents compared with Lon
don gold value of 62.81 cents
and the French franc value Of
62s98 cents. s-;..
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McC Corn,ick Estate
Sued OUer Rum Sale

CHICAGO, Jan. 3 d.N.S0.
Alleged failure of the Leander
s, Mccormick estate to make
good on a contract for the sale
of 100000 cases Of whisky was
charged today in a suit for $780,
600 damages filed by H. B. Low
enstein of New York.
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Vests Sister
To Marry Russian

CHICAGO, Jan. 3 Q.N.S0.
Wedding bells were scheduled to
ring today for Beverly West, sister
Of Mae West. and Vladimir
Baikoff, young Russian nobleman'
Baikoff has managed Miss Vests
vaudeville troupe for two years.
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Quakes Recorded
In Black Sea Area

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 q.N.so.
Two earthquake tremors were re-
corded today in the region of the
BLACK Sea, Southern Russia, by
the Fordham University seismo--
rraph. The distance was about
4 900 miles away. The first shock
was registered at 4:53 a. m. and
fhe second at 5:03 a. m.
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
$4,000 Enjoy Skating
Here In TUUO Days

Washington's brief two days of
ice skating on the Lincoln Me
mortal pool, attracted $4,000 skat-
ers, according to figures disclosed
by the office Of the National Cap
.itol Parks. "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-02

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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-01-13
AUTHORS ASSAM
NRA PROGRAM
Capitalism Also Attacked
in Philadelphia By
Prominent Men

Philadelphia (UP)-Two authors
speaking before the Philadelphia
branch of the Foreign Policy as
ISOLATION, attacked capitalism and
the MIRA. They were John Strach-
ey, author and member of the
British parliament, and George e.
Sokolsky, author and journalist.
Strachey asserted that President
Roosevelts MIRA represents the
last stand to save capitalism before
the inevitable advance of Commun-
ism. The MIRA was described by
Sokolsky as high-powered form
of Fascism. He predicted the
spread of economic imperialism
throughout the world as the savior
of capitalism.
IT believe Communism is newt
able" Strachey said, because the
old capitalistic system is breaking
down and because it's continuance
is impossible. Communism, or the
common ownership of the means of
product is the only alternative"
Sokolsky argued that capitalism
contains within itself the germ of
it's own destruction. That germ is
the tendency toward monopolies."
1.-THE MIRA, no matter what else
it does, encourages monopolies,"
he said. "It is an agency for the
development Of monopolies in the
United States. 1t is therefore an
agency for the destruction of cap
italism nj the United States"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-01-13
DEPRESSION AIDS
NICKEL IN TREND
Product May Become COM
mon DenOnlinatOr of
Move Toward Alloy
BY ROBERT C. STANLEY

President International Nickel Co.
Copper Cliff, Ont (UP)-Analysis
of the nickel market for 1888 dis
closes that it has apparently bene-
fitted from the recent years of de-
preston. Whereas we all have
quite properly attributed the fall
ing off in production of commod-
tiles to curtailment in world trade,
we are coming only now to appre-
ciate the profound changes depres-
sion has wrought.
In those changes are the roots
Of an alloy age which is fast sup
planting the age of steel, just as
that improved material replaced
iron in the long process of evolu-
ton in metals.
ucts, nickel in combination with
iron and steel and with nonferrous
metals as well, has come to be a
common denomination of the move
toward alloys.
World consumption Of nickel in
all forms TO rthe first 10 months
of 1888 was 77,609,280 pounds,
compared with slightly more than
49,500,000 pounds in the same pc
riod of 1882 and with the 112,-
40l ,oVU pOupuS OF the correspond
ing part of the peak year, 1929.
An important reason for the i'm
| provement has been the increased
industrial activity stimulated by
the MIRA in the United States. De-
liveries to countries other than
America show correspondingly IA
yorable increases over 1899.
How important new field the
repeal of prohibitioun in the United
States will develop will be known
better after another year. Expert
ence on beer legalization has shown
that the American brewer is tend
ing to follow Canadian trends to-
/ ward use Of pure nickel and nickel
alloy equipment. AS that trend is
also increasing among winners and
distillers in other nations, a mar
ket for nickel Is indicated.
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Pittsburg
CnofiOn

town section.
It is no trouble to find people
around Pittsburgh who will cuss the
MELONS heartily and freely, but
there is one thing about them that
isn't critisized. Their banks stayed
open.
Nobody came knocking at the
door of q Mellon bank without
getting his money. The same
thing is true of most of Pitts
burgh's large banks. The one big
one which folded up Tin 1881
already has paid Off 20 per cent,
and may pay 100
Only small banks closed after the
March crisis and most Of these
have paid from 60 to 70 per cent.
In the western part of the state %
banks reopened just before the hol-
iday season. That Is one reason
why Pittsburgh is making progress.
It's Sound Money Town
Pittsburgh is essentially, you see
by this, Sound money town.
And here again you hear business
men crying for some kind of stab
ilization Of money.
A travelling man for an. advertis-
ing line put it this way: "There is
business to be had, but much of it
is holding back because the govern
ment won't say what it is going to
do.
ST believe there is an enormous
amount of business waiting for the
green light If the government will
tell where it Is going, especially on
the money! question"
~ to-,
burgh, where the Mellon tradition
to fine one president Of a highly
flow of capital into new invest
ments is very sluggish, and it is be-
cause bankers are scared. They
claim they are scared about sound
money, but what is sound money?
Bankers Branded Narrow
"Your wife may have thought she
Hooked very grand 10 years ago in
a new outfit OF clothes. But you
wouldn't like it If she wore them
today. What was sound money
yesterday is not necessarily sound
money today, or tomorrow.
Bankers are narrow. They
move in a narrow circle. and do
| not have contacts with the mass
of the people. I ann, still perfectly
willing to leave the money mat
ter to the president, who hears all
sides. He Is i'm a better position
than the average banker to know
what is sound money today"
MANY industries are up in the
air about the effects of codes" said
George T. Ladd, president of the
United Engineering and Foundry
Co, "but they are willing to try
anything that promises to lead us
out Of the dire condition of the last
three years.
"Iron and steel, coal and oil,
have in measure secured stabiliz-
alton of prices and aid in elimina-
ton of unfair competition and CHS
cling"
The easing up of q very heavy
relief burden tells the same story
of progress in this area. On May
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-01-13
NRA ReViVeS Steel Mills
Miners Union at
Peak in Great
Coal Area

zone thing that impressed us
was the shabby appearance of
many small employers who OBJ
viOusly wanted to comply. but
who looked as though they them
selves ought to be on the bread
line. Yet only about 100 asked
for relief or special dispensation
under the blanket code.
eve have not yet found a
single case that we believed
justified removal of the Blue
Eagle"
The cleaning and dyeing indus.
try, which was in danger of fall.
ing into the hands of racketeers
here, is reported by Harper a:
much improved. The laobr board
which did not begin to function
until late last year, helped aver
a dozen strikes. y
Trouble in Restaurants
One of the sorest spots here, a.
elsewhere, is the restaurant bust
ness. There are supposed to b.
5000 restaurants in Allegheny
county, far too many, and ther'
is no doubt that many of them con
tinue to chisel. especially the small
ones.
But r. L. Cannon, president o
the Western Pennsylvania Restaur
ant Association, insists that "any
one can make money under MR.
wages If he will raise his price
enough to cover increased costs
Many small restaurant proprietor
did not realize they would have t.
do this, or could not do it."
The "show.me" attitude Is bes
reflected by e. T. Weir, presiden
Of National Steel, who in his an
nual report to stockholders, point
out that precedent has disap
peared almost entirely from presen
day calculations. Change is in tn
air.
Industry definitely and volun
tarily has assumed new responsib
ilities.. A new plane Of industrial
relations Is more than a reasonabl
expectancy. 1t is yet to b
proved that prosperity can be ar
rived at via legislation"
MONDAY-COnclu
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-01-13
nv LEE Wu.LsnN

UNITED Press star Correspondent
London-Australia in 1881 was
in desperate straits. That country
today is far advanced on the road
to financial and economic recovery.
The southernmost member of the
British commonwealth of nations
was one Of the first countries in
the world to feel the full effect Of
the economic upheaval.
In 1928-29 Australia enjoyed a
considerable measure of prosper
ity. Prices for her exportatable sur
plus of products were satisfactory,
even though they were then II
per cent below the peak prices of
1924-25. Her export and import
trade in commodities was balanced
at approximately las million, and
she was abel to meet her obliga-
lions for external public and pri-
vate interest of some 80 million by
the amounts she was able to bor-
row for developmental works.
Hit by World Process
At the end Of 1929, in the face
of the drop in world prices Aus
tralia was not in a position to
continue buying large quantities
of goods overseas If she was to
pay IlSI UCOL0s LIS was SoPSNAe~AAJ
so because of the cessation OF over
seas guying.
SO the external adjustment ne
cessitated not only the wiping out
of an adverse trade balance of
over 80 million for the year end
ing June 80, 1880, but provision
had to be made for interest and
other obligations overseas af ap-
proximately the same amount.
For the year 1912 the volume
of exports was one-third greater
than for the year 1928-29. But
though in 1928-29 the value OF the
exports of merchandise was 13S
million in 1931-32 it amounted to
only Is million.
Drastic Action
With such a drop in the value
of exprots, Australia was faced with
the necessity for a drastic restric-
ton Of imports, and a general re-
vision of the internal position. Pre-
miers of the commonwealth and
states met, drew UP a plan, and
put it into immediate action.
The resllts of two-years opera
ton of the plan clearly justify the
policy for the overseas credit OF
the country now stands higher
than it ever did. When the plan
was put into operation, the esti-
mater aggregate deficit of the
commonwealth and states for 1881
duced to 20 million. the common
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is last, there were 74,244 Allie
gheny county families on the re-
lief rolls. On Nov. is, just before
the CWA work went into effect,
there were 63,045.
Inasmuch as 1900 have been
given CWA work in the Pittsburgh
district, this burden must have
fallen appreciably since.
CWA work here is Of a more
profitable character than in some
cities. For instance, 1900 men are
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-01-13

in the state high school league
Is "ResOlved: That the United
States Should Adopt a System
of Radio Control and Rcgula-
ton F;imilar to That OF Great
Britain" To our way OF
thinking the negative should
have all the best of the argu-
ment, for we can't think OF
many really sound reasons for
such a change. Broadcasting
in England is almost purely
educational; the natural tend
ency is to "send the programs
down to the listeners level"
With IA gOvernment-approved
monopoly, and a tax on every
receiving set, the British
BrOa d C a sting Corporation
holds the nations radio enter
tainment in the palm OF its
hand. The American idea OF
free competition, with sponsors
footing the entertainment bills,
seems a lot better to us.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-01-13

IL was an errand OF mercy
which led Lily Pons. VITO appears
on tho Kinds Hall OF Fame pro-
gram sunday, January u. at iO:sO
.. m, over tho NBC rcd network,
TO fame. II she hadn't played the
plano for wounded soldiers IN IN.
rislan hospitals, ana II they HADN'T
begged her 10 sing, she never
would have been discovered, A
friend took her 10 n teacher who
advised her 20 study opern, she
did. and A. 4 result, one OF tbo
nreatest opera singers OF tho dav
was found.
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to go to. work in western PENN
sylvania sealing up the mouths Of
abandoned mines, which should
improve the water for drinking,
washing and fishing over a large
part Of the state.
May Complete Tower
The Tower Of Learning of the
University Of Pittsburgh, which has
stood, uncompleted, a gaunt steel
skeleton, for many months, may be
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-01-13

finished partly, using materials al
ready on the ground and CWA
labor.
NRA compliance, generally speak
ing, has been good, according to
Frank Harper, secretary of the
Chamber Of Commerce.
"There have been altogether
some 1,400 complaints under the
blanket code," Harper says. MANY
of these were merely trivial or
obviously due to misunderstanding.