The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-08-23

M&&$#$&$$# h1CnIo llOuI an PuttAS4l
and Franz G%uertner,'
minister of Justice, IL
sued a decree threat
.'a" ening prosecution for
ous''s"'r any priest violating
Goering's Injunction. Throughout the
country generally the Catholic clergy
was cautious, but In iFreiburg, Baden.
where the Goering order had not been
published before Sunday, the priests
read in their pulpits a letter from the
e%piscopate calling the Nazf action 9
violation OF the concordat with the
Vatican. To this charge the Mails re-
ply that the Catholics were the first
to violate the concordat by making at
tacks on the Hitler youth movement
In their. parish papers.
This new purge" by the Nails In
cludes a renewed crusade against the
Jews and dissolution of the Steel Hell
NETS, veterans organization, in varl-
Gus provinces. The Jews are helpless
and, If Julius ,Streicher has his way,
will be- all driven out Of Berlin or Sc
gregated in ghettos. But the Steel Hell.
NETS, whose chief.is Minister of. Labor
Franz Seldte, are likely to u the
Hitler government a lot Of trouble.
The organizations weekly paper is u.s.
ing language. that is not often heard
in Germany, these days. and Seldte is
demanding the reason for suppression
Of the local divisions.
MAYOR LA GUARDIA of New York
A'A has created an International in
cident all by himself. He backed up
License Commissioner Paul Moss In his
refusal to license one "Mr. X" to work
In the metropolis as a massage oper.
ator because he Is a German. The
German diplomatic officials were pre-
pairing to complain to the State de-
partment' that the city vas violating
the 'German-American commercial,
treaty of 1925. But Mr.. La, .Guardia:
declared the treaty: Is null and void
because Germany has Disseminated;
against American citizens: Of jewish
origin. :, ~
|; He indicated; that not even; the State
department can: force him to back
down.
"This order. shall be. carried out ui.
til such time as we: are directed to'do'
otherwise by the courts" he said. :
The German question also threatened
to come up in the senate, for Senator
King OF. Utah, said he would ask an in
vestigation to determine whether the
United, States would be warranted in
~"severing diplomatic relations with.
Germany.
THAT wholly un-American proce.
= dure, the general strike, was tried,
out by organized labor in Indiana and
the $1,000 Inhabitants of Terre Haute
were deprived of all food supplfea
The local authorities of vigo county
called on the governor for help and
Mr.. McNutt promptly ordered IA com.
panies Of the National Guard to tho,
scene. Brig. Gen. Wray De. Prez, in
command, promised the merchants who
had been bullied into shutting their
shops would be given protection. and
said his first endeavor would be to
restore the milk and ice service. This
had been cut off even from hospitals,
The general strike was called by As
unions without warning, because labor
leaders had been unable to reach an
agreement with the Columbian En-
ameling and Stamping company. Some
600 of that concerns employees went
on strike in March and the plant was
closed down, but the union leaders
thought It was about to be reopened
by strikebreakers.
Conciliators from the Department of
Labor arrived and within 4S hours the
general strike collapsed and was called
off by the union officials in charge. The
strike at the stamping company. how-
ever, continued in effect and several
times the troops were forced to use
tear gas bombs to dispense riotous
mObs. L. IL.
Terre Haute merchants estimated
that the two days strike cost them at
least half a million dollars. The state
spent probably $4,000 in maintaining
order by use OF the troops. The state
federation of labor asserted the sym.
patty walkout was unauthorized.
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5nROPPING all their rebellious in
- dignation, the Democrats of the
house did everything the adminlstra-
tion wished In considering the social
security blu az altered BY the senate.
The conferees had settled all DIFF
ferences after two weeks OF hard work,
but q Of the amendments they ac-
cepted wa that permitting private
pension systems TO function under the
measure The majority members Of
the house we're informed that Presi-
dent Roosevelt was opposed to this, %
they refused to accept II. The senate
would not permit the elimination of
the amendment. n. hGck tn ~conferanea \