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be somewhat clouded.
Donaiu The board, of which
h'chper9 Donald Richberg Is
chairman, pointed out three possible
| courses which the President can follow.
The first course would be to make
| MIRA permanent, but In slmpllfied
form. Under this plan, every industry
would have to go under a code fixing
wage and hour limits and prohibiting
child labor. Trade practice provisions
would be entirely voluntary. In rare
cases where price fixing Is employed,
the government, not the industry,
would fix the price.
The second course would be to ex-
| tend the MIRA as 1t now stands, but
| for a limited period. Unless legisla-
| tion of this kind Is enacted, the act
will expire automatically on June 10.
The third course would amend and
extend the NRA.
Most members Of the board. It Is
said, prefer the permanent" plan
which would broaden the governments
regulation of business. No industry
would escape the wage and hour
codes. Today many industries, among
them the telephone, telegraph, and to-
bacco industries, are not under trade
| codes, since these have not been able
| to agree on terms. The present law
permits the President to impose code
only when an industry refuses to sub
NIT voluntarily, such as in the case
of the cotton garment industry.
Observers are not at all sure the
President wants a permanent code.
| Several uncertainties have made 1t diff
ficult for the President to decide, one
of which is the status of section Ia,
the collective bargaining clause.
"A NUMBER Of important Issues
a await the League of Nations as 1t
convenes at Geneva on Its fifteenth
birthday. Five major disputes will
| come before the body, of which the
Saar plebiscite, involving as 1t does
| the disposition of the future national
allegiance of that rich territory, holds
most immediate interest.
|
of the league include: the dispute be-
tween Iraq and Persia over alleged
border violations by the latter; the
border conflict between Italy and
| Ethiopia; the Greek complaint that
| Greek minorities In Albania are being
| deprived of their guaranteed rights;
and the long war in the Chaco Boreal
| hatxuoay, pnlivio puraU1Qu
| EIRST legislation to be put through
the house of representatives was
completed as the $779,916,000 indie
pendent Offices appropriation bill was
| passed in virtually the same form as
recommended by the appropriations
| committee. The amount for the securi-
| ties and exchange commission was in
creased to 100000. Efforts of Rep
resentative Blanton of Texas to reduce
| the $264,043 for the home loan bank
| board and of Representative Taber,
New York, to cut down the appropria-
ton for the federal communications
| commission were defeated.
Signs of gathering storms were seen,
however, as Representative Rayburn,
| Democrat, Texas, chairman of the
house interstate commerce committee,
declared on the floor that he would not
| support bill to place production OF
| oil under government control. Emer-
| gency legislation to supplant control
measures invalidated by the recent de-
cision of the United States Supreme
court will undoubtedly be proposed.
and Rayburn's declaration Is seen as
an indication that opposition may de-
velop.
| G WEDEN, apparently, has found a
- way to beat the depression. King
Gustave in his annual message to par
lament, reported that solution of the
problem of unemployment appears near.
the budget is balanced without new
taxes having been imposed or new
loans fioated. and the national debt
will be reduced this year. Only co.
100000 kroner (about $15,000,0OO) has
been asked for unemployment relief.
as compared to 100000 kroner last
! year.
| APPROVED conditions among corn
1 belt farmers are indicated by fed
| eral report which shows gain OF
/ $S2,9S9. 592. or more than 80 cents a
bushel for each borrower, has been
realized by farmers In 10 states who
availed themselves of the government
45-cent corn loans. Only slightly more
than $50O,O0O of the $3.50. ,259 re-
mains unpaid. About $4,000. 900 bushels
are under seal under the new 55-cent
J nrice rannrt states