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Grave Indictment In Darrow Report

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Washington, May 21.

indictment of A grave National Recovery Administration is contained, in an 80,000 word report of the National Recovery Review Board, headed by the veteran lawyer. Mr. Clarence 9. Darrow.

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The Board was established bý President Roosevelt to ascertain whether the N.R.A. Codes tended to promote monopolies, or elimin. ace, oz oppress small enterprises.

After investigating 113 com- plaints against 18 Codes. the Board finds that the phrase "falr competition" is merely a resound ing illusory.

It adds: "What the powerful producer calls fair, the weaker riyal fiercely denounces as' most unfair. There is no way to re- concile the difference. All com- petition is savage, wölfish and re- lentless, and can be nothing else."

Restoring Competition

The report recommends the re- Lurn of the anti-trust laws for the purpose of restoring competition which the Board believes, is one of the great needs of the time.

The report. maintains price-fixing by industry and price regulätton by the Government would involve practically the same difficulties.

that

The problem of polleing Indus- try in order to prevent price com- petition, on which the American public has long relled to avoid the evils of monopoly and inefficiency in business and high, prices, would be insuperable.

In reference to the motion plc- ture industry. the report states that the monopolistic practices; there are bold and aggressive, and its smaller enterprises are cruelly! oppressed.

Steel Monopolista Monopolistic conditions in the steel industry have long existed owing to the absolute control by larger companies. This control is assured through the American Iron and Steel Institute which is supposed to represent large arid

small enterprises:

In reality, however, the voting arrangements leave the small en- terprises at the mercy of the large

concerns.

The foregoing findings have a majority of five members of the Board.

Mr. J. F. Sinclair dissent ed and filed a separate report."" A supplementory report has been filled by Mr. Darrow and Mr. W. N. Thompson.

It states that there is no hope for the small businessman or for complete recovery in enforced re- strictions on production for the purpose of maintaining higher prices.

GEN. JOHNSON REPLIES

Asks for Abolition of Board

Washington, May 21. The National Recovery Adminis- trator, General Hugh Johnson, in describes the Darrow report as a a letter to President Roosevelt, superficial, intemperate and inac- curate document, and urges the immediate abolition of the Board on the ground that it is no set- vice to anyone. It is nothing but

clares.

HỒNG KONG DAILY PRESS, – TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1934.

BULGARIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT

Check To Italian Policy

Soda, May 21 Everything is quiet. The only evidence of an emergency situa– tion is the presence of military pickets in the streets and occa- sional patrols of two soldiers and one policeman.

A curfew order was re-enforced midnight. Pedestrians were sent home and traffic prohibited. -Reuter.

POLITICAL DECOMPOSITION Soña, May 21, Political and moral decomposi- on in Bulgaria has reached alarming propositions, and the country is in danger of reaching an impossible solütion, declared the Prime Minister, M. Gueor- glueff. in an interview with Rev ter yesterday.

AIRWOMAN IN

SINGAPORE

Miss Jean Batten

Singapore, May 21 The airwoman. « Jean Batten, arrived here and left for Batavia to-day. Reuter,

Miss Bätten, recently attempted a flight to Australia in an endea- vour to beat Mrs. Mollison's re- cord, but she had the misfortune to crash in the darkness near Rome.

SOUTH

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OPPOSE RECOGNITION

The Manchukuo

Issue

PROFESSOR WHO TOLL OF THE CHICAGO WAS DETAINED

Allegations By Japan

Tokyo, April 21. The ban against the publication of news relating to Professor Bickerton, who was recently de- tained by the Japanese authori-.. thes on a charge of communistic activities, has been lifted.

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FIRE

Many Valuable Buildings Destroyed

Chicago, May 21. Among the principal buildings destroyed by are are the hall of the Blockyards, the amphitheatre Society of

It was stated "that Bickerton- the Percheron who was attached to one of the America, Brokers' National Bank, leading Japanese Universities, had Stockyard Inn; haunt of Chicago's donated 300 yen to a Communist millionaires, which is built like an Party in April 1933 from an old English hostelry and contain-

allowance given by the Govern- nent for expenses while on fur- lough.

Smoking Scene Of Desolation

Chicago, May 21.

Three firemen were killed. 150 ed many valuable pictures, Equip-:] persons were injured and 2,000.are. ment Corporation Warehouse. P. homeless as the result of the glant Brennan Packing" Company's fire at the stockyards here, yester- It was also alleged that he Building. Drover's Journal Build-day.

The fames devoured buildings spent his furlough in Moscow. Ber- Ing." Chicago Junction Railroad lin and London instead, of in New Offices ·and ...... Stockyards, Illinois and pens of cattle, leaving sa Zealand, while he was reported Bell Telephone Exchange Com- smoking scene of desolation re- to have kept Japanese Communists pany. Saddle and Sirloin Clubsembling a Flanders battlefield. supplied with propaganda and with its valuable art collection.- The freis believed to have published short stories dealing Reuter.

The "new" Goverment, he said, would follow the same policy as (From Our Special Correspondent) with Japanese proletarian life regards Foreign Affairs as the last Government.

Canton, May 21 - M. Gueorgiuef, who is 52 years a political sounding board, he de-old, is a retired Colonel, and was

The Impending recognition of first elected as a Deputy In 1923. the Manchukuo by the National He was Minister of Communica-Government through resumption hours of cavaller inquiry into pretions in an earlier Government of direct postal and railway com-

The Board assumed, after a few

judiced testimony, to pass Judg- ment On Codes on which the N.R.A. spent weeks of inquiry and investigation.

The Board's continuance as a

Gofernment agency would enable to promote private purposes at public expense.

The Board is clearly incapable of fulfilling its functions."the letter concludes.-Reuter.

A REAL VITAL

ISSUE

Buried in Angry Mass

New York, May 21. The suggestion that Mr. Clar ence Darrow Was expected to 300the the NRA.. dispute into somnolence has instead exploded

and is described as a "not impres- sive man" He is stockily bulit and lost the sight of one eye in the Great War...

through Martin Lawrence in Lon-

don' The Professor was accused of

having brought back to Japan a large quantity of Inflammatory literature and having donated 100 yen a month to Japanese Com- munications was discussed at the munista ever since his return from regular meeting of the Kuomin-furlough in September 1933, which, tang South-west Executive Com- according to the police, went a mittee this morning.

long way to help the strained fin-of Mr. Tang Shao Y. Be standing ances of the Communists.

Committee and Professor. Bickerton was also concurrently magistrate of Chung-charged with having urged the shan County, was to have left Japanese Students' to Join radical here for Chungshaf last Saturday | organisations-Reuter. but postponed his "departure until to-morrow after the meeting of the South-west Executive Com mittee and the South-west Politi- cal Council.

The Bulgarian newspapers are appearing normally, but have re-member of the frained from publishing criticism of the dietorship.

It is reported that a decree abolishing all political parties is about to be issued-Reuter.

THE FRENCH SPHERE.

Belgrade, May 20. The new Bulgarian Government

It is stated that a telegram will has been warmly welcomed. It is

be sent in the name of the mem- believed that one of its main tasks bera of the Kuomintang C.EC. in is to clear up, the Macedonian Ter-Canton imploring Nanking not to rorist Association in preparation recognize the Manchukuo in а for a Yugoslav-Bulgarian alliance. formal manner or in a round about

Reports that the Bulgarian

way. These members hold the Minister to Paris has been recall-view that since the League of ed to Sofia to become Foreign Nations and its members have re- Minister leads to the belief that fused to recognize the Manchukuo, Bulgaria has been brought from the Italian to the French sphere ¦ of Influence.--Reuter.

ITALIAN VIEWS ·

Rome, May 20.

WELL BORING ONLY UNDER PERMIT

been started by a cigarette care- "lessly thrown in a haybarn.

Two fire engines, three stock-

U. S. BASEBALL yards two halls, two banks, to-

Sunday's Results

gether with a hotel, a brewery, an rallway office and a telephone ex- change. were gutted,

now

con-

The flames were so high that an airman, 100 miles away over In- diana, saw them. New York, May 21,

The authorities are The following were the results fronted with the problem of mai

baseball games played to-day:-taining "the" homeless hungry

National League

victims. Thousands of police re- serves have been called and the Governor is holding the militia in readiness in case of trouble.

Chicago

Brooklyn

Cincinnati

Boston

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R. H. E. 1 5 3

5 9 2

0 4.3

1 7 3

Cantwell pitched for Cincinnati. Game went to ten inninga

Pittsburgh

# 12 Philadelphia

...... 16 23 Home run by Suhr (Pittsburgh) St. Louis

New York

1 1.

'9 11 2 3 7 1 Home runs by Collins, Medwick

The damage, at present, in eam. timated at between US$10,000,000- and U.S. $25,000,000.

Six blocks of stores and 75 work- mers' cottages" were destroyed in the dre and 1,500 persons were treated for injuries, including 400 firemen who are suffering from bad burns.

Domestic Water To and G. Davis (St. Loula). Out (Newpanies, valued at U.S.75.000 per-

· Be Certified

Shanghai, py_16.

York),

American League.

Boston Chicago

R. H. E.

15 9

S 6 0 "Home runs by Morgan (Boston), Bonura (2) and Broken (Chicago).

Philadelphia

712

The equipment of a fire.com-

ished in the flames.

Sporadic outbreaks continue; and 68-fire enginee are still coping with the flames.-Reuter.

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Washington

4 12

Detroit

6

0

New York Cleveland

5

8 12.0

Lou Gehrig (New York) hit homet.

China should not disappoint the The Commissioner of Public friendly Powers by granting a le-Health recently drew the attention gal status to the puppet regime..of the Health Committes to the

of unsatisfactory nature water However, this telegram, it is supplied for domestic by the in- understood, is in the nature The Bulgarian coup is welcomed advice to the Central Authorities the Setlement which had been aud of creasing number of doop wells in

St. Louis

10 14 a bombshell was made by the here as another sign of the growth and will not bring about a rup were being sunk at

Home runs by McNair (Phila- "Herald Tribune." The journal | of Fascism.

a "depth in- declares that

ture between Nanking and Canton. [ sufficient to provide water for delphia) and Clift (St. Louis) оде cannot help On the other hand the rap-The South-west authorities are domestic use. Although the", water feeling that burled somewhere in proachment -with Yugoslavia, an angry mass is a real vital issue.

was not necessarily unfit for human. bringing Bulgaria into the French in a position to maintain a separ- The New York Times" observes sphere, is the cause of strong dis-ate government unless Nanking consumption, he said, it was uSUR)- that the business of framing and approval, particularly in view that troops are sent close to the Kwang-ly so hard and of such excessive was found administering codes is

necessary to attempt to remove the terribly the Queen of Bulgaria is the tung border to supervise the affairs iron content that it overdone when the administration daughter of the King of Italy.

of this province.

Meanwhile, General Huang Shao tron by filtration, which frequently bas departed from plan and will The weaning of Bulgaria from slung. Minister of Interior, is re-resulted in gross bacterial con- create only a few for the lead-

ported to be on his way to Cantontamination. There had been no necessity to obtain a permit before ing industries.

from Nanking to explain to the sinking a deep well on private pro- leaders here the foreign policy of perty, and no provision for the the National Government. This is testing of water supplied by deep to avoid misunderstanding between wells before use.

The work undertaken is far too vast for any bureaucracy.

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The Times hopes that the immense body of unenforced and unenforcable codes will be heavily deftated.

The Journal of Commerce ... de». Hope Of American People The hope of the American clares that the report reveals the people, including the small busi-existence of a Left Wing among nessman, les in the planned use crities of the NRA. which will of America's resources following socialisation.

To give sanction to the Govern- ment to sustain profits was not planned economy, but a regiment- ed organisation for exploitation.

The transfer of the powers of

frankly convert industry into the most collective structure 17′ Mr. Darrow becomes a candidate for the post of American Lenin."

LAST BIG JOB

Washington, May 21. A friend of Mr. Darrow declares

the N.RA. to the Federal Trade that the latter was not approach- Commission would help to" informed the public of the inherent diff- culties of the, small man at the present stage of the industrial development of the capital struc- ture of the United States-Reuter.

VALUE OF ARMS TREATY

Senator Borah's

View

Washington, May 21.1 Benator Borah, interviewed to-

very little.

He added that the munition

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as regards the defence of Samuel Insull He does not want to be drawn into another case, but. like the NRA report, it will be. his last big job-Reuter.

A.D.C. TO THE KING

Admiral Kelly Appointed

Admiral St John Kelly has

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Italy is a check to the Italian polley in the Balkans. as Italy has hitherto been a champion of treaty revision in favour of Bul- garla and counts Bulgaria 29 potential ally-Reuter.

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BERLIN JUBILANT

Berlin, May 20. Jubilation is expressed ir, un- official Nazi circles at the "trend of events in Bulgaria

The "coup d'etat is regarded as another sign of the need of an "Iron Fist" in modern European government-Reuter.

LONGEST BAR IN THE WORLD

Shanghai's Claim Superseded

New York May 21. Shanghal's claim to possess the longest bar in the world would be superseded by the Commodore Hotel bar which is 125 feet long and specially designed to cope: with vertical drinking:

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the Canton, faction and the Cen-Replying to members, the Cum tral Authorities.

GOERING AND HIS PARTY

missioner of Public Health stated that in scene cases water of ex- cellent quality could be obtainer at a considerably less depth than

at-others.

MANCHESTER WINS

THE CUP

Anybody's Game To The Last

(Special Air Mall Service)

· London."- May · 1. Manchester City won the Cup Final yesterday at Wembley by two goals to one.

It was undoubtedly one of the most exciting Cup finals for many years. The insupportable suspense

who, unable to get seats, had wait- cd patiently outside, the stadium, trembling whenever there was a roar from within, for they feared tha: Fortsmouth might have scored agit. They were a gallant group. They had travelled, all the way

A suggested form of permit the sinking of deep wells was dig cusses by the "Committee, who, re- commended, that the boring of deep wells be allowed only under the Council's permit and that terms and conditions as set forth be ap- of that last quarter-of-hour! Up to from Manchester, they had known proved.

then we had all supposed that before they started that they had The Council has decided that the boring of deep wells will be allow-Fortsmouth would win for they very little chance of getting seats; ed only under permit and that were a goal ahead, and the Forts- but they came, and stood for a with effect from June 1, the follow-mouth supporters, who by this time hour and a half stamping up and (Special to the "Hong Kong Daily ing permit conditions will be en had shouted all their voices away down in the mud, while the hea-

forced:-

vens raged above them. Prom" (Copyright),]

Inspection Ensured

after

Welcomed in Greece

began to have a dreamy look, for already they could see in imagina-

tion the King presenting the Cup

the

1 Free access shall be given to Council employees during course of their duties,

2 No well shall be drilled with in a distance of twenty feet from any Municipal Road,

Bo this was the position when

to their captain. They were saving Allen returned to the field. Man- up their voices for that last trium-chester had got their goal, the plant moment.

Then suddenly

score was one all, and his whole

Athens, May 20. Premier Goering and his party, unusual enthusiastic,

energy must be bent upon rallying welcome in Greece where the

his team. He failed. There was. highest decorations were bestowed

3. No discharge from the well

everything no holding Manchester now. They on them by the Greek Govern- shall flow into the Council's drain- changed, and the great crowd went had throughout the game been thes ment, left for Delphi on Sunday. age system without the consent of mad. And this is how it happened more akiful side, but they had

Goering yesterday laid a wreath the Council

Portsmouth, as I have said, were falled up to this point because of on the cenotaph while the band

4. Adequate settling tanks shall ahead by a goal, and largely owing an inability to drive their adsan played the Greek and German na-be installed and in the event of the to the tremendous courage and ice home. But there was no lack. tional anthems,

drains becoming silted the holder skill of their captain, Aller had of purpose, now. They were sud- President Zaimis later gave an shall forthwith at his own experisty kept the lead. At this point Allen denly possessed. Two minutes bo audience to Goering and his party, cause them to be cleaned. Any the pational suard parading on section of the drain under the injured. His absence threw fore the end they scored again, and Following the testing of the the occasion. Premier Goering Council's, road shall be cleansed by ditzlay Into the Fortsmouth side, the rest was all rejoicing... and

It was relegalised to-day despite strenuous opposition from the dry faccion-Reuter.

result

festivity.

Canton, May 21,

and correspondingly heartened been appointed as first and prin- charcoal automobiles the

received the highest Greek decora the Council at the holder's expense. cipal Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty of which was

tion, namely the Grand Cross of No discharge from the well shall Manchester. When Allen returried, very satisfactory,

"be"

permitted to flow into the he found that Manchester had got

That goal was really welcome to day, said that the Arm Treaty the King in succession to Admiral the Kwangsi government has de- the Order of Saviour. Coering in

a goal, and that the score was one us all, whether we supported Man- 6. No water taken from the well | ali. now before the Senate wasworth Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt from "Jalycided to use chalrcoal to substi- / moving terms, thaiked the Greekwerage system 4

chester or : Portsmouth. For the tude gasoline as fuct of all, buses Government for this singular dis shall be used or supplied for domes

suspense was too much. We could Admiral Tyrwhitt was Comman in Nanking city. It is learned tinction, declaring that he saw in the purposes until it has been ex-

But this is to anticipate, which not have supported it very much manufacturers had seen to that. der-in-Chief of the Chins Station that the Mechanic Section of the it, a distinction for the entire Geramined and certised as suitable for is very natural, seeing that we all longer, so thrilling, Indeed, were

from 1827 to 1929.

such use by the Commissioner of Rural. Highway Bureau is now

man nation

died a thousand deaths during the final stages that wit, very busy in making charcoal ga-The Greek foreign minister, Public Health. siders.

Maximos gave a banquet to the 6. The applicant shall on the is those last dreadful minutes. The | Manchester goalkeeper, when the German guests, which was one of me of this permit deposit with the game started, and after twenty final whistle blow, appeared to

Canton May 21.

the most brilliant social functions. Council the sum of 150 to cover the seven minutes Fortationth cored thousand enthusiastic, fees for the preliminary full their goal. They held rimly, on Expansion of the quarantine Sixty station at Nanshektow now Greeks assembled at the Athens chemical and bacteriological ex to that lead all through the Osaka, May 21. under way according to the stadium to-day and gave Goering amination half and well into the se The Hon. Mr. Latham and his Municipal Bureau of Public Health, a rousing reception, all of them - Free access shall be given at why not until sev Goodwill: Mission party from. Condemnation of neighbouring rising to their feet as one man al ties hereafter for the purpose before the end that of taking samples from time to secred their first goal Australia sailed on their homelands has already begun. Con- when Goering entered. Goering time. The examination, of auch Bir Alexander Cadogan, the ward voyage from Nagasaki by the struction of additional buildings thanked the audience for tale ime samples, being in the interests of which sent every Manche British Minister returned from 4.a, Kitano Maru at 4 pm; to-day, is expected to be started very procedented reception to a foreign pable health, will be undertaken porter stark raving Nanking to-day-Reuter.

statesman. ---Transocean Kuo Min. free of charge. shortly,

MR. JAMIESON'S TO GO. TO WEIHAIWEI

Pelping, May 21.

Mr. E. G. Jamieson, His Majesty's Consul at Changsha has been appointed as Consul at Welhalwe

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