AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1924, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS.

[Reutkus Telegrams.] AMERICAN LABOUR. ROLITICAL BULLETIN. Washington. May o. The American Federation ol l.alxiur lia.s issued it political bulletin outlining its demands before giving support to any party tit the coming election.

The bulletin declares initially that there must l-e il revival of tin- spirit of honesty, integrity, and high-minded-tiess in public ollicc. I lie astounding revelations during the past three months are proof o' the need tor a great regeneration of American idealism. Labour, moreover, asks tor the repeal of the anti-trust laws applying to Labour organisation and the continuation of it .sharply graduated income and inheritance-tax favouring reductions mainly lieitt-licial to small in-

comes. The bulletin favours the entrance of the United States into the League of Nations and the World Court. and asks for a permanent immigration policy enforcing strict exclusion for many years to tome. It wants the power of the Supreme Court curtailed and the Itidiciarv’s power .to issue injunctions in connection with labour disputes re-

moved. The bulletin declares that the \ stead Law is an improper interpretation of the Eighteenth Anieitdnienk and wants modification to permit per cent. beer. It concludes: “We need less ‘thou shall not’ in our laws.”

NAVAL BUILDING. NATIONAL RROGHAM.MES ■COM BAR ED. WASHINGTON. May fi

Interesting data concerning the present naval building *>f the Washington Treaty Rowers will he presented at the Congressional investigation! of the American Navy, whose alleged deterioration President C’oolidgc is reported to have discounted as erroneous. The data shows that Japan’s programme is the greatest (-specially in high-speed light cruisers and destroy-

Tho following figures of bidding Programmes are supplied: Total Cruisers and tons. Destroyers. Britain UO-Urt i • s; \ (5 1 .40(5 4-j.OOO Japan' ... ... »7S..MW France f'-T-lS Italy H-*>> *On!.v <k»>imytTS. The main competition involves light cruisers, in which both Britain and the United States are deficient. Britain is the only Rower building Dreadnoughts. These figures will lit- used to convince Con-Mess of the necessity of aypropriating funds to build eight ID.UtK) ton cruisers. GIRL BANDI T .SENTENCED. NEW YORK. May '5. Celia Cooney, the "hobbed-hair girl I,audit.” recently arrested in Florida, and her husband were sentenced to ten and twenty years’ imprisonment tespcctivcly. TDK LIQUOR RROBI.E.M. NEW YORK. May

The eontiwresy regarding Rruless-n' Butler's speech at a dinner in New York, in which In- attacked prohibition, hits developed a new turn. it

being suggested that tin- head ot Columbia University may In- angling lor nominali.-m for the \ icc-Rrcsiilenry. While this motive lias In-eu tfttllioritatively denied observers point cul. that I’resiileOt ( oolidge, "ho is con- : idereil a pr-'liihitioiiisi. might benefit

hv having as running male sla cmsncnl citizen who held liherstl views on prehihition matters. This Mould he especially valuable if the Democratic Convention should oiler consolation to the so-called "wets.” In the meantime the extent i.f popular feeling on the question may he judged from I’t'olessor Butler's receipt of more than 1(1,(KID communications.

One politician, angered by Professor Butler's stand mi prohibition, iitiuouneed that he Mould willulraw his two sons from Columbia University. The local Methoilist Ministerial Association. representing nearly 200 ministers. sulopteil si resolution censuring Professor Rntler. and adding: “We protest against his altitude regarding prohibition, which is not the right hind of patriotic example to set before Ihe thousands of young men and women training for citizenship sit Columbia.''

The resolution further requested the trustees lo dismiss Professor lintler, hut they unanimously refused to do so. IX ('EXTRA I. AUSTRALIA. SAX FRANCISCO. Mav 7. The explores- Stofanssoi). sailed today for ssn exploratory trip into the interior of Australia. He estimates that it Mill take four months. WORLD LEAGUE. WASIHXGTOX. Mav 7.

A French proposal lo ss new international aider, as sin alternative to the British suggestions to modify the Versailles Treaty, Mas suggested sit todsiy's session of the Women's League for rot’-ce and freedom. The Fieneh propositi, supported by most European sections of the League Mould constitute si u oi'ld-M ide League of peoples rdpresenting the ciuismncrs and prodm-ors of sill count s ics, to have legislative, executive and judicial powers. under which they isiulil outlaw wstr, and revise all treaties. It Mould command no armed forces, hut would rely oil public opinion for the enforcement oi its IstM's. It would he empowered in resolve the questions of reparations. intor-Alliod debts, smd to internationalise all sources of power and rsnv nisi, terisds. giving every country, it possible access. A Moild Charter of Labour Mould he compiled.

The proposals were referred to a Committee to obtain the formal opinions of the different national sections.

TRADE INTERESTS. NEW YORK. May 0. A telegram from Cleveland say-: “Only hv the United efforts of business men. statesmen, educationalist.-, and journalists, throughout the world, to create and produce a will to |o:uc. can he achieved recovery and reeonstnirtion of si th Hough abiding kind. This was what Sir l-.-use Howard (Hi itisli Ainhsis-ador) told the ( hamher ol Commerce of the 1 uitod States, addressing them at their annual convention. To the same end. he s;:id, they must M’ork on the one hand, and the fear of revenge on the other, and to show that. M'hile accepting ordinals competition in trade, which is psilt oi the natural order of things, no nation desires to take unfair or improper advantage of any other. Too little attention was paid to the inlluenee of international co-operation.