U.S.A. AFFAIRS

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 February 1937, Page 14

U.S.A. AFFAIRS

YOUTHS DEMONSTRATE. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.I WASHINGTON, February 21. Representatives of youth organisations from every part of the country are taking part in a demonstration practically at the door of the White House, on behalf of the measure, now before Congress, providing 500,000.000 dollars for vocational and scholarship assistance, and vocational training, for persons of ages between 16 find 25. Two of the leaders have been arrested. The young people are parading the streets and overrunning the capitol, which vibrated with a kind of lobbying hitherto unknown there. A deputation waited on President Roosevelt, who is alleged to have declared that their demands were too advanced, but to have favoured greater assistance for youth in need.

SUPREME COURT. WASHINGTON, February 20. Speaking from the floor of the Senate, Senator I-I. F. Ashurst defended President Roosevelt’s judiciary programme which, he said, was the mildest and best which could be presented in the circumstances. Senator J. T. Robinson strongly attacked the organised forces which were seeking to control every publicity agency throughout the nation to cry down the judiciary plan. STEEL FOR NAVY. WASHINGTON, February 21. The Department of Labour has asked the United State.s Steel Corporation to set aside two plants to supply the Navy with steel, on the basis of a 40-hour week.

ELECTROCUTION. NEW YORK, February 20, Major Green has been sentenced to electrocution during the week beginning April -1, at Sing Sing Prison. WARSHIP EXPLOSION. SAN PEDRO, February 20. A seventh victim has died through tho explosion on the United States Navy training ship Wyoming, and the number of injured lias increased to 13, of whom two are expected to die. j A Naval Board inquest has been convened on board tho Wyoming, but the members declined to issue statements. It is learned, however, that the war head of the shell, not the powder charge, exploded.