Chapter 891 The Republican Party whose lives are on the line Chapter 892 The great famine!(2/2)
Famine spread in the United States, and anti-hunger marches have begun across the United States. As the scale of the march is large, there will definitely be many conflicts.
In early July, a severe riot broke out in Deerbone, Michigan.
At the beginning, this riot was not a hunger march, but caused by the unemployed people. Although the new policy solved the problem of unemployment well, in some parts of the United States, the unemployment rate was still quite high, and Michigan was a state with relatively serious unemployment problems. At the beginning, some unemployed workers held a march, and they gathered together to demand that the government introduce some measures to solve their unemployment problems. It can be said that the unemployment march was quite calm.
However, when protesting, some people in the crowd fainted, of course they were fainted. Such a scene suddenly made the people's emotions excited. Without a job and enduring hunger, how could people have no complaints in this kind of life?
Not only in Michigan, but also in the United States, milk, eggs and fresh fruit are basically high-end foods. Due to food shortages and malnutrition, many people have rickets, scurvy and pellagra. People use bread, potatoes and beans as their staple foods. To add to order cabbage for a week, even if it improves the food, some restaurant managers will donate some leftovers, bakers will donate their spoiled bread, fruit wholesalers will donate their overripe products, and some truck drivers will deliberately drop a box of oranges from the car and pretend to know nothing about the oranges scattered all over the floor.
The ultimate deterioration of food shortage is eating garbage. This behavior occurs in many cities. Many people gather next to the unloaded garbage trucks. Men, women and children. As soon as the truck leaves, they dig with sticks and grab scattered food and vegetables. Such things can often be seen in newspapers.
People felt completely disgusted by such a life, their anger was constantly piled up, and during this parade, such anger finally broke out.
It was originally an unemployment parade, but it immediately turned into an anti-hunger parade. People surrounded the city government of Deerbone and began to throw stones inside.
Just when the situation became a little out of control, some people stood on a high ground and told their companions that the city government was holding a banquet, and the people were almost starving to death. These men from the city government were still enjoying the cream cheese while drinking and enjoying the cream cheese. The angry people rushed into the city government, and there was indeed a cocktail party inside. The crazy people began to rob and smash, and the entire city government of Deerbone was in a mess. The mayor of Deerbone called the police. A conflict between the police and the people eventually turned into a bloody incident. A total of more than 20 people were shot and killed by the police, and several casualties were also killed.
The Deerbone incident shocked the whole country. For the people of Deerbone, a vigorous support movement was launched across the United States, and a huge anti-hunger wave was set off across the United States, and the entire United States was submerged in protests.
The good situation since the implementation of the new policy has disappeared!
Faced with such a situation, the federal government was completely panicked, and Brian Rutman quickly convened a congress to discuss countermeasures.
At this meeting, Republican and Democratic lawmakers gathered together and gave suggestions.
As the leader of the Democratic Party, Franklin Roosevelt proposed a so-called "rough liberal" plan, which is very detailed, but in the end it is just one sentence: no matter when, the stability of the country is the most important. We must resolutely suppress the people's riots. After the suppression, the government will begin to regulate and let them find a way out freely.
In addition, Roosevelt also made a report to Congress, saying that the new deal that Hoover stayed behind proved to be a failure and should be abolished and re-thought.
Roosevelt's proposal aroused heated discussions in Congress. His proposal was obviously ulterior motives. If Rutman did it according to his words, it would be a huge disaster for the Republican Party and the United States.
Roosevelt obviously did not take the sadness of the people and the fate of the country at all. In fact, he knew the effect of the new policy. The reason why he did this was to try his best to make the Republican Party lose the hearts of the people. When the presidential election was in the future, he would naturally be able to take office.
At this critical moment, a man stood up and scolded Roosevelt in front of everyone in Congress.
In today's political arena, Roosevelt is a red and purple person. Even within the Republican Party, there are many people who are unwilling to provoke him. The person who scolded Roosevelt was full of anger with his endless eloquence and righteous indignation. He scolded Roosevelt so much that he rolled down from the podium with his tail between his legs.
This person is no one else, but a veteran of the Republican Party. He once served as Coolidge's vice president, Cargill Crowze.
Crowze has always been famous for his courage to speak and be decisive. As a veteran of the Republican Party, he naturally knew that Roosevelt's proposal had sinister intentions. In Congress, many people were from the Democratic Party, and most people on the Republican Party could not see the situation clearly. Many people were eager to calm down the current chaotic situation and doubted Hoover's new policy. Roosevelt's eloquence is well known, if he was asked to continue talking there, he would definitely incite Congress to pass his proposal in the end.
At the critical moment, Crowze slapped the table and drove Roosevelt down. He scolded Roosevelt as a cancer of the country and a villain with ulterior motives. He warned Congress that President Hoover's new policy was proved to be very correct and the only way to get out of trouble between the people and the United States. Roosevelt's proposal was obviously intentionally to push the Republican Party and President Hoover's reputation to the cliff. Crowze also strongly opposed the proposal to suppress the people. He believed that the people were innocent and their living conditions were indeed too tragic. They would never be able to do such a thing unless they had to. If the government suppressed it, it would be different from the dictator, and it would definitely lose the people's hearts and cause greater trouble.
Finally, Crowze pointed out that the new policy is a very correct measure. The most fundamental reason for the current situation is this sudden famine. If the government tightens its belt in the past few months to help the people overcome difficulties, by the time the crops are harvested next year, the chaos will naturally disappear. Therefore, the biggest task of the government at present is to mobilize the state machinery and do everything possible to take all measures to get the people out of hunger.
It can be said that Crowze's statement is very wise.
His passionate speech in Congress also awakened the conscience of most members of parliament. With the collective efforts of everyone, Roosevelt's so-called suppression proposal and proposal to abandon the new policy were rejected, and Roosevelt himself was scolded by many members of parliament, which was a shock.
Brian Rutmann is not a fool either. Under Crowze's analysis, he naturally understood the purpose behind Roosevelt's proposal. He agreed with Crowze's statement, disagreed with the abolition of the new policy, and did not agree to suppress the people, but Rutmann believed that such chaos must be controlled and that the people cannot be lawless.
After discussions in Congress, a so-called "relief plan" was introduced. The core content of this plan was that the country took out a huge amount of money to establish a relief committee to provide relief to people in various cities in the United States.
But the problem is that with so many refugees across the country, this relief payment must be short of limits.
But it is better than nothing. For the Rutman government, it can only do this at this point at present.
Although there is relief funds, the situation is still not very good. Many places are not enough for relief funds, and what is often in the hands of the people is the so-called "relief adjustment" certificate. To put it bluntly, it is just a blank note. In some places, the relief funds on the relief certificate will not be paid until 1945. This thing is simply a piece of waste paper for the people, and their lives have not been improved at all.
In this case, the conflict remains.
With the turbulent situation in the United States, major Hollywood film companies are still shooting movies in a hurry.
June and July of each year are the time when major Hollywood film companies launch their most important movies of the year, and this year is extremely intense.
In early July, the first one to start the filming was Universal Film Company. Howard Hawks's film script "Dawn Detective" was submitted, and it was approved by me, Griffith and others. It was invested 1.5 million US dollars by Universal Film Company. Howard Hawks's film, which follows his usual style, is a story about the joys and sorrows of men. It is clear.
This movie is very outstanding in terms of conception and creativity, and it is also the best movie of Universal Film Company this year.
Immediately afterwards, Fox Films also announced that it would start filming, and there would be two movies as soon as it started filming.
The first of these two movies was "The Angels Hell" directed by Lewis Myerstone, with an investment of 2.3 million yuan. As soon as the movie came out, it attracted attention and also caused an uproar.
Last year, Lewis Milestone became the biggest dark horse among Hollywood filmmakers with "No War on the West Front". Not only did he win both fame and fortune, but he also won the Best Director Silver Feather Award at the Harvey Awards. Such results are obviously extremely rare for Lewis Milestone as a newcomer.
It is precisely because of this that Fox Films attaches great importance to Lewis Milestone and supports his script very much. This can be seen from the investment of 2.3 million yuan.
The audience is looking forward to Lewis Myerstone. After all, he filmed such an excellent movie last year. But many people are very concerned about his new movie, and the reason for his attention is naturally the name of the movie. Lewis Myerstone's movie is called "Hell of Angels". In Hollywood and in the United States, everyone knows howard Hughes's new line film company is now filming and is about to be completed. The blockbuster is called "Hell Angels".
These two movies are very interesting in terms of the name. I don’t know if Lewis Milestone’s name was intentional or just a coincidence.
Because Sissidimil followed Fritz Lang's "Satan" and named his movie "Lady Satan", but after falling a big frustration, the people were worried about the movie Lewis Milestone.
However, Lewis Myerstone was unaware of it. He even joked that the audience could watch his "Hell of Angels" in comparison with Howard Hughes's "Hell Angels".
The second movie launched by Fox Films is an Ilia Kazan movie called "The Gentleman Agreement".
I have some impression of this movie.
Historically, "The Gentleman Agreement" is one of Ilya Kazan's representative works, and it is precisely through this movie that Ilya Kazan won his first Oscar. It can be said that this movie is a rare film work.
Fox Film Company invested 2 million to invest in Ilia. Kazan completed this movie, which took more than a year to complete, and it was very thoughtful. Paramount Film Company is obviously indispensable. They released two movies in the second half of the year.
The first movie was Sjostram's new work "Night". Since Sjostram swept across Hollywood with his "Wind", he has not made any noise in the past year. Some people say that Sjostram has ended his talents, while others say that this guy is sharpening his knife. As a result, just as people are waiting and seeing, Sjostram really took on the banner of Paramount Film Company. This "Night" was not only favored by Adolf Chuck, the owner of Paramount Film Company, but also received an investment of 3 million yuan, which shows how unusual this movie is.
Sjostram's Swedish film style is one of the reasons why he is popular among the public. Obviously, this movie must continue his usual shooting style. Sjostram revealed at the opening ceremony that his movie will tell a story that does not happen in the real world at all. This story is magical, bizarre, like a black fairy tale, but it is absolutely profound.
Such movies are very rare in Hollywood, so they have attracted the attention of many people.
In fact, there are many such subjects in Europe, and they have a deep tradition in Europe. The European film industry, which is deeply influenced by Gothic culture, ancient European mythology systems and other images, is very fond of such subjects. Sjostram is smart and found a shooting path that she is good at but Hollywood lacks. Such movies, regardless of whether they will be recognized in artistic terms, can at least make money.
This is also the most fundamental reason why Adolf Chuck admires this movie so much and invests so much money to shoot it.
In addition to investing in "Night", Paramount Films also invested in "The Lizard" by John Houston.
If Zenerman is the pillar of MGM's future, then John Houston is obviously Paramount's future spiritual leader. Adolf Chuck likes John Houston very much and obeys the young and talented director.
This time, John Houston also embarked on a unique path. His movie, under the name of "The Lizard", tells the story between a man and the Lizard. This story is somewhat similar to Sjostram's "Night", with a somewhat Kafka-like color. From the perspective of ordinary people, it is obviously not in line with reality, but the content is obviously unique.
John Houston is a director who likes to think and a director who likes to innovate. His films, together with Sjostram's film, make the films launched by Paramount Films look unique and intriguing among many films.
As a big company as famous as Paramount Films, MGM Films struck while the iron was hot and spent $3.7 million to invest in a movie after the success of Zinerman's "The Seventh Cross".
And when I saw the name of this movie and the name of the director of this movie, my head suddenly became big.
Chapter completed!