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- i r ; / The Clinton Qironicle, Clinton, S. C^ Thursday, February 1, l$3l A i ■ ; News Review of Current Events the World Over National Topics Interpreted ’ by William Bruckart Washini:toa. — Id my rambllnsri eround Wauhlnjton, I find c consld^r- abl« namb«’ of Ro- ftmpmhlicotu pabllcan leaders who tf- seem to be cburkllnf Cfiocme tba clectioo to the Oemocrais in November/ 1932. They are. or aeem to be, quite well satisfied at having the country pick Franklin D. lUnmexelt 5 rer Herbert Hoover, and they seem 9 be equally well satisfied that 'the President has such a vast niajorltj In the bouse an^ aenate of congress. Campaign threats and promises Just will not down. The victors have to make good or the vanquished In t*^''** ties pick up the failures and call at tention to them. Consequently, as con- greu begins to grind away on the big gest federal budget ever submitted In peace time, tlie Republicans are find ing Juicy UKirsels to talk alK*ut. And don't think they are overlo»>klng op^ portunities to do so! All of which Is by way of leading ^op ^tKe fa^ tfiit ctfidtdaic H<*o»w- vWt told the country oyer and over again In the fall of that he pro posed to cut governiuent expens»*8 by •oe-fourth. He started out like he In tended to do it by comi>elliiig the ex tra session of congress to trim every where. but the trimming s»*emed only to cause fresh sprouts to shoot up, aud they constitute items of expendi tures that, when totaled, cause one to vfonder why the Preslilent ever made bis declaration as to reduction of ex penses while he was a candidate. Nine months of the Itoos»*velJL ad ministration have elapsi-l: nearly ten months are passed, 'hut official figures mre available for only nine nwiplete months, and so we have to rely on those. And the expenditures keep "on going In the general direction of the ~ - Assuming that the"previous admitits tratioD.. sliuuld accept res^ionsibiltf for commituienta that were fulfilled expenditures made i>rior to the end of the fiscal year that end»*<l in June. liKtS. we can analyze figur«‘s from July 1 to I»e<'euiher 31, z»r a hilf of one fiscal year over which .Mr. K«»o.se velt has had conijiiete c**ntrol. The total outgo from the treasury during those six months was >2.»rjl.S70..Vt7. Id the corresponding six months of the previous year, or from July 1 to I»e- cember 31. 1U3'J. the total outgo was $2,6ri4i,30ft.9G4. These figures are tak en frtim the treasury’s olficial state ment of condition and they cannot be wrong. 30, the end of Ihe current fiscal year, as the President annoujjKred. The new budget lists that amount for emer gency expenditure In the remainder ef Eastman Foresees Government Ownership and Operation if Railways—Progress of President’s Money Bill’— American Recognition foe Mendieta. \ By EDWARD W. PICKARD the fiscal year, and In ‘ddltlon wn- i ¥ i thE.V th« railroad problem of the grew la asked to appropriate $3,538,- | W steles da si>hed. it will 091,7,17 for the “ordinary” running ex penses during the twelve months be ginning with next July L Thera, la the basis in those two items that hit given rise to the expression: "thia la a ten-blllion-dollar congress.” ._.TJie.-budget lists the “ordinary" ex penditure! as follows: Departmental (the various executive departinenta), $2.S99.116.2fK); legislative, (congreii and it! ■tafr>-^$17.7l8,ri00. and for li^ defiendent establishments, boards, bu reaus and commissions. $i»10.Sr)7,OC7. Tlie category of Independent eslabllah- ments, of course. Includes the heavy spending veterans’ administration which ii scheduled to have $.153,210,- 091 for payment for compensation and for the medical and hospital treatment for veterans' In the year beginning 3Hty=_li::r3’he_veterans’ administration Use appropriation-s available In tha present year, or funds to use nntjU next June 30. of $♦Vr.^s:«.^i^l0. so tliat there has been a reduction, but not the full ’25 per cenL My Information is, however, that congress may boost that total somewhat. The veferanf obviously will olitain more If any group can do so. for they always causa cold chills to run up and down tha hacks of politicians, esp»M-ially Just ahead of an eIe<*tion. So the veter ans’ funds can reasonably be erpe<’ted to lie greater than the President pro posed. I 4. B. Eastman would tiuf tie In addition to the dis.satisfai'tiun at seeing the proposed pr«*sent reduction, veterans are still Vefarana rankling under tha StilfSor* be found that the sol^on is govern ment owuershlp and ojier^tion. in tlie opinion ofX^oseph 15.^ 1-Iastman. reder4l <‘0- ordinatur of i r a fi s- IKirtation. The c(^-lu- fUm is set forth in Hs first rejiort. made to'^ the lulerst?^ Coin- mert-e commissimi an'd transmitted to Pre>4- deut UiMis«‘velt. Vice President Harner and Speaker Rainey. Mr. Kastman M:iy8 tlie so lution he foresees inconsistent with our theory of government. Kxplaining that when governments acquire t:|rivate profierty tliey noriiiall.v pay more than it is wurih, Mr. Kasi- mau readies the condttsioii that tlie remedy should not tie applied to rail roads now be<'ause the country is not ‘‘financially in a condition to stand the strain of an ai-ipiisition of these great properties.” The co-ordinator, having set up what lie wishes to lie Ihe ol>j«*ctive of future national railroad- iKilicy, then proi-eeds to make recotiiiuendations within the limits of existing laws, lie Is decidedly skeptii-al of the, Prince plan for consolidation of the roads, for hla assistant, Wiitlam H. Poland, Ikis made aliidieit .that.show the ei-onotuies under this scheme would lie less than utie-third of the original estimates. Most significant of the recommeiula" lions 0,11 consolidations is that pro posals for compulsory cousolidatioiis 5!harp ~cut In'TundiF— sltotrld be given a trial, provided that given them under j the commission and. Hie co-tirdinator find the j[)n>posed mergers to be in the public ititeresl. Mr. KasiiiiainTiro^s^ I do not know whet tier Mr. Rieiae velt’t reference to the ‘J-l (ler cent re duction was meant Little Change only to apply to in Outgo • nary” expenditurea, aa diatlngHisbed from those {layments that are In the emergency spend ing. If that be the case, the assertion that the expenditurea would be cut by one fourth was not understood by a good many |>eopie, including myself. Further, If that was the applii-ation,. then I can ask only what has been ac complished by cutting one item and Increasing another so that the total Is approximately the same over the ail months under review? The figures for the six months kliow that for “ordinary” governmental costs, the outgo was $l,4iJl>.045,214. whereas for the six months ending D^ ceinber 81, 19r$2. the ‘‘ordinary” ex- |ienditures were $‘2.1H2;iT2s‘i4l.- There has been no 25 |ier_ cent reduction there, either, although It still Is possi ble for accoiupllshment of that prom- 1^ before the current fincal year ends' next June 30. ' It happens that through more than n decade 1 have been In close contact with the treasury and gtivernment financial questions, generally. Ihroiigh tlmt ^rlod and for two score years before, there was' no material change Ifl the form In whlch'^the .treasury puh- Halted Its fiM'al condition statement, a dally statement. But Mr. Rmisevelt brought about a change. He I'ontend- ' ed. and with Just grounds, that the expenditures for relief from the de pression constituted outgo that will not recur each year. ^ It is the Presi dent’s Tlew, therefore, that Ihe relief esjl^ndltures should lie accounteil for •eparstely. lie chooses to call them *‘caplwil expenditures." So the change in the treasury*! statement shows the "ordinary” expenditures of the regu lar governmental agencies such as the executive departments, congress, the White House, and permanent bureaus, boards and commissions, and Itemizes the "capital expenditures” separately. His budget that wa.s sent to congress when It convened was a reflection of fbta view. There was the •‘ordinary” budget and then there were the “ca|>- Ital ^expenditurea.**' We actually have two budgets for our governmeiit now. jet aih 1 said earlier, the expemlitures of the government musk be totaled eventually, and that totar ipust come out of the taxpayers* poAels. call them **ordlnary,** *caplul expendi tures,** “extraordinary** or what have joi, • • • Tlie thing that appears to poult BMOt of tha obflcrvero io Washington Is how the idmlnls- PvssIm tmtlon to going to ■aeeeed In last year. It was advertised as a cut of $40i).0uri,- OUn. but •‘readjustments.’* reviews of ‘‘border line” cases and other methods ha\e been used in straightening out the tangle resulting from an Injudi cious application of the einnomy law until Ihe cut of $400.dl>0.nW) Is said now to represent actually a cut In tetal funds for the veterans of less than $‘2d0.<J<M),<kS) from the high-water mark. What 1 am trying to say la that a |ier|iendicular slash was mads into the pile of money hitherto voted to the veterans, snd sdministratipn officials have been busy sim'e that sc- lioii In putting It back, bit hy bit I have heard no particular criticism of the restoration of funds where they are needed; the criticism seems to bs directed at the attempted showman ship. Instead of atatesmanthlp. em ployed at the expense of the veterans. But. adverting to the emergency or the “capital expenditures" section of the budget, few of the officials of the government are willing to admit that they know how tlx and one-third Cuban constitution, permitting the United States to intervene in Cuban affaijrs to maintain law and order will be Junke<l. And congress will be asked to give Cuba a big preferential reduc tion In the American sugar tariff. Sugar raiHiiig'>>i.s the island's chief in dustry and fur tive years It has been In a severe slump, and the resulting de- n[TresgtoTr-h*s- caused-much. of. dlie_ pp-, btical disturbance. Havana was Jubilant over the news of Bresideni Roosevelt’s action. “Recognition i* tlie greatest gift the United Stales can grant Cuba,” commented iTesideiit Carlos Mendieta. ‘‘It tneuns that fsiiitical stabilization in the island will be furthered and that a real .start can be made w’ith the co-operation of the Unite<l States toward e<‘ononilc rehabilitation. “President R«K»sevelt may rest as sured that I have personally a8.sumed resiMinsIblllfy for foreign lit'e and proiF erty. esiiedally America's $*2.0UO,Ot>0,- OIX) investments here." JQncovei>^ite of Ancient City of Biblical Interest i,- T Ho* weight of hia approval behind a method of compulsory consolidation liirougii extiiange of securities with out the use of cash. Kxecution of such a method, .which the co-ordiualor’s legal assistant, Leslie Craven, believes can be accomplished, would accelerate the merging of eastern railroads into the four systems previously agreed upon. Mr. Kastman says tlial reorganiza tion of railroads now bankrupt “ahouid .be effected as sjieeiUiy as practicable, and in a manner which will result in a very material reduction in fixed charges.’ He calls atientloo to the fact that some of the most success ful reorganizations in railroad history took piai'e in the midst of flnaiiclai de pressions. Wall Street theory has been that reorganizations should be (>ost|H)ued as long as [lossibie. Many of the railroads’ vital prob lems can be dealt with adequately by the carriers themselves, but “there Is as yet Insufficient organization and billions are going to be spent, or even [ leadership In the industry for effec- how they can be spent in the five | five co-operation in such tindertak- months remaining of the fiscal year. { iiigs." It is quite possihie, Mr. Fast- It Is to be assumeil that the President has plans for the eniendUures, and that they will be disclosed In due course. The nililiary affairs commltU‘e of the house has voted a trip for Itself. ' The congressmen de- Plan Junhet tenulii^ it is neces- to Florida “''y «'> <!■;»" '• 1- lorida to Inspect ('liapmau field, an air ha.He. with a view to making it “Into Ihe first of a a«‘riea''df army s»*a frontier defenses." They are going In an army airplane, “if one Is available'’ which, of cour^,. It will be, and how onerous the bur den Is gdJng to be on them! My sides on the frontier tell me that the base Is still there and that the congress- | ~ men will surely find It when they go i man l>elieves, that a study of these problems "will pave the way to a much larger use of motor vehicles as an ad junct to railroad service, and to a re vamping aud simplification of the freight rale structure." In ndvaticing government ownership as the_8|tecific reme<ly for Ihe Indus try. the cu urdiuatur notes the adversye effe<'ts of the comitetltioii of Ihe rail roads with each other, aud of their inability to co-oi>erate effectively In matters of common concern. This is illu.sirated in the difliculty with which .standards of equipment ami of sup- I)lles have l)een adople<l. Ditficulties in iirlioii toward the readjustment of c rates al.so is citeil, especjally ns related to meeting the Ihri^it from otlier me diums of transimrtntiuu. The competition of the.se new. agen- down to Florida, even though they will arrive in balmy climate Ju.st at the time the “winter season" of the re sorts Is In full swing. Besid<‘8. from what 1 hi'ur, one can go bathing down there now and otherwise enjoy the de lights of summer !n Uie midst of ifId- ter. It Is to be remembered that only a short time ago, a congressional com mittee bad to make the Junket across the continent to aee whether the Pa cific fortifications were still thwe. They were’still there; s«> the congress men came back. It was only • year or so ago also that a aenate committee found It necessary to go doWh to Flor ida to ln8|>eot the everglades. The senators found the everglades even tually. 1 learn, but according to the expense^account that the committee filed with the simate. the way they proved that the everglades were still Intact was by hiring the beat hotel suites to the best snd most fashion able hotels, buying mineral waters to drink because they must not change water so suddenly, hiring glass bot tomed boats with which to view the glade mud and pay fo^ a dirigible to ride over the morassea for an accurate view. The current Inapection of Chap man field won’t coat much, either, only $200 an hour while the plane to flylngt neveral hotel aultea for aeveral daya and* aereral other Itema. I certainly hope thli country will opt be attacked from Ckiba or Haiti, or jMkxQuda, be* fore CBoae coogrenmeu gat te aat cles al»M> makes the pre.servation of In tense coin|>etiti(>n l>et\v»‘«Mi railroads a much less im|M>riant thing from the public i>oint of view Ilian It once was.’’ Carlos Mandiata S KCRKTARY HULI., on bis arrival in Washington, made a tier.sooal report to the President on the Pan- Ainerlcan conference In Montevideo; and io a statement to the press he said: “Coufideuct^ horn of the feeling that the United States, Instead of l>e- Ing an arrogant or Indifferent big brother, Is sincerely eager for the role of e<]ual i>artnership with the other Americas ha.s resulted in a surge of good fvilHtoward fhc^-United ivtalea." , The i»res8 In the leatling South American <'itle8 Is unanimous in the opinion that .Mr. Hull has brought about a great l»etteriJient In the rela- t tons befweon—IJttln^ America ami the United States and that tliere will be a_ decided Increase of inter-American pi.ANS of J * ask congre^ tlie American lyegion to ongress for more liberal treat ment of veterans have stirred up a row in Washington. The Legion la urging enactment of a four-[Mdnt |>rogram to cost $80.<MM>.uili) a year. (Jen, Frank T. Hines, .administrator' of tlie veterans’ bu reau, thougiit thia fig- are was loo low. esti mating the cost at a coiislderubly higher total. The Legion represent at I vea de clared the government estimates were erro- Oon. F. T. neons and by Infer- Hlnaa ence accused (Jeneral Hines of ul terior motives and lack of integrity. In a letter to Kdward A. Hayes, com mander of the Legion. Hines de nounced the criticism of his estimates as wholly uncalled fur and said the Legion’s own rehabilitation committee had admitted they were more nearly correct than Its own estimates. Meanwhile the Pr^iileut had an nounced new modifications of his ex ecutive regulations concerning pay ments to disabled war veterans, the changes adding more than $21,000,000 aniuially. There were Intimations at the White House that Mr. Roosevelt would seek to (versua^le the Deino- cruts in congress not to go beyond this liberalization. - Important additions to present-day knowledge of early Palestine and Its Inhabltaoits have been made by the Haverford college archeological ex- ^peditlona During five of the last six years extensive field work has pro duced brilliant results under the di rection of Prof. Clihu Grant, who beads the department of Biblical lit erature at Haverford. ( The findings of the fifthT expedi tion, which went Into the field last spring, are now being classified. Plans are ' being made for a sixth expedition In 1934. The Haverford excavations are lo- ' cated at Ain Shems. which to In the lower hill country about twenty mHes-west^f Jerusalem, overlooking the SleJiterranean. This mound-ruin Is the site of ancient Beth Shemesh. a city which fiourisbed between 1800 and GOO B. C. The city lay on Impor tant trade routes between ElgypL Palestine and Syria. Professor Grant’s first expedition discovered three Bronze age cemeteries, which yielded one of the largest known treasures of Canaanite burial depos- Ita Digging to depths of 20 feet be low the surmounting wheat fields. Doctor Grant’s parties l^ve earthed four successive levels repr^" sentlng distinct epochs In the city’s history. Conquest by invadera pillaging and destruction by fire are written In the archeologic record After the ruin of the first city at Aln Shems, walls and roof beams cif buildings were pushed In on the -lower floors. The demolished stnictiirea were leveled off by the new builders, and another city was erected on the ruins of the old. This process occurred over again, and again, until four, or perhaps five, successive eities had keen bnUt, <!•> stroyed and rebuilt. Remains of tem plea, palaces, dweiliaga shops and industrial properties all testify to the existence of Beth Shemesh as a erospepout—ribeef—early .Paleatinfe The wealth of personal lieloiigini^ found. Including vasea ftoska bowla -toola wreaflona and M<g%y^iyreaJed_ an Iqdustrloua /populafi^ which thrived ^meJMwQ yeara ago. ^ The re^^n of Beth Shemesh to tits Biblical record of ancient Pales tine la a fascinating study. Nearby waa the birthplace of Samson,' who may have trod Its streeta Shishak of Egypt to believed to have been one of the destroyera pf the city. The principal temple of Beth Sbem- esb perhaps was laid in ruins at the time of the exile. • The tangible t^uU of these expo- ditions has been tlte^ formation of n Palestine museum at ^averford col lege containing an abuo^ace of val uable material. Several rv^rts elab* orating in detail on the fields dlacoT- eries have been published by ^l^ctor Grant. ■ % Slow to Accept *'G«rms** The germ theory of disease was al most unbelievable a balf-century and more ago. Why Hospitals Use a Liquid Laxative H(^ttals and doctors have tlwa^ usea liquid laxatives. And ihe pubuo is fast returning to laxatives in liquid form. Do you Imew the reasons? The dose of a liquid laxative can bt measured. The action can be con trolled. It forms no habit: you need not take a ‘'double dose** a day or two later. Nor will a tnild liquid laxatioe irritate the kidneys. The right liquid laxative brings a perfect movement, and there to no discomfort at the time, or after. The wrong cathartic may keep you constipated as long as >yoa keep on using itl And the1iabitual~m of irritating salts, or ef powerful drugs in the highly concentrated form of pills and tablets may prove injurious. A week with a properly prepared liquid laxaUve_jydio l)ji^^C^ Syrup Pepsin will tell, you amt. A few weel^ time, and yotir~boweto can be “as r^ular as clockwork.** Dfr^aldweirsliyiup Pepsin to-mP- syrup- approved liquid laxative'which all druggists keep ready for u^It makes an ideal family laxative: effective for^ all ages, and msy be. given tha iCa youngest child. Member! A. C AIILILS .ME.NDIKTA la quite satis factory to the United States as I'pre.sidenl of t'uba In vh*w of the fact that he has the bucking of a majority of the t'uban people and apparently la ca pably of re.stqrlng or der in the Island. So ITesIdent Rtwsetelt Inforinetl the dlplo-' niatic envoys of the other l.atlu-.\mericaa countries whom he had summoneit to the White House. The President virtually In vited the other nx- tioiis to take the same course but made It clear that hia mind was made up any way. Secretary Hull after leaving the White House,,said Colombia and Mex ico already had recognized the Men dieta regime and Chile was about ready to do so. When Mr. Hull was on way home from S4>uih''AmeFjl[*a lie was met at Key West by Jeff^son <!affery, the President’s iversonal rep resentative In Cuba, and fully informed on conditions and prospects in the is land. Mr. Caffery is scheduled to be made ambassador to> Cuba. President Roosevelt plans to do sev eral favors to Cuba that should make HendieU solid with hto people. The warships .In Cuban waters will be wlth- J pRKSIDKNT UOOSKVKi.rs money * bill went through the house with a rush, the vote being Jkid to 40. Sixty- eight Republicans Joined the olUMlient Democrats in su4»porting the measure. James R. ClaiiM.>rne of .Missouri and George B. Terreil'^of Texas were the only, lieiuucrals rjec«*rded in the neg ative, _ _ The senate reoeixed tlie bill and re- ferrexl It to the hanking and currency committee, which held a hearing that was lively while it lusted. I’rof, George Warren, author of the dollar depreciation and gold purchase pro gram. explained to the committee the theory of commodity price regulation hy ^lanipulMion of the currency. Then, taking Up ciinsideration of the measure, the committee heard the vig orous objections of Senators Glass, Gore and Mc.\d«>o l« several features of the bill, notaldy the |proi)08ed\wiz- ure of the federal reseipve bank ^Id, and the gninting of unlimited finaucutl power to the secretary of the treasury^. It was coufidentiy predicted by the administration leaders that the bill would he put through the senate un changed. but stubborn lights over vari ous proptxsed amendments were cer tain. The vote on a plan to limlt the use of the $‘2.G0U.()lK),fi00 stabilization fund was exiiected to be close. Advo cates of the remonetization of silver, who are fairly numerous in the sen ate, pre(>ared a compromise silver plan to he offered as an amendment to the devaiuatioa measure. $ T hat recovery outlays can be end ed by June 3t), ItKtt, is the belief of the President, and he gave expression to this when he announced ^a~ ap proval of Che bill extending the life of the Reconstnictioo Finance corpora tion for another year. He enjoined Jesse Jones, chairman of the R. F. C., not to withdraw more than |500,(X)0,- 000 from the irramfy in the next fiscal year, except witb prior Presidential 0«li amd dtwolva $ Bajm Aapirkt TaMsts to Iwlf a ■ of wator. 2 GARGLB thoroughly — throw your hood way bock. aiawtog a Uttte to trkkto down your throat. a Bspoat swgio and do not rtaw mouth, allow gwgia to rwnato on nwmhroMi at tha throat for prolonaid aibct. _ ((•mBmbBr Only Medicine Helps Sore Throat Modern medical science now throws real BAYER Aspirin for this pae an entirely new light on sore throat, poae. For they dissolve completely A way that eases the pain, rawness enough' to gargle without leaving and irritation in as little as two or irritating particles, three minute»I ' It requires mbdicine—like" BAYER ASPIRIN- to do these — tbingst That is why throat special ists tb^ughout America art pro scribing this BAYER gargle in place of old-time ways. Be careful, however, that you grt Do you lack PEP ? fra® MULURtH •ndboBd rou am. 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