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lere before a well busts loose
and drowns my friend in oil.
Of* course I haven’t found afiyhody
3^ that will make me a $100 or a
$200 loan. Naturally if I can borrow
the monney without security, I pre
fer to send $200, to Texas rather than
$100. , Already big wells only a few
■ miles away, possibly over 250' ,miles
have come in.^aiHl one man has inadej
{$350,000,000 or something. -j
To Labor Bdard
Union Men Hnii Asked President
Bring: • StHke {Settiement.
Senate Probe Sought. \ ,
- Washington, June ~ 7.—-President
Roosevelt referred an appeal for
f*— - :—e- r“
in congress for an investigation. ate postofTice committee.
■ /Representative White (Republican, From Jesse M.' Donaldson, depu
lepu^
me^,^'
first asaistant postmaster gene^
came a statement defending the poetr- "
office department’s right to accept
0hio), asked the house'to order Post
master '^General Farley to report
whethe^ the postal eervice has re- _ ,
fused to deliver to Ohio miUs ^apyj^9*’ delivery only mail matter twnally
type or class of mail that compfies j delnrei^ under nornml wi^^
with the established provisions of *‘The department never has taken
eligibility.” ' , I'wdes In labor disputes,” he declared.
Senator Bridges (Repul>lican7"New not intend to do so
Hkmpsihire) asked the senate to in-1 So ^ far sa di^artment officiate
Pl'^idential intervention ..in the Steel I vestigate *‘all cases of alleged in-i^now, Donaldson, added, normal marl
' * ef mail:-«rv!f® strike-bound irfants is en-
in prog-i<^>untering no interference.
a chance! This Texas manjgtr^ke today to the national Ubor rf‘ ter^«rence” .with the delivery i
wants me to hurry! The land teji^tions board, whcih'liter announced where strikes are ir
What
- ”, .lacions ooara, wncin later announceuf
liable to be Withdrawn from sale anyi ...... vlyess.
'moment! Think of me and you los-!*^ no basis fqr action at present.[
' ing an opportunity to make millions! Representatives of eighty local
If these reports ar^ true,” be de
This cond:
CLINTQt^. S. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 10, 1937
IT WOULD HELP
If the federal government would
devote more time to the balancing of
its own budget and less to the inters
ference with private business all
, -If I can raise the money to buy
a few acres of t^s Texas oil land,
I intend to make the foU<wing do-
ngtions from my fortune, which I
women are going to learn is thatj®*^
there is no easy or safe road to sue-hands -within t
cess in life^_ Many of .them, because 2 or 3 months, or sooner.
ing an opponimiiy w maxe muuon«_^ - Calumet i^'on of In accounts, "This cond:-
out of (practically nothyig. affilteted^^S Jo^L Uwis’^t’^n is a disgrace to the United States
very generous, perhaps. I don’t, witn Jonn L. Lewis : - * j » t' Se<
think h,', trying to .ell.any o( thi5|'?'»miltM^ induetnal orgam^-llWf"' |
land at all to homefolks He’s only askedHUr. Roosevelt by tele-lt ,
land at all to homeroiks. ties only urged
him to have “joint wage agreements * five-inan committee ^
fd investigate alleged ..interference
SPECTAL -
ComopoHfan Magaxiae, 15 Mmiths,
wanting to help rank strangers.
Sec me for other special offers.
JAMES W. CALDWBLL
Call 38 at 12:30 P. M.
they have diplomas, may have gptj
To Harvard .... 5 Million
ICIvdVV TVlCII |/l*v cauv. •••• »
would ultimately be in better shape I them a living, a false belief that hast wiie s^
than we are’'liable to be under any
form of socialism.
fore they can claim
themselves. There are too many peo-,
pic in the world already looking for*
something for nothing, and expecting
01 R NEW THEORY
- The concern which the national gov--
ernment manifests in the interest of
organized labor i.s beginning to have
dther comic'on tragic features. It is
comic in that labor .seems to be amply,
able to look after it.s own interests,
*evcji to the extent of seizing the prop
erty of' those for whom it refuses to
labor, apd it is tragic to the extent
that i)ix)ptMT^ liwners have^ b^ re
ceiving very little protwetion.
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THE <;host ACJ.ATN
Two years ago the NRA was in
validated. N|# great cry of horror was
heard for the simple reason that NRA
had discredite<l it.self with the public^
A''Ti‘W predicted disaster, but they
turned out to be bad prophets.
!|^w Senator Black and l^‘P*‘®?®^*ithHt there is no ready-made ojiportu-
tative Connery are asking Congress
to consider another
tihe impression that the world owes|T©. Yftle 4 Million
f tha(t has i To my wife s^ Alma' Mater 8 Million
become all too common in this coun-jTo my home college 3 Million
try in recent years.i If they have anjr j M>*'c®JIaneou3 9 Million
such id^a, they are dead wrong. The !
written and sign.ed” by their employ
ers and the hteel workers organizing
committee.
The labor board issued a state
ment •saying “no. formal action has
been instituted before the board in'
matters referred to in the telegram
to the president.”
Well infomfed persons pointed'out
that the telegram to the pi^i^ident
involved an isi^ue on.which the labor
board does not have jurrsdiction.
The Wagner labor act empow*ers
with..^the mails and any agreements
with poatal authorities to curtail the |
mall service, was iwferred to the sen-1
WHAT DO . . ,
P. S. Jeanes
DOT
world doe., not owe them one thing.: Th)* wont leave but about 250.j^he board to eompel an employer to
They are due to diseover very | M.lllon dollar.,, J>ut what do I care? ,bargain collectively w.th a major-
that the obligation i, TCe'other way > along acme. ,ty of h-,a worker,, but not to eom-
around. They have to . prove them-1 “'“y “y I I><-l him to accept the wage agree-
iielve, useful meTnber, of society be-'lof y"- rimdera, a.aummg jPyoPoae. I
consideration for'**® ^ borrow any money, A board official recalled, however,
‘up to 500 thou.sand dollars, after'the j that ats investigatbrs have begun}
oil hMws, ju.st send me yoiw plain l a study of union charges that’ithe;
note of hand, for what you want," and t Republic .steel corporation has violat-
ril semi it at once, parcel jxist. If led the Wagner act. The board itself!
Santa (’lau.s to come every da.v. i , ,, , , .1 r i i • . i
. , , , • 1 hhe well (loi;.s not come in, and I don t' may act later on the.se complaints.
holds that It i.s the duty of the n^ind
ord^T to provide opjiortunitics for- all
of these eager'.young, [leople. Those
who hold'that view are prone, to de
clare that Artierica i.s no longer the
land vf opportunity,'and that chances
for .success today are rare.
Tht* pllin_lruth, w'hich these young
gracjwAUKs w’ill learn soon enough, is
(iee McGee.
bill reviving all
the-v principles of ”the NRA. Before
.None of the Public’s ^Business!
Aubrey Williams, acting adminis-
nitj? for anybody. ^There never hasUrator of the PWA, bt*ars out what
been, under apy .scheme sfwaT^r-|The New.s and t/oxTrier bas said, that
Roosevelt
said he referred the strikers’ appeal
to the labor board aruT to Secretary
Perkins as “a matter of information.”
.Miss Perki^ns declined immediate
comment. ‘ ~
Meantime reports that the post-./
office had refused to deliver food
packages to non-strikers in - strike
bound mills at Young.stown, Dhio, j
and other cities brought demands |
ganization. But for men and women
breathing lifo-into ghost^ let .s look ^ y,£ initiative, courage, industry and
at the record.-The New Yotk Timesthere are prsrbably greater
sums' il up this way: "jopportunities than there ever were
“It is now elear that there was no before. Each, however, must find hi.s
foundation in fact for the early "fear
that the Supreme "Court verdict in the
case of the NRA had dealt a death
blow to the whole recovery movement.
Precisely the oppoisite happened. The
government’s own'index of industrial
production, compiled ^ the Federal by straight living and hard work.
Ilj*.;jerve Board, stood at S5 when NRA
was <leclared ^unconstitutional. It now
.stan<ls' at iTir. The'governinicnt’s in
dex of factory payrolls stood at (18.5.
It now stands at 104.9^ But the poipt
~of most significance isf that the per-
ceiitage^ of increase in payrolls has
Iiia'h eyt'n larger tha4».the increasc»in
pixidiictioh. Freni from the controls
,ahd re.'t taints imposetl by NRA, busi-
ne-s lias not acliieved its subsc<juent
in the viewpoimiT"of bereaucrats their
^spendings are none of the public’s
business albeit the public .supplies
the funds which are scatteri^,
llere is Mr. William’s answer to
own opportunity, must map out his] a United State.s senator, Rush Holt,
own coyrse and stand on-his dwn feet, of Wyst Virginia:
The world today, as unsettled and up-j “We have not made it a practice to
side-down as it is, .still offers oppor-'give out information concerning the
tiinities to those who take courage in | individual .salaries and address of
their hands and go'forth to .seek them employes except tho.se in a |K)siti(Ht
to formulate policy or dir^t major..
W. J. BENJAMIN
SERVICE STATION
Standard Products
Cars Wash and Greaaed
Your Business Appreciated
FREE! A bcAvctfol Artificial
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GaidenU jcanted with Palmer*!
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exquisite FexfumA
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“At Union Station” Telephone 40(1
Nobody’s Business
By Oec/MeGee »
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Mr, Lark Aslw A Small Favor
deei' mr. edditor:---
plese use yore influence with
of agger-culture to
of ' labor, measured in
tvims of payrolls has more than kept |
juice with the increased (>ul.put of fac-j,
tnrie- and mills.”
the
get
the
rec overy at the expense of labor.' i<\)k department
tiu' leward of ' lubor, measured in |.seiidd lark, back iinto
I c.. c. c. camp , i*^ the lower part of |
the state, he wa.s excused for some-j
thing he done and has ifever benn i
portions of the operations. We have
felt that the publiic"should have no
legitimate intere.st in such informa
tion and that its release would very;
jirobably result in those persons be-|
ing subjected to .solicitatloh from'
.salesmen_ and the gossip of neigh-
Iws.” “ ■
. Federal bureaucrats in.sist upon
knowing all about private financial
affairs.* They have expo'sed to the
public the .salaries of American citi
zens any- "very probably” subjected
them ^‘tep .solicitation from salesmen
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The Direct Reduction Plan
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Modern Way fo Finance Your
F.VR.M TENANTS
Wllile much is being .said and writ-
called back.
he nevver meant to take the sup-
jand the gossij) of neighbors,
I vate citizens must have no secrets
■jdlrom lederal bureaucrats, in the of-j
jficiu] viewpoint, but the public rec-!
ten about farm tenancy, nobody as yet A' onl.v thou^,lrt hi would public’s business! i
knows the exact facts about the jiVob-1 ** hours, and when | . u lik.Uv that Senator Holt
1cm Fveiw effoil thmefore shoud 1 *1® teliygrilm jmst, it , . f liktly that .Senator Holt
urn. TAirj inoM,. imuioii, ."noum 1 ^ ^ ^ | ^Y,jj take this impertinent answer
sitting down. He is~a young man
with jMilitical courage'. He speaks
planly when he chooses.' He has ah
oj>j)ortunity to .speak plain about the
insolence of Aubrey Williams in
lie miyle to’get at the precise fact.s j"hi^ fault, as the tellyfoani
rather than ^eal in general terms! P'“i‘lde PUt it in the ground too close
which may be lioth misleading andj^‘’ highway, they ought to-*4)e
inaccurate. ' nialpractice anjmforth.
The latest study has been made by
he was not out of camp iHit i\.ine
-44H^--^»^+imak--A4is4>ciatHm of Manufac- hour.sr and had" thc/i^H not-of -iwi J^diineubin^that ^hii record of spynd-
t.uiers, which'rejiorts that the 800,000 ,,^^0 the aforesaid post, he wim^not ing by 'a federal agency is none of
Southern fanners listed as tenants
really .'Jhare-crdi>|H‘rs, and that
an
the North and West are young men
renting family farms from relatives.
The net -result of this analysis
"“trould indicate fth^t tenant' ojH'rators
’ in the true-sense ihr-not account for
any more than 21 jut cent of all
farmers; that about ofH»-third of these
are closely related to. the land owner,
.•<0 that not more than 15 jier cent are
—
indojiendei.l tenants, —.
This jrroujvin turn diviiles naturally
into three siib-groujis- -a small group,
W’hich may ^jiiunint to '5 jier cent of
the total, w’ho yre tenant.s through
choice; a .second .small group, which
may represent 5^iifcr cent of the total.
another group of. tenant farmers in ought hot -to be bad enough to .have
of Inmn out of ithc camp without''leaf* I hls'-.ibusiness. One shall be-disap-
of absence but ohly'14 hours, that' pninteifif Senator Holt does not press
E*W0pyxor*r»w*>x-
t«>
t'^4
a.,fine young feller turned off about;
sciiud^s a nice boy'except w’hen he
has benn forced to look ujion the cup
when it is red ansoforth, i
as to the monney which was hiiss-
!ng by his bunk.pardner in the camp:
he knows-nothirvg about it. .that guy
owed scudil 3$ for cash loanU4 weeks
befoar, but he did not colle'ct it be-
Jiis advantage.
There is no question that~Aubrey
Williams is right in his opinion that
“relase’’ of the names and addresses
of federal .salary beneficiaries would
result in gossip by neighbors. Mr.
Williams probably understands that
this gossip would be in the public
intere.st, for it would give the pub
lic an opportunity to decide for it
self whether the bureaucrats should
foar using the car of the super, and be supported by government,
be.sides that, his pardner didden’t Senator Holt has failed where the
News and Courier has failed, for this
have no monney to be stole, he stayed
broke mought night all of the time.
have rote our congressman and
who aetrrtenants through misfortunte
or limited capacity, and a third group.
who fnay represent the remaining 5
per cent, who are tenants because of
youth nad who in the natural course
of events have an opportunity by hard
work to become land owners. In the
light of such facts, it would seem
that congress would study these con
ditions intelligently before making
large appropriations for relief of ten
ant farm’ers, not nearly so'large in
number «s we have been told from
Washington by those who picture ten
ancy as a depression phenomenon.
THE FUTURE FOR YOUTH
Throughout the country, commence
ment has come and gone. From the
nation's Universities, colleges and
high schools hundreds of thousands
of boys and girls have received their
dipipmas and now are ready to seek
JJi^ir places in the vKirld of reality.
Their formal education is finished.
Their real education is just beginning.
They have, if they have been dili
gent and receptive students, learned
a great deal jd>Ottt the fundamental
1 have asked tfie postmaster here
to rite hon. jim farley, and the county
farm deipon-strator to rite the seek
er-terry of agger-culture, all in be-
haff of our son, scudd, so , if >011
will touch up his character favvbr-
ably thru, yore columns, i believe he
will be''replaced back again.
you have a fine little newspaper,
and if you get our darling boy back
in the c. c. c. camp where he can be
hell down and forced to behave his-
self, yore corry spondeht, mr. mike
Lark, rfdi will sell
the streets in the future free of
charge -^and allso get some subscrip
tions for you. yore paper is' a dar
ling in our househole. rite or foam,
yores trulie,
mike^ Lark, rfd, *'
corry spondent.
Opportunity ia Knocking at My Door
I have just received a circular-letter
from'ni man in Texas that makes my
4xloo(L4inge and my heart beat fast
er. He’s got some oil acreage to
adl! Never heard of ouch a wondet*
principles pf life. Now they'arg ^about prospect to get-rkh-qukk.
!t‘/> ■ ■..
to try iSieif .hands at the practical ap
pUcation of those principles, and the
rtibbing of elbows agminM; the worid*
tliey maj not realixe ^it now,
hnt thing theae young men and
He doesn’t Mk for much pioney,
only $100, or $200. Take your dboicie.
If you care to lose $200, instead of
$100, why, that’s your butinMa." I
am afraid thar my chock wonH get
1.
newspaper has declared itself ready
and willing to publish the names and
addres.ses of salary receivers who
are given $100 a 'month and up-j
ward. It is the fault of the Ameri-I
can'congress i^that a senator slmuldp
receive^so impertinent an answer
from a creatuye of government, for
the cor^ress_waived' its own powers
in the eStablfiriiment of the WPA,
the PWA and other speeding agen
cies. The creature thinks itself
greater than its creator.
When Aubrey Williams tells a sen
ator 'that a bureau does not have to
tell the public how the public’s funds
are, being disbursed, 'he is teUiog
yore papera on ^bat .i^nator to crawl into a hole and
to clos^^e Imle .after he enters. He
is telling the senator that a pidilic
servant is not required to account to
the public which should be the mast
er. ^ Of such stuff are bureaucrats
made. • .
•Senator Holt has been challenged
to do^his worst. If his colleagues in
the senate choose to put patroimge
of their own supplying before their
unquestioned right to know about
spendings to the last item. Senator
Holt will be baited—and humiliteted.
With its itch for investigation] the
senate should proceed to investigate
the spending bureaus it has, created.
There being no polities in the apenli-^
ings the bureaucrats, including Au
brey W<ilUanM, should court a seardi-
ing investigation.—Newt'and Cooriar.
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