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The Barnwell People Sentinel, Barnwell, a C, Jane 14,1984
News Review of Current
Events the World Ov
Johnson Averts Textile Strike and Tackles Steel Workers*
Threat—^Administration Moves for Reli
of Drouth Sufferers.
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By EDWARD W^CKARD
e tr wurfl ywn«wr ubwb.
G ENERAL JOHNSON, adminlitra-
tor of the. NR A, evidently mast
be given credit for ■ skillful piece of
work in negotiating the agreement
which forestalled the
threatened strike of
some 400,000 workers
In the cotton textile
industry. The Imme
diate peril was to the
workers themselves,
tor the cotton mill
owners, . embarrassed
by over - production,
be willing to
_ shut down tt^elr
.. _ plants for a consider*
M. F. Tlflhe able tJme of course,
the New Deal would have suffered a
black eye, so General Johnson tackled
the problem energetically and per
suaded Thomas F. McMahon, president
of the United Textile Workers of
America, and George Sloan, head of
the Cotton Textile institute, to accept
a compromise, and/the call for the
strike was revoked.
The employers are permitted to go
ahead with their program of cortalllng
production 25 per cent, and the labor
ers have thek promise of an NRA Inves
tigation Into the matter of higher
wam-and other points of difference.
The union also Is assured of increased
representation on the Industrial rela
tions board of the cotton textile code
authority and on the NRA advisory
board.
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flic nekt great labor trouble, the dl§-
pute between the steel masters and
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, promised to
be more difficult for General Johnson
to handle, and It seemed that prompt
action by President Roosevelt would
be necessary to avert the threatened
strike. The men demand the right of
collective bargaining through the
union agents. Michael P. Tlghe, pres
ident ef the Amalgamated, declared It
was up to Mr. Roosevelt to provide
"prompt and unqualified enforcement
of the law" on this point He said the
government had failed the steel work
ers and “their patience is exhausted.”
According to the American Iron and
Steel Institute, the strike threats are
due to the activities of union leaders
who seek government Intervention "to
maneuver themselves Into positions of
power and domination over the steel
workers of the nation.** In a formal
statement, the Institute asserted re
lations of steel companies and a great
mass of their employees are "peace
ful,” and that tbs'whole difficulty lies
with the Amalgamated association.
The “closed shop" is the oae point
at issue, the statement says, and for
the employers to “accede to such a
request would be rank treachery.”
Asserting that an overwhelming ma
Jorlty of the 490,000 employees In the
steel industry have refused to Join the
union and do not want to strike, the
Institute said :
“The opposition of the steel Indus
try to the closed shop Is fully war
ranted by Its own experience and that
of other Industries, where there have
been many instances of jurisdictional
disputes, strikes, racketeering, exces
sive dues, fines, penalties, limitation
of output, and Intrusion of agents hav
ing no acquaintance with the Industry
or with the employees they claim as
their constituents.
\ "No Issue exists between the steel
companies and the great majority of
their employees. Since last June, more
than 80,000 workers have been added
to the payrolls. The eight-hour day
has been generally adopted. Average
hourly wages' have Increased 37 per
cent, and they are now 7 per cent
higher than they were at the peak
In 1920.
“The steel Industry believes Its em
ployees generally will reslrt all efforts
to fores them under
Inatlon.”
D CURED to action by the drouth,
^ which Is the worst the country
has ever experienced, President Roose
velt telephoned from Groton, Conn., to
the federal relief ad
ministration, directing
that a special relief
work program be put
Into operation Im
mediately In the mid*
die western states.
On his retarn to
Washington he called
a council of war to ex
pand his plans and
hear proposals from
various *. government
officials. It was stat
ed by Mr. Roosevelt that farmers
•hould be given cash income from
Work and airo employment on proj
ects so that their immediate distress
might bo alleviated.
Harry L. Hopkins, federal emer
gency relief administrator, at once al
located WW0.000 to 13 states so that
the work could start The states re
ceiving allotments are: Wisconsin, $2^
100,000; Minnesota, $1,000,000; South
Dakota, $1*80,000; Idaho, $280*00;
fftn—, $200*00; Montana. $380*00;
Nebraska, $270*00; New Mexico, $100,-
00$; North Dakota. $800*00; Utak,
$180,000.
H. L. Hopkins
Work projects, Mr. Hopkins, said,
'will be put speedily under way to em
ploy the heads of farm famillea In
need. The projects will Include the
development of additional water sup
ply through digging wells and through
Impounding or diverting water from
rive/s and lakes.
'‘-Projects employing men and women
Ri the canning of meat fruits and
Vegetables also will be used to con
serve food resources of the area and
furnish cash Income for the families.
Road work, as well, will provide’Con
siderable emergency omplnymAnt,
A congressional appropriation that
may exceed $500,000,000 was the para
mount proposal before the drought
conference. Some congressmen felt
$1,000,000,000 would be necessary.
The picture presented to the confer
ence was one of live stock emaciated
for want of water and food, grass
hoppers and chinch bugs doing un
told damage In the wake of the heat
and dryness, thousands of acres of
planted grain lying ungarmlnated or
blighted and hundreda of farm com
munities praying for rain.
Plana of live stock owners In the
most seriously affected states to drive
their cattle into Minnesota, North Da
kota and Wisconsin for feeding and
grazing were forestalled by the action
of the governors of those three states
forbidding the carrying out of the
scheme. In Minnesota Governor Olson
mobilised the National Guard to patrol
TIT HEN Secretary ef the Navy
v v Swanson contracted for the pur
chase of 27 airplanes end ports from e
Cleveland company for $688,182, with
out competition. Comptroller Gen. J.
IL McCarl naked hie authority for such
action, refusing to permit payment
pending explanation. Mr. Swanson in
his reply sold the lew gave him au
thority to approve the purchase ef air
planes for experfanoatel purpofep with
out competition, and virtually told Mr.
McCarl that It was none of his buri-
neoa.
DEFORE a vast multitude of per-
eona gathered at Gettysburg battle.
the bordt-rs amt enforce the emhargor
G reat Britain formally notified
the United States that It would
not pay anything on the war debt In
stallment due June 15; that It would
make no more Niymenta until the
United Statee consents to a downward
revision of the debt, and that any dis
cussion of revision at this time would
he useless. All of which means plain
default. The British note was sent in
response to a blnnt notification from
President Roosevelt aa to the sums
due. It was evident, from foreign dis
patches, that the other debtor nations,
except Finland, would follow the
course adopted by the British.
In Mb war debt message to congress
the President said this country ex
pected the debtor nations to pay un
less satisfactory excuses could be of
fered, and he called attention to the
vast sums those nations are expend
ing on armaments His plain language
was not at all pleasing to the natlona
that owe us nearly twelve and one-
half billion dollars.
L OUIS BARTHOU, foreign minister
of France, appears as the domi
nating figure in the negotiations that
may dispel the war clouds hhnglng
over Europe. The
most Important thing
he already has ac
complished Is the en
gineering of an ac
cord between France
and Germany on con
ditions for the Saar
plebiscite and setting
the date fer that vote
on January IS, 1935.
The agreement give*
assurance that France,
Louis Barthou un( j er the pretext 0 f
preserving order, will not use force to
prevent the return of the Saar basin
to Germany. It also means that the
Germans now have everything to lose
and nothing to gain from a putsch In
the Saar, so the possibility of a clash
In the near future Is virtually elimi
nated. Of special Importance Is a
clause that amounts to rtcognitlon of
the rights of Jewish and anti-Nazi mi
norities In the Saar.
In the disarmament conference In
Geneva M. Barthou has been equally
forceful though not so peaceful In his
doings. He has stood out firmly
equality and hai greatly angered Sir
John Simon, British foreign secretary.
In connection with Counsellor Rosen
berg of the Soviet embassy In Paris,
Barthou has been forming what la
called an eastern Locarno pact to be
signed by Russia. Rumania, Czecho
slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia and Es
tonia, with France aa Its moral guar
antor. This would be rather a shock
to Germany and Poland, and the Fran-
co-Russlan bloc thus formed would
force Great Britain into the back
ground In matters concerning conti
nental Europe. To block this scheme
the British would be glad to have the
arms conference agree on a minimum
program and then adjourn.
A LL opposition to administration
measures for the remainder of
the session was headed off in tha
house by the adoption of a gag rule
which was pushed through by the
Democratic leaders In a tumultuous
session. The Republicans shouted and
booed, and even used their fiats, but
to no avqll, and so the way was
cleared for final action by tbf repre
sentatives on the communlcatfona,
municipal bankruptcy and deficiency
bills. It was understood the senate,
after dfcpoetag of tha tariff bill, would
agree to tho conference report oa the
air aull measure sad then almost ear
ths stiver MR
Held President Roosevelt delivered a
Memorial day address that was In effect
a vigorous attack on
critics of his plans for
national recovery. In
troduced by Governor
Ptnchot as "the first
citizen ot the world,”
Mr. Roosevelt first
paid eloquent tribute
to the men of the
North and South who
fought bravely on
that historic field, aqd
described how the
sections of the nation
ITar^een irelTfea-
P resident
“tutor
one, its unity being aided by foreign
wars, until now all sectionalism has
disappeared. He continued:
"We are all brothers now in a new
understanding. The grain farmers of
the West dp not set themselves up
for preference if we seek at the same
time to help the cotton farmers of the
South; nor do thd tobacco growers
complain of discrimination if, at the
same time, we help the cattle men
of the plains and mountains.
“In our planning to lift Industry to
normal prosperity, the farmer upholds
our efforts. And as we give tie farmer
a long sought equality the city worker
age man. We know that we all have a
stake—a partnership In the govern
ment of our country.
"Today we have many means of
knowing each other—means that have
sounded the doom of sectionalism. It
Is, I think, as I survey the picture
from every angle, a simple fact that
the chief hindrance to progress cornea
from three elements which, thank
God, grow leas in Importance with the
growth of a clearer understanding of
our purposes on the part of the over
whelming majority. ^
"These groups are those who seek
to stir up political animosity or to
build political advantage by the dis
tortion of facts; those who, by declin
ing to follow the rules of the game,
seek to gain an unfair advantage over
those who live up to the rules; and
those few who still because they have
never been willing to take an Interest
In their fellow Americans, dwell Inside
of their own narrow spheres and still
represent the selfishness of sectional
ism which haa no place In our national
life.”
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Five little Girls at Oeee
Big Bilk Come Beck
Only Flew the Atlantic
Cube Remembers
lira Oliva Dionne ef North Bay,
Ont, bad five ehUdrdb last Sunday,
and "expected” another. She baa tea
ebUdren, her famKrtncreBfeed by ftre
girl bablea at roe birth!
Dr. A. R. Dafoe of Oellander says:
**1110 five little girls are all well and
chirping."
This will Interest millions of women
far more than. NRA, the Rssslan-Jap-
aneae complications or tbs approach
ing home-going of congress.
Bills of large denomination, from
$600 to $1*00 end $10,000, are used
rarely In ordinary affairs.
When banka began losing sad peo
ple became frightened. It was observed
that bank customers were asking for
these big bills In exchange for checks,
I and, before long, millions of them ‘dis
appeared. The federal reserve consid
ers it a good sign that they are com
ing out from hiding.
Just before (he bank crials the
amount of big bills In hiding rose to
one billion nine hundred millions. Of
these large bills, three hundred and
fifty millions have recently returned
to the United States treasury and to
reserve banks, which, according to tbe
federal reserve, indicates "better
times.”
Two Preach flyers, Gapt Maurice
Ross! and Lieut Paul Codes, landed
on Long Island after an attempt to
. . . w . fly nonstop from Paris to California,
understands and helps. All of ua share Frenchmen are
hr whatever good cornea to the aver-
Mid to be greatly humiliated by their
Inability to fly on and roach Cali
fornia, where a glorious reception
awaited them.'
It would seem that flying the At
lantic westward, Infinitely more diffi
cult than going the other way, la a
sufficient accomplishment, considering
that less than twenty-five years ago
Lord Northcllffe was offering ten thou
sand pounds to any man that would
fly across the little English channel
The day la not far away when men
will fly nonstop from Parts to San
Francisco as a matter of course, sod
from anywhere on earth to any other
spot on earth. .
National Topic* Interpreted
by William Bmckart
Conservation corps embodies a definite
schema for restoring forests that have
Jives of tndlvldsala been cutover and constitute nothing
FeclEWectaof throughout the unit- more than waata land; It provides fov
Washington.—Tha expanding Influ
ence of the federal government on the
New Deal
* . T has become a matter
that la attracting attention, and more
and more repercussions are to be noted
in die National _ Capital Some ob
servers tell me they think It Is an
Indication that the multifarious agen
cies that have been set op under the
New Deal art at last In full operation
and tbeir effects are now reaching to
the grass rdots of the country. How
ever that may be^it can be stated
without equivocation that the so-called
alphabetical soup (the varioue admin
istrations and boards and commissions
known only by initials) ace making
their presence felt for better or for
worse In the Uves/of Indlvldualf.
I cannot agree with the exaggerated
assertion by a leading Republican
politician that "we are subject to Hit
ler decrees from a hundred different
sources,” but there seems little doubt
of vast power being wielded by the
various New Deal agencies.
For Instance, Harry Hopkins, fed
eral relief administrator, has decreed
that there will be no drought relief
funds for cattle owners supplied by
the federal emergency relief admin-
G OING from Gettysburg to New
York, the President embarked on
the cruiser Indianapolis, put out to
sea and reviewed the American fleet,
which, aa assistant secretary of thp
navy, he helped to command during
the World war and In which he main
tains the warmest Interest With him
were Secretary Swanson and Josephus
Daniels, the war time navy secretary.
There were eome other distinguished
guests, but members of congress tried
’In vain to get aboard.
The Indianapolis was anchored
about a mile from Ambrose lightship,
aud 88 fighting ships passed proudly
In review. The Pennsylvania, flying
the four-starred flag of Admiral David
A. Sellers, commander of the fleet, led
the parade and then, with the Louis
ville, turned out of line and anchored
nenr the Indianapolis. It was an Im
posing spectacle, ruch aa had cot been
witnessed since the early days of Pres
ident Coolldge 1 * administration.
U NDER the present administration
the navy la doing quite well, but
the army feels that it la neglected.
Secretary of War Dern and Newton
D.,Baker, who held the portfolio dur
ing the war, appeared before the house
military affairs committee and urged
the passage of the Thompeon bill
which would Increase the strength ef
the army to 105,000 enlisted men and
14,003 officers. That the present regu
lar army Is inadequate in the fact of
present disturbed world conditions was
The American army aa now manned
could not simultaneously protect our
outlying poisesalcas, train civilian*,
and repel "any sudden invaders,” Sec
retary Dern insisted. A more satisfac
tory army would cost tho nation
000,000 annually, he said In explain]
that he had not suggested an Increase
to President Roosevelt because of tho
President’s desire to balance the bud-
get. y ’
Mr. Baker could not “Imagine an
army leas than five times the present
size of ours having the slightest effect
on the military policy of any other
nation." Of course, he did not advo
cate any such increase; he Mid font
divisions, one in each section of the
country; with s fifth free to train
civilians, would suffice.
A MONG the notable persons taken
by death were Jamee Rolph, Jr.,
governor of California; and Rev.
Charles L. O’Donnell president of
Notre Dame university. Both had boon
U1 for a long time.
Two retired generals of the army
who were Foil known also paaaod
away. They were Maj. Gen. James
Parker, noted cavalry
Brig. Gen. Frank M.
The people end government of Cuba
nre trying to find four assassins ac
cused of attempting to murder Jeffer
son Caffery, United Statee ambassa
dor. The real Cubans, intelligent peo
ple, seek no quarrel with the United
States. They "remember the Maine”
nod what happened to Spain after
that ship was sent to the bottom.
Spain was driven out of Cuba and all
tha way home across the Atlantic and
out of the Philippines as well
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of
the President, an able, energetic and
kind-hearted woman, went te Alder-
•oh, W. Vn., to inspect the federal'
prison Tor women end apeak to the
*00 inmates. For such an address, or
any address to any prisoners, the best
text la the well-known remark of the
Bohemian John Hum. looking /at a
poor drunkard In the gutter: "But for
the grace of God there lies John
Hues."
Mrs. Roosevelt talks over the radio,
and for^doing so is paid $500 a min
ute. Others do the Mme and are paid
as mneb or even more, but Mrs.
Roosevelt gives all her radio receipts
to charity.
Not many of the others do that
rnmmmmjL • S'*
MuaaoUnl observing world-wlda
preparation for war, and no disarma
ment Mys, "If I mast fight I must"
and gets ready, wastes so time sob
bing or sighing./.
Before 1940, beginning at oace, he
will spend one thousand million lire
en fighting surface ships and the Mme
hnge sum on fighting, airships.
"Man’s tragic destiny la war,” Mys
he, and tells Italians to prepare tot
long hard times, to meet the war bills.
At least 80 per cent of Europe
grants peace, and does not know bow
to get it
The "Century of Progress" exposi
tion is opened for the second year with
a succsm big enough to please evea
Chicago. Anything must be big to
satisfy Chicago.
Already It is apparent that this
year’s greater and better exposition
will eclipse the first year. In attend
ance and in every other way.
Henry Ford 4ras there to Inspect
his new exposition buildings. Befors
bs realized It, half a dozen young
Americaas, twelve to fifteen years old,
had recognized him, appointed him
their guide, without pay, and kept him
busy for an hour explaining everything
to them, while bis distracted secre
taries tried to remind him of impor
tant bnalneM appointments. *' ‘
Mr. Ford told them:
"These boys are more Important
Vhocs la nothing serious tho matter
with a country when tbs young peo-
ple ire interested In now tdehs.”
Do not foil to visit Chicago's won
derful "Century of ProgreM" exposi
tion this summer. Bet what haa been
dons la the past century of progress.
Bss year country, coming and going
and ask yourself what tha next cen
tury of progress win
this
off Stile* r ' suddenly selective cutting ef Uees ln lumber-
tng operations, and It is designed to'
create in tho minds of all citizens/
the necessity for sustaining our for
ests against the time when, at the
present rets of destruction, there
would bs no more lumber. 1 was sur
prised when the forestry service told
mo that forest land was just about
one-fourth of the entire area In the
United States. But the forestry offi
cials reminded me at the Mme time
that unleM there is a serious con
servation movement, there is only
-enough timber In sight to provide lum
ber for about thirty years more.
Mr. Roosevelt Is proposing legisla
tion, most of which wttt be rMdy
for the session of congress meeting
to January, 1935, to provide machinery
for co-ordinating the efforts of the
federal and state governments and
for gaining the co-operation of ^private
land owners In restoring growing
trees.
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A good many Washington observers
are wondering how soon the federal
t r i d e commission
Headed for and NRA are going
a Cloth I” lock *<"?■ Th *
/ two agencies are
certainly headed In the direction of a
clash. It is generally conceded here
sooner or later Jnhw.
son’s NRA codes that establish mon
opolies to various fields of commerce
and Industry are going to be made the
subject of pithy comment from fed
eral trade commission circles. How
soon It will come, or what form the
disagreement will take, of course, can
be only • matter of conjecture now.
It is necessary to recall the basis
upon which the federal trade commis
sion was created In order to get a
clear understanding of the clash that
la to be expected. First of all, the
creators of the. federal trade commis
sion had In mind the Idea of a fed
eral agency that could be watching
big busineqp all of the time. Where IL
found unfair practices, smothering of
the little Independent units, and such
other conditions as some sharp-shoot
ing businesses use. the commission can.
and does, cite thqro publicly. It goes
after the facts In public hearings and
exposes the practices. It also Issues
orders directing the offending busi
nesses to eliminate the objectionable
practices. If they choose to disregard
the commission orders, the matter la
tnrned over to prosecuting officers of
the government and tougher penal
ties may bo Imposed.
Now, the national recovery act and
General Johnson’s codes have gone a
long way toward making tho conamla-
sTonV ruardTsnahrp of TTlUe busThei*
nil In Its effect The codes permit
monopolies. *or rather, the codes pro
vide under the recovery act that tho
anti trust laws shall not apply to thoM
businesses signing the terms and con
dition! of the codes. It la seen, there
fore. that the provisions of the fed
eral trade commission act can hardly
be enforced. That la to My. tho com
mission cannot order a business to
cease doing something that General
Johnson’s codes declare to be quite
all right
Thus far, the commission haa kept
reasonably quiet about the thing. It
Is true, however, that Its members
have thoughts about the situation
that would make Interesting reading
If they were to be expressed openly.
The commission has kicked about a
few of the codes In a mild sort of
way. Its criticisms have been tem
pered, It Is said, by the fact that
none knows exactly bow to go about
effecting a reconciliation of the • di
verse positions enacted Into law In
the recovery act and the federal trade
commission act Apparently, there
have bee^no Instructions from the
White House and so the commission Is
looked upon merely as drifting until
sttcfr tlme aa an administration policy
«
Ist'ration unless the holders of any
mortgages on those cattle agree not
to foreclose such mortgages. And, be
It said, the mortgage holder who re
fuses to make such an agreement Is
up the well known stump. He can
take the cattle, of course, when the
mortgage matures, but If the mortgages
have many months to run, the cattle
are liable to die of starvation In the
meantime. Without attempting to de
cide the merit of sneb a policy on the
part of the federal government, the
Illustration shows the power that la
wielded from Washington.
The Reconstruction Finance corpora
tion has been exercising Us Influence
with banks" for some time. While
RFC officials Insist they are not at
tempting to control policies of banks,
it nevertheless remains as a fact that
they are exercising voting power In
the boards of directors of numerous
banking Institutions. They went so
far In the case of a great Chicago
bank as to insist that the man they
selected be elected by the board aa Its
chairman. In addition, through the
Federal Deposit Insurance corpora
tion. the bank policies on loans are
closely watched, and this Is happen
ing at a time wbea the President and
some of his advisers are strongly urg
ing the banka to make loans. From
what I know of the banking business,
I imagine few banka will hesitate on
making loans In large amounts pro
viding the borrower has some secur
ity to put up that will assure repay-
naent of the funds borrowed.
• • •
Under NRA and the numerous
codes, various terms and conditions
are laid down
Typical of for business
HowCoJ'Workt nr>ct!rM H-r,
la a typical
case: the code for the graphic arts
Industries haa a provision prohibiting
extension of credit for longer than
two yearn. That Is. a printing plant
owner or publisher of a country news
paper or any one albe wanting to boy
■ linotype machine had been allowed
sometimes as much aa five years In
which to pay for expensive equipment
of that kind. Now, however, he must
pay for It within two years or the
manufacturer will be a code violator
by selling It on a long term basis
Thus It la to be seen that the code
exerts an Influence on what might
be called the Innocent bystander. The
country publisher cannot save up gold
with which to pay for the machinery
because he would be a criminal to
have gold under present law.
Again declaring that I /m not dis
cussing the merit of the proposition.
It remains as a fact that the federal
trade commission la exerting an In
fluence on the type of investments In
dividuals mak« reatrit of Jtr con
trol over the Issue and sale of shares
of stock or bonds
mission cannot reach a corporation
that Is doing business only. In ft
horns stato, but tbe larger corpor*
\
tious engage In busineM on a broad/
er scale than that and the bulk of
shares and bonds therefore, mnst net
be Issued until the federal trade com
mission’s securities experts have de
termined the facts abont the corpora
tion that offers them. It Is a matter
of record,'of course, that numerous
corporations have sold purely blue sky
stock, but the point I aln attempting
to make is that here is another federal
Influence on the lives of Individuals
There are so many ether examples
that could be dted that they would fill
more space than la available here.
• • •
Aa we go through the mouth of
June, another phase of the New Deal
becomes effectivs I
Fcreel refer to the develop-
Coneervation . , M coun
try s forests Private
ly as well as publicly, owned. While
there will be no noticeable results for
some Urns the President’s forest con-
eeryatlon policy haa become operative
nevertheless and it Is a long-range
affair that la generally accepted as
building for the future^ *
The program which the President
Initiated when he started the Civillaa
is framed.
- ^omehody la going to have to
Iron out the differences. They cannot
go on Indefinitely. That fact Is ob
viousWhen- one government agency
goes ahead and allows a thing to be
done that another government agency
has been created to • prevenC lb is
axiomatic that a collision Is going
to occur between them In due course.
Few. observers and few Important
leaders as well are willing to attempt
a prediction as to the outcome. Ono
reason Is that NRA Is under fire from
several directions and I believe it can
not be Mid to what extent the general
principles of NRA are going to be
come Imbedded In our Industrial struc
ture
e e e
Government officials -are be—mlng
more and more concerned about the
growth of smuggling and bootlegging
of liquor. A determined effort Is be
ing made to check (his illicit trads
but the optimism expressed by officials
charged with tho reaponstbllity does
not ring very loud. Indeed, the talk I
hear in s goed many quarters to that
there must be some revision down
ward of the import m duties and tha
local aud state taaa_ on Ifcaor or
elM tho bootlegger and smuggler win
be doing as much business as tha
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