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The Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell, S. C„ Jnly 19,1984 CORREHT EVENTS PISS IN REVIEW NAZI QKftMANY NOW WORRIED •Y ECONOMIC CRISIS—NRA DUE FOR MODIFICATION. By EDWARD W. PICKARD 0 kjr WMtirn N,w,pa««r Union. „ .D-JECOYERINQ from- terror *Dd -Xertalit ounufacturlag *od flaaacUl u^rfenlnr.” dismay caused by Hitler’s ••pnrg- e«tab»»hmenta. conscious that tha Ing" of the Nad party at a cost of •ome fifty Uvea, the people of Ger- many h6W realize $ ■ M Kurt Schmitt that a serious eco nomic crisis for their country is at hand. The essence of the Nazi new deal is that to make mpney is no credit to thci Individ* ual.ibut that to work Is a great honor. In centive in the form of profit is vanish i n g ; Jobs, many of them created, have been spread out thinly; employers are urged tfr rmr thetr pTanTs ar TheTr own ex pense, to take on more men and to Increase wages under the theory that It Is a privilege thus to serve the state. Observers believe the Nazi govern ment Is now trylrtg to retreat from virtual Communism, which its leaders profess to hate, toward relative eco nomic liberalism. The appointment of Dr. Kurt Schmitt, minister of eco nomics, to the position of economic dictator is taken as evidence of this trend. Schmitt has been given blanket powers that will extend to October 1, and lirtjmt time he has the authority to promulgate any reasonable laws that he thinks will help trade and commerce. He also has the right to impose fines on those Who do hot obey his dictates. Chancellor Hitler sought to restore quiet In the reich by ordering a pollt- tca! truce and a call for pence, and he then left Berlin for a varattan in the Bavarian Alps. In the capitals of Europe It was possible to hear al most any kind of rumor concerning Hitler and his prospects, so It Is Just as well to wait and see what happens. One uf till' cnancellor's * firmest friends, Itudolph Hess, minister with out portfolio, broke out with a speech In which lie appealed to France to help Germany avert another war, ad dressing himself to the veterans. Then he delivered a stern warning to France —and (lie world—not to try to Invade the reich. “Just you dare to attack ns! Just you dare to march Into Ger many!” The sjieech was delivered before Nazi chieftains of East Prussia and was broadcast throughout the nation. Translations were then broadcast to the remotest corners of the world, showing the emphasis placed on this pronouncement. Illinois, In his capacity of chairman of Dm Democratic senatorial cam paign committee, replied to the charge that the New Deal foster* monopoly by asserting that the admlntstratloo Intends to prosecute the monopolists “At the demand of large business, stimulated by the national chamber of commerce,” said Senator Lewis, “congress by the votes of both parties suspended the truss act to allow all' business to economize by consolidation to ‘save expense’ and provide ‘larger development.’ Result:- Instead of keeping faith with the government, trust law - was suspended, promptly violated the , codes of the NRA by Joining with eactr other to fi» the price everything—even as against the government Itself. . “This administration has Just been able to discover the responsible par ties to this conspiracy. It has not had time to take steps to punish It It will proceed at once both to punish and obstruct further injustice.'’ * In another statement Senator Lewis Indicated the President is willing to modify the NRA and perhaps some other New Deal policies. “What the President wishes, in ad dition to the reorganization intrusted to Slrr Hichherg and his associates, la that there shall be gathered from the public, wherever possible, whatever objections exist as to legislation late ly passed,” Senator Lewis declared. “He desires particularly to know where business feels that the legisla tion Is Inappropriate to its welfare or where some change in the legislation would best serve the general uses of legitimate business in the promotion of general prosperity in ail branches of commerce and Industry.” JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER celebrat- H his ninety-fifth birthday at hla Lakewood estate In New Jersey, but was not In physical condition to ap pear in public. Members of the house hold would not discuss the mtlllonalEe's state of health beyond saying that he was “not feeling well” T LOYD* GARRISON,^ Harry A. Millls, and Edwin S. Smith, con stituting the new national labor rela tion* board, met In Washington to out line their policies and begin their work. It seemed likely one of the board's first tasks would be to settle I Oi ls RARTHOU, French foreign ^ minister, went over to London to ask a lot of things of the British gow. ernfornt, but Wise observers did not believe 1m» would get much Saflsfac.--fc !i™L The-c-Wef tiring he wanted was assurance that Great Britain line up with France again In case of a war with Germany. Report* that Barthou would propose such an alliance reached I.on<li>n ahead of the. nilnlyter and aroused loud opposition in parliament and the press. There were indications that the cabinet was very cool toward the suggestion. It was reliably reported that Bar thou also proposed: That no political pact he requested but technical collaboration be guar anteed In the event Belgium Is In vaded again. That the world disarmament confer ence be moved to London and consoli dated with the 1035 naval conference, In view of the apparent failure of negotiations at Geneva. That these questions be answered categorically: What Is Britain going to do about the Increase of the Ger man navy? Does Britain favor Ger man rearmament on sea as well as land? That Britain reaffirm that spirit of the Locarno pact In which Germany, Belgium, France, Britain ‘and Italy guaranteed peace in western Europe. That I,ondon be asked to Invite Rus sia to—naral—preliminary conversa- S ’ENATOR BORAH of Idaho, inde pendent Republican, opened his one-man campaign against the New Deal In a radio addresa attacking* es pecially bureaucracy and monopoly. Al though his criticism was directed primar ily agalnsf what he conceives to he these elements In the New Deal, he summarily Indicted the national leadership of the Re publican party on the ground tflflt It "seem? wholly unwilling to _ _ touch this vital Issue” 8en * t0r Bor * h —namely, the monopolistic trend. The senator said the Roosevelt regime was establishing not Nazlism, not Fascism, not Communism, but “simply that meddlesome, Irritating, confusing, undermining, destructive thing called bureaucracy.” And bureau cracy be defined as “that form of gov ernment which steals away man's rights In the name of the public in terest and taxes him to death in the name of recovery.” Bureaucracy, the Idaho senator asserted, "has destroyed every civilization upon which it has fastened its lecherous grip.” It is the common man who will be the chief victim of our new bureaucrat ic form of government, the Idahoan as serted. The Influential and powerful have demonstrated that they “can gen erally obtain all Ihe rig h *i ind r*' t ‘ , l leges they desire under any form of government.” But the “freedom and |K>litirnl rights” of the toilers are be ing more and more limited, whether under European dictatorships or the American bureaucracy. the longshoreman’s strike on the Pa- caflc coast Conditions, especially In San Francisco, were growing steadily worse and other unions were contem plating a general strike in sympathy with the dock workers. Calling out of the National Guard by Governor Merrlam had halted the riots, In which several men were killed, but the workers were as determined as ever. 4— TN CHILE, also, a revolutionary plot 1 against the government of Presi dent Arturo Aies&andrl was discov ered and the police made numerous arrests in Santiago and elsewhere. CBORETARY of STATE HULL *3 sent to Finland a letter of acknowl edgment for itf payment of its war debt Instalments to date, sad took the chance to reprove the other nations that defaulted. In his letter Mr. Hull ahid: “At a time when contractual obliga tions have been widely disregarded, or are top easily subordinated to con siderations of brief expediency, and to a degree which threatens one of the most Important base* of human rela tions, the consistent steadfastness dictatorial path of Chancellor Washington.—Congress took a for- with which Finland has unhesitating- Hitler Is not as smooth as with his nial adtegramont « few weeks am fr met Its obligations has been on mlloaguea, Mussottnl, Kethal Pasha" and Stalin. THIS WEEK Pint Break In German^ The Kaiser’s Praise What Next in Germany? Vatican Resentment The dictatorial path of Chancellor A few killings, suicides and arrests will not pat an end to such violent dls- -“ttgfocjloik >nd the, world wonders what, will happen next Old President fllndenburg congratu late* all the survivors. Some of the dead may be better off than the living. According to Universal Service, Boehm, who had fought at the side of Hitler since the beginning, did not commit suicide. Left with a loaded revolver Ih hla prison cell, he refused lo kill himself and, after being given “ten minute* more,” was shot down by a firing squad. The former kaiser expresses amaze ment at Hitler’s' energy and strength. He says Hitler is “stronger than ever.” It la dear the chancellor does not lack strength of will or swiftness of execution. Before he had seized com plete power he predicted “heads will roll” They are rolling, and Hitler’s bead man, Goebbels, predicts that “more heads will rolL” 1 ‘ but I found In roam- Tax inquiry lug about the Capl- Significant tol and 860816 and house office build- Inga the other day, that there are no less than eleven of Its committees con tinuing in session, and that no lessj than eleven of them are conducting Investigations. It Is true that only a few members of each of the commit tees remain in attendance—the others - information showing that this Investi- are out campaigning for re-election— but, even so. It appears there is going to be an extraordinary amount of searching after truth, or mudslinging, through the beat of the summer and the cool of the antumn. While I am not infallible in my Judgment and conclusions. I must con- That the Hitler collapse is to be followed by horrible violence Is only too probable. What would come after ward! Would extreme ''“red radicalism” come to the front to take control! The roundup resulted In the biggest Would there be that union of Russia of professional revolutionaries and Germany tW many ad- si nee Communism was Imported into the country. Despite the prompt ac tion of the authorities the Chileans 11 conspiracy squelched-entirely, was not T RADE war between Great Britain and Germany was averted by the signing of’ an agreement protecting Britlahiptereatsduringthd sol eh’g riw months foreign obligations morato rium, ordered In effect July 1. Under the accord, Germany agrees to pay Young and Dawes plan obliga tions when due in October, Novem ber and December, on presentation of coupons on bonds by the Bank of Eng land. tlons and the 1035 conference. « A SSISTANT PRESIDENT” is what ** they now call Donald Rlchberg, because he Is at the head of a kind of super-cabinet which holds power during the absence of President Roose velt. The counsel for the NRA has his work cut out for him, and has gone at it with a will. The chief part of his task Is acting as director of an industrial emer- g e n c y committee which has been given sweeping supervisory and co-ordinating Donald powers over the ma- Rlchberg Jor agencies of the New Deal What is going to happen to the NRA is an absorbing question to nm P j 0 f our best minds. General Johnson Is •aid to favor the creation of an en tirely new body to take its place and to perform the functions of the fed- B KING ambassador to Cuba is no snap. The authorities of the is- : r si '■ : N,- X t J>». -..v -y ms;** land republic have Just uncovered an extensive plot to assassinate Ambas sador Jefferson Caf- fery with bombs, many of which were found. Something like seventy-five for mer army officers were arrested and it was said documentary proof of the plot was seized. The officials also fouud large stores of guns and munitions in ware houses. Jose Pedraxa, chief of the Havana police, said the former officers were aided by one faction of the ABC political society, which re cently withdrew its support from the Mendieta government, and planned a revolt in Havana, striking at police stations and-army barracks slmul-~ taneously in a night attack after cut ting electric lights off over the city. There were persistent reports In Havana that President Mendieta would resign In favor of Col. Fulgencio Ba tista, head of the army. J APAN’S cabinet resigned ns a result of a financial scandal involving a vice minister, and the emperor called an Prince Salonjl, last of the elder statesmen, for advice In selecting a new premier. The prince recommend ed Admiral Kelsuke Okada for the place and the emperor made the ap pointment, which was generally con sidered very wise. Okada asked Kokl Hirota to remain as foreign minister, and the minister of war and navy also were reappointed. The " hew govern ment Is expected to follow the general vocated immediately after the sign ing of the Versailles treaty? The pope’s government In the Vati* bitterly, and naturally,Ihs statement that Heinrich Klausener, head of the Catholic Action party In Berlin, has committed suicide. An fess that 1 can see a valid reason for only one. Just a single one, of those eleven investigations. The ways and means committee of the house has started out to do some surveying of the federal taxation structure, and ev erywhere I have asked 1 have found approval of the idea. There can be no doubt of a need for that survey, provided the politicians will accept the results of those who examined the facta, because the American taxation system, both national and state, surely la of the hit-or-miss type. But there is another significance to the tax Inquiry. I reported to you re cently that it was going to cost tax- payers a total of almost Si.15Q.QQQ.QQQ a year in Interest on the public debt of the national government when that debt reaches the $31,000,000,000 which President Roosevelt has announced It will reach. Since that Information was given you, further inquiries con vince me the debt easily may reach $35,000,000,000 by the winter of 1935- 36, and the Interest alone will be cor- officlal of the Vatican recalls that respondingly more. This Is Just the “only recently Klausener made n noble interest, mind you, find makes no pro- speech to Berlin Catholics, which was vision for retirement of any of the read with deepest satisfaction by the debt. Which would have to take extra Vatican." The Vatican official, quoted ! t** daHanL -r-r ~7 by International News Service, adds: ) Since the national debt is so high, “We must strongly protest against • nd going higher and the house ways the attempt to camouflage murder as * n d means committee is making sujji suicide, since the Catholic religion for- • n intensive study of the tax system, bids suicide. Militants, like Klausener, j ° n « «•» not fail to link the two to- would not dream of taking their own father. The obvious question Is: Is lives.” 1 the administration becoming concerned The same official said further: “It | over the sources of funds to pay the Is deplorable that, not content with I ,,u * e total of debt Incurred in spend- killing their adversary, the brown shirts threw mud at his noble figure.” ing our way out of the depression? Concurrently with the house com- mlttee’a study. Secretary Morgenthau Rudyard Kipling, not as young as ! of tbs treasury, announced the at> be was, but persistently British and Pointment of another brain-trust group patriotic, writes a new poem which ■ays Non Nobis Domine, meaning “Not Unto Us, O Lord,” should the praise be given. This new “Recessional” poem was written for a magnificent pageant celebrating England’s mar- t* study tax questions for him. Mr. Morgenthau holds that our tax system is full of holes, which undoubtedly It la, and he feels that liie general nteth- od should be revamped so that the flow of revemie will not be so depend; Hues Of pollcy J laid down bv Sntto, TE- ' Tetous recovery from the Blf'Wtf IBfft “P** prosperous economic icimli tiring premier. One of Itsschlef alms will be to clean np graft M ME. MARIE CURIE, co-diacoverer with tier husband of radium and rated as ooe-«f the world’s greatest women, passed a\yiy at Tassy in the French Alps at the age of sixty-six years. Her physicians said that her inability to recover from an attack of pernicious anemia was probably due to the fact that her bone structure was weakened by years of exposure to radium and X-rays. The Netherlands was thrown into mourning by the death of Prince Con sort Henry. He was married to Queen Wilhelmina in 1901 and the Dutch peo ple had learned to love him deeply. Jsfferaon Caffsry P RESIDENT ROOSEVELT made brief but pleasant visits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Inspect ing government projects and talking reassuringly to the Inhabitants. Then the cruiser Houston-headed for Carta gena, Colombia, for a short stop before going to the Canal Zone. monopoly. In this ha recognises as Jast soma of tha complaints ottered by Senator Borah. The plan was sub mitted to Mr. Roosevelt before ha want to sea, and Is being studied by Rlchberg and others. Senator Jamas Hamilton Lewis of . W ITH Its eyes on the coming con gressional campaign, the O. O. P. elephant is sitting up and taking no tice. In other words, the Republican party Is showing signs of a distant revivification. Its nationaP leaders are busy these days. The 'party’s eightieth birthday was celebrated at Jackson, Mick., with many speeches and assurances of future victories. National Chairman Fletcher being In the van of the assurers. Mr. Fletcher then went to Chicago, wber& inanj ot erat trade commission in preventing- the most Important men in the party mrmnnnlv. In this h* .. * — . . . s* z F ** met with him In closed conferences. Their especial purpose was to conaid-. er the plans of the leaders of the young Republicans, who are endeav oring to weld together several organi sations that have been operatl^l In* dependent^. P RIME MINISTER RAMSAY MAC- DONALD of Great Britain, who la in Scotland on a vacation, was bitterly assailed in the bouse of lords by Vis count Snowden, former chancellor of exchequer and once close personal friend of the premier. Snowden de nounced MacDonald as a traitor to his colleagues in the Labor party and to the country. “The cabinet found the prime mlnis- an amenable inatnimant of depression and dragging In the defeat of tha armada. Kipling might have written, hut did not write: “Non Nobis Domine—Give the praise to oar gooselike friend Uncle Sam, for with out him sending ns billions of dollars, and quietly accepting our default, wa should not be so well off.” This great nation, aa mild aa a tick white mouse concerning the gigantic defaulted debts of France and Eng land, la roaring like a first-class lion at Germany’s default It must be a great comfort to find some one ta whom you dare speak plainly. Tory policy,” Snowden declared, “that it has edme to the conclusion that there are no professions which he made, no pledges which he gave the country which he will not repudiate, no humiliation to which he will not submit if they only allow him still to be called pjrime minister. "The Tories have no use for Mae Donald except for exhibiting him on their platform In chains, as the one time Socialist who has seen the error or his ways and found salvation In the spiritual home of the Tory party. “He will be used for the same pur poses as the reformed drunkard at temperance meetings.” T HERE was a general scattering of admlnistittton chieftains following the departure of President Roosevelt Secretary Roper went tq Alaska Secretary Morgenthau to a Mom ranch. Secretary Dern sailed for the Canal Zone, and Secretary Swanson and Attorney General Cummings were down on the lower Potomac on yachts. Secretary Hull took motor rides In the Virginia mountains. Secretary Farley was In New York, lace went to Chautauqua. Secretaries Ickes and Perkins remained at their Jobsl General Johnson went to Sara toga Springs for a rest, Harry Hop kins sailed for Europe and Prof* Tugweil went to the Far West lights also left Washington. Senator McAdoo, praising President Roosevelt, says, “Rugged individual ism is dying.” If that were true, It would be a sad thing for the country, because some necessary things white rabbits cannot do. If nigged Individualists had dle^ earlier, there would be no tunnels from New York to New Jersey, under the North river. McAdoo cat them there, and It was a rugged Job. And If there were no rugged Indi vidualism left, there would be no President RooseveR. Any man able to make congress eat out of his hand, and Jump through new era hoops, l« rugged. Many old men will read this with sympathy: Fred Schlundt Inhaled gas and killed himself fn a little furnished f whlcb the federal government levies room. In his pocket were 6 cents and this note: “Don’t try to revive me. I want to be dead. I am over seventy-four.'* President Roosevelt ts said to havo told hla subordinates, high sad low, old stylo and new “brain trust" style, not; to talk politics while -he is away on hla trip to the Virgin Islands and Ha wait The President’s order la wise. If an the different brains recently and sud denly Injected Into politics began ar guing all together some of them might contradict each other. Before leaving, the President estab lishes a “steel labor board,” consisting of three men, well cboeen. This board will deal with the steel strike as “the national longshoremen's hoard” will deal with the strike of dock laborers employees are said to havo the accepted arbitration by presiden tial boards, but Mr>0re«i, bead ot the American Federation of Labor, has not spoksn enthusiastically or definitely on the subject - •ft tlons. To that end, the secretary sent part of the number of professors and tax experts selected by him over to England for a study of British tax ation methods. British taxes appar ently are much higher than ours, and Mr. Morgenthau is desirous of finding out how the British government gets •way with It So, one hears around Washington a great deal of discussion sf what the future bolds in the way of tax levies upon the rank and file. Mr. Roosevelt said In his latest radio speech to the country, it will be remembered, that relief was his first consideration, that vast sums had been expended for relief and that further vast sums will be expended. All of which leads back to the observation I made above, namely, that one cannot help linking these sev eral studies together with an under current of fear that, perhaps, we are spending too much money. * • • While discussing the tax investiga tion, however, it would be unfair to omit reference to Double one feature of the Taxation EvU hou8e c ? rnmIttee ,n - vestigation that, I am told by real tax authorities can Imposed .by congress under federal |b- These matters naturally constitute subjects for serious Investigation. It is the only way by which congress can inform Itself and determine a policy. Such, however, unfortunately . cannot be said about most of the other Inves tigations that are running through Abe summer and fall There Is the so- called munitions investigation. Thus far, my searches have yielded little gatlon can produce anything construe*^ tive. It, and several of the other In vestigations, In my opinion, amount to little more than fishing expeditions, a hope that something will be uncovered so that some members of congress can be “amazed” or duly "dumbfounded” by business practice! of Anna that— have been in business half a century or more. I guess the senators and . representatives have to have some thing to be “amazed” about every so often, but it does occur to me that If congress really wants to economise, it could limit its Investigations which roughly will cost close to half a million dollars this summer and fall • • • Policies of the last several adminis trations in Washington have presented < many puzzling things, U. S., Great eat and some of them Landlord move 006 t0 lnqulr6 where it all will end. For example, the Farm Credit admin- IstratloD—the FOA of the alphabetical ■ - ooup—released a statement to the press the other day to the effect that the twelve federal land banks now own outright own was Instructed to look into the doable taxation evil that besets the country. It Is known to everyone, of course, that there are places and things upon high taxes and that these taxes fall on top of similar, and sometimea greater, levies by the states. Conse quently, the committee Inquiry may bring to light bow often, and where, this sort of thing Is happening. For example of double taxation, two or three, common Illustrations will serve to Indicate how severely the burden obtains. Take the tax on gas oline, as one. The .federal government laid a tax on gasoline two years ago. and that tax although It was small had to be paid by users of “gas” In addi tion to the state levies, which run as high In some states as 7 or 8 cents a gallon, making the tax borne by that commodity aggregate as much as 10 or 11 cents a gallon In some places. The tax mi cigarettes Is another example, hot this commodity 4ns taxed first by the federal government and then the states put their levies oa The re i> that. In many, states tho tax igarettes amounts*10 more than the selling price of the package would be if no tax were laiid. Twenty-nine states now collect taxes on Incomes of Individuals or corpor- * tlons, and twenty-six of them coll< “* tux from both. Theso taxes; are aside from the high por 7 a rates thousands of others on which the loans are In virtual default I think It can be said, therefore, that Uncle Sam has become the greatest landlord In the world. While lafom** 1 ™* — less startling that the federal govern ment through one of its multifarious agencies, now owns so much farm/ land, the fact gives only an Inkling of -what haa happened In others of the -7' various agencies through which It acta. * As I said, one can hardly help inquir ing where It all wHI end. I make no attempt to controvert the policy of federal loans on farm lands or homes; I only can pause and wonder what the future holds if the course Is contin* ued. V The farm loan banks have • total or $<>2,039,000 tied up in those farms which they hold. The only way that money can be withdrawn Is by sale of the lands If they are sold, the chance* are new mortgages in varying amounts will have to be placed on them cause most buyers are not In a po> rition to pay the whole ~sum in cash, Some of them again will default, and the govorninent agency again will own the lamT All of whieh Ts by way of saying that the idealist who wails and gnashes his teeth about the terrible brute who forecloses has not yet solved the problem of saving homes that were bought on a margin of cash that was too narrow, or a home that was bought by an individual who ran into hard luck. The point of it Is that the federal government Is dabbling into every thing. It Is going beyond what gov ernment ought to do. • • • When one examines the whole pic ture respecting government and its scope these days. It Abounding is rather astounding. Picturo For instance - the Ue- constrpctlon Fi nance corporation anounced the other day that it was willing to help the Baltimore A Ohio railroad refinance Its maturing bonds. I do not know what the outcome will be) but It seems to me that refinancing of a railroad by use of government credit la hardly a function of government The Reconstruction Finance corpor ation la making loans continually. It has loaned money to. or has bought stock In nearly 4,500 banks. Propo- nenta of this policy contend aonndly enough that unless those loans bad been made, the banks which obtained them would have gone on the rocks and the depositors would have suf fered. But I am still wondering If / it is the proper function of govern ment to protect private activities to the extent of guaranteeing out of the / public funds that 1 shall get my monej back on any old Investment or w! not into which I have put it way, I am Inclined to feel that govern ment as such, ought not be dabbling into things where It Is required to in sure that people will not pe foolish or crooked. And there are going/to be more loans made. The last 7 congress en acted a law providing/for loans to In dustry, the so-called small Industries loan legislation. called. Business leaders and bankers tell me that ths government Is going to find Itself own ing a lot of buslaesa wrecks throngb those loans./The bankers say that If a baslness has a chance to survive, which means It can pay expenses, it can get money at ordinary banking houses/ If the government Is going to make loans only to those unab'e to get loans, the con%'ctlon I hear most often expressed Is that the government d better set up another agency from which it can send supervisors dr gen eral managers aU ever the country *18 won the property it erentnally wit own.. - 0fc? W«t«r»i . . •/