The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, September 13, 1934, Image 2

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The Barnwell Barnwell, S. C, September 13,1934 9*ri f|r; rfP ews Review of Current 4 - • ' ' * *. ** f ‘ » # • . * ^ ' Events the World Over V Secretary Morgenthau on Costs of New Deal—Realign^ ment of NRA Codes—Interesting Results „—-•-3- of Recent Primaries.— 1 ——r-—— F rancis j. ooruan, heed of tht strike committee of the United Tex tile Workers, soot to the sectional leaders the secret Instrsctlons for s general walk-oat In tht cotton textile Industry on September 4. The order affects approximately 800,000 cotton mill workers; and about 800,000 more will go on .strike then or soon after In the silk, rayon and woolen mills. "I am fully convinced,'' Gorman told reporters "that the strike net only yllLmatcrialUf Jfflt. .will be j ful." The administration, however, still BRISBANE WEEK v Feed Everybody? Big Job fcoadt Ask $170,000,000 010*1 Shoot Santa Claus National Topics Interpreted bv William Bruckart ily It •seretary Maroanthau keep <t there. S BCRETART OP THE TREASURY MORGENTHAU, In his first speech since taking office, forecast an even tual Inflation of $2,800,000,000 by an nouncl ng the treasury expects sooner or later to apply Its gold •'prof it" to a reduction of the national debt. “For the present this 12,800.000.000 le un der lock and key," Mr. Morgenth a u said. “Most of It, by au thority of congress, Is segregated In the so called stabilization fund, and for the present we propose to But I call your atten- tier te the fact that ultimately we ex pect *his ‘profit' to flow back Into the stream of our other revenuee and thereby reduce the national debt" Tht “profit" In question accrued through a bookkeeping operation when the amount of gold fixed by law as the equivalent of $1 was reduced from tS.22 grains to 18.71 grains. This meant that an ounce of gold worth $20.67 one day and the had a value of $35. , JtlSt previously the treasury taken title to all the monetary gold In the country, paying for It at the $20.67 rata On every ounce It made e "prof- If of $14.33, the difference between Ihe purchase figure and $35. The secretary gare In figures his ea tlmate of the cost of the New Deal. Against an Increase of $6,000,000. 000 In the national debt, he asserted, various assets should he deducted. He listed them as follows: An Increase of $1,000,000,000 in the treasury's cash balance since March 4. 1933. The gold "profit," amounting to $2. 800,000,000. An Increase in the net assets of agencies wholly owned or financed by the government, amounting to $1,005.- 000,000. Morgenthau did not carry the prop- oeltloa through to Us arithmetical conclusion, but the cost of the New Deal under his theory would amount to 8805.pnQ.QPO. • Sr Wattvni Newspaper Union. apply only to certain seasons and thus are not as, objectionable to domestic producers as they might otherwise be. As against the concessions made to (Juba, which are regarded as so Im portant from the standpoint of that country as to offer great promise of economic recovery, there should be rather widespread benefits to agricul tural and Industrial producers of the United State*. The most valuable con cession Is a great reduction In the CubiO duty on hog lard. — was next had G EN. HUGH 8. JOHNSON, through a spokesman, has flatly denied the atory of bla dispute with Donald Rlchberg and Secretary of labor per kina ever control of the-NRA. ireH- Informed persona In Washington be Here It la true. The President calmed the storm but put off the decision. The NRA Is being reorganized temporarily to aerve until the next congress gives It permanent form, and for the pres ent Johnson retains his supremacy. To bring about greater efficiency and economy the codes of the NRA are being realigned, industry Is di vlded Into 22 classes, the Initial move toward catting down the number of codes from 682 to about 250 and group ing them la ten grand divisions Merg ars are railed on to make the drastic reduction In the number of codes. Codes wltb similar or related Inter eats are grouped together. Allied buslneasea will thus receive Identical treatment on common problems, offi cials said. The codes also are ex pected to be easier and cheaper to ad, minister. The 22 classifications In turn are based on four fundamental groups as follows: Producing Industriee—Food, textiles, leather and fur, ferrous metals, non ferrous metals, non-metalllc products, fuel, lumber and timber, chmiilcati and paints and drugs, paper, rubber. Fabricating Industries—Fk]ulpment, manufacturing, graphic arts, construc tion. Service industries—Public utilities, transportation, communications, amuse ments, finance. Distributing trades—Professions and services, wholesale and retail, codes. agb lENERAL JOHNSON has repeated ly said that he could not afford Hr sacrifice his private business earn teg capacity by remaining at the head of the NRa on a salary of $6,000 a year, Intimating that he would have to retire from his governmental Job It la now revealed that on July 1 his mtlary was Increased to $18,000 a year by order of President Roosevelt M UCH political benefit to the ad ministration In the congressional campaign la expected to accrue from the reciprocal trade Treaty wltb Cuba which baa Just been announced. It Is the first of the projected trade agreements and little criticism of it Is likely te be heard. The domestic sugar producers, who of course do not like the reduction In the doty on Cuban for the action ML w. cordlngly had adjusted themselves to the situation. The domestic tobacco Interests are eooecled for reductions la duties by of imports of Cuban Inaf tobacco, cigars and cbe- of SO kinds te 18 per cent of, ! quantity of tobncPs ased In the previous of It la announced that the government go on strike while the strike lasts. The American Federation of Labor representative In the South says the' 800,OMNI textile workers about to go on strike will look to the government to take care of them while the strike lasts. According to the Associated Press, Harry L. Hopkins, government relief administrator, says: “It Is a surpris ing thing to me we haven't had a d—d sight more strikes than we have." We shall prybabty have strikes, in sufficient number If the government In an_„ acrimonious controversy with enpport# ail strikers, ~ ~~ Washington.—Recent developments Capital tend to Indicate. ed through the efforts of the national labor relations board headed bj Lloyd Garrison. The union leaders have made It plain that they expect the strike will be Indirectly financed by the government through the relief or ganizations. They admit that their unions have not sufficient funds 'to carry the workers through the pros pective period of Idleness. Campaign /eeaea in the opinion of long time observers, that the Issues of the coming election cam paign’ and for the next session of con gress are being sharply drawn. It la recognized here that the line of cleavage wilt be whether the Roose velt administration shall. go further to the radical side or whether It shall be forced to a more conservative be lief. There has been so much confusion in administration affairs that the Issue President B ELIEVING the emergency phase of agricultural adjustment Is about over, the AAA officials are simplifying their program for the future. Tenta tively they propose these control plans for 1035: Wheat—10 per cent reduction In acreage below that of the base pe riod, 1930-32 inclusive; desired sere-, age, shout 62,000,000; desired produc tion, 750,000,000 to 775.000.600 bushels. Corn—Possibly e 18 to 20 per cent reduction In acreage. Instead of 20 to 30 per cent as specified by the 1934 program. Hogs and other livestock—No direct control, supply being regulated by ad justment of feed crops. Cotton—10 to 15 per cent acreage reduction under base period, 1928-32, inclusive. Instead 6T about 40 per cenf; desired acreage, 82,0t)0,000 to 87.000,- 900; desired production, 11,500,000 to 13,000.000 bales. Roosevelt concerning the former’s assertion that the administration Is seeking to curb the press, and the blind senator used language that was so disre spectful to the Chief Executive that even ' Mr. Rooievelt's sever- decide to pay them out eys the wages they are the strike Huts, th great many strikes. Railroads ask $170,000,000 In Increased economic an Increase of gbt rates to offset which “reflect of the government* ITnERGUSOMSMT-Tn~Texas was $ struck a probably fatal blow when James V. Allred, the young at torney general of the state, won th# Democratic nomina tion for governor in the Democratic rnn- off primary. By a mn- orlty of about 4.'*,000 votes he defeated Tom F. Hunter, who wa# hocked for the nomination by “Ma” Ferguson, the present governor, and her hus band. James E. Fer guson, who formerly occupied the office un til ousted by the legislature. The Fer gusons have controlled Democratic politic* In Texas for some twenty J. V. Allred years, but their sway probably la now coming to an end. Mr. Allred la only thirl j ■ A-* 5 Jfi&n aid. but has enmn to-f-100 pep rent the top swiftly. His Domination la equivalent to election. U PTON SINCLAIR, the Socialist author who turned Democrat In order to run for the Democratic nomi nation for governor of California, suc ceeded In his purpose. In the primaries he ran far ahead of George Creel, who waa director of propaganda during tha World war; Justus S. Warden, con servative, and Milton K. Young, the Democratic candidate to 1930. Sin clair campaigned on a plan “to end poverty In California" which was set forth In a book he published. It calls for the state to take over and operate defunct factories and businesses and farms acquired because of tax delin quencies as a means of placing the unemployed. Sinclair's opponent In the election will be FrankJT. Merrism, the Republican acting governor.' Sen ator Hiram W. Johnson easily won re- nomination and la on the Republican, Democratic, Progressive and Common wealth tickets; his only opponent Is George R. Kirkpatrick, Socialist. South Carolina Democrats will have ■fn hdhi~a runoff primsry~t?r decide he^ tween Cole L. Blease, former governor and senator, and Olio D. Johnston, young attorney of Spartansburg, for the gubernatorial nomination. In a referendum held as a guide for the leg islature the drys were defeated. Democrats of Mississippi also will hold a runoff primary to determine whether Former Governor Theodore G. Bilbo or Senator Hubert D. Stephens shall represent the state in the senate, aatoements B RITISH people the world over re joiced at the announcement that Prince George, fourth son of the king, was engaged to wed the lovely Prin cess Marina, niece of the late King Constan tine of Greece. The announcement from the palace In London said: “It la with the greatest pleasure that the king and queen announce the betroth al of their dearljr be loved son Prince George to Princes* Marina, daughter of Prince and Princess Prince Geerge Nicolas of Greece, to which union the king kas gladly given his consent'' acquaintance thil fitted five years te the young couple's first meeting In London ripened Into love at the summer home of Prince Paul ef Jugoslavia, where Prince George and princess Marina have been visiting. The princess, who waa educated In Athena. Parla, and London, speaks flnently French. English, Gretk, Roe- Man. and German. She Inherits nil beauty and the the approve of >t The President had asked _ _ ..... M*- Schall for the Senator Schall « factg n ^ h * based his recent assertion that plana are under consideration for “a national press service to take the plaoe of the Associated Press, the Hearst News service and the Unit ed Press." This service, Mr. Schall said, would "have exclusive use of all government news and be In a position to give Its service only to those newspapers loyal to the Roose velt dictatorship." "Once these facts are In my hands," said Mr. Roosevelt, “they will receive Immediate attention In order to make impossible the tilings you say will be done, because I am Just as much op posed to them as you are." The senator Immediately sent to the President and made public a 650 word letter In which he said In part: "You ask me for 'inforrantlon* con cerning what yon yourself have done. Are you attempting to secure the facts so that yon may be to a position to re fute yourself? ■"*Your telegram to me bears out the suggestion of the constant effort to mislead and fool the public. Your de sire to make yourself appear before the people of the United States as cham pion of a free press may be as Insis ts being forced. Each time heretofore that conservatives have fought against proposals by the Roosevelt administra tion or have criticized acts performed under the discretionary authority granted the President by congress, the eonservatlve element has been badly defeated. .It should J>e said that the conservatives have lacked any particu lar punch, nor have they had leaders worthwhile. - Consequently their at tacks have lacked virility and have amounted to the same thing as an at tempt to. kill a bear with blrdshot Now, however, there seems to he a stiffening of backbone nn the part of the conservatives, both Democratic and Republican, as is evidenced by the formation of the American Liberty league. This group, headed by such men as Jouett Shouse, former Demo eratlc national committee head, former The “American Liberty league,~ Of- 1 united States Senator James M. Wads- est critics could not are not paying enough thef must pay’ be hoped thaTTncreased Railroads Must run. and If th* people t paying ■ere; it la to it will provide good pay for workers, conductors, engt- trainmen, track walkers, all There la nowhere to the world a better body of men, more reliable, dig nified. obliging, safe, sober and use ful, than American railroad workers. ganlzed to protect the beautilul old American dollar and "vested interest*" from the “New Deal." expects former Governor A1 Smith to worth, a New York Republican, and Alfred E. Smith, one time Democratic candidate for President; has announced —Its purpose to fight tn defense of the observers herq think they foresee ft more serious disagreement among *d- t ministration leaders than has yet taken place. „ . If he succeeds la accomplishing the purpose assigned to him by the Presi dent. Mr. Rlchberg will face the op position of the'newly formed Ameri can Liberty league and the conaerva- tive element thioughout the country with a well oiled machine to carry out bis policies, . v s s * The critics of Gen. Hugh a John son, national recovery administrator, have had their turn Their Tam to laugh. The gen- to Laugh eral, who has be- frequent Mr. John W. Davis, who also ran- Constitution. It also Is prepared to for President on the Democratic ticket, make war on radicalism. Mr. Shouse, is said to be with the league “heart who wtlf be the league's president, de- Edmund Wong On Wah. Chinese air pilot, dreamed that he crashed after cere as your promises tb the people { « aed When you accepted the Democratle nomination at Chicago with the state ment that you were for their platform “To date you have not kept one of th* covenants you pledged the peo ple at that time. Let me recall your testy anger at your disappointment la keeping out of the press code the ex pression of a free press." Sehall went on to cite what he called '‘specific evidence" of an inten tion by the President to force a cen sorship of the press so that “yonr acts and the sets of your Communistic bureaucrats might be hidden from pub lic gaze." Mr. Roosevelt sent the senator an answer sharply rebuking hln\ for his “vituperative" letter “which gives no facts and does not answer my simple request." In conclusion he said: “The Incident Is closed." Schall retorted In somewhat milder language that he as a representative of the people could not let the affair rest •' and soul." Former Governor Smith’s friends think he may be “too busy." The probability of beating President Roosevelt’s party this fall was ex pressed well by a former Democratic cabinet member who is not a Roose velt man: ‘ “You can’t shoot Santa Claus, you know. est>eclally around Christmas." This administration Is. for tens of millions of Americans and hundreds of American cities, the greatest “Santa Claus" In all history. , that when be did die he wanted an Iron coffin. * . . IVnng jyih waa a+lmotmA with another Chinese flyer, Fong Shek, to maneuver above the steamship Bre men, bringing In Gen. Chang Fahway. The planes collided. Wong was killed and his desire to fly and fight for the Chinese army thwarted. He will be burled here tn a $750 steel coffin. Generaf Chang, whom Wong never saw, gave the order. Why do you suppose Wong wanted an iron coffin? It could not keep the soul in or keep the worms out. pre sumably. Many prosperous Americans are buried in coffins of bronze. M ORE electricity for more people at lower rates is the aim of tb* federal power commission In s nation al survey which has Just been started According to -Basil Msniey, vios chato man of the commission, the survey will enable that body to compile and sub mit to the next congress the “most comprehensive and authentic exhibit of our power resources and possibili ties ever made in this or any other country." To obtain the data required the commission has sent a question naire to every private and municipally owned power plant tn the ttfid. “Determining the nation’s power re> economically and advantageously sup plied is the primary purpose" Hr. Manley explained. “Markets must be considered, as well as power sites that can be developed at reasonable cost, either by governmental enterprise er private capital. “One purpose Is to establish and maintain that balance between steam and hydro-electric power wbtcb will give America the most dependable sources of energy at the lowest pos sible rates." D ESPITE the Polish denials that a | secret pact has been concluded between Germany and Poland, La LIberte, nationalist newspaper of Paris, charges that such a treaty has been signed, and gives Its alleged stipulations which provide that Poland shall relinquish the Polish corridor to the reicb in exchange for German sap- port of a Polish attempt to gala con trol of Lithuania, peaceably or other wise. The nationalist organ reporta In ad- ditiro five military and territorial ar tides and the fast that tha treaty con tains a aeries of The for of the (alter cant far taw Not long ago Mussolini and Hitler met with all signs of amity eternal at Venice. Hands were clasped, vows of friendship and co-operation exchanged. Mussolini was to visit Hitler at bla country estate as soon as possible, and thw-world said. "How lovely to see dic tator brethren dwelling together In arolryT' And now the Mussolini visit to Hit ler is postponed indefinitely. Musso lini did not like (he Doilfus# assassina tion. and seems to hold Hitler’s Nazi friends responsible, Europe discusses the expulsion of Mrs. Sinclair Lewis from Germany ns a forerunner of rigid press controL All copies of the (.ondon Times In Ger man were recdntly seized and It Is ex pected that foreign correspondents will be asked toJteavt. If they ylte any thing displeasing to Hitler. Engines valve, and liberty does not last long without free expression of opinion. Modern dictators ueed- ilberties. and all agree with Napoleon, who srfld his power would last hut s few weeks If he permitted freedom of the press. Germany, preparing for a hard win ter and with scarcity. Is endeavoring, through Propaganda Minister Goefe beta, “to establish hunger as • vto tue" and arouse (he people’s enthusi asm concerning the duty of "doing without" In this country also we expect a hard winter, but Instead of a glorify ing of hunger and the “noble patriot Ism of going without" our government says: “Nobody shall he hungry." The American plan will be the more pep* alar. Lord Edward Montagu, second wa of the Duke of Mancheeter, thought ho would Join the French Foreign Legion, changed hi* mind, atarted a "hot dog" •tend on the edge of the Thame*, at Maidenhead, and la well satisfied. Be sells coffee, soft drink* and sandwiches with his hot dogs, and ho hr fit horn and dared It was hot antl-ltoosevelt. or anti-administration but that It admit tedly will he against some features of the New Deal. Thus, for the first time since Mr. Roosevelt became President, he Is con fronted with -fratrtr Outright bpposl tion of a serious kind on those parts of his program which the league and other conservatives believe go beyond traditions of American history. My Information Is that the league is well supplied with funds and that It will be able to disseminate Its views to extensive fashion. The purpose. It Is said. Is to make sure that the rank and file of voters bear all sides to the vart •os questions. The non-partisan character of the work to be done la being emphasized. organization are advanced as proof of tbe statement that It will not dabble In partisan politics. It remains, never theless. that this group naturally must appose a good many of the New Deal plans and In some quarters It Is be lieved the New Dealers will attempt to catalogue It purely as an anti-ad ministration propaganda machine. It la to be seen thus that Mr. Shouse and bla associates have a battle on their hands to addition to defense of the Constitution. Rut those factors do not change the belief of many here that In tbe American Liberty league we actually are seeing tbe birth of a new political party. It Is (his manner that parties are born. • * * The lack of co-ordination to govern mental agencies Is giving the Presl dent fresh concern Xiehkerge and a new program Job la being considered In order to fend off partisan attack* Donald ‘ Rlchberg. Chicago lawyer and former general counsel for tbe NRA, has the Job In Charge,., He- will, -attempt, .where his predecessor Frank Walker failed, to straighten out the tangled skein that has resulted In many of-the agencies of the New Deal running counter to each ether. Mr. Roosevelt wants “balanced con trol" among these agencies That la, be wants to see that the various units come famous for his threats to “crack down" where Industry failed to live up to tbe codes which the administration laid down, has run afonl of one of bis own agencies, tbe national labor rela tions board. . Some months ago the general fired John L. Donovan, a labor hoard-ad,— visor apparently because Mr. Dono van had been active In organizing a union among employee* of the NRA of whom there were some 2.000. Mr. Donovan was dismissed officially for being “inefficient" and for “insubordi nation," but few observers e\ er accept ed that as tbe explanation. Now, General Johnson has been directed by the labor board to re-em ploy Mr. Dofiovan, and told that If he did not reinstate the dismissed worker he would be violating one of the pro visions of his own law and one which he had used many times In his threats to crack <MWT£ The incident has a further sig nificance, however, as observers here see It. There Is much discussion around Washington to the effect that General Johnson In the Donovan case was reaping the crop which he had sown in his many promises to organ ized labor. In other words, it is made to appear In the opinion of jsanj per sons that the general promised too much and when he found the vulner able spots In his own program ha soughT 10 g*f away from fin oft ro pes ted preachments only to be con fronted wltb the ruling made by his own labor board after that body had made an investigation of tbe merits of the case. No one can tell at this time how far-reaching the Donovan case decl- sion may {wove to he. Some observer* figure that a way will be fonsd to eliminate Mr. Donovan (Ytun th* NRA oegewl—tton latei but If tfiaf f // thing displeasing to Hitler. Engines , lin „ Hnn . mn . the friends oMfi* mini st rail on. For an example of what 1 mean, take the case of NRA and AAA. It has been recognised for some months that tbe purpose behind these two groups and upon which they have been attempting to expand 'government supervision of agriculture on the one hand and Industry on the other have led officials in,different direction* It has resulted In an undercurrent of dis satisfaction each wltb (he other. Mr. Rlchberg thinks that some way must be found for this to be eliminated. Then we hive the Public Works administration, the. Reconstruction Finance corporation, and the pome Owners Loan compratlon find now tbe Federal Hooting administration. It la easy to see how many times qny one ef these may eroee up the pla ns' ef tbe ether* Th* result obviously has been difficulties and embarrassments that ought sever occur and would have/ beau avoided had tho machinery been geared together when (bo were worked out Mr. Rlchberg** Job, therefore. place It seems assured that organized labor Itself will rise up and there will be not one group but many to tel) General Johnson of tbeir Interprets, tlon of tbe labor provisions tn tho recovery act Suggestions have beeo heard likewise to the effect that If as employer, private or public, is not per mitted to discharge a worker for In efficiency or insubordination, am ploy- - era of labor through tbe country, sub servient to the national recovery act and the code* are faced with a sit na tion the scope of which cannot notr even be hinted. • s * It has been anticipated generally that the administration will hsvo greater difficulty hs Houge May the house of repre- Make TYomMosentatives next win ter with the. new crop of members than obtained during, the last session of congress when the house was quite subservient to th* White House order* Advance notice of tbe difficulties already has appeared Id the shape of a four-cornered race for the speakership made vacant by the- death of Henry T; Rainer of fltt* eol* It Is said now that the White House Is prepared to stay out of the fight because, traditionally, the Chief Executive has not messed with the choice of house leaders. It Is a fact nevertheless that the present list of entries for the speakership assure o battle between the friends of ^tfid— 1 wants to see tf>e recovery machine set- P^tWans * n rhe hoU8e mem- tr* MM fraught «4tb frost I ‘ ‘ .Ml*'.: ora, phi In- dlflfai)tt*§ ent floor leader and long time repre sentative from Tennessee, appears to have the Jump on the other candi date* It cannot be overlooked, never- thelesa, that Representative Sam Ray burn of Texas, chairman of the pow erful committee on Interstate, com merce, and Representative William Bankhead, of Alabama, are very much In the rare. Representative John Ran kin. of Mississippi, must be considered also because Mr. Rankin has bees active In assisting the Democratic or ganization in the house tn the last two sessions and he has many friend* \ Ne one can tell, of course, what kind of ii Jam will result and what trading will be Initiated between the various candidates to order to get the political advantage out of the Trading always features of the speekerahlp and In Instance, M tn all previous speak erahlp fights. It la aafo to oay that thaw wfll botiradlng do^e which er and his cholen to he finer mm ■ ^ _ •fin , A f : „ -.1 . ifrrfVWl aEi