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m ^ .. .. I - f . - * ^v- i. -* v-.v -/v • ? '^tx . i...,., n The Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell, S. C, Thursday, April 4,1935 » JltSL tc^ • A. /"I , ‘., 1 „,-. i PRESIDENT ROOSETELT la INews Keview of LurrentT rr,rrs Events the World Over Chancellor Hitler’s Defiance of Treaty Provisions Alarms Europe; Drouth Threat Causes Wallace to Lift —.— Restrictions on Spring Wheat Planting, . P Authoritative erord baa reached the Capital that he wanta all controversial administration legislation cleared awaj at this seaskfn. so that congress can meet for. a abort and harmonious sessloa prior to the 1960 Presidential campaign. Besides the relief bill, Mr. Roosevelt la said to be specially anxious to have con gress pass bis social security program; utility holding company legislation; a bill continuing NRA for two years; transportation National Topics Interpreted . by William Bruckart National Press Building Washington, D, C. The first word in the new edltio* M Webster’a Unabridged dictionary la aa and the last word la zyzzoge* ton. Aa la a kind of lava. Tha syzzogeton, lif”cS8e you didn’t know, la a South American leaf hopper of the dcadellldae family having tha tuberculato and the front tiblaa grooved. By EDWARD W. PICKARD j C, Weitern Newcpiper Union. Chancellor Hitler G ERMANT, having recently boldly announced that she was now pos sessed of s military air force In vio lation of the Treaty of Versailles, still more boldly declares she Is no longer bound by the obligations of that pact and proposes to build up an army of abotit 480,000 men, comprising 12 corps of three divisions each. This was the decision of the cabinet, which decreed compulsory military training throughout the relch. The exact number of men In the array will be determined by a law to be enacted later. This was Chancellor Hitler’s reply to the action of France’s chamber of deputies In accepting Premier Flan- din’s plan to Increase the term of con script service in the French army to 18 months and subsequently to two years. Germany considered that France was “dealing the last blow to disarmament,” and Hitler, rushing to Berlin from Berchtesgaden, directed the action of the cabinet and Issued to the German nation a rousing appeal for full support. He declared that the failure of other nations to reduce armament as called for In the Ver sailles treaty had released Germany from all treaty obligations, and that while the relch had only peaceful In tentions, It must re-arm to , protect Its territorial Integrity and maintain the respect of the world as a co guarantor of European peace. France Is In no mood to take Hit ler’s defiance “lying down.” An ap peal was sent to the' League of Na tions to convoke an extraordinary council to deal -with Germany’s viola tion of the Versailles pact The note hinted at the possibilities of econom ic sanctions (penalties) against Ger many which might result In a boy cott. An attempt Is being made to force Britain Into an alliance witb France, and the "mission of Sir John Simon, British foreign minister, to bring Germany back Into the comity of European nations Is regarded' as seriously compromised. France and Italy insist that Simon go to Berlin as spokesman of the three powers, and not as the representative of Brit ain alone. Premier Mussolini Is said to be backing France, and is alleged to be the prime power In a scheme to revive the pre-war policy of encir cling Germany with a ring of steel. President Roosevelt expressed his hope that his “good neighbor” policy might be extended to Europe as a basis for peaceful settlement of the tense situation. Just how the Presi dent expects to prevail upon those traditional enemies to become “good neighbors” was not fully explained. He declined to say whether this gov ernment will send a note to Germany protesting abrogation of military pro visions of the separate treaty with this country. Although the United States is not a signatory to the Ver sailles pact, the separate peace treaty negotiated with Germany Includes the miliary • phases of the Versailles treaty. Many people in this country feel that United States Intervention In the European dispute Is neither necessary nor advisable. G OV. MARTIN U DAVEY of Ohio, charged by Federal Relief Ad ministrator Hurry L. Hopkins with “corruption” in Ohio relief, went be fore (he state senate and demanded a tforou{?i|, Investigation. He defied Hopkins to come to Ohio for trial on a warrant he had secured charging Hopkins with criminal libel. /Hopkins had alleged In a letter that he has proof of “corruption” of relief admin- Istratlen in Ohio Including soliciting of funds for campaign purposes from firms that sold relief materials Hop kins, through C. C. Stillman, FERA re gional otticer, has taken over admin istration of Ohio relief. Department of Justfce attorneys In Washington de clare they stand ready to defend Hop kins, but there was no indication that He^kins would go to Ohio, although b< may change his mind. The spec tacular blowup is said to have had Its inception in the 1934 political cam paign. Davey made campaign speeches charging that Ohio relief was mis managed, and particularly aimed his barbs at Cleveland. This irkod Cleve land leaders since relief there had been administered through a non-poll- JJcal group, which later became the < tidal Cuyahoga county relief admin bat ration. Hopkins often took note of the fact that Cleveland’s relief com mittee was “one of the „ best in the country.’* Later Davey pledged him self not to touch (he Cleveland organ ization, but la said to have ousted sev eral members, and repeated old charges. Cleveland leaders took the fight to Washington. Ohio Democrats stand firmly be hind Davey. The Democratic Relega tion In the Ohio legislature appealed fo President Roosevelt “to right the wrong which ha'J been done our gov ernor” and Frards W. Poulson, Demo cratic state chairman, summoned to appear before the grand Jury, deliv ered a scathing attack on Hopkins. Poulson charged that Republicans In high government offices “have be trayed the President," and named Hop- king as “one who could be expected to tear down the Democratic party.” CLARENCE DARROW, foe of NRA, ^ and author o^T the famous report which attacked NRA more than a year ago, assailed the administration’s economic theories. Including the na tional recovery* act, In his testimony be fore the senate finance committee. The famous lawyer whose sharp speech and fiery courtroom tactics have made him famous, denounced NRA as playing Into the hands of big business to the destruction of the “little fellow.” He argued that NRA attacked the prob lem from the wrong angle and that the real trouble lay in faulty distribution, thus assailing the theory of scarcity. Darfow swept aside statements that NRA had helped organized labor, re duced unemployment and abolished child labor, with an assertion that It would have happened anyway. “The panic put an end to child labor,” he said. “There wasn’t any room for It while fathers and mothers were out of work.” “There Is no question that small business has suffered under the NRA,” Darrow continued. “It has suffered more than It would have suffered otherwise.” The suffering due to continued con centration of wealth would have gone on anyhow, he said, but added that NRA accelerated It. “I am not an optimist,” he added. “I may be an Idiot, but not a cheer ful Idiot.” lion; banking legislation; ship sub sidy and Increase In the capital of tha Home Ownfee^ Loan corporation. If this can be cleared from the calendar, It may prevent any serious party squabbles that might Interfere with plans to bring about Roosevelt’s re- election. The White House Is seri ously concerned over rumors that con gress may scrap a good part of the administration’s controversial legisla tion. JV/fUSSOLINFS answer to the latest note on the Abyssinian situation postpones approval of the proposal that differences be decided by an Inter national commission on conciliations “at least until the futility of direct negotiations has been proved.” II Duce made a counter proposal suggesting that the Italian minis ter to Abyssinia and the Ethiopian foreign minister get together series of per sonal conferences, go over all the data, and attempt to settle the dispute without the necessity of con ciliation under the direction of the League of Nations. Direct negotia tions are'said to have the approval of both the French and British Washington.—Air pilots use an ex pression that I want to appropriate In connection with a “Low discussion of the ViaihUit^* country’s economic - . situation and Its re lation to the administration policies and plans. Th« pilots refer to “low visibility” and “low celling” when they want to say that they cannot see far In the distance. It seems to me that the clarityT or lack of It. with respect to current economic conditions war rants the use of the term “low vlsibll- t are Inevitable. When there are eon- that they want to be legislators and not rubber stamps any longer. There Is no Ibnger the overwhelming fear among congressmen of the Presidents power. They have shown this several times lately, including the forty-nine day battle over Uie public works bill. Feeling their Independence again, members of the house and senate have begun to press for action on legislation carrying out their own Ideas. Much of this runs counter to admlnlstratloa ideas oa legislation. Further dasher Doyoutireeasily? Prsmler Mussolini D ESTRICTIONS on planting spring ^ wheat have been removed by Sec retary of Agriculture Wallace, wh* fears the effect of another widespread drouth. The y e a r’s first crop report show ing that farmers In tend to plant 17,847,- 000 acres of spring wheat Is said to be re sponsible for Wallace’s about face. Last year the acreage was 18,- 521,000 acres.' The ad ministration is con vinced that The gov- _ , ... ernment and farmers ec y a ace have duty tQ p rotect consumers against a wheat shortage, he said. Farmers will plan an addi tional 900,000 to 2,300.000 acres as a result of the new order, and will har vest between ten and thirty million bnshels more, Wallace estimates. Spring wheat normally constitutes about one-fourth of the nation’s crop. He denied that 1 the European situa tion pointing to a possibility, of In creased sales had anything to do witb. the new decision. Farmers under con tract who plant their full spring wheat acreage wlir receive'full bene fit payments, but In return will be required to agree to reduce jproduc- tion In 1936 by the amount asked In next year’s contract plus the amount they would have reduced this year. There Is no Indication- that the corn acreage control program for 1935 will be altered. Ity”—If any credence whatsoever is to be placed In the statements and ac tivities of business leaders. Government agencies by the dozen have been Issuing rapid fire reports In recent weeks showing how Industrial production Is Improved, how the price level has shown signs pleasing to In dustry, If not to the consumers, and* how the volume of bank clearings Is progressing upward. Bank deposits were seven . billion dollars higher , at the end of 1934 than at the end of 1963. The Reconstruction Finance corporation TS having difficulty In.keep- Ing Its borrowers from paying back ■'the loans and the Securities and Ex change commission recently was made very happy by application of a great peeking company to list forty-five mil lion dollars in new securities. The treasury has been pursuing what Is regarded as orthodox financial policies and a good many other agen cies appear to he veering away from the leftists’ course that so long dom inated Roosevelt policies. All of these. It seems, ought to be reassuring to hi^lness, whether that business be the grea't corporations or the little trades men In the corner groceries. But there has been a fly In the ointment and that seems to be the reason why masses of capital and a goodly percentage of the country’s population shares uncertain ty about the future economic condi tion. ' , I have sought answers to this puz zle in many quarters and I have had is made to appear, however, from the weight of opinion that I have gathered that the relief rolls are the cause of this lack of faith. It has been record ed previously that approximately twen ty-two million persons, about one-sixth, Jf our population, are living on relief, sales to the Bank of Mexico and to This staggering total, the highest ever Guatemala, Morgenthau point* out, known, obvtouslv represents a basic S PRING arrived In the 1 .West with a stifling dust storm which shroud ed the country from eastern New Mex ico to the Great Lakes. Powdebed soil' whipped ^up from the drouth- scourged prairies hid the sun, and beat relentlessly upon the senses. A dozen deaths were reported, due to suffoca tions, dust-induced pneumonia and traffic accidents. Freight trains were rolled to sidings, and passenger trains crept along on slow orders. Schools were closed in a number of communi ties in western states. Wheat prices Jumped from 2 to 3% cents a bushel as winds cut Into the dry Southwest, and „ T . „ r . , V , , many, different explanations. It Governor Landon of Kansas appealed fl to President Roosevelt for aid. T HE government is ready to sell gold to foreign nations that can offer an attractive proposition. Secre tary Morgenthau announces. Recent have cleared the way to similar nego tiations witb -other-countries,-although he emphasized that no other transac tions are being considered at this time. No conditions were attached to the transactions already consum mated. In the dealings with Mexico vir tually all her silver sales have been made to this country. “We’ve got all the gold we can pos sibly use,” Morgenthau added. Indi cating that the government would make no further undue efforts to ac cumulate the metal DLANS to reduce American money to ^ a single class—possibly federal re serve notes—are being considered by the administration, thus simplifying the nation’s monetary structure and making It easier to control Before this u could be established It Is neces sary to make widespread chaages In existing laws, and this will "undoabt- edly be undertaken when_raore Imme diate stages of the recovery drive are completed. According to a high gov ernment official, ohe class of money must be- established in orxler that the government may effectively control Is suance of money. Under this plan treasury notes and United States notes would be retired. The silver eertifl cates backed by bullion now held In the treasury might be withdrawn from circulation and transferred to the fed eral reserve banks as was done witn the gold certificates. Since the re serve banks would be sole holder of gold and silver certificates, a definite ratio of silver certificates could thus be established. D onald > r. richberg was named by the President to head a reorganized NRA board, taking the place of S. Clay Williams, resigiied. At the same time the President In creased the group governing the Blue Eagle, agency from five to seven. A White House statement emphasized the change was made to accelerate the drive to push extension of the NRA through congress. B Y A vote of 202 to 191, the house voted to substitute the Patman currency expansion bill for payment of the soldiers' bonus for the “sound money” plan 'of Represeruative Vin son. A boisterous bouse thus defied President Roosevelt's warnin that b* will veto Immediate payment of the adjusted compensation certificates The administration la counting*on the senate sustaining the veto. C OMPROMISE and White House pressure brought about the defeat of the McCarran “prevailing wage’* amendibent to the work relief bill In the senate, and administration leaders wera-eonfldent that the measure would be,laid before the President for sig nature within a few days. The deadlock -over the amendment' was broken when Senator Richard B. Rus sell, Jr., of Georgia proposed a substi tute which leaves the President free to pay “security wages.” officially esti mated at $50 a uonth, provided they do not adversely affect the wage scale In private Industry; and providing that the prevailing wage must be paid on all permanent .ederal building proj ects. This way out, which had beeh ap proved by the White House, was ac cepted by the senate by a vote of 83 to 2, after the McCarran amendment had been defeated, 50 to 38. The two votes against the compromise were cast by Metcalfe of Rhode Island and Hale of Malne. both Republicans. Be fore the vote on the McCarran amend ment was tatcen Senator Glass an nounced he was authorized to say that If It prevailed President -Roosevelt would veto the measure."^ •' S&nate action finally developed Into a race to pass the measure before Huey Long returned from Louisiana. Administration forces defeated three attempts to slash the bill, and over- weakness somewhere and the admin istration Is seeking to locate ffiat weakness. This total has been reached by a steady growth. It h§£ not come suddenly. The circumstance, there fore, has led many individuals to the conviction that Mr. Roosevelt’s reform measures are failures. Perhaps it is a lack of understand ing on the part of business that prompts it to keep Its pen in Its pocket and its check-book closed under these: conditions. It may be that business leaders “have failed to read the pos sibilities represented by Increased pro duction and the other signs of an Im proved economy. Nevertheless, busi ness apparently has found it difficult to see far or clearly Into the future. It seems to look upon the economic condition as having a v U>w ceiling” and “low visibility.” ^ • • • ' Washington correspondents were startled in the President’s press con- . ference the other day * More ' when he let It be Messaget known that he plans four additional mes sages to congress this session, not Including his recent bitter denuncia tion of the holding companies when he asked that action/tfe had on that bill! It was not the'number of messages that surprise*! the correspondents; It was the fact that the President said with some frankness that he,did not knew what subjects would be treated In them. To most of the observers It seemed wholly reasonable that the President trtioultF be-tfnwHirng to out line those messages, but It was In comprehensible that he should admit hjs Inability tc say “what subjects would be handled. ’After that Information came out of the White House there was a notice able sinking In the optimism of a great many men who count for something In the country’s business structure. Most of them said frankly that they did not rode protests of jild line Democrats | k n0 w which way to Turn. Among their numbers were more who believed sin cerely that the President was giving up some of his numerous New Deal experiments and was proceeding on ground which the conservative thought considers to be solid. The reaction to work of this kind always has been and always will be bad from the stand point of the political party In power. Added to the circumstances I haVe just mentioned, one should ’remember how congress normally. Is unpopular With the business community. In many years past 1 have heard the plaint of business representatives In Washing ton asking or urging for adjourn- menL Business men normally feel that the less work congress 'gets done and the sooner It leaves the halls of the Capitol, the better conditions will be.* The same is true now, only more so. It may as .well be admitted that the current session of congress is hers for a considerable number of weeks. This la true loir several reasons. In the first lusts nee. many of the members feel that the bill Imperils the credit. Senator Glass, chairma the appropriations committee in of the bill, solemnly asserted: “I stand on my prediction that this tremendous appropriation will Im pair the credit of the United States.” Senator Tydlngs of Maryland de scribed the bill as the “grandest pork barrel ever to come before congress.” W ILEY POST’S second attempt to fly from Los Angeles to New York through the stratospherr Id rec ord-breaking time ended at Cleveland, where he was compelled to come down because bts supply of oxygen was ran- ning abort. He said be wonld have “passed out” In a few intnutes If he had not'descended to breathable air. post la convinced that only this trouble prevented his making the transconti nental flight in seven hours and 40 minutes, and he declared he wonld soon try again. Hit unofficial average speed to the Cleveland airport waa 279.46 miles an hour. fllction of plans In congress yon can expect to see a long-drawn-out session, and since this is not an flection year, there Is no need for the members to rush home to mend their political fences. It Is not strange, therefore, that business as a whole is worried about congress. The business leaders them selves Insist that It Is not strange that they are worried about the secrecy which surrounds "the President’s plans. The two circumstances, taken togeth er, obviously serve as a brake on the wheels of Industry because now as al ways In the past business will not risk the last vestige of Its capital re sources unless It can be assured of stability. , • * • While the Democrats, the party In power, are floundering, the Repub licans lie wholly dor- Useless mant. Seldom In my Oppontion experience in Wash ington has the oppo sition party been aa useless as the Re publicans now seem to be. They are making no effort at all to gather funds for use by Chairman Henry P. Fletch er of the Republican national commit tee In taking advantage of vulnerable spots In the Democratic armor. In fact, they have left Mr. Fletcher rath er high and dry and when he attempts to do anything one faction or another shoots harder at him than at f?s nat ural rivals, the Democrats. I have heard expressions lately to the effect that Mr. Fletcher has a gold en opportunity at hand. He is In the enviable position of being able every time he Is criticized by his own par tisans to point out that the help they are giving him Is worse than nil and that criUcism under such a circum stance does not become them. The thought is that Mr. Fletcher by tak ing the bull by the horns, becoming militant and mapping out a program with "which - his wide knowledge of politics equips him. could become ac tually the dominant Republican*force. in this country. Thus far Mr. Fletcher has sat back In his easy chair and has talien all the darts. Some observers are asking how long that can continue and the Republican party remain alive. Early In the Roosevelt administra tion the Republican policy was to avoid criticism of the Democratic lead- ershlp at all times. They declared, and openly announced their views, that If they criticized Mr. Roosevelt and his New Deal they would .be characterized as obstructionists. If the New Deal failed the Democrats surely would place the blame on the Republican op position. But political writers here tell me that Mr. Ro^pvelt’s political honeymoon has been over quite a while slid that there Is, in their opin ion, no need for the Republicans lotifc- er to stick their heads In the sand after the manher of the ostrich, and see nothing. • '• • As the administration gets Its hands on fresh supplies of money, a strong demand has set up Concrete tor more concrete Highway highways. There . seems to be almost a propaganda In favor of constructing concrete highways here, there and .everywhere, including two or three or four transcontinental, high speed road ways. The new public works bill carries a considerable sum for highway con struction and It Is quite natural that dealers to road materials and equip ment want to get hold of it. My In quiries among road-building gntfiorltles lead me to believe, however, that the use of these funds ought to be exam ined closely and any program -that Is mapped put should be the result of careful study. Around the Department of Agriculture there Is a chronic com plaint that too many through highways and not enougfi farm-to-market roads have been constructed. If that b£_ cor-_ rect, the authorities tell me, then the concrete road-building program will have to be revamped or else there will be hundreds of miles of concrete road way constructed at an expense so great that It can be called reckless waste. Some years ago the bureau of pub lic roads m^de a statistical atudy which Indicated'that a concrete road way, as distinguished from other hard- surface highways, waa unjustified un less the dally volnme ot automobile traffic approximated fifteen hundred cars. It la to be remembered that a concrete roadway costa several times aa much aa when other materials are need to hard-surface cdhstructlon. ‘ fio the public roads 'ktatlatldaa figured out the life of a roadway built of less expensive materials would be of suffi cient length to warrant use of the cheaper material where the* volume of trawl was low. - v i . ■ appetite r nervous r losing weight? pale? then don't gamble with your body W HY not reason out the cause of this unnatural condition? Your first thought may be, “I must eat more.” That’s not all. You should enjoy what you do eat Frequently, the blood cells are low...and this, perhaps. Is what makes you feel weak. 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