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t \ . 1 . r\- y . ■. 1 T The Barnwell People-Sentinel, BarawelU S. Thursday, September 12, 1935 '\ News Review of Current Events the World OVer ^ # # \ • Congress Quits as Long’s Filibuster Kills Deficiency Appro* priation—Russia Rejects America’s Protest Against - j Communist Subversive Activities. By EDWARD W. PICKARD © Western Newspaper Union. C ONORESS ended Its session at rotd- nlglit Monday—after the clock hands had been moved back three times—the house hilarious with re freshment, song and rustic antics, the sen ate furious because Huey Long of Louisi ana had conducted a lone filibuster for sev en hours and talked to death the third defi ciency appropriation bill. This measure car ried $93,000,000 tax to pay pensions to the aged, retirement pay Senator Long ra || ro ad workers and money for crippled children. The Klngflsh defeated all efforts to silence him and was adamant to pleas that he was cutting off funds for hu manitarian purposes. He was insisting that the house be forced to vote on the cotton and wheat loan amendments to the bill which the senate had In serted but which the lower chamber had rejected. A compromise had been reached between the administration and the bloc of cotton state senators by which the cotton raisers were to get government loans of 10 cents a pound, and the wheat farmers were left out. Long would not stand for the elimination of the amendments thus arranged. The Democratic leaders were afraid that if submitted to the house gov ernment loans pot only on wheat and cotton but on other commodities would be voted at a cost of upward of $2,- 000,000,090. They determined to let. the appro priation bill fall rather than submit to Long's terms, although Robinson stated that Information from the con troller general’s oflice Indicated there would be no available funds for the social security program unless the de ficiency measure were passed. The compromise cotton plan was ac cepted reluctantly by the AAA. and many of the southern senators were dissatisfied with It. The senators from the wheat states were disgruntled be cause the wheat loan policy was com pletely abandoned. COME of the congressional leaders ^ lingered In Washington long enough to hold a conference with President Roosevelt and Comptroller General McCarl on ways of obtaining funds cut off by failure of the third deficiency bill. They came to the conclusion that the administrative agencies pro vided for In the social security act, as well as the other agencies sched uled to receive appropriations In the deficiency bill, could be set up with money either from the work relief or other unexpended funds. However, Mr. McCarl advised, and the congressmen agreed, that grants in aid to states for old age assistance, the blind and dependent children, cnn- not be paid out of the work relief fund, because such activities would not create employment This restriction, it was concluded, Would not apply to grants to states for the setting up of administrations for unemployment Insurance and other activities contemplated by the social security bill, for this would provide Jobs. “It is apparent that the Long fili buster will work a great hardship, but a study is being made with a view to proceeding wherever it Is possible with a preparation for the administration of the social security, the railroad re tirement law and other measures pro vided for in the deficiency bill," said Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Demo cratic leader. Jesse Jones NOTWITHSTANDING, the general ' protest by newspapers against the financing of paper mill construction by the Reconstruction' Finance cor poration,on the ground that government con trol of print paper supply threatens the freedom of the press Chairman Jesse Jones of the RFC Intimated that this practice may be extended and at the same time soli this question was for congress to decide. He produced figures showing that 500,000 tons of paper pulp is Imported an nually. <r “Every governmental loan to In dustry competes with private capital, and it Is for congress to determine how long it wishes such loans made." Jones said, In a formal statement on RFC cash supplied to the Crossett Lumber company of Alabama to make paper. % Jones recalled that the house of representatives on January 29 rejected un amendment to the RFC extension bill which would have eliminated loans to paper mills. He Inferred that this action gave the RFC a free hand to engage in financing of paper mills. The application of the Crossett com pany is the only one received by the RFC thus far, Jones said, and added that the security behind the loan was worth $12,000,000, whereas the loan itself was for only $3,850,000. The company’s previous earning record, In cluding the last few years, assures its payment, he argued. V Deconstruction Finance cor- ^ poratlon announced that, In order to encourage the construction of new homes and to assist the-diouslng ad ministration, It will buy and sell In sured mortgages. Chairman Jones said^a $10,000,000 revolving fund had been made available to* the RFC mort gage coihpany for this purpose. The mortgage company also was author ized to lend money to companies formed for the purpose of helping property owners pay taxes. Jones also said that debt burdened school and reclamation districts have become eligible for loans. Advances to them will he on much the same prin ciple as loans to aid drainage and levee districts in refinancing, he 'said. Roth will be expected to compromise their debts witn bondholders and then the corporation will refinance them on a lower level. Ambassador Bullitt CMUENDLY diplomatic relations be- * tween the United States and Russia, established In November 1933, will not longer be maintained unless the Soviet government mends its ways and keeps its sol emn pledges to prevent Communist organiza tions on Its sotP or under Its controf from plotting to overthrow the government of the United States. This was the warning handed to N. N. Krestinsky, assistant foreign affairs com missar of the U. S. S. R. by Ambassador Wil liam C. Bullitt in Moscow, whose note was written by direction of the De partment pf State in Washington. The language of the note was not quite so blunt as the above, but It did not mince words and its implications were not to be doubted. It said the United Stales “anticipates the most serious consequences if the govern ment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is unwilling, or unable, to take appropriate measures to prevent further acts In disregard of the sol emn pledge given by it to the govern ment of the United States." Within two days the Soviet govern ment replied, through Krestinsky, with a coldly worded note flatly "rejecting” the American protest. It was based on the old and more than dubious con tention that the Moscow government is not and cannot be held responsible in any way tor the doings of the Com munist Internationale, and continued: "Thus tite statement about a viola tion by the government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of Its obligations contained in the note of November 16, 1933, does not follow from the obligations assumed mutually by both parties, Id view of which I cannot accept your protest and am compelled to reject It.” Krestinsky concluded by declaring the Soviet government Is striving for “further development of friendly co operation" between the Soviet union and the United States. DREMIER MUSSOLINI, in an Inter- * view granted to the correspondent of the London Dally Mall, declared flatly: “It should be realized without the possibility of misunderstanding rhat whoever applies sanctions (penalties for treaty violations) against Italy will be met by the armed hostility of our country." The duce added that if the League of Nations voted sanctions against Italy, his country would at once leave tiie league. This was enough for France, which has been sitting on the fence, trying to retain the friendship of both- Italy and Great Britain. Premier Laval called the cabinet together and was empowered by it to oppose the appli cation of sanctions by the League of Nations against Italy. He expounded to the ministers his plan to persuade the council of the league to look upon Italy's projected attack on Ethiopia as a "colonial expedition” rattier than a war. Tills would permit the league to slide odt of a situation that gravely threatens its prestige. It was under stood that Laval told the cabinet Eng land was less determined to act dras-; tically, having realized the danger In Mussolini’s stand that sanctions would mean war. He also said that the duce’s sgreement to present the case at Geneva Indicated his desire to avoid a quarrel with the great powers or a break with the league. So. at this writing, it appears poor Ethiopia is left to her own resources In opposing Mussolini’s rapacity. His intentions were clearly stated lo the interview quoted. In reply to a direct question whether there Ik the slightest possibility of his changing his attitude. Mussolini re plied in the negative, saying “none at all—unless Ethiopia gives in." Opening up of the vast Ethiopian interior, he said would benefit "al civilized states." Colonization oi Ethiopia by Italy would “completely fulfill all colonial aspirations of Italy.’ \ JOHN N. WILLTS, long prominent ^ In the automobile J industry and ambassador to Poland for two yean in the Hoover administration, died In New Jork at the age of sixty-one. He had been ill since last May when he Buffered a heart attack. Mr. WiUys, forced into business at elgjtJtggo. by the death of his father, made his first fortune in selling bicycles. In 1908 he took over the Overland AutoroohHe company, which wag «bout to go Irito the hands of a receiver, and organized the Willys-Overland company at In dianapolis. Later he purchased the Pope-Toledo company at Toledo, Ohio, and moved the Willys-Overland plant there. He sold his automobile hold ings to a syndicate in 1929, the deal In volving several million dollars, Thomas Alva Edison, Jr., eldest son of the famous Inventor, died suddenly in Springfield, He was head of the research Engineering department of the Edison plant at West Orange. N. J. ' ‘ ' - _ e 0 ■r—v~ National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckgrt National Press Building ’Washington, D. C. Washington.—Politics being Insep- I While the President has remained JN HIS radio address to the conv'hn- ^ \lon of Young Democrats clubs , in Milwaukee President Roosevelt insist ed that he was not speaking with any political motive but was saying "precisely —word, for word— what I would say were I addressing .a conven tion of the youth of the Republican party.” He justified the New Deal as an Interven tion by government to protect and aid com mon men In the com plex scheme of mod ern existence, and as- Ref> ' ® nel1 serted its aim was not socialism, but regulated individualism. Championing a philosophy of change, the President said that “rules are not necessarily, sacred—principles are. l The methods of the old order are not, as some would have you believe, above the challenge of youth. “To the American youth of ill parties I submit a message of confidence— unite and challenge." A. Under the auspices of the Repub lican national committee, itepresenta- tive Bertrand H. Snell of New York arable from governmental administra tion under our sys- BuildCampaign tem, It becomes Battle Line* pertiilent at * this time to examine what has happened in the late session of congress. In a natTdffWhere a two- party political structure obtains.' pofl- ttes cannot be segregated from the ad ministration in the larger sense. It Is not with a critical attitude, therefore, that the magnifying glass is held over the doings of President Roosevelt, his cabinet and brain trust advisers and the congress that has lately adjourned. I believe it will be agreed that poli tics has predominated in the manage ment of our national affairs during the last eight months especially. The fervor and appeal that was held for recovery by all of us during the earlier days of the Roosevelt administration seems tp have been largely dissipated. That Is not to say that no one wants to see recovery accomplished. It is to say. however, that this fervor and this ap peal has been somewhat subordinated. Thus, it can be summarized in a brief sentence: The administration, looking to the elections of 1936. has been en gaged in building campaign battle lines and forging campaign ammunition. The 1934 congressional elections presented to the country an issue based on the performances and the future program of President Roosevelt. It was accorded a proposition where citi zens were voting either to give the New- Deal a future mandat# and the Presi dent authority to proceed as he thought best or to vote a mandate that would call a halt on those same per formances and policies. The country supported Sir. Roosevelt, some of his spoke over the radio In direct reply -advisers since have told me. in a man- to the President’s appeal to youth^-'^ n p r even more substantial than he had for both parties are making strenuous endeavors to capture the allegiance of the young men and women. Mr. Snell argued that a change In the Constitu tion abolishing right* of Individjiffl cit izens would place “those whoinjnssess the power, the wealth ana the cun ning” in control of the government “Surely the youth of America." he said, "dre not prepared to endorse any administration which Is seeking to bring about such a condition." JOHN G. WINANT, former governor *•* of New Hampshire and a Repub lican, has been appointed chairman of the social security board, the body that will direct the part of the New Deal of which the President is proud est and which he de^ dares is oneof the out standing social reforms In the history of the government Mr. Wi nant’s two associate* on the board are to be Arthur J. Altmeyer of Wisconsin, who has been serving as an assistant secretary of labor, and Vincent Morgan Miles of Fort Smith, Ark., an attorney who ha> been associated with the Public Works administration. Each Is to receive an annual salary of $10,000. In sending his nominations to the senate the President stipulated that Wlnant will serve six years, Altmeyer will serve four years and Miles one year. All appointments date from last August 13 when the social security bill reached the White House. As chairman of the new national labor relations board, operating under the Wagner act, the President earned Joseph Madden, a Pittsburgh attorney. The other members appointed are John M. Carmody of New York and Edwin S. Smith of Massachusetts. J. D Ross was nominated as a member of the securities and exchange commis sion, a Job that It had been thought would be given to Benjamin Cohen. A pplications for money from the four billion dollar works re lief fund must be In by September 12, according to an executive order Issued by the President. In addition, he di rected all agencies—federal, state or municipal—to be prepared either to ask for bids or begin works operations by October 22. The President has set November 1 as the date for putting his works pro gram into high gear and taking all the unemployed off the relief rolls. The new orders, Issued to the heads of all departments and emergency agencies, were regarded as moves to realize that* goal. J AMES A. MOFFETT has resigned as federal housing commissioner, carrying out his long expressed desire to return td-prlvate business. It was presumed in Washington that he would be succeeded by Stewart McDonald. In his letter of resignation Mr. Moffet! told the President that, despite neces sary delays In getting the housing pro gram under way, the housing adminis tration was Insuring construction an repair loans at the rate of $60,000,001 a month. ' He also quoted bureau of labo statistics to „ show that resid^ntia building permits through the-eountu in July had increased 214 per cent Ii value as compared with July, 1934 Nonresidential permits were up 18. J per cent, he said, while alteration and repair permits had jumped 35.9 per cent As to the Opposition /Anticipated. He emerged from - that campaign with a larger Democratic majority in the house than he had before. In addition he was accorded 1 much more than a necessary two-thirds of the senate. The'picture looked roseate. • Though the congress fhat has Just ended its session gave the President many anxious hours. I think that on the whole It can he regarded as having provided him with a record of rather arduous and faithful response to his wishes. He did not obtain quite all that he wanted nor did he obtain that* portion of his program exactly in the form he desired. But. again, politics in congress is almost a matter of gen eral compromise anyway so that the President can be said to have come out very well. He can proceed now to ^iny plans for that session of con gress which convenes next January and which, in accordance with nearly all precedents, will adjourn ahead of the national political conventions next June. • • • Politics being the game that It is. one must look into thethture to dis cover the ultimate Looking to goal. So, looking into the Future the f «^ ure - one de cerns several objects or objectives of decided, as well as im portant, Interest to the individual voters. In the first place, the consensus sure ly is that Mr. Roosevelt has built a legislative and administrative struc ture in our government that presents a concrete and unqualified Issue to the American people, namely, to proceed along New Deal lines and make the necessary changes in the Constitution to permit execution of those policies or to throw the whole thing over board. There can be no equivocation. As the structure stands at this time and as it will stand until the next ses sion of congress is under way. many New Deal propositions are of doubtful constitutionality. If they are so held by the Supreme court of the United States then Mr. Roosevelt Is believed certain to turn to the country an^/request Constitutional revision. His latest and perhaps his most defi nite move in this direction was in con nection with the so-called^Guffey coal bill. It will be recalled tliat, in plac ing that piece of legislation on the “must’’ list of measures to be acted on before congress adjourned, Mr. Roose velt advised house leaders that he wanted It passqd and he did not care particularly whether some members of congress had “reasonable doubts" about Its constitutionality. In effect, therefore, the President commanded passage of legislation that must place before the Supreme court a vital ques tion for determination. It will be test ed. ()£ that there Is no doubt. If the law Is held unconstitutional. It merely means that Its prm Islons form another part of the campaign battleground ob served to be shaping. Mr. Roosevelt a Is© succeeded In forc ing through congress the legislation de stroying the public utility holding com panies. It was a tough fight but the Present was victorious. Now, I hear from many sources that court exam ination of the legislation likewise will come because some folks are convinced ITW confiscatory. If It la. R Is uncon stitutional. ' And so It Is In the ekse of several other plecea of legislation enacting New Deal Ideas Into statutes. One by one, It-appears they will get before courts for review. Thus, the line of cleavage Is marked. silent, neither denying nor confirming the nndetcurrent of information that I have reported here, one cannot fall to reach the conclusion that if many of the New Deal measures are held invalid; the President and his New Deal supporters, of necessity, must go to the country in the next election seeking constitutional modification to permit the use.o.f policies now inimical to our form of government. That is the issue which the voters will be called upon to decide. ’ , 4 , • • • ' ■Since we have examine4 the circum stances from the New Deal side, let us likewise see what the Republicans and oth er oppositionists are doing. Lately. I have talked with some of the recognized Republican wheel horses. Whether they speak the sentiment of the masses of Republican voters or whether they voiced only their own views is not Important here. Political straws do show which way the political winds are blowing. So when these veterans of many political battles say that they welcome the creation by the New Dealers of an Issue, they evidently see in the situation Worthwhile opportuni ties. When they say that they are willing to go to the country In defense of the Constitution as it stands and the traditions it represents, they evi dently feel they are on firm ground. Much water-can go over the dam between now and November. 1936, and much sentiment can be changed In that time. But the Republicans thus far have done very little in the way of building up their case. While they appear to be enthusiastic about hielr chances against Mr. Roosevelt In 1936, they have thus far failed to develop even a nucleus of an organization. It may be their strategy npt to start their cannonading too early. Indeed, I have heard the thought expressed •that It would be unwise tp use ammu nition too far In advance. At any rate, there have been only a scattered few direct attacks on what certainly must be the Issue of 1936, the question of revision or retention of our Constitu tion. It Is to be noted in tills connec tion that those Republicans who have let go with a few shots have been of the ultraconservative type. Ijjhink It Is generally agreed that the Republi can set-up next year will be managed not by the oW ultraconservatives but by those who have pulled away to some extent and who are willing to admit that times have changed condi tions and a new model, perhaps not streamlined, is necessary. • • • One argument advanced why Re publican leadership has not been more active is that If a Ci O. P. Bides start Is made too ear- Its Time *y> the Roosevelt ad- . ministration wjll have an opportunity to answer all of the criticism. Said one Republican leader: “We would be utterly foolish to per mit the New Dealers to know all of our arguments too far In advance. I, for one. am content to let them pro ceed with their socialistic regimenta tion because I know that every time a calf is given too much rope, it chokes Itself to death." ■ ,,, Then there Is another factor which I understand is responsible for the delay In Republican attacks. A good many Republicans have a hope, at least, that a campaign based on a plea for maintenance of our Constitution and the traditions and modes of living which it represents will draw to the Republican candidate a certain segment of Democrats who are unsympathetic with the New Deal. There has been plenty of evidence In the session of congress Just adjourned that at heart numerous Democrats lean to the con servative as distinguished from the New Deal method of government. The closing hours of the congressional ses sion seemed to belle this. But anyone who mingled among old time Demo crats In the house could not fall to have observed existence of a doubt as to the wisdom of many New Deal pol icies. Those men were forced to line up behind the Presidential program not because they believed In it fully but for two other reasons. These rea sons were: first, they still Entertained some fear that IT they brdfce with the President It might mean their political defeat for renomination and re-elec tion. and secopd, they were harassed and physically and mentally tired and wanted to go home. The late, summer and fall months during w'hlch thfese representatives and senators naturally will he afeong their constituents is rather likely to provide them with a better knowledge of where they stand. They will come back nexft January cither convinced that they must tic fast to the New Deal or they will be more obstreperous than they have been in the recent session. If the strength appears to be on the Roosevelt side, 1 the next session of congress will be simply a rubber stamp for the Chief Executive. If, on the oth- . er hand, they find that the enthusiasm for^the New Deal has waned, I think it la fair to predict that the next ses sion of congress will be one of the most troublesome with which any President has yet been confronted. • Wwttni N*wap*|»r Union. BILIOUSNESS Tortured with Itching of Pimples . » Relieved After Using Cuticure "My face was a mass of pimples doe to some external irritation, and I was In agony for three months. The pimples were hard, red and large and were scattered all over my face. I was tortured with the Itch ing and it kept me awake. “I used many remedies, but to no avail A friend asked me to try Cutlcura Soap and Ointment, so I did. Soon an improvement could be seen, and" after using for two and a half months my complexion was clear." (Signed) Joseph Paradis, 1078 S. Blvd., New York City, May 2, 1935. Soap 25e, Ointment 25c and 60c, Talcum 25c. Sold everywhere. One sample each free. Address: “Catl cura Laboratories, Dept B, Malden, Mass.”—Adv. Need Fixed Goal in Married Life Solution for Problem of Ca reer vs. Love; Urges ~ “Third Loyalty.” Marriage vA career—what’s tha solution of the problem for a married worndh? Lucy Jenkins Franklin, dean ©t women at Boston university, a wife and mother, has*found what she be lieves to he a solution. Her con clusions are: *Tf a couple la working for a definite goal which will further their plans for establishing a happy home, a married woman should work If she so desires. ^, “But she should not keep a job and Just drift along without any plans.” She continued: “From the economic point of view, the woman la not gaining much by working unless her salary is largt enough to enable her to hire r lha work done which she would r do If shs wer^.bome. Unless things go with order and precision, and the atmos phere is kept homelike It does not pay her economically or psychology ically, to leave the heme. It Is very easy for a woman to destroy this home psychology by working outside^ “The professional woman who Is not Irfterested In her hom§ Is ■ hazard to the development of a suc cessful home life. There is nothing worse than to come home to a placa which Is definitely ‘mald-raa^e,’ a Home which lacks personality, vital ity, and real home Interest. A wom an ought to be vitally Interested In every phase of her home. "The woman who works outside the home should protect her home life ao that her husband and* chil dren will always have the feeling that It belongs to them. She should not flood her home with outside In terests, ’i. t “I believe strongly ,In a marriage program. As soon as possible, young people should pick out what I cal) a ’third loyalty’—fome g'ohl that they want to reach more than anything else, and not waste too much time Just looking at each other. It may be a child, or the opportunity for the man to continue studying, or building a home, but whatever It Is It must bring their lives more closely together. With a definite end In view, I approve of married women working. "The married woman who wants a career has two Jobs, and she must have a methodical and executive mind In order to do them success fully. She must also have the physi cal strength necessary for such ar undertabing." Mirror Save* Money A specially constructed hand mlr ror, reflecting the underside of the bars of railway cars, is used for In spectlon in finding flaws and brokea arch bars, thns saving the railroads much loss. Millions of dollars an lost in damage to equipment and right of way because of these de fecta. 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