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« * Wt' .. fey r • The Barnwell Pcople-ScntlneU Barnwell. S. CL Thursday, April 16, 1936 i" Y p (&• BRISBANE THIS WEEK Hear Lloyd George Newa From the Cosmos Statesmen and Politicians Sloan’s Fine Figures Lloyd George, who ran the big war for England and won with the help of old Clemenceau, not sympathetic with France this time, says England dangerously In volved and “we shall send our young men to die, this time on Ger man soil, to punish these arrogant and aggressive Teutons for daring to make preparations for the defense of t h e 11 own soil against a foreign Invader.” Artkar Brlakaac Lloyd George is bitter In his denun elation of the suggestion that England be dragged Into another war. "France,’ says he, "can spend $500,000,000 on the erection of huge fortifications. We can vote plans which involve expenditure of an extra fifteen hundred million dol lars for protection. But if the 'Ger mans propose to throw up even a pill box to guard their famous cities and their greatest Industrial area . . . then •measures must be concerted* between the general army staffs of Britain and France." The “fastest" double star is found, and that Is the tjig news. “Twin suns’ close together, in the constellation of Ophiuchus. revolve completely around each other In twenty, months. The shortest period of revolution for any other “binary” star is five years. Scmo revolve only once In a hundred years. Nature Is both fust and slow; the electron In the atom revolves around the proton thousands of millions of times In a second. The lens-shaped Uilky Way above your head. In which our sun Is one of thirty thousand mil lion specks of light, revolves once In 225,000,000 years. No limit to hlgneas, no limit fo smallness, apparently. That naval conference In Eondon ends, quite to the satisfaction of Eng land. with the situation about as it was when Hiram Johnson of California put the situation in these few words: “Great Britain builds as she prefers; the United States builds as Great Brit ain permits." England actually says to the United States. “You must huild no more cruis ers with eight-inch guns; we do not like them." And the United Statet humbly says, “All right, then we shall not build any." It is the old story: England has statesmen, we hare politicians—and some of them are Anglomaniac snobs. Big business, like little business, has had Its trouble, but here and there It is still big business. In his annual report for Genera) Motors. Alfred F. Sloan. Jr., reports net sales last year amounting to $1.155.041-.M1, against $802,072,070 the year before; a gain of more than two hundred and ninety-two million dollars. That means many new cars, and families made happier. Tl#> company paid out In wages more than three hundred and twenty three million dollars, not including wages paid Indi rectly to thousands of workers produc ing materials of which automohiles'are made. Sixty of .Mussolini's planes have wiped out llarar. Ethiopia's second biggest city, one of 4O.0<mi Inhabitants. “<’I vilized" Europe. England leading, bemoans rhe fact that a Mohammedan mosque, the Coptic cathedral and a Catholic church were blasted. They forget what happened In the big war. at Itheirns Louvain and else- w Ikcre. and the German cannon "Big Bertha" throwing ul Baris sjielts that might well have wrecked. Votre Dame, the Madeleine or the Sainte Chapelle. War Is as ruthless as was nature in the earthquake that destroyed the great cathedral of j.lsbon. killing thou sands that had gathered there seeking divine protection When Pittsburgh Is through with the disaster that has almost o\er- w helmed the city, a monument should be erected In a park, or on the moiin tainside. in honor of (lie eonragp and recuperati \c_iuiergy of the great indus trial city With lights turned olT. wa ter Hooding the streets muti.v men and women calmly continued their work, wearing coal minors’light-hearing caps, like so many gigantic glow worms. Americans still possess resourceful ness and can do w hat, they must do, “To him that hath shall he given," even In Wall street speculation. Beginning May 1„ If you buy $100 worth of stocks, you must put $55 of your own Into the deal. This will compel small fish to operate on a small scale and get rich slowly. If bt all It lias been suggested here often that airplanes might tight forest tires, possibly by laying down from over head a soupy layer to shut out oxygen. Utah’s otliciaIs have planned a new parachute, instantaneously opening, that wduld land from one to six tire- tigliters and” apparatus from planet, wherever desired. O Kins t-Vatunm 8>udic»le, Inc. WXU Snrrit-n. Worst Tornado In History Strikes Heart Of South Where Tornadoes Hit, Leaving Death, Destruction I ’ wT / / *■ - - A -* S .t. « V I ■N-^i / \ r TMPEtO# < / J COFFEE-1 i —-S vaA£ * A TEX. i ! \ \ \ ~ - This map shows the path of the tornado that wrecked towns throughout the South last week. At thown by the larger dots, Gainesville, Ga., and Tupelo, Miss., were hardest hit by the wind’s fury. Cut courtesy The Atlanta Constitution. Unreckoned Damage In the wake of the worst tornado that has ever struck at the heart of the South lies cities in masses of ruin, from which the people must re build. A section of the main business district of Gaines ville, Ga., after the disaster, is shown in the accompanying photos. COMPLETE DESOLATION Search for Bodies Searching through the de bris that once was their homes, the citizenry of Gainesville, Ga., uncover the bodies of their loved ones and friends, victims of the storm’s fury. Cordele, Ga., and Greensboro, N. C., suf fered damage in a tornado the week previously. Photo.' courtesy The Atlanta Constitu tion. RUINS OF ONCE. BEAUTIFUL GAINESVILLE Photographic story of the horror left by the tornado lhat twisted Gainesville’s business section into shambles. Plans for rehabilitating this mass of twisted wreck age that was once beautiful Gainesville are already under way and even as she mourns her dead, Gainesville has found withjn herself a courage and hope upon which to build at least the material-part of tllat which she has lost. Photo courtesy The Atlanta Georgian. e 0 National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckarr Nation*! Proa* Building Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON.—Some year* ago when Reed Smoot of Utah was a mem ber of the senate Smoot** where he enjoyed a Prophecy * lon $ and meritorious •ervice, he ventured a prophecy. It was this: “The cost of government has In creased every year, and It will con tinue to increase. I care not what party Is in power* that result will ob tain” As I recall. Senator Smoot’s state ment was made about eight years ago and It was made at a time when the Republicans, of whom the Utah senator was one, were In control In the sen ate. His statement came as a result of an immense amount of Jibes that were being hurled at the Republican majority. The Democrats were hav ing a grand time, kidding the Repub licans who were then In complete con trol of the government. Senator Smoot-recognized that which few In responsible positions in the government recognized, or If they did reertgnlze the fact, they chose not to admit It Nevertheless,-the senator’s statement Is true today as It was true when he made it and for many years before. The Smoot prophecy comes to mind now because of the sudden accelera tion W moves to curtail government expenses, to reorganize the scads of New Deal and emergency agencies, to eliminate overlapping functions among these agencies, and. In general, to put the hriuse of government in order. Two such efforts are underway. One of them was Initiated hy Senator Harry F. Byrd, Virginia Democrat, who suc ceeded In obtaining senat.e recognition of his charges that there was tre mendous waste, that there were Hse : less agencies and that. In addition, governmental functions were being generally messed up because none ex cept the old-pstahijshpd units of gov ernment knew what they were doing. The Virginia senator obtained adop tion of a resolution providing for a general survey and recommendations for the-elFan-op. It was a^ltnatloitMo which even the most ardent New Deal ers could not find an excuse for object ing to It So the senator took the lead. Subsequently, President Roosevelt reached the conclusion that something ought to he done In the way of un tangling the tangled skein of govern mental functions so he proposed a sur vey under his direction. He appointed a committee of so-called exports to go over the problem. Thus, nt the start, at least, tf np- p^rs that the taxpayers are going to be fdyored hy a break. I think It 1 ought to he added, however, that no one has had the temerity to suggest i that either the Byrd survey or that en- I gineered hy Mr. Roosevelt will yield very much. I * * ’ • The survey promoted hy Senator Byrd will dig up a good many helpful facts hut there is Dig Up every season fo tie- Helpful Fact* ,ipvp lhat the Vir ginin senutor will find many obstacles placed In hi* way and that lie and his committee will | be unable to present any comprehen sive statement on their findings to the i country In advance- of the November | elections. The same Is true concern ing the survey directed hy the Presi dent, only more so. The cold fact Is that there is no chance at all for the President's eomnilttee to even approach the stage of making recommendations from their survey until long after the elections are held Frankly, each of these surveys is permeated with poll tics, so much so that a straightfor ward accounting or general description of the alTairs of government will not be allowed to become public property and thereby become a campaign Issue. Of the two. Senator Byrd’s proposal has the hotter chance, but that Is rather strnll Adverting to the Smoot prophecy. It Is therefore of no great importance whether a thoroughgoing examination of the governmental structure that has grown tip in the last three years tinder President Roosevelt Is made in ad vance of The elecllons These* New Deal agencies have been ereafed and these New Deal agencies, like many of the “Old Deal" agencies, are wilh us to stay and suck up taxpayers’ money for quite some time' 1 need only remind you that we still have In existence the War Finance corpora tlon and the railroad administration that were created ns war-time agen cies. not to mention a dozen other sim ilar units. It Is possible. Indeed, I Ihink II Is probable. Mint there will tie a trimming of pay rolls in many of the New Deal agencies immediately after election There certainly ought to he important curtailment of expenses ami of the list of employees, hut accomplishing that Is n matter miicTi more easily de scribed limn done. So, I feel safe In saying tha: ;riI of this ado about a re duction In governmental swelling' amounts to nothing more than just ado + • • .—■ • In making the statement above that the outcry about reducing the government S pay roll and untaiig- New Deal ling tin* functions Is Spirit* Rise Just mo much bally hoo. I think It ought to be said at the same 4ime that New Deal spirits are rising There was a time a few months ago when the national trend was decidedly agaimA Mr. Roosevelt. It even went so far as to cause many Individuals to say that Mr. Roosevelt would be defeated for re-election. The picture around the first of April was quite different. There Is In Washington quite a gen eral feeling that the Roosevelt re-elec tion chances have Improved and are continuing to Improve. This condition Is quite evident to observers continu ously on the Job here for even in the personal manner of the President him self there Is an outward appearance that he believes the situation Is well in hand. As far as 1 can discover, one reason why the New Dealers' feel so much better Is that events leading up to the national Democratic convention seem to be cleared of any harassing possi bilities. I am sure that It will be recalled bow something like the blues overcame many New Deal stalwarts after former Gov.'Alfred E. Smith of New York, 1928 Democratic Presidential candi date, let loose a blast at the New Deal In his Liberty league dinner speech. I happened to be In a position to know that the Smith speech caused all kinds of commotion and fear among New Deal leaders. They know, as everyone else knows, that “Ar’ Smith has a big personal following. When he threat ened “to take a walk,” he let loose a declaration that was charged with dynamite and the New Dealers could not calculate how much dynamite. Now. however, It appears quite cer tain that much of the danger Inherent in the Smith declaration has been eliminated. Notwithstanding the Smith Indictment of the President for repudi ation of platform promises and his de scription of the Roosevelt policies as ”a national menace.’’ there is going to be a pitifully small number of anti- New Deal Democrats In the Philadel phia convention. The number will be so small. In fact, that however vocifer ous they become, their shouts will be heard no more than the wall of a child In a< storm. It was to be expected, as I have re ported to you before, that the routine type of Democratic politician will for get any differences he has with the New Deal and be regular at conven tion time and during most of the cam paign. That type of politician, he he Republican or Democratic, cannot af ford to bolt. If he bolts, he cuts off his own nose and most politicians do not enjoy being de-nnsed for that- Is tantamount to being politically de horned. So. while the Philadelphia convention of the Democrats may have some seething underneath the surface, It is without the realm of possibility that there can he any important revolt against renomlnatlou of Mr. Roosevelt. Likewise, If Is Just as far-fetched to think that the platform which that con vention will adopt for the campaign will not be exactly as Mr. Roosevelt dictates It. Actually, there Is nothing on the horizon now to Indicate any changes from the way I have Just de scribed It. • • • Inasmuch as the New Dealers can properly regard their situation pretty well In hand, they naturally can feel a bit cocky over the dif ficulties In the Re- First. the Itepuh- dlsadvantage In that G. O. P. in a Hole publican ranks. Means are at a their contention'.in Cleveland is to he held at an earlier date than the Demo crats meet. This, however, fa more real than apparent. It is thus because of the Intra party battles that appear certain to come to the surface at t'leve- 4 land. Trie Republicans are not to gether. riot unified, on anything. A half dozen candidates with appre ciable followings are snapping at each other and two or three factions are announcing almost simultaneously what the platform is going to say It Just cannot help leading Into a beautiful mess at Cleveland unless the Repub lican leaders show more Intelligence than they have shown thus far. In the meantime, the Democrats are making note of the various battle charges. You can tie sure they will use them. Whoever the Republicans nominate at Cleveland necessarily faces a big fight hut as the situation now stands, I think the Democrats will he able to make It an offensive campaign whereas ordinarily the party in power must give over much of Its campaign lug to a defense This Is true unle.-s the Republicans can get toget^f and take the ofiensive themselves liy criU- clzing and attacking on a united front. Of course, much water can run un der the bridge before the November election. It is always possible that the party in power can make mistakes. Can he led into a blind alley under the political guns of its opposition The Democrats have made many mistakes already hut the anti-N'ew Deal oppo sition shows no indication of plans to take advantage of those mistakes So the circumstances, as of this time, givs every reason for the New I toilers to feel satisfied wilh the campaigning up to this time • . ® Wesirru Nrw-a^auei Union Two U«o Crott *• Emblem Greece and Switzerland have a cross as the chief emblem in their arms, llto former •liver, the latter white. ' 1 . r:.f. ■ ii-