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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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