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I Tl» Ban well Pwplt BiUatL BanwalL S. C. Tkarsday, Scptcaiber 10, ItM BRISBANE THIS WEEK War Financing France Paya Piper Lottery Millions Ability to Endure One hundred and fifty-three lead ing British economists, mapping ou< a new plan to preserve peace, say “the impor tance of Ameri- pan co-operatior in the work oi peace- making cannot be over estimated.” It is to be hoped that the part that Ameri ca will play in future European affairs, such as) w u r financing, may be very eas ily overestimated. If ihose gentlemen cannot abstain from cutting each other’s throats without the assistance and money of the United States, why, then let them cut each other’s throats. News Review of Current Events the World Over ▲rthar BrUban* France is learning that the peo ple always pay the piper, whoever the piper may be—a great conquer or leading them to war, or a clever politician loading them with taxes. In France, sugar has gone up in price; bread and veal have both gone up; two sous a kilogram for bread, two sous a pound for veal, and the government is held directly responsible by the housewife as re gards the bread, for the French gov ernment fixes the price of bread as ours fixes the price of postage stamps. Trailing behind England and the United States the French, with less than 20 per cent of American unem ployment, are discussing great pub lic works to absorb the idle. Billions are spoken of, but the “millard,’’ French word for “bil lion," means only one billion four- cent pieces, the franc having been reduced by government fiat to thBt price. If a billion meant here 25,- 000 francs, equivalent to the Ameri can billion when the dollar was good, the French might well faint away, although they are fundamen tally a rich people. When Bismarck laid on France an indemnity equivalent to $1,000,000,- 000, after 1870. he thought he had asked for about all France could raise after a hard war. The French government offered bonds to pay Bumarck, and the French people subscribed to the loan 14 times over. Bumarck had guessed bad ly. France is far richer now than It was then. French labor demands the 40- hour week and the goxernment agrees, it also demands wage in creases from 12 to 17 per cent, and that makes the country a little thoughtful. With a shorter week, diminished production and higher wages, bread, sugar, veal and many other things must go up in price. Possi bly the French worker, who really works, while he is at it. will man age to produce as much in 40 hours as he has done hitherto in 48 or more, even then increased wages will be added to the price of living and even the worker, who must pay, will growl Bullitt Is Made Ambassador to France—Hitler Stirs Stalin to Talk of War—Secretary Dern Dies in Washington. A By EDWARD W. PICKARD • Weatern N«wap*p«r Dnlon. npRANSFER of William C. Bullitt * from the embassy in Moscow to that in Paris is not surprising. He it was who was chief ly responsible for the recognition of the Soviet govern ment by the United States, and when he waa rewarded with the ambassadorship it was expected he would be able to swing a lot of Rus sian business to American concerns. Also it was hoped he could persuade his Russian friends to keep their promises not to disturb this country with com munist propaganda. In these re spects at least Mr. Bullitt has been a disappointment. But he retains the confidence of President Roose velt and will not be out of place as ambassador to the leftist French government. Some observers think Mr. Bullitt is sent to Paris for the purpose of secretly sounding out the major Eu ropean powers on the possibility of reconvening the world economic conference in 1937. W. C. Bullitt. Jesse Isador Straus resigned as ambassador to France on the ad vice of his physicians. The Presi dent wrote him that “if this ad ministration shall be continued for another four years, I shall count on your returning as a part of it.” conferred with Acting Governor Welford and Senators Nye and Fra zier of North Dakota and Acting Governor Holt and Senators Wheel er and Murray of Montana. Next day Mr. Roosevelt’s train carried him down to Pierre, S. D., and thence into other drouth stricken states. Mr. Roosevelt’s original schedule was changed to permit him to make a quick run to Salt Lake City for the burial services of Secretary of War Dern. JOHN L. LEWIS’ Committee for Industrial Organization in one of its initial efforts to organize the steel workers seems to have suc ceeded only in leading one big plant to go out of business, throwing 750 men out of employment. Such is the result of a strike in the plant of the Standard Steel Spring com pany at Coraopolis, Pa., the strike being directed by the CIO. The em ployees who didn’t strike later re fused to work because, they said, their families had been threatened by phone with bombing if the men returned to the plant. So the com pany closed down and began remov ing the machinery. It was alleged the strikers were assured in ad vance that they would be given re lief money if the plant were closed, and that the state authorities did nothing to protect the plant or the non-strikers from violence. How long will America continue pouring thousands of millions of dol lars into gambling, lottery sweep- stakes and other foreign enter prises? It is interesting to read that in the banks of Dublin there are 25 millions of dollars undistributed from the so-called ‘Hospitals Sweepstakes." Hospitals did not get it—yet. It might also enlighten this gov ernment to know .hat under the law no mention can be made of the sweepstakes gambling in England. The English are loo wise to let their money be drained off in any kind of gambling enterprise, if it is not ENGLISH. You cannot even send a telegram about sweepstakes over the English telegraph wires, to be published in countries outside of England. All telegraphing about the sweepstakes gambling game must go around England, her government-owned wire system will not handle it. Under its Constitution, the United States cannot forbid newspapers to print lottery news that breeds more gambling and heavier losses. But the government might forbid trans mission of such information through the postoflice. That would cut down the "graft." D EICHSFUEHRER HITLER has injected a little more ginger into the international armament race by suddenly announcing that the term for compulsory military service for Gei^nans was doubled— two years instead of one. As mat ters are just now in Europe, this appeared to be aimed directly against soviet Russia, and if the London newspapers are to be be lieved. Dictator Stalin recognizes this and reacts as might be expect ed The London Evening News and Daily Mail both assert that Stalin, in a secret radio address to the red army, said: “Comrades of the red forces: We are on the very eve of momentous events. At any moment now you may be called upon to lay down your lives for the defense of the proletarian birthiand. "This is the moment you have been anticipating, and now your birthiand is expecting you to do the duty you have so eagerly await ed “Our enemies are getUn. into po sition. So be ready The enemies are on the frontiers of our great land. Keep watch. “Everything money could buy. everything the genius of man could invent and everything the loving labor of the workers could make have been given into your hands for the defense and glory of the Soviet land" The London papers say other So viet leaders followed Stalin with similar talks The foreign office m Moscow flatly denied that the dictator had delivered any such ad dress as was reported German economists, worried over the mounting costs of re-arming their country, were told the dou bling of the term of military serv ice would not be quite so expensive as it appeared, for more men in barracks means fewer on dole. However, the national debt contin ued to grow and ways of meeting payments are becoming fewer and more scanty. FEDERAL JUDGE JOHN P. 1 BARNES of Chicago upheld the constitutionality of the Commodity Exchange act and denied an injunc tion to restrain its enforcement asked by members of the Chicago Mercantile exchange. Judge Barnes agreed with the contention of Spe cial Assistant Attorney General Wendell Berge that the act is "merely an extension of the pro visions of the grain futures act,” which has been held constitutional by the United Statei Supreme Court. FIGURES given out by the De- 1 partment of Commerce revealed that July merchandise exports from the United States declined to $178,- 324.000. the lowest level of the year, while imports in creased to $103,400,- 000, leaving an un favorable balance of trade of tl5.0OS.OOO for the month. It was the second suc cessive month an unfavorable balance was reported How- ever, compared with Src ih« 1935 month, ex ports were up 3 per cent and im ports up 0 per cent. The unfavorable balance was re garded by Secretary of Commerce Roper as convincing proof of eco nomic recovery in the United States because nearly half the increase in imports over last year in dollar volume was accounted for by lux ury items such as furs and whisky and commodities not extensively produced in this country, such as wood-pulp, paper, aickel and tin. The increase in exports over July. 1035, consisted chiefly of finished and semi-manufactured articles, in cluding machinery, electrical appa ratus, aircraft, iron and steel man ufactures and inedible vegetable products. Washington Digest g 11 National Topics Interpreted By WILLIAM BRUCKART N. A 11 ON A \X ASH’ [|1 S ECRETARY OF WAR GEORGE H. DERN died in Walter Reed hospital, Washington, of heart dis ease and other complications re sulting from influenza. He had been ill since last spring but part of the time had insisted on attending to his official duties, keeping this up even from his sick bed. Mr. Dern, who was sixty-four years old, was formerly a brilliant mining engineer and was the second non-Mormon to be elected governor of Utah, serv ing two terms. School teachers, business heads, N chambers of commerce, even cler gymen, might find a good text in Mr. Son, the young Japanese with the determined face who won the long marathon race at the recent Olympic games in Berlin. Not only could that marvelous Japanese runner go, and keep go ing, but there seemed no end to his endurance. Everybody can rui., more o»- less, but that by itself never wins a marathon. The race for success in life is a marathon race, and real success de pends more than anything else on your ability to KEEP GOING. • Kl»« r*alurM Syndic*!*. 1m. wni; art—. A NNOUNCEMENT was made by ** WPA officials in Washington that more than 110,000 farmers are now at work on Works Progress ad ministration projects in the drouth areas of the West and Central West^. About half of the farmers on thb WPA rolls are in North and South Dakota. North Dakota reported 32,762 at work on federal projectis and South Dakota 22,927. Relief ,and agricultural authorities have esti mated that 110,000 to 120,000 farm ers will need help through the win ter in the Dakotas. P RESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S spe cial train made a quick run to Bismarck, N. D. f and the special committee on the drouth, headed by Morris L. Cooke, reported to him on its inspection of the afflicted area. The President then took an automobile tour through the coun tryside to see for himself some of the effects of the long dry spell. He A FTER more than five weeks of ^ desperate fighting, neither the Spanish loyalists nor the rebels were able to claim a decided ad vantage, and it became evident that the conflict would be long drawn out if the other European nations' could keep aloof. This latter even tuality was made more probable by Adolf Hitler’s announcement that the German government had ordered an embargo on arms to Spain. He thus lined his country up with Great Britain and France, and Italy had acceptea the French proposal for neutrality, though with some reservations. These ‘‘neutral’’ nations, how ever, do not intend to be imposed upon and both the British and the German governments made strong protests to the Madrid government against alleged violation of the free dom of the seas. Five British war ships set sail from Gibraltar and Hitler sent seven from the Baltic to enforce the demands that inter ference with shipping cease. The crews of these vessels were ready for immediate qction. The United States does not con sider the attempted blockade of reb el-held ports any more valid than do the European nations. Secre tary Hull told the Madrid foreign office: "My government directs me to inform you that, with the friend liest feelings toward the Spanish government, it cannot admit the le gality of any action on the part of the Spanish government in declar ing such ports closed unless that government declares and maintains an effective blockade of such ports.” Washington. — As the political campaign waxes warmer, it be- j *.»• • comes painfully Mud Slinging evident that the r A hr ad fight in 1936 for the suffrage of the people is going to be very dirty. .It is going to be bitter and there is no way now apparent that such a characteristic can be avoided. I do not believe that either Gov ernor Landon, the Republican can didate, or President Roosevelt, seeking re-election as a Democrat, can prevent the hurling of invec tives that are going to be very close to mud-slinging. Naturally the President of the United States sel dom makes a mud-slinging speech and Governor Landon personally is a mild-mannered man who believes in discussing issues rather than in dividuals, but the intentions or the desires of these two candidates can not control the bitterness that is, to my mind, certain to be found in this campaign in a large measure. As typical of the sort of thing to which I have referred is the recent speech of Secretary Ickes who, in a national radio broadcast, became quite ill-tempered in his attack on Governor Landon. Mr. Ickes is not known for his composure anyway and when he gets heated up on any subject he is likely to be guilty of remarks that are not becoming to an official of our government or any other. I have not the slightest doubt that before the campaign has proceeded much further there will be similar speeches attacking Mr. Roosevelt personally and that, while Governor Landon may not approve, there will be unworthy charges hurled at the President. Mr. Ickes skated pretty close to the line in his’attack on Governor Landon by various adroit phrases which were designed to create the impression that the Republican can didate was either ignorant or dis honest. I do not know Governor Landon personally but I can offer this thought: No man is going to be nominated by any political party in a national convention, nominated by acclamation, unless his record ts pretty clear. For Mr. Ickes to say. therefore, in effect, that Gov- eAor Landon had sold out to "Wall Street" was not the sort of cam paign discussion likely to produce confidence among all the people in their government. It is compara ble, in my opinion, to a charge that the President of the United States, who advertises himself continually as a friend of the common man, was guilty of increasing h s ojva per sonal fortune through presidential acta—and every one knows this is not true But to get back to the theme song of the Ickes’ speech, it seems to me that the tragedy of his radio pronouncement lies in the fact throughou* his discussion he was preaching class hatred. Every one knows, of course, attacks on "Wall Street” are very common in any political campaign. The dema gogues use it every hour of every day everywhere they can find any one to listen to them. It is ridicu lous. but it has happened for a good many years So when Mr. Ickes made the charge that Governor Landon was either unwittingly or knowingly leading a "rich man’s fight" against President Roosevelt he was descending to a rather low level of campaigning. • • • 1 have seen indications of a re action against the Ickes’ speech in another way. John May Cause Hamilton, the Re- Showdown publican national chairman, on his recent organization tour of the west ern states, propounded the inquiry that seeks to identify the "econom ic royalists" about which President Roosevelt spoke several weeks ago. If the Roosevelt campaigners con tinue this class hatred propaganda, I rather suspect from what Mr. Hamilton said in his speeches there will be a perfect barrage of de mands to know the names of these economic royalists. It may not seem important; indeed, it seems like it probably is inconsequential, but if the Republicans let down a barrage on the President of the United States, he is likely to be put in a bad corner • Without attempting to forecast what the Republican opposition is likely to say, I can recall as an observer close to the wheels of gov ernment during the Roosevelt re gime that Mr. Roosevelt frequently was a guest on the Astor yacht and that one of his chief advisors for many months was the multimil lionaire, Bernard M. Baruch. It seems also that a very rich man, Henry L. Doherty, was in charge of the nation-wide dance (program held on the President’s birthday and Mr. Doherty, be t said, is head of one of the great utility chains. These are just samples It may be good politics for the President to encourage these attacks without approving them, but those of us who knew the late Louis McHenry Howe, are convinced that he never wo«M have agreed to that sort of attack,, had he been alive and serving as the President’s closest political ad visor as he did for a quarter of a century. • • • There is a situation in the fed eral government that threatens to be quite nasty. I Probe refer to the row G-Men that has devel oped between the Department of Justice bureau of investigation (the G-men) and the Treasury’s secret service corps. It is all very much under cover, quite secret, but the row has come to the surface sufficiently to refsult in a demotion of two long-time mem bers of the secret service. J. Edgar Hoover has been well press-agented as chief of the G-men. Joseph E. Murphy has had almost no advertising as assistant chief of the Treasury secret service in which he has served for more than a quarter of a century. Mr. Mur phy and one of his subordinates have b^en reduced in rank, their record stained for life. The two departments have kept the facts well covered up. It seems that something was going on among the G-men that the Treasury secret service thought they ought to know about. They conducted their own inquiry, their own investigation into the other staff of investigators. That is as much as has been made public except Secretary Morgenthau’s an nouncement of the demotion order. I have known each of these men equally twenty years. Each is en titled to the utmost respect. But each operates along an entirely dif ferent line—Hoover with some will ingness for publicity; Murphy with an absolute policy of never letting his name get into the papers. It is unfortunate that Joe Murphy was the goat. 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Lincoln told funny sto ries and good ones. 5* AND 101 JARS THE I0« SIZE CONTAINS 3'/ 2 TIMES AS MUCH AS THE St SIZE mrnr PAY The board of governors of the Federal Reserve system took an ac- tion recently that Action probably is quite M yet thee /"mystifying to the average person. They ordered all of the banks of the country which are members of the Federal Reserve system to keep a deposit reserve with the Federal Reserve banks IS per cent greater than ever has been required before. With the technical phases of re serve requirements and the me chanical operation of this particular order, I think we need not be very much concerned. But with the prin ciple upon which this action is tak en I think every one with a bank account, however small, ought to be vitally interested They ought to be interested for the very simple reason that this action illustrates better than any words I can write how far the centralization of control of the banking structure hss gone. This action was taken under the National Banking act of 1035, a statute that has been frequently criticised as a "political banking set.” In the instance 1 have just re ported, the change in the reserve requirements probably will have no serious reaction on us as individu als. It probably will not hurt the banks because few banks in the country have had calls for loans in any quantity since business is at such a low level. But the point is that under this law, the Federal Reserve board of governors can alter banking conditions over night. It can issue new rules and regula tions that are wholly impossible of understanding by the average indi vidual, but which are almost riot ous in their effect upon the manage ment of individual banks through out the country. To state this proposition in anoth er way, may I describe it in the terms of a private business enter prise. If a storekeeper in a small town were subjected to regulation from Washington and the regulatory power in the federal government had such discretionary authority as the Federal Reserve board of gov ernors, could that storekeeper ever feel that he was managing his own business? I think not. Then, in the case of the Federal Reserve board of governors, it must be added that the president of the board is Marri- ner S. Eccles who is known far and wide for his radical ideas about banking. It can be further said that Mr. Eccles has the ear of President Roosevelt. This has been criticised many times of course where oppo nents of the Roosevelt banking poli cies have contended that the banks can be utilized in any way the qfo ministration desires to use them. 'As an illustration of this, the federal government has been borrowing bil lions. Most banks are chock full of government securities. 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