Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fc c. i-LL F. D. R. EYEING THIRD TERM? M»#f Ht It Grows in Copitol • • . SMo Troop# Act For Pooco in Sfrikot • • • Modittion Boord Hit# Snags Beiftf tomam at bar m is land where President Booserelt ‘'hamanixed” relations between the White House and majority members of congress: Senators Key Pittman (left) of Nora da and John H. Overton of Louisians. "Humanizing" th# Majority A S MAJORITY members of con gress met on Jefferson island in Chesapeake bay with President Roosevelt, to have their relations with the chief execu tive “humanized/’ (he belief in Wash ington circles that the President is will ing to accept a third term expanded t o the greatest propor tions it has yet known. The spark which touched off the lat est cloakroom whis perings of a third term was the dec laration by O• v. George H. Earle of Pennsylvania that he would give “unqualified and final" support to a Roose velt • for • President movement in 1M0. Further reports had it that John L. Lewis, chairman of the Committee lor Industrial Organiza tion and leader of the sit-down strikes that have swept the nation, was working toward the same end. The President has only indirectly disavowed such an ambition. He said et his victory dinner: “My great ambition on January 10, 1M1. is to turn over this desk and chair in the White House to my successor, whoever he may be, with the assurance that I am at the seme time turning over to him as President a nation intact, a nation at peace, a nation prosperous . . Tha "humanizing" on Jefferson island was interpreted as attempts to salvage the New Deal programs, which have been getting e mild kicking around in congress of late, through heart • to • heart talks Mr Roosevelt and hM sup- in tha Capitol. a of attempted leg- notably the Pres ident ■ Supreme court bill, have apparently creeled a split between the conservatives and liberals in the Democratic party. Tha Presi dent's continued silence throughout the C. 1. O. strikes has been a fac- DemocrsUc members of are puzzled to decide the President is unwitting ly bringing about the split, or is doing so deli her slaty with an eye to freezing out the conservatives and creating a completely liberal party. They would also like to know whether he is silently supporting John L Lewis or is simply giving the C. I. O. leader plenty of rope with which to hang himself. Statai Patrol Strike Areas A S NATIONAL guardsmen, or- ** dered out by Gov. Martin L. Dsvey, arrived on the scene to pro tect the public peace in Ohio cities where C. I. O. steel strikes have caused bloodshed and threatened more, violence dwindled, temporar ily at least, to the throwing of a few stones and choice epithets. At Warren, troops dispersed pick ets and allowed loyal workmen to move in and out of the Republic Steel plants. A general strike which the C. I. O. had ordered and claimed to be 40 to 70 per cent ef fective was recalled after a day, with the threat, “The next time our ynen are called out, it will be on even a larger scale.” At Youngstown the strikers were celebrating the order by which sev eral hundred state troops were forcing the four plants of Republic and the Youngstown Sheet ft Tube company to remain closed. Then Gov. Davey reversed his order, com manding troops to keep the plants open. Shortly before the arrival of the troops, in Youngstown two C. I. O. strikers had been killed and 25 per sons injured as strikers snd local pokes fought for hours in front of the Apex Hosiery company plant at Philadelphia w e r « forced t o evacuate under a federal court evic tion order. During the seven weeks the sit-downers had occupied the plant they had wrought damage to machinery and books totaling $3,000,- 000, according to company officials. Nazi Fleet Moves on Velende C'OR the second time Germany ” and Italy withdrew from the four-power non-intervention patrol of Spain, asserting that by this act their “freedom of action” was re stored. Hitler immediately ordered the strongest units of the Nazi fleet to Valencia, the loyalist capital, the while assuring Great Britain he would commit no rash set. Britain, in turn, let it be known through her ambassador at Berlin that she would regard any hostile act against the Spanish government “most seri- susly.” The resson for the Fascist nations’ withdrawal was that Great Britain and Francs had refused to join them in a naval demonstration at Valencia to protest the alleged loy alist submarine attack against tha German cruiser Leipzig on May It. Germany and Italy, who support tha rebels, were assigned to petrol the •astern, or loyalist, coast of Spain under the four-power patrol agree ment. Although they have quit co operating with the patrol their ships remain in the patrolled waters. W 2 about: JSIP* Irvin 8. Cobb out that the S ANTA MONICA, CALIF. - They do say the new NRA bill, ns drawn by the Gallagher and Shean of the administra tion, Messrs. Corcoran and Cohen, is more sweeping than was the original NRA. Even Gen. Hugh Johnson, once as conversational as Mrs. Astor’s par rot, but lately exiled amid tha uncongen ial silences, crawls out from under a log in the woods with lichens in his hair, but the lower jaw still working smoothlyin the socket, to tell how drastic a thing it is. Critics assert this legislation will cov er business like a wet blanket over a sick pup, and point number of sick pups benefited by being tucked under wet blankets is quite small. However, these fussy persons belong to the opposition and don’t count. Anyhow, they didn’t count much at the last election ex cept in Maine, Vermont and one backward precinct in the Ozark mountains. • • • Friendly French Visitors. TT SEEMS we were cruelly wrong x In ascribing mercenary motives to those French financiers who’ve been dropping in on us lately. They came only to establish more cordial relations. Of course, there’s a new French bond issue to be floated, but these visits were purely friendly and altruistic. Still and all, I can’t help thinking of Mr. Pincus, who invaded the east side to invite his old neighbor, Mr. Gins burg, whom he hadn't seen in years, to be a guest at Mrs. Pincus’ birthday party. He gave full directions for travel ing uptown, then added: “Vere we lif now it’s von of dose •well valk-up flats. So mit your right elbow you gif a little pooeh on the thoid button in the doorjam downstairs und the lock goes glick- glick und In you come. You go up two floor* und den, mit your other elbow, you gif one more little pooeh on the foist door to the left und valk in—und vill mommer be surprised 1** “Vait,” exclaimed Mr. Gins burg. *T could get to that Bronnix. I got brains, ain’t itT But ulso I got fin gers und thumbe. Vot is de poosh- mit-elbows stuff?” Murmured Mr. Pincus gently: “Surely you vouldn’t come empty- handed!” Hopkins Slices WPA Rolls ORKS PROGRESS ADMINIS TRATOR HARRY L. HOP KINS is busy trimming $14.7 Si names off the WPA rolls, to shave the total to 1,659,477 by mid-July. The cut was to be effected "simply through not replacing men who found jobe In private industry" and by combing the Lists for ineUgiblee. WPA officials emphasised the need for economy by compering the es-1 Umsted $2,175,000,000 spent in 1937 with the $1,500,000,000 approved by congress for relief la fiscal 193# Miss Perkins Names TKraa T HE federal government took a hand la the settlement of tho dispute between John L. Lewis’ Committee (or Industrial Organisa tion and the big in dependent steel companies, as the mediation board of three, appointed by Secretary of Labor Frances E. Perkins, sat in Cleveland to hear the cases of both sides. The government’s move was prompted as the steel strikes, af- Secy. Perkins feeling plants in several states, threatened new out breaks of violence which might be beyond the powers of local or even state governments to control. As the mediators began their task of effecting a compromise, a dozen persons had been killed in strike riots and scores more injured since the strike against Republic, Bethle hem, Youngstown Sheet & Tube, and Inland started May 26. Eighty- five thousand workers already had lost approximately $10,000,000 in wages. Charles P. Taft II, Cincinnati lawyer, son of the former Presi dent and chief justice, and a mem ber of the “brain trust” of Gover nor Landon’a presidential cam paign, was named chairman of the mediation boacd. Appointed to sit with him were Lloyd K. Garrison, former president of the national la bor relations board, and Edward F. McGrady, assistant aecreUry of la bor and a former A. F. of L or ganizer under Samuel Gompers. The mediation board had a job cut out for tt. It was to U Visiting Ancient NDER the guidance of Leo Carillo, that moat native of all native sons. I’ve been visiting such of the ancient ranchos as remain practically what they were before tha Gringoa cam# to southern Cal£ forma. You almost expect to find Ramona weaving in a crumbly pa tio. What’s more, every one of these lovely placet is lived on by one of Leo’s cousins. He has more kin folks than a microbe. They say tha early CariQoa were pure Spanish, but I insist there must have been a strong strain of Belgian hare in the stock. When tt came to progeny, the strain was to tha Pacific coast what tha Potomac shad has been to the eastern seaboard. It’s more than a family—it’s a species. And a mighty noble breed it In- producing even yet the fragrant es sence of a time that elsewhere has vanished and a day when hospitality still ruled and a naturally kindly people had tima to be mannerly end the instinct to be both simple and grandly courteous at once. • • • Privileges of Nazidom. 'TP HE German commoner may be shy on the food rations and have soma awkward momenta unless ha conforms to the new Nazi religion. But he enjoys complete freedom of the press—or rather, complete free dom from the press. And lately an other precious privilege has been accorded him. He may fight duels. Heretofore, this inestimable boon was exclusive ly reserved for the highborn. But now he may go forth and carve and be carved until the field of honor looks like somebody had been clean ing fish. This increase in his blessings makes me recall a tale that Charley Russell, the cowboy artist, used to tell: “The boys were fixing to hang a horse thief,” Charley said. “He only weighed about ninety pounds, but for his heft he was the champion horse thief of Montana. The rope was swung from the roof of a barn. Then they balanced • long board out of the loft window, and the con demned was out at the far end of it, ready for the drop, when a stranger Washington Digest 4 INciiiondi iop.o Interpreted By WILLIAM BRUCKAR] JlilMfiij Washington.—Two actions of sec tions of the congress lately deserve _ more than ordi- Congrmts nary • attention. MakcM Newa One of these was probably as cou rageous a position as any group of senators ever has taken. The other action—by majority of the house— was shot through with the utmost cowardice and selfishness. Lately, a group of senators, near ly all Democrats, took their political lives in their hands and delivered to the senate a report from its judi ciary committee advising defeat of President Roosevelt’s proposal to add six new justices of his own choosing to the Supreme court of the United States. In my time in Washington, I be lieve I can say without qualifica- tion, there never has been a com mittee action in the house or sen ate in which the President, as the leader of the dominant party, re ceived such a castigation on a legis lative proposal as was given Mr. Roosevelt by Democrats who con stituted the majority of the senate judiciary committee. They did not mince words in any respect. What ever may be the merit of Mr. Roos evelt’s proposal to add six justices of his own choosing to the highest court, the majority report of the judiciary committee left no stone unturned in disclosing objections to the proposal as opponents of the court reorganization scheme see them. Almost on the same day that senate Democrats were, in effect, breaking or revolting from the Pres ident's leadership, the Democratic majority in the house killed off a proposal for new taxes in the Dis trict of Columbia that would have resulted in taxing the salaries of representatives and senators and their office staffs. They were brazen •bout it. They were not going to vote an income tax upon them selves and they made no effort to conceal their reasons for refusing to accept the recommendations of a special tax subcommittee which was acting for the permanent com mittee in the house of the District of Columbia. Tha District of Columbia com mittee, examining the budget for the seat of the federal government, was confronted with a deficit in the district finances and instructed its tax subcommittee to develop new sources of revenue in order that the District of Columbia might not get into debt. Among the taxes pro posed was a tax on income of res idents of the District of Columbia, which Is synonymous with Wash ington. and it provided tor taxing earnings here whether the person who earned the income was a resi dent of the capital city or not. That was too much. The majority in the house of representatives just could not take it They voiced their rior in numbers to those who be lieved that income in the District of Columbia should be taxed, they forced the tax bill back ta the District of Columbia committee for re vision. Indeed, they went further, The line of critic tarn of an income tax that would touch the sacred salaries of congressmen and sen ators was such as to have the effect of forcing the committee to bring in a tax biU that would increase the tax on property in the federal area. Now. it is a fact that few members of the house and a very small number of senators have bought residences in Washington. They usually live in apartments or hotels or lease homes for the period that congress is in session. Conse quently, a real estate tax will not concern most of the representatives and senators. • • • The indictment brought against the President’s court plan by the . senate judiciary Court Plan committee was Report quite unusual i n many respects. In the first instance, it was ap proximately fifteen thousand werds in length; being in that regard prob ably the longest and most com prehensive analysis that any con gressional committee ever has made of a piece of legislation. Cer tainly, it is the most extensive ex amination to be included in a com mittee report in the last quarter of a century. Every argument advanced by the administration in support of the plan was picked to pieces and held up to public gaze; every possible reason for expansion of the court by the addition of six new justices was scrutinized and denounced and. then, the committee put forth eome "Way Back When JtAMNg rtfrJ’J II 111 The bill was found by the seven Democrats and three Republicans who constituted a majority of tha senate judiciary committee, to be “a needless, futile and utterly dan* gerous abandonment of constitution al principle.” It charged that tha “American system” of independ ence of the courts would be violated and that if the bill were to be en acted into law, “political control” over the judiciary branch of the government would pass into the hands of the President. With the presentation of this ter rific attack on the bill to the senate, a second unusual circumstance de veloped. Those Democrats who were opposed to the President’s proposal decided to go about the job of fighting the measure on the floor in a manner seldom seen in the congress. These opponents from the Democratic ranks got together and chose Senator Wheeler of Montana as leader of the Democratic oppo sition to the Democratic Presi dent’s court revision program. They gave him full authority to act, in cluding the selection of a steering committee, a committee on strat egy, to aid him. Thus, in the senate now we have three major leaders. Senator Wheel er will speak for the court opposi tion; Senator Robinson of Arkansas as the leader of the Democratic party in the senate will lead the fight for passage of the court bill; and Senator McNary of Oregon will heed up the Republicans as usual. Since all of the Republicans and Independents excepting only Senator La Follette, Progressive, of Wis consin, are opposed to the court revision plan, Senator McNary and Senator Wheeler are working hand in glove against the regular Demo cratic line-up headed by Senator Robinson. It appears that the President is going to be badly defeated on this piece of legislation, but it is too early to be sure. Mr. Roosevelt is a powerful figure and he has politi cal knowledge that must be de scribed as remarkable. He has with him in the senate some exceedingly able political strategists. It is thus a battle of wits. Mr. Roosevelt has said several times that he will accept no com promises. There is a very definite feeling at the Capitol, however, that the President will be glad to have a compromise if he caa get one and save the bill from complete wreckage On the other hand. Sen ator Wheeler and his strategy committee have announced in no uncertain terms that they will de feat the bill or any compromise that is offered Time alone can answer the question of what will coma out of the President's proposal. At this writing, tha odds certainly are against tha the Hmmi Tee tioned earlier. cells ta mind the by •i way. up of five •entail vei gun a search ta Aad out hew tax payers avoid taxes or reduce tho •mounts they would otherwise have to pay by various trick schemes. The committee has been given fifty thousand dollars with which to make the investigation and tt ie re ceiving able assistance from Under Secretary Roswell Magill and other Treasury experts on taxation. Contrary to the outlook when Mr. Roosevelt released a vicious attack on tax dodgers and tax avoiders, this committee is getting down to real business and there is every reason to believe it will be able to recommend to congress changes in the law that will stop some of the schemes and tricks to which large taxpayers have resorted. I have sat if) on a number of the hearings thus far, including the opening session when Secretary Morgenthau made the opening state ment and disclosed to the satisfac tion of everyone that he was not conversant with the problem at hand. Like the President, Mr. Mor genthau attempted to place the tax problem confronting the govern ment on moral grounds. His state ment did not cliclc <with the com mittee at all. With two or three ex ceptions, the committee members recognized the problem as purely a question of law and Senator Pat Harrison, Democrat of Mississippi, vice chairman, said that there was no point la making the investigation “a Roman holiday. M Therttore, the FAMOUS SONG WAfTK* KEPT A BOARDING BOUSE I WONDER how many many * women who are Just simple little housewives today would be famous, if they had tho time to take from demands of their homes and fam ilies. Carrie Jacobs Bond made her success because circumstances forced her to change from a wife to a business woman. She was bom in Janesville, Wisconsin, in 1863. She liked music and stud ied piano from childhood until she married at the age of eighteen. When she was twenty-five, she re married Dr. Frank L. Bond, who took a sympathetic interest In her music and encouraged her to com pose. She wrote one song, “Is My Dolly Dead?”, at that time and it was accepted; but the work was merely a hobby with her and she did not produce more. She devoted her time and efforts to being a good housewife and mother for the Doc tor and her little boy. Then, Dr. Bond was killed in an accident and she was left an invalid without money, and an eight-year-old son. Carrie Jacobs Bond did not lose heart. She rented a largo house in Chicago and took In roomers She made some money as a dressmaker •nd painting china. They were so poor that her son had to go to ▼ork soon thereafter as a delivery boy. Ambitiously, she devoted all her spare time to composing songs. Through financial support from a woman singer she started a small music publishing house, writing tho words and music, and painting tho cover designs of tho songs she print ed. She even promoted the songs herself, end little by little she won success. Today tha songs aha wrote •re remembered and sung through out the arortd. “A Perfect Day." “I Love You Truly." ”H»e Lullaby.” "My Son.” “Do You Remember?" snd others. • • • SENATOR PITTMAN RUSHED TO S° Speaking of eaa that OFTEN gold buried far away In some inaccessible part of tha Id looks easier to gel thaa for tunes awaiting iaa right at borne. Senator Key Pittman et Nevada atari ad Kia career ea a wild chase lor make Hta euresaa in the or which Key Putman, iVTS. attended law college m Tan- His career at that tune Mfcad as though tt might consist of point men! as district fo» i ng ahead In pot it tea with tha United States senate as a goal But young Pittman could not aea ■ that way. and tha reason was the Alas kan gold rush m IMt He rushed up to the Klondike! And what hap pened* Key Putman landed at Daw son just ahead of the freeze almost peontlets la Nome It ta said that be worked at one end of a bucksaw to make a living. Then, the peo ple made him district attorney. Shortly thereafter, he returned to the United States, settling in Tono- pah, Nev., where he laid the founda tion of his fortune in the Tonopah Telephone company. In 1913, Key Pittman, in his first political contest, was elected to the United State* 'senate, where he has given a good account of himself for 24 years. Hia greatest