Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

IV Ban well Banwtll. 8. C- TliarWaT. N»rmk*r 11. Rerietr #/ Cmrr+mt Events kt i NO LABOR PEACE YET A. P. of L and C. I. 0. Reject Each Other's Proposals •. Japs Drive Back Chinese . • Will Not Attend Parley i i m ■ m n n* The newt camera maa took his life la his heads to secure this ex cellent photograph of Japaaese “mopping up” operatioas la the Chapel ilstrtet of ShanghaL “Mopping up” Is the military euphemistic term for stamping out whatever Ufa Is left after the artillery bombardment has done Its work. ^ M SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK • Wtrtarn Newspaper Union. Labor Parley Deadlock L EADERS of the American Fed eration of Labor and the C. I. 0. couldn’t get anywhere in their peace conference in Washington. So they adjourned tem porarily, and some of them said the parley might not be resumed. George M. Harrison, head of the federation dele gation, said that un less the C. J. 0. at titude changed there was no prospect of peace. Both sides had „ made offers, but Murra y these were scornfully rejected by the opponents. The A. F. of L. proposed that the fate of the C. I. O. affiliates organ ized since the split be decided at an immediate conference "between representatives of organizations chartered by the A. F. of L. and organizations chartered by the C. I. O. and which may be in conflict with each other, for the purpose of biLiging about an adjustment to bring the membership into the A. F. of L. on terms and conditions mutually agreeable.” This clause of the federation pro posal brought a denunciation from Philip Murray, chairman of the ten- man C. I. O. peace committee, who asserted that it asked “desertion and betrayal” of these unions. The C. I. O. proposal was that its unions should return to the federa tion and that a new autonomous de partment should be created, to be known as the C. I. O., to have com plete and sole jurisdiction over its policies and operations. This plan represented no concessions. John L. Lewis called Murray and others into a strategy meeting to consider whether a new proposal for a truce should be offered by the C. L O. James Dewey, Labor department conciliator, and Senator George L. Berry of Tennessee were busy try ing to find a way to peace. The position of President Roosevelt was unknown, but it was believed he would continue his hands-off policy. Japs Smash Chinese J APAN officially declined the in vitation to the nine-power treaty conference in Brussels, and her forces went ahead fast in their op erations in China. They had been checked by a desperate stand of the Chinese defenders of Shanghai, but launched a new offensive that forced the Chinese to abandon Chapei, the native section, and fall back to a new line to the west of the inter national settlement There they en trenched with their backs to the Soochow creek on the other side of which were the United States ma rines. These American troops had orders from Admiral Yarnell to shoot at any planes attacking them or at non-combatants. The British troops in Shanghai had similar orders, and the inter national tension was brought nearer to the breaking point when a Jap anese tank fired on a British infan try detachment of which Brig. Gen. A. P. D. Telfer-Smollett, British commander in chief, was a member. A few days before a Japanese ma chine-gunner in a plane had killed a British soldier. In refusing to send a delegate to Brussels the Japanese government •aid the conference was inspired by the League of Nations and would “put serious obstacles in the path of the just and proper solution of the Japs Mobbed in Frisco C'lVE eminent Japanese citizens, r sent out on a good will mission to the world, arrived at San Fran cisco and were at once besieged on their steamship by a howling mob which struggled with the police for two hours. The demonstration was sponsored by the district council of the Mari time Federation of the Pacific, com prised of seagoing unions affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization. But about a third of the crowd was comprised of Chi nese, who streamed out from the city’s vast Chinatown to vent their rage at things and persons Japa nese. - Help for Stock Market L'VER since the slump in the stock ^ market began the government has been urged to do something about it. Finally the administration yield ed to the demands and the federal reserve board of governors reduced margin requirements on stock pur chases from 55 to 40 per cent and imposed a 50 per cent margin on short sales. The new requirements went into effect November 1 and are not retroactive. No official explanation was given for the board's action but it was un derstood that it was designed to ad just the margin requirements to current stock market conditions. Imposition of the increased mar gin requirements on short sales was an innovation from the board’s standpoint, a stock exchange rule requiring only 10 point protection on short sales. It was understood that before arriving at its decision the reserve board consulted with the securities and exchange commis sion. Many brokers were doubtful that this action would stabilize the mar ket; but the immediate effect was to give stock prices a start upward. Yardstick for Power P RESIDENT ROOSEVELT, In conference with J. D. Ross, ad ministrator of the Bonneville dam project on the Columbia riyer, es tablished the "yardstick” rate by which the charges of privately owned utilities for electric current are to be judged. The formula is to pay operating charges, amortize the federal in vestment in power generation in 40 years and provide a net return of 3V4 per cent. For the present the formula is to apply only to the Bonneville project, but Ross recommended that the same principle be followed with re spect to power from the TV A and other government plants. 0 —*— Miss Roche Quits Treasury ISS JOSEPHINE ROCHE, first woman to be an assistant sec retary of the treasury, has resigned that post and returns to the Res idency of the Rocky Mountain Fuel company of Denver. The position will be left unfilled, for the ad ministration hopes she will resume it later. She was appointed by Pres ident Roosevelt three years ago and has been in charge of the treasury’s public health and other welfare ac tivities. —-k— Sfeiwer to Retire T WENTY years of public service is enough for Senator Frederick Steiwer of Oregon. Republican. He has announced that he will not seek re-election next year, but will re turn to the practice of law. Steiwer was the keynoter of the Republican national convention of 1938. M MunoCni'. BcU T<S N EARLY a million Italians gath ered in Rome to celebrate the Ifteenth anniversary of the Fascist march on the Eternal City, and beard Mussolini declare that bol shevism must be driven out of Eu rope, meaning primarily that the rebels must win the Spanish civil war.. Among the invited guests was a delegation from Nazi Germany, and for their benefit II Duce assert ed vigorously that Germany must obtain colonies, peacefully or other wise. “The motto of the sixteenth Fas cist year is peace,” shouted Musso lini. “There has been much use and abule of this word by the bleat- ; ing of the so-called reactionary democracies. But when it comes from our lips—the lips of those who have fought and who are ready to fight again—this word attains its real, solemn, original, human defi nition. Because to obtain a durable, lasting peace it is necessary to eliminate bolshevism from Europe. It is necessary that some absurd clauses of the treaties of peace be revised. It is necessary that great peoples like the German people have again the place to which they are entitled, and which they once had, under the African sun.” The presence of the official Nazi delegation, led by Rudolph Hess, deputy leader of the party, demon strated “the ever-closer political bond uniting the two people,” Mus solini said, l — Chautemps Gives Warning I F THE necessity arises, France is prepared and ready to employ force in defense of her vital inter ests. At the same time she offers peace to all nations "that will prpve by their acts their de- , >ire to keep their en gagements loyally.” Such was t h • warning, evidently directed especially to Italy and Ger many, which Pre mier Camille Chau temps uttered be- „ fore a congress at M.Chantemps central feder ation of his Radical Socialist party. “I hope especially in the grievous affair of Spain this pacific, prudent, and courageous action will succeed in cutting short the violations of jus tice which cannot be renewed with out constraining France and Britain to renew their liberty of action,” Chautemps said. The premier’s declaration recalled French insistence that unless the nonintervention committee soon pulled foreign troops out of Spain France would open her frontier to aid the Spanish government ——‘ft— Franco's Progress G ENERALISSIMO FRANCO, having completed his conquest of Gijon and the rest of the loyalist territory in northwest Spain, began moving his insurgent forces east ward to the Aragon front where his officers said the “decisive offensive of the war” would be begun. The loyalist government moved from Valencia to Barcelona. —4*— v Windsor Talks of Trip T HE duke of Windsor, speaking at a dinner of the Anglo-Ameri can Press association in Paris, said that he wanted to make it clear that “in any Journey I have undertaken or may plan in the future, I do so as a completely independent observ er without political considerations of any sort or kind and entirely on my own initiative.” He added that “I am a very hap pily married man, but my wife and I are neither content nor willing to lead a purely inactive life of leisure. We hope and feel that in due course the experience we gain from our travels will enable us, if given fair treatment, to make some contri butions as private individuals to solving of some of the vital prob lems that beset the world today.” Noted Editor Dead D EATH Chose a shining mark when it removed George Hor ace Lorimer, retired editor of the Saturday Evening Post He suc cumbed to pneumonia at his home in Wyncote, Pa. Honorary pall bearers at his funeral included for mer President Herbert Hoover and other men distinguished in public life. Mr. Lorimer became editor in chief of the Saturday Evening Post in 1899 and developed it from an obscure weekly to its high posi tion in its field. —h— Ecuador Coup de'Etat G EN. ALBERTO ENRIQUEZ, war minister of Ecuador, and officers of the army executed a coup d'etat which forced Provisional President Federico Paez to resign and leave the country. Enriquez at once assumed power as “supreme chief* with a cabinet composed largely of army officers. He de creed the establishment of a popu lar tribunal to deal with persons accused of tampering with public funds and announced “a national po litical purge.” The people accepted the change of government quietly. John Roosevelt to Wed A/IRS. FRANCES HAVEN CLARK of Boston announced that her daughter, Anne Lindsay Clark, and John Roosevelt, youngest son of the President, will be married in Na- hant, Mass., next June, shortly after Mr. Roosevelt is graduated from Harvard. ■n .M> ^Jhlnkd about Intriguing Construction. S ANTA MONICA, CALIF. —Downtown I saw some ■ort of siege-wall going up. At first I thought it must be a part of the proposed plaza leading from our new termi nal. Our new terminal has been under construction almost as long as New York’s unfinished Cathedral of St John. Inch by Inch it progresses, giving creeping defiance to those critics who say 4hat what Los Angeles needs is not any additional en trances, but more exits. On second glance I decided the owner of the business prop- 8 . erty behind this strange rampart probably made the same mistake I did. I saw a pic ture in the paper and I said, “Pret ty late to be printing a photograph of Fifth avenue showing how it ap peared when the World’s war heroes got through pranking last month.” I looked again and saw it was only a scene in Shanghai after the Jap anese finished bombing. So I figure this forehanded Los Angeleno is Just getting ready for next year’s convention of the vets out here. When his wall is abso lutely impregnable against assault, he’ll no doubt paint a big sign on it reading: “Welcome, American Legion.” • • • Kindness for Reptiles. T 7NDER the slogan, “Kindness for reptiles,” the National Park service discourages people from de stroying every creature they en counter, merely because it wriggles or crawls. I’m what you might call an oc casional snakist, indulging in snakes only in moderation. In other words, I can take my snakes or I can leave them be. But realizing that prac tically all snakes destroy noxious vermin, I refrain from murdering •very passing snake, regardless of his private habits and personal dis position, Just for being a snake. I was raised in a locality where moccasin snakes were so numerous the Republicans used to accuse us of voting them at county elections. Yet I recall only one instance of a moccasin snake biting anybody, and it must have been tempted beyond all power of self-control, for the fellow bitten was a pious party who didn’t think little children should be suffered to believe in Santa Claus. I regret to state that he recovered. It was the snake that died. • • • Movie Preferences. I DON’T like movies about hospi tals where an impossible young surgeon performs impossible opera tions, in four strokes under par, us ing his irons all the way ’round; and then, while replacing the divots, makes love to an impossible al though beauteous nurse. But between operations he washes his hands. Dadgum him, he’s always washing his hands! Who does he think he is, Pontius Pilate? I don’t like movies about news paper offices where the hero is a drunken reporter who behSves in a manner peculiar to newspaper re porters (in the movies); which is so darned peculiar that, in a real newspaper office, somebody’d beat out his brains with a wet towel. I like movies showing Myrna Loy, when not playing nurse; and Spenc er Tracy, when not playing re porter. Anyhow, nothing could be an ab solute failure that has a Walt Dis ney short separating the ultra- colossal or regular feature from the extra-special four-star absolute ly unparalleled super-stupendous preview feature. • • • Gossip About Cobb. J UST a little effort to trace down gossip now going around: (I) The claim that I am going to play Scarlett in “Gone With tha Wind” is absolutely unfounded. Lat est word is that the coveted role will go to Fannie Brice, although the Ritz brothers are being men tioned. If they should be chosen, Scarlett will be played as a three- handed quartette. (II) Dame Rumor hath it that the Atlantic sperm whale will be re named the Justice Black sperm whale. Not yet confirmed, but sounds sort of plausible. The At lantic sperm whale has a hide al most two feet thick. (Ill) The statement that Charley McCarthy may join the reorganized brain trust at Washington remains unsettled. Probably without foun dation. For while Charley is trained to sit upon his master’s knee, he cannot be depended on to keep si lent and has too many bftins to be trusted. (IV) Stories to the effect that Rep resentative Ham Fish will be Re publican nominee for President in 1940 may be regarded as absolutely authentic so far as Representative Ham Fish is concerned. IRVIN g. COBB. B—WNU Service. Washingtonjl Digest Jkt National Topics Interpreted By WILLIAM BRU n CK: ^ RT Pride fal Perfection Washington. — In this so-called modern civilization of ours when we are supposed to Network keep pace with of Spies progress, every one of us is con fronted every day with some sort of government regulation or restric tion. We are told what to do and what not to do and a good many politicians want to increase the number of things we are told to do. Included in this modern civiliza tion is a perfect network of spies who bear official titles of one kind or another, and probably the most insistent of these spies are the agents of government who look after taxes. All of which is necessary because tax payers undoubtedly will dodge a little if they can get away with it. The federal government has a good many thousands of them; state governments have them and county and city governments main tain a veritable army of employees whose Job it is to check up on tax payers. They do their job thorough ly. Make no mistake about that If the taxpayer does not come through in accordance with the orders of the tax collectors, there is plenty of punishment Which brings us to the point of and the reason for this discussion. It sets the stage for the question: If the government, national, state or local, is so punctilious about tax collections, the gathering in of peo ple’s money, why is it that govern ment is not equally punctilious about the way the money is spent? This question is very much to the fore front now. It is a question of para-. mount importance because of a pro posal for governmental reorganiza tion which President Roosevelt in sists must be considered by the forthcoming session of congress The federal government must be reorganized. The reason for this reorganization, according to the President’s argument, is that the present structure is inefficient, wasteful, and generally quite un wieldy. It is to be granted, I think, that much of the present federal govern mental structure is inefficient, waste ful and unwieldy. Throughout the government one will find various agencies charged with the same re sponsibilities, doing things in oppo site directions, winding and binding red tape around the citizens until some of them scarcely can get a hand free to mark their ballots. The whole thing needs a thorough going over but, as I see the picture, this going over should be done with a view to making governmental ma chinery workable and rebuilding only where hastily conceived gov ernmental agencies and functions have demonstrated that they are acting as a deterrent rather than an encouragement to* the nation as a whole. • • • I have no quarrel with Mr. Roose velt concerning the need for chang ing some parts of Changes the governmental Proposed machine. I have a very definite ob jection, however, to some of the changes he proposes. I object stren uously, for example, to his move to destroy the present setup for pro tection against improper spending of' the taxpayers’ money. Specifi cally, I can see no possible excuse for Mr. Roosevelt’s demand that the general accounting office be made subservient again to the whims of politicians by placing that agency under the control of a political ap pointee, namely, the secretary of the treasury. That is exactly what is proposed, and if the President’s governmental reorganization pro gram is accepted by congress in its present form, the President of the United States, whether Mr. Roose velt or his successor, again will be ; able to determine to * large meas- J ure how the taxpayers’ money is spent That may appear to be an exag gerated statement One may ask about the constitutional provision which requires that all appropria tions shall be made by congress. This would seem to prevent execu tive mismanagement of the taxpay ers’ money. Such, however, unfor tunately is not the case because we have had proof under President Roosevelt's administration what can be done when one political party has such complete control of the machinery of government Con gress appropriated billions. True. But had there been no general ac counting office in existence, I doubt if anyone could have even guessed what would have happened to those vast sums of money. It has been my privilege to watch operation of the federal government almost 20 years. Because of that experience, I think I am able to say that I am more conversant with the tricks to which politicians resort in getting money out of the treasury than persons who have not had an opportunity to study the government as it actually functions. And be cause of that experience, I am go ing to make the unequivocal state ment that unless congress repells Mr. Roosevelt's plan to destroy the curb on trick and illegal spending, this nation and its citizens will v pay for th#folly in waste not now con ceivable. • • • • Someone might arise and say that my statement is unjustified because there was not suen Drain on a terrific drain on Treasury the ‘ treasury be : 1 y fore the general accounting office came into ex istence in 1921. My answer to that is that there was a tremendous drain on the treasury before 1921 when the accounting, auditing of bills and checks, was done by indi vidual agencies of the government. The difficulty is that, except for war time agencies, the cost of run ning the federal government before the general accounting office was established was only about one-sev enth of what it is now. None of the federal agencies then in exist ence were as large then as they are now; none had as much authori ty nor as great a scope of opera tions. and the bulk of the new agen cies have been born in legislation that is haphazard and undigested to say the least. The older agen cies of government have scopes of workers who know how to handle their business. Regretfully, it must be said that most of the new agen cies are controlled by, completely filled up with, men who are un familiar with the gigantic problems their jobs entail. Public sentiment is a thing diffi cult to understand. For example, millions of people became-wrought up when President Roosevelt sought to increase the membership of the Supreme court of the United States by the addition of six judges of his own choosing. They rightfully fought back against the destruction of our judicial system. Fighting words characterized the criticism of Mr. Roosevelt and his New Dealers ! who sought to break down the jqfs- tem of checks and balances created in our government by the founding fathers when they provided for ex ecutive, legislative and judicial di- ; visions of governmental authority. I So, I am wondering why thus far there has not been an outburst of vehement criticism of Mr. Roose velt with reference to the proposed destruction of the check on spend ing. I am wondering, too, why peo ple who complain so violently against spies in the form of tax in vestigators should not demand of their government equal protection for the funds after they have been taken away from the taxpayers. There are two other agencies of the federal government which Mr. Roosevelt’s reor- Two Good ganization plan Ones Doomed will eventually de stroy. Each has proved its worth. Each has a rec ord of service to the nation and pro tection for individual citizens that cannot be ignored. I refer to the interstate commerce commission and the federal trade commission. The ICC has supervised the rail roads nearly half a century. It has compelled them to be fair when some individuals in the railroad in dustry were inclined to cheat or take advantage of an unorganized seg ment of the population. Sometimes there has been criticism of the com mission for placing the railroads in a strait-jacket, but the good that the ICC has done far outweighs any damages it has caused. Yet, it is proposed in the Presi dent’s reorganization plan to take away the independence which has characterized the history of the op erations of this agency. The Presi dent wants to place over the com mission a political appointee respon sible only to the Chief Executive. Through all of the years I have worked in Washington, there has been a never-ending effort on the part of politicians to get their hands on the agency that controls the rail roads. It takes no stretch of the imagination to see what would hap pen if the politicians were able to succeed in this direction. I am quite convinced that if the ICC is sub ordinated to the political philosophy of a presidential appointee, every one of us who uses the railroads will be paying toll. The toll will not go to the railroads but to the politicians. With respect to the federal trade commission much the same can be said. Like the ICC, the trade com- mission is quasi judicial. It is an independent agency. Times unnum- bered, it has stepped on crooked business and has forced business of this stripe to play the game within the regulations. On occasion, I have criticized specific actions by the commission as lacking in judicial consideration. By and large, how ever, 1 think no one can say un qualifiedly that the federal trade commission has failed to do its job in the interest of individual citizens which, after all, is what govern ment is supposed to do. C Western Newspaper Union. A GREAT desl of the joy of ** life consists in doing p« r . fectly, or st lesst to the best of one’s sbility, everything which he attempts to do. There is a sense of satisfac tion, a pride in surveying such a work—a work which is round ed, full, exact, complete in all its parts—which the superfici|l man, who leaves his work in a slovenly, slipshod, half-finished condition, can never know. It is this conscientious com pleteness which turns work into art. The smallest thing, be it well done, becomes artistic.— William Matthews. : S Beware Coughs from common colds That Hang On No matter how many medicines you have tried for your cough, chest cold, or bronchial irritation, you can get relief now with Creomulsion. Serious trouble may be brewing and you cannot afford to take a chance with any remedy less potent than Creomulsion, which goes right to the seat of the trouble and aids na ture to soothe and heal the inflamed mucous membraiBs and to loosen and expel the germ-laden phlegm. Even if other remedies have failed, don’t be discouraged, try Creomul sion. Your druggist is authorized to refund your money if you are not thoroughly satisfied with the bene fits obtained from the very first bottle. Creomulsion Is one word—not two, and it has no hyphen in It. Ask for it plainly, see that the name on the bottle is Creomulsion, and you’ll get the genuine product and the relief you want. (AdvJ In Action and Words There is a philosophy that ex presses itself only in action as there is the verbose philosophy of i words. How CARDUI Helps Women Cardul is a purely vegetable medi cine, found by many women to ease functional pains of menstruation. It also helps to strengthen women, who have been weakened by poor nour ishment, by Increasing their appetite and Improving their digestion. Many have reported lasting benefit from the wholesome nutritional asMist- ance obtained by taking Cardul. If you have never taken Cardul, get a bottle of Cardul at the nearest drug store, read the directions and try It Views Differ Two men look through the same bars; one sees the mud, the other the stars.—Frederick Langbridge. Muscular ‘ Rheumatic Pains It takes more than “just a salve” to draw them out. It takes a "counter- irritant ” like good old Muaterole congestion and pain the aching spots. Muscular lumbago, soreness and stiffness generally yield promptly. Better than the old-fasnioned mus tard plaster, Musterole has been used by millions for 30 years. Recom mended by many doctors and nurses. All druggists’. In three strengths: Regular Strength, Children’s (mild), and Extra Strong. Virtue of Perseverance Whatever virtue you possess, perseverance in it makes it a double virtue. .RELIEF. (from the discomfort of/ \ headache-toothache/ St.Joseph GENUINE PURE ASPIRIN Good Work There's many a good bit o’ work done with a sad heart.—George Eliot. Many doctors recommend Nujol because of Its gentle action on the bowels. Don’t confuse Nujol with unknown products. INSIST ON GENOME NUJOL G_. 1SS7. SUM* IM. WNU—7 45—31 -r J AT AIL GOOD DKUG STOOES 9