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Hm Bara well P—»l» S—UatL Bar ■well. S. C- Thandaj, Noreaiber 18, 1937 JV#m Review •/ Cmrrent Bcemte •I ■ ■ H S I i i 4 $ K I TAMMANY HALL ROUTED La Guardia and Daway Winner* in New York a . . Detroit Rejects Candidates Backed by the C.1.0. J^LcJca/ui V ^ SUMMARISES THE WORM • w« , w ■■ maA’ * \ La Guardia'* Victory T ammany hall went down to Inglorioui defeat In the New fork municipal election. Ita mayor alty candidate, Jeremiah T. Maho ney, who waa sup ported also by Jim Farley and Senator Wagner, was thor-, oughly whipped by Fiorello H. La Guar- | die, candidate of the fusionists, the Re publicans and the young American La bor party. La Guar dia, the first “re- form” mayor ever T. E. Dewey re - e i ec ted in New York, piled up a majority of 454,429. The Republicans hailed the result as a great victory for their party, and it was. But it also put the La bor party in the position of holding the balance of power in future elec tions in the metropolis. Second in interest only to the mayoralty vote was the fact that Thomas E. Dewey, the young man who smashed organized crime and the rackets in New York, was elect ed distriot attorney, defeating Har old W. Hastings, the Tammany nom inee. Dewey, who is only thirty-five years old, promises reform in the methods of the office, and his record gives assurance these will be car ried out The Republicans regained control of the New York state assembly and of many upstate cities. C.I.O. Loses in Detroit 'T'HE first important venture of the C. 1. O. in politics turned out disastrously for the Lewis organiza tion. Patrick H. O'Brien, its tnay- oralty candidate, declared on the stump that "labor must seize the reins of government in Detroit and every other American city." Where upon the Detroit electors arose in their wrath and swept O’Brien and the C. I. O. out of the picture. Rich ard W. Reading, conservative can didate backed by the A. F. of L., won the office by a majority of 106,- 907 votes. In addition, all the five C. I. O. backed candidates for the common council were decisively whipped. In New Jersey Senator A. Harry Moore, Democrat, was elected gov ernor over Lester H. Clee, Republi can, but only by virtue of a big ma jority in Hudson county. Moore has held the office twice before. It was the first time in the state's history that a governor has won a third term. The state constitution pro hibits a consecutive re-election but Moore was elected in 1925 and again in 1931, each time for a three-year term. James M. Curley, who has been three times mayor of Boston and once governor of Massachusetts, tried again for the mayoralty, but was defeated by Maurice J. Tobin, like Curley a Democrat Philadelphia went Democratic, as did Pittsburgh, which re-elected Mayor Cornelius Scully. Borah Talks Plainly W HILE Republican national committeemen were gathering in Chicago for an important meet ing, Senator Borah of Idaho Jumped into print with a vigorous denuncia tion of the plan, fa vored by Hoover and Chairman Ham ilton, to hold a mid term Republican convention next spring, for the form ulation of party pol icies. "We have heard a great deal about usurpation and die- 8€n * tor tatorship in recent years," said Borah. "There could be no great er exhibition of usurpation or dic tatorship in politics than for a few accredited men undertaking to fix the principles and policies for 17 million voters without ever having consulted the voters or received their indorsement in any way. "The Republican party is in its present plight largely because lead ers of the party too long neglected to take counsel of the voters. Lead ers acted upon the theory that the voters would be led or cudgeled along the road pointed out by the leaders." Brussels Conference F ORMAL opening of the Far East peace conference in Brussels brought out speeches by the chief delegates of America, Britain, France, Italy and Russia. Davis for the United States denounced re sort to armed force as a means of settling international disputes, and urged Japan and China to seek a settlement of their conflict "by peaceful processes." He continued: "We believe that co-operation between Japan and Chi na la essential to the best interests of those two countries and to peace throughout the world. We believe that such co-operation must be de- THE WORLD'S WEEK m \ m % -rn. Wmmm “LITTLE FLOWER" WINS Flerelle La Goardla, who licked Tammany and was re-elected mayor of New York, in a striking peee as he addressed voters. Duchess of Windsor veloped by friendship, fair play, and recriprocal confidence. If Japan and China are to co-operate it must be as friends and not as enemies. The problems underlying Chinese-Japa- nese relations must be solved on a basis that is fair to each and ac ceptable to both." Eden for England and Delbos for France seconded these sentiments. The Italian representatives made it clear Italy would not stand for any coercive measures against Japan. China was represented by Dr. Wellington Koo who said: "We de sire peace, but we know that we can not obtain it in the presence of Japanese aggression. So long as ag gression persists we are determined to continue our resistance. It is not peace at any price that will render justice to China or to the credit of civilization.” A committee was named to send an appeal to Japan to open peace negotiations with China, and Ger many was asked to reconsider her refusal to take part in the confer ence. Labor Hits Duke's Tour TY ESOLUTIONS denouncing the American tour of the duke and duchess of Windsor as a "slumming trip professing to study labor" were adopted by the Bal timore Federation of Labor, and ap proved by President Green of the A. F. of L. They attacked Charles Bedeaux, the duke’s friend, as sponsor of the "stretch • out sys tem.” Officials of the Committee for In dustrial Organiza tion, while refusing to be quoted, said the attitude of their organization on the Bedeaux system was “well known." Official and social Washington, which had been in doubt as to what to do about the distinguished visi tors, was relieved when Sir Ronald Lindsay, British ambassador, an nounced he would give a state din ner for the royal couple, as he termed them, the day after their arrival. Immediately thereafter it was made known that President Roosevelt would entertain the duke and duchess at luncheon in the White House. The duke's talk on arrival was to be broadcast over all major net works, but the British Broadcasting company announced it would not pick up Windsor's remarks for re broadcasting in England. Bedeaux said the duke while in the United States would observe these sixteen heavy industries: Heavy machinery, light machin ery, heavy chemical work, oil refin ing, textiles, tobacco, steel, rubber, either coal or metallic ore mining, automobile manufacturing, prepared foods, meat packing, logging, timber sorting plus lumber milling, pulp and paper production and vegetable and fruit packing. Almost Recognition G reat Britain decided to let Franco, Spanish insurgent chief, send consuls to England, and to send official agents to the part of Spain he controls. This, it was said in official circles, * did not imply recognition of Franco, but British Laborites thought it did, and conse quently assailed the government. Anyhow, it was apparent Britain be lieved Franco was right when he said in Burgos "the war is won." —•k— Wallace Plan Attacked S ECRETARY WALLACE’S “ever normal granary" plan is "politi cally inexpedient, economically un sound, and fundamentally unwork able," according to the Cash Grain association of Chicago which sub mitted a brief to a senate sub committee at a hearing in Spring- field. I1L Britldi Are Enraged J APAN and Italy have been vig orously twisting the tall of the British lion, and if they keep it up, that mighty beast may be stirred to action. Within a few days five Brit ish soldiers were killed and a num ber wounded by Japanese shells in the fighting at Shanghai The Eng lish there charged the killings were deliberate, in retaliation for the aid the British gave a "suicide battal ion" of Chinese in escaping from a warehouse in Chapel, the native quarter, to the international settle ment The British and Japanese admirals had a hot dispute over the right of the former to prevent the passage of Japanese launches up Soochow creek. Soon after the Japanese began shelling the residential area of the settlement and an outpost vv where English soldiers were quartered was destroyed. Continuous shelling of Shanghai by the invaders endan gered the British and American lines on the border of the interna tional settlement and shells tell close to the American warship Au gusta, Admiral Yamell’s flagship. Japan is angry over the alleged help Britain is giving China in the warfare and there is a movement in Tokio to break diplomatic rela tions with London. This is urged by the "council on the current situa tion," an unofficial body composed of high army officers, political leaders and other influential per sons. The council adopted a reso lution warning that unless Britain "reconsiders its improper attitude" Japan may be forced to take cer tain steps of "grave determination" against Britain, despite the "deep friendship" existing between the two countries for the last sixty years. Japanese troops invaded a part at the international settlement guarded by American marines and seized a Chinese junk loaded with rice. General Beaumont comman dant at marines. Immediately en tered a protest and the Japanese apologized but the marines did not consider the incident closed because the Japs didn’t return the junk. The British government was not expected to take any action that would further anger Japan lest it should endanger the success of the parley in Brussels. But wise ob servers do not believe the nine- power treaty conference will have any definite results. More "Piracy" I TALY’S latest twist of the lion’s tail came in the form of the bombing and sinking of the British steamer Jean Weems in the Medi terranean by a "pirate" airplane. The London Daily Herald’s Barce lona correspondent reported that the Spanish loyalist government as serted that the plane bore markings showing that it was piloted by Bruno Mussolini son of the Italian premier. The pilot gave the freighter’s crew only five minutes to take to life boats and then sank the Weems with bombs. The British battle cruiser Hood was sent at full speed from Palma, Majorca, to Barcelona to investi gate the attack. In parliament the critics of the government, led by David Lloyd George, demanded a stronger Brit ish Mediterranean policy. Lloyd George flayed the government for bolstering up the international com mittee on nonintervention in Spain, whose history after 14 months he de nounced as "discreditable and dis honorable." Morocco Uprising* N ationalist uprisings in French Morocco, which have been giving the French government a lot of trouble, are blamed on agents of "a foreign totalitarian power," meaning Italy. The disorders, main ly in Casablanca, Fez and Medina, were quelled by troops, mostly Sen egalese legionnaires, and hundreds of arrests were made. The nationalists plotted to set up an independent Arab state with Moulay Allal El Fassi as king. Budget Conference W HILE members of congress were beginning to move to ward Washington for the extraordi nary session. President Roosevelt in his Hyde Park home was busy planning means of carrying on the gov ernment program. Especially was he interested in the budget, and related financial matters, and to advise on this he called in Marri- ner S. Eccles, head of the federal reserve M. 8. Eccles gygtem. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and Budget Director Bell already were there, and all listened closely to Mr. Ec cles’ talk concerning current busi ness conditions and the stock mar ket situation. It was decided by the President that the Commodity Credit corpora tion should provide *85,000,000 for the corn loans, obtaining the money from the RFC and repaying the latter agency when congress makes the necessary appropriations. Officials of the Agriculture depart ment gave corn growers assurance that the government will loan 50 cents a bushel on the large 1937 crop. The loans will be made, ac cording to current plans, on field corn testing 14.5 per cent moisture content or less. The 50 cent rate will be reduced on corn containing more moisture. Irvin S. Cobb < 21 about: Species of TYTff**ntTf S ANTA MONICA, CALIF.— It takes all kinds of candi dates to make up this world. Maybe that's why the world seems so overcrowded. There’s the candidate who belongs to all the secret orders; if he left off his emblems, he’d catch cold; knows every grand hailing sign there is; hasn’t missed a lodge brother’s fu neral in years; can hardly wait for the next one to die. No campaign complete without him. Candidate special izing in the hearty handshake, the neck- embrace, the shoul der-slap, the bear-hug, the gift of remembering every voter by his first name, and the affectionate inquiry regarding the wife and kiddies. When he kisses a baby, it sounds like somebody taking off a pair of wet overshoes. Usually has a weath erbeaten wife needing a new hat. Strutty candidate who’s constantly leading an imaginary parade of 50,000 faithful followers. Loves to poke his chest away out and then follows it majestically down the street. A common or standardized species. Biblical Wisdom. I N THE Book of Nahum, Chapter IL I came upon this verse: "The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways; they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings." Those Old Testament prophets certainly peered a long way into the future. Because I traveled by night through a main thoroughfare leading from Los Angeles to the sea and vice versa, and I knew what Nahum was describing. But not even an inspired seer of the Bible could imagine a record of traffic mortality so ghastly as the one we’ve already compiled in this year of grace 1937 A. D. (automo bile destruction)—or a people so speed-mad. • • • How to Fight Japs. W HENEVER we have a Jap anese war scare, I think of Uncle Lum Whittemore, back in west Kentucky, who loved to dis pense wisdom as he hitched one practiced instep on a brass rail and with his free hand fought the resi dent flies for the tidbit of free lunch which he held in his grip. One day a fellow asked Uncle Lum, who had served gallantly in the Southern Confederacy until a very hard rainstorm came up, what he’d do if the yellow peril boys in vaded America. "I’d hunt me a hollow tree in the deep woods," he said. "Yes, son, the owls would have to fetch me my mail I been readin’ up on them Japs. They’re fataUsts." "What’s a fatalist?" demanded someone. "Near ez I kin make out," stated the veteran, "a fatalist is a party that thinks you’re doin’ him a deep pussonal favor when you kill him." • • • Hollywood Fashions. S OME envious style expert says Hollywood fashions are too gar ish. If he’s talking about Hollywood males, I say they’re just garish enough. If they were any more garish than they are, visitors would have to wear blinders, and if they were any less garish, Italian sunsets would stand a chance in the com petition. And I want the champion ship to stay in America. Billy Gaxton pieks out something suitable for a vest to be worn to a fancy dress party and then has a whole suit made out of it Bob Montgomery’s ties are the kind that I buy in moments of weakness and then keep in a bureau drawer be cause I’m not so brave as Bob is; and also I keep the drawer closed because I can’t stand those sudden dazzling glares. And Bing Crosby is either color-blind or thinks every body else is. But his crooning is mighty soothing. And so it goes— red, pink, green, purple, orange, sky-blue and here and there a dash of lavender. Our local boys gladden the land scape with the sort of clothes I’d wear, too—only my wife won’t let me. Stop, look, listenl That’s our sartorial motto, and these jealous designers back east can kindly go Jump in a dye-pot. IRVIN 8. COBB. C—WTfU Service. San Marino Legend says San Marino, on the eastern shore of upper Italy, was founded in the Fourth century by St Marinus of Dalmatia. Its total area is 38 square miles. Its known history begins in 885 A. D. By the Tenth century San Marino had launched its republic. The Monte- feltro family and the papacy pro tected it Once it was captured by Caesar Borgia, but soon regained freedom. Napoleon recognized its independence. Garibaldi great Ital- Han patriot fled to San Marino on his first retreat and there disbanded his army. National Topic* Interpreted by William Bruckart National BulMInff Wanblnrton. D. C Washington.—The old mother hen, congress, has settled down, pre pared to hatch What Will something from It Hatch? the nest of crop control eggs. At this stage of the proceeding, no one can make a guess as to the brood that congress will produce any bet ter than a farmer’s wife can tell what will be hatched by a real hen in her chicken house. About all that can be said for sure is that President Roosevelt called congress into special session to enact crop control legislation and, therefore, there is likely to be crop control legislation of some kind. It may not be hatched in the special session; the chances are that the many differences of opinion and the many demands cannot be reconciled in the six weeks which the special session may occupy before the regular session of congress con venes in January. In addition to the lack of time in which to maturely examine crop control questions, a rivalry has de- beW veloped beWeen the house and the senate over the honor of drafting and putting through the law which will tell the farmers what they can and what they cannot do as farm ers. Let me say Just here that such a rivalry may work to the benefit of agriculture because it is bound to mean a compromise between the house and senate on the legislation that finally is enacted. |In other words, extremists, for and against any proposal will have to yield and this may possibly result in some workable program for crop control The main question before con gress is the type of crop control law to be enacted. There are two kinds. Control may be compulsory or it may be voluntary. Most of the powers that be in the Depart ment of Agriculture seem to favor the compulsory kind—a law that will tell the farmers they can or cannot do certain things and if they violate the decree, they can be punished. Many groups of farm ers, however, do not want that sort of thing. In consequence we find in congress now proponents of both the compulsory and the vol untary programs and each side appears to be determined in its posi tion. We have seen both types used. Po tato growers will remember how the potato control law laid down the rule that a quota of production should be imposed upon every farm er and that he must pay 45 cents per bushel above the value of his potatoes for every bushel produced above his quota. These growers will remember also the agricultural adjustment administration require ment that all potatoes sold must be packaged in a certain way that was prescribed for the grower by the AAA. In this connection it will be recalled how there was a penalty in addition for those who failed to properly package the potatoes they sold. Beyond these requirements, there was also a penalty prescribed to be invoked against any person who did not properly package his pota toes and place a government stamp thereon. Besides all this, there was an "in former” section in the potato con trol law. It provided something of a bounty for any person who re layed to the authorities any infor mation he had respecting failure of any farmer to comply with the law smd the regulations issued there under. It was reminiscent of pro hibition days when informers were paid to squeal on bootleggers. • • • The compulsory cotton control law was less stringent but it had penalties attached Cotton so that any cotton Control farmer who failed to comply with the regulations had to pay a tax on cotton produced over and above hi* allotment This tax was so high- 50 per cent of the value—that it amounted to a fine as punishment The other kind of cotton control law, the voluntary plan, had no penalty provisions. This control was ex ercised by issue of subsidies or pay ments to farmers for raising various crops provided they limited the amount to the dictation of the AAA. Thus, under the voluntary control the farmer could take the govern ment’s money and limit his crop to what the AAA said was his quota and thus be paid for compliance. Or, he could refuse the govern ment’s subsidy and raise what he pleased. Now, in addition to these proposi tions, Secretary Wallace of the De partment of Agriculture, is promot ing what he calls his "ever nor mal granary" plan. This is to serve as supplemental to the crop control on the production side. The secre tary has an idea that the federal gov ernment can take the surplus of good years off of the hands of farm ers and hold them through the lean years when poor crops have failed to produce the amount required for American home consumption. The secretary’s "ever normal granary" plan is a red hot poker and there will be plenty of sparks flying off of the handle as well as the hot end when this thing is de bated in congress. Opponents of the •ecretary’s scheme contend that this program is straight out regimenta tion and that it goes as far in this effect as anything done by either the Fascist Mussolini or the Com munist Stalin. It takes no stretch of the imagination, therefore, to see what is just ahead in the matter of a controversy for crop legislation for the reason that each of the pro grams that has been thus far ad vanced contains political dynamite. • • • Chairman Jones of the house agri cultural committee began work on drafts of bills for Jonea crop control long Draft* Bill* before the session convened. Several weeks prior to the opening day of the special session, Mr. Jones ap pointed six sub-committees; each was charged with drafting legis lation applicable to a specific com modity. In doing this, Mr. Jones threw the door wide open. He in cluded six farm crops to share the alleged benefits of crop control leg islation. including the “ever nor mal granary” surplus control pro gram. The sub-committees were di rected to work out legislation cov ering cotton, wheal com, tobacco, rice and dairy products. Inclusion of rice and dairy products came as a surprise. Heretofore, there had been little talk about including rice and none about dairy products. The information that filters into Wash ington is that a majority of the dairy people have no particular hankering for government dictation in their business. Chairman Smith of the senate agricultural committee like wise has been busy. Throughout the summer he has been attempting to get a line on farmer sentiment by a number of hearings in various parts of the country. From all indica tions, Chairman Smith, who comes from South Carolina and is a farm er in his own righl is not enthusias tic about too much government dic tation in the field of agriculture. Over on the house side of the Capi tol, Secretary Wallace has many fol lowers. Obviously, he will co-op erate with them very closely. In deed, some of the house members who do not like Mr. Wallace or his "ever normal granary’’ scheme are referring to the Wallace supporters in the house as “Henry Wallace’s boys.” That indicates better than anything I can say how deep-seat ed the feelings are. To add to the complexity of the Job facing congress. President Roosevelt has said definitely that if there are subsidies paid to farm ers in connection with crop control legislation, that legislation must carry additional taxes to take care of the bounty payments authorized. Simmered down, therefore, what Mr. Roosevelt has said is that if the farmers want that kind of crop control legislation, they and all con sumers must pay for it with add ed taxes. I have heard general commenda tion of the President’s position. It surely represents a straightforward policy by the Chief Executive in this regard. He has told the country now that he is willing to support agricultural subsidies through con trol of the crops if the whole country which has to pay the bill is willing to bear the extra taxes that are re quired. • • • Having presented the picture as I see il it seems almost unneces- sary to add that TWO Big there will be two Lobbies enormous lobbies bearing down on congress in the special session as well as probably in the regular ses sion that convenes in January. _ think I foresee now how Secretary Wallace and those who believe with him are going to operate both with in and without the administration. That is to say, there will be adminis tration pressure and when anyone says that there is administration pressure, they are saying nothing more or less than that the adminis tration is lobbying. It has always been that way and it is no excep tion that the Roosevelt administra tion does the same sort of thing. The other lobby will embrace i considerable representation of farm er sentiment that is opposed to Washington dictation and which feels that additional taxes will have to be absorbed in part at least by agriculture. This happened in the case of a processing tax which was thrown out as unconstitutional. It will happen in every case for the reason that no one is going to ab sorb taxes when they can be passed on. When they are passed on to the farmers, that is the end because the farmer has no place to send them. The consumer is in the same fix. In addition to this farm senti ment, the lobby in opposition to the Wallace program likely will find certain phases of other industry aligned with it It will in all prob ability find a certain share or seg ment of consumer opposition be cause the consumers will have pay in higher prices. ■ Western Newspaper Unlew. Three Kings in a Year In 1936 England had three kings, George V, Edward VIII and George VI. England has had three sovereigns during two other calen dar years. In 1483 King Edward IV died and his son Edward V was murdered by his uncle Rich- ard III. In 1553 Edward VI died and his cousin Jane was allowed to reign only a few days. She was imprisoned by the supporters oi Edward’s sister, Queen Mary ^ and beheaded the next year. IM FEELING FINE THIS MORNING -FREE FROM THAT THROBBIN& HEADACHE AND READY FOR A GOOD DAY’S WORK. Gm-.m All people who suffer occasionally from headaches ought to know this way to quick relief. At the first sign of such pain, take two Bayer Aspirin tablets with a half glass of water. Some times if the pain is more severe, a second dose is necessary later, ac cording to directions. If headaches keep coming back we advise you to see your own physician. 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