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BOOSTS FOR BUSINESS
MorynftwTt Encouraging Spaack . •. President Has
Building Plan • • • Japs Take Shanghai
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* ^ SUMMARIZES THE WORU
Isl—ce Budget: Morgeetfcau
B
ectrcd a cheering
direct from the adminis
tration. deli wed by Secretary of
the Treasury Mor-
genthau. Addressing
the Academy of Po
litical Sciences in
New York. Ur. Mor
gen thau declared
the time had come
for balancing the
budget, but said this
should be accom
plished without addi
tional taxation.
Encouragement tar
industry and busi
ness was stated thus:
laws should be so written
and administered that the taxpayer
can continue to make a reasonable
profit with a minimum of inter-
from his federal govern-
Moreover, the treasury head went
m record as opposed to a continu
ance of the era at unlimited govern
ment spending. Said he: *Tbe basic
need today ia to foster the full ap
plication of the driving force of
private capital We want to see
capital go into the productive chan
nels of private industry. We want
to see private business expand -
The plan advanced by Mr. Mor
gen thau for balancing the budget
was to bring next year's expendi
tures. under the 1939 budget which
-takes effect next July 1. within this
year’s revenues. To achieve s bal
ance. exclusive of debt retirement
payments, the present scale of ex
penditures would have to be sliced
9700.000.000. be added.
While be urged against tax in
creases. Mr. Morgenthau suggested
that a broader base for income
taxes, increasing the number of tax
payers above the present 3.000,000.
would be a more equitable substi
tute for the present federal taxes
on consumers—the so-called nui
sance taxes.
President's Building Plan
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, in a
* conference with several business
leaders, told of his oew plan for
checking the threatening depression
by stimulating private home build
ing by private capital He re
vealed no details, but Chairman Ee-
cks at the reserve board said the
President was confident such a pro
gram would reach fuQ scope next
year. Eccles was imprepared to say
whether the tmdertaking would be
directed through a new government
but thought legislation of
sort probably would be neces-
sary.
One suggestion is that the social
reserve be used for loans
construction. At present
it is being used to pay current gov-
THEJ¥ORLD*S WEEK
In Brussels the Far East peace
conference was considering a plan
for giving direct aid to China if
Japan should reject mediation. Co
ercive action against Japan was not
thought advisable, but the idea was
that China should be permitted to
obtain munitions and arms to keep
up her fight. The chief difficulty
would lie in American neutrality
legislation.
Com Crop Estimates
P RODUCTION of corn in the Unit
ed States this year will total
X651.393.000 bushels, the Depart
ment of Agriculture estimated on
the basis of November 1 conditions.
The estimate was 89.457.000 bushels
larger than the forecast of X561.-
936.000 bushels a month ago. In
1936 1.529.327.000 bushels were har
vested.
Private estimates of the current
crop ranged between X613.000.000
and X710.000.000 bushels, with the
average about X63&000.000 bushels
France Buys Our Gold
T WO big shipments of gold
abroad were made by the gov
ernment within the week. The first
was S10.2SO.OOO sent to France on
the Normandie. Then $3,000,000 was
started to England on the Aquitania.
It was believed other shipments
would fellow before long.
The gold shipments were handled
by the stabilization fund and were
regarded as an operation under the
tn-partite agreement, which binds
Great Britain. France and the Unit
ed States in a "gentleman's pact”
to mamtam currency stability.
Ramsay MacDonald’s Death
R amsay mac donald. who
rose from poverty and obscur
ity to become three times the prune
minister cf the great British em
pire, died suddenly cf heart disease ,
on a steamship bound for South |
America where he was to take a
long vacation with his daughter. He
was severty-cce years old and had
been practically out cf politics since
1935. when Stanley Baldwin succeed
ed him as prune minister. Mac
Donald at that time was offered a
peerage but declined the honor.
Even his political fees admit that
he was cne of the outstanding states
men cf the time.
G etulio VARGAS,
BrasaL to new dictator of that
com try. la a com that
isaotved all
put Into effect a new
constitution with corporative fea
tures. He issued a manifesto de
claring the suspension of payment
on all government debts abroad.
The foreign relations ministry la
Rio de Janeiro said Vargas* coup
was not connected with European
political ideologies and denied re
ports Brazil planned to )oin the
German - Japanese - Italian pact
against rrynmnmcm
Reasons for Thanks
A MERICA can be thankful for lha
of peace. President
Roosevelt asserted M a proclama
tion designating November 25 as
Thanksgiving day.
“A period unhappily marked In
many parts of the world by strife
and threats of war finds our people
enjoying the blessing of pence.” he
sa»d "We have no selfish designs
against other nations.?
At die outset of the proclamation
Che President said. ‘The harvests of
our fields have been abundant and
many TT> * T> women have been
given flic blessing of stable employ
ment.**
Bloch to Ho«d Navy
A BOUT the first of next February
the American navy will hava a
commander-in-chief in foe per*
of Admiral Claude Charles
Bloch, nominated by Secretary
Swanson to succeed Admiral Hep-
bum. The son of a Czechoslovaki
an immigrant and a native of Wood
bury. Ky.. be is now fifty-nine years
old.
After his (raduation from foe na
val academy Bloch served under
“Fighting Bob** Evans on foe U. S.
S. Iowa in the Spanish-American
war and was cited for “meritorious”
service in rescuing Spaniards from
hrrmmg ships of Cervera i squad
ron. During the World war. as com
mander of the transport Platttburg.
Bloch won the navy cross for “dis
tinguished service.”
W!
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decline to residential
build tog to generally held
ble to a large extent for foe slump
to steel min activity from ID per
cent of capacity to 69 per
Fdfc to Jdfto
Italy
M
Joins Anti-Reds
USSOLIM has given the dem
ocratic governments of Europe
something else to worry about, for
Italy has joined Germany and Japan
to their agreement
to combat commu
nism. and oo one
knows bow far this
alliance anil go or
just what are its to-
tmtiflr.t The three
“charter members''
of the pact—foat
status was given
Italy—hope that all
other fascist minded
nations.
Poland. Portugal.
Hungary and soma
af the South American republics,
will adhere to the agreement.
Political observers saw foe
pert of a world divided toto
Joachim
of foe
of ttrta mited
front to
Judge Grakam Passes
•nJJAM J. GRAHAM, presid
ing judge of the United States
Court of Customs and Patent Ap
peals and for nine years a Repub
lican congressman from Illinois,
died of heart disease at his home in
Washington. He was sixty-five years
old.
a—
Our Navy Grows Rapidly
S ECRETARY OF THE NAVY
CLAUDE A. SWANSON re
ported to the President that the navy
is stronger than at any time sine*
war days and to
moving steadily up
to the foQ strength
permitted by the
treaties abrogated
by Japan. It will not
go beyond the limi
tations to
pacts unless
nations do so.
Under its big re
placement program
the department has
under construction
two new battleships and has appre>
priations for 85 other warstupe.
These include three aircraft car
riers, one heavy cruiser, nine light
cruisers, fifty-five destroyers and
seventeen submarines.
Five years ago foe total num
ber at under age vessels eras 101 of
728.050 tons, with twenty-three ves
sels of 12X500 tens under construc
tion. Today the navy has 113 ves
sels of 869.230 tons under age. and
eighty-seven vessels of 335.565 tons
under constrocticn.
Farm Measure Ready
V OLUNTARY crop control for
wheat, corn, rice and cotton;
and compulsory limitation at tobac
co production, are provided for sa
the new farm measure drafted by
the bouse committee on agriculture
for action in the extraordinary ses
sion of congress.
Secretary Wallace's “ever normal
granary” plan is included to the
bill The measure also provides
for “tariff equalizing taxes'* which
would be actually a revival cf the
professing taxes which the Supreme
court declared unconstitutional
These taxes would be applied only
to wheat, cotton snd rice—3 cents
a pound on cotton. 30 cents a bushel
en wheat and to cent a pound on
rice.
For tite protection at consumers
the bill provides that when prices of
tbs respcctiv
pertly by 10
of agriculture shall call orrmanrttng
and to toto
n fy, il, ,.,
rresBOwnT s wrmooy
P!
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'Jhlnkd about
S ANTA MONICA, CALIF.
—To produce this crop
takes time and planning.
First your veterans must grow
past fighting age because those who
survive the horrors
at one war never
willingly enlist for
another. Meanwhile
be sure the women
hava been bearing
children, since chil
dren are the seed
corn of your future
sowing.
As the newer gen
eration grows up
dose it on foe old
reliable P. P. P.
formula — parades,
pomp, propaganda. Bands and guns
snd flag • wavings, murderous
preachments and manufactured pa
triotism; they all help to fertilize
against the ultimate harvesting.
Befuddle the first-born on dreams
at drunken glory. Teach him the
neighbor over the way is an enemy
who must sane day be crushed
without mercy. Make him believe
his country's destiny demands re
venge for old hurts, reprisals for old
losses, widened boundaries writ in
blood
And then, in about 20 years, you
have a nation ripened for ruin, a
race of mothers ready to offer their
sons to the slaughter. It’s a slow
crop, but a sure one. and highly
gratifying to professional sword-rat
tlers and power-mad dictators, to
profiteers and financial hijackers.
Let's see. cone 1938, it’ll be just
about 20 years since foe last time
the world cut its own throat.
Washington
Digest j
National Topics Interpreted ^
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
S OMEBODY says foe type of poli
tician who swaps worthless
promises before election for the
public’s confidence—and its votes—
reminds him of Janus. Janus was
a god with two faces, and foe an
cients finally got so they couldn't
trust either one of them. But it took
them a long time to catch on.
Might I be pardoned for thinking
of a homelier simile? I'm thinking
of the pack-rat of this western coun
try. ne thrifty pack-rat slips with
stealthy tread into your camp whilst
you slumber and carries off some
thing of value. But he doesn’t steal
it—nothing like that. He merely ex
changes with you. you being asleep
at the time. He leaves a dry twig
and totes off a side of meat.
Ha confiscates one at your boots,
but, to return, confers on you a
couple at dead cactus stalks. His
intentions may be honest, but these
to do record shewing where a pack-
rat ever got foe worst cf a trade.
I figure he’s part Scotch.
And foe profits resulting from his
professional dealings certainly may
be likened to foe career of many a
chronic officeholder new flourishing
to our midst.
w:
This Mae Dewey.
HEN <he Republicans get out
the heund-dawgs to run down
their 1940 nominee, they might
search in foe tall timbers of Man-
ha run island
There’s a young fellow there, foe
narr.a being Dewey, and be being
kin to foe great admiral whose
deeds crackled at Manila cne May
day morning like foe lightnings on
Mount Rrnai- He comes of old
Yankee stock. He hails from a de
bauble state. Michigan: lives to a
pivotal state. New York. StiH in
his mid-thirties, he smashed foe
foulest, securest nests of labor rack
eteers and vice racketeers to Amer
ica.
He married a sweet Texas flit
as southern as they make ’em. Her
grand-tmcle was Jeff Davis. My
daddy was Jeff Davis’ relative, too.
And this young Dewey trained for
grand opera. Speaking cf this charm
WtMg, QifrA of a President who’d
wind up his fireside radio chats sing-
tog “Home on the Range.”
Yea. sir. the G. O. P. might go
farther and fare
R
events bring to mind a
at some years back
patriots to an
county felt called on. as a
Imposed upon all traa
to put ti»e Black broth-
place; said place, to at
being i
Washington —Supporters of the
New Deal as well as its opponents
are watching a
#v ew new experiment
Experiment hy President
Roosevelt with
more than passing interest. They
are watching this experiment be
cause of various circumstances in
cluding obviously its political
phases for they realize that the
President has stepped out into a
hitherto untrod field, unplowed
ground in this new experiment.
Chiefly because it is something
entirely new and not because any
one yet can tell what is going to
happen I want to report this week
on the President's plan to have his
elder.: son James, his No. 1 sec
retary. serve as a clearing house
between the Chief Executive and
some eighteen or more government
agencies. Roosevelt, the younger,
has been designated by foe Presi
dent to sit down once each week
with heads of each of foe enumerat
ed agencies and talk over their
problems, iron out those which be
can help solve, co-ordinate foe work
between them as far as he is able
to do so, and. most important to foe
men with whom he deals, decide
which questions confronting these
units of government may be matters
for the President’s personal consid
eration.
It is a big order. But Jimmy
as he is known around here is a
big man at least physically be
cause be stands something like six
feet one inch. He is twenty-nine
years old.
The audiences at foe White House
with Jimmy have already started
and foe agency heads who have
sat through the conferences seem
well pleased. At least, there
has been no criticism yet. no signs
of jealousy cr indications of dis
sent among these who are called
upon to take up their problems
with foe young secretary to foe
President. In fact. I have beard in
only a few places a revival of foe
punning foat went out a couple of
years ago when foe "Roosevelt for
King” game was in its heyday, and
Jimmy was laughingly labeled as
the crown prince. Thus, the plan
surely seems to have started off
most auspiciously. But as I said
what success what trials and tribu
lations, await it. no one can say.
• • •
Undoubtedly President Roosevelt
has started a plan of action that has
much to be said to
Mmch in its favor. It has
Its Facer 01 course many
possibilities at
trouble and there surely is argu
ment against having the White
House secretariat determine policy
when foe President has been elected
to foat job. Yet at this time
credit must be argued along with
signs and portents of trouble.
First let us recognize that the of
fice of President of the United States
is a man-kili.ng job. There is noth
ing like it anywhere else m the
world. There are net too many men
who can stand up under foe lead
af work and worry that is contin
ually on foe shoulders cf foe^head
af foe cation. There is no way
possible for him to escape it. Vaca
tions’ Sleep? Absence from Wash
ington? Not a chance. The work
and worry is with him always ev
ery minute out of his twenty-faur
aour day.
Thus d there is any way foa:
can be devised to lift seme cf foe
our den it ought to be done. No
way has been found nereicfare.
oowever. and foe millstone contin
ues around foe President's neex.
On the ether hand this is a de
mocracy. In foe cp-man of many
persons there already is too much
power lodged to foe hands of to-
iivtdtials who were not elected but
vere appointed to office. The
Prestoent has vast power and he
nas to unload it somewhere toto the
narvU of those he appoints. Never
theless throughout the federal gov
ernment scores of men and wom
en exercise very great authority
over your life and mine who were
personally selected by the Presi
dent—tor whom ncee of us voted
vhen we voted for a presidential
nominee. Result: red tape rules
and regulations, do’s and don’ts ga
lore until we hardly know whether
we can eat our food without trans
gressing or failing to comply with
some federal 1 regulation.
an of that is by way of saying
that by implementing foe relatioo-
■tiip between the President and men
and women whom he has appoint
ed to office through the insertion of
an added wheel of authority, there
Be potential changes to all of
gueesmnsptal poffeton And
bes the possibility of changes
tor better or tor wane,
the President having knowi-
AROUND
THE HOUSE
What af the personal
itHnfT of the officials who have
> deal with a
to some extent at least, tor
As I said
have any thoughts along this h ne *
Yet I venture this observation: if
they don’t resent having the Presi
dent’s son tell them what to do or
not to do at some time or other,
the officials concerned will be unlike
most other human beings.
A- • • •
The Department of Agriculture is
quite pessimistic about the business
outlook for next
Business year. In a series
Outlook 01 report*, analyz
ing general condi
tions. which the department isiued
the other day, it made no effort to
conceal its belief that there is some
thing wrong in the business situa
tion far beyond the recent violent
decline to the quotations of the
stock marketi
These reports and conclusions
take on considerably more wfeight
when it is recalled that several
other agencies of the government,
notably Secretary Roper of the De
partment of Commerce, have
sought vainly to make it appear that
business is “good.” At the same
time I think attention ought to be
drawn to foe fact that Secretary
Wallace of foe Department of Agri
culture is striving to have congress
pass legislation to aid the farmer.
It is just possible that he thinks
his objectives can be achieved more
easily if the congressmen are made
to believe that general business and
agriculture are taking a real tail-
spin. That is the politics of the
situation but business reports
spread on the pages of newspapers
seem to show that a bad slump lies
ahead.
Recently. I wrote in these columns
how business was as spotted as a
leopard; that some firms were
making more money than ever be
fore. and how some others were
getting by only because the volume
was large and faced difficulties if
the volume declined. The Agricul
ture department statements, based
new on facts and figures, show even
a worse picture than I described
several months ago. They indicate
strongly that 1938 is to be consid
erably lower in the level of businesa
than 1937. and foat spells trouble.
For example, foe agriculture
statement predicts that there will
be “a less favorable demand for
farm products” in 1938 than in 1937.
Home domestic demands are down
and appear likely to stay down,
and foe export market holds no hope
for an increase. Emphasizing foe
dependence of consumption demand
upco general business conditions,
the department statement explained
there was no certainty as to the
length cf time foe present slump
will continue. It added that “pros
pects are against a sufficiently ear
ly and vigorous rise in 1938 to bring
foe average of industrial activity
and cf consumer incomes up to foat
of 1937.”
• • •
But from foe standpoint of the
farmer, foe picture is made worse
by the department
Picture statement It
Made Worse points out how
there has been a
r.se in production costs of crops and
livestock and bow. staring the farm
er in the face, are more of these in
creases. adding:
"Along with the higher wage
rales, farmers apparently will have
to pay somewhat higher prices for
farm machinery, automobiles, build-
xg materials, equipment and sup
plies. On the other hand the prices
at feed and seed will be substan
tially kwer next spring than a year
earlier.”
The department did not go into
detail to explaining these increases
m production costs and increases in
pr.ces for things the farmer buys.
It should have given tacts and fig
ures on these for they are basic and
the picture is incomplete without
them. Everyone knows of course that
farm labor wants more money for
its work and has been getting more
a foe Last two or three years. De
partment of Labor statistics show
this and they show as well how
much additional labor is receiving
in its pay checks from industry. The
automobile industry which has been
organized by John L. Lewis and his
C L O. labor group has been forced
to pay much higher wages and
naturally those wages have been
added into foe cost of the automo
bile which any one buys.
The automobile industry was only
an illustration. The same is true
all along foe line.
The truth at the matter is that fed
eral taxes which have been con
ceived by the President's brain trust
professors and applied without stint
or limit to industry are upsetting the
whole agricultural as well as the
whole business structure of the
country. The load of taxes together
with a lot of queer-looking and cock*
eyed regulations have continually
increased the coat of production at
everything from black-eyed peas to
locomotives. It follows always that
the balance between supply and de*
mand la upeet notwithstanding the
conviction that aome men hava of
ability to amend the law M
When Washing Blankets: Never
leave any soap in blankets as this
will turn them yellow. Allow half
a cupful of vinegar to each gallon
cf final rinsing water; this will
clear all soap from them.
• • •
Washing Voile*—Voile frocks
will not shrink if you use a table
spoonful of epsom salts to every
gallon of water when washing
them.
• • •
In Making Vegetable Salads*-.
To prevent vegetable salads from
becoming too watery, dry the veg-
etables before combining with the
salad dressing.
• • •
Savory Salmon Dish.—Turn out
a small tin of salmon, remove skin
hnd bones and flake the fish. Sea-
'son with pepper and salt. Mix 2
cupfuls of breadcrumbs with 3
ounces of flour, stir in 2 well-beat
en eggs and the salmon. Mix well,
then form into the shape of a
fresh salmon steak. Fry in a lit
tle hot fat until brown, turning
carefully so that both sides are
cooked. Serve garnished with
sliced lemon or tomatoes.
• • •
Ten-Minute Sweet.—Line a but
tered pie dish with breadcrumbs.
Into a pint of milk whisk 2 eggs,
4 tablesp^onfuls of sugar and a
dash of vanilla essence. Pour
over the crumbs and bake for 10
minutes. i
When Sales Drop
Between 1929 and 1933 the ex
penditure for advertising in news
papers and periodicals dropped 50
per cent, but the value of manu
factured products showed a much
greater reduction percentage.
ITS GREAT 1
TO BE BACK
AT WORK
when you've found
a way to ease the
pains of
RHEUMATISM
and do if the
nexpensive
too.
You can pay as high as you want
for remedies claimed to relieve the
pain of Rheumatism. Neuritis,
Sciatica, etc. But the medicine so
many doctors generally approve—
the one used by thousands of
is
tablets ■
families daily — is Bayer Aspirin
i—about
—15/ a dozen
1 / apiece.
Simply take 2 Bayer Aspirin
tablets with a half glass of water.
Repeat, if necessary, according to
directions.
Usually this will ease such pain
in a remarkablv short time.
For quick relief from such pain
which exhausts you and keeps you
awake at night — ask for genuine
Bayer Aspirin.
15 c ,
virtually 1 cent a tablet
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Peace in the Home
He is happiest, be he king or
peasant, who finds peace in his
home.—Goethe.
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