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One State Agem
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BY SPECTATOR
A short session ? Yes, comparative
ly short, but lasting until the latter
part of April. Why? Because we are
geared to slow action. The whole
session could be over in four weeks
so far as necessary action is concern
ed So why not? The fault is not en
tirely the Legislature’s; we outsiders
play a part. Here’s how it works,
talcing the legislators and the out
siders together: The Ways and
Means Committee of the House is
meeting, a week before the regular
session, in order to prepare the Ap
propriation Bill. Remember that all
the State services, colleges — and
what not — have already submitted
their requests for the next fiscal year,
sometimes well-padded, probably, so
as to jockey around and finally sub
mit to a cut, getting too much any
how. The report of the Budget Com
mission is at hand, but all this jock
eying goes on again, the services try
ing to get larger figures, or to hold
those already to large. Then, after
all sorts of special claims are pre
sented for various services by mem
bers of the General Assembly • (who
are more interested in those services
than a legislator should be) the Com
mittee brings out a bill and presents
it to the House.
If the Committee has done a good
job, the friends of all sorts of ser
vices rush in to increase the items, or
add new items (or both), one group
making a deal with another so as to
force something. Right here begins
the delay. In course of time some
one rises to speak for the taxpayers
and makes a fight on these new things.
Ordinarily the taxpayers back home
sit back and “take it lying down”,
knocked out in the first round. 1501
always, however, and signs point to
greater vigilance and aggressiveness
on the part of the taxpayers.
As the session drags along—often
times because the coommittees won’t
meet, or the members won’t attend—
some one comes forward with a bright
scheme like a pension for the teach
ers. That, they think, will command
a big following because of the very
active lobbying done by and for the
teachers, together with the ambition
of a few members to pose as cham
pions of light and liberty. Then, again,
the aroused taxpayers take a hand.
After a couple of weeks the House
sends the bill to the Senate. What
happens? Does the Senate discuss it
and act on it? No! The Senate sends
the bill to the Finance Committee,
which proceeds with notable delibera
tion, after letting the bill soak in its
owm juice for several weeks. And that
deliberation is based on another hear
ing (the third, mark you) of all the
spenders. Again the old game is on:
to raise the figures or hold the figures
which are already too high. Again
the same maneuvers: friends, more
friends, a little wire-pulling here, a
wree bit of persuasion there—and so
on. Then the Senate, once fully per
suaded, what the last possible dollar
is that can be squeezed (from the
taxpayer, not the institutions) dis
cusses the bill, after adding a million
to it, as a polite habit.
And there you are!
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SEATTLE, Wash. — Tiny nine-
weeks-old John Graham Null is
purported to be the youngest
passenger ever to fly the broad
Pacific by clipper plane. Mrs.
Null, wife of Ensign R. S. Null,
U. S. N., had the baby in Spokane,
Wash., after the father had to flv
from San Diego to Honolulu v. itii
his Squadron VP-13, for duty.
Mother and baby followed as soon
as possible.
VISITS COLUMBIA
Judge and Mrs. Eugene Blease and
Jack Workman went to Columbia Sun
joint session. No more hearings are' qtjjhw . Chief .^ ohr ' r P’
oi—, Stabler, who is critically ill in a O
lumbia hospital. Judge Stabler sue
members of the Budget Commission
and hove already heard the full tale
of woe. Certainly everybody having
asked for all that could be thought
of, need not be asked to think of
something else to ask for. If on the
ceeded Judge Blease as Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court.
The Parmeis and 1 Taxpayers Lea-
. , gue will hold its annual convention in
first day January 9—the committees the Columbia Hotel, Columbia, Wed-
should study the Budget Commission’s | nesday morn i ngi j anua ry 17, at el-
report, with its stenographic account eV€n o’clock.
of all that was said, they should be -mis i s one of the most useful or-
able to submit a report in one week. | ganizations ever founded in South
Even that would drag along like WPA
ditch-digging. The House could pass
the bill the second week and the Se-
Carolina. Not only is it a voice of
protest against excessive public
spending, but it has taken the lead-
nate could pass it the third. But that ers hip on occasion in organizing both
is just a dream. It could be done. But j n anc j ou t ^jj e legislature the op-
that s just celestial music; when we j position to public extravagance. It
wake we’ll hear the same old horns jj as studies of governmental re-
and drums we are accustomed to.
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year present car and let you pay it
back in monthly installments.
A survey is needed.
It has been suggested that one of
the State officials be charged with the
duty of caring for and accounting for
all offipe equipment. Every year this
state spends enough under the guise
of “office equipment” to start mary
offices from the ground up. Another
item—and a big one—is postage.
Every office should have a meter; no
office should use poostage stamps.
Just what goes on sometimes is in
dicated by the unnecessary expeiufi-
ture of money at the end of the year
so as to report a deficit, or, at least
to avoid a favorable balance. One
of our state offices, on finding money
to its credit in June, bought nearly
thirteen thousand dollars worth of
stamps, bought heavily of toilet seat
covers (and this a Board dealing with
poverty!) and spent considerably in
each county so as to use the money
quickly and report all gone!
What do the legislators think of
that?
The correction of the postage and
other subterfuges would amount to a
few thousand dollars—not a big sum
in this day of splendiferous outpour
ing of the taxpayers’ money, but it
would have a wholesome effect. What
we need most urgently is a calm,
thorough-going study of our pub
lic services, including our colleges
and schools. Let’s do what we can
do well, within our means, and cut
off the rest. There is no sense in
operating a 'ot of services on a star
vation basis. Let’s do a few things
and do them well.
organization and has drawn the bills
for some of them Many public in
quiries and investigations were in
spired by the League and its staff
has prepared scores of bills and reso
lutions, acting often as advisers to
members soliciting information. The
League has been a potent force in
many elections and even greater force
in bringing ai'out the defeat of some
high-spenders. In no way has the
League been more effective than in its
role of cooperation with economist* in
the legislature and sentiment-arouser
for their efforts. Through nine years
the League has proved that it speaks
-with knowledge and does not go off
half-cocked. The League made a
study of the so-called Social Security
(old-age) and told the taxpayers that
it would cost at least $2,750,000 a
year. At once a man in high position
challenged this and asserted that the
maximum would be $800,000. The
League repeated >ts calculation and
was answered by a respected legis
lator who, in terms of great courtesy,
predicted that the amount would never
exceed $1,300,000. Well, ali-eady, in
itS infancy it is costing our State $1,-
824,715, with an additional appropria
tion of $500,000.
The League has been—and is—a
sentinel on the watchtower. Like the
organized opposition in politics, the
League criticises men and measures,
but it also brings out the strong
points of measures which are really
sound.
Let us ask you today: What really
desirable service does our State De
partment of Aeronautics perform?
What is its revenue? How is it spent?
How much did it spend in May and
June of this year? How many air-
Author of “How to Win Frfev
and Influence People***
True Story
Mothers do you have trouble per
suading your child to eat?
Let me tell you the true story of a
little girl in New Haven, Connecticut.
She could be persuaded to eat only
enough to live on. At the age of six,
it was a constant struggle between
the little girl and her mother. Her
mother coaxed and begged her to
take “just one more bite”. Sarah
would shake her head and refuse to
open her mouth. If her mother forc
ed food into her mouth, she would
spit it out. Every meal was a battle.
And Sarah always won.
Sarah’s aunt was consulted. Sarah
won again. The neighbors came with
theories on how to make little Sarah
eat. Not one worked. Sarah became
a tyrant.
Not only that, but she was the most
famous child in the neighborhood,
famous among her playmates as the
child who wouldn’t eat.
She grew worse and worse. She
hated the sight of food. She became
so bad that when she swallowed it,
she vomited. By this time her mother
was in a run-down condition. On top
of this, her father was worried^ He
was already ill, *nd the worry about
Sarah so upset him that he actually
tried to commit suicide. Incredible as
it may seem, the situation become
that serious.
The father went to the -hospital;
more neighbors came in and tried to
make Sarah eat. Sarah licked them
all.
At last, it was suggested that the
family seek skilled) advice. The dir
ector of one of New Haven’s social
service agencies told me the story
without mentioning Sarah’s name.
When the social worker arrived to
study the case, three persons were
trying to persuade Sarah to eat. Did
she eat? Of course not! Not Sarah.
The social worker studied the sit
uation, and at last discovered what
was wrong. Sarah was an actress. She
.craved attention. She was putting on
an act that was' going over great.
There was nothing in the world the
matter with her little tummy. The so
cial worker employed) one of the fun
damental principles of psychology. He
made her want to eat. He gave her a
reason for wanting to eat. he did not
try to force her.
He drew up a chart for seven days,
three meals a day. Every time Sarah
ate her meal, a colored paper star
was pasted on the chart. Next, he of
fered her a reward. Sarah liked ice
cream, so he said that if she got 21
stars, he would treat her. Sarah’s
eyes got big. A whole plate? Yum!
Yum!
Well, Sarah flew into her meals.
She got 21 stars the first week. The
reward the next week was to be
something Sarah loved dearly—a mo
vie show. She gobbled down her
meals.
Her mother was eased into the
situation and pursued the same tac
tics.
In two months Sarah was complete
ly cured.
So, mothers, if you have a similar
problem, substitute reward for force.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE AND
HONOR ROLL FOR MT. BETHEL
GARMANY SCHOOL
The following is a list of perfect
attendance and nonor students at Mt.
Bethel-Garmany for the third month:
Perfect attendance:
First grade: Leonard Crumpton,
Blanche Jackson.
Second grade: Faye Fellers, Patti
Lominick, Eugene Smith.
Third grade: Mable Hipp, Meredith
Keighley, Richard Smith.
Fourth grade: McLaurin Glymph,
Malcolm Lee Ringer, Etta Rae Ruff.
Fifth grade: Doris Fellers, Robert
Smith.
Sixth grade: Brunelle Keighley, Lil
lian Shealy.
Seventh grade: Dorothy Lominick,
Jack Lominick, Harold Senn, Huldah
Smith. #
Honor roll:
Grade one: Emory Hipp.
Grade two: Faye Fellers, Peggy
Folk, Patti Lominick.
Grade three: Mable Hipp, Wynette
Jackson.
Grade four: Malcolm Lee Ringer,
Etta Rae Ruff.
Grade five: Doris Fellers.
Hal Kohn, Jr., spent Christmas
night with hi® grandmother, Mrs. A.
H. Kohn in Cotambia
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THEIR FUTURE IS NOW. By Ernest
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This is an exceptionally fine book
dealing with the growth and develop
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nest M. Ligon, B. D., Ph. D., Asso
ciate professor of Psychology, Union
College, Schenectady, New York. It
upholds the Christian point of view
from cover to cover, from age to
age, giving plenty of help along the
way and including a detachable chant
of worth, inserted in an envelope that
is glued to the inside pf the back of
the book. The finest use is made of
the Beatitudes. They are dealt with
in conneotion with each age and grade
in the development of the child. The
book is thoroughly religious, yet the
author admits that he has not kept
abreast with the religious, literature
that might be included. This parti
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a fault of the book, nor of the auth
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the truthfulness of. their own posi
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it too, for they help to spoil many a
child with sheer kindness. Christian
personality grows out of eight traits
in the dynamics of character that
the author finds in the Beatitudes of
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vision, love of righteousness and
truth, faith in the friendliness of the
universe, dominating purpose, being
sensitive to the needs of others, for
giveness, magnanimity and courage.
The author never deals with a divided
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osophy of “Now.” Note how the vol
ume ends. “We need not be surprised
if religion and science together pro
duce new miracles, when in the past
each of them wrought them separate
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sciences during the last? It is the
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State institutions of learning, includ
ing ou r schools? Are we overlapping?
Are we ambitiously carrying on some
ill-conceived courses ? Are we wor
shipping the fetish of some mode
without an appropriate evaluation of
those things to us?
Vigorous, resourceful, but informed
and understanding, leadership is our
most vital need. Instead of trying to
understand what the institutions
want our leaders should concentrate
on the means of the people.
any What is done with them? Who
travels in them—and why?
IN MEMORY OF
MRS IRENE DAVIS
Mr. Roosevelt sends Myron C.
Taylor as his special personal repre
sentative to the Pope. Why should
Mr. Roosevelt have a personal envoy
at the Vatican? The reason is plain:
the Pope is the head of the Catholic
Church and the Catholic church has
millions of voters '"n the United
States.
NOTICE
We wish to make several loans
of $2,000 to $5,000 on improved
City or Suburban property.
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A. J. BOWERS, Jr.
“In Memory of My Dear Mother”
Just a few days ago
The angels bore your soul away.
Mother, Dear, I miss you so,
But from us you had to go.
So I will trust my Savior and pray
That I may meet you up there some
day.
We should serve Jesus—the one we
love,
So we may be together in Heaven
above.
There is a place in 0 ur earthly home
That cannot be filled.
We must trust in Jesus, alone
And do his will.
So, dear children, if you love your
mother,
Tell her so.
So be kind to dear old mother,
For sometimes she is tjie best friend
you ever had.
Some day when my life’s work is
I through,
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I will again be with you.
Up in Heaven where all is Love,
We will again be happy in our home
above.
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