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'Whosoever hateth his brother is a
srer; and ye know that no murder-
hath eternal life abiding in him. —
I John 3, 15.
To live is not to live for one's self
alone; let us help one another.—Men-
ander.
The New Deal
In Washington
UNION DISPUTES HAVE
A MIDDLE GROUND, TOO
The United States, having had a rather
severe course in the hothouse pressure
method of labor union development, seems
to be more and more interested in the pos-
sibility that unions now can be set out in
common ground, there to be subject to the
same laws and regulations that control other
questions of public interest.
Germ of this idea comes from the ex-
perience of European countries, espec-
ially Holland and England, where trade
unions have flourished for years.
While conservatives here argue that it is
because of restraint and compulsions that
unions abroad have attained their position
of respectability, there is another group
which contends that strikes and other direct
actions were necessary to force that view
onto employers and the public.
There is some truth in both views,
but both overlook the sensible middle
ground where disagreements may be dis
solved.
In the first place, there is no British law
requiring unions to carry out contracts with
employers. No union is required to incor-
porate or submit to an audit except in the
case of its political fund. A union cannot be
sued for damages except in case of illegal
strike, which the law defines.
But Britain has not altogether over-
looked the matter of regulation. Most
unions must register and make yearly
reports on sources of revenue and spend-
ing. Sympathetic strikes are forbidden
if they are calculated to coerce the gov-
ernment directly, or if they inflict hard-
ship on the community. Satisfied work-
men may not be intimidated into join-
ing a strike, and public service employes
must not strike for any reason without
giving due notice.
Then there is the middle ground, amount-
ing to nothing more than a deep-rooted re-
spect for law and order, plus the fact that
the highly competent British labor leaders
require members to strike or return to work
without questioning the order. If the lead-
ers give an order that breaks the law, then
they alone are held responsible.
On the government side, this unwrit-
ten code of fair play is observed, too, an
instance being the coronation bus strike.
Had the Transport board used strike-
breakers to put the buses back on the
streets, that would have been a viola-
tion of the undestanding by which most
British strikes are settled.
Now a reckless labor union or an irre-
sponsible government could find plenty of
loopholes to wreck the operation of these
“understandings.” But the significant thing
is that, nine times out of ten, they don’t.
Thus, the rock-ballasted wall against which
erosive dissension and violence dissipate
themselves in most British labor questions
is nothing more than a rule of reason.
The United States, facing a division
on future policy in this field, would do
well to reflect that there is no monopoly
on good judgment or respect for law and
order, and that it doesn’t take an act of
Congress to put law and order into op-
eration.
# # *
Russia has started building that 1300-foot
Moscow skyscraper. Those fellows just won’t
be contented until they have made all the
American mistakes.
* * *
The Chicago quack who could tell a “bad
liver” just by a footstep, shouldn’t have had
trouble diagnosing the situation when police
walked into his office.
* # *
Strikers had to picket New York auto-
mats. You can’t sit down on a coffee spigot.
* * #
The case of the New York state woman’
who found a table leg sprouting branches,
will discourage apartment dwellers who can’t
coax ivy to grow in a six-foot window box.
* * *
The Japanese attitude in China is a little
reminiscent of woman shopper in a bargain
basement on sale day.
* * *
Boilers once used by moonshiners are go-
Ing into service in war machines. Bottling up
thfe enemy will complete the new cycle.
What Does a Supreme Court Appointee Think About?,
WASHINGTON—In the year of 1932, when
the Roosevelt-Garner Democratic ticket was run-
ning rather well against the Hoover-Curtis Re-
publican ticket, there came forth a solemn cry
from the Republicans and the forces *of Wall
Street: m
“Heaven help us!” these conservatives cried.
“Only one frail life will stand between the na-
tion and that wild man Garner, who was Hearst’s
candidate for the presidency and yearns to
wreak his dire will on the bankers and other
big people of New York!”
Mr. Roosevelt, at that time, was generally at-
tacked as a weak, pusillanimous, wishy-washy
fellow who didn’t know his own mind.
Politics, it appears, do change. Since early
in 1932, political bedfellows have been leaping
in and out of each other’s beds faster and often-
er than the characters of any French farce ever
devised.
But nowhere does there appear a stranger
metamorphosis than that of the wild Texan,
Mr. Garner, into a bulwark of conservatism for
whom many taxpayers kneel nightly to give
thanks for coming to protect them against “that,
wild man in the White House.” Garner isn’t
President, but ho and his followers have a pow-
erful brake on Roosevelt.
* * *
First Term Calm
The first four years went rather well with
the Roosevelt-Garner team.
Garner, a small-town banker and southern
legislator, was delighted when “my boss" went
after the securities market, the utility holding
companies and other powerful northern com-
bines. He gave much valiant help, although he
frequently yelled and pounded the cabinet table.
Roosevelt often telephoned him at Uvalde, Tex.,
to get his slant on a tough problem.
In his acceptance speech at the Philadelphia
convention last summer, Garner was able to say:
“I am a soldier and my duty is to follow where
the commander leads ... I shall stand with him
in the months ahead as I have stood since 1932.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is my leader, my com-
mander-in-chief. In this presence, before this
multitude and with the stars of heaven to bear
witness to my covenant, I renew the pledge of
fealty I gave four years ago .... I pledge anew
my allegiance to Franklin D. Roosevelt.”
* ★ ★
Garner View Changes
Hut things happened in 1937. There was the
court plan. Garner was acquiescent on that one
because he felt a liberalized court would slam
down on the financial oligarchies of New York.
But the sitdown strikes and the rise of the C.
I. O. appalled him. He instigated and supported
the r forts of senators to smoke out Roosevelt
on the labor issue and to cut down the $1,500,-
000.000 relief appropriation, which he also felt
was dangerous.
The wage and hour bill, at least in its original
form, was anathema to the white-haired, fiery
vice president. In all these things he saw a vio-
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The Norris boys, Weldon, John
D., and Jack are feeding three
calves from the W. A. Howe
herd. The boys drew straws for
the calves. Calves are subject to
register but will not be regis-
tered. They have begun eating
good for dry lot calves and have
a good chance to be in the mon-
ey next spring. Weldon is an
experienced Future Farmer feed-
er.
John D., the youngest of the
boys, is the proud owner of two
O. 1. C. Gilts that will soon bring
pigs. He is too young to be a
Future Farmer but he has joined
1-1 [ club arid should make a good
member.
* * *
There will be a plentiful sup-
swine of section. Several vears
ago he was a breeder of regis-
tered O. 1. C. hogs. Now morel
than half of the white hogs in
the Roscoe community show
signs of his type. With this start
it shouldn’t be long before the
country is filled with good hogs.
The Roby section is organized J
by the Future Farmers, and the
Roscoe association is bound to
Do You
Remember
HVK V KARS AGO
Auti and Mose Newman left
for Vandalia, ()., where they were
to enter the annual trapshooting
match. Mose brought back the
first prize for the south in 1929,
Floyd Bowen, formerly of
Sweetwater, then a Lubbock
druggist, was elected president
cause a change in the swine | of the West I exas Pharmaeeuti-
situatjon. We wish that the Fu-j(:al Association. He was elevated
lure Farmers would start some i*10111 1*le vice-presidency,
sort of a dairy association, be-
cause when they start something A reduction of 20 per cent
they carry “ ' ’ “ ’
tion is
| cattle.
lent upset to the economic system of the south, 1 ply of registered hogs in the
although he had long been resented the con-
siderable dependence of the south on northern
capital.
Roosevelt wouldn’t listen to Jack's advice on
these matters and Garner went away to Uvalde.
The court fight became close and crucial with
Senator Joe Robinson’s death and Roosevelt call-
ed Garner back to help him save the pieces.
Garner insisted little was possible unless those
three measures were abandoned. Roosevelt in-
sisted on them and Garner said he would do the
best he could on the court issue. What Garner
did is variously described as "saving the party,”
“saving the nation” and “knifing the President.”
* + *
Combing The Capitol
Roscoe community in the near
future if some of the pigs of the
Roscoe Future Farmer Swine
breeders association do not die.
At present there are about 30
O. I. C., Hampshire and Duroc
Jersey pigs ready to wean, and
shortly there will be more Hamp-
shire, Poland China, and O.I.C.’s
for sale.
* * +
It. E. Gracey, well-known far-
mer-stockman and tractor man,
has done his part to better the 3000 pounds.
it out, and this sec-;
need of better dairy
* *' *
A. J. Duncan plans to start
picking in two weeks, unless
something unforeseen happens.
He says that his cotton is open-
ing rapidly and that some stalks )0 |)(,
have as many as five bolls open.!
We believe that the cotton liar
in county valuations and a tax
rate of 1 cent under last year’s
was agreed to by members of
the commissioners’- court, who
met in session witli the citizens’
tax committee.
* * *
The lax rate for the ensuing
year in road district No. 1, was
$1.19 on the $100 valua-
tion. and S1.1 -1 on the county as
| a whole. In compliance with a
vest this year will be much ear-; request from the governor, the
lier than it has been in several I. rate could not be set until the
years.
* +
A Marth has qtarted heading
maize and reports that it is yield-
ing around a ton to the acre. Oth-
er milo is cutting from 1500 to
AUSTIN—Speaker R. W. Calvert of Hillsboro
is definitely planning on the race for attorney
general next summer, his Austin friends declare.
Calvert does not plan to seek re-election to
Hie House and therefore will not attempt to
follow in the footsteps of Speaker Coke Steven-
son who was twice elected presiding officer of
the lower house.
Calvert will depend upon his friends among
the house membership—the men who elected
him speaker, to carry the brunt of the campaign
for him.
Also certain to be in the Attorney Generalship
scrap are Everett Looney, brilliant Austin law-
yer and former assistant attorney general; Judge
Ralph W. Yarborough of Austin: Lt.-Gov. Walter
Woodul; former Secretary of State Gerald Mann,
and District Attorney Lewis Goodrich of Sham-
rock.
* * *
LAW ENFORCEMENT—Austin officials are
plenty peeved at the record of the Department
of Public Safety in catching criminals. Even the
closest friends of the department feel that
something's amiss, and when Governor Allred
gets back from Mexico, there may be some chang-
es in the set-up.
Principal criticism is the fact that Texas
law enforcement agents do not seem able to
apprehend murderers and escaped convicts and
bandits as well as they should. The escape of
the bandit who shot an Austin farmer this week
was bitterly criticized by the general public.
Fltv, county and state officers had the man
completely surrounded and then let him slip
through their fingers.
Side Glances
By George Clark
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special session of
called for Sept. 19,
* * *
legislature,
had met.
“These are my kids. Give ’em anything they waul all
day and I’ll settle with you.”
TEN YEARS AGO
Miss Clara Hell Willis had as
her guests, three classmates
from T.C.U.
* * *
Nolan County trustees met
for reclassification of county
schools. They were entertained
at lunch by the B.C.D. and the
luncheon club. D. A. Clark was
toastmaster at the noon-day
meal.
* * *
Signs for enforcing highway
traffic laws were being erected.
The markers, “stop” and “no U
turns” were to be cemented in
the streets. The work was to
require three days.
* * *
Nolan County poultry breed-
ers were meeting at the court-
house to arrange for a poultry
school, one of ten to he held in
the state.
— * * *
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
S. H. Shook and John Roelyn
had formed a partnership real
estate exchange with an office
east of the Nolan Hotel.
* * *
New school buildings were be-
ing erected at Blackwell and
at Brooks. Each of the build-
ings was a one story structure.
* * *
The West Texas Electric Com-
pany was spending $6,000 on
new circuits out of Sweetwater.
* * *
Miss Nina Mae Brand enter-
tained to honor Miss Elizabeth
McKlssick of Midland. A sun-
rise breakfast at the lake fol-
lowed a slumber party.
* * *
A building permit was Issued
for erection of a post office
building 50x21 feet, one story,
on n lot at the rear of the .1. O.
Aiken grocery. The structure
was to cost $0,000.
By PAUL HARRISON
HOLLYWOOD — Short takes:
Ann Sothern’s contract with
RKO has been torn up. Noth-
ing serious, though—her tem-
peramental terrier, which seems
to have the instincts of an
agent, got hold of it the other
day.
* * *
When Producer Sol Wurtzel
began making a picture called
“The Great Diamond Robbery,”
he provided inspiration for
some burglars. They broke into
MurtzeTs house and stole $8000
worth of jewels.
* * *
On the last day of shooting
the set of “Nothing Sacred” re-
sembled an asylum. In fact, Car-
ole Lombard’s present to Direc-
tor William Wyler was a strait-
jacket embroidered with his
monogram. And the rest of the
company overpowered him and
put him into it.
* * *
Strictly Hollywood
For weeks a search was made
for a girl who looked like Shir-
ley Temple to work In a sequence
In “Heidi.” Several applicants
were tested, and executives were
beginning to fear that produc-
tion might be delayed.
Then somebody suggested us-
ing Mary Lou Isleib, Shirley’s
standin, who had been on the
set all the lime . . . Hollywood
is like that.
The same thing happened
when they were looking for a
Jean Harlow double and finally
used Mary Dees.
* * *
Joe Penner has a case of ivy
poisoning and is sending word
to friends to come up and see
his itchings.
★ * *
Grace Moore finally won her
battle with Columbia. She
won’t sing "St. Louis Blues” in
her new picture. For her come-
back pictures, ytnna Sten will
be billed as “the new Anna
Sten." But her husband, Dr.
Eugene Frenke, is still directing
her.
* * *
Inter-department memo issued
at RKO: "Herewith is Part III
of Final Script of ‘A Damsel in
Distress.' Part II will follow at
a later date.’’ . . Hollywood is
like that, too—always shooting
backward.
H* * +
Tile Upkeep—anil Hie Cost
At a preview of Walter Win-
ger's "Vogues of 1938,” the pro-
ducer sat in the theater with
his art director and held whis-
pered consultations on various
scenes.
A regular patron, who had
paid to see the advertised fea-
ture, but not the surprise pre-
view, tapped the whisperers and
asked them to keep quiet.
Winger said, "You're watching
this for nothing, mister—but I
paid one million, five hundred
thousand dollars to see it!”
★ * #
Reports perslt that Stanley
Laurel won’t return to the Hal
Roach lot, and that Harry Lang-
don will replace him as a com-
edy co-star with Oliver Hardy.
LEGAL
DIRECTORY
BEALL. BEALL, YONGE
& NEBLETT
Attorneys-at-Law
Doscher Building
SWEETWATER, TEXAS
MAYS & PERKINS
Attorneys-at-Law
322-25 Levy Bldg-
Sweetwater, Texas
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fANCE, more Japan's march
her “manifest destiny’’ stir;
tension in the Far East as a re-
juvenated China blocks the way
The destiny Japan seeks is even-
tual domination over Easterr
Asia.
Basic causes of the warfare
date far back in history, but theit
immediate cause may be traced
to the recent Manchurian war.
An “incident" in September,
1931—the bombing ot a Japanese-
financed railroad hi South Man-
churia—started the Japanese on a
drive ot "bandit suppression."
And that drive ended with the
severance of Manchuria from
China and the creation of an in-
dependent kingdom, called Man-
chukuo. dominated by 'Japan.
Subsequently, the border of the
"Japanese empire" was advanced
to the Amur river, running be-
tween the Soviet Union and Man-
churia.
Now comes Japan, claiming that
Russia is pursuing a policy of
north Asia domination that must
be met as a matter of sclf-prcscr-
vation, Meanwhile, a newly uni-
fied China rises to stop further
Japanese military and economic
penetration of its northern areas,
And peace hangs in the balance.
A Chinese stamp issued in 1921
portrays modern China—an air-
plane over the Great Wall.
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By William
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FOR THE FRENCH MOTOR. HIGH WAVS,
IN NORTH AFRICA, IS BROUGHT TO THE
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NOT TO REMOVE THE MOUNDS COM-
PLETELV, AND THE INSECTS KEEP THEM
replenished.
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IT is believed that the first men to use bows and arrows were ot
the Aurignacian race, of at least 25,000 years ago. On the wall*
of caves, in France and Spain, there arc pictures of hunters car-
rying these weapons, and some of these ancient drawings show
animals with arrows sticking in their bodies.
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