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FRIDAY. MARCH 26, 1937
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The Tyler Journal
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Heir 8, 1926, at the Post
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March 8, 1879.
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PRESS
ION
Why Not Require Periodic
School Inspections?
The State government’s investi-
gation of the I,ondon school disas-
ter, the request of the Governor
that all school buildings of the
State with similar heating equip-
ment be inspected, the military
court of inquiry and other inves-
tigations are all a fitting after-
math of the great tragedy.
However, memories of tragedies
are too often short lived, and the
precautionary measures taken im-
mediately thereafter to soon for-
gotten.
Why not a State law requiring
the periodic inspection of all school
buildings of the State, by a re-
liable and competent authority?
COMPASSION
Humanity’s story is made start-
ling by these two aspects: the pro-
portions of its disasters, he magni-
ude of its victories. The wreckage
of a school building in New London,
Texas, apparently by explosion and
with much loss of human life, has
dimensions that run not only into
numbers of children and parents af-
fected, but measures an entire na-
tion’s capacities for comparison.
An understandable tendency of
sympathetic persons, and perhaps es-
pecially of parents, elsewhere, it is
to put themselves into imaginary
situations similar to that which
seems all too real for New London
l of I di ogram of cotton improvement that
teriorated greatly in the past few | dom of such a course. Insteac , stabilize the industry
years,” M. Clayton said. “The plant- spending money to curb cotton pro- will Jo continuing dividends
duction and in enforcing policies that; and » W , _ The Houston
mean loss of foreign outlets, the over a long peno... .
government can employ its funds in a ! I ost. ___^
lng of inferior seeds and drouth af-
fected seeds have contributed to the
situation.’’
That is a challenging statement.
It indicates that the plight of the
Southern cotton grower is not due
wholly, as the political cotton ex-
perts contend, to low market prices,
overproduction and the hazards of
weather and insect infestation. It
has been demonstrated clearly in oth-
er agricultural ventures that farmers
must produce a good product to ob-
tain good prices. An inferior one
usually means poverty.
Before the cotton production in- j
dustry in this country can be placed
to systematic broadcasts of the needs
of the workers, and rendered an den-
tification service that n° other agency
could.
The job is finished. It was done
well. :
DISASTER
Who was it said
That Christian Love is dead?
That selfishness is rampant in
our land?
That greed has seared our heart,
has sealed our hand?
It is not true!
We only need a new
And Common Cause—a stricken
cry of pain
And suffering, to find our souls
again.
When we have power to glimpse
a Christ-touched Grail,
As brother calls to brother down
the trail,
Humanity may falter but not
fail!
—Betty Carothers Dill
WEAKENING THE COURT
WON’T HELP
In a “fireside talk” on Sept. 10,
1934, just after the NRA had been
i “reorganized” and General Johnson
[ had resigned, President Roosevelt
gave evidence that he thought NRA
had attmpted too much in the way of
detailed regulation of prices and
wages. He said that production con-
trols had operated perhaps to pre-
vent “that volume of production which
would make possible lower prices and
increased employment.” Yet in his
radio appeal for approval of the plan
to recognize the Supreme Court he
describes NRA ony as an effort “to
raise wages, to reduce hours, to abol-
ish child labor, to eliminate unfair
trade practices.”
And then comes the blame: “You
know who assumed the power to veto,
and did veto that program.” In other
words, it’s all the court’s fault. Not
a word about the conflict of policy
between NRA and AAA, not a hint
of hasty and unwise administration,
nothing about its aid to monopoly or
the prevention of increased employ-
people today. The human mind in-(upon a secure economic foundation,
the quality of cotton must be im-!
proved. If thut is done, there will
be plenty of markets for American
cotton, at home and abroad, at prices J
that will solve most of the economic
problems of the producers.
In this connection, Mr. Clayton sev-
eral years ago made a wise sugges-
tion. He pointed out that the govern-
ment could profitably expend some
of its agricultural appropriations in
improving Southern cotton.
There can be no doubt of the wis-
FOR HUMANITY’S SAKE
We cherish in our heart the very
admiration, respect and esteem for
those individuals and organizations
whose chief purpose and aim in life
is the relief and administrations to
suffering humanity.
At tb~ recent New London school
disaster—the greatest child tragedy j (]ou,.^ “assumed the power to veto”
this country has evei known I R Apparently there was nothing
the Salvation Army, the American | wronR with NRA exc(.pt the Ju(iRes
Rod Cross, American Legion, B°y _all nine of them.
Scouts of America, Texas National The effect 0f this speech is to stir
Guard and other organizations did up thoughtless to believe that
untiring, noble and heroic work. on]y the Supreme Court stands in
Within forty-five minutes after the the way of a quiok H0iution Gf all
fatal blast that crushed out the live* I tho Nation-8 problems. During the
of 412 school children and 14 of| ]asj. presjdontial campaign the im-
their teachers, the Salvation Armyj pression got • around—-from certain
was at the scene to render every i 8peeches—that America had been
service possible to the injured, the. pretty wel, re80rted to peace an(i
rescue workers, the bereaved. With-1 pro8pority. But now it appear8 «one
in the short time of one hour and third of a Nation is ill-nourished, ill-
fifteen minutes this organization was clad iU.housed.. and a few judee8
dines toward a vicarious sense of sor-
row and shock in a mistaken effort
to feel as poignantly as it believes
it should the sufferings of others.
One of the supplementary reports
newspapers are using in connection
with the regular mews dispatches
from Texas contains a list and des-
cription of similar disasters dating
back as far as 1803. This may be an
aid to vicarious suffering, or only
to the- appetite for sensation. It is
not representative of the kind of
compassion with the means of heal-
ing the body and heart wounds
which now cry for healing.
In a list and description not of dis-
aster, but of the victories which the
compassionate- Jesus won over suf-
fering, is the story men and women
need today if they would express
true and effectual sympathy. For
in those reports are the springs of
eonfidt-nce of victory over the night-
mares of mortal existence—a con-
fidence which, shared by all who have
read of the New London tragedy,
would produce a mental atmosphere
in which those involved can the more
easily rise above their own sense of
shock and bereavement.
He who brought such comfort to
men as the world had never known,
and such as, through thousands of
years, has continued to bring un-
failing victory over the human sense
of suffering, did not say, “My tears,
my horror, my shock,” hut, “My peace
I leave with you.” True compassion
today must consist in following this
example. Such compassion will find
its expression in headlines reports,
and in material comfort made more
effectual by a wide and clam con-
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Christian
ment nothing about defects which j fidence of man’s God-given ability
had caused many parts of NRA to
break down, both in operation and in
public support, before the Supreme
THE FUNDAMENTALS
OF GOOD BANKING
A bank of great age is a bank of S TABIL1IA a bank that
keeps its old customers is a bank of FAIR DEALING a bank
that has weathered panics is a bank of SAFETY—a bank that
is strict in its methods is a bank of HONOR.
Age in a bank shows VITALITY, friendships show TRUSI,
survival show? STRLNG1H, and strict banking procedure
shows INTEGRITY in safeguarding the wealth and security
of its depositors.
DEPOSITS INSURED BY THE
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
to rise above disaster.
Science Monitor.
GOODRICH SILVERTOWN
STORE
Opposite Postoffice
The
Citizens National Bank
OF TYLER
Phone 123 I
awnasoi
serving coffee, sandwiches, cakes,
doughnuts, bottled drinks and cigar-
ettes to the rescue workers; aiding
in the identification of the dead; ad-
ministering all possible comfort and
solicitations to the loved ones of the
little victims.
“By their works
have “assumed” the power to block
nourishment, clothes and houses a
henevoletnt Govornmdnt would like
to provide.
This seems to us an unfair attack
on men who may have responded to
modern trends as rapidly as legis-
ye shall know Jators but who are- purposely set
them.” The work produced, the deeds above the immediate sweep of politi-
accomplished and the results obtain-
ed, prove the worth of anything—
machine, man or organization—even stitution for that very purpose. They
cal passion. Supreme Court Justices
were given a life tenure by the Con-
government. At the New London
achool catastrophe the Salvation Ar-
are men and open to human failings,
but more nearly than any other agen
my served 5000 gallons of coffee, cy of Government the court is free
15000 sandwiches, 175 cartons of cig-1 to maintain a rule of law and not of
arettes, and thousands of cakes nnd men, that law of which Aristotle
bottled drinks to the untiring rescue said: “Law is intelligence without
workers. Army Adjutant W. T. John- passion and is, therefore, preferable
non of Gladewater was in command to any individual.”
of this organization and director of
Its relief work.
The Texas National Guard, under
the command of Major Clarence A.
Parker, rendered most valuable ser-
vice in the preservation of order,
The Supreme Court is the custo-
dian of the Constitution until changed
by the people. Attacks on it of this
kind may do almost as much damage
as if directed at the Constitution. In
the same speech on the NRA in 1934,
policing the premises and guarding Mr. Roosevelt quoted with approba
the scene. The military unit was as-1 tion the warning of Chief Justice
sisted by the Boy Scouts of America; White as to the danger of “creating
who admiringly put into practice the the impression that the Constitution
principles upon which their order is but a barrier to progress.” So long
is founded—courtesy, kindness, noble as the way to amendment lies open
acts and good deeds.
Many posts of the American Le-
gion worked as units, and many mem-
bers of this organization worked as
individuals. The American Red Cross
“With its staff of trained personnel,
nurses, doctors and directors — all
worked for the relief of their fellow
creatures.
neither court nor Constitution is
barrier. Neither should be made to
appear as such or he deprived of
that public support which is the ulti-
mate safeguard.— Christian Science
Monitor. :
FOR SALE — Two scholarships in
Too high praise cannot be ptkid the
hospitals, undertakers, ambulance time only. Today, when competition
TYLER COMMERCIAL “CSEEEGE
at a liberal discount for a limited
owners, doctors and nurses of East
Texas, Dallas, Fort Worth, Shreve-
port and other places, for their un-
work. Rest, food, refreshment
many of them working for forty
hours, taking time out only for a
cop of coffee or a sandwich.
The radio stations of East Texas
is so keen in every field of work,
you cannot afford to meet the busi-
ness world without special training.
A course in business college gives
for themselves was unthonght of, you an advantage in applying for a
position as employers realize the val-
LEGISLATURE MAKING GOOD
It’s a common joke to make fun of
the legislature hut the Texas legis-
lature is doing a good job. It has
killed, it is hoped, the ratification of
the so-called child labor amendment
that would give a Washington bu-
reau the right to regulate, limit, con-
rol and forbid the working of per-
sons under 18 years of age. This is
the fifth time Texas has said that it
prefers to have its children under its
own control rather than turn it over
to New England uplifters.
Then it has repealed the law that
makes horse racing legal. And its
complaint to its members that it has
done so. It has done this when Austin
was full of lobbyists for the racing
fraternity that was offering alluring
benefits for vote.
Of course when the legislature j
passes its revenue hills there will
he much criticism from those who
must pay the increased expense of
government. But we should never |
forget that it was the people by their
votes that made these increased taxes
necessary. Whether rightly or not
the people adopted constitutional
amendments that more than doubled
the salaries of all the state officers.
We voted the old age pensions that
calls for millions in additional rev-
enues. We voted teachers’ pensions
and while we were told the teachers
would pay most of the money neces-
sary, it now appeal’s that the state
is to pay 50 percent of the necessary
money to give the teachers the
pensions they were promised. The
legislature has mandate to all these
things from the people. The money
must be raised because we, the peo-
ple, so decree.—'Marshall Morning
News.
TIMELY WARNING
W. L. Clayton, who heads the
world's largest private cotton mar-
keting association, has earned a
worldwide reputation as an author-
ity on eronomic trends, particularly
in the field of international trade.
His opinions on the economics of
cotton production nnd distribution are
respected from Shanghi to Cario
and from Buenos Aires to Moscow.
In the recent interview in Houston
he sounded a timely warning to cot-
ton growers of the South which Is
worthy of sober consideration. Tex-
as, long considered the cotton capl-
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PUBLIC INTEREST
DEMANDS FAIR PLAY!
Texos now has good stole laws for the
regulation—in the public interest—of
all transportation. These laws are help-
ing to stabilize transportation, and all
business and industry that has to use
transportation. These laws are helping
to reduce the terrible accident toll on
your highways. They are helping to con-
serve your investment in your highways.
Regulation of transportation in the
United States has been developed over a
period of fifty years. Reasonable regu-
lation is admitted to be both advisable
and necessary in the public interest.
Strict regulation of one form of
transportation and the lessening of
regulation of any other form is unfair
and tm-American, end can onfy resuft
in crippling that part of your transpor-
tation facilities which is handicapped_
without any resulting benefit to the
people of Texas.
Texas railroads obey the rules of the
game, those imposed by the agencies
of government and those taken on vol-
untarily ln the interest of pt blic safety.
Texas railroads are spending this
year, large sums of money for new and
modern equipment-locomotives, freiqht
ronaHh,aHSin9Tf C°rS' impr°Vcd rail ^d
Sr f?Cll,t,es< and Qrc expediting
freight and passenger schedules to meet
growing public demands. All of this is
being done in the interest of improved
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m a fair field.
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