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ISBAN,
“•hns wee
NE
v
m ? •asrs
Find Comfort in Greece
The British Wake Up
Civilization?
rremont Older
with comparatively small
may find comfort In rending
about Greece,
where government
airplanes are bomb-
ing government bat-
tleships, seized by
rebels. From the
Averoff, pride of the
Greek navy, “flames
rose high" when a
250-ponnd bn by
bomb struck her
deck. What would
happen If a 5,000-
pouml bomb struck
such a ship?
rl.b... , ,A,nclent names
taking you hack to
action/ uuys nre scattered through
Greek dvll war"reports. Venlzelos,
a true Greek pntrlot, supporting the
revolution, dwells on the llttlo Island
of Crete, where the Minotaur, half hit
man, half bull, used to live and de-
vour youths and maidens from Athens.
In this world of trouble, something
must explode somewhere.
Kamsny MacDonald tells the com-
mons that Germany’s military activity
compels Britain to extend her boun-
daries of “Imperial air protection” to
the banks of the lthlne. Armies of
men mean nothing. Floating ships
mean little. A while ago Lord Rother-
ire, warning his country usefully, ns
brother, Lord VN'ort ticliffo, did In
war, was I telling the British
mu-ftnve at least 5,000
..lies. Ills advice, nt first
Is now taken seriously and
j will have the planes.
Old American methods that have
built up this country, such as It Is, nre
called out of date by lending minds In
Washington.
Mr. Illchberg, supposed to be closest
to the President In thought, tells a
Miami audience “the World war
marked the passing of a civilization.”
What kind of civilization will take It
place?
possible respect for pro-
reformers, you wonder
offhand, manufacture u
tb at seventy-eight of Fre-
for more than fifty years a
fighting newspaper man In
recalls Victor Hugo's words:
of the just man is like the
beautiful day.”
Older's life, character and
worthy of his Impressive
benign expression. It may
him, ns was said of Glad-
“hls heart was ever with
and miserable poor.” Every
found a defender In him;
miserable convict, released
might find a friend In him.
There la a heaven, of course, and Fie
■oat Older Is there. If there were
M heaven, his character and merit
would “make It necessary to Invent
ENi MS
PASS IN REVIEW
TREA8URY DEPARTMENT PLANS
WOULD READJUST CURRENCY
STRUCTURE OF NATION.
Secrets ry
Morgenthau
,
voted dry, stands with ICnn-
le two dry states of the
hern racketeers and boot-
ust not hastily conclude that
la offers a paradise of profit,
first, Alabama knows how to make
corn whisky at a price per gallon that
would discourage any bootlegger; sec-
ond, the men of Alabama are not ns
long suffering as men of New York.
Racketeers would find Alabama Is bad
Climate for their health.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
©. Western Newspaper Union.
C kcretahy of the treasury
MORGENTHAU revealed plans to
dip Into profits from gold seizure to re
tire $074,025,0110 of the nutlonnl debt
through the use
gold certificates. Po-
tentially Inflationary,
It will deprive nation
nl hanks of the power
to Issuo currency and
save the government
an annual Interest
charge of $ 10,500,000
Questions on Inflation-
ary Implications were
avoided hy treusury
olttclnls, hut thev ml
mltted the plan would
"put gold hack to
work which can he expanded.”
The maneuver will place In the
hands of the federal reserve hanks
$074,025,0:10 of gold certificates, which
must ho used as backing for Issue of
the same sum In federal reserve notes
to retire the bonds. Note Issue against
the bonds could he expanded If cur
rency demands warranted, to about
$1,687,500,000, since a federal reserve
note need not he hacked hy more than
40 per cent gold or gold certificates In
like percentage. What will happen
will he the Immediate simplification
of our currency system. The treasury
and federal reserve hanks will have
all the authority to Issue money. The
plan Involves retirement on August 1
of $074,025,0.00 of 2 per cent federal
securities and substitution of federal
reserve notes for $057,087,080 of out
standing national hank currency
Those bonds will he retired with sur
plus funds created hy devaluing the
roosevelt dollar from 100 cents to
50.00 cents, gold. The total profit was
$2,812,000,000.
National bank notes Issued by na-
tional banks against federal securities
represent more than one-tenth of the
nntlon’s circulating currency. The ad-
ministration's program likely means
the permanent abandonment of the na
tlonal bank note which has been used
since the Civil war. The circulation
privileges expire on all bonds deposit
ed by banks and held In trust hy the
treasury on July 22, 1035, except on
two Issues. Ry calling for redemption
the treasury will retire all securities
bearing “circulation privilege" nnd na
tlonal hanks will no longer have suit-
able security for Issuance of their own
notes.
PatfrantLAmericnn dressmakers tell
’Oman that she must now dress In a
thlon “revealing the outlines nnd
of the humnn form.” To know
ctly what the outlines of the humnn
are, .take a walk through the
ta of Miami near public or private
ng beaches. Y’ou will see stroll-
their homes, ns free from care
If-consclousness as little birds,
of ladies, some tnll nnd thin,
short nnd fat, with literally
from the waist up that
replaced by two half coco-
la fastened to the chest with
around the back of the neck,
low the waist a wisp of material
would make Eve's skirt of leaves
like a ball dress.
costumes are unwise “sales-
The old-fashioned muslin
to the ankle, up to the
aroused romantic interest and
The two half coconut
aliell costumes cause the eligible young
mao to say, "If that Is all there Is to
It, I shall postpone matrimony."
*TpHE Mendleta administration In
A Cuba has established a military
dictatorship over the Island, constitu
tlonal law has been suspended, the
death penalty for rebels Imposed, and
military governors designated for
Havana and provinces. Washington is
watching the situation with keen In
terest. Bombings anil rioting are In
creasing, according to reports, with
ten dead and fifteen Injured. The oh
Jectlves of the opponents of the gov
ernment is the removal from office of
President Mendleta and Colonel Ful
gencio Batista, ohlef of the army
The strike has become almost general
nearly paralyzing all activities In the
Island. Repressive measures taken hy
the government to quell the strikers
strongly resemble the strong-arm
methods prevalent In the Machado
regime, according to observers.
1 ti»® roller measure faced the etart of
It* slith^tyeek of debnte, Long threat-
ened fresh delays by trying to force a
senate test of) his proposed Investiga-
tion of Fnrley,' nnd administration lead-
ers prepared) to resort to drastic meas-
ures If the Klngfish attempts to hold
the floor by “trying" his case In the
senate nftor the adverse conimltteo re-
port. Senator Glass, chairman of the
appropriations committee, Is prepared
to ask for early action on Ills amend-
ment to the somite rules to prohibit
n senator from talking on extraneous
matters while uu appropriation hill Is
pending.
A FTER twenty months of hnr-
gaining, the documents conveying
full title to tlie'Chlnese Ensteru rail
way to Mnnchiikuo were Initialed In
Tokyo, thus eliminating Russln as a
factor In Mnnchukuo. The written ap
proval of the agreements was signed
by Kokl Hlrotn, Jnpnneso foreign min
Ister; Dr. Constantine Youreneff, So
vlet ambassador to Japan; and by Gen.
Ting Shlh-Yunn, Mnnchukuonn minis
ter of finance. The consideration was
140,000,000 yen, or about $39,300,000.
The documents require thnt all three
governments approve them before their
formal signing about March 23. Tims
Is ended forty years of Russo-Jnpanese
contention for domination.
A NEW gold suit Is mennelng admin-
4"V istrntlon financing and money pot
Icles. The suit reopening the question
of Investors’ claims for payment of
1,800 ndlllon dollars of government
bonds In gold or an equivalent, la
brought by Robert A. Tuft, son of the
late chief Justice, over the sum of $1.07.
Taft demands either payment of bonds
In gold or suspension of ull refunding
of the gold cluuso certificates. Before
going to court, Taft presented to the
treasury a $50 gold clause Liberty bond
nnd four $1.07 Interest coupons at-
taclicd, and demanded gold for both,
but was refused. The suit may force
the administration to close the loop-
holes left hy the Supreme court de-
cisions, If that Is possible.
Oliver V/.
Holmes
/"VLIVKn WENDELL HOLMES, Jur-
1st. scholar, soldier nnd gentleman,
Is doud. Two days before his ninety-
fourth birthday, the beloved “great dis-
senter” succumbed to
the ravages of pneu-
monia. The next day
In the somber Supreme
court chamber, the
court lod hy Chief Jus-
tice Hughes paid trib-
ute to the man whose
career, he said, had
been one of "unique
distinction.” Justice
Hughes' voice clinked
as he spoke. The grind
of legislation and the
disputes of the day
were forgotten in congress as both
house and senate paused while glowing
words were said In memory of the re-
tired Justice. Funeral services were
held la Washington, attended by tho
('resident nnd Mrs Roosevelt, and mem-
bers of the Supreme court. After the
ceremony, Holmes was given military
burial In Arlington National cemetery,
as befitted one who had served his
nation so gallantly. Justice Holmes
wus horn in Boston, the son of the
noted American poet of the same name.
He entered Harvard and was In his
senior year when the Civil war began.
He enlisted ns n lieutenant, was pro-
moted to u captaincy and retired with
the rank of colonel. He was wounded
throe times. After the war he returned
to school and obtained his law degree.
In 1882, Holmes was elevated to the
Supreme court of .Massachusetts, nnd
1002, President Roosevelt appointed
him to the United States Supreme
courL On October 4, 1028, when he
was eighty-seven years old, he became
the oldest man ever to sit on the
bench of the Supreme court. He re-
tired In January, 1932.
TMTAT
A n
n
Senator
Robinson
I neck,
v uncertainty.
fcfwaff iHHI
On an Island In the Pearl river, In
habitants of a Chinese fishing village
and disliked a small settle-
wliere 24 lepers lived nearby. A
from Hongkong says the vII-
e solved their problem hy a
of the 24 lepers, followed hy
:ruetlon and burning of their
it shocks us now, but such Imr-
ty was once the rule. The old were
and sometimes eaten In prlml-
dnys.
“pHE senate passed the army nppro-
•l priatlon bill, and It now goes to
the house. The measure adds $20,000,-
000 to the original bill, making the
total appropriation of $400,000,000 al
most a record high, and will add 40,
250 to our army strength, making the
total of enlisted men 105,000. Warm
talk flowed freely ns the senate de-
bated the measure. Senator Lewis
said that conflict might come hetwpen
Russia nnd Japan nnd he asked: “With
the army of Russia and the navy of
Japan, where do we stand?” Senntoi
MeAdoo also speaking In favor of the
bill said:
“Unless we want to continue to he
a booh nation, we will not hesitate to
make this Increase In the army. It Is
justified hy the wisdom nnd the neces-
sities of national defense.”
’TMlItKE Illinois farmers refused to
1 tell the government census takers
how much their farms were worth nnd
how heavily they wore mortgaged
claiming such Information was none of
the government's business. The trio
were arrested nnd held for a grand
jury, charged with violating the cen-
sus act.
British medical men declare positive-
ly that “drinking milk within two hours
After eating meat Is highly detrimental
to the digestive system." Moses could
tiave told them thut long ago.
A, Kins Feature* Syndicate, Inc.
WNU Service.
Nicotine In Tobacco
Tiff -Quantity of nicotine In tobacco
“sjies W»«n 2 to 8 per cent, the coarser
containing the larger quantity,
010 best Havana cigars Beldoin
more than 2 per cent and
jwfc.__
t Wse Not Popular
b was Invented In 1842,
-beginning Its use was
on by doctors. It took
before the bnthtub
acceptable everywhoi
Weekly.
A lilZONA'S ambassador to Wnsli-
**■ Ington will soon take up Ills du-
ties In tho National Capital. His ex-
cellency will receive $7,500 for salary
and expenses, the legislature having
appropriated that amount on the rec-
ommendation of Governor Mouer who
said: “I need n man there every day.
Our business with the federal govern-
ment Is Increasing all the time, nnd
there nre many errands our senators
and congressmen don’t have time to
run. Then, we want our share of any
government money thnt Is to be passed
around.”
“ancient repository of dig-
nity," the sennte, lias hen treated
to an exhibition of personalities, vitu-
peration, barely avoided fistic encoun
ters, nnd general up-
roar centering about
Senator Long thnt
should set a record
for even thnt august
body. Goaded Into ac-
tion hy the almost
dally tirades of Lou-
isiana's Klngfish, ma-
jority lender, Joe Rob-
inson of Arkansas
arose white with rage
and let loose a casti-
gation designed to
blast the Irrepressible
Long Into submission. Robinson np
pealed to the sennte to assert Itself
and put Long, whom he called “a mad
man," In Ills place. Vice President Gar-
ner and more than a dozen senators
shook hands with Robinson when he
closed, nnd galleries applauded until
the chair threatened to clear them.
Imd no perceptible effect on I/ong other
than to cause him to rush back to the
sennte chamber, and renew his attack
i Robinson.
The next day Huey precipitated an
other verbal free-for-all when lie re-
sumed Ids one-man campaign against
Postmaster General Farley and the
New Deal In general. Long charged
that Fnrley was Instrumental In
quashing an Indictment against a
hank In which Norman Davis, “ambas-
sador nt large,” was Interested. For
his trouble Klngfish received a liberal
supply of ridicule. He also sent to
the senate post office committee a let-
ter In which the accusation was made
that Fnrley Is "profiting" from 25 busi-
ness concerns In New York city, in-
volving violation of four crlmlttn!
statutes. When questioned, Farley said
he hnd no statement to make.
Long’s uncomplimentary remarks
about Farley generally came to
naught, as the post offices and post
roads committee blocked the Klngfish
holding that “he had not produced
facts or evidence constituting a proper
case for Investigation.”
ttb be
ivheijk
I
—pIIK $4,880,000,000 relief hill was
-l ugaln returned to the senate marked
"Rush I” There was no rush. Reports
were that enough senators who had
voted for the prevailing wage clause
had been won over to the administra-
tion views to Insure passage, but the
bill, as revised by tho committee, did
not come np. Senator Long’s one man
filibuster, tile army bill, and other mut-
ters claimed the attention of the au-
gust senators, nnd the fight was de-
layed. Harry Hopkins, federal relief
administrator, said 20,500,000 persons
were on relief, hut expressed the be-
lief that employment wns Increasing.
He explained the apparent discrepancy
by adding that many persons who had
hitherto taken care of themselves have
finally exhausted their Resource*. As
r(^t0
•TVIF hill to repeal the pink slip pub-
!■ llcity provision of the 1034 Income
tax law passed the house by a large
majority of 302 to 08. The resolu-
tion apparently will win In the sennte
where n poll Ims shown It will he
adopted by a close vote. Sentiment for
repeal of the “snooper" clause has
been growing, and there Is no Indica-
tion that the [’resident will oppose the
measure.
QAMUEL INS ULL. former utilities
'J czur, was acquitted In a Chicago
criminal court of charges of embezzling
$150,000 from the treasury of one of
his former companies to use In sup-
porting a brokerage account carried
hy his brother. Martin. Instill was “de-
lighted," since It probably Is the end
of the Instill prosecutions, although an-
other charge of embezzling $104,000 Is
pending. Further, Instill faces a charge
of violating the federal bankruptcy
laws, but It Is believed that the verdict
In the criminal courts ease will dis-
courage efforts to try him.
npllR Greek revolt hits been crushed,
I according to government reports,
and preparations nre being made for
an attack on the Island of Crete, held
hy former Premier Venlzelos, leader of
the insurrection. General Kondylls, in
charge of army operations In Mace-
donia. was reported returning to Ath-
ens, after routing the rebels from their
principal strongholds In Macedonia. It
has been Indicated that Venlzelos has
accepted defeat In Macedonia and
Thrace and will proclaim Crete a sep-
arate state.
[)f A vote of 23 to 1 the house ways
Dnnd means committee approved the
Vinson bonus bill, nnd gave the rival
Patman bill a possible edge. The com-
mittee Instructed Chairman Doughton
to ask a wide open rule permitting In-
flationists to move tho Patman mens-
use as a substitute on the floor. Pat-
man supporters claim the house will
pass the first bonus bill brought up,
but conservatives are working to Jock-
ey the “printing press money" meas-
ure out of preferred position. The Vin-
son bill Is favored by the American
Legion.
ENATE administration loaders have
decided to virtually abolish NllA
when It expires In June, and set up
Its place a plan of self-government
In business, eliminating present coer-
cive measures, and giving over admin-
istrative functions of the new program
to the federal trade commission. Thus
would end one of the administration’s
most spectacular nnd fur-reaching ex-
periments. In Its general form, the
plan culls for permission to Join In vol-
untary codes regulating trade practices
nnd eliminating imfnlr competition.
Price fixing will he outlawed. Busi-
ness nnd Industry will agree to mini-
mum wages nnd mnxlnmm hours, and
only when these standards nre violated,
can the government apply compulsory
codes.
At the same time United States Dis-
trict Judge W. G. Borah, In New Or-
leans, denied a government petition to
compel n box manufacturer to comply
with the maximum hour and minimum
wage provisions of the lumber code,
ruling that the national Industrial re-
covery act is unconstitutional. The
ruling Is expected to bring before the
United States Supreme court the con-
stitutionality of the Interstate com-
merce clause of the lumber code.
National Topics Interpreted
by William Bruckart
National Press Building Washington, D, C,
I^OKI HIROTA, Japanese foreign
minister, sees In tho dispute over
settlement of Japanese farmers In Ari-
zona, n spark which may Ignite flames
of discontent and cause regrettable
consequences between Japan and the
United States, he told the lower house
of the Japanese diet. He expressed
extreme regret that American authori-
ties had not been aide to settle the
matter, and said he was pressing for
an early solution. Exclusion of the
Japanese has been asked under the
alien land ownership law. nnd It Is
probable that no fundamental solu-
tion can he arrived nt until the ex-
clusion clause of the Immigration act,
which has been Imaging fire since 1024
has been settled.
C CLAY
NBA, tendered
WILLIAMS, bend of the
his resignation to
the President, starting what is ex-
pected to he a wholesale housecleaning
of the recovery administration’s high
command. Chairman Williams ex-
plained his action hy saying that he
had to return to his job ns head of
one of the country’s largest tobacco
companies. Three of the four remain-
ing members of the board, Arthur D.
Whiteside, Walton Hamilton, nnd Sid-
ney Hillman, are known to have their
resignations ready. Rumors say that
the President will not fill the vacancies,
but will return the NUA to a one-man
command.
I 1 ONLY markets of the world renct-
IV! cd violently after President Roose-
velt declared Ills administration would
seek further Jacking up of commodity
prices. Stocks rallied In New York,
government bonds sagged, nnd the fall-
ing British pound rose four cents. The
President hurriedly Issued another
statement explaining that Ids advocacy
of higher prices did not mean further
devaluation of the dollar, nt least not
for the present. The first statement
was made hy the President nt a press
conference when he was asked If he
believed prices hnd now risen sufficient-
ly to warrant stabilization. He re-
plied that they hud not; that they
were still too low In relation to debts.
TALIAN government officials state
that nearly 1,000 aviators nnd sev-
eral squadrons of pianos have snlled
for East Africa, nnd thnt u second
wave of troops has been started to
Join the 20,000 already massed In So-
malilnnd. General Grnzlnnn has been
named governor of Somnlllnn.d and
commander of the troops.
Wnshlngton.—The wide npprehon-
slon over the Incrcnslng cost of food
.. _ nnd the prediction
New Problem |,y Secretary Wnl-
for AAA lace of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture
thnt food prices will ascend something
like It per cent more before July 1,
has given rise to n new problem for
the Agricultural Adjustment adminis-
tration, It threnteii8 to he serious, as
food questions always are serious, nnd
ns this aspect of the situation becomes
better understood Its political Impor-
tance Is becoming greater.
There enn he no doubt flint the Now
Deal program for raising prices hns
had Its fullest effect on the food
prices nnd therein Ilea the basis for
the trouble now brewing. To mnke
tho problem more serious from the
political standpoint, Increased food
prices nre felt first nnd most exten-
sively In the metropolitan areas. It Is
In these same areas thnt the greatest
number of unemployed live and must
he cured for. It becomes plain then
thnt Increased food prices nre directly
Interwoven with the problem of relief
and It Is difficult to predict wlrnt mass
psychology may he developed from
such n circumstance.
There nre two sides of the problem
from the political standpoint One of
them relates directly to the plans for
providing food nnd affects directly
those persons whose employment hns
been small and who have only limited
amounts of money with which to main-
tain life. Tho second phase Involves
the future of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment administration nnd affects direct-
ly the political situation that has for
some time revolved about the focal
point of the principle of attempting to
manage prices ns Is being done under
the AAA.
Connected with the latter phase, nnd
likely to suffer from hnrd-ridlng poli-
ticians, Is tho movement within the
AAA to broaden Its power.
It will he recalled thnt Inst year
Prof, Rex ford Guy Tugwoll, under-
secretary of agriculture nnd a lending
brain truster, sought to force through
congress a series of amendments to
the adjustment net which. In the view
of many observers, would make the
regimentation of farmers n compulsory
Instead of n voluntary proposition ns
Is now the case. In other words, ac-
cording to critics of the Tugwell plan,
the amendments thnt were offered nnd
defeated In congress Inst ydnr would
mnke the Department af Agriculture
a veritable dlctutor over the agri-
cultural Industries In this country. Al-
though Mr. Tugwell does not figure In
the picture so much this year, the
same amendments have been put for-
ward nnd a considerable amount of
pressure Is being exerted to obtain an
enactment ns law. Having defeated
them last year, critics of the program,
headed hy Senator Byrd (Dem., Vn.),
are mustering In full strength »o
squelch the amendments ngnln.
While It Is yet too early to hazard
a guess concernl: g the results of this
battle, attention may he called nt this
time to some of the potentialities of
such a legislative tight. In those de-
bates lies real danger to whatever good
there Is In the Adjustment act, accord
lng to the best Information I can get.
The danger Is to he observed In this
direction: Those who criticize the Tug-
well amendments, though they do not
now bear his name, are not going to
confine their verbnl fire to those pro
posals. They will go, as they did Inst
year, considerably beyond the scope of
the proposed legislation. They will at-
tack any and all features of the whole
adjustment program nnd It Is not un-
likely that their criticism will result In
tearing down some of the admittedly
good features of this phase of the New
Deni.
/CHANCELLOR
pleased with
HITLER was not
announcement that
Sir John Simon, British foreign secre-
tary, would visit him to discuss the
proposed Anglo-Brltlsh pact. He sent
word that he had a "cold" and could
not see Sir John. Officials In London
derided Hitler’s cold, and attribute It
to the fact that Hitler Is determined
to say when the visit will be accept-
able. High sources In Germany have
Intlmnted thnt Hitler will not welcomo
Sir John unless Britain recognizes
Germany’s equality.
pvEMONSTRATORS numbering np
L/ proxlmately 2,000 marched Into
the Minnesota state cnpltol at St. Paul
and harangued legislators with de-
mands In behalf of the Idle ranks.
Threats were made to picket the caplto)
unless demand^ were met
I* were i
I have heard considerable comment
to the effect that If the hrnln trusters
_ who are now promot-
Question lng the new or re-
of PoliticI vised AAA amend-
ments would use good
polttlenl Judgment, they would not
press for action on their proposals at
this time. In other words, political
commentaries are to the effect that the
brain trusters nre diving headlong Into
a whirlpool In which they may find
themselves unable to swim. It is plain-
ly a combination of circumstances with
which they nre confronted. Those were
enumerated nhove. To many observers,
therefore, It appears most foolhardy
for the supporters of this extreme leg-
islation to go further In their attempt
to “strengthen the Adjustment Act" at
a time when plainly Mr. Roosevelt does
not have complete control of congress
and at a time when the strongest tide
of opposition to regimentation Is run-
ning.
It Is to be remembered with respect
to the legislative situation that there
will he opposition, as indeed there al-
ready has been opposition developed
from among the processors. It should
be explained that the revived amend-
ments would [dace all of the processors
under licenses from the Department of
Agriculture. Without such licenses they
become the equivalent of bootleggers In
the prohibition days nnd no one enn
foretell what the reaction would he to
this. My understanding Is that there
are something like one hundred thou-
sand of these processors la the various
lines of agricultural commodities com-
ing under the Jurisdiction of the Ad-
justment act. in ndditlon to the proc-
essors, about nine hundred thousand
retailers handling these products nre
subjected to control, directly or Indi-
rectly, hy AAA licenses. Consequently,
we see more than a million who could
do business only If the Department of
Agriculture suw fit to grant licenses.
And when I say the Department of
Agriculture, In law, It simmers down
to the secretary of agriculture. Secre-
tary Wallace’s policies nnd his per-
sonal attitude, I believe, nre not such
as to give cause for alarm respecting
administration of these proposed Jiclsns.
lng provisions. Yet, It has been freely
suggested thnt a time may come when
the secretary of agriculture will he nei-
ther as good nor as wise ns Mr Wallace,
l'ou can mnke your own guess ns to
the possibilities under the regime of a
secretary of agriculture who was not
big enough for the Job.
These circumstances and conditions,
In the ndnds of many observers here,
point only to one thing now: the Ad-
justment act and the program drafted
thereunder is not ns popular ns It wns
before It went Into operation. Judging
from correspondence received by rep-
resentatives nnd senators, the Adjust-
ment program Is nctually repugnant to
some sections. 1 believe It only fair to
stnte, however, that the Adjustment
program Is not blamed wholly for the
Increase In prices hut always In times
like these and under circumstances
like those to which attention has been
directed there has to he n gont. Ap-
parently thnt goat Is going to be the
Department of Agriculture and Its
stop-child, the Agricultural Adjustment
administration.
While all of the newspapers are
printing many columns In review of
two yenrs of the
Garner Roosevelt adminlstra-
Overlooked ,lon nn<l much atten-
tion Is being paid to
President Roosevelt, It seems to me
that one stalwart of the administra-
tion—Vice President John N. Gnrner—
Is being somewhat overlooked. It seems
to me, also, thnt this should not be the
ense because all observers agree that
Mr. Gnrner hns placed the vice presi-
dency of the United States on some-
thing of a new plnne.
Much levity always hns been directed
nt any man holding the Job of vice
president. It Is true that the vice pres-
ident Is seldom, If ever, out front, ns
the expression Is. With Mr. Gnrner,
however, It has been decidedly differ-
ent. I believe, from all of the discus-
sions that I have heard since Ills elec-
tion, Mr. Gnrner hns filled, nnd Is fill-
ing, a very constructive post In this
administration.
Although Mr. Gnrner weighs about
the same nnd Is no taller; while he
dresses much ns lie did before nnd
Ids wit nnd humor Is much the same, It
certainly ran he said thnt he Is a
much bigger man In the eyes of the
people of this country than he wns a
few years ago. In other words, given
the opportunity, Mr. Gnrner Ims per-
formed In a way that probably will
record him In history as among the
outstanding Individuals who have filled
thnt second ranking elective post In
our government.
It is not generally known, 1 think,
how much Influence Mr. Gnrner wields
In the Roosevelt administration, lie
sits with Mr. Roosevelt nnd the other
members In the cabinet meetings nnd
there Is no doubt among observers here
thnt those men lenn upon the long ex
perlence which the vice president hns
hnd.
Alterations In Plica
Names Not Infrequent
How folks In a community will
change the real name of a place, t
river, mountain, etc., hy gradual dif-
ferences In spelling nnd pronuncia-
tion, Is brought out on "Uncle Ham’s
Handbook on Geographical Names,”
published hy the United States Geo-
graphic hoard.
Sometimes the natives will entire-
ly reverse the proper name of s
place, hy carelessness or iih a Joke,
over a long period. Horse Creek in
Cnllfornln, for Instance, Is now mis-
called Cow Creek. Breteehe Creek,
Wyoming, has been called Britisher
Creek a long time, perlmps because
It sounds like thnt.
The hoard found that the word
Oznrks wns corrupted from the
French words Aux Ares, pronounced
exactly the same way.—Washington
Dost.
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Don’t forget that there nre some-
times ynwfis In love affairs.
The port of Baltimore, Md., wit-
nessed an unusual sight the other day,
arrival of a shipload
We Import of corn from Argen-
Cornl tlna. It wns the first
full cargo ever to ar-
rive In thnt port nnd enused some ob-
servers to remark that It appeared to
he “carrying coals to Newcastle.”
Tills would have been true under con-
ditions such ns we used to have In this
country before the Inauguration of the
Agricultural Adjustment administra-
tion. The AAA hns made the differ-
ence. Last year, the AAA set about
reducing the corn acreage In this coun-
try because It wns the conviction of the
New Deal thnt production hnd been
too great. Twenty per cent curtail-
ment was decreed. To accomplish that
end, the AAA offered to pay farmers at
the rate of thirty cents per bushel for
not growing corn. The plan worked as
It might naturally be supposed to have
worked and there was the expected
curtailment of production.
Hut nuture took a hand nnd the
drouth settled down over the vast corn
producing areas of the Middle West.
So great was this disaster thnt there
Is not now sufficient corn to meet do-
mestic requirements. Importation of
corn resulted, nnd the port of Balti-
more had the novel experience of see-
ing corn shipped In Instead of out.
Secretary Wallace has defended the
AAA policies on the ground that they
were exceedingly flexible and could be
used to Increase or decrease produc-
tion ns conditions required. It seems,
however, thnt corn hns a habit of grow-
ing only during the summer months
and If the production In that period Is
Insufficient the winter months must
witness a shortage.
As In the ense with corn, such it Is
likewise with pork. A Department of
Agriculture announcement the other
day said thnt the slaughter of hogs
this winter und during the forthcom-
ing summer probnldy would be well
below normal. The announcement did
not advert to the AAA policy enrried
out Inst year when something like six
million pigs were slaughtered and con-
verted Into fertilizer. Nevertheless, ob-
servers here have consistently linked
the two circumstances together. They
also Insist there is a direct connection
between the policy thnt resulted In the
killing of pigs nnd the Increasing
prices for pork products which con-
sumers must pay.
In the meantime Secretary Hull, and
his State department associates are
proceeding with their program for
negotiation of reciprocal trade treaties
with foreign governments. Many lines
of bustnesj have entered protest
against these trentles because they con-
tend the net result will be to reduce
American exports further. If their ar-
gument holds, authorities tell me, It Is
quite logical to expect additional Im-
portations la various Hues of commodi-
ties such as we lately have seen in
the case of corn.
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