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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER GEORGIA, FEBRUARY IB, 1934.
PAGE FIVE
GEORGIA
R.L.C. COLUMN
Edited by
r c . WALL, Ellaville, G».
Sec. & Trees.
is noble, high and good,
influence on the rest;
-All that
Has an
An(i s0 the world is better for every
man,
Who is living at hi* best.’
The first two lines of the above
octry were vividly recalle fl to mem -
P rv several days ago when I was in
the company .of the good ladies re-
niarked, “Mr. Wall, you remember
that little poem you published in your
news columns some time last year
about the ‘little postage stamp,’ of
how 'it stuck to its job’ and curried
to a successful end its task; well that
little poem was the means of saving
the life of our young people’s organ
ization
depleted salary, but congress can cor
rect this fault by making the increase
retroactive. In fact, the bill reported
by the committee provides that it
shall become operative from February
1; so let us ‘take courage’ as was
suggested last week and look to a
better day.
Carriers’ Future Jeopardized
Since writing the above article stat
ing that no action had been taken on
the proposal of the subcommittee of
the senate, we have been advised by
President Thompson by telephone,
that he was in receipt of a wire from
President Armstrong stating that the
revision bill of the department had
been proposed to congress, or intro
duced, and contained items allowing
rural letter carriers $60 per mile for
the first 30 miles traveled and $20
for each additional mile and granting
an equipment allowance of 4c per
mile. He stated that the department
proposed to save $12,000,000 per year
in our church.” She further if this bill was enacted into law.
stated: “We had about given up hopes | Hurriedly looking at the above pro
of reviving interest, and were discuss- j p 0 aal, one will see a reduction in Bal
ing plans for abandoning the organl-: ary n f a carrier on a 30 mile route of
zation at one of our meetings, and | jjgo per year and for a carrier on a
I sat in my pew with my Bible, it go m jj e rou te a reduction of $480.
happened to open at a place where j These figures are bastd on our pres-
this little piece of poetry had been basic pay which does not include
placed after having clipped it from j t be present reduction we are operat-
The Journal, and as I sat there medi. , j n)J , un( Jer. Of course, if the present
fating and wondering what we could reduction, which is only temporary,
do to stimulate interest the thought were taken into consideration the
came to me that that little poem had a b 0 ve figures would give a slight in-
a wonderful appeal which should fit crease in salary,
into our present plight and I sug- i President Armstrong requests that
gested to a small girl friend sitting I we g e j ^he attitude of the carriers on
next to me that she memorize it, and tb j 8 proposition immediately and ad-
she did and presented it within the yjgg bim of their wishes so that he
next few minutes in an appealing way can know j us t how to take the mat-
and from that moment our organiza- £ er up w j 4b members of congress. He
tion took on new life and we have a t a t ed j n his telegram that the board
been having good meetings and splen- f aces a serious fight unless allowance
did cooperation from all the mem- j g boosted, and asked that the attitude
bers ever since.” '.of the state officers be wired to him
Therefore, as the little verse above immediately and this followed up with
says, "All that is high, noble and a.'ttitude of carriers of state. There-
good has an influence on the rest,” f 0 re, let me urge every or.e to drop
the little piece of poetry printed in Bro G H Thompson, president,
our news columns about the postage j ac kaon, Ga., either a letter or card
stamp sticking to its duties waS of telling him how you feel on the
group aontract, and I am not worried
about it in the least, and feel that 1
have just as good insurance protec
tion as could be purchased for the
money.
Spring Membership Drive
February 22 will be the only holi
day we will have intervening before
May 30, when all the districts hold
meetings and the annual membership
drive will be under full sway. We
should begin making plans for an
aggressive campaign for members and
should plan to have the best district
meetings ever held in each district
this year. Georgia cannot afford to be
at the bottom of the list this year;
we should of all years head all the
other states by reporting a 100 per
cent plus membership. We are hon
ored by having a fellow Georgian at
the head of the rural delivery serv
ice.
Certainly, we should show our ap
preciation this year of all years to
the fact that we appreciate Hon. Harl.
lee Branch being given charge of our
branch of the postal service.
tered the service retiring after 30
years of active service; we begin to
see the finger prints of time upon
brow and the silver in their hair.
I rejoice to see them being provid.
ed for with a pension, when they will,
really need it most. I am glad to have
been connected with the earlier efforts
of our association in getting this pen
sion for our older brethren. I saw this
time coming, when we would be get
ting old and have nothing saved up
for the rainy day, so in 1915 I met
with President Kime and the leaders
of other postal organizations and we
drew up a bill to be presented to
congress which provided for a pension
at retirement. We felt that congress
would not appropriate anything for
this fund to pay the pensions, but we
believed we could get them to take out
two and one half per cent of our
salaries and lay it up for our old age
We had a lot of opposition from
our members, as they were not getting
any too much to live on then, and
they did not see how they could get
| along if any amount was withheld
fnom their pay, and especially since
Hon. fi. T. Castellow, Congressman
From This District, Delivered Able
Address In House January 31st•
The House in Committee
Whole House on the state of the
the Union had under consideration the
bill (H. R. 7513) making appropria
tions for the Departments of State,
Justice, and the judiciary, and for the
Departments of Commerce and Labor,
Mr. Castellow. Mr. Chairman and
members of the committee, at least I
am in a position to sympathize with
you at this late hour in our delibera
tions today. Those present, according
to my observation, were practically all
here at the meeting of the House at
noon.
I have listened with great interest
not only to the discussion today but
to the multitude of discussions for
more than seven months in the ag-
T , . ,. . ., „„ . the department has seen fit to con-
Let me suggest that on the 22nd I ... . . .
. , . ! solidate so rapidly as to hasten re-
1 tirement. If the association had done
nothing else for its membership I feel
that this one thing was well worth
all our time, efforts and expense put
forth in getting it started and in op
eration.
Between the years 1907 and 1917
when I put the best efforts of my life
to use for the brethren, there was an
other effort I tried to put across, and
. . . ... . ... . that was our Mutual Benefit Feature
bringing up their county 100 per cent. _ ,, . . , .,
T . • . .. . , Insurance. My original idea was to
If everyone will do his part the task ,
.•u k h kf ,make every member of the state as-
e '^ . , 1 sociation a member of the Mutual
As it has been m the past, we de- Featur6iand th „ was to maWe
of this month would be
good time for the district officers to
get together and map out plans for
their approaching district convention,
which will be held on May 30. Every
district should set its goal at a 100
per cent membership by that cay.
There are active ar.d interested
workers in each county and they
should be contacted before that day
and urge upon them the necessity of
of the be willing for his family to eat him?”
“Surely not.” "If he thought his fam
ily would eat that £ox, would he be
willing to catch him?” “No, indeeo.
"Well,” 1 asked, “what is the differ
ence between you chasing $500 and
Mr. Sealy chasing the fox?” For a
moment he hesitated, but replied, U I
do not believe there is much.”
“Much?” I said, “Is there any?”
“Bryant, I must confess, I do not be
lieve there is any.” "Then why is it
that you say you are attending to
business and Mr. Sealy would be just
frolicking?” “Well,” he concluded, “I
did not realize the import of what
you were asking.” I submitted to him
then this rather direct question,
which might possibly be worthy of
the consideration of others: “Ben do
you know the rule whereby it is de
termined whether a man is engaged
in the pursuit of business or simply
some value to someone, and we are
delighted that it found an occasion
when it could be of service in a re
ligious organization.
We recall that this piece of poetry
was published some time during last
April in our news columns.
proposition, so that he can pass the
reaction on to the national officers.
This must be done immediately, or
else it might get in too late for effec
tual good.
With good times returning as in
dications note, it seems imperative
We appreciate very much the kind- , that rural lCarriers . sa i aries be re
ly things often spoken about the news : turned tQ their former basic scale( if
columns, and especially from those they are to continue with the Bame
who are rot directly Interested in the high clag8 service that the patrons of
rural delivery service as we carriers fte rura , service should demand and
are. Of course there are many who certainly deserves . With a depleted
are patrons of the rural routes who salary wlth living costs f ncreas ing on
are regular readers ofthe column each i(jvery handj they wiU ^ forced t0 cut
week, and we are hoping that as time 1 down on their stan dard of living, will
wears on the column each week will have to use that old equipment Just a
be looked forward to by them as little longer, and in every way you
much as by the carriers. We want look at the proposition, not only the
,, , service will have to suffer, but the
to insert just the items that would . ... . .
families of the carriers will have to
prove interesting to them, and as we ! guffer additional hardships.
have the opportunity will certainly j d j s hoped that the true champions
use it. We are .open to suggestions of the rural delivery service in c <n-
and solicit
reader.
gregate. I have been highly enter- | strata of society and with that stan-
* • . „ *i * , ro i Mla t a j K .. dard 0 f living in which they find most
tamed as well as instructed by these | pleasure and * are comforta & lei just t0
discussions. This afternoon, in the ^ ex t e nt it is business, but when
early stages of the debate, there was tnat point is exceeded, i say to you,
a great deal of partisanship exhibited. 1 it is no longer business—it becomes.
I have never felt the necessity ol a » ame . a sport. Pursued for the
x. . - . pleasure it attords and the satisfac*
casting a vote for the sole purpose proUuced , by excelling our fellow
of manifesting the fact that I am a creatures.”
Democrat. I am that by inheritance, I What I desire to call to the atten-
am that by environment, and I am a ion of the House is that this char-
Derwrat from principle. of *P»rt may be responsible lor
... , much of Americas troubles and *
Though I have made comparatively contributing caU8e to many of our
few political speeches, my present pei-piexities and the distress of na-
position being the second elective of- tions, for in America it became too
flee to which I ever aspired, I did un-1 easy to accumulate a fortune, too
dertake during my campaign to ex- ^“lt to earn a living. We have
, , B J .... K , 1 failed to observe the rule by which
press clearly my attitude. I recal we wu | d differentiate between sport
making the remark to a group of an d true business. We enjoy doing
friends in the beginning: "If it is that most in which we excel. There is
your desire to elect a man to Congress nothing so pleasing to the great Pa-
for the sole purpose of endeavoring dertwsai as to be seated for hours at
tiic ouic f the piano. There would be nothing
to destroy the Republican party, pa on ear th more irksome to me. He
me by. If it is your wish that his eX cels in that line. I do not. So that
time be devoted exclusively to party j s p 0S8 [biy the reason why we have ao
considerations, it would at least be man y today indulging in business
wise to prefer another; but, if his p Ure ly as a sport, so to speak. We
time and thought are to be devoted in re f er to them and they characterize
time when if thev were sufficiently ’ .* ‘ 0 T , 1 an effort to ameliorate the condition themselves as business men. But are
rnnnemte and & Personal interest, because I feel | 0 f our country, I would be pleased toj^ey? Would it not be more accurate
1 fkof +knv arc trvino- dn some direct unHprtnk. the service. ’ In aimnlv s„v thnv nrn hiisin^RR
pen d more or less, upon the brethren I
voluntarily paying their dues, and 1
many of them who attend the district
conventions, even tho they are loyal,
wait until after July 1 to pay their
our membership in \he state associa
tion be of real monetary value.
But objections overruled this pur
pose and now but a hundred or so
continue his Mutual Benefit member-
dues, some even wait until after that ^ Tq ^ who are hi9 , ding on _ T
your cooperation, dear
No Action on Appropriation
We were elated last week when we
read the news that the special sub- f ew yearg
committee ,of the appropriation com
mittee of the senate had framed a bill
which would soon be presented to the
senate and which would, if passed, re.
gress will rally to the needs of the oc
casion and give the rural carriers an
even break at this time and work to
the end of maintaining the rural ser
vice upon the high standard upon
which it has been operated for the last
Member’s Group Insurance
This office has received several in
store one third of the 15 per cent re- I quiries recently regarding the ?roup
duelion to all government employes,
beginning February 1, and that an
other one third would be restored be- I was arranged through contract uy
insurance which many of our mem
bers have now in force, and which
ginning July 1.
It seems that the senate has been
| national association.
As the matter now
stands, thei e
urged would be glad to cooperate anu , ^ they are tryjng to do 80me direc t
get their dues in early. 'service to their fellow carrier who
From several state papers which r the great beyi0nd . A Httie
come to this office we learn that i cagh . ^ to pags on to the familie ,
some of the states are already ap- , the deceased make s the extension
proaching the 100 per cent member- i g thieg so much more value,!,
ship goal for this year. It may be T gtm hope that more 0 f you boys
that their dues run from January 1 ^ . {n th<? Mutual BeIlefit Feature
to January 1, but our fiscal year does ^ for yQur own persona , bene fit, but
not end until July 1 and everyone who fQr ^ benefit you might be to your
is enrolled at this time has his dues bri(ltherR , families .
paid until July 1, but let us all oo- j w , th begt regards to a „ tbe bo ys, I
operate this year and make this the ' am Fraternall yours,
banner year for our association; in j ’ Fred L whit6i Buc khead, Ga.
other words, make it a year of appre-
COMMENT: We are sure that
our every one who hashbeen privileged to
' read the above letter from Bro. F. L
White, of Buckhead, appreciates be
yond expression the good sentiments
contained herein. Bro. White has al
ways been an ardent worker for the
association and has served in various
capacities for the ongoing of the or
ganization. He has always been fount:
at the task of promoting such pro
grams as would be most beneficial to
his fellow carriers.
We appreciate the kindly things he
says in reference to the conduct of
the news columns.
As Bro. White, we have always felt
a peculiar interest in the Mutual Ben
efit Feature of our association and
have always use d every effort possible
toward furtherin it. It is sincerely
hoped that the brethren will heed
Bro. White’s urgent request and affili
ate with this feature of our associa
tion. A remittance of $1.10 to this
office will enroll you.
to
busily engaged in other legislation are two contracts in force with two
for the past week that this bill has different companies, and some of the
not been called up for action, in fact members have inquired into the ad-
"e have failed to note that it has
been placed on the calendar of the
senate; so unless it is given prefce-
(lence
over some other bills, it will be
several weeks before we will know
tbe outcome of the bill, even if it is
av °rably a(Cted upon,
d j 116 recovery Program, with all its
1 erent agenceis, is .commanding the
major portion ,of the time of mem
bers of
congress, and they are hoping
nit through these agencies the coun-
r.v rill p-et started back to real pros-
P' n t> and better times. I think these
°uld have priority over other mat-
, ers a t this time, for all along the
l,,p on every hand indications are
Pointing to better conditions in the
'cry near future; in fact we are al-
r< x y beginuinp, to feel them, and
c president should not be hampered
O any way in the program that has
bee n started.
■ n , K °°d times have arrived for
rnnf ma l°rity of the citizens, then
fid I ® Wi " see to !t tha t the faith-
take " Vernment worker is properly
tint ° P W ' t ' 1 su itable legislation
iivin W1 afT ° rd Wm or her a de ' eent
_ g wage commensurate with the
the
viability of further payments to one
of the companies, since it has been
brought out that there was being in
stituted legal litigations against its
present officers. I wrote our national
president for information that I
might pass it on to the brethren.
Bro. Armsrong states that the con
tract with the first company which
wrote group insurance for our mem
bers is still in force ar.d the members
are fully protected.
Regarding the other company,
which has been under investigation,
he has to say:
I “We have unqualified assurance
ifrom the insurance commissioner and
j his agent, as well as from our agent,
that the protection and safety of the
'insured members in our group is in
ino way questionable or jeopardize,
by the court proceedings now taking
place. The reserve of the company is
ample and the insurance commission
er is impounding all premiums in a
separate fund for our protection al-
Office department by placing
branch of the service under the su
pervision of a fellow Georgian.
Of course, in this connection, we
are soliciting the outlined coopera
tion of the many brethren who have
been retired during the last severe'
months, and we hope, not only to be
favored with your continued mem
bership but with your presence at our
local and state conventions. You
shall always be a vital and integral
part of our organization, and we need
your continued interest and support.
Past National President Sends
Timely Message
My dear Charlie:
You asked me some time ago
write an article for our news columns
in the Journal, and I promised to do
it, and I guess you are thinking hard
of me for not doing so before now.
I read carefully your news columns
each week and enjoy every issue. I
subscribed for the Journal especially
to get this department; I enjoy the
entire paper, although this is the first
year that I have ever been a Journal
reader.
I appreciate very much the inter
est you are taking in the work of
editing the columns, and I am sure
such effort will surely bring succcess
I know something of the effort neces
sary to conduct a rural letter carriers
news column, as I had th^ job many
years ago in another paper, and I
can tell you it meant many extra
hours of real work, and a denial of
many plesures I might have other
wise enjoyed. But it was not withoui
its compensation, for the many oourte
sies received and the splendid fellow,
ship of my fellow carriers were i
great reward for the effort put forth.
In the early days of our organiza
tion, I used to feel that the boys
were so slow in showing their appre
ciation of.the extra efforts in their
behalf that the effort was not worth
while; I found out, however, that they
did apnreciate every genuine effort in
their behalf and the sacrifices that
were made, and now I hold the many
friendships I have made among the
rural letter carriers very
dear to me
wm 6 ! - may seem to some that it ! whether they
tal<e a long time for it t,o
We give the above information as
we know many of the brethren are
anxiously interested in knowing
have protection for
undertake the service.
It occurs to me that it is not so im.
| to simply say they are business
sportsmen? Does anyone think that
portant when two horses are pulling Mr. Ford today is really engaged in
in tandem as to which shall go first., bus j n ess in that sense to which I have
It is important that the goods be de- ! re f e rred ? He knows, and we all know
livered. The difficulties confronting dbad ; g nod necessary for him, Mr.
us are certainly of sufficient gravity • Morgan, or Mr. Mellon, and thousands
to enlist the best efforts of every true |0 f others of even less wealth, to ae-
American without regard to party af- | cumulate another dollar to afford
filiations. In a successful solution ,of them a surplus. It is not essential to
these problems there will be glory Mr. Ford’s financial independence to
enough for all. To me there would be eXlCe ] j n the manufacture of automo-
infinitely more satisfaction in the, b ji eg( either in quantity : or quality,
knowledge that our people, without, Then why is it that he works more
regard to partisanship or sectional- diligently, perhaps than any of his
ism, were again prosperous, contented 1 employees? It is because he enjoys
and happy than to occupy the most tbe Kame an d it has become essen-
exalted position, either in party or
state, with a knowledge of their mis
ery. The entire membership of this
House, without regard to political
views, should ever bear in mind that
we are all passengers on the same
ship simply occupying different
staterooms. When storm-tossed, as at
present, the question of paramount
importance is the safety of the ship
itself without which no passenger
may survive. According to my ob-1
servation there are certain fundamen
tal -principles underlying all things,
and, may I submit that fundamental
principles are mere important than
temporary expedients. As I have said
on the floor of this House, we have
been unusually blessed by Providence
in being permitted to enjoy the bless-
tial to his happiness; nothing more
and nothing less. Personally, I have
no objection to their sport, to their
entertainment, so long aB it does not
interfere with the business of others,
the real business of life in providing
its necessities and meeting its re
quirements.
The CHAIRMAN. The time of tne
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Castel-
low) has expired.
MR. OLIVER of Alabama. I yield
the gentleman three additional min
utes.
MR. CASTELLOW. I do not know
how many automobiles Mr. Ford can
produce in a day, and I have niot
singled him out except for the pur
pose of illustration, but would it not
How One Man
Lost 22 Pounds
Mr. Herman Runkis of Detroit
ings of the choicest part of this earth | be infinitely better even for Mr. Ford
in which to live, and if we find our-1 himself if, supposing he can produce
selves in difficulties, it cannot, as 1 1 a thousand cars a day, but the people
have before remarked, be charged to j are financially able to use only 100
that Providence which has been so ( per day, would it not be much Setter
kind and beneficient but to our own j if Mr. Ford could only produce 600
shortsightedness. While never at-1 per day and the people were finan-
tempting oratory, I trust that at least daily able to consume 500? It would
I have done my share of independent j be better for Mr. Ford. It would be
thinking. 1 better for his customers; it would be
In an effonrt to convey more clear-1 better for all ooncerned.
ly certain views entertained as to the > We are now developing a thought;
causes of seme of our difficulties, I ( I submit there is much for our con-
ask your indulgence while I relate a ' sideration just here. These problems
conversation with a friend some j confront us not only from the stand-
years ago. We both had cattle ranch- point of the working man but for tne
es at the time and concluded that
possibly we could secure a better
price by uniting and supplying a
certain prospective purchaser with a
large number ,of cattle upon which to
bid. While waiting for the arrival of
our prospective purchaser it occur
°w f en7 jr:, iz -
diet and lost 22 pounds and now fee!
like a new man.”
T,o lose fat safely and quickly take
nnp half teaspoonful of Kru.v’he’i
whose chief pleasure was his busi
ness. Looking at me in a rather sur
prised way, he replied:- “I consider
that I am at least endeavoring to at-
SitaTT. gis, * hot -tor b.?»o MJt. foxy’s
store in America.
If not joyfully satisfied after
first bottle—money back.
i would you say that he was attending
the i to business or frolicking?” With em
phasis, he rejoined: “Of course, he
would be frolicking. ’ "Thank you,” I
replied, “I wanted to know your men
tal reactions to these two proposition*
and then, to*), I have a few more
questions to ask.”
"If you make $500 today out of this
Do not fail to vote for bonds for
the new courthouse Saturday
If you are a registered voter and do
not vote, you are in reality voting stocb „an, as i bo pe you will, are you
near and
and I never miss an
opportunity t0 attend every meeting
in the state as well as the district, so
as to renew old acquaintances as well
as to make new ones.
It puts a little touch of sadness m
mv heart now as I look about and see
the boys
who were my rals in the
an j ., —” - ■!. i.o come, which they are paying.
and they will feel that they cannot i have a policy with the company 1904 when I first en
8Ce the advancing conditions on their which gave our association the first [early days
against the bon d issue. For this paging to spend it in addition to what
reason, if you favor the bond issue of you would spend if you do not make
*90 000 on the basis of which we are it?” “Oh, no; not at all, he replied.
$20,000, on tne oasis or wn.cu e « W jn you permit your family to spend
assured of being able to secure gov- jn addit jo n to wbat they will spend
ernment appropriation of three times jj- yQU do nod mab e it? You know
that amount thereby the realization wba t I mean. You provide for your
of an $80,000 building at a cost to family most generously. You live in
, , . __ « eon nno and as splendid a home as you would feel
local tax payers of only $20,000 and com | ortab]e j n occupyinfj: they ride n
20 years in which to meet tne pay- ag expens j ve an automobile as would
ment. What more could be asked? add 4o their pleasure.” “Yes; I under
The need of a new courthouse lias stand,” he said, “and I would not.’
been a settled question in the minds “If you thought^they_would spend tt
of every individual in the county for
a number of years. This is the oppor
tunity of a life-time and we just can’t
afford to miss it.
would you be willing to make it?
"No” he replied, “I would not.”
“Very well,” I continued, “if Mr.
S^alv catches a fox is he going to eat
him?” “No of course not.” “Would he
protection of the producer, and even
those bo whom we refer as capitalists.
The real danger with which the lat
ter class is menaced lies in their fi
nancial growth. Samsonlike. if per
mitted, might destroy themselves and
others along with them. There is a
truth just here to which I would di
rect attent’.an. 't is this: Tbe aver
age capitalist does not himself pro
duce wealth. He does not produce
dollars. He simply assembles them
just as an automobile assembling
plant assembles but does not produce
a single part in the machine it sup
plies. Practically all wealth is pro
duced by the men and women who
labor, an d they rarely find oppor
tunity to assemble much of their
earnings. The man who has accumu
lated his multiple of millions evi
dently has either paid those who pro
duce too little or charged those who
consumed, too much, and probably-'
both. The government is now under
taking to supervise all classes of busi
ness from the highest to the lowest.
This is a tremendous undertaking in
a country the size of ours. It has
been said that it was not intended
the trees should grow into the heav
ens, and here likewise is a limit to
all things.
So it occurs to me that if a proper
supervisory control were exercised to
prevent the inordinate growth of
great enterprises and private fortunes
bv a limitation of profits, and a
more equitable distribution of the
burdens of government, the operation
of the natnrel laws of competition
would sufficiently regulate the under
growth in business as nature applies-
it. to the forests. It has been mv ob
servation that, whether in private life
or public, it behooves us ever to rec
ognize the notency of these natural
taws. (Applause). t