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This Week in Washington
(PUBLISHER’S AUTOCASTER SERVICE)
Washington, D. C.—The Presi
dent’s Chicago speech and the events
which have followed it in Washing
ton have given the Washington pic
ture a new perspective. Instead of
Justice Black and the Supreme Court,
the war situation, particularly in
the Far East, is now the focus of
political attention. Mr. Black sits on
the Supreme Court bench, although a
movement is on foot to bring im
peachment proceedings against him
in the House of Representatives. The
Supreme Court issue is dormant, if
not dead, for the general belief here
is that Mr. Roosevelt will make no
further effort to get Congress to
authorize him to appoint additional
judges.
Mars Again In Limelight
The war issue, however, is very
much alive. It has turned the eyes
of the whole world to the United
States and its President, and it has
brought the question of American
neutrality in wars between other na
tions sharply to the forefront of
domestic politics. Mr. Roosevelt
practically threw overboard the Neu
trality Act, and abandoned the policy
of national isolation on which it is
based, when he said in Chicago that
the peace-loving nations of the world
must make a concerted effort in
opposition to nations breaking treat
ies and ignoring humane instincts.
His words were clearly aimed at
Japan, and while he reiterated that
America is determined to keep out
of war, yet “we cannot insure our
selves against the disaster of war and
the danger of involvement.” He
suggested an international “quaran
tine” against nations guilty of violat
ing their treaty obligations as a pos
sible means of bringing them to their
senses.
America “Takes Sides”
The intimation that the United
States might be willing to cooperate
with foreign powers in such a “quar
antine” program was received with
enthusiasm by England, France and
Russia, but fell unpleasantly on the
ears of the rulers of Germany, Italy
and Japan. The State Department’s
statement, issued after a consulta
tion with the President and the
Cabinet, pleased the League of Na
tions and further displeased Japan.
The Secretary of State called at
tention to the fact that Japan had
violated not only the Nine-Power
treaty intended to protect China,
but also the Kellogg-Briand pact of
1928 outlawing war as an instrument
of national policy. The Nine Power
Treaty was signed in 1923 by the
United States, Japan, Great Britain,
China, France, Italy, the Netherlands,
Belgium and Portugal and guaran
tees the independence of China and
her territorial integrity, binds the
nine powers to aid her in maintain
ing a stable government, promises
equal commercial opportunities in
China for all nations, and binds the
signatory powers not to seek special
privileges in China at the expense of
other nations. Washington under
stands that Japan had expected
America to take no official notice of
what it was doing in China, and has
been greatly surprised by the State
Department’s attitude.
Congress Fears Entanglements
Surprise and some indignation has
been manifested by members of both
houses of Congress, at what seems
to them like the flouting of the Neu
trality Act by the Administration.
That law provides that if the Presi
dent declares that a state of war
exists between any two nations, he
shall prohibit the sale to either of
them of arms and munitions, and
shall forbid the sale to them of other
goods unless they buy them for
cash and take them away from our
ports in their own ships.
The President did not formally
declare that a state of war exists be
tween Japan and China, but his sug
gestion of a “quarantine” in which
all nations ought to join, and the
intimation that the United States
will take counsel with other powers
to that end, have aroused the fears
of the supporters of the Neutrality
Act that its purpose, that of keeping
the United States neutral in quar
rels between other nations, is being
disregarded, but that we are actually
“taking sides” by denouncing Japan,
and may, conceivably, be drawn into
actual hostilities because of that
partisanship.
Congressional Calendar Crowded
No one can clearly foresee all of
the possible developments of the in
ternational situation, but it promises
to hold the floor in Congress when
it meets in special session, at the
President’s call, for the considera
tion of the Administration’s “un
finished business.” At that session,
the President told the Washington
newspaper men, he will ask for a
bill for control of crops, a bill for
control of maximum hours and mini
mum wages, a bill or bills for reor
ganization of the Federal executive
structure, and the Norris bill for
the creation of seven regional plan
ning authorities to recommend plans
for a coordinated development of
water power and other natural re
sources throughout the United States.
Farm Benefits By 1938
He promised the people of the
Northwest, while he was out there,
that farm legislation would be
rushed through in order to make its
benefits available to farmers in time
for the 1938 crop season. The farm
plan favored by the Administration
15...I 5 ... . on g lines of the Flannagan
bill introduced last spring. That is
based on Secretary Wallace’s “ever
normal granary” plan, with its pro
vision for accumulating safe sur
pluses from abundant crop years as
an offset against lean years resulting
from drouth, pestilences and floods.
Present benefit payment would be
continued to farmers carrying out
approved soil conservation methods
and would be financed by processing
or excise taxes as under the A.A.A.
Fight Due On Wages And Hours
The Black-Connery bill to regulate
hours and wages of workers is likely
to have harder sledding than the farm
bill. Southern Senators and Con
gressmen, almost to a man, are op
posed to it. Moreover, business has
become well solidified in opposition
to the plan.
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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
Today and Tomorrow
(Continued from preceding page)
beefstake. There was not enough
breeding stock left in the cattle
country, after the drought, to pro
duce a normal crop of marketable
steers for this year. More people
want beef; there is less beef avail
able; hence the high prices.
I don’t believe we will ever see
cheap beef again. It takes a lot of
capital to raise beef cattle, and a
long wait for returns. In the old
days of the open range beef was
cheap. Now the range country has
been fenced in, and the cost of cat
tle raising will never go down again.
♦ * *
BOOKS . . an author’s gamble
I have just finished writing a book.
I have done little else for the past
five months but work on that book.
It will be published in December and
then, if enough people buy copies of
it, I’ll begin to get my wages for
the time I spent on writing it. If
a whole lot of people like the book
well enough to buy it, I may get
, better than wages for my time.
Once in a while someone writes a
book which becomes a “best seller,”
but only once in a while. For every
“Gone With the Wind,” which has
earned over a half a million dollars
for the woman who wrote it, there
ate hundreds of books published
which do not sell enough copies to
cover the author’s living costs for
the time spent in writing them.
It is impossible for anyone to pre-
diet that any book will make money
for its author. Often the ones which
make the big money are books which
nobody expected the public to like.
That is one of the reasons why the
business of writing for a living is so
exciting.
FOR SALE— The J. B. Hodges
farm, 1 1-2 miles northwest of Jakin,
consisting of 200 acres land, some
thing like 85 acres in cultivation. Will
sell at a reasonable amount, part
cash and balance to suit party buy
ing same. Write S. L. HODGES,
Amsterdam, Ga. 2t
BLAKELY CHAPTER 44 R. A. M.
Blakely Chapter 4 4
W Royal Arch Mason*
meets on the second
and fourth Mondax
nights of each manti
I at 8 o'clock. Visiting
companions invited.
C. E. Martin,
Hiifh
J. G. Standifer,
Secretary.
MASONIC NOTICE
® Magnolia Looge Nu
86 Free and Accept
ed Masons holds reg
Ws/lfpJwF ular common 'ration*
zt 011 the flrst and th,rf<
/ \ Monday nights ir,
"S each month. The
time is 8 p. m. in the summer, 7:30
p. m. in the fall and spring and 7 p
tn. during the winter. Visiting bretn
ren are cordially invited to attend
J. A. HAMMACK, W. M.
J. G. STANDIFER, Sec’y.
A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
Some Things of Interest That Happened
Fifty Years Ago.
(Excerpts from Early County New*
of October 20, 1887.)
THIS ISSUE was rather an ab
brevated affair, possibly because the
editor went to the State Fair in
Macon.
♦ * *
THERE were several exhibits at
the State Fair from Blakely, includ
ing an elaborate fancy work display
by Mrs. E. L. Fryer and Mrs. J. J.
Smith. Mrs. W. A. McDowell is send
ing up an exhibit of farm products
and Dr. T. M. Howard is carrying up
a lot of fine hogs and pit game chick
ens.-
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BESIDES the local advertisers, the
following ads are found in these
pages: Tutt’s Pills, Royal Baking
Powder, New Home Sewing Machine,
Simmons’ Liver Regulator, Ayers’
Hair Vigor, Tennessee wagons.
SINGER SEWING MACHINES
Sales and Service
J. I. SUMNER,
Agents Blakely, Ga.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS include:
G. D. Oliver, Attorney at Law; W.
A Jordan, Attorney at Law; H. C.
Sheffield, Attorney at Law; G. R.
Ewell, Chemist and Druggist; J. R.
Ender, Dentist and Watchmaker; Dr.
T. M. Howard, Dentist and Physician;
Dr. W. B. Standifer, Physician and:
Apothecary; J. M. & R. W. Wade,
Merchants; B. H. Robinson, Mer
chant.
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