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This Week in Washington
(PUBLISHER’S AUTOCASTER SERVICE)
Washington, D. C.—ls what the
returning Undersecretary of State
reported to the President and Secre
tary Hull is ever put in print, the
volume might be entitled “The Edu
cation of Sumner Welles.”
There is no doubt that Mr. Welles,
after a month’s tour of Europe in
which he had long conversations
with the heads of all the govern
ments which are at war and the I
most important of the neutral na
tions, is the best-informed man in
America, if not in the world, as to
the aims and desires of Great Brit
ain, France, Germany and Italy.
He is the one person living who
is able to compare and check from
first-hand information the avowed
objectives of all of the European
belligerents.
Whether anything immediately
tangible comes of Mr.- Welles’s ex
men, as well as among statesmen
information which he brought back
may be very great, as a guide to the
future attitude of the United States.
Nothing could be more definite
than Mr. Welles’s statement on his
return that he took no peace pro
posals with him, no peace proposals
were offered to him and that his
Government did not send him abroad
to talk about peace.
Nevertheless, the belief still per
sists among Senators and Congress
men, as well as among Statemen
and observers abroad, that the prin
cipal purpose of the President in
sending Mr. Welles on his mission
was to put our Government in a
position where, if opportunity of
fered, it could take a strong hand
in peace negotiations and gain a
great economic advantage in world
affairs by using the power of our
national wealth to impose peace
terms which would strengthen the
allied nations and be of no great aid
to Germany.
That Germany is trying to stir
up trouble in the United States and
create a public opinion in opposition
to supplying munitions to England
and France is indicated by the pub
lication in Germany of documents
which the German government
claims to have found in the official
files of the Polish Foreign Office in
Warsaw.
They consist chiefly of what are
said to be reports by Polish officials
of conversations with the American
Ambassadors in Warsaw, London
and Paris. These American officials
are reported as having said, in ef
fect, that the United States was
trying to induce England to go to
war with Germany and that this
country would certainly be in the
war after it started.
Taken Seriously
While nobody in Washington be
lieves there is any truth in the
statement given out by the Ger
mans, they are taken seriously as a
warning to this Government that if
it continues to be too friendly to the
Allies, Germany will regard itself
as justified in considering the
United States an enemy. That was
about the way Germany acted in
the World War of 1914-18 with the
result that we did get into the war.
While nobody can interpret the
presidential mind, and the belief
still persists in some quarters that
Mr. Roosevelt expects to find away
to convince the people of the United
States that a serious foreign crisis
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is at hand, in which it would be
foolish to put untried men in power,
the third-term talk is actually grow
ing less.
Since Mr. Farley came out in the
open and declared that he will be a
candidate for the Democratic nomi
nation regardless of whoever else
wants it, the Administration’s sup
porters are beginning to talk more
about other persons who would be
acceptable to Mr. Roosevelt to head
the Democratic ticket. That Mr.
Farley and Vice-President Garner
are working as a team to prevent
Mr. Roosevelt’s renomination is gen
erally believed.
No New Tax Laws
Congress, as experienced observers
have been predicting, has dropped
all pretense of economy and is go
ing ahead to spend money wherever
it will influence the most voters.
And, as is always the case in presi
dential years, it is not preparing to
enact any new tax laws.
That is one reason, among others,
why the very first bill introduced in
this Congress at the beginning of its
first session is not expected even to
get out of the Ways and Means
Committee and onto the Floor of
Congress. That is Representative
Wright Patman’s Chain Store Tax
Bill.
Ostensibly intended as a revenue
producer, Mr. Patman makes little
attempt to deny that its real purpose
is to put the chain dealers out of
business. Hearings are under way
before a subcommittee, which has
been listening to explanations by
I the author of the bill and some of
the business interests opposed to
I chain merchandizing.
As originally drawn the Bill im
posed a tax of SSO on each store in
' a chain of more than fifteen, gradu-
I ated up to SI,OOO a store, and the
total multiplied by the number of
states in which the chain did busi
j ness. Mr. Patman has submitted
several amendments, reducing the
amount of the tax by one-half, but
including filling stations with other
chain enterprises.
No Clear Understanding
j There is still no clear understand
ing as to all the various lines of
business that would be affected were
the Patman Bill to become law. It
' clearly would impose heavy taxation
j upon chain food stores, chain cigar
i craft and other munitions. We
would have to do the same for Ger
many if Germany could come and
get war materials and pay cash for
> them. Germany can’t do that, and
so with characteristic German logic,
* the Germans are accusing America
of discriminating against them.
If Germany should win the war,
which is not impossible, then we
- might find ourselves in trouble, for
s which we might as well begin to
- prepare now. But we would lose
i more than we could possibly gain
f by becoming a combatant in the
i present free-for-all, which is none
f of our affair.
NOTICE, TAX PAYERS
The Commissioners have placed in
my hands for collection all past due
tax fi. fas. up to the year 1939. I
have been authorized to collect them
or levy will be made. Attend to
this at once and save extra costs.
W. D. SAMMONS.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
PRESENTMENTS
(Continued from first page)
bridges good under present weather
conditions, highway progressing fine.
B. M. GARRETT,
J. G. CRAFT,
J. H. DYKES,
Committee on Camp
and Equipment.
COUNTY SCHOOL SUPT.
We attach hereto the report of
the County School Superintendent
which becomes a part of these pre
sentments.
APPOINTMENTS
We have elected D. W. Sasser and
W. V. Miller to the County Board
of Education for the ensuing term.
RECOMMENDATIONS
We recommend that the time of
holding Superior Court in our coun
ty be changed from the present
time, namely, the first Monday in
April and first Monday in October,
to the last two weeks in January and
the last two weeks in July. We be
lieve that the change of time would
be of benefit to the farming inter
est of the county.
We, the Grand Jury of Early
county, do not recommend the
adoption of the Ellis Health Law.
We wish to express our apprecia
tion to His Honor, Judge C. W.
Worrill, for his able and timely
charge; also to Solicitor R. A. Pat
terson and our Foreman, J. 0.
Bridges, for their capable leader
ship. To Sheriff S. W. Howell,
Bailiff W. A. Scott, and the Court
Bailiffs assigned to us, we wish to
express our appreciation for effi
fi'ciency and splendid cooperation in
all matters.
We recommend that these pre
sentments be published in one issue
of our local county paper and that
the customary rate be paid for same.
J. B. JONES,
G. HOLMAN,
J. R. PRINCE.
Signed: J. B. JONES, Foreman.
GORDON HALL, Clerk.
GEORGIA—EarIy County:
It is hereby ordered by the
Court, that the above and foregoing
General Presentments of the Grand
Jury be received, adopted, filed for
record, and published according to
law. This 4th day of April, 1940.
C. W. WORRILL, J. S. C. P. C.
Filed in office April 4, 1940.
BERT TARVER, Clerk.
REPORT OF COUNTY SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT
Blakely, Ga., April 1, 1940.
To the Honorable Grand Jury o f
Early County:
Gentlemen:
I wish to submit the following as
my annual report to you as County
School Superintendent:
There are eleven (11) white
schools and thirty-eight (38) color
ed schools in Early county, employ
ing one hundred fifty-nine (159)
teachers. Os the eighty-nine (89)
white teachers, thirty-eight (38) are
natives of the county, and of the
seventy (70) colored teachers, forty
two (42) are native of the county.
Approximately 2,500 white children
are enrolled and 2,300 colored child
ren.
Cedar Springs, Colomokee, Liberty
Hill, New Hope, Springfield, Rowena
and Union are standard or accredit
ed elementary schools, while Blakely,
Damascus, Hilton and Jakin are ac
credited high schools. The number
of teachers and grades in each school
was determined by the State Depart
ment of Education or State Board of
Education and the Economy Commit
tee of the Georgia Legislature.
The State of Georgia has a salary
schedule whereby each teacher is
paid according to the type of state
certificate he or she holds. The;
money for salaries for these teachers
comes to the County School Superin
tendent so designated and can be used
for no other purpose. I receive
89115.00 as teachers’ salaries each
month. The County Board of Edu
cation supplements the salaries of
principals and vocational teachers.
The entire pay roll per month for
teachers’ salaries is 814,363.00,
811,309.50 of this being for white
teachers and 83,053.50 being for
colored teachers. The State does
not pay anything towards the salary
of bus drivers other than what is
sent to us as Equalization funds. Our
transportation pay roll each month
amounts to 82,470.00. These three
items amount to a total sum of $16,-
833.00 per month.
Funds come into this office from
three sources, namely, the State of
Georgia for teachers’ salaries, from
the State of Georgia as Equalization
Funds, and from county taxes. The
Equalization Funds are to be used
to assist in paying salaries and bus
drivers for the two months that the
State does not obligate to pay. sll,-
828.58 has been collected to date
on 1938 taxes and $8,436.03 of 1939
taxes. From time to time small
amounts are collected on taxes prior
to these two years. We receive no
other funds.
During the past few months, it has
taken funds to pay the bank for
money borrowed last year to com
plete the spring term. As you know,
the State did not pay for the seven
months promised and by one way or
another we managed to run schools
for nine months. This year the State
has paid for only six months and has
already informed us that only one
week of the seventh month will be
paid, though this has been promised
to us by the State. In fact, we are
not sure of receiving this one week
in the seventh month. Ido not know
what arrangements the County Board
of Education will be able to make
about finances for the remainder of
the term. We do not have suffi
cient funds on hand nor do we have
sufficient income to guarantee a
nine months term. However, I am
sure that the County Board of Edu
cation will make every possible ef
fort to finance the regular term of
nine months for our children.
The books of this office and those
of each local district treasurer are
audited annually by the State De
partment of Audits. I attach the
most recent audit as my financial
report to you.
The terms of Mr. F. M. Mosely
and W. D. Sasser as members of the
County Board of Education have ex
pired. According to law, it becomes
your duty to fill these vacancies.
During the present school term the
Board has borrowed $6,000.00 in
order to meet the pay roll when due.
All of this has been promptly re
paid and we owe nothing today.
I appreciate personally and as
County School Superintendent, every
effort put forth by many Early Coun
ty citizens to improve and encourage
our schools. They are considered to
be among the best in the State of
Georgia, and I assure you that I
shall always be glad and most willing
to do anything that is within my
power to help them uphold this
standard. It has been a great privi
lege and pleasure to me during many
years to help them reach and main
tain their present standard.
Respectfully,
ANNETTE ALEXANDER JONES,
Supt. Early County Schools
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