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This Week in Washington
(PUBLISHER’S AUTOCASTER SERVICE)
Washington, D. C.—As the time
of the Presidential nominating con
ventions draws near and Congress is
going through the motions of speed
ing up in preparation for adjourn
ment, the observer sitting on the side
lines notes a great deal more evi
dence of political considerations in
the going on in both houses, than of
real interest in the national welfare.
Practically the only measure of
consequence which this session of
the 76th Congress has considered on
its merits apart from its political
effects is the group of legislation
which comes under the head of Na
tional Defense.
There has been practically no op
position from either side of either
Chamber to the approval of plans
and appropriation of funds for en
larging the Navy, the Air Corps and
the Army, and of accumulating a
supply of war materials which
might be difficult to get if the war
zone is further extended. Not that
anybody seriously expects the U. S.
to become involved in the war, but
you never can tell.
The clearest exposition that has
been made of the war policy of the
United States as it has been shaped
by the present Administration, and
the details of the discussions and ac
tions which led up to it, is con
tained in a book called “American
.White Paper” written by two bright
young Washington newspaper men,
Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner.
Unofficial Document
It is a purely unofficial document,
but it bears internal evidence of
having been compiled from official
information. It has created a sensa
tion in political circles, and its
young authors seem to be on the
road to wealth; for the papercover
ed volume is reported to be selling at
the rate of 5,000 copies a day at $1
a copy.
This correspondent has no per
sonal interest in giving the book a
free puff, but does not hesitate to
recommend that every intelligent
American of any other party ought to
read it. It is the most enlightening
document yet published in its ex
position of the way in which, the
President, his cabinet and the
American diplomats abroad handled
the troublesome problems of what
the American position should be
when the war, which they foresaw
long before it broke, should finally
come.
The 4 effect of this document is not
likely to be the development of
opposition to the Administration’s
policy of trying to help the Allies in
every possible way without making
any committments which could pos
sibly involve the United States in
actual warfare. That is almost the
only point of Administration policy
which is not subject to violent at
tack by the Republican minority,
as well as from within the ranks of
the Democratic Party.
Some very funny things have
been going on in Congress, all of
them obviously motivated by poli
tical consideration. There was the
shelving of the proposed amend
ments to the Wages and Hours
Law, for example.
It was evident early in the ses
sion that a majority of the mem
bers favored changes in this law.
The minority group which wanted
no change, managed by parliamen
tary maneuvering to bring it up for
consideration in such away that
any member could offer any amend
ment which he thought might be
productive of votes in his home dis
trict to help him get reelected.
Hodge-Podge Results
The result was such, a hodge
podge of amendments as to make
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the old law completely unworkable,
so that on the final vote practically
all of the members agreed that the
only thing to do with it was to toss
it back into the pigeon-hole and let
the next Congress tackle it.
The mystery of what happened to
the second Hatch-Dempsey Bill to
control political activities, in the
House Judiciary Committee, prob
ably never will be solved. A secret
ballot was taken in the Committee
with the result, as reported by
Chairman Sumners, of fourteen votes
against reporting the bill to ten in
favor of it. But as soon as that was
publicly announced Representative
Dempsey of New Mexico made a pri
vate canvass of the Committee—and
fifteen members assured him that
they had voted in favor of reporting
his bill.
Mr. Dempsey, who does not take
rebuffs lying down, went into ac
tion and stirred up one 'of the
i liveliest rows which has occurred in
| Congress this year. The bill 'is in
tended to supplement the Hatch
Bill adopted last year, which pro
hibits Federal employees from tak
ing an active part in national poli
tical campaigns.
It extends this prohibition to all
State employees who draw any
part of their compensation from
Federal funds. This is aimed par
ticularly at State Highway depart
ments, all of which are partly
supported by the Federal Govern
ment and most of which have been
built up into powerful State poli
tical machines.
Hornet’s Nest
The President stirred up a hor
net’s nest when he sent to Con
gress a recommendation for another
step in his departmental reorgani
zation plan. He proposed to take
away from the Civil Aeronautics
Authority its status as an independ
ent administrative unit, responsible
directly to Congress, and to put it
into the Department of Commerce,
under the jurisdiction of Secretary
Harry Hopkins.
The opposition to this change
was based upon the very bad rec
ord of the Department of Com
merce when it had control of avia
tion, before the C.A.A. was estab
lished.
Since the C. A. A. has been on the
job there has not been a single fatal
accident on any American commer
cial airline.
ATTENTION, ACTORS;
A RUBBER EGG!
Calhoun, Ga.—ls D. H. Reeves can
develop a freak he found in his chick
en yard, the eggs you throw at “ham’*’
actors will bounce back.
Reeves found twin eggs—two that
were bound together—in one of his
nests last week. The shells of both
eggs and the cord that binds them
are as flexible as rubber. With a
little egging on, Mr. Reeves’ hen
ought to revolutionize the poultry
business. Now schools will have to
have Easter egg bouncings instead of
Easter egg rollings.
HOWARD’S MILL
The farmers surely are having
some fine weather for killing grass.
Mrs. Ellie Clark and children and
Mr. Edward Newberry, of Iron City,
were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Sheffield.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Howard, Mr.
J. E. Barfield and Miss Gladys Bar
field were shopping in Dothan Satur
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Hill, of Donal
sonville, and Mr. and Mrs. Carlton
Pierce and son, Raef, dined Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Love and family
attended services at Bethel Springs
Sunday.
Little Roy Pierce is visiting his
grandmother, Mr. E. Z. Hill, of Donal
sonville, this week.
Mrs. Robert Davis and children
spent Wednesday with Mrs. Charlie
Murkerson.
Messrs. J. H. Williams and S. T.
Dunning were in Blakely Saturday.
Little Betty Joe Hill, who is going
to Donalsonville school, spent Sun-|
day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1
Emmett Hill.
BLAKELY CHAPTER 44 R. A. M.
Blakely Chapter 44
t Royal Arch Masone
meets on the second
and fourth Monday
nights of each montt
at 8 o’clock. Visiting ’
companions invited.
J. E. Houston,
High Priest
J. G. Standifer,
Secretary.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY. GEORGIA
THIS WEEK
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By EARL “TIGE” PICKLE
The conductor of this mighty pil-
■ lar of wisdom has spent the past
i few days reading Thomas Stokes’
I new book, Chip Off My Shoulder. If
I you care what a southerner thinks
of the south, the deep south, we
mean, too, suh, and would like to
know the facts behind the news in
I Washington, D. C., to know some
thing of the personal lives of the
Presidents from Harding to F. D. R.,
then by all means read Chip Off My
Shoulder. The author takes a punch
at the south, especially at Georgia
and South Carolina’s cheap labor
and the K. K. K., although he was
born and reared in Atlanta. Despite I
this, his writings are from a point
of constructive criticism and. you
can’t help but agree with him, even
though certain passages of the book j
I will make you mad. Stokes writes
sympathetically of Warren G. Hard
ing, something we have never seen
done before, and Calvin Coolidge,
who had a reputation for being a
silent and brilliant man, didn’t qual
ify for but half that reputation.
He was silent. He was a little fel
low who liked to keep important
people waiting while he slept at his
desk in the White House. Sitting
on the White House porch and
Watching the street cars go by was
another restful diversion enjoyed by
Silent Cal. While Silent Cal was
sitting on his porch and watching
the street cars go by, a huge de
pression slipped up on the United
States for which his successor got
the credit. And for which you and
I are still paying very dearly.
Lula Stephens cleverly writes a bit
of verse in the Christian Science
Monitor, titled “Why Can’t It Be?
Where can a man buy a cap for his
knee?
Or a key to the lock of his hair?
Can an eye be called an academy
Because there are pupils there?
In the crown of his head what gems
are found?
Who crosses the bridge of his
nose?
Can he use, when shingling the roof
of his house,
The nails on the end of his toes?
Can the crook of his elbow be sent
to jail?
If so, what can he do?
How does* he sharpen his shoulder
blades—
Oh, no, I don’t know—do you?
Can he sit in the shade of the palm
of his hand?
Or a beat on his eardrum hear?
If the calf of his leg eats the corn
on his toes,
Should he not grow his corn on
the ear?
The Stork Proclaims
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hall, Jr., have
joined the parade of perambulator
pushers. It’s a boy, William Hall, 111.
This Should Be Better Than
The Derby
Barnett (Bud) Solomon wishes us
to announce that he is sponsoring a
baby-buggy race on the court house
square some time early in June.
Butch Hammack, Buddy Howell and
Billy Hall have have already paid
their entry fee and Tom Grier is
expected to qualify before the end
of the week. Butch is expected to go
to the post as the favorite, since he
has been in training longer. Bud says
first prize will be 5,000 pairs of tri
cornered trousers and an electric
washing machine. No consolation
prize will be given.
Morgan Blake, in the Atlanta
Journal says that a quick way to
end the war would be to send Pop
eye, Red Ryder, Ally Ooop and Joe !
Palooka to Germany. Os course,:
Brother Blake, they work on a rival ■
paper, but wouldn’t you want Dick I
Tracy, Smilin’ Jack and Superman i
in that army, too. With all those |
fellows after Hitler, his life would |
be about as safe as fried chicken at j
a preacher conference.
Albany’s famous fire department
has an assistant chief named Romeo. I
He seems to be just the man for
climbing ladders.
Some People We Could Get Along I
Just As Well Without:: Authors
who mingle foreign language phrases
in their writings just to display
their learnings . . . Peanut politi
cians . . . Lady-killers . . . So-called
big men with little minds . . . And
people who forget to say “thank
you.”
NEW MARKERS TRIED ON GEORGIA ROADS.
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Oversize markers, to aid motorists in determining their routes far in advance of reaching a turn, are
being tested by the Division of Traffic and Safety of the Highway Department. One group is shown above
being inspected by C. Pl Carter, left, superintendent of metal working at the State Prison, and G. A. Fish
er, superintendent of the prison. When experiments with the new markers are completed, they will be
manufactured at the State Prison. •
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1936 Oldsmobile Six Tudor 1935 Chevrolet Coupe; new
Sedan, new paint, seat cov- paint, new seat covers and
ers, reconditioned QCC TT M j reconditioned
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1937 Dodge Tudor Sedan, 1933 Plymouth Fordor Se-
reconditioned and new paint dan; reconditioned through-
and seat 9Q£ * out ’ new P a ‘ nt 1 7£
covers LtJtJ 1936 Chevrolet Truck, and seat covers 1I J
long chassis, cab and 00C
body LILSj
1936 Plymouth Tudor Selan. 1939 Chevrolet DeLuxe Tu-
in good shape, new paint \ dor, with radio, and recon-
and new seat HQC 1936 Ford, long chassis, ditioned, with new
covers ZiUt) cab and 1 *7C seat covers and paint tJtJv
body lit)
1936 Chevrolet Tudor Se- 1936 Chevrolet DeLuxe Se
dan; reconditioned and an 1938 Ford, long chassis, dan; reconditioned, and has
excellent buy OQC ca h
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McKinney Chevrolet Co.
South Main St. Blakely, Ga.
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