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ATHENS, GEORGIA
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The Tragedv of Herbert Hoover |
By OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD |
(In The Nation.)
Yes, Mr. Hoover's position is nothing less than
tragic. If he is the semsitive, proud, and high
minded man that his intimate friends have certi-‘
fied him to be, it must seem to him that in his
case the road to glory has led but to despair. For
wvears he planned and worked and schemed—and
stooped—to achieve the greatest gift the American
people can bestow. It has turned to ashes in his
hands. Not in my 34 years of journalistic experi
ence has any president so failed to impress or to!
win the public. He is a tragic figure, one to be
pitied; and his own unhappiness appears mirrored}
in every counterfeit presentment which reaches
an entirely unresponsive pullic. Unless he is.
utterly deluded he must know that he has failed in |
his task, that the bulk of his fellow.citizens regard
him with indifference, and that large numbers of
them have identified him with the economic dis.
aster which has come upon the nation.
Let it be said at the outset that Mr. Hoover is
in congiderable part the vietim of circumstances.
It is wrong and unjust to hold him entirely tespon
sible for the unemployment and economic con
fusion. Both would have come if the smooth and
smug Calvin Coolidge had remained in office. It is
a world-wide depression, and the ablest minds
here and in Europe beiiewe that mno nation can
work out of it by itself; tnat joint action alone can
restore the normal process- of manufacture, barter,
and exchange. But, Mr. Hoover, after coming back
ifrqm the peace conference a democrat to the ex.
tent of running successfully in the democratic
presidential primary in Michigan and of support
ing to the full President Wilson, especially in his
advocacy. of the League of Nations, joined the re
publican party. As a republican he cannot com
plain if the country, after being taught for genera
tions that prosperity inevitably comes with and
‘through the republicans, now holds his party re
sponsible for the bad times. He himself boasted
during his pre-election campaign that the nation
‘had progressed from the full dinner paif to the full
garage. How shriveled must he feel when he re
reads his speech of acceptance of the republican
nomination on August 11, 1928 in which he de..
‘clared that we were reaching “one of the oldest
‘and perhaps the noblest of human aspirations . . .
the abolition of poverty.” By poverty, he explained,
T mean the grinding of uandernourishment, cold,
~and ‘ignorance, and fear of old age of those who
‘have the will to work.” 5 o
. As il this was not enough, he continued in these
striking words: “There is no guaranty thmst
poverty equal te a job for every man. This is the
primary purpose of the economic policies we advo.
cate,” Can he justly complain if he finds himself
less than three. years later, held responsible for
the six or seven millions of unemployed who are
now confronted. not with *“the abolition of pov
erty,” but with the absolutely empty dinner pails,
and are facing “undernourishment, cold, and ignor
ance, and fear of old age’?
But if the major responsibility for the panic is
not his, there are minor responsibilities for which
he can be and is justly held responsible. His
treasury department and the federal reserve could
have put some brakes on the stock exchange spec
ulation long before the crash. He could have re.
fused to put out, and to allow his ¢abinet ministers
to put out, those endless misleading statements on
the character of the crisis and the amount of unem.
ployment. No matter how innocent he was of re.
spongibility for the evil times, there was no wis
dom or common sense in his assuring, his fellow.
ment was little more than seasonal and that. there
was every prospect that the depression would be
over in two months. Deceiving your fellow-coyn
trymen is no way to end economic distress!
Mr. Hoover is in another sense {he victim of
circumstances. We are witnessing the collapse
not merely of one but of several political philoso
phies. Wa are beholding as well the breakdown of
an entire social system. It matters not whether
there will be one or many recoveries, or how soon
prosperity will reappear; for some political legends
are now wholly shattered, and when this panic ends
not all the king's horses or all the king’s men will
put Humpty-Dumpty exactly together again.
Mr. Hoover is also to be pitied because his own
theory of governing has broken down. His plan of
government by commission has achieved only ridi
cule in the case of the Wickersham body; his
other cominissions have so far merely acted as
countrymen on March 8, 1930, that the unemploy
lightning arresters, like his committee on unem.
ployment, whose chairman, Colonel Arthur Woods,
has finally run off to Europe in despair. His excel
lent plan for the reorganization of the government
in Washington has come to nothing, partly because
f congressional indifference, and partly because of
Mr. Hoover's own inability to challenge public
nterest and drive things /through. His method of
mproving conditions within a trade by action of
he trade itself under government leadership sue.
eeds here but fails there. One business after an-;
ther breaks down under his eves: the rubber
usiness, the oil busimess, the sugar business, the
rain business, and numerous others. Withouti
nowing whither such a policy may lufl:, these
reat industries each clamor for a ezar and the
ght to Aix prices and act unitedly without' the
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HOOVER PLAN PURELY
CAMOUFLAGE
. Nearing the eve of the presidential elec
‘tion, President Hoover has announced a
,proposed plan for the relief of the period
of depression which has been world wide
during the past eighteen months. The
jplan provides for the suspension of pay
ment of all war debts, principal and inter
est due the United States by foreign coun
tries for one year. In other words, the
president proposes to extend the obliga
tions of these nations for twelve months
which would deprive this country of over
245 millions of dollars which is due in
December. The Associated Press has com
piled a concise statement showing the
amounts of war debts which would be af
fected by the »roposed moratorium as
suggested by President Hoover that gives
& clear view of the indebtedness of foreign
countries to this nation. It reads:
“Great Britain pays the United States
approximately $165,000,000 a year in
principal and interest.
~ “Allied war debt payments to Great
Britain total $88,750,000 in 1931 and
1932 and 891,250,000 a year thereafter.
“Germany pays Great Britain $80,000.-
000 a year in reparations annuities, and
thus Great Britain collects from her cred
itors enough to cover her annual debt pay
ment to the United States.
“France pays the United States increas
ing amounts each year, installments of
principal rising from about $31,000,000
in 1926 to $115,000,000 in 1987.
“Interest did not begin until last year,
and until 1940 will be at the rate of only
one per cent.
“Italy pays the United States about
$15,000,000 a year, increasing to about
$80,000,000 in 1987. o
- “Germany this year owes $425,000,000
in reparations.” . Sl
Suppose Congress suspends or extends
the payment of war debts, due this coun
try by foreign nations, for a period of one
yvear, will it help to relieve the period of
depression? Certainly not, but it will de
prive this country of a payment of 245
millions dollars from these countries. We
believe in a liberal policy on the part of
the United Sfiz‘ztes in making collection of
war debts, but such a plan will not re
store stable and sound commercial con
ditions. The war debts are not responsible
for the period of depression. The action
of a Republican Congress in enacting the
Smoot-Hawley tariff bill has caused the
unsettled and . demoralized conditions
which have grown to be world wide. This
drastic tariff measure has practically pro
hibited foreign export of commercial pro
ducts into this country. In retaliation,
twenty-six foreign nations through their
legislative bodies, enacted tariff measures
which practically prohibit the exporting
of American products to those countries.
- Trade relations between America and
foreign countries has been the greatest
feeder this country enjoyed commercially,
With the discriminating tariff law, a
restoration of trade relations cannot be
expected. The automobile industry has
felt the effects of the tariff, so much so
that Ford and other manufacturers of au
tomobiles have been forced to establish
plants in foreign countries. American cot
ton has suffered at the hands of the cot
ton manufacturing’interests of foreign na
tions. The decline in export of cotton is
due entirely to the objectionable Ameri
can tariff law. Russia grew a fifty per
jcent larger cotton crop in 1930; in 1931,
the acreage has been doubled over that of
last year. Egypt and India have increased
their "acreage this year. Instead of using
practically all American cotton, these
foreign manufacturers use just as little as
possible mixing it with short staple for
eign cotton in ordeér to build up the fab
(rics.
The suspension of payment of war
debts will not relieve the period of depres
sion; the modification or vrepeal of the
Smoot-Hawley tariff law is the only hope
for the restoration of normal conditions.
President Hoover, as spokesman for the
Republican party, is endeavoring to divert
the attention of the people from the real
cause of the depression by offering his
one-year moratorium plan of suspension
of payment of war debts, The people may
be gullible in some things, but they have
suffered too much and too long to swallow
this Republican propaganda broadcasted
for political purposes in the hope of
checking the Deméeratic tide which is
spreading throughout the nation.
| WHEN PROSECUTORS “BARGAIN"
The Wickersham Commission's survey
lof the administration of criminal justice
in the United States point out that a great
source of evils is the custom which mosi
prosecuting attornmeys have established of
“bargaining” with criminals for pleas of
guilty. .
That works out iike this: a man is in
dicted for burglary, but the prosecutor
is not quite sure he can get a conviction.
The accused man, on the other hand, is
afraid that maybe he will be convicted;
so he talks things over and agrees to plead
guilty to simple larceny—thereby getting
a ligher sentence. ~
Such bargains are every-day affairs. In
the long run they save a good deal of
trouble and expense. Yet, as the commis
sion points out, they open a great field for
the “fixer.” Furthermore, in a surprisingly
large number of cases men indicted for
serious cyimes are allowed to plead guilty
to minor offenses and thus escape the pun
ishment they should get.
A certain amount of such bargaining is
inevitable in any prosecutor's office. The
commission does a public service, however,
in pointing out the dangers inherent in the
process.
‘ e e e R—— e
Miniature polo, played on foot wity
regulation mallets and balls, has been in
trodueed on the Pacific coast. -
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A tool handle with a vacnum grip has
| DID IT EVER OCCUR
| TO YOU
" A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING
' —NOT MUCH OF ANYHTING
BY HUGH ROWE
| Over in Atlanta, the State
~ Capitol, has the appearance
, of a cirqus day with the
~ tent crowded to capacity to
~ see the big show which opens
every two years.
' This year it will have more ‘o
offer in the way of novelties than
ever before, The performers, leg.
iglators, in both House and Senate
will have something going on in
every ring during the entire en
gagement which is schedvled for
sixty days. In addition to the
general routine of business, the
most important feature will be
the redistricting of the state—
making over the- Congressional
districts.
Just how and when or the
procedure for redistricting the
state will he gone into has
not been anncunced, but
plans are heing discussed pro
and con.
The stiggestion for a state wide
election does not seem to have
proved popular, To elect from the
state at large might result in
complications that would destroy
2qual representation in the Na
tional House of Congress. There
i 3 much to be considered in the
plan of redistricting and mature
consideration shoultf be given to
the matter before final action iz
taken.
From present plans, it ap
pears that a majority of the
law makers will favor a re
districting plan based on pop-
ulation with the larger towns
and cities as the hub of the
wew distriets,
A merger of a number of
counties from one district to an
other wotld of course solve the
vexed problem, and in the end,
no doubt, that will be the plan
of the legislators. ‘But whatever
plan may be adopted, it is bound
to meat with opposition and com
plications. With twelve congress
men fighting for a district ‘with
only ten districts to be created
will be interesting. Yes, intorest
ing!
While the legislators are
scrapping over the redistrict
ing of the state, it would not
Wiz a bad idea to give some
thought to the plan of com
solidation of counties and sen
atorial distiricts.
The Terrell plan is a good one
and from it, the legislators should
be able to work out a merger
or consclidation system of new
counties that woutld be satisfac
counties is of as much importance
covnties is as of much importance
at this tim: as is reducing the
number of Congressional districts.
The two propositions are closely
allied, and, if possible, they
should be acted upon at this sec
tion of the legislature.
“Are wou the man that
mada that long drive from the
last. tee?”
“Yes, siree, I'm the man.”
(Proudly).
“Are you sure it was you?”
“Yep, certain. Pretty, wasn't
it—27o yards.” (More proudly.)
“Well, you owe me a new
windshield and rear window.”
SEVEN YEARS AGO
Menday,’ June 23, 1924
Cotton: 28 1-2 cents.
Weather: Partly cloudy.
Waldorf Hotel, N. Y.: ~With
William G. McAdoo and his sup
parters attacking the “intrenched
interests” of New York in their
efforts to preserve the Democra
tic nomination for the west; with
the fight against the Kt Klux
Klan growing in intensity and
with all delegates on hand op
posing, forces were forming rap
idly Monday for what William
Jennings Bryan says “will be the
greatest mational convention in
the history of the party”,
Mitchell Field, N. Y.: Lieunten
ant Maughan took off at 4 a, m.,
Monday on his third attempt to
fly from New York to San Fran
cisco between dawn and dusk
New York,: Political strategics
of rival candidates for the Dem
ocratic presidential mnomination
swung around among the leaders
and early delegates Monday as
the preliminaries for the biz con
vention began to take form.
1001 GEORGIA VERSES
No. 409
{Note — In Georgia while at
work in the parish which his
brother John served, Samuel
Wesley, immortal hymn-writer
got together his first collection of
hymns for printing in a book.)
tHere songs are native and the
hymn of praise -
Is thoroughly indigenous; the
| lays
Of God’s own feathered folk fill
| all the air
With harmeny of heaven swest
and rare—
No ‘wonder here man lifts his
voice in song
Risin% in spirit and in volume
strong.
—D. G. B.
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THREE KILLED
WAREHAM, Dorset, Eng.—{&)
Three persons are known to have
been killed and eight others, who,
it is believed practically certain
were blowa to pieces are missing
as the result of an explosion
which wired out several buildings
of the n~val corbite factory at
Walton Heath today. Nineteen
nersong were injured, most of
them not critically.
France has three schools of
washmaking, each (?’ which grad
uates from 100 to 125 students every
year, . ety
l The orange tree is said to be the
only one which hears fruit and
flowers at the same time.
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GRORGIA
J. W. McCune Of
Whitehall Dies;
Burial Tomorrow
Ji W. McCyne, aged 20, of
Whitehall, died at a lcoal hos.
pital last night at 10:30 o’clock,
He was ill ten days. Funeral ser
vices will be conducted from the
Chapel church in Barrow county,
near Winder, tomorrow afternoon
at ‘4:00 o'clock by Rev. R. P.
Segars, pastor of the Appalachese
church. Interment will be in the
Chapel cemetery, McDorman
‘Bridges funeral home in charge.
The gallbearers will be J. M.
McCune, Lawrence McCune,
George Eberhart, R. W. Garri
son, ¥. J. Garrison, J. S. Garri
son.
Mr. McCune is survived by his
father, James McCune, Greensbo
ro, N. C.; a brother, Ernest Me-
Cune, Alabama; -several aunts
and uncles. He was a native of
Jackson county mt had lived in
Athens and vicinity all his life.
The funeral cortege will leave
home tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock.
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| 'FUNERAL NOTICES |
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M:CENE.—The relatives and
driends of Mr. J. W. McCune
of Whitehall, Mr. Jim McCune
of Greemsboro, N. C., Mr. Ernu
woest McCune of Alabama, Mr,
and Mrs. .P. S. McCune, Mvr.
and Mrs. R. L, McCune, Mr.
D. J. McCune, Mrs. S. J. Gar
rison, all of Athens. and Mr.
and Mrs. Eberhart of Arnolds
ville, Ga., are invited to attend
the fuperal of Mr. J. W. Mec-
Cune, . Wex'nesday afternoon, |
June 24th,; 1931, at 4:00 o'clock!
trom the <Chapel church, Bar.
row county, near Wnaider. Rev, I
R. P. Segars of Apalachee will[
, Officiate. {(Palibearers will be
Mr. J. M. McCuie, Mr. Law
" rence McCume, Mr. George Eb.
ernatt, Mxr. R. W. Garrison,
Mr. T. J.: Garrison and Mr. J.
S. Garrison. Interment will be
i ‘the Chapel church cemetery. |
funeral cortege ‘to leave the !
bome at Whitehall Wednesday
mfternoon at/ 3:00 o'cloek
‘promptly. McDorman-Bridges.
HLEEMAN,—Master James (.
. Fleeman, “the infant son of M.
and Mrs. 'J.. C. Fleeman ot
" near Winterville, died at the
home of his parents Monday |
evening, June 22nd, 1931, at 8:00|
o'clock. Fyneral services and |
interment was this, Tuesday
afternoon, June 23rd, at 4:00
" o'clock in the Folley Carter
cemetery, Rev. W. J. Culber
son officiating. MeDorman-
Bridges.
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ll Mrs. ). C. Fleeman Dies
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| James Fleeman. ' infant sop ufi
_f-\lli and Mrs. J. C, Fleeman, died |
A'iat home at Wintervide at 8:00 !
{ o'clock last night. Funeral n:er-!
“‘vi(:ua were conducted at thv%
lgraveside in Hoily Carter cemes. |
tery this afterncon at 4 o'clock |
'by Rev. Culberson. .\lc]’)ormun-f
‘| Bridges funeral home was in
;charge. l
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MELLON HONORED ,’
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Secreary of the Treasusy Andrew |
!\\'_ Mellon peceived an huaorary de- z
Ig-mu of Doctor of Laws from Cam. f
bridge university toaay in the pres- !
[',\“.-(,. of a great throng in the sen- !
ate house ol the university. '
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VlENNA.—Rotarian Waller ofg
Long Beach, Calif., has won a|
!prize for having coms the long- |
jest distance to the Rotary inter. |
national convention. |
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