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~ BRUCE CATTON’S COMMENT
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The things which are attracting the most atten
tion at Wishington these days are the spectacular
developments ir domestic policy—the banking meas
ures, the farm relief proposals, the work relief pro
jects and so on.
But in the long run the most important steps
may be those to which we aren’'t paying a great
deal of attention right now—preparations for long,
patient and involved negotiations with other nations
which have ‘as their goal the restoration of interna
tional confiderce, world trade and general pros
perity.
It is well kngwn that the administration is mak
ing elaborate plans for this work. But the subjects
to be covered are so complicated, so far removed
from the obhvious bread-and-butter requirements of
the moment, sc difficult, in fact, for the ordinary
citizen to comprehend, that most of us have paid
very little attention to them,
Yet whether prosperity is to return to us may
easily depend, in the last analysis, on our govern
ment's foreign policy rather than on its domestic
policy .
Whether the depression came chiefly bhecause of
things that happned in America, or whether it was
caused by developments overseas, one thing is
nretty certain: we can‘t get full prosperity back
again unless all nutions have a share in it.
The world has grown so small in the last genera
tion that there is no longer any such thing as com
plete economic independence. We live too close 10
cur neighbors; sickness in one house is very apt to
mean sickness in every other house—especially so
since our ideas of economic ganitation are of the
<ketchiest and no such thing as an adequate quar
antine is possible.
And in the long run, whether we like it or not, we
must admit that prosperity has to be pretty much
. world-wide affair. The measures proposed at
Washington for setting our own house in order are
vitally important, of course; but unless interna
tional trade, international credit and international
confidence can be restored we aren't likely to come
to an end of our troubles,
s
It is probable that no American city will ever again
rush into debt as blithely ag was the custom during
the earlier part of the past decade.
The chickens, right now, are coming home to
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raost, and the effort to find a place for their res(less'
feet is giving mayors and city councilors gray hairs,
wrinkles and sleepless nights in a horrifying man-l
ney.
Some cities, of course, are in good shape finan
cially. But they are in the minority. Bonds total
ing something like $15,000,000,000 are now out
- standing against various American cities, towns and
counties, and Congress is now being asked either to
let the cities cnjoy a two-year moratorium or to
set up a plan wherebhy princiml and interest on
(his stupendous debt could be scaled down.
The situation represents one of the most pressing
problems the nation has to face. It also stands as
4 monument to two misfortunes—to the depression
itself, which lessened municipal revenues and in
creased municipal expenditures, and to the era of
high, wide and handsome spending which preceded
the depression.
That this tremendous load of debt can be carried
through the recovery period is extremely doubtful.
A moratorium, a general revision or an epidemic of
outright defaults—one of these, or a combination
of g.uvthree. seems to be in prospect.
! But suppose that that happensjgnd that pros
‘eperity “eventually ‘vetirns,, withl gur 44ty - qeaflirigs
i a colvemcordton ance.ghore. JHA *
. 'fia!lf.fi%‘?‘@&f}vl{ih@gmm gnding hahstd® that
: rm,éfit A this ttble? Shall we continue to put
% th with the inefficient, graft-ridden, politics-pervert
ed type of city government that caused so much of
this vast debt load? :
‘ If we do, *we shall prove that the depression has
taught us nothing.
The one great truth that this crisis has made
obvious is that the ordinary Kkind of city govern
ment in this country is too expensive to be tolerated
any longer. If we are smart enough to learn by our
troubles, we shall insist on having a new kind.
’f'f" Slightly mere than $8,000,000 of government‘
~ money is going to go into a big slum elimination!
. project in New York's congested lower east side. A
Joan recently approved at Washington will make
- possible the destruction of several blocks of the
. worst of New York's tenements, which will be re
~ placed by model apartment buildings offering good
. housing to poor people at a price they can afford
i to pay.
. There never was a more opportune time for such
~ projects than the present. Organized labor and the
administration at Washington are discussing a bond
I,} igsue of billions of dollars to make work; this New
. York scheme i= of a type which every sizable city
~ in the country could profitably copy.
Consider the following descriptions of the build
* ings which arc to be replaced:
. “The builirgs to be razed are for the most part
. of five and six-story walk-up type, ranging from 650
%o approximately 100 years in age. It is necessary
~ sn most of these buildings for tenants to oltain
Jdrinking and sanitary water from faucets in the’
. court in the rear of the buildings.
. Water and coal must be carried several flights of
stairs to living quarters. Streets and courts are
~ mere slots. between buildings, and sunlight some
~ times never is known to dwellers in the section.”
‘:«;b'l‘his" section, clearly, is something special in the
" way of slums. But it would be hard to name a large
.« city in the nation in which tenements nearly as
* bad could not be found very easily; and -t is hard
f;,.‘xo think of a reason why all of these cities should
g‘;wf;not plan on slum elimination programs of equal
g& magnitude for the immediate future.
%,; First and foremost, of course, these jobs make
g work. They stimulate the construction industry,
g;...aiwaxs one so the bell-wethers of trade. They cre
?‘fwale ~ demand for a large variety of raw and fin
" jshed materials. They send huge numbers of unem
" .ployed workers back to regular payrolls. |
‘, But in addition to that they accomplish a vitally
" important woirk. These slums are the cancer spois
htbe American city. They must be cleaned up if
§ our nationai life is to thrive as it should. Today
i gur cities have a magnificent chance to kil two
S birds with one stone.
! . 3'B acres of glass roofing in the Crystal Palace,
wl.ondon’s famous place of amusement, contain more
& than 100,000 panes.
. A survey of 10,006 rural homes in 33 states,shows
v‘, of the women on farms never have
m¥ £ -
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fore than 700 species of mushrooms have been
Sved edibl and many ' others doubtless will be
; ~§t‘ food, according to authorities.
__ififik in the Dead Sea on account of
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| FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
| On account of conditions throughout
}the nation, it is alleged that arson has
(been practiged to such an extent until the
f!fire ‘insurance companies, for protection,‘
have inaugurated new rules as to the pay
!ment of claims for fire losses. l
A bulletin sent out by an industrial
lagency, comments as follows:
| “The recent three and a half years of
'depression are little different from previ
lous years of business inactivity in their ef
ffect on human. emotions, good or bad.|
| Those who always seek to take advantage|
(of the misfortunes of others come to the!
(front during such times. Nowhere is this'
Imore strikingly illustrated than in the un-|
lusually large number of suspicious fires|
'which occur. As soon as hard times op-|
| press the country, many people whosel"
Imoral fibre is weak, yield to the tempta-|
'tion to “‘sell out to the insurance compan-l
jes.”
| “Crdinarily, fire losses are paid immed-!
iately after proof of loss. During depres-|
'sions, however, it is evidence ' that this|
‘prompt pavment actually encourages ar-|
'son and fraud and is thus contrary to the|
‘public interest. In view of this situation,|
‘the National Board of Fire Underwriters
‘has recommended withholding payment of
losses on all claims in excess of SIOO.OO
for a period of sixty days after receipt of
proof of loss, unless otherwise provided
Iby the printed conditions of the policy or
by statute, with exception made to coverl
the recent California disaster. |
| “This action will make it more difficult|
for the arsonist to profit by a prompt pay
ment and a quick getaway after his crime
and it will work no disadvantage to the
honest claimant. On the other hand it
will aid in crime defection and promote
public safety.” |
' Selling out to the insurance companies
!has grown to be common occurrences.
' Business depression, failure to collect and
decreased sales are alleged to be the chief
causes for the growing number of fires!
in business and industrial enterprises.
However, the restrictions as adopted by
many of the companies may have a tend
ency to decrease the practice of “selling
out to the insurance companies”.
“NEW DEAL” THRILLS PEOPLE
President Roosevelt an? the members of
congress are breaking all records in grind
ing out constructive legislation under the
“new deal” program as outlined by the
President. Never in the history of the na
tion has there been so much accomplished
in the way of beneficial legislation as has
been enacted during the past thirty days.
The Congressional mill has not ceased its
activites for a moment since it commenced
grinding on March 4. There has been a|
constant outpour of legislation that was
promised the people by Mr., Roosevelt
during his campaign for president. He has
‘kept taith with them and carrying out ev
ery pre-election promise,
‘ In commenting on the remarkable rec
jord made by President Roosevelt and in
‘comparison with preceeding presidents,}
the Savannah Morning News, says:
“In all the 144 years since the inaugu
ration of George Washington as the first
President of the United States there has
‘never been an administration that has
equaled that of Franklin D. Roosevelt in
its recorded accomplishments for the first
month of its history.
%“Go through the annals of all of the
residents since that day in April 1789,
when Washington took the oath of office
in New York city, and nowhere is there
evidence that any one of them in thirty
days after assuming office succeeded in
having Congress enact the mass of vital
llegislation that has come since March 4]
|of t_hisnye.ar.- : S T
“In fact, there is not to be credited to
the entire four years of many presidential
‘terms anything like the volume of legisla
tion of outstanding national importance
that has firmly established President
Roosevelt in the popular esteem as a chief
executive who redeems pledges, as one
who is not afraid to attack problems from
new viewpoints, and who has risen superi
or to personal or political needs and seek
ing the national welfare.
“Franklin D. Roosevelt in the short
space of four weeks has convinced the
American people that it placed the right
man in the presidential chair. The na
tion’s prayer might well be that he be
spared to carry on to the end.”
With the proposed program practically
Icomp]ete. President Roosevelt is now turn
iing his ‘attention to the enforcement of
the new legislation which is bound to cre
ate a new era amd bring on a rehabilita
tion of conditions that will become sub
istantial and permanent throughout thel
lcountry.
] BLACKLIST THE DIRI!GIBLE
It is to be hoped that the United States
will cease forever the building of dirigi
bles or lighter-than-air crafts. Every one
built by this country has met with disas
ter and the loss of lives of those engaged
in the operation of these air ships.
The recent accident in which the Akron
went down carrying with it 74 officers and
men should be a sufficient toll to forever
eliminate this class of airships from gov
crnment service. In all, there has been
350 lives lost in American built zepelins.
So far none of these machines have been
perfect in construction or operation. While
the Akron was the largest airship in the
world, it was of little service to this coun
try when conditions tested its power dur
ing an electrical storm.
As a means of protection in case of war,
we do not believe that these large airships
‘are of as much value as is the airplane.
Certainly, experiences, so far, should con
vince the naval officials of the unfitness
of the dirigible for war purposes.
Usually a pessimist is a man who finan
ced an optimist.—Vincennes Sun.
THE BANNER.HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
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| A Little of Everything, |
' Not Much of Anything
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i BY HUGH ROWE ‘
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! Trouble is now brewing for i
j home brewers, if the prohibi
| tion officers enforce the law. |
| Beer is now legal in many |
| states and illegal in a few }
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| states.
" But regardless of the illegality,
beer will now be sold in all Ihef
}stules, and in the prohibition‘
‘states, the bootleggers will thrive |
and prosper, the same as they |
have during prohibition days, ini
the sale of whiskey. April 7, will!
stand out in history of this coun- |
try, marking the return of thel
sale of 3.2 beer in those smtes'
where local laws do not prohibit. !
The federal government, howev?r,l
may class home breweries the |
same as commercial brewers. lné
that case, the kitchen brewer will;
be subject to a tax of SI,OOO, plusi
the excise tax of $5 a barrel on|
heer. ]
We have no way of knowing, 1
but we have heard it stated
that in many homes there are
~ in operation kitchen breweries
- and much of the real beer is
‘ brewed. '
~ If that is true, and the prohi- |
tion officers class the kitchen}
breweries as real breweries, well, |
that will be something else. Speak
ing of freedom and the rights en
joyed by American citizens, for a
revenue officer to fear up a Kkitch
en brewery because its owner has
not paid the tax, weé would just|
feel like that we are all in peonage
and paying the penalty for being
| born free American citizens. May
be the prohibition officers have
little breweries in their Kkitchen.
What then?—tear it up or tear it
down just because they happen to
have a job with the government
for the suppression of the sale and
manufacture of heer. No, we do
not believe' that any self-respect
ing, high-toned and honorable pro
hibition officer would stoop to the
depths of breaking up a little
kitchen brewery. ;
l - But if the beer law is not
‘ enforced any better than has
| been the Volstead Act, there
| will be no necessity for in-
cpecting homes of citizens for
the detection of kitchen brew
eries.
Beer, real beer, will be on the
market and those who are thirsty
for pure beer will have no trou
ble buying it. The beer sold wil
be better than that brewed ir
the home and it can be bought
for less money, no doubt, than i
can be manufactured in the Kitch
eén. So far as we are concerned, i
we-had a barrel of 5 percent bee
—real beer—we would not give ¢
hurrah for it, but if we should
come in contact with a Scotct
highball, now that is different
After all, it is only a matter o
taste, as some one has said aboul
kissing a calf—or “sumpin’.”
ol
i Traffic over the Bankhead
highway from Athens to An
l derson, 8. C, will show a re
markable increase after the
sale of beer in that state is
legalized.
The beer thirsty element of thi
city will not have far to go to
buy a glass of cooling and foam
ing beer. What a good time somc
of /these “old timers” will have
whén beer comes back in Soutl
| Carolina. Just think of pure bocl
beer, direct from Germany, blow
ing off the foam and sipping the
simon pure stuff, just as they dic
in the “good old days.” Georgians
will_get their beer, but the ad
join]hg states will get the revenue
unless the legislators agree (t«
convene in a payless session.
“Why ain't you in school,
little boy?”
“I stayed away on account o
sickness.”
“Who is sick?"
“The Truant Officer.”
SEVEN YEARS AGO
April 9, 1926
Cotton: 17 1-2 cents,
Weather: Cloudy.
Atlanta: Debate on the subjec
of sine die adjournment projectes
the house into a parliamentar;
tangle Friday after a point hac
been raised that Speaker Neill saic
was ‘inéw in his legislative dx
perience,
Miss Anna Crabb, senior of the
AtHens High school, will represen
the Eighth District in the nation.
al oratorical contest being con:
ducted by the American Bar As
sociation with the assistance o
the Atlanta Constitution and othe
newspapers,
Announcement was made Friday
that Judge W. H. Barrett of Au
gusta has revoked the order whicl
directed discontinuance of the
Athens-Jefferson - Belmont sectior
of the Gainesville-Midland railroa¢
on April 6, and the branch wil
continue to operate temporarily.
New Orleans: From Thursdas
afternoon until almost dayhbreak
Friday, the Mississippi river near
here, was shot with flames follow
ing a series of explosions caused
by two ship disasters, the great
est within the history of this port
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MISSIONS SCHOOL
GREENSBORO.—A school of
missions will begin at the Greens
‘boro Baptist church here Sunday
?and continue for a week, Rev.
Charles H. Kopp, pastor, announ
ces. Rev, and Mrs. J. C. Quarles
of Atlanta, who have been mis
sionaries to the three Riverplate
‘Republies, Argentina, Uruguay
and Paraguay, will direct the
school. o o :
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Georgia Track Team I
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Meets Presbyterian '
College Saturday
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The Georgia track team, whlch4|
opened its season by uverwhelm-;
ing Clemson in Clemson last|
week, will meet Presbyterian col-|
lege here Saturday afternoon at 3|
o'clock. !
The meet will be held on San-|
ford field. The \Presbyterian team|
began jits \tsan last lafeek by, |
crushing Florida. The Georgia
team has prospects of taking thc-i
Southeastern conference title thist
vear, with a large number of vet-|
erans returning from the 1932 teumj
which won second place in the A.|
A. U. meets, ;
Following the track meet, picked |
teams from the varsity and fresh-;
men will play an exhibition iacross |
game, This will be the first 1:1-:
cross game of the year. The |
Georgia lacross players will nnt‘
engage inm inter-collegiate games
this due to lack of finances, hut!
will confine its activities to inter- |
mural matches, |
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BRENAU STUDENTS TO
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ATTEND PRESS MEETi
Brenau college journalists this]
week notified the Henry W, (}r:ulyl
School of Journalism, I‘niversityl
of Georgia, that they would he ir.!
Athens Friday, May 5, for the nn-i
nual convention of the Georgia |
Scholastic Press association, :.r’
‘'which a state-wide organiggation
of the college journalists is to bn]
perfected. |
“Yuo may count on studoms;
from Brenau representing the Al
chemist, student newspaper; A]-{
pha Delta, journalism fmternity:‘
and the journalism classes,” wrote |
' Miss Betty Bachus, editor of th(’;
lz\lc-homis‘t. “Please he sure thm‘
Brenau will feel honored to coop-!
'Pmte in the organization of th(’i
Georgia Collegiate Press Associa
!tinn.” :
‘ Miss Charlotte Tyus, editor of|:
the Watchtower, Wesleyan Cnl]eg(’.'
|hns likewise announced that hr-rl
institution will be represented at
Ithe organization meeting.
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HARTWELL.—The Hart county
‘m'mlur-e truck sales on the Atlanta
market last Friday totalled |
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land student body of the University
of Georgia in the chapel, \\'n(lnys-l
day, April 12, at 11:20, on the sub- :
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WASHINGTON —L. G. Ray, %r,
and Ophelia Hardy will represent
the Washington High sehoo) in
lthe declamation and reading coy.
‘ests of the Tenth District High
. school literary meet in Harlem
’High school auditorium April 14,
| They recently won contests in
(their school.
et esient e e iy
ißel:ltions, will introduce Mr,
Beck.
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