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~ Problems Not New l
By BRUCE CATTON
It may seem a-long distance from the disappear
ance of the last of the free land in the west to the
complexities of the alphabetical group by which
the present administration ‘is trying to promote re
covery and reconstruction,
The connéction, however, " is- very direct and
strong. What fs happening is simply that we now
are tackling the préblems from which we ran away
when they first were taking shape. We ran because
we had 4 western frontier to go so; lacking it now, |
we have to pitch'in and try to solve the difficulties. ‘
Thege probiems are many and varied, but most
of them ‘stem ‘from thé fact that it is hard to make
a political democracy Woik ‘smoothly in a land
where economic power contindally is concentrat
ing itself in the hands of a few.. .
That development—the tendency of wealth to
codlesce—is not a new thing. In' its modern form it|
began to appear dirvectly after the Civil war; and
the maladjustments which it brought to American
"society at that' time were profound and disturbing.
But the country at large did little or nothing to
remedy matters. The west was open, and any man
who felt that the cards were stacked against him
could move to the frontier and start over dgain.
. The open west was 'a su\’my“v'ulvv‘ which kept the
national pressure down. s '
As the 20th century dawned, the frontier van
ished; uand immediately we begun to feel the loss
of our sufety valve. Theodore Roosevelt’s fight|.
agdinst the trusts, the rise of the Lal‘ollette group
in the Senate, Woodrow Wilson's battle for “the new
freedom’—these things all testify to the nation’s
effort to grapple with the issues 'it too long had|
ignored. * A :
Then came certain diversions. The war took our
minds off these issues for nearly a decade. Then
came the skyrocket growth of mass production in
du&ry, symbolized by development. of the auto
industry, te provide a temporary’ new safety valve.
Those outlets, too, are gone now. And in the enor
mous complexities of the New Deal we simply are
witnessing our final head-on collision with the
problems that should have been attacked two gen
erations ago. A
We aren’t engaged in a new fight. We are wrest
ling with changes long overdue.
An Englishman recently wrote a letter to the
London Times to commend the London police for
their promptness in disposing of a case of burgs
lary. His letter—revealing, as it does, a kind of
law enforcement which is regrettably strange on
this side of the water—is worth quoting here:
“The goods were stolen on Saturday morning,”
he writes. ‘‘The burglar was caught and the goods
recovered on Saturday afternoon. On Monday the
burglar was committed by a magistrate to stand
his trial at the Olld Bailey. On Tuesday he was
~duly tried, convicted, and sentenced.”
Probably speed of this kind is somewhat excep
tional, even in England, where quick justice is pro
verbial, Nevertheless, the object lesson is too plain
to be missed. ‘
With peolice and courts that work so fast, is it any
wonder that England has less ‘trouble with ‘“crime
waves” than we have?
An interesting footnote to the operation of the
NRA is supplied in the report filed the other day
by the National Coal association, which finds—after
two months of code operation in the soft coal fields
—that things are a whole lot better than they were,
and. which pledges its members to cooperate fully
in the code program,
“This coding business is no longer a theory,”
- says C. B. Huntress, executive secretary of the as
sociation. “The name-calling stage is past. We
face a conditicn, and it is up to the coal operators
to cooperate or close up.” And he adds: 2
“It's easy to have hot fits and cold chills about this
whole code business, but, while having the latter,
one should not forget the chills that traveled up
and down the spine last spring.” -
This testimonial from an industry which did not
find it easy to accept all the administration’s sug
gestions about codification, is a pretty good tribute
to the effectiveness of the Blue Eagle. i
WASHINGTON SIT’LQ'ELIGHT 1
us By RO‘DN‘EY DUTCHER |
Banner-Herald Washington Correspondent.
WASHINGTON.—Currency inflation, if any, will
come sugar-coated. - doedihid :
Such few presidential advisers as admit the pos
sibility discuss only one method of issuing addi
t!’f#l paper money. £ ; :
‘hen the dollar is devalued by reducing its gold
content and the price of gold finally fixed, the dol
lar value will be increased correspondingly. i
If the dollar is revaiued at 50 cents, the gold in
Federal Reserve banks, now valued at $3,600,000,000,
would become worth: $7,200,000,000. ‘And the treas
ury’s present gold supply would be worth $§1,400,-
000,000 instead of only '5700.000,000.
-~ The government might or might not take the
préfit, up to $4,300,000,000, and spend it in currency.
There's every reason to believe that Prof. George,
¥F. Warren, Roosevelt’s c¢hief montary adviser,
proposes-that it do just that. -
There’'ll be a hot argument as to whether such a
course would be “inflation.” One high authority
says it would be “similar to inflation.”
It was done in France and Italy when the franc
and lira were devalued and the proceeds used to
buy government securities. ;
The profit also might be applied to federal expen
ditures.
S e—
Walrus-mustached Secretary of the Navy Claude
Swanson seldom is asked for expert opinion on
kisses. But comment was demanded from him when
a Naval Academy midshipman was sent to the
brig for kissing his sweetie goodby in an “unseemly
manner’—that is, too long and too ardently. Unecle
Claude delivered this dictum:
“Of course a kiss can be an offense if it is be
stowed in a certain way. It all depends on how it's
done.”
Milk and liquor are altogether different ffuids.
But they present the same problem in that you can
ut the price so high that bootlegging becomes prof
table. AAA officials admit they found that out at
¢ the recent Chicago milk agreement hearing. They're
disturbed.
Legal price of milk in Chicage is 11 cents a quart.
But. hundreds of small stores are selling it at §
and 9 cents, below the code price, moOstly to pocr
‘people. The problem of enforcement puzzles the
AAA.
But the government has aid from the gangsters,
who are in the milk racket as well as the boe:e
racket. Low-price independents are terrorized and
find their stores wrecked.
High army officers will seek to make the Citizens’
Congervation Corps permanent under War depart
‘ment control. They regard that body of 275,000
i _as a ni?e little “nest egg" against emergen
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SAFETY ON THE HIGHWAYS
y| The National Grange is one organiza
|tion that is contributing much for safety
.jon the highways throughout the nation.
;lThis organization is teaching the children
‘sof this generation the importance of safety
through the control of traffic. The pro
:,gram of this organization, especially the
{one introduced in the schools of the coun
try has proved a worth-while movement.
| The National organization has in opera
i}tioe more than 5,000 subordinates granges
|participating in the teaching of highway
safety and its value and protection to the
people of this country.
In a recent contest, in which several
prizes were offered, a Minnesota boy won
lthe first prize. In his essay, Stanton Peter-!
gon, in part said: |
“Today, our country has no more urgent
problem pertaining to public health and
welfare than the topie of highway safety.
It is everyone’s problem, and thorough co
operation on the part of every motorist
must be secured in order to preserve life,
health, and property in connection with
the rapid increase of modern vehicle traf
fic.
“Safety first is the motto which should
lbe foremost in the minds of all automobile
drivers. In order that we may guard
against this increasing menace, we must
develop safety-mindedness. Also, we must
remember that gasoline and alcohol do
not make a good mixture.’” Let each of us
set an example by our own observance of
traffic laws, and in so doing, help to do
our share to make travel on highways a
genuine pleasure,
“Doecs highway safety pay? It pays
large dividends when we consider the life
and property that are involved in highway
traffic. In owl day everyone is crying,
‘Speed.” We can never go rapidly enough;
but the sad part is that more speed means
more accidents. -
“We must give our entire attention to
our driving—mnot to billboards, fields, or
other obiects which tend to detract our at
tention from the roadway. If we wish to
promote more adequate safety on our
highwavs., we must consider the rights
and privileges of others.” :
The foregoing is worth readine and ab
sorbing, even though it was written by a
mere boy. It contains many features of a
protective character that should not be
overlooked in the campaign for a safefv
program, not only in other states, but in
Georgia and right here in Athens.
‘ SHOULD BACK UP VINSON
The mebers of congress should back up
lCongressman Vinson, chairman of the
house naval committee, in an effort to |
have the naval personnel increased by 5,-
000 enlisted men for 1934, at which time
a number of new vessels will be launched.
The present strength of the navv is 79,
000 enlisted men, 21,000 /less than the
number of a peace-time force of past
years. ‘
‘ It is a penny-wise and pound foolish pol
icv to continue with a reduced number of
enlisted men in both navy and army. If
ever a time demanded an increase of
strength in both land and sea forces, now
is that time. Ungettled conditions, com
merciallv and unrestful feelings among
the people of all nations tend to create nn
risines, eivil and international, from which
the United States would not be immune.
For the nrotection of our people and for
peace with all nations, a strong armv and
navy is the only instrument that will in
|fluence and bring about such a condition.
It is to be hoped that the members of
congress will support the recommenda
tions of Chairman Vinson, of the honse
naval committee, for an increase of 5,000
enlisted men during the year of 1934.
HARD TIMES AFFECT CHURCHES
The Literary Digest, of a recent date,
|contained a most interesting article as re
{lates to contributions to churches in good
times as well as during hard times. It
shows that even in prosperous times, peo
ple are slow to increase their offerings to
ithe churches, but that they first increase
their expenditures for recreation.
| In summing up a comparison between
{the contributions to the Protestant
|churches and the national income, the
Digest says:
.| “People don’t forget the church in hard
times, and in good times, it appears, they
4don’t remember it quite as well. This ex
‘| plains why the contributions to the Protes
|tant churches have decreased less in three
‘|vears than has the national income.
1 “The 1932 contributions totaled $378,-
,1000,000, according to a report by the fed
'eral council of churches. This amount is
-lonly 40 per cent below the amount contrib
luted in 1929, as compared with a drop of
:154 per cent in national income during the
. Isame period. | ;
| “The 1929 contributions to the churches
Iwere $581,000,000. The 1932 national in
‘lcome was $40,000,000,000, and the 1929
*|national income was $85,000,000,000. The
_itotal share of the churches in the national
;lincome at any of the time for which data
were gathered weas less than 1 per cent.
Actually, in the boom years of 1927 to
11929, the church income fell off about 3
.|per cent, while during the same period
L{there was a great increase in money spent:
*{for reereation.”
1 It is regrettabie, but often true, that in
iltlmes of prosperity we are not responsive
-|in making contributions to our churches as
‘}we are to things of a worldly character,
lamusements and diversions for pleasure in
.(preference to the more substantial things
|of life that can come only from leading
lives of good church men and women.
| Wise elephants flee from the ungles at
; thg approach of the driver ants; njo living
|thing can resist the organized attack of
these South African insects, 1
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A Little of Everything, \
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I By HUGH ROWE
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Advice is the cheapest com
modity offered to the public,
and as a rule the most worth
less. ‘Although it is free, too
often, it roves expensive, if
followed. The Atchison Globe, |
in commenting on free advice,
says: ‘
i “Farmers receive advice fromi
{town men; mothers receive ad- |
vice from spinsters; government |
receives advice from loafere; |
preachers receive advice from |
those who do not contribute to the
church; editors receive advice |
from people who borrow newspa
pers from their neighbors.” '
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The rapid manner in which |
Governor Talmadge has chang- |
ed things around in the state
house has caused many, who |
did not agree with him, to set ,
up and take notice.
Many of his pledges made to the
lpeople of Georgia during his cam
paign for govednor in 1932, have|
been carried out, notwithstanding
the opinion of his opponents t,huv(’
his pledges were purely camou- |
flage and intended as vehicles tol
ride into office. However, he ha:«xl
come near filling all, if not all the
pledges he made during the cam-!
paign, and what has not been|
completed, will, no doubt be com- |
pleted before the end of his term.l
A joke that is going the |
rounds with the wags as well |
‘as in the newspapers, has at- l
tracted much attention among |
the friends of the governor as |
to his opponents ’
The joke goes, as near as We\
can recall: Two prominent Geor-l
gians, one a supporter of Gover
nor Talmadge and the other an|
opponent, were discussing thei
Talmadge administration over !
which the other repelied: “He |
The friend of the governor said:
“See where Talmadge is going to
oust the highway board.” To
which the other reeplied: “He
can’t do that. He has no author
ity, it is against the law.” To
which the first Georgian replied: I
‘l"Can't help it, but he's going to
do it.” A few days later the first[
Georgian met with his friend, who
was an opponent of the governor,
Jand said: I“See where Talmadge is
going to oust the public service
l('Ommission. To which the second!
Georgian replied: "“He ecan’'t do
‘lth:n." but in a few days the pre
diction of the first Georgian had
v'cnmo true, the removal of the
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members of the highway board
and of the public service commis
sion. A week or so had elapsed
before the two Georgians met
again when the Talmadge sup
‘portgr remarked, “See where Tal
‘madge is going to move Stone
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rumors going the rounds, es- I
~ pecially at the capitol, the seat
‘ of the gvoernment, there will I
be a lot of new faces under
the dome after Christmas.
The state -house officers, who are
elected by the people, are planning
for another term and getting
their slates made up. That there
‘wi]l be opposition to some of them,'
if. not all, is certain, and it may
‘be that some“of them will fall by
‘the wayside when the harvest of
votes is gathered along in Sep-|
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| “Last week a grain of sand !
got in my wife’s eye and she ;
had to go to a doctor. It cost !
| me three dollars.” \
| “That’s nothing. Last week u’
fur coat got in my wife's eye and
it cost me three hundred.”-——Jug-1
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Services Sunday for
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Funeral services for Melvin Ed
iward Turpin, infant son of Ser
jgeant and Mrs. D. L. Turpin, who
fdied at a local hospital Saturday
‘mght, were held at the graveside
,in Oconee cemetery Sunday after
noon 4t two o'clock. Dr. E. L.
!Hill. pastor of the First Preshyte
iri:m church, conducted the ser
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