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‘ CATTON’S COMMENT
BY BRUCE CATTON s
The way the }rublic reacts to atrocity stories
seems to depend largely on where the stories come
from.
Last spring a wave of horror went over the United
States when the Hitier government in Germany
executed some 75 men for counter-revolutionary
activity. Hifler discovered a plot against his regime
and struck with decisive swifthess, and the stories
about it created a shudder of revulsion.
A week or so ago a very similar thing happened
in Russia. Some wsort of plot—just what it was
couild not quite be made out, at this distance—was
uncovered. In no time at all Soviet firing squads
had executed 66 people, with the threat of more
executions to follow.
Now the odd thing about it is that hardly any
bgdy in the United States gave the matter a second
tuought. The Wwholesale executions of the Nazlsg
made Americans heart-sick; equally wholesale exe
cutiong by the Communists left nlmost everyone un
moved. 5
Why should that be? The actual circumstances
of the Russian ‘“blood purge’—as dictators fondly
call these little exercises—were actually more re
volting than those of its German counterpart. In
Germany- there was at least a well-organized plot
against the government, and the men who were
slain had a direct, demonstrable connection with it;
in Russia some dozens seem to have been killed on
suspicion, or as a warning, without any guilt having
been proved—or, in some cases, even charged.
Why should the German affair shock us when the
Russian did not?
Perhaps part of ,the answer is the fact that we
jong since got casé-hardened, with Russia. No one
on earth, probably, knows just how many people
Jave lost their lives in the *“red terror” since 1918,
but the number is unguestionably high in the thous
ands. The world is used to Soviet killings.
With Germany the case is different. Human life
was supposed to be secure in that land. The orderly
processes of law had seemed to be on a firm basis.
They had a long tradition back of them. Kalser
Wilhelm's regime did not leave a legacy of oppres
sion, brutality, and despetic cruelty as did Cazar
Nicholas'. s
We expest violenice ‘and bloodshed in Russia. We
don’t expect it in Germany. That may be ‘why Hit
ler shocks us when Stalin does not.
Nevertheless, it is worth remeémbering that such
bloody outrages are the only way in which a dicta
torship can dperate. Fascism and Communism are
equally abhorrent in that respect. Bach must main
tain itself on the ecorpses of its opponents.
A permanent national institute of criminology,
suggested by the attorney general's recent confer
ence on crime, ought to be an excellent means of
helping the cause of law ‘enforcement throughout
the country:
Joseph B, Keenan, assistant attorney general,
pointed out that the ecriminal is helped greatly by
the fact that each city and each state is independ
en in its law enforcement activities. Some method
of coordinating their work must be found.
A national “body which could tie federal, state,
and local crime prevention and detection agencies
together would make the task of cracking down oOn
the crook a great deal easler. }
With such a body in nctive existence, it would
not be necessary for féderal agents to chase a Dil
linger so. transporting a stolen auto, when he was
actually ‘wanted for murders and bank rob
beries. :
The bloody little war bstween Bolivia and Pare
guay continues to provide a first-rate laboratory
model of war between major powers. -
Thus we find President Luis Tejada Sorzano of
Bolivia announcing that Bolivia will “send its entire
mala population” to the Gran Chaco to fight, if nec
essary. The nation, he says, has m& no hon
orable chance to end the war; mean While, the war
proceeds—“and we must d 6 our duty.”
Now this is a perfect reflection 'of the traditional
attitude of the head of a ‘rar-making state. We
must fight to the last man, we must make every
sacrifice, we must make no peace unless honor is
satisfied . . . those phrases aré made familiar by
many generations of war and its attendant procla
mations.
Meanwhile—again as usual—the man who utters
them is not the one whose blood is to be spilled,
and no one thinks to ask the soldiers themselves
what their conception of the national honor may
be.
For a good many years the gag about giving the
country back to the Indians has been a good joke—
except that it had a certain grim overtone, in the
depression, which made it a trifie shivery.
Now, however, it develops that Indian Commis
sioner Johr Collier 1s in favor of exactly such a
program.
He points out that such submarginal land in the
west ig to be retired from agriculture. Why, he
asks, should such land not be given to the Indians?
They are experts at using land in such a way as
to conserve forest and grass.
Any reforestation eor erosion-contrel plan would
fit thelr way of living. Land that ‘cannot suppoit
American farmers properly would be ideally de
signed for Indian use.
The idea sounds attractive. The Indian would
gain, for in the end he would be able to support
himself and work out his own salvation; meanwhile,
the white man's land-control Pprogram would be
Why not, on a modest scale, give % little of ‘the
country back to the red men? - s s
Carbonic gas for soda water once was made by
combining bicarbonate of sofa -~ and sdmetimes
marble dust—with sulphuric acid. This method has
long been discarded.
The Mennonites are members of a religious sect
unded by Menno Simmons, a Dutch religious re
roier born in 1492, /
" The population per square mile in Puerto Rico is
than 10 times that of comtinental United
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SENATOR-ELECT RUCKER GIVES
! In a most thorough and illuminating
manrer, Senator-elect Lamar C. Rucker
'discusses a number of matters that will be
‘brou(g’ht before the approaching session of
the General Assembly of Georgia in the
way of legislation of vital importance to
the people of this state. :
The tax problem will be one of the chief
measures to be introduced. While such
measures must be introduced in the lower
branch of the legislature, Senator Rucker
pledges his support and cooperation to any
mem%er gponsoring such a bill before and
after it reaches the senate.
From time immemorial, the question of
taxation has been one of much agitation,
i the solution of which has caused wide dif
ferences of opinions among the leading au
thorities on the variety of taxes now being
imposed in this as well as other states.
However, Senator Rucker believes that the
sales tax would prove a help, if not a solu
tion for the relief of the present tax bur
dens. In the event of the enactment of a
sales tax, Senator Rucker believes that a
“eorresponding reduction in ad valorem, or
the state should collect the tax and allo
cate it to the varioug school units”.
Senator Rucker believes that the present
interest rate in Georgia should be lowered
from 8 per cent to 6 per cent and the low
‘ering of the present iterest rate of 3 1-2
per cent per month to one per cent per
month. He will introduce such measures
and advocate their passage. He, also calls
attention to a number of items from which
the revenues of the state can be increased
considerably. One in particular is the
present inheritance tax which exempts
$100,000.00. Senator Rucker believes
that it should be limited to at least $20.:
000.00. The exemption on income taxes he
helieves to be entirely too high and should
be lowered. v R e
The discussion of these vital matters by
Senator Rucker, are published in full on
another page in this paper. Thev should
be read and digested by every citizen of
Georgia. His views, as expressed ' are
sound, sane and constructive, and, if fol
lowed, will bring to this state a new era
of adiustments of the burdens and discrim
inations in our tax svstem which have, for
ages, held our people in a state of tax
bondage.
THE WAY TO “A HAPPY CHRISTMAS”
_ The greatest gift of all is the gift of giv
ing. AR o
Not one of the beatitudes, but one of the
most sublime truths direct from the heart
of Him who gave most, came the plain
understandable statement:
“It is more blessed to giveé than to re
ceive”’,
From one who knew the joys of the hu
man heart as well as the sorrows of life,
comes this key to our happiness at this
gladsome season of the year, commemorat
ing the birth of Him who gave His life
that we might not only have Everlasting
L&t} but live this earthly one more abund
antly. ; .
There is joy in giving! The material
things that gladden the hearts of little
children: that warm the hearts of friends;
things that cement with ties that bind
stronger the bonds of love and affection.
Greater still is the personal pleasure we
reanp when we give love; when we share
with others the best there is within us;
when words of hope and faith and friend
liness are spoken to those we contact, and
when the world is brightened by the spirit
of brotherhood in its truest sense.
With your gifts, give love: with your
tokens, give affection, and with your trib
utes pay that highest debt: discharge that
noblest dutv. and take advantage of that
greatest privflnr‘o’e! L
TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS!
IT IS ‘THE KINGFISH AGAIN
The recent uproar created by Senator
Long, kingfish of politics in Louisiana, has
caused the sport writers of the country to
criticise him seyereljr for his interference
with Coach “Biff” Jones and the players
of the L.S.U. football team. :
Coach Jones has succeeded in the role
of coach at that institution. Prior to his
going to the University of Louisiana, the
teams turned out was mediocre and won
few games. Athletics were at a low ebb
when Mr. Jones accepted the task to con
verting into a winning football team an ag
gregation of players who knew little of
the game. However, his first season at
L.S.U., he developed a team that caused
teams from other institutions to Sit up and
take notice. This season he turned out one
of the best teams in the conference, losing
only to Tulane and Tennessee—a remark
able TapoNd, 10 be sure. - Lod
Senator Long, not satisfied with the
splendid record made by Coach Jones and
his players, undertook to run athletics at
that school and to dictate to the coach just
how he should teach foothall. Long’s in
terference caused a break with Coach
Jones, who handed in his resignation, ef
fective immediately. After a meeting of
the athletic association, his resignation was
accepted. Now it is alleged by the King
fish that he has secured the services of one
of the best coaches in the United States
to succeed “Biff” Jones. Well, maybe he
has, but we have our doubts about the
claim, as we do not believe that any
reputable coach would accept the job with
Huey Long as dictator. e
Radio typewriters may soon replace 13,
000 miles of leased felephone wires if ex
periments by the Brreau of Air Commerée
prove successful. The typewriters will be
used to send out weather maps and data.
Paraffin wax. the petroleum bv-product
formerly considerelv of least value as a
Inbricant, has been found to have in it the
element most desired bv' oil chemists in
their search for a perfect lubricant.
Police uniforms throughont England are
heing standardized bv the London Home
Office. z: mong changes are chromium
plated buttons to replace nickel ones,
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A Little of Everything,
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By HUGH ROWR
ek iRI egl LR e
The return to Athens of Dr.
C. C. Jarrell is a genuine
pleasure to his friends, many
of whom are not communicants
of his church,
Doctor Jéarrell is the new pre
siding elder of the Athens-Elber
ton district, recently appointed at
the annual meeting of the North
Georgia Methodist Conference: Dr.
Jarrell is no stranger to the people
of Athens. ‘He lived here before
he grew to 'manhood and after
entering the ministry he was ap
pointed to *‘the ‘pastorate of the
First = Methodist: church. His
father and ‘the ‘niembers of his
family lived = here for several
years, his fathér serving as pastor
of the First Methodist church.
We ‘are glad that he is here
and we are thankful for havs
ing him as our friend and for
the benefits we will receive
from association with him,
We knew him when we were
both younger than we are now,
but he is yet a young man and
has a long life of usefulness be
fore him. His service while pas
tor of the First Methodist church
was beneficial ‘to the whole com
munity. His ' activities in social
and religious work were far reach
ing in effect for the betterment of
the whole people. A splendid gen
tleman; a citizen of the highest
type of character; a minister con
secrated to the cause of the Mas
ter, the people of Athens welcome
him on his return to hiz former
homie. 3
“ls There a Santa Claus?”
This classic has been publish
ed in every newspaper in the
United States, time and again
‘during the last few years.
The Bannet-Herald has publish
ed it numerous times, but as we
felt that its publication 'had been
sufficient for everyone of our read
ers to memotrize It, we had made
up our minds 'to omit it this year.
However, a former newsppaerman,
However, a former neWwspaperman,
called' us on the phone, and in
quired if ‘we were not going to
print “that eclassic,” “Is There ‘a
Santa Claus?’ We told him “no.”
That it ad been printed so often
during the last twenty-five years,
it was ‘shop-worn. He replied,
“You are crazy. Don't you know
that many of the present genera
tion has never seen ‘it in print.
It is a classic, and if you are not
going to publish it, then send me
a copy of it so that ¥ may have it
to ‘preserve in my stérap book.?
We had not thought of its
publication from the present
generation point of view, but
from our own feeling of a
repétition, no matter how
great a classic; it would be-
come stale.
' Hewever, there are Virginias
born ‘every day; and, they, too, are
‘interested in a Santa- Claus, just
Bs ‘was Virginia 1 O'Hanlon, back
in the early - 1900°5." Thix little
gir’ had “growh someéwhat :skepti
cal of Santa -Clays and she ‘Wrote
‘a ‘Jetter to- the editor 'of she New
York Sun; the Tate ¥rank. -P:
‘Chureh, and asked him the ques
‘tion, “I¥ There a Santa CHUs?Y
The reply of Edifor Church and
the tetter of little Virginia O'Hen
on PERBWE: T TUD SEAE S
L *We take pléasure in answering
at once and thus pr&minart v the
eommunication below, expressing
at the same time our great grati
fication that its faithful author is
numbered among ‘the friends of
“‘Déar Bditor: Tam eight
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
friends say there is no Santa
Claus. Papa saysif vou see it
in the Bun, it's so. Please tell
mie the truth, Ts there a Santa
Claus? % : , ¢
“VIRGINIA OHANLON.’
“Virginia, your little iriends are
wrong. They have been affected
by the skepticism of a skeptical
age. They do not believe except
what they see. They think that
nothing can be which is not com
prehensible Dby their little minds.
All minds, Virginia, whether they
be men’s or children’s, are little.
In this great universe of ours
man is a mere insect, ‘an ant, in
his intellect, as compared wiht
the boundless world about him as
measured by the intelligence cap
able of grasping the whole truth
and’' knowledge.
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa
Claus. He exists as certainly as
love -and generosity and devotion
exist; and you know that - they
abound and give to . your life its
highest beauty and joy. Alas!
How«mmmm’&mbe
if there were no Santa Claus! It
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g t blazed in the midnight darkness —a tinp light in God’s firmament — but to the
kings and the shepherds who watched and beheld it through the epes of Faith, it was the Star
of Bethichem —the heavenly signal which told them — “This night is born to pou a Savior.”
For more than mincteen centurics, throughout the Christian World, cpes of Faith tom
at this time of the pear, back to the stable at Bethichem. For more than nincteen hundred pears,
millions tave tived and dicd, finding glarions consolation for earth's trials and tribuiations, through
the medivm of Faith.
Tl it is a glorious word, that simple word — Faith. 3t has heartened the cxpiorer,
stimulated the scientist, strengthened the warrior. 3t guided Columbus, upheld the Pilgrims, fortified
| Washington. 3t built and developed our civilization and this glorious land which e call our countty.
3n the spirit of chis Christmas time, is it not ficting that We renc again With onrseives
and with our neighbors, a cobenant of Faith — a firm belief that this great nation of ours is founded
on rack-ribbed resources, endowed with natural wealth, peopled by men and women of stout hearts
and strong minds—and in concentrated action based on this Faith we shall overcome all obstacles
and rise to new heights of happiness and prosperitp.
With this Faith a 8 the guiding stor, looming through the darkness before us, We (AN s+
confidently wish for an another that which our bank is happy to extend as its wish for pou.
Verp Mierry Christmas : F
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Just One of a Series!
would be as dreary as if there
‘were no- Virginias. There would
‘be no child-like faith, then, no
poetry, no romance to make tol
erable this existence. We should
‘have no enjoyment except in
sense and sight. The eternal light
with which childhood fills the
'world would be extinguished.
“Not believe in Santa Claus!
You might as well not believe in
fairies! You might get your papa
to watch all the chimneys on
Christmas Eve to catch Santa
Claus, but even if he did not see
Santa. Claus coming down. what
would that prove? Nobody sees
Santa Claus, but that is no sign
that there is no Santa Claus. The
most real things in the world are
those that mneither children nor
men can see. Did you ever see
fairies dancing on the lawn? Of
course mnot. But that's no proof
that they are not there. Nobody
can conceive or imagine all the
‘wonders-that are unseen and un
seeable in the world.
. “You ‘ay tear apart the baby's
rattle and see ‘what makes the
AT THE MOVIES
HERE THIS WEEK
PALACE | ~
Monday (Special Return En
gagement)—Willlam Powell and
Myrna Loy in “Thg Thin Mang |
The most exciting and entertaining
detective picture ever filmed! Ad
ded shorts, “Bosom Friends,” and
“Chasing the Chapions,” News.
Tuesday (Christmas Day) andl
Wedneday—Dick Powell and Jose
phine Hutchinson in "Ha.ppiness.“
Ahead.” A musical! Thrill to :,
great romance! Added, Silly Sym &
phony, ‘“Feculiar Penguins,” arjq
Popeyve, “Dream Walking.” i
Thursday and Friday—Wall jee
Beery and Adolphe Menjou in ‘“ he
Inoise inside, but there is a /vej]
| covering the unseen world " ghich
not the stirongest man, nor, even
the united strength of afl the
!strongest men that ever! lived,
could tear apart. Only - faith,
fancy, poetry, love, Tomiince, can
push aside that curtain ‘and view
the supernatural beauty and glo
ry\beyond. Is it all real? /Ah, Vir
ginia, in all this: world there is
nothiing else real amd abfiding.
“Nio Santa Claus! Thank God!
He lives and he lives/ forever. A
thouwsand years from: now, Vir
ginia, nay, ten times ‘ten thousand
years from now, he ‘will c~ntinue
to n¥ake ‘glad the heart ot child
hood .” J
PLAN A TRIP--- i
. -..SOUTHERN RAILWAY
* DURING .
Christmas and New Year’s Holidays
; : AT , .
NEW LOW RAIL FARES
IY2 Cents a MILE FOR COACH TRAVEL
2¢ a Mile, Plus Pullman Charges for Round
Trip Pullman Travel
Between All Points in Southeast
Also Very Low Holiday Fares to All
Sections of the United States
New Extra Features of Comfort
in Coach Service
All Steel Trains of Sleeping Cars, Coaches, and
Dining Cars
INQUIRE OF TICKET AGENTS
E. E. Barry, Asst. Gen, Pas. Agt., Atlanta.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
SUNDAY, DECEMBE'A »; 1934
—-1\ PEE———
Mighty Barnumw . N Story of .
life “history of Barnumy,,
~ Showman, Truf,v’,- the Greaz
§Bhow on Eeart'q; - ‘Addeq faus;
'?'muwba"} and News,
- Baturday—Tiouise Dresser, Mayy
'Mm‘th and / R&lph Morgan in 4
“Girl of tlie Limberiost A dra
~as true /as nature, ag real as hy
‘manityy Added, Laure and Hay
in “Live Ghosts.” '
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& STRAND
|- Monday and Tuesday — Zan
’!G-rey’s “Home on the Range,” w;
{ Jackie Coogan, Randolpy Scott an
' Evelyn Brent, Added “Myster
Squadron” and “Buddy the Deteg
l tive.”
Wednesday, 15c—Ben Lyons g
lSari Maritza ‘in ““Crimson R
mance,” a war dramal Addeg:
“Movie Memories.” - .
Thursday and “Friday—l,
Montgomerys best selling novej so
over a quarter of d“century— Ay,
of Green Gables,” with Anpe Shi
ley, — Twawn, - Added: Comed'g}
and News, .
Saturday: Bob Steele in “Tombj.l
stone Terror,” a <estérn dramg !
Added: Buck Jones 'm ‘The pe
| Rider.” ;
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'SOIL EROSIQN HOLIDAY
- Workers on the- Bandy Creek
Soil Erosion project will have &'
holiday of two days in which to
celebrate Christmas. They stopped
work Saturday afternoon, ang will
‘Mot resume their labor until Weg.
nesday morning. . e
