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THE UNION-RECORDS*. MILLEDGEVILLE. GA., JANUAIT 2.
IHSrELLING THE FOG
Bjr Charim Mictetooa
INrMtor t4 Fnbllrflr.
National Committee
The other day the Washington
newspapers announced a call for a
national convention by Governor
Eugene Talmadge, of Georgia,
John Henr>' Kirby. Riving ss their
patriotic purpose the defeat of the
renomination «.* President Roosevelt.
According to Mr. Heart's Wash
ington Hera»:<. Mr. Kirby contribut
ed heavily to Roosevelt's campaign
fund in 1932. 1 haven’t been able to
find any record of such a conti ibu-
It might be worth while in assay
in'? the sincerity of this movement
and the honesty of its proponents to
refer back to the columns of Mr.
Hcarst's Washington Herald during
the Caraway lobby investigation.
This was in 1929. In the issue of
that paper of November 11, 1929.
there was an editorial headed:
• The Law Tails Juror Tampcier;
Lobbyists Deserve Same Penalty.**
The editorial went on to say:
“As president of the Southern
Tariff Association and the National
C.-uncil of State Legislators. Mr.
Kirby heads a lobby that operates
in every State cf the Union.” And
the editorial goes on:
"On cross examination. Lobbyist
Kirby admiUtd to the Caraway
committee that his organizations
have paid the expenses < f State and
municipal officials to meetings call
ed Tor the purpose of influenrin"
tariff and tax legislation.”
Here arc some further paragraphs
from that editorial:
"Mr. Kirby admitted that the an
nual income of two of his organiza
tions interested in legislation total
led between $200,000 and $300,000.
“The way to rid this country of
the curse of the lobby evil is for
Congress to pass a law making it a
i riminal offense to attempt to in-
and Arnold vice president. And
Senator Caraway recited that the
precursor of the present Southern
League to Uphold the Constitution
“has no constitution nor by-laws, it
has no members, its oflicers are de
signated by no organic law: ncithei
the term for which they serve nor
■ the salary they are to receive is
I fixed by any instrument or agree-
.But
collects considerable
of the
United States!
Just one more quotation from the
transcript cf the testimony before
the Senate committee:
Senator Blaine—“Did you have
national banks on your sucker list?"
Mr. Kirby—"We have no sucker
list."
Scnatcy Blaine—“You have no
sucker list?"
The sub-committi
gathered the fact that Arm Id's col
lections during the four years ex
ceeded a million dollars. They had.
however, extreme difficulty in ascer
taining how or what part of this
hind was distributed.
Perhaps some light is shed by this
excerpt from the testimony: Senator
Blaine of Wisconsin was cross-ex
amining Mr. Arnold. To this effect:
Senator Blaine—"You paid $500 to
Eugene Talmadge—who is he?"
Witness Arnold —"Commissioner
of Agriculture. Georgia. At the
Memphis meeting the commission
ers of agriculture wanted to come
to Washington, and decided to come
here when the Senate Finance Com
mittee was holding the hearings,
and bring them a committee and wc
ctreed to make that much of a con
tribution in each State toward it and
| we did it.”
! In the course 'of the examination.
Sei.ator Caraway said to the wit
ness: “You know that cnly one in
ference can be drawn from your
letters and that inference is that you
were not getting the money for any
body but yourself."
In its announcement this week of
the Talmadge-Kirby organization.
Mr. Hcarst's newspaper stressed the
Democracy of the movement. But in
the course of those lobby investiga
tions there was considerable cor
respondence disclosed between Mr.
R. I. Kreager. Republican Nat’onal
Committeeman of Texas, regarding
the testability of promoting
Roosevelt has changed his spots rince
the Hearst newspapers proclaimed
him as a master lobbyist and sug
gested that the courts should have
the power to send lobbyists to jail.
If Governor Talmadge':; cclleague
has really been converted, his re
formation mud bo of rather recent
date. Fur it is hardly three months
ago that "The America?: Taxpayers
league. John H. Kirbv. vice presi- Mr. Kirby—‘“Only—well. !
(dent" called upon citizens interested S ay that."
j in protecting themselves againsl |
■ recent tax legislation to chip in.
explicitly asking them to make
checks payable to the American
Taxpayers LcagVse. Incorporated.
Ar.d yet, there is on record the re
cital of Senator Caraway that:
“There is in truth no such thing as
a Southern Tariff Association or
for that matter, an Amercian Tax
payers League."
Nothing was said in the announce
ment of the union bewtoon Gover
nor Talmadge and the "Southern
Committee to Uphold the Constitu
tion. John Henry Kirby, president."
as to contributions, but that may be
expected in the not distant future.
For in the last circular issued un
der Mr. Kirby's name it was stated
that “to carry on a work of this
magnitude and importance- requires
funds and we will appreciate your
cooperation to the extent of a ten-
dollar contribution."
If the non-existent American Tax
payers League, which the Senator
described as non-existent, felt th
necessity of getting funds to carry
on its great work, how much greater
must be the appeal of the more im
posing body which has undertaken
to “protect" the Constitution of the
The regular meeting of the stock
holders of the First National Bank
will be held at thp office of said
bank January, 14th, 1936 at 3:30
o'clock P. M. Directors are to be
elected and other business that may
• before the meeting attended
to. Please be present or duly repre
sented by proxy. Do not make your
proxy to any officer of the bank.
JON W. HUTCHINSON. President
(Adv.) 12-20-35 4t
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fluence any public official in the per- i didato to run against John N. Gar-
formance of his public duty except ner. then the Democratic leader of
threugh a public appeal.” And the
editorial continued:
"And tampering will? the legisla
tors or administrator? of the people
is <t* a piece with seducing a judge
or tampering with a jury of the
people.”
MUItoa in 4 Yean Without a Caa-
The reports of the Senate investi
gation arc full of illumination as to
Mr. Kirby and his handy-man. J. A.
Arnold, Kirby was general president
the House of Representatives.
They finally elicited that while
Mr. Kirby's organization was pro
moting sentiment for tariff protec
tion, their main object w« to milk
Kreager for "funds to build up the
Republican party."
Passing the Plate to The Taxpayer
Of course we know that
politics play many parts. Perhaps
Governor Talmadge’s associate in the
great work of saving the country
from the Democracy of Franklin D.
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5 KNOWING Those We Serve
and Their Needs
When one of our patrons speaks of getting good service
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perfunctory attention. They took the time and the
pains necessary to give him as nearly as possible the
type of banking co-operation his needs of the moment
called for.
Hiat sounds simple enough. It is simple. But we could
not do our besf if we did not feel that wc are daily
performing a really helpful service for those who come
to this bank
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CHEVROLET DEALER
Milledgeville, Ga.
“Inventory Time
Is Here”
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Everyone reconditioned and ready with 1936 license tags
—An O. K. that counts.
1—1935 CHEVROLET 4-DORR STANDARD SEDAN
I.ess than 8,000 miles.
1—1934 CHEVROLET SPORT SEDAN.
1—1934 CHEVROLET REG. SEDAN.
1—1931 CHEVROLET COUPE.
1—1930 CHEVROLET COACH.
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1—1929 MODEL A FORD TUDOR.
1—1931 CHEVROLET COACH.
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1928 Chevrolet Coupe AA
PickUp Only $«KJ.UV
1930 Chevrolet Wrecked $50.60
'830 (W*. $60.00
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L. N. Jordan
CHEVROLET DEALER
Milledgeville, Ga.