Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, April 30, 1937, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextNews Review of Current Events the World Over President Demands Economy, Predicting Deficit of $418,. 000,000, but Asks Billion and Half for Relief— Franco Creates Authoritarian State. By EDWARD W. PICKARD & Western Newspaper Union. REVISING his budget estimates for the fiscal year 1938, Presi dent Roosevelt told congress in a special message that the deficit prob ably would amount to $418,000,000 ex clusive of debt re tirement payments of $400,000,000, in stead of the "lay man's” balanced budget he predicted in January. He rec ommended the ap propriation of sl,- 500,000,000 for relief; and he demanded President Roosevelt rigid economy to combat an antici pated drop in federal revenues amounting to $600,000,000. Mr. Roosevelt also said there must be a careful survey of the nation’s tax structure, and intimated that a new tax bill would be introduced at the next session of congress. In correcting the over-estimation of revenue and the under-estima tion of expenditures, the President indicated that the national debt will rise over the 36 billion dollar mark. Though he made no specific rec ommendations as to economy, the President spoke sharply about "spe cial groups" who are exerting pres sure to bring about increases in government expenditures. It was understood he referred especially to the farm tenancy program, propos ing an annual expenditure of $135,- 000,000; the Wagner housing bill, calling for an expenditure of $50,- 000,000 a year, and the Harrison- Black education bill, calling for allocations among the states begin ning at $100,000,000 for the first year and reaching a maximum of $300,- 000,000 a year. Mr. Roosevelt had rejected these measures at a White House confer ence and his attitude provoked va rious prominent senators and rep resentatives so much that they de- Hared they would favor cutting down the relief appropriation he asked to one billion dollars. Among the Democratic leaders taking this stand were Senator James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, represent ing the appropriations committee, and Senator Pat Harrison of Mis sissippi. Said Senator Byrnes: “I think the President’s estimate of one and a half billion dollars for work relief is too high. It would make possible a monthly expendi ture of $125,000,000. Each month it will be possible for Mr. Hopkins to further reduce the number on the relief rolls and consequently reduce the expenditures. "It is my purpose not only to urge that the work relief appropriation be limited to one billion dollars, but that the law require larger contribu tions from the sponsors of projects. If the sponsors could be required to put up 50 per cent of the cost of the projects, we would not have appli cations for a billion dollars during the next fiscal year.” Senator Jos Robinson, majority leader, made an earnest plea for economy in all directions; and Sen ator Charles L. McNary, Republi can leader, assured Senator Rob inson that the Republicans would co-operate in every way possible with the Democrats in their “be lated” efforts to balance expendi tures with income. In the house the economy pro gram lost a point when Represen tative Vinson of Kentucky succeed ed in getting through his $1,000,000 stream pollution bill. 'T'WO cabinet members were quick to comment on the Presi dent’s economy orders. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace forecast an immediate curtailment of the administration’s farm activi ties. Federal aid to farm tenants, production control and t*e ever-nor mal granary are among the proj ects to feel the economic ax, Mr. Wallace said. He is still hopeful that the crop insurance program, to be applied ft the 1938 wheat yield, may be salvaged. Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper and his first assistant, Ernest Draper, joined in predicting that business recovery will not be re tarded by th:; apparent inability of the administration to balance the "budget in th<* 1938 fiscal year, as the President anticipated in January. They said they regarded lagging treasury revenues as a temporary condition and added: "The present headway of business is so strong that it will offset the effect of a probable deficit.” p RESIDENT ROOSEVELT an * nounced his plans for another fishing trip, to begin April 28 and last two w eeks or longer. This time he is going to angle in the Gulf of Mexico while congress struggles with his latest recommen dations. After leaving Washington his first stop will bi. at Biloxi. Miss. From there he will go by motor to New Orleans, pausing en route at Beauvo : r, the old home of Jefferson Davis that is now a home for Con federate veterans At New Orleans Mr. Roosevelt will board the Pres- idential yacht Potomac and cruise out into the gulf after tarpon. A navy cruiser will accompany the yacht. The fishing trip will end at Galveston and Mr. Roosevelt will go from there to Fort Worth to visit his son Elliott. While the Potomac is at sea Sec retary Mclntyre will maintain head quarters at Galveston with a small staff. NT EVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, Brit * ’ ish chancellor of the ex chequer, introduced in parliament the biggest budget since World war times, and gave warning that na tional finances for several years to come would be dominated by ex penditures on armaments. He said that the government will require an outlay of 862,848,000 pounds (about $4,314,240,000) to carry out its plans and pay its expenses dur ing the next year. Revenue obtain able he estimated at 847,950,000 pounds (about $4,239,750,000), leav ing a prospective deficit of 14,898,000 pounds (about $74,490,000). Chamberlain said the taxpayers would have to pay 3 pence more on each taxable pound of income, bringing the tax up to 5 shillings, or 25 per cent. He also announced a new tax on business profits, and this especially was bitterly attacked by the Conservatives, led by Sir Robert Horne. They argued that it would demoralize industry. FRANCISCO FRANCO is well on * the way to becoming a real dic tator of the part of Spain his insur gent forces control, and of the en- tire country if they win the war. By de cree the general has merged the two chief rightist fac tions under his lead ership and has out lawed all other par ties, thus creating a one - party authori tarian state. His de cree left open tjje way to restoration of the monarchy in Spain "if the nation J 'J Gen. Franco needs it,” and the monarchists of the Carlist and Bourbon persuasions agreed that if this takes place, the king shall be Prince Juan, youngest son of Alfonso XIII. He is known as prince of the Asturias and is twenty-three years old. “The new Spain needs a new king,” said a Carlist leader. “We traditionalists prefer the prince of the Asturias, who is a known sym pathizer with the ideals of the new Spain.” t OV. LEWIS O. BARROWS of ” Maine has lined up with other state executives who will not stand for riotous and illegal tactics by strikers. When an unruly mob of 1,000 men tried to storm two of nineteen factories in Auburn in volved in a general shoe strike and the local authorities were un able to handle the situation, Gover nor Barrows ordered out eight com panies of the National Guard. "murder out the entire military forces of Maine, if necessary to pre serve constitutional authority,” the executive said. “When there is open defiance to the orders of our courts and our officers of the law, there is little difference from anarchy. We shall not tolerate this situation for a moment.” The trouble followed a state Su preme court injunction, issued by Judge Harry Manser, outlawing the shoe strike which affects about 6,- 500 workers. The mob had been aroused by speeches by Powers Hapgood, New England secretary for the C. I. 0., and other organ izers. \ V FORBES MORGAN, who W was the able treasurer of the Democratic national committee during the 1938 campaign and who resigned to take the presidency of the Distilled Spirits Institute, died suddenly in a committee room of the Ohio state capitol in Columbus. Mr. Morgan, a relative of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt by marriage, was a major in the World war. DY UNANIMOUS vote, nearly 4,- 000 Daughters of the American Revolution, in their forty-sixth an nual congress in Washington, adopt ed a resolution opposing the Presi dent's Supreme court enlargement bill. It declared against “unbal ancing” the federal tripartite sys tem of government and favored sub mission of the issues raised by the President to the people through a constitutional amendment. p RESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent * to the senate the nomination of Mrs. Florence Jaffray Harriman of Washington as minister to Norway She is the widow of J. Borden Har riman. New York banker, and has been active in politics for a num ber of years. Anthony J. D«exel Biddle. Jr., who how holds the Nor way post, was nominated to be am bassador to Poland WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE ALAMO. GEORGIA. iuLVjoM) about A Yes-Man’s Paradise. SANTA MONICA, CALIF.—If, as, and when the President puts over his scheme for recon structing the Supreme court nearer to his heart’s desire, the . question arises—in fact, has al -1 ready arisen—as to where he’s • going to find members who will keep step with the New Deal’s march of triumph. Might this earnest well-wisher make a suggestion? Let the Presi- dent look Hollywood over before making his selections, for ’ this is yes-man’s land. Some of the studios out here are , so crowded with yes-men that big yes-men have to , tote little yes-men ’ in their arms. . There’s only one or two drawbacks to this plan, as I see , it. It’s going to be hard to wean the local appointees from wearing polo shirts along with those long silken robes. And they’ll insist in a preview for each deci sion. » ♦ • Domestic Pets. A BROOKLYN judge has decid ed that for a couple to keep eighty-two various animal pets in one apartment is too many—maybe not for the couple, but for the neigh bors—yes I That reminds me that once, in a hotel in the Middle West—not such a large hotel either—l found fully that many pets in my bed. They weren’t assorted enough; they all belonged to one standard variety. I shall not name the hotel, but it was the worst hotel in the world, as of that year. If bad hotels go where bad folks do, it's now the worst hotel in Hades. But the point I’m getting at is that, though eighty-two animals may make a surplus in a city flat, they couldn’t possibly upset a home so much as one overstuffed husband who’s puny and has had to go on a strict diet such as would be suitable for a canary—if the canary wasn’t very hungry. • • • Literary Legerdemain. CULTURAL circles along sun .kissed coast of California are still all excited over the achieve ment of a local literary figure who, after years of concentrated effort, turned out a 500,000-word novel with out once using a word containing the letter “E.” If the fashion spreads to the point where the cap ital “I” also should be stricken out, it’s going to leave a lot of actors and statesmen practically mute. But that’s not what I started out to say when I began this squib. What ! I I started out to say was that I know | of much longer novels which have I been produced without a single idea • in them. Sold pretty well, too, some | of ’em did. • • • Holding World’s Fairs. IT’S customary, before launching a world’s fair or an exposition or whatever they may call it, to hang the excuse for same on some great event in history and then promptly forget all about the thing that the show is supposed to com memorate in the excitement of flocking to see Sally Rand unveiled as the real main attraction. F’rinstance, the big celebration in New York in 1939 ostensibly will mark George Washington’s inaugu ration as President 150 years be fore, and it may be, just as a mat ter of form, that Washington will be mentioned in the opening ceremoni als. But the real interest will cen | ter in whether Billy Rose or Earl Carroll or the Minsky brothers suc ceed in thinking up some new form | | of peach-peeling art to entertain the j customers, or have to fall back once more on such reliable standbys as fan dancers and strip-teasers. ♦ * • Coronation Souvenirs. CINCE previous engagements pre vented me from going over to the coronation, I trust some friend will bring me back a specimen of that new variety of pygmy fish which some patriotic and enterpris ing Englishman has imported from Africa as an appropriate living sou venir of the occasion. It’s a fish having a red tail, a white stomach, ; and a blue back, thus effectively I combining the colors of the Union I Jack. And it’s selling like ho 4 I cakes, the dispatches say. Now if only this engaging little creature could be trained to stand on its tail when the band plays "God Save the King” what an ad dition it would make for any house hold in the British domain! (Note— Households in the south of Ireland excepted.) IRVIN S. COBB. I ®—WNU Service. 50,000 Cattle Lost in Day Kansas ranchers lost 50,000 catli* in the famous New Year day bliz zard of 1886. Dead cattle were piled so thick along the railroad tracks they had to be cleared off t>fore trams could go through. National Topics Interpreted f by William Bruckart Rational Press Building Washington, D, C. Washington. — Although it has been three weeks since the Supreme court of the Unit- Wagner Act e d States upheld Decisions the Wagner labor relations act, I doubt that there is more than a mere handful of people in this na tion who are able to comprehend the full significance of those decisions of the highest court. The chances are, if our present form of govern ment remains and we continue to adhere to our Constitution, the full import of the so-called Wagner act decisions (there were five of them) will not be discovered within a quarter of a century. No decision of the Supreme court in several decades contains the wide range of potentialities found in the decisions of April 12 and it may well be that the findings of the court at that time will constitute a turning point in United States history. There are so many potentialities to be found in the Wagner act de cisions that one may reasonably ex press a doubt whether states have any rights left. Likewise, one may express a doubt whether labor and the friends of labor have won or lost in the determination by the high court that the National Labor Relations board has power to com pel an employer to deal with a ma jority of nis workers, organized into union form. Above and beyond these phases lies another, namely, the question whether the United States congress does not have power to legislate strikes out of existence. First, I am convinced in review ing the court’s action that there has been a tremendous amount of mis information spread about the find ings of the court. Never in my period of service in Washington have I seen so many different con structions placed upon an official act. We have seen and heard un measured criticism of the court for turning business over to the labor unions; we have witnessed a renew al of attacks on the Supreme court because it did not go far enough to the radical side in granting pow er to congress and the President, and we have been deluged with talk of what ca>> now be done in a legis lative way to carry out Mr. Roose velt’s theme song, “The More Abun dant Life.” The truth is, however, that the Supreme court in deciding the Wagner act cases actually re stated in a clarified manner a posi tion the court took twelve years ago. It was in 1925 that the court decid ed the so-called second Coronado coal mining case. In that opinion, the court laid down the rule, al though it was obscured, that ob stacles to production constituted an interference with interstate com merce. In the cases this month, the court reaffirmed and restated that very theory of law and government, because it declared in the Jones and Laughlin Steel company case that failure of the employer to permit settlement of the strike through an official agency of the government constituted interference with inter state commerce. Hitherto, the con ception of interstate commerce gen erally has been limited to trans portation of goods or communica tion across state lines. To show the similiarity, it is nec essary only to recall that striking miners attempted to close en trances to the Coronado mines in Colorado. The cases went to the Supreme court which heir’ that ille gal attempts to close the mines con stituted an interference with ship ment of the products into interstate commerce. So, I am quite con vinced that the job the Supreme court did in this instance and as far as it relates to the orgy of New Deal theories consists only of clari fying the legal definition of inter state commerce. Laymen are not concerned with legal technicalities, nor do they understand them, but they do understand facts and it was facts in the Jones-Laughlin case up on which the court predicated its decision notwithstanding the wild acclaim by New Dealers for the "enlightened” construction of the Constitution in that opinion. • • • Any attempt to point out what ’he Wagner act decisions mean and , . how far they go is Shies at bound to lead into Discussion a maze of compli- cated discussion. I have no intention of getting my self so entangled despite the de grees in law that I hold. I am a firm believer in the declaration that human nature works out its prob lems after the manner of slow and orderly development. But there are certain circum stances connected with the present court rulings and conditions of this day that may probably be discussed without becoming involved in de spised legal technicalities. I mentioned earlier that if the court, as it did, could find that ob struction of production constituted interference with interstate com merce, it seems quite obvious that interfererce may come from em ployees as well as employers. It is a fact, therefore, that when the steel company here concerned re fused to obey the mandate of the HR ’ 31® Irvin S. Cobb I National Labor Relations board it prevented a settlement of a strike. It must be a fact, therefore, that a strike of the sit-down type con stitutes interference with production and consequently interferes with in terstate commerce. The next con clusion, and it seems perfectly ob vious, is that if congress can legis late against employer and prevent him from interfering with interstate commerce, it can legislate to pre vent the workers from interfering with interstate commerce. Now, we come to the point, men tioned earlier, of the danger inherent in any situation where congress starts legislating on the question of human rights. Congresses before this time have been fair and con gresses hereafter may be fair in enacting legislation dealing with the delicate matter of human rights. But where is the assurance that they will do so? How can we tell but that at some future time a con gress subservient to big business may decide to lay down ridiculous rules about employment. It is pos sible, for example, that some con gress may say that employers may not hire workers above fifty years of age. They seem to have that power—if they can make it appear that age becomes important to the maintenance of constant production. I admit this sounds ridiculous. I intended that it should sound ridic ulous. It has been mentioned as an extreme case to show what may be possible if these new powers are not wisely used. It exemplifies, more over, what a factor uncertainty is when too much power has been granted any agency of the govern ment, be it national or state or lo cal. • • • Now, to touch up on some of the unsettled issues resulting from the court’s pro- Unsettled nouncement: Issues All that has been obtained un der the Wagner act decisions is complete recognition of the right of organized labor groups to bargain collectively free from employer domination. The principle of ma jority rule is laid down. An em ployer must deal with the repre sentatives of a majority of his work ers. The rights of the minority, whether that minority be a com pany union or an independent union are rather much overshadowed al though they can present their griev ances to the National Labor Rela tions board. It is in that situation that trouble is foreseen. Most of the recent strikes have resulted from disputes over union recognition. Largely this union recognition question resulted from the maneuverings and agita tion by John L. Lewis and his Com mittee for Industrial Organization. But it is not to be forgotten that the American Federation of Labor has several million members in its craft unions. Thus, it can easily be foreseen that the National Labor Relations board is going to be con fronted many times with a fight be tween the C. I. O. and the A. F. of L. Each one of these organizations will claim that it represents a ma jority of the workers and, therefore, is entitled to be the spokesman for all of an employer's workers. Most of us have seen how bitter internal labor rows can become. I am sure that most of my readers will recall cases within their own knowledge where carpenters and bricklayers have fought it out over the question of which one was to do certain work in construction. It has happened hundreds of times and each time bitter hatred has devel oped. When the right to speak for a whole body of employees becomes the question for determination, it seems to me perfectly obvious that the controversy will develop into one of white heat. And the labor board will have to decide which one should serve as the employees’ rep resentative. In the meantime, the employer can have nothing to say. • • • All of this may sound a bit fan tastic; it may sound as an attempt to borrow trouble. Fix Hours ni s neither. The and Wages situation is dis- cussed for the reason that it is quite apparent there will be new attempts in con gress now to write legislation con trolling hours and wages Repre sentative Connery of Massachu setts, speaking as chairman of the house labor committee, declared the othe; day that such legislation would be drafted and he entertained no doubt that it would pass the house. Conditions in the senate are different, but Mr. Connery’s opin ion must be accepted as worthwhile in so far as the house is concerned. Thus, if congress undertakes such legislation it is confronted with the necessity of doing something by way of amendment of the Wagner act that will make union labor com ply with federal regulation instead of leaving the Wagner act one-sided as it is. In other words, labor is entitled to its dues, to its fair share of profits, but it seems to me it is also entitled to be as subservient to law as those who pay the wages. © Western Newspaper Union. Smiles Too Late Rube—Sally, will you marry me? Sally—Sure. (Silence from Rube.) Sally—Why don’t you say some thing else, Rube? Rube—l think I have said too much already.—Cotton Ginners’ lournal. CALL IT THAT Walker—Just back from a joy ride? Driver—What do you think? Caught two fines, had three blow outs and a busted differential, towed eight miles to a garage and had to borrow this crate to get home in. 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