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GAMBLE—IA VANN AH’S ARTIgT ) (“
•. Thr results in gmoke-icreening and camo uflagingrthnt; can be
/oblkmed by a master mathematician in politics larel aStoiunding.
• ; TAb magnificent array of charts, graphs,"diagrams,! guts and
fFßßfral act up of the saturnalia of figures \ imposing fin their
innocence while'entirely at variance with fatetsiandytaxing to
the limit the credulity of the citizen who anttotaHy contributes
hit-pro rata to the city treasury is a beautiful! picture r painted
by ancartist accomplished in the intrigue of pcflitical/maneuver.
D is wfreshing to observe Aiderman King’s courageous action
in demanding that Mayor Gamble accompany \hls flowered re
port With actual facts and figures which the\t«x|patfer can un
;der*tend without the aid of an astrological'export. ’ /
’ How many mpre may) lie in, the multitudinous tables
,submitted by Mayor Gamble at this time,)we| are* to
t ,kitoWi We belieye every real estate taxpayer in Savannah,will
the Savannah Daily Times that Aiddrman/King' was
rtyht’ißnd Mayor Gamble wrong in his statement of the’taxes
bartoedby reg) estate in his hyphenated set hip J <lf> these real
estate if igureg hate been maniulated syphrtoosejwe ask
whgt .are all "his.figures worth! If the pubHc iai being fooled
irr one important item ( is it not reasonable Mol suppose ■'they are
. /being misled in bthers! WHEN DO WE GET ACCURATE,
SENSIBLE REPORT ON THE FINANCES! OF) OUR CITY,
INCLUDING THE SINKING FUND! .Gamble will
geon realize that the tax payers of Savannalh are (not as dumb
'BsheTthinks they,'are and that he is not as wnart as he thinks
vkMfojWHli. Savannahians to accept sorqeiof his explana
tions :iji procedure is a reflection upon the m<wtal capacity of
y/peo£lg./ 4 .Come Jdown to earth, Mr. \ You will then
ivanhians are sfnart. Get your the'ground.
xUphiotfbe misled* by employed at th!e city’s/expense
• official family. . You will tHem\ realize that
are thuch smarter than you think and are'listening
r to?ymir explanations” with crossed fingers, and a'smile. V
. >-•' important' amendment jto .the State Constitution tfs about
• to-be Jessed upon by .the peopk of Getygia reducing tfie» burden
, of tafjttion upon and limiting the power of/the city
, to- tag it. "It is* generally understood that you, I Mayor I Gamble.
arg opposed to this .pleasure. Will you be frank enough .to‘tell
/ the citizens of Savannah who have so highly honored y»u, just
/ whfere you stand upop this important amendment. | Yjou are their
I accredited representative and they are entitled to this ' infor-
■ mation. * . t • \ v \ I
CONFIDENCE IN ONES COMMUNITY 7
.Doubting Thomas’s and carpiqg critics, we will always have
, triih ns. These are the penalties and pests of progress. To the
morMihoughtful among us,* those who keep their fingers on the
njse of movements that, motivate for steady and continued ad
vancement, there is neither .question or doubt as to Savannah’s
steady stride forward during the past six years.,j
Look where we may, potfent signs are plenty of the spirit of
' confidence in the fhtrire and the grit to back that confidence in
the face of what, to the more timid, seems almost Insurmountable
. difficulties and certain disaster. Fear is the Joe of progress.
•Fortunately there are outstanding citizens here who do not per
imit.this factor to qnter into their calculatoins.
*' ff swing of the hammar and saw is singing sweet refrains of
activifity in ?very direction. Along the Ogeechee road, reflect
ing the city’s examplje, is taking place developments that call
for brains, nerve, and ; money. That so astute and successful an
operator as L. H. Smith should blaze the way to the South as
he has already coniumated to the north of his home town is an
example worthy of simulation by all these desirous of investing,
, safely; and soundly.’
Ma!y we not be permitted to call attention to a bit of history
in connection with the successful activities of Mr. Smith? Need
thererbe a finer example of what a combined community could
accomplish when we visualize the result of-this one man’s con
fidence and zeal in arid for his city?
Aside from his own initiative, absolute confidence, and nerve,
there were few but tKatJeven dreamed Industrial City Gardens
vpould be the beauty «pot and success it is. There are many
who derided the project and predicted miserable failure.
WitJathe true pidne’er ipihit Mr. Smith continued on and we take
thia opportunity of extending our congratulations on his great
bucccm.
V; ; ; ? 00N8FI0I0U8 OONFDENOB
■1 indications continue to point;to an unabated confidence* in
Savannah and h|>r future business prosperity. When suceess
ful business concerns, whose managements have an enviable
record in visualiaing the future requirements of business expan
*»l6n. <hd, backing their judgements, enter into long time leases
thdt involve financial responsibilities totaling millions of dollars,
it i»>aH:that merchants and others interested in the growth of
- SaVionah should sit up and take notice.
•'■•. Thgt two of the largest and most successful concerns in the
catmtry, Sears-Roebuck and Company, and the S. H. Kress Com
pany should have concluded long time leases on valuable bus
'inw sites looking toward, further expansion of their business
in Savannah is the highest evidence of their confidence in the
Community.and its possibilities for future growth and expansion,
n’hffcp tw.o- splendid concerns are not strangers to the buying
1 publji* of Savannah and the surroundin gterritory.
Pr7w<eommend their farsightedness and the display of real con-
F fjdiite.ia’.tha future Os Savannah. They have for years oper-
B a t«d successfully here, "through good •yearsand bad years, dur-
I dHrU fff P^ o *P erity P eriodll of depression, are throughly,
r eonvereaci;.With aijery factor entering into the trade require
r 'thU.feetion’and therefore their decision to further ex
ff*p>ud is t>® highest polAible evidchc of a returning
1 pur community. • •
’• ~hSojpicmd
.wL-jiiaw long is an independent electorate: to remain bound and
r, AjN lijw glaves*! 6 JU driven to do the bidding of a self
Are .the voters and taxpayers 1 of Savannah en-
voiceiin the selection of candidates for office, or
r. coterie 6f selfKeekingpoliticians serving selfish ends
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Chairman of Powerful Senate Finance Committee
Faces Strenuous Fight to Win Nomination Again
PAT. HARRISON HAS STIFF
OPPdSITION IN MISSISSIPPI
By WILLIAM SPECHT
Central Press Correspondent
JACKSON, Miss., April 6—One of
those fiery campaigns, 'for which
l Mississippi . was known long before
i the late Senator Haey P. Long stole
1 the show in Louisiana with his stump
/ technique, ■!> foreseen for this sum
mer*. Former Gov. Martin Sennett
• Conner (kpowp widely as “Mike”)
and Senator Pai Harrison wUI battle
for, the Democratic nomination for
United States senator, tantamount to
election.
Conner came into prominence when
he advocated and had enacted the
- Mississippi sales tax.
Jigsaw Pnnle
•" Conner’s announcement of his can
didacy, long predicted, split the Miss
issippi political picture into a jig
saw puzzle.
The question is:
“Which way will Junior Senator
Theodore Bilbo go?”
Bilbo who, during his own sena
torial campaign promised to “out-
Huey—Huey Long” has been opposed
,to both Conner and Harrison for
years. Os the two, however, he is
more bitter against his colleague, Har
rison, and has sworn to bring about
his, defeat. ,
' His political fight with Harrison,
Which dates back many years, was
even further accentuated in the
United States senate recently when
Harrison supported the • nomination
of Judge Edwin ft. Holmes to the fed
eral circuit bench.
Bilbo, still vividly remembering the
time when Judge Holmes put him
Into jail for contempt, began a bit
ter fight against the senate confirm
ation of the jurist.
More Punles
Harrison, chairman of the power
ful senate finance committee, has
continued to put up a stiff fight for
Holmes.
There Is also the question of what
part the late Senator Long’s “share
the-wealth” movement will take in
the campaign.
The Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, who
no fallen into the role of guiding
director Os the movement, has de
clared that his societies would op
pose Harrison.
And again Senator Bilbo creates
wonderment, for Bilbo in his own
rhe-wealth" movement.
There is, further, a possibility that
election campaign assailed the “share
the New Deal may find its way into
the campaign as one of the chief
Issues.
Harrison's Plea
Senator Harrison, in addressing a
joint session of the state legislature,
urged that Mississippi send a delega
tion to the Philadelphia convention
instructed to vote for Roosevelt.
The puzzle also enmeshes Gov.
/Hugh White. White, who was so vig
orously supported by Bilbo in the
•campaign last year, has been regard
ed as a friend of Harrison’s.
AH in all the picture is one of many
/complexities with only the future
Hable to truly predict the ultimate po
sition all the various and conflicting
parts of the puzzle will take.
Senator Harrison, who has been
>an outstlndlng figure in the nation’s
capita /or many years, was first elect
ed to the United States senate in
1918. The present campaign will be
his fourth.
Hubby—l certainly don’t Intend to
»eat these biscuits. They are yester
day’s. •
Wifey—Suit yourself about that,
•but if you don’t eat them today they
will also be tomorrow’s.
For the better part of an hour a (
All Os Us
I DON’T KNOW Mrs. A Nev-
•er saw her in my life. Fact is I’ve
teven forgotten her name, and I call
lher Mrs. A. because of that. I would
no: like her if I did know, and I’ll
tell you.
i ' "
; She met a friend of mine on the
•street and began to talk about an
other friend of mine She said:
1 "Isn’t it terrible about Frank?” My
ifriend said, "‘What’s so terrible about
TFrank, I haven’t seen him for months,
;but what’s happened to him?”
»So Mrs. A. brightened up and said:
;“He’s drinking himself to death. His
ipoor wife! his poor children!
! Mrs. A. didn’t go into details about
Trank. She didn’t have any to go
into. She’d "’heard” somewhere that
Frank had lost his grip and was
{drinking all day and late at night
and even before breakfast and that
was a terrible thing because Frank
ris such .a nice man and has such a
’lovely family and what a pity it is for
\a man like that to go to pieces
•what a shame!
I Yeah, what a shame—Mrs. A., you
jmake me sick. Right in the pit of my
for responding to the whip and wishes of corporate masters to
’■ do the selection for them ?
The time has now arrived when a spade should be called a
i)spade, and the office holders be made aware that they are the
’servants, not the masters of the people. That public office does
jnot convey title of private ownership of the office held nor the
; passing in perpetuity to a chosen few,the right, apparently the
ijsole right, to hold office. Events of (the past few days have
'not appealed to the sense of propriety'or justice to the average
Savannah voter.
; Rumor of a few men meeting in the private room of a hotel
,and secretly selecting condidates does not meet with the ap
proval of a vast majority of the people. The spirit of youth
is abroad in the land, the young men and women of Savannah
and Chatham County desire, AND SHOULD HAVE , represen
tation. THERE MUST BE A RADICAL CHANGE IN THE
METHOD OF ; MANIPULATING THE POLITICAL FOR-
1 UNES OF THE PEOPLE. The events of the past few days,
if ariy evidence at all is required, shows the importance of every
citizen putting himself in position to vote. THIS CAN ONLY
BE DONE BY IMMEDIATELY REGISTERING. -
Savannah people are dissatisfied and thoroughly disgusted
with the disgraceful and disgusting political reputation which
their community has been compelled to bear. Under the sting
ing lash of criticism they have borne patiently until patience
has ceased to be a virtue, they are now resentful of this repu
tation and propose its speedy correction. THIS THEY WILL
ACCOMPLISH BY REGISTERING AND VOTING.
BAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1936
v The Rev. Gerald L. K. 1 Sghator Theodore Bilbo
Smith, guiding director of * *ho is opposed to both I■ ■-
’ the . late Huey Long’s . Senator Harrison and ex-
“share-the-M-calth" move- Governor Conner.
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—WORLD AT A GLANCE—
PRICE DISCOUNT BILL
FAVORED BY SMALL MERCHANT AND MDDDLEMAN
IS BITTERLY OPPOSED
By LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press Staff Writer
Congress may pass a minor NRA
bill this session. It is called
“minor” merely because it does not
enforce labor regulations on cor
porations. In other respects, it is
more rigid than was the NRA.
The bill in is th? Robin
son-Patman measure /to regulate
price discounts.
Although this bill has no labor
regulations in conjunction with it,
congress has anotheir bill before it
—being fought by the United States
Chamber of Commerce and the Na
tional Manufacturers’ association—
which would- set up standards of
hours and wages on all goods and
materials entering into purchases
with government money.
The Robinson-Patman bill is
sponsored by small merchants and
middlemen
It would regulate, and in many)
instances prohibit, special terms for
mass buyers, such as chain organiz-'
ations. “Special terms” include I
quantity discounts, rebates, allow-
stomach you make me sick—l know
Frank. I see hlqi every day, nearly,
on my way to work. We talk about
this and that. I know where he’s
going tonight. If he wer«* drinking
himself to death, I guess I’d know
it. He hasn’t been drunk for two
years and he doesn’t take more than
two drinks a week. If he’s drinking
himself to death, it must be on milk,
water or orange Juice!
But somehow you got it into your
silly mind that Frank was acting
something awful, so you’ve been ped
dling that morsel of gossip all around
town. Whispering it everywhere. De
ploring Frank. Pitying his family—
Scandalizing his name!
Lady, you make me sick. And if you
were a man you’d make me twice
as sick—l suppose I ought to be
sorry for you, pity you because your
life is so mean and empty, so dull, so
boresome that you have to get your
fun out of scandalizing my friend
Frank. And I’m not saying I’ve a
- been Innocent of gossiping my
self—But, lady, you bust my tolerance
all to pieces and—HOW YOU MAKE
ME SICK!
LADY. HUSH YOUR MOUTH!
liances for advertising and broker
age.
The bill also would try to prevent
sales by chain organizations in cer
tain communities at a lost, in order
xto drive out competitors, while
maintaining higher prices in other
llcommunities.
Sponsors say the bill is intended
“to put everybody on an equal foot
king.”
r Opponents, bitterly fighting the
kbill, say it would subsidize middle
|.Tnen and inefficient business men.
a,at the expense of the consumer
k As a matter of fact, the bill is not
kfavored by liberals.
f Th®y believe it really would sub-
Jjsidize inefficiency.
L But they do not believe that vast
organizations should be
•given a monopoly of business at the
expense of tens of thousands of in
dividuals.
Liberals believe that publicly
gowned co-operatives will be the
Jsolution.
f Mass buying, they agree with big
[business, is essential in this mod-
• • ' ’.I .* - I
irn day, to brin- down costs to con
sumers.
SOCIAL SERVICES’ COST
The United States has made a
modest beginning on social security
if one compares it with Great Brik
ian.
Read this from London in the
Wall Street Journal:
“No countrf in the world has
such an elaborate system of govern
ment social serviced as Britain.
“Under -his head are included
poor relief, national health ant un
employment insurance, widows’, or
phans’ and old age pensions, educa
tion, housind and public health ser
vices.
“Their magnitude is best realized
by the fact that in 1933, the latest
year for which complete statistics
are available, ther total cost was
two billion, four hundred million
dollars. That is a sum equal to one
seventh of the total national income
to Britain.”
THE WAY TO PEACE
Readers may forgive us if we
quote once more from the Wall
Stret Journal, for it contains this
illuminating observation (which
has escaepd most of the world com
mentators)
“Wha nGqrmany handed the
world her Rhineland jolt, it is to be
doubted that either the Reich gov.
ernment or its opponents envision-
(Continued on Page Six)
Contract
Bridge ,
TWO UNUSUAL HANDS
Today we have two unusual hands.
The first comes from Beverty Maas.,
the second my partner Mr. H. 0. W,
Sundelof, played as declarer, sitting
south, a few nights ago. >
Rarely indeed does a deal leave
three players “chicane" (void of a
suit that another player wants as
trumps). Almost never does a defender
hold four top honors in trumps, *s
West did when be doubled hearts. <
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Bidding went: South, 1-Heart, ft© ’
first show his major 5-card siut, the
4 side quick tricks making It oblige-■
tory to snow both long suits in I so
powerful a hand; North, 3-Hqart»,,
when he should have shown his spades
first; South, more, thoughtful than,
his partner, 4-Clubs, to show tnat he
held a 2-suiter: NQith, 4-Hearts, mere
ly shifting partner back to the first
suit shown. Os course West 'should
have passed, but the apparently four.
certain defensive tricks Uipged. hftn In
to a double, never dreamlhg- of a ghjft
at that stage of> the contract
North had been, mulling over his
own posible negligence in ndt show
ing his spades. His partner’s show-’
Ing clubs, instead of at once ending
bidding with a heart cajl, and the
business double by West, -c-Jp bleed
to alarm declarer’s- partner Four-
Spades, said North. South Caught ths
point, 5-Spades came . from Smith,
that North ran into 6-Spades. Os
course it is impossible to state wheth
er either bidder wondered what .was to
become of losing hearts. West doubl
ed the amazing final call
Could East have led a heart the tale
would have been a sad one, but he
was void of that cult. As that was so
it made no difference whether East
led a trump, a diamond or a club. He
did lead a diamond, which declarer’s
Q took. Three leads of trumps were
made, leaving dummy in on the last
lead. Five rounds of winning clubs
I afforded declarer opportunity to dis
card his four hearts and lowest die-
Jmond and giving him g grand slam.
Lt was a record score on a. shift.
Before tomorrow see if the contract
can be made against tne best defense,
fourth plays Hearts doubled. The
opening lead is tne Ace of clubs.
Tyte—You said you wouldn’t charge
me for asking you a question On a
legal matter. Now you say I owe you
$lO. •
Habeas— I didn’t charge you for
asking me a question. I’m charging
you for answering it. ~ .
O’Hannigan You certainly had
tough luck—getting your hand blown
off in the explosion.
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