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PAGE FOUR Snu®®Wfclhj®ints , Published by— PUBLIC OPINION, INC. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY ’ at 302 EAST BRYAN STREET Cor. Lincoln Entered a* Second Class Matter July 23, 1935 at the Post Office at Savannah, Georgia SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year .... 7.50 Six Months 375 Three Months II 195 One Month ..II One Week ——...—...11 .15 ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION FROST, LANDIS & KOHN National Advertising Representatives Chicago New York Detroit Atlanta Subscribers to: Transradio Press • International Illustrated News - Central Press Ass’n. Gilreath Press Service • Newspaper Feature, Inc. • King Features Stanton Advertising Service • World Wide Pictures THE NATIONAL SITUATION The main consideration for the moment of both the major parties seem to be the securing of the necessary sinews of war that the coming political battle may be not lacking in am munition. Hardly in the history of our country, even in the days of Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson has the science of political strategy been so highly developed or required more oil with which to keep machines running smoothly. In the Democratic party, the re-nomination of President Roosevelt is a foregone conclusion. While, for a short period it became apparant that his star was on the wane, he has re gained much of his lost prestige. In addition to the many lovable traits of character which he possesses and the strong hold he, personally maintains upon the affection of his country men, he will go down in history as the most adroit politician that ever sat in the Presidential chair. Politics is politics, regardless under which party label it is played. There are well defined rules under which the game is played. In both parties there are factions who are raising the red flag of rebellion and it is almost impossible, at this time, to foretell just what effect this strife is going to have on the final result. Some there may be who will take a walk; others, more human will prefer riding and will take advantage of the first opportunity presented to hop on someones band wagon. On the Republican side of the battle line, competition for supremacy and leadership has begot much activity. At this writing Governor Alfred Landon of the State of Kansas seems to be the favorite with Senator William E. Borah and Colonel Frank Knox making a strong bid for preference. One of the factors entering the situation is the unknown desires and ambi tions of ex-President Herbert Hoover. The titular head of his party, his entrance and activities into national affairs during the past few months have caused many to wonder. We can oqly wait to see what we shall see. TALES TWICE TOLD There are some things characteristic of Americans as a nation that is beyond ordinary human understanding. In all matters pertaining to the relief of human suffering, want, and misery, not a nation on earth equals us in which aid is rendered without regard to cost. Organization is at hand, ready to function at a moment’s notice to provide succor to the distressed, mitigate the pain of the disabled and grief stricken, and give food and shelted to the hungry and homeless. .During the past few weeks our sense of shock have become almost dulled by the occurence of disaster upon disaster. Hor rifying stories of the loss of human life in nearly every section of our country fill us with fear lest we be unable to meet each recurring calamity as we should. We shudder at the hideous ness of it all and begin to wonder when and where the next blow will fall. The lightning like rapidity with which lives are snuffed out simply stuns us. And yet, notwithstanding it all, unless steps are taken to stop the steady toll, the automobile will, in the next few months, maim and cripple more people, send more souls to their heavenly reward, possibly create a greater loss in property values, AND, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT! Our courts seem almost supine in their ability to check the terrific toll. Into this question of protection to human life every citizen should lend his earnest influence and assistance toward the enactment and enforcement of wise laws that will absolutely prevent the waste. The reckless abandon with which many drivers attempt to save three seconds to get to a given point and then spend an hour wondering where to go next, the lightheartedness with which others show an absolute disregard for the rights is bad enough, the reckless one is worse. Pitiless publicity and proper punishment is the only cure for these curses. THE CITY OF OPPORTUNITY Yesterday’s issue of the Daily Times carried a news item that should hold the attention of all. When one of the largest and most successful merchandising concerns of the country decides to locate in Savannah, it is the highest possible proof that pros pects are bright and prosperity has turned the corner and is coming our way. Such concerns do not reach hasty conclusions nor do they make decisions involving the investment of possibly hundreds I of thousands of dollars, without painstaking investigation of all the factors that make for success. Dependent, as they are, upon volpme of trade, now and in the future, their final deter mination to enter into a long time lease on valuable Broughton street property is, in itself, safe assurance of Savannah’s future as a trading point. • Many of the ills men suffer from are imaginary. Merchants are but men, subject to the traits and weaknesses of mankind. The depression, now passing, has taught many men lessons which will be of profit to them throughout the years. One, the dangers that are hidden under the mantle of unholy fear. Like I the thief that comes in the night, fear robs men of courage, I initiative, and the fortitude to fight on. ( The other lesson is CONFIDENCE; confidence in one’s self, in one's community ; and confidence in the future. Had this large concern not had confidence in itself, confidence in our commun ity and confidence in the future of Savannah, no superior sales-, manship could have attracted it here. Reduced to a few simple words, it is the result of the tedious and untiring efforts of the Savannah Chamber of Commerce and the Industrial Commission of Savannah that has focused the attention of the manufactur-1 ing and nierchandising interests of the nation to the splendid opportunities for expansion offered by Savannah. We have passed of depression, are on the upgrade, and the mo- 1 akentum of progress will, with each coming month, be increased. PILOT KILLED ; GTOS, aV., April 9 (TP) . England commercial pilot plane crashed ’/*His mechanic was seriously injured. The pilot was William Turner, flyer for the Bos . ton, Maine and Central Vermont Airways. Hoyt Gilmore, his me. 1 chanlc, was Injured. —WASHINGTON AT A GLANCE— No Labor Party INow BUT THERE MAY BE FORMIDABLE ONE IN 1940 John L. Lewis Decrees Central P”ess Washington Bureau 1900 S Street By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, April 9—While this does not appea. to be the right year for • new political party to make much of a start, if any, there are signs of the birth of a new political party to make much of a start, if any, there are signs of the birth of a new one in time to make a formidable showing in 1940. In fact, John L. Lewis’ declara tion that he is unw’lling to support a labor party movement during the coming campaign strongly implied that he may be willing to do so four years hence Any movement to which the United Mine Workers’ ment of president finally does give his support unquestionably will be a movement of plenty of importance; nothing in which Lewis takes an influential part is to be regarded otherwise than ser. iously. If such a party does evolve itself it probably will be a farmer-labor party rather than exclusively a labor party. • • • SWING AN ELECTION? When Lewis launched his fight for the reorganization of labor out of craft and into broad industrial units it immediate.y was apparent that a setup of the type he contem plates could not long keep out of partisanship, as the A. F. of L. always has mcceeded in doing. And that he is progressing rapid ly with his industrial unionization program is obvious. If he attains his expected 30 to 40 million membership (in all indus tries) and if the outfit votes as a unit and if the farmers then are added to his alignment—can he swing an election? * * * FARMERS INDIVIDUALISTIC I have no doubt Lewis will effect unionization, maybe not to the im mediate tune of 30 or 40 million but running into substantial figures. I’m not so sure of the farmers; they are an individualistic crew. Still, it is conceivable. There is a farmer-labor party already, with a senator, a quarter of a dozen re presentatives and a governor—a NOT--In the News • • • • ♦ * MEMBERS OF THE INITIAL CLAN COPYRIGHT, CENTRA L PRESS ASSOCIATION ED SMITH was a mailman in a small Ohio town. For 20 years Ed had been carrying letters and agri cultural journals to the town’s resi dents, most of whom were retired farmers, and their families. Everyone ,in town knew Ed Smith. He knew everyone and his private business, but no one cared, for every body knew that whatever Ed found out about them, and what he saw, he would keep to himself. Ed was a friend to everybody and everything, and one of his closest companions was a dog, Sam, of doubt ful pedigree, really just a mongrel mutt. But despite his background, Sam was as faithful and devoted as any dog could be. Sam really was the property of one of the town’s farmer residents. That is to say, he was found, after a fash ion, by the retired farmer. Where he came from no one knew, but one stormy night he was heard whining outside the farmer’s door, and the latter allowed him to enter the house and get warm. After that night he made his home with the farmer. Probably it would be more correct to say that Sam just boarded at the farmer’s house, for all day long, ev ery day, he was with Ed Smith. It was only a few days after his arrival in town that Sam began trailing at the heels of Ed while the latter made his rounds with his mail. Then, for eight years afterward, every day, Sam could be seen trailing around with Ed Smith. • • • SAM EVEN got to know when it was Sunday, Ed’s day of rest. On that day he wouldn’t wait for Ed to come along but would scamper over to Ed’s house and spend the day with him. How he could pick out Sunday from other days, no one ever found out. Perhaps he got to know it because the people he lived with always slept later that day, or perhaps he under stood Ed when he said from the force of habit every Saturday as he completed his route, “Well, another I week gone!” Anyway, Sam knew when it was Sunday, the day when he and Ed did different things. But every other day, Sam would be on the job. He would wait on the porch until Ed came along, regardless of how cold it might be, and then fall into step with him after greeting him with joyous barks. •' It eventually became a ritual, as eat ing and sleeping for both man and dog, and Ed couldn’t Imagine a day without him. He even encouraged the ' friendship by getting some meat for Sam every day at the corner meat market. I SAM CONSIDERED it his duty to protect Ed against all the other dogs lin town, and he did so effectively, for he was a vicious fighter. But one day a new dog appeared on the route. It was a small Pomera nian with a long pedigree. Sam was no bully and he kne whe was larger than the little dog. So he just growl ed menacingly to warn him away from Ed. But Ed. the friend of man and beast, went up to the little dog and patted it on the head. | Ed had displayed such affection for other dogs in the town before, but this was a new dog. And so, after Ed had displayed such affection for i other dogs in the town before, but this was a new dog. And so, after Ed had given similar attention to the i puppy for several days thereafter, a change came over Sam. He became jealous of the new dog, and Ed no ticed it. It was a week after their first meeting that Sam, apparently decid ing not to let anything interfere SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL V, lU3B nucleus, for as high-powered an or ganizer as John L. Lewis. Yet even Lewis cannot assemble a majority of America’s votes on too exceedingly short notice. A couple of years probably is none too long an estimate for his con solidation of industrial unionism, plus a year or two longer to annex the farmers. Lewis’ account is that he is sat isfied for the present with Presi dent Roosevelt and wants to re. elect him— aft»r which he will have "no commitments.” My own guess is that be does not deem the time ripe for a third party. It isn’t. « * * NOT A GOOD NAME “Farmer-labor” isnt an overly good name for a political party. Many folk who work for a living are not farmers and are not recog nized by labor as laborers, but only as white-collarites. “Where do they get off at?” speaking colloquially. However, maybe John L. Lewis will hit on some more inclusive designation. The right terms are "conserva tive” and “liberal”, the conserva tives shading off into reactionaries and the liberals into radicals. The dividing line s not clean, cut. As Secretary of State Cordell Hull (a liberal, I think once re marked to me, when in the senate, “about 75 per cent of our side are right and 25 per cent are wrong; about 25 per cent of the other side are right and 75 per cent are wrong; there isn’t an exact distinc tion." ♦ * ♦ IN 1940 The situaiton in 1940 will depend on conditions in the meantime. If there is a bulge in business and employment (employment and wages especially) there will not be a chance for a new party—John L. Lewis’ or any other left wing lead er’s. Contrarywise, a new group may decide the 1940 election. ONE MINUTE SERMON The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. —Proverbs 10:27. with hi« friendship for Ed, attacked the small dog when he and Ed stop ped at the house to deliver mail. Ed tried to part them, and Sam. in his fury, gnashed wildly at Ed’s hand. His teeth sank into the hands and tore the flesh. Ed thought nothing of the wound and when he got home he merely put an antiseptic on it and let it go. But three days later it began to swell up. He still thought it was nothing and neglected going to a doctor. And when he did go the doctor told him he had blood poisoning. A week later Ed died of the infec tion. Sam waited outside Ed’s house while the funeral was held and then followed the cars to the cemetery. There his owner saw him and took him home. The next day he disap peared. The cemetery keeper found Sam when he went over to Ed’s grave in a few days to remove the wilted flowers. Week from hunger and ex posure, Sam evidently had been at the grave since he disappeared. He growled weakly as the keeper tried to remove him, and then lapsed into unconsciousness. He never recovered. You’re Telling Me? XENOPHON MEEKS, local base ball hope, is back from the training camps without even the hope. He had as much chance to make good as a Republican speaker at a Jack son Day dinner. Xenophon wrote the manager of the Philadelphia Blue Sox (or was it the St. Louis Weas. els?) that he had more smoke than a mountain-type locomo tive and a curve that was the envy of all burlesque queens. * * • So the manager sent Xenophon a ticket and a letter which said that if he didn’t make good he (the man ager) would sue him (Mr Meeks) for impersonating a human being. • * * So Xenophon headed south with nothing more than a yen to see what Florida was like. ♦ * ♦ Xenophon had more trouble find ing the plate than a tightwad par ishioner in the back pew during Sunday collection. He threw the same curve all the time —up and over the grandstand. ♦ * ♦ After the tenth base on balls the manager, from the bench, waved his handkerchief for an armistice. But the firing did not cease until Xennj' found him self on a train for home. * ♦ * But Xenny isn’t discouraged He has ju t written the manager of the Chicago Turkeys (or is it th-' Boston Patheti ?) describing his batting ability. If he means with his knife and fork —it’s perfect. WIFE PRESERVERS Don’t peel new and tender stalks of rhubarb before cooking them. On ly the old and tough stalks need peeling. TO \ / M \ Hlm Bl i i Sweat snoprwSjJ? I actors Is There Recompense In Reconstruction and Replacements For Flood Damages? Many commentators are saying that the flood losses will be made up in increased orders for goods and bridge and road replacements, etc. As one who has been through many floods, this writer b:gs leave to disagree. A flood loss is a total loss.. Some industries may "benefit” but the total amount of money ex pended for all Industries will not be equivalent to the property and wage lolj sustained. There may be sales, there may be orders, there may be relief work, there may La a great deal of money flowing into afflicte. regions—but all of that comes out of somebody’s pockets. In other words, such money is not “made” wealth, that creates the semblance of prosperity during wars (or in preparations for wars) when governments spend huge sums for armaments. Worst of all, flood losses bear heaviest on the small householder, the wmall merchant. He usually has no sales, in new orders. He has not the capital to begin all over again. And it probably is "unconstitution al” for the gr eminent to set him on his feet again. Billions far relief but not one cent for reconstructive purposes. DISPERSE INDUSTRY For the good cf the country and for the good of workers as well as the entire popuation. would it not be wise to diffuse industry? Is it not economically wasteful and sometimes discstraus to have huge industries segregated in large centers such as Pittsburgh? River valleys are tempting sites for 1 industries. Coal and oil can be trans ; ported easily: and finished products can be shipped from mills with a minimum of effort. But congested valleys of streams that rise in mountains are dangerous. Every oh tructi’n. every narrewing of channel heightens the risk, as at Pittsburgh. There, the rivers are hemmed in to such an extent that they cek an outlet through the cen ter of the city itself in floods such as the recent one. Floods are inevitable.. Their oc currence may be by tre mendous efforts ever a long period of years, but theid inevitability must be accepted. Then, why not diffuse the indus tries of Pittsburgh? Why build more plants there? Why not begin new j communities, less susceptible to inevi table damage? As one who admires the grandeur of Pittsburgh, this writer neverthe less Is compelled to say that cmcen traticn of vast industries in those river alleys is foolhardy. Ana concentration of hundreds of thousands of workers in the virtual tenements of large cities Is even a worse catastrophe to humanity than these spectacular floods. FARM FACTORY COMMUNITIES Henry Ford has advocated for years the construction of model farm industry communities. Workers thus may live in small homes among their own gardens or small farms. Anr towns will be clean. For wa terpower and electricity will be the generating forces. There will be no need to be near streams upon which coal can be towed. If the recent floods will cause such a migration cf Industry andi workers, then, indeed, will there have been a direct gain to the total wealth. Per -1 haps only then. I The Pittsburghs. the Johnstowns, 1 the Wheelings, even the Clevelands, the Detroits. the Chicagos will not I suffer in the end from such a diffu sion of their centralized industries. ' Increased purchasing power cf the mass of the population, set free from the cities of a really antiquated in dustrial era, will more than make up for any losses. Furthermore, the so cial reedification that will follow may save the nation —and industry— frem decay. FORD, SLOAN AGREE Both Henry Ford ond Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president of General Mo tors Ccrp., have made recent an nouncements A xplaing why their respective organizations are building new plants out among the fwms. Henry F:rd says: "The farm and the factory are nat urol allies. They never should oe sparated, for each has the power to heal the ether of any conomic ills that may befall” Mr. Sloan says: "I personally believe that decen tralization is a gcod policy for in dustry to follow, rather than to fol low the pclicy of a highly centralized —WORLD AT A GLANCE— DID HOFFMAN’S FIGHT TO RE-OPEN THE HAUPTMANN CASE AID DEMOCRATS OR NOT? By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer MANY WRITERS now say that New Jersey will go Democratic in the. national election because Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, Republican, in terceded for Bruno Richard Haupt mann. National Republicans are not of that opinion. New Jersey is one of the few states that they account among the “certificates.” Many other writers say that Illi nois will go Republican because of the bitter fight between Gov. Henry Horner -and the' 1 Nash-Kelly Demo, cratic machine in Chicago. Yet there is a possibility that the bitter Republican fight among eight or nine candidates for the guberna torial nomination may split the Republican party in the state even worse than the Democrats have been split. As a matter of fact, observers in closer contact with tjie people are saying that the national election will be won or lost chiefly on econ omic grounds. If one could predict how various groups will be faring in October, he could forecast the result of the election in November. Editors of six large newspapers in six important farm states already have compiled a forecast for a mag azine of opinion. Those states lean toward President Roosevelt —some of them overwehlmingly. But how will the farmer be faring six months hence? New Jersey is different. It is not an agricultural state. One probably is mistaken in believing that Gov ernor Hoffman has “givefi” the state to the Democrats. Besides, he Where is the Klondike? Is there any law limiting the number of terms a president of the United States may serve? By what title is the heard of the Bulgarian government known? Correctly Speaking— “ Allow” should be used when there is no intimation of an attempt to prevent or hinder; “permit’ should be used to express consent or authorization. integrated unit, whoch carries people that much farther from the soil. After all, the soil is a pretty good thing in many ways to stick to. We can learn a lot from it.” Some union leaders assert the mo tor organizations are decentralizing to escape unionization. But unlonza tion of any industry is likely to fol low into the smallest hamlet. Move ments do not stop because merely small groups are involved rather than -arge ones. GOLDEN TRIANGLE Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle—where its millions of dollars of buildings form a show place—will pass. It will become too expensive to main tain. Pittsburgh, like al! ether cities, will build its best structures outward— toward its natural advantages. Floods may show us the folly of some of our predilections of the past century. FLOOD COMMISSION? In the meantime, will a national all-powerful flcod commission be au thorized by congress to deal immedi ately and drastically with conditions that augment floods? always has proved to have had not a few followers. * * • Circumstantial evidence interests readers. O. O. Eidenier of Cleveland tells of a case years ago near his old home of East Liverpool. O. A youth was arrested for mur der. He protested his innocence. He was convicted anyways—on cir. cumstantial evidence. He was hanged at the Columbus penitentiary. Eight months later another man was arrested for the crime—and confessed. The youth had been in nocent. ♦ * ♦ FOR THE THIRSTY Hotels in Cleveland and Phila delphia are being renovated with the latest types of Parisian bars, etc., for the benefit of delegates to the Republican and Democratic con ventions respectively. Cleveland’s ritzy bars are a mere few blocks from the convention hall Philadelphia’s, several miles. Cleve land’s convention probably will be noisier • • • ' RADIO VOICES? Reported selection of Former Governor Frank O. Lowden of Il linois as keynoter for the Repub. Mean convention in Cleveland, and Former Ambassador Walter E. Edge of New Jersey as permanent chairman of the convention has caused some questioning. Are these two men good radio speakers? Lowden is not so young any more and his voice may not be clear and THE GRAB BAG Words of Wisdom He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound.— Samuel Pepys. Today’s Horoscope Persons born on this day usually show a marked interest in public matters, but are not out of touch with conditions pertaining to their own families. They are generally resolute in disposition with a strong tendency to lead. Horoscope Persons born on this day usually Con tract Bridge SHOWING DESIRED RETURN ABOUT THREE years ago, Mr. Henry Levinthal, Trenton, N. J., introduced a method of showing partner who has ruffed, the suit to return to obtain another ruff. The convention is at times exceedingly useful as shown in today’s deals. It is, however, not widely known, al though it deserves to be employed generally. *AKJ» ♦ A 10 « » *7 497541 ♦J9751 This hand appeared early in Feb ruary. Bidding went: West, 1. Heart, second hand; North 1- Spade; East, 2-Hearts; West, 4- Hearts. The opening lead was the K of spades. South started an echo by playing the 9, asking for further spade leads. The Ace of spades won the next trick, and the echo was completed by playing the 6 The convention calls for North to play his low spade if he wants partner to lead back the lower unbid suit, and for him to lead the J of spades in case he wants partner to lead back the hihger unbid suit. As North wanted partner to lead back diamonds, not clubs, the J of spades was led and South ruffed. He returned the 5 of diamonds and North defeated the contract, by winning the fourth defensive trick with his Ace. Had South lead a club the contract could not have been defeated. West would have pulled trumps. He would have taken his two top clubs. Dummy's Q of clubs and good 10 of spades would have given declarer the two discards he needed for his two diamonds. r «ot f x* 6 b 4 s or r x v 4 vt b* « - 8 r ... A- ■'| 3* SV* 9 t 8 V* 1 * Fb A pl .< 901 X ♦ 9 Z A 96 or ft tit 8 A* f ♦ 99L 8 6 A 888bXt The above hand appeared last evening. South played a contract of 4-Hearts. The opening lead was the Ace of clubs, as North had bid spades and West did not want to lead away from his K of diamonds, , When the Q of clubs dropped on the opening lead another club was led. As West wanted a diamond, not a spade return lead, the 3 of Clubs was led. East ruffed. East took a chance that partner helthe K of diamonds, and led low. The K of diamonds won. A low club was led. Dummy ruffed but East overruffed with the Q, defeating the contract a single trick. Only the convention enabled defenders to defeat the contract, because East ruffed clubs twice. This convention is called the suit preference signal. POEMS THAT LIVE John Anderson, My Jo John Anderson, my Jo, John, When we were first sequent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonie brow was brent; But now your brow is beld, John, Your locks are like the snow; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson, my Jo! John Anderson, my Jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither; And monie a canty day, John, We’ve had wi’ ane anither: Now we maun totter down. Johq, ; But hand in hand we’ll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson, my Jo. —Robert Burns. NEW GOLD RUSH DILLON, Montana, April 9—(TP) Another gold rush has southwestern Montana dreaeming of fabulous wealth these days. Oldtime prospect ors are heading for the Badger Pass district. Badger Pass gave Montana its first gold rush 70 years ago. Some of the new claims staked out ’ are already producing ore that runs • SIOO to the ton. strong—but, then, neither Is Sen ator Borah so young, and he uses the radio often. Edge is an un known quantity on the radio. The Republicans have been hard put to find a good radio voice. The best they have belong to the pro gressives—who will have no say in the Cleveland convention. tend toward complex social con tacts. They generally possess great personal energy, but are apt to overtax their strength. Answers to Foregoing Questions 1. The Klondike is an indefinite area in the Yukon territory in northwestern Canada, bordering on Alaska. 2. No. Precedent and tradition have established two terms as the limit, however. 3. The King of Bulgaria is the only ruler in the world that still retains the title of czar.