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PAGE FOUR * Published by *—r PUBLIC OPINION, INC. J PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY j t 302 EAST BRYAN STREET I Cor. Lincoln Entered as Second Class Matter July 23, 1935 at the Post Office at Savannah, Georgia SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year 7.50 Six Months 3.75 Three Months 1.95 One Month ....————....... .65 One Week .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 ’ TRIBUTE TO JEFFERSON DAVIS. Today marks another milestone in the annals of Southern history as we Southerners stand with bowed heads in silent trib ute to the man who was the President of the Confederacy, Jef ferson Davis. Known as a man who was steadfast in his ideals and principles that the South would eventually break loose from her bonds acquired through long years of disassociation with the rest of the world, to blossom forth into the dazzling flower of in dustrial and political fragrance she now is, Jefferson Davis died with the knowledge and belief that a long step had been taken in his aims and ambitions. It has been a long while indeed, since Jefferson Davis as sumed the reins of guidance for the newly formed Confederate states. A span of time which has seen newly formed innovataions in both our industrial and political life. Brilliant figures have gone forth from these states to carry into the world the banner of the true South of today. Figures which, in almost every in stance, have left their indelible mark on the roster in the Hall of Fame. If Jefferson Davis were alive today, we know that he would beam forth with the knowledge that his was one of the first steps for the acquiring of this end for the South. New customs, new manners, new ways and new principles now grace our every-day lives, but the ideals which have stood for so many years are still occupying a niche in the Hall of Fame which our foreleaders in the early days of trial and tribu lation when it was not known from day to day, exactly what procedure was to be followed in coping with the many difficul ties which persistently cropped up. But our leaders pulled us through to the magnificent prominence that we occupy today. .We want for nothing, we are deserving, and we have demanded and received recognition from all parts of the world for our place in the sun. OUR READERS* FORUM 1 (All communication* intended for pub lication under thia heading must bear the name and address of the writer. Names will be omitted on request. Anonymous letters will not be given any attention. The widest latitude of expression and opinion is permitted in this column so that it may represent a true expression of public opinion In Savannah and Chatham County. Letters must be limited to 100 words. The Savannah Daily Times does not intend that the selection of letters pub lished In this column shall in any way reflect or conform with the editorial view* and policies of this paper. The Time* reserves the right to edit, publish or reject any article sent in.) Editor The Dally Times: The irony of the tax situation has been exemplified by a poem on taxes, which was published in a New Mexi co paper recently. I am sending it to you in hope that you will publish it in the columns of your valuable pa per.. It read: Tax the farmer, tax his dad, Tax whate’er he ever had; Jf he’s broke it’s just too bad, j Go ahead and tax the man — Tax his dog and hired hand, i Tax his cow, tax her milk, | Tax his bed, tax his quilt, Tax has pig. tax his pen, Tax his flocks, tax his hen, Tax his corn, tax hfe wheat ( Tax his wagon, tex his squeak, Tax his wife, tax his boy, Tax whatever gives him joy. Tax his baby, tax his crib, Tax his all—who gives a fib? Tax his fiddle, tax his bow, Tax what he intends to sow; Remember the Forgotten Man In your so-called taxing plan. Hfl has income, so they say, > Most of which he ought to pay. Tax the man that’s on the dole, Get him in a deeper hole; Tax the manufacturer, too, He is more than getting through Tax the man who works for him 'Fore his pay check gets too thin Tax his building, tax his chattels Tax his Ford and all its rattles; Tax his stock, tax his cash. Tax him double if he's rash. Tax his light, tax his power, Tax his payroll by the hour. If he’s making more than rent, Add another five per cent; Tax whatever he has to sell, .. If he hollers—tax his yell. (Thanking you for any space you can give me.) A POETIC TAXPAYER. Editor The Times: I have been wondering if there could be something done about the revival of the custom of an annual water carnival at Savannah. As you know, until a few years ago the cus tom was a regular event here for sev eral summers. The innovation meaht a great deal toward the entertain ment of the citizenry in general here and Lt brought visitors from all parts of Georgia and from many points in South Carolina. It is needless to mention the boon that these visitors were to the mer chants of the city. However, it is the •ectlonal —I might say, even national —publicity which accrued to Savan nah that was so valuable to the town. For some time this city has been leaking a strong bid. for northern tourists. It seems to me that in this connection the public relations coun sels of the local hotels and chambers of commerce are sleeping on the job. They should be about the work of bringing a water carnival back to Savannah. If the job is well done, in time the water carnivals here could become, in a lesser degree nationally, but still quite a drawing card, just as the Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, the Mardi Gras at New Orleans and the Gaspar ilia carnival at Tampa. At any rate, isn’t it worth think ing about? A BOOSTER. You’re Telling Me? Leon Blum, French premier-elect, according to reports, is worrying over how he can dodge the June 15 war debt payment to the United States and. at the same time, borrow $1,000,- 000,000 more from Americans. There was only one man who could help him and he’s dead. His name was Harry Houdini, the maigician. • • ■ France now owes the United States $6,647,647,104.17. This col umn Is in favor of meeting the French part way. We’d agre to knock off the 17 cents. • • • A new cellulose substance, says a news dispatch, will enable tailors to “pour” a suit of clothes on a man. That’s nothing. We know a number of fellows who need to be poured out of their clothes every weekend. * • ♦ Noted author has just had pub lished a new book—and there isn’t a single bad word in it! It ought to be a great hit, because the public goes for distinct novel ties. '♦ • • New York judge finds bridge a game of skill. Not always, not al ways—it depends on who is playing the hand. And that makes it a game of chance, doesn’t it? * • « Fourteen states now have laws against hitch-hiking. A clear case of thumbs down on thumbs up. THOSE MODERN HOUSES! He was showing a friend around his ultra-modern house. “There are lots of points about it that I like,” said the candid friend, “and there are some that I do not understand. Why, for instance, the round hole in the front door?” A BIG SHOT, EH? A mountaine?r took his son to a school to enroll him. “My boy's after teamin', what dya have?” he asked the teacher. “We offer English, trigonometry, spelling, etc.,” she replied. 'Well, give him some of that thar trigemometry; he’s the worst shot in the family.” THE PORTALS OF TOMORROW! ill. >■ ; .Mi II "Mh HI. ' • . ' / [ffl ita 1 Ii1 : II ift# ■ sfc Hi iRSiiIP il’ Si" 1 ! MH I iIF Hili . te-.. ! j i II i < liiM IQgg- iiMllW-Rfi i i IB KaH WMil l!l ; l'l<l I I ■< - x- r ; ’ w w — . —WASHINGTON AT A GLANCE— CAN G. O. P. SURVIVE In Its Present Form A SERIOUS DEFEAT? WASHINGTON, June 3—One hears not a few predictions in political cir cles that the present Republican party will evaporate completely if as badly beaten in the coming election as in 1932 and in the congressional election of 1934. These prophesies come from G. O- P. as well as from Democratic sources. As I previously have had occasion to point out, the Democratic party of today is pretty much what the Re publican party once was. But if it wins handsomely this year, it will hang onto its name, absorbing into its membersh! most of the progres sive Republicans, like Senator George W. Norris, the Progressive of the type of Senator* Robert M. La Follette, the Farmer-Laborites and other advanced groups. They will, however, call them selves Democrats, for that will be a victorious name by which to be known. To the anti-New Dealers, however, assuming their overwhelming defeat again, the Republican designation no longer will be a thing of which to be proud. Nevertheless, there will be anti- New Deal factions. Probably there will be a tendency among them to gravitate together under a changed name. • * • Seek to Preserve G. O. P. Old-line Republican leaders do not like this prospeat. They want to remain Republicans. They have an already built up or ganization of which they are the heads. With a reshuffle they might be snuffed out. Hence their desper ate anxiety to preserve the original G. O. P. • ♦ • Drive on Congress However confidently this leadship SCOTT’S SCRAPBOOK by R. J. SCOTT I I R-EXOLVi-ffohl. WAfe. Czechoslovak ah Zs < OF 1 Bill-THREE. STAMP PORTRAyS 1 M E mekicah dr.mirosl ay, -ft WARAMDSIX WHO FOUNDED Ifey | -fHE SOKOLS /Z> V\ BESIDES SLAVIC. V ATHLETIC F / r Vk ORGAWIZaTioH I . WAR * y tv /Z, few people realize y f@4 XHA-r IF -The ISLAND of \ CUBA WERE PLACED ONS+4E CINCINNATI i W UNI<EDS<A<ESI<WOULD J REDS<OC<IN<SS I/ //Z ? 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P. really thinks it may improve its status appreciably. ■ • • A Low Level Optimism of Republican strategists as to the lower house is based large ly upon the reasoning that any change in their party’s representa tion cannot, in the nature of things, be otherwise than for the better. Its delegation slumped from 268 in 1929 to 102 in 1935. Out of a total of 435, this 103 was middling skimpy. The G. O. P.’s previous low in re cent years was 127 in 1913. That was deemed about the limit of awfulness. There are Republicans, to be sure, who speak of a majority of the rep sen tatives as their November ob jective. But—heavens! Normally the presidential candi date who wins in a presidential year takes into office with him a repre sentatorial majority. In his own mid-term he is likely to lose representatorial strength— often to the extent of a majority against his policies. This was not the case The Grab Bag One-Mlnute Test 1. In what month occurs (a) the longest day of the year, (b) the short est day? 2. Is aluminum a basic metal or an alloy? 3. What does the word “taxi” mean in aviation? Hints on Etiquette When a woman dines alone she should wait for the head waiter to show her to a table and seat her. Word« of Wisdom Talent is that which is in a man’s power; genius is that in whose power a man is.—Lowell. Today’s Horoscope If your birthday is today you are forceful, quiet and a profound think er, with a love for justice, truth and harmonious conditions. Horoscope for Sunday Persons born on this day have a strong sympathy for suffering. They are deep lovers, but home conditions are not always felicitous. One-Minute Test Answers 1. (a) June, (b) December. 2. A basic metal. 3. To move over the surface of the land or water before rising or after landing a plane. with President Roosevelt. He got a big majority in 1932 and increased it in 1934. Historical precedent would indicate that he should increase it still further this year. If he does It will be a tolerably good guess that the Republican party, as such, is done for. Republicanism under that name, may survive as a conservative party if it cuts down President Roosevelt’s electoral majority, grabs a few senate seats and makes substantial gains in the house of representatives—to say nothing of getting control of the lat ter. That is too long a chance on which to bet. -WORLD AT A GLANCE— MANY INDUSTRIAL CHIEFS With a Leaning Toward Vandenberg COMING TO CONVENTION By LESLIE EICHEL (Central Press Staff Writer) Reservations for rooms at the Re publican national convention in Cleveland include innumerable capi talists. An examination made by this writer of the names discloses that chiefly the steel interests will be interested. Steel interests are bitterly opposing President Roosevelt. It is under his administration that unionization fi nally is making headway in the steel industry. John L. Lewis, progenitor of the industrial unions, which are making the tremendous fight on this mightiest of industries, has led the labor movement to Roosevelt. * « « To«. Vandenberg? There seems the remotest likeli hood that Governor Alfred M. Lan don can be stopped for the Republi can presidential nomination. Yet some of the big money men ap pear to.be coming to Cleveland to be close to Senator Arthur H. Van denberg of Michiman. His headquar ters seems likely to be a magnet for magnates. The big deals—if there will be time for any deals at all—probably will be at large estates on the outskirts of Cleveland, miles from the center of the city. Or clubs may be the scene —in particular, one club across the street from the hotel housing the Vandenberg headquarters, the Union club. • « * Society Leaders It is queer how many society wom en have made hotel reservations for the Republican convention. Nobody seems to know why—ex cept tht, perhaps, they desire to do their share to urge delegates to nomi nate somebody who will save the na- - MyNew York By James Aswell NEW YORK, June 3.—ls I were Mayor of the city of New York (which Heaven forbid!): I’d halt this showy and expensive nonsense about noise “abatement” and devote the energies of the secu lar arm to more productive ends. For one thing, I’d tackle the traffic problem. Cops who failed to clear the cross town streets of illegally parked cars would find themselves cashiered. There would be no fur ther coddling of trucks and their pre hensile drivers. Trucks would be per mitted to unload only at specified hours —at 4 a.m. or some other un earthly time if no other way could be found to keep them from paralyz ing crosstown traffic in the rush pe riod. There would be an immediate shift in the attitude of the police toward pickets who mass in front of the shops of honest taxpayers guilty of no crime, in order to harry and jostle customers. Now the bluecoats do everything except serve tea to these gentlemen. The whole business of picketing amounts to the punishment of business without trial; it has never raised wages of honest workmen a dollar and it has no place in an or derly society. I’d make one speech a year in which I would list the number of ad ditional soft political jobs that had been created in the interim. I’d re mark the increase in taxes and what the city offered residents for the ad ditional expense. I’d wear a special, tomato-proof mask on this appear, ance. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in trade are lost and thousands of hours wasted each year by ridicu lous parades, marches and demon strations. There is no reason why, in a nation at peace, the citizens should be harassed by every mob of exhibitionists in flossy uniforms or carrying banners of garbled protest which convince nobody, that happen to want to wear out shoe-leather up and down the boulevards. I would railroad through an ordinance tax ing all such civilian show-offs SSO a head for the privilege of disrupting normal business on any of the citys thoroughfares. Also, there would be made available to them several hun dred acres of nearby swampy ground upon which they could strut and wheel and puff out their chests to their hearts content without annoy ing normal human beings. I would encourage free speech, but in the interest of the general welfare I’d force every Union Square and Co lumbus Circle soapbox crackpot to listen to a phonograph record of his own harangue for two ours a week. This would do away with the species in three months. Motion picture and legitimate theaters would be forced to subscribe to an ordinance very much like the laws which prevail under the Pure Food statutes. They would therefore display labels that the customers be not defrauded. Every theater would thus be required to exhibit a large sign in front, reading, “Entertain ment or “Propaganda. The two are, of course, mutually exclusive. Instead of manicuring the poison ivy bushes in the public parks, rak ing leaves and other such labors, the duty of whatever surplus labor the city employe w would be to clean the streets of snow when it fell, keep the city hospitals spruced up and in general devote themselves to work of some palpable use to the community. I would try to get the pay of fire men raised. They are the least heralded and most efficient of all the city employes. Every time a politician on my staff < died or disappeared into Mexico I’d abolish his job and donate his pay i to hospitals and clinics. But don’t worry. I’ll never be i mayor. tion from the New Deal. Challenge In the meantime, President Roose velt is pushing the fight straight into the Republican convention area. Edward F. McGrady, assistant U. S. secretary of labor, came to Cleve land to address the convention of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and his words were inter preted as an F. D. R. defy. They were: “The president, is building for the future in a spirit of democracy and against the threat of a dictator to morrow. “The president will continue to place the security of the men, wom en and children of ths nation first, regardless of abuse or misrepresenta tation. “He will not swerve from his de termination to provide; decent homes to live in; development of the natural resources to afford the fullest oppor tunity to engage in productive work, and safeguards for our people againsti major misfortunes.” ♦ • • Like Borah It is queer how much pro-Borah sentiment there still is, even though the Idaho senator made a poor show ing in the primaries. Townsend pensionites seem to con tinue to be for him. And Borah continues to remark that he is for old age pensions— » * * Gaining Votes •ajaqap ur 3ujaq lunoura atp Xpjaui Governor Martin L. Davey of Ohio, Old Guard Democrat who faces a hot fight for re-election, with Republican Attorney General John S. Bricker op posing him, seems purposely appeal ing to “farmers” by attacking col legians. It is, of course, an old stunt. Davey believes he made a hit by cutting down the appropriations for Ohio State university. Now, he is decrying the formation of such student organizations as the Veterans of Future Wars. Governor Davey, speaking before disabled war veterans, said the Vet erans of Future Wars made a “mock ery of the patriotism and self-sacri flee of you veterans of the World war.” He added that they “hold up to scorn you men and women, you Gold Star mothers, who suffered the an guish. . . . etc.” The students are responding that they aim to prevent the necessity of such self-sacrifice—ordinarily impos ed upon persons by politicians with high . sounding, emotion - appealing phrases. Republicans are spreading the word that they wil get the youth vote in Ohio. • « • Will It Count? Democrats have been discussing two items in Walter Winchell’s col umn: “A group of Bibbies have contrib uted 800 Gs ($800,000) for a “Truth” campaign—to belittle F. D. R. . . . Gov’t sleuths now have the name of a local (New York) life insurance exec who is anonymously chain-let tering an attack on Mrs. R.’’ Democrats can hardly believe the Republicans would be so stupid as to throw away their chances in that manner. - All Os Us - WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT? I HEARD A man say: “That fel low doesn’t know what it’s all about.” He said it scornfully, as though HE knew what it was all about . . . and could exlain it to you, patiently, in detail, if he had the time for it: But, in fact, who DOES know what it’s all about? The learned men don’t. Don’t even pretend that they do . . . The great chemists, great engineers, great physicians, great astronomers, they know much about a few things, they know their way around in their spec ial fields . . . but they are the first to confess the enormous fields of their ignorance. They know that the be ginning of their own failure is in ar rogance, self-confidence and cocksure ness about their knowledge. The little fellows, who have had lit tle success may swell up and sneer . . . The Stuffed Shirts may do that, those Stuffed Shirts that are filled with Pride and Pomposity, Ignorance and Meaningless Noise, but not the truly wise, the humble. . . . These admit that, though they know some thing, they can never know ever ything. The great doctor may know why a man dies, cannot know why he lives. The philosopher may know something about man’s dreams, yet never plumb the depths of his in scrutable hungers. The Wise Guy may know his way about in a mean and selfish world of his own. but be puzzled by the simple and effective workings of human heart . . . knd he can never know what this life is all about. Fortunately fcr our happiness, it is not necessary xor us to know . . . It is good to understand, to catch a lovely glimpse of the unknown wis dom, and this one fleeting glimpse is sometimes enough for a whole span of living . . . But for most of us It is enough to do our job, to love and be loved, to shoulder our burdens, to endure both our adversity and our triumph . . . and thus by simple acts to prove that we know more about what life is about than the arrogant fellow who boasts of his smartness can ever, ever know. Established in 1800, the library of ; congre-s now has one of the largest ■ collections of printed books and pamphlets in the world. The collec- : tion totals nearly 5,000,000 books and pamphlets, approximately 1,300,000 ; maps and millions of uncounted -pieces of historical documents. | Today is the Day By CLARK KINNAIRD Copyright, 1936, for this Newspa per by Central Press Association (Copyright, 1936, Central Press As sociation, Inc.) Wednesday, June 3, Ember Day. Confederate Memorial Day in Ten nessee; Jefferson Davis’ birthday, a holiday in nine states. Foundation Day in western Australia. Scanning the skies: The sun that shines upon us seems to moot to be the most important of astronomical bodies. For centuries it was wor shipped. But it is just one of many sung and has little distinction in the stellar eystem. There are other suns 300 times bigger. NOTABLE NATIVITIES Raymond Pearl, b. 1879, eminent biologist and essayist. We enthusias tically recommend his works for lay reading . . • Jim Tully, b. 1891, tramp novelist . . . William H. King, b. 1864, senator from Utah . . . Ro land Hayes, b. 1887, great colored singer of world fame . . . Donnis Mackall, b. 1892, British novelist . .. Christian F. Reisnor, b. 1872, New York clergyman. * * • TODAY’S YESTERDAYS June 3, 1770—Mission and presidio of San Carlos was established at Monteroy by Spaniards, and Califor nia’s mission period or settit men t days began. On? glance and Towns and Kan sans are Californians, but Spanish visited and explored California 150 years before they began settling it! What stirred to action finally was fear California would become Rus sian. June 3, 1826—The Rev. Jedidiah Mors? died in Charlestown. Mass, at 65, after having attained fame by using the pulpit to expound political and economic news which anticipated the Rev. C- E. /Coughlin’s radiora torical rabble-rousing by 80 years. He reached a national audience from his small congregational pas torate, and proposed and agitated for disunion long bsifore the question was raise in the south. He sought to in duce New England to secede. June 3, 1859—Frenchman Jean Francois Gravelet, 35. known best as Charles Blondin, provided astounding, almost unbelievable, news for the world by walking across the chasm at Niagara Falls upon a tight rope. It was only the beginning. On later crossings he trundled a Wheelbarrow, carried a man on his back While blindfolded, wore stilts. Italian woman Maria Speltemix was roused to emulate him, walked across with her feet in baskets. Our references to Blondin are so recurrent that constant readers of this column should know his faits by heart. We keep repeating them because they seem to be the greatest acrobatic achievements— and ths most courageous foolishness—in his tory. Do you agree? June 3 in State Histories: 1808— J’efferson Davis was born in Ken i tucky, a few miles away from the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln . . . 100 Years Ago Today—Maryland’s i legislature made appropriations to taling $8,000,000 for projects of epo chal importance: Baltimore and Ohio R. R., Chesapeake and Ohio canal, Maryland Crosscut canal, Annapolis and Potomac canal, Eastern Shore R. R. . . . 1850—A disunion conven tion of southern states called in Nash ville died in ridicule. • ♦ • FIRST WORLD WAR DAY-BY-DAY 20 Years Ago Today—President Wilson signed the army reorganiza tion bill, called the National Defers Act. Concentration of the national forces, and abandonment of the idea of a federalized army composed of state militia contingents had been urged upon him. Because he refused to use on congress the influences that had carried through so many meas ures, Secretary of War Lindley Garri son had resigned. The general result was the passage of a work and inade quatic bill. Congressmen had wanted to keep those home town armories. Pork-barrels more powerful than big guns to a congressman. Not In the News BY WORTH CHENEY (Central Press Association) ELLEN, A SOCIAL worker in ai large midwestern city, is a little bit afraid of dogs. She likes dogs, you understand, but she doesn’t care much for meeting up with strange members of the canine family. One day Ellen was sent out to bring a truant boy back to school. She marched boldly up to the ad dress, the second floor of a double house, and knocked. In response came the wild and .angered bark of a dog. • Then she heard it dashing down the dark stairway of the second floor home. Frightened, Ellen retreated rapidly to her car. Safely inside, she ponder ed her problem: she must get the boy, but how to avoid a dog bite? She decided to go to'the polcie. The police sergeant was abused at her request, but agreed to help her. He sent not only one man, but three one to get the boy, one to watch the dog and the third to take care of Ellen. Fortified thusly, Ellen was driven back to the address in the police scout car. She and her three pro tectors went up to the door and knocked. Again came the wild bark ing, and again the dog was heard rushing down the steps. Ellen wanted to run, but the policemen held their ground. The pulled out their night sticks as one of them opened the door. Ellen’s white face grew suddenly for out walked the cutest French poodle dog you ever saw. It was about as big as a kitten, and appeared very capable of tearing a paper doll to pieces, if thoroughly