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PAGE FOUR Published by— PUBLIC OPINION, INC. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY at 302 EAST BRYAN STREET 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 Gllreath Press Service • Newspaper Feature, Inc. • King Features Stanton Advertising Service • World Wide Pictures ENGLAND ARMS ALSO. The preparing by England to further augment the workings of its huge war machine, spells one thing; that this all powerful country is anticipating trouble, and is determined not to be caught flat-footed in the world’s mad rush of increased arma ments, started by the militant moves of Chancellor Hitler. Ex. perts believe that the smooth and compact organization of the Nazis has caused the countries on the other side of the Atlantic to eye one another with suspicion and observing the least move which would precipitate any cause for friction. What little semblance of unity preserved in the world by the supposedly fool-proof machine of the League of Nations, was destroyed when this highly touted organization admitted its de feat in the Ethiopian question of trade barriers as applied against Italy. It is a conceded fact by leading diplomats of the world that what few chances of the world preserving its peace was held by the League of Nations, and now that the absolute truth is known about the true inaptitude of the Geneva assem bly to cope with the problems as presented by the world’s leading countries, it is no wonder that nations are beginnng to turn to the sole answer to their question; that being to provide a ample defense from aggression by other countries. The European picture has become such a hodge-pot of scrambled pieces, that any reputed alliances or pacts which would serve to closely ally the aims and ambitions of one nation with that of another, is scrutinized carefully by leading experts who attempt to find some inner motive for such pact or alliance. Such suspicion is not warranted, and all indications point to but one glaring fact; that the same situation prevails at the present time which so marked the boiling point of the last world con flict. The utter failure of the League of Nations to successfully cope with the problems which have cropped up during their regime, has served as added impetus to the war-like aspirations of certain countries who now know that their obligations as stated in certain covenants of the league pacts will not be ap plied against them. It is not to be denied that Central Europe is the hot-pot for the world’s major war troubles. That small portion of the map has had the tendency to envelope the entire universe into a series of entanglements which, at times has bor dered on the very edge of war, and on one occasion brought about the great armed conflict. It would appear that something could be arranged for the preserving of world peace. It would appear that some remedy could be applied to act as a salve for the wrongs as inflicted on one country by another. It would appear that the leading diplomats of the world could realize the suffering gone through with when nations drop all barriers of civilization and resort to bodily conflict. Such actions resort back to the pre-medieval ages the battle for supremacy was settled by actual conflict and not diplomacy. If this state of facts are true, then why not use our present standards as a means to avert any major world casualty ? OUR READERS’ FORUM (All communications intended for pub lication under this beading 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 Imited to 100 words. The Savannah Dally Times does not Intend that the selection of letters pub lished in this column shall in any way reflect or conform with the editorial views and policies of this paper. The Times reserves the right to edit, publish or reject any article sent in.) Editor Daily Times: Many of us who have adopted the i Savannah Daily Times as Chatham ! county’s best newspaper are some what disappointed that you have not come out definitely for certain can- I All Os Us By MARSHAL MASLIN See that grouchy man over there? . . . The one with the pouches un der his eyes, that one with drooping mouth and the sour look. I’ve known him for 20 years, and I’ll tell you about him. He doesn’t like women. ... He says he knows them through and through and they are the inferior sex. They’re all alike, he says. It doesn’t make any difference whether they’re clinging vines or independent modern women, they all want to be the BOSS. They’re selfish. They get all they can out of a man and then they are finished with him. . . . And when they seem to be gentle and sweet and sympathetic that’s when they’re most dangerous. It’s just their way of bait ing the hook. They can’t think straight, either, says he. . . . Did you ever know a woman that knew how to think? No, you never did. . . . They pretend to be reasonable creatures, but down un derneath they don’t know the least thing about logic. All they know is What They Want and they intend didates. You may be surprised to know the large number of voters in this area who look to you for guid ance. You have established a repuia tion for fearless presentation of facts, and you have demonstrated a fight ing spirit for clean government never before witnessed in th se parts. In view of these fasts you have a certain responsibility to your read ers. A large majority of them, I am sure, would feel safe in voting for any candidate backed by the Times. It merely remains for you to name the candidates you are supporting. Up I to the time this letter is written, I | have not noticed any such tabulation, | and I usually read the Times from cover to cover. How about it? I A VOTER AND TIMES READER. to geb it by hook or by crook, by cracky. A young German wrote a book about women once. Young fellow named Otto Weiniger or Weininger or something like that, and every man ought to read it. Gives you all the dope about women, explains in words of one syllable how they haven’t any brains or even souls. . . . Poor devil killed himself later on because a woman jilted him. That’s the story anyway. Truth probably Is the wom en hounded him to death. . . . Don’t trust any woman, they’re all the same. That's what my grouchy friend over there thinks. . . . But the funny thing is that he doesn’t like MEN, either. He thinks he’s a woman hater, but in fact he hates the whole human race. . . . Including himself. No Choice Briefly, anyone wh( is elected president, is known to politicians as in “hell’s own hole.” He is a loser if he is beaten. If he wins he may be ruined, s WHAT’LL WE TRY NEXT? —WASHINGTON AT A GLANCE FOUR HECTiC YEARS If Congress Is of the Opposite Political Shade FOR THE 1936 VICTOR? (Central Press, Washington Bureau, 1900 S Street By CHARLES P. STEWART (Central Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, July 9.—Four hec tic years are ahead for the United States, no matter how the election results. Suppose, for argument’s sake, that Governor Landon wins. He will have the senate against him at least until the beginning of 1939. If the Republicans are victori ous in every senatorial contest to be decided this year (an impossibility, though they may make considerable gains) they still will be short of a majority. It is possible (though it seems to me improbable) that they will get control of the house of representa tives. At best, then, Landon, if elected, will have a deadlocked congress to deal with for the first half of his term. He will have an almost in taruimable list of capital problems to find answers to, and if he finds them the lawmakers are sure to veto his solutions until he is nid-term through with his job. By that time maybe he will be in disfavor, too, by reason of his inevitable succession of falures, SlbiTS SCRAPBOOK byRJL SCGrt PROCLAIM LIBERIV f all 'The land " PROBMH-Y 'TfIE fOUNDEP ON THE AMERICAN CONTfNE.N'T" I 1 A <1 WAS FORMEP UNDER a COMPACT' S*' DRAWN UP IN TftE MOUNTAINS oF J > eAStlern Tennessee in mz by REFUGEES FROM TVtE WRATfI oF OOV.T9roN OF NoßTvl CAROLINA—» / <|H*'l U AMES ROBERTSON WAS NAMED ( first chief executTve— U.« N 0.5 oF<he New Olympic » 3AMES' SfAMP ISSUE FOR J-9 L COPYRIGHT. 1936. CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION^^LRMANY SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 193« and will fail to get a 1938 congres sional majority. A headache! * * • Suppose the Reverse Suppose President Roosevelt is re elected, but loses control of the house of representatives. When they speak confidentially (not for publication purposes) Repub lican strategists admit that they are no more than rather hopeful of win ning with Landon, but they do think they stand a reasonable chance of gaining a majority in the lower con gressional chamber. Personally I think it unlikely. Still, a lot of Democratic candidates for representatives won, in 1932 and 1934, in normally Republican dis tricts. Perhaps most of these districts will revert to Republicanism next No vember- • * • A Tieup? Doubtless some will. I am doubtful that any Democrat, honestly speaking, expects Roosevelt to be less overwhelmingly a winner than he was in 1932 or that he will carry congress as overwhelmingly as in 1934. Nor do I believe that Roosevelt, if he wins, will fail to take into offioe with him, a congressional majority— though a shrunken one. But suppose he does win, with a majority of the representatives against him; he will be an the same fix as Governor Landon, winning on the op posite ticket, with an adverse senate majority. His hands will be congres slonally tied. Tied worse than London's, too. If London’s hands are tied it will be a leftover tieup. If Roosevelt’s are tied, it will be deliberate. * * * Debt Worries But suppose Roosevelt wins, still with a congressional majority in both houses. He has run America’s indebtedness up nearly to the maximum. I have heard Senator James Cou zens of Michigan, who is regarded by New Dealers as a financial authority, say thab he considered 40 billions a not excessive indebtedness for the United States. The debt now, however, is half way between the 30 and 40 billions. At the present rate another year, not to say another presidential term, will get above Senator Couzens’ dan ger limit. This will be a worry to President Roosevelt, even if he wins, with a New Deal congress. He has a four or five billion dollar limit within which to cut down, but a country with no inclination to permit such a retrenchment. ONE MINUTE PULPIT Strong meat belongeth to them that are of age.—Hebrews 5:12. —WORLD AT A GLANCE— DID STEEL CHIEFS With Their Ultimatums to the Unions HELP DEMOCRATS By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer WHAT SOME of the Republicans think of steel executives is not print able. Not that the Republicans do not agree with the steel chieftains —but they are astounded by the tactics adopted. The steel barons have adopted methods of 30 years age. Their state ments to their men—really, ultimat ums—read much like those of bygone ages. They are red rags. They resort to terms long outmoded. Some obser vers believe that by this method the steel executives inadvertently forced the issue, solidified their opposition. Republican leadership in Pennsyl vania may well be worried over it. The same is true of Ohio, West Vir ginia, Indiana, Michigan—all vital states. The rift in the American Federation of Labor over John L. Lewis’ indust rial unions is believed to be healed The drift of workers toward the Coughlin-Lemke party is believed to be stopped. There is a movement of workers toward the “protection” of the Roosevelt administration, accord ing to present indications. And the Progressives are solidifying behind the president. Republican critics cannot say much out loud concerning tile matter. The steel interests are among the largest contributors to the G. O. P. Yet, the critics look upon the state ment of the steel companies as damag ing the G. O. P. cause in old-time Republican strongholds in the steel districts. There is a diplomatic manner of reaching the same objectives—but somebody decided on open warfare with weapons of 30 years ago. Some Democrats had asserted that the steel companies were forcing the issue at the instigation of the Repub licans to show that Rocsevelt policies were driving the country "red” and only the Republicans could “save*' the nation. But it is evident that the MyNew York By James Aswell NEW YORK, July 9—l am bom barded with all manner of queer lit erature and invitations to join fan tastic organizations, but this letter from Jack Woodford, an old writing acquaintance of Richmond. Va., now scribbling in Hollywood takes the 1936 prize. Perhaps we are to be treated to a long series of satirical organiza tions, with the example of the League of Veterans of Future Wars before us; in any case the following epistle is a lush slice of 1936 Americana: “Dear Mr. Aswell: “I know you will be happy to learn that our field representatives, return ing from an intensive survey of the United States, report that the censor ship upon sex —toward publishers, pro ducers and the rdaio—has complete ly abolished sex in the United States. “However there is. unfortunately, a great deal of Murder, Theft and Violence going on, due to the fact that it has been consistently over looked by censors that these things are immoral too. Obviously, if a cen sorship upon sex toward literature and the drama can abolish sex in life, a similar censorship leveled against Murder, Theft and Violence can abolish these vexatious matters. “This censorship organization is a non-profit one. None of its officers will receive pay; no funds of any sort will be collected in any way. “Those persons who habitually align themselves with this one only after they have submitted a sworn statement from a recognized psychol ogist to the effect that their I. Q. is above that of a child of fourteen. “The insignia of the organization is a white ribbon with an ink stain upon it; the yell is ‘Down with Mur der! Down with Theft! Down with Violence—till nothing’s left!’ You are hereby authorized to wear the insig nia and utter the yell at any time. “The organization uniform is a white cotton nightgown worn over the clothing, with a pink lily em broidered over the heart; members in greeting each other raise the arms tautly above the head with hands crossed, as though about to dive. “In view of these facts the Author’s Purity League feels that it is your bonden duty to give whalever moral support you can. “Also, we should like to list you upon the next letterheads as the offl cial organization historian. “If you will write me permission to do this I should be much grati fied; the next letterheads will con tain forty-two names of directors, all of them in ‘Who’s Who’, a famous psychiatrist as official psychologist; a well-known lawyer as counsel, ana a popular clergyman and writer as chaplain. An internationally known doctor, author of several medical books for lay reading, will appear as staff physician. “Sincerely yours “Jack Woodford.” The ironic japery of Mr. Wood ford s letter indicates that he is peev ed with the strictures upon the films by censors. Unfortunately I am un able to get excited about the string ency of movie, radio or drama cen- . sorship. In the case of the drama, 1 there isn't any censorship and in the 1 matter of movies and radio I have never been aware of any loss through lack of daring. \ Indeed I have the feeling that if 1 the entire cinema career of that leaa- < mg exponent of sex in the mevies. » 1 middle-aged lady named Mae West, ad been choked off by the censors, the progress of the movies as art ana entertainment would have been lm- 1 peded none at all. 1 Republicans see the mischief the steel chieftains have done. * * * Drouth The drouth also is strengthening the Roosevelt administration. The speed with which the admin istration met the situation—with Sec retary of Agriculture Wallace himself in the field—impressed farmers. Furthermore, they seemed to agree with his arguments that all poblcms had become national problems—ana that the constiution ought not to be so construed as to deprive the national government of the right to proceed to ward a permanent settlement with the nation considered as a whole, not 48 separate entities. In that, both farmer and worker may agree. After all they are arguing in their meetings, corporaions, in their deal ings, organize their efforts as a mono polistic whole, often being more pow erful than a state. • • • Luck? Critics are saying that President Roosevelt is having his usual “good luck”. That, of course, remains to be seen. Men have been saying that the Coughlin-Lemke party is a blow to the president, may cost him several states. But that is not the party—if there is to be a third party—which event ually may prove the ruin of the Demo crats. The really formidable third party still is in the making. If the John L. Lewis group of or ganized workers and the organized farmers who are suspicious of the Coughlin-Lemke alliance ever unite into a real third party movement the Democrats'-may be pushed aside! The liberals of 1940 may consider the Democrats as too far to the right—too hopelessly Bourbonistic—and those liberals are likely to be none other than an alliance of farmers and work ers. » * * Lemke Weakness Representative William Lemke, as the 2 r esidential candidate of the new Union party, would be a stronger con tender if he stood alone, some ob servers are saying. The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin has a large following but a goodly part of his labor following has gone over to the John L. Lewis unions. The consistent attacks on the radio priest’s platform as fascistic are having an ef fect —although there is a large fas cistic element in the United States Union men fear that the radio priest's program would mean the des truction of unions. They fear that the final result would be the same as in Italy and Germany, where the dictators rose to power on much the same sort of program. Union men fully agree with the ver bal attacks of Father Coughlin on wages and working conditions and banking monopolies, but they fear his remedies are worse than t o evils they are supposed to rectify. * • * Old Lines Gone Commentators on the American political situation have to observe many elements that ‘never hitherto have appeared in a campaign. People are swaying from party lines. They are moving according to their economic beliefs. A large group of conservatives re mains' firm within the Republican party. Beyond that, there is a surge, a movement below the surface, which will determine the result. Observers will drop sounding lines to guage this movement, but within it there are many conflicting currents—and not the least of these is Youth, the vast mass of Youth. Merely age has been heard so far but Youth, too, will be heard ( soon! . In ten years from now, this Youth will be the Power.' The tides run on —and carry Age to the infinite. Ana Youth rides the waves. Your’e Telling Me? Scientists estimate the mean tem perature of the sun’s surface at 12,- 000 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s more than mean—it’s fierce. * * * Haile Selassie says he was shocked when he discovered Europe had gone back on its word to him. We know how he feels. The United States got the same shock when it tried to col lect war debts. * * * Two Connecticut resort hotels j which once catered to gay crowds j have been converted into churches. j So—even Satan, too, has his own de- ; pression. • • • Educator announces campaign to discourage slang. That’s Okie doke with us, big boy. * ♦ * Now that July 4 is past we have become a 100 per cent patriot again. Every time one of those giant crack ers exploded we found ourselves wish ing the British had won. * * * We see that both major political j parties believe in our having a man- | aged currency—at least for the pres- j ent. But what they canndt agree upon is who is to manage it. • * • The philosopher who said: “I can fight my enemies but protect me < from my friends” must have been one 1 of us who have pals who think they know how to mix drinks. Words of Wisdom He who has truth at his heart need < never fear the want of persuasion on 1 his tongue—John Rus kin. Today is the Day By CLARK KINNAIRD Copyright, 1936, for this Newspa per by Central Press Association Thursday, July 9: Independence Day in the Argentine. Founders’ Day in Rhodesia. Dog Days are at hand. • * * NOTABLE NATIVITIES Samuel Eliot Morison, b. 1887, edu cator who wrote or.r favorite volume of history, Maritime History of Massachusetts. Dorothy Thompson Lewis, b. 1894, celebrity’s wife who is notable in her own right as a writer. * • • . TODAY’S YESTERDAYS July 9, 1778—Delegate of eight colonies at Philadelphia, signed “Ar ticles of Confederation and Perpetu al Union” creating the United States of America, after more than three years of debate on the question, and sent messages to North Carolina, Georgia, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware, urging them to join the compact. Delaware, which became the first state in the Union, held off from the confederation for another year! The Articles provided for the in clusion of Canada as one of the states. * * • July 9, 1792—Samuel Latham Mit chill. 28-year-old New York native, was appointed the first professor of agriculture in the United States, by Columbia university. He was first to establish study of agriculture as a science and he became the great est scientist of his day in the coun try - His amazing intellectual indus try was described by a contemporary: “He was now engaged with the anatomy of the egg, and now deciper ing a Babylonian brick; now involved in the nature of meteoric stones; now i in the different species of brassica; i now in the evaporation of fresh wa -1 ter; now in that of salt; now scruti nizing the geology of Niagara; now anatomizing the tortoise; now offer , ing suggestions on the angle of the , windmil; and now concurring on the , beauty of black walnut for parlor ; furniture: now with his conchological friend, Akerly, in the investigation of bivales; and now with the learned rabbi, Gershom Seixas, in exegetical disquisitions on Kennicott’s Jewish Bible. ! “In the morning he might be found composing songs in the nur sery; at noon dietetically experiment • ing and writing on fishes, or unfold ing a new theory on terrine forma i tions, and at evening addressing on ; the healthful influence of the alka • lies and thed epurative virtues of : whitewashing.” Naturally, he was called “Nestor of . American science.” He got into such a controversy with Joseph Priestly, came to this > country to argue it out with him , and stayed here. • • * , July 9, 1819—Elias Howe was born in Spencer, Mass., 26 years before he invented the first successful sew ing machine. He was a millionaire, when he joined the Union army as a private. Once, when the government ‘ was behind with pay for the 17th Connecticut Infantry, Private Howe ! Paid off the entire regiment, from of ficers down, from his own funds! * • * July 9 Among State Histories: 1755 —French and Indian forces wiped out Braddock’s army at what is now Pittsburgh, “the greatest humiliation 1 that ever befell British arms” . . . 1798—United States and France went to war . . . 1872—Democratic 1 national convention nominated a Republican, Horace Greeley, for pres ident . . . 1892—General railroad strike began in United States . . . 1923—Last American troops left Ger man zone of occupation . . , * * * FIRST WORLD WAR DAY BY DAY July 9—20 Years Ago Today—The Deutschland provided the nation with an electrifying story bp poking ’ its conning-tower up Chesapeake Bay to Baltimore with its $5,000,000 car. go of dyestuffs and other chemicals and mail for German embassy and consular .officials. It had made a 3,500-mile journey as the world’s first cargo submarine in 16 days. It seemed as if, at last, Germany had found away to defeat the tight ening British blockade, to restore mail communication with its agents in the U. S., to obtain vital materials and gold, and even recapture some of its foreign trade. Britain was quick to protest to all neutral nations, the U. S. particular ly, against harboring any submarine in neutral waters, but the U. S. de cided the Deutschland was purely a merchant vessel, and that the nature of the submarine must govern the decision concerning its admission. The Deutschland’s journey gave emphasis to the preparedness argu ment that the Atlantic was no longer a defense against European aggres sion on this continent, a contention given further pointedness a few weeks later when the U-53 destroyed ships off Newport, R. I. (To be continued) The Grab Bag One-Minute Test 1. What is a navvy? 2. Does the delegate to congress from Hawaii have a vote? 3. Give the location of Madagas car. Hints on Etiquette After introducing two or more per j sons - a host or hostess should remain with the guests long enough to start I the conversation along lines that might interest the entire group. One-Minute Test Answers 1. An unskilled or common laborer, especially one engaged on excavating or construction work. 2. He enjoys floor privileges in the house of representatives but has no vote. Masdagascar is an island off the east coast of Africa separated from the mainland by the Mozambique channel.