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Roosevelt’s Economics A campaign speech is not expected to be very intelligent. Usually the appeal is partisan, addressed to the emotions rather than to the Intellect. The explanation of this kindergarten technique is that the candidate often is as dumb as he mistakenly assumes the voter to be. Governor Roosevelt was not guilty of that campaign sin in his Commonwealth Club address in San Francisco. He paid the voters the high ®ompliment of talking up to them, rather than down. The result was a remarkably able and honest statement of the economic problem which perpetuates this depression and which threatens the future of the nation. "Put plainly,” said Roosevelt, ‘‘we are steering a ateady course toward economic oligarchy, if we are not there already.” Pointing out that 600-odd corporations control two-thirds of American industry today, he showed how these vast aggregates of capital rule our lives. To talk of independence of the wage earner, or farmer, or small business man is absurd, unless the government ii able to protect the rank and file from encroachments of the powerful and the unscrupulous. Roosevelt does not propose to destroy the large corporation, to retreat to the pre-machine age of •mall units, which is impossible. He proposes to regulate these giants, to make them serve the public interest. Certainly that is no small task. But it is the supreme test of capitalism. It is the only way out if capitalism is to survive.' The Job, as he describes it, consists in ‘‘administering resources* and plants already in hand, of seeking to re-establish foreign markets for our surplus production, of meeting the problem of underconsumption, of adjusting production to consumption, of distributing wealth and products more equitably, of adapting existing economic organizations* to service of the people.” It is significant that Roosevelt speaks of “underconsumption” rather than of overproduction. The key to his solution is redistribution of wealth on a basis at once fairer and more efficient. Whenever a nation starves in the midst of plenty, as millions of Americans would be starving today but for charity, the system responsible can not go on—it can be scrapped or it can be revamped, but some change is certain. The Democratic candidate proposes to revamp it. For the present dog-eat-dog business anarchy, he would substitute “an economic constitutional order” He sees it as the duty of the government to assist in this development of “an economic declaration of rights.” To the old declaration of political rights that “every man has a right to life,” Roosevelt adds: “And this means that he also has a right to make a comfortable living.” It is the duty of,the government to protect the citizen in this primary right to a livable job. “Our government, formal and informal, political and economic, owes to every one an avenue to possess himself of a portion of that plenty sufficient for his needs, through his own w*ork.” All this is a far cry from the Hoover doctrine that ours is the best of all possible systems and that rugged individualism is the panacea everlasting. But it is the kind of primary intelligence required to pull us out of this depression and head off the next depression. Norris the Nonpartisan Most politicians talk a lot about nonpartisanship. Senator Norris of Nebraska has the distinction of practicing it. He is a Republican. But when in his judgment his party goes against its own ideals or the interests of the country, he does not hesitate to denounce it and to vote against it. That has made him unpopular with the politicians. But it explains in large part his tremendous following among the people* A public servant with the record of Norris has a right to speak on this subject. He states the case for nonpartisanship versus party regularity in the current issue of Liberty magazine. “Partisanship never should induce a public official to support or oppose any proposed legislation or any proposed candidate,” Norris writes. “He should be as free to follow the course his conscience dictates as if there were no parties ... the same doctrine applies to the voter when he goes into his booth . . . “A political party is nothing but an instrumentality for government. There is nothing sacred about it . . . “When the rank and file of our people realize that, anew day will dawn for America.” Red Tape or Humanity? Some of the ways in which the American immigration law is applied are—to say the least—a trifle odd. Last winter, Mrs. John Lambert, Canadian-born wife of an American citizen, went to Nova Scotia to visit her sick mother. While there she gave birth, prematurely, to a son. The child was frail, and she had to delay her return, so that she overstayed her re-entry permit. Now, with the child strong enough to travel, she is trying to take it back to her husband's home in Maine—and the United States immigration authorities won’t let her in, saying she is a Canadian citizen. Maybe the rules Justify this stand, but it is hard to see any other justification for it. The worship of red tape in the bureau that is keeping this family separated must have reached a height uncommon even in the American immigration service. Civil Liberty at Stake An interesting and important test case in civil liberties is likely to arise in Winter Park, Fla. There is a Florida statute prohibiting a white person from teaching in a Negro school. Certain students of Rollins college wish to help along a struggling school for Negroes, but are prevented by this archaic law. The institution in question is Hungerford school, the only school in that section of the state attempting to provide anything in the nature of higher education for Negroes. Captain Hall, principal, is,a graduate of Hampton and Tuskegee, and is doing his best under difficult circumstances. Hungerford is only a mile from the Rollins campus. It would be a great advantage if Rollins students, qualified and interested, could conduct classes at Hungerford. There are a number of liberal-minded students at Rollins who have indicated their willingness to donate their services if the law did not stand in their way. Certain members of the Rollins college faculty have approached the attorney-general of Florida for an opinion and the latter has indicated that any

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instruction given by Rollins students at Hungerford would be illegal. The majority sentiment in the enlightened Winter Park community probably would view the law as an anachronism and not start trouble. But there is an active branch of the Klan in town which well might force the authorities to act. \ At any rate, even if Winter Park did wink at ihe technical illegality, other parts of the state might not. So it seems desirable that this relic of another age be obliterated. It may be well to ban white teachers of the female sex in Negro schools for young men, but certainly there is no logic or sense in excluding mature white male* from schools for Negroes. Contract Labor The war department is investigating the war department, apparently endeavoring to determine the facts concerning the charges of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that conditions approaching virtual slavery exists in concontractors’ camps along the Mississippi river flood control project. This is a queer circumstance, and it behooves the war department—if it intends to get the facts—to make its inquiry with the utmost fairness and thoroughness. No whitewashing report will be a competent answer to the complaints against treatment of Negro laborers on the levees. If the army falls to make the investigation that the N. A. A. C. P. charges require, congress must order the inquiry that Senator Robert Wagner will demand. e Uncle Shylock • Anew form of federal bureaucracy, reaching deep into the agricultural sections, has been set up as a result of congress’ desire to help poor farmers. Congress made some $65,000,000 available through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to be loaned by the department of agriculture to individual farmers to make crops this year. Now the department is beginning to worry about collection of this sum, loaned to more than half a million fanners in sums averaging about $l3O. The department may be using accepted business methods in demanding and making its collections; in warning farmers that they are in debt; and it probably is within the law in warning probable purchasers of products from indebted farmers that the purchasers will be held obligated if the farmer does not use part of the money he gets to discharge his debt to Uncle Sam. We do not question the legality of these proceedings; but the human factor is above and beyond the law. # We do not believe that congress intended the department of agriculture should dun these farmerborrowers by this method. Neither the house nor the senate intended to make Uncle Sam an Uncle Shylock to half a million farmers. Does the department of agriculture and its crop production loan office mistrust the farmers to whom it loaned money? Does the Hoover administration mistrust these men? Spoon-Fed Orchestras Passing Managers of symphony orchestras in America’s principal cities met recently and agreed that the day of the rich patron of music in America is about over. If symphony orchestras continue to exist, they reported, it will be because they are whole-heartedly supported by the people in exactly the same way that moving picture theaters and professional baseball clubs are supported. That may mean lean years for some symphony societies. But in the long run, it ought to be all to the good. An art that can not pay its way through the contributions of the general public at the box office has no real vitality.. Symphony orchestras in this country needed spoon feeding by the wealthy during their period cf infancy, beyond a doubt, but by now they should be able to stand on their feet. Mayor McKee's ambition in life was to be a fireman, and he became mayor of New York. We can’t all reach the high goals of our youth. Attorney-General Mitchell found that many of the veterans of the bonus army had police records. Wonder if they were “K. P.” records? Christmas greeting cards are being ordered these days, but Messrs. Hoover and Roosevelt haven’t decided on theirs. % The Republican campaign committee has issued the first party textbook ever prepared especially for women voters. It contains thirty-two pages giving the record of the Hoover administration. Thirty-two pages!

Just Every Day Sense By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

nPHE new president of the General Federation of X Women's Clubs, Grace Morrison Poole, begins her administration with a sensible declaration Let's clean up our own back yards,” admonishes Mrs. Poole, which is a pretty good slogan these days. If two million women would make up their minds to find out what goes on at the city hall, we'd see a grand housecleaning. The job is to get them interested at home. Meddlesome Mattie was, I arj, sorry to say, a female. The sex still possesses many of her qualities. We find, it much more exciting to scrub the front porch than the pantry, since our chances for being observed better at the former task. Nobody notices what is being done in the pantry. Yet the truth is that most of our troubles emanate from the national pantries. And it is there women should begin their work. Find out the rackets in the home town, the extravagances at the county courthouse. Remedy them, and the household would be saved. # jr a IN this connection it is interesting to note that Elmer Davis, well-known political commentator, says we should scurry around and find the right sort of a woman, set her up as dictator, and everything would be improved. How that will horrify men! Davis explains that we must not get any woman now in public life, since she resembles too much the male politician. Nor any fanatic devoted to principle regardless of facts. But some sensible, middle-aged married woman- 1 please get this—who would apply the sam§ sound sense to government that she applies to life. Thrift, and a cool resolve that does not fear to face facts, is necessary. This trait, Mr. Davis explains, is natural to women and not to men. Anyway, though we probably shall not. go that far, Mrs. Poole and her followers have a wonderful opportunity before them. Never have women had such a chance to show what they can do, If only they do not repeat the mistakes of imitating the men.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy Says:

. Great a* the United States Government Is, How Many More Failures Can It Stand on World Policy? NEW YORK, Bept. 26.—Accordto press reports, Soviet Russia is about to recognize the newly formed state of Manchukuo, while Japan seems likely to resifen, or be expelled, from the League of Nations. The situation created by such eventualities would be highly unfavorable to American interests in the Far East. Worse still, it is doubtful whether the peace machine could survive the shock. A policy of cheap talk and empty warnings is responsible, and one need look ho farther than Washington to discover who formulated the policy. As in many other cases, the Hoover administration began with bombastic declarations, but wound up without doing anything. The government of the United States, richest and most powerful on earth/ has nothing to show for all the balderdash but a nicely worded doctrine which has been defied openly and successfully and which threatens to destroy its trade and prestige, in the Orient. u m u 'Failure After Failure GREAT as the United States government is how f&any more failures can it stand? How many more times can we lay down a barrage of idealistic principles, only to have other nations sneer at them, and maintain our self-respect? First, we forced the League of Nations down Europe’s throat and then refused to join it. Second, we indorsed the right of self-determi-nation and then took charge of Nicarauga. Third, we went to Germany’s rescue with the Young and Dawes plans, but only to lose much, if not all the war debts. Fourth, we signed the Kellogg pact, but refused to join the world courf. Fifth, we told Japan what she must not do and then let her get away with it. Our policy of verbose negation has driven Germany to arm, lost us the bulk of Russian trade, smashed China, and forced a concert of action between .Russia and Japan which may prove of the gravest consequence. BUB Given Bad Reputation THE world is beginning to believe that whatever this government says it doesn’t mean and that no one need take us seriously*. That is a most unfortunate reputation for any government to acquire. Governments are respected, looked up to, and dealt with on the same basis as men. Those that get things done command confidence. Those that talk, without getting things done, do not. Just stop and think of the impractical suggestions, futile prophecies and meaningless threats emanating from official sources at Washington during the last decade. Prohibition, prosperity, peace, disarmament, Europe's financial stability, the protection of China, the good will of Latin-America—where are they? Where are the loans with which we proposed to recoup our debtors, the law enforcement with which we proposed to check ghng rule and racketeering, the tariff with which we proposed to eliminate the expense of a great naval program, the pacts, treaties and declarations with which we proposed to stop imperial-, ism? B B U Fault of U. S, AMERICAN leadership can not evade responsibility for the uphappy state of trade, politics and social conditions throughout the, world. This country emerged from the war as the world’s dominant force. Its resources, man-power and morale virtually were unimpaired. Other countries were compelled to look to it for about everything of immediate necessity. It had a surplus of gold, a surplus of goods, and, abova all else, a surplus of ideas. Then it decided to adopt a course of “splendid isolation.” It would loan money and grant credit, but it would not sit down at a council table. It would meddle and intervene on its own account, but not in concert with other governments. It claimed a certain area of preponderating influence, which established a precedent for Japan to do the same thing in Asia.

JJ* T ?s9£ Y ; WORLD WAR \ ANNIVERSARY

PERSHING SCORES September 26 ON Sept. 26, 1918, Yankee troops of General Pershing’s first army scored a major victory. Under the cover of heavy artillery fire, the Americans smashed their way forward for seven miles along a front of twenty miles, extending from the Meuse westward through the Argonne forest. During the rout of German troops more than 5,000 prisoners and twenty large guns were taken. In the sinking of the American steamship Tampa, off the English coast, 118 men were lost. In Asia Minor British troops advanced to the Sea of Galilee and captured Tiverias, Semakh and Amman.

Daily Thoughts

They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of youF- revenues because of the fierce anger of the Lord.*—Jeremiah 12:13. Punishing follow’s close on crime. —Horace. In what language was* the novel ‘‘Swiss Family Robinson” written? In German, by J. R Wvss. It was translated into French and afterwards into English. Where in the Bible is the description of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Revelation, chapter 6.

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Three Diseases Affect Beard Area

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeie, the Health Magazine. THERE are three different diseases of the skin which may affect the region of the beard in men, and which usually are picked up i* dirty barber shops. The scientific names for these conditions are impetigo, sycosis, and ringworm. Ringworm used to be called barber’s itch, but even before that it was known in England by the slang term, “dirty shave.” Dr. I. H. McCaw of Ireland contrasts the way in which these three diseases begin. Impetigo, the infection by the germs that produce I begins with a small blister. The germs enter the skin through slight abrasions, such as may be produced during shaving. The blister breaks and a clear serum come out, which contains the germs. In this way the germs are spread to the surrounding skin, where new blisters form. Physicians find it rather simple

IT SEEMS TO ME by h ™ d

UNLESS a higher court reverses the ruling, Joseph McKee is mayor of New York City until 1934, at the earliest. And in his enterprise this column is disposed to wish him well. The possibility of becoming an excellent mayor is well within the capacity of Joseph McKee. And yet I have forebodings. Headlines constitute a powerful beverage, and the alcoholic content ot editorial adulation never has been determined. Somebody gave me half a teaspoonful on one occasion, and it knocked my hat off and set me to doing the tango and singing that every day was ladies' day with me. This song was once a popular ditty in “The Red Mill.” Under the circumstances, McKee has performed well. Asa pinch-hit mayor, he was under the necessity of doing something right away, and he proceeded to become a nine-day wonder. Not Quite Set in the Role MOST of his deeds, announcements and acrobatic tricks were excellent. But he was a little self-conscious, and under the strain, dropped a couple of Indian clubs. Now that the job apparently is his for more than a year at least, I hope to see Mr. McKee settle into a long and steady stride. After all, it isn’t a hundred-yard dash, and the new mayor need not employ quite so much of highknee action. Not to be vague about the matter, neither the campaign against the slot machines nor the suppression .of two burleque theaters seemed to be quite in the most useful tradition. I’m all against censorship, no matter what it is called, and yet I find it a little difficult to go out and bleed and die for any of the Minskys. On the other hand, I would find it equally difficult to work up a passion of resentment against the type of entertainment which they presented. After all. a “Bridget from the Bridge of Thighs” is something less than a “jjurgen.”

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His Good Deed for the Day

to control this condition if it is seen early. Use of proper ointments of ammoniated mercury and of antiseptics added to the shaving water usually brings about a prompt cure. Precaution should, -of course, be taken to prevent infection of other people. A little more severe than impetigo and likely to last longer is the condition called ringworm or barber’s itch. Everybody now knows something about athlete’s foot, which affects not only the skin of the feet, but also the groin and the buttocks. The same type of organism also may attack beard and scalp. The organism gets into the hair follicles and produces inflammation. An abscess follows, then there are raised, red, crusted lumps, which are tender and painful. The condition may look like abscess, but if ,the crusts are removed only a small amount of blood-stained serum comes out. The doctor makes a definite di-

The nature and worthiness of a burlesque show seems to me such a trivial thing that I don’t think a busy mayor really should get around to taking arty action one way or another. Until the edict of suppression was issued a certain number of people had a good and wholly unsanctified time. Now that the doom has fallen I can not perceive that the city is noticeably happier or kweeter. BUB Straws in the Wind BUT it is rather less the concrete problem in hand than its symbolic significance which worries me about our new mayor. If Joseph McKee intends to be an organization man and a reformer as well, he will havq few friends at the end of his term. And he will deserve few. It is a little as if he had announced that he was prepared to be Van Wyck and Seth Low at*the same time, combining the worst features of each. I hate to see heartiness slapped down, even if it is flaunted in nothing more than a burlesque show. And speaking of municipal affairs and civic problems, I am in a position to shed from my shoulders a pack as heavy as that which tormented Bunyan’s Pilgrim in . his journey. I refer to the show called “Ballyhoo.” This entertainment was devised and executed by several gentlemen who happen to be close friends of mine. One of them invited me to what was called a dress rehearsal, although, with one thing an 4 another, the show did not open until almost a month later. During the four weeks which followed I spent a weary time hiding behind doors and running up blind alleys. I was afraid of coming face to face with any of the entrepreneurs of the enterprise, for if he asked me, “What did you think of it?” I woujd have been compelled to lie more than is my custom or to be downright insulting. Each night I prayed a prayer of

agnosis by looking at the roots of the hair under the microscope, so that he actually can see the ringworm or fungus that causes the disease. Physicians usually control this condition by removing the hair, perhaps by the use of the X-ray, and then applying various drugs which will destroy the fungus. The third condition which affects the beard.usually is difficult to stamp out. It represents infection of the root of the hair by an organism which produces pus, known as staphylococcus. The face seems to be red and dusted over with small pustules and crusts. There is burning, itching or pain. The condition gets so deeply into the hair follicles that it may be difficult for antiseptics to penetrate sufficiently to kill the germs. Here again is a case in which long, careful, patient treatment is demanded, if the condition is to be eliminated.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most interesting writers and are presented without regard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

thankfulness that I no longer was a dramatic critic and under no necessity of saying what I really thought of ‘‘Ballyhoo.” B B B Brand From the Burning BUT after several weeks of this hermit existence I was enticed into the theater and saw the final edition of the entertainment. To my intense surprise I beheld the liveliest and the heartiest show in town. Certain items seems to me in the worst possible taste, but I learned long ago that the 'truly cardinal crime in the theater is not vulgarity, but language, pretentiousness and boredom. They are not in the harlequinade which I would recommend to everybody but your Aunt Hattie. And possibly I am doing Aunt Hattie an injustice. In any case I trust that Mayor McKee is not going to set himself to the barren task of making New York a city safe for the Aunt Hatties. • , When every problem of housing and unemployment and stupid waste is settled, then it may be time enough for Joseph McKee to bother about what Hans said to Schmalz and what Schmalz said back again. But even then I don't honestly think it will be a matter of importance. (Copyright. 1932, by The Times)

People’s Voice

Editor Times—We hear much these days concerning the railroads. Having bees connected with railroads for the last fifteen years, permit me to recall some incidents that happened years ago. First, about fifteen years ago, I had to ship some furniture. I crated it as best I could and for the simple fact that it didn’t meet the requirements of the railroad company it was rejected. If you offered any argument, you would receive the curt reply that “if you intend getting it to its destination you will crate it as I say.” Another time I happened to be a passenger on a railroad train running through a small town, and as I happened to be at £he depot about ■ one-half hour before trei ntime I thought I would purchase my ticket. When I called at the ticket office to make the purchase I-was informed that the ticket office wasn’t open yet. Yet there was an agent on duty there twenty-four hours a day. Now since the railroads themselves drove their business away, or in other words, forced the public to make other arrangements to give better and more curteoua service, why should the public go back to the railroads, when they know they will be treated as they were before, should railroads get a monopoly on transportation as they once had? Shortly after the crash in Wall street in 1929, the presidents of several of the larger roads met with the President of the United States, pledging their word that they would not cut wages. They have broken that pledge, cutting wages -10 per cent and now are talking of another cut, after receiving help from the government. In Chicago last .year they said it ! the employes would submit to a 10 per cent cut, it would stimulate business. Workers agreed to the

.SEPT. 26, 1932

SCIENCE

BY DAVID DIETZ Artificial Wood Now Made of Farm's Waste Products, Such as Cornstalks and Cobs. ARTIFICIAL wood, ranging from some as hares as teak to some as soft as cork, can be produced from cornstalks, corncobs, straw and other waste products of the farm. This triumph of modern chemistry is described in a report prepared for the American Chemical Society by Professor O. R. Sweeney of lowa State college. According to Professor Sweeney, there is no wood in existence which 1 can not be duplicated synthetically. This is important, not only as a means of adding to the world’s wood supply, but as a means of utilizing what formerly were waste products. One of the great ambitions of modern chemistry is to turn every waste product into a by-product. The hardest artificial wood, according to Professor Sweeney, is known as “maizolith." It resembles teak, the hardest known wood, in appearance, durability, density, and strength. But it has a# cross-breaking strength co-efficient of 25,000 pounds, nearly twice that of teak and almost equal to that of ordinary steel. “When made into cog wheels and snubbers, this material stands up better than any other I know,” Prof. Sweeney said in his report, “and because of the faborable ratio of its strength to its weight, it would seem to be nearly ideal material for propellers and other parts of airplanes.” B a M, How It's Manufactured THE process of manufacturing artificial wood is described in detail by Professor Sweeney in his report. “The raw materials first are cooked with water or with a mild caustic soda solution under 'a pressure of about fifty pounds,” he tells. “The resulting substance is washed and cut up in a beater until it becomes a jelly. Great care must be taken at this point in the process to guard against fermentation, which would unfit the material for further use and this can be done by adding formaldehyde or by carrying on the process at a temperature too great for bacterial life. “Next the jelly is put through an evaporator, where the water is removed from it. “Then it is put into molds and allowed to season, a process which takes from fourteen days to two or three months, depending on the size of the piece. “The wood ca i\ be manufactured so rapproximately $250 a ton. At this cost, there undoubtedly will be considerable demand for it for purposes for which it is peculiarly fitted, but if we are to help the farmer by buying his waste products, we must make the process cheaper and create’ a larger demand.” BUB Pressed Window Frames SYNTHETIC woods of different hardness and strength, corresponding to the various types of lumber used in the building trad’s, can be made by varying the process of manufacture, Professor Sweeney says. Boards can be made in any required dimensions and up to two inches in thickness, he says. “By laminating half and quarterinch boards, we obtain dimensional lumber that is stronger and easier to use thah natural lumber,” he continues. “We are not confined to the production of boards and dimensional lumber, either. I have a window frame pressed out complete in required dimensions which was constructed for 40 cents. “Among the artificial woods developed recently is a substitute for cork, which is cheap enough to be used for insulating houses. “It is possible to replace the ordinary shiplap used in a house wall with this substance, and to sheathe the inner walls and partitions with it also, using it as a plaster base instead of lath. “Using this material, it is possible to build a house costing about the same as one built in the ordinary manner which will be stronger than the ordinary house and will be so well insulated that it can be heated for 75 per cent of the usual cost.”

Questions and Answers

Where and what is Monaco? It is a small principality on the Mediterranean, and Monte Carlo, the gambling casino, is located therfc. Os what are the vaults used in pole vaulting made? Usually of bamboo. What is the population of the city of Memphis, Tenn.? i 253,143. - How old is Orville Wright? When did Wilbur Wright die? Orville Wright is 61 years old Wilbur Wright died May 30, 1912. How many postoffices are there in the United States? On Jan. 1, 1932, there were 48,479. W’hat is “arson”? The act of unlawfully and maliciously burning a building. Has the United States ever issued paper currency in denominations of a million dollars? No. Where is Dartmouth college? Hanover, N. H.

reduction (n wages only to get less work than they got last year and still face another slash. Now these same railroads expect their employes to get business for them when they are not making an effort to give their employes an even break. They will scheme and argue to cut wages and then it in their own shops on mismanagement and unnecessary supervision. If the railroads intend to come back, let them first of all be truthful and honest with their employers and courteous as they have been in just the last few years to the public. They lfed to the President of the United States, they lied to their employes, they also lied to the public, and now they want the sympathy of every one in the nation, 8. J. B.