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TUESDAY, DEC. 21, 1937

THF FROST

A RECORD IN INDUSTRIAL GROWTH

PRESIDENT OLIVE'’S report last night on 1937 Chamber of Commerce activities highlighted many bright spots -in the city’s industrial progress. The year, he said, “wit-

history.”

FAVRE RENE TAGE TETRT

honored the top executives of the Stewart-Warner Corp., one of the largest of the concerns which Mr. Olive said have combined this year to bring $10,000,000 of new in-

This cheerful industrial picture cannot hide the fact that the current downward trend in business is lengthening the relief rolls, and that unemployment still is one of the country’s yi unsolved problems. But the expansion programs demonstrate a faith in the community’s future that cannot be overlooked, and the industrial production figures show how far we've come since 1933.

R.S.V.P. . CLO.

ACCUSTOMED as we are to seeing the name of John L. , Lewis in headlines, we are only now learning to look for it on the society pages. But Mr. Lewis seems to be giving his attention to numerous R. S. V. P.s as well as to the C. I. 0. and U. M. W. of A. Indeed, we see by the Washington newspapers that he is by way of becoming one of the lions of the social season in the national capital.

Mrs. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania in honor of the visiting Lady Ribbesdale, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis were ranked next to the British Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, and Lady Lindsay, well ahead of a Supreme Court Justice and several assorted Senators. I

It remained, however; for another Pennsylvanian—

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affair as ‘the undisputed guest of honor. This was a tea in the Senator's handsome new home, and from. the accounts of society editors who were present we cull the : following particulars: 3 The guests included «all the Democratic celebrities in : Washington.” Senator Guffey had on morning dress, but : Mr. Lewis “was attired in a simple business suit.”

: it was thought necessary to add that he “controls : the void

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of several hundred thousand miners in Pennsyl- ! vania we are not certain. The Washington Post adds: “Mr. Lewis ‘hag. ‘a rather pleasant social manner. He : grasps one firmly by the hand, looks one directly in the ! eye, and says as though he meant it, ‘I'm glad to meet you’.” : We are pleased to know that Mr. Lewis is getting prac- : tice for his social manner, and are tempted to wish that * he would try it on William Green.

: HERE TO STAY

\IR. GRISWOLD, publisher of Business Week maga- |

i zine, has just told an American Management Associa- ! tion. conference that the business recession has reached its * bottom: By the end of 1938's first quarter, he said, there will be a definite. rise in business which will continue : through the year. | We hope Mr. ‘Griswold is right about that; We're | sure. he is right about something else he told the conference of businessmen: = 3 “The ‘worst ‘thing we can do is to fight the New Deal. * Socialization has been going on for 150 years. 1 remember when we thought that state regulation of public utilities came out of a hotbed of communism in Wisconsin. No one opposes it’ now exce] pt the public utilities. : “We've got to remember that we've got a new boss in this country, and we're going to have one from now on; that we are doing business by sufferance. right. Whether it is Mr. Roosevelt and the New Deal or a Republican and some other deal, you can never take away from the public that consciousness which it developed—a asta of its mass power—and it is going to keep it. We are going to buy and sell in the normal course of events with the consent of the Government.”

to accept without question everything proposed by the Roosevelt New Deal. He was saying only what many conservative business leaders acknowledge to be true, that

the United States are determined to achieve.

Fighting the New Deal with the hope of preventing : attainment of the objectives is futile and dangerous. Presi-

i New Deal is here to stay, re .

: HAGUE STUPIDITY iA GOVERNMENT" ‘executive like. Mayor Frank Hague

1 public without making them unfair to labor.

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ered by carrier, ‘12 cents x

nessed the greatest annwal industrial growth in the city’s.

Appropriately, the Chamber's 48th annual “meeting

vestments and an anticipated 5500 new jobs to Indianapolis.

Recently, at a dinner given by former Governor and

Senator Guffey to entertain Mr. Lewis at a much larger :

Maybe it’s all |

Mr. Griswold, of eourse, was not advising businessmen

most of the fundamentals of the New Deal are things that. modern conditions make necessary and that the people of

i dents will come and go, but the demand of the people fora |

of Jersey City is a heavy handicap to current efforts to

make labor’s organizing and picketing methods fair to the

Mayor Hague’s “I am’ ‘the law,” his “I do, me, right here, decide” what constitutes “attempted invasion” of Jer- | sey City by the C. L O., his wholesale deportation of union | organizers, his bans on free speech, free assembly, distribu-

The. Optimist ayn Talburt

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TUESDAY, DEC. 21. 1987

New Doctor on n the Casey Herblock

Fain Enough -

By Westbrook Pegler

Security Fund Urged for Drunkard; .

Columnist Sees Need of Aiding Him Who Has Long Helped Uncle Sam. EW YORK, Dec. 21.—There is a serious

flaw in the administration of the liquor taxes, Federal, state and local, the correc-

tion of which would work to the advantage

of the Government, the liquor industry and

the consumer. Not always am I able to suggest a remedy when pointing to a fault, but in this

case I propose a sort of social security fund for J

drunkards and liquor invalids and their dependents,

to be amassed by a small deduction froni the taxes which already are imposed on the traffic. My plan is a happy one, in that it bespeaks neither. a new tax tor the increase of any duty now existing. It would even yield a net saving in the present cost of confining the wretched - rum-pot in an inefficient and often brutal manner, to say nothing of the profit ta be gained by the occasional if temporary:redemptions and the protection of the victim's Mr. Pegler family. It would be argued, also, that there would be a gain. in national man-power, as of course there would be. .But let us keep this on an honest plane and confess that that is a weak selling point ih‘a country whose worst problem is to find work for the manpower now available. Under present conditions the drunkard or liquor invalid is neglected and despised and his dependents receive no organized sympathy, in contrast to the case of the criminal whose rehabilitation is a topic of constant agitation.

“Yet the criminal is an enemy © of society. whereas:

the man who drinks to excess obviously is & contributor to one of the most reliable revenues of Sovers:

ment. . & =

SC, 1 propose, just for a figure, ‘which way be wa

too high, the allocation of one-half a cent per drink on all the liquor consumed to a special fund for the purpose described. The Federal fund easily could be reckoned on a fixed rate of so many standard drinks per quart with the internal revenue and customs figures | as index. Then, should a man fall out of line as an alos holic, let him be certified for treatment at the nearest public cure and his family pensioned during his absence, not as a matter of charity or dfficial condescersion, but as-a matter of their right. He, and indirectly they, will have contribtited to the fund for years and probably at the sacrifice of many comforts.. And though the individual may receive back more In benefits than he paid in as taxes, be it re-

| membered that for every beneficiary there will be

100 or more contributors who never will find it necessary to tap the fund. : 2 0» N chases where home treatment, whether for snakes, ulcers or liver trouble, seems desirable, that could

be arranged, too... With very little risks of imposture.

Any doctor can tell by simple tests whether a man really has the shrieks. For moral effect, I would propose fine and imprisonment for any “teetotaler who undertook to defraud. ‘the Government: by posing as

‘| a drunkard.

NP YORK, Dec. 21.—The Republicans Have resumed. the: march just: where they left off in

; November, 1936—in the parade of the ‘wooden soldiers -or the ‘stumblebums. delight. I refer to the néw pro-

gran committee ahd the ‘selection of Dr. Frank, Ia June, 1936, “Sunny” Jim Parley ‘would not have made his famous. election ‘prophecy. Neither would -

tion of union circulars and anything else he chooses to call | ishii

unlawful have even challenged the attention of Congress.

‘3 There are some employers unwise enough to. approye of : what Mayor Hague is doing—to. rejoice that he is keeping

labor “under control. ”

Hague type does a Iti is Jortunat f

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tion New Deal was not getting across. Could : 1 Hanilton and Mr. Landon: have thought up The fact is, of course, that stupid truculence of the por different mistakes io elect Mr

Rerublican Blunderng that almost made

Rocsevelt would have been elected anyway, but

1 capital gains tax,

. . @ “ [he Hoosier Forum 1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will i defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire.

LABOR BOARD ELECTIONS CALLED DEMOCRATIC By John S. Hamner Suppose an Fo has 9000

workers, 4000 of w workers in ‘two unions each differing in their government and their demands. The employer has agreed to employ union men and to recognize either or both unions and to in collectively. However, the unions are unable to

decide which will the bargaining agency, since it| would be § im-

: or ge that the employer. a to

recognize the union, hopes the. nonunion employees Ww main in his employ, or that he is efi Seren to them which is not The NLRB calls an election to decide which union will be the bargaining agent. The nonunion work-

ers do not vote ‘when the election |

is called, and of co se 8 union is

If Gen. Johnson aims this election is undemocratic he should see that .the employer ad the right to decide whether he the labor union. Therefore the election will be regular and democratic even ‘though the nonunion workers did not vote. ° If, there is any discrimination against nonunion employees in such an election, it lies with .the employer and not with ‘the NLRB, for he has decided in favor of the union workers, indicating | his ' desire to have all his employees in the union. It is well known among most employers that when la union is == d, its aim and object is to

‘have the closed shop. The nonunion

workers will have to lay the blame

where it belongs—not on thet so-

called undemocratic conduct of the =lection called by the NLRB.

TAX ON LOSS SEEN WAY TO AVOID INCO ETENCE By L A. B. As a substitute the profits and Congress should s. It’s the busilosses who is

Es on gains might hustle the losers into the gains line. Wipe: out the incompetent by taxes, if not by natural process of ba ) Make capitalism: produce.

oy policy they heed is to approve pieces of social leg iy

ch are union.

tion, but to show how each can

~ (Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, religious confroversies excluded. Make your letter short, so all can have a chance. Letters must be signed, but names will be withheld on request.)

NLRB ACTION CALLED

ASSAULT ON PRESS By B. F. Paine, San Francisco As a veteran newspaper man, I am wondering if the American press in | js going to lie down, whine and express- regrets, in. Japanese fashion with a corkscrew turning in it, operated by an arrogant Federal bureau. A trade paper has criticized the National Labor Relations Board for its attitude in the Weirton Steel | P Co. matter, and the Board has subpenaed the publishers of that paper

BIRD REST By MARY R. WHITE

White - ghiost-like trees by the light of day, Whose long, bare arms by the cold winds sway. So cold and bare by the morn’s gray light But what is this covering, so strange,

uffy ball To the tip-top branch of each tree so tall: : Sh-u-u-sh- what is that twittering sound I heard, Like the chirping note from a sleeping bird

? Of hidden life? An eerie feeling That I'm not alone, is o'er me steal-

- ing. ; And that sound I heard has doubled in tone Louder and stronger. No! _ alone. : From the trees’ strange covering, soft and warm,

I'm not

note of alarm. A soft little fluttering, a note of

surprise— Then gl, to bird ‘dreamland, a sleepy bird hies.

Cradies ye in the arms of the sycamore tree.

DAILY THOUGHT

For Moses said, Honor thy fa- ¢ ther and thy mother; and who so curseth father or mother, let him die the death.—Mark: 7:10.

HE voice of parents 1s the voice of the gods, for to their children, they are Heaven's lieutenants.

the more ‘popular

From thence it seems came that

Little: Toatnered friends fear not the

to appear and make a complete revelation of all details of preparing,

writing and publishing said criti-

cism. The Board’s action is a vicious and direct assault upon the freedom of the American press. To be sure, the publication in hand is only a trade paper—Mill & Factory. But

consent to the smallest wedge enter-

ing, and there soon will be a hole through which all of the freedom of the daily press can be kidnaped. It is birth of Hitler management of America’s free press, and God help the American press and America if anything like Hitler control of the American press isn’t strangled in its ngeption! 3 Cites Board's Order Hotes the American-born lerism: “All information pertaining to interviews or any other material used in the article are required to be produced; ouice copies of all letters,

“memoranda, telegrams, cables, radio-

grams, reports ane, other communicaitons sent by the magazine to employees, officers or other persons connected with the Weirton Steel Co. and its labor relations; records, memoranda, invoices and bills relating to the sale or loan or gift of copies of the October issue of Mill &: Factory and the reprints; proofs of the article and

corrections; and notations of tele- |,

phone communications between the magazine and any of the persons connected with the steel company; drafts, outlines, sketches and lay-

outs which. may.- have been cor-t. rected or approved:by any one con- |.

nected with the Weirton outfit.” In short, the publisher must appear before the Board with his business stripped naked and his right of freedom destroyed. What Is Press’ Attitude? Eternal vigilance and eternal battling of aggression are the price of press freedom. What is the American press going to do about it, when one of Mr. Roosevelt’s numerous boards proposes to use, in re-

‘turn for criticism of its acts, the in-

timate processes and confidences of an American publication? Lie down, squirm and take it, or demand that President Roosevelt control or retire his board, rather than permit any |: of his instruments of administration | to Hitlerize the American press? United, the American press will stand. Divided, or comatose in the face of cyass outrage of its Constitutional rights, it will fall and its potency as exponent of our country’s democratic form of government will be extinguished.

a o ASKS PERTINENT QUESTION ABOUT SMOKE NUISANCE By C. W. . 2 I_ wonder if it would be considered radical if I were to dare to

ask when something is going to be done about the: smoke disgrace?

EW YORK, Dec. 21.—A young lady, inclosing a. self-addressed stamped envelope, writes and says, «1 am preparing a symposium with the hope of selling

| for the e donkey's

‘list and found n

be done without| destroying the powers of Congress and the states and without bankrupting the country. The Democrats g-ade the mistake of using popular ak to disguise a silent Fascist revoluare all vote-getters, but the Third racy to use them to centralize the Al Governor is daily becoming clear-

but not ss 1

SU Party 54 dn tho Widugat midds Be mia sou pave searched the whole census a kick

uler. The elephant is reaching | an

it to some magazine.: 1 am asking ‘all the newspaper columnists I can think of the same question— ‘What is your idea of the ideal woman you would like to marry?’ Please send me your reply. You need not use more than 100 words.” 3 I am not replying for three reasons: * First, silly’

symposia should be opposed on principle. Second, if

e wanted my views on such a frivolous

any magazin ies I'd rather try to get the money. gnyself- And, ‘anyhow, the question is phrased all wrong. *

Nobody wants to marry an ideal woman. ‘Even an ideal man would probably hesitate and say, “Enough is enough.” ‘The best marriages ar® those in which’ the two contracting: parties seem wholly. unsuitable. |

£3 sich eases Toliody expects YEIy Such, and so Gare La | is a fair chance of success, 1

| pon a year I've iia’ aman dog. ment which sppeared 11 a

" up. of “thist’ hoot of Hit- |

Shi JONSRST It | y

Merry-Go-Round By Pearson & Allen:

Japanese Ambassador Had Hand in Creating Rift at Brussels Parley And Putting Envoy Davis on Spot.

ASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Here is an inside incident occurring during the late . lamented Brussels conference which: sheds some light on the Japanese attitude toward the Roosevelt Administration and the Far East. :

While the Nine-Power delegates were rowing over what they could or could not do to block Japanese aggression in Chita, Japanese Ambassador Saito in Washington sent the Japanese Ambassador in. Belgium a cable summarizing his views on the Roosevelt Administration's im‘potency. . Me stated it could .do nothing. Mr. Roosevelt was engrossed in domestic affairs, he said. Congress ~ was.opposed, to intervention inthe Far East, and finally the State Department differed with the American delegation at Brussels ‘and would not let Norman Davis move. © {It was a neatly worded message and the Japanese Ambassador:in Belgium handed it to his ally, the Italian Ambassador. Then the Italians slipped it to the press. This cut the ground from under ‘Ambassador Norman Davis, It made him appear to be a delegate without a Government. Shortly thereafter the Brussels ‘conference folded its wings ‘and ‘Mr. Davis went home. . >" What reports ‘Ambassador Saito - 7is sending back to his Government . now gre not known, But having .. “lived in this country 17 years and nd being = very 8 shrewd olgerver, he Is 0 PR y nosing the situa Allen - Detter than the Administration jtsel

~. Most significant is that Saito cabled that the State Department was at cross-purposes with the American delegation in Brussels, This was not supposed to be known by anyone, let alone the Japanese Ambassador, but it was absolutely true. And it is extremely important, because it illustrates "the way Mr. Roosevelt hes marched up the hill. in foreign affairs and then marched down ag At Chicago last October, the President marched. up the hill with his_ “quarantine” speech against an aggressor. Then in his fireside chat he marched down

again, a }

THEN before the Brussels conference he gave Nore ~man Davis a fighting pep talk at Hyde Park, advising him to go the limit in censuring Japan. But ‘after Mr. Davis arrived in Brussels, the State Department tied his hands. When he cabled back the draft of the first speech he proposed making, the State Department threw it in the scrap basket, cabling back a new text. Every time Davis raised his hand at Brussels he was stymied by the boys back home—which was coms pletely out of line with Mr. Roosevelt’s pep talk to the American Gelegation Bstore it sailed. ;

Significant sign of the “times: For the first time since the World War, the anual

| form sent to reserve officers by the War Department

for corrections of address also contains this query: “Th the event of an emergency how much time would you desire for the purpose of placing your af. fairs in order before joining your regiment?” ;

| According fo Heywood Broun.

Giving Advice to Lovelorn Is Easier Job Than Political Forecasting; If He Drinks and Gambles, Then Give Him ‘More Dough and Marry Him,

| becguse he never takes me with him. There is another girl’ who goes with him to the horse races, :1 know this is true,"but he always denies it. And:I am. worried, too, because he has such a bad temper. He frequently swears at me and is cross almost all the time. ‘Do you think I ought to marry him?” *' The newspaper expert answered, “Certainly not. Tell the young man that you do not wish to him again, and then proceed to: Jorgev about _

as soon as possible.” 2 ” 8 |

answer wouldn't have been anything like that. After all, what's the point of telling etna lady that marriage to her intended is risky b She knows that. : On the surface the indications do not altogether .point. to. a successful union, but fundamentally Hl is muah 48 be. said fof the match.