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Give Light and the People: wal Find Their own Woy z THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1938
A GRAND SPEECH Cush on : QELDOM has Franklin Roosevelt been in better form than
“11é& was yesterday before his audience in: “this, my other
state,” Georgia. ‘On the home ground of: the {oniervative opposition to one of his most cherished reforms—wage-hour legislation— the President struck those who give too little consideration to the welfare of the «ill-fed, ill-clad and ill-housed. »
Whereas most other critics of the South’s wage policies i have been content to do their denouncing from comfortable
vantage, points in the North, the President went into the South to argue the futility and fallacy of those policies. The purchasing power of millions of Southern workers, he said, is far too low. As a result— “People cannot buy at stores unless they have ‘cash or good credit. Stores: cannot fill their Shelves unless, “they.
have customers.”
Concerning the South’s efforts to wean mdustries away :
from the higher-wage centers— “On the present scale of wages, and therefore on the present scale of buying power, the South cannot and will not siiccéed in establishing successful new industries. “Efficiency in operating industries goes | ‘hand in hand with good pay and the industries of the South cannot compete with industries in other parts of the country, the North, the Middle West and the Far West, unless the buying power of the South makes possible the highest kind of efficiency.” And of the by-products’ of buying power—“Better schools, better’ health, better hospitals, better: highways. These things will not come to us in the South if we oppose progz ess. » iere is a blunt, forceful speech—by.a man who often has’ 4 demonstrated: his: Jove: for and interest in‘ the South. Most Southerners who heard it or who read it, we feel sure, will take it to their hearts. |
LET IT co BACK : SHE Roosevelt Administration will gain in the long run if the Senate sends the pending ‘Government Reorganiza-
tion Bill ‘back to.committee for further study and hearings.
~. This is what the American Federation of Labor is asking for.’ The bill's sweeping delegation of Congressional au-
thority to the executive branch:of the Government is “high-
Iy*-objectionable”. to labor, ‘according to President William Green, who contends that those interested in the legislation have not. had a fair opportunity to be heard. El 3 ‘The ‘railway. ‘brotherhoods. also favor SoRding the Bill bak to committee, while the Farm Bureau Federation and
the National Grange are dissatisfied with: certain features.
of the present draft. These farm and labor organizations are friendly to the New Deal and have ‘worked with the Administration on other legislation. The Senate is very: closely.divided on this bill.’ That is elear from the amount of patronage and political pressure that has been necessary to carry it through the test votes so far. Without such pressure it could not be: passed. And if it does pass, under such pressure, the Administration’ Ss victory will have:an unpleasant odor. Some opposition to the bill is inspired by blind partisan enmity for President Roosevelt. But there are many who— like the labor and farm organizations—oppose it in its pres-
ent form, not because they fail to recognize that a sensible
reorganization of Government is desirable, but because they fear that Congress will surrender too much of its power without adequately safeguarding the use of that power. Others have been made suspicious by the methods used to bring doubtful Senators into line. A bill as good as this one is represented to be, they: think, would not need such methods to pass it. If the idea behind it is basically sound, it won't be spoiled by deferring action long Sthough for ‘fuller hearings in committee.
THE POPE'S APPEAL
OPE PIUS has done-humanity another great’ service through his urgent appeal to Gen. Franco to stop the bombings of open Spanish ities and the killing of noncombatants. It is his second plea on this subject. = The Hirst, the Vatican's official organ reveals, was made last month, and ‘Gen. Franco, “deeply moved by the Pontiff’s words, gave the Holy Father a filial reply ...” But the bombings continued, and now the air raids on Barcelona have impelled the Pope to speak again. This He, we © earnestly hope he will be heeded. Profoundly as Ke feels that the Church ha oon “cruel-
ly wounded” by the Spanish Loyalists, Pope, Pius feels a | sorrow 110 less profound for the innocent victims of the |
Nationalists’ bombs. His is one more powerful voice raised in protest against horrors which, as Setremny | Hull has said, “No theory of war. can justify.” Sas
“BED BUG ROW” RIME, of course, is news. But i is also’ news when enlightened persons apply social Zemedies that help to cure crime.
The U. S. Housing Authority did this. when it author. 4 Wh Guftey, Who still believe ‘that without labor
food sluni-clearance and low-rent housing projects in five | the. Democrats in Pennsylvania will be powerless as |
cities—A ustin, Tex.; Charleston, S. eB New Orleans, Sy
‘cuse and Youngstown.
The slums of New: Orleans soon fo; be, vazed, we, are as “Bed Bug Row,” and tene-
“Yellow Dog” and “The Lizards” + Most of these are-with-t ordinary water ‘and sanitary facilities, and the death ates are higher than in the city as a whole. / ni Ky sh new and Detper homes for
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Washington
‘By: Raymond Clapper *
Trouble Similar to That Rebsovel
Is Having With TYA Has Turned Up In the Private Utility Industry.
rASHINGTON, March 24 ~While the pains’ of contumacy which President Roosevelt is suffering in his TVA may have jolted confidence in public operation of the complicated :power business, a case has turned up in the private utility industry which indicates that something ot te, same sort can happen there. The Associated Gas & ‘Elegtric Co., a giant: holding
: company, has a one-man rebellion on its hands in the
refusal of the president of one of »its- subsidiaries to resign. Alexander Speer, president of the Virginia Public Service Co., was ordered by the holding company to-resign. He refused, and car- . yried the .case: to the Virginia State: Corporation Commission, which issued an order barring his removal for 90 days pending an investigation of its own. ; Charges in Mr. Speer’s petition set up a significant picture of utility operations from the inside. In general, this operating executive who is engaging in a sit-down strike against being removed draws a picture of operating activities being curtailed and thwarted by an outside holding company—the type of control | President Roosevelt has been complaining abou
Mr. Clapper
” ” 8 R. Speer has been in utilities operation 29 years and for the last.year has been president of the Virginia Public Service Co. In his petition to the State Commission’ he says the holding management companies sought to exactiunjustified charges from the operating company. He refused to approve many of these bills. He says that many of these management charges were for services which the operating company itself should render, and in other instances duplicated
- work done by employees of the operating company.
Contracts for management services were submitted to the Virginia State Corp. Commission for approval, which was refused, but Mr. Speer says that despite this his holding company sought to make charges
: Bnder the contracts,
IRGINIA state laws require the company to build rural electric lines where petitioners guarantee a certain revenue. Mr. Speer says that he was prevented from proceeding with this construction although guarantees ard cash for $100,000 worth of
tural lines were in hand.
. Finally the management company told Mr. Speer . he was through because the system had to retrench. .
and in his place it was proposed to install a manage-
‘ment company employee.
How much truth there is in these charges will not be known until. the Virginia. Corporation Commission makes its investigation, but the fact that the utility executive is resisting the order to resign and has obtained a 90-day stay of execution from the Virginia regulatory body gives the episode special standing. ‘It also suggests that the type-of trouble which Mr. Roosevelt is having with TVA 5 not confined to Gov-
ernment operation.
Business—By John
Pennsylvania Elections May Mark: Crisis in C. I. 0. New Deal Relations;. Lewis' “Organization Has Won Hs Greatest Victories in That State. | 4
HILADELPHIA, March 24.—Two bad spots for the New Deal this year in’ the summer primaries and
‘the fall general elections are Ohio and Pennsylvania. ‘Here the news gets woven around the ambitions of : personalities and the contests of cliques. But what is 3 happening in Pennsylvania seems to have deeper roots | than mere personalities. The powerful political machine of Senator Guffey, | Democratic boss, seems to be. cracking up on the is.sue of labor. :
On one side is ‘ranged ‘contain leaders. including
they were in the half century when the State went
Republican as regularly as Georgia went Democratic. ‘He On the other side is another group who seem to be
irked by the jabor alliance. . ‘www “HE leaders of this second group are the old-line
Dempgiatie ;politicians and some of the i new. recrui looks ‘very; very i Ba if young Governar |
The Hoosier Forum
1 wholly disagree with what you say, but wil defend to the Gd right to say it.—Voltaire.
SAYS TILED PEGEES MAY TAKE VARIOUS FORMS ‘By B.'E. W.
* Statements made by executive oF.
ficers of the Indianapolis Police
Department denying third-degree.
methods in securing confessions from suspects in criminal cases require explanation as to what constitutes third degree. It may be true®that the denials .made, in so far as force is concerned, deserve: credence. However, aside from the use of blackjacks, clubs, fists and tips of heavy soled shoes, there are many other meang of inflicting punishment on persons under arrest on suspicion of com-
‘'mitting crimes which to the layman
constitute third degree. Can the Indianapolis Police De-
partment plead not guilty to ques= ‘tioning suspects for hours at a time,
during which food, water and other means of sustenance are denied them? And how jou suspects not being permitted’ ‘sleep; * being arouscd every a they shut their ey2s from exRhustion—their questioners in the meantime working: in relays ‘to conserve their strengih and vigor? How about inquiring of a suspect who asks for a cigaret what his favorite brand of smoke is ‘and then ‘lighting one end and
blowing the smoke into his face—'
and telling’ him that he may have one only if he signs the prepared statement?
THIRD-DEGREE METHODS NEVER USED, CHIEF SAYS By Chief Morrissey ‘This Police Department never has used third-degree methods as far as I 'know. If anyone Has evidence that third-degree methods have been used, I would appreciate having this information. . 8 8 8 a SAYS FRANCO WOULD BRING OPPRESSION TO SPAIN
By Agapito Rey, Bloomington
The future looks black indeed for |*
the Spanish people. For almost two years they have been fighting heroically trying to save their country from the ravages of German and Italian invaders. But their heroism is: futile because the Spanish Government cannot buy abroad war materials to fight the aggressors. England, France and the United States will sacrifice the Spanish people
‘rather than incur the wrath of un-
principled dictatoxs. Franco ‘is a dull, colorless man. His rise in the army: came through intrigue and flattery \ and not through any outstanding accomplishment. ' He is only the puppet of his foreign ‘and national masters.
‘He has no political capacity what-
soever. Not a measure has been issued » his Government: showing ! ca
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any comprehension of the Spanish situation. All the decrees issued from Burgos are dictated by the selfish interests of the antisocial feudal land barons; the decadent
aristocracy and the hierarchy. Instead of taking advantage of the war to break up the:large estates
Fand help the land hungry peasants,
Franco confiscates the lands-of republican small farmers to distribute, them among German and Italian unemployed. The Count of Rodezno, Minister of Justice in France's cabinet, said ih a paper in St. Sebastian that the troubles of Spain ‘came from the mania of the people for knowing how to read ard write. Gen. Millan Astray’s motto is “down with intelligence.” Thus while republican Spain opens 7000 new schools in war times, the Rebels closed 52 secondary schools. They decreed that the teachers, both men and women, must wear a special uniform designed for.them. They ordered the purging of the libraries and destruction - of the books written by liberals. They published a list of authors whose books are forbidden. In this list are included men like Azorin, who is not even a liberal but-who decried
SPRING CLEANING ‘By VIRGINIA POTTER I'm sweeping out the cobwebs, \And the faded souvenirs, =’ For seeing them might make me Find cause for bitter tears.
I'm opening ‘wide the windows, To let in: the golden sun— And dusting off my idle dreams I'm out to. have some fun! :
Last’ winter found me dressy” But spring has made me see
My heart and house need cleaning;
I've solved the mystery!
“DAILY THOUGHT
“But it it be a question of ‘words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no Jee of
i such matters —Acts 18:1
VERYONE complains of ‘the badness of his memory, oe nobody of his Judgment. ou-
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the murder of defenseless women ‘and children by the foreign hordes.
The divorce law was annulled by | ‘| decree. since 1931 were declared illegal. It]
All the civil marriages
was ordered the couples separate within 48 hours or be _punished for concubinage. Sad indeed is the fate awaiting the Spanish people. Those who escape wholesale murder must submit to oppression and all sorts of indignities, unless they seek salvation in suicide. 85 some are doing in Austria. 2 eee PRAISES BORAH’S ATTACK ON JAPANESE BOYCOTT By M. M. Thomas, New York City Senator Borah is to be congratulated for condemning the boycotting of Japanese. goods for the ‘convincing reason that it will prove a boomerang. Boycotters do not realize or
else are not concerned with the seri-
ousness of such a move to deprive
250,000 workers of sa. livelihood.
Naturally the familiés aud. many thousands of people: associated wit the silk hosiery and. garment — try would suffer; likewise; thousands of others:who depend upon the silk business for their income. :
The A. F. of 1. and €.1.:0. Have cautioned the American public that a boycott would prove disastrous. The boycotters forget that China sells us large quantities of raw silk, hence hér product would suifer accordingly. Japan receives only about 10 cents out of each par of hosiery sold.
Over riod of ' k a period © ‘many years |. i public - suspicion—the : TVA. Did anybody
Japan has bought from us cotton t : spend four and a half million dollars and a -oouple:.
and. hundreds of other products. The trade balance in our favor aggrégates many millions of dollars, whereas the reverse applies: to our hina.
2 business relation with C
Individuals who are: fully ac-
'quainted with the detrimental ef- | fects which boycotting of silk goads| :
ple, . un‘wisely and| ement., | ge
would have upon doubtedly will deli discourage such a m 2 8 x BINGO GAMES TERMED FIRE HAZARDS By E. P.
=~
With all the safety rules and reg- | {ulations for the. protection of our
children, not one word has ever been said about one of the worst |! fire hazards I can think of. I am speaking of the Bingo games where they .pack them in (children,
too) as long as there is a place. for: ;
them to stand. Smoking is pe ble. Most of the buildings would not | pass safety inspéction. - Some of them have but one narrow exit that would do no good in case of fire.
Gon Johnson Says— -
The Attitude of TVA Toward a Probe By Congress Contrasts Strangely «With Gifford's View on A. T. & T.
ASHINGTON, March 24. =A couple of years 2go, ' the Administration decided to investigate the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., through the Federal Communications Commission. Newspaper reports assert that there has been spent on this investi~ gation by Government 15 million dollars and that the burden of the telephone company in the expense of - furnishing reports and facilities has been double that— ~ or tree million dollars. : : ‘When the project was announced, Mr. Gifford, president of the company, instead of opposing it," said ‘that he believed that any . company whose operations so ‘closely concern /the” whole public, should have no secrets * from" its éustomers. He welcomed the investigation ‘and has since - offered every facility to advance it even at'great expense’ and inconvenience. ® There may be a small bug or 4wo under some of a3 & Tes Hur chips. - Through Western: Electric Hugh Johnson patents it probably exercises a. good :deal of influence in the moving picture industry. There may have been more charges than were strictly necessary when the equipment: was improved ‘by s0called French telephones and the dal System, :
‘es uw ®
and most efficient telephone system on. the face of the earth. Its profits have not been exorbitant - for the service rendered and the capital invested. Contrasted with the supply of other goods and services:
in ‘America, there is nothing to’ compare with # In:
economy and efficiency. Concurrently, an even more magnificent ‘venture
of years investigating that? ~
Incompetency, equivocation and srindenuacy are to :
be covered ‘up in TVA. Efficiency, public service and’
good administration are to be put into a torquemada. =
inquisition in A. T. & T. EJ is almost a scandal on:
its face. Ee
public bodies of all kinds and qualities. { never been able to understand the reluctance of TWA “to .@ Congressional inquiry. It contracts strangely with Mr. Gifford’s attitude about A. T. & T. That political capital might result is clear. But ii honest,
. mistakes will never ‘contol : ‘public ‘opinion. The country will “not approve the President’s obvious effort to forestall Congressional investigation of: | TVA by making a goat of Dr. A. E.,Morgan:: The - | myth of Senator Norris’ right as a champion of lib- . eral ideas to a perpetual seat in the Senate will not be strengthened by his attitude on this question. I feel sure that no investigation will disclose any speculation or dishonesty on the part of Mr. Lilienthal “or lean, Morgan, but if is almost certain that it “will show. e of the worst fudging to extend cone stitutional ‘authority and some of the most unwar-
ranted pinkish. attacks on the . capitalist: and: pedis
tem, in the history of this eunyy.
A Reminiscing sels a Diviow. Recalls he. Debate :
* That The Eminent Barrister Apparently. Won With ‘a Single Sentence.’
YORE. March 24—I ran into Dudidy Field |
& :
from ‘the Republican groups in 193: ea
Mr. Guffey and ‘Governor Earle. - Senator Guffey is for: labor now because it ‘is supposed to have about Spe Ris Governor Earle Is a person who paid
es game. He is ambitious now. . He wants
“to go to the Senate. But what he ought to do thefe | or anywhere ‘else he is not so sure ‘about. Mr. Lewis | may be dead wrong about everything, but he is sure 58d 11iGWs jwhat he thinks. > 2 a : iy E wants the best te: unions, a ‘the right of pint i : . oe “wages as high as he can get
will play with whatever party or group will give him | this. And he is now sserhingly filled with suspicion |
| -of his old buddies in the Guffey machine.. Senator | Guffey himself sticks to Mr. Lewis. Senator Guffey,
ie mig ich the New Deal. endl enougt when he
«Malone, who was in a reminiscent of mind about his old friend, Clatente De Darrow, with was associated in the Scopes trial.
Mr. Mate said, “I pes wa. very well a Joint
in ‘which Clarence engaged: with Dr. Jobs -
“Haynes Holmes. The subject was prohibition. ‘thought Dr. Holmes would be a pushover. - “Imagine my I asten won ail tho early rounds on points snd almost had Clarence Darrow on the ropes.
et “John Haynes Holines had him Ticked to a fare : thee-well on the original presentation, ]
particularly effective in to ‘pieces. plea for Hberty, and of
a J ‘went along the traditional ines that. fn a i a Yh aint EE I But he |
whom he | DO
olmes was. |
thik ‘that itis ‘part of the give and take which :
be r s.in our modern; com
pare a discourse on the state of the ‘world. “But if the hegle, girls insisted on pla} piano and dancing and itis Snsislel On al morning and making it impossible for me to get any necessary rest 1 would go out and call a policeman.’ oe aa
1: ASS just around: this time,” ‘Mr. Malone contine -
, “I"was heartened. 3 had Ssemte to mis ‘been’ loafing, "but at this point
Be generally speaking it is at once ‘the cheapest
"BELIEVE in investigation of public and sémi= ; 1 have .
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restrained and legal administration is proved, & few -
complex civilization. I canplain if some little girl wants to dance to - Rn gay. tune at the very moment that I wish. to pre- 3
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