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WEDNESDAY, ‘MARCH 30, 1938
Liddy GREAT. DECISIONS “HE United States Supreme Court handed down three | great decisions this week. - One made it clear that “$resdom of the press” is not a special privilege for newspaper and magazine publishers but the sacred right of even the humblest citizens.
‘Alma Lovell, a minister of the Jehovah's Witnesses sect, distributed religious pamphlets in Griffin, Ga. She was sentenced fo 50 days in jail for violating a city ordinance against distribution ‘of literature of any kind without written permission from the City Manager.
But Alma Lovell will not have to go to soll She can
go ahead and distribute her pamphlets. For the Supreme
Court denounced that city ordinance as setting up-a “'system of li: ense and censorship in its baldest form.” The Court said: “The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and peric sdicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets. These indeed have been historic weapons in the defense of liberty, as the pamphlets of Thomas Paine and -others in pur ows History abundantly atest. ”
HE second ecision makes it clear that he liberty of
peaceful picketing” is not a special privilege for labor | unions, but a right belonging to any. citizen or.any. organi-
zation involved in an employment dispute. A District of Columbia Federal Court enjoined . an -organization called the New Negro Alliance from picketing a grocery which was alleged to discriminate against Negroes in employing workers. The grocery contended, and the lower
"court ruled, that it was a racial rather than a labor dispute,
hence not covered by the Norris-La Guardia Anti-injunction Act. . The. Supreme Court held that the Anti injunction Act “does. not concern itself with the background or motives of the dispu‘e,”. but guarantees all persons interested in employment conditions “liberty to advertise and ‘disseminate facts and information with respect to terms and conditions of . emplo; yment, and peacefully to persuade others to concur in their views respecting an employer’s practices.” i
» Ther> was another blow in defense of civil liberties and
‘equality of protecion by laws.
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THE third decision makes it clear that even fifteen billion
dolla~ 's’ worth of corporate wealth and power cannot ___commanc a special privilege. It was the celebrated Electric Bond & Share cases— a test case involving the Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, "The issue was whether holding companies whik conutility operations in various states, and whose relationsliips with investors and customers cross state lines, could be compelled to make public statements of their corporate and financial setups. Congress had passed a law
- réquiring such holding . companies to register with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Some of the com-
panies spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying
against the law, and after it was passed refused to: comply with it.. = {But the efforts of the lobbyists and lawyers have come to nothing. The Supreme Court held that they must register. The law-defying majority of these holding companies ‘must follow the lead of the law-observing minority. The free booting era of Insull is passing into history. Decisions like these justify the people’s confidence in
our democratic processes—processes which safeguard the
precious. liberties of a free people and at the same time upshold the power of the Government to make the mightiest “financial combinations obey the people s laws.
THE I.L-CLAD THE : season approaches when women, men and nature mor: or less lightly turn to thoughts of glad raiment. ‘Hence it may interest you to learn what the well-dressed families of mid-America are spending these days on clothes. A report by Dr. Louise Stanley, chief of the Agriculture Department’s Bureau of Home Economics, covers the
1935-36 clothing budgets of some 3000 white, nonrelief, -
American-born men and women of all income groups in seven siall cities of the Middle West. - In that year the husbands spent an average of $52 each
For all {heir clothing; their wives averaged only $4 more.
" For hats and shoes the husbands and wives spent the same, an average of $3 each for hats and $8 for shoes. For coats the wives had a little the better of it, spend‘ing $12 compared with the husbands’ $7. \ And for underwear, including silk stockings and nighties, Milady spent double her spouse’ s average, or $10, Fripperies, or all other dress items, cost the decorative
sex less than the somber male—§6 a year for the wife, $7 for Friend ‘Husband. Eo ;
Here is a picture of Average America. The statistics shout aloud the failure of this country, with its abundant. ‘wool, cot “on, hides and other things that go info clothing, to satisf: its people’s desire to dress even fairly well. . a Wal town can : ‘dress better in a land of abundant material, labor ~and pride. But we do know that for the health of the
farms in ystries that produce clothing we should be trying
to find thc answer.
REUNION IN VIENNA
ATS ATCH from Vienna, describing the: effects of the Hit °r’ Anschluss on the soul of the once merry peo{ple of Austria, would make the gods weep.
For renerations the Viennese would gather of a spring
evening .gome festive beer garden and sing “Drink, Drink, “Brother »7 Mine, Leave -All Your Sorrows at Home.” Now “they sit © ‘ently and watch columns of Brown Shirts goosestep by. 'nstead of jolly flower girls, hawkers sell swastika
emblems -nd Hitler pictures, - Jewish stores are closed or. empty of customers, Theaters, once crowded with music- | lovers; nc w feature films picturing the life of Hitler, 7Uoffee
‘ao jammed with Nazi soldiers. ~~ “You don't see Fishy, smiles,” Ihe dispatch says.
ered by carrier, 12 sents .
. more time, though, and they
‘might.
lon’t know why these average folks from Middle-
: “the Administration: when
Fair En
By Westbrook Pegler
There Seems Little to Support the ‘Belief Collective Security or an + Appeal to Hitler fob tren War. ou
EW. YORK, March 30.—1 1d like to hope that the next war can be prevented by collective uit or by some miraculous appeal to the better
nature of Adolf Hitler, but e hing is against such
‘belief, |
The Germans’ are bulging with arrogance,’ and either the British or the French, though they have been backed around the schoolyard several times, to their great humiliation, eventually will get their
|] gumption up and let one fly. It
is considered jingoistic to speak of the German arrogance, but, after all, it is one of the most aggrayating factors in these days of pre. war bickering, just as it was in|the years. leading up to ‘1914, and. if cannot be ignored out of existence,’ It may be indelicate, too, to|say that the British and French have been ignoring digs in the ribs only because they were short of
; windedness of the British, are no My. Pesler mere coincidence. Whoever heard of the British or French taking such .lip from anybody as they have
taken from Mussolini and Hitler these last few years? |
» ” ” T= days. of the soldiers’ war are over. Now it is war. agdinst women and children by bomb and starvation, and the dictators both ‘have relied on the fear of the British and French that they wouldn't be able to protect their own. - Give the British a little 1 fight. They may be ready to chance it now, Collective security would have to include Russia and it would have to be backed by collective military Otherwise, what would prevent Hitler and Mussolini from walking out and taking anything which the collective nations refused to sell them and taking their countries, too, or as much territory as they would deem necessary to protect themselves from future acts of economic “aggression”? # = 8 Bf what has the Russian Government got to say? I have been listening and I-have heard nothing from Moscow but news of a character which throws serious doubt on the Soviet’s ‘ability to win a street fight, much less a war. Generals; diplomats, bureaucrats and members of the secret police have confessed to conspiring against their. own country, and if you accept the Communists’ own contention that these confessions were true then you also. have
to corfelude that the Russian Government would be an unreliable partner in any undertaking as dan-
-gerous as a boycott with war as a probable conse-
quence. If the Russian Government isn’t tongue-tied, it might talk up the proposition and let us see what we think of the changes of of preventing this war by .economic quarantine. my belief, though, that, owing to this as the Americans would
reject them and tread the road to war again, with
Italy and Japan, the gallant allies of the war for democracy, fighting on the other side this time. I am afraid that Hitler's outrageous cruelty and defiance of knowledge, truth and everything. that
* Americans hold to. be the fundamentals of decency
will make this war an easy one to. sell us, but one
that we never will cease to 2ey for,
The Hoosier Forum
I wholly disagree with what you say, but will . defend to the death your right to say it—V oltaire.
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WONDERS HOW F. D. R. WILL ACT IN MEXICAN SITUATION By M. J. L. When ce to President in the religious Mexico, ‘he refused to abandon his so-called: “good neighbor” Now that the oil industries have
Catholics appealed
been seized, American capitalists are|
appealing to the Chief Executive for assistance. It will at least be interesting to watch “good neighbor” policy when commercial interests are involved.
THINKS VOTERS WILL RETURN
VANNUYS TO WASHINGTON By' John B. McC. : The lid is off! Frederick VanNuys made some very plain statements and they were statements which I am sure should be of interest to every Indiana citizen regardless of politics. These statements pointed out certain practices
| of the present ruler of the Indiana
domain that remain legal only because that highly organized machine has become so firmly intrenched that it is possible for it to dictate to the law-making bodies. There are still strong memories in the minds of the people ®f Indiana of the prolonged and finally successful fight thal was made by The Times, against Coffinism in Marion County and in the state. It appears now that in the Democratic party there is a. worse ‘ism’ than might have been conceived in the minds of anyone during the Coffin regime. I for one, as a member of
the Democratic party, would ap-
preciate the alliance of all the forces for good in Indiana in a concerted effort to bring to light all of the digressions from the paths of good government of the present machine. This could be done wholly as a nonpartisan endeavor because the issue has come to the point where good Democrats and Republicans alike are tiring of the trends of this political organization. . I have talked to many Repub-
licans as well as. Democrats over
the state and their opinion is that the issue is not one party against another but the members of both parties against political license as practiced by the State House ofganization. Since this is the issue they feel that a .return of the incumbent Senator VanNuys must be obtained .at any cost. It might be well to rémember that the Senator went: into office when the Democratic Party was not riding the crest in Indiana. He went in on a protest vote against the old Watson crowd, of which the state had become sick --unto death. As a holder of this high office of trust, Senator VanNuys has always sought to interpret the will of his constituents and to an impartial observer his success “has been great. If it’s a crime to ‘vote squint
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Business—By John T. Flynn
The Business Curve Won't Rise Because of a Lack of F Long-Term Credit,
aosevelt to intervene persecution inj
policy.
. (Times readers are invited to éxpress .their .views in these columns, religious controversies excluded. Make : your letter short, so all can . havea chance. Letters must be signed, but names will be - withheld on request.)
measures recommended by overzealous adherents of «the White House band wagon that later proved
{ veritable boomerangs against the
President, then the senior Senator from Indiana has sinned grievously. If it’s a crime to foster legislation
‘that has as its goal the social bet-
terment of thousands of Negroes in the South, then this man has certainly erred. If it’s & crime to work for the betterment of labor by supporting a bill that has finally given labor a voice and a protector, then I say that Senator Frederick VanNuys is guilty of this beyond any shadow of doubt. In the final analysis, voters of all political stripes will determine. This man is more statesman than politician. And I believe that the voters of Indiana will vindicate him and their own past judgment in sending him back to Washington. where he can stand as the opponent of-the cancerous growth eating at Indiana democracy and the state's integrity. » ” sn { i INTERNATIONAL GANGSTER’ EDITORIAL PRAISED By Mary Louise de Bulow 1 wish to congratulate you on your very splendid article recently in The Times entitled “International Gangster. » I just returned in January from spending, eight months in the Scandinavian countries, and there, as elsewhere .in all parts of the world,
+ ALWAYS APRIL * By KEN HUGHES . Out of the living April skies Comes the clear, white rain; Up to the windows come faces glad For release from wintry pain. Out of ‘the mouths come little sounds - In promise of what will be When heaven and eyes are bright and blue, As water quiet in a sea. ~. DAILY THOUGHT And they spake unto him, saying, if thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants forever.—I Kings 12:7. .
Wi become willing servants 0 the good by the bonds their virtues lay upon us—Sir P. Sidnew
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lat thats time Foreign:
the Nazis are working like termites to undermine civilization. They own the two leading newspapers of Copenhagen and the largest paper in Jutland (the mainland of Denmark)
.|is an exact translation of one of
Herr Goebbels’ Nazi organs, Denmark has been coerced into trade treaties favorable to Germany and is afraid to rearm extensively
| for fear of offending Germany.
In Sweden I have seen Nazi propaganda in pamphlet form handed to the youth on the streets. These were printed in Germany in the Swedish language. Last August, Baron von Neurath, Minister, stated openly that Germany was carrying on an intensive and extensive campaign in the United States to further the ‘Nazi cause, and that thig country would not interfere. As is our usual disinterested cus-
| tom, we have allowed these Nazi Bunds to spring up all over the] ‘country. I hate to think of the fate | ‘of an American who would attempt | |
to organize an American society in
| Germany to preach democracy. The Nazis already have large communi- | ties in South America, which seems.
to me to be contrary to our Monroe Doctrine, and I sincerely hope. the American people will awaken to this menace existing here in the United States. . . . » t 4 ”
LEMKE'S FARE PROPOSAL
PLEASES RAILROAD FAN By Railroad Fan Rep. Lemke’s plan for a $5 ceiling on railroad passenger fares is just the thing needed to show bus lines real competition. The railroads can haul 500 to 1000 passengers in one train. If they charge $5 from Chicago to California, I can see the bus lines going out of ' business—especially the long distance lines,
People don’t ride ‘busses because
they like and want to but because | they get cheaper fare than by train. They get nothing but a ticket when they ride a bus. By train they get speed, safefy and comfort in addition. Ninety per cent of bus passengers would switch to trains if Rep.
| Lemke’s plan should go through. It
is a plan railroad managements should consider seriously.
The super toll highways could not
even compete with this plan.’ ® 8 =» od CONTROLLER GENERAL IS NO ‘WATCHDOG, READER SAYS By R. G. L. : So far as the reorganization bill
is ‘concerned, it may be wisest to
have a Controller General—but to call him a watchdog of the Treasury just doesn’t click. Where was our “watchdog” during the Harding, Coolidge and ' Hoover Administrations when the Treasury was being depleted on every and any nearexcuse? Why should he have begun only when F. D. R, came on the scene?
Gen. Johnson
Says—
Half the Reason Why This Counfry; Became Great Is Because Settlers’ Believed It Would Become Great.
INCINNATL, 0., March 30.—This piece is written’ at the Cincinnati home of my old friend and’ partner, Col. R. W. Lea. It is a house on a hill overs looking the gut that the Ohio River takes through the plains country hereabouts—a deep broad path of the conquest and exploration of the West. Not very far from Here is the town of Chillicothe, the site of an old Shawnee Indian village of the same name, My mother’s branch of my own family—the. : Meads migrating first from Litche field, Conn. settled there first.
Then they floated down this very gateway to the West to what is
now Cairo and up the Mississippt
and the Illinois to help found, just 100 years ago, Chillicothe in Iii nois. 3,
Not long ago my aunt sent me
a chest of drawers from my grand« father’s estate that my great grandfather had ‘made in Chillicothe, O. It must have floated: down the very valley upon which, I am now ‘looking. When that happened, it still wasn’t altqgether: . safe to make that journey. » ” » Oo" my table as I write this, is a book discovered Jast year by my hostess, Patsy Lea, written in 1841 and called “Cincinnati. » It is the earliest real’ estate booster book I have seen. It need take its hat off to no Los Angeles prospectus of 1928. After: ‘scoffing at the shortsightedness of those who a few years before had ‘boasted that freight would be: brought from New Orleans at 2 cents a pound, that 20 steamboats “would ‘serve Louisville, Pittsburgh and. Cincinnati and mail reach this town from the Eastern. Seaboard in 12 days, it struts: Fb “These were the visionaries of those days who, but for their saneness in other things and general standeing in society, would have heen treated with silent contempt, or thought fitted only for strait-jackets..
Yet how tame and feeble was their highest flight: compared with sober realities, not which were left: to their children to behold, but which they lived to:
‘Hugh Johnson
see extended 10, 20 and 30-fold beyond which they
had the sagacity to foresee and the boldness to: assert.” = 3 The quaint aspect. of the writings of Mr. Charles Cist, the author of all this scorn of timid prophets, is that after he had turned himself loose on a real prospectus of the future of Cincinnati, “A Century Hence,” he! fell behind the actual performance byroughly 99 per cent. es fa.
thing that appeals to me about all those early I American architects was confidence in their country. Half the reason why the country became’ great was because they believed it would become great. It has now become the fashion to question whether if is any good at all and the chief questioner is the
President of the United States. That is the principal :
reason for the present paralysis of progress. It wasn’t any pelitical or economic ideas imported from Europe which gave to the common man five ta 10 times the advantages here that he enjoys else~ where. It was something that we cooked up ourselves right here on the American continent. The greatest: need of the. moment is to sell America to the Americans. and
Raymond Clapper Say— +
What President Roosevelt Needs at This Hour Is Another Col. House, Someone Who Can Give Advice and ‘Who Knows When to Say No.
But It Is Not Intelligent to.Assume That. the Banks Are to Blame. |
EW YORK, March 30 ~—Nothing so excites the rage of Washington as the piling up of deposits
in ‘the banks and the failure of business to make
loans. Officials feel that ‘the banks are sitting on the money and refusing to | let it out when if they 1 would just open up and lend’ the depression would ‘be over in a Jiffy. This feeling has led the ‘Ads’ ministration on several occasions to announce that
"the Government would have to take ‘over the func-
tion of lending to business. And this ‘is now once | again the subject the’ Presiden has asked the Treasury to examine, The first effort of the Coremint came. tly in e. Reconstruction Finance Corp. announced its in loans. But few loans materialised. .
The whole attitude of the Goernment on. nis. >
point is based on & false-a sumption. Its not true that the banks do net ¥ xn that borrowers ire being. tur “can lend there must be a b 8: fpSoughly Sivan. I
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‘as.it is in the usirioss "| getting all the sound: lobia and the Government getting ‘all the urisound ones’ which. fate of Severnmecy +m seme “| n: of making - ‘business. dpubted, gl :
it will find itself quickly ‘enough; perhaps, confronted with no lack of would-be borrowers. If it wants. fo. loans in any amount sufficient to affect business, it will have to discard the Fyles of sound credit. And this would be fatal,
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imder circumstances ich ‘would guarantee failure. If the Governnient is 6 go into the credit business, now, with the banks
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‘There are those who Delieve that ‘the Governinent “should take over the function of credit, But even such ‘persons. would not want | ‘see the experiment, tried
ey he ves pny SL nickel’ e banks reject, the | W! i i be 5
Poe Government plans t hoa it ots | lo size the necessity of organizing the Government | sd a]
ASHINGTON, Magch 30—What Roosevelt needs’ ;
We at this hour is a Col. House, another self, a selt that iz steadier, calmer, less harried, sa ithe above the battle and therefore a better judge of it.’
Roosevelt needs a man who can holdghis hand as: 7 House did Wilson's, He needs a shoulder to cry on.
Roosevelt’s morale is down. He is off his stride. :
‘He is bewildered, discouraged, and gives some indica- : tion of nursing bitter
Roosevslf is al ie var oh one. velt is a, Jonely man today, © ar pi. They.
iad wl pe wedi peopl ants,” toting his |
s worth of what ought ta be done. They sll |. late de. to!
wants Roosevelt to succeed. and; do ‘a job that will be a credit to himself and to the American people who
gave him such ‘a resounding vate eof confidence in - |
1836. Roosevelt has ‘bright ‘young men who Cod and ‘who have theories. as to what should done; -and who are pulling ‘wires alll over Washington ior
:| get it done. He has turned to his own son Jimmye
But Jimmy, while amiable: and devoted to: father; still needs a good deal of drying out. Before he can, ‘be a Col. ‘House, he’ll have to age in’ the wood a while