The Indiana Journal, Volume 34, Number 22, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 30 September 1937 — Page 4

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The Indiana Journal Published Every Thursday at Syracuse, Indiana Entered as second-cLss matter on May 4th, 1908, at the postoffice at Syracuse, Indiana, under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1879 THE INDIANA JOURNAL, INC. F. Allan Weatherholt, Editoi Keeping Out Os War

IHE FEAR persists that the United | States will be involved in some of . the crazy wars, that are going on in

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ainerent parts of the world. So far nothing has happened to involve the United States. Foreign affairs are under direct control of the State Department. Secretary of .State Hull made a proposal of 14 points lor peace to the nations of the world on July 15. The international code stressed uy Sectary Hull in his appeals to a war-torn world emphasizes the need for international self restraint, non-interference in the internal affairs of other nations, peaceful negotiations, observance of international agreements, sanctity of treaties, respect of all nations for the rights of otners, revitalizing international law, economic security and stability, commercial opportunities, less armament, and avoidance of alliances. About fifty nations have approved the suggestions'ot the United States government. Japan and Portugal do not agree £o the proposal. Nations are usually liberal with promises to keep but of wari Secretary Cordell Hull holds, firm convictions and unlike many of our high officials and statesmen does not support the crack-pot schemes that would make us parties to the European troubles. The United States hasn't anything to go to war 1 about; however there is always danger of some accidental occurence that may involve our people or create great damage to our economic interests abroad. American citizens in Spain, and more lately in China, seem to have an idea that the United States Army and Navy should ! be used to protect them, regardless of their obstinacy in .not quitting the warring centers. President Roosevelt makes it plain that our nation is not looking lor trouble, and that we are trying to avoid the dangtjs of the situations. Those Temporary Majorities (From The New York Times) «E LIVE’ today in a world in which the safeguards of individual liberty are increasingly in danger. Temporary majorities come suddenly into power. In tneir haste to achieve objectives which they believe to be desirable, they brush aside, as of no .importance, the doubts, the reservations and even the active opposition ox large minorities which question tne methods they would use. It was specifically for th*! purpose of protecting these interests and these individual rights that the makers ojt‘ the American Constitution incorporated safeguards into their blueprint ot democracy. ;

Congress Can Serve Country, The national administration realizes that the tax on undistributed corporate earnings has been a failure, said Representative Emanuel Geller, Democrat, of New York, recently. “It was passed as a revenue-raising measure,” he added, “and as we all know) all it accomplished was to! force corporations to ueplete) their reserves. The govern-; ment got virtually no income from it, and business was harmed.” Congressman Celler has introduced a measure to amend the tax, and jf the advice of qualified experts is followed it will be passed this session. L. H. Palmer, treasury authority on taxation, has pointed out that his department has received a vast amount of correspondence complaining ot the effects of the tax—and that almost all ot it has come from small,, not large, corporations whrch found that the tax made it next to impossible for them to expand their plants and build up fin-) ancial reserves. {Senator Harrison, Chairman pt the Senate.

In addition to the taxes hidden in the price of the farmer’s tools, the clothes he wears, and the many other things he buys, the farmer pays a large sum directly to the tax collector. Latest available figures show that agricultural corporations paid $25,947,000 taxes to the government in 1934. In 1935, farmers paid $271,000,000 in real estate taxes alone. This is an average of $39.80 cents for each of the 6,812,000 farms in the country.

The Farmer And The Gold Brick

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Juewiss bid for farmer support and his stated ambitions the farm folk under a union. To be sure, it would greatly enhance the ClO's powers if the American farmer could be rallied to support that minority of the labor ranks that marches under the Lewis banner —but it doesn’t seem logical that the farmer wants labor dictating prices, especially when the farmer, along with the other industries, must pay those prices. Can you imagine the’ farmer voting deliberately to pay higher prices for the tools, clothing, machinery and prepared foods he buys, just because John L. Lewis asks him to? That would be his “reward”. Then, too, can you picture the farmer and his farm hands dropping the hoe by the clock and putting over until the morrow the milking duties just because the union dictates the hours a man may work? Time and nature do not recognize unionism, and until Mr. Lewis can enroll them in his fold, it is not likely that crops will wait to be harvested and the cow hold her milk until another time.

Just A Mere Incident?

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into the hydro-electric power business. There can be no other interpretation in the recent telegram to the Tennessee Valley Authority on the occasion of the dedication of Wheeler Dam, when the following message went out from the White House. “Through unified control, the Tennessee River is stepped up for navigation and, in the reverse order, stepped {jdown for flood control. At the same time? incidental generation of power by these steps provides a means ot reimbursing the government in large measure for the money expended for the development and control of our inland waterways. ’ The estimated cost of the eleven dams that will comprise the TVA’s project is $520,600,00. Os this sum it is estimated that the navigation and flood control program would have cost only $330,600,000 separately. Thus, $190,000,u00 was added to the cost to enable the government to go into the business of developing power in competition with private business. To speak ot this expenditure and its purpose as ‘ incidental” is certainly taking libeities with the English language.

| Finance Committee, has expressed himself in favor of ) tax revision to give relief to j debt-ridden corporations, and 1 to encourage plant moderniz- , ation and rebuilding. The late Senator Robinson, majority I leader, spoke on behalf of modification ot the law so that investments in new enj terprises would be encouraged. Secretary Morgenthau, in a letter to the President conjeerning tax policies, said that ' tax changes should be made! in order to remove inequities 'and aid industry. Jesse Jones, jchairman of the RFC, declar-! ; ed that he would “like to see ; jan amendment to this act! I that would encourage expenditures for modernization ofi ' all character; lor replacement of plant, machinery and equipment,” etc. I Probably no item on the . congressional calendar would s do so much to encourage ‘ business, to increase spending power, and to provide new opportunities for employ- : ment as Mr. Celler’s bill to modify the undistributed earnings tax. Congress will' do the country a major service if if passes the measure this next session, thus en-, couraging new job-creating expenditures.

Today's Taxogram

[HE TIME-WORN story of the city slicker and the gold-brick might I well be, revived in view of John L.

)N GOVERNMENT language, it is I merely incidental that the governj ment is spending $190,000,000 to go

!)The Electric Age ii r 6 , I The use of electricity is toi day alnjost 25 times what it ; was 35 years agp, according to W. C. Mullendore, executive vice-president of the . Southern California Edison Company. Its cost is only one-third what it was then. • This remarkable reduction .of , cost has. been achieved in spite of the fact that operating expenses of almost all j kinds have risen, and the industry’s tax bill 'great as it was in 1902. j Cold figures cannot adequately tell what this remarkable record of service means to the American people. Expressed in human terms, it means that where only -a small proportion of homes enjoyed the blessings of electric power at the beginning of the century, jnore than 80 per cent of all homes have electricity today. It means !that we can use power to operate radios, refrigerators,! stoves and other labor-saving) equipment for less than we used to pay for lighting j alone, |

‘THE INDIANA JOURNAL

The Indiana Journal Voice Os The Hoosier State

THE CITY SLICKER i' ißwir

SIGNS OF THE TIMES By RAY E. SMITH

Let one minister go wrong, l and ministry as a whole gets a 1 Awk eye. The goodness ofj thousands of men of God is overlooked. By the same measure, let one paroled con-' vict go wrong and there comes an avalanche of critic-) ism of the parole system. Nothing is £aid about the parol-' ees who have become right-' eous citizens. Os interest are figures given out by the state department of public welfare.; In the last 39 years there; have been 35,027 prisoners ( paroled from Indiana statej penal institutions. Os this; number 78.2 per cent have become useful law-abiding citizens. Only 7,642, or 21.8 ( per cent, became delinquent, and of this number 4,003) were rearrested and returned i to prison, If our penal insti-' tutions are only to be places where men women suffer for) thejr crimes, then there) should not be any paroles. If these institutions to prepare men and women to reenter society and be useful citizens, then the parole is necessary. For us, we believe I the latter method is best. We cannot condemn a corrective system which makes four 1 good citizens for every one that fails. There are to be no frills for I Indianapolis’ new mayor,) I Walter C. Boetcher. The day) after he took office upon the) , resignation of Mayor John! W. Kern, he ordered the red) lights and siren removed from the mayor’s official car He said: “The mayor of Indianapolis should drive about the city the same as any other motoriest and be subjected to . the same traffic rules and 'regulations. I have no use for )i the red light and siren.” May;or beetcher has never keen a i man who cared much for) >ishow.’ As Democratic chair-' J man of Marion county he did Tittle talking, little boasting, but a lot'bf hard working. jHis mind was bent on results, jand if,you check the Democratic majorities in Marion [county the last twb elections, you’ll find that he got them.! She is 75 years old, but if you gauged her age by her spirit and her enthusiasm and not by the wrinkles on her face, you would say she were •50 years younger. She is 1 known and respected by Democrats everywhere, not in her) native state alone. Many are the years she has been connected with party and public affairs. Her husband served Indiana as Governor. He was elected Senator and died while holding that high off- ! ice. Once offered the nomina-y ition of the party for President, he barely refused to accept because of his failing ! lhealth. Through all these ex-J

periences this women stood by her husband’s side as a loyal companion and adviser. She is present at every Democratic meeting of any importance. Her energy is astunding. She has kept her youth although the calendar says she is not young. To know her is to love her. We refer, of course, to Indiana Democracy’s neloved woman, Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston, the national committeewoman from the Hoosier states While its editorial page weeps about the amount of the national debt, The Chicago Daily News—Col. Frank Knox’s paper — proudly boasts in an advertisement on the front cover of a recent issue of The Editor and Publisher that its July circulation was 434,330 daily, the largest in history, and marked the 24th month that The News circulation had shown a gain. From its Q,wn circulation figures The News presents the best argument in favor of the Rational debt. It is—the ability to pay. Five years ago the Hoover administration didn’t spend nibn&y for recovery, and the nation didn’t recover. The Roosevelt administration d i d spend money, and the nation is re-1 covering. Looking at the ledger of Uol. Knox’s paper now and five years ago, you would find the ability to pay has in-’ creased in' far greater ratio than the national debt. Col. Knox has built his great fortune by. going into debt for newspapers. And he has succeeded because the venture carried with it the profits that are enabling him to payoff. Just so has recovery; brought increased profits that has justified the nation going into debt.

j Many parents throughout the state have just shelled out dollars for school books for their children. Under a bill enacted by the 1935 session of the state legislature, a school city may provice textbooks. 1 Thp la\y has two advantages. It spreads the costs of the books over all taxpayers—not just the parents of; school children—-and, second-' ly, affects a great economy as the books may be used overj and over again. Represent-! ative William Black of' Anderson was the author of the 1 I tree textbook Bill. The law ! was put into effect in Anderson last school year when books were provided for pupils in the first five grades. This school j ear when books were -provided for pupils in the coipmoi] school were included. Many parents who have a hard enough time to keep their children in school have benefitted from the new law.

Economic Highlights The first session of the 75th Congress of the United States has passed into history. As was forecast at its beginning, it was the scene of the most bitter verbal battling of the post-war era. It deliberated some of the most impor-j tant measures ever laid before the legislative branch of the govern-' ment. Dominated as it was by the) overwhelming party majority, it! closed amid increasing inter-party strife that may revolutionize the existing two-party system. First, what did Congress do? It appropriated about §9,400,000,000. It enacted a long list of major bills including: Continuation of the RFC; extention of the CCC; extension of the Department of Agriculture’s marketing agreement; continuation of the reciprocal trade agreement policy; approval of a liberal pension system for railroad workers; passed a bill designed to aid tenant farmers; provided that Supreme Court Justices of long service may retire and receive full active pay, §20,000 a year, for life. Perhaps more important is what Congress did not do—for it is here that the seeds of discord and anger sprouted. At the beginning of the session, the Administration had a vast and ambitious “must” legislative program the President wished enacted into law. The majority leader, the late Senator Robinson, used every conceivable] tactic to force the Senate to ap-l prove this program. So did the) new leader, Senator Barkley, who: took command in the closing days. Yet the program suffered almost! 100 per cent defeat.

Key measure of the President’s : plan was the bill to enlarge the Supreme Court. This bill was ; finally withdrawn after a campaign against it led by Senator i Wheeler of Montana, long con- ' sidered a “radical” legislator. i The President sponsored a bill, introduced by Senator Norris, to ' i create seven more regional elec1 1 trie’ authorities of the TVA type. This bill was never brought to a vote and was deferred until the ; January session. The P esident wished a great ‘| low-cost housing measure. A ■) housing mea sure was passed in I the last week of the session ’but 1 it was not nearly so ambitious as ’ the White House had advocated, and does not fulfill the President’s ’ demands. ! The President favored a wage ' and hour bill for industry which 'iwas considerably stricter than the 1 1defunct NRA. It did not pass. ■| The President asked passage of a bill to reorganize the indepen--1 dent government bureaus such as • the ICC, the Federal Trade Com- ! mission, etc. -that, in effect, ‘ l would have placed them under direct control of the executive. This 1 , bill was deferred and kept from ' a vote. h Finally, the President nominated I strong New Dealer Senator Black for the Supreme Court vacancy [ caused by the .retirmeerit of Justice Van Devanter. Senator ' Black’s nomination was approved ' by a heavy majority—but it is significant that, for the first time in • fifty years, the “tradition” of approving a senatorial appointment to a judicial office by a unani1 mous vote was disregarded. A ’ number of senators denounced Mr. Black on the floor. j Result: The Seventy-fifth Con- ■ gress showed itself to be largely anti-New Deal, with the chief defections in the Democratic ranks |coming from Southern and Western senators. No one, whether he be for or against the President’s program, can deny that the majority party is split wide open. 'And it seems certain that in January, when the second session !starts, the “rebel” movement will ' be much farther advanced than at 1 present. ! Highly significant was an epi-1 | sode occurring on the last day in 'the Senate. Senator Guffey, i Democrat of Pennsylvania, has openly suggested that the Presii dent use his influence to defeat Democratic senators opposing h ; s 1 measures in the next primaries. Four Senators rose and poured, in the words of an Associated Press dispatch, “vials of contempt and denunciation” upon Senator Guffey. The four were Senators Wheeler, Burke, O’Mahoney and Holt. Wheeler and Burke, though they disagree on many issues, are considered to be among the ablest minds in the party. This incident accurately indicates the way the wind blows inside the majority Party,

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Business Week has compiled an I interesting survey showing what j employed w age earners’ families I earn and how they spend it. Highest wage is on the Pacific; Coast, where data compiled for Seattle shows the chief wage earner of the average family takes in §1,508 a year. The average number of workers per family is! 1.18, and gross income is §1,604. A greater gross income is shown) for New York- §1,743 but this is due to a larger average numbej- of I workers per family, 1.62, and the chief wage earner receives but! §1,357. Lowest gross income is found) among Birmingham negroes, §BO6 per year. Major expenditure is food, averaging around 35 per cent, with housing second. Model of 1939 Fair New York — Every step, wher-| ever taken, in the physical construction of the New York World’s Fair of 1939, is shown- upon a large scale model of the entire site on exhibition in the Empire State Building, Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. The model makers in; charge of it keep daily'pace with the progress of the work, whether it be the digging of a trench, ' the grading or filling of an area, the planing of a tree or the erec_ 1 tion of steel. In every such case, | a miniature reproduction of what J has been done is added to the model'’ in its true relative size. Close beside it is a similar model showing the shabby,.ash-dump site of the Fair before the staff of' engineers and designers took it] over.

Soldiers Os Our Wars

Twenty years after the end ! of the Civil War 2,000 veter- ) ans in blue marched through | of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, to the fair gr.ounas at the edge of the city. That’s what one com-) paratively small county could do in those days for a successful re-uniqn. Earlier this month the sev- i enty-first annual encamp-) ment ol the Grand Army ofp the Republic was held in! Madison, Wisconsin, w,ith less; than 200 aged veterans in attendance. The American Legion put i I New York City on its visiting list this Fall and the authorities of the metropolis gave , the organization advance i

King Carol Accepts ' New Yor'k'-- King Carol of Rumania has assured President Roosevelt that at the New Yuk World’s Fair of 1939 Rumania’s arts and industries will "Hie fully) I represented. This message was, conveyed in the King’s acceptance o's the President’s invitation for Rumanian participation in the exposition. Grover Whalen. Piesi_| dent of the Fair, commenting up_|

Swiftly the years of a lifetime go fleeting I n t° the shadows of infinite night, Often a man’s golden purpose defeating— Striking him down in the midst of thr„ right. av a^er precious moments desert us, i t.ill Silently stealing beyond our recall — \ ’ li aP Moments whose actions have helped us or hurt us, \ I \ f TN. I Aiding our. progress or speeding our fall. \\h ( j Brief is the morning of childhood’s enjoyment, 1 Briefer the noontime of youth’s eager play; Quickly the period of manhood’s employment \ Fades into age, like the closing of day. \ Y\\\'\Vq II IjLIL Xwi Always the finger of Time is recording XvWxAUvi"' Triumph or failure, achievement or loss;.wO\ TlvV/ABl Fate views the page, and is ever awarding. \zvVy , Honors of gold ot demerits of dross. Qh> 016 'cam the great lessons of living ilu/ '/////f llesM Whil® I l* ave youth! I.et me not fail to see That, evei-y moment of life, God is giving Something of priceless importance to me! ¥ R If I will meet each new day with decision Always to do what I know to be right, Then shall I go’ with assurance of vision Into the deepening shadows of night

Thursday, September 30,1937.

THE LOW DOWN — -from HICKORY GROVE There is an awful lota things I can’t understand, and once in a while the radio will get turned off and then I get a chance to 4unda try to think s And the Tadio itself, it puzzles me, and the part that puzzles me most, it is the murder you hear. And I cannot f>gj,re it out. Yr A ■ And Tnever did hanker or thirst to find out just how why somebody took hold of a bowie-knife and severed another person’s arteries in just such and such aYnanner, like they do on the broadcasts. > And in real life, if some announcer would break into your own home and cut -thdbats right and left, and clutter up the living room with corpses and g-re, it would not seem like such good entertainment. But I see in our laboratories they are findin’.out lots ol things, like takin’ atotns apart, and ways to eradicate malaria germs and the boll-weevil, etc., and maybe pretty soon they will get around to the sponsors of the murderprograms. Hot dog! Yours with the low down, JO SERRA.

permission to march eighteen hours. Some of the other ) Jhings happening are features in the news. The story shows that the soldiers of the World War are just about as plentiful today throughout the United States as the veterans of the Civil War were in the North and South when they could pile up their numbers by hundreds and thousands in every community, and scare politicians in every election. The Blue and Gray may have a joints re-union at Gettysburg in 1938, providing the Confederate survivors agree to the restriction imposed by the Grand Army not to display their Stars and Bars at the joint event.

,on this, and the friendship between the United States and Rumania, said: “We see in the New York Fair an opportunity to solidify our arid we hope to be able to clasp the. hand of King Carol in 1939”. Speed of Moon and Earth The moon’s apparent east-to-west passage across the sky is due to the earth’s west-to-east spinning on its axis. The moon's true motion about the earth is slow, compared to the earth's rotation.