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THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
THURSDAY
PROBE SUTED
FOR NEW DEAL
Administration Set-up To
Be Investigated by
Two Committees
WASHINGTON, Ai>ril 1 fAiito-
caster)—Maybe there wasn’t any
politics in Senator Byrd’s resolu-
ti>n for a Senate C'ftnmitte'e to in
vestigate the New Deal and find
out how many of its agencies can
be dispensed with—and then, again,
maybe there was. Senator Byrd of
Virginia, though a Democrat, has
been one of the New Deal’s most
vigorous critics. But if he had any
political motive in mind, the Presi
dent proved lijm&elf just as good a
JK/Iitician, by apjxjinting hi.s own
conimittee to make its own investi
gation and to cooperate with the
Senate Committee.
At any rate, the New Deal is
gomg to Be investigated. The three
men named by the President, Jx>uis
Brownlow, Charles E. Alerriam and
J.uther H. Gulick, all have fine rec
ords of unselfish public service,
though none of them has ever been
active in politics. Not one of them
has ever done anything to suggest
that he could be influenced by po
litical considerations to distort or
suppress the truth. ,It seems prob
able. therefore, that .before long,
probably before election, the most
thorough study yet male of the
governmental set-up in Washing
ton will be ready for public inspec
tion.
Floo^ and Forecast#
The recent floods have jilayed
strongly into the hands of the ad
vocates of public works. Look for
a large number of projects for
flood control, dams, reservoirs and
dikes throughout the devastated
regions.
The heavy rainfalls, coming on
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AT
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FRANKLIN, N. C.
the heels of the severest Winter
in many years, have revived Gov
ernmental interest in the weather,
it ha.s just been disc+osed that the
l''fderal Weather Bureau has been
for a long time exploring the pos
sibilities of a long-range weather
f^iTecast, and 'believes it is getting
close to a workable method of
foretelling whole seasons, months
ahead.
It is easy to imagine how valu
able it would have been to every
body if the recent severe Winter
and this Spring’s heavy rainfalls,
or Last Summer’s drought, could
have been predicted months in ad
vance.
While the Weather Bureau
doesn’t hold out any hope of be
ing able to begin long-range
weather forecasting for some years
yet, nevertheless, it is issuing oc
casional bulletins and rejiorts on the
subject. Anyone who wishes to
study the efforts that are being
made can receive these bulletins
free.
Lobby investigation
Nobody has yet figured out any
Iiolitical angle on the flood situa
tion. It is seemingly about the only
thing in Washington that has no
political angle at this time. The
activities of the Senate Lobby In
vestigating Committee, of which
Senator Black is chairman, in
searching the telegraphic files of
‘more than 1,1(X) individuals and
corporations in the hunt for evi
dence against lobbying, is begin
ning to have decided iKjlitical re
actions.
Nobody knows exactly wbat the
Conimittee has uncovered, since
only one or two of the telegrams,
which it has had copied, have been
made iniiblic.
There is a good deal of guessing
going on, and many members are
receiving letters from back home
ex])ressing indignation, if not alarm,
over this invasion of what some of
the home boys have heretofore re
garded as confidential communica
tions.
Nobody is talking much in public
about the cffssension inside of the
Ways and Means Conimittee over
the proposed new tax bill. It is an
open secret, however, that there
are very sharp differences of opin
ion as to what ought to be done
in the matter of taxing corporate
reserves, differences which are far
from being confined to party lines.
It : looks now as if the Piouse
Committee would hold a perfunc
tory hearing, introduce a perfunc
tory bill and I'sav-# the real job of
examining the whole situation and
drafting the final legislation up to
the Senate Mnance Committee.
Those WPA Charges
With the approach of a Presi
dential campaign criticism of the
Administration, then in power, nat
urally [becomes more vigorous.
The alleged political activities of
W.P.A. administrators, brought
into the limelight by the charges
of Senator Holt' of West Virginia,
is one of the attacks.
Senator Holt accused the W.P.A.
in his home state of all sorts of
politiciil skulduggery, a charge
promptly denied by his colleague
firom West Virginia, Senator
Matthew 1). Neely, as well as by
$30,000 Bonus Urge
and Ideos
lllllll.nl iriilmlllii,I.Ill,III,
DETROIT .. . Mickey Cochrane’s
world champion Tigers are going
to. split a 150,000 bonus if they
finish first or second in the
American baseball race this year.
Mr-. W. A. Fungs, 87 (above),
retired millionaire and baseball
fan, says he’ll raise that amount.
the W.P.A. administrator Harry
Hopkins.
Some Senators have been unkind
enough to say that Senator Holt’s
])eeve arose from the fact that
while he was w’aiting for his 30th
birthday to come, so he could be
sworn in as a Senator, Mr. Neely
had grabbed off whatever political
patronage there was in West Vir
ginia.
Anyway, Senator Holt’s charges
started something. There’s a
W.P.A. investigation scheduled, and
it will produce headlines, if nothing
else.
'ihere are internal dissesions in
Administration circles over the
whole relief problem. The workers
employed to administer relief are
mostly opposed to the present
Works Relief Plan, pointing out
that it is more expensive than a
straight dole aad more difficult to
administer.
With the President asking for
another $1,50(),000,000 for relief,
there has been some talk of an
effort on the part of Congress to
prescribe how it is to be spent.
That, however, seems unlikely.
There is som» valuable political
patronage in the set-up, from
which some members of Congress
benefit in the strengthening of
their local organij^ation-s, and they
are not inclined to be sympathetic
with any proposal to change the
system.
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Telephone 120 Franklin
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And Eggs
Our Truck Will Be Located at
ROY F. CUNNINGHAM’S STORE
Franklin, N. C.
Every Tuesday—10 A. M. to 2 P. M.
and at
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Highlands, N. C.
Every Tuesday—3 P. M. to 4:30 P. M.
The following prices will be paid April 7th-
Colored Hens i;
Leghorn Hens 14
Roasters, Stags and Ducks g cents
Market Price
Do Not Feed Poultry Day of Sale
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BREVARD, N. C.
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This Year More
Than Ever
Sanders
Is the Place to Buy
Easter Shoes
For
iAIen, Women and Children
White Shoes This Year i
normal foot.
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Ladies’ Oxfords and
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$1.95
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