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Friday. lulv IS. 1938.
Where's the Political Money Bag?
Those anti-New Dealers who have been
watching with an eye keener than that of a cat
after a mouse the participation by President
Roosevelt in primary elections apparently have
forgotten all about the big money bags that
have been emptied with certain regularity by
political rings, big business and corrupt politi
cians to influence elections in years past. The
age-old business of buying votes and stuffing
the ballot box is to be accepted without ram
plaint, but when the President, the acknowl
pdged leader of his party, stands up and openly
utters enligiiteiiiiieiit in a political uunlest, why
his action is referred to as something scandal
ous.
One does not have tu go uut uf Nuith Caro
'lina to learn about corrupt election practices.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been
spent in a single primary jto advance the can
didacy of a man reared and nurtured in the at
mosphere of big business, and in almost direct
opposition to the needs and wishes of the
masses. North Carolina and nearly every one of
the other fortv-seven states have had to battle
the political money bag in advancing an avow
ed candidate of the people, the free-flowing
cash often turning the heads of the voters.
Possibly the President is striking in opposi
tion to the money bag used so effectively for so
poany years in influencing elections. Possibly
he is taking a stand in behalf of the-people. But
to hear the anti-administration press, Mr
Roosevelt is trying to pave the way for a dicta
torship.
Probably Mr. Roosevelt or any other, presi
dent hasn't any business meddling in political
elections, but some how or other it is pleasing
to see him tread on the toes of those who have
depended upon the money bag to swing an elec
tion. It is also pleasing to observe a man of the
people stand up and openly challenge the
rights of those people at a time when more
millions of dollars are being spent in the poli
tical alleys to restore control of the nation in
the hands of a few.
When the trusts withdraw from elections and
let the people decide the issues themselves, "it
is likely that presidents will find it unnecessary
to participate in local political campaigns.
Why Men Believe in F. R.
By Herbert Afar In the Charlotte News. ..
) It is easy to explain why those of us who be
lieve in Mr. Roosevelt believe in him so thor
oughly. It is not that we think him perfect or
infallible. It is simply that for the first time in
our lives we see a President determined to go
to the root of our national problems.
Our national politics for seventy years have
been a conspiracy to evade issues. Big Business
arose durihg the seventies and eighties. We
passed, a few anti-trust laws, and then pretend
ed that the rise of Big Business had not chang
ed the foundations of our economic and social
relations.
? Between 1000 and 1920 Big Business passed
into the control of High Finance. Again we pre
tended that nothing important had happened.
Our politicians went on talking as if the Amer
ica of Sam Insull were still the America of
Jacksonian Democracy.
The rise of mass production industries creat
ed labor problems on a new scale and of a new
and menacing nature. Our politicians and our
press went on talking about labor problems as
if they involved the relations between a black
smith and his hired help.
Modern machinery made it possible for us to
dissipate and ruin our natural resources with a
r:. j nt i 11 y nw-pr hofnrj. cwn nn parth In the fa CP
of expert testimony that our present methods
would waste the wealth of olir continent before
the year 2000, we went on talking as if we had
all eternity in which to plan for conservation.
A Theodore Roosevelt might see the dangers
of erosion. A Woodrow Wilson might see the
dangers of monopoly. But the public, the press,
and most of the politicians clung to the fiction
?that all wrav rn?v and that Amprira would for
ever be the envy of the world.
At last the long pretense is ended. At last we
have a President able to rouse the country with
his message of urgency, and willing to explore
our problems no matter Where the exploration
may lead. Those of us who have waited half a
life-time for such an administration will not be
put off by minor mistakes or by a few too-hasty
acts.
The latest example of what makes us trust
Mr. Roosevelt is his message on the economic
unbalance in the South. For twenty years his
torians, and social scientists have been pointing
out that within the great America free-trade
area there was growing up a type of colonial
economy?that the South and West were being
drained and impoverished by the financial capi
tals in the North.
ffere was nne nf the Chief threats to the free
dom and democracy of the American people ?
one of Hie main reasons for the poverty which
has grown side by side with our increasing
wealth. But once we admitted the regional ex
ploitation of the South and West, we admitted
that something had gone seriously wrong with
our whole economy. And we admitted a prob
lem which would be long and hard to solve.
So the politicians and the press closed their
minds. They did not chpose to notice the ugly
facts. But Mr. Roosevelt has noticed the facts.
And he has demanded that they be dragged out
into the light so that all may understand them.
At the President's request the" National Em
ergency Council has called a meeting of South
ern leaders to state the problem. Absentee own
ership, wasting of resources, "the despoiling of
this truly American section of the country's
population"?the President calls the evils by
their true names. He does not claim the evils
will be easy to dispel; but he asks for a clear
statement of the nature of the problem,
j With leadership of this high quality democ
racy has a chance to sh^ow that it is better than
the "efficiency" of the tyrant State.
Chevrolet Safety
Truck hs Making
Unique Trial Run
Detroit. June 28 ?Chevrolet's long
distance safety and dependability
truck run, which passed the 50,000
mile mark at Spokane. Wash, Junf
14, five months and three days aftei j
its start, is still chalking up a re
markable record of performance,
durability, and economy, figures re
ceived from the Contest Board of,
the AAA in Washington indicate.
The run, conducted by Harry
Hartz, well-known former race driv
er, carries Stanley Reed of the AAA
as official observer. The truck, a
stock ton-and-a-half model, select
ed from the assembly line at Flint
by ?. Von Hambach, AAA Contest
Board steward, carried a 4,500-pound
load of steel. The gross weight of
the vehicle, with driver and obser
ver. is 0,26'J pounds In spite of this
load, and the difficulties imposed
by widely-varying climatic, high
way, and topographical conditions,
the truck has maintained an aver
age road speed of 32.37 miles an
hour, and averaged 15.36 miles per
gallon I if yagnlii*. nffini-.l fifl..-,..,
show. ?
The start of the run was made in
near-zero weather, from Detroit.
The first lag carried it to Ottawa,
Canada, where messages from Do
minion officials were picked up for
transmission to Mexico City. From
the latter point, the unit returned
to the United States, crossing east?
ward to Miami, Fla., thence back
via the southern route to Los An
geles The eastern seaboard was tra
versed up into Maine, after which
the truck turned west by way of
New York. Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, and Montana. In its trav
els it has touched every state in the
union at least once, and has given a
satisfactory account of itself over a
range of temperatures approximat
ing 150 degrees.
Net running time for the 50,017.9
actual miles of the test to date was
recorded by the AAA as 1,545 hours
and eight minutes. Analysis of the
figures shows that the truck has op
erated an average of about 11 hours
a day It has consumed 3.255 gallons
of gasoline, for a total gasoline cost
of 5 .01307 per mile or 5 00282 per
ton-mile, for the 50,000 miles.
Oil economy has been strikingly
good according to the official report.
Oil actually consumed has totalled
37.23 quarts, with a total cost of
$12.82 for the 50.000 miles. Oil has
been changed at regular intervals,
only two quarts being added be
tween changes, over the entire
route.
Routine maintenance operations,
such as chassis greasing, wheel re
packing, oil-change in oil-bath clean
er and transmission and differential
lubrication have been conducted at
intervals recommended to Chevro
let truck owners Their total cosf to
*37 i?
The cost of mechanical work, in
cluding six tires and tubes replac
ed after nearly 33,000 miles is $182.36
of which-$150 was for tires. The hy
draulic brakes on the unit have been
adjusted once only, their total share
of the trip's expense being $1.60.
Water has been added to the rad
iator seven times in 50,000 milea, but
in spite of hundreds of miles of des
ert driving. the total water added to
date, according to the report, is
only eight quarts.
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