The Rocky Mount Herald
yOLUME 2, NO. 27
E. J. Fisher Dies
Suddenly Tues.
Far mer of Near Dortches Buried
Wednesday—Funeral From Home
7 Red Oak, July 2.— E. J. Fisner,
y4, well-known and esteemed citi
zen of near Dortches, died at his
residence suddenly about eight
d'elock this morning following the
fourth stroke in recent months.
, Mr. Fisher, a life-long resident
t t Nash County, will be interred in
lied Oak cemetery Wednesday af
ternoon after Rev. J. H. Sullivan,
pastor of a Wilson church, conducts i
rices from the residence. Rev. A.
Sinierly, local Christian church
Ofcinister will assist, it is planned.
•He belonged to the Christian
church and was a farmer.
\ Surviving him beside his wife,
Mrs. Ellis Fisher, are his sons, A.
Jick Fisher. L. A. Fisher and J. W.
Fisher, all of near Dortches; one
brother, Sam W. Fisher, here; a
sister, Mrs. R. J. Glover, Sarato
ga. Several grand children also sur
• Pallbearers ha dnot been named
this afternoon.
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McDonald Will
jik
l Run For Gov.
Fte Of Sales Tax Will Add Spice
To What Promises To Be A
Lively Campaign
s>r. R. W. McDonald, ancient foe
of the general sales tax in the last
sewion of the legislature, gave no
tion Monday morning through the
associated press that it was his in
tention to run for governor, since
ha had received so many assurances
of: support.
Pr. McDonald was the acknowledg
eajeader of the anti-sales tax forces
Mr the last legislature, and is recog
nised as being one of the ablest
students of economics and taxation
i®. this state. His announcement
the fifth candidate ao an
nounce. Heretofore announced are/
J(l isrs. Hoey, Graham, Kirkpatrick
an [ Mcßae.
3 luring the last session of the leg
id tare he and representative Lump
kb , offered -a substitute bill for the
c«*inittee of revenue bill which
the endorsement of the Merch
ants Association, and other anti-
Mtes tax groups. This bill, if pass-
would have eliminated the sales
tajf.
"M now appears that the state will '
h»te one of the liveliest primary
campaigns that has been staged in i
years. The four former candidates
are lawyers, and all rate under the '
classification of orators. When it
to talking and debating the
Doctor never did ask quarter. His
debates With Messrs. Maxwell and '
othpr administration leaders are
stjll remembered. During one of the
ss«pions of the committee, in the
fiX w tJL ' he >"timated that he ,
• e committee had been
i. i" ■ avor of certain inter
eslj, a nd it was renorted through 1
P™ 9 that Rep. Fenner became j
of) fnded at the remark, and threat
en d to slap Dr. McDonald, he ho
!.«! ™ nPW members on the \
coi imittee. Whereupon some of the
o»er and more experienced mem- ,
befa whispered to the new repre
sentative that while the doctor had
a Sectors degree of philosophv,
aiqpg with his studiousness that he '
tofel an athlete whe n in col
lowever, the doctor was not slap- 1
pe®, and the gentlemen soon com- '
P(?|ed their differences. AH five of
gentlemen have well-known
puWie records, and are able to pre
sey their views when the primary
comes on. ,
JQHN L. ARRINGTON
j ENTERS NAVAL ACAD.
#ohn Li. Arrington has recently
the U. S. Naval academy at
Amtiapoiis, having already received
thf^ commission of mid-shipman. i
9s' Arrington, who is the son of '
il rs * Arrinpton, com
-7? e P re P ar atory course for 
at the Marion Military '
Inittitute, Marion, Alabama, in June,
an|| : will psned several weeks with
here before leaving for
thQ Naval academy, to which he re
coiled the appointment through
Senator Robert R. Reynolds
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PRAYERS ANSWERED
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Klngatree, 8. C., July I.—Thirty- J
two hours after prayers for rain
w»e offered here, clouds formed
aqp rain fell well into the night. 1
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:v GETS JOB; KILLS CHILD
Duluth, Minn.—Edward Mikiska, '
28,. was happy over his first job in ,
more than a year when ho got em
ployment as a truck driver. Going
hotfte, after his first trip, he did not :
sea his five-year old bqy race to
meet him, and the truck crushed '
the lad. '
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when you pur- '
lehase goods advertised i
*n these columns tell the
merchants you saw it in
THE HERALD :
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Liquor Store On
Washington St.
Cutchln Saya That Kelly Gay Will
Be In Charge Of Edgecombe
Store In City
EARLY OPENING ASSURED
Announcement of management of
■a liquor store, definite location of
the store, additional shipment of
liquor into Wilson via truck and
Tarboro via Norfolk Southern rail
road, and managers of the other
stores in Edgecombe county came to
day from Henry W. Cutchin, of the
new Edgecombe county liquor con
trol board following a session of the
board yesterday with the Edgecombe
board of commissioners and police
authorities of Rocky Mount and
Edgecombe county and sheriff's de
partment members of Edgecombe in
Tarboro.
About 1500 cases in all have been
ordered for Edgecombe, Mr. Cut
chin estimated, indicating that all
of it is either in Tarboro or Wil
son or expected soon. Kelley Gay,
former merchant 'and farmer of
Edgecombe county, will act as lo
cal manager, and John Cannady, of
this city, will aid him in operating
the establishment, Mr. Cutchin said
today.
Opening Date Not Set
Asked about a definite date for
opening the store, to be located at
No. 136 North Washington street,
Mr. Cutchin said all he could say
would be that it would open "as
soon as possible," possibly this week
end or early next week. Painting
work was begun on it today, and it
is being cleaned out in prepara
tion for installation of equipment.
A vigorous drive on bootleggers
in Rocky Mount and in Edgecombe
was forseen today following pled
ges of cooperation revealed by the
control board and the board of
county commissioners from the va
rious police officials and members
of the sheriff's department. They
know, the policing authorities were
quoted as saying where the boot
leggers are, and will go after them
right away. Law enforcement was
considered paramount.
Besides the local establishment
for selling liquor, "legal" for the
first time in about two decades,
stores are being prepared in Tar
boro with John Cheshire, of that
city, to haVe charge there and K.
D. Kran assisting him; in Pine
tops, J. R. Walston; in Macclesfield,
Thnd J. Hnrrell; and in Whitakers,
R. F. Weaver.
Salaries Announced
Salaries of the store managers, ac
cording to reports from Tarboro,
will be as follows: Mr. Chershire,
$125 monthly; Mr. Kran $lOO month
ly; Messrs. Walston, Harrell, Weav
er and Cannady, $lOO per month a nd
Mr. Gay, $125 per month.
A car load vvas due to arrive in
Wilson today and several truck loads
came into Tarboro last night, it is
understood;
"The Tarbaro store may be com
pleted before the one here," Mr.
Cutchin said, but added it would not
be much before the local one.
Mr. Gay, it i sunderstood, served
as a bartender in the davs before
prohibition when Rocky Mount, on
both sides of Main street and also
on Washington street had salones
aplenty, possibly a dozen, according
to certain local citizens.
Prices for the liquor, which will
be greatly varied here, will be
reasonable," Mr. Cutchin has said.
Woman Injured
In Tarboro Crash
Tarboro, July I.—Alice Wood, a
white woman of Smithfield, ran in
to a telephone pole on Main street
Saturday night and the force of the
blow to the automobile knocked some
of her teeth out. She was immediate
ly taken to a hospital for treat
ment of her injury.
It was said that there was a. man
in the car with the woman, but in
the excitement an officer said the
man fled and has not been located.
The woman after having her injury
treated left for Rocky Mount. A
city police officer said the woman
was drunk.
FORD SALES PASS
HALF MILLION MARK
Doarborn, Mich., June 7.—Retail
deliveires for the year to date of
Ford V-8 cars, commercial cars and
trucks passed the half-million mark
during the last 10-day period in
May, it was announced today at the
home office of thb Ford Motor Com
pany.
May was th ethird consecutive
month this ear in which retail de
liveries exceeded 100,000 units, it
was said.
The last 10-day period in May
was the second best 10-day period
for retail deliveries in the last five
years.
RetaU deliveries in the first five
months averaged better than 100,000
units per month.
The total of retail deliveries of
Ford trucks and commercial cars
in the first five months was 66 per
cent ahead of the total for the sim
ilar five-month period last year and
greater than the total for any other
similar period since 1930.
Retail deliveries of Lincoln mo
tor cars in the last 10-day period
in May were greatest in volume of
any 10-day period thus far this
yo«u.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JULY 5, 1935
Miss Gaskill Is
i To Be Featured
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ANZY GASK/LL -
Wilson, July 3.—Miss Anzy Gas
kill, of Rocky Mount and first year
student at Atlantic Christian Col
lege, has already made an outstand
ing record, not only as a member
of the College Glee Club and the
College Quartette, but also as a so
lo"*.
During tie college year she was
in constant demand by organiza
tions and clubs in this town and,
with the Quartette and Glee Club,
appeared in a dozen or more east
ern towns and cities.
Miss Gaskill is scheduled to ap-1
near in a concert before the Atlan
"f ? hriBti an College summer school
within the next week.
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Funeral Is Held
For Capt. Bryan
Rites Are Held At Presbyterian
Church On Sunday Afternoon
Tarboro, July 1. —The funeral ser
vice for the late Captain Henry T.
Bryan was held in the Howard Me
morial Presbyterian church Sunday
afternoon at 4 o'clock in the pres
ence of an immense congregation
who paid a tribute to the memory
of the worthy and highly esteemed
citizen.
Captain Bryan was an outstanding
citizen here who was the friend of
every person who knew him, and
in his death this city and county
lost a worthy citizen. He was a suc
cessful business man who achieved
success by industrious habits and
diligent and earnest striving. The
service in the church was conducted
by the pastor, Rev. Chester Alex
ander, and i n the course of his
prayer lie paid a tribute to Captain
Bryan who by his loving kindness
and geniality enriched the world
by his life.
Captain Bryan was a member of
this church. In tl. e choir was Miss
Dicie Howell, New York vocalist
out a native of Edgecombe.
The Tarboro haseball team of the
Coastal I lain league occupied, "rout
seats in the church. Captain wryan
in his young manhood days was a
manager of the Tarboro team and
«as always an enthusiastic ball fan
He was an intimate friend of Col.
Mack, the baseball magnate, and
from a recent visit north Captain
Bryan was a guest of Mack. They
knew each other for many years
in the baseball realm.
At the conclusion of the services
at the church the interment was
made i n Greenwood cemetery.
ARKANSAS MERCHANTS
ANGRY-REFUSE TAX
Little Rock, Ark., July I.—Expres
sing confidence that their signed
followers will stand firm, leaders of
the Arkansas jales tax rebellion
opened their stores to consumers to-
P ricps bearing no demand
tor the two per cent levy which au
tomatically went into effect at mid
night.
v by Revenue Commissioner
Earl Wiseman that if the merchants
hi V T»? i? a 5. d the ,evy t0 the Btato
by July 15 he will enforce the col
lection under provisions of the tax
act Harley Stump, Stuttgart leader
or the regflhon's most militant fac
t,0 u ". retorted last night:
Not a single merohant who signed
th, agreement will welch on it when
row* * ° Pen f ° r businf>iB tomor-
The agreement referred to by
toT?i ♦ i?® 8 tho mer chants neither
to collect the tax from their custo
mer, „or pay it to the State from
that " StUmp rei>orted
mat it has been signed by 98 ner
ecn * r°J the m>r chnntß at Stuttgart
W'tt ° Ut ° { 60 merchants at »e-
DR. SPEIGHT WILL
ATTEND BALTO. CLINICS
, Dr - J - A - Speight left yesterday
tor Baltimore where he will spend
the next four weeks. He will take
up special work in dermatology at
the University of Maryland and at
Johns Hopkins hospital, and plans
to attend clinics at both institu
tioas.
Everything Taxed
Not since the famous decree of Augustus Caesar that all
the world should be taxed, has this edict gone so complete
ly into effect as it did in North Carolina July Ist. Every
body in North Carolina is being directly taxed on every
thing except the milk that flows from the mother's breast
and the fresh milk from the cow, not canned milk. Imme
diately it is canned, a tax goes on cow's milk. Below is a
copy of an editorial which appeared in the News & Obser
ver which expresses the general views of the public, as we
are able to understand the public's view-point on this
question, as follows:
Eat And Be Taxed
Beginning yesterday North Carolinians will be taxed
with every morsel of food they put into their mouths.
And since the capacity qf the human stomach is limit
ed the tax will fall in a beautiful equality upon rich man
and the poor man alike. Along with the richest man the
poorest man in North Carolina must now pay 3 per
cent, o nthe barest necessities of living which, by work
or dole, he is able to provide for his family.
All general sales taxea are bad in that they utterly
disregard the principle of ability to pay in taxation,
but the tax on the necessities of life, which now be
gins in North Carolina, is indefensible beyond all oth
er forms of sales taxation. The application of this tax
to the barest living of the people represents the ulti
mate extension of an improper, unjust and uneconomic
tax. Its very cruelty anjd injustice, however, will dic
tate a recession from this form of taxation. Politicians
already realizing the uiijustness and unpopularity of
a tax which some of thepi helped to impose, are begin
nmg to promise its elinjination. It will be eliminated.
It must be eliminated. No such cruel fiscal makeshift
?n n w on ?v, Pr £ r A JU8 u e q uita ble system of taxation
* C ar >hna, shaped both upon the principle
of ability to pay and in terms of the needs of the State,
is the paramount necessity of an advancing North Caro
lina. A tax on the subsistence of the people is no motive
thelstate " Ce but ® t>urden u P° n the Progress of
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GLORY ENOUGH FOR ALL
According to recent press reports, there appears to be
some confusion among the claims of the friends of Repre
sentative Raspberry and Senator Gravely, over who has
been responsible and entitled to the credit for the estab
lishment of the new Tubercular Sanatorium. Senator
Gravely's friends contend that he was the sole and mov
! ing spirit. Representative Raspberry's friends appeared in
print and stated that the Sanatorium idea was born in the
brain of Representative Rdft that he introduced the
bill and sponsored its passage through the House of Rep
resentatives and was assisted in the passage of the bill
in the upper house by Senator Gravely. Now we are very
much in favor of the Sanatorium, and we are sorry that
this misunderstanding has arisen for we feel that it is a
good thing, and there is credit enough for both. We feel
that due credit should be given all those who had a
part in this undertaking. It is to be hoped that this institu-
F? on , c ?". have the fine support of both these gentlemen in
its building as it had in its passage.
Of course these misunderstandings are sometimes brought
about by over-zealous friends, and we are sure that Sena
°J Gr avely will be glad to give to Representative Raspber
ry such credit is due, and that Representative Raspberry
will give to Senator Gravely such credit is due him, all be
ing for the glory of North Carolina.
National Scout
Jamboree Aug.
The National Boy Scout Jamboree
will be held in Washington, D. C.
August 20th to 20th, and at that
meeting there will be boy scout
representatives from throughout the
nation. All nationalities will be rep
resented and the President will ad
dress the scouts on this occasion.
The local colored Scoutmaster, Thos.
A. Stith, will send a troop repre
sentative from the local troop No.
61, Robdrt Corbett, who is a star
scout in Rocky Mount. He was se
lected on account of his outstanding
career in the troop.
The registration fee for this oc
casion, which includes the cost of
ill/>^ XP m nses an * entertainment is
$2,>.00. Troop No. 61 is now three
years old, and has members in the
troop who hold as many as fifteen
badges. Last week a new scout
troop was organized under the nus
pices of the Mary B. Talbert Club,
xr i, oy Scou t committee of troop
f*°- G1 Promoted Asst. Scoutmaster
to become Scoutmaster of the new
troop. The Scout work has been
very beneficial among the colored
o??? °. f Mount. Scotmaster
h " s very diligent with
nbH k 1 f th ' S troop - havin «f b^n
absent only one week during the
past three years.
"CHRISTIAN SCIENCE" IS
TOPIC FOR CHURCH SUNDAY
Christian Science" was the sub
ject of the Lesson-Sermon in all
churches and Societies of Christ
if n ' on ® un( iay, June 30, 193."!
The Golden Text was from Reve
lation 12:10. "Now is come salva
tion and strength, and the king
hiTChrist"' G ° d ' and thC P ° W " of
i. r f"' on f, th ® stations which com
prised the Lesson-Sermon was the
following from the Bible: "The
Lord God hath given me the ton-
P® °' he 'earned, that I should
know how to speak a word in sea
son to him that is weary: ho wak
eneth morning by morning, he wak
? J m l" e ear to hear as the
learned. The Lord God hath open
ed mine ear, and I was no rebel
hous, neither tnrned away back
For the Lord God will h
TT. 8. was world's chief exporter in
1934, Geneva reports.
Edgecombe Will
Selects Architect
Meets With Board of Education—
Consider Gym Sites
Eric Plannagan, Henderson archi
tect, today had been named archi
tect to draw up plans and speci
fications for an Edgecombe county
home to be presented to federal au
thorities and the matter of construc
tion of a number of Edgecombe
county school gymnasiums had come
up for consideration at a meeting
of the Edgecombe county commis
sioners yesterday in Tarboro. C. C.
Ward, local board member, said to
day.
The commissioners had a joint ses
sion with the board of education,
and went over plans for some gvm
nasiums. he said.
Mr. Flannagan was selected from
a group of architects, and was ex
pected to commence work on plans
and specifications at once with the
hope expressed by Mr. Ward that
he will he able to have the plans
completely drawn up ready for pre
sentation within a few weeks.
Several sites are under considera
tion for the county home, he said,
and most prominently mentioned
for one_ or two places just outside
ot Tarboro on the Tarboro-Rockv
Mount highway. No final decision
has been made.
Banks To Alter
Saturday Hours
Acqueiscing to the requests of
merchants, farmers, and other bus
iness people of the section, the
three banks of Rocky Mount start
next Saturday observing hours
from 9 to 1 o'clock in the after
noon on Saturday instead of clos
ing at twelve as has been the cus
tom, J. A. Reagan, president of the
Rocky Mount Clearing House asso
ciation, revealed today.
Other days in the week they will
be open from 9 till 2 o'clock as has
been the custom according to Pres
ident Reagan.
Churches would amend Oonrtitu
-*>n to giktU
PARAGRAPHS
PROBLEMS AT
Perry Advocates
Total Abstinence
Meahodist. Pastor Discusses. Perils
Of Strong Drink Here
Speaking on the peril of strong
drink, Rev. George W. Perry, pas
tor of the First Methodist church,
said, "The truth is, the only safe
course for young or old is total ab
stinence from strong drink," in his
sermon yesterday morning given lo
the congregation and others in
Rocky Mount who were listening
over the local radio station WEED.
"If you are undecided about the
principles of total abstinence from
strong drink, I should like to ap
peal to you as Joshua did at Shc
chem, 'Choose you this day whom ye
shall serve.' It is a shame that our
government has put the stamp on
approval upon the something that
breaks a mother's, a sister's, a wife's
heart, because their loved ones
stagger into eternity," he stated.
Speaking of the danger of young
people becoming "sots" under the
control plan when they would not
deal with a bootlegger, he said about
control a dangerous, deadly, de
structive something by having a
greater quantity. To me this con
trol business is a misnomer."
"This traffic is strong drink, un
der control or any other way, is
the horrid blight of our time," he
emphasized. Quoting John Ruskin,
he went on "Drunkenness is not on
ly the cause of crime, it is crime; I
and the encouragement of drunken
ness for the sake of profit on the \
sale of drinks is certainly one of >
the most criminal methods of as
sassination for money ever adoptel
by the people of any age or coun
try." |
Later he added, "The intellectual
brilliancy furnished by strong drink,
curses when it finishes." He re-'
marked, "With all the earnestness of
my soul, I wish to impress upon
both men and women, for one of
the saddest #eatur«r i*ur modem
life is the increase of drunkenness
| among women, that you cannot af-'
ford to depend on stiumlants to!
build up your strength or the'
sparkle in your conversation."
* conclusion, Rev. Perry stated i
there is only one sure cure and,
that is in the Christ. No matter l
how terrible the havoc which sin
has wrought God has provided a
remedy which is able to bring health
and peace. 'As Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, even so
must the Son of Man be lifted un:
that whosoever believeth in Him
not perish, but have eternal
life." i
Silk Mill Workers
Here On Strike
The entire force of Schottland
Mills was out on strike Monday,
asking for the removal of E. Lee
Daughtridge, mill superintendent,
and increased wages, according to a
strike leader who asked that his
name not be used as it would en
danger any chances he might have
for re-employment should a satisfac
tory compromise be reached.
A picket line of most of the em
ployes, totalling an estimated 150
formed shortly after the spinners
failed to commence work it was .-e
-ported.
Superintendent Daughtridge said
his first knowledge of the strike came
late last night and that apparently
workers wanted higher wages. The
workers were given the opportun
ity today to come back at the
same wages they were getting with
the alternative of closing the mill
down for a week, he said. Thev did
not accept the offer of the identi
cal wage, and on agreement had
been reached at noon today.
Had Been At Work
"Since the NRA has been ruled un
constitutional, everyone except the
weaving department workers has
been working every day except Sun
day," one worker said today.
The spinners, due to begin work
last night at midnight, failed to
enter the grounds of the mill, and
the weavers" struck in sympathy"
with them, one of fhe workers said
today. He said picketing started a t
midnight and a group of about 40
employes was gathered at the miil
this morning.
Besides asking for the removal
of the superintendent, the weavers
J pp,ltef "y receiving $1.15 per
00,000 picks for 6-shaft asetate
looms and also six-team jobs, are
demanding that their wages for the
latter be raised to $1.37 per 100,000
PH'K*.
Reports of wage cuts in the wind
ing department from two and a
half cents per pound to one cent
per pound were heard at the mill
among the employes.
No violence was reported and the
workers this morning seemed in
good spirits apparently.
The police department has inves
tigated and found no nijfns of vio
lence so is maintaining no guard
at present, Chief of Police O. P.
Hedgepeth said this afternoon. He
indicated he saw no necessity for
doing so at the present as the
erowd was orderly.
$l.OO PER YEAB
ON NATIONAL
WASHINGTON
SCORES SHIPBUILDERS
MITCHELL CHARGES FLOP
BUSINESS CONCERNED
NO NEW RECOVERY LAW
ICKES DEFENDS PWA
THE 1936-LINE DRAWN
CONGRESS SHOWS SPEED
ROOSEVELT ASKS ACTION
ANXIOUS ABOUT HOOVER
THE NEW TAX PROPOSALS
By Hip Sima, Special WuUi|U|
Correspondent
• That some private shipbuilden
1 "are certainly not above suspicion
■ of willingness to wave the flag or
1 circulate war scares in the plala.
' and simple interests of their owi
1 the Senate Munitions Committor,
which says that their record, since
• since 1927, "has not been an en*
tirely pleasant and wholesome at*-
1 ry." This just aboat summarizes the
situation, but it comes as no stir*
prise to those who have kept up
with the revelations before the
committee. That ships built in pri
-1 vate yards cost several million
more than those constructed in nary
1 yards caused the senators to crifc>
1 icise the Navy Department for not
having some "yardstick" with whieh
' to accurately measure the difference
l in cost. ,
The charges of Ewing Y. Mitchell,
aired before a Senate committee,
did not amount to as much as one
thought because the witness, re
peatedly asked to specify the faeta
to support his contentions, content"
ed himself for the most part with
rehashing items uncovered by pr«!r>
vious inquiries: If he hoped that
Republican members would take up
the issue he managed his testimony
, very badly, time after time stray
| ing to alleged derelictions of the
| Commerce Department prior to the
! present administration. His audienee
dwindled as the hearing continued,
and the former official reiterated hie
statement that h ehad no direct evi
dence of graft or corruption.
Business leaders, we are advised,
are showing some concern over
cancellation of orders, which h*ve
developed the &eath of NBA.
ana officials of the new organiza
tion fear that a sharp decline in ac
tivity may develop. Field agenta re
port much price cutting and wide
spread use of "loss leaders" by big
and little stores. They also assert
that labor standards are being cot.
These evils appear in the consum
ers' goods industries, the service
trades and in small establishments
generally. In the manufacturing in
dustries labor standards continue
to be up to standard. Apparently
the cancelled orders come in thru
anticipation that removal of wage
and hour restrictions will mean
cheaper prices and that there i».
no use in holding on to order*
placed at prices under the old order.
Just now the idea is that Con
gress will go home without enact
ing any new recovery law, but
industry will be in- : *ed to submit
voluntary codes with the under.,
standing that they will not be
passed on until the future N"RA
policy is decided upon. The Presi
dent points out that since the
Court decision lawyers have been
searching far a substitute law and
thnt once they thought a suit
able act could be based on the
right of Congress to define "inter
state commerce" but that further
study revealed difficulties. While the
study continues there is not mueh
nroapect for immediate success or
legislation.
Secretary lekes, PWA administr*.
tor, issued a vigorous defense of
his policies in his recent hook, ded
icate to President Roosevelt, jiwt
as Harry Hopkins seems to be the
man of the hour insofar as spending
the work relief fund is concerned.
Mr. Ickes freely admits that mis
takes were made but he ins'«- f s that
he has kept politics out of his or
ganization, which allotted only $2,-
50(1,000,000 and had more than &
billion of that tied up by insur
mountable legal difficulties. Ho
points out that the prosperity level
of public construction exceeded ten
billions of dollars annually and
that his sum was totally inadequate
to end all unemployment. He insists
that PWA kept an average of 500,-
000 men at work on construction
sites in 1034 and provided jobs, di
rectly and indirectly, for 2,000,000
more.
The general opinion is that the
Republicans will put their faith
next year in the conservatism of
the past, without any effort to
attach unto themselves dissatisfied
Democrats and that the Roosevelt
strategy is » play to the left, which
will line up all those that range
from mild liberalism to extreme
radicalism. The famous "grass roots'*
conference was taken as itn indica
tion of the attitude of the Republi
cans and the course of the Presi
dent in the past two weeks has
bee n ample sign of his policy. This
practically means a continuation of
the fight of 1932, with new per
sonalities perhaps, but the same
fundamental clash between those
who believe in the old order and
those who demand somethinf differ
ent.
President Roosevelt, following th®
NRA decision, has insisted upon a
broad program of leyislation and
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