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CURRENT EVENTS
PflSSJN REVIEW
BUSINESS SEEKS TO ASSIST IN
DIRECTING PROGRAM FOR
NATIONAL RECOVERY.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
d- Western Newtpaier L'nlon
\ I'HIE ami more It tiecomea evident
^ * that {'resident Itoosevelt intends
to pursue a middle of the road policy
in his efforts for national recovery, and
that in the over
* ^ whelinliigly l>emocratF
. vf *c congress there '
ft II will be no %?ne faction
f C^. strong enough to dic:
;v #1 tate to him. The Chief
Ml E x e c u ti v e and the
' - -**& business leaders of
*** the country are grad|
Mm uaiiv coiiiiiig together.
n Jt and if and when they
ft? reach an accord on
methods it will be
Silas Strawn folin4j tj,at ? good
many of the more radical ideas of the
brain trusters will have been discarded.
The best minds in Industry and
linanc'e are no longer standing back
and merely criticizing. They are taking
an active part in planning for the
future welfare of the nation. Herewith
are summarized some of the important
new developments in this direction
: 1
President Henry I. Harriman of the <
United States Chamber of Compierce. <
in pursuance cf n rcfo!"!!?? < 1.into. 1 1
by tlie board of directors, lias appoint- 1
ed a committee of six men. headed by <
Silas Strawn of Chicago, to co-operate
with other business and agricultural 1
associations In drafting plans for the
recovery of business. The hoard of the 1
chamber endorsed the continuation of
relief and housing, but signified that ,
business is still opposed to the unbnl- ,
anced budget, further reduction of ,
working hours as embodied in the
movement for a 30-hour week, new and ,
unprecedented outlays for public ,
works, continuance of the NRA, the j
doctrine of majority rule in collective |
bargaining, and unemployment insur- ,
ance.
Through the National Association of
Manufacturers, invitations were sent (
to every manufacturer in the United
States to attend a national industrial
conference in New York on December
f> to draft "constructive recommendations'*
for presentation to President
Roosevelt. Among those signing the
call for this meeting was John J. Has- I
boh, former chairman of the Democratic
party. Included in the questions the
Industrialists will try to answer are:
What in the future should be the relation
of government to business?
How is the gigantic problem to he
met to relieve distress and at the same
time not plunge the nation into hank
ruptcy or threaten its credit?
How is the new flow of private capital
into legitimate investment to be
tlmnlatail 1
What new moves to curtail unem- ?
ployment are practical nn?l feasible?
In a petition addressed to the President
and congress the National Economy
league has presented a definite
program for balancing the federal budget
in the coming fiscal year, holding
that only by balancing the budget can
sustained national recovery be accomplished.
The petition proposes heavy
reductions in government expenditures
and additional taxes totaling $9.15.000,000.
but does not presume to suggest
how the new taxes should be raised.
The league's proposed budget is giv- ,
en In round numbers as follows:
RECEIPTS
(In Millions of Dollars.)
Income taxes $1,250 1
Excise and miscellaneous taxes 1,500 '
Processing taxes 300
Customs 2?o ,
Miscellaneous 150
Total 13,500
RFC repayments $1,000
New taxes 935
Total receipts $5,435 I
L.M C..> UITU Kt?S 1
(In Millions of Dollars.)
Estimated general expenditures:
Interest on debt $ 963 <
Departmental expenses 700 i
Veterans administration 625 i
National defense 500
Agricultural adjustment payments 300 '
Total $3,085 |
Estimated emergency expenditures: <
Federal relief $1,000
Public works 1.000
Civilian conservation corps 350 I
Grand total $5,425 .
NOT SO pleasing to the Industrialists (
were the two speeches the President
delivered during his Inspection of
the Tennessee valley project, for If his
predictions are borne out. his -revolution"
will bring about the death of private
enterprise In the power indnstrv.
At Tupelo. Miss^ he declared himself
flatly for public ownership of public
utilities, saying: "What you are doing
here !s going to be copied In every
state In the Union before we are
through"; the allusion being to the
fact that Tupelo has contracted for
TV A power.
In Birmingham the President said:
"I am aware that a few of your citizenry
are leaving no stone unturned to
Msw*v ?nd harass and delay thla great
ww~ "'
The Cherokee Scoi
national program. I am confident,
however, that these obstructionists, few
In number In comparison with the
whole population, do not reflect the
views of the overwhelming majority.
"I know, too, that the overwhelming
majority of your business men. big
and little, are i?i hearty accord with
the great undertaking of regional planning
now being carried forward."
Of the government power projects.
Mr. Roosevelt said: "This is not regimentation.
It is community rugged individualism.
It is not the kind of
rugged Individualism that allows an individual
to do this, that or any other
tiling that will hurt his neighbor. He
is forbidden to do that from now on?
and It is a mighty good thing.
"Rut he Is going to be encouraged in
every known way from the national
capital and state capital and the county
seat to use his individualism in co- .
operation with his neighbors* individual-*
ism so that he and his neighbors may
improve their lot in life." '
The President said there probably 1
would be "n certain amount of?what '
shall I say??rugged opposition to this '
development, hut 1 think that opposition
is fast fading.'*
x l TllllS the federal conference on
V V economic security met in Washington,
nearly ull the members of the
advisory committees were present.
The President told the delegutes that
lie would present to the coming congress
bills to provide for setting up Immediately
an unemployment insurance
program. As to health insurance and
old age pensions, he said he was not
certain the time had arrived for federal
legislation to put these into effect,
and he uttered a warning against
'" 'oUJiizstions promoting fantastic
schemes" and arousing hopes "which
cannot possibly be fulfilled.**
inough Mr. It?>osevelt conceded to
the separate states the right to decide
what tyi?e of unemployment insurance
they would adopt, he declared that he
would reserve to the federal government
the right to hold and invest and
control all moneys which might be
collected.
This was necessary, the President
idded, because of the magnitude of ,
the funds, ami "so that the use of these (
funds as a means of stabilization may
l?e maintained in central management
ind employed on n national basis." It
Is expected that from $4,ooo,(HXUM)0 to i
s",<xmUMHMXK) would he raised iu the
course of several years.
p: 11 LA I >KLPH1A lawyers are tradl*
tionally supposed to be able to
unravel the worst of tangles, so President
Itoosevelt lias picked one to be (
'? chairman of tli^ na^
t,on:l1 l?hor relations
Ue is Francis i
Jls ltiddle, of the famous i
ii tfirr* family of that name.
3 and he succeeds Lloyd
i J-* -; K- Garrison, who reI
tired from tlie chair- ,
r zsBM ninnship to resume his
L duties as dean of the ,
L law school of the Uni- ! ,
mS>. versify of Wisconsin, i
. Francis Biddle has
Francis Biddle t)oen engaged in law
practice as a member of the Philadelphia
firm of Barnes, Biddle, and
Meyers, He served from 1922 to 192G
as assistant district attorney for the
eastern district of Pennsylvania. In
his new post his task will be the settlement
of labor disputes arising out
of the recovery act. especially those
involving collective bargaining.
FORTY-FIVE new bills were pushed
through the Louisiana legislature
in five days with Senator Huey Long
en the rostrum telling the legislators
just what to do. but seldom stopping
:o tell them why. The "Kingfish" says
he now is in position to make the state
a Utopia, or rather. In his own words.
*the kind of state nobody has dreamed
of." It Is the general belief that he
iiopes his "share the wealth" program
will ultimately land him In the White
House.
The senator's most ambitious legislation
is the statute proclaiming a twoyear
moratorium for harassed debtors.
Another bill sets up a civil service
commission, composed of state administration
leaders, with power to remove
police and fire chiefs. That will
dve Long centre! of rlrtnsHy a!! municipal
policemen and firemen. Long
said the bill was intended to take them
'out of politics."
Long's first contemplated move to
Dring his new laws Into use was dis- i
closed when he announced Clint O'Mal- i
ey. Alexandria chief of police, would
nave to be removed from office by the i
civil service commission because he
"jermitted "two riots In the public ]
Kjoare." '
WHILE seemingly futile conversa- ]
tlons about naval limitation are <
continuing In London, the United
States and Japsn are engaged in what
ooks like a little game of bluff. Secretary
Swan sou, after asserting the i
American navy would be built up to 1
'ull treaty strength, and that this coun- <
:ry could beat any others In a navy i
construction race, intimated the other
lay that it might be a good plan to
tend one of our great navy dirigibles
>o a trip to the Philippines. I
Vice Admiral 8ank!ch! Takahaahi, i
it, Murphy, N. C., Thun
new commander In chief of the combined
Japanese fleet, declared Japan
was determined to retain the west Pacific
mandate islands at any cost; and
that Japan's claim to naval equality
with Great Britain and the United
States with a view to an all-round reduction
of armaments Is the fairest
and most reasonable scheme Imaginable.
As Japan Is leaving the League
of Nations, the mandate given her after
the war by the league over the
Marianne. Caroline and Marshall Islands
is likely to come up at Geneva
next year. Admiral Takahashl says
the Japanese navy is ready to resist
forcibly any attempt to take these islands
away from Japan.
TWO really eminent men and useful
citizens passed away in recent
days. One ;vas Justice Frederic De
Voung of the Supreme court of Illinois,
who had served the public long
mid well. The other was Cardinal
I'ietro Gasparrl. most accomplished
diplomat of the Vatican, who was
pupal secretary of state during the
W orld war and until l'Jirj.
P L DU PONT DE N KM OCRS &
Co. has supplied most of the government's
explosives almost ever since
the establishment of the Republic, and
during the World war, according to testimony
before the senate special committee
on munitions, ,the concern received
orders totaling one billion two
hundred and forty-five million dollars
and paid dividends totaling 4oS per
cent of the par value of its original
stock.
At the request of Chairman Gerald P.
Nye of the committee, Lninmot du
Pont, president. <>f the company, has
set forth his recommendations concerning
the business of war munitions.
These are, In brief, the elimination of
all excessive wartime earnings applied
to every business and every individual,
and federal control over the export of
munitions.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has pone
to his winter retreat at Warm
Springs, Ga., where he will remain
until after Thanksgiving day, and on
the way had souie interesting experiences.
First lie traveled to Harrodsburg,
Ky., where he helped Gov. Ruby
I.affoon and other oflicials in the unveiling
and dedication of a memorial
to the men and women who established
there the first permanent Anglo-Saxon
settlement west of the Alleghenies.
The monument, erected by the federal
government at a cost of $100,000, overlooks
l'ioneer Memorial State park.
It depicts an epoch rather than an
event, and the only portrait among the
many carved figures is that of George
Rogers Clark, who there planned his
conquest of the old northwest territory.
From Harrodsburg the President
went to see the Tennessee valley development
which has beeu well called
the laboratory of the "more abundant
life." It was with deepest interest
that he viewed the work that is being
done by about 1,200 men building dams
in the Tennessee river and tributaries
to provide power, flood control, navigation
and new fields of work for persons
drawn from unprofitable land.
After a visit to the Hermitage, home
of Andrew Jackson at Nashville, Mr.
Roosevelt inspected the revived Muscle
Shoals plants and the Wheeler and Wilson
dams, and then went to Tupelo,
Miss., the first town to purchase power
from the new federal development
Senator Pat Harrison introduced him
at exercises In the town square. The
party continued to Warm Springs by
way of Birmingham.
UNCLE SAM need expect no payment
from France on the war debt
on December 15, when the next Installment
Is due. It is stated in Paris that
<:' France will then dejr
fault for the fifth
? i 1 straight time. Pierre
je; ;.;J| Etienne Flnndin, new
:premier, opposed payment
In 1P32, when
| J he was minister of
- i *innnce? ar,(1 hls tab~
^JPPPP*- ..vil Inet is now taking the
jSyPl same position as the
J previous government
?awaiting an AngloAmerican
settlement
Premier which would serve as
Flandin a basjg f0r FrancoAmerican
negotiations.
The only idea for revision of the
debts that has met with any enthusiasm
In French parliamentary circles Is
a 10 per cent payment to correspond
with the reparations relief granted
Germany by the Lausanne agreement.
Proposals for larger amounts, or "payment
in kind." have met with coldness.
The chamber of deputies Is clinging
to the position that France will not
pay one cent more than it gets from
Germany.
Federal judge charles l
DAWSON of Lonisvllle, Ky? overruling
an fttack on the validity of the
Frazier-Lemke farm moratorium act,
declared "with regret" that it la constitutional.
In hla opinion he aald:
"The legislation, in some of Its provisions,
is nnfalr to creditors, and nowise
even as to farm debtors, for It
Inevitably closes to them all private
sources of credit."
(day, November 30, 1934
improved"uniform
international
Sunday i
chool Lesson
(By REV P. B FITZWATER. D. DMember
of Faculty. Moody Bible
Institute of Chicago.)
Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for December 2
THE CHRISTIAN AS A WITNESS
LESSON TEXT?I Thessalonlan* 1:110.
GOLDEN TEXT?But ye shall receive
power, after that the Holy Gho t
is come upon you: and ye shall be
witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judca. and in Samaria, and
. unto the uttermost part of the earth.
?Acts 1:8.
PRIMARY TOPIC?Sharing our Stories
of Jesus.
JUNIOR TOPIC?Sharing the Good
News of Jesus.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR Top.
IC?The Good News We Have to Tell.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP'P?witnessing
for Christ.
I. Paul's Greeting (v. 1).
In this salutation Paul associates
with himself Silas and Timothy. Silas
was with him at the founding of the
church, and Timothy was the special
messenger sent unto them, upon whose
report this letter Is based (3:1. 2).
In this epistle he sets forth the peculiar
position of the safety of the
church. It Is "in God the Father and in
the Lord .Tesus Christ" Knowledge of
the absolute security of the believer
in Christ makes him courageous to
meet trials and opposition. Two features
characterise this greeting. "Grace
Ko gntc you and pence " "Grace" expresses
God's attitude toward thern;
"peace," the resultant experience in
their lives.
I II. Paul's Thanksgiving (w. 2, 3).
This thanksgiving issues from the
remembrance of three outstanding
facts concerning the Thessalonians,
which constitute the foundation facts
of normal Christian experience.
1. "Work of Faith." This relates to
their belief of the gospel which brought
them Into living relationship with the
Lord Jesus Christ, and also to their
Christian activity growing out of their
faith. Jesus Christ said in answer to \
the question "Wliat must we do that |
we may work the works of God?" j
"This is the work of God that ye be- :
lieve on him whom he hath sent" (John
0:28. 20).
2. "Labor of Love." This means the
spirit by which they performed their
Christian duties. It was the expresj
slon of the new law of life issuing from
the enthronement of Jesus Christ in
their hearts.
3. "Patience of Hope." This refers
to the strength of their endurance
growing out of their expectation of
the speedy return of the Lord. The
transcendent theme of Paul's preaching
at Thessalonica was the second
coming of Christ (Acts 17:7).
III. The Reasons for Paul's Thanks,
giving (vy. 4-7).
1. Their election of God (vv. 4, 5).
I Their reception of the gospel was the
I unmistakable evidence of their divine
I selection. The gospel came in power
and In the Hnlv Snlrit ti-ob aia
receive the gospel In mere theory, but
in the power of the Holy Ghost. Where
it is received, the consequent life will
manifest Itself.
2. They received Paul as a messenger
of God (v. 6). The reception of
the gospel Is largely determined by the
kind of preacher. Its reality will be
detected In the life of the messenger.
3. The changed life of the Thessalonians
(v. 7). They "became followers"?that
Is. their lives were changed
by the power of the gospel. The order
in Christian expedience is the reception
of the gospel, the changed life,
and then the example. The Thessalonians
became examples to all in
Macedonia.
iv Th? u:*.u - --
... ...? niiMiwiioij Mciivuy ot tne
Thessalonians (v. S).
Their experience of the life of Jesus
Christ was so real to them that they
at once became missionaries. The word
of the Lord was so widely and effectively
sounded forth that when the
apostles returned they needed "not to
speak anything." This Is as It should
be when the gospel Is received In the
power of the Holy Ghost. The gospel
Is good news. Good news cannot be
kept to oneself; it must be given out.
V. The Results of Paul's Preaching
(w. 9. 10).
1. They turned from Idols (v. 9).
Thessalonlca was a city largely given
up to Idolatry. Statues were to be
seen almost everywhere. The fruits of
Paul's preaching were the changed
Uvea of the people. They turned away
from Idols and gathered together
around Jesus Christ in the church.
The Idol temples were deserted and
the churches filled.
2. Awaiting the coming of Jesus
Christ (t. 10). Their faith was so real
that they looked for the personal return
of the Lord Jesus Christ to the
earth. The second coming of Christ
was a real tenet of faith of tlie early
church. It Is so now wherever the gospel
Is really preached. "And every
man that hath thin hope In him purifieth
himself, even as he Is pure." (I
John 3:3).
iLet Our Motto Be
GOOD HEALTH
BY DR. LLOYD ARNOLD
Professor of Bacteriology and Prevent;**
Medicine, University of lilinoit
College of Medicine.
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A NEW ATTITUDE TOWARD
FOOD RATIONS
The depression we are now In t3
nothing new In the world's history. We
have had many del
The maintenance of
health and the nmlntennnce of a bare
subsistence ration are two entirely different
things.
Particularly are health officials concerned
with the maintenance of health
among growing children. The children
of today are the rulers of tomorrow.
For the past twenty years the United
States has had the healthiest young
people in the world. This is because we
did not have to make the dietetic sacrifices
the leading European countries
did during the war and post-war
periods.
Our young nonnl? had feed CrnViigu
and the right kind of food. It Is up
to us now to see that the standards
of nutrition are not lowered to the
danger point
Especially should relief organizations
remember that milk is the most Important
food a child can have, for
"milk builds bone and muscle better
inuu uuy oiner rooa. one quart a
day per child is the ideal ration, and
never less than three-fourths qtmrt per
child.
If the expenditure is fairly ample,
then, according to Dr. Henry Sherman,
nutrition expert of Columbia university,
who quotes Lucy U. Cillett of the
American Child Health association, the
food money should be divided Into
fifths:
One-fifth, or more, for milk and
cheese.
One-fifth, more or less, for vegetables
and fruits.
One-fifth, or. more, for bread and
cereals.
One-fifth, or less, for meats, fish and
eggs.
One-fifth or less, for fats, sugar and
other groceries.
Rut If the amount of food money has
to be drastically curtailed, then the
money should he divided into thirds:
One-third for milk and cheese.
One-third for vegetables and fruits.
One-third for bread and cereals.
"Let retrenchment of expenditures,"
says Doctor Sherman, "take the form,
first, of foregoing the purchase of
foods of other groups, and, next, of
selecting the cheaper or cheapest forms
or articles within each of three groups
just mentioned as essential."
Let us hope that each community
has some philanthropist who will donate,
through the winter months, a
teaspoon of cod liver oil to each needy
child under two years of age, as a? i?f?r
ventive against rickets.
A ><->{ rt ?Kn? U ...Hinionflr
stressed. I believe. In low cost rations, Is
that cheap foods can be made palatable
and Interesting. At home demonstration
fairs. Instead of prizes being given
to fancy dishes, they should be given
to the cook who can produce the best
bean or pen or potato soup, using only
cheap materials. For Instance a bit of
bay leaf and rutabaga added to pea
soup gives It distinction. Onions are
cheap and give good seasoning. A
writer commentator, discussing present
living conditions in Europe, stated that
the Hermans lived better on the same
food expenditure than the English did,
because the German women made their
food taste good.
A food that should be used much
more frequently ia whole wheat grains.
Whnl# whMt riff arm nn? rtf nur cheap
est, best balanced foods.
Slow boiling over a low Are for six
hours will cook wheat grains. The
cooked cereal contains starch, which
is foel; protein, a tissue builder; some
fats and vitamins. The fats and vitamins
are In the germ of the groin.
Wheat swells to four times Its volume
after boiling. When you boll the
wheat, add to It eight times as much
water, and never pour off excess
liquid; boll It into the grains.
One pound of wheat grains contains
1,000 calories. Each cup of cooked
wheat contains 200 calories or body
energy producing units. In addition to
a well-balanced starch, protein, salt
and vitamin content Whole milk,
cream, or condensed milk and sngar
can be added for goodness and to increase
the food value.
A person could live on whole wheat
and milk for a long time, with the addition
of onions, potatoes and tomatoes
to combat scurvy. Children would
need cod live* oil to prevent rickets,
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