The Alamance gleaner
VOL. LIX. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1, 193^. NO. 52.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Eastman Foresees Government Ownership and Operation
of Railways?Progress of President's Money Bill?
American Recognition for Mendieta.
Y
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
WHEN the railroad problem of the
United States Is solved, It will
be found that the solution Is govern
ment ownership and operation, In the
opinion or Joseph d.
Eastman, federal co
ordinator of trans
portation. The conclu
sion is set forth in his
first report, made to
the Interstate Com
merce commission and
transmitted to Presi
dent Roosevelt, Vice
President Garner and
Speaker Rainey. Mr.
Eastman says the so
lution he foresees
t. B. Eastman
would not be Inconsistent with our
theory of government
Explaining that when governments
acquire private property they normally
pay more than it is worth, Mr. East
man reaches the conclusion that the
remedy should not be applied to rail
roads now because the country is not
"financially in a condition to stand
the strain of an acquisition of these
great properties."
The co-ordinator, having set up
what he wishes to be the objective of
future national railroad policy, then
proceeds to make recommendations
within the limits of existing laws. lie
Is decidedly skeptical of the Prince
plan for consolidation of the roads, for
his assistant, William B. Poland, has
made studies that show the economies
under this scheme would be less than
one-third of the original estimates.
Most significant of the recommenda
tions on consolidations Is that pro
posals for compulsory consolidations
should be given a trial, provided that
the commission and the co-ordlnator
find the proposed mergers to be in the
public Interest. Mr. Eastman throws
the weight of his approval behind a
method of compulsory consolidation
through exchange of securities with
out the use of cash. Execution of such
a method, which the co-ordinator's
legal assistant, Leslie Craven, believes
can be accomplished, would accelerate
the merging of eastern railroads into
the four systems previously agreed
upon.
Mr. Eastman says that reorganiza
tion of railroads now bankrupt "should
be effected as speedily as practicable,
and In a manner which will result in
a very material reduction In fixed
charges." He calls attention to the
fact that some of the most success
ful reorganizations In railroad history
took place in the midst of financial de
pressions. Wall Street theory has
been that reorganizations should be
postponed as long as possible.
Many of the railroads' vital prob
lems can be dealt with adequately by
the carriers themselves, but "there Is
as yet insufficient organization and
leadership In the industry for effec
tive co-operation in such undertak
ings." It is quite possible, Mr. East
man believes, that a study of these
problems "will pave the way to a much
larger use of motor vehicles as an ad
junct to railroad service, and to a re
vamping and simplification of the
freight-rate structure."
CAIILOS MENDIETA Is quite satis
factory to the United States as
president of Cuba In view of the fact
that hg has the hacking of a majority
or me cuoan people
and apparently Is ca
pable of restoring or
der in the island. So
President Itoosevelt
informed the diplo
matic envoys of the
other Latin-American
countries whom he
had summoned to the
White House. The
President virtually in
Tlted the other na
tions to take the same
course but made it
Carlos
Mendieta
clear tnat Ms mind was made up any
way. Next day Jefferson Caffery, act
ing for the United States government,
went to the state department in Ha
vana and handed to Secretary of State
Cosme de la Torriente a document no
tifying the Cubans that the United
States was ready to resume diplomatic
relations.
The Cubans went wild with Joy and
the 21-gun salute from the American
warship Wyoming In the harbor was
answered by salutes from the forts.
Mr. Caffery will be our ambassador
to Cuba, and Manuel Marquez Sterling
will be the Cuban ambassador to
Washington.
Recognition of the Mend I eta regime
came from practically all other na
tions.
President Roosevelt plans to do ser
eral favors to Cuba that should make
Mendieta solid with his people. The
warships in Cuban waters will be with
drawn. The Piatt amendment to the
Cuban constitution, permitting the
United States to intervene in Cuban
affairs to maintain law and order will
be junked. And congress will be asked
to give Cuba a big preferential reduc
tion in the American sugar tariff.
Sugar raising is the island's chief in
dustry and for five years it has heen
in a severe slump, and the resulting de
pression has caused much of the po
litical disturbance.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S money
? bill went through the house with a
rush, the vote being 300 to 40. Sixty
eight Republicans joined the obedient
Democrats In supporting the measure.
James R. Claiborne of Missouri and
George B. Terrell of Texas were the
only Democrats recorded in the neg
ative.
The senate received the bill and re
ferred It to the banking and currency
committee, which held a hearing that
was lively while It lasted. Prof.
George Warren, author of the dollar
depreciation and gold purchase pro
gram, explained to the committee the
theory of commodity price regulation
by manipulation of the currency.
Then, taking up consideration of the
measure, the committee heard the vig
orous . objections of Senators Glass,
Gore and McAdoo to several features
of the bill, notably the proposed seiz
ure of the federal reserve bank gold,
and the granting of unlimited financial
power to the secretary of the treasury.
It was confidently predicted by the
administration leaders that the bill
would be put through the senate un
changed, but stubborn fights over vari
ous proposed amendments were cer
tain. The vote on a plan to limit the
use of the $2,000,000,000 stabilization
fund was expected to be close. Advo
cates of the remonetizatlon of silver,
who are fairly numerous In the sen
ate, prepared a compromise silver
plan to be offered as an amendment
to the devaluation measure.
pLANS of the American Legion to
?ask congress for more liberal treat
ment of veterans have stirred up a
row in Washington. The Legion Is
urging enactment of
a four-point program
to cost $80,000,000 a
year. Gen. Frank T.
Hines, administrator
of the veterans' bu
reau, thought this fig
ure was too low, esti
mating the cost at a
considerably hlghpr
total. The Legion
representatives de
clared the government
estimates were erro
neous and by Infer
Gen. F. T.
Hines
I ence accused General Hlnes of ul
terior motives and lack of Integrity.
| In a letter to Edward A. Hayes, com
mander of the Legion, Hlnes de
nounced the criticism of his estimates
as wholly uncalled for and said the
Legion's own rehabilitation committee
had admitted they were more nearly
correct than its own estimates.
Meanwhile the President had an
nounced new modifications of his ex
ecutive regulations concerning pay
ments to disabled war veterans, the
changes adding more than $21,000,000
annually. There were Intimations at
the White House that Mr. Iloosevelt
would seek to persuade the Demo
crats in congress not to go beyond this
liberalization.
GRAFT and favoritism have been
rife In the use of CWA funds, ac
cording to the numerous complaints
that have been received by President
Roosevelt and Administrator Harry L.
Hopkins, and audit of the hooks has
been ordered in many localities. The
unfortunate state of affairs was ad
mitted by the President, who thus
forestalled the revelation of the facta
by congressional committees or Re
publican organizations. At the same
time he made It plain that he was
standing firmly behind Mr. Hopkins,
the ousting of whom was tentatively
planned by a group of house Demo
crats.
More than 4,000,000 persons were
given Jobs by the CWA and Mr. Roose
velt Is asking for an appropriation of
$350,000,000 to carry on the work to
May 1; but he Insists that the CWA
organization be abandoned on that
date according to his previous plan.
Protests against this course, In con
gress and all over the country, have
been numerous and loud. It Is now
considered likely that after May 1,
continued employment for more than
2,000,000 of the CWA workers will he
found In seasonal employment, public
works and a revival of Industry..
Senators Nye and Borah, who have
been attaching the NBA on the ground
that its codes fostered monopolies and
tended to . ruin small business con
cerns, won a concession from Admin
istrator Johnson. The general agreed
to the establishment of a board of out
standing citizens to which small man
ufacturers and other business men can
bring their complaints of ruinous oper
ation of the codes.
All the code authorities have been
summoned to meet in Washington
February 15 to consider code re
visions.
THAT recovery outlays can be end
ed by June 30, 1935, is the belief of
the President, and he gave expression
to this when he announced his ap
proval of the bill extending the life of
I the Reconstruction Finance corpora
' tion for another year. He enjoined
Jesse Jones, chairman of the R. F. C.,
not to withdraw more than $500,000,'
000 from the treasury In the next fiscal
year, except with prior Presidential
approval.
Developments in japan indicate
that the military clique is losing
out and that Foreign Minister Koki
Hirota will be able to carry out his
plans to establish
more friendly rela
tions with the United
States. Gen. Sadao
Araltl, who had been
minister of war since
December, 1931, and
who conducted the
campaign against
China, has resigned
ostensibly because of
ill health, and has
been succeeded by
Gen. Senjuro Hnya
Koki Hirota
shl. Last October Araki declared In
an Interview that "If people believe
the foreign policy toward the United
States will change, they are absolute
ly wrong." It was then predicted that
there would be a split 1n the cabinet,
and this appears to have come, with
the less warlike ministers, led by
Hlrota, having the upper hand.
Hirota told the diet at its opening
that Japan "fervently desires Ameri- i
can friendship" and added that no I
question exists between Japan and
the United States that is Intrinsically
difficult of solution.
JOHN H. McCOOEY, for almost a j
^ quarter of a century the big Tain- j
many boss of Brooklyn, died of heart I
disease, and his demise probably '
means the end of Tammany's doml- ;
nation of the Democratic party in .
New York, at least for a time. It was I
expected that a leader satisfactory to ?
the supporters of President Roosevelt ,
would be selected to succeed McCoocy. j
Another once notable political leader
passed away when Edward J. Brim
dage of Chicago committed suicide,
presumably because of financial trou
bles. Highly respected as a lawyer
and a man, he formerly was prominent
in the Republican party In Illinois and
had been attorney general of the state.
CARL VINSON, chairman of the
house naval affairs committee, an- .
nounced that his committee was about I
to introduce a b'll authorizing a $3S0,
000,000 five-year ship construction pro
gram; and Assistant Secretary of the ;
Navy Henry L. Roosevelt gave out
word that the President would throw
the full support of the administration
behind legislation designed to bring
I the navy up to treaty strength.
The house appropriations committee
| recommended a fund of $.170,000 for re
I storing the Great Lakes Naval station
to Its former status as the navy's ma
i Jor Interior training post.
SENATOR IIUEY P. LONG of Lou
isiana sustained another severe
blow in the New Orleans Democratic
mayoral primary, which is equivalent
I to an election. The
"Klngflsh's" c a n <1I
date, John Klorer,
was soundly beaten
by T. Semmes Walms
ley, the present In
cumbent and now one
of L o n g'a bitterest
foes. There was
a third candidate
and Walmsley did not
obtain a cl^ar major
ity, but Klorer an
no u n c e d that he
would not force a run
T. Semmct
Walmsley
off prlmarj'. His chief issue In the
race was a drastic reduction In elec
tric rates In New Orleans, and as the
present city administration has prom
ised to brinp this about. Klorer said
he would take it at Its word.
The campaign for the nomination
was exceedingly stormy with pros
pects of violence that did not develop
when the day came. Walmsley and |
I.oflg In their speeches denounced each
other without reserve, and the mayor
promised to follow the senator to
Washington, If necessary, and give him
a good thrashing. Having won the
tight at the polls, he probably will
abandon this project, though he and
his organisation have pledged them
selves to "exterminate" Huey from ]
public life.
? by Westers Newspaper Unloa.
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
BUSTER BEAR IS PIGGISH
NOW, wouldn't you suppose that
when there is plenty for every
body, everybody would be contented
and happyt But often, altogether too
often, It Isn't so at all. The more folks
have, the more they want And there
are other folks who, no matter how
much they have, seem to think that
others may be having something bet
ter, and Instead of making the most
of what they have, go about trying to
get what their neighbors have.
It seemed, it really did. that.there
"These Nuts Are Mine, All Mine," He
Roared.
were enough of those queer three-sided
little brown nuts under the beech
trees for everybody to have all he
could eat, and thnt that beech-nut pic
nic that beautiful October mornlDg
should be the merriest, happiest kind
of a picnic. But It wasn't No, sir, It
wasn't The reason was the pigglsh
ness of Buster Bear.
When Buster arrived under the
beech trees and saw so many others
gathered there for the very same pur
pose that had brought him there, he
right away let selfishness get the best
of him. He was greedy, was Buster
Bear. He was so greedy that he
couldn't bear to see anyone else get
a single one of those little brown sweet
nuts, although he knew well enough
that he couldn't eat all of them to
save his life. Right away be began to
growl, and you know Ills growl Is deop
and grumbly-rumbly and not at all
pleasant to bear.
Those who were nearest him moved
off a little farther, but went right on
picking up those brown, sweet little
nuts. Buster Bear growled more and
his growl was deeper and more grum
bly-rumbly. All the other little people
looked at him ansiously, bnt kept right
on hunting for those brown sweet lit
tle nuts. Then Buster Bear quite lost
his temper.
"These nuts are mine, all mine," he
roared.
Then he ran at Llghtfoot the Deer.
I.tglitfoot bounded away, but not far.
He knew that Buster Bear could not
catch him, and he had no mind to leave
those nuts. Then Blister rushed at the
Gobbler family and all the Gobblers
scurried away, each in a different di
rection, but they didn't go far. Then
Buster rushed this way and rushed
that way wherever he saw anyone
picking up nuts.
Mrs. Grouse merely darted behind
a fallen tree and the minute Buster's
back was turned she was scratching
over leaves in search of nuts again.
Sammy Jay and Redhead the Wood
pecker merely flew up In a tree. Chat
terer the Red Squirrel and Happy Jack
the Gray Squirrel and Unc' Billy and
Mrs. Possum climbed the nearest
trees. But they were back on the
ground again as soon as Buster had
turned away.
Peter Rabbit, who was hiding near
to see all that went on, had to laugh.
He couldn't help it There was great
big Buster Bear so piggish that he
wanted all, yet getting hardly a taste
because he was spending his time
chasing his neighbors. It often Is that
way with piggish people. In trying to
get more than their share they fall to
get what they might have as well as
not
?. T. W. Burgess.?WNU Service.
WITTY KITTY
Br NINA WILCOX PUTNAM.
The Girl-Friend says she used to
tell her husband everything that hap
pened, and now she tells him a lot of
things that never happened.
?, Bell Syndicate?WNU Service.
T'HROUGH a
WOMAN'S
EYES * NEWTON j
ON "THE GOOD OLD DAYS"
u fT IS the Thursday lecture; In
A one sense, a day of public shame;
the day on which transgressors who
have made themselves liable to the
minor severities of the Puritan law,
receive their punishment. At this mo
ment the constable has bound an idle
fellow to the whipping post and Is giv
ing him his deserts with a cat-o'-nine
tails.
"Ever since sunrise Daniel Fairfield
has been standing on the steps of the
meeting-house with a halter about his
neck, which he Is condemned to wear
visibly throughout his lifetime; Doro
thy Talby is chained to a nost at the
corner of Prison lane, with the hot
sun blazing on her matronly face, and
for no other offence than lifting her
hand against her husband. Such are
the profitable sights that serve the i
good people of the New England vil
lage to while away the earlier part
of lecture-day."
That Is a "bit" from one of Nathan
iel Hawthorne's sketches of life In old
New England. He goes on to describe
an aged couple, John Proctor and his
wife, Elizabeth, passing. In a company
of other condemned prisoners, on their
Really a Snappy Bathing Suit
MAV15lil it won't feel so good to Miss Mabelle Petit of Boston (center)
when Doris Prltchard and Marjorie Brooker let go of Mabelle's bathing
' suit; for it is made of rubber and has plenty of snap to It. They are all
frolicking at the Beach Cabana club pool in Miami Beach, Fla.
pjyou: Know?
FEBR^^
k '
4}iat February, is so named
because the Romans cele
brated Februa, a festival of
purification and expiation
on the 15th of the month,
for the manes of the dead
This month, together with
January was added to the
year by Numa, about 713
B. C OlbOn N(?w? SywfteiH.
WNU Service
way to the execution place on Gallows
Hill. "If there ore two old people In
the whole country," he says, "who
seem to have led a true Christian life,
It is this very pair. Yet it was sworn
before the worshipful Chief Justice
that they affrighted children In the
nighttime." So to the gallows the good
old couple go.
If you know anyone who casts a
longing eye on romantic pictures of
former times, who thinks we are un
fortunate to be living in this day and
age?anyone who decries modern times
as giving less opportunity for happi
ness than "the good old days" of some
period In the past?tell him or her to
read up on the life of that period, not
in dry history books, but in such pic
tures of dally living as these sketches
by Hawthorne.
The Puritans, of course, had a tal
ent for making a special kind of hell
on earth for themselves and each oth
er. Hut take any age In the past and
familiarize yourself with the details
of dally living then and you are bound
to offer up a fervent prayer of thank
fulness for having been born when
you were.
For women particularly the most
glamorous times in the past would
make a very poor exchange. In times
and places where men were not en
gaged in making living difficult for
each other they certainly made no ef
fort to make it easy for women. Com
pare this day of emancipation for
women of all classes and tell me?
would you swap it for any other?
?. Ball Syndicate.?WNU Servlca.
The Silvery Years
By ANNE CAMPBELL
NOW we bare come to the silvery
years.
Silver with vanished hopes, silver with
tears.
Silver with promises of silver dawns.
When Death's silver chessmen take
Life's silver pawns.
Now we have come to the silvery
years.
Silver my tresses, and silver appears
Stealing the brown of your own pretty
hair;
The silver of winter is shimmering
there.
Now we have come to the silvery
years. ?
The Journey Is ending, the shadowed
path clears.
And over the top of the silvery bill
The bright silver moon of our love
rises still! -
Copyright-?WNIT Service.
American and British Motorized Trains
ill ERE are three types of the motorized
* *? trains that are fast coming Into use.
At the upper left is the Texas and Pacific
two-car train running daily between
Tort Worth and Texarkana, Texas. It
Is equipped with two twelve-cylinder mo
tors burning gasoline. In the middle is
Britain's first streamlined railroad car.
run by the Great Western railway be
tween Reading and Slough, with a single
130 horse power motor burning heavy
oil At the right is a photo-sketch of the
^ Burlington Zephyr, the "last word "
BONERS
A pedagogue Is an animal with
large ears.
BONERS are actual humorous
tid-bits found in examination pa
pers, essays, etc., by teachers.
Linear expansion is illustrated by
the days getting longer when the
weather gets warmer.
? ? ?
Lightning was Invented and devel
oped by Benjamin Franklin.
? ? ?
The first wheat was discovered In
Egyptian mummies.
? ? ?
I.Ike magnetic poles bit each other.
...
Space from which all matter has
been removed is called heaven.
? . ?
Heresy Is where a child looks like
his father.
? ? ?
John Smith was a brave man, he
married Pocahontas.
6. ISIJ. Dell Syndicate.?WNU Services
Blue Attracted Suitors
A religious sect living In eastern
Pennsylvania, once had a custom of
painting their front doors a bright bine
to advise young men of the neighbor
hood that a marriageable daughter
lived within the house