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G. 0. Wants Freedom.
Democratic Thoughts.
Peek Wins Point.
Two Distinct Schools.
Washington—As the hour ap
proaches for the session of Congress
which will meet on Jan. 3, the air
of Washington is full of politics
of one sort or another.
One phase of the political situa
tion which is arousing much in
rerest is the effort under way to
revitalize the Republican party. It
j. no secret that the G. O. P. is
badly split. If other proof were
lacking, it’s lamentable failure to
organize an effective campaign for!
Mr. Hoover’s re-election last year
w ould be enough. The men in
control of the party machinery,
•with few exceptions, were not
heartily for Mr. Hoover. Nor are
they now; but some of Mr. Hoov
er’s friends are trying to bring
about a reorganization of the Re
publican National ! Committee in
which the Hoover people would
dominate, looking forward to the
ex-President's re-nomination in
iy.tb. i\ews oi tnat eirort leaked
out, however, and it is probable
that enough opposition to it will
be developed to block it, for the
time being, anyway.
Many of those who are most
earnest about the need of reorgani
zation inside the Republican party
arc opposed to tying the party to
any candidate or prospective can
didate’s friends. They chink what
is needed is a cleaning out of most
of the old crowd and cutting the
party loose from some of the more
serious of its Wall Street and Big
Business alliances. That is going
to be done, if at all, by the develop
ment of new leadership inside the
party, and nobody is prepared to
say yet how and in what direction
that leadership may develop. i
The feeling is that what is need
ed is leaders that are far less con
servative than in the past. The
day of conservatism is regarded as
past. The new political line-up,
which may have become a reality
before the next Presidential cam
paign, will be between the moder
ate liberals on one side and the ul
tra-radicals on the other, according
to those who believe this theory.
There is not much talk about in
dividual leaders, but privately,
many Republicans with liberal]
leanings look to Representative!
James W. Wadsworth, formerly
U. S. Senator from New York and
now sitting in his father’s old seat
in the House.
There is almost as sharp a divi
sion inside the Democratic party.
Alfred E. Smith, who was the
party’s! titular leader up to last
year, has definitely gone over to
the conservative side. And even
among those who are inside the
Roosevelt Administration there is
a definite line of cleavage between
those who, while still classed as lib
rals, believe that the object of the
Government should be to assist
business and industry to regulate
themselves and not to hamper them,
and the doctrinaire school of radi
cal reformers who conceive it to
be Government’s business to regu
late everything in the interest of a
better social order, and hold that
profits are something which do not
fit. into the new scheme of things.
The clash between Assistant
Secretary Tugwell of the Agricul
tural Department and George N.
Peek, Agricultural Recovery Ad
ministrator was definitely a clash
between these two schools of poli
tical thought. And it was a vic
tory for the moderate liberal ele
ment.
Secretary Wallace and Adminis
trator Peck never hit it off veryi
well. Wallace did not want Peck
jn his department in the first place.
Peck was appointed by the influ
ence of General Johnson and Ber
nard N. Baruch. Mr. Wallace
left him alone to run his job his
own way,'but Assistant Secretary
Tugwell insisted upon running it
another way. Tugwell’s idea was
that every industry which had any
thing to do, all along the line, with
the products of agriculture, shoulc^
be controlled and regulated for the
benefit of the farmer. Peek’s idea
was that industries which were not
conducting the first processing of
agricultural products ought to be
given a chance to live, to earn
profits and to regulate themselves.
Where the personal clash between
the radical Tugwell and the mod
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FOUNDED 1832—101ST YEAR_ SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1933. VOL 101 N.O 21, PRICE 2 CENT*
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Sec. Perils
Presenf* 10
Point Policy
Tells Railway Executives Principle4
Of New Deal Should Be Made
All Time.
PROHIBIT CHILD LABOR
Shorter Hours Responsible For
Many Millions Now Employ
ed in Present Jobs.
Permanent limitation of hours of
labor was advocated by Secretary
Perkins of the labor department in
presenting a 10-point program for
improvement of the condition by
wage earners.
Speaking before the Railway La
bor Executives’ association, Miss
Perkins suggested that efforts be
made to induce states! lacking such
laws to consider legislation on these
additional points:
Prohibition of child labor; stand
ard minimum wages for women; re
quirement of safe and healthy
working conditions; provision for
aged workers; some form of un
employment reserves; adequate
stronger administration of labor
laws, and steps to make permanent
improved labor conditions.
Miss Perkins said general adop
tion of such a program in her op
inion would help all wage earners
and be of real value to employers
and the communities as well.
"It would pay dividends in pro
duction and in health and satisfac
tion to the individual workers,” she
said, adding that the vast internal
market being created under the re
covery program promised a more
even prosperity for the next decade.
In calling for unity in meeting
depression problems. Miss Perkins
said:
i am wmmg iu uiiu? a tnance:
on the average American citizen, j
The great majority will have lived j
up honorably to the spirit of the;
recovery program.
"I will admit that there are a
few chiselers—we have General
Johnson to thank for that expres
sive word—but you will remember
that Moses laid down a certain
code, and, although there have been
chiselers against the 10 command
ments ever since, there is no doubt
that the code of Moses still controls
the world.”
"By shortening hours, millions
have been put to work on the pres
ent scale of production,” she said
in citing gains reported by her de
partment since last March.
"By setting a minimum living
wage a bottom has been put in the
suicidal fall of prices. By a com
bination of these two a $2,000,000,
000 wage earners’ market has been
built up in the United States in six
months. By putting men at pub
lic works on a $3,300000,000 pro
gram, industry is being stimulated
along many lines with work widely
spread. By the ingenuity of Civil
Works administration, men and
women are being taken off the re
lief rolls and are again working for
wages. By housing construction
the plans are being laid ta revive;
the building trades.
CELEBRATES FIRST AIR
FLIGHT
Hundreds visited Kill Devil hill
at Kitty Hawk to celebrate the
30th anniversary of the day, Dec
ember 17, 1903, when the Wright
brothers made the first flight in a
heavier-than-air machine.
DEFAULT ON WAR DEBTS
Of the $152,952,000 due to
the United States by 11 European
nations, only $8,898,000 was paid.
Finland paid its small installment
in full. France, Poland, Belgium,
Estonia and Hungary defaulted.
Partial payments were made by Lat
via, England, Italy, Czechoslovakia
and Lithuania.
NEWS
BRIEFS
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10 CHILDREN DIE IN BUS
Ten school children were killed
outright and 30 injured at Cres
cent City, Fla., when a freight
train roared out of a fog and
crashed into a school bus just as
D. R. Niles, elderly driver, swerv
ed the bus on the tracks. Several
of the injured are so badly hurt
that the list of dead may increase.
BURLEY MARKET HOLIDAY
Taking a lesson from North
Carolina’s successful use of a to
bacco market holiday early this
tall, the governors of Tennessee]
and Kentucky have joined in ask-1
tng the closing of all sales of burley
tobacco until such times as a mark-:
tting agreement can be perfected to]
assure the growers a profit.
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FIGHTER HEADS NEW
YORK POLICE
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, himself'
a World War flier, has designated
a famous World War general as
commander of New York’s police
force of 19,000 men. General
John F. O’Ryan commanded the
27th division.
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BAR SECURITIES IN N. C.
The corporation commission has
recently cancelled registration for
•ale in this state of 22 investment
trust issues and is expecting to
make a drastic clean-up of securi
ties that may be legally offered for
•ale in North Carolina. Securities
isted on recognized exchanges are
lutomatically qualified for sale.
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1 CONVICTED FOR SLAYING
Three mountaineers were con
victed at Waynesville, for the kill
ng of Thomas Price, wealthy New
Torker and owner of a big estate
n Haywood county. Wayne Pot
ter was given 20 to 25 vears in
aiison, Clarence Potter got two to
four years and Eric Ledford got 1 5
to 20 years. Price was shot from
lis horse on a mountain trail.
90,000 CWA JOBS IN N. C.
Again North Carolina’s quota of
“ivil Works administration jobs has
been increased, the total now being
90,000, the original 68,000 allot
ment providing work only for la
bor. Unemployed white collar
workers are given an opportunity
in the added quota. .
BO TO TAKE BAR TEST
Eighty persons aspiring to law
license have registered for the ex
amination on January 29, the first
test to be admilnistered under su
pervision of the State Bar associa
tion.
4,000,000 IN CWA JOBS
Spending $40,000,000 per week
for five weeks, Relief Administra
tor Harvey Hopkins had succeed
ed by the end of last week in plac
ing 4,000,000 unemployed in jobs,
with another million to be placed.
STANDARDIZE N. C.
SEAFOOD
Income of seafood producers in
North Carolina may be doubled by
a program of grading and stand
ardization which conservation and
development department ha? initi
ated under the direction of N. W.
Broome, marketing expert of the
Virginia state government. He
did a similar work in Virginia.
2 ESCAPERS ARE CAUGHT
William Jones, who escaped from
a state prison camp at Troy, July
4, while serving from 20 to 25
years for second degree murder,
was arrested in Greensboro for state
prison officials. Hobart Gardner,
who recently escaped from a state
prison camp near Spruce Pine,
where he was serving a sentence
for larceny and store breaking, was
recaptured near High Point.
! CAMERACRAPHS I
, “Great Expectations” /
HOLY NIGHT: Cljolr boys of the!
"Little Church Aroaind The Corner”M
carol in the Christmas season withH
familiar songs which never grow old.H
IT" r:r7.rt-Tr.-3|
“SANTA’S GO IN’ TO BRIN G 9
ME THAT!” declares Johnny ■
with the supreme confidence 9
of childhood. Don’t pass him H
by, Santa! I |g
EXTRA! GIRL’S PICTURE COMES TO
LIFE!—These newsies seem to be enjoying
the personal appearance of “The Chocolate .
PROOF FOR SKEPTICS: Hsre is an actual photograph of Santa I
Claus and the workshop where his toys are made! This evidence
should confound our readers who doubt his existence.
•‘PEACE ON EARTH" . . . and as much «ood will
as possible toward the folks who insist on mailing
Christmas packages at the last minute. It may be a
holiday to some people, but it's Just another headache to
tnese hard-working postoffice employes. —.
A CHRISTMAS TREE in the children’s ward of
every hospital is the goal of a movement started by
the florists of America. Albert Barber, Detroit, ex
ecutive secretary pf the Florists’ Telegraph Delivery
Association, trims a tree for a modern “Tiny Tim.*’
Rockwell Casket
Plant Is Burned
The plant of the Rockwell Casket
:ompany was completely destroyed
by fire on Monday night, entailing
1 loss of around $25,000 and
throwing a number out of work.
The loss is partially covered by in
surance,’ but according to informa
tion available at the present, the
sfficials of the company are not
in position to state w'hat will be
Jone in regards to the future of
the concern.
The Salisbury firemen answered
i call and fought the flames with
svater from a nearby manufactur
ing plant. The fire was plainly
visible in Salisbury, and was also
seen for a radius of 30 miles dis
tance it is stated.
New Notre Dame Coach
Elmer Lajden, one of the r ou»
Horsemen ’ ’ of 1924, is to coach the
Notre t>ame football team in 1934.
He sueoeeds ‘ ‘ Hunk' ’ Anderson and
will be in charge of all athletics, at
it was under Roekne.
Water Rates
May Go Up
Salisbury’s water rates to con
sumers may take a 25 per cent in
crease in the near future if, and
when the final approval is given
for a projected $400,000 improve
ment and expansion program is
started. Officials are now await
ing the approval of the federal
PWA authorities.
The resolution passed by the city
council provides for this means of
eventual financing the projected
improvements. The right to de
crease the 25 per cent levy at any
time in proportion to actual costs
of the project is stated.
BRIEF VACATION
"How long yoti in jail fo’,
Mose?”
"Two weeks.”
"What am de ch’ge?”
"No ch’ge, everything am
free.”
"Ah mean, what has you did?”
"Done shot my wife.”
"You killed yo’ wife and only in
jail fo’ two weeks?”
"Dat’s all—den I gets hung.”
Schools Closed
Avoid Epidemic
The city schools, which were
scheduled to close for the Christ
mas holidays today, closed Wed
nesday because of the prevalence
of the measles among quite a num
ber of the children of the schools.
The disease had approached the
epidemic stage it Was stated by
school officials. It is hc|>ed to
resume studies at the original date
set, January 2.
SCARLET FEVER CLOSES
E. SPENCER SCFIOOLS
Much alarm has been .raised in
East Spencer on account of the
sudden appearance of scarlet fever
in a very maligant form, claiming
the life of one student in the
schools, which have been closed
as a precautionary measure. While
the number of cases has not been
large, it is said the disease is in a
severe form, causing the authorities
to take steps to prevent its spread.
TEACHER KNEW
Anxious Mother—"And is my
boy really trying?”
Tired Teacher—"Very.”
Do You Know The Answer?
Continued on page eight
1. What is the name for stars
whose meridian passages are used to
fix standard time?
2. Where is the Ubangi river?
3. What country has the larg
est area? . —
4. What are condiments?
5. Where is Millet’s famous
painting "The Gleaners?”
6. What is the nickname for
Indiana?
7. What kind of ray is used in
swimming pools to purify the wa
ter?
8. In what borough of New
York City is Coney Island?
9. What is the second largest
island of the Philippine group?
10. In what country was Nor
ma Shearer born?
November Is
Active Month
For Business
Slump in August, September amt
October Has Turned to
Activity.
NO MENTION OF GOLD
Relief Program of Public Works
Cited As Reason For Busi
ness Increase.
Business activity regained its sta
bility in November after sharp de
clines in the three preceding
months, the December Federal Re
serve bulletin reported in a resump
tion of its monthly business survey.
The issue of the bulletin for No
vember eliminated its usual discus
sion of economic developments.
A reference to a "marked Recline
in industries” under codes and pro
cessing taxes in the October re
port drew strong criticism from
Recovery Administrator Johnson
and Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace. After the printed November
report was issued, however, a
mimeographed supplement with a
business review was discussed.
It appears, on the basis of rc
showed relative sta
bility during November, and the
volume of construction undertaken,
continued to increase, refuelling
chiefly expansion of public works.'*
The December Reserve bulletin
made no reference to the admin
istration’s gold-buying and dollar
depreciation program, which has
met with criticism in business and
banking circles, but said that open
market Reserve bank government
bond purchases were abandoned be
cause of the large volume of ex
cess reserves that had been piled
up by purchases aggregating near
ly $600,000,000 through the sum
mer months. Abandonment of
bond purchases was attributed in
some quarters to disapproval of the
administration money program.
TAKES PURSE FROM
BLIND GIRL
Clarence Simpson, employe in a
Greensboro printing office, is un
der arrest for snatching a purse
containing about $100 from Miss
Bailey Watson, who is blind.
Simpson was identified by Mfcrilou
Smith, 16, who was walking with
her.
LEFT ENGINE RUNNING
A little girl about four years old,
who was soon tired of the conver
sation, curled up in the large chair
with her kitten. Soon the cat was
purring very low and it brought
forth this remark:
"You’re parking now—why on
earth don’t you switch off your
engine?”
Wins Poster Award |
Margaret Sullivan, 16 ydar old
Newark, N. J. girl, was the winner
of the $50 cash prize for the beat
poster, drawn for The National
Federation of Business and Frofes
Women s week. Mar*b 11*IT.