The Carolina Watchman “l:, _A NEWV^ER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF ROWAN COUNTY > J FOUNDED 1832—104TH YEAR SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1935. VOL. 104 NO. 21. PRICE 2 CENTS. WASHINGTON Washington — President Roose velt’s speech before the Farm Bu reau Federation has served to focus attention sharply upon the clear cut fact that the battle-ground of the Presidential campaign of 1936 will be in the agricultural West. Mr. Roosevelt, in effect, challenged the Republicans to offer a sub stitute for the AAA which would be equally satisfactory to the farm ers between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains. No one quali fied to speak for the Opposition has yet offered any such program. The feeling grows here, however, that the Republicans’ answer to Mr. Roosevelt’s challenge will come from the West and not from the East, when it does come. Senator Borah’s radio speech, in which he criticized sharply the con- ■ servative Eastern wing of the Party, is regarded as not so much an ex pression of the Senator’s own desire to be the Republican candidate as it was an effort to rally the pro gressive thought of the West into a solid front, which can dictate the Party’s agricultural policies. It is also interpreted as a backhanded slap at Mr. Hoover’s leadership. G. O. P. STRATEGY Whether or not the line of cleav age between Eastern and Western wings of the Republican Party will amount to anything more serious than the customary fight for organ ization control remains to be seen. Experienced political observers here, however, are swinging strongly to | the opinion that considerations of j political strategy will force the | Party to pick its candidate from somewhere west of the Mississippi and east of the Rockies. That would eliminate Mr. Hoo ver on the West, and Col. Knox and Senator Vandienberg on the East, leaving the contest, so far as visible candidates now in the field are concerned, to Senator Borah, Gov. Landon, and Senator Dickin son of Iowa. Few are found who believe that Mr. Borah seriously wants to be the nominee. That leaves Governor Landon as the ris ins star of the moment. * - CONGRESS A FACTOR There is no end to the possible complications affecting next year’s campaign which may develop from meets now in the matter of only a| couple of weeks. The temper ex-j hibited by returning Senators and Members can best be described as "rambunctious.” They are going to put up a fight for every meas ure that has votes in it. Out of the 531 Legislators on Capitol Hill there are only 64 whose terms don’t expire in 1936. Those are the 64 Senators whose terms run to 1938 and 1940. One third of the Senators and all of the Representatives must run for re election next November if they want to come back. That makes for a situation in which every or ganized raid on the Treasury which has important voting strength be hind it will find support. Veter ans’ Bonus, Townsend Plan, "Soak the-Rich” tax schemes, the Frazier* Lemke Farm Mortgage Refinancing (Continued on page 4) Bruno Asks For ‘Lie Detector’ Trenton, N. J.,—From his death house cell Bruno Richard Haupt mann sent a letter to Governor Harold G. Hoffman today pro testing anew his innocence of the Lindbergh kidnap-murder and of fering to submit to a lie detector test to prove it. The condemned man wrote he hoped Dr. John F. Condon too would submit to such a test, be cause the venerable "Jafsie” of the ransom negotiations, he said, "changed’ his attitude on the case between the time he visited Haupt mann in the Flemington jail and the trial a few weeks later. "When he was visiting me in my Flemington cell,” Hauptmann wrote in his apologetic note, he said all excited to the prosecutor 'I cannot testify against this man.’ ” "I have a deep interest,” Haupt man told the Governor, "in what ikind of force made him change this saying.” t 1,200 Plants Will Get Plea By Murchison Textile Institute Would Pledge All Manu facturers ACTION SOUGHT JAN. 1 New York—Twelve hundred cotton mills throughout the coun try will be asked, before January 1, to pledge the maintenance of basic provisions of the industry’s former code, it was announced by Dr. Claudius T. Murchison, presi dent of the Cotton-Textile insti tute. Under the simple pledge as now proposed,’ mills will be asked to agree with the institute and, "in consideration of similar pledges by other mills,” not to exceed the two 40-hour shifts a week maximum for productive macninery, nor the 40-hour maximum work week for smployes; to pay, at least, code minimum wages; and to employ no child labor—standards which, it was emphasized, have been main tained voluntarily by more than 90 per cent of the active spindles in the industry since the collapse of rheNRA. Already approved in principle by every important association in the industry, including the American Association of Cotton Manufactur ers in the South, the National As sociation of Cotton Manufacturers in New England, the Southern Combed Yarn Spinners’ association State associations, and group or ganizations, the proposed agree ment, according to Dr. Murchison, is another step toward realization of the industry’s program: "To press confidently forward with voluntary co-operation in es tablishing and maintaining sound :ompetitive conditions and prac tices; in maintaining and, if possi ble, improving its standards of em ployment and compensation of its employes; in seeking to do business bn a basis of fair return on its in vestment which will enable it to maintain those standards, preserve its credit and render improving service to the public.” "In the months since the invali dation of its code, the industry,” said Dr. Murchison, "has demon strated its capacity for self-gov ernment.Here and there, units, usu ally small and poorly financed, have broken away, but the preponder ant majority has continued, in the face of many discouragements and temptations to hold the lines. It is that record of achievement and the enthusiasm and unanimous ap proval of every group consulted thus far which justifies submission of a definite agreement to the in dustry. Because its acceptance by mills will substitute individual pledges for what has been voluntary un pledged maintenance of standards, the program should be a source of renewed confidence not only for the mills themselves and their cus tomers, but also for their workers and the general public. "Acceptance of the agreement by the mills will consolidate gaints al ready made and will assure fur ther substantial progress toward stabilization of the industry and its markets by preventing those period ical orgies of excessive production marked by demoralized markets a3 well as by sharp peaks and dips of employment ,so disastfrtous to workers and the communities de pendent on them.” A Subscription For Christmas Have you included The Carolina Watchman in your Christmas list? Send it to a relative or friend in stead of writing letters so often. It will be a Christmas present every week in the year. Hope For Short Session Is Fading Bonus Fight To Head List Adjournment Not Likely Before June, Contro versal Issues Appear Washington—Congressional lead ers saw hopes for a short session in the approaching campaign year waning as they scanned a legisla tive program studded with nearly a score of pricky issues. Startng with the fight over cash payment of the bonus, schedul ed to reach the House floor Janu ary 13, the procession of contro versy-laden measures has led many legislators to believe they will be working until June. The usual fireworks of political oratory, always touched off on the eve of a presidential election also have been mentioned as a factor in thwarting hopes for an April ad journment. Shadowing the perspective of the coming session, too, are the inter twined question marks of taxes and the fate of the New Deal legislation in the Supreme Court. Ranking with the bonus in de bate-provoking interest is the ques tion of a new neutrality law. I his also is expected to De l brought up early, since the present! act requiring a mandatory embar-l go upon arms and munitions toj, belligerents expires February 29. |. Most congressmen say other I legislation they expect to find on! the administration’s "must’ sche dule will be almost as touchy as the bonus and neutrality. The list for instance: Subsidies for the American; merchant marine to place it in po-; sition to compete more effectively! with foreign shipping, incorporated; in a bill passed by the House last! session and pending in the Senate. Elimination of war profits, ap proved by the House with a pro vision for taxing away all excess war earnings, and resting now in a Senate committee. Revisions to the controverted po tato control legislation providing for production quotas. Amendments to tighten the pure food and drug laws and bring cos metics under supervision, passed by the Senate and referred to House committee. Reframing part of the social se curity act. Regular appropriations fails to provide funds for operating the government. "NUTS TO YOU” Los Angeles hotel sent out 2,000! bags of California walnuts as a| ! Christmas greeting to its patrons. throughout the country. Today! the replies began pouring in. Mostj of them read: "Nuts to you, too.”i | Stirs Hauptmann Doubt ] ma .mi-n,! TRENTON . . . Detective Ellis j| Parker (above), noted New Jersey;; detective, reported to still be work-11 ing on the Lindbergh kidnap mtrrder case, is quoted as having said that; ” Bruno Hauptmann is not the man.” N. C. Will Notj Share In Fund Lack of Security Legisla tion Keeps State From Getting Unemploy ment Insurance Washington'.—The :unemploy ment insurance committee of the National Retail Dry Goods asso-| nation, in a general summary is— j ued of what states have done to :ake advantage of the unemploy nent insurrance clause of the So cial Security act, fails to list North Carolina as a state in which such provision will apply Janu-I ary 1, so far as the state’s get ting benefits is concerned. This does not mean that the employer in North Carolina will escape pay ing the tax after January 1, if he had eight or more employes, but that the money collected will re vert to the Federal treasury until. the state enacts an approved un visions of the Social Security act. It was stated at the offices of the social security board that it still has before it the opinion of Ar torney General Seawell of North Carolina that the Cherry resolu tion of the last assembly would suffice in the state, but that the board has not yet finally ruled upon it. States that have unemployment (Continued on page eight) AWARD POSTOFFICE JOB Washington.—The treasury an nounced today award of a $97,000 contract to A. C. Atherton com pany of Chicago for construction of a post office at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Three hundred calendar days were allowed for completion of the job. WHOSE CHRISTMAS? Every time when Santa comes, An’ leaves a heap of toys That fill up to the brim with joy The hearts of little boys, My pop he always finds them first,, An sprawls out on the floor, An’ spends the day a playin’ with The things that I wished for. He’ll hardly let me touch a thing— I hafta stand about An’ never do a thing but watch Till pop has tried them out. I simply cannot figure out— I’m puzzled as can be; Does Santa brings the toys to pop, Or leave then* there for me? —C. M. Andrews. N. C. Cities Unable To Meet Relief Costs Executive Committee of Municipal League Calls On State and U. S. to Finance Unemployables Problem. Raleigh—Asserting cities and towns of the State cannot take care of current relief burdens thrust up on them, the executive committee of the North Carolina League of; Municipalities called upon the State! and Federal governments to assume responsibilities of financng the cost of relief. Resolutions were passed calling upon their State to make funds ap propriated by the last General As sembly for relief available imme diately, and urging the Federal government to provide more money! and change regulations governing; employment of families on relief rolls. Extension of the Federal works relief program to the end of the 1937 fiscal year or until the social security program becomes a real ity, "since the greater efficiency and economy can be obtained by proper advance planning,” was re quested. ! The next Congress was called! upon to make additional appropria tions, so that funds will "be avail able to continue the works program] on a basis capable of giving jobs to all employable needing relief' and to provide money needed for direct relief to supplement State and local funds, and to finance permanently the Federal share of the social security program.” Reveal Sparrow’s Nest Caused Death Of Woman Miami, Fla.—Albert Bullard was enroute to Chicago with the body of his wife, unaware that Miami officials have found a sparrow caus ed her mysterious death here Sat urday night. Bullard’s wife, Catherine, 5 6, was found dead in their apartment. Lying unconscious at her side was Bullard, a retired Chicago police man. On being revivd he was unable to explain his wife’s death or his condition. He had fainted car rying her to a bed. William Sydow, Miami public service director, sent Plumbing Inspector William Imand to the apartment today to solve the mys tery. Imand started investigating the gas heating system. In a flue used to carry fumes away from the heater, he saw the ends of sticks and some straw. He poked further, finding the flue completely clogged with a bird’s nest. The nest held a dead sparrow. Both Mrs. Bullard and the spar row were vicjtims of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, offic i ials decided. I ®Renew your Subscription today. Iahbel Bom (above), is the author of the new serial story “Promenade Deck” which starts in this newspaper this week. It is a story which wins high praise from the critics. Like “Grand Hotel” it is a study of people as they live to gether. The scene of this story is aboard ship on a world cruise. Raleigh Office Freed of Blaine WPA Payrolls Handled Properly and Without Delay Washington.—The Treasury de partment said investigation showed its accounting and dis bursing office at Raleigh, N. C., was free of any blame in connection with reported delay in disburse ment of pay roll checks to Works) Progress Administration employes in North Carolint. WPA pay rolls, the treasury said' were handled promptly and any delay in payment of workers must be attributed to slow transmission of assignment and time sheets from the field to district WPA of fices. It added pay rolls were being cleared by the Raleigh office in 33 hours, which was described as "remarkably quick time’ due to the detailed work that must be done. Speeding up of transmission of assignment and time sheets, a treasury official said, was a mat ter or the state WPA administra tion to handle. Wife Of Einstein Is Seriously 111 New York—Mrs. Albert Ein stein, wife of the eminent Ger man scientist, was taken to Mon tefiore hospital from her home in Princeton, N. J., today suffering from heart enlargemtnt. Her con dition was said to be serious. Dr. Einstein accompanied his wife to the hospital. She had, been ill for some time and it was! decided to transfer her to the! hospital after her condition became alarming I ■