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Rowan Herald
Successors to the Carolina Watchman
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FOUNDED Iff 3 2—IQSTH YEAR_ SALISBURY, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1937 VOL. 104 NO. 44 PRICE r C^ NTS
Doughton Expects Fast Action on Tax Dodging
WALLACE HITS
NEW PROPOSAL
Secretary Of Agriculture
Frowns Upon Hiking
Federal Benefits In
Southland
Washington.—Secretary Wal
lace announced opposition here
to requests for a 10 per cent
increase in Federal farm bene
fit payments to southern farm
ers under the 1936 soil conser
vation program.
He made public a letter, to
Chairman Smith, Democrat of
South Carolina, of the Senate
committee on agriculture in
which he said many requests
for the increase indicated “an
incomplete understanding of all
facts involved.”
Increasing payments, Wallace
said “might lead some people
to /'uppose there was justifi
cation for recent criticism in
the Senate of the AAA con
serration program.”
i his criticism, Wallace wrote,
included “sensational state
ments . . . that farmers didn't
earn the payments constitute a
j racket' and that expenditures
for them should be drastically
curtailed.”
I he cabinet member said he
favored return to the Treasury
of any funds remaining from
the $470,000,000 provided by
Congress for farm benefits un
der the 1936 program “in view
ot our present fiscal situation."
Payments are still going out
and AAA officials said they
expected to have some unex
pected funds. They were un
able to estimate the amount.
Wallace said all farmers who
participated last year were re
ceiving- "100 per cent of the
rates ’originally announced.” He
sal 1 the only increase in pay
ments rates had been to offset
deductions for local administra
tive expenses. He said these
deductions had not been made in
the South.
The Secretary said that if pay
ments were increased 10 per
cent in the South, the same
thing should be done in all other
sections. He estimated this
would require $30,000,000.
Wallace said he doubted that
"‘a majority” of farmers fav
ored an increase because “they
realized that the increase would
not result in addition soil con
servation.”
Recalling that the Senate had
removed $60,000,000 recently
from the $500,000,000 benefit
payment fund for the 1937 pro
gram approved by the House
and requested by the adminis
tration, Wallace said AAA of
ficials “feel bound to give great
weight and respect to this ac
tion by the Senate.”
“We do not feel justified,”
Wallace concluded, “in the ab
sence of specific direction from
Congress to take such a step,
ir. increasing the 1936 payments
in any region.”
ROWAN RUM PETITIONS
PUT INTO CIRCULATION
Petitions are being circulated
here asking the county commis
sioners to call an election as
soon as possible to vote on a le
galized liquor store in Rowan
by W. J. Talley of Spencer.
Mr. Talley said he would
place the petitions in each town
ship in the county. About
! 2.500 qualified voters are need
ed to complete the list for pre
sentation to the commissioners.
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Under The Dome
There has been so much
loose talk about the “split”
In the Democratic party, as
a result of the opposition
to the President's Supreme
Court reorganization plan,
that some superficial obser
vers have come to the con
clusion that Mr. Roosevelt
has lost his influence with
Congress. Nothing could be
further from the fact.
Mr. Roosevelt, as head
of his party, is still the
highly-esteemed leader to
whom Senators and Repre
sentatives of the majority
look for guidance, and any
thing the President wants
which the legislative lead
ers regard as reasonable or
desirable, he can get. There
is no “feud” between Con
fess and the President,,
but on the contrary, Con
gress would rather go along
with Mr. Roosevelt than
not.
What has actually occur
ed is that while the Demo
cratic mfembers still recog
nize and respect Mr. Roose
velt as their leader, they
decline to let him be “boss”
in matters which are within
the Constitutional prerog
ative of Congress. They j
no longer accept orders for
the enactment of new laws
without questnon or study
but scrutinize every Admin
istration proposal with
meticulous care. For it
must be admitted that the
general temperament ojf
Congress is far less liberal
than is that of the New
Dealers who devise the new
schemes of economic and
social reform for which
the President is the spokes
man.
Power for Executive
Agencies
There is no great disa
greement on the desirability
of most of the New Deal
program which the Presi
dent hopes to put through
if not at this session of
Congres, then at the next.
This program includes many
of the “emergency” devi
ces, some of which the Su
preme Court declared un
constitutional.
Increased power for the
Executive agencies is esen
tial to carying out the entire
system of broad economic
planning to which the presi
dent is committed. That
means the delegation of
more legislative authority
to administrators, further
ascendancy of the Execu
tive Branch over the Legis
lative and the Judicial, and
of the Federal government
over state governments.
| With such increased pow
ers which the President still
hopes to have granted by
Congress, the control of in
austry and agriculture by
government could be made
effective. A part of the
broad plan upon which the
President is quite insistent
is to make electric power
cheaper and more abun
dant. There is no let-up in
the pressure for improved
ihousing for the poor by the
aid of government sub
isidies; for making farm
I'owners out of farm tenants,
and for the shortening of
working hours and the in
Icrease of wages in industry
I under government control.
Objectives Desirable
j The tendency in Con
jgress is to regard most of
.those objectives as desir
|able in themselves, but to
fear that the., methods to
bring them about will not
be effective. There is a
growing feeling that Uncle
Sam has already “bitten off
all he can chew” in the
laws already on the statute
books for the regulation of
labor relations; old age pen
sions and unemployment
compensation, the stock
markets, the public utilities,
and all the rest of the re
gulatory legislation.
Even many of the Con
gressional “liberals” think
it would be wise to wait
until the new permanent
bureaus set up under those
laws have demonstrated
whether this whole nation
can be effectively regulated
from Washington, before
taking any further steps to
extend Federal control.
This feeling is deep
enough and strong enough,
most experienced observers
believe, to serve as an ef
iective cnecK upon tne more
radical proposals put forth
by the New Deal planners.
The result will likely be a
compromise between the
President’s desire and the
views of the more conserva
tive element in his party.
That is, indeed, what us
ually comes about whenev
er Congress begins to assert
its independence. Nearly all
important legislation in the
past has been the result of
compromises. The compro
mises looked for will be in
the general direction of
leaving much more room
for individual initiative than
many of the New Dealers
like, but progressing to
ward ultimate government
planning and control.
It can almost be set down
as a definite prophecy that
it is going to be made pro
gressively more difficult
for business—corporations
or individuals—to accumu
late large fortunes, and the
objective of the complete
abolition of poverty will
have come closer to realiza
tion in another year or two
than it ever has been any
where in the world’s his
tory.
Uesire to Avert Split
There are as many indi
vidual divergencies from the
“average” pomt of view of
Senators and Representa
tives, of course, as there are
members in both houses.
There are still many, but
not a majority in the Sen
ate and probably not a ma
jority in the House, who are
willing to go along with the
Administrat;on to any ex
tent.
| There is a small “bloc”
in each house, of Demo
crats who have turned com
pletely sour on the Presi
dent. The powerful leaders,
[however, are holding the
! middle ground of Congres
sional independence temp
ered by party fealty and
the desire to avert a split
which would impair Demo
cratic chances in 1940.
FORD PLANT IS
REOPENED
Richmond, Calif. — The
gates of the big Ford as
sembly plant here, closed
for 12 days by strike to
returning workmen Mon
jday. Of the 1,800 men nor
mally employed, about 200
went to work preparing the
plant for arrival of ma
terials, Clarence Bulwinkle,
manager, said all would be
at work soon.
I In The WEEKS NEWS I
TIME;OUT—Gary Cooper takes a rest on the fenderi!
of Ills new car during the shooting of "Souls'at Seat”||
on the Paramount lot in Hollywood. The car is a Desertlf
Sand De Soto, quite irt keeping with his western roles@
in “The Plainsman” and other pictures. B
STILL THE CHAMPION—Denny j|
Shute, defending Professional G6lf-g
ers Association champion, with the 11
cup presented to him for his vic-||
tory in the final round of the P.G.A.B
Tourney.
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SEEKS STOP TO RIS
ING COSTS—Represen
tative John Paul Kvale of
Minnesota challenged in
dustry to meet the Presi
dent’.! proposal tor mini
mum wages and maxi
mum ‘hours without' cus
tomary price Increases.
Otherwise, he says, ef
forts to maintain restored
-prosperity will fall short.
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INDUSTRY’S ANSWER—U. S. Senator George L.
Berry (right) of Tennessee, former Co-ordinator for
Industrial Co-operation views the new R-1 tire witii
which the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is meet
ing the challenge of the New Deal to produce basic
commodities under improved labor conditions with
1 out raising prices. 1 ■ ■ 1
^[STRIKE CLASH IN CHI
j CAGO — Six were killed
Sand scores of police and
S strikers injured when a riot
1|| occurred outside the gates
of strike-bound Illinois
S steel plants. Here casual
lities are being picked up
ijl from the battleground.
NEW PRIME MINISTER]!
—N e vi I leChamberiain.K
who has succeeded Stanley^
Baldwin as Premier ofi|
England. Ch a m ber I a i n’sj|
family has been distin-g
guished in public service.|1
His predecessor becomes^
an Earl. 1$
I NEWS OF INTEREST FROM OVER THE NATION
Flynn Training For Fight
Hollywood. — Errol Flynn’s
classic countenance, valued by
1 his studio at more than a mil
lion dollars is due to be expos
ed to the blows of a professional
pugilist for the sake of film
realism. Flynn is now in train
ing for a screan “match” with
heavyweight Jack Roper.
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Dies of Ship Fire Burns
j Manila. — The death toll of
a fire aboard1 the German
freighter' Oliva increased to two
men when Hans Risslander,
members of the crew, died. He
was one of six men burned and
gassed. The fire started in the
hold when the ship was 120
miles southwest of Manila
Thursday.
i To Bury Novelist in
Memphis
| Los Angeles.—Gilmore Mil
len, 40-year-old novelist and
newspaper writer, will be buried
in his native city Memphis,
Tenn., after services here. Mil
ieu. critically burned May 26
when a cigaret ignited his bed,
died Saturday. A graduate of
the University of Virginia, he
came to Los Angeles in 1923.
ARMY BALLOON
BURNED
Port Sill, Okla.—Struck by
lightning, an army observation
balloon used in general field
exercises burned here Monday.
Sergeant Thomas V. Wyllsey, in
command of the balloon, said
none of the crew was aboard.
Associate of Pasteur Dies
Jacksonville, Fla.—Victor Lie
berman, 80, retired chemist and
once an associate of Louis Pas
teur, died here after an extend-j
ed illness. He was a native of
Paris and lived in Philadelphia,
Penn., for years. He came to
Florida 12 years ago. Lieher
man worked under the direc
tion of the famous French
scientist.
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Wants Another ‘Little TV A’
Washington. /— Representa
tive Wade Hampton Kitchens
of Magnolia, Ark., asked Con
gress to increase the number of
proposed “littld TVA’s” by
creating a Ouachita valley au
thority for power supply and
conservation in Arkansas and
Louisianna. He offered a bill
to establish an authority.
To Seek Fund For Fete
Washington. — Floridians
said Congress would be asked
next week to authorize a $500,
000 contribution to a proposed
j exposition marking the 400th
1 anniversary of the explorer De
Soto’s landing at Tampa Bay.
Soviets Change Army Heads
Moscow. — The Soviet union
shook up its army command in
drastic changes involving key
frontier garrisons from Lening
rad to the Persian border. The
changes meant new army leader
ship along the whole western
frontier, which Soviet spokesmen
profess to believe ermany may
attack some day.
England May Hike Tariff
London. — The House of
Commons head one of its con
servative members predict high
er tariffs against United States
goods unless trade concessions
are granted to Great Britian. Lt.
Col. Leopold Stennett Amery,
former first lord of the admir
alty, issued the warning in
which he said the United States
“may have to face a substantial
increase in our duties against
them.”
Would Provide For
Future Vet*
Washington. — Representa
tive Allard H. Gasque of Flor
ence, S. C., proposed Congress
provide in advance for veterans
of future wars and their de
pendents by applying at the be
ginning of any such conflict the
same laws which set up death
or disability benefits for World
war veterans.
Polar Planes Reunite
Moscow. — The four air
planes used by the Soviet Union
to establish a north pole win
tering camp were re-united at
Rudolf island, the expeditions’s
base 560 miles from the pole.
They will be flown to the main
land soon.
Bank Night Found Illegal
Austin, Tex. — The court of
criminal appeals, the State’s
highest tribunal in criminal
cases, ruled that theater “bank
nights” were lotteries and there
fore illegal.
FORESEES LONG
SESSION AHEAD
Representative Predicts
Court Compromise, $4,
000,000 For N. C.
Parkway
Raleigh.—Representative Ro
bert Lee Doughton of Laurel
Springs, 73-year-old chairman
of the House ways and means
committee, predicted early pas
sage by Congress of a “tricky”
law to end tax evasion while in
the city this week.
The measure, Doughton said
in an interview, “will have to
be tricky because we’re up a
gamst a tricky crowd—the most
unscrupulous men in the coun
try, who can afford to hire the
best lawyers in the world.”
The veteran representative
also predicted that:
1. Congress still would be in
session “when the frost comes”
unless legislation was railroad
ed.
-c. A compromise Supreme
Court reorganization bill would
be passed.
3. A total of $4,500,000 would
be allotted for the scenic park
I way in western North Carolina.
I 4. If Washington rumor is
correct, Senator Robert R. Rey
nolds of Asheville will have op
i position when he runs for re
election.
Sometimes mentioned in Wash
ington posable opponents'‘of
.Reynolds, he said, are former
Governor Cameron Morrison of
Charlotte; R. Gregg Cherry of
Gastonia, speaker of the 1937
State House of Representatives;
Congressman Frank W. Han
cock, Jr., of Oxford and Su
perior Court Judge Wilson War
lick of Newton.
Asked if he, himself, might
run for the Senate, Doughton
said it still was “too early even
to think of the question.”
Regardless of the outcome of
the administration’s Supreme
Court battle, President Roose
velt “has won a victory in that
most of the New Deal legisla
tion has been declared consti
tutional,” he said. He pointed
out that one justice had re
signed from the court and add
ed, “Possibly there will be more
resignations later.”
CONSENT TO UNION
VOTE
Washington.—Counsel for
the International Seamen's
union told the National La
bor Relations board it would
consent to an election
among seamen on all At
lantic and Gulf coast lines
to determine majority re
presentation on an industary
wide basis.
CRAZED KILLER IS
SOUGHT
Manila. — Constabularymen
followed a trail of 13 killings
through the wilds of northern
Luzon in search of an appar
ently crazed tribesman who has
vowed to slaughter 24 persons
before he surrenders. Objects
of the hunt, underway for two
weeks, is Kalinga Boli, descen
dant of fierce head hunters.
FRANCE MAY HIKE
DUTIES
Paris.—A government propo
sal to increase import duties
on United States automobile
parts vviil be submitted to the
cabinet, parliamentary sources
said. The proposal, these persons
said, would be part of a fund
raising program to cover an es
timated budget deficit of 5,000,
000.000 francs (approximately
$225,000,000.)