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TlfURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1936
A north Iowa paper demands to know “what
^sevelt is going to do about the high cost of
living.” Well, considering his salary, we’d assume
that he’ll go on eating.—Marshalltown (Iowa)
Ti mes-Republican,
Airplanes For The Army
The new chief of staff of the United
States army, General Malin Craig, has
come out for a military air service “sec
ond to none.” That is a program that will
be welcomed by all who have felt a sense
of shame that America, where aviation
was bom, has so steadily lagged behind
the rest of the world in developing and
utilizing the airplane for military pur
poses.
This country leads the world in com
mercial aviation. That leadership has
been the growth of less than ten years.
Before Lindbergh’s historic flight across
the Atlantic, America was being out-dis
tanced by all the countries of Europe
even in commercial flying. The develop
ment since then has been done by private
Initiative and private capital, with a great
deal of valuable co-operation from the
government, to be sure, but with very lit
tle financial assistance from Uncle Sam.
But while we have forged ahead in com
mercial aviation, our military equipment
of planes and trained personnel has con
tinued to lag behind those of other nations.
The navy has been better cared for
this respect than has tlrn-Rrmf.'
fited States to get
into another war. Yet there is always the
chance that we may be forced into one,
a chance that is perhaps not as remote
as it seems, in the present disturbed state
of world affairs. It would be a pity if
we had to go to war, is we did in 1917,
with practiciilly no military airpla'^'s tit
for sciwice and up-to-date enough to be
useful again.st the enemy’s superior taiaip-
ment.
Turning On the Light
&Ir. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbeigh have
fled to England with their seanid child in
order tiiat it might i)e safe iroTU
kidnapers and gangsien. 'liie people ol'
this country know very well llie late ol
their fii'st child.
Lindbergh’s action in fleeing to England
to take up temporai y residacice has uvaseci
diversified comment. Some criticize him,
sjiying his own country should be good
enough and safe cnoi^li for resuicnce and
the rearing of his child.
On the other hand there are Uioso who
thoroughly consider that it was not the
child of these critics who was kidnaped
and murdered and the living child is like
wise not theirs to protect and rear.
Lindbergh should not be criticized until
one tries to place himself in his position
and try to consider what you would do
under like circumstances. With one child
already in the grave because of unscnipu-
lous murderers, would you not use every
precaution to protect the second of your
own flesh and blood'?
His action in going to England is going
to have a beneficial effect in making many
complacent people of this country realize
how badly conditions are in relation to
law and order, and more especially indi
vidual safety.
To boost your own community, city,
county, state or nation until you are blind
to its faults is the essence of futility. We
pot advocate chronic kickers but con
structive critics. Faults cannot be reme
died until they are discovered and untU a
desire for a remedy is created.
Throughout the past century people
have been wantonly criticizing the press
Prominent difipUy of crime news.
They never *>
„ ^riiae pews the press opens to the public
" « •yo eonditions as they ai-e and it is
'^“'^BOnawdy np to ttie people to seek reme-
■ conditions they rightfully deplore
.'.,^;^^^^TIie^A!AA Dedtion'
Ihe svqnme coon of the Unit^ States
has handed dowi^ cmbtheri ^m^nnent^^
decision, this^time hultifyiBg^^eJtriple A '
as unconstitutdonal in’^olatiim'^ righ^ '
.of the states.*” " '
The; highest court in, the' nation has,
said that the federal goviMwnent is ex-'
ceeding its rights in^dlrryihg ^put the
Agricultural Adjustment Act. The ques
tion of whether or not the act is wrong
is shadowed by the fact that it is illegal.
This leaves both major politkal parties
searching for some plan of farm policy as
a substitute and again raises the question
of whether or not the constitution needs
revision to give the federal government
more latitude in dealing with problems
that affect the nation.
The constitution is the nation’s charter
and as such should be carefully obseiwed
but at the same time it should allow meas
ures for the general welfare of the coun
try to be carried out. However, the con
stitution acts as a check to congress and
even to the people who might even be
willing to subject themselves to more
stringent federal powers.
One reason for the broadened powers of
the federal government has been the in
ability or unwillingness of states to take
the lead in trying to bring about econom
ic refoiTOs. Instead, the states have al
ways looked to Uncle Sam for help, pro
tection, relief and anything else that
might be expected from a rich uncle.
We do not mean to say that the states
can cope with the agricultural problem as
effectively as the AAA did, but we do con
tend that the states individually are
lethargic in many phases of government.
Like A Beftcon
People wonder why newspapers make
so many ridiculous mistakes. But have
you ever considered the batting average
of even the papers who make a large num
ber of errors? In every line of type there
are hundreds of chances to make errors.
Another phase of this subject that has
puzzled writers, proof readers and editors
is the obscurity of errors on "proof sheets
and their prominence on the printed page.
The editor of the Knoxville Elxpress grows
poetic in describing this pecularity:
The typographic error is a slippery thing
and sly;
You can hunt ’till you are dizzy, but jt
somehow will get by.
’Till the forms are off the presses, it is
strange how still it keeps;
It shrinks down in a corner, and it never
stirs or peeps.
That typographic error, too small for hu
man eyes,
’Till the ink is on the paper, when it grow.“
to niountaiu size.
'File boss, he stares with .horror, then he
e’Mbs hi.-; hair ;uul groans;
The coiE-’ rcadei- drops his head upon hi.s
liM’vN and moans.
Tile remainder of the issue inay lie clean
a.s dean can be—
ill it that typographic error is the only
thh'.g you .see.
TSi'il't. mo.'iniriK to .spem! le.ss you p-;rn.
■I in conimon u.'siRo in .\meritp. iii) to
March -1, 1liuffa’.o Counor-KNpr(‘;;s.
Sunday School Lesson
F.v REV. CHARLES E. DUNN
I ;
A PROPHETIC VISION
Lossoti for Juiiuary 12!h. I.utr ;>:2.o-t0: Golden
Luke 2;.v0
T;o- ■ . 10 “uDi-'trht und Goil-ffiiiring’’
Sinirnn hi ' • • baby .Jesus in his arm.s and
bles.sing in. ■ .he occasion of the presentation
in the Temple, i.s most attractive. Simeon’s pie
ty wa.s ijuite (liflfcrent from that of the .scribes,
revealing- deeper insight and spirituality. Like
Zacharia.s, the father of John the Baptist, and
.\nna, the prophete.ss, he belonged to that group
of humble, devoted Jews who longed for the
liberation of Jerusalem.
The beautiful prayer of thanksgiving pro
nounced by Simeon, called the “Nunc Dimittis,”
so endeared itself to the Christian world that
from the 4th or 5th century it has been used as
a part of the evening liturgy in many cliurche.s.
Note that it includes, within the scope of its
thought, the non-Jewish world, Christ, according
to Simeon, is “a light to shine upon the Gen
tiles.” Here we have that universal touch so
characteristic of St. Luke.
There are two types of patriotism. The first
is a distinctly national variety which the Jews
cultivated with peculiar fervor. A fine expres
sion of it is in the 137th Psalm, where the
writer cries, “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let
my right hand forget her skill,”
The second type of love for fatherland is on
a larger scale. It is international in character,
and is well voiced by Simeon in his serene
“Nunc Dimittis,” where thi Venerable saint
brings “all nations” within the compass of the
Cirfistian bbf&dse. One is reminded of that
glorious passage in the book of Isaiah: “It is
too slight a service to set the clans of Jacob up
again, and restore Israel's survivors; I now a)>-
point you to bring light to the nations, that my
salvation may reach the world’s end.” (chap.
49:6) All this is thoroughly in line with the
spirit and intent of Him who said, “The field is
the-world,” and sounded the command, “Go ye
THIS WEEK
Mjai if I r 1*1
^^aataijagton, Jan.
ASHINGT
■Miin
6. (Auto-’
caster) 74ti» tioMnais
which hat juat eo^veoaff for
secondhand final Seasloii
ing to pick up the loose
of Its unfinished program and tie
some of the knots more securebr.
while considering what is "^re-
iB
threndn
quired in the way of new legis- >eral funds; also too many pe4>ie
lation.
A great deal of the action of
this session will be taken -with
one eye on the Supreme Court. If
all of the laws of the Inst .^two
years whose constitutionality’has
been challenged could be' passed
on by the Supreme Court at
once, it would save the Senators
and Representatives a lot of time
and worry.
Await Many'^^cisions
A more Important Court decis
ion will be that on the Guffey
soft coal regulation act. The ex
pectation is that this will be held
unconstitutional, on the ground
that the tax Imposed upon coal
producers who do not conform to
the terms of the law is a penalty
rather than an excise tax. It was
on exactly that ground that j
Supreme Court some years ago
declared the Child Labor Law un
constitutional.
Uncertainty as to the Court’s
ruling on the Guffey Act is ex
pected to delay action by Con
gress on other regulatory meas
ures affecting business.
The Supreme Court also has
before it questions of the con
stitutionality of the Tennessee
Valley Act, the Social Security
Act, the Wagnor Labor Relations
Act, the Railroad Pension Act.
the P1VA Slum Clearance pro
gram, the Potato Control Act, the
Tobacco Control Act and the
Bankhead Cotton Control Act.
Some of these will be passed on
between now and June, some will
not get to the point of a Court
ruling until Autumn. Therefore
it is possible there will be no
clear-cut Constitutional issue of
which either party can take ad
vantage in the coming Presiden
tial campaign.
Aniendments Up Sleeves
It is known that a dozen or
fnore members and Senators have
Constitutional amendments up
their sleeves ready to offer if the
Administration should decide it
were worth while to pvt up a
fight at this time for the liberal
ization of the Constitution in the
direction of giving broader pow
ers to the Federal Government to
regulate industry, but it now
seems questionable that any of
these amendments will have suf
ficient weight behind it to get
very far.
Much more concern Is being
expressed over old age pensions
than on any other one question.
The Social Security Act, which
provides for a contributory sys
tem of old age pensions, to be
paid out of a fund provided by
la.vcs on employers and emplo}’-
ees. does not meet tlie widespread
ilemand for immediate pensions
for every person over BO or 0 5
yoars old.
Ponslons providsd the
Social Security Act are hot big
fnopgh to pleasQ either the Town-
jsendttel or;^the eves inore rafii-
Cf4. element which Ui pktttng os
prisann ioT old . age -ptt^ns
payable immediately out of gen-
who want penaiona right now.
will have passed on to their fin
al reward long before they could
possibly., be beneficiaries of the
Social Security Act.^^; i ^ ’
The feeeling openly expressed
on Capitol Hill'is that something
must he don# and, done quickly
about old age pensions on a big
ger and faster scale. It is entire
ly unlikely that anything like the
Townsend plan of 1200 a nunth
for all aged persons will be voted,
but the pressure group of Town
send Clubs which have been" or
ganized all over the country has
more voting strength behind it
than even the Bonus. Its method
of organization and iU tactics are
very similar to those of the old
Anti-Saloon League.
Just before Congress met, the
Townsend organization demand
ed expressions from all members
of Congress and announced that
It had 39 pledges of support, 14
replies from members who said
they had not yet made up their
minds, 2 who declined to answer
and only 5 who stated that they
were definitely opposed to the
project. And that was only the
first frnit of the early pressure
which all of the members are be
ginning to feel.
’The President is said to have
expressed the desire, if not the
belief, that this session of Con-
g;resB will adjourn by Easter. It
can be set down right now as a
fact that nothing of that sort will
happen. The boys will stay in
session until the nominating con
ventions and perhaps after that.
There are too many political is
sues coming up in this most po
litical year since 1932, and every
member and almost everey Sen
ator feels that he has to make
the best of this opportunity to
strengthen his position with the
voters of his district or state.
Senator Borah’s open and a-
vowed candidacy for th Repub
lican nomination has focused at
tention on his record In respect
to the New Deal. On the 17 ma
jor New Deal bills Mr. Borah has
supported the Administration
eleven times and has been lined
up with the Republican Party six
times. And on that record rests
the opposition from within his
own party, of which former Pres
ident Hoover is the Spearhead. .
KUIad At
Durham, Jan. 6,—Mrs.-^H.' W.
Sharpe, 44, wife of Poltee Cap
tain Sharp^ was instantly kflU4
and her niece, Naey Sharpe, "waa
seriously injured. wheD'a
ear wa| strnek >y an MIMiMipd
SOtttberii rattroad> passenger trelB
at a ntid-town crdeilng thfe' tddina-
ing.- ^
Cvtalfi 8harpe,^,who was, driv
ing, was slightly hurt. - J
' Captain Stiarpw was taking'bis
nioM to high school on his way
to '-police faesidatuuRers to. report
for duty.. Sharpe  was em
ployed in a' downtown  depart-
mesd .idore.^ s.r-
HANCOCK .WILL
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2. ■' ' •'' — f
Washington, Jan. 6. — Con
gressman Frank' W. Hancock,
Jr., of Oxford, today set at rest
all doubt as to hie future politi
cal
eleeUon as repnaptttetlve intlh«
House mo’ the W«k North
olina district. ^
• "71', Jffe:
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