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THE FRANKLIN PRESS and THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
THURSDAY, SEPT. ,12, 113$
HULL STUDYING
BIG PROBLEMS
Difficulties Abroad Cause
Cabinet Member To
Work Overtime
(Special to The PreMaocwiian)
WASHINGTON, Sept. ll.-The
two busiest members of the Cabi
net these days are the Secretary
of State and the Secretary of the
Treasury. Mr. Hull has several
problems to solve involving Ameri
ca's relations with the rest of the
world, and Mr. Morgenthau is
working overtime trying to evolve
a program for bringing the books
of the Federal Government into
balance within a reasonable time.
The State Department is study
ing the neutrality resolution, pass
ed just as Congress adjourned, and
trying to figure out how it jibes
with the Kellogg peace pact, and
whether it would prevent the sale
of American foodstuffs, mules and
other war supplies to eitiher Italy
or Ethiopia, if and when hostilities
actually begin between those na
tions. Russia and Japan
Of greater concern, perhaps, is
the American - Russian situation.
Our rebuke to Russia for breaking
her promise not to countenance
plots to overthrow our government
was received with very bad grace
by the Soviet government. The
possibility is not remote that we
may wind up by recalling Ambassa
dor Bullitt and breaking off, our
lately resumed diplomatic relations
with Russia.
Perhaps more important than
either of those is the friendly ne
gotiation that is under way with
Japan, concerning the "dumping"
of Japanese textiles on our mar
kets. Out of that may well come
a larger market for American cot
ton, and a better understanding
between the two nations.
Secretary Morgenthau, who nev
er pretended to be a financier, has
won the respect and admiration of
official Washington by his devotion
to the study of Government fi
nance, largely under the able tute
lage of Comptroller-General Mc
Carl. Mr. Morgenthau is regarded
as one in the Presidential circle
who can say "No" to Mr. Roose
velt. In a group which some de
clare is composed chiefly of "yes
men" such a personality stands
out. Mr. Morgenthau has now
begun to say "no" to some phases
of the Administration's spending
policy. He is working now, and
will be engaged for months, on a
budget plan to be presented to
Congress in January.
The Federal deficit excess of
spending over income for the fis
cal year just ended was about 44
billions. The schedule in force for
the current year, to July 1, 1936,
will show a deficit of about 4 bil
lions. The Morgenthau plan is' in
tended to cut this to 2 billions for
1937, half a billion for 1938, and
then have a surplus of half a bil
lion in the fiscal year 1939.
Fulfilment of that program de
pends, of course, on many things
not clearly forseeable, among them
the result of the 1936 election. Few
Democrats admit to any doubts
about Mr. Roosevelt's re-election,
but on the other hand, there has
been a great uplifting of hope in
Republican hearts in the past fort
night. Borah Gains m Fayor
Perhaps the most interesting po
litical phenomenon of the moment
is the strong swing all over the
country to Senator William E. Bor
ah as the favorite G. 0. P. can
didate. The movement started with
the "Young Republicans," curious
ly enough, as Mr. Borah is past
seventy and would be the oldest
man ever elected President, were
he successful.
The Borah qualities that seem to
appeal to the young Republicans
are his liberalism, in the classical
sense of that term, his indepen
dence of the party machine, and
his individualistic point of view.
Those same qualities have made
him many enemies inside the party
organization, so it is rather sig
nificant to hear members and ad
herents of the "Old Guard" admit
ting, now, that Borah might be a
good candidate.
Hera and There
Fifty members of Congress are
going on a junket to Hawaii and
the Philippines and on around the
globe, as the guests of the Philip-
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The hat, with a match
ing trim on beige vel
vet gloves, feature
new Fall fashions.
Coque feathers hang
down in flattering ar
ray at the back of the
bat which is fashioned
entirely of them. The
beige velvet gloves,
with kid palms, have
lavishly trimmed
gauntlets with match
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Mr. and Mrs. Silas Jenkins and
baby, also Mr. and Mrs. H. Sti
winter and three children, were
visiting in Highlands Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones and
son, Kel; Mr. and Mrs- Lester
Mincy, of Ellijay, were visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Kel Ledford at
Waynesville recently.
Mrs. W. A. Keener and Ran
dolph Keener made a business
trip to Franklin and Cartooge
chaye Saturday.
Farmers in this section are now
busy caring for feed, cutting cab
bage and picking snap beans for
the market.
Monday night "Aunt" Ann Jones,
who has been an invalid since
March, was made glad by the
Dendy Boys of Gold Mine making
music and singing for her.
Abe Young has returned to El
lijay after a prolonged visit to
this community.
Miss Grace Wilkes, teacher of
the Walnut Creek school, spent
the week-end in Franklin with her
people. She is having a very suc
cessful school, with about 40 pu
pils daily. About 25 are first
grade children. The school library
came Monday.
This Is Year of Heavy
Southern Pine Seed Crop
A bumper pine seed crop, which
occurs about every 7 years, is ma
turing in the South. What causes
this heavy seed crop at regular in
tervals, generation after generation,
is still a mystery.
Pine cones are ripening. As
their scales bend back the winged
seeds flutter to the ground or are
carried by the wind far from the
parent tree. Late this coming
winter the seeds start germinating.
Billions of pine seedlings will re
sult. For this reason, the Forest Ser
vice of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture is warning of
the greater losses to pine-tree
seedlings if there is the customary
burning of forest pastures in the
southern pine regions thisi year.
Next year and for several years
after the pine seed crop will be
light.
Many ofl the great, even-aged
stands of longleaf, slash, loblolly,
and shortleaf, the four principal
species of southern pine, can be
traced back to a year of extra
ordinary seed production. They
seemingly store up a supply of
food beforehand for producing
heavy seed crops.
Some trees when injured or dy
ing will produce a heavy seed
crop apparently in a final effort
to continue their kind although
the season may not be the one for
heavy seed production.
pine government. Vice-President
Garner will head the party, which
will also include Speaker Byrns
and Senator Joe Robinson, the Ad
ministration leader.
Although there are no funds
available to start the Social Se
curity program in full operation
due to Senator Huey Long's fili
buster, the President is looking
over the field of available persons
for appointment to the Commission
which will administer the lawrGos
sip has it that Madam 'Secretary
Perkins may be its chairman, re
signing from her post as Secretary
of Labor.
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RESETTLEMENT
PLAN OUTLINED
Farm Families Given
Chance To Acquire
Own Lands
RALEIGH, Sept. 12. Farm fam
ilies in North Carolina who are
aided by the Resettlement Admin
istration will be advanced funds
for the purchase or lease of land,
livestock, equipment and subsis
tence goods, according to Homer
H. B. Mask, director of rural re
settlement for Region IV, which
embraces Kentucky, North Caro
lina, Tennessee, Virginia and West
Virginia.
"All advances will be properly
secured by mortgages on real
property, on personal property or
on crops, and are repayable with
in a reasonable period," Mr. Mask
said.
"The resettlement program has
two main phases," Mr. Mask said,
"rehabilitation, the temporary phase,
and resettlement, the permanent
phase.
"Rehabilitation," Mr. Mask ex
plained, "was inherited from FERA,
which had taken 290,000 families
under care during the year ending
July 1, 1935. These families had
been taken from direct relief, and
helped to become, in part, at least,
self-supporting. A farm and home
program had been laid out for each
such family. Agricultural extension
workers have now assumed joint
responsibility with the Rural Re
settlement Division for planning
and supervising this program,
which is being continued as the
temporary phase of the Resettle
ment Administration activities.
Resettlement Aim
"Resettlement deals with four
main groups, as follows:
"1. Farmers living on lands
which cannot be cultivated to the
advantage of the farm family or
the nation. A preliminary survey
by the National Resources Board
indicates that about 450,000 farms,
including 75 million acres of land,
should be devoted to uses other
than arable farming in order that
both the natural and the human
resources of the nation may be
conserved.
"2. Those among our 2x2 million
tenant farmers who are Capable of
rehabilitation.
"3. Young married couples with
farm experience.
"4. The more capable and in
dustrious ai the 'rehabilitation'
families.
"The purpose of resettlement is
not only to help the farmer him
self but to help the natbn as a
whole by stabilizing that segment
of the nation's population which
has been shifting back and forth
between country and city-comprising
in times of depression a large
percentage of the total of unem
ployed. "A good many rehabilitation and
resettlement families will be placed
on individual tracts. However, a
number of group settlements have
also been planned, a few completed
and occupied, and others are under
construction.
Economic Scene Changing
"It is the heart of the resettle
ment program to rectify many of
the mistakes made during this na
tion's great, unguided rush for farm
lands. But not everything the Re
settlement Administration is going
to attempt is in correcting errors
made by previous generations.
Thousands of families are now liv
ing in what were not disadvantage
ous locations at the time they were
settled, but the economic scene has
so shifted since the day of their
settlement that these areas are no
longer capable of providing a satis
factory living.
"An illustration of this type of
thing is to be found in the Appa
lachian and Ozark Mountains. At
the time that the first settlers en
tered these mountains, there were
natural resources there, upon which
the pioneers lived, hut which are
no longer in existence. In the
first place, these pioneers were not
farmers in the sense that we think
of farmers today. They were large
ly hunters and trappers and sur
vived on the basis of plentiful
game and fish. Shortly after they
settled in the mountains, the lum
ber industry began, and for a gen
eration, and in some cases two or
three generations, they made quite
a decent living, working in the
woods and in the lumber mills. In
a great many places there were
coal mines, zinc mines, copper
mines, and other mineral resources.
"Now the game is gone, the tim
ber is largely exhausted, the iron,
coal, lead, and zinc mines are in
some places closed. The result is
that the population which moved
in to do certain tasks, or to exploit
certain natural resources, is now
left stranded because the resources
are gone. The people of this group
constitute one type of American
farm families that will be served
in the resettlement program. Dur
ing the past year, approximately
114 million acres of this so-called
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submarginal land has been optioned
by the federal government, with
the purpose of converting this land
once again to its highest uses and
then assisting the population to
move into better orientation with
other natural resources.
"The resettlement program is an
attempt on the part of an agency
of government to create new op
portunities in rural areas.
"Farmers who desire to be ac
cepted for this program should ap
ply to the county agent of the
Agricultural Extension Service, or
to the county representative of the
Resettlement Administration. Those
who have failed to qualify for aid
from the Farm Credit Administra
tion, or who are threatened with
foreclosure and eviction, are con
sidered especially eligible. How
ever, eligibility does not necessarily
mean that the applicant will be ac-,
cepted.
"The local representative of the
Resettlement Administration, and
his county agricultural on home
demonstration agent, will sit down
with the applicant and help him to
work out a plan for acquiring and
operating his land. A county ad
visory committee will pass on the
plan and determine whether it
gives reasonable assurance of suc
cess. , If he is accepted, the ap
plicant will be advanced funds with
which to carry out the plan, and
given such guidance as he needs
and desires to carry the plan
through to completion."
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