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THE FRANKLIN
PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
THURSDAY
Afil
M’CARL TALKED
AS DAKK HORSE
Comptroller Mentioned as
GOP Presidential
Possibility
(Spec to Th® Prosft-MaconUin)
Washington, April 8.—VVhenevev
political wiseacres begin to talk i
about I’residcntial ‘‘dark horses ■
somebody is sure to bring up the ;
name of John k, McCarl, Comptrol- |
Jer GeneraJ of the United States. '
'J'hat suggestion is generally met {
by a practically unanimous chorus
of: “He would make a good I'resi-
dent, if he could .be elected, and
he would make a fine candidate, it
he could be nominated. J5ut has
he a chance?”
What brings Mr. McCarl into
the limelight just at this time is
the fact that his 15-year term ji
office expires on the 30th day of
June this year. This raises, among
other questions, the Question of
whom Prt-sident Roosevelt will ap
point in his place; because the out-
K*ing Comptroller General is not
eligible for re-appointment.
if Ck/ngress were in session on
June 30, the l^resident would have
lo make a permanent appointment
to be confirmed by the Senate. I!ut
Congress will not be in session, and
that leaves the President free to
make an interim appointment of
anybody whom he chooses to name,
regardless of Senatorial wishes.
The interim appointee will hold of
fice until the next Congress meets, i
One From 5,000
CHICAGO . . . Tom Lee Brown
(above), realtor, 38, and father of
3 children, was the man selected to go
to New York and in a nation-wide
radio speech outline his ideas on
‘ ‘ How to solve the crime problem. ’ ’
His letter was judged be.st of 5,000.
j Jn Dionne Pcrby~
either
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plant. The body was burned heyond ^
recognition. An old woman follow- |
ed them as they carried their
gruesome load. A wrist watch, its
strap burned, dropped from an
arm of the corpse. The old wo
man identified it as that of a
daug'hter.
Thus, it was only by such me
mentos that many bodies could be
identified. But even Wednesday it
was reported that more than 40
bodies still rested in mioxgues, un
identified, unclaimed, while scores
of people searched frantically, fear
fully for loved ones from w'hom
they had been separated.
From all over (ieorgia relief was
rushed to Gainesville Monday and
'■J'uesday, but the city was report
ed Wednesday still to be in dire
need of clothing and other supplies.
National guardsmen patrolled the
streets to prevent looting, while
2,(XX) relief workers struggled to
clean the streets of debris and re
store some semblance of order.
News of the tragedy ibrought
grave concern to many Franklin
residents who had friends and rela
tives in Gainesville. Mrs. T, J.
Johnston, whose mother, Mrs. J.
A Deal, and two sisters, ^frs.
Toomer and Mrs. Johnston, live in
Gainesville, left for the stricken
community w'ith two of her .sons,
George and Tom Johnston. How
ever, they found that none of their
relatives were on the casualty list,
althouf^h. they lived near the sec
tion rA the town which bore the
brunt of the damage.
Wardrobe
In Budget
m m
i P.A.S
wire in this comniuni
is interested,
Mrs, Leona Dm
Alice Childers ^ere
Clayton, Ga,, Tuesd.v
Th.e Patton school ,S
3 with a picnic. The A
ncai]!
sorry It is out, (oh, ...
year they will
Franklin, if reports a,T
There will be an •
hunt at Patton’s r j
Sunday. '"‘'S
Friday night, March>’
was given at the j,,
Emory by the adult
community. Our suft
John Trotter, \v'as
guest; also her htis|).|
were played, songs wer|
we all had an
Mrs. Leo.na P.
in this valley and wt J
a trip to Asheville soo,|
our class will coming'
have lots of fun ■
work.
enjoysll
Ciassifi
MILWAUKEE ... Gordon Dionne,
(above), who claims to be a cousin of
Olira Dionne, father of the quintup
lets, ia now the proud parent of twins,
just born here..."Still three down,”
snyB Gordon.
when the next President,
Mr. Roosevelt or his successor,
must submit the name of somebody
to fill the job for another 15 years.
Intriofucin,g John McCarl
riicie are wheel-hors«s in the
rircsent democratic administration,
as there were wheel-horses in pre
vious Republican administrations
who would prefer to see a man in
the Comptroller-General job that
would take a more lenient view in
the spending of the taxpayers’
money. But that is just what John
McCarl has always refused to do.
ife hasn’t played ball at all the
way the politicians who were re-
>I)onsible fror having him put in
the, office cxpected him to play.
The idea of having a Comptroll-
er-(jeneral, to see that all money
spent by the Federal Government
was used in precisely the way
C ongress prescribed, that no dis
cretion should be allowed to any
i'ederal officer or bureau and that
he should be responsible only to
Congress, was originated by the
Republican majority in Congress
dOring 1919-20.
It came as a result of the more
or less unregulated spending of the
Wilson Administratiicm in war time.
I’resident Wilson vetoed the first
bill creating the office of Comp
troller-General, because it prohib
ited the President from removing
tlie incumbent from office and gave
the executive no control or super
vision af his activities. Senator
Warren G. Harding was one of the
leading advocates of the idea of an
independent accounting officer.
Promptly after Mr. Harding be
came President, in 1921, the office
was created by act of Congress and
Mr. Harding picked John McCarl
to fill it, because McCarl 'had al
ways been a staunch Republican
wheel-horse. He had been a lawyer
in Nebraska, •where he still main
tains a voting residence at McCook;
he had been Secretary of the Re
publican (xmgressional Executive
Committee through one or two cam
paigns, and at the time of his ap
pointment h« was private secretary
to Senator George W. Norris, of
Nebraska.
The McCarl Shock
McCarl took office July 1, 1921.
He had not been in office more
than a few minutes before his poli
tical friends found that the expense
accounts of Republican office-hold
ers were just as much objects of
suspicion as if they had been pre
sented by Democrats.
For 15 years every dollar spent
by or in behalf of the Federal
Crovernment has had to be okayed
by the Comptroller-General. He has
nothing to do with preparing the
budget, but after the items of the
budget have been enacted into law,
he has everything to do with see
ing to it that no department, bu
reau or individual spends more
than has been specifically author
ized by law or spends money ap- ooay ot a m
pripriated for one purpose for some Cooper Manufacturing company
other purpose. There is .no appeal
from his decisions.
it follows that nobody knows as
much about the handling of the
(iovernment’s cash as does John R.
McCarl. He knows every trick ever
invented to wangle money out of
the Treasury without authority.
One reason why the public has
not heard more of the Comptroller-
General is that his conception of
his duty has compelled hun to lead
almost a cloistered life, officially
at least. He is the hardest man in
Washington to interview. Jn his
15 years of service he has never
once been Quoted for publication
to the extent of a single sentence, j
And not only newspaper men, but
politicians of all grades and va-
rities, find it practically impossible I
to pry their way into his office. I
0)xard,e] His Position j
McCarl has always taken pains
never to expose himself to any !
kind of political pressure or con- j
tacts which might, in the case of a I
weaker man, warp the fine line be- :
tween what is right and what is '
politically permissible. He adheres '
rigidly to the letter of the law and
insists that every other public ser- ;
vant do the same. If they don’t i
like it, let them get the law
changed.
Mr. McCarl is o.niy 56 years old 1
now. He may not be the Republican
nominee; indeed, it is quite improb
able that he will be, if for no other
reason than that politicians of his
ovyn party have discovered that he
will not play politics
office.
Riverside
•Misses Montee Justice, of Dillard,
(ia., and Virginia Gray, of Hickory
Knoll, s])ent Thursday .night with
Miss Hazel Brown,
We are glad to report that Miss
Leola McCoy, who has been on the
sick list, is able to be out again,
Mr. and Mrs, Thad Garland, of
Toccoa, Ga,, were visiting Mr, and
Mrs. W'. C. Ledbetter, Friday eve
ning.
Mr. Eugene McCoy was visiting
Mr. and Mrs, James Cabe Sunday
afternoon,
Afrs, R. B. Curtis, who has been
on the sick list, is able to fee out
a?:ain.
_Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ledbetter,
CHICAGO . . . Here is another
change for that budget wardrobe, a
tailored white non-crushable linen
crash suit, with which is worn a
marine blue scarf and white accea-
sories. It’s quite inexpensive. This
model is shown in the Cotton. Caridval
at the Merchandise Mart here.
Jr., of Cjreenville, S. C., were visit
ing in this community during the
past week.
Mr. and Airs. J. B, Ledford, of
W'aliialla, S. C., were visiting Mrs.
Ledford's parents, Mr. and j\Irs.
James Cabe, during the week-end.
The public is cordially invited to
attend B. Y. P, U. each Sunday
night at Coweta Baptist church at
7:30 o’clock.
Patton Valley
A miscellaneous shower was giv
en Friday night at the home of
Mrs. Bertha Ledford in honor of
Mr. and Mr.s. Sherman Ledford.
Games were played and music en
joyed during the evening. Delicious
punch and cakes were served and
everybody enjoyed the evening.
About 40 were present.
Ihe E. R, E. class is a live
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SPECIAL
in public
In the event that a Republican
President should be elected next
Fall, Was'hington feels pretty cer-
tain that John McCarl will be high
in the councils of the new Adminis-
^ation; perhaps Secretary of the
Treasury or the Director of the
Budget.
GAINESVILLE’S
DEATHTOU185
(Continuod from Page One)
the disaster were brought back to
Franklin by members of the Amer
ican Legion relief party and others
who visited Gainesville. One group
of young men who Violunteered
their services told of carrying a
stretcher upon which rested the
body of a girl taken from the
leceived 50 Wash Silk Dresses in
new colors.
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small anr7i ^^Its and strati
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