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TS3 PBRQCTMAN3 WEEKLY. IIERTFOIlD, N. C, FRIDAY. KOVLll
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By HUGO S. SIMS
ELECTION PUZZLES.
NO NATIONAL VOICE:
JAPAN SPEAKS OUT.
U. S. FACES PROBLEM.
SPREADING THE BENEFITS.
SUBSIDIES OF THE PAST.
Now that the election is over with,
the votes counted and the, returns an
iSbrfce; one would ordinarily assume
that the people of the United States,
through a solemn referendum, have
made clean-cut decisions upon public
issues. As a matter of fact, such is
not the case.
Who, for example, can take the re
turns of Tuesday's ballots and tell
what the people of this country think
about the Farm Program, the Public
Health issue, the Reorganization of
the Government, the foreign policies,
ox this country
or the contemplated
program of reater preparedness for
war?
To ask these questions is to answer
them. As a matter of fact, it is im
possible to say that the election of
so many Republicans means so many,
votes against any particular measure
or that the Democrats hold so many
seats is equivalent to that many
votes for or against any proposition.
Some of the candidates elected under
the label of one party are in fact
closer to the political division of their
opponents than they are to other
members of their own party.
The Congress will include Conser
vative Democrats and Liberal Demo
crats, Progressive Republicans and
Conservative Republicans, and others
under party names that mean little
or nothing on national issues. Not
only will the Conservatives tend to
oppose the Liberals, but the views of
the members will be colored by the
states from which they come. For
- example, members from agricultural
.r&reas will favor liberal legislation
for farmers, those who represent in-
industrial and urban centers are apt to
wifpvib uuvrui uueiujiiuyanent pay
ments, and those from seaboard
states are, in general, more apt to
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-ers from interior commonwealths.
' As stated in this column several
Vrtimea before, the main issue decided
"Nby the election is whether President
Roosevelt retains the support of a
large majority of the members of
Congress. It may be that his Repub
lican opponents, aided by the Conser
vative Democrats, will be able to se
riously interfere with his legislative
program. This, however, will not be
known until the members of Congress
cast their votes upon the legislative
proposals that emanate from the
White House.
. The writer cannot comment at this
time upon the results in individual
1 A 1 1.
cle is being written before the results
of Tuesday's election are known.
Next week, if the election returns
trace a definite pictureon the politi
cal horizon, we will try to sketch its
outline.
Diplomatic relations between the
United States and Japan will likely
become increasingly strained during
the next few months. The recent
note of the United States protesting
against Japanese treatment of Amer
ican commerce in Manchuria and
threatening discrimination against
our trade in other areas of China has
been followed by plain indications
that Japan intends to assert some
sort of overlordship' over the Far
East. Inevitably, the Japanese will
attempt to exploit the Asiatic Main
lend and to assert its right to pre
ferential treatment in violation of
the Open Door policy.
It is easy to see that if the Unite)
States insists upon its position in re
gards to China, which is absolutely in
accordance with treaties signed by
Japan, and the Japanese continue, to
"pursue their imperialistic r designs, a
head-on collision is inevitable. Wheth
er the interests of the United States
in the Far East are sufficient to war
rant a diplomatic stand that will in
vite a conflict is the only question to
be decided by this country. In our
opinion, if the United States refuses
to yield to what the Japanese consid
er the new position in the Orient, the
chances of hostilities . are consider
able. Undoubtedly, the' Japanese are
determined to carry out their Asiatic
policy of supremacy regardless of the
attitude of foreign nations, Including
the United States, and nothing will
check the Japanese venture except
the weight of superior strength in
battle.
lttany or tnose who study the rela
' tionehip between Government and its
people have been amazed during the
past few years to realize the vest
number of citizens now receiving
noma "? form of financial assistance
from the Government of the United
States. The process, strange as it
may seem,-id not a new function of
our Government, although the bene-
" fits aie Jbeing distributed today on a
"'broader scale than ever before.'
- The:beneflciaries of the Govern
txaz&'t nolkiea are now beta? counted
f 7 cHo&f, whereas formerly they
f calculated by the thousands. ' It
L ,-t b Interesting to consider the
f V!an of governmental assistance
with what has gone on to the past.
The favors of the Government have
not always been expressed; through
this distribution of money. For ex
ample, tariff legislation has provided
a subsidy of uncounted- billions of
dollars to protected industries, va
rious regulations in the past have
taken , care of banks, insurance com
panies and other financial organiza
tions, and there have been numerous
policies of Government to the advant
age of monopolistic corporations. In
addition, legislation in the interest
of the railroads, shipbuilders and
ship operators, as well as measures
designed for the benefit of organized
labor have benefitted special classes.
There was aW the distribution of
public land on a scale of bounty and
the payment of immense sums to
veterans of the wars of this country.
Subsidies for carrying the mails
have been divided between railroads,
steamships and airplane lines, and
many' public projects have served the
interests of a limited group of citi
zens. Today, the Government continues
much of its legislation and many, of
lts Ponies which assist the groups
aiiu biosovo iciciivu vv ait u.c awTc
paragraphs. In addition, the field of
beneficiaries has been widely enlarged
to include new payments to veterans,
onn a aoaaa it q wfaI in thA Kvna
' to provide work for the unemployed,
to give farmers something of an off
set to the tariff for industry, to pro
vide funds for the benefit or the old-
age group end to bring many ad
vantages into the reach of the lower
income groups, such as Social Securi
ty provisions and the proposed health
measures. So far, we have not men
tioned the vast army of Government
workers, including the young people
in the CCC, and those that benefit
through the NYA. Nor have we re-
! ferred to the industries that receive
the orders which are necessary in
keeping the country prepared for
war. In addition, there are other ac
tivities that, like the Public Health
Service, operate for the common good
or au citizens.
Now, it seems, the Government is
about to embark on a policy of assist
ing great industries, such as the rail
roads, the public utilities and other
necessary units, by providing funds
for expansion and reorganizations
that are deemed vital to the safety of
the nation. There is talk of a two
price system to assist the lower third
of the population to buy some of the
surplus products of agriculture.
Where the
process will end, no one
can guess. Only the future will tell
the complete story.
It Wasn't a Haystack
After fifty-seven years a needle
swallowed by a Western farm wo
man has emerged from her foot.
Being, impatient, she had gone ahead
and bought another needle. Detroit
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SUM SCHOOL LESSON
THE SACREDNESS OF HUMAN
LIFE
International Sunday School
for November 13, 1938
Lesson
GOLDEN TEXT: Thou shalt
not kill." Exodus 20:13. "Who
soever hateth his brother is a
murderer." I John 3:15.
(Lesson Textt Exodus 20:13;
Matthew 5:21-26, 38-42)
The Sixth Commandment is short
and simple, "Thou shalt not kill."
Many believe that there are excep-
turns justifying miUUry servica ana
other necessary activities of modern
citizens, but these do hot appear in
the text, and are even more positively
denied by the admonition of Christ to
love our enemies.
Pick up practically any newspaper
these days and you wilj sea, that this
commandment is wantonly disobeyed
in the United States. Even right in
our own midst there are instances of
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disobedience to this command against
the taking of human life by another.!
In 1934, there were approximately I
12,000 homicides recorded in the
United States, or approximately 9.5
deaths by physical violence to every
100,000 of our population.
The distressing fact is that this,
rate is increasing yearly and appar
ently nothing effective is "being done
to remedy the situation. Instead of
being adequately punished by the
courts, it often happens that guilty
persons are either acqulted altogether
or are given sentences that are out
the crime committed.
Modern fiction and moving pictures,
of proportion to the seriousness of
in which crime is so minutely depict
ed and oftentimes attractively por
trayed, are lending their aid to the
present trend toward cheapening the
value of human life. It seems that
there are many people in our country
who think nothing of hiring men to
murder their enemies or to murder
them themselves, if by so doing they
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can get them put of the way. It is
getting to be common to read of
racketeers taking their rivals or even
their henchmen who "know . too
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never return. '
But, in thinking of this type of
murder, let us not overlook the fact
that the man or woman who drives an
automobile while he or she is under
the influence of whiskey, is a poten-
tisl murderer and is as guilty of the
murder of his or her victims as if
he or she wantonly struck them down
in cold blood. Disrespect for human
life is also to be seen in the criminal
negligence in many industrial prac
tices, and unsanitary and dangerous
working conditions. Those responsi
ble who knowingly permit unsafe con
ditions to exist and do nothing to
remedy them are guilty of violating
this commandment
Human life was also held cheap by
the world into which Jesus came.
The condition of the slaves, of women
and children, were almost unspeak
able. With the coming of Jesus and
His teachings, things began to be
different. The good news which
Jesus brought into the world gave to
all men the sense of a new uignuy
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Jesus, ' In his teachings, shov
that, in order to keep man from till
ing his brother man, ;the feelings
which engender, strife must : be re
moved from vhis heart. Therefore,
instead of hatred, nialice, ; jealousy, 4
revenge, unforgiveness and like feel
ings, which sooner or later break out
into violence, men should be taught '
to fill their hearts with love so that
there would be no room for such sin-
ful feelings. , it ,;
If Christians generally, in all their
dealings, with . their fellowmen, would,
practice the teaching , of the Golden
Rule, as given by Jesus,. "Inasmuch
as ye would that men should do Unto
you do ye also-unto, them,",, not only
would their individual lives be. hap-,
pier but their community would also ?
be a better place in which to live. '.;',
BETHEL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sutton, of Balia' .f I
hack; Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Bates of
Ocean View, Va. ; Misses :. Mildred
Manning and Jeanette Corey and '; '
Delmas Rogers and Robert TavTni. tt w;i
Williamston, visited in the home ofi
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ward Sunday. ;, ,:v
Miss Thelma Goodwin has returned i i
to her home at Rocky Hock,';i after
spending the past week with her -grandmother,
Mrs. W. C. Perry. .'Uf':
R. L. Ward, of Edenton, visited ,W.V
P. Long on Monday.
Mr and Mrs. 'J. C. Raper and?
daughters, Misses Margaret, .Nfonie
i Mane and Mary Lma. of BelvidAm. -
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. '
Perry Sunday.
Miss Lucille Lonar. of the Wnfti .
school faculty, spent the week-end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. JI.
ix)ng.
PENDER ROAD NEJSVS
Mr. and Mrs. Thnmla J. Smnf ,
and son, Raymond, of Big Indian, N.J.
Y were recent guests of Mr. and'
Mrs. J. E. Eaves.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Clark and "
Mrs. Lucius Blanchard, of Hertford; '
Mrs. Sidney Sutton anoLson, Sidney '
Tucker, of near Elizabeth City, Tteifc- :
ed Mrs. Mary J. Wood Sunday after'
noon.
Mrs. R. A. Terry and son, J. B.;4
visited Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Perry,
near identon, Sunday. ,
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Eaves and
children, Onella, John and Ava Ann,
of near Norfolk, Va., called t see
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Eaves Sunday
evening.
Kr. and Mrs. T. T. Harrelt -and
children, Juanita and Peggy, of near
Norfolk, Va.. were sruests ef Mr. an)
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