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Timas Want Ads Bring Results The Alleghany Times Subscription Price $1 a year in advance DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY Volume 10. SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1935. 10 PAGES Number 31. CONFUSION EXISTS The situation in Washington if somewhat confused at this writ ing as Congress wrestles with the issues presented. Major issues confront the solons from day to day, the question of constitution ality looms and uncertainty exists as to just how far the President will insist upon immediate action. Throughout the country the same perplexed state of mind is re ported, with the average vote* hardly able to keep up with what occurs and utterly in the dark, at this time, as to the fruits of the legislation he is reading about The House independence, so widely heralded when it broke with the President over the hold ing company bill, is not to be relied upon as a permanent con dition. The members, facing re election next year, were in hand to hand grapple with plenty of pressure and they keenly realized what could happen to them. Out side of the influence exerted by the administration there was little vocal support from the home dis tricts although there is little rea son to doubt but that many a congressman who favored the utility companies will hear a lot about it when he faces the voters. PRESSURE NOW AND LATER The Senate, now regarded as the more liberal body, merely reflects, in our judgment, the. les sened pressure of elections that are three and five years away for most of its members. Mem bers of the upper house do not respond to mass pressure, however organized, as easily as the House members, facing the electorate sooner. Independence of thought and action are more apt to be seen in the Senate for this rea son as well as because the rules of the upper house allow more liberty to the members. PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC Reports from the White House tell us that the President is in rare good humor, absolutely con fident as to the political future and positively optimistic in re gards to the outlook, His friends insist that Mr. Roosevelt’s good feeling is not forced and that he apparently worries about noth ing. They generally admit that the Nf>\ decision him but now, since he has mapped out his course, which many have been unable to fathom, he is cheerful and carefree. REPUBLICANS WORKING Third party talk is continuing throughout the country but with out very much real steam or the threat, at this time, of much force in the next election. Republicans, however, are encouraged and get ting to work,. They seem willing to go to the bat with Mr. Roose velt upon the issues outlined, in cluding the Constitution, and think they have a chance to win if they can get a good candidate. In ther present thought Mr. Hoover is not desirable or wanted. although most observers realize thpt the Hoover forces are not out of commission and that events can easily cause his renomination. FARLEY MAKES SURVEY Postmaster General Parley is now engaged in studying the po litical situation of the country, taking a part of a .six weeks va cation for the purpose. The House vote on the holding company and the TV A bills may represent some thing of a reaction against the National administration, and Par ley, as head of the Democratic Party, wants to find, out whethet talk of increased taxes has caus ed any unrest among the party’s faithful. Some observers say the alleged slump in the popularity of the administration began with the holding company fight and has been increased by the talk of tax increases, which are always un popular. Moreover, some corpor ations have already advised stock holders to write to congressmen about the new tax program. Mr. Parley will spend most of his vacation in Hawaii traveling there by the northern route and coming home through the southern states. While he considers conditions somewhat unsettled pending far reaching legislation he continues to maintain, publicly at least, his optimism over the outlook. WANTS LEGAL SHOWDOWN The President's letter to Repre sentative Sam B. Hill, of Wash ington, urging that the Guffey Snyder coal control bill be rush ed into law regardless of any doubts as to its constitutionality is generally taken to indicate a on to settle the limits AAA Supporters Win Major Test In Senate Vote Senator Byrd, Of Va., Says Producers Have No Voice In Eestablishing Of Prices By Handlers IS FIRST REAL TEST Smith, of S. C., Is Ardent Fighter For Retention Of Clause Governing Price-Fixing Washington, July 16.—A slim margin of two votes today saved a major phase of the New Deal’s farm program—price fixing— from destruction by the Senate. Amid charges that it was “un workable” and threatened “more suffering” upon the farmer, the Senate voted 40 to 38 to retain a provision permitting Secretary Wallace, with approval of 50 per cent of the handlers of any com modity covered by the bill, to fix a minimum price at which it would be bought from the pro ducer and resold by the first I handler. It was the first real test on the AAA amendments designed to clinch the challenged constitution ality of the farm law but hotly opposed by members on both sides of the chamber. , Joining in the majority to re tain the price fixing provision were 31 Democrats, 7 Republi cans, one Progressive and one Farmer-Labor. In the opposition were 27 Democrats and 11 Re publicans. Senator Tydings (D., Md.) and Byrd . (D., Va.) led the fight against the provision, assisted by Senator Dickinson (R., Iowa), who spread his attack to the whole bill by citing the Boston circuit court decision against AAA ; processing taxes. v “The fundamental law is the same in this bill as in the AAA,’’ Dickinson said, “and if it is held unconstitutional, so would be these amendments. “I think it would be a good thing if it were sent back to committee for reconsideration.” Chairman Smith (D., S. C.) of the agriculture committee fought back furiously at attacks on the bill. At one time he became so heated that when a colleague sought to interrupt, he refused to yield, saying “I’m in a weep ing mood.’ “Anyone studying this bill,” he said, will see that the price fix ing is predicated upon an agree ment of the producers, not only of the handlers.” Byrd challenged him to show where the producers had any voice in the price fixing by hand lers. Smith agreed it was not entirely as clear as he would like it and offered to accept an amendment making any price fix ing provision subject to sanction of a majority of the growers. “If you are in favor of price fixing as a general principle,” Byrd insisted, “why not take every food product and fix the price, without limiting it to the few items in this bill?” “Sunply,” Smith replied, “be cause & quarter grain of strych nine may be a tonic is no reason I should take a fist full.^— “It is an unanswerable com mentary upon the members of this body that an attempt should be made to deny farmers the right ,to fix prices while every other industry assertedly enjoyed it.” Administration leaders sought in vain to curb debate on the bill by limiting speeches to 80 min utes, but Minority Leader Mc Nary said there was a possibility of reaching an agreement on this some time tomorrow after “sev eral important amendments” are acted upon. TO HOLD PI* »UPPER SAT. NIGHT AT WOLF BRANCH A pie supper is to be held at Wolf Branch' school house on Saturday night, July 27, at eight o’clock. The supper is to be held under the auspices of the Sun day school, which is being con ducted there by Rev. O. W. Mar shall. The ladies of the community •re invited to take plas to the snimtr To Coach Czechs PHILADELPHIA . . . $M Meredith, formerly one of the world’* greatest middle-distance runners, is now on the high sea* enroute to Chechoslovakia where he will coach that nation’s 1980 Olympic track team. Says Talk About Teachers’ Pay Is Premature LeRoy Martin Points Out That No Schedule Of Pay For Teachers Has Been Adopted Raleigh, July 16.—Labeling most of the talk about teachers’ salaries as premature, LeRoy Mar tin, secretary of the state school commission, today pointed out that neither the commission or the board of education has adopt ed a schedule of pay for teachers. The school secretary stated that it was his opinion that the com mission will carry out the law as written which apparently makes mandatory writing a new schedule for teachers and principals. The commission might be able to im prove $}),; schedule adopted two years ago,5 Mr. Martin said, more satisfactorily if they are not ruled by a fixed percentage basis. “As to the funds promised by the’ last General Assembly to pay teachers and principals, it does not appear that a sufficient amount is available to increase each teacher 20 per cent and in addition employ 200 more teach ers, allow for a $20 yearly in crease for each teacher having less than the maximum experience credit, and allow more than 1,000 teachers a still further increase because of higher certification.” Mr. Martin said that the chair man of the two appropriations committees had promised an amount coming within $230,527, according to his figures, of being sufficient to meet the require ments for all this. Regarding the report that the General Assembly was misinform ed as to the amount needed to raise the teachers' salaries the school man said he did not know. He stated, however, that at no time did it occur to him that the purpose was to increase every person a certain percentage. Airplane To Be At Little River Farm Sat., Sun. On Saturday and Sunday, July 20 and 21, Tommy Gibbons and Lt. Dave Lybrook will be at Little River farm with their air plane for the purpose of carrying passengers, and will also give an exhibition of stunt flying and parachute jumping. The plane used by Lt. Lybrook in filming the picture, “Hell’s Angels,” will be used for carry ing passengers. The plane is of the same type and horsepower as the famous plane, “We,” which Lindbergh used in his initial trip across the Atlantic. Tommy Gibbons, who has been jumping since 1929, promises some thrills in parachute jump ing. Many novel stunts, includ ing that known as “ribbon cut ting,” in which the flier releases a roll of ribbon as he goes aloft and cuts it as he descends, will be given for the entertainment of the people. „ Gibbons and Lybrook will ar rive hare Saturday morning from Winston-Salem, where the plane is now stored. ;/ Patman And Fish Clash Tuesday In House On Bonus Controversy Starts Talkfest That Halts All Work In Progress In'Lower House' Washington, July 16.—A bit ter clash between Representative Patman, (D., Texas), and Fish, (R., N. Y.), over the veterans’ bonus today started a talk-fest in the house which wound up with the day’s accomplishments listed at zero. Patman began with a speech denouncing Fish’s plan for cash ing the bonus out of the $4,000, 000,000 work fund. Fish re torted that Democratic leaders were blocking a vote on his bill and referred to “snooping” by Patman. The Texan quickly objected. Ekwall, (R., Ore.), suggested that it might clarify the situation to change the word from “snooper” to “stool pigeon.” Both terms were held by Speak er By.rns to violate house rules and on a 246 to 75 vote they were expunged from the record. Then began what Representative O’Connor, (D., N. Y.), branded as “open and publicly nothing but a filibuster conducted by Mr. Blanton and Mr. Taber, both so-called watchdogs of the treas ury.” Taber (R., N. Y-) started it by forcing a roll-call on a motion to adjourn. He lost. Prom then on there were numerous roll-calls, each of which consumes about 80 minutes. What Taber, Blanton, (D., Tex.), and others were fighting was an omnibus bill grouping in one measure scores of private re lief bills which previously had been blocked individually on the floor. It was a new wrinkle in this type of legislation. The fight was successful, at least temporarily. The house ad journed without voting on the omnibus measure. It will not be in order again for many legis lative days. Minister Chides Roosevelt About His Sunday Trips Chicago, July 16.—Dr. I. M. Hargett, a Kansas City pastor, in a sermon Sunday night at the 67th annual Methodist camp meet ing in Des Plaines, 111., chided President Roosevelt for his fishing and sailing trips on Sunday. “I wish,” said the clergyman, “that President Roosevelt would not make such a pleasure day of Sunday and, instead of political powwows, fishing trips and sail boat rides, attend church every Sunday and set a good example for the nation’s youth. “President Roosevelt attends church less than any other of our recent presidents. He will be sorry that he brought back liquor. Conditions are far worse now than in the old saloon days.” Hargett is pastor of the Lin wood Methodist Episcopal church of Kansas City. Defendants At Trial Deny They Tortured Convicts Charlotte, July 16.—Two of the three defendants at the chain gang torture trial here took the stand today and made sweeping denials to all of the charges of the state. Both made sharp at tacks upon the state’s system of solitary confinement. Those testifying were Captain Henry C. Little, veteran chain gang camp superintendent, and R. C. Rape, former prison guard. Both were dismissed from service after the legislative investigation last winter. The third defendant, Dr. C. S. McLaughlin, is expected to take the stand tomorrow morning. The defendants are now being tried for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and for neglect of duty. Hie charges of maiming and torturing prison ers were dismissed yesterday by Judge Wilson Warlick when the state rested its case. Majority Votes Down Drive For Adjournment Representative Deen, Of Georgia, Asks For Immediate Cessation Of Work For This Session Washington, July 16.—The big drive in the House to force a hurried adjournment of congress fizzled today—smothered 261 to 86 by the same Democratic ma jority that yesterday cheered the proposal. Peculiarly, the attempt was ini tiated by a Democrat—Represen tative Deen, of Georgia. But when the roll was called, only 15 members of bis party voted with him and 70 Republicans. On the other hand were' eight Progres sives and Farmer-Laboirites, 12 Republicans and 241 Democrats. Within a few hours after the house action, Chairman Harrison, of the senate finance committee, reasserted that congress would stay in session to pass President Roosevelt’s tax program and that there was no thought of return ing for a special session this fall. His announcement was made after a series of conferences with ad ministration leaders. Deen started the adjournment attempt yesterday by .remarking that 26 members were ill, that congress had worked “long and faithfully” and that some of the share-the-wealth, soak-the-rich and save-the-poor” legislation ought to he left over. He got ringing applause, particularly from the Democrats. Today, Representative, Wood rum, Democrat, Virginia, opened the discussion, insisting that it “would be a major political blun der" for his Democratic col leagues to let congress adjourn without enacting, among other things, a tax bill. “Our leader, the president,” Woodrum said amid a dead sil ence, “has said we must raise additional revenue. I don’t say we should do it through any par ticular means, but I do say in all fairness that we owe it to the country and to business to remove any doubts, before we ad journ, as to what we intend to do.” He added that although it was hot now it would be “hotter” if congress went home without act ing on that measure. Only scattered applause greeted his appeal. But a few- seconds later Been offered his resolution calling for an adjournment sine die on July 23. Representative O’Connor, Democrat, New York, moved that resolution be tabled and his motion carried, 259 to 86. Goldman Favors “Public Defender” In Criminal Trials Los Angeles, July 16.—Startled members of the American Bar Association last night heard gray haired Mayer C. Goldman, New York attorney and crusader for the “public defender system” of criminal trials, propose “com plete outlawing of the criminal attorney as the surest way to end crime-” Waving his glistening pince-nez before a gallery of America’s foremost legal talent, the slender, dapper little lawyer, who for 20 years has battled for state-paid defenders, tossed his thunderbolt into the annual session of the association. "The surest way to promote crime,” he told the assembled law. yers, “is to permit the hiring of private lawyers to defend an ac cused man. The time has come to put a stop to crooked lawyers who defend crooked gangsters and crooked financiers.” SOVIET AVIATORS PLAN FLIGHT ACROSS POLE Moscow, July 16.—Three Sov iet aviators will take off on an attempt to fly across the North Pole to San Francisco The flight will be led by Pilot George Levanevsky, “hero of the Soviet Union.” He was one of the pilots who rescued stranded members of the crew of the Sov iet ice-breaker Cheliuskin last year. The route to San Francisco will be by way of the North Pole, Wilkes Island, Port Simon and | Washington Bride j WASHINGTON . . . Min Grace Boper, daughter of the Secretary of Commerce, ia now the bride of Dr, Frank Bohn of New York, the wed ding here being a eocial event of the month. H. B. Caldwell Speaks Here On Work Of Grange No Organization Is Formed In Sparta Yet. Further Sentiment Sought By Next Meet Tues. Night H. B. Caldwell, Lecturer of the North Carolina State grange, spoke Tuesday night in the court house in Sparta on the work the grange has done and what the Grange means to the farmers of North Carolina. Mr. Caldwell ex plained that the Grange assisted in getting the government to adopt the AAA program; that it was instrumental in reducing the rate of interest on farm mort gages from 5 percent to 3‘A per cent, and that the Grange saves its members 40 percent on fire insurance and 40 percent on auto, mobile insurance. Those hearing Mr. Caldwell’s speech did not organize a chapter of the Grange but assumed the responsibility of learning the sen timent of the local farmers con cerning such an organization here. Mr. Caldwell will be here next Tuesday for the purpose of learn ing the wishes of the people con cerning this and all who are in terested in .obtaining a chapter here are expected and urged to bo present. Rev. C. W. Ervin presents the following information and opinion concerning the Grange: “The Grange is an organization of the farmers and for the farm ers. “The Farmers Grange has 900, 000 members in the United States and is organized in fifty-six North Carolina counties. “This organization works for the interest of the farmer in our state capitals and in Washing ton. If other workers organize, (continued on back page) Woodrum Would Dispose Of Tax Issue At Once Washington, July 16.—Repre sentative Woodrum (D„ Va.), told members of the House today that they “may think it's hot in Wash ington now,” but if they didn’t settle the tax issue "it is going to be much hotter when we go home and come back here next year.” Immediately after Woodrum’s speech the House voted down a resolution to adjourn within the next week. "I am as anxious as any one to go home,’ said the Virginian, “but I appeal to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle that the business men of the country have a right to know what they will have to face in the way of tax es.” Since President Roosevelt first served notice on Congress that he expected his share the wealth tax program passed at this session, Woodrum has taken the stand that the federal government should begin paying the price of re covery legislation. The Roanoke representative said it would be a “major strate gical blunder to leave this Con gress without settling the ques tion of the tax bill.” a-vhifc.4;;% jii.- ■.£vj,... Processing Levy Is Held Invalid By Federal Court Govt. Has Collected About $900,000,000 In Taxes Thus Far. Appeal Is Planned WAS AAA “BACKBONE” Ruling Based On Case Brought By Hoosac Mills. ■ Cummings Says Case Would Control Others Boston, July 16,—The process ing tax and floor taxes of the agricultural adjustment act, un der which the federal government had collected approximately $900, 000,000 and expected to collect an additional $700,000,000 were declared unconstitutional today by the United States circuit court. The court’s ruling was based upon a test case brought by the Hoosac Mills corporation, which sought to escape payment of $81,694. The processing tax and the floor tax, the latter a levy upon finished goods on hand when the tax became effective, were con sidered the backbone of the AAA. With funds thus derived, the secretary of agriculture compen sated farmers and growers for curtailing crops and live stock production. The circuit court found, in brief, that Congress had no au thorities to regulate products which were in the control of the state; that the tax was an im proper delegation of power and that if the charge was a tax, it was a direct tax, not appor tioned, and if an excise tax, it was not uniform. ine circuit courtvs ruling was closely followed by announce ment at Washington that the 'ovemment take prompt repeal to ;he supreme court. Attorney - General Cummings said the Hoosac case probably would control more than 20Q other suits on file in various fed eral courts attacking the taxes and seeking refunds and injunc tions against payments. The federal government was moving to balk recovery on money already paid in the outlawed taxes. Amendments to the AAA pend ing at the national capital would throw pending suits out of court and prevent filing of new suits. The government cannot be sued without consent of Congress. Approval of the circuit court’s opinion was found in the New England textile industry. The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers issued a state ment in which Dexter Stevens, chairman of the northern cotton mills policy committee, said ha hoped the court’s decision would “go a long way toward halting the wave of liquidation among New England cotton mills, to which the processing tax was a big contributing factor.’’ “Millions of dollars,” he said, “have been drained from New England cotton mills to finance this vast program and the stem ming of this flow of money will have a beneficial effect. mas
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