New Britain herald., 1926-10-14
MIND OWN AFFAIRS,
 CIVIC CLUBS TOLD
Interfere Too Much With Others
 Business, Speaker Says

Busine essmen's organizations such as civic clubs are wasting too much time on work which rightfuily be- longs to other organizations and are not paying enough attention to things of greater importance. ac- Cording to Champe S. Andrews, sales manager of the National Folding Box Co. of New Haven. who spoke 10 the New Britain Rotary club at the Burritt hotel today,
 Mr. Andrews opened his address by referring to Sinclair Lewis "Bab bitt' and to certain criticisms made by Lewis and others Of civic clubs. He said civic clubs should leave vel fare work, raising of money for community projects, boys work and other similar objects to organiza- tions which exist for that purpose. The Civic club should remain d businessman's club" he said.
 He stated that the businessman is looked down upon by certain high brows" and intellectuals and has been criticised from the pulpit and lecture platform. He informed his hearers that labor questions and questions Of wages will never be settled in America until the busi- nessm1n help the farmer get on a business basis,
 Fears Disaster in South He spoke of the large cotton crop in the south and predicted terri ble dcbacle because of the present low p.ice.'
 We are crazy in America on education," he emphasized. point ing out that two -sevenths of all the school teachers in the country are boys and girls, tWo-seYenths resign each year, half are under 2l years of age and a large number never went beyond the eighth grade. Many Of the teachers are only four years farther advanced than those they teach he added, stating that the average teaching period for a woman is three years and for man seven. Every pulpit in Detroit was denied 10 the American Fedora ton of Labor" he stated, calling at tention 10 a situation in that city, The way 10 handle union labor is not to deny them the platform. If you want to remain a free country. don't deny anyone the privilege of open discussion,
 Ashamed of Own State My own native state, Tennessee. is notorious because of the Scopes law. I never think without a blush of shame that a great state like Tennessee would produce a law pro- hibiting the teaching of one of the fundamentals of science today.
 There was not a Rotary club. a Kiwanis club, Lions club or T Civitan club that dared raise it's hand against that infamous law framed by that state. l don't care whether you believe in evolution or not. That is not the issue. Busi- nessmen should be interested in keeping the doors open for free dis cussion.
 diNt Ntul pl tA't' HIS pA lIl'i'As'' [ l'A' relations. war and prohibition. Pro hibltiOn. problems right at the very doors of the businessman are being left to hairbrained enthusiasts and reformers. IL is 10 the business mans interests 10 take an interest in these problems.
 Truth in advertising and its ef- feet on your own business is what should engage your attention. Did businessmen take any hand in the pure food law? The child labor laws? Very few of them" He concluded with the statement that "cverybodys business is mo- body's business. and it is up to you businessmen to make nobody's busi- ness evcrybody's business"