The Carbon County news., 1931-09-24
Taken by the Helms News Service

ID liC uOiS q piSi'iiefi vi lule-
ness? An indication of what hap
pens to those who lose the dole,
being barred from further unem-
ployment benefits, was afforded
recently in Sheffield, England. In
vestigation on behalf of the Royal
Commission on Unemployment dis
closed 400 such cases. Only nine
teen of those losing the dole SUBJ
sequently applied for poor-law re-
lief. Thirty per cent of the rest
of the 400 found work. The
others were kept by their families,
although it was discovered that
half the latter were living defin-
itely below a reasonable standard.
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A story is going the rounds that
Alfred E. Smith sat on the end of
pier at Canoe Place, Long Is
land, fishing refIectively the other
day, when suddenly a big shiny au-
tomobile rolled up and stopped. A
snappy State Trooper assisted
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt
from the car. Mr.. Smith laid
down his rod, got up briskly with
broad smile and took off the
spanking new fedora which shield
ed his eyes from the summer sun.
Crumpling his hat in one hand he
stuck out the other in hearty
greeting.
'Howdy, Frank ?"
"Hello, All"
The two chatted for moment.
Governor Roosevelt boarded boat
and went on his own fishing expe-
dition. Mr.. Smith punched the
crumples out of his hat, looked at
it for second and put it on again.
All kinds of rumors are current
regarding the desires of Mr..
Smith. One group holds that he
is strongly opposed to the nomin-
alton of his old friend and sup
porter, Franklin D. Roosevelt the
present Governor of New York
Various reasons have been adj
vanced for this alleged hostility.
On the other hand, it is said to
b. not beyond the bounds of pos
sibility that Mr.. Smith is merely
holding his great influence in re-
serve to throw it back Of the can
didacy of Roosevelt next year and
thus insure his nomination on the
first ballot. Certainly if the form
er Governor of New York favors
the candidacy of any other man
than Roosevelt, unless it be to
seek the nomination himself, Mr..
Smith will be set down as an in
CRATE, and So far no one has been
able to charge Al Smith with the
fault of ingratitUde.
Governor Ritchie, of Maryland
in his address to the section or
public utility law of the Ameri-
can Bar Association, in Atlantic
City, denounced the attempt tc
saddle on the Federal Government
the control and regulation of pub
lie utilities as calculated to make
the entire Nation political slaves
of that Government. He will
doubtless be denounced by Cover.
nor Pinchot as one of the "crea.
lures of the utilities" But it is
thought that the Maryland Ex-
ecutive talked sound common
sense when he contended for State
regulation alone, and when he de
clared himself as strongly "fol
politics in partisan sense keep
ing out of the utilities" as he was
for the utilities keeping out o1
politics. And referring specific
ally to some of the Pinchot state
ments at the Governors confer
ence at French Lick, Ind, Cover
nor Ritchie said it would be hare
to surpass in extravaganza th'
sweeping allegations in support o
which no bill of particulars wa
offered.
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While the British are Of on
mind what must be done wheI
Government expenditures outru
revenue, Washington is full o
many men of many minds. Sen
ator Reed of Pennsylvania is Ger
v tain that there must be grea
increase of taxation. But Sena
:. tor Watson of Indiana, who ma
1 or may not be a great financiel
h but is admittedly a politician, de
r clares that such a plan will neve
!. do. If it were to put $2,000,000
e 600 into the Treasury there woul
e be organized raids in Congress t
= = take it all out again. Moreove
# the Indiana Senator, keenly awa1
that there are not only deficits t
il cover but Presidential campaig
y soon to enter, declares II am abst
lutely opposed to any increase
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