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YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1933-01-20
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4 n
! konvencie $. 5. X, odbyvanej
Y budove /. K. s. z. j., Shaker
Heights, Ohio Greater Cleveland)
III. zasedanie 26. oktobra 1882.
Tretie zasedanie sa otvorilo S
modlitbon. ktord predriekol velp.
Gregor Vaniscak, O. s. B., hi. dn-
chovny s. s. X, 0 pol 3 hod. po-
no,ndnf ~
Ia Rezolncny Vybor podal
zpravu DIP. M. Mlynarovic. (Na
tomto mieste len spomneme re-
zolncie; vynesene rezoldcie budu
uverejnene ma konci,) Rezol1cie
si1: /. Sv. Otcovi. p Apostolske
mu delegatovi. -. Biskupovi
Schrembsovi. A. Slovenskej o.
mladine ma Slovensku. 5- Bisku-
povi McFaddenovi. g. Spolku
sv. Vojtecha ma Slovensku. y
Prvej Kat. Slov. Zenskej Jedno-
te. 81 Studujncej mladezi sloven-
skei ma Slovensku. - Vsetke re-
zo11cie boly prijate jednohlasne.
DIP. Fr. Dubos dal navrh, ktory
boil podporovany. ably boil zvole-
ny vybor, ktory by navstivil bis
kupa Schrembsa, co predseda Lay
Activities od N. c. w. c., prosiac
no, ably on odpor1eal naSe S. S.
X. americkvm biskupom. Ma tom
whore boil zvoleni: vel'adp. Gre
gor Vaniseak, 0. S. B., DIP. FIR.
Dubois DIP. Jan Krispinsky.
Za vybor Novych Zalezitosti
podal zpravu dip. Pavel Palka
Zprava je nasledovna: "Vybor
novych zalezitostf ma svojei scho-
dzi uvazoval, co by Sdruzenie
SlovenskJ5ch Katolikov v Ameri-
Ike nabud1ce malo vykonat'. Ia
najvaznejsiu cinnost' Sdruzenia
povazuje, jake Sdruzenie zvacSit
a rozslrit' po celej Amerike, aby
takto cely katolicky l'ud A.
merike mohol pracovat' zasa-
dach a ciel och slovenskych kato-
Gkov. Najhlavnejsou vecou Wy
konneho Vyboru S. S. X. mech
je: zlskanie v prvom rade vset-
kych slovenskych knazov a ka-
tolfcky slovensky l'ud do svojho
stredu. Nakol'ko doteraz sa poku-
sy nevydarily pisomnymi ziado-
st'ami, mech Vykonnv Vybor svo-
Ia schodzu slov. kat knazstya ma
vychode zapade, ably sa tam
vyrovnaly zalezitosti, ktore pra-
cam S. S. X. prekazajh. Pc Wy
rovnani tychto rozdielov, mech ie
svolana Ease druha sch6dza Ma
nasledujjici den kat. SLOW. knazov
a poprednych cinitel 'ov laikov,
ma ktorej schodzi by sa zrobil
podrobny program Ginnosti. Tym
sposobom kat SLOW. l'ud ma tych-
re okolieiach by sa odusevnoval
a pritiahnuty by Dol do prace "a
s. S. X, tiez takto spoloene "a
sadly ciele tym vydatnejsie pc
stovat' napomahat' mohli. Len
spolocnou silou mozeme dosiah-
nut to. "a elm s. S, K. "a posled-
ne roxy vsemozne pracovat' sa
usiluje. Jestli Sdruzenie SLOW. Ka-
tolikov mic Wac nedocieli. len
spoji kat. SLOW. knazov a sloven-
skvch katolikov "a bud1ci rok,
vykona ohromnd pracu, ktora
bude so zdarom korunovana. w
Dor novych zalezitostf je toho
presvedeenia, ze to je najaktual-
nejsia otazka, ktora musi byt a
ma byt' prevedena, a ma byt'
riesena v bud1com termine. Jak
to sa prevedie, vsetke inc odpo-
rilcania tohoto budn vyplyvat',
a vtedy S. s. X. ozije novym Ii
votom a jeho cinnost' rozkvitat'
bude v srdciach vsetkych sloven
skych katolikov." Zprava bola
jednohlasne prijata.
Zpravu Clevelandskeho Dioce-
zalneho Sboru podali Jozef Klu-
car Miehal Klesch. Pan Kl'u-
car Dodal tstnu zprayu. ze Gle
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1933-01-20

nkazann d6veru, osvedcujiic sa,
ze to robi b dobrych pohniitok
zeby novy tajomnik mono do
stal tn kooperaciu, ktorn starJ
nrad so vsetkym svojim mama
hanim nemohol nskutocnit. :. Pan
Martin Slimak tiez sa osvedcil, ze
cas- mn mcdowell prijat nomina-
| ciu.
Pan Flip Hrobak navrhoval
DIP. Paschala Kavulica, O. s. B
Jeho nominacia bola podporova-
ma konvencia zvolila no vacsi-
nou hlasmi. DIP. Kavulic sa osved-
Gil, ze prime ma seba tento trad
S tou podmienkou, ze konvencia
mu dovoli uzfvat' docasne caso-
pis, "Katolfcky Svet'' ako trad
ny casopis S. s. X. Konvencia me-
prebrala tlto podmienku DIP. Ka-
vulica, preto to spociva ma w
konny Vybor, ci 81 osvoji casopis
"Katolicky Svet'' "a svoi docas.
ny lradny organ.
Ia pokladnfka Vybor odporii-
cal terajsieho p. Michala Kudla-
ca, ktorv boil jednohlasne zvole-
ny.
"a clenov vykomeho Vyboru
Vybor odporucal PIP. Joz. Kl'u-
cara, Martina Slimaka, Opp. Joz.
Zaliberu, S. Kocisa, M. Rubicke-
no F. Kondrlu. Prvi traja sa
osvedcili, re nominaciu .neprijml
a pod 'akovali "a tctu doveru ;
posledni traja neboli pritomni,
take nebolo mono ma Mich hla-
sovat'. Pan Flip Hrobak navrho-
val DIP. Karola Floreka. o. S. b..
ten navrh Dol podporovany a DIP.
Florek Dol jednohlasne zvoleny.
Hned' "a tvm boil nominovani
dpp. Pavel Palka S. Kocis. kto-
ri boil jednohlasne zvoleni.
Ia hi. duchovneho Vybor od-
porleal terajsieho duchovneho.
vel 'adostp. Gregora Vaniscaka.
o. S. B., ,ktory Dol jednohlasne
zvolenF.
Dp. Klemo Hrtanek, odstupu-
jdci predseda predstavil odo-
vidal predsednicky stolec dp.
M. Mlynarovicovi, ktory prime
ranou reeou pod 'akoval konven-
eli "a preukazan1 d6veru. Pod'a-
koval taktiez odstupujhcemu
predsedovi tajomnikovi "a mi
nulu cennd svedomit1 pracu "a
Sdruzenie vykonand a iifa, ze i
nad'alej budd pracovat' V nasich
radoch. Napokon pod 'akoval Gle
nom Vykonneho Vyboru al DO.
kladnikovi "a pracu, ktor1 w.
konah "a S. s. k. Ia tym pozia-
dal novych uradnikov Sdruzenia.
ably vyst1pili ma javiste tax ich
pritomnym predstavil.
Novy DIP. predseda prosil W.
svetlenie OIL 'adne dlzoby (cog-
novit note), ktora sa nachadza IL
Bosak State Bank, Scranton, Pa.
Vysvetlenie dal DIP. Jan Krispin-
sky, odstupujdci tajomnik. d.
zobu urobil 1rad Matice Skolskej
v r. 1929-193O, ktorom case O.
tcovia Benediktini kupovali svoj
maJetok v Cleveland, O., ku po-
trebnej sumo chybelo $1,000, a
preto ten byvaly drad wal pozic-
ku ma ten obnos cd Bosak State
Banky, aby mohol odovzdat' ma
jetok Otcom Benediktinom eisty
bez morgica. Matica Skolska te-
! raz este dlhuje Bosak State Ban
ke ST. 200 ma tlto pozicku.
Budiica konvencia bude 0 rok.
Miesto datum urci hi. iirad.
Jednohlasne boil prijary navrh,
ably DIP. Klemo Hrtanek Dol zvo-
leny "a eestneho, predsedu s. S.
Il.
Ma vyzvu DIP. predsedu, vel a.
DIP. .Gregor ,Yaniscak prijal Stub
vernosti od novvch .firadnfkov.. A.
-Slavna 81. konvencia Sdruze-
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1933-01-20
AM NA LAclG1 DoBYTox
MET KUHoov.

Ma decembrovy vyrocny do
bytM trh Y SpiIskej Novel vsi
dohnali ! okolia 72s volov, 5s7
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1933-01-20
NIEKoL'Ko sLov Q NA4OM
SLOvENSKoM zIvOTE.

Il X
/ Po4itickeho Klubu prisla ma pre-
tras otazka ma rozdvojenie mas
no klubu ma republikansky a de-
mokraticky. Boly rome mienky a
navrhy viacerych clenov, ktore
boly vel'mi odchylne cd cisteho
slovenskeho razu a slovenskeho
smysl ania v0bec. Nasi starsf pio-
nieri, ked' tento klub zakladali
pred rokami, nezalozili ho ma
partijnom zaklade. Oni zalozili
neodvisly Youngstownsky Politi-
cky Klub, teda pre- kazdeho Slo-
vaka na tejto doline. Oni uz vte-
dy yideli, Se ked' budd spolu a
ich Wac bude, tax ze azdaj sko-
req ku dacomu pridu. No nestalo
sa tax, lebo cd vtedy ma nasej O.
kolici vidime rome politicke klu-
by, alebo politicke strapceky, po-
zakladane tn medzi Slovakmi, a
to len k v6li tomu, aby niektory
2 mas mohol poukazat' nasim a.
merickym politikarom, ze al on
ma "a sebou til volaku slovenskii
silu a v terajsfch planych casoch
by nedbal tito MALI silu, ktorti
ma "a sebou, dat takemu kandi-
datovi, ktory je ME hoden ziad-
neho 1radu vobec. a to len k v6-
Ii tej kus prace.
Bratia, ktorf boil ma poslednej
sch6dzi poculi slova, ktore pove-
dal mas predseda Stefan Slifka.
Boly to slova zlate, dl'a ktorych
by sa NAL kazdy Slovak drzat',
aby SINE nadovsetko zachovali
slovencinu, prideali nasich MIA
dych slovencine a prit 'ahovali
ich ku nam do slovenskych klu-
bow pocas volieb vystupovali
ME co republican, demokrati,
ale ako slovaci devedna a tax by
SINE boil al uznavani inymi a "a
daco by oni pocitali nasu silu, a
tax by SINE al tej trocha prace
skorej dostali.
Dalej, drahi bratia moji, my
sa len zalujeme, lie tam to to.
Ale mill bratia, komu ze sa bu-
deme zalovat', ked' tych nasich
obchodov malo name al to, co
name, TAX to nepozname. Name
tolko slovenskych obchodnikov,
Re ich ma prstoch pocitate. Popred
ich obchod al pat krat denne
prejdeme, ale dnu toho centfka
(ked' uz al toho ostatneho) ne
vojdeme "a ich tovar zamenit'.
To uz Boze chran To radsie kde-
kol'vek indie, len u svojho ME.
Mill bratia, ia vas uist'ujem,
ze keby slovenske grose boly v
slovenskych obchodoch zamenene,
tax by ste sa mali komu al W.
zalovat' a tax by ste al ul'ahce-
MIA vasej st'azby dosiahli, ale TAX
to, nasi obchodnici len zivoria 20
dina ma den cakaj1, kedy pride
serif a polozi k1'dc do fch dverf
a oni sa najd1 medzi tou hroma-
dou nezamestnanych. A tax uz
potom naiste bude koniec nasim
st'aznostiam.
Ked' koncfm, mill bratia, este
vam oznamujem, ze Slovensky
Politicky Klub usporiada Gard
Party, dobry vecierok a tanecnI
zabavu ma 25. januara v Soko-
lovni ma Washington St. Prid tie
! ma tito mal1 zabavu do jedneho,
aby tam nechybel ziaden Sloyak
Slovenka. Bude to skoro zdar-
ma.
A zaroven mas klub bude mat
svoju riadnu sch6dzu ma 5. feb
ruara o pol s. hodine vecer vo
vyse menovanej miestnosti. Mech
kazdy Slovak tam pride. Ktory
este do klubu neprisl1cha, mech
sa da zapisat'. Je to len osern CEN
tov, mesaene. A ked' al nemoze-
te' tyeh osem cedtova zaplatit', al
tax budete mile vftanf medzi ma
mi, a ked' sa to volako prebdri,
nuz 81 potom ten maly prispeyok
vyrovn&te.
1 - Z .
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podpreds. Slov. Pol. Need. Klubv
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1933-01-20

DP. PIOuoCuo ANoA AAohuiu0oAy
Vybor, aby podal svoje odporh-
canie. Zpravu podal DIP. M. My
narovic nasledovne: ia predse-
du: Opp. Klemo Hrtanek Fr.
Dubois. DIP. Hrtanek nom'inaciu
pod ziadnou podmienkou nepri-
jail a odpornca1 DIP. Dubosa, kto-
~ nominaciu tiez neprijal a zno-
WI odpor1cal DIP. Hrtaneka, 'i,te-
rajsieho predsedu. DIP. Hrtanek
Ease neprijal nominaciu. Bol ma
vrhovany podporovany DIP. Mi.
los MlynarovE a konvencia no
jednohlasne zvolila "a noveho
predsedu. Ia podpredsedov a pod
predsedkyne zvolenf boil dl'a Cd.
por1cania Vyboru: DIP. Fr. Du-
boz, a. Podkrivack5, Jan Krtd.
10, "A. Palkovic, Jan Rozboril, E.
merry Sedlak, Frantiska @. Jakab-
din a G4briela vavrek.
| - tajomnika Vybor odpor1ca'
dosavldneAo tajonnika DIP. jana
KriSpinskeho . Martina Slimaka
DIP. Krispinsky este pred vol'ba.
nj Dol 81 vyslovil, Ee na Siadon
! tpad nepriims nominAcid ! znoyu
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-16
SECOND STORY WORKERS

CHAIRMAN JOHN H. FAHEY Of the Home
~ Owners Loan Corporation warns home
owners against shyster lawyers and others who
wheedle fees from mortgage-ridden citizens by
representing that they have pull in Wash
ington.
Even Washington is full of second story
workers who claim that through special inf1u-
ence and connection with high officials deci-
sons may be expedited Chairman Fahey said
The law prohibits attorneys employed by
the corporation taking fees or commissions
Outside lawyers or firms selling spurious in
fiuence can be prosecuted under the fraud law
This particular form of exploitation just
about plumbs the depths of human meanness
for it further impoverishes the poor. One way
to thwart it is to speed up the refunding of
home mortgages and remove the distress upon
which it preys.
Under the corporations new chairman a
better record is being written. Loans closed by
the corporation in the week ending Dec 6
totaled $12y655065 This is an increase of 1926
per cent over the week ending Dec l, and
means an average of $2,1O0,OOO a day.
To date, however, only 1892 home mort
cages have been refinanced under the act or
a total in dollar volume of S57,54o,536, of
which all but about 100000 has been effected
by the exchange of mortgages for corporation
bonds. Out of some 100000 distressed home
owners to be benefited this is not an impress
sive showing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-16
EVERYBODY HAPPY!

TIE highly publicized controversy between
- officials Of the department of agriculture
seems to have been settled in an eminently
sensible manner
Secretary Wallace wins a confirmation of
his authority, and the period of crossed wires
and opposing purposes within the department
is ended-which, regardless of the soundness
or otherwise of the opposing views, at least will
end confusion and discord, and enable the ad-
ministration to drive straight ahead, without
lost motion.
At the same time, the very marked abilities
of Mr.. Peek are not lost to the government
AS head of the agency for the increase of
American exports, he has a new field in which
he can be exceedingly useful
Thus the administration has been able to
end controversy without depriving itself of
the services of any of the men involved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-16
OUTSPOKEN JUSTICE

CRCUIT JUDGE j. v. GADDY of st. Jo-
~ seph, Mo-. INDUCED in some very sensible
plain speaking when he instructed the grand
jury to return indictments in the lynching of
Lloyd Warner, Negro.
1.-The danger of the mob" he pointed out,
lies in the letting down of individual re-
Sponsibility. 1t wasn't a desire to administer
justice or prevent a recurrence of Warmers
crime which sent the mob against the Jail. It
was hate, the same passion that engenders any
murder.
When you find the real leaders of that
mob, you will find men of not much higher
moral standards than the man they muir
dered'
Here is straight talk, and intelligent talk.
A little more of it from persons in authority
and we might have fewer lynchings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-16

oil reform, and also is serving as president Of
the Chase National bank since wiggin thought
it well to quit that job
Mr.. Aldrich much dislikes the Roosevelt
idea that a bank should be a bank and not
a hive of stock investment agents into which
are coaxed innocent little human flies having
money to burn. Also the bank deposit guar
anty act draws Mr.. Aldrich's strenuous dis
appreciation. 1t is much more dgnifed and
complimentary to the management to have
scores Of ten thousands walk in with full re-
lance upon the innate ability and honor of
said management, as in the cases Of those
busted big banks in Cleveland, Detroit and
elsewhere. OF particular adherence to Mr..
Aldrich is the provision requiring security
houses to give full and exact information as
to what they are trying to put over on the
wild and woolly get-rich-quick suckers, of
which there still are multitudes left that were
only partly skinned and eviscerated in the 1923
crash
This proposition is soaring capital, says Mr..
Aldrich, and checking investment in the heavy,
durable industries. The gentleman seems to
feel that the heavy, durable industries have
abandoned the policy of knowing just exactly
what they are doing when making investment
and object to Mr.. Roosevelt's making their
knowledge more definite and certain
Meanwhile, Mr. Roosevelt grins at his crit
les and goes right ahead toward wherever he
is going to get.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-16
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
TAXES ON GRERNBACKs

MR.. MoRGENTHAU. in his first appear
A'A ance before congressional committees as
acting secretary of the treasury, made good
impression presenting the Roosevelt tax atti-
tude Unfortunately. the details were With
held. but some of the general principles were
expressed.
With those Roosevelt principles large ma
jority of citizens will be in substantial agree
ment The ideal is to tax according to abil-
ity to pay. Therefore the treasury head agrees
that surtaxes should be increased, that sep
arate returns for husband and wife be abol-
ished to prevent tax escape on the notorious
Charles E. Mitchell model, and that the tax
on unearned income be larger than on earned
income
ct long has been recognized both in this
country and abroad" the secretary pointed
out that earned income should be taxed at
lower rate than income from investments"
In fact, this was not recognized by Amer
lean law until 1924 and then was thrown out
in 1892 because of the pressure for more
revenue
No effort was made yesterday to prevent
a complete Roosevelt tax program. Rather
vaguely, Mr. Morgenthau said:
1.-THE committee may wish to discuss, as
well, other forms of taxation on large-scale
businesses such as the excess profits tax. Rec
concentrations as to these are beyond the
scope of this statement. The detailed plan
will come later"
Presumably congress faces the customary
fight in which the rich will try to prevent tax
alton on the principle of capacity to pay
whether in the form of higher rates for I'M
earned incomes, for inheritances, for upper
bracket surtaxes, for excess profits or whatnot.
And yet the wealthy have a good reason
for not making their usual fight this year, if
they are wise enough to see it, Their chief
fear now is extreme currency initiation. They
should realize that the alternative to printing
press imitation is high tax revenue from those
who have money to pay. The government is
going deeper and deeper into debt as the price
of recovery-to loan money to banks and in
dustry, to float public works as a market for
industry and as employment for the joblesS,
and otherwise prime the recovery pump.
The political temptation-the easy way
for a government in debt is to pay off in
greenbacks and thus start on the thin ice
of uncontrolled imitation. The hard way po-
litically, the unpopular way, is for the govern
ment to increase taxes. This is also hard
way financially because the mass of people in
depression can not stand more taxes The
increased burden must be borne by the rich,
if at all
President Roosevelt, who is damned by
has the financial wisdom and the political
courage to turn to increased taxation instead
of to the printing presses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-16
STRANGERS IN OUR MIDST

INTO every large city annually come thou
sands of strangers without money. friends
or destination. JobleSS they scraped together
money to get to big city, where, they as
sumo, since there are so many people, there
ought to be jobs
There is one organization which has been
looking out for these helpless strangers since
1895. 1t is the Travellers Aid Society. You
have seen its representatives at the railroad
terminals and more recently at the bus sta
tons. These are the gladhanders of the peo-
pies committee for the reception of helpless
and bewildered guests. They receive vicari-
ously for all the other people of the city-the
lone children who pour into the city, the girls,
runaways stranded and broken families, the
unmarried mothers. the helpless old people
and deserted brides
In nearly every person there is an instinc-
tive. readiness to help a stranger in the city.
But very few individuals are ever faced with
that opportunity or responsibility The Trav-
elers' Aid Society day. after day through the
years fulfills this duty for you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-16
PROBLEM STILL TO BE SOLVED

MOST OF our energies today are devoted to
the immediate problem of recovery. To
start the wheels turning again. to put idle men
to work, to set money flowing through it's old
channels-these make up a colossal Job. Until
it is accomplished, no one has time to think of
much else
But 1t is worth remembering that back of
it there lies still another problem; one which
took shape before the depression began. and
which will be around to plague us long after
the depression is over.
1t is simply the fact that this efficient and
mechanical age continually is finding ways of
using fewer men to make and do more things.
Neurological unemployment" is the
lengthy name that has been given this de-
velopment. Ten men can do job today that
would have taken thirty men decade ago.
Tomorrow the job probably will be done by
five men That's all there is to it.
But if the problem is stated easily, it can be
extraordinarily pulling
Every modern business operates under the
necessity of being as efficient as possible. 1t
has to do what it does in the quickest possible
manner at the least possible expense. If it can
find machine to do the work that formerly
was done by dozen men, it has to install it,
If it can arrange its operations so that one
man can do what two used to do, it must do So
Temporarily. as a means of reducing I'M
employment, we have made certain arbitrary
moves to halt this process. The federal rail-
way co-ordinator, for instance. has refrained
from instituting various consultations in our
railway set-up, because to do SO would throw
men out of work.
For the time being, We probably can con-
tinue to swim against the tide in this manner
But this simply is lodging the problem
Eventually. when fun prosperity has returned
we shall be forced to find solution The task
won't be easy.
On the one hand, We aim to make it pos
sible for every man who wants Job TO I'm.
one. On the other. the very nature of our pro-
ductive machinery tends To wf1ittie down the
total number of jobs
The biggest single puzzle of the modern age
is apt to be. the task of harmonizing those OPP
posing trends Compared to that task the job
of getting out of the present depression is apt
to look almost easy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-16
SATURDAY. DEC. rs 1919.
THE TARIFF PARADOX

d EPORTS that the administration has
u swung back to a position favoring quick
action on international tariff reduction are
premature
Foreign trade statements by Commerce
Secretary Roper and Agriculture Secretary
Wallace. and the formation of a special
foreign trade committee followed by the ap-
pointment Of Mr.. Peek to encourage exports
and imports, all led up to the statement by
State Secretary Corden Hull at the Montevideo
conference. The preamble of the Hull resolu-
ton says that the governments at the confer
ence-
Are impressed with the disastrous effect
of distractions to international trade upon
the full and stable business recovery of in
dividual nations, we'll as upon general world
prosperity; are DESTROYS of abandoning eco
nomic conflict and of achieving some measure
of economic disarmament"
But the resolution then sets forth sweeping
reservations and exceptions" which expressly
shall include the operation of temporary, emer-
gency, or other extraordinary measures COM
prising domestic programs, primarily for ma
tional economic recovery, now or hereafter in
operation in any country party to this under
taking"
Lest there be any misunderstanding the
White House then indicated that the Presi-
dent, though favoring eventual general tariff
cuts thinks that the time is not yet ripe for
much more than bilateral treaties According
to the White House, general tariff agreements
can not be expected even within period of
months.
There appears in this to be tendency to
face both ways at once on this tariff issue, but
we believe this is not so much the fault of the
administration as of the inherent paradox of
the economic situation itself. The United
States, acting in harmonious agreement with
the world on economic problems could move
faster than by acting alone. But in the I'M
fortunate state of world disagreement of ece-
nomic solutions the United States dares not
wait for an international recovery program.
but must improvise a national program
Having embarked upon a national recovery
program which conflicts with immediate re-
duction of American tariffs, the administration
has no choice other than to see the present
program through to success
Since that is obviously the administrations
intention, it is doubtful that any good pur-
pose is served by discussions now of hypo-
thetical general tariff reduction in the future.
The Hull proposal at Montevideo evoked an
attack on our tariff and our sincerity of pur-
pose Its passage would not amount to much.
Until we are ready to act, our talk is apt to
be misunderstood abroad and thus increase
rather than diminish international friction.
When we are ready to act-and that may not
be as far off as the President fears-our action
VIII be more eloquent than our premature
words