The Washington times., 1933-03-11

from NV bank if nv personal fortune the whole forty
dolars) had been lost might be annoyed. But nothing
has been los nothing at least that cannot be reganed
And I am going through the same experience as all OF
my fellow It may not be comfortable, but it is
certainly not disastrous
Work Without Money
dispatch from Hollywood exactly illustrates the
point After meeting of the great producers it was
announced that they might have to call temporary halt
on production-let say until scrip of sort is
available There is talk, you understand, of going out
of business Business will resume when money crcuates
again. But spokesman of the producers is reported as
saying: eve cannot go ahead with production without
money! fancy this represents fairly general attitude
of mind sounds hardboied and realistic as II 1t faced
the facts.
The actual fact is exactly the reverse The machinery
and the and for making pictures are still
available. More raw film be had credit because
the manufacturers of raw film are as anxious not to
stop the film producers The simple truth is that
they go ahead without money They think they can't
they know it would be difficult But it is not impossible
It would be impossible long time unless other
system Of exchange grew But you can produce pic
lures credit In fac they have been produced for
months
We Can Keep Going
do not bette the complexities of the situation. For
egn exchange may rise against may discover that
you can bring the dollar back to reasonable buying
power without falling into the botomless pit of German
finance We may find ourselves able to do what France
did when by dramatic and wetimed action, the franc
was stopped in its course and shifted back to double It's
value But the thing be of doing is this
can keep on living We also keep on working at
whatever is worth doing.
Of course we have been so long accustomed to look
ing at money that think it is the first fact The
first fact in this connection, lies far behind money! it
is in resources human and material and in human wants.
One of the instruments of bringing to people the things
they want has been found too infexble for to
at the moment. But if bridge goes down you
boats or swim. Or go in another direction. It is not
facing the facts look only at the weakened pillars of
the bridge without glance the river.
New Answers
The speed with which an expected calamity becomes
natural commonplace and Joke is good measure
of how rapidly adjust ourselves ByMonday night
Eddie Cantor had given joke to Jimmie Durane to be
used in "Strke Me Pink" Jimmie asked the orchestra
leader to change dollar. The orchestra leader said,
"Sure" and reached into his pocket whereupon Jimmie
assaulted him, crying, "Hes hoarder."
Next to good humor (and the feeling of hard
ship and excitement) the greatest blessing
have is that large number of still have routine
to follow. The Wall Street brokers and their clerks
on holiday but for the rest of it is just to
usual. l talking to advertising today and
he casually mentioned plan which to go into action
in three months. For a moment I startled. But
after ALL he has the habit of looking ahead and is
right in thinking that will be doing business in June
as I am in thinking that this column will be printed to-