The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-07-26
MORE "AMOS"-

MORE "AMOS"-
One of the laugh-making gags of
the famous "Amos m Andy" radio
team has been Andy's habit of going
in for vast imaginative financial
flights, in which he mutters, Zone
million, two million, five Million" and
SO on, in figuring impossible profits
on some fantastic scheme. =. --asrre
Many present-day plans presented
to 1ong-sufferng citizens and taxpay-
ers by high-pressure politicians, are
reminiscent Of Andy. The public Of
ficials talk of one billion, five billion
or ten billion dollars without regard
for the source from which the money
is to come. They issue bonds-and
hope that public treasures will be
able to meet them when they fall due.
Like Andy, they look forward to a
rosy future in which dollars will
grow on trees and budgetary difficult
ties will be thing Of the past.
- It is easy for those who hold COM
Portable governmental jobs, and are
spending money that belongs to some
one else, to figure in millions and bill
lions. But the people, like Andy's
creditors, are becoming skeptical. They
know that political &extravagances
mean that taxes must soar in the fu-
tme-they are beginning to realize
that means that businesses and indi-
viduals will have less money with
which to build factories and homes
and employ labor, and buy the arti-
cles commerce and agriculture must
sell If they are to survive. They begin
to understand that money is diverted
from productive business when invest
ors are afraid of extortionate taxes
and hide their money in tax-free gov
eminent bonds where It does nothing
to keep the machinery of trade in mo-
ton. IL - rs.S. eszz~ e.a.@ Il
Too many of us think of those bill
lions as we think of the far planets
they seem to have nothing to do
with us. We should think of them as
barriers to employment, to industrial
expansion, to recovery. It is lnistor-
ical fact that excessively expensive
government is the best ally Of de-
preston. -s-- - 49,, s:zs,s.zr,
Yes! We do need more "Amos" and
less candy" in every division of gov
eminent.
CHANGE
There's no point in getting excited
over the limited quarantine which has
been placed by the county health Of
fcer. At this stage, the ban against
children's gatherings is merely pre-
cauticnary measure and doas not mean
that there is an epidemic raging in
the vicinity. The measure is to pre-
vent just such a possibility. Whole
hearted cooperation on the part of
our citizens will do much 70 keep the
sprcad of the dreaded disease within
bounds. So little is known about the
o:ig1n of the disease that every pos
sible avenue Of it spreading is being
guarded on the chance that some mea.
sures may prove effective. Don't &c,
panicky. =. -. :. = ~. ..~. ..,.s
The general public doesn't know it
as yet but definite change is taking
place in the attitude of the admins.
tration toward industry. We are en-.
te1ing what might be termed the "sec.
ond phase of the New Deal"
The first phase was characterized
by aggressive and often ruthless
methods. Rules were laid down, or.
ders given-and any individual o,
business which didn't like it was APT
to be denounced for slackerism. Up.
shot of that was much hard-feeling
and increasing friction turnout the
political and social order. It's a fac
that sheer force alone can produce
results for time-but a day comes
when it loses it's potency.
Under the second phase, there vii
be less calling of names, less emo
tionalism. There will be more coop
Grafton and dispassionate, logical dis
cussion of issues and problems. TIL:
"Big Stick" to borrow a famou:
slogan from the term of Roosevelt TIT
First, will be called into play less oft
en-. And, most important of all, ther'
will be less experimentation.
One interesting sign of the changt
is in the new status of the so-callet
Brain Trust. A few months ago NJ
column could emanate from Washing
ton without mention of one or anothe
of the Brain-trusters. They wer,
supposed to be as close to the Presi
dent as his righthand, and it was ru
mored that he wouldn't so much a
sign his name without asking thei
advice. That was unfair to the Pres
ident who, whatever you think of hi
policies, has mind of his own. TIL
President called upon the Brain Trus
when he wanted to talk about theorie
the group is made up of intelligen