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The Omaha guide., 1934-02-17

IL mas long been one OF the principal arguments OF
those opposed to government owned electric develop
ments, that the nation is already over-poWered with
facilities offered by private plants. This argument was
used IN the debate over what to do with Muscle Shoals
statistics demonstrated that private utilities serving the
area which could be reached from plants at the Shoals,
had potential power supplies in excess of what the most
optimistic authorities thought demand might become in
twenty or thirty years
Now, strangely enough, David Lilientthal, principal
spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority, says that
the nation possesses a tremendous surplus supply of cleo
tricity, and that within the Tennessee Valley itself the
privately owned companies have generating and trans
mission facilities which can care for between 80 and 40
per cent more demand than is now made. The cure for
this, Mr.. Llienthal also says, is to stimulate, in various
ways, use of power. These facts have been constantly en-
phasized for years by supporters of private development
of the electric industry.
To the average citizen it will seem an odd policy for
create something Of which we already have a great sur
plus! And, even anticipating an astounding gain in de-
mand in the next decade, tax-exempt projects which make
it impossible for private companies to adequately finance
developments, are hardly in the public interest.
The most jealous advocate of public ownership has
never urged that government should take over all power
properties at once-even he knows that private concerns,
with their great network of facilities and taxable assets,
are the backbone of electric production. When more
power is needed, they will be called upon to furnish the
great bulk of it. Establishing a policy Of taxing and legis-
latlng them out Of business and destroying the invest
monts of millions of people and the earning power of their
billions of savings, does not quite fit into the picture.
There appears to be a discrepancy in the argument
that government power development is needed to serve
the public.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-17
WHERE OPINION IS UNANIMOUS

In a recent address, Carl Gray, President Of the In
ion Pacific, made a large number Of quotations concerning
the railroad problems, from sayings and writings of var
ious observers-public officials, member Of utilities COM
missions, executives of large and medium-sized businesses
and so on. They displayed an amazing u~nanimity of opin-
ion-all believed that unregulated, helter-skelter, compe-
titive practices between different types of common car
rierS is destructive to business, and that there should
be unified, equitable regulation that regards all carriers
in the same light.
1t is Mr.. Gray's opinion that this regulation should
be made part of the duties of the Interstate Commerce
Commissioner opinion shared by most authorities. The
Commission has had vast experience in observing and
regulating the railroads. 1t would be eminently fitted to
exert similar authority over trucks, barge lines and other
carriers, and provide the nation with regulation which is
not restricted to one form of transport.
1t has been rumored that MI. Roosevelt plans to bring
definite proposals for handling the transportation prob
lem before Congress when it meets again, and if they are
in line with his previous statements on the subject, a def
mite advance will be made toward settling a question
which grows increasingly important.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-17

X STAND IN THE WAY

The weight of taxation is likely to be the most def
mite barrier to speedy and complete recovery At the mo-
ment, according to the New York Times, the national
debt is $23, 600, 000,000-an almost inconceiyable sum, that
must eventually be paid from the earnings of business
and individuals
Recent appropriations, a detailed report of the Ma
tional Industrial Conference Board points out, may
amount to more than half of the Indebtedness now out
standing. This is not a criticis1n-it is simply a fact. The
public works bill embraces appropriations totaling $780,
100000. The agricultural act will cost 81 ,100,000,0O
farm credits, $2,485 100000 and home loans, $2,2O0,OOO,-
600. 1t is estimated that the bank deposit guarantee law
involves a total federal obligation Of $4,000, O0O, 900.
Not all Of this money is lost to the taxpayers, of
course. Some consists Of loans which will be repaid, and
in the case of the banking law the expense is entirely de-
pendent upon future events-it may cost the taxpayers
nothing and it may cost them the entire potential obiga-
ton, Again, in times of emergency, there may be reasons
for spending at 0 rate that would be considered insanely
prodigal in more ordinary times. But there is ample evil
dence here pointing to the need for extreme care in future
expenditures and, as the New York Times observes, the
critical Importance of maintaining confidence in Federal
credit.
In brief-it would be possible to spend so much in
seeking to bring recovery that the weight of taxation
would make that achievement impossible.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-17

Of those who drive automobiles He doesn't know that
the gas tax alone has grown $500 per cent in rate and
5000 per cent in revenues in IA years. degree of ac-
celebration that must be unprecedented in the annals of
taxation.
And this isn't all of by a long shot. The legislatures
aren't satisfied yet. Campaigns are on foot to place new
severance taxes on oil products, to increase crude oil
production taxes, to impose new taxes upon already over
taxed wholesale and retail outlets. Whether these pro-
posals fail of realization or not, other campaigns will be
~instlgated, other taxes advocated, new burdens de-
handed
When you buy ten gallons Of gasoline, you are, on the
average, paying sixty cents to the tax collector directly
through the federal and state sales taxes. In some local
tiles you pay appreciably more than this, with the possible
addition Of a municipal levy Even then you haven't foot
ed the whole bill. A very substantial percentage of the
price OF gasoline, not including the sales tax, represents
one or other of the "a taxes the oil industry pays the
federal. government, the 68 taxes it pays the states, the
five paid to county governments, and the 10 paid to NUM-
capilities-
The net cost of gasoline, separate and apart from
the high cost of taxation, makes it one of the cheapest
commodities on the market, in the light of 1913 values.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-17
A LESSON WELL LEARNED

It's often said Of life Insurance that it has taught the
nation the meaning of thrift. Life insurance has done
something else, the past few years especially, that is of
equal value-it has shown the average citizen what sound
investing is and isn't.
It has shown him the difference between an invest
ment and q speculation-and he has learned that very
few people are sufficiently supplied with excess funds to
that genuine investments don't often return 20 per cent
dividends-and that you can't double your money over
the weekend, with safety.
More and more life insurance policies, large and
small, are being sold purely because Of the investment
angle, the purchaser believing them best fitted to guaran-
tee him an income or an estate.
That is what life insurance, aided by that other great
educator, depression, has taught the American people.
And it's pleasant to record that as more jobs are provid-
ed, and general purchasing power rises, concrete evil
dence is appearing in the life sales figures to prove that
the lesson isn't easily forgotten.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-17
COOPERATIVES AS EDUCATORS

In the past few years, much Of the most important
work of farm cooperative organizations has been in the
field of education. 50
Only part of this educational activity has been direct
ed at their members and other farmers. The public has
shared in it. So have government officials. So have bust
ness men, Progressive cooperatives are making the de-
sires and needs Of the farmer understood by the urban
and political worlds.
The full effect Of that work has not been seen yet, but
it is not difficult to grasp its Importance. At the moment
the general public is probably better informed on the
farm situation, and is more sympathetically minded to-
ward agriculture, than it ever has been before-largely
because of the cooperatives. And there has never been
a time when representatives of the organized farmers
found so ready a welcome at Washington, and so eager
an audience to listen to the advice they have to offer. The
hand of the cooperatives is APPARENT in some of the most
important paragraphs of the recent agricultural act.
The work of the cooperatives is never-ending-
they're meeting new problems daily, battling them, and
winning. They're laying the soundest foundation on
which to build, that agriculture ever had. They're getting
rid of old ideas, outmoded methods, lethargic and igno-
rant attitudes Of mind. They're deserving Of the utmost
success.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-17
LETS E A TRADITION

Traditions, even when most ridiculous, die hard. And
it's an unfortunate thing, that a sort Of tradition has
grown up in this country to the effect hat the only pos
sible time for, building and repairing is in spring and
summer, and that fall and winter are not to be considered.
AS a matter Of fact, winter is an excellent time for
building and repairing in most localities. The construc-'
ton industry is just getting on the road to recovery. 1t is
of experts, in the near future. Materials and contract
prices are still extremely low-but they ar starting up.
This winter, in all probability, offers you your last
chance to get in at the bottom so far as building costs
are concerned. Unprecedented observers, particularly
those who gather statistics and follow trends, are of the
opinion that it's impossible for real estate and construc-
ton prices to sink further-and that rises are just over
the horizon. This is the time when savings are to be made
whether they be a couple of thousand dollars on an en-
tire new house, or a couple of hundred 0 nrepairing or re-
conditioning the old one. Investment and employment
are better than charity.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-17
HARLEM HOSPITAL REPORT
GOES TO CORNERSTONE

New York, Feb. 2.-The much-dis-
cussed report Of the distinguished
committee Of physicians and laymen
on Harlem Hospital was officially
submitted to DR.. E. e. Goldwater, the
new Commissioner Of Hospitals, on
January 80, by Walter L. Niles, head
Of the Investigating committee, James
Marshall, a director Of the National
Association for the Advancement Of
Colored Pople, and Walter White, It's
secretary.
In an accompanying statement to
the Commissioner, the N. A. A. c. p
which initiated the investigation.
stated that it "feels that colored ply
sicians and nurses should be admitted
to all municipal hospitals in the City
Of New York if properly qualified and
if they have all other necessary re-
q~uisites for such positions Much
Of the difficulty in the Harlem Hos
pital situation is due to the fact that
Harlem Is the only hospital to which
Negro doctors are admitted to staff
positions and internships. There re-
suits thus a keen competition for
jobs. The statement also called at
tention to the health problems Of
Harlem and Of colored America.
In accepting the report, Commits
sioner Goldwater asserted that sever
al groups Of Negroes from Harlem
had visited his office denouncing the
Association, to which he had replied:
eff you ~comedown here to complain
against the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People,
1 will not listen to you, because I
have for many years known Of It's
high character and integrity. IF,
however, you have any suggestions
for the good Of the hospital, | shall
entertain them"
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-17
f.. b. WASHINGTON
GIVEN
POST
Appointed Assistant to Director Of
c. w. A. to Protect Interests of +.
Negroes in the New Deal

Washington, d. c., Feb. Add
\ tional protection for the Negroes in
terests in the ~New Deal" was pro-
vided for here today by the appoint
ment Of Forester B. Washington; Di-
rector of the Atlanta School Of Social
Work, as an assistant OF Harry H.
Hopkins, National Director of the
CWA, which administers the Govern
mentt's program of civil works and
relief. MI. Washington's title will be
Director Of Negro Work Of the Fed
eral Emergency Relief and Civil
Works Administrations and his duties
will concern all phases Of relief and
civil works as they affect Negroes in
all parts of the country. While mis-
headquarters viii be in Washington.
he will continue as director of the
Atlanta School of Social Work, of
which he has been the head since
1927. .
The appointment of Mr.. Washiag-
ton to this important national post is
a logical recognition of his special
lied training in social work and his
distinguished career in that field. "A
native Of Salem, Mass, he is a grad
uate of Tufts College and Columbia
University and an alumnus Of the
graduate school Of Harvard. Finish
ing Columbia with an Nj. "A. degree
in 1917, he Immediately became di-
rector Of the Detroit Urban League,
then supervisor Of Negro economics
in the Federal Department f Labor.
Of the Associated Charities Of De-
troit; and in 1928 executive of the
Armstrong Association Of Phila-
delphia, where he remained until
called to head the newly organized
School of Social Work in Atlanta
During this period he directed a num-
Der of important social surveys and
piCPaiCu many lHAPOI IdHL lSpVllo dAA
papers on social work.
Mr.. Washington is a member Of
the National Conference of Social
Work, the Commission on Interracial
Cooperation, the American Associa-
ton Of Social Workers, the Ameri-
can Association Of Social Hygiene,
the Georgia Council Of Social Work,
the District Committee Of Boy Scouts.
and the Atlanta Social Work CouR-
ell, FANNY Welfare Society, Tuber-
culosis Association, Community Chest
Community Service Training School,
and Economic Advisory Committee
He is connected also with a number Of
benevolent and rational organiza-
lions.
The long roll of Mr.. Washington's
connections indicates sufficiently the
high esteem in which he is held in
his chosen field of Social work. His
new position will afford extraordinary
opportunities for wide and effective
service in the natinal recovery pro-
gram.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-17
ANOTHER | D on ELECTRIC RATE PROBLEMS

Much Of the excitement over the supposed high price
of electric power is the direct result of a misunderstand-
ing of the costs the producing utility must pay before it
can have an abundant supply of energy ready for the Gus
toners beck and call.
A good example of this occurred some time ago in
Massachusetts. Customers of the Cambridge utility ap-
piled to the Massachusetts Department Of Public Utilities
for a decrease in rates. Existing rates for domestic use
were five cents for the first 200 kilowatt hours, and four
cents for the balance, with no minimum charge.
In denying the petition, the utilities department
pointed out that the average customer of the Cambridge
concern used less than 40 K. w. b. per month, for which he
paid just under $500. It then said that the expense TO the
company for furnishing domestic power was S1120 per
month per customer, entirely apart from energy cost. In
other words, the cost of maintining facilities for trans
uniting power to the home, paying taxes, and SO on, came
to S1.2O before a single kilowatt hour of power was used.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-17
SPECIAL TO THE OMAHA GUIDE
From the United States Department Of the Interior
Office of Education. Washington

Education in the United States has been greatly af-
fected by the recovery program" declared United States
Commissioner of Education George f. Zook today an
nouncing publication by the Office Of Education Of j sim
mary Of Education in the Recovery Program"
Effects OF the recovery program in the school field
are beginning to become clear" he pointed out. mil
lions III PWA and CWA funds are going to benefit
schools. Creation of the Federal Emergency Education
al Program under the F. E. R. A. will employ 10000 unem-
ployed teachers. An educational program in the Civilian
Conservation Corps camps will serve 100000 Young men.
The staff of the Office of Education takes satisfaction in
cooperating in these and other emergency projects that
touch elbows with education"
How and where thesee emergency projects touch ell
bows with education is described in a 20 page special sec
ton Of SCHOOL LIFE, official monthly journal Of the
Office Of Education:
n. R. A. National Recovery Administration whose
codes banished child labor thus increasing school enroll
ment, affected all supplies schools buy, set up training
standards and wage rates for apprentices and learners,
and sharply increased the extent Of the problem confront
ing schools in helping Americans to make use of their
leisure time TO advantage to themselves and their com
munities.
P. W.. A. public Works Administration which has
allotted more than S50,000,000 of itr $1,000, GOO, 900 in
grants and loans for the construction and repair of school
buildings.
F.. IL. c. Federal Housing Corporation) whose plans
for slum clearance and large scale housing include con-
SideratiOn of nursery schools, Fairgrounds and other sdu-
cational advantages.
G. ". A. Civil Works Administration which has
engaged thousands OF unemployed persons to paint and
repair schools, improve school grounds and plavgrounds
which had been neglected due to lack Of funds. &. w. A.
workers are also making an occupational survey of the
deaf and hard Of hearing to provide schools with data for
guidance Of handicapped persons.
+. E: R A. Federal Emergency Relief Administra-
tlon) Which is employing 10000 unemployed teachers on
six kinds of projects: e. to teach in rural schools which
otherwise would have to close due to lack of funds; () to
teach adults unable to read and write; 60 to provide gen
eral adult education ca to teach persons in need of voca-
tional education; 60 to teach persons suffering from
physical h~andicaps 60 to organize and teach nursery
schools. Members of the Office of Education staff have
T. c. w. Emergency Conservation Work, also called
Civilian Conservation Corps for which the Office Of Edu-
cation is developing an educational program in coopera
ton with the War Department. Educational advisers are
beng selected for 1853 camps.
A. A. A.. Agricultural Adjustment Administration
which is e~nisting the aid Of vocational education in the
development of the farm product control program.
Ito be continued next week on Editorial Page(
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-17

The customer paying $500 per month was in reality
paying 80 cents for the power he used-bringing his kilo-
sumption was still smaller, the kilowatt hour cost dropped
to as little as two mills-much less than the energy actual
ly cost the company. In conclusion, the utilities depart
llent SAID that many Of the company's customers returned
it no profit whatsoever, and that many more caused it a
loss
Here is a phase of power service that applies to every
utility, public or private, and to every community. It's
one of the many answers to iH-consloele ca ue-.allus Tor
unjustified rate reductions
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-17
RANSOM MONEY!

The oil industry, says Baird H. Markham. director Of
the American Petroleum Industries Committee is captive
of the tax collector.
The motorist-who actually pays a ransom" in ex-
%orbitant taxes every time he buys gasoline or other petro-,
leum prodccts-will say "amen" to that. And he knows
only a part Of the story. He probably doesn't know. for
example, that the ~industry's tax bill now exceeds ST. .OO0.-
ooo,ooO a year-a colossal burden laid upon the shoulders
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-17

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-08-23
LAYTONSVHLE

Rev. ]. A. Crosse announces the re-
sumption of services in the three
churches of the Laytonsville charge
on next Sunday. The schedule win be:
Laytonsville, preaching at 10 A. M.
The subject to be can Effective
Weapon" Mt. Tabor Church in Fitch
ison: Service at IL A. M. Topic, "The
Attractiveness of True Faith" Wesley
Grove Church in Woodfeld: Service at
1880. Topic "The Attractiveness of
True Faith"
The Modern Woodman picnic is re-
ported to have Melted around three
hundred dollars.
Dick Howes, who was recently OBJ
Grated upon at Montgomery County
Hospital for appendicitis, is convalesc-
ing nicely and expects to be back at
his work in Laytonsville Garage soon.
Mrs. John Madison Hoskins, and
two small sons who have spent sew
eral months here with Mrs. Hoskins
Mr.. and Mrs. 2. M. Waters,
have Joined Lieut.. Hoskins at The
Great Lakes Training Station.
Mrs. 2. M. Waters is recovering
from an attack of summer grip which
kept her in part of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles White. Wash
ington; Mrs. Arthur Joseph and Miss
Susanne Warren of Takoma Park were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Merhle
Haines on Saturday.
Mrs. Greenberry Griffith recently
had with her for a weeks visit her
three sisters, Mrs. Mollie Higgins,
Mrs. Annie Colt, of Washington, Mrs.
Stanton Pitcher of Roanoke, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Franklin Casheu
Of Sunshine have a daughter born on
Friday in Montgomery County Hos
pitsl. =.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-08-23
DARNESTOWN

Mrs. James Windsor has had as her
guests for several days Mrs. Clarence
Popp, of Glen Ridge, N. j., and Mrs.
Jane Westervelt and Miss Susie Bailey
of East Orange, N. j., Mrs. Papp and
Mrs. Westervelt returned to their
respective homes on Friday, Miss
Bailey remaining with Mrs. Windsor
for a short while.
Misses Mary and Bonnie Rice re-
turned Wednesday from a motor trip
which took them to Boston and thru
the White Mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Haines ot
Lynnwood, have been the guests fol
several days of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Gassaway, having been called here by
the death of Mrs. Haines' father, Mr.
James S. Windsor.
Mrs. Helen Rice and children, Billy
and Ann, left on Wednesday by moto,
for visit to the Century of Progress
Exposition in Chicago.
Mrs. Thomas Plummer had as hel
guests for dinner Sunday, Mr.. ant
Mrs. j. A. Engle, Mrs. William
Browning and children William Jr.
and Reyburn, all of Kemptown.