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The Omaha guide., 1934-06-16


Pals, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills
of Every individual. National and
International Problems Inseparable
from Local Welfare.
The Administration is moving to pr ,
vent two Numerically different kinds
of crime.
First compel. ID nov was the sign
ing by he President CT a group II
bills requested by thu Department of
Justice, which provide Federal penal
ties for offerses that have heretofore
been covered by state laws only. One
bill provides that if a kidnapped per
son is kept seven days it shall be
lagally presumed that he has been
taken across a state line, which
bring it within Federal jurisdiction
and makes it a very serious offense
indsed. Other bills in the group make
it a federal crime to send extortion
messages in interstate commerce., to
flee across state lines to avoid pro-
secution or giving testimony in fell
ony cases, to defraud or rob national
banks to ship stolen securities
across state lines, and 50 IN.
The passage of this bills gives Fed
eral authorities a great deal more
leeway than they ayer had before in
running down and Furnishing criminals
They are the direct result of a Dilling-
er comic opera" which has made
everyone concerned, Federal and local
authorities both: look foolish.
In thu second move the President
is striking at war-international
crime on the grand scale. He sent
a resolution to Congress calling for
ratification of international agreement
that would call for licensing arrange
ments for international arms ship
ments. This, he said, would help end
the mad race in armament which, II
permitted to continue, may well re-
sult in war. The President wishes
that special attention be given end
ing the Jungle warfare between Bo-
livia and Paraguay which has been
continuing for years in the Gran
Chaco district. Not a great deal
about that war has been heard in
this country-but foreign observers
say it is as CHASTITY, as nesd-
less and as destructive a conflict as
has ever been fought
Within the next few months there
is going to be a great deal heard
about the arms manufacturers-those
who make big guns, big shells, tanks
and similar weapons. 1t all started
with an article in Fortune, which was
reprinted in many newspapers, com
mentsd upon by many more This
was followed by two books by we'll
known journalists showing the me-
thods, the set-up and the activities OF
the great arms companies. There are
no big concerns of the kind IN this
country, and 1t is said mat our arms
makers have for the most part kept
aloof from the more nefarious activi-
ties of the European concerns In
Europe, however, their power extends
into government-interlocking d.
rectorship and stock ownerhlp make
them an almost absolute trust Dur
ing the war English concerns shipped
to Germany-and Germany
shipped supplies to England-througn
neutral Switzerland. An example: In
Scotland there is a field piece IN a
public squar1. On one side Of 1t are
the names of the British troops who
died in capturing it from the Germans
On the other is the manufacurer's-
vickers, largest English arms max
er.
The Omaha guide., 1934-06-16

Virginia, he attended WeBtmoreland
High School, and was preparing to
enter college when America entered
the World War. Mr.. Luck enlisted in
The Omaha guide., 1934-06-16
New Orleans Shipping Com
panies Try to Hire Negro
Scabs in Harlem

NEW YORK June 11-(CNA)-
Frantic attempts are being made in
Harlem and other Negro sections in
the East to recruit Negro longeshore
men to work the cargoes on the docks
Of New Orleans where the men have
been on Wednesday where attempts
were made to entice the men South.
1t was rumored that the men were
being hired thru the local Home Re
lief Office. When asked to collaber-
ats this information over the tele-
phone however, the central office of
Home Relief Bureau said that they
could not make that information
public"
Only a few recruits were obtained
in Harlem the majority Of the men
signifying that they had no idea Of
either returning to the lynch terror
OF the South or of scabing on the
Negro and white stevedores who have
been fighting so valiantly for a de-
cent standard of living down there
NEW ORLEANS, June 11-(CNA)
The stevedores in this city are unit
ed in one solid phalanx. The Negro
dockmen are out one hundred per-
cnt with the white stevedores and
yiA versa. They picket tn docks and
fight and "nigger loving reds" ever
since the strike began three weeks
ago and altho the local Negro mis-
CONTINUED on Page Twe)
The Omaha guide., 1934-06-16
President To Call For Anti YnCh Bill Vote
Economic HighIights

Happening That Affect the Dinner
Pals, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills
of Every individual. National and
International Problems I~nseparablc
from Local Welfare
Evening star., 1934-08-23
Gesture of a Caesar.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Hitler's noble gesture of renuncia-
ton in refusing the title of Reichs-
president upon the death of Won Hin
denburg was much more than self
denying ordinance In fact. it was
Just the contrary, for in holding that
the title was unique and non recurring
he neatly abolished the presidency.
Thus the Fuhrer, in the very act Of
refusing absolute power assumed abso-
lutte power by combining the duties of
the presidency and the chancellor
ship in one office-undisputed die
tatorship.
In following the Caesar precedent of
refusing the crown he also was con-
sistent with classic models in recog-
nizing the formalities. AS the Roman
emperors scrupufously paid lip service
to the Senate and traditional forms,
SO Hitler has called an election to
ratify his assumption of dictatorship
for life. OF course, the result is an
accepted foregone conclusion.
Forms and ceremonies have a
powerful mass appealEso powerful
that even absolutism must pay tribute
| to their shadow at the very time that
the substance back of them is dis
regarded, Hitler Is wise In the art
Of mass appeal.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
A Model Prisoner.

Transfer of Al Capone from Atlanta
Penitentiary to Alcatraz Island, in
San Francisco Bay, along with nearly
half a hundred other prisoners. is
reported to be bitterly resented, not
publicly by the prisoner himself, for
he has been given no chance at
proclamation, but by his attorney,
who declares that the former Public
Enemy Number One" of Chicago was
in every respect a model prisoner.
According to the lawyer, Capone has
conducted himself ideally as an in
mate of the Atlanta institution and
does not deserve this stigma of re-
moval along with convicts who are
rated as dangerous. He intimates
that the warden at Atlanta wanted
to get rid OF Capone because he
feared he would be charged with
granting him special privileges, even
if he was treated only as well as others
with similar records.
Capone, given q ten-year term for tax
evasion--a trifling offenSe compared
with those Of which he was accused,
but which could not be proved
against him, including murder by
proxy and ruthless racketeering-has
a year and a half to serve before
he will be eligible to parole. Which
brings up the question Of why q
Evening star., 1934-08-23

stepped on" A true test of a true
right is whether 1t is really a right
to the majority. Unquestionably, the
rights enumerated in the Constitution
have successfully passed this test, and
the first 10 amendments have been the
guide of the present administration.
This administration has accom-
plshed things for this Nation in q
year and a half that other nations
have not been able to accomplish in
years. Anne O'Hare Mccormick makes
this statement after studying the
United States, Italy and Germany
and interviewing President Roosevelt,
Mussolini and Hitler, respectively:
"The organization of industry and
agriculture is sort of American i'm
provisation of the cooperative state
which Mussolini, after IL years, is Just
beginning to achieve. The Italian
stands aghast at the Roosevelt speed,
compared to his cautious drive. The
scale of the American public works
program dazes and discourages the
autocratS on both sides Of the Alps"
An indispensable point to bring out
at this time is that the whole recovery
program, which would have been
branded as extremely radical by all
American people of century ago, has
been accepted calmly. It has been
initiated with one view in mind,
specifically that of making the mass
of people the center of governmental
consideration. 1t has made our Gov
ernment more democratic without
trespassing on the domain Of in
dividual rights ordained by our Con-
stitution in its bill of rights.
The constitutional division of power
between the executive and legislative
branches still exists. However, as a
logical consequence Of an emergency
situation, and also Of a present uni
versal trend, the executive branch has
assumed more functions within its
field than the legislative branch. This
has been done without infringements
on individual constitutional rights.
AS long as the first 10 amendments
to the Constitution exist there can be
no loss of constitutional rights. The
Supreme Court of the United States
is the one body that has definite au-
thority and is capable to say whether
we are losing our constitutional rights.
To this day it has maintained our
privileges and rights.
DAVID AMATO.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
Well, Well!

From the Rochester Times-Union.
We seem to be getting back to the
difficulties of prohibition without its
advantages.
Here comes the Secretary Of Treas
ury, who issues an order that again
wood alcohol shall be mixed with in
dustrial alcohol! Once more does the
Government poison its citizens"
Government seizes 3,Ooo-gallon still
at Normanskill, reports an Albany
paper, and a larger plant is knocked
off" at Oswego.
Another Government department
reports over 500 bootleggers arrested
in a month, while an official declares
that the rum fleet" must be put
back to work.
Commissioner Pickard finds that
conditions among some OF the places
of drink are very bad indeed, but
were a bit improved by inspection.
We now have two liquor Industries,
the legal industry and the bootleg in
dustry, and the authorities do not
seem to be agreed as to which Is the
larger, although some say it is about
half and half.
Authorities seem to have quite as
much difficulty enforcing regulation as
the former authorities did enforcing
prohibition.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
Champions of Crop Control
Insist Policy Is Essential

Cincinnati Times-Star, while the
Kansas City Times argues: 'The as
sumption that our task Is to prevent
wheat surpluses In the future Is ut
least open to argument. It might be
assumed that our task Is to produce
surpluses and make it possible for
deficiency countries to buy at profit
to American wheat growers" The
Springfield CMass.) Republican in
sists that "the A. A. A. machine should
be scrapped."
Hundreds Of millions Of dollars"
according to the San Jose Mercury
Herald, have been paid to farmers
to cut down acreage because the
A. A. A. authority thought there were
too many farmers. If so, will not the
payments tend to continue the over
supply? Again, If extraordinary ex-
penditures were kept up indefinitely,
would 1t not injure- the credit Of the
Government and impair the confidence
OF business? Mounting deficits have
had this effect in all countries. OBJ
viously, plan that does not effect
permanent reduction when this Is the
object is a failure. So 1t is II the
cost Of permanent production Is too
heavy burden on business. Secre-
tary Wallace says the choices are
disaster or continuation of the A. A. A.
Before accepting these alternatives
the public may reasonably inquire how
he proposes to accomplish permanent
reduction at cost that will not I'm
pair Government credit or iniiire
other business"
Evening star., 1934-08-23
The Railroad Experiment.
From the Rock Island Qll.) Argus.
THE yo fI~oo de .aaxa - - L-a. ..~.

from the ROCK Island GILL; Argus.
The railroads seem to be doing very
well with the experiment begun about
seven months ago Of cutting passenger
fares. In six months passenger busi-
ness increased, we understand, 50 per
cent. Mileage travelled increased more
than Is per cent over the same period
year ago. The Western lines earned
43 per cent more than they did in q
similar period In 1888.
Consequently the railroads have de-
cided to continue the experiment for
another year and o half. They found
that there is something In the motto
small profits but lots Of sales" and
the volume Of business has increased
to the extent that the experiment Is
justified.
The Marshalltown Times-Repub-
lican, considering these figures, says:
IF only the brain trust might con-
slider the experiment of the railroads.
The brain trust tries to increase the
price Of commodities in the mistaken
belief that such a course viii bring
about the increase Of prosperity. II
the traf1c could bear the increase,
perhaps the brain trust might succeed
in its effort. But the trafic can't
bear 1t. Every time the price Of but
ter and eggs goes up, for example,
people quit buying butter and eggs.
There's the answer. II the brain trust
wants to increase the business Of the
Nation. If it wants to hasten the re-
turn Of prosperity, why doesn't 1t try
to emulate the successful experiment
OF the railroads? Why can't 1t take
for its motto small profits and lots
Of sales.'"
Evening star., 1934-08-23
Gave Character Proof
On Asking for Arms
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
With further reference to your
editorial, The Theft of Arms" you
publish a letter from Mr.. Fulton
Grigsby of Hindman, KY. His letter
suggests that the Government sells
arms only to reputable citizens. In
this connection his letter tends to
reflect the idea that I could not type
up to the requirements as a citizen.
In this connection I furnished both
the War Department and the rifle
association letters from Senators
Nicely and Hatfield and Representative
johnson from my State, also a letter
from Capt. M. M. Barnard and Mr.
Sanford Bates and several other let
tiers from statesmen and citizens OF
high standing, all testifying to my
good citizenship.
1t was also shown that ! had ar
honorable discharge from the Army
also an honorable discharge from the
West Virginia State militia, in which
I served some five years as a private
soldier. I regard his letter a distinct
reflection on my character.
Z. Z. BUDDING.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va.
Evening star., 1934-08-23

Just as you have thought up some
clever retort the car jockeys to a stop
and the audience departs.
So one wastes time here quite evi-
IDENTIFY.
And one wastes it anywhere else
If attempting to argue or even just
talk in the face Of an unsympathetic
audience.
And every audience, under such
circumstances. must be unsympa-
thetic 1t is the civilized equivalent
of animal mistrust, just as mating, in
nature, is the equivalent of civilized
marriage, or, at least, the movies
would have us believe so, just as the
tin Of canned meat on the shelf is
civilizations equivalent for the barred
fangs and the spring Of the tiger
after its dinner.
Every person who believes in q
democratic meeting Of his fellow men,
rather than a holding of himself
aloof as much as he can, will find
that his acquaintances divide them
selves into two groups, composed of
those who listen to what he says
with sympathy and q desire to be
pleased, and those who listen unsym-
pathetically with an evident desire
to =. be displeased.
Those who may not have thought
about life in this way will find it an
interesting diversion to spend some
minutes classifying all their ac-
quaintances. There will be, of course,
a small neutral group. but these may
be disregarded, as neutrals so often
may.
Those who listen in the hope to
be pleased may be talked to freely
at all times.
Those who listen simply to find
fault ought to be given as little ma
terial for their favorite sport as pos
sible.
Surely this is not as elaborate as
1t sounds. 1t simply is what every
person does, anywayl What every
person does, Of course, most Of the
time. He slips up when he attempts
to 60 contrary to the plain rule OF
common sense, to give these persons
as little ammunition as possible.
No doubt the best possible practical
rule for meeting these encounters is
not to meet them. Here again our
elevator gives us a lesson. There Is
always some oaf around large mod
ern office building who will have
some personal remark to make. He
always does. Why. therefore, take the
same elevator with him, if it can be
helped? He Is not bad sort of guy
but he cannot resist the impulse To he
pointedly personal in an elevator. The
best thing to do is to take another
elevator. 1t is just as simple as that
What to do If he gets on? Get out al
the next floor, If possible, and wait
for the next car. Life is too short to
waste in such futile conversational
encounters.
There Is the case Of old Gewhilikins
who never lost chance to make some
supposedly funny remarks to his
acquaintances. This went on fol-
years. Then one day Gewhilikin.
was taken gravely i'll. The VIC
tins Of his long continued and to-
tally unnecessary pseudo-spite work
could not help but wonder whether
there is not some power which sees
to 1t that those who bring unneces-
sary harm to others are made to suf-
fer in their turn. This idea is as ole
as human nature. Great crimes gc
unpunished, but the little naggings oil
the everyday call for retribution. OF
the twenty-eight ways of meeting an
issue, the best is to run away, the
Chinese say.
Evening star., 1934-08-23

parole should be granted to q man
who cannot conceivably be restored
to liberty without danger to the COM
munity. Probably he has been q
model prisoner" That is his estab-
lished line Of action. He outwardly
conformed to the law even in his
most active days as head Of a rob-
berry and murder gang. So careful
was he in his work that the only
way to get" him was to dig up his
income tax returns and prove that he
had cheated the Government out Of
large sums by concealment of reve-
nues derived from illegal sources.
There should be no sympathy for
this man, and there should be no
parole. The leniency that has been
shown toward malefactors of his type
in the past has been productive of
the most evil results. No degree of
rule observance on his part while in
prison can make him worthy of any
abatement Of his term, which should,
in view Of his utter viciousness, have
been far longer than ten years.
Evening star., 1934-08-23

activity In the real estate market,
the building trades and the material
trades which such q loss inevitably
entails. For text books alone there
was a cut of $5.487,177 in one
twelve-month period. And even more
serious Is the fact that 100000
teachers are unemployed while
10000 children are uninstructed.
But there is a ray of hope in the
situation. Mr.. Crone tells Of the
work of the National Association Of
Public School Business Of1cials and
of the support which that work is
having from a national advisory
council Of leaders in business, finance
and public affairs. The aim of the
campaign launched by the organiza-
tion and its friends is the rebuilding
Of the whole educational structure Of
the United States-with Federal aid
If possible; without it II necessary.
No other phase of national recovery,
the sponsors insist, is more impera-
lively significant or more deserving Of
generous public Endorsement.
The fate Of the Republic rests in
its schools quite as much as it does
In its farms and factories, and the
new deal would be an utter failure
if it did not include education. The
people themselves, however, are basic
ally responsible. They need not
wait for the administration; they can
join in the volunteer enterprise which,
as Mr.. Crone tells, already is a
going concern" quick with determi-
nation and enthusiasm.
Evening star., 1934-08-23

While critics of the administrations
crop-control policy are more out
spoken than ever in view Of the COM
plications caused by the drought, its
advocates insist that the A. A. A. pro-
gram is essential to prevent chaotic
conditions.
Protesting against rumors which have
upset the commodity markets, the
Wall Street Journal says: 1.-The major
cause of the acute situation In agri-
culture was the loss. Of the export
markets which took the products Of
from 40 to so million acres of land.
The plan of the A. A. A. Is to reduce
the accumulated surpluses and then
hold production down to what can be
consumed at home until the export
markets are regained. The drought
has hastened the reduction Of sur
pluses, but the export markets are
not yet prepared to take as much as
we can produce above needs. The
administrator plainly declares that
reduction through the drought does
not mean abandonment Of the pro-
gram, but that steps will be taken to
carry out the original plan Of bal
ance between production and demand.
Here is a definite official statement
that while the control plans will be
adjusted to meet new situations as
they come up, the program of con-
troll of production will remain until
there is permanent adjustment be-
tween supply and demand. The COM
modify markets are of too great i'm
portance to permit Of their being dis
turbed by rumors growing out Of un-
informed discussions, and it is to be
hoped that this fiat declaration from
Washington will set the matter at
rest"
1.-THE present acuteness of the farm
problem" according to the Bergen
IN. j. Evening Record, docs not
mean that the A. A. A. program has
failed. The drought has wrought
havoc with its plans, but the most
bitter Of its critics can hardly blame
the administration for its inability
to foresee the course Of the elements.
Solution of the farm problem will not
be found in week or a year; it is a
matter of long-range planning. The
temporary setback of single season,
while raising immediate emergencies,
do not Justify condemnation Of the
whole program. Fundamentally, the
same conditions remain, and they
will have to be tackled by looking
ahead more than a single 12-month
period"
"If there were no plans for con-
trolling production" thinks the Pueblo
Star Journal, next year every farmer
who had failure this year, as well as
other farmers would plant as much
as they could of the best crop they
can grow and expect next year to
obtain high price for the product.
But the anticipated high price seldom
materializes because large surplus
has been grown. And when high re-
tail prices prevail the middle men
usually profit most. Selling is the
real problem. Crop reduction Is de-
signed to level out the highs and lows
of bumper and failure years. 1t can
not be expected to work perfectly be-
cause of unpredictable weather, but it
can serve as a partial palliative to
what would ordinarily be disorganized
and glutted markets or markets which |
had little to sell and only at extremely |
high prices"
'If and when crop control is re-
sumed. we imagine the program will |
be carried out with considerably more
caution than this year." thinks the
Evening star., 1934-08-23
Rebuilding Education.

It has been the sober judgment Of
many that the new deal has not
been sufficiently mindful of educa-
ton, and the administrator neglect
of the Nations schools has been dis
cussed on frequent occasion in
teachers conventions, in the press
and over the radio. Such gestures as
have been made toward assistance for
institutions of culture, it has been
charged, have been weak and ineffec-
tive. President Roosevelt apparently
has believed that other problems are
more important, and his represent
atives consistently have evaded the
repeated demand for a policy of help
adequate to the need which school
authorities in every section of the
country agree exists.
Figures provided by John A. Crone
in dispatch from New York City
to The Star illustrate the difficulty
In 1880, the writer says, the total
expenditure for public schools was
$2,306, ,965 ,557; in 1888 it was
s2,180, 0,558, ,660-a decrease of $685.
4o6, ,897. And it is indicated that q
great portion of the loss was in those
parts of the land where economic
distress is most conspicuous and where
for that very reason, education mos
requires to be protected
Mr.. Crone also reports that IL
the past four years expenditures TO
school buildings, sites and majo
equipment have declined from $3.50.
100000 to $s7OOO,OOO, with all tn
deleterious effects Of restricte'