The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-05-10
WANTS NATION
TO PAY BILLS
OF EVERY KIND
Speaker. at Farmer-LabOr Rally
Would Scrap all Present Oper-
ations; Labor to Make Bigger
Demands
By w. C. B. Randolph


A strong team of speakers were
gathered at Kennewick last Sunday
representing farmers and laborers.
The purpose was to compare notes on
the present situation. w. j. Deihm, Of
the Federal Labor Union Of Pasco,
presided. He called on A. c. Grag-
goo of Yakima, who gave an outline
of the nature and operation Of fin
ancial system owned and administer
ed by the national government. He
read extracts from Senator Cutting
of New Mexico, who said that Presi-
dent Roosevelt lost his best opportm-
ity to. control the destructive forces
of our economic debacle when he did
not take over the banking system as
his first official act on March 4. Sen.
Cutting said that this old financial
machine was completely demoded and
must be scrapped the same as any
other worn out junk. Mr.. Graggoo
explained monetary system that was
based on the total value Of all the as
sets of the people of the nation and
which would be placed at the dispos-
al of everyone without any interest
charge.
The next speaker was j. v. White
hair of Yakima, who continued the
discussion along the same lines. He
told of tilt between the Rev. Father
Coughlin, who has been advocating
government banking while in New
York City, and some Of his church
superiors who think he has gone toe
far out of his church duties. The spat
between them became known to the
public, the speaker said, and Cough
lin advertised public meeting for
certain hour and long before the
time to speak the crowd damned the
streets for three blocks.
! Another man in Detroit has writ
ten a book on the subject, White
chair said, and has circulated a petit
ton to congress to pass such a law.
Mr.. Whitechair would have all just
claims in every bank transferred to
the government bank and private
banking discontinued henceforth. No
money would pass from government,
but the latter would assume all obi
cations and continue to receive and
pay out funds, all Of which would be
common property. All bills of every
kind would be paid out Of revolving
fund of $4,000, 100000, which would
constitute the life blood Of the nation
and would be as free to use as are
yard sticks and bushel measures. By
this plan we would need no taxes, ne
claimed. All wages and salaries to be
paid out of the general fund, and all
going back into the same fund, over
and over, world without end.
The next speaker was State Labor
Commissioner Moran, who stated the
organized labor was doing it's bit 70
break the backbone of the depression
by getting all workers into one body
so as to increase their strength, and
then demand greater share Of the
results Of the operation Of the vast
machinery of today.
Mr.. c. L. Holcomb told Of our great
monopolies that strangle the life Of
the people. Their strangle hold can
be broken by the united efforts of the
city and country workers, he said.
Holcomb told a story Of two men ap-
pearing at the door Of the state pen
at Walla Walla. One said he was
bringing crazy man in and the 9TH
er said he was the keeper Of the 9TH
er who was crazy. The warden listen
ed and heard one say he was Napol-
can and the other said he was dem
ocrat who voted for Hoover. The war
den ordered them both in.