Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-11-22
AS WE SEE IT
By MoNTCo.

NhOhOSO1uOAJ OOullIy OC4OIS VIC nave
to sit down to Thanksgiving dinner.
One might remark that "there are so
many things more important than
politics in the minds of the average
individual" There is the man who is
thinking of getting all of his coal in
the cellar before bad weather sets in.
There is the man who is thinking Of
building a house. Then there are Min
nesota, Pittsburgh and Alabama
dreaming of New Years trip to the
Rose Bowl. What price votes here?
ATTENTION is CALLED to the
sale of Christmas Seals to aid the an
nual fight against tuberculosis. The
question is vital.
During the chest examination of a
two year old boy recently, DR.. Leo
v. Schneider, clinician for the tuber-
culosis clinics of Montgomery County,
said that the child had been saved
from becoming infected with tubercu-
losis because he had been separated
from his mother almost immediately
after birth.
The mother, who has tuberculosis,
has been under the supervision of the
Health Department for several years.
Through the efforts of the Health De-
partment and the Social Service
League, she was admitted 70 and TAX
en- care of in the State Sanatorium,
and has been kept under supervision
ever since her return. She is now an
arrested tuberculosis patient able to
be self supporting.
This mother and her child, who has
probably been protected from con-
tracing the disease from his mother
by having been separated at a very
critical time in his life, are only a
couple of examples of the results OBJ
tanned.
The money which makes this work
possible is gotten from the sale of
tuberculosis Christmas Seals and it is
only through the success of this sale
that the work can be continued.
WORD COMES FROM Washington
that the activities of the Home
Owners Loan Corporation will be con-
siderably slowed down from now on,
and that the President will not ask
another appropriation from the incom-
ing Congress for the support of this
agency. The reason for gradual
dismantling of the Hole is that the
emergency has passed and that pri-
vate capital from banks and building
associations is ample to take care
of the mortgage situation.
The wording of announcement is
rather vague as to the definite time
for dropping the lending activities
of the Hole. This leaves loop
hole for continuing this important
governmental agency if the demand
is strong enough. There is little
doubt that the announcement, com
ing after the election and not be.
fore, has aroused some ire among
the ranks of the faithful New Deal
supporters.
There is little doubt that tremen'
dous pressure will be brought tx
bear upon the incoming Congress
to continue the Hole. This is the
one governmental agency, next tc
the farm credit agencies, that has
really benefited the people at large
The HOIC is extremely popular with
the country, and it is highly doubt.
full if it can be dropped with a mere
wave of the hand and few words
in the newspapers at this particular
time.
Many people view the carefully
worded announcement as a trial bal.
loon, sent up by the Administration
to test the degree with which the
mortgage emergency has been cleared
up. It will be interesting to watch
the result. For if the Hole can be
scrapped at this time, so can many
of the other governmental emergency
agencies that have been set up in the
last two years. If the small home
owner is now able to get along by
himself, why are not the farmers
the banks, the railroads and the in,
dustries that have been aided by the
Federal government?
Somehow we strongly doubt If the
Hole will be dropped so soon