The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-06-28
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
In the Age of Billions
Old Bill Did Not Know
More Land? What For?
Ii Suddenly Rich. What?

Congress number seventy-three goes
nome after appropriating for variegat-
ed spending between six thousand
eight hundred and seven thousand mil.
lion dollars.
No congress ever appropriated SO
much In peace times.
In addition to spending about seven
thousand million dollars. this congress
guaranteed approximately seven thou
sand millions more In home mortgages
and farm bonds and set up two thou
sand million sterilization fund"
We are living In the era Of billions"
With congress gone home. President
Roosevelt Is lord of all he surveys,
which Is no great change He was
pretty much that before the adjourn
ment. We have no dictator In the
United States. and shall not have one
unless something strange and unusual
happens but the President has as
much OF dlctator's power as he
chooses to use.
Congress. with unimportant excep-
and the country will look to the Presl-
dent now to initiate and put through
whatever he chooses. That situation
probably does not suit him. 1t In
wolves great responsibility.
"Old BILL" dead In London. was a
carrier pigeon. He carried messages
during the first year of the big war
from British army and air forces In
France and Belgium back to London,
and lost leg. Brought back to Eng
land by an invalid soldier, he enjoyed
life for many years, and now has laud-
atory obituary notices" In English pa
pers.
"Old Bill" flew back and forth In
the big war and lost leg without
ever knowing why he was flying or
why he had to lose that leg.
But "Old Bill" was no more ignorant
than majority OF the soldiers over
whose heads he flew on errands that
he did not understand.
A member OF the British house OF
| commons suggests that. failing cash
payment, we might accept something
| In the way OF territory. The British
will not give up any territory II they
can hold on to 1t, which they can easily
| do In this case
And apart from that, what good
| would 1t do US to acquire more ter
| ritory and have some foolish congress
man insist on giving 1t aWay7 We
could not possibly get from the British
| anything as valuable as the Philip
| pines, and we are doing our best to get
| rid OF them at this moment.
What would you do Ii you suddenly
found yourself quite rich, with pros
pecr OF easy riches" to conner Mr..
Max Baer, new holder of the heavy
weight prize-tighting championship, &C
cordng to the New York Evening
Journal. bought himself thirty-fve new
suits OF clothes, In tan, gray and pas
tel shades" There was great crowd
waiting outside the tailor shop to
cheer him, and he wrote his autograph
on one-dollar bill for young girl.
Fame Is a wonderful thing.
The young Count OF Paris" who
might be king OF France Ii the French
people suddenly lost their wits, be
lieyes that he, 30 far as he knows q
direct descendant of Hugh Capet, will
soon be called to the French throne
He says.
"You would be astonlshed II yor
could know how weary France is Of
the present regime
The young pretender to the throne
might be surprised II he could know
how weary France was Of her kings
, before she got rid OF them. and how
fortunate he is that the common sense
OF the French will keep him talking
not relgnlng-
President Roosevelt, In letter sen
to West Virginia, expresses satlsfac
: ton with the achievements OF NRA.
1--WE have spread employment, W.
have raised pay, and we are no
: through yet.
ut Is notable record OF recovery
II has led the way for other nations
and has produced widespread and,
believe, permanent results. Certainl
! we have right to celebrate this an
niversary."
: Washington Singer, whose father IN
! vented a sewing machine, left FOR
!, tune OF s5,534,S90 In England, wher
: he raced his horses The British gos
!. eminent takes an ESTATE duty Q
! about two million dollars from tn
\ heirs. At that rate, 1t does not TAX
long for vast accumulntions to me
! away especially as 1.-The bigger tn
| estate. the higher the percentag
:. taken" Our government has borroWe
: the idea, made necessary by strane
! faculty for spending developed by pol
!. ticians.