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The Washington times., 1934-09-13
DU POINT HEADS
GIVEN EXTRA
. I MILLIONS

Continued from Page -
$500, 100000, Pierre du Pont tes'
titled. Irenee du Pont com.
mented:
"JOhn Raskob deserves most
of the credit for building Gen.
eral Motors"
OWN OTHER INDUSTRIES
Substantial interests in numer-
Gus other industries in all parts
of the world, totaling $2o2,765,-
1872, also are held by the du
Points, according to the testimony.
Among the companies are Rem
ington Arms Co., Peters Co.,
Mexican Explosives Co., National
Ammonia Co., South American
Explosives, Bakelite Co., Reming-
ton Cash Register Co., du Pont
Film Co., and German chemical
firms =.
Later it was revealed that all
four du Points held large add
tional individual holdings in Cen
eral Motors.
Pierre said he held 100000
shares; Lamont, 10000; Irenee,
10000 $50 far as I know" and
Felix. 10000.
Sold For So Millions
Pierre said that he sold 100000
shares of General Motors in 1929
for $4,000, 900.
Senator Nye read a letter from
the legal department Of General
Motors to the du Points report
ing upon introduction last year
Of resolution in the California
Legislature asking Congress to
cancel all private munitions COM
pany patents and to institute
Government manufacture of anna
ments. He then asked Pierre
du Pont whether the company
'1obbied." The reply was:
1--WE take a very large in
terest in legislative matters
pertaining t. our business. We
employ representatives, not lob
byistS. Our legal department
handles those matters"
The Washington times., 1934-09-13
Education Board
Defers Meeting

Blocked in their last two at
temptS to call a meeting of the
board because of the lack of a
quorum, the first fall meeting
Of the Board Of Education was
postponed until next Wednesday.
The second meeting was SEIZED
uled for yesterday, but was called
off at the last minute.
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AWAY GOES S13S

Mrs: Ella Williams, First block
Of L Street.. Northeast, reported
to police today that a billfold
containing $138 was stolen from
her home. The money is the
property of her son, Howard N.
williams.
The Washington times., 1934-09-13
PARTY TO AID CHURCH
BARBARA WEEKS

A bingo party will be given
for the benefit of st. Mary's P. E.
Church, Twenty-third and G
Streets Northwest, tomorrow night
at & O'Clock.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
GRIM REALITIES

| Tho activities of the federal government IN
financing. aiding and relieving different classes Oh
tho population have become so numerous so varied
and so extensive. as we'll as so vast IN totai
amount that the average persons IS utterly con-
Prsad by the whole program. To keep track OF
these multtudinous OUTLAWS, to separate those ehae
are reimbursable from those that are nonreilourS
.ble To know which liabilities are absolute ana
which are contingent, requires the most carelui
expert analysis. Even to master the names Oh ait
these spending agencies or to know unoer WHICH
bureaus and departments they come Is TASK d.
most beyond anyone but a professional stuueh| VI
the details of government The whole thing mas
CROWN ramfed and complicated itself until 1t gives
every appearance of being monster cut OF con-
troll.
There have been times in the past six or eight
months when it looked as if the gigantic campaign
of expenditure had slowed down bit. But always
something has come along to whoop 1t up again.
ALWAYS there has been some plausible reason why
the President has asked for another billion or as
least half billion for additional OUTLAWS. However
well ntentioned and even Utopian in concept these
expenditures may be, they inevitably raise DOUBTS
and fears of future conditions worse than those
which thew are intended to relieve.
No doubt intelligent people fully realize that
the government has long since passed the polnC
where it meets it's outgo with any form of income
In other words it is operating an enormous
deficit. and one that has had few parallels, abso-
lutey or relatively, in history 30.
Some time, and at not too far distant time,
the budget must be balanced by deeds and not by
fair promises. 1t may sound plausible enough to
talk about more government spending to increase
consumer or some other kind of buying. The bald
fact is that we shall never have the necessary re-
coverv in business until the wholesale spending is
sharply curtailed. There is not the slightest shadow
of doubt that much higher taxation will come un-
less we are to enter upon period of dangerous
imitation of the kind that destroys not only the
money in hand and bank but almost every other
provision which the individual can make against
want. "'
Government expenditure running far into the
billions of dollars, such as we now have, can be
met in only one of three ways-it can be reduced;
it can be paid out of taxes; or it can be met by
destroying the monetary standard with accompany
ing social chaos. Such are the ways before us.
They may seem unduly harsh, but they are reali-
ties, and that is more than can be said for some
of the hazy idealism which has driven into
these perilous outays.-Saturday Evening Post.
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plenty of hard job will be educate itself.
THE old Federal Radio Commission whose duties and staff FEC
smeled violently politics and seemed paradise
lobbyists broadcasng division should
be watched carefully
member the old FRC since 1927 is
chairman. jpday minded Mississppian who
lobbyists headed
Mullen FRO He knows lot
about radio.
The FCC probably will be Paul Walker who
chairman Oklahoma Public Utilities Commission forced
drastic reduction electricity and cotton gin rates and ably
enforced the oil law .'' -
He heads Fees telephone division and is grm set complete
Investigation and strict American Telephone
Telegraph Company.
LII telephone and telegraph ordered
nit their and holdings nterokng
directorates and structures.
Among the telephone nonopols be investigated
OF rates during decline Large write
valuations and depreciation charges resulting higher
rates. License fees collected T. from subsidiaries
where. Holding company abuses
Other subjects of inquiry eup between the
pans T. T. and their all equipment
western Electric Company alleged fancy prices Re-
auction OF employee
eaiheo Long distance rates. Propaganda methods q
tCopyright 193i.N SepIices,neJ
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WHAT'S TO BE DONE ABOUT IT?

The Charlotte Observer Cracks down"
on the federal government, as follows:
'You can hardly walk up the street
without stepping on the toes of somebody
who is hired in the federal service"
Federal employees have become about
as numerous as The Observer states,
which, according to the views of some old
fashioned citizens, is several times as nu-
merous as they ought to be; but what can
or will be done about it?
Every federal employee has a vote, and
in addition to his or her own vote, each
one has several relatives or friends who
have votes. Altogether the federal en-
ployees and their families and friends are
sizable voting minority and the party in
power, Democratic, Republican, Socialist,
or some other party, will think several
times before severing the government corr
nections of these people who have at
tached themselves to the federal teat.
This is one reason, but not the only rea-
son, why it is so difficult to reduce govern
ment expenses by cutting off employees,
once they have been given positions in the
public service. The number of government
employees has been increasing rapidly and
there are tens of thousands on the payrolls
now who were not listed year or two
ago. The number probably will not be less
until there is d thorough reorganization of
the government service, in an honest eff
fort to reduce the costs of maintaining the
federal government. Nothing short of a
revolution in public sentiment will bring
this to pass. .gs.. 80.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07
gEATEN BY PRESS, TURNS TO RADIO

The Christian Science Monitor notes the
fact that Dean Carl w. Alderman OF the
Columbia University School of Journalism
"cracked down" on General Hugh S. john
son in a speech to newspaper men in Los
Angeles.
Says The Monitor:
1.-The head of the Columbia School of Journal
ism tells the California publishers the NRA Ad-
ministrator has failed in an effort to substitute
government opinion for public opinion and now
seeks to undermine public confidence in the news
by erticizing the newspapers over the radio NO
man. declares Alderman, can buy, control or IN
fluenee the Washington news of the leading press
associations"
1t is not an altogether edifying spectacle
to behold the NRA head in the role OF
critic of the newspapers, making grave
charges against them which he cannot
prove, except in isolated cases, and using
the overnment-controlled radio as his me-
dunn of communication with the American
people. Dean Alderman did not hesitate
to voice the view that General Johnson is
trying to destroy public confidence in the
American press because he has not been
able to put the newspapers in position
where they could be compelled to manu-
facture public opinion favorable to the
government.
We hope the General is not engaged in
a contest of double dealing with his con-
science. 1t would give US pain to lose con-
fidence in the Generals sincerity; but we
are satisfied that his charges against the
press will stand up in but few cases; and
it is practically certain that the NRA adj
ministrator did, at one time, entertain the
idea of controlling the press for admins
tration propaganda purposes, which is an
idea no honest newspaper can approve.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07

Some persons seem to have more
peaceful valleys and more noun
tains of exaltation than others
but often, they only seem to;
they really do not. They simply
can stand more punishment with
out wincing.
A wise providence has decreed
that we must stay here only just
so long. The time measured i'll
terms of eternity is very short
less than one hot summer in a
normal lifetime. The hot summer
will soon pass; this troublous life
will soon pass. Make the most of
the pleasures; be brave about the
pains; keep your feet on the
ground, and your head where it
belongs, and everything will even
tually come out all right no mat
ter how sick and tired of it all
you may think you are.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07
VINO. FARMER
PICNIC is SET
Morrison to Address Test
Farm Gathering; Mckay
Among Leaders

Cameron Morrison of Charlotte,
ex-governor of North Carolina,
will be the principal speaker at
the annual picnic for Western
North Carolina farmers August
16 at the state test farm at Swan
nanoa, S. c. Clapp, director of the
test farm, has announced.
Between 1000 and $500 farm
ers of Western North Carolina
and their families annually at
tended the picnic which is an all
day event.
The event will open at 10
o'clock in the morning at which
time Mr.. Morrison will speak. j..
C. McAmis of Knoxville, agricul-
turist for the Tennessee Valley
Authority, will speak also and it
is expected that his talk will deal
with the relation of the IVA to
agriculture. DR.. c. B. Grinnells of
Raleigh, dairy research specialist
for the state test farms, will also
be on the morning program. Com
missioner of Agriculture W. A.
Graham of Raleigh will be one
of the speakers.
A women's meeting will be held
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon with
Miss Myrtle Keller of Rutherford
ton as chairman in charge. Mrs.
Rowland H. Latham of Asheville,
president of the North Carolina
Federation of Women's clubs, will
be speaker at this time.
The remainder of the afternoon
will be devote dto contests and
an inspection of the test farm.
Many of those attending bring
basket lunches. There will be re-
freshment stands where lunches
may be obtained by those who do
do not bring basket lunches.
L. H. Mckay of Hendersonville
is general chairman of the COM
mittee on arrangements for the
event. Others on the committee
include Miss Myrtle Keller, Miss
Adna Edwards and George Wall
lace of the Biltmore Estate, F. E.
Coulter and Mr.. Clapp of the state
test farm at Swannanoa.
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FED UP
By WICKES WAMBOLDT-

found the doors locked; the flow
of posies continued relentlessly
until their weight had smothered
the mobiles to death. Those mobiles
got mighty sick of those flowers.
There are plenty of conditions
in this world that become unen-
durable. In fact the world itself
is to most of us at times unen-
durable. I have often wondered
what percentage of persons have
not at one time or another, or at
many times, wished devoutly to
get out of this existence. Some
do get out. They had rather take
the long chance than to hang on;
others grit their teeth and see it
through, or see it through by fol-
lowing the line of least resistance.
There are few, very few per-
sons whose pathways through this
life are not at times so rough and
thorny and steep as to make fur
Their going seem impossible, yet
there are always spots of relief
and satisfaction even along the
trails that are the hardest.
And there are many trails. You
follow one; I another. You do not
know whic his the best course for
me to go, nor I the best for you.
You may need to pass through
certain experiences that | do not
require. / may need certain ex-
periences that you do not require.
We are all heading for the same
exit; we reach it by different
routes, gathering certain knowl-
edge, valuable to us as we pro-
coed, scrambling over rocks, push
ing through brambles, beating off
sand flies and mosquitoes; skin
ming our shins; bruising our feet;
sometimes falling down in the
mud or on the sharp stones, get
ting up, pushing on. Every now
and then we are grateful to pass
through a peaceful valley or to
climb a mountain of exaltation.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07

imagine Noah stretching out his
arms through window in the ark
to the lowering sky and crying:
"Please stop raining. Pm so sick
and tired of you, don't know
what to do"
Too much of anything is not
agreeable. Sometimes too much
of an agreeable thing is deadly.
Too much oil of JOY has sent many
a person to the hospital. Too
much headache relief medicine at
one time has put many person
in the cemetery. One group OF
men found that too many flowers
were their destruction: A certain
king gave a banquet to some of
his mobiles selected for their love
of adulation. In the midst of the
elaborate feast a trap door open
ed in the ceiling and flowers
showered down on the diners who
received the tribute with shouts
of delight. The downpour con-
tinued 1.-The room began to fill;
the guests tried to escape; they
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07
INVESTIGATING GOVERNMENT IN
BUSINESS"

An article in the Chicago Journal of Commerce
announces that government competition with pri-
vate business as illustrated by the Tennessee Val
ley electric project, is to be investigated by COM
mttee selected from the board of directors of the
Illinois Manufacturers Association.
The committee will visit Muscle Shoals and other
parts of area under review and report to the asso
citation, with particular attention paid to the fol-
lowing points:
1. How competition from the federal govern
ment affects private utilities and the power-usng
public.
2. The effect upon industry of the governments
selling electric appliances at very low prices
g. The effect of the project upon the fertilizer
industry.
4. The extent to which the plan has influenced
or may be expected to influence the location of in
dustries in the area. asa
5. The relation of the project to agriculture.
6. The possible effect of the project on taxation,
and in further extending government competition
with existing private industries
That report, if it is dispassionate and factual,
will be of great value to public which is confused
by differing arguments and opposed political and
industrial PHILOSOPHERS. 1t must be remembered
that the Tennessee Valley project in itself is of no
as an indication of a trend which might eventually
cover the country with tax-free, publicly-fnanced
industries competing with heavily taxed, privately
financed, existing business. The problems of EN-
ployment, investment, taxation, industrial expan-
sion, are inextricably tied UP with this greater
problem.
There was never time when it was more I'M
portant to cast light on places which, to most peo-
ple are dark and hidden.-Florence Is. c. News
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
1t was fashionable year ago to make insulting
gestures at the ancient law of supply and demand.
Anyone who timidly mentioned it was told that it
was fetish, like the Constitution and the gold
standard, and out of date. eve have changed all
that"
We note that these priests of the new era have
lost some of their confidence Demand does not
seem to be so obedient it ought to be- Prices
can be fixed the basis of costs, it appears, but
that does not mean that you make customers
pay the prices.
The automobile manufacturers, who moved
prices Up in the spring, moved them down again,
with their usual acuteness, when buyers strike
began to develop. You may still find some scoffers
at the law of supply and demand in various places,
but there very few of them in Detroit and
nearby cities.-Farm Journal.
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Is
Held; Wife Shot

BREVARD, Aug. Raymond
Fisher, 80, a farmer was lodged
in the Pennsylvania county jail
here Monday afternoon on a
charge of assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill his
wife, %, who was struck in the
right side of the face and head
with a load from a shotgun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher, accompa-
MED by George London, of Ros-
man, who had been spending a
week, on a fishing trip, at the
Fisher home in the Holly Pen sec
ton of Upper Pennsylvania coun-
ty, were walking along a path
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07
MRS. DOLLFUSS SOON
TO RETURN TO VIENNA

tRICCIONE,1 Italy, Aug. T.
Mrs. Engelbert Dollfuss, widow of
the late Austrian Chancellor, had
decided to return to Vienna with
in 16zdays, taking her two small
children, it was learned today. She
has been, staying with Mrs. Benito
Mussolini, wife of the Italian pre-
niler, at the Mussolini summer viii
la here. Mrs. Dollfuss expects a
third child in about five months,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07

Not long ago in the middle
west, during one of those terrific
days when the thermometer was
hitting around lip, a little girl
walked out onto the veranda of
her home, stretched out her arms
toward the sky and implored:
"Please stop being summer. I'm
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07

CATION of the SIS 900 100000 telephone monopoly.
prior to recommendations TO Congress for regu-
lating system expected to reduce telephone rates.
The two chief phases OF FCC's present task are:
l. To administer the regulatory powers over
the communications industries formerly held by
the Federal Radio Commission, Interstate Com
merce Commission State Department and Post
office Department.
2 To study the industries and recommend
Regulatory and co-ordinatirg legislation to Con-
eress by Feb, /. FEC will administer such laws
when they are passed.
The second phase is so huge that for the next
few months the commission will be primarily
board of inquiry. There are no genuses on the
commission and its results will be achieved by
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07

so SICK ana urea
of you l don't
know what to
do.
How often are
we so sick and
tired of "a situa-
ton that we do
not know what
to do. We be-
CO m e surfeited
with hot wealth
er, cold weather,
dry weather, wet
weather. One can
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07
GOT MIXED, UP

CHICAGO, Aug. 7.-UP).-
Policeman Edgar Hutchings went
hunting for burglars with flash
light in one hand, pistol in the
other; saw two boys Stealing gas
oline; started to turn on the flash
light; got mixed up about his
hands; turned on'' the pistol in
stead of the light. shot offthe
tips of two of his.ow fingers
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07

Americanism: Assuming that great salaries are
required to attract brains in the business world;
offering day-labor wages to those who teach school
and manage public business g. - n. Is 9.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07

Catching criminals isn't hard. You just let the
governor parole a prisoner and then watch the
nearest bank
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07

A New York radio program was actually SuS-
pended on Sunday, June Srd from i: 30 to p m''
in order that prayer might be made for drought
relief in the western states.
One listened with mingled feelings OF Joy ana
fear Would God hear? Would He be favorable
to our SHINING land?
These were the questions uppermost IN ones
thoughts as we turned the dial of the radio to BRING
in this momentous national broadcast-The Sun
day School Times.
ITO be continued)
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER
WASHINGTON:

ASNGTONA job for gantsreform and regulation of tele
phones telegraph broadcasnghas been taken by
Federal Communications Commission
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07
BEHIND THE SCENES M
ASHI|lGTON

Rodney dealing
Washington
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07

Funny man! He slaves to make money that ne
hasn't time to spend and calls that success.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-07
BIBLE THOUGHT
DOES PRAYER BRING RAIN?

2. Samuel called unto the Lord and the LORD
sent rain" q Sam. 12:1s).
Evening star., 1934-09-20
SCHOOLB0Y PATROL
GETS JOINT PRAISE
Educational and Civic Leaders
and Police Pay Tribute
at A. A. A. Dinner.

Educational and civic leaders and
officials of the Traffic and Police De-
partments joined in praise of the
school safety patrols at a dinner at
the Willard Hotel last night under
the auspices of the American Auto
mobile Association Ernest N. Smith.
executive vice president of the A. A.
A. presided and was POSTMASTER.
Mr.. Smith read letter from Com
missioner HaZen. lauding the work Of
the patrols Mr. Smith said there
were now 1886 boys in the various
patrols here. and that despite the in
creases in population and the num-
ber of automobiles fatalities among
school children had been cut from 10
in 1925 to 10 in 1888.
Other speakers included R. L. Hay
cock, assistant superintendent OF
public schools; Selden NJ. Ely, super
Vising principal: Mrs. L. B. Castell
president of the District Parent
Teacher Association; William A.
Van Duzer traffic director; Maj.
Ernest w. Brown, superintendent of
police; George w Offutt and Isaac
Cans of the Alcohol Beverage Control
Board and G. Adams Howard. auto
mobile editor of The Evening Star.
Appointment of Richard NJ. Ham
as new safety director of the A. A. A
to succeed Theodore F. Behler, who
is leaving to go with the N. R. A., was
announced. Mr. Smith also an
nounced the appointment of Mr.. How
ard as member of the advisory board
of the A. A. A.