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The Redwood gazette., 1934-09-20

We presume that even the most loyal supporters
of Governor Olson enjoyed A. c. Townleyis speech
Thursday night not because of what he said but be-
cause the former Nonpartsan league head is an en-
tertainer of ability and say things one ordinarily
doesn't like to hear in such clever manner that the
listener cannot help being entertained
It goes without saying that Olson opponents en-
joyed the speech immensely though most of them
wouldn't think of voting for Mr. Townley and dis
counted some of his more startling statements.
Although he dealt at length with alleged graft
and corruption in the FarmerLabor administration,
Mr. Townleys objection seemed to be not that graft
and corruption exist and have existed but that MI.
Townley and others who had something or other to
do with the founding of the party not able to
get in on it. His talk sacked of "sour grapes" rath
er than any sincere effort toward better government
There are any number of theories to why Mr..
Towney is calling Mr. Olson names. Certainly he
has no illusions that he might be elected
By his own talk he eliminates the theory that he is
working for reform the interest Of the common peo-
ple Perhaps it is grudge fight, perhaps the small
collections taken make it living possibly he actually
is paid by the Olson opposition.
If the later theory is correct which doubt, the
opposition is spending it's money fooshly Olson
be beaten by getting behind of the candidates op-
posing him or by putting new one in the field He
cannot lost in three cornered with Townleys
name on the ballot fourth candidate.
In spite of the unusual amount of building in
Redwood Falls this summer, there is still great
shortage of homes and apartments. Hardly day goes
by but what from to half dozen persons call at
this office looking for place to live. Some want
cheap places others moderate priced homes and some
are willing to pay heavy rentals.
In many cases the prospective renters are persons
from away, travelling with families, retired farm
ers or new persons who to work in business places
here. In many cases they must get along in few
rooms in cases they go on to other towns to
make their homes.
Several new homes have been completed this sum-
mer, others have been improved and one old house
has been turned into apartment house with atrac-
tive living quarters for five families More persons
should be encouraged to make investments of this
kind, both for their homes and for rental pur-
poses. Housing is Redwood's biggest problem today
Occasionally a newspaper loses subscriber be-
cause of something it said editorially moral,
political civic question. It's lot like parting COM
pany with lifelong friend because he favors beer or
Regan more paving. friend is worth more than
occasional difference of opinion.
The Redwood gazette., 1934-09-20

NOW AVAILABLE-Reavy mailing
envelopes in assorted sizes, can be
had in single, dozen or larger lots,
gummed and with clasp. At THE
GAZETTE OFFICE. If
The Redwood gazette., 1934-09-20

Mrse. Alvin Huhnerkoch entertain
ed a number Of ladies Monday after
noon in honor Of the birthday anni-
versary of Mrs. George Huhnerkoch.
The afternoon was spent informally
and delicious refreshments were serv-
ed by the hostess.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
Let Business Do Business

Throw the Politicians and the Theorists Out
American business like the camel stand heavy load
when another added burden
will break its back.
That time be here NOW and the load under which
it is staggering is POLITICS. plus TAXATION plus REG1
MENTATIoN, plus WANToN NAGGING ABUSE AND IN
TERFERENCE BY INCOMPETENT THEORISTS.
The plain facts that its recovery program the Admins
traon has brought the business camel its knees and that
another straw is added there will be no camel
AS Mr. William Randolph Hearst pointed out in signed edi
torial:
"The politicians cannot help business.
"What do they knouv about business?
"WOuEd put any of them in charge of prVate
business.
"Lord us, NO!
"The politicians, the professors, the failures, the
cranks the visionary theorists, the impractical expert
nentalists all ready tell the able and expert
cnced businessmen of the country hOw run their
individual businesses and the business of the nation
"But uUhen the Administration has realized that if
to haVe a boom, business must bring it; When
the Administration has realized that if bring
prosperity back, business leaders must bring it
back; and when the Administration uOH decide let
business alone it can bring prosperity back, uW
then haze good times again.
"Conditions favorable.
"COngress has adjourned.
"The President is going to HaWaii
-"f he could only arrange to take General Johnson
IUth him and Leave him in HaWaii, along With Captain
Cook, the businessmen of the country GUOuLd almost
underUrite prosperity
"Let hope that good President uUiH think
faUorably of this patriotic suggestion"
Recovery cannot without business and business
not recover unless it is ALLOWED to recover
camel back its feet if freight piled
an ts hmm and hall and chain is affixed to its 1eoz
Fortunately there indications that the Administration
is last gapng this unanswerabe truth and may consider
giving the camel chance.
If it does Heaven help the camel and Heaven help these
United States, for nobody else will.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
"Pork and Beans" Buying of
Airplanes Is Unwise
By Nelson Harding
BY James T. Williams, Jr.

Should Uncle Sam be here
after compelled by law to buy
all airplaneS for t h e national
defense as he now buys pork
and beans--by competitive bid
ding?
This is one of the questions
that will come before the Avia-
ton Commission recently ap'
pointed by the President in pur-
suance of a Congressional man.
date that such an agency be set
up to make IAN immediate study
and survey" of American aVia'
ton in all its phases.
The pork and beans" method
of procurement is one of the
most fatuous proposals yet to
come from any committee of
Congress. 1t originated in the
House Committee on Military
Affairs of the late md un-
lamented Seventy third Con-
gress. 1t is sponsored by Con-
gresham Rogers of New Hamp-
shire.
Reverses Policy
Adoption of this proposal
would reverse established pro-
curement policy. 1t would reject
the recommendation of the
Lampert Committee, which made
a survey of American aviation
and it's relations to the national
defense 10 years ago. Congress
man Rogers was a member of
this committee. He united in its
recommendation, that Congress
authorize the procurement OF
aircraft, engines, and aero
nautical instruments and &C
cessories without requiring COM
petitive bidding, but under re-
strictions t h a t would promote
the national defense, and there
by safeguard the public interest.
AS a result of a very thorough
study of aviation in relation to
the national defense, which was
made by the Morrow board, con-
vened by President Coolidge in
the latter part of 1925, this wise
suggestion of the Lampert COM
mittee was adopted by the Con-
gress the following year and en-
bodied in the Aircraft Procure
ment act of July 2, 1926.
BY the terms of this law. the
Secretary of War and the Secre-
tary of the Navy are given broad
authority to procure aircraft
best suited to meet the needs Of
the national defense. Either
Cabinet officer may, in his dis
cretion, purchase with or with
out competition, by contract or
otherwise, aircraft necessary for
experimental purposes. If, as a
result of such procurement, new
and suitable designs are devel-
oped which are considered the
best obtainable for the Army or
the Navy, then the Secretary of
War or the Secretary of the
Navy may enter into a contract
for the procurement of such air
craft provided the seller be an
American-controlled firm.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05

One by one the group of ma
tional leaders who ruled through
Armageddon have drifted out of
life, all save a few. woodrow
Wilson, Clemenceau, BRAND, AS
quith have gone over the divide,
along with Foch and Haig.
Lloyd George announces that he
is through with politics. Poin-
care is an invalid.
Of them all, only Venizelos. of
Greece, that man of strife and
storm, come now to the age of
10. remains, as for more than 80
years, the real power behind the
visible government of his native
country.
One of the last, and certainly
one of the most interesting OF
all the World War statesmen is
EleutherioS VeniZelos. Most of
his World War contemporaries
have passed on, but Venizelos
remains, and remains as always,
the shrewdeSt of politicians and
the most formidable of fighters.
What storm, what defeat and
triumph have been crowded into
his years!
Beloved and Hated
Woodrow Wilson said that
Venizelos was one of Europe's
greatest statesmen. Long before
the war Clemenceau said he was
a coming man. When ConStan-
tine, the one-time Grecian king,
was in exile, he declared Venice
los to be a dictator worse than
Lenin." Count Sforza, the
Italian diplomat, remarked not
long ago that he was the most
beloved and the most hated man
in his country.
Several attempts have been
made to asSasSinate him. One
occurred in 1920, shortly before
his defeat at the polls. He was
shot and seriously wounded
while waiting for a train in
Paris. Venizelos was first made
premier in 1905. and he was
premier in 1918 when King
George died and Constantine
succeeded him.
At the outbreak of the World
War, the king, who had married
the kaiser'S sister, believed Ger
many would win and favored
neutrality. Venizelos urged sup
port of the Allied cause, re-
signed and formed an army to
fight the Turks and BulgarS.
His provisional government at
Saloniki was recognized by the
Entente and, when peace came,
Greence got the Aegean Islands,
all of Thrace, and sovereign
ity over Smyra.
The Allies forced Constantine
to abdicate in 1917. His son,
Alexander, who succeeded him,
died in 1920 of a monkeys bite.
A plebescite in 1924 determined
that the monarchy should be
succeeded by a republic.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
BY John SnUre, J.

of sufficient interest to be vote.
getting, he said.
This statement was a direct
slap at Fletcher, for his speech
centered upon these things.
Unable to comment publicly
on the Fletcher address, if that
is what it may be termed, one
strong Republican said:
Instead Of following the Or
derS of the same crOwu that
took Hoover down the wrong
track, Fletcher should get down
to the level of average people
and forget all of this high.
sounding stuff that he calls is
sues.
"The time has come for the
Republican party to become hu-
man."
Before President Roosevelt
sailed he announced the ap-
pointees to the Federal Radio
Commission and proba bly,
stirred up more revolt than he
has done by any other act.
He failed to rename Henry
A. Lafount to the commission
and in so doing provoked
plenty of senatorial ire.
Senator Hiram Johnson, of
California, and others, circu-
lated a round robin in the clos.
ing days of Congress and al
most every Senator from west
of the Mississippi Endorsed La.
fount's reappointment.
So certain was the LafOunt
appointment that definite word
was given at the White House
that he would be named and
that his indOrserS had nothing to
worry about. LafOunt himself
was positive that he would get
the job.
The President, however, on
the eve of sailing on his sum-
mer cruise announced the names
of seven appointees and La
fount was not among them.
Political wise men point to
the appointment of two Texans
to the commission. They are
Irwin Stuart and Hampson Gary.
The wise men say that there
by rests a tale.
Senator Tom Connally, of
Texas, is fighting against the
son of his old enemy, former
Senator Bailey. Bailey made
certain derogatory remarks
about Connally which Connally
never forgave back in the old
days.
John Nance Garner. now
Vice President, but once a
House member, was also sub
jected to a lashing by Senator
Joe Bailey. Cactus Jack" also
never forgot or forgave.
Observers believe that Vice
President Garner may have
suggested to the President that
Connally would not have as
much trouble defeating young
Bailey in coming elections if
Texas we're favored with the
two appointments. So, they say
the President granted the re-
quest.
They point out, however, that
although the President may
have secured party favor in
Texas he dug himself into a
ditch of political animOSity from
Republicans and Democrats
which will take some ShOveling
il he expects to get himself out.
(Copyright, 1894, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1934-07-05

Under the operation of this
effective law, the Government
may work with the manufac-
turer who has what seems to be
a superior design to offer, help
him develop his new type of
plane until it meets the require
ments of the national defense,
and then buy it from him in
quantity.
The advantage to the gov
ernment of a negotiated con-
tract for the procurement of
aircraft designed for the ma
tional defense lies in the fact
that it is. known before the
award is made which airplane
is most desirable from a de-
fenSe point of view. With this
knowledge, coupled with the
knowledge of the probable cost
of manufacture, Secretary 'Dern
or Secretary Swanson can
negotiate with the manufac-
turer the price to be paid for
this preferred type of plane and
thereby save the government
money on each contract thus
awarded.
Were the government COM
PEELED to procure aircraft for
the national defense only by
the pork and beans" method
which Congressman Rogers
formerly condemned and now
advocates, the manufacturer,
who has developed the tactical
type of airplane which the
Army or Navy requires, knows
that he will be awarded the con-
tract.
Retards Advance
The proposal of Congressman
Rogers that the pork and beans
method" of procurement-pro-
curement by competitive bid
ding-be substituted for the
system under which the United
States has developed the best
military and naval aircraft in
the world is condemned by all
experience. Foreign govern
ments do not purchase their
military and naval aircraft by
competitive bidding. They agree
that the recommendations of
the Lampert Committee and
the Morrow Board and the
unanimous judgment of Amer
ican aeronautical authorities in
favor of giving to the Secretary
of War and the Secretary Of the
Navy broad authority to obtain
the best aircraft available at a
fair price is to be preferred to
the fatuouS proposal sponsored
by Congressman Rogers of New
Hampshire.
Until airplanes designed for
the national defense become far
more standardized than they
are now, the government that
is compelled to buy them as it
buys pork and beans, by COM
petitive bidding, will never at
tain equality in air force, much
less supremacy.
Copyright 1894. The Washington
Times.)
The Washington times., 1934-07-05

name a golf course or a bag
of clubs as the guilty correspond
ent who lured away her hus-
bands love and most of his
attention.
Thousands of women could
sue an office desk for alienation
of their husbands affections.
And there was a time when a
stock ticker was more danger
GUS rival to a woman's happi-
ness than any blonde in a
beauty chorus.
No authors wife ever lived
who was not jealous of his pen
or his typewriter or even Of the
imaginary characters in which
he was temporarily absorbed.
There is many wife who
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
Keeping Taxes Down
A Wise Decision

Wise Decision
The District Commissioners have acted wisely adopting the
recommendation Auditor Daniel Donovan that the tax rate
be kept at $3.50 for the 1885 fiscal year.
true Major says in his clear analysis of the
Districts financial position that there will be surplus at the
end of the fiscal year result retaining the present tax
rate.
Nevertheless as was pointed these columns last week.
any increase in the tax rate at the present time would be dis
arou many home and would blight the prospects
of many others who contemplate buying homes
Major Donovan, judging by his analysis has done some
pretty close figuring in order present which would
the action taken by the Commissioners But then the
Major always depended to do the best thing for
the interests of the people Of the District.
The data submitted by auditor in connection with the
recommendation should be studied by citizen of
the should be pondered carefully by various
civic and trade associations
These that the District cannot continue to spend
curaed at which it is spending unless
means devised for raising additional revenue.
THIS NECESSARY ADDITIONAL REVENUE CAN COME
FROM EITHER ONE OF TWO SOURCES. 1T CAN COME
OUT OF THE POCKETS OF THE DISTRICT TAXPAYERS
WHO ARE ALREADY BEARING HEAVY BURDEN, OR
IT CAN COME OUT OF THE FEDERAL TREASURY
WHICH AT PRESENT IS FAILING TO DO ITS PRoPoR
T1oNATE SHARE IN MAINTAINING THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL.
The appropriation the 1885 fiscal year framed
that many essential of the District
being eliminated curtaled.
The Public Utilities Commission the Board of Indetermnate
Sentence Parole Alcohol Beverage Control Board have
all been virtually crippled by appropriation cuts
And STILL with these and many sacrifices the city will
be compelled spend all of its income the 1885 plus
rather large surplus which carries from the 1884 fiscal
year.
obvious therefore, from casual study of the
figures and expenditures that the fiscal 1886
will confront the District with the necessity either Of further
cut in expenditures of a increase in revenue.
Congress the 1885 appropriation bill has cut the Federal
Governments share below all 1t far below any figure
established since the umpsum system of approprang
adopted in defiance of the substantive law
THESE FACTS MUST BE CONSIDERED BY EVERY
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION AND EVERY OTHER MD1
vIDUAL AND GROUP OF DISTRICT CITIZENS BEFORE
THEY START AGITATION FOR THE CREATION OF I'M
PROVEMENTS AND THE EXTENSION OF OLD SERVICES
IN THE PREPARATION OF THE 1896 APPROPRIATION
BILL.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05

Up at bat for the first crucial
time against the Democratic
regime, Republican Chairman
Henry P. Fletcher pulled a
mighty Casey" on the boys in
the eyes of the Progressive Re-
publican umpires.
According to some of the Re.
publicans who are capable Of
judging, Fletcher struck out
when given his great Oppor.
tunity to loft the political base.
ball over the heads of his OppO-
SitiOn.
When Fletcher made his re-
cent speech against the New
Deal and dug up the Bill of
Rights, he disappointed several
of the up-and-coming members
of his party. Unable to publicly
criticize him for his error, they
made bitter speeches in private.
Fletcher, they said, was act
ing under the guidance of the
same 10 or IL men who directed
Hoover to failure back in 1892.
And they pointed out, he will
be directed to certain failure in
the coming congressional cam
paign unless he changes his
tactics.
Hoover lost many of his votes,
the Progressives say, because of
his cold-blooded attitude and
failure to find spot in the
hearts of the everyday man. He
talked about the grass grow
ing in the Streets" the tragedy
that would be the Nations if the
Democrats were elected, and not
about the human side of the
situation.
Fletcher, they contend, is fol-
lowing the same track.
Failing to suggest a real pro-
gram, he attacks the New Deal
in all it's phases. Knowing Re-
publicans point out that such
policy will be deadly.N
Many of the features of the
New Deal were suggested long
before President Roosevelt took
office. They were advocated by
Republicans and as part of the
present Democratic progr m
were supported by Republicans.
Republicans admit that vari-
Gus people have been aided by
certain phases of the New Deal
and that it is poor policy to at
tack it as a general thing be-
cause in so doing they step on
the toes of those benefited.
1t would be far better, they
say, to pick out certain phases
of NRA, the monopolistic trend,
and other policies and attack
them where it would be to the
best advantage.
AS one Semi-progressive said
when commenting on Fletcher's
speech:
"The Republican party has
been debauched, sold out, and
disgraced by its present leaders
SO that the only real thing left
is the group of common peO-
pie"
He pointed out that the time
had come for the Republican
party to settle itself down to a
campaign for old-age pensions,
unemployment insurance, and
other things that would tend to
stabilize the national buying
power.
Currency, tariff. the Bill of
Rights, and the like were not
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
The Human Side of the News
Greek Statesmen Is Man of Paradoxes
By EdlUin C.. Hill

One diplomat has said that
Venizelos exerted the legendary
power of a charmer, a siren,
during the peace conference.
Wilson listened with the great
est interest to his hopes for the
fulfillment of Grecian aSpira-
tions. Lloyd George and Glenn
enceau gave intent ears. In
detached moments. Venizelos
buried himself in the Odes of
Pindar. A few years later he
was in exile and political
eclipse. But he emerged again
in 1928 to assume Grecian
power.
He is a rather lean and wiry
man. His gestures are suave.
There is vigor in his 10 years.
He wears a back silk cap over
his bald head. His white beard
is we'll groomed. AlertneSS and
will-poWer radiate from large
dark eyes, behind thick lenses.
They say the letters he ad-
dresses to his political foes are
his best writings.
But VeniZelos smiles seldom
and laughs less. There are no
coffee-house jokes about him.
He is serious, logical, out
spoken and unbending, even in
danger. Once when a mob
threatened, he refused to deliver
an address in defense, saying:
IF you once show the crowd
that it can influence you, it
will always insist upon max
ing use of this damnable pre-
rogative."
Contrasts
They say he is a man of
paradoxes; that while he is
Greece's greatest statesman, he
is her poorest administrator;
that he is vain, yet detests flat
terry; that, greedy for power,
he has been the most unselfish
of dictatorS.
"Reverses," he once said, "are
merely accidents on the road
to success. In fact, a states
man can veritably thrive on de-
feat. He can withdraw for
time from public life and wait
until people get tired of their
present rulers"
He is married and lives in a
mansion in Athens. But often
he returns to a simple. rustic
house in Crete, the island of
his birth. There he lives in
lonely way, the life of a sage,
pondering the world and read
ing his favorite classical au-
thor, ThucydideS.
Copyright. 1884, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
WISE WORDS
Our thoughts and our conduct
are our own.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05

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c.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

envies her husbands motor car
all the loving care and tender
ness that are lavished on It.
And many a beautiful woman
would give her eye-teeth to be
able to shoot up all the ponies
in her husbands race stable
or to sue them and collect
damages.
The fact is, every normal man
has more than one love in his
life; and his wife is lucky if her
rival" happens to be a hoboy.
Or nice healthy sport.
A passion for fishing may
take a man away from his
home for a week at a time, in
the Spring-but it also takes
his mind off other women. It's
a better sign to see a married
man spending his money on
fancy "flies" and trick fishing
rods than on fancy necktles
and tricky clothes.
A man without a few aVoca-
tions-a few side-lineS-soon
becomes a mere money-making
machine, about as interesting
to chat with as a cash-register.
Or else he Spneds his spare
time getting into mischief,
getting into flirtations or get
ing fat.
So, if your husband has a
grande passion for a boat, a
car, a horse, a game-for any
thing except woman or a
bottle-don't regard it as a
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
Assorted Correspondents

Assorted Correspondents
Not every correspondent in a
divorce case is a blonde. Not
every rival for a mans affec-
tions is another woman.
Sometimes it's a pinochle
deck, sometimes it's a boat,
sometimes it's a lodge and
sometimes it's an innocent lit
tie trout stream that happens
to be His Big Heart Interest.
A woman recently named her
husbands yacht as the wicked
Jezebel who had stolen his af-
fectionS and on whom he was
lavishing all his time and
money. Maybe that's why a
yacht is always called "She."
Ever notice the caressing, af-
fectionate tone in which man
speaks of HER." when he
boasts of his yacht?
Many a bored wife could
s; s:
y: -; w ] I'll
G:Ns
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
WISE WORDS

Our thoughts and our conduct
are our own.
What ardently we wish, we
soon believe.