Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-09-12
COURTiNG THE YOUNG
CANCEL CONCESSION
EMPLOYEES INCREASE
GOVERNMENT FINANCING
MANY POWER PROJECTS
SIX BILLS GOT LEFT
THIRD PARTY TALK
REPUBLICANS ACTIVE
MINERS BACK PRESIDENT

POLITICAL eaderS are putting some
emphasis on the young" voter and
hence We have the Young Demo
Gratis and the Young Republicans"
being received with open arms by the
hard-boiled veterans and every effort
being made by both parties to line
up the youth OF the land. The ayer.
age citizen who wonders what It is
all about might reflect that, accord
ing to the statistics, there will be g.
600, 900 new voters next fall and that
capture of this bloc is quite under
s~tandable to those who want to win.
The furore over the oil concession
that the Ethiopian emperor gave out
as a last effort to checkmate Musso-
lini, has died Do wn with announce
ment Of its cancellation by the Am
erican holders Of the grant. Earlier
1t had been apparent that the United
States government was not going to
do anything particular to protect the
rights OF its citizens under the docu-
ment. Secretary Hull, after a few
days thinking, made it perfectly plain
that the newly signed document
would not affect the policy of the ma
ton.
The employees Of the Federal Gov
eminent have increased from $780,
600 when President Roosevelt assum-
ed office to 729, 1863, of which $50, OOG
are under civil service. This number
does not include, OF course, the Army
or the Navy, the COG workers, the
men on employment relief or the
farmers who receive benefit pay
ments. Breaking up the number of
department has 259, asa, the War De-
partment 66,722 and other agencies
string along to bring up the total.
The AAA has 6,379 and the Depart
ment of Agriculture 1851. The Re
settlement administration lists 9,949
and the iva some 1882. The total
number Of civil executive employees
is only 1880 below the peak figure
reached during the World War.
A billion and a quarter dollars OF
Liberty bonds, the last outstanding
Of the enormous a issues, have
been called for October 18th, and al
the same time the Treasury seeks
$500, 900, 900 to add to its working
balance. This will bring the national
debt to $29, 500, 900 900, an all-time
high. However, due to refundine
| operations OF the Treasury, which OBJ
tanned lower interest rates, the gov
| eminent will ave about 500, 900, 900
a year in interest on the eight bill
lion dollars OF Liberty bonds that
have been converted. Incidentally the
gvernment's working balance Is only
third set aside to retire bank notes.
Critics Of the administration point
to the recent failure of the govern
ment to sell all OF the 500, 900 900 Of
Farm Mortgage bonds at ~ per cent
as a warning that there Is a limit to
the credit OF the country. Others see
nothing to it, pointing out that the
low interest rate had to compete in
an improving market and that failure
Of the public to subscribe to the full
amount offered merely indicated that
funds were finding other satisfactory
investment treas Also, one hears
that Secretary Morgenthau is now
ranked among those who seek an
early balance of the national budget
and George Creel, well known writer,
says Treasury experts see this goal
attained by 1899. However, President
Roosevelt declared, when questioned,
that he hadn't read the forecast and
besides he didn't know who'd be
President in 1899!
A survey OF power projects under
way In the United States, made for
the purpose OF checking activity al
ong this line, reveals twenty State
and Federal developments that will
cost $3.50, $50 900 when completed. In
cluded in the list is the Boulder dam,
a $165, 900, 900 project now virtually
completed. It was started long before
the Roosevelt. However, the IVA Is
| rapidly completing It's three dams to
cost $4,000, 900. The Missouri river
development centering around Fort
| Peck, in Montana, to be completed
in 1887, will cost $4,000, 900; the
| Grand Coulee project, on the Column
Old river. HIM. ~ iVc llulSuCu III 1901
will take $63, 900, 900 and the Bonnie
Vile dam, also on the Columbia riv-
err, is to be completed in 1896 at a
! cost of SIS, OOO, 900. Besides the twen-
ty under construction there are nu-
merous projects, either proposed or
pending in Congress or elsewhere for
consideration.
Six major administration bills fail
ed to get through Congress, including
the Walsh bill to force certain pro-
visions on government contractors;
the Ship Subsidy bill to replace In
direct bounties through mail con
tracts" the regulation OF commodity
exchanges, a companion to the SEC;
the protocols for adherence to the
World Court; the third deficiency ap-
preparation bill, carrying $93, 900, 900
for various agencies and the Cope
land Food and Drug bill to tighten re
strictions on advertising for food,
drugs, cosmetics and the like.
While third parties rarely amount
to anything In American politics they
occasionally manage to damage the
regulars, as In 1912 when Wilson
came in as a minority president.
There is a little or no chance, under