Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-02-14
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Idle Acres. Idle Men
The Townsend Plan
Mrs. Roosevelt's Enterprise
Another Slave IF Man

IL nc 1OWuSCuu IAN
Mrs. Roosevelt's Enterprise
! Another Slave of Man J
Ten million idle men and more In
the United States. Ten million idle
acres and more on either side of this
railroad running along the Atlantic
coast from southern Florida to New
York. Two Of the acres, intensively
cultivated, would feed family. Tex
as alone, under intensive cultivation,
could feed the entire population of the
earth as it exists now, and oil under
meath Texas would run all the automo-
biles. There is an empire for you, in
one single state.
And we talk about "over-popula-
ton" with so much land not used, and
none Of it used with full intelligence
The Townsend plan, 5000 a month
to everybody sixty years of age, is SOL
EMMY discussed by congress, which
ought to be passing sound, reason
able old age pension now. The Town
send plan is an interesting plan in
many ways. By taxation on every
transaction, on producer, jobber, whole
saler, retailer, manufacturer, buyer, 1t
would practically absorb all available
money to turn it over to deserving, or
otherwise, persons, aged sixty. 1t
would soon become necessary for some
other Townsend to organize a $200-a-
month plan for all paupers. There
would soon be twice as many paupers
as there are people sixty years old.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is mean
ly criticized, because, having interest
ed herself in providing better homes
for poor people, it appears that the
undertaking may involve some slight
financial loss, trifling in United States
finance.
Mrs. Roosevelt caused families to
be moved from miserable novels into
comfortable homes
woman with children, living last
year in two rooms without windows,
with nothing but raw carrots for her
Christmas dinner, told Mrs. Roosevelt
that she did not dare tell her children
it was Christmas day.
On this Christmas day, when Mrs.
Roosevelt went to see her, the mother,
with new born baby, and her chill
dren, all happy, were living in de-
cent homestead, with modern improve
ments including a cellar full of
canned goods.
Ii that did cost a little money, 1t
was money well spent.
Other ladies' and gentlemen who
have spent money for the United
States government have not done so
we'll
A steel gate u feet thick, weigh.
ing 100000 pounds, was closed one
day recently and the Colorado river,
its water and power, definitely har-
messed, made slaves of man.
The stream that had wandered as
1t pleased for millions of years,
through the magnificent mile-deep
canyon of the Colorado, through Boul-
der Canyon and Black Canyon, was
now tied fast in Black Canyon. "The
Boulder DAM is a reality. Hereafter
the Colorado will flow as man shall or
der, lighting cities, irrigating deserts.
supplying power far away.
Man eventually will control the
earth completely. He has made a good
start-at Niagara, Panama, Muscle
Shoals, Boulder Dam.
Chicago reports the latest American
type" murder. Thomas E. Maloy, vet
eran head of Chicago's Motion Picture
Operators union, was killed in the u.s.
ual way, as he sat at the wheel of his
automobile.
The government says Mr.. Maloys
career as a union labor leader" was
profitable. He had been indicted and
released on bail on charge Of failure
to report three hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars income before the assas-
sins "slugs" Cancelled that and other
dCCuSdClOuS.
If the leader Of a motion picture
union got that income you wonder how
and from whom he got it, also what
other motion picture operators who got
no such sum think about il.
It was time for somebody to say
what Mr.. Richberg says now, that he
"does not propose to put the interest
of the unions above loyalty to his gov
eminent"
It is friendly act to remind union
labor again that If 1t wants to know
what happens when separate organi-
cations claim the right to run the coun.
try they should study conditions in
Italy. There are no Italian union lead.
ers collecting millions year in dues
Former leaders are working with pick
and shovel, or tractor, or lathe, accord.
ing to their mechanical ability.
Kenneth Neu, killer Of two men.
hanged In New Orleans, entertainer
and singer by profession. sang gaily
the day before his hanging, sang in