The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-24
;be all wet. and the Republicans, it

seems, are convinced that the cur
rent effort has two strikes on it
before it gets started. They are
predicting failure for it in every
way except the success that is as
sured in getting rid Of money
which the treasury is borrowing.
Their conversations all have the
same theme song, namely that the
country is seeing activity, but they
are not predicting how long this
action can continue until the ma
ton goes broke.
Whether the business leaders
who met at White Sulphur Springs
a month ago were right or wrong
in proposing the use of a dole in
stead of the more expensive work
relief plan, or whether they were
correct in any of the other recon-
mendation they made, the truth is
the administration has rejected
without comment every single one
of the recommendations made by
that group. Mr.. Roosevelt made
no mention in his budget message
or in hin annual message to con-
gress of plans for balancing the
budget, and this fact at last has
sunk in. The result is additional
fear on the part Of many business
leaders who can see in the future
only initiation and economic chaos
for the country.
Privately, I have heard many ex-
pressions indicating that men of
wealth are putting their money in-
to tangible property something
that will not dry up and blow away.
That is always the refuge of indi-
viduals who fear that the currency
which their government controls is
losing its worth. These men will
be criticized for that course, nat
urally enough, by blind followers of
initiation plans.
From all of the signs now visible
and from the undercurrent Of
mumbling that / hear, it certainly
is made to appear that Mr.. Roose-
welt is confronted with a necessity
for some definite outline of his
plans and an assurance that he will
adhere to those plans. Without
such, the situation assuredly is
that he will not have the confidence
Of the business structure. 1T seems
illogical even to suppose that he
can gain the cooperation of bust
ness in expanding it's activities,
thereby re-employing workers, UNI
less he takes a different tack than
his pronouncement thus far indi-
Gates. At least, such is the conclu-
sion of a vast number of thinking
people.
Night Flying
I heard a visitor to Washington
say the other day that he would
like to ride airplanes, shut the con-
founded things fly most of their
schedules at night"
The individual is a man of great
wealth and his time is of great
value. He insisted he was sincere
in his statement that he would
much rather save time by flying if
the planes were on daylight sched-
ule.
The statement aroused my cur
iosity to the extent that I conduct
ed some inquiry into the situation.
/ found the night schedules Of the
air lines to be due to the fact that
they are fixed by the post office
If line desires to
carry mail it has to subject itself
to the dictates of 'Big Jim" Far
ley, the postmaster general. His
office can and does say to an air
line that it will fly ship leaving
New York at 9 pm. or else it does
not get the mail contract. The re-
sule is that the plane leaves New
York at 9 pm. or it leaves Chicago
or Washington or any other city
on a time stated by the Post Office
department.
Many persons feel that such q
policy is taking undue advantage