The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-11-13
PAP VERSUS PRINCIPLE

WITHDRAWAL OF the CuaIuoeIS VI N0
MERGE of Knoxville, Tenn, and Columbia
s. c., from utilization with the United
States Chamber of Commerce because o.
that ORGANIZATIONS opposition to Socialism,
are not impressive. In fact, as The Ashe-
vile Citizen remarks, it is evident that pap
and not principle was the controlling mo-
five in both cases. Knoxville has the IVA
nipeline from the federal treasury and &C.
Iumbia has treasury pipeline Labelled
with all the letters of the alphabet
1t is alleged with reasonable show c.
fact-fnding that no city in the country, IN
proportion to population and general I'M
portance, is receiving more pap than Co
lumbia. Thousands of federal employees
swell the population of the South Carohna
capital and it is difficult to find office space
for the bureaus, commissions and Othet
government contrivanceS and contraptiolis
located there.
If federal employment in Columbia con-
tinues to expand at a normal rate, 1t IS be-
lieved that the city limits will have to be
extended to make room in the city for all
federal employees and their offices. In fact,
the congestion is so great that several
months ago one of the alphabetical outfits
was seriously considering the ousting OF a
local business enterprise from an office
building by extraordinary measures-ca!l-
ing out the national guard, or something.
The federal outfit was on the point of fore
ing the local corporation to vacate the
building so it could be occupied by horde
Of government-emplOyed pests.
In Knoxville conditions are similar to
but worse than in Columbia. That good
old IVA pipeline has been pouring its fed
eral treasury stream into the Tennessee
city until federal pap is what a majority
of the people live for, what they fight for
by day and dream of by night That new
deal pottage has a large majority of the
TenneSSeeans eating out of the Socialist
trough and it is the only feed they want
If stranger went to Knoxville and sug-
gested that the IVA pipeline from Wash
ington to that place be discontinued, he
would probably be shot.
OuuCI SuSn SOllulllOllS Was GIlSIS any
reason to suppose that chambers of com
merce in Knoxville and Columbia would
take kindly to criticism of IVA or other
fattening swill trough policies of the gov,
eminent? The action taken by the Knox
vile and Columbia organizations was nat,
ural and characteristic When American.
swap their birthright for mess of pottage
they place brand upon themselves which
all men may, see and understand. 1t is
amazing, however, to find such citizens
among South Carolinians and Tennessee
ans.
The split of the Knoxville and Columbia
organizations with the national Chamber
of Commerce came over the adoption OF
the report of the resolutions committee al
the melting of the Southeastern Division IN
Chattanooga; and the representatives Of
these organizations were the only ones OPP
posing the adoption of the resolutions
The resolutions were unanimously adopted
with the exception of the votes of Knox
vile and Columbia. The public can, anC
no doubt has, formed it's own conclusion:
as to the action of the Knoxville and Co
lumbia chambers of commerce.