, 1935-02-05
The World
AT a Glance
By LESLIE c III
Central Press Staff WRITER

NEW YORK, Feb. Sit IS not
industrial labor which Is likely tc
cause the Roosevelt administration
unrest during 1885, but the farmers
Purchasing power Of the farmers
again is declining. Crops may bG
good, but there is less livestock
and there are higher prices on man.
ufactured goods, and higher taxes
Taxes r pyramided when they en-
ter into the cost OF manufactured
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Farmers purchasing power ir
1884 was estimated down 27.2 from
l929-but 1t was up 236 per cent from
the 1882 low.
Dictatorial Powers
There is considerable discussion in
all circles nov OF the new dictatoria'
powers granted to the president ir
the work relief bill damned through
the house Of representatives.
Republicans are gaining adherents
IN their cry that congress is dele
eating too much Of its own power
TO the president. Chiefly there Il
objection that the president car
draw up official executive acts
which thus become the law Of the
land. violation OF which is punish
able by fine or Imprisonment OF
both.
Opponents argue that this Is only
a step short OF powers assumed by
such dictators as Stain. MuSsolini
Hitler.
Persons close TO the Roosevelt
administration say a concentration
OF relief power in the executive Is
necessary 10 achieve any results.
But supporters Of a democratic
form OF government ask whether
such powers, once delegated, ever
are annulled or returned following
the emergency.
A Dictat0r's WAY
We hear-how automatically We do
not know-how dictator puts his
enemies out Of the way.
Stain is reputed to have sent to
a living death Gregori Zinoviey
and Leo Kamenev, who dared TO op-
pose the Soviet dictator.
The two once eminent BolShevik
leaders were taken, handcuffed, to a
freight train. with neither heat nor
other comforts, for a long ride 70
their place Of exile-Solovetski Is
land. in the White Sea, within the
Arctic Circle. Eight DAYS and eight
nights these men had to travel due
north. IN the midst OF winter, Ia
Archangel. Thence for six days in
horse-draWn sleighs they proceeded
TO their enforced destination.
When the Soviets delegated great
power 10 Lenin they probably little
realized that a Stain would succeed
him-and order life or death for l6O
million persons.
liberalization
There Is a rumor that there NAV
DC more railroad electrifications-
with government money.
The Pennsylvania railroad NAV
~electrity what probably is the heavi-
est tonnage railroad division in
America-between Altoona, Pa. and
Pittsburgh, over the Allegheny
mountains.
Saving IN hauling cost would
be high-probably 100 millions. That
however, is no more than the Penn
sylyania's identification costs be-
tween New York and Washington.
~Judgeship PIums
In the mass OF legislation passing
through congress, bills for new
JudgeShipS are likely to pass.
congressman always are eager 10
create these lucrative posts.
Creating a federal judgeship sad
dies considerable OF a burden on the
public. The lawyer who gets the lob
gets 1t for life; but that is not the
worst (unless the appointee be a
very incompetent or unwise mani.
The worst is the routine that goes
with each federal judicial office. Nc
one ever has estimated the cost OF
this recinue. II may be surprising
Approximately l-2O0th of a cents
worth Of electricity Is held by the
average thundercloud