White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-08-15
HERE & THERE
in the
HEADLINES

PORK, on the block rather than in
the barrel, becomes one Of the chief
political issues as the steady rise In
the price of this commodity brings the
charge from opponents of the AAA
that the present administration is In
creasing the hardships of the consumer
through a shortsighted policy of des-
troying livestock to decrease produc-
tion The charge is countered by the
assertion that for the first time in
several years the consumer is able to
buy pork without working hardship
on the producer.
The victory of the Republicans in
the recent Rhode Island elections is
attributed by some to the feeling in
that state against the AAA but de-
Tenders of the administrations pro-
gram assert that it is but an isolated
case and the nation as whole looks
upon the program In different light.
ONE MORE blank spot on the map
will be filled in when Canadian ex-
plorers return from a proposed atrial
Photographic survey of the southeast
ern section of Yukon.
This $4,000 square mile area of
mountains, rivers and lakes, never be-
fore visited by white men, has been
described by Indians as Astounding in
mysterious tropical valleys filled with
lush vegetation which form green
GASES set in a circle of snow capped
mountains.
Whether these places are an actual
ity or exist only in the legends of the
Indian tribes will be answered when
the explorers return with their photo
graphs Of the unmapped territory.
DOMESTIC TROUBLES in both
France and the United States, result
ing from dissinilar causes but having
to some extent the same effects, are
assuming larger and more interesting
proportions than the international COM
plications in Asia and Africa, which
for some time have led in the public
interest.
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in number of deaths have been the
laborers' answer to the governments
economy DEGREES. Premier Laval head
ing the new cabinet, recently an
nounced reductions in all public eX-
penditures, including salaries and pen
sions. To offset this, DEGREES were
issued which forced down the cost OF
living about 10 per cent Anticipated
results were the balancing of the bud
get and elimination of need for de-
valuing the franc.
Serious strikes, disorders and riots
greeted the changes and to meet the
rising tide of dissatisfaction, the pre-
mier has been forced to call in all To-
cal government officials to secure CO.
operation, an unprecedented step.
In the United States, efforts to place
all relief recipients on useful work
projects have resulted in strikes which
threaten to assume larger proportions
No sooner had strikes in the lumber
and textile industries quieted dowr
than skilled workmen, employed on re.
lief projects in New York at "subsis.
tence wages" called general strike
Object of the strike was to force thu
WPA officials to pay union wages tt
the skilled workmen, claiming that tn,
payment of security wages rather thar
prevailing wages is destroying the stan
dards set up by labor.
The administrations answer to la
boris challenge is the threat that al
who join the strike will be dropped
from the relief roles.
DIRECT RELIEF, meanwhile, seem
headed for the discard, as state relic
offices throughout the middle ives
close down until farmers have Sc
cured sufficient help for the harvest
and Administrator Hopkins announce
that all direct relief in the natiol
will end by the first of November.
From then on, those who are unabl
or unwilling to accept employment
with private concerns, will be place
at work on federal and state work re
lief projects The announcement ]
tantamount to declaration that thos
who don't work don't eat.
HOW is the New Deal looked upo
by the people of each community fro1
one end of the nation to the other
That is the question which for tn
past year has been bothering profes
sional politicians, newspaper editor
and the man who is wondering Whor
to vote for in 1886.
While 1t is still early for any cross
section of public opinion to be take
as definite indication of the votir
next year, Newsdom, a newspapt
trade publication, has attempted
answer the question by contactir
every editor of the country concern
ing the views Of his community towar