, 1935-02-22
The World
At Glance
by LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press Staff Writer

ny LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press Staff Writer
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-While ar
guments are going on among con-
~servstives whether four billions are
not too much TO be appropriated for
relief, ~progreSSives are demanding 10
billions.
Says Senator Robert =. La FOL
lette OF Wisconsin:
The credit OF the government "a
lot In danger. Great Br1tain'S per
capita tax debt Is three times as
much as ours. with fewer people and
much fewer resources. II we are will
ing 10 be taxed there Is no danger al
az so far as the governments credit
Is concerned. II Is much like o war.
II that were 70 come tomorrow, there
would be no talk about the govern
mentS credit, nor OF balancing the
budget"
Capper
Senator Arthur :. Capper OF Kan
Sas, IN a quiet manner, Is becoming
talked Of al a presidential candi-
date. He Is a liberal conservative,
whose remarks are quoted often BY
pr0gresSiveS.
For example. here is q Cspper
statement quoted widely:
ma nt-n NYFnmVfrnm W-m wmramurNrr
nor the desirability Of having chill
aTen brought up 70 take their share
in the work Of the home. This Cchild
.abor) amendment Is aimed. not at
their exploitation In factories, mills
or mlnes-or wherever II occurs"
MuSsoIini strategy
Observers are beginning 70 believe
that the threats oi MuSsolini against
AbysSinia we're timed 10 ward off
economic unrest In Italy.
The Ira had been acting as II IL
nanclal distress was at hand. And
the chief persons called 10 the col
ors we're the young men OF employ
able age who probably were unem-
ployeo.
Thus a patriotic" call 10 arms
may save a dictator.
slogan
The American Federation OF Labor
making a fight on one hand against
giant corporations and on the other
hand against independent worker or
carnations rising up against II. Is
getting into a lighting mood (which
10 contrary 10 us normal demeanor).
The A. p. OF LIS slogan may be
found ~ az editorial IN the New
York Post.
What must happen to both the
automobile and cigaret industries II
the S600-to-s70O annual wage be-
cones the new American Standard
How many automobiles can be
sold 70 S700-a-year workers. even
with the lndustrys SenSationally low
prices and easy terms?
What market for factory-made
cigarets, even at trifling prices. to
workers earning $40 a week."
Some 81 the independent unions
are for direct action-aS against ar
guments like this.
Single Takers Gaining
A. Is the cas when taxes mount.
S.ngle takers are gaining ground.
But men Of property. while cry
ing for relief from taxes, are not
eager for the single tax method.
Read this letter from Whidden
Graham, a single taxer.
The presidents social security
Scheme@employment insurance and
old-age penSionS-are merely futile
p~alliatives designed 70 provide some
sort OF charity, instead OF social JUS
lice ~.
so long as mankind tries 70 es-
cape from the consequences OF the
fundamental injustice Of our social
order-the acquisition by the few Of
the land values created bv all the
people-so long shall We have wide
spread poverty and misery for the
millions OF the unemployed.
What Result?
People here are asking however.
Whist the government will gain BY
unsettled, or. rather. unsettling poll
icy.
The government takes Just enough
interest 70 emotionalize the issues
then darts somewhere else.
What Is likely TO occur and what
Is occurring beneath the surface u
/ this.
one element Is Solidifying through
subtle propaganda appeal as a defi-
mite Fascist group.
The other SIDE, far larger IN mum
berS, but weak and for the most part
following false trails, eventually will
be Solidified through economic ne
cessity and fear, and may lose its bal
ance and flght-and be wiped out.
Men here who worship democratic
Institutions are fearful that unless
the government does assert itself rs
an impartial and strict dispenser OF
justice. democratic institutions Will
fall as the opposing forces clash.
Say these nine. in the town where
Tom L. johnson became the most
widely quoted mayor IN America ana
where his worKs still are a guiding
light.
IL Is not business that must BE-
preserved, but human r1ghts-and
then we shall have business for the
many. not for the few; a better,
sounder business.