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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-12

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Evening star., 1936-12-29

when university oounces
bites the Nothing
Frank from the University of Wisconsin.
The DID, old issues to the torein Frank
claims that he is the rcm political
hndsheld Rpublcdnism Thlc the board
his politics hare nothing tth the
inefficient administrator.
whc conservative
while educational Glenn Franks likewise allowed
liberal Wisconsin SOL
Divinity If
academic freedom.
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w. p. A. Vested Interests
Demand of Jobless for Continuation of Funds
May Lead to Initiation.

additional to the $500 900 900 would
be found here and there among un-
used balances of appropriations for
various purposes. President Roosevelt
and Administrator Hopkins conferred.
Afterward, Mr.. Hopkins was quoted
as saying that from my point of
view, we never have enough to take
care of the unemployed"
This about brings the situation up
to date. 1t is apparent that through
relief there have been set up several
vested interests. The groups who
think they have vested claims on the
Treasury include: Those on relief,
friends and relatives of those on re-
lief, mayors of cities and officials of
communities into which relief money
comes. Representatives who get credit
for bringing Government money into
their districts. the small Government
officials who have jobs administering
relief which they would lose If relief
is reduced
Firmness Necessary.
What happens now? 1t is clear
business has improved to point
where there cannot now be much need
for relief. President Roosevelt wishes
to reduce relief expenditures. If he
wants to hard enough, he can prob
ably do so. But he will need to be
more firm than he was, for example,
about the soldiers bonus Though
most Congressman like to get Federal
money for their districts, they like
also. under present conditions. to sup
port the President. If Mr.. Roosevelt
asserts his policy Of reduction strongly
enough, If he appeals for public sup
port, he will get the public support
and also support from Congress. Most
of the Democratic leaders in Congress
agree with the President. Senator
Byrnes Of South Carolina says the
amount appropriated should be even
less than the $500, 5000 Mr.. Roose-
velt proposes.
Key to Imitation.
One evidence of the spirit Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Congress should
appear when the so-called w. P. A.
workers march arrives in Washington
on January Is. The attitude of Gov
errors and Legislatures in Wisconsin.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, when
similar demonstrations under the
same leadership took place in the
capitals of those States, was not i'm
pressive.
The outcome, whether relief appro-
pria tions can be reduced or not. will
be watched with close interest by
economists, business men, fiscal ex-
perts and others having good judg-
ment about Government finance.
They will watch the outcome for light
on the problem whether America is to
have period of serious imitation. If
appropriations for relief are not re-
duced it will be felt that Government
expenditures generally are not going
to be reduced. And 1t is the convic-
ton of large ma ajority of those best
equipped TO judge that unless Govern
ment expenditures are materially re-
duced, we shall have imitation.
tCopyright, 1866
Evening star., 1936-12-29

Mayors said the cities did not have
the necessary funds. Whether they
had or not, the Mayors were fairly
certain to make outcry In any city.
money paid out by the Federal w.
P. A. is looked upon as an advantage.
The point of view of the Mayors Is
the same as that of many local Off
cials, some local chambers of COM
mcrce and some local neWspa pers. To
want as much money as they can get
from the Federal Government-wheth-
er it be relief money, soldiers bonus,
appropria tons for new post Offices. or
what not-has become common trait
of local communities, politicians and
others.
So. added to the outcry from May
orS came protests from members OF
Congress. They share and reflect the
common attitude. which says the more
money community can get from the
Federal Government the better. One
Senator. Thomas of Oklahoma. called
a meeting of Midwestern Senators to
oppose reduction in relief rolls in their
States.
Artists and Authors Protest.
Further protest came from repre-
sentatlves and spokesmen of groups on
relief. A number Of fairly important
artists and authors, not themselves on
relief. united in an open letter to the
President, taking the ground that no
artist or author must be removed from
the relief rolls so long as he wishes to
remain on. Indeed, they took the po-
sition that the Federal Government
must never retire from payments to
artists-that subsidy to artists. such
as now practiced for relief purposes.
must be permanent public policy.
Further and vigorous protest, in
some cases taking the form of vio-
lence, came from groups of benefici-
aries of relief There we're sit down"
strikes Of w. P A. workers about to
be dismissed. sympathetic sit down.
strikes of their associates. There were
demonstrations by groups Of smaller
public officials administering relief.
Some of them demanded not merely
no reduction. but actual increase. 1t
is announced that w. P. A. workers
and sympathizers will conduct an
organized march on Washington. to
arrive January IS. This movement
is under the sponsorship of persons,
who. during the past year. led move
ments which took physical possession
of the capitol buildings in the State
capitals of Wisconsin, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania.
Meantime in Washington. President
Roosevelt said he would ask Congress
for $500, 1000 900 to care for the five
months from February ! to July /.
This would be at the rate of $780,
100000 a month. This is a material
reduction from the present pace Of
/ expenditure.
On Mr.. Roosevelt's announcement,
w. P A. Administrator Harry Hop
kins said $3.50 ,000,0 900 would be needed.
Mr.. Roosevelt softened his earlier an
nouncement by saying that amounts
Evening star., 1936-12-29

Messrs Lewis and Green engaged in competitive campaign
for the of labor Both
and followers. in
him only added pleasure this He Democrat by
ton, and Progressive by instinct.
in Gather
make drastic change monetary policy
thing,
quietly preparing open revision of
railroad freight particularly for the
push
asking L
Evening star., 1936-12-29
RAIL EXECUTIVE RAISED
Union Pacific Chief Engineer Be
comes Vice President.

NEW YORK, December 20 CP.-
Howard c. Mann, formerly chief en-
gineer. has been appointed vice presi-
dent in charge of operations of the
Union Pacific Railroad Co., it was an
nounced yesterday.
At the same time it was disclosed
that DR.. John r. Nilsson had been
named chief surgeon. Both appoint
ments are effective January /. and
both officials will make their head
quarters at Omaha.
Evening star., 1936-12-29

A. rate engineers feel that the rate which
represents bribe subsidy principal distributor
the Tennessee Valley
point out that the rate barely
investment and that renewal should higher
the grid" 7. v emit
short snort They point that Commonwealth
already has the prceSt little
that the Government could offer
operative pooling OF that the whoe
loue rates TO the rather than truce beten
eminent field.
the intruder this feld only q
blackburn.
The war is far from in the matter of
case raises the
interest IN consumers which not be impaired by the
authorities which issue and franchises
of the present strlg-
gle between the
which the power:
and the utilities communities which
T. service
and are
In is the
Evening star., 1936-12-29
News Behind the News
Cabinet Members Eager to Keep Jobs-Reported
Planning to Withhold designations.
BY PAUL MALLON.

members of President Rooseves cabinet who do not trust
Claus going around the New Deal hearths that
bought their Christmas It
which they carefully spread in their chairs
Apocyphal being related than half seriously
Rooseve They believe
the cabinet entered conspiracy not their
designations Presidents
cabinet legally Postmaster General
within 80 after Inauguration There
Evening star., 1936-12-29
We, the People
Extended T. v. A. Contracts Expire Two Weeks
After Inauguration.
ny Jay FRANKIN,

N.
coincidence
for the expired election
odd coincidence renewed for three months
- in of the presidential long counand will expire
fortnight inauguration
This allowed the administration
ducked The hoiyton
the
unconstitutional p Federal funds
ton Of municipal plants The District Court
Evening star., 1936-12-29

spacy the designations probably will be presented the end The fun
enjoyed backsge the designed
decided
The others will ultimately have to themselves loose from their chairs
and bow out of embarrassing situation
The controlling factor that the cabinet serpes Mr. Roosevelt
else. a their
subject crclusrev his mill Therefore,
the requirements OF the situation matter how much he would
like to get out OF it,
If this
on he will than resignation and
three
Several unpublished developments lately
become a
Usually such things talked freely but acted with
outsiders
since his return from South America he
bitterness
of policy they believe political
abandoned White
partisan
Returning Republican leaders equally friendly
incidentally, be privately
radio
Chairman Farley Immediately after the election
Evening star., 1936-12-29
Taxes Eat Up
Good Part of
IncomeGain
Greater Purchasing
Power Also to Compete
With Higher Prices.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

A MERICA will have $4,000
n 600 more purchasing power IN
~ 1887 than in 1886, according
4 a to the estimators extraordi-
nary who analyze national income
from year to year.
Economists in the Federal Govern
Evening star., 1936-12-29
MEXICO'S 1887 BUDGET
CALLS FOR S82,550, 700
President Iazaro Cardenas' Pro-
gram Expected to Be Passed
Without Modification.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. December %
President LaZaro Cardenas yesterday
submitted to both houses of Congress
the 1887 budget totaling 297 ,480, 900
pesos 1882, ,55O,700D
Congress was expected to approve
the budget without modification.
The total represented an increase of
Is per cent over the 1886 budget.
President Cardenas estimated rev.
enue would be slightly in excess of
800 900 900 pesos 1888 $50 ,0o0) though
Minister of Finance Eduardo Suarez
recently estimated it would exceed
$50, 100000 pesos 1897. 100000
The President set aside S35 900 900
more for service on the internal pub
lie debt, but gave no hint in the
budget message of resumption of sus-
pended payments on part of the bill
lion dollar foreign debt.
Evening star., 1936-12-29
.ELKS HONOR PAST RULER
Requiem Mass Conducted in
Gotham for j. T. Tanning.

NEW YORK, December 20 P.-
Requiem mass for Joseph T. Fanning,
past grand exalted ruler of the
Benevolent and Protective Order Of
Elks. was celebrated yesterday at ST.
Malschy's Church here.
Gov Dave Sholtz of Florida. present
grand exalted ruler. conducted funeral
services Sunday night at Elks' Lodge,
No. l. Among those attending was
Rush l.. Holland of Washington. D.
c.. and j. E. Masters. grand secretary.
Tanning, native of Preble County,
Ohio. died at his home here Friday.
Evening star., 1936-12-29

menL c Il IL II y \
know as yet what
1886 brought in
the way Of in
com e produced
but they think
the final figures
will show about
$6l 600 900, 900.
This is about ST.
500, 100000 more
than in 1885. so
they think they
are reasonably
safe in putting
the national in
come for 1887 at
about $50. .0OO.-
Evening star., 1936-12-29
OIL MANS FATHER DIES
Nathaniel Drake Once Served in

Nathanlel Drake Once Served in
New Hampshire Legislature.
P1TTSFIELD, N. H., December %
R.-Nathaniel Seavey Drake, s.,
father of James Frank Drake. presi-
dent of the Gulf Oil Corp. Of Pitts
burgh, Pa, died here yesterday of
pneumonia.
He had served in the New Hamp-
shire House of Representatives in 1911
and 1912 and the Senate in 1918. Be-
fore retirement he operated two shoe
factories here.
He left his widow, his son and a
daughter, Mrs. Calvin Foss of Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Evening star., 1936-12-29

Cheaper electricity TO The con-
sumner is his program. and Morris
L. Cooke, head of the Rural Elec-
trification Administration, is his
prophet. Whatever the form Of
the final agreement-or lack of
one-lowe- rates will always be the
New Deals answer.
When university bounces
professor for being too liberal"
my son. that is not news. But
Evening star., 1936-12-29

of persons on his
rolls. Hopkins
acted. Through
out the country.
about l 5 0 0 0 0
were taken off by
December 5.
At once resist
ance arose. Sew
eral Mayors. in
cluding La Guar
dia of New York,
"a ID IN eHeCU Una L
persons dismissed
from the Federal
W.P.A. would be-
come charges on
the cities. Some
Evening star., 1936-12-29
POSEY PICKER LOSES
Caddy Unable to Collect for In.
juries for Incidental Job.

PHILADELPHIA, December 29 GP.
A caddy injured by golf ball while
engaged in picking blossoms for a
woman golfer is not eligible for work.
mems compensation, President Judge
Frank Smith ruled yesterday.
The caddy, John j. Boyd. contended
his work required him to do anything
conducive to the pleasure of a men,
Der of the club He said he had been
struck on the head with a ball driven
by another woman golfer and suffered
a brain conclusion
Evening star., 1936-12-29

HE opinions of the riters this page o1o not
- necessarily The Stars Such opinions are presented IN
The Stars effort to all sides questions OF interest its
readers although such opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1936-12-29
On Labor day, Mr.. Lewis, in his

On Labor day, Mr.. Lewis. in his
campaign to become the labor lead
er of the country. first promised a
$4,000 income for all. On Christ
mas, Mr.. Green, in his appeal to
labor by his A. F. of L., upped
Lewis sl,lO0 by promising $500.
Some of Lewis friends believe he
should promise $4,000 for New
Year day, and there is every
prospect that the boys will be in
the upper income brackets by the
Fourth of Julv
Evening star., 1936-12-29

Indeed, their search into history
has disclosed that, until recent
years, it was not the practice for
cabineteers to present designations,
but for the President to call for
those ne wanted. Occasionally.
cabinet chairholders have con-
tinued through two, and in one
instance, five administrations, be-
fore offering to resign.
X x
Dacpito lau cro ntica ond con-
Evening star., 1936-12-29

met the suit OF the l9 private power
companies to keep T. v. A. from
expanding by temporary injunc-
tion which allowed T. v. A. to COM
plete all Of its important distribu.
tion projects.
So the power issue is right back
on Roosevelts doorstep and the
yardstick boys are getting ready
to toss and gore the grid" idea
which the President offered as a
compromise. before the votes were
in the ballot hoy
Evening star., 1936-12-29

Taxes in 1890 took 10 per cent Of
the national income; in 1880 they
took 144
Evening star., 1936-12-29
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

~ ECENT developments about w.
- P. A. begin with an attempt
N made to reduce the number
4 y on the rolls and thereby the
expenditures. Following the election,
President Roosevelt, taking account Of
increased business activity. instructed
w. p. A. Administrator Harry Hop
kins to reduce materially the number
Evening star., 1936-12-29

n n AHATMA GANDHI says he's
M ready to go back TO Jail, or
t perhaps be hanged. and in
\ u dirtateS that the papdit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
AT LAST, A SHOWDOWN

MOST of the charges of bringing political pres
Ava sure to bear recipients of relief have been
vague and general The Indiana investigation re-
futed some of the sweeping criticisms of WPA adj
ministration. Several specific complaints were
cleared up. But while WPA officials claimed vindi-
cation by the report New Deal critics insisted the
inquiry proved the existence of partisan bias.
Now Republican National Committeeman Curtis
of Missouri has come forward with charges that
specific, with names, dates and places describ-
ing alleged irregularities in Missouri, where the
Pendergast Democratic machine dominates. These
charges demand specific answers.
WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins it is said has
accepted the challenge is checking up on the ALE
cations and will reply in specific language Devel-
opments should be interesting
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
EVEN so, IT is BETTER"

CANFORD BATES, director of Federal prisons and
~ one of the nations leading authorities on crime
prevention and control, made convincing defense
of the parole system when it was under attack
With Mr.. Bates scheduled to address the Central
States Parole and Probation Conference here Friday
his earlier statement is worth repeating. He said:
Granted that should be taken in the adj
minstrStion of parole that it should be granted
only after the defendant has served sufficient time
in the institution that its administration should be
absolutely divorced from political and other Interior
influences that its award should be based on full
possession of the facts of the crime the character
Of the inmate and the environment to which he
must return; granted that parole boards are human
and have not the miraculous power to foresee future
violations; granted all these things nevertheless it
can be maintained that whenever the logical time
arrives for the release of the prisoner it is infinitely
better and more consistent with the proper protec-
ton of our communities that they be released under
parole supervision rather than turned loose as must
be the case when they have completely served out
the whole of their allotted sentence
When come to this conclusion we shall rec
ognze parole, as well as probation and prison dis
cipline, as an integral and necessary part of any
penal system. We shall discontinue our criticism of
it as method, and concentrated upon the improve
ment of its administration"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
BREAK, BREAK, BREAK

THE presidential campaign so far has been little
more than a big boner contest between the two
major parties,
Until Gen. Farley in hia Grand Rapids speech
patronizngly referred to ALI Landon as "the Gov
ernor of typical prairie state" the Republicans
walking away with honors Senator Dickinson
of Iowa had raised hows of laughter by his famous
dog food speech The G. o. P. publicity chief has
made four prominent political columnists hot under
the collar by suggesting that Republican editors
would find their pieces rich with the right kind of
doctrine. National Chairman Fletcher had openly
invoked the services of 16 eminent industrialsts,
among them several Liberty Leaguers, to pass the
hat for campaign funds. The G. O. P. National Com
mittee had named boomerang Brain Trust.
Then came the Farley sur Kansas, a real
prize winning boner. 1t almost in class with
Joe Grundy's high tariff appeal in which he told
Congress to ignore the backward states" and
Senator Moses bon mot about "sons of the wild
jackass two historic plumbers that went far toward
weaving the West from the Republican Party.
But apparently the Republicans just not
going to let Farley get away with the honor From
Wichita comes the story that the head of Gov.
Landon's state police force, acting under orders
from the Attorney General, led a raid on a half
dozen night clubs smashing bars, ripping up floors
and wrecking property in the true Carrie Nation ira
dition in search for quor-none of which found.
Thus, unjustly, may be ruined much of the careful
build-up of Kansas Landon as tolerant sort of
fellow.
1t looks as if all the possible boners have been
used up before the campaign has really begun. But
party leaders are resourcefu and there are still five
months to go.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
POOR MANS COURTS"

THE report showing that one of the municipal
courts at police headquarters disposed of 1853
cases during the first rs days of May emphasizes a
problem facing many cities Under the present sys-
TEN dockets crowded that swift settlement Is
necessary.
Municipal courts have been called the poor mans
courts" From them the poor, the uneducated and
the unfortunate form lasting impressions about the
administration of Justice When the system, REQUIRES
that cases be tried and disposed of on the average
Of one every few minutes one wonders how much
judicial consideration each case gets. 1t raises the
question whether poor mans court" is not a mis-
homer.
The municipal court system of our cities has been
called the stepchild of judicial system 1t has
been neglected by the bench the bar legislators and
by the public. 1t is not surprising that many whose
only contact with the law is through such courts
have lost confidence in the judiciary and in the
legal profession.
Chicago and some of the other larger cities are
revampng the setup of their courts increasing the
number Of judges and restricting their Jurisdictions
Without such reorganization there seems no short
cut to better municipal administration of justice