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NEWSPAPERS OPINION
MAYBE THIS is THE REASON

The president had dubbed the critics of his pol
cies as Calamity Howlers" and depression Prot
iteers" in an address at Detroit and has throw,
similar aspersions at his many critics from time to
time Maybe some of his critics are influenced by
partisan prejudice and no doubt some of their
statements exaggerated.
However it must not be assumed that his critics
are the first to make critical statements about the
poleies of presidents We recall Mr. Roosevelts cam
pagn and the bolts of criticism he threw at Mr..
Hoover when he dubbed the Hoover Administration
the greatest spending administration of peace
times. How then does it behoove Mr. Roosevelt to
blame that administration when his own admins
tration is spending more than double that of the
Hoover administration. We also recall that Mr.
Jckes recently charged Mr. Hoover with offering
and having passed by congress certain measures
that were later declared unconstitutional by the
Sunreme Court Nh Ickes later found his state
ments untrue and offered an apology to Mr.
Hoover.
possihIv the reason for so much criticism of the
present (Roosevelt administration has been caused
bv sucb things as this: $10,000000 appropriated
for the nurpose of exterminating certain species
of malaria carving mosquito in the state OF New
York when medical authorities OF that state mad
advised Mr. Roosevelt that there has not been
MOSQUITO of that species seen IN the state OF ne"
York for twenty years, and no case OF malaria on
record in New York for that period except those
contracted outside of the state. Maybe the allot-
ment of $4,000 to the city of Memphis, Tenn, by
the W.P.A, for the purpose of building dog hotel
with shower baths. steam heat, ETC., to care for
straw dogs is one of the reasons Maybe the alIot-
ment of MANY millions of dollars for the purchase
of land and the building of model towns IN nearly
every section of the United States where the peo-
ME who were to live in the house could not earn
living and have therefore refused to move INTO the
towns is one of the reasons. Maybe the allotment
Of enormous funds to certain sections OF the coui-
try evidently for the purpose of carrying elections
and the building of political fences with the tax
PAYERS money are reasons we hear some criticism
Well, we still have the constitution and the ou-
preme Court and will likely continue to have them
if the American people will lay aside prejudice and
look the issue squareiy in the face and see just
where the New Deal is attempting to lead u.s. AS
long as we have that Constitution We reserve the
right that Mr.. Roosevelt has so often exercised OF
raising our voices to stop CERTAIN things which We
feel should be stopped because there is IN that I'M
mortal document something that gives us the rlgft
70 free speech and the freedom of the press.-lhe
Burke Free Press.
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on Ethiopia, declare that the
League of Nations in asking the
United States to join them in
Withholding oil and other supplies
from Italy, is trying to make the
United States the goat, aren't
those persons begging the Ques-
ton? Isn't it rather that unless
the United States does cooperate
with the League If Nations in
curbing Italy's unholy activities,
the United States will put herself
sQuarcly on the spot?
If our nation gives direct or in
direct assistance TO Italy in con-
tinuing her war Of aggression and
greed in Ethiopia, then our ma
ton must accept responsibility
for what Italy does in Ethiopia,
and for what Italy may do latc:'
to Europe and to the world,
should she win in Ethiopia and
feel encouraged and strengthened
to continue appropriating what
belongs to other peoples.
international war will never
cease until all nations cooperate
to subdue and. discipline any ma
ton which sets about disturbing
the peace Of the world.
Entangling alliances? No. Pro
tective alliances? Yes.
Were George Washington alive
today he would be the first, I am
sure, to insist on our becoming
powerful part Of world ALI
ance to compel peace.
| never looked on our partici-
patton in the World War as d
noble act of self-sacrifice. / re,
garded it merely as a common
sense move for self-prcscrvation
If we had not joined the Allies
Germany would have won that
war; and the Kaiser would have
militarized Europe under the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CAMPAIGN

The politicians will this year put the American
Constitution in imminent peril of prostitution OF
humiliation, but the Constitution will be in no such
actual plight
The partisans must have something with which
to inspire prejudice in the minds of the unthlnkng
voters. of which America has its full share.
Prospect that the Constitution might be proJecf-
ed into the campaign as major issue has been
obliterated with the word that has gone down the
administration line to Congress to put an end to
some of their gestures.
There is no evidence that President Roosevelt
wants to make paramount issue out of the ques-
ton of a Constitutional change. 1t would not De
wise in him to offer such advice to his party.
1t is fact, of course, that some Congressman
in the heat of their fury of disappointment over
Supreme Court decisions, have been making no END
of hasty remarks and some of them actually pro
posing legislation that would circumscribe the pres
ent powers of the supreme judiciary.
However, all of this will disappear under the pres
sure from the White House to silence such critics
and make an end to an agitation that Mr.. Roosevelt
evidently feels will be more injurious than helpful
to his cause and that of his party.-Charlotte ob-
server.
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THE TRUTH ABOUT MEMPHIS

The mayor of Memphis writes in panied lndgna-
ton to The New York Times that the dog house
which the OBI, (the WPA we mean, building in
his town is necessary to its health that it is to cost
only SO 900 and that the town is supplying $4,000
of the money. He reports that in the last three
years 1900 of his constituents have been bitten 10y
mad dogs, that the city laboratory found that 372
of the dogs were mad, and he cannot conceive that
any newspaper would be so partisan to ridicule
a project so essential to the health and safety OF
any community" Nor can we The mayor further
affirms: "We destroyed over 10000 dogs in 1888
because they were menace to the health and
safety of the community" How many dogs sur
vived the pogrom?
This information is astounding. One has heard
of no such war against dogs since Mowgli and
Akea fought the red dogs of the Dcccan. Ten thou
sand casualties among dogs in city Of 252,l43
people in one year! 1t is enough to drive the popu-
lation of Memphis mad whether bitten or not!
| We are converted to the wisdom of the building
of this house by the WPA. A twenty foot barbed
wide dog proof fence should be built around Mem
phis for the health and safety of the rest of the
country Everything is in danger of doing to the
dogs.-CharestOn News and Courier
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
by RODNEY BUTCHER

anC cattIemen from getting any
representation within the state fed.
erations."
The constitution was fixed SC
it would, according to Shoemaker,
exclude Everybody excep. sports.
men," The general federation will
have state declarations and it's pro.
vided that representatives from the
states must be chosen by groups
whose primary interest" is preser.
walton of wild life.
That leaves out "women's
groups" and other public-spirited
organizations which are sometimes
apt to get sentimental about de.
struction of wild life.
OFFICIAL pretense that the new
" farm legislation is not q crop
control measure-the supreme
court majority having declared
crop control outside the federal
power-is too much for even some
of the most loyal administration
Democrats to swallow. Senator
Wagner Of New York makes no
bones as to his belief that if AAA
was Unconstitutional" so is the
new program, which he considers
production control, but something
that should be passed regardless.
Senator Minton of Indiana says
it's crop control and is constitu-
tional, irrespective of what the
court majority says. .>..
When Ashurst of Arizona told
the Senate that ANY argument as
to constitutionality of bill today
is proiitless," Chairman Cotton
Ed Smith Of the Agriculture Com.
mittee FASTENED to assert:
eve must not lose sight of the
fact that this is soil-erosion and
soil-conservation BILL"
"Will the senator look serious
the next time he makes that state.
ment?" demanded Republican Lead,
er McNary.
81 have lately reached a point
where it is impossible to be seri-
ous," replied Smith.
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whom supplies could be obtained
were to agree to stop furnishing
your assailants with the necessl-
ties for continuing their attack
on you - all but md. Suppose l
should say, "No, this isn't my
fight. You can't make me the goat,
Besides, l see a chance to make
some good money" What would
YOU think Of me? You would feel
that in effect | had entered into
partnership with your aSSall-
ants.
Isn't the foregoing illustration
analogous to what is now going
on in Ethiopia and Europe?
When persons who want to sell
supplies to Italy to help that ma
ton continue its aggressive war
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17
THE CURB BIT
By WICKEg WAMBOLDT

In the old mining days the
claim jumper was constant men
ace to the person who had discCv-
cred and staked out a valuable
mineral claim. At any time law
less men might swoop down on
him, usurp his claim, and kill him
if he refused to get off.
Suppose you had a valuable
mine and some unethical grouD
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned com
munications are published by
The Times-News. All letter:
must be signed with The real
name of the author. No COM
munications signed with a sic-
ti.;or. name will he published.
EDITOR
Editor The Timcs-Ncws:
! wonder if you have space in
the columns of your valuable pa
ner for q letter from my self?
I am not politician, neither
am I interested in any political
office. have noticed quite lot
in the papers the past two years
nertaining to political ideas.
have been thinking Of the bet
fer advantage the people have TO-
dav of obtaining INFORMATION re-
garding political issues than a few
years ago.
We have the radio, 50 we can
tune in and listen to an address
bv the president of the United
States. or some of the other pc
litical speakers, right in our own
home.
We have the automobile, anC
can drive to various parts OF ths
country to attend political meet,
ings. It is nothing out Of the or
binary to hear Of people driving
from one to two hundred miles
TO attend some Of these gather
ings.
We have a better medium thru
the newspapers today than a few
wears ago. The circulation of the
newspaper has increased by a big
percentage. Our daily newspapers
have the services of great news
gathering organizations, such a
the NEA Service which gives reg
ularly a brief account Of pOiitica
news of the entire nation.
With all these advantages, W,
still are confronted with q condi
ton that we haven't made vary
much progress toward improving"
We have failed to produce :
better type of men for our politi
cal offices. | doubt if We have re
tanned the pattern given By on
f0refathers.
Where are we to find men Il
fill our offices? Men that have
the interest Of our country a
| heart, instead Of an interest fol
the money involved in the Cffic'
for themselves?
Where are we TO find candl
dates for these offices that vii
execute their duty after election
and will remember their prom
Uses to the voters who elected
them?
The prerogativc Of casting The
vote is dear TO the heart OF every
American. Yet what does it profit
if the candidate fails 10 execute
his duty after election?
There arc those who maintain
that it is up to the voter to study
the qualification Of the candidate
and it is. But the catch: As soon
as the candidate is in office, M
forgets the platform upon which
he won. Not many officeholdcr.
from the lowest to the hi@hc :
conscientiously try TO accomplish
the things which he promises.
Three years ago we had hlEl
hopes Of synthetic prosperity. W
assumed that planning would b
reasonable, practical and cftcc
tive.
We are compelled to back "a
now. because the job has bee
poorly done. Costs have been run
ming with open throttle towar
fantastic detectives. The cNperj
menta have cost like war.
. | would not attempt to cliticiZ
Mr.. RooscvclHa administration;
lust merely want to point 0ut
few items which l have read i
, the papers to show the import
anca Of candidate living up
his promises.
Any of us that read the new
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17
BY RODNEY butcher
SEA Service STAFF Correspondent

NEA Service StafY Correspondent
V7ASHINGTON-Wild life, being
w relatively smart, knew enough
10 keen away from the North
American Wild Life Conference.
Friends and admirers Of ducks,
geese, quail, deer and other game
were represented. But the confer
ence was controlled by men whose
affectionate regard for those pref.
ty critters is customarily expressed
from the end of a rifle or shotgun.
In the background were ammuni-
ton manufacturers.
The conference created what is
called the General Wild Life Fed
Grafton" with a constitution so
drafted that the genuine wild life
conservationists afterward figured
that they and the wild life had
been taken for another ride, in the
name of conservation and restora-
lion.
The real issue before the confer
ence, according to the conservation
lists, was whether it wouldn't be q
dandy idea to stop shooting for
! while and let some of the wild
birds and animals fill up their de-
pleted ranks-especially certain
species which rapidly are becoming
extinct. But the insiders were so
anxious for harmony" that this
wasn't even mentioned.
THE conference was called by
l. Roosevelt at behest of wild
life organization said to be heavily
subsidized and dominated by am.
munition and other commercial in
terests, which felt such q gather
ing might be more successful il un.
Ter federal auspices.
What We all want" said Secre.
tary Carl w. Shoemaker of the
Senate committee on conservation
OF wild life and resources, "are
some provisions in the ,constitution
TO prevent the women's groups.
4-H clubs, the farm organizations,
and particularly the wool growers
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN
LOUISIANA g..

For the purpose of keeping the record
straight let It be remembered that the re-
cent decision of he United States supreme
Court in the Louisiana tax case IS not one
which grants any special faYors to th9
newspapers. 1t does not release the news
PAPERS from the payment of all reasonable
and legitimate taxes. 1t only protects them
from the late Huey Longs efforts to bank
rupt and ruin the daily press of Louisiana
because the Kingfish could not central the
press. The late dictator of that State haCt
his Legislature enact law which was de-
signed to use the taxing power to crush
newspaper opposition to his dictatorship
As the daily press of the State was leading
the fight against the tyranny OF Long ana
his cohorts. the law was directed agalnsS
the larger daily newspapers of louisiana
The decision of the Supreme Court has
been received throughout the country with
acclaim and approval, not only by the
press but by all good citizens. Intelligent
and patriotic Americans realize that the
fundamental principle of the freedom Oh
piled by this simple statement. They real
ize that with the freedom of the press IS
ineXtricably tied up the liberties and rights
of the people. We quote NewsdOm, neWc-
paper weekly, on this court decision:
Long attempted to bring the larger Louisiana
newspapers into line by forcing punitive tax on
advertising receipts through a supine Legislature
The press fought back and won.
But the victory is not merely victory for the
press 1t is victory for the entire public which
must be safeguarded against those wardheelers
and demagogues who resort to every trick in the
book in their attempts to advance their own in
terests. .
The press is the natural foe of these mulctlng
politicians. The press spOtlghts these leeehes OF
society and presents them to the public for what
they are. $780,
These masqueradng Robin Hoods know tina
with a free press they are restrained to marked
extent from practicng their black magic ant
political skullduggery. .
They know that they will be assaulted at ever!
move they make that taints of .miSgovernment "A
the court said -......
"The newspapers, magazines and other Jour-
nails of the country, it is safe to say, have shea
and continue to shed more light on the Puol'e
and business affairs of the nation than any otner
instrumentality of publicity; and since informed
public opinion is the most potent of all restrains
upon disagreement, the suppression OF aorloee
ment afforded by a free press cannot be regaro-
ed otherwise than with grave concern ..e..
The courts decision is q momentous one
comes at time when our own politicians are SUI
fering from Napoeonic complex and Wneh tie
look with envy at the freehand of the madcap h''
lers, Mussonis and Stains of the world.
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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17

should a t t q C k
you to take away
y o Il I property.
And suppose adj
jacent commun-
tiles wishing to
give you the
break, but not
wishing actually
to get into the
fight, set about
to aid you r by
cutting off the
supplies of those
attacking 70 u.
Ard suppose eV-
eryhody f TO m
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17
MORE THAN CoNoUERoRS
THROUGH Him That Loved Us"-CRom. $751;

Thv secret place of victory, my SOUL is not the
Mace where thou shalt assert thy strength: II Is
the place where thou shalt assert the strength o.
thy Master. and put him as thy shield foreVermore
to ouench the fiery darts of the evil one TO strike
+b blows for they. and get for thee thy victory!
&C. Campbell Morgan.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17

"Thirty-Six Thousand more CCC men
find Jobs And now Dora wonders if the
government won't find away, this summer
to keep the See-See-See men off the
beaches.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17

The United States is the chief supplier of radio
sets which are being imported in increased nun.
Der by China. The bulk of the trade is conferred in
the Shanghai area where some SO broadcastng sta
tons are operating. .,t 49,. ... 49,.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17

The question asked most frequently al
the New York public library IS Can the
Princeof Wales be crowned before he is
married." Men usually aren't.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17

I'm New York robbery, five men lose
their pants Since it didn't specify shirts,
the affair hardly could have happened on
Wall Street. rs. ... -.-. .s
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17
GRANDSON OF SMITH
LIVES ONLY AN HOUR

ALBANY, N. Y. Feb. II. UP}
A grandson Of Alfred F.. Smith
died an hour after his birth in an
Albany hospital. the United Press
learned last night
The baby was born shortly af-
ter midnight to Mrs. John A. War
ner, the former Emily Smith.
daughter of the 1923 Democratic
presidential candidate.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17

In Boston ring, aWrestler set fire TO the
trunks of his opponent. A clear case, II
seems, of burning his breeches behind him.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17

During the motor7stalling weather, ooh,
yeah =" seems to be the general reaction to
that. movie TITLE, Anything Goes ,,ss ,..
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17

Smooth, evenly f!eshed hogs will produce finer
quality of meat and will cut up with less waste than
rough, course, wrinkled and flabby animals, farm
specialists say.
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Wait
q
Minute
Please
By
Noah
EIollowell

MRS. BELLE ABBOTT ROX-
BY. owner of the Camp Mime
haha in the Clerk Greek section,
now wintering in Florida, writes
that Cocoa, in the midst of the
famous Indian River orange sec
ton, is just through with its sec
ond annual "orange jubilee"
Mrs. RoXby is Interested in a
little more fuss over our magnlti-
cent apples. She has an idea that
since so many FloridianS summer
in Hendersonville some one with
experience in the orange jubilee
could be induced to lead US out
on an "apple jubilee" She adds:
'1f we could have experienced
! help the first year we could go it
alone after that, as we have so
much more to draw from than
/ they have here with only 1900
white residents"
I That sounds very reasonable.
The superior fruit we are grow
ing needs publicity. Our farmers
should invest a little heavier in APP
pie growing. The markets are
much more satisfactory than they
were a few years ago but more
cooperation is needed to make
the most Of our fruit crops. Pack
ing marketing and storing facili-
ties will be provided when a lead
er sees the opportunity.
An "applc jubilee" is a good
idea.
MRS. ROXBY WRITES THAT
she, her mother, Mrs. Abbott, and
daughter. Miss Evelyn, are all
getting along well. Mrs. Roxby is
putting ir lots of time in COM
munity effort, being chairman of
the entertainment committee of
the All States Tourist club.
II. w. JUSTUS, 9TH Avenue
ieweler, speaking Of credit said
at makes you lose good custom
ers. 1t always gives you some
| body to knock your business fol
you"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-17

Sequoyah Georgia Indian, invented alpha
bet of his own although he was unable to read OF
write.
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Joyce Kilmer, the journalist and poet, was killed
in action near Seringes, Frances, July 80, 1918.