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Evening star., 1936-10-07

derstanding Of international affairs is
unusually keen and penetrating.
The present British statesmen are
slow. They all believe in Britain's
luck, devoted to the theory that delay
rather than action has always been
helpful to the empire.
Edward is more impulsive He wants
to do things and complains openly that
the great tragedy of the empire is
that the young generation which
would have been the backbone Of the
country now Is buried in Flanders. The
present young men of Great Britain
are old as far as their ideas are con-
cerned.
Among the British intellectuaIs
there Is q saying that there are only
two young" men in the empire at the
present moment: The octogenarian,
Bernard Shaw, and the King.
y
In the field of international affairs
the King is as sharp as a needle.
This Summer he went on a trip
which included the Balkans. He saw
all the rulers in Central and South
eastern Europe. talked to them quietly
and managed to undermine the mere
spectacular work Of Goering and DR..
Schacht by talking common sense to
the regent of Yugoslavia. Kemal At
tsturk. Boris Of Bulgaria, George Of
Greece and others.
Before the World War there was
continuous diplomatic struggle between
Emperor William of Germany and
Edwards grandfather, King Edward
VII.
Once more there is a duel between
the British and the German rulers.
And it appears that Edward VIII has
been able to convince the Balkan
statesmen that their interests lie
more in a close cooperation with
Great Britain and France than in
getting permanently entangled with
Hitler and his friends.
1t is because the British monarch
has such sterling qualities that his
subjects hope and pray ne will soon.
see light and put some order in his
private affairs.
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drafts and in none there any mention
consultative commission should meet
social security
decided
changes They began discovering faults In
their plan even before President signed the BILL
important their conversion to the theory hat wH
act
rnsters haze privately
President himself Is said to have
CHANGED mind signed the act
such public announcement now ana
definitely that there will overhauns
of the act year. matter who has charge OF It,
Evening star., 1936-10-07
On the Record
Resiliency of Democracy Strikingly Portrayed in
French Crisis
French Crisis.

even with Communists in power, as
long as the expression of opinion is
not bottled up.
Devaluation Danger Rises.
The danger of devaluation made by
Left government. which is q prey
to demagogic pressure, was and still
is-considerable. Devaluation Is in
itself an inflationary measure and II
it is accompanied by automatic and
drastic increases in the wage scale, as
recommended to Blum by the COM
munists, no progress in recovery is
achieved. The precedents all show
that prices do not rise In exact ratio
to devaluation and that stability does
not therefore demand such drastic
and automatic action. The pressure
on the Blum government to under
take price and wage regulations was
Immediately made by his Left Wing
supporters. In fact. the communists
had only voted for devaluation for
fear of disrupting the Popular Front,
and wished Immediately to be COM
pensated for their vote.
But the public, which accepted de-
valuation of the franc with such
docility. was not prepared to accept
the price and wage-nxing agreements
proposed. Devaluation has been ac-
companied by an almost intuitive
swing to the right. which registers in
spite Of the fact that Left govern
ment is In power.
Blum has the choice either of COM
plying with the tendency or of re-
signing. The Senate again asserts
its authority and the government is
helpless. because this time the Senate
has public opinion with it. The events,
telescoped in France into q few days.
are not unlike what has happened
here.
No Quiescent Congress.
In France, Blum acted under very
difficult conditions. He has not, like
President Roosevelt, enjoyed full
power delegated by q quiescent Con-
gress. He has no safe ma iority in the
upper house, and himself heads the
government Of disparate elements.
But there. as here. the public has
shown itself disposed to go only a
certain distance and apparently re-
jects, before it is tried, French YER
sion of the N. r. A.
Since the riots Of February, 1894,
many people have been Expecting
and this column, among others-that
the same process which took place in
Germany in 1888 might occur In
France. 1t is certainly too early to
conclude that 1t will not
A government with q revolutionary
program may be voted in by the peo-
pie, as it was In Germany. But 1t
cannot go beyond limits as long as
public opinion Is functioning As
long as the democratic instruments
are retained. even If they are sub
jected to widespread and cynical criti-
cism, 1t will be demonstrated that
there are bounds over which govern
ment cannot transgress. and that
there is q consensus with which it
must conform il it is to stay in power.
Apparently Leon Trotsky Is right
when he says that when the Com
munist revolution compromises with
democracy it Gust its own throat.
tcopyright, 1867
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o meet Internal
other that
production
uncriicnHy but should be
the election by those uho wdnt pote wh
their
Guver held
destiny which worth rememberng
country No little
tmid parmonou eckng
the
areu by Dhole-hedred unsttnted and
by DeIdtreced action backed NTH
q Sunday school
stakes that nation played for.
these merit 20 pears"
stakes include the fertility
mineral land and
health skill morale people And the alternative
the desert and the flood which destroyed
which destroying the Chinese
under
the things which
Not by
saved destruction
fellow New Dealers glimpse but
timdties inhibitons National power too often
formations and marching Of ougles
calling the palm and pine and the nag over all
national
Where that America which Jefferson
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criticized instrument of democratic
control-the senate, chamber and q
parliamentary government upon
which public opinion demonstrably
works.
When M. Blum came into power as
the first Socialist premier of France.
at the head of q coalition embracing
all the Left and supported by the
Communists. there seemed an obvious
danger that the Communists. most
aggressive Of the lot. would turn the
victory into an exclusive one for them
selves.
Public Sympathetic.
But it now looks as though this
federation Of illegal action was possible
only because 1t was supported by q
very considerable public opinion. The
French public, who, like our own. were
unaware of actual conditions among
the workers, were amazed to learn how
very bad they were. They were con-
vinced that most Of the material de-
mands of the workers were 1ustined
on purely humane grounds. This was
reflected in the entire Paris press,
which. despite its capitalistic interests,
was relatively mild in criticism. As a
result the strike, which engaged prac-
tically the whole Of industry. passed
without any serious public disorder
and ended in victory for the workers.
But when it came to intervention in
Spain the Left government took ex-
actly the opposite course to the one
to be expected. In logic, one would
have presumed that Left government
which owed its power to a wave
against fascism, which was supported
by Communists and which had sound
legal grounds for sending aid to the
legally elected and automatically rec
ognized government Of the Spanish
Iovalists, would have done so.
The neutrality proposal was = rec
ogni.ion that the public opinion for
peace was stronger than the hatred
of Fsscism. The same people who had
registered themselves q few weeks be-
fore As unalterably opposed to Fascism
in France were unwilling to engage In
an anti Fascist crusade abroad. And
the Left government intuited and re-
sponded to this feeling.
That the government had the cor
rect intuition is indicated by the fact
that when the Communists. having
voted for neutrality, began to show
divided feelings In the matter, they
rapidly lost ground. 1t appears that
the French satrical adase. Always
to the Left, but no further" Is true
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devaluation, there francs in the dollar
plus tariff tariff IS cent and the current
french OF The becomes Is francs.
depauatton and Is cent tdrf re-
the French tdf protection on
otbeticul dollar udtch.
devaluaon
additional protective ad vaorem sua
of per be high but whatever 1t 1t more
immediate world trade involved In
tariff reductions.
icy not of course take into consideration the
e psychological action which really
United States did not make gesture
devaued The reason
ceiling domestic prices They DO
not that dollar watch for instance to
much in price
what France doing solely in her interest 1t not final
She will have trouble with her
prices problem of French wages which are st low
But at started world people to thinking ana
anp about such abizaton trade and economic
neace In the minds Of realsts that Is something
Those proposals for neutrality pact with
latin America are invitation to the League OF
Nations 20 and what Is In the mind
of at eas top ofhcial here
proposals simple plans to get Latin American nations
neutrality lnw in eDect mere one I'm
orant additional poon made: Neutrality odns woh %
nned aoons Wihot formal decidrdton
Just what also suggesting CONSUL
Evening star., 1936-10-07
News Behind the News
Importance of French Tariff Reductions Since Deval.
uation Held Overemphasized.
BY PAUL MALLON.

PAUL MALLON.
CERTAINLY the millennium has arrived in Ercpe
/ do look too close
shouting Paris cuts tariff Is to 40 cent"
Published
nation has taken started Complete
reversal of French policy World trade
Unfortunately adives often add imposing
than cold figures
will pencil
simple arithmetic upon you
automatically granted
valuation offsets the rate decreases.
Evening star., 1936-10-07

IN the ngnJ OF
recent history In
other countries
with shorter ira
ditions of demo-
cratic govern
ment-is that de-
spite the fact that
aggressive groups
have emerged at
both right and
left, an equilibri-
um is being kept.
And apparently 1t
Il being kept by
that vague thing.
D u blic opinion,
~A Au khn naiinla
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pathetic. TIL e y
realize the young
monarch is play
ing with his
crown. And that
is a pity because
the British SOW
ereign is an ex-
ceptionally gifted
man.
Not only does
he understand
I he n e " social
world trends and
intend to be a
New Dealer in
the British man.
ner-hiIf hiS I'M
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philosophers
Where
pioneers?
Here ooo-a goal removed from the ndmbypdmby
talk subsistence and municipal
a
civilization the
like David Cushman
Sunday pcn' many of his
colleagues though
Evening star., 1936-10-07

tatiVe COMMISSION OF nACIOns III Cre
Western Hemisphere is not yet
clear. The proposal specifics that
the commissioner shall be foreign
ministers of the respective coun-
tries, that they shall pay their own
expenses and pool the expenses Of
the commission. In that routine 1t
works Just as the League is organ
lied. But just how important the
commission would be has not yet
been determined.
Evening star., 1936-10-07

covered the evils of its own negligence.
and is catching the spirit Of recov-
cred economic situation. In the Ian
guage of the day. Toledo Is going
places"
(Copyright. 1936.D
Evening star., 1936-10-07

ing. It's city that will bear watching
in the next decade, as 1t reconstructs
its municipal affairs and builds anew
on the foundations of local self-gov-
ernment, which Is the root of Ameri-
can democracy. For Toledo has dis
Evening star., 1936-10-07

The realities of the situation
become apparent If you put your
pencil to the problem. of dollar
watch being exported from the
United States to France. Before
French devaluation the watch
would cost the French importer l6
francs plus the tariff. For the
purposes of simplicity, assume the
tariff was IS per cent. The watch
would then have cost the French
Evening star., 1936-10-07

and Whitman saw? Where Is that
land at peace with itself because 1t
has learned to cultivate its own
garden?
We must be bigger Americans"
"super-federalists." II we are to
find the promised land where our
people may indeed live simply, but
where they will be strong. self
confident and content, under just
and equal laws, to compete for the
eternal human rewards OF honor.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
One Per Cent
of Vote May
Win Ohio
Toledo L a b or Peace
System Working to
Settle Strife.

Todays dispatch begins a three
day surrey By Dapid Laurence OF
Ohio. one OF the piuotal States
iphich may decide the election.
This is the tpenty-eighth State
visited in a tour OF 40 out OF the
4S States.
Evening star., 1936-10-07

large for either
Gov. Landon or
President Roose-
welt.
When it is con-
sidered that, not
withstanding the
landslide every
where lse in
1882, this State
was carried by
Mr.. Roosevelt by
only about 74,000
votes, out of the
$500, 900 cast, ii
m ms that a
change of mind
nm tho mart, of
Evening star., 1936-10-07

HE opinions of the wrtters this their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented In
The Stars effort to oiue all sides of questions interest Its
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

"oLEDO, Ohio. october THE
FIRST impression that greets the
visitor to Northern Ohio is
Il that the State is close, indeed
very close. Out Of the 100000 votes
expected to be cast, / to 2 per cent OF
the voters will probably decide how
the States &c electoral votes will be
cast.
A majority of $4,000 votes will be
Evening star., 1936-10-07
We, the People
Power of America Lies in Crusade Against Want
and Waste.
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

By
YoT because they effective statements of the New Deals social
q economist because they
the Of country America might become
America.
Democratic in this campaign They
them within the
books normally dru free
Coyle explains patiently and simply the
believe" and driving home
Evening star., 1936-10-07
This
Changing
World
British Worried Over
Talk About Kings
Private Affairs.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

~ ING EDWARD has replaced, 10
X the sorrow of the English peo-
N pie, King Carol of Rumania
on the front page of the news
papers outside England. The scandal
columns of the dailies and weeklies
throughout Europe are full of details
OF his private life" And the British
don't like it,
The sorrow of Edwards subjects il
Evening star., 1936-10-07

the idea Of spending TO save" IN
national administration.
If a million dollar dam prevents
q -million-dollar food. it is poor
economy to say that we cannot af-
ford the dam.
Coyle is on shaky ground when
he argues that income taxes do not
affect prices. Since they are col
lected in arrears, they amount to q
mandate to the upper bracketeers
to make sufiicient profits with
Evening star., 1936-10-07
nv DOROTHY THOMPSON

BY UONOIhI IhOmT SON.
TINE rapid evolution Of public
opinion in France in the last
few weeks deserves to be stud
i led, because 1t indicates what
are the extreme limits to which
democracy will 90 in condoning the
dominating influence of one extreme
or the other. The amazing thing
about the French situation-studied
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-10-16
Easy Pleasant Way To
LOSE FAT

How would you Like to lose your
tat, increase your energy and improve
your health?
How would you like to lose your
double chin and your too prominent
hips and abdomen and at the same
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how much you weigh--then get bot
tie of Kruschen Salts that cost next
TO nothing and which will last you 4
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cut down on pastry and fatty meats
go light on potatoes, butter, cream
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Notice also that you have gained in
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Kruschen will give any fat person
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NoTE-Many people find that the
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-10-16
Az. OF [. REPORTS
Big Job Gain in 1886 Over
Last Year

Washington, D. G. (ILNs)-In the
period between January and August
this year, 2,216,000 workers found re-
employment in private industry, the
American Federation of Labor re-
ports.
The primary reason for this alb
sorption of unemployed was ascribed
to an unusual summer upswing in
business activity.
In special study, the A. #. Of r.
found that:
This year business started upward
in April, and since the uptrend has
continued with only minor Interrupt
tions, 2,216,0O0 of the unemployed
found work in industry between jan
uary and August, 1886, or nearly
twice as many as in 1885.
Reliable business indicators show
no gain in industrial activity from
January to August last year, which
compares with a gain of about 8 per
cent IHlS year.
BY comparing the summer dull
seasons, from June to August, in the
last three years, the increasing force
OF business recovery and the accom-
Ipanying gains in employment are
clearly shown" the federation said.
Trade union unemployment records
to September, 1885, three and one
tell the same story. From January
tenth per cent of the membership went
back to work, in 1886, six and one
tenth per cent.
in building gains are especially
striking. In 1896, twenty-six per cent
Of the building trades members found
work (January to September) compar-
ed to l5 per cent last year. Gains
this year have also been greater in
printing and metal trades.
In spite of these employment
gains, millions are still dependent on
relief or government emergency work.
The latest figures show 100000 cases
still on relief rolls MAY, 1856 and in
the week ending September 5, 1864
600 had emergency jobs on the works
program"
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That is rather elusive set Of
words
Let Us go out and count noses, or
In this case, let us count shoes
Before we had so much mechanical
tion, way back in 1879
We had l11,152 people making
shoes
They made 125,478,5ll pairs Of
shoes that year
TO put on the feel Of SO million
American citizens
Not counting that some of them
were shipped outside
n 1919, 40 years later, we had
|2ll,O49 shoemakers
Who made 931, ,224,628 pairs Of
shoes Of all kinds
For the feet of about los million
American citizens
In each case that comes very close
to 3.2 pairs of shoes for each person
Forty years of improvement in shoe
making made very little difference
In the shoe supply which was part
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Iplace anyhow
Could it be that the American work
ers could not buy any more shoes
You are not going to believe they
could not have used more shoes
The shoemakers never work full
year at their trade
1t is one of the most highly seasonal
trades known
Did you ever hear about the "shoe-
makers children going barefoot
No
Then you have never visited Broc-
ton and Haverhill, in Massachusetts
The standard Of living was higher
in America than in other lands
The rate of wages paid annually
was higher here than in Europe
If the rate of wages had been
higher, the standard of living would
have been, too
The shoe factories would have en-
ployed more shoemakers-
Americans would have bought more
shoes, and better shoes
Cotton pickers in Arkansas would
have more than just a pair of Sun
day shoes"
Along with something besides a
clean suit of denim to wear toj555ir
clean suit Of denim to wear to
church
That boasted "high standard Of liv-
ing" depended upon higher wages
The higher wages bought more of
the factory products
But they never bought enough to
meet the needs Of millions
Nor were the wages high enough to
keep the factories going all the
while
And that is why the American
way produced the great depression!
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highest standard Of living was going
down
Does that account for the barefoot
led cotton pickers in Arkansas?
1t does not account for the smaller
number Of shoemakers in 1929
Who numbered in that year $500
less than in 1919.
Less shoemakers; more shoes; not
enough shoes to 60 around.
Now, just why do you suppose it
all happened that way?
That was long before the days Of
"plowing under" anything
Most Of it happened before Czecho-
Slovakia started making cheap
shoes
Anyhow, we never got much over
eight million pair annually from that
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-10-16
ONTARIO HYDRO"
MAKES RATE CUT
program.

Toronto (ILNS)- Effective Novem-
Der |, the Ontario hydro-electric COM
mission will reduce the price Of power
to municipalities in the Niagara sys-
tenn by $3.50 per horse power. NUM-
cipalities take about two-thirds Of Nj
agara power and distribute it to citi-
zens. For Toronto the new rate will
be $23.60 per horsepower.
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# the american Way

of the American Way"
But: In 1870 the average output
per worker was 1,129 pairs of shoes
While in 1919 the average output
per worker was 1853 pains of shoes
This was an increase of 80 per cent
in the output per shoemaker
In 1929 there were 205,640 shoe
makers in this county
Who made total Of 379,519, 900
pairs of footwear of leather
(None Of these figures include the
rubber footwear)
Which was an average of 1850
pairs of shoes per shoemaker
Supplying an average Of 2.8 pairs
Of shoes for each Of 1925 million peo-
pie
So that the footwear basis Of the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-10-16
Truths Pondered While
Riding at
Anchor
Then gently scan
your brother man
BY Mr.. M0destus.

"The American Way
The worlds highest standard of liv-
ing
Mebbe so, mebbe 50; and so what?
Claim is based on what has happen
ed under mechanization of industry
Let US take look at some Of these
things
The things on which standard Of
living" is based
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LaborQueriies

Questions and Answers on La
b0r: What 1t Has Done; Where
IL Stands on Problems OF the
Day; Its Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, etc, etc.
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Q.-What was the first labor party
in America?
A.-The workingmen's party,
launched in 1926 by the Mechanics
Union of Philadelphia. This led with
in a few years to similar parties
in New York, New Jersey, New Eng
land and states in the west of that
period.
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Q.-What was the first craft to
secede from the International Typo
graphical Union?
A.-The pressmen, who left the l.
7. U. in 1889. The bookbinders were
the second of the craft divisions with
in the !. 7. y. to leave, quitting the
parent organization in 1892.
Q.-What is the newest interna-
tional union affiliated with the Amer
ican Federation of Labor?
A.-The American Newspaper
Guild.