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POLL ON TOWNSEND PLAN

The American people favor some form OF gov
eminent old-age pension, but they are overwhelm-
ingly opposed to the economically fallacious Town.
send plan. america Speaks" the National Poll or
Public Opinion appearing each Sunday in The
Philadelphia Inquirer, shows only 3.S per cent fav-
oring the S2O0-a-month Townsend ''pian," while 80
per cent of the electorate approve pensions, with
"rnedan" of $40 a month for one person, $50
month for husband and wife and with retirement
at 60. ... ..... ..
Equally significant with the fact that only 3.o
per cent can not recognize or refuse to recognize
the ruinous nature of the Townsend plan is evil
dence that the movement, despite all the bolyhoo,
has not made substantial gains in the nation as a
whole since last February. -.
In certain sections the movement, IS relatively
strong. California, where the plan" was spawned
records 1877 per cent favorable; the state of Wash
ington 12.8 per cent; Oregon, 252 per cent; Flor
ida per cent. But thirteen southern states vote
only 12 per cent approval New England, 29 per
cent: East Central states, so per cent.
Timorous politicians may console each other
over the discovery that the two major parties are
about equally affected by this economically delu-
sion Others concerned with the inevitably devast-
ating effects upon the whole national structure
will be glad to learn that the overwhelming major
ity of the American people is alert to the absurdity
of the Townsend scheme.-Monroe Enquirer.
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER =

BY RODNEY BUTCHER -
NEA Service stan Correspondent
WTASHINGTON-The story placed
" upon the records by the Sen.
lte Munitions Committee stree the
Morgan partners appeared before
L has been blurred and obscured
-partl, BY its compleEitv and the
difficulty of reporting il from day
20 day partl" BY interjectioT of
side issues and finally BY the fu;
rore created through the attempt
20 kill off the committee by deny
ng il further funds
To summarize the case and
clarity the situation here are the
high spots Of the investigation
disclosures based mostly on doc.
uments held secret until now
Morgan & Co which admitted
10 the committee its complete
sympathy for the Allies under
took to arrange credits for Ger
many's foes
Robert Lansing as acting Sec
rotary of state conferred with
President Wilson the night of Oct.
90 1914 and was told that Will
son differentiated between loans
and credits but that these views
must be conveyed as Lansing's.
not his.
The bankers got this word and
Morgan and National City Bank
promptly arranged q $4,000 O0C
credit for France
TN 1915 the House. of Morgan dis.
i suaded England from canceling
S55.0O0.0oo in contracts for Amer.
lean rifles upon Morgan's warning
that cancellation would cut off
further American financing for the
Allies -. gaze ."..
Morgan stopped supporting the
pound sterling Aug Is 1915
Treasury Secretary McAdoo aft
er coMer"lng with Morgan Partner
II. P Dawson as to resultant
dangers to American war trade
urged on Wilson the argument of
Dawson that those dangers could
be averted only by large American
war loans
Wilson. again reversing neutral!
ity policy replied that he Wouldn't
interfere. with such a loan but that
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
by RODNEY BUTCHER,

this must pc conveyed orally and
not put in writing. Arrangements
for the first big $500, 100000 Anglo.
French loan began promptly
CENATOR BENNETT CLARK of
~ Missouri sought to explode the
Morgan insistence that unrestrict.
ed German submarine warfare,
solely forced the United States in.
to war by showing that Americas
statesmen could have dissuaded
Germany if they hadn't fumbled
and feared to interfere with the
war boom over here.
Wilson and Lansing evolved a
plan by which the Allies would
disarm merchantmen and Germany
would stop torpedoing merchant
ships without warning. Meanwhile.
Chairman Stone of the Senate For.
eign Relations Committee was ia,
voring the Gore-McLemore resolu.
ton to forbid American citizens
travelling on armed belligerent
ships Wilson undertook to dis
suade him in public letter
T ANSING persuaded Wilson thai
- their plan to solve the subma
rine probleni should be shown to
the Allies. but not to the Central
Powers. because. Lansing ex
planned. he was sure Germany
would agree. whereas refusal by
the Allies. if it became known
would arouse adverse criticism in
the press of this country and ex
cite resentment against the Eli
tente powers. which seems to be
growing from day to day"
Both the British and the French
finally refused to accept the sub
marine.merchantman proposal and
it was dropped.
FINALLY. Senator Clark placed
L evidence in the record indicat
inc that Wilson knew of the secret
treaties by which the Allies had
divided up victory spoils in ad
vance, and then cited Wilson's post.
war testimony to senator's that he
hadn't known Of the treaties until
tbe Paris peace conference.
On the basis of this evidence.
Nve said Wilson had "falsified."
,,orvrieht. 1919 NEA S-rvinA. 1na
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THOUGHTS ABOUT THINGS
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

the respectable gangsers cause the
loss of many homes. Where the
underworld gangsters injure the
morals of q small group, the re-
spectacle gangsters impair the
morals Of 2 municipality.
Where the underworld gangst-
ers have their entire membership
assaulted, run to earth and punish
ed, the respectable gangsters pick
one of their number and say to
hmi, '';the public demands that
somebody go to the penitentiary.
Now, you take the rap. Well get
you out in d short while and take
care of you after you get out.
The old pecuniary nerve is the
most sensitive of all nerves-the
nerve which connects mans
pockctbook with his think-tank.
For instance: The Chinese, you
know are one of the most unsani-
taty of all peoples. They do not
think anything of having an open
cesspool in the backyard, into
which all filth is dumped; and
from which myriads of flies
swarm to the walls Of the dwell
lings in such numbers as to keep
the walls black with flyspecks.
That condition does not seem to
worry anybody. But when the
native Chinese paper manufacture
ers discovered that Chinese mer-
chants were wrapping up food in
secondhand American newspapers,
they. Immediately took steps to
have a law passed that forbade
such an unhealthful practice.
! If we could but get the indis-
putable fact into the craniums of
American business men that
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25
NOT JUSTIFIED

Taxspenders and taxeaters point out that the
percentage of national income taken for taxes
is slightly less in the United States than in
England, France and Germany. But this is no
justification for present confiscatory evies. Liv
ing standards are lower in England, France and
Germany than they in the United States. And
as tax oppression continues, living standards are
bound to decline. The more people have to pay
for government, the less, they have to spend for
the necessities or Injuries of life-Denver Post.
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ALL HE COULD DO WAS SPIN YARNS
BUT HOW!
By BRUCE CATION

The shade of Rudyard Kipling must
be rather disconcerting to some OF the
earnest writer's of this day.
Kipling was not an intellectual. His creed
involved the blind worship of a strong-arm
sort of imperialism which the World War
and subsequent events showed was al
together too bloodily expensive to be wor-
shipped by thoughtful men.
He was a staunch aristocrat IN day
when the common man was feeling his
oats. In economics, sociology, and politi-
cal science he was full half century be-
hind the times.
So much was this true that it has been
the fashion of late year to speak OF his
work with species of lofty contempt. His
poems, we have been assured, were jmgles,
mis- stories were easy Qualifications of the
robber-baron tactics of predacious EN-
pire. He lacked almost everything that
modern writers pride themselves on pos
SeSSing.
Except one 'thing-and there he could
give all living writers cards and spades and
leave them dashed to the mast He could
tell story.
Now a genuine story teller is not the
sort of citizen that can be found under
every bush. Such person comes along
once ID a generation-not oftener; and
when he comes he may possess all the de-
fects which pain the critics and whole
flock of new ones that the critics never
heard of, and still he will win the world 5
affection.
For human beings have had special
place in their hearts for the born story tell
er ever since the days of blind Homer.
The man who can say, "Once upon time
and then make you free of brand
new world into which you could never peer
without his help, gets into that special
place and stays there, and the world re-
members him long after it has forgotten all
about his more serious and intellectual con-
temporaries.
And what world Kipling opened for
u.s. He started when we were children,
with his Jungle Books" and "Just-Sc
Stories" and he kept at it down through
the years.
He made Mulvaney as real to us as A
Smith; he made us see and smell and feel
the bazaars and the contonments OF India;
he dug into our secret, hopeless dreams
with stories like ''They" and ''rhe Brush
wood Boy" and persuaded US that they
were really true.
All this must be pretty discouraging to
our self-conscious moderns. They have SO
much that Kipling did not have, and it
counts for so little in the face of the one
thing Kipling did have.
Like Dickens and Mark Twain, he coGlG
tell story, and tell it superlatively well.
And when the world gets story teller Of
that caliber, it does not let him die.
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bank here a n d
there a nd hold
up a person here
and there; they
kidnap a person
here and there
they murder a
person here and
there; b u t they
h a e no. influ-
ence on the life
of the communi-
ty. They are re-
garded as exact
ly what they are
dangerous vic
ious foes of The
social order. ~
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25

Light wines and beers may not thoroughly in
toxicate people, but heavy wines and beers do,
Even light drinks aggravate case that is already
on the way to the rubbish heap and alcoholic drinks
of any kind may to develop an irresistible ap
petite for alcohol. According to reports, the wine
and beer stand in Marshville is doing more to start
the youth of the town and community on the down.
ward road to shame and ruin than all other influ-
ences combined-Marshville Home.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25

But not so the respectable
gangsters. They are all through
the local social fabric. They may
be the controlling power in the
churches, the clubs, the business
organizations, the charitable in
situations, the financial establish
ments, and the very courts them
selves.
Where the underworld gangst-
ers steal a thousand dollars, re-
specialize gangsters steal a mil
lion. Where the underworld
gangsters kill a man, respect
able gangsters cause the death of
a dozen. Where the underworld
gangsters demoralize one home,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25

The underworld gangsters are
not one whit so harmful to the
peace, safety, and progress of
the community as are the respect
able gangsters.
Comparatively speaking, t h e
underworld gangsters do slight in
Jury to mankind. They rob a
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25
> MOFCREI III COlIpr

BENSON, y. c. GUPl-H.
bony and sparc-rihb,d. sr. =, I.
of people loved him-.bi, Z Z
dog,.. and when court action
taken as two persons ci.:.
ownership, % witnesses we ,,,. =.
ed to"tae trial.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25
HOUSTON BOASTS 9no,

HOUSTON, Tex. up,
city was one of the brigh. ,
of the nation during lo3;
cording to Postmaster J. s &
fifth, who said thai total porI
receipts were S2,24O.36G.H
increase of $l68,G74.4g .
1884.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25

A real man is ono VI,
muscle or education cr GOOD
ners or money or wha.rvs
happen to have.
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gymnasium will.
.gqlf &Erss Rfclu

gymnasium will. Time =
.eqlf Dgrsf FsGErovtst.,J5s;.' !
GompiishWent Of &9ycrnmmoess /,
q This is the oproi;t'nn ,.''! ':S;; I
build q firSt-tlass air,.,a's
Uncle Sam stand, ,,.a pGS' 4
100000 in hand to b"$. .
when we provide a sp: 3-,.G 4
Opportunities like this W"nG 4
at our door always. tn ~" a,I
position that We don't nn,J u" |
port would make Us aone. ma, az d
rs silly Is years hence 81 az
man who Is Years a.o a. 1
didn't need to have an. >'.d ,
We are glad to know y 'o.i
gram is taking ravorablo ., p
While Uncle Sam is diS >l.aie
bit let's get all that's ro ,,;s2
us.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25

farmer be prevailed upon to plant
an acre, for example, in the three
varieties and give the industry
his opinion as to their relative
merits for this climate?
l am aware that securing
enough early, we'll grown plants
for a considerable acreage Will be
the crux of the matter. This dill
ficulty might be overcome, how
ever, by having a grower farther
south to raise the plants.
Ten tons to the acre and sold
at a cent q pound would bring
5000. Such return would justify
considerable extra care and eX-
pense. Then, too, it might be an
experiment that would be bene-
fetal in developing paying in
dustry for the county.
WILLIAM E. BREAZEALE.
January %, 1886.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25

Cry of professional was stilled at the
Wisconsin liars contest when it was srown
the contestants included no politicians or
golfers.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25
Watt.
q
Minute,
Please
By
Noah
Hollowell

Hcndersonviile is cashing in on
her rights When she takes isdVaHt-
age of Uncle Sans help in pro,
yidine a modern gymnasium and
community building.
We don't have enough assets
to show for what money has been
spent. Vast sums were spent on
cutting down hillsides and max
inc, athletic fields, which are APP
nreciated by those who use them
but unless kept up they will not
stand as permanent assets, as the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25

At last reports, Duce's legions were be-
ing harried by Dedjasmatch Jupe Pluvius.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25

The reason worker is ''too old' at thirty-five
is because kid of twenty will take his job for less
money .~ ..1s-,,..''.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25

Japan evidently is willing to sacrifice q
few friendships to have enough ships to
fight enem9aships NINA. } "A
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25

Under the present plan of social security as en-
acted by the last Congress there will be a tax OF
9 per cent on all payros by 1850. Some of these
days political leaders will realize that there is a
limit to the amount of taxes which business, in
dustry and the individual can stand Nine per
cent does not sound like great DEAL but suppose
we cut the amount half in two, and let the en-
ployee bear Az per cent of the tax and business
Az per cent. Then figure out how many business
concerns Az per cent their investment, and
how many individuals save as much as Az per cent
of their income. It's all mighty easy to say that
the tax can be passed on to the public in higher
prices, but there is also limit to the prices which
the consumer can pay-Stanley News and Press.
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EROSION

Another frightful erosion that has taken place in
this country is that in the area of the homely, but
profound virtues of thrift and industry.
Get-up-and-get has just about been washed away
during the years of the depression.
America has developed wholesale attitude of
holding out the hand.
fairly successful tenant farmer of the county
who has been here and there, is the wont with
tenants, was geefully announcing the other day
that he had deserted farming and gone into the
public works business. .. So.
Which is to say that he prefers PWA employ
ment with its pay to tenantry. It's less irksome, no
doubt, than blowing amid stumps and thinning out
cotton on hot day, and doubtless, too, ore prof
table. 3.
His is only case in point.
Leaning on the government from some lines OF
big business down to small individuals, is tragcally
common practice. ..--.---.-..
And as principle of living, it is ruinous. Once
that gets in nations bloodstream, rash is going
to break out-Julian Miller in Charlotte Observer.
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putrid politics is bad for business
(Which it unquestionably isl that
would put an end to putrid poll
tics.
What is the crux of bad gov
ernment?" said Blink to Think.
The crooks of bad govern
ment," said Think to Blink.
Evening star., 1936-10-14
Metal Made to Absorb Oil.

Metal can be made to absorb like q
blotter and be used as a wick in kero-
sene lamp.
Evening star., 1936-10-14
FIXING Of PRICES
LAID TO 9 FIRMS
General Electro and West
inqhouse Cited by Trade
Commission.

The Federal Trade Commission yes
terday accused General Electric, West
inghouse and seven other companies OF
entering into a price-fixing agreement.
which the commission said tended to
monopolize business and deprive buy
ers of the advantages Of free compete
ton.
Named with the companies in q
complaint issued by the commission
was the Heat Exchange Institute, de-
scribed as a trade association with
headquarters in New York. The COM
mission said the institute was or
ganized in 1888 to aid the corporations
in making their agreement effective.
Other respondents, described as
manufacturers Of turbine-generators
or condensers or both, were: Allis-
Chalmers Manufacturing Co., Milwau-
kee: Elliott Co., Jeannette. Pa; WORTH
ington Pump and Machinery Corp.
Harrison. N. j.: Ingersoll- ll-Rand Co.,
Jersey City; Foster Wheeler Corp.
New York: c. H. Wheeler Manufac-
turing Co., Philadelphia, and Ross
Heater and Manufacturing Co., Buff
falo.
All were given until November 13
to show cause why they should not be
ordered to cease and desist from the
alleged practices, which the commits
sion said were in violation of the
trade commission act.
A commission statement said the
respondents ''are said to constitute a
group 50 powerful that they are able
to control the turbine-generator and
condenser business in the United
States"
For the purpose Of eliminating
competition among themselves" the
statement said the complaint charged,
"the respondents, under their agree
ment, fix and maintain uniform prices
as we'll as uniform performance guar
antees for their products; adhere to
pricing sheets compiled by one of their
number. although such pricing sheets
bear no relation to the individual
costs of the respective respondents in
the manufacture of their products;
submit identical bids. not only for
turbine-generators and condensers, but
for the extras necessary for their
installation and take disciplinary ac-
ton against any of their group who
fail to abide by the prices in accord
ance with their agreement"
Evening star., 1936-10-14
SERVICE ORDERS.
ARMY ORDERS.

I
jerks, Maj. Royal G.. Finance De-
partment, transferred from Baltimore
to San Francisco, December 16.
Robinson, Mai. Henry w., Infantry
Walter Reed Hospital, to Fort Francis
z. Warren, Wyo.
Chappell, Mai. Albert j., Quarter
master Corps, ONCE Of the Quarter
master General, to San Francisco
October 80.
Brady. Maj. johnson Camden. En-
gineer Corps Reserve. Norfolk, Va, to
the office of the Assistant Secretary
of War for training, November 8.
Tiernan, Capt. Thomas NJ, Finance
Department, San Francisco, to the
Finance School, February 2, 1887.
Robinson. Capt William Dunwoody,
New York City, to the office Of the
Assistant Secretary Of War for train
ing. November 8.
MacNair, First Lieut.. George H.,
Air Corps, to Langley Field, Va, upon
completion OF his present tour of
foreign service.
Matteson. First Lieut.. William j.,
Engineer Corps, to the Hawaiian De-
partment, March Is, 1887.
Markham, First Lieut.. Edward M,
Evening star., 1936-10-14
SUMMIT PARK GROUP
REFLECTS w. J. SMITH

william j. Smith was reelected
president of the Summit Park Citizens
Association last night at a meeting
held in the East Washington Baptist
Church.
Other officers elected were James 8.
Davis. first vice president; Charles
Hall, second vice president: Miss
Veronica Cox, secretary; Mrs. Mildred
We'll, financial secretary; Miss Verda
Layton. treasurer; Mrs. Leila Marshall
and w. J. Smith delegates to
the Federation Of Citizens Associa-
tion and Charles Hall and William J.
Thornhill. delegates to the Southeast
Conference of Citizens Associations.
The organization adopted resolu-
tion expressing regrets at the resigna-
tion Of william A. Roberts as peoples
counsel. In the same resolution they
praised Roberts for the services rem
dered while he held that office.
Evening star., 1936-10-14

jr., Engineer Corps. Fort Belvoir, Va,
to the Hawaiian Department, March
Is, 1887.
Van Omer, Second Lieut.. Harry F.,
Coast Artillery. Fort Monroe, Va, to
the Panama Canal Department, Oc-
tober 80.
Ogden, Second Lieut.. Donald
Gorden. Air Corps Reserve, Langley
Field, to Baton Rouge, La, October IA.
LumSden, Second Lieut.. j. Frank,
Air Corps Reserve, Langley Field, to
Corsicana, Tex, October IA.
Evening star., 1936-10-14
EDUARD c. LlNDEMANN
IN WELFARE SERIES
Nationally Known Figure in
Social Work Field Will Deliver

Social Work Field Will Deliver
Three Lectures Here.
Eduard c. Lindemann, nationally
known in the social work field, Is to be
the speaker in series Of public lee
lures arranged by the Council Of So
cial Agencies, opening at II am. to-
morrow in the United States Chamber
of Commerce Building. DR.. Lindemann
also will speak on the mornings Of
October % and 20, and fourth lecture
will be given November S by Mrs. Har-
per Sibley, chairman of the National
Women's Committee of the Mohiliza-
ton for Human Needs.
The course of lectures will be based
on the general theme. Building a
Better Civilization" Mrs. John Jay
O'Connor, chairman Of the Council
Committee on Volunteers, described
the course as being intended "for peo-
pie who think progressively and who
are interested in the improvement Of
civilization"
Registrations are being received at
the council office and at today's lee
ture.
Evening star., 1936-10-14

Not that I'd blame any patriot for
playing safety first, dictators being so
sensitive to criticism In fact, I like
the idea SO much I'm thinking Of TAX
ing a correspondence course in lion
tanning myself.
Copyright 1885. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, IncJ
Evening star., 1936-10-14

] u II U, CENTRALLY
put two or threS
national boun-
d aries between
themselves and
the o b e c is Of
their hate before
cut tin g loose?
One fl cry anti
F. a S ist waited
until he got to
Hoboken to tell
Mussolini right to
his face-the face
being only 5000
miles distant
exactly what he
flno11uht of him
Evening star., 1936-10-14
ADVERTISEMENT.
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Evening star., 1936-10-14
Irwin S. Cobb
Says:
Smacking Lion Safe
Face to Face, at
5000 Miles.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf October
-14.-Did you ever notice that these
impassioned European statesmen, who
SO boldly defy tyrants in the home