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Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
RECREATION FOE YOUTH

One Of the absolute necessities for
a developing and growing commu.
nifty is to give its young people a
chance for good times.
The young people need active
games all the year. Winter should
give them basket ball. bowling and
all possible winter sports. The rest
of the year should give them base
ball. football. tennis. swimming, and
golf They also need clubs. dances.
parties, dramatics. etc. Frequently
they overdo those activities and
thereby injure their prospects in
school and work. If children and
young people find life dull in their
home towns. they stand chances of
getting into mischief. and at an early
age you are likely to see them go
elsewhere.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
s10.aN0.0OO PEACE PALAcE

The League Of Nations is moving
into it superb sIO,O0O.OOO peace PAL
ace at Geneva. Switzerland. The
elegance Of its ane architecture
win delight every visitor. But what
will this great institution do for the
purpose for which It was founded. to
preserve world peaceg
Alas. while these splendors are
opening. a great war is being fought
between Italy and Ethiopia. which
the League has tried in vain to pre-
vent. The League was born amid
hopes that it would restore
peace to a sick world. and make war
a forgotten remnant or savagery.
It's aims were noble, but have not
been accomplished. II may achieve
some good results. but better SEN
timent Of Justice and friendship
must be developed between nations.
before its ideal can be realized.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
THREE ESSENTIALS OF
RESINRSS

A manufacturer once remarked:
There are three essentials in this
business, to buy well 10 manufac-
ture well, and to sell well. If you
don't do all three we'll, you can't
make a go Of it.
That applies in all forms of bus
iness. The retail dealer does not
have to manufacture well. but in
place Of it. he has to handle the pub
lie well. II he fails to advertise.
something is lacking in the plans
for selling and for handling the pub
lie. so he is falling short in two
essential points. The people want to
know about the goods before they
start out to buy. Advertising tells
them what they can buy. what ii
will cost, and where they would bet
ter go with their money
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
DEPENDABLE FOLKS

/ If you get up an entertainment or
organize a committee. part of the
people who agree to help are likely
to absent themselves from meetings
and rehearsals. If anything else
comes up that they want to do. the
engagement they made with you does
not count.
That irregularity' makes more
work for all the others. Probably
other meetings and rehearsals have
to be held for the benefit Of those
absent at the earlier times. When
people DO keep these engagements
and show up regularly. how such
good folks are valued. They get
reputation for reliability, which
helps them IN theIr occupations
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
UNsOLvED iva PROBLEM

A nearly unanimous decision Of
the United States Supreme Court is
always to be welcomed. II clarifies
the law Of the land. and points out
what the government can and what
1t con not do. The recent decision
sustaining the activities of the gov
ernment in distributing power from
the Wilson dam on the Tennessee
river, is to be welcomed for that
reason.
Il has established the right of the
government to sell power from this
Wilson dam. which was built for war
purposes. But what Of other govern
ment power plants that may be
created?
Can the government establish
plants which are supposed to be pri-
mariiy for navigation. national de-
Tense. flood control. etc. and then
sell power from them in competition
with private companies. which might
possibly drive some companies out |
Of business? Here is problem
which many consumers and public
utility men hope will be solved at an
,arly date.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
sH0HT10F 0F sEIfNTIsTs

People say there IS o surplus Of
workers IN every occupation. hence
There Is 10 room to-day Tor young
peopie il the world Of work, or ii
least they wiil have to struggle very
hard to obtain a foothold there.
on late It has been remarked that
There Is a shortage Of slilled work.
lers in many fines Of industry. In
former years. apprentices were all
ways being trained to perform these
skiIled jobs. when somebody drop
ped out a place was made for one Of
these learners. Few such appren-
tiees have been trained during re-
cent years.
Within a few days the report has
come from one Of the leading tech
nicaI institutions or the country. that
there is a rapidly increasing demand
for men educated in engineering and
science. and a shortage Of those
special qualifications in these
technical occupations. Less than
six per cent Of the men graduated
from this institution last year are
now without jobs.
These are signs Of industrial re-
cOvery. Also they show that the |
world is calling for more people who !
have thorough knowledge. There is
. surplus Of people who can talk
well. sell goods eIecfively. and show
pleasing personal qualities. It does
not take a prolonged training to ac-
quire these gifts. But it takes long
and hard work to become a com
potent scientist or engineer or tech
dician. Also it takes persistent in
1ustry and attention 70 become a
Skilled worker in any trade.
Thus the Zines are going to re-
ward thoroagnness. accuracy. and
correct knowledge. The people who
ire determined to make themselves
competent h any line
irc the first to benefit from reviving
They will be the last
. 80 out il hard times come again.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
REMOYAL OF TaE CONsCIENCE

Some humorous person remarked
of an acquaintance, "ff-he had his
conscience taken out, it would be a
minor operation"
The moral teaching of former
years had much to say about Con
science" It was represented as the
voice Of God speaking in the hearts
of man.
Many folks act as IL no such warn
ing voice ever spoke to them. If
you talk quite steFnly to that voice.
ii viii cease to speak. The man who
steals out of his employers cash
drawer may argue that he is not
properly paid, and his theft merely
gives him his Just due, However.
the people who do thus stitie their
and are apt to hear
other voices speaking very harshly
10 them.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
RIGHTS 81 fHE MONO

A Los Angeles dispatch state
that me orsanizea ~Hob6es Of Am
erica win nsht n the courts i
necessary to protect their rights
They eomplaia Of the campaign thai
has been organized sgalast indlgenl
transients.
What is hobo" and what are
his rights? The dictionary defines 3
hobo" as professional tramp.
This is said to be an unjust denni-
tion. The professional tramp, il is
claimed, proposes 70 live by begging.
sometimes by criminal acts. while
the hobo is said to be a migratory
worker, who travels from one place
to another in the hopes Of finding
jobs.
The American people wish to pro-
teet every honest worker. whether
or not he sticks to one job. Unfor-
tunateiy. there are millions OF r.
regular jobs. There are times when
crops have to be cultivated, when
they have to BE picked. The migra-
tory worker is needed very badly
while such work is going on, and
afterward not at all. What shall be
done with him?
It is not strange that states are
sometimes reluctant to see a tribe Of
these men coming in, since many Of
them may have to BE supported at
public expense. Yet without them.
how would the farmer get his wheat
harvested and his fruit and vege-
tables picked?
When the hOto behaves like a law
aviding citizen. he should get his
rights, and things should be done
Tor his beneat. II he steals railroad
rides, II he sets other lawless
streaks. he is likely to get himself
into trouble. What is needed is some
plan by which these men can settle
lown somewhere, and live on their
lwn little acres during the times
when jobs. are scarce. Many of them
ike to roam too much for that
1oung fellows who start wander !
ng career should be shown that to {
,ear fruit in this life. you have to q
axe root somewhere.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
FOR PEACE IN THE KITCHEN

The Works Progress AdministTa-
tiOn is starting schools in q states
in which young women OF relief IA
miles will be taught the duties Of a
general household empl0ye, cook,
nurse maid. or second maid Will
the girls consent to learn how to
serve the soup and fry the potatoes?
Or will they say that these 'Occupa-
tiOns are not consistent with their
high ambitions?
Those who decide to take these
courses show good sense and indus
try. Also it can be suggested, that
the ability to earn good pay thereby
depends on something other than o
professional manner at the dinner
table. or even on ability to manipu-
late the frying pan.
The personality of the household
worker has much to do with her sue
cess. More women would pay for
such home service under satisfactory
conditions. but they are discouraged
by grabbed dispositions. If the
housewife becomes so intimidated |
that she scarcely dares venture into |
her own kitchen, for fear of a wordy
storm. she begins to like the idea of
the dishpan herself.
The young women who serve as
household workers are not the only
ones who need instruction. In some
cases. the lady who employs such
help also needs it. It would be well
to inform such a person about the
rights as well as the duties Of those
whom she employs. She should be
aught that a comfortable room aud
Kind treatment and reasonable hours
'f labor are necessary. if peace is to r
eign in the home. Some women
work their household helpers be- I
Ond the limits of kindness and rea- 4
ON. and then complain if the kitchen il
tmosphere is stormy. d
With respect and kindness ON both Il
ides, the relation can be very pleas Il
mt and helpful to both employer /,
nd employed.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
JUICE OF THE FARMS

They are talking in Congress of
putting through a billion dollar bill,
to provide electric power for rural
districts now without the Juice.
II is needed on those farms. If they
can get Il, the farmers muscles will
not creak so soon from old age. nor
will the housewife have to toll so
late at night with hand labor. As
proposed. the bill would lend $780,
100000 a year for plants and dis
tIibuting SYSTEMS in the localities
that lack such equipment.
How far can the farm neighbor-
hoods pay for this service? If they
can pay ali its costs once the plants
are built and the wires strung. the
people will cheer for it. But ii the
prices the farmers can pay leaves
some or many Of these plants with a
permanent deficit. that is some
hing else again" 4
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
PRFsIDENTllE DFIEGATEs

The two Most historic meetings o.
the coming four years viii soon bs
held these being the nationaI con.
ventions Of the Republican and DEM
octatic parties. The election Of dele
gates to these meetings. next to the
presidential election Of November 3,
is the most important political act
the american citizen will have to
perform before 1919
1 Presidential elections draw out
many voters who will never take the
trouble to come to the polls for other
contests. The individual who might
be called the -four year voter" shows
up when a president is elected. He
wakes up to the fact that the nature
Of the government which controls
his actions is about to be determined
for four years. The primary cleo
ton which chooses the delegates to
make the presidential nominations.
often determines the result Of the
election. Yet the -four year voter
will not probably turn up for these
primary meetings.
Forty million votes will be cast at
the November election. II seems un-
likely that anywhere near half that
number will help elect the delegates
that constitute the nominating con-
ventiOns. One reason for the relat-
lively small turnout to choose the
delegates to these nominating con-
ventiOns, is that in many states and |
districts only. one list of candidates
is presented.
II all our people took the interest [
in the government OF their country
that they should. the primary cleo
tions that choose the delegates who
nominate the presidential candidates.
would be thrOnged with voters. They
would be no cut and dried AFFAIRS.
Iut there would be clear cut contests
candidates and ideas and
We have the most won
lerful political system i'm the world,
( the American people would only
AXE hold and run il right "T
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
Big Governments Eat
Little Governments

One OF the periodic elnvestira-
tions" to further public ownership
Of the poWer Industry. Is now UNI
derway il Calif0fnia-at the tafnay
era expense as Usual
The purpose 81 The Investigation
seems 10 be to promote q stat6lwid8
power authority which would op6r-
ste and control sho states power re-
sources, now developed b private
utilities and municipai systems.
It was 70 be expected that the
private utilities Of California would
be opposed 70 such q project, which
threatens a loss Of untold millions
Of dollars to stockholders But Il
was not expected that managers and
promoters Of municipal and other
public power enterprises would OBJ
ject. Here the Investigators recelv-
ed a mighty surprise!
when called to testify, the reprc-
sentative Of the city OF Pasadena,
which owns is water and power
system, said that his community lis
unalterably opposed 70 any state
wide plan. We want to be unmolest-
ed. Pasadena has managed its local
plants for a long time successfully
and to the advantage Of It's peo-
pie
And the Chief Engineer OF the
Imperial irrigation District testi-
fed: I'VE do not believe the state
should interfere with those com
and districts which can
themselves develop and distribute
power"
SO the municipal ownership
chicks return to roost as full-sized
state and government ownership
hens and roosters. Just as big fish
eat little fish, big governments cat
little governments. II a state au-
.hority" steps in, local authority
steps out. And when federal au-
hority" steps in-at It has done 10
he iva area-it is at the expense
II both state and local authorities,
The soeiaiistie trend, once started,
s hard to stop. Municipal owner
hip OF power Is socialism on
mall scale. State ownership is on
larger scale. Federal ownership
s the final step that not only
rrecks private business, but wrecks
tate and fiunicinal business enter
rises just as thoroughly.
The ambition of bureaucrats
no~s no bounds, It threatens the
Of local governments
S well as the existence Of private
nterprise.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
POWER OF STYLE

Style is not merely a matter OF
clothes. but also Of manner. a lady
remarks on two women who have
worked for her as housemaids One
of them. she said, was very substan-
tial and reliable. If you told her 10
do thing, she did II up to the limit
But she had no style. II she propar-
ed gorgeous meal of the best eats
you ever saw, it would be served ON
the table in such plain way that
you would not realize it was any
thing unusual. The other young
lady had not acquired this habit Of
absolute dependability. but she could
take very ordinary dinner and put
it on the table. and make il seem
like regular feast.
A woman may be able TO buy any-
thing, but society may say she does
not know how to wear her fine
clothes. And another one may have
no money. but everything she touch
es has an interesting air OF origin
ality.
Some brainy people do not bake
any impressions in the world, because
they do everything in a haltihg and
manner. Someone else /
who is not specially intellectual or
intelligent, may be a tremendous
favOrite because he or shecharms
people by special graciousness Of
manner. Some public speakers do
not have any superhuity Of learning.
yet people listen to every word they
say. Some people are wonders at
selling goods. because OF their warm
miles aud friendly manner
The person who acquires this
tyle of manner. must be a very
lose observer OF the ways of people :
md be able to perceive the kind Of
hing chat wins approval Solid and s
ubstantial achievement wins its way {
u the long run. Many excellent peO- {
lie have failed to realize their aiti,s !
i life, because they could not make +
heir ideas or their service seem in
and attractive. &
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT is pr

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT is prot
ably glad to get rid of the potato
control act for other reasons than
the excuse it did not fit into his pro-
gram after the inyalidation of the
AAA.
In this act. the average man saw
the theories of the New Dealers car
ried into practical application in a
way that he could understand-and
in way that very definitely he did
not like.
The rusult was that the potato
control act became a serious poll
tical liability to the Roosevelt admin
istratiOn from the moment of its en-
actment.
The political strategists OF the
New Deal were smart enough to see
this, and the Department Of Agricul-
ture tried to head off the. potato bloc |
but the President could not veto
the act without disavowing the val
idity and soundness of his whole ag-
ricuHural program.
The New Dealers are very glad to
get rid of it. They don't want to
lose the vote of all the potato-eaters
iH the country
But the thoughtful voter will not
be fooled. While the potato control
act viii not remain to harass him,
he ought to remind himself that but
for the grace of the Supreme Court
he would be eating regimented pota-
toes at an increased price. lie
ought TO reflect that the sin of the
potato act, in the eyes of the New
Dealers, was not that it was funda-
different from other New
Deal legislation. but simply that it
exposed the inherent defects Of that
legislation in a way the average man
could not fail to notice.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
THE CONTINENT OF PEACE

President Roosevelt has sent sug-
gestions to 20 Central and South
American countries. that a confer
ence Of American republics be held
with the hope Of preserving per-
maneut peace on this continent,
Europe resounds with the tramp
Of armed men. and mutterings Of ap-
preaching war come with every
breeze. II on this side Of the water,
our nations could preserve perma-
nent peace, and refuse to pollute our
life with the horrible cruelty Of war,
what an object lesson It would give
the world! II would show that ma
tinns can live together "a peace and
auiet IL they only wilA
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
More Steaks On The Way,
But Fewer Than Average

More good beef will go to market
in the first 4 months Of 1886 than
in the same months Of 1885, If cattle
feeders carry out their first-of-yeaf
plans, says the Bureau Of AgrienI-
tura1 Economics.
But cattle IN the feed lot at the
first Of this year ia the II Corn Belt
States numbered 25 to 80 per cent
less than the 5-year average, al,
though Al per cent greater than last
year, the largest Increase in the II
years that reports have been made.
Last year, the decrease in fattehins
cattle from January 1. 1884. to jan
uary 1. 1885, was the greatest ever
recorded.
Feed-lot operations increased
about 48 per cent in the western
Corn Belt as compared to about 80
per cent in the eastern Corn Belt
Greatest percentage increases we're:
South Dakota, 900; Nebraska. 1886;
160; and Kansas, $50.
Cattle on feed in the II Western
States, Texas, and Oklahoma on
January 1 numbered 7S per cent
more than those on feed year ago
md nearly one-thifd larger than
The average for the S years, 1890 to
1894.
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28

cry WAS made last year that etaa
the wealthy" sounded good, but The
wealthy didn't have enoush to pay
the bills.
An illustration of the state Of
mind on Capitol Hili as a result Of
these Developments Is what happen
cd ih the House recently. Speaker
Byrns wanted to put the compare
lively small Interior Department
appropriation biii through il a few
hours. But G5 members asked to
speak while it was up, not about
the bin but 70 explain things to the
folks back home.
Some members are apprehensire.
too. about The request for additional
relief money that will 90 TO Con-
gress shortly. They anticipate q
call for around S2.000OO0.0O0. And
they notice that Harry 1. Hopkins,
relief administrator is attempting
10 get ready for the Investigation all
expect to develop then. He ordered
his. star members who don't agree
with WPA to get out; he warned
WPA workers that they could not
stall on the job and continue to
draw pay. But he was forced to adj
nit IN a private conference with a
group of Senators that there were
still 20.000.O00 people on relief, the
same number as in January, 1884.
In other words, "bo0ndoggling" was
not helping to restore jobs in indus-
try.
Newspapers generally paid little
attention to the recent resignation /
Of F. G. Await as first deputy comp (
troller of the currency But II meant 4
much to members Of Congress who
know Of Awaits frequent differ
ences with his immediate superior,
J. F. T. O'Connor, who has been
Kept in office by the President de-
spite vigorous criticism from Capi-
.ol Hill and other administration
,fficials.
Await, with 16 years In the Treas
Try behind him, was classed as
He made no crltlcal
about treasury and finan-
:iaI policies. but his friends had lit
le doubt as to what he thought Of
policies Of the administra- /
ion which had previously led to the
Of outstanding finan- !
iai and budgetary authorities such {
s Lewis Douglas. who resigned as ]
Democratic member of Congress
t the request Of President Roose-
cit to cut government expenses,
Ie gave up in disgust after less 1
san two years and is now openly {
riticai
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28

IT is AN AMAZING situation, pro-
baby not realized fully by the aver
age citizen, that revenues of the
government should be larger than
ever before in the country's history.
but that deficits, due to excess spend
ing. should be mounting from year
TO year.
It is amazing. further. that this
situation should exist despite the
fact that a week after he assumed
Office the President, in referring to
the comparatively small deficits in
Cured in the previous administra-
tiOn, pointed to the danger in an
urgent message to Congress which
stated that FOR three long years the
federal government has been on the
read toward Bankruptcy
II that was true on March 10. 1888.
on what road is the administration
now travelling? Summarizing the
figures as of the end of the then cur
rent fiscal year i'm June. 1888. the |
President said: Thus we shall
have piled zip an accumulated deficit
OF FIVE billion dollars" Then he said
with the utmost seriousness, /
point out to the Congress the pro-
found effect of this fact upon our
national economy. 1t has contrib
uied to the recent collapse of our
banking structure. It has accen-
tuated the 'stagnatiOn Of the ecOno-
mic life of our people. It has added
to the ranks of our unemployed. Our s
governments house is not in order
and for many reasons no effective I
action has been taken to restore it /
TO order"
There was no suggestion then that c
the way to recovery lay through add I
Ell debt and liberal spending. Just +
the contrary. although the depres- d
sion wa smOre serious then than it n
has been since. and the number Of t
unemployed was larger then than it /,
had been before. or has been since.
Yet the chief defense of the spending u
later begun and contiuued has been c,
the need of relief. Relief was. and 81
is. necessary; but the huge spending g,
for that aud other purposes cannot h,
be justified, and it is extremely sig h,
1ifcant that increasing national III
lebt was condemned by the present h,
at its very outset. ST
The budget could be balanced, but h,
I would take courage to do 1t, a
courage that is lacking. According he
), the country is confronted with OF
lie alternative, the burdensome and ca
he dangerous procedure--with more he
pending. more debt, yet more taxes. to
Ilong such road it cannot travel ri,
Hucli farther. wi
Milford chronicle., 1936-02-28
ENC0URAeE ILOME BUILDING

The present session OF Congress is
likely to pass legislation to promote
construction Of more homes. It is
admitted that something must be
done TO encourage the use Of private
capital in such building.
Relatively little building has been
done for Six years. People have got
to see a chance to make dollar in
such construction. before you viii
see them buying lumber or hear the
ring OF the hammer. Anything that
aids business, encourages home
building. when the factories run
regularly so that people feel sure
of their Jobs, the lure Of the nice
new home nest becomes too compell- 1
ing to be resisted.