Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-02-20

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Governor Alfred NJ. Landon of Kan,
sas appears TO have taken the leaC
among Republican aspirants for tn,
nomination Of the party by the Cleve-
land convention. HIS opening speech
at Topeka, on the occasion OF the 75tt
anniversary OF the founding of Kan
sas, was well received in the East. Hi:
idea that the Constitution is the bal
ance wheel of progress plus his repu-
tation as a budget balancer in Kansas
took well.
Observers noted that his idea on re-
lief is that the money actually reach
ing the unemployed and impoverished
has not wrecked he Treasury" but
that the damage has been done by
"abysmal waste through changes OF
policy, maladministration, and ruthless
craftsmanship" Discussing whether re-
covery should precede reform the
Governor took the position that re-
covery is the greatest reform that we
can have.
On the subject of agriculture, he
was positive that farmers should re-
ceive the same protection accorded to
workers and industry by the tariff
and thought that the proper use OF
soil conservation methods would help
materially to prevent SURPRISES.
The Borah boom was picking up
strength late last week after the SEN
ator disclosed his intention of making
an aggressive campaign in Ohio. Pre-
v~iously, his apparent reluctance to en-
ter the lists permitted his opponents to
spread the idea that Mr.. Borah was
only seeking backing in the
ton to assist him in combating the
Hoover faction and the efforts of a
conservative group to write the party
platform. By actively seeking dele
gates in Ohio in opposition to Cover
nor Ross, now serving his second term
the Senator somewhat upset the CAL
culations of other prospective candid
ates.
In his recent speech in Brooklyn,
Mr.. Borah urged old age pensions OF
$50 a month for workers over 60, adj
vocated complete enforcement from
European political controversies and
saw great danger to the Constitution
through usurpation by Congress or the
Executive, although there would be no
danger, he said, in amendments by the
people themselves.
1t is interesting to note that TOUR
large trade associations have appeared
as friends of the Court" in the anti
trust prosecution of the Sugar lnstit-
ute, Inc, for the purpose OF urging
the Supreme Court to construe the
antitrust laws so that such organiza-
tons can frame agreements to protect
themselves against cut-throat compe-
tition and harmful trade practices.
This was one of the things that the
MIRA was intended to accomplish. Pre-
sentation of the brief preceded an an
nouncement from the Cotton Textile
Institute, one of the petitioners, that
its members have reached a voluntary
agreement to conform to NRA wages
and hours.
The Sugar Institute case was
brought by the government, which &C
cused some Of the principal refneries
of violating the Sherman antitrust
law through its organization and an
accompanying code of ethics. The brief
of the trade associations condemned
the RECOMMENDATION" of the NRA bun
held that it recognized the need for
action to create sound competitive
conditions and practices and stressed
the need of highly competitive indus
tries for some method to regulate evil
conditions.
Not many of our readers will be in
terested in the remarks of Norman
Thomas, left wing Socialist leader and
former candidate for the Presidency,
but, nevertheless, in the weller OF
speeches that are made, it might not
be amiss to give a little space to Mr..
Thomas, who recently took occasion to
d~ifferentiate Socialism from what he
calls State Capitalism, which he says
must inevitably lead to a Fascist die
tatorship.
The Socialist argued that his party
wishes to replace the present system,
and that President Roosevelt, as well
as MS conservative crlllCS, WISH 10
maintain the Capitalist system. De-
claring that some of the New Deal
emergency legislation was good re-
formism," Mr.. Thomas explained that
real Socialism would abolish specula-
ton, and private landlordism, and So
cialize the utility holding companies,
banks, railroads, natural resources,
power and transportation, and the
basic ~monopolies and essential a
featuring industries.
He derided Mr.. Roosevelt's State
Capitalism as the "use of bread and
circuses' to keep the people quiet
in the presence of a dying social or
der" He foresaw an inevitable econom-
ic collapse with the development of a
Fascist dictator. Against it and the
menace of war, he finds no protection
in the New Deal, no protection in the
Republican party, and less than no
protection in the Liberty League.
The United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, represented by LOO delegates in
convention at Washington, recently
departed from the traditional hands
off, political policy of organized labor
nv unanimously a%pprovinp the admin