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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-11
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The November election went this
way and that in various places,
with offices of minor Importance in
most instances, and local or group
consi6era tior IS as controlling fac
tors. In New York City the issue
was Tammany control and in other
regions the fight was waged to a
large extent between the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and the
c. I. o. If election issues could be
held strictly to party lines, polite
ians would miss many a sleepless
night. At every political banquet,
the local issues ghost walks in and
takes its seat, to the equal discom-
fort of Democratic and Republican
managers, and nothing can be done
about it, since, after all, politics
like charity begins at home.
AS an aid to business recovery,
the coming session of Congress prob
ably will be called upon to rule
on the propriety of letting down
the bars little in the matter of
taxes on the undistributed profits
of corporations, it being the view of
many that business would be bet
ter if corporation, like an individ-
ual, were permitted to have more
freedom in laying aside something
for rainy day. So far as the in
weston is concerned, the American
Telephone and Tel graph Company
furnishes good example of what
corporation can do if not comp lied
to live from hand to mouth. On the
other hand, the investor is not the
orly one concerned. The White
House up to the persent time has
had little or nothing to say upon the
subject of reducing the excess prof
its tax. The subj5ct is one of many
upon which the approaching ses-
sion of Congress and the Pr sidcnt
will have to get together.
8
In Tennessee a young man COM
mits suicide after an auto brush IN
which little damage was done. For
tunately the average auto driver is
made of Steiner stuff. Judging by
tn number of bent tenders one sees
on the streets, in the possession of
grumbling irate but living own.rs,
the tendency after a fender-dent-
ing match is to jump, not into the
river but upon the other fellows
neck.
The Treasury deficit is reported
at 1852, 4O3, 216.54. No comm mt is
made on the figures in round dol
lars, but the fifty four cents is ir-
rating It does seem as though by
passing the hat or otherwise, the
cents might have been kept out Of
the public print. Five million dol
lars is a respectable sum for the
United States Treasury to owe but
think of the United States being
dunned for fifty-four cents in addi-
ton.
Japan is willing to take up. the
matter of peace with no outsiders
present. China is for peace too,
provided that Japan gets out of
Chinese territory Britain and Ger
many are at odds over affairs in the
Orient. Everything considered, the
well known dove seems to be hav-
ing a hard time of it. George Ber-
nard Shaw, who is supposed, by
himself at least, to know a great
deal about everything, says that on
ly the United States and Russia
could survive another world war.
What would become of the rest of
the world is not stated. Pennsyl-
vania appears to be the only place
where there is comparatively Sc
curity. Only six persons were killed
during the first two days of the
hunting season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-12
Three Roads to Peace
Worth Following

THREE seemingly unrelated news items encourage those
Americans who without being pacss Of the crackpot
variety keep their country out OF foreign wars
and foreign out of their country.
1. Eighty-five fighting planes are added to our
air forces go
@ deserved rebule is administered by Mrs Franklin
Roosevelt to those students who take the Oxford oath
never to bear arms in defense Of the United States
sentative Il Ludlow Of Indiana, ToRB1DDNG coNGREss
TO DECLARE WAR (unless American territory is IN
vaded) WITHOUT A REFERENDUM BY THE PEOPLE
These three items all tie up together
Lacking powerful Defense of which the air force per-
hap MOST important element America invites attack by
stronger nations And not directly attacked can
be drawn into foreign by interference with American
rights, proved in 1917
It true that IS planes are miseraby small addition to
an air which ranks below that of nearly all the
larger nations But it is step in the right direction and as
such, welcome
for the student oath with which of the youth of
the land amusing themselves they of the pattern
unpreparedness
An aggressive foreign nation which believed America
would not defend itself would be only willing to take
advantage of that situation.
The Oxford oaths not regarded seriously by most
Americans but they help to spread the false impression
abroad that young citizens soft lot That does not
make for peace and Mrs Roosevelt has treated the students
of the United States little subject
which badly needs it.
Of general interest," however, is the Ludlow proposal
to hold popular referendum before declaring
It reads:
Except in the of invasion Of the United States
and territorial possessions and attack upon its citizens
residing therein the authority of Congress to declare
shall not become effective until confirmed by majority
of all votes cast thereon in nationwide referendum
1t is doubtful if this nation any nation would
AGGRESSIVE war if its PEOPLE-those who furnish the
soldiers and pay the blswere allowed to vote the
question.
War defense of ones land is another matter The
Ludlow plan would affect that first duty of the citizen"
It would not weaken-rather it would strenghen-PRE-
PAREDNESS FOR PROTECTION.
But would prevent the shipping of American boys abroad
fodder without the consent of the fathers and
mothers of Americaand that something which every
American father and mother should have the right
heard, and WILL HAVE if the Ludlow amendment is
adopted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-12
Rebuild Merchant Marine
BuJ. T. Williams, Jr.

LII history ancient and modern reveals the supreme i'm
"A portance of the in the life of men and nations
From the time of the earliest struggles between Rome and
Carthage until the present. the influence of power has
been decisive factor in the making Of history.
power consists not only Of the combat ships and
aircraft Of he fleet being but also Of its indispensable
auxiliary an adequate Merchant Marine
In calling therefore, upon the Congress to provide forth
with for the restoration Of the American Merchant Marine
President Roosevelt applying the lessons of history
The decline of the Merchant Marine has reached point
that threatens alike American and American de-
tense.
Over so per cent of our merchant ships still afloa will be
obsolete in five years
Except for oil tankers single seagong vessel Of the
passenger combination general carrying type was
under construction American Shpyard for either the
domestic the foreign trade in the year 1885,
For the fifteenth consecutive year, not single sea-gong
ship Of the general cargo carrying type has been built in
American shipyard for foreign trade.
Under the circumstances therefore, the only Merchant Ma
rne that will supply the needs of the American people is
made up of new ships.
only way to get ships of the modern type be-
fore it is late build them and to begin the building
To restore the Merchant Marine is policy. It is
policy long ago established by the Congress. 1t is policy
written into the National Defense Act The policy
declared in the Merchant Marine legislation Of 1928 and Of
that which took its place in 1885,
There is plenty of policy on the subject.
What needed action by the Congress which alone
vote the money Then action by the Executive Branch
to which is entrusted the Constitution the task of
spending that money honestly and wisely
The verdict of history will fix the blame for the dap
dated condition into which Merchant Marine has fallen
in the last decade No member of the Legislative Execu-
tive Branch of the Federal Government who shares in this
blame will be able to escape the verdict of history.
Now however, is the time for long and quarrelsome
debate about where the blame should be placed.
Now is the time for legislation by the Congress that will
the way provide the money begin the rebuilding
of American Merchant Marine capable of restoring the
American Flag to its rightful place on the sea.
This mission is thus defined in existing law:
To carry Americas domestic waterborne commerce and
substantial portion of Americas waterborne export and
import foreign commerce.
To provide shipping service all routes essential to the
maintenance of the flow Of this at all times
To serve naval and military auxiliary in time OF war
national emergency
In his message the Congress the other day. President
Roosevelt put the case convincingly when he said
THE American people want to use American ships Their
Government it to them to make certain that such ships
are in keeping with national pride and national needs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-12
Another Eclipse
Bu Isnac Don LeUine

HF longest total eclipse in all human history will occur
l. on July 216S mere couple of centuries from
time Two centuries but brief moment in the life Of
the universe. They epoch in the history Of man.
Will our civilization last that long? Is there relation
ship between the periodic epes of civilization and the total
eclipses Of the SUM-
The longest eclipse in 200 years occurred on Tuesday,
June If group Of observers neighboring planet did
watch the preparations earth for the solar phenomenon
across the Pacific they could not possibly have suspected
that the enteprng human species was itself undergoing
partial eclipse
Outside of the path of the solar eclipse where much
activity being displayed by bands Of scientists other
forms of activity being carried by the human race
There was labor war in the United States civil in Span
terror in Russia religious persecution in Germana signs
of a partial eclipse of civilization on earth.
Along the boundaries Of the suns effaceent the distant
observers would have perceived magnificent concerted at
tack on the heavenly From the peaks Of Peru to
bsering little equatorial island in the Pacific there
stretched series Of expeditions armed with odd instruments
trained upon space.
Over the Andes at a height Of $4,000 feet, band Of
uan creatures known to us as scientists recorded from
an airpane the progress of the across the SUM-
From the SHOEMAKER ship the center Of the path Of the
eclipse similar taken by another group OF
snghters Still another company OF enthusiastic explorers
of the sky challenged the mysteries of the universe from
tiny island.
The record of the latest total eclipse hailed the great
est triumph of astronomical science in 5000 But how
much progress has science really made in these thirty CEN
turtles?
The first recorded total eclipse in history occurred in
Babylon on June 20, 1869 B. G.
The second recorded total eclipse passed at Nineveh on
June IA, 1852 B. G.
BABYLON and Nineveh were the first civilizations to
in the endless quest of pure science For the beginning Of
all science is astronomy parent of the calendar Where
are Babylon and Nineveh todayf
Modern astronomers have precise and wonderful insru-
ments The Chadeans studied the movements OF the planets
and the stars with their naked eyes Their panetarum was
the heavenly vault And yet they could predict epses to
within an hour Of their occurrence!
The inhabitants of Babylon and Nneveh dreaded ecses
AZ portents of disaster the Indians in Peru were
seized with terror when the boted out their
heads this week. :.
Modern man has no such fear He mbued with the IN
vncbtv of science Science has opened to many engas
of nature and spread before many magic treasures
But science has taught us how master the art OF
living how to arrest the ecpses of civilization, how to
escape the fate Of Babylon and Nneveh
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-12
Broken Tax Reed

A S THE main support of the proposed new tax pro-
N gram for the District the local income tax is very
likely to prove to be broken reed.
Under the tax bill at present drawn and prepared
for consideration in the House the bulk of the expected
deficit would supposedly be met by the proceeds of this
new form of local taxation.
Rut no one on earth can give definite or even rea.
sonably reliable estimate OF how much money would
be obtained from this source.
Similarly no earth can tell who would nave
to pay the tax.
And furthermore, no on earth can tell now
whether any provision of the bill will be held to be
Constitutional should pass Congress and reach the
courts.
Under those circumstances it is mystery why some
members of Congress insist upon placing reliance on
this tax.
Members of the House District Committee seemingly
believe that they have eliminated members OF Con-
gress as local income tax payers.
Thev acted under the plainly voiced threat that II
the bill provided that members Of the House had to
nav the tax they would send the bill right back to the
committee -
THAT ISN'T A PARTICULARLY BRIGHT PIC
TURE TO PAINT OF OUR GREAT NATIONAL
LEGISLATORS, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF ALL
THE ADMINISTRATION CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE IMMORTALITY OF TAX AVOIDANCE AND
TAX EVASION.
IF members of Congress are exempted from the pro-
vision of the income tax BILL then certainly every other
Government employe is similarly entitled to exemp-
ton.
And if all Government employees are to be exempted
in order to save the face of Congressman who vote for
their own exemption then the entire burden Of this tax
is going to fall on small part Of an already highly
taxed population.
If that is the best program the House of Repre-
sentatives can devise for making up deficit created
bv the failure of the Federal Government to meet Its
financial obligation to assist in the maintenance of the
National Capital then the Congress may as we'll throw
in the sponge and let the city of Washington sink into
bankruptcy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-12
Keep This Pledge

Resolved: That it be the sense of this contention
that committee should be appointed by the Congress
of the United States to make study OF and to report
ON the oruntna to the residents of the District OF
Columbia the right of suffrage. Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia
June &c, 1886.
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vacancy and the bi-Senator Joseph T. Robinson who is
the spearhead in both the angles took time off to read the
newspapers
are interested and in the way of little cheshumpng
the Administrations victories articles from the daily papers
which attest says he:
proof Of Permanent Economic Progress"
It's boom.
Fun Behind the Scenes
OTRKE strike Read all about the strike in the House
~ Office Building
Of course was only in fun but turned out everyone
certain corridor in the old House Office Building until the
hulabaoo died down.
started when secretary rushed into another ONCE mold
ing copy of popular magazine with picture Of several
congressional secretaries who photographed to illustrate
story that they forming secretary union. It might
have been the weather. it struck the Of them funny
thew called u one of the secretaries who in the picture
and razzed him numerically All of sudden the other
''Voikers, arise! Organize! Are you slaves7"
And grabbing up large envelopes which he held in front
and behind him for imaginary pacards ne burst out OF the
office and in front of door the hall which ne be-
gan to picket, shouting:
Don't 60 into this office Don't 60 into this office This
Congressman is unfair to constituents"
Amid peas of laughter bobbed Of doors down the
hall They cheered the picket until began
to call:
what you'll get for interfering with the o. mail? Who's
going to send out the baby boos The babies Will staVe Go
back to work. You can't strike"
And then swiftly had started the buresque
and back to work they went and very much relieved
mr. EDGAR BoCOCK, superintendent of Gallnger Hos
~ pta desperately needs assistant he is going to kill
himself by overwork This prediction made to Congress
during the hearings the 1898 appropriation bill for the
District by Frederick W. MReynod chairman Of the Board
of Public Welfare. Mr.. McReynods testified:
There should be assistant at $600O Senator man
competent leave there that DR. Bocock can get away
for few days and forget the whole thing Otherwise ne
is going to kill himself. He is tremendous hard worker
and works very long hours but human being can carry
indefinitely the load he is carrying.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-12

The chronic grlevers and regretters--
The sensitive souls
The people who are always misunderstood
The terrible tribe Of the self-conscous--
And and on, far into the blight
DOeful Details
Each and every Of these pests will Indignantly deny
that thew are concee They will protest that they are the
humbes and harassed Of Gods children And to prove
their point they will hereupon proceed to drag out each dole
full detail of their suffering =. -.
The inferiory complex will relate at length now MS LIE
blasted in youth. -,
Having spent several in such premnarles ne Will
get down serious business and depict failures trtra
tons frets and flutterings Of his subsequent career
chronic grever regardless OF how ancient ms rle VIII
The regreter will for the month time confess his trans
erosion and parade his remorse -,
The sensitive soul the martyr and the misunderstood will
insist stripping their bleeding hearts and dish the dirt ad
lib on the unfeeng brutes who done the dire deed.
for the seconscous there end to their wheezes
and walls According them, they're nothing but broken
flowers in pubc nothing break them, even bend
'em, if they get your ear
And having finished which they rarely d. each of
these big cry babies will protest that there isn't atom OF
conceit in them.
But as matter of fact there's nothing else For not
thought concerned them during their endless rectals but
the thought of self.
All about them people who have suffered ten times
much as they what's that to them Nothing whatever
Their whnes and whmpers their boots and how alone have
Importance.
Could Find Cure
No braggart boosted of his exploits more loudly ana
long than of their miseres No egost more
completely sunk in his complacent conceit
And of course that's why they what they arehuman
focus on the world about them they could find for
their ailments But nothing doing For if they were cured
how could they hog the Spotlight
stand plain sckup I'm frequently one myself
w Copyright 1881. BY King Features Syndicate Ins1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-12
Greatest Show on Earth
Ru Frnnk MiLLer Smith

ID OWING from the hips in his usual gallant way Senator
- Robert Reynolds paid tribute to the women in politics
TODAY in commenting Mrs Roosevels trip North Caro-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-12

lima, he said:
"The part that women are playing In ma
tional affairs is no better evidenced than IN
the records of our current great national
conventions.
I'm this connection, it is interesting to note
that at the Democratic National Convention
of 1912-the first attended by President
Roosevelt there were only two women dele
gates. But at the convention Of 1882, which
nominated our illustrious President, there
were 2OS women delegates and more than
that in 1885,"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-12
Listen, World!
BIZ Elsie Robinson
NCONCETT

0ONCEIT curious thing Most of recognize but one
" form of it-being stuck up But indeed, that is the
simplest form Of concet and the easiest to endure.
The conceted people not the vain and Boosting
bimbos--
They're the lads and lasses with the inferority
plexes-
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Time for u. S. to Call
Halt on Union Racket

TO the Editor Of The Star:
If, as one of your writer's has stated,
the President has done a right-about-
face and is now proposing legislation to
regulate hours and wages, so let 1t be!
It is far better to have the Govern
ment do the debating, If it must enter
into the affairs Of private industry, than
to have the entire personnel of the auto
and steel industry placed at the mercy
of such men as John L. Lewis and his
gang of strong-arm men. The only
possible interest Lewis has in the labor
ing man is the dues he will collect. One
look at him will convince any man that
he is not playing the role of big brother"
to the worker; on the contrary, he would
throw him out of the union the first
time he failed to pay his dues. and being
out of the union, he is out Of Job.
The biggest legalized racket in the
world is being sanctioned by the Gov
ernment under the heading of union
labor" now under the leadership of
John L. Lewis, who, by comparison,
makes Capone look like piker. It Is
time the Government put stop to this
racket by prohibiting the payment or
collection of dues That would put Lewis
and his gang back to work earning
money instead of growing rich at the ex-
pense of the workers.
H. E. CHAPMAN.
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Monarchy in Austria.

Agitation for restoration of monarchy
in Austria has reached point at which
discussion is divided mainly over the ques-
ton whether the throne shall be re-
established with the glamorous trappings
Of the defunct Hapsburg empire or con-
fined to a kingdom rigidly hedged by
constitutional restrictions. The debate is
proceeding on lines which would indi-
cate that royal regime is only ques-
ton of time. That is circumstance
eQualed in importance only by the fact
that Austrians have come to feel that
Monarchy is the only form Of govern
ment likely to save them either from
falling into Naz clutches and becoming
the tail of Hitler's kite, or conversion of
the country into a Fascist state that
would be nothing but an appendage
Of Rome.
Amid the storm of pro and con mon
archist propaganda, Chancellor Schusch-
nigg has taken . hand in the contro-
versy. The heir to the Inflated Dollfuss
supposedly faTors restoration because it
NAV ba tina nations only salvation
Evening star., 1937-02-06
Property of the People.

The Commission of Fine Arts has done
well to include In its annual report q
strong statement which properly lays
stress on the fact that Washington, as
the Capital City, belongs to the people
of the United States" and that Congress,
acting for the people, "is the sole re-
sponsible ruler accountable to the
people for the administration Of its
affairs, and also for its development as
the seat of government of great and
powerful Nation"
Only the idea of the City of Washing
ton "as essentially national in character
will suffice to meet the just expectations
of the American people," the report says.
"It is only by the full realization Of all
these fundamental considerations Of re-
sponsibility, not only for the present. but
also for the future, that the visions Of
the founders can be made actualities.
The spirit of Washington, typified by his
monument = should be the guide and
the criterion of our efforts today"
With this conception of the Capital
City in mind, the Commission of Fine
Arts repeats the suggestion made in the
past-that the end Of controversy over
fiscal relations lies in adequate appro-
priations by Congress for support and
maintenance of the District, leaving to
be raised by taxation such amounts as in
fairness the property owners within the
District should pay"
In theory the suggestion is sound. In
practice there has developed the tend
ency of increasing the local burden, not
to make available more money for ade-
quate development and support OF the
Capital City, but to cut down the amount
of the national appropriations. Thus
maintenance and development seek the
inadequate level represented in local tax
revenues, with consequent delays in Capt.
ital development and deterioration OF
services for maintenance.
Success Of the Commissions plan for
fiscal relations peace depends upon the
conception of Washington as the Ma
tions Capital, the property of all the
people. If that conception is retained,
Congress might always be expected to
make available the national share of
Capital City expenses But when the
conception is lost-as it has been in the
past-the local community is over
burdened with financial responsibility
(without the power which should ac-
company it, and the ideal of Capital
City development suffers in consequence.