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The Washington times., 1937-06-15
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By Isaac Don Levine

LIVERY family in the United States has share Of
~ So 1000 in the public debt of the country
The debt of the Government alone has just climbed
to the peak $3.50 following the recent bor
rowings by the Treasury Department.
addition the debts of State municipal and other local
governments total about $18,000,OOO,OOO.
public debt of may astronomical
figure read becomes real enough when it divided
by number of families which later must become
of the staggering burden.
How many families would open unlimited drawing &C
count for their How many American households
would give their hired help the of attorney to con-
tract debts for them?
collectively allowed their to do The Federal and
the local under the American system are the
servants Of the people.
They which do not produce wealth They are
the watchmen the regulators the umpes The work of the
Nation still done by the peoplethe master of the country
The bills piled up by the Government servants only
be by the producers The Government agencies which
have already morgagd every family for 900 have done so
by drawing the peoples and by using security the
peoples future production
In what this fantastic experiment carried on9 In
the name of doctrine, made popular by the government
of the people and those who would enter that prv
legged service which reads LET the Government do it
is the mother doctrine of bevy of gterng social cures
which have far ded tests in advance The peoples which
had been urd into experimenting with these remedies found
themselves sicker than ever in the end.
There scientific yardsck for the of the
panacea contained in the pill Let the Government do It.
THAT YARDSTICK is THE SIZE AND RATE OF GROWTH
OF THE PUBLIC DEBT.
The public debt is the reliable thermometer of national
health When continues and there mstak-
ing the rise in the Nations fever
Our Federal debt been growing faster than the
of development of national wealth. How long
afford to let this go on
For several years now, Uncle Sam has staged colossal
travaganza 1t all began egmatey enough the solution
to the unemployment emergency,
The solution far According to the Presl
is
ganza. The the Government spends the further the
country from the goal of balanced economic system
No government produce wealth. government can
prosper only under system of peoples ownership The recent
experience Of Europe shows that ownership spells
the peoples poverty.
To date the price of blank check $2O
family. And the limit is not yet in sight
The Washington times., 1937-06-15

When he came to this particular point the Secretary stopped
said he wanted the committee to know he wasn't Just
reading this to let the committee hear favorable comment
about himself and Senator Smith exploded with:
IF you got anything that's good about for Gods sake
read it. Don't blush do anything 60 ahead and read it."
the hearing before the Senate Committee Post Offices
and Post Roads where Senator H. Styles Bridges of New
Hampshire made his demand for investigation of the cir
surrounding the refusal of the postal authorities
to carry packages to strikers inside Ohio plants the Senator
brought package
undevered After much discussion at to whether he would
be tamperng with the mails Senator Bridges ordered
open by the committee just before he opened it, had
been testified that of the other undevered packages
suspected of containing liquor.
All eyes turned the Senator from New Hampshire.
He opened the package and took socks brightly
coored underwear bag of sailed peanuts and bottle.
The bottle wrapped in red paper and looked mighty
suspicious Careful examination proved however that it
not liquor but weknown medicine which could in
mighty handy to relieve hangover.
ID REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD NJ ATKINSON lost some
~ folding money out of his pocket while he was sitting
in the House chamber the other day.
He had no more then the chamber when Roy Brandon
acting journal clerk picked $ Without letting anyone
know it he told the other clerks and attaches
and they out eelers to if they could find
who dropped it.
In the meantime Representative Atkinson asked Major Bill
Roy assistant paramentaran, if any had found the
money. He gave the denomination of the bills and the
approximate place he had been sitting Before Mr. Brandon
heard about Representative Atkinson however the boys who
work around the Speakers desk drew up relief bill for
the Representative dropped in the hopper and then referred
it to Atkinson pass The day he got the bill in
back from Mr. Brandon, which the swlftest relief
granted to anyone by Congress. ~%s
The Washington times., 1937-06-15
Cost of Collecting

TITLE or no consideration seems to have been
IL given to the cost of collecting the half dozen
taxes with which Washingtonians are about to be
soaked
Yet in tax program which calls for raising seven or
eight million dollars Of additional that be
very important item particularly when it is recalled
that the taxes supposed to be of "emer-
gency'' nature.
Because of the complexities of the pending tax pro-
posals there is every likelihood that extensive and
expensive organization will have to be set up to admin
lister the various provisions
Quite naturally this is going to cut the amount to
be derived from the new taxes for application to the
prospective deficit.
But there is greater difficulty likely to arise
in the future from this procedure
Will it be possible to cut down this organization
the event that the future demonstrates some of these
lew taxes are unnecessary or inadvisable?
Or will the organization be kept up and will the
axes be retained simply in order to excuse the per-
0etuatlon of the organization?
so FAR AS CAN BE LEARNED NO ONE HAS
ATTEMPTED TO MAKE ANY AUTHORITATIVE
ESTIMATE OF THE SIZE OF THE ORGANIZA-
TON WHICH WILL BE NECESSARY TO COLLECT
THE PROPOSED LOCAL INCOME TAX AND THE
PROPOSED BUSINESS PRIVILEGE TAX
Yetfro the very nature of these imposts it is obvious
hat collection costs will be high
the necessity of collecting additional taxes is tenn
oorary only is it wise to create vast collection machin
Try which may become permanent?
Also if are to need this additional revenue onlv
for the coming year, could not emergency taxes be
found which would cost less from the collection
standpoint?
The Washington times., 1937-06-15
Listen. World!
BIZ Elsie Robinson

\ UEER-how completely standards change in rela
81 lively short time. Even in those things which you
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the Senate Agriculture Committee to explain
the Agriculture Adjustment bill of 1887,
just introduced
He paused in his testimony to read letter
which he said he had picked out of his
morning mail that had come from an Iowa
farmer.
The letter expressed an opinion about GER
tain agriculture policy and said that the
farmers are usually too busy working on
their crops to keep up with Congress, but
most of them just shrugged their shoulders
and said that so long as they had Wallace
in w a shin o+op tbo1, yUere oil rioht
The Washington times., 1937-06-15
Greatest Show on Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

q ENATOR ELLISON D. SMITH believes in letting the
- praises ring out-in case there is any praise.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace appeared before
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T TITLE or no consideration seems to have been
IL given to the cost of collecting the half dozen
taxes with which Washingtonians are about to be
soaked.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06

"The retirement board shall by
general rule adopt regulations and
schedules of rates of payment re-
quired of applicant who shall be-
come eligible for retirement at ages
earlier than sixty-five (6O, which
regulations shall provide for the
granting of pro rata retirement an
nuities in amounts bearing the
same ratio to full retirement an
nuity as the period in full years
of salary deductions, or assessments
received in lieu thereof, or its equi-
valent with an additional amount
representing accrued interest earn
ings, shall bear to the number of
years expressed in the above sched-
ule of minimum requirements as TO
years of contributions for a full re-
tirement annuity at any given age
of the applicant. Provided, how
ever. that the retirement board
shall not grant any full retirement
annuity or any pro rata retirement
annuity based on greater number
of years of contributions to the re-
tirement fund than then stand to
the credit of the applicant until
such member shall have been q
member Of said association for a
period of five go full years. If the
total of annuitieS shall during any
year become greater in amount
than the annual contributions, the
retirement board shall proportion
ately reduce the amount of an
nuities."
Section 6. Laws 1881, Chapter
BOT, Section 20, is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
Section 20. The retirement
board is hereby authorized and en-
powered to credit to the fund any
monies received in the form of con-
tributions, donations, gifts, appro-
priation5, requests or otherwise; and
every member of said retirement
association who shall fail to de-
mand the amount of his accumu-
lated deductions within five (5)
years after his separation or with
drawal from the public service shall
be deemed to have donated the
same to the retirement fund, un-
less he shall have retained his
membership in the retirement as
ISOLATION, a5 hereinbefore provided"
Approved April 26, 1887.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06
CHAPTER 467-H. F. No. 638
A BILL

FOR AN ACT to provide Tor the
establishment of judicial cOun-
Gil and for the appointment of its
members, and to appropriate
money for its purposes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of
the State Of Minnesota:
Section l. A Judicial Council is
hereby created for the continuous
study Of the organization, rules and
methods of procedure and practice
of the judicial system of the state,
and of all matters relating to the
administration of said system and
its several departments.
Section 2. The Judicial Council
shall consist of the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court, or some 9TH
er Justice or former Justice, ap-
pointed from time to time by the
Chief Justice for such service; two
Judges or former Judges of the Dis
trict Court, to be designated, or
who shall have been designated by
the Judges of the District Court
in annual meeting assembled; one
Judge or former Judge of Probate,
similarly designated by the Judges
Of Probate; and seven other per-
sons appointed by the Governor,
one of whom shall be Judge of a
Municipal Court, and not less than
four of the others shall be at
torneys at law of wide practical eX-
perience. OF the seven members
first appointed by the Governor,
two shall be appointed for period
of one year, two for period Of two
years, and three for a period of
three years. All appointments made
thereafter shall be for a term OF
three years and until their success
sors shall qualify, except that in
the case of vacancy, the appoint
ment shall be made to fill the I'M
expired term.
Section 3. The Judicial Council
shall report annually on or before
December 1st, to the Governor, up
on the work of the various branches
of the judicial system. 1t may al
so from time to time submit, for
the consideration of the several
courts and judges, such suggestions
in regard to rules of practice and
in regard to procedure as it may
deem advisable.
Section 4. No member Of the
Judicial Council shall receive any
compensation for his services, but
the Judicial Council shall be al
lowed, out of any appropriations
made for the purpose, expenses for
clerical and other services, and the
members of the Judicial Council
shall be allowed such expenses as
the Governor shall approve
Section 5. There is hereby ap-
propriated from any moneys in the
State Treasury, not otherwise ap-
propriated, the sum of 100000
for each of the fiscal years ending
June 80, 1888, and June 80, 1889,
for the purpose Of carrying out the
provisions of this Act.
Section 6. This Act shall take
effect on July /, 1887.
Approved April 26, 1887.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06
CHAPTER 465-S. F. No. 622
A BILL

FOR AN ACT relating to the rate
of interest on outstanding mort
cages and contracts for deed
held by the department of rural
credit.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. The rate Of interest
on all outstanding mortgages and
contracts for deed held by the De-
partment of Rural Credit is hereby
reduced to four per cent per an
mum from and after the adoption
of this act. The ConServator Of
Rural Credit is authorized and di-
rected to re-write present outstand-
ing mortgages or contracts for deed
Or make proper endorsements there
on to give effect to this reduction
in interest rate, and in rewriting
the same or in making endorse
ments thereon shall add to the prin-
cipal thereof any delinquent inter
est so that such rate of interest
shall apply to the total thereof.
Section 2. The rate of interest on
defaulted payments on such mort
cages or contracts for deed held by
the Department of Rural Credit
shall be five (59O per cent per
annum from the date of default.
Section 3. The rate of interest
on taxes. liens, judgments. assess
nlents or insurance paid by the De-
partment of Rural Credit or the
Conservator thereof on any lands
against which such Department
holds mortgages or contracts for
deed shall hereafter be five go
per cent per annum.
Section 4. All statutes prescribing
any different rate of interest for
such mortgages, contracts, taxes,
liens, judgments. assessments or in
surance are hereby amended to con-
form herewith.
Approved April Is, 1887.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06
CHAPTER 468-S. F. No. 1918
A BILL

FOR AN ACT to declare the policy
of the state to control, 50 far as
practicable, the appropriation and
use of surface and underground
waters of the state; to control
the construction, reconstruction,
repair and removal of dams and
waterway distractions and res
ervoirs in any of the waters of
the state; to devise and develop
a general water resources conser-
walton program for the state; to
provide for hearings on applica-
ton for permits and to grant
permits to appropriate and use
the waters Of the state and to
construct, reconstruct, repair or
remove dams and waterway OBJ
structions and reservoirs; to in
vestigate or examine any exist
ing reservoir, dam or waterway
obstruction; to make such rules
and regulations to enforce the
purposes of this act; to provide
for appeals from any determine
ton of the commissioner, and to
provide penalties for violating the
provisions Of this act.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of
the State Of Minnesota:
Section /. In order to conserve,
protect and utilize the water re-
sources Of the state, in accordance
With the best interests Of the peo-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06

Section LA. Laws 1925, Chapter
1856. Section 8; Laws 1927, Chapter
412; Laws 1929, Chapters 158, 800
and 407; Laws 1881, Chapters 1913
and 402; Laws 1888, Chapters 225
and 252; Laws 1885, Chapters 224
and 3S9, are hereby repealed; and
all other acts and parts of acts in
consistent with the provisions of
this act are hereby repealed to the
extent of such inconsistency.
Approved April &c, 1887.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06


course of usual operation of dams
beneficially using water prior to
July /, 1887, to change or diminish
the course, current, or cross-sec-
ton Of any stream or body OF
water, wholly or partly within this
state, without written permit
from the commissioner previously
obtained, upon. written application
on forms to be furnished by the
commissioner therefor to said COM
missioner as provided in Section 4
of this act. Nothing in this section
shall be construed to apply to any
dam or obstruction in a stream
or other body of water which has
less than one square mile of drain
age area or a normal flow Of less
than two cubic feet per second or
to the erection, use or control of
structures operated or to be OPP
Grated for the production of water
power.
Section 6. Each application for
a permit required by this act shall
be accompanied by maps, drawings,
and specifications describing the
proposed appropriations and use of
waters or of the changes, addi-
tons, or repairs, proposed to be
made, and such other data and
information as the commissioner
may require.
Section Z. AS soon as convenient
after the filing with the commits
sioner of any application for a per-
NIT to appropriate or use any wa
tiers of the state, or to construct
or reconstruct or remove or aban-
don any reservoir, dam or water
way obstruction, in any waters Of
the state under the provisions Of
this act, or upon his own initiative
for any Of the above reasons In
the interests Of conserving, utiliz-
ing or protecting the water re-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06

years, regardless of the attained
age at the time Of any such retire
ment.
From and after May 1, 1887, no
full retirement annuity or any pro
rata retirement annuity based on a
greater number of years of con-
tributions than the number of
years he shall have been mem
Der Of said association shall be
granted to any member of said as
ISOLATION who has not attained to
the age of sixty 600 years, and
with respect to any such members
said retirement board may grant
only a pro rata annuity In an
amount bearing the same ratio to
a full retirement annuity as the
period of full years of salary de-
auctions or assessments received in
lieu thereof during his membership
in the association, or its equivalent,
with an additional amount repre-
senting accrued interest earnings,
shall bear to the number Of years
expressed in the following schedule
OF requirements as to the years Of
contributions for a pro rata re-
tirement annuity at any given age
Of the applicant, to-wit: Age Fifty
nine $50, twenty-six (26) years;
age fifty-eight (58). twenty-seven
CID years; age fifty-seven (5D,
twenty EIGHT (28) years; age fifty
six (56), Twenty-Five 600 years;
age fifty-five (55), thirty 600 years;
age fifty-four (54, thirty-one CID
years; age fifty-three (53), thirty
two (32) years; age fifty-two (52) !,
thirty-three (3O years; age fifty
one (5D, thirty-four (3D years, and
age fifty !(50>, thirty-fiys (30 years.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06

or hereafter COllSlr uCC6C. IL Tile
commissioner shall determine that
such reservoir, dam or waterway
obstruction is unsafe or needs re-
pair, the commissioner shall, in
writing, notify the owner or owners
thereof to repair or remove the
same, as the exigencies Of the case
may require; such work to be COM
menced and prosecuted to compile
ton within such reasonable time as
may be prescribed in such notice
by the commissioner.
Section 10. The commissioner
shall prescribe a time limit of not
more than two years from the
granting Of any permits within
which the construction, or recon-
struction, must be begun. The COM
missioner shall also fix the time
within which all construction, re-
construction of reservoirs, dams, or
waterway obstruction authorized in
the permit must be completed, or
the appropriation or use Of water
must be made which time shall In
no instance exceed five years from
the date Of the granting Of said
permit, provided, that the commits
sioner shall have authority, for
good cause, to extend the time for
commencing and completing the
work authorized under permit
for the use Of water in connection
Herewith.
Section II. The commissioner,
with the advice and approval Of the
Attorney General, Is hereby author
lied and empowered to make such
reasonable rules and regulations
and issue such orders as may be
proper for effecting the purposes Of
this act.
Section II. Any party In interest
may appeal from any determine
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06

dltlOn thereto, a further amount
representing an accrued interest
payment, to be determined as fol-
lows:
I'm the case Of fifteen (15) years
Of additional contributions requir-
ed. an amount equal to forty-eight
(48fo) per cent of the total &C
cumulated deductions required for
such period, and in case of four
teen Q4 years Of additional con-
tributions required, or less, an
amount to be determined in like
manner, based on percentages of
the total accumulated deductions
required in each instance, as here
matter set forth, to-wit: Fourteen
Q4 years, fifty (5o%) percent;
thirteen (13) years, fifty-two (529o)
per cent; twelve CID years, fifty
four (549o) per cent; eleven cd
years, fifty-six $500 per cent; ten
Q0) years, fifty-eight $3.50 per
cent; nine 90 years, sixty (60B)
per cent; eight 90 years, sixty-two
(62%) per cent; seven CD years,
sixty-four (64f6) per cent; six CO.
years, sixty-six (66%) per cent;
five go years, sixty-eight (68To)
per cent; four "a years, seventy
T0%) per cent; three CD years,
seventy-two (72To) per cent; two
co years, seventy-four (74Ts) per
cent; one Cd year, seventy-s
(769o) per cent.
Provided, that after the total
amounts required Of such member
have been determined, as herein
before set forth, credit thereon
shall be allowed such member for
the amount contributed by him to
the retirement fund through salary
deductions, or otherwise, during the
fractional part Of any year not IN
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-04-01

thing substantial may be accomplish
ed by an addition to the membership
of the court.
Before closing, however, it would
be well to remember that Mr.. Justice
McReynolds was put on the court by
President Wilson as a trust-bursting
radical. Mr.. Justice Stone was taken
from a law firm which had more cor
porate clients than possibly any other
firm in the United States. He is today
one of the ultra liberals of the court,
while Mr.. Justice McReynolds is one
of the ultra conservatives of the court
Mr.. Chief Justice Hughes was object
ed to because he had had big corpora
tions as clients. He today is the mid
dle-of-the-road thinker of the court
This shows that detached study and
thinking results in development on
the court just as it does elsewhere inI
life.
JNO. w. HESTER.
Oxford, March 80, 1887.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-04-01
AMERICA IN THE WORLD WAR
DAY-BY-DAY

20 Years Ago Today-Seven more
French villages came back into Brit
ish hands; as troops advanced on a
five-mile front east of Baupaume. The
French took 1000 prisoners at Mon
astir But the head of the Franco
British unified command, Nivelle, still
had not grasped the full import of the
sudden withdrawal of the German cen
British plans for Spring offensive, and
the revolution in Russia.
Under Nivelle, as under Joffre, AL
lied strategy was comprehended in
the general attack of all the armies
of the Allies-an attempt, following
the example of Grant in the American
War Between the States, (whose cam
paigns had been studied in every war
college in Europe) to exert pressure
over the whole vast expanse of front
until, if by no other means, at least
by attrition, the enemy should be ex
hausted.
The Allied strategy in the campaign
of 1916 had been comprehended in like
manner-a grand concertric attack of
British, French, Italian, and Russian
armies on eastern and western fronts,
together with the Allied forces at Sa-
lonica and the British forces in Meso-
potamia and Egypt. In 1916 it had
been, on the whole, a general failure,
despite local successes.
And now, in 1917, they were trying
the same thing again, and overlooking
the fact that Russia was in collapse
The Allied High Command-like AL
lied statesmanship-from the begin
ming to the end of the campaign of
1917, was blind to the truth as far as
Russia was concerned.