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NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
EAT YOUR CAKE THREE TIMES

Our forefatherS used 10 maintain ;hat you can
not eat your cake and have it too. Starry-eyed
advisers are trying to persuade the administration
that this is an exploded superstition. As II result
of profound reasoning they have emerged with the
conclusion that you can eat your cake twce--and
still have il.
This is precisely what is being proposed regard
ing the social security reserve funds. The sugges-
ton is that these funds should be used to finance
a nationwide industrial construction and housing
drive.
Let us see. One billion dollars is being paid in
this year in old age and unemployment insurance
taxes on the assumption that these amounts will
be put in trust to meet the governments obliga-
tons on these accounts when they fall due. But
the money is being spent it comes in-for
WPA theatre project bonus paid to farmers for
acreage reduction. for ReSettlement Administration
houses, OF what not. The government acknowl-
edges the debt by issuing o US to a branch OF
itself. That is, its lefthand pocket acknowledges
that it owes so and so much to its right-hand
pocket, and its right-hand pocket acknowledges
that it owes this money in turn to the future aged
and the future unemployed The government, OF
course, is not building up a reserve in any real
sense of the term, but merely bookkeeping ac-
acknowledgement of debt 1t has already spent the
money.
Now comes the proposal that it should either
use this money to finance building program or
at least as a contingent reserve TO guarantee such
a program What money? The money it has spent?
The | O Us that it has made out to itself? These
are certainly not assets if they anything they
must be set down liabilities
This proposal in brief reflects the fantastic
notion that while the government can spend ITS
other taxes only once, it can spend its social Sc
curity taxes three times over-once to meet It's
current deficit, once to finance housing program
and once to meet its obligations under the Social
Security Act when they fall due
That this proposal could be seriously put forward
illustrates perhaps more wildly than any develop
ment so far the complete chaos Of opinion that
the existing social security fund provisions
in conjunction with an unbalanced budget have
helped 10 create. If the federal budget were bal
anced, and if congress and the majority of the
voters could be made TO understand and respect
actual theory, then the present reserve fund pro-
visions of the Social Security Act might serve
useful purpose, at least for the next few years
But financial conditions and political forces being
what they are, those provisions merely increase
the temptation to extravagant current eXpend-
lures and stimulate still further the pmg up OF
federal debt-New York Times.
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be traced into adjoining counties and seen
and recognized in the general advance,
ment of Western North Carolina.
Citizens of the county actuated by the
spirit of good will, determined to accept no
special favors from their fellow citizens
but willing and anxious to bear their pro-
portion of the costs of business promotion,
in the surrounding territory as we'll as IN
HendersOnville. will rally to this cause, we
believe.
The Times-News is confident that proper
presentation of the matter to number OF
county citizens will secure their co-Opera-
ZION and financial support in liberal way.
1T CAN BE DONE.
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NEWSPAPERS ARE WICKED

Mr.. Farleys latest effort was made over the air
on time paid for by a conservative Republican
newspaper and as it's guest speaker. The brightest
gem in this diadem of Mr.. Farley'S secondhand
thoughts whaled hell out of all newspapers in gen
eral for adulterating, changing, communicating or
so editing their publication of the remarks Of
great men that the public is deceived or cozened.
At least that is the unavoidable implication from
the postmaster generals panegyric on radio.
During the Presidents Potemkin parade through
the northwest, he quite properly praised the way
the public had been educated and Informed by
radio and the movies and he also omitted to men
ton the newspapers as being of any value as IN
struments of public information. 1t is regular
Third New Deal religion from the top down that
neither newspaper editorials, coumnists nor the
news itself tell the truth about government "un-
aduterated, unchanged uncontaminated." There
is no freedom of press in the press and no freedom
of speech. You get that only on the radio This
is the principal New Deal shbboleth from the
White House down.
There is such thing as freedom of the press.
But there is no such thing as freedom of the air.
There can't be. Radio time costs big money. Radio
is an advertising machine. Nobody can address
the radio audience unless either somebody pays for
the privilege or the speaker occupies high official
or public position Radio debate is the greatest
necessity of our time but the method is not yet
invented. The result is that propaganda goes forth
unmodified. 1t is one of the greatest Of public
dangers.
The broadcasting companies are not to blame
They are under government license. They can be
destroyed by an executive decree. The only way
they can operate is through advertising revenue
Their donations of time to public discussion must
be limited The radio is public blessing but 1t is
not altogether an "unadulterated" and "uncontam-
mated" bessing-Gen. Hugh Johnson in Charlotte
News.
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THE N EW = 6 A /
IN WA HIN IT ON

BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service stan Correspondent

a bill. II provides FOR planning
but not for actual development
of similar regional districts by
regional boards which would
make recommendations to Con-
greSS. Congress would then, If it
saw fit, have the regular depart
ments of government carry out
the recommendations. Any power
development begun in this way
would have its own individual
administrator.
The issue between the two bills,
involving congressional delega-
ton of power, is likely TO be
solved by a compromise which
would create authorities similar
to IVA for two new regions and
create planning authorities for
four others.
The IVA record is a strong
talking point for proponents OF
the Norris bill, as is the idea OF
submitting specific projects in
specific regions to a board which
theoretically would have a scien-
tific approach and a maximum
localized representation.
Army engineers, with a firmly
enrenched lobby and a diStaSte
for public power development, arc
opposed to the Norris plan be-
cause it would take from them
jurisdiction over inland navigation
food control and other aspects oil
regional planning.
The real purpose Of the power
interests is to wreck IVA and then
suit arguing against IVA constltu'
tionality will be heard by the Su.
preme Court in its present term.
Congress is unlikely to act on re-
gional planning proposals before
the court hands down its IVA de-
ciSion.
Copyright, 1887, NEA Service, IpcJ
NEXT: Budget, Taxes. Relief
and Business.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
NOTE-No unsigned eommu.
nications are published by The
Timcs-News. All letters must be
signed with the real name OF
the author. No communications
signed with a fictitious name
will be published.-EDITOR.
Tuxedo, \. {.

Tuxedo, y. {.
Editor. The Timcs-Ncws:
May make a few comments on
the beauty of the scenery III
Western North Carolina?
Always have ! loved the noun
tains, but never have | really APP
prcciatcd them until a few days
ago when stood on the summit
Of Smoky.
Nv artist soul cried out to the
beauty of nature. For it was the
harmony complete 10 the music OF
my being-lt was rest and peace
to physical WEAKNESS and to u
poet il was poetry. But most OF
ALT was a sermon no man
could preach. .
To me il was a little bit OF
heaven. and II seemed more 80 as
| gazcd into the distant and saw
clouds below me.
\ dreamer could not have
dreamed more wondcrouS thing.
Ny heart stood still as ! filled my
soul with tch beauty of all ! saw.
] had no voice TO utter speech Tor
it had taken wings.
As walkcd-my feet tr0d on
carpet of moss. The tail stately
trees were as no other trees | had
ever seen. They were of a darker
green and the woods smelled all
messy. The wild plants that grew
in the deep rich earth had 4
fragrance no other plants possess.
The thoughts that flashed into
my mind az the hearing of wild
call, brought lure Of exciting ad-
venture. And the idea Of a Turk
ing animal behind high shrubs or
fallen log gave me the feeling
of experiencing real danger.
Yet | could not stand on the
summit Of Smoky without feeling
that God was therc-giving cour-
age and faith. Knowing that the
Infinite Power is undoubtedly the
beauty in all things.
EDITH F. SHlRMAN.
y. S.-T've found that the best
motto in the world is: "Never eX-
pcct anything Of life--so that dis
appointment shall not be yours"
One of the hardest 10 live up to
but the uucst.
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WJASHINGTON.-The aims Of
w the regional planning program
which will be before Congress
are so many and diverse that It
is difficult to comprehend the
program at one gulp.
Under the Norris bill in the
Senate and the Mansfield bill in
the House. the nation would be
divided into seven planning re-
gionS, among which the Tennessee
Valley and adjacent area would
be one.
Regional authorities similar TO
IVA would plan-or initiate-the
carrying out of the Roosevelt
dream of substituting planned de-
velopment and conservation of
natural resources for the familiar
congressional pork barrel"
Flood control, prevention Of
soil erosion, reforeStation, storing
OF water for irrigation, cheap cleo
tricity, decentralization as against
urban congestion, new opportu-
mites for millions and employ
ment for the unemployed are
among the detectives,
Senator George w. Norris of
Nebraska, recently i'll, is back
here in good health. His own bill,
after putting the Cumberland
river basin and sections of the
Mississippi Valley under IVA,
would create six other planning
development authorities.
These would be set up in cor
porate form, with administrative
power over regional power, water,
forest and soil projects. Each au-
thority would operate, as does
IVA, with lump sum and dis
cretionary power to decide how,
when and where the money
should be spent.
Congressman Mansfield Of Tex
as, chairman of the House Rivers
and HarborS committee, also has
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ly.-An agricultm'iSt who would
sow weed seeds in his fields would
be fool; so the person who SowS
weed thoughts in his mind is Il
fool. ! heard a man say recently
that he did not believe he could
read constantly Il certain publ
cation without sooner or later
wanting TO commit every one of
the sins and crimes which arc
constantly featured by that pub.
LEGATION. And the man quoted:
"Vice is a monster Of 50 fright
full mien,
As to be hated needs but to be
seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with
her face,
We first endure, then pity then
embrace"
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WHO PROFITS FROM
CARNlVALS?
Editor, The Timcs-NewS:

Editor, The TlmcS-NcwS:
Will you be so kind, some time
when you run out OF editorial
material. TO write a few lines on
who profits from carnivals being
allowed to come to Henderson
county and put up just outside
the city. From my personal OBJ
seryation they would be better
inside the city limits, for then we
would feel that the city was get
ting some revenue. .
AS the situation now stands, |
have talked with business men,
like myself. who are small mdl-
viduals, dependent on the public
and in every case | find they suf-
fer, not that week, but weeks
after. Hendersonville has entire
~ too little cash in circulation
during the winter months to allow
any to go out when so little is
coming in.
If the money spent at carnivals
was spent by people who could
afford it, it would be a different
matter. But it is not. 1t is spent
by people who should spend it
with the merchants, the ones who
need it, and not wasted on fool
ishness but spent for food and
clothes which they need for win
ter.
II is true you can not have a
county fair without carnival
and | am not opposed to the coun-
ty fair. Far be from it.
But what good was accomplish
ed from the last fair or any in re-
cent years?
You can not say that we have
a drawing population to such, for
CONTINUED on page seven)
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HE KNOWS EVERYTHING

You have met the chap who pre-
tends to know everything and ev-
crybody! He has known MyIna
10y ever since she came to the
United States as a Chinese stu
dent. He has spent many vaca-
ton at Rex Beach. And he used
to take Babe Ruth out when she
was chorus girl.
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ladies sang against lots Of static
in the kitchen and without such
interference they can render some
telling music. il would be inter
csting to look i'm on that kitchen
and see how they manage to make
50 much noise without breaking
up the complete outfit. Sounds
ike heavy turnover j. involved.
The East HcndcrSonvillc male
quartet didn't have 50 much inter-
ference. This. think, was its de-
but before this organization.
These musical boys were at their
best and went over big, decidedly
50.
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strong influence
on fash 10 II i n &
O ur characters.
An field o f
I h o u = h t with
which we come
conSta n thy in
contact makes its
impress sion on
our own thought.
One should not
stick too closely
to any one field
of literature but
5 h q u q re a Il
widely and al
WAYS wholesome
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DESERVED PRAISE. Harry

DESERVED PRAISE: Harry
buchanan. the new president. de-
served all the nice things Tom
Franks said about him. He II Civ
ing lots of thought and putting
his talents and energies into the
lob. which, unfortunately, does
not carry the honor il did when
the organization had ample money
for its ambitions and undcrtak-
.ngs. Il requires time and thought,
accompanied with some harraSs.
mcntS.
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ROUGH ON HER

The life of the wife of a public
man is a hard one-for she has to
put up with not only everything
the public man has to put up with
but with the public man as well.
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BIGGER PROGRAM. Tn. or

rauization for ten years has been
trying TO make biz showings and
accomplish great thinys without
funds except the dire necessities
70 keen the office functioning. J.
II. Lamplcy heads the financial de-
nan tncnt and has launched cam.
paiga to practically double It's in
come. His goal is $74lO FOR the
wear. every penny Of which can
We spent advantagcOualy 10 Hen
Jacksonville and Henderson county.
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SESSIONS PROFITABLE

MINNEAPOLIS. CUP - More
nan 100000 in new business
as brought to Minneapolis by
2l3 conventions during the ~
lonth period ending September
0, report of the Civic and
commerce association has reveal
ed. The city was host to Sl,924
delegates.
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ANKLE ITCHING TIME

This is the season when ankles
chap and itch-sometimes all the
way to the hips. And as good a
thing as any for it is plain olive
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THE THINGS ONE READS

Tell me what d man reads,
says a wiseacrc, land | will tell
YOU what kind of man nc is
What we read has indeed a
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TEST FOR WlFEHOOD

He fell in love with her and
married her because of the cute
way she says "Hamoa."
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A photOmeter, recently installed in the Steward
Observatory at Tucson, Ariz. is capable of detect
ing light from 1OO-watt electric light bulb placed
as far away as New York City.
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Beavers have been known to build dams con
tanning three hundred tons of earth, sticks ant
stones.
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The National Jewish Welfare board was organ
lied in 1917 and has its headquarters in New York
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SONDlllONS Of DLEoSiINoS
Nations as we'll as men, reap what they SOW
Nationa! blessings are conditional. "lf thou shalt
hsarken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy
God these blessings shalt overtake thee
Blessed shalt thou be in the city in the field
thv baske, and thy store when thou CONTEST
IN when thou goest out. =" (Deut. 2S:l-6)
THE CERTAINTY OF SPIRITUAL RESULTS
II we draw nigh to God. He will draw nigh to us.
The Lord is with you while ye be with Him.
Chron. l5:2
From a "Call to Prayer"
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ONE THING AND ANOTHER
Rv WICKES WAMBOLDT
SIMILAR

oil. Put on at bedtime, it will have
disappeared by morning.
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So full of venom is snake re-
Gently found in India that the
grass and underground through
which it passes is scOrched.
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GOOD MUSIC: That group Of
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NEXT: Budget, Taxes. Relief
and Business.
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Tuxedo, y. {.
Editor. The Timcs-Ncws:
May | make a few comments on
the beauty of the scenery III
IVoctarn North CarOlinar
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BIBLE THOUGHT

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER II. 1887
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BUSINESS

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Evening star., 1937-09-12
Good Taste Today
by EMILY Post

day not only wants tea set but in
tends to use it. Ten years ago a tea
set was the last thing on brides list.
And If she had one, the chances were
small that it would ever be taken out
of its flannel bags
In detail, then, of what to serve
when cocktails play principal part, a
minor one, or none: if cocktails are to
be the principal beverage, then you
merely have tea made in the kitchen
and poured into cups and handed
around on tray with bowl of sugar,
pitcher of cream and slices of lemon
on small glass plate. But if tea is to
have equal place with cocktails and
you set tea table, or if it is to have
first place, then its setting ought to
follow conventional rules.
A tea wagon is a piece of furniture
that was given wrong name =
unless you add "cold" before the
word tea. Any trundling table or
cart is quite right for cold drinks of all
sorts, but utterly incorrect for after
noon tea. which properly follows fixed
conventional ceremony. Any medium
sized table will do if it is low enough.
Qt ought to come down to within
three or four inches above your knees
"a card table is much too high.)
The hostess = or possibly someone in
her place = sits at the table and pours
hot tea. She never stands beside a
table or wagon or sideboard and
dispenses it as she might were it cold.
On the table is first spread a tea
cloth. In a modernistic house on
table of chromium and glass, the tea
cloth might be dispensed with. But
Evening star., 1937-09-12

celery salt and lemon came in. Orange
juice or sometimes pineapple Juice
was included as well as tomato cock
tail, and then back came tea!
Today | can give dozen examples
of the increasing popularity of tea, but
a typical one is scene on Long Island
last spring in the house of a couldn't
be-more-prominent- modern young
hostess. The scene SO exactly dupli-
Gated the everyday one of twenty or
thirty years ago, that ones first i'm
preston was of "cutbaCk" in a
moving picture story, except that the
furnishings of the room and the clothes
OF four young women at a bridge table
were plainly modern.
On the lawn outside the French
windows, the six very small children
of the bridge players were playing by
themselves. Each mother when she
was dummy" went to look after the
children until the next who became
dummy" took her place. The tea
table was set on the lawn just outside
the window, and at the end of rubber
they all took few minutes off for tea.
The children - ages between two and
four - did exactly as children of
yesterday used to do. The bigger ones
handed" cups and plates, and then
all received small cups of cambria tea
with a cracker or a cookie for them
selves.
Since then l have had plenty of
proof that this particular picture is
not exceptional am told not only by
brides whom / know and in letters
from others, but by silversmiths too.
that the representative bride of to-
Evening star., 1937-09-12

other. And yet there is no question
at all that the trend of the moment =
l am perfectly serious - is back to
tea | am not writing about people of
yesterday; as far as l can see, they
are not changing. l am writing of the
youngest and the most fashionable
of this modern day.
BY this do not mean that cocktail
parties are not given by the smartest
and youngest, but | do mean that
there is decided return to popular
ity of the old-fashioned five O'Clock
tea table - mullins, crumpets, straw
berry jam, and all.
In the late afternoon the tea table
has actually come back into its own as
the center of the domestic scene. And
the younger and smarter the people
who compose the scene, the more
likely is this tea-table picture to be
true.
When prohibition came to an end,
the tea table was almost extinct out
side of the houses of the conserva-
lively old fashioned Come in for a
cup Of tea" had been almost entirely
replaced by Come in for cocktails" !"
If one who did not like alcohol went to
a party for the sake of sociability,
there was not a chance that anything
else would be offered. Then tomato
juice, highly seasoned with pepper.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Too much soft food-not enough hard chewinq
-thot's how gum troubles often stort!
Ga>@<@ @MY
TO IPANA and MASSAGE

YYOW TRIVIAL how insignificant =. e.
i L that tinge Of pink" seems when it
appears on your tooth brush But don't
ignore it. Neglect of that simple warning
can lead to serious trouble even the
ruin of lovely smile.
Pink tooth brush is only warning
but when you see it, see your dentist.
You may not face serious trouble. but
your dentist is the best judge Usually,
however, he'll tell you it is merely an
other case Of tender gums caused by our
modern soft foods - foods that deprive
the gums of the stimulation and exercise
they need for health Generally his advice
will simply be more work and vigorous
Evening star., 1937-09-12
n: = :: :;::: e.:

Out certainly
in the majority
of American
communities
the invitation
will you come
in for a cock
tail?" outnum-
d eT S G v er "
Evening star., 1937-09-12

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