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to have his say. Strangely enough
the General has cast aside what
ever VeXation he has had concern
ing his careers turn and speaks
his little piece for what he evi-
IDENTIFY earnestly hopes will be the
benefit of the nation which he
has served as a soldier for so
many years.
During the last Congress, if you
remember, General Hagood was
called before the Military Affairs
Committee to testify. Somewhere
along the line and because of the
conflicting stories, it's not entire
ly clear, General Hagood was given
to understand that it would be all
right for him to speak his mind
freely. 1t was something Of the un-
usual, this release from the nor
NAL effect of military discipline
which demands that soldiers in
time of war or peace must do just
what they are ordered to do and
no back talk. In any event General
Hagood came up to the Hill and
spoke his little piece. Some Of it
was couched in the language that
our warriors learn from the time
they become second "louies." It
didn't set very well and General
Hagood, apparently seeing the
handwriting on the wall, asked
that it be deleted.
The upshot of the whole thing
was that the General was sus-
pended, transferred and finally re-
tired despite the holler and the
panic that some of his friends
started.
Now General Hagood has writ
ten a book. It is entitled "We Can
Defend America" It will be pub
lished in two weeks. In a straight
forward style that shows a com
plete lack of restraint holding the
tongues of the soldiers in the serv.
ice, the General gives you the pic
ture of how this country stands
with regard to i1nminence Of new
var.
It will be doubly interesting to
peruse. First because of the back
ground of this soldier and second
because he promises a plan that
will leave this country with its
skirts clean in case Europe is
again embroiled. Members of Con
gress will be especially interested
in it.
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the District for imposing It's bur.
dens on the people who live here.
Under the new formula evolved
by the new committee it's UP to
the District to pay the Federal
Government for staying here.
So if you run a boarding house
or a hotel or some such public
accommodations the next time you
have a guest it'll be up to you to
pay him for staying instead Of
him paying you-or don't you be-
lieve there is very much logic in
this fiscal report?
The Washington times., 1937-01-12
ANOTHER CHAPTER

Another Californian, Represent
ative Jerry Voorhis, a new Demo
crat, recites in his chapter that
after making a goodwill tour Of
Germany for the Y. M. C. A. fol-
lowing his graduation from Yale
he returned to the United States
and worked as a cowboy in Wyo-
ming, handled freight on the
railroad, and worked in an auto
mobile assembly plant.
The Washington times., 1937-01-12

ITS PIECE.
"A reck ! e S S
notion" warned
the Gloom s.
Opening t h {
door to impu-
dent chatter
m i S C h i e vous
radicalism
But we be.
lieved in t h e
youn g S t e erS-
a n d took a
chance. Result ?
The most smash.
inc and SI1rnriS.
ing victory in
pau,Spnper 1bis.
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tory. AS you'll know if you've been
following the column for the last
three weeks. Never have editorial
desks sagged under such loads of
honest, healthy argument.
Were You one of those who
said the Younger Generation was
composed of spineless nincom-
poops? Then eat your words, Of
CarperI Here's proof, by the ton,
The Washington times., 1937-01-12

The "Profes-
Sor" in this in
stance will be
none other than
Maj. Gen. John
son Hagood, U.
s. A., retired.
General Hagood
is the doughty
W a rrior who
took a recent
C o n g reSSional
c o m mlttee at
It's word and
landed on the
retired list.
Now, General
HnnnnL. .n znsAH
The Washington times., 1937-01-12

So we started what we thoughts
would be a weekly Youth article.
Decided to give YOUNG AMERICA
THE STUMP EVERY MONDAY
IN THIS SPACE LET TT SAY
The Washington times., 1937-01-12
The Greatest Show on Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

A little lesson in freedom of
speech is to be given this Congress
before the month is out.
The Washington times., 1937-01-12
TUESDAY, JANUARY IL, 1887

published
Northwest Washington
Lambe c.
The Washington times., 1937-01-12

A proposal of marriage, like
is seldom premeditated-
but just an involuntary act com.
mitted in moment of temporary
delirium.
The Washington times., 1937-01-12

A popular screen lover Is the
dashing sort of daredevil that
every husband fancies he MIGHT
have been, if he'd never married.
The Washington times., 1937-01-12

Marriage is the point at which
an author ceases writing his best
love-scenes from life, and begins
writing them from memory.
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where one has failed and Is re-
garded by ones associates as a
failure. That is why so many per-
sons make good after they leave
the home town.
But every rule has it's exeep-
tons and the foregoing rule is no
exception, TO wit:
The superintendent Of manu-
featuring company was called in
to the office of the president Il
am going to make my son super
intendent of this plant" announc-
ed the president brusquely.
"That is all right" replied the
superintendent pleasantly. Would
you like me to stay on as his as
sistant?"
"WiIl you?" asked the presi-
dent in gratified surprise. That
will be fine. II you will, your sal
airy will remain as it is" ii,
The ex-superintendent's posi-
ton after his demotion was not
altogether agreeable. Some of the
employees felt sorry for him. 9th
ers looked down on him. Buttthe
SON was grateful to have the ex-
superintendent to guide him. He
was so grateful that few years
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NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
TUE coNcREssMANlis IHRicUINc

The public IS properly interested in the fiscal
PHILOSOPHERS of cansrei'n.n Bsb D'ash'0H OF our
oxn state = ~
He i. chairman of the ways and means commit
tee that deyses the taxation policy for the United
States He ought to be an expert Of the more
advanced brand on this subject. ...--
Speaking the other day 70 the Kfwanians, Mr.
Doughton expounded MS views in a fashion that
aEouses our curiosity.
He said; .-
Taxes should not be lowered, but as expendi-
lures are reduced the saving should be applied on
the national debt in preparation for future de-
preston"
The eongressman's opinion inspires An inquiry
or
While the taxpayers of the nation would like TO
have some idea, of course, what is ultimately
to be done with the revenues they pour into the
federal treasury, at the moment they will be more
interested in the question as to when "expendi-
lures are reduced"
Until these expenditures are reduced, it Is hard
y worth while discussing the proposition OF using
federal revenues for any new purposes.
There is no indication now that these expendi-
lures are TO be reduced The last congress raised
them. The next viii probably do the same.
The second interesting point in the congress
mans theory has to do with federal savings "for
the next depression"
Our understanding has been that the present
national administration has been spending billions
Of dollars to get the nations economic affairs in
such shape that there could never be another de-
preston.
Has not this objective been given as the reason
for the theory and practice of spreading and dis
triouting wealth?
Has l. not been the excuse for the enactment Of
social security legislation that would cushion all
classes Of our people against the day of adversely
Has this not been the announced inspiration for
much O: the New Deals social and industrial legis-
lation designed to improve the economic status of
the masses and TO make them immune against the
possibility Of ever again being caught victims
! in the sweep Of a financial collapse?
! Perhaps We nave misiTerpreted the purposes Of
these programs, but, even So We do seem to recall
utterances from high sources in Washington 70 the
effect that the New Deal going to work out
for the American people system of economic life
that would never again impose upon them the pun
! ishments chargeaole to what they called the Old
Deal.
It's severe disappointment to have intimations
from such an authority as Congressman Doughton
that the administration now admits that the posi-
oities of more depressions in the future have not
been ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Observer.
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BAD APPLE SITUATION: II.

r. NfSwonger, state extension hor-
ticulturist, when in the county
Friday observing apple orchards
with Farm Agent G.. ID. White, de-
plored the fact that sprayed APP
pies were selling from % to Is
cents bushel and expressed the
opinion that a partial solution
could be reached by growers use,
individually or collectively, of air
cooled storage houses.
Mr.. Niswonger said these would
serve to keep the crop off the
market for IS to 30 days, which
would be a big help in removing
drops and inferior stock, holding
off the market the better grades
for better prices, or for cold stor-
age in winter.
Under present conditions, with
very limited suitable storage. tens
of thousands Of bushels are rush
ed on the market from Western
Carolina when there is not suf-
fcient consumer demapd 70 waT,
rant fair price. The happy
ideal would be cooperative stor-
age and marketing but the grow
ers have a long way TO 90, men,
tally, before reaching this stage.
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LOGICAL CONCLUSION

II the maze Of domestic politics is incompre-
hensible, how much more IS the situation when
il IS extended 10 the international field.
Behind the present crisis which impends in Eu-
rope is ali the confusion OF the worlds churning
eross-curents the rise and clash Of communism
and fascisi, the collapse Of collective security the
disregard OF covenant and treaty Obligations, the
technique Of undeclared war as it applied to the
Italian conquest of Ethiopia and more recently
20 the Spanish conflict, which Germany and Italy
have virtually taken over, and the Sino-Japahese
battle in the orient.
Naturally these more immediate Developments,
however much they may have derived from cumu-
lative events, figure more prominently in the con-
lecture Of the present. Japan is tied up in the
far east, considerably more occupied than its mill
tarists anticipated, and Russia therefore has
freer hand with which 70 deal with it's fascist OPP
pOnents both there and in the European theater.
The japanese Involvement, on the other hand, has
served to bring the three fascist powers that much
closer together. China has announced non-ag-
greSsion pact with Moscow. Germany in turn has
revealed similar defensive agreement with
Toxic Hitler in his Nurnberg deliyerance to the
Nazi party, emphasized the solid front Of Italy,
Germany and Japan and declared that they would
stand firm and united against world advances of
communism; the map which he offered to show
these dyances embraced significantly enough, Eng
land
Into this picture Of confusion, yet withal para
doxical understanding of action by the worlds die
tators is tossed the socalled piracy in the Med
terranean, each of the maneuvering nations seek
ing to place the blame therefor on the other. Does
it suffice to say that such destruction Of shipping
is but natural outgrowth of the attitude which
appears to prevail? When collective security has
erumbled when undeclared wars, termed coloniz-
ing, outstanding and ciyilizing expeditions, go
unmolested, when international law, such, Is no
longer practieed respected, what is more logical
than wanton destruction Of shipping By unidenti-
hed u-boats? 1t is the harvest Of what has been
sown these recent years, the sickening spectacle
of the state of affairs in which the world finds
itself.-Greensboro News.
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THOUGHTS WHILE THINKING
By WICKES WAMB0LDT

later when MS father died and ne
succeeded to the presidency Of
the company. ne elevated the ex-
superintendent 20 the place of
general manager.
And if a man has reached the
point in life where he would logi-
cally give way to a younger man,
ne should not allow himself TO
feel bad If he is eased down or is
put into some face-saving posi-
ton. This life is thing Of change
and succession, and We should ac-
cept eheerfully that which can
not be cured.
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Britain Planning.
Plane Troops OF
1 Lightest Weight

D! A,t 49, -" -.
LONDON. Sept. l3.-UPp-
Britain intends 70 create a. new
military unit composed Of men
weighing less CHAN ll2 pounds
for aviation purposes, the Sunday
Referee said today. (
The men will be carried on
troop planes" whenever a small
expeditionary force is required.
By using small men, the war
office car pack one-third again
as many soldiers into a plane, the
paper said. :
The very light infantry" will
De paid higher rates than ordina-
~ infantry and will be stationed
in India and Egypt, it added.
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CONSTITUTION REFLECTS NATIONS
FAITH, IDEALS
CBy BRUCE CATION

perbaps the most encouraging thing
about the Constitution Of the United States
IS the fact that after living under II for lou
years we are still arguing about Its precise
meaning.
That means that the document Is 1leM-
BILE. Being flexible, it is adaptable to chang
ing times. Because this is true, 1t can OBEY
that memorable law Of nature-"adapt OF
die"
That fact is a good one 10 keep In nina
this fall, as we celebrate the Constitution 5
sesquicentennial.
We might save ourselves good deal OF
argument about horse and buggy days
and the fact that the founding fathers did
not foresee this era of sea-to-sea highways,
giant corporations, mass production and so
ON. For while it is quite true that the coun-
try for which the Constitution was devised
contained none Of these things, it IS equally
true that that does not necessarily make
any difference. They gave us Constltu-
ton which is not rigid and inanimate, but
supple and alive.
1t is easy to lose sight Of the goal which
the founding fathers sought TO reach. Fun
damentally, they were simply trying to
make certain that their America would con-
tinue to be democracy, land Of freedom
and of equal opportunity, where men could
hive without butting their Seads against the
injustices and stupid cruelties inseparable
from authoritarian regimes. They had
pretty clear idea about the things that had
been fought for and won in the American
revolution, and they wanted those things
preserved.
During the century and half since they
finished their work, the Constitution has
done It's part nobly. Those goals Of free
dom, democracy and equality have in large
measure been attained, not perfectly, per-
haps-for perfection is rare in human I'M
dertakings-but very substantially. And
the very fact that the country has existed
for a century and half under this Constr
tuition is the best guarantee that it will con-
tinue under it in the future.
A charter Of freedom like our Constitu-
ton does not 90 on living of itself. 1t lives
because it expresses ideals which are dear
to the people who live under it. Our Con-
stitution is rounding out $50 years OF ser
vice because the American people are and
have been determined to remain free.
The Constitution is merely the instrument
through which they make their determine
ton effective. ",
It is no blind subservience to the written
word that makes us revere our Constitution,
nor is il An unthinking obedience to the
dead hand of the past. 1t is reflection of
the ideal that snimates us, of the faith by
which we order our society. As long as We
are true to that ideal and that faith We
need not fear for the Constitutions con-
tinued good health.
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Observation-Disclosures is

WAsHINGToN-What is the
" bigges. single establishment IN
the vital field Of communications?
American Telephone and Tele-
graph? Western Union? Pos
tai! RcA?
Not at all. It is the u. S. Post
Office. which at last report had
27s,443 employees as compared
with A. T. and rs $4,000. The
postoffice is really gigantic BUSH
ness. It operates more than as
600 posto6ices, and at last report
was handling well above l5,00J.-
600 900 pieces Of mail a year. JUST
one division, that of Postal Saw
ings, is handbag more than a bill
lion dollars of depositors' money,
merely as a sideline of the post
Offices regular business
THE first widespread postal sys-
= TEN in the American colonies
came when in 1851 Thomas Neale,
q British court favorite, was
granted a monopoly to establish
postal system. II never was
satisfactory, and the public postal
system was developed by Frank
lin. +,
The U. S. PoStofice is a mo-
nopoS, protected stringently By
law. of 1.-The transportation Of let
tiers by regular trips or at stated
periods over all post routes" This
is a deliberate policy to protect the
revenue Of the government from
competition.
THE government does not Ia.
YETI object to competition with
the parcel post by express com
panies. In fact, if you will re-
memoe.' wheE the parcel post was
instituted, there was considerable
objection by the express com
panies to government competi-
! tom"
The postottice Is this 10, oais
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UNCLE SANS EMPLOYEES:

Statistics tell US that one out of
eight adult persons in the good
old L. S. A, is on the payroll of
your Uncle Sam. Judging from
the number of applicants seeking
employment the rest Of us will
soon be lined up at the counter,
where Chef Sam serves a dish
that has a relish for which one
seldom loses the taste for more.
An instance is the opening for a
postmaster at Skyland, for which
the following are applicants: Mrs.
Virginia F. Clay, George Weaver
Morgan, Mrs. Leona ID. Lance,
Woodfn, s. Nesbitt, Mrs. Bessie
E. Johnston, Alley B. Lance, Mrs.
Clara B. Smith, Mrs. Mildred
Merrimon and Miss Florence B.
Corey. 'r-s->
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THE TWO NATHANS: Nathan

Bremen was feeling fine because
there was not a vacant chair in
the synagogue for the first SER
vice last Monday and Nathan
Patla Dragging about the fellow
ship which prompted so many
Jews from other cities to attend
the services and spend the hOli-
days in Hendersonville. Both glad
and Justly so.
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OBSERVED: Married lady, hu,.

band also at work, hurrying along
Main street to reach her work be-
fore Q, swishing in her swagger
coat with a whistle on her lips
on a beautiful September morn.
What a blessing it would be if We
could all face our days work in
such a spirit,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-13
GETS COAT BACK;
MONEY IN link
ELIZABETH q

ELIZABETH g. 81
(UPb-SamIe. Miller =,
~ -. - - .tas,
D"S go ! .y.,.
80 -, :" q. "a \: a
q .sT e''''.s E'-al,
sequent pur-ra 80.
found il In q ....- .-.-i -
Pinned IL the .-.
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NOT FAR WRONG

The other day / heard a speak
er talking on the rights Of human
ity. He dwelt particularly on the
welfare of the masses. But he had
a Nova Scotian accent and said
"beck" for back" peck" for
pack" and "Frenklin" + 0 r
Franklin" And every time he
used the word masses ne pro-
nounced it "messes." And that is
just about what we are most Of
the time too.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-13
cRITICIZES NATIONAL AIRS

BERKELEY, Cal. (UP)-Leon-
ard b. MeWood, professor Of mu-
sic at Dartmouth college. has
found an entirely new and poten-
tial cause Of war amongst ma
tional anthems, some OF which he
insists are entirely TOO belliger-
ent and offensive. "a -
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where one has
been reduced in
rank. II takes a
strong character
20 stand that
kind Of thin e
without damage
TO oneself. One
will usually get
along better in
brand new sur
roundings G v e n
at a lower level.
The most diff
cult of al places
TO get ahead in
is the pla c e
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ANOTHER MAcAULAY QUOTATION

The country made more or less Maeauiay
conscious as result of President Roosevelt
recent speech at Roanoke Island.
The president quoted the great English states
man at length As matter of fact, the speech
probably win be known from now on as 1.-THE Mac
aulay speech ~, j,
Macaulay laid down many fine precepts in con-
nection with good government. Here is one which
the president missed:
"our rulers viii best promote the improvement
of the people by strictly confirming themselves to
their legitimate duties, by leaving capital to fnd
its most lucrative course, commodities their fair
price, industry and intelligence their natural re
ward idleness and folly their natural punishment
by maintaining peace, by protecting property, by
diminishing the price of law, and by observing
strict economy in every department of the state
GreAt man, was Macaulay. Magazine
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Behind the Scenes in Washington
BY WILLIS THORNTON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

huge business, but legal mo-
ncpoly. How does il do finan-
cially? Well. its operating deficit
during the past 100 years has piled
I'D to 81 sol ,56s 700. For 1886, the
operating deficit was sSS,3l6,-
324.2e. Deducting expenses like
mail subsidies. which are not
really chargeable TO running the
Ssostoffice, the net operating deficit
/ for 1886 was $4,000, 676.50.
Mr.. Farley is hopeful that what
with better business in 1887, the
postofiice may break even on &C.
tual operations.
1T is quite useless TO try to COM
pare these figures with any
hypothetical private operation OF
| the system. The deficits are oper-
ating deficits only, and make no
allowance for the heavy overhead
charges any private system would
have for the millions OF dollars
invested in buildings. Those are
presented" to the Postoffice De-
Ipartment out Of other appropria-
tions,
On the other hand, no private
system would be expected 10 carry
free in one year $50, 352, 068 pieces
of mail for government depart
mentS, almost 10000, 900 pieces of
free franked mail for members OF
Congress and others, 407 ,300.235
publications mailed free within
the county of publication, md
I84S, 0I6 mailingS of free matter for
the blind. That is the dead
weight" burden carried in 1886 by
the pubGc postoffice system be-
cause it is public. II was equal
to some $4,000, 900 worth Of bust
ness.
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NO CARS, OPTIMISTIC: mot

1887 ,Chrysler nor Plymouth
on the floor. Hope to be able to
announce arrival of 1888 models
in a few days" says James E.
Smith of the City Motor Co.
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CRASH

It is declared that Orientals are
more fatalistic than Occidentals.
Yet how can that assertion he
squared with the fact that there
is more ain travel in Europe and
. in the United States than in Chi
MAJ
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France has nationalized the railroads,
and may balance the budget by direct sale
of Sunday magazine stories about murder
mysteries on the midnight express.
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TURN ABOUT

Sometimes a perosn must nave
children of his own to put up
with before he can fully appreci-
ate what his parents mad to put
up with from him.
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ABOUT BEING DENOTED

As a rule it is well 20 quit When
denoted. There is something psy-
chologically harmful TO oneself in
remaining in an environment
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Moscow says its scientists are training
bees to visit plants they once stunned. The
doubters will now admit that Russia is a
hive of industry.
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Any taxpayer can tell worried econom-
lists. how long present wages will last. I'm
til six days before the next Saturday, of
course. -t