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The Washington times., 1937-12-23
His View of British Debt

In reply to the distinguished
British economists view of pay
ing their war debt to the U. S.
A. I believe I represent the aver
age American citizen and what
he thinks of Great Britain.
1. When Great Britain made
the debt it was to save he- peo-
pie, and all of her people re-
ceived an equal benefit by it.
2. When we made the loan,
they know, and the rest of the
world knows, it was made in
good faith, and it's their prob
lem and not ours how they are
to meet 1t.
But I have often thought Of
one way the debt could be alb
sorbed and I think in a fair
way.
If rubber, tin, or any COM
modify brought to our shores by
a debtor nations merchant ma
rine, and say the rate is $40 per
ton pay them SO and give our
government So. Ind for all
goods exported, add half of the
freight allowed us to the con-
signee. He would advance his
price to absorb it, and the con-
sumer would pay the bill, in
that way they could meet their
obligations with nothing more
than a consumers tax.
C. F.. SHULER.
P. S.-The rates and llgures
given are only guess work as I
know nothing in regard to rates
or tonnage imported or exported.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
Voice of the People

but a reading Of the entire .
ticle annihilated that theory,
The Times office boy could hae
prepared a better defense Of EN-
lands debt default than the a
onymous distinguished Briti'
economist whose chief claim
that title is to be found in !
series Of evanescent assertion,
resting on fallacious pleas.
D. B. E. declares "we may bar
out payment of the debt in gold
as being wildly impractical"
It would be out of the ques-
tion to send over 200 million dol
lars every year (even in pay
ment of a debt long overdue), so
says D. B. E. without taking
anything in return.
Your D. B. E. prefers to for.
get that his beloved land got
her return more than 20 years
ago. His reasoning is on a par
with the Soviet Communists.
When Litvinoff signed a treaty
with President Roosevelt a few
years ago. the Soviets solemnly
agreed to pay claims due Amert-
cans for property confiscated by
the Soviet state. Failing to pay
within a decent time, Secretary
Hull called on the Soviets to live
up to their obligation. ~,r -.
Imagine the CONSERVATION Of
Mr.. Hull when told by the
Soviet" we will be glad to pay
$50 million dollars in settlement
Of those claims, but we must
borrow that $50 million dollars
from the United States" .
It isn't necessary to repeat
what the Man from Tennessee
said to the Soviet! It is well
known that the Communist has
rarely visited the State Depart
ment since his generous offer,
So with your D. B. E.
points out all the terrible THU
that would happen to Americ'
England paid her honest debt
gold. Why does D. B. E.
column Of space in The I'll
to tell us that? Why not LEI I,
decide that problem when =.
faces us? Is it bold or only i'm
pudent for a debtor to say to
his creditor" of course I will
pay you this money, but it will
be bad for you to take the
money" ~ ..
Is D. B. E. familiar with the
fact that France is now paying
England 200 million dollars in
gold and England has not ut
tered a complaint?
AS your D. B. E. sets up a
witless man Of straw, so he ends
with deceptive postulates. Begin
ming in error he ends in error.
More agitation like the D. B. E.
material will give England q
bad name when she is deeply in
need of friends. y. :
PHILIP A. FLANAGAN,
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
War by June?

None Of us Americans wants
another war, but what on Gods
earth can we do to keep peace?
First, the Japanese throw our
flag in the river, then they bomb
one of our warships. Will mere
apologies suffice forever? If I
should kill a man, my handsom-
est apologies wouldn't save me
from some kind of sentence. But
dear Japan seems to get away
with it. I'll be surprised if we
aren't in a war with Japan
within six months. Well, boys,
when you get there, let them
have it.
GARFIELD M.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

&C e rtainly
n o t. Th ey
didn't do any
thing m re
i m por tant
than pass a
bill payin ng
their railroad
e x pc n S e S
h o m e over
the holidays.
That's mic e
work if you
can get it,
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

t h e m e m
bers. Between
t h e m they
drew $225,OO0
for mileage, a
nice little aid
in the Christ
mas stocking.
For the coun-
try it was
probably just
as well as
l e t t ng the
g e n t ! emen
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

IN o. B e.
cause n o n e
of the impor-
t a n t legisla-
ton was COM
pleted, a nd
they did not
even discuss
the bills in
telligently. It
seems to me
that it was
six weeks of
precious time
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

but it would come pretty close
to taking money under false
pretenses in my business"
X 4 "a
Mrs. Marie Stock, 1903 Bilt-
more st. N. W., housewife:
"I don't think so. What did
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

Because of the country's eco
nomic and political condition,
it was absolutely necessary and
intelligent of the President to
call the session"
X X y
2. V. Anderson, 515 Eight
eenth st. N. w., grocery store
manager:
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
Three-Minute Journeys
By TenapLe Manning

abroad during the winter there is no
nicer spot than Sicily it has climate that is welnigh
perfect and offers the seeker after res beauty or
relaxation than does the Riviera Sicily agricultural
land and the striking grandeur of the coast and mountain
scenery is brought into strong by the abundant
chards ORANGE lemon and ctron groves and vineyards
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

they a C com.
plish, actual
ly? T h e y
p a S S ed one
bill to pay
the Ii tie
p a g e boys
and another
to pay their
own railroad
e K p e n S e S.
They said it
would be all
right to lend
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

&C e rtainly
the pc ci al
session W a S
worth while.
Much neces-
sary prelimi-
nary W o r k
was done that
o t h er W Use
would h a v e
had to be
done in the
coming regu-
ar session.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

"Since Con-
gress did not
complete any
of the major
lie gi S | alton
that it was
to act upon
d u rim g the
S p e c ial ses-
sion, I can't
say that it
WAS wo rt h
W h ! ! e. OF
CO urse, with
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
manager:

much of the groundwork out Of
the way, Congress can buckle
down next month and get
through some of the legislation
which has now been started"
X
ElWood Zupnik, 5217 Connec-
ticut Ave. N. W., sales man.
ager:
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

stay home. At least their con-
stituents got rid of them for
awhile"
X X
Mrs. Frances Stirman, 1400
Irving st. N. W., liquor store
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

some pictures to the Sesquicen-
tennial Exposition. You could
have done all that by postcard"
X 4
Mrs. Suzanne Sioussat, 1S41
Columbia Rd. N. W., house
mifn.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
LISTEN, WORLD!
BU Elsie Robinson

Copyright King Features syndicate Inc)
m HESE pompous positive people. satisfied with
i themselves parading through life like sanct-
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
The Inquirine.
Photographer
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Was it worth while to call
Congress into special session?
THE ANSWERS
Mrs. Dorothy M. Salvo, 2l4
Claiming st. N. E., clerk:
Sure it was worthwhile-for
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

wasted, as well as precious tax
money"
The Republican., 1937-03-04

had only GA in January and 65 in Feb
ruary. More than half the entire num-
ber this year have been couples from
West Virginia.
During the past week five licenses
issued were marked don't publish"
two applicants were refused permits,
and II of the entire number were
granted on Saturday.
Claude Handwerk, 26, mechanic,
and Marie Rose Brewer, IS, both of
Terra Alta, w. Va.
Charlie Wayman Murray, %, truck
driver, and Virginia Dolores Banks,
27, both of Clarksburg, w. Va.
Woodrow Wilson Leap, 25, cab driv-
er, Huntington, W. Va, and Bernice
Marie Arnold, 20, waitress, Thomas,
IW. Va.
T. Charles A. Gatian, %, miner, and
Mary Jane Lanham, 10, both of Nor
gantown, w. Va.
frankie John Sell, 21, laborer, Fair
mont, w. Va, and Margaret Helen
Ball, 49,, Dale, W. Va.
George Howard Kahl, %, farmer,
and Beulah Claudine Patton, 27, fac
tory worker, both of Grantsville, Nd.
John Lee Hershberger, %, miner,
and Lauretta May Cook, 20, both of
Kitzmiller, Md.
Walter Raymond Lear, 21, miner,
Connellsville, Pa, and Efie Mae
Thomas, 18, Markleysburg, Pa.
Lawrence Shields, 81, miner, and
Vergil Rosella Cronan, 21, both of
Clymer, Pa.
The Republican., 1937-03-04

In this connection no better evidence
The Republican., 1937-03-04
THE ANSWER-THEN AND
NOW

The basic argument Of those who
favor changing the personnel of the
Supreme Court to make it fit one eco
nomic viewpoint, boils down to a single
fundamental issue. The Court, they
say, must be reorganized because it is
net in tune with the times; beause the
Constitution prevents much legislation
which the people of the country want
Apparently, there is nothing new
about such arguments. More than a
hundred years ago they were advanced
and answered so effectively that the
answer still stands. Here is what
Daniel Webster said then:
at is hardly too strong to say that
the Constitution was made to guard
people against the dangers of good in
tentions, real or pretended. 90. There
are men in all ages who mean to exer-
else power usefully-but who mean
to exercise it. They mean to govern
"SAA1 OuC CACJ AACdA W SONCLu. lucy
promise to be kind masters, but they
mean to be masters"
In more recent years Justice Bran
deis, the Courts most famed contem-
porary liberal, put it this way: "Ex-
perience should teach US to be most on
guard to protect liberty when pur-
poses of government are benefcent.
Men born to freedom are naturally
alert to repeal invasion of their liberty
by evil-minded persons. The greatest
dangers to liberty lurk in insidious en-
croachment by men of zeal, we'll mean
ing, but without understanding"
Even $50 years ago when the Con-
stitution was adobted and provision
made for the Supreme Court as the
umpire upon all laws, the drafters pro-
vided the Constitutional Amendment
as the means for eternally letting the
people determine how much of their
liberties they wanted to surrender to
a powerful centralized government.
The Republican., 1937-03-04
NDAYS OF OLD
FORTY YEARS AGO

A project to erect an almshouse for
Garrett county was meeting with con-
siderable opposition. The books showed
that it cost Garrett county $500 year
on the average to support her sane
paupers.
Young women of Buckhannon, w
Va, organized an anti-liquor and cigar
cite club and declared that they would
have nothing to do with young men
who indulged in either habit.
Judge D. w. Sloan called especial
attention to the grand jury in his
charge, about violations of the regis
tration and election laws, sale Of
cigarettes to minors, the liquor law
the law prohibiting hunting and fishing
on Sunday and the law pertaining to
intimidation of witnesses. So
March put in its appearance with
fast falling snow. High water did dam
age near Schell, W. Va. -
No sugar trees had been tapped yet
at Short Run. h
The Oak Hill school was progressing
under the management, of Henry
Speicher. 4.
A K. of P. Smoker" was held at the
Glades hotel. On the program were the
brass sextette, introduction of G., S.
Hamill by Col. A. G. Sturgiss. Mr.
Hamill was one of the charter members
of the first lodge instituted in Oakland
twenty-five years previous to 1897. S.
7. Jones gave the address.
Misses Ellen Connell and Matte
, Adair, and Mrs. K. T. Crane leased the
George Legge's building on Main
street, and after repairs planned to
open millinery store.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Stores were offering 35 and 38c. per
dozen for eggs, and 40c. per pound for
butter.
The Conservation Commission was
planning the construction of a fish
hatchery in Western Maryland.
Michael Boyle and Andrew Gonder
were injured when Boyle's car skidded
and turned over near DeBerry farm.
Under "Forty Years Ago" column
(making it sixty years ago from this
date) were the following items: Capt.
R. T. Browning advertised the recent
publication of "Forty-Four Years OF
the Life of Hunter" then just off the
press, written by Meshack Browning;
the County Commissioners inspected
county buildings in Cumberland and
Kingwood prior to laying plans for
erection of court house and jail at
Oakland. The site had not been de-
termined. Is inches of snow covered
the ground.
H. C. Sincell had greatly improved
the appearance of his store by the ad-
dition Of two new show cases for mems
garments.
A large number of automobilists
planned to leave Saturday for Wash
ington to witness the inauguration of
President Wilson.
The Republican., 1937-03-04

of the purpose to capitalize the Roose-
velt-Lewis alliance can be asked than
the unqualified declaration that "the
President wants you to join the union" "
which appears in bold type across the
top of circulars which the steel work
ers' organizing committee of the e.
1. o. are using in the effort to enlist
members at various plants. These
circulars are delivered to workers in
envelopes bearing the inscription, "A
Message to You From the President
Of course, Mr.. Roosevelt has autho-
rized no such circulars and sent no
such message. However, though the
fact has been published on the first
pages of the newspapers, from Mr.
Roosevelt comes no word of repudia-
ton. He is as silent about this unau-
thorized use of his position as he was
silent about the sit-down strikers de-
fiance of the law.
~*&*
In a short time now the C. /. o. de-
mands upon the steel industry will be
presented. If the industry refuses the
demands, the first of which is recog-
milton of the C. I. o. as sole bargaining
agency for all the workers, then an
other sit-down strike will ensue. All
the union labor leaders have to do then
is laugh at the law and await another
conference at the "wish of the Presi-
dent" Under such conditions the in
dustry is at great disadvantage.
Under such conditions anything like
Government arbitration or mediation
becomes a joke; all talk of merits and
principles seems foolish.
k*#
1t is not surprising that ignoring
completely the fact that in the steel as
in the automobile drive the C. l. o.
represents a small minority trying to
coerce majority, some earnest gen.
tlemen are already advising the steel
industry to agree to confer right away
not give the other side any excuse to
sit down. The idea seems to be that it
is not worth while to resist. Perhaps
they are right, but at least it should be
worth while to understand the facts.
And soon or late the time must come
when the fight will have to go to the
finish-that is, unless we are prepared
for day when the workers take over
and run the plants themselves.
The Republican., 1937-03-04
TWENTY PERMITS TO WE'D
ARE ISSUED DURING WEEK
Eighty-twO During February
Brings Years Total Thus
Far To 181

Twenty marriage licenses were is
sued during the past week ending
Monday at noon from the Office of the
clerk of the Circuit Court, bringing
the total for the entire month of
February to 80.
Both January and February had
larger totals than is usually the case,
the rush during this season of the
year being attributed to the mild
weather conditions that have pre-
vailed. During the two-month period
there have been 181 permits issued.
Even last year which set record for
the entire year with 1,451 permits,
The Republican., 1937-03-04
Perfect Attendance for February
At Red House School

The following pupils of Red House
school made perfect attendance records
for the month of February: Dorothy
Mosser, Esther Griffith, Vida Martin,
Evelyn Devers, Pauline Bachtel, Given
Keyser, Blanche Wolfe, Leona Griffith,
Helen Gordon, Juanita Bachtel, Violet
Mosser, Leila Bachtel, Helen Bachtel,
Neil Wolfe, Charles Menke, Wade ia
noske, George Nine, Charles Jackson,
Harold Gnegy, Orville Wolfe, Bernard
Bachtel, Randall Martin, Harold Bach
tel, Robert Hauser, Eugene Bachtel,
George Hauser, Blanche Martin, Lo-
rene Gnegy, Leona Hebb, Barbara
Bachtel, Geneva Brown, Eva. Martin,
Vida Gnegy. Ruth Keyser, Catherine
Knepp, and Lavonna Whitehair.
The Republican., 1937-03-04
Sunday In st. Marks

Bible School, $3.50 a. NJ, Donald r.
Sincell, superintendent; worship, 1O:45
a. M, theme of sermon, "The Man on
the Cross-His cross inevitable" Luth-
er League at $50 p. M, James C. Hine-
baugh, leader, topic, "The rich young
ruler"
Vespers at 7:30, theme, Questions
Jesus answered when cometh the
end?"
st. Marks council will meet in the
parsonage Monday evening at 1880.
The Republican., 1937-03-04
1898 (estimated) 86O,OOO.OOO

1t should not be overlooked that the
interest on our national debt is greater
than the combined cost of maintaining
the legislative, judicial and civil func-
tions of government. Interest upon our
public debt is almost equal to the cost
of maintaining the Army and Navy!
There is but one answer: A reduction
in national expenditures. The present
Congress can do this and do future
generations a great service indeed by
tightening the national purse strings.
The Republican., 1937-03-04
THE GREAT
GAME OF
POLITICS..
By FRANK r. KENT,
Copyright by the Baltimore Sun and
reprinted in The Republican by
special permission.
The White House AS A Strike
Asset
By FRANK r. KENT,

AS the new breed of labor leaders,
who outstrip in arrogance and ambi-
ton any of their predecessors, prepare
to launch drives against the coal and
steel industries, the interesting fact is
the degree to which they are ca pitaliz-
ing their political alliance with the
President of the United States. I
The Republican., 1937-03-04
INTEREST ON OUR DEBT

Much legislation of vital Importance
has been proposed by the present ses-
sion of Congress. Perhaps none should
receive greater consideration than the
matter of balanced budget and re-
duction of our national debt. Figures
taken from the 1887 Budget do not
carry consolation. Here they are:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-10-30
Windshield Stickers
10 Identify Buyers OF
Montana-made Gasoline

Shelby people went vigorously about their Montana
made gasoline campaign this week Windshield stickers have
been printed which will be supplied Shelby people who
ally buy Monana7rnade products Those who have the
stckers their will of necessity be stations
which sell imported gasoline.
Later on, they be prepared a suitable
emblem will be provided for those stations selling Montana
made gasoline help the motorists find the station where
Montana products are sold.
Gas get the system working smoothly and
demonstrate its success here in Shelby will start spread
ing other and cities until the entire
state" said spokesman of the Lions club committee this
week Three representatives visited the Journal find
why Bulletin No of the Shelby organization
printed last weeks Journal The copy arrived late
for last week but is here reproduced.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-10-30
Wi|IASk fOrPrOratiOn
CIRCULATING
PETITIONS 70
STATE BOARD

A petition asking the Oil Conser-
walton Board of Montana to call
for a hearing on a proposal to pro-
rate the production of wells In Ke-
vin-SunIburst, Cut Bank and Pondera
oil fields is being circulated among
Cut Bank operators and will prob
ably be presented to the board with
in the next week.
Meantime, Kevin-Sunburst opera
tors are holding conferences with
the idea of joining in on a move
ment to prevent complete ruin OF
the crude market structure, and 1t
is possible that as a result of two
conferences held Wednesday and
Friday nights there will be a pc
tition In circulation in that field.
Presentation of the petition is
expected to create an interesting
situation inasmuch as the Oil Con-
servation Board Is composed Of
four refiners, all of them buyers of
oil. The fifth member. a layman.
has no personal interest in the oil
industry. All four of these re-
timers have enough oil of their own.
else under contract, to supply all
their needs. All nay different pric-
es for their crude.
To petition this board for prora-
ton means to ask these refiners.
who buy most of the oil produced
from the three north fields, to cur
tail their own wells or to suspend
the purchase contracts under which
thew are operating.
Unless proration is adopted, else
new outlets for oil are provided,
many small operators are likely to
be out of business, they say, before
spring. Cut Bank operators whose
oil is being taken by offset opera
tors threaten to take retaliatory
measures resulting in actual physi-
cal waste of oil, to further compli-
cate the situation.
Proponents of proration say that
there is a market at the present
time for SO per cent of all the
production in the three fields, with
equitable division of the runs neces-
sary for operation of North Mon
tana refineries.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-10-30
BIG WELL IN CUNDERSON POOL
USE WYOMING
CRUDE PRICE
IN MONTANA

Following the lead of other buy
ers. International Refining company
this week cut the price Of crude in
Cut Bank oil field from $1.4O to
1921, adopting for the first time
the Midcontinent and Wyoming scale
Of prices. on a gravity basis.
The cut in the price OF crude
Ia not expected TO increase the mar
ket as 1t was not intended TO throw
this crude in competition with Tur-
ner Valley crude which Is selling
at the old Cut Bank price. The
price cut merely reacts to the law
Of supply and demand. rejecting
the over-production situation.
At the same time international
posted a price of $1.05 for Kelvin
Eunburst crude, a 15-cent cut from
$3.50 Ohio Oil company immedi-
ately followed with its posting at
the same price.
Following is the new gravity scale
schedule Of international posted In
Cut BANK, effective at a. m,
October Is, 1897:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-10-30

MONTANA CRUDE MUST MOVE
INTO MONTANA REFINERIES,
and replace crude which is now be-
ing imported from other States.
Why should Montana taxpayers suf-
fer because large importing COM
panies, for their own financial con-
venience and profit, choose to man
ufacture their gasoline in other
states from crude produced. in other
States, and ship it to Montana, TO
be sold through the various service
stations handling their products, and
the Montana taxpayer to be the
GOAT? When you drive into one
of these Stations and say, filler
up" you are not only deprtying the
State of Montana, of a considerable
portion OF its revenue, but you are
depriving q considerable number of
Montana workmen of their pay
checks. DO you know that gasoline
and crude oil which was shipped
into the State of Montana during
the year 1885, robbed the State of
Montana of over $500, 10000 in di-
rect production taxes, and displaced
over 100000 barrels of Montana
crude oil, and do you realize, that
this 5000, 100000 which the State
Of Montana, LOOSES ANNUALLY,
must be made UP in other forms OF
taxes, and that YOU must pay your
proportionate share Of this loss?
If MONTANA PRODUCED
CRUDE WE'RE ALLOWED TO
DISPLACE THIS IMPORTED
CRUDE AND GASOLINE
THERE WOULD BE PRAC-
TBCAILY NO CURTALMENIT
OF MONTANA CRUDE OIL
PRODUCTION.
BUY GASOLINE MADE FROM
MONTANA CRUDE"