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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-09
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
WEAKENING THE COURT WON'T HELP

In a "fireside talk" on Sept. 80, 1884, just after
the NRA had been "reorganized" and Gen. John
son had resigned, President Roosevelt gave evil
ience that he thought NRA had attempted too
much in the way of detailed regulation of prices
md wages. He said that production controls had
operated perhaps to prevent "that volume Of pro-
duction which would make possible lower prices
and increased employment" Yet in his radio APP
peal for approval of the plan to reorganize the
supreme court he describes NRA only as an effort
Ito raise wages to reduce hours, to abolish child
labor to eliminate unfair trade practices"
And then comes the blame: "You know who as
sumed the power to veto and did veto that pro-
gram" In other words, it's all the courts fault.
Not word about the conflict of policy between
NRA and AAA, not hint of hasty and unwise
administration, nothing about its aid to monopoly
or the prevention of increased employment, moth.
ing about defects which had caused many parts of
NRA to break down, both in operation and in pub
lie support, before the supreme court assumed the
power to veto" it. Apparently there nothing
wrong with NRA except the judges-all nine of
them.
The effect of this speech is to stir up the thought
less to believe that only the supreme court stands
in the way of quick solutions of all the nations
problems. During the last presidential campaign
the impression got around-from certain speeches
that America had been pretty we'll restored to
peace and prosperity But now it appears "one-
third of nation is ill-nourished, ilhoused, i'll
clad" and few judges have assumed the power
to block nourishment, clothes and houses benevo-
lent government would like to provide.
This seems to US an unfair attack on men who
may not have responded to modern trends as rap.
idly as legislators but who are purposey set above
the immediate sweep Of political passion. Supreme
court justices given life tenure by the Con-
stitution for that very purpose They are men and
open to human feelings but more nearly than any
other agency of government the court is free to
maintain rule Of law and not of men, that law
of which Aristotle said: Law is intelligence with
out passion and is therefore preferable to any in
dividuai."
The supreme court is the custodian of the Con.
stitution until changed by the people. Attacks or
| it of this kind may do almost as much damage as
if directed at the Constitution In the same speech
on the NRA in 1884 Mr. Roosevelt quoted with
appreciation the warning Of former Chief Justice
White as to the danger Of creating the impress
sion that the Constitution is but barrier to prog
ress." So long as the way to amendment lies oper
| neither court nor Constitution is barrier Nethe,
should be made to appear as such or be deprived
of that public support which is the ultimate safe
guard of liberty.-Christian Science Monitor
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WOODROW WILSON, BEING DEAD,
YET SPEAKS

If Woodrow Wilson were alive and in congress
today, how would he vote on President Roosevelt's
proposal for recasting the supreme court? No one
need venture to speak for the larnented former
president. He speaks for himself, although no long
er on the scene of action.
The Lumberton Robesonsn has looked up the
record to find out for itself what Wilson, "pro-
found student of history and author Of WORKS OH
government that have been used as textbooks in
colleges and universities" had to say on the most
vital issue before the country today 1t found that
in one Of Mr.. Wilson's books he wrote: go,
at IS within the undoubted constitutional mower
Of congress, for example to overwhem the .opposi.
ton Of the supreme court upon any question by
increasing the number of justices and refusing to
confirm any appointments to the new places which
do not promise to change the opinion of the court
Once, at least, it was believed that a plan OF
this sort had been carried deliberately into effect
"But we do not think of such a violation Of the
Constitution as possible, simply because we share
and contribute to that public opinion which make,
such outrages upon constitutional morality imuos
sibie by standing ready to curse them"
Woodrow Wilson's declaration ON the s,biec
hardly calls for any added commandments,
u Observer.
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rpsay the eexorrBiitant On comparison will
THE income of farmers and many Other
classes) wages exacted in the settlement
of those strikes. The same is true OF the
steel industry, or any other industry IN
which organization pressure IS employed
to secure for class of workers more than
they are entitled to in comparison with I'M
organized groups.
Of course We all approve of big wages,
easy money and initiation, until the process
begins to do its work on our individual in
comes and We discover that with eXorbl-
tant wages and inflated incomes We can
not buy any more of the things desired
than could have been purchased under
more conservative and reasonable condl-
tons, which were fair to all classes and
did not represent the successful efforts OF
one group of citizens to get unfair advan-
tage over other groups.
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER


VJASHINGTON-Side issues in
" the supreme court fight have
ended TO bury the fact that the
struggle is based on difference in
judicial PHILOSOPHERS among the
line justices.
Roosevelt seeks fewer justices
who construe the Constitution as
Justices Sutherland, Butler, Van
Oevanter. McReynoldS, Roberts,
md sometimes Hughes construe it,
and moro justices who interpret it
as BrandeiS, Stone, Cardozo-and,
again, sometimes Hughes-inter-
2ret it.
Conservatives, and many in the
,cgal profession, insist the court
has merely carried out the man
late of the Constitution in its
opinions. Roosevelt contends that
personal convictions, theories or
orejudices have eu:3ed the ma
iority.
THE conservative position was
l. taken by Justice Roberts when
ne read the 6 to 8 adverse opin-
on in the AAA case, as follows:
when an act of Congress is
appropriately challenged in, the
co,.:.ts as not conforming to the
constitutional mandptei the judS,
sial branch Of the government has
bn1y,- ope, DUTY TO Icy, the article
IF the Constitution Which IS IN
,.soked beside, the statute which is
challenged, and TO decide Whether
h; 15ss laf'tir squares WITH, ne TOR
Roosevelt. as if in answer TO
his, said in his message to Con-
gresS Jan. 6, that means must be
found to adapt judicial interpre-
alton to the actue, present needs
If the largest progressive democ-
cacy in the modern world"
1--WE do not ask thd courts 70
call non-eXistent powers into be-
ing" he said, but we have a
right to expect that conceded pow
ers or those legitimately implied
shall be made effective instru-
wants tor III" common GOOD. The
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n E w S
- from -
Brownlee Insurance &
Realty Co.

Hendersonville has no sit.down
strikes, lockouts. shutdowns, riots.
not even floods, tornadoes or
weather extremes-truly a desira-
BILE and happy place in which to
have a howe. We are always glad
to show what we have to offer
no obligation. Phone ISL. " D..
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HE NEW y E 4 L
IN WASHINGTON
.aY RODNEY BUTCHER.

processes OF our democracy mus,
not be imperilcd by the denial OF
essential powers Of free govern
ment."
Roosevelt takes the position that
the Constitution needs no amend
ing, provided justices will inter-
pref it literally.
THE key case in this argument,
l. if one may be singled out, was
the AAA decision. This involved
the federal program to control
agricultural production, in which
compliance was obtained by offer
ing benefit payments, the proceeds
of which were derived from proc
eSSing taxes.
The majority held that produc-
ton was a local matter, that the
Jaw. invaded state rights. 1t held
the regulation was not voluntary
but compulsory. 1t held that such
legislation was unconstitutional
because the Constitution did not
expressly grant Congress the pow
err to regulate agricultural pro-
duction.
THE violent split within the
court was evidenced by the
dissenting opinion read by Justice
Stone on behalf of himself, Bran.
deis and Cardozo. i1a, g..,t I
"a tortured construction Of the
Constitution" Stone. called the
majority opinion rHe. added that
it curtailed the power of Congress
INV judicial fat" and that it.
argument hardly rises itoothe dig.
nifty of argument" Furthermore
it was contradictory and destruc.
tive of the power to appropriate
for the general welfare, and is in.
capable of practical application
E. . The limitation now sanctioned
must lead to absurd consequences
While unconstitutional exer.
else of power by the executive
and legislative branches is subjec'
to judicial restraint, the onl,
check upon Cur own exercise o
power is Or own sense OF self,
restraint
'r"nvrlsht' 1897. NEA Service, Inc.
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limit to that thing-eXcept to run
out of names.
\ most disquieting thing about
political flapdoodle is the insult it
offers even to moronic int III
gencc. That the politicians would
dish it out and expect the public
to swallow it, shows what a low
estimate the politicians place ,on
the public's mentality. Yet you
can't blame politicians too much
for that estimate when they look
around and see some Of the ma
terial the public has elected to
represent it.
But perhaps all this is McAdoo
about nothing.
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know better next time.
A good rule is never to forget
kindness and always to forget
an unkindness. | know a man
whose first reaction, so they say,
is to ask himself whenever he
meets a person or thinks of one,
"What have got against that
man? Have I got anything against
him." His mind is so busy, so
they say, with keeping track Of
his grievances that he has little
time to think of much else. Is he
happy? He is the most peevish
looking person you ever saw; he
has the green persimmon cast Of
:ountenance. Did you ever bite a
green wild persimmon? The peo-
ole in the southland know what
putting the teeth into green
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-09

The person who studies revenge
keeps his wound open and bleed
ing, when otherwise it would heal.
No one can afford to plan re-
venge. He cannot afford TO gum
up with corrosive
thoughts.
The wealth of warnings against
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revenge given Ns
by the grea I
tcache RS q n d
thinkers, is not
so much to pro-
tect the objects
of our revenge
from US as 70
protect US from
curse " s. W c
cannot afford to
ponder the past
except for con-
structive purpos'
eS-such as "a
review our blum
ders that we may
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SIGN OF TIMES

Steel industry met labor half
way-too busy TO argue-more
orders than they can possibly I'LL
in months. This means something
10 us. As prosperity returns and
wheels begin to turn out yonder
the cost of living goes UP here.
Buy now. Save the erlbarrass-
ment of higher rent and higher
costs of houses. We will need all
our incomes later TO meet the cost
Of living.
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RENTED:

625 Kanuga Road to Kenneth
Moody: 1920 Hebron Road to Os-
car Presley: 705 Sixth Ave. W.
TO w. G. Magness; S22 Dale ST..
20 P. p. Presley; 3l4 Eighth Ave.
Y. to Yates W. Little; $50 7th
Ave. Z. to Seldom Ostecn; sos
White ST., to Fannie Lindsey.
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GARDEN NOTE: DIR. HYATT

r. Brown has. contracted rose
fever and is tearing up the ground
on the west side Of the Ambaasa-
dor apartments, where he dreams
of looking out on rose garden
which he will cultivate when men
ltallv tired. .n---
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NEW POLITICAL TECHNIQUE

Senator William Gibbs McAdoo
introduces something interesting
i'm political technique when he
gives the nation the solemn as
surance that were his daddy-in-
law, Woodrow Wilson, among
those present, he would assuredly,
most assuredly, support President
Roosevelt's proposal to do over
the United States supreme court.
Once we accept the principle
that spirits of the departed may
be called up and words put in
their mouths, we open the door to
anybody's wild flight of magma
ton. Anybody can line up all the
notables of bygone days, includ-
ing Adam and Eve, and declare
with owlish profundity that if
they were here they would assur-
eddy, most assuredly, stand this
way or that. There would be no
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-09
THEE USED TO BE LOTS OF

"horse play in sending for a
horse doctor in the neighborhood
to treat the sick cow or horse. 1t
didn't take much for him to quail
fly, but as to the veterinarian, be-
fore he can get license in these
latter days he must show lots Of
college training.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-09

A midwestern, 76-year-old federal judge
has passed on, which seems carrying this
matter of cooperation with the govern
ment bit too far.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-09
WE ARE THAT WAY

When we are not paying the
bills for our foolish, willful selves,
we are paying the bills for other
foolish. willful selves. Truly man
is born to get himself and his fel-
lows into trouble as the sparks fly
upward! If trouble were hidden
away in grotto situated in the
center of the earth and encased
in reinforced concrete ten miles
thick. man would tunnel feverish-
~ until he got to it.
Man" as ! understand it, is
the term applied to the type OF
soul that is sent to this sphere for
anothcE step in the process Of it.
spiritual Development.
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Now that he has built a boat on the sec
ond floor of his house, a Beaumont, Tex,
man is wondering what to do with it. 1t
isn't as if he lived along the Ohio river.
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DR.. r. f. TAYLOR WHO OP-

IIN' IN u = r LVN wiz Ut
crates a pct animal hospital to the
rear of his office on Seventh ave-
nue., was asked if he thought the
hospital would be a paying invest
ment. Eyes, no doubt about that.
! had understood they were to
build a $4,000 hospital. In large
cities they have pet animal hospi-
tails costing as much as S150,O00.
AS to being modern, they are a
credit to about half of our hoSpi-
tails for treatment Of humankind
said Dr.. Taylor. .n...
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TOLEDO SURPLUS

TOLEDO. (UP).-City officials
expect the tentative budget for
this. year to be in balance and to
show a surplus Of $4,000 at the
end Of the year. Wages Of city
employees have been restored to
basic levels.
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A westerner was arrested for claiming
his nine-year-old daughter to a bed. Still,
it seems one way to keep them from elop-
ing.
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Maybe YOU want q better home.
See 1911 Third avenue west, $50;
or Rhodes street, SO.
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THIS DOG LOVING BUSI.

THIS DOG LOVING BUSl-
ness brings to mind the picture of
the newly opened small animal
hospital between Charlotte and
Gastonia by Dr.s. r. II. Parker
and z. c. McLain a few days ago
and the description of the modern
equipment for the treatment of
pet animals. a big opening recep-
tion was held and you bet the
masters Of prospective patients
were there. 1t is modern down to
the last dot, even being air con-
ditioned.
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AS TO REVENGE
Ru YICKES WAMBOLDT

wild persimmon will do TO the IA
cial expression.
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THE GARDEN, CLuB MEETS

tonight at the qsity halh at 1880.
ViSiops are .ippited to thsse semi
1non&hlx settings where timely
topics are discussed Get a gar
den hahbX. and join these garden
lovers in identifying Henderson
vile.
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"ONE TO THE DOGS" Ell!
That's the way the Tryon Daily
Bulletin captioned the sixth an
nua! dog show held in that winter
resort Saturday and The Bulletin
predicted that "a great part of
fashionable Tryon, visitors, dog
lovers in general and others are
expected"
X. A. Bowen, formerly of Hen
Jacksonville, was manager.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-09

Civil officials. in India wear
blue, uniforms of various shades
for occasions Of state.....r....-.--..-.
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Large desk blotters are free at
our Office.
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BIBLE THOUGHT

L., "a. offer the sacrifice of praise to God eonsinu
,,v that is, the fruit of our lip. giving thanks t'
Hi, name" (Hebre~s 1919
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to remind him Of his mother. Mrs
O'Day was beginning to wonder Just
what this was anyhow. but she put in
the order for canary number two.
Constituents are likely TO get very
chuumy and chatty with their women
representatives after few letters have
passed back and forth. II they are In
trouble, they literally write heart
tfrob manuscript and send II to cer-
tain Office on Capitol Hill All this is
very nice, but it means that the sta
tionery allowance can't be stretched TO
cover all the necessary correspondence.
Additional clerical work in the office
has to be paid by the representative.
One or two Of the women maintain
that all critical letters they get are
meant to be helpful and are written in
nice spirit. Inside spy work in the
Offices, however, would reveal that some
of the most vitriolic and vindictive let
ters ever seen on Capitol Hill come to
the women members of Congress. Some
are so strong and SO bitter that secre-
taries say they try to keep them hidden
from their employers eyes. The mo-
ment that a woman in public life takes
definite position on some controversial
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One letter TO c0ngresSW0man
read, in part, 1T might create just
little better impression If you
wore darker hosiery, not quite so
sheer. I want people TO see that
you are as nice outside as you
are inside"
women in public life in exaggerated
style. Mrs. Caroline O'Day, who has
been active in peace movements for
many years, was portrayed by young
woman wearing a huge peace sash, and
hat on which battleships, airplanes
and SO on were mounted precariousIy
An opposition paper in Mrs O'Day's
state played up the picture with the
caption, This. ladies and gentlemen, is
the way our congresswoman goes about
Washington"
MRS. O'DAY let it pass. She could
do so, since she has been called
the best-dressed woman in the capital.
Unquestionably, the women members
say, constituents are more possessive
toward them than toward their male
contemporaries Because you're a
woman, you wiA understand" run
hundreds of letters which come to them.
man once wrote Mrs. O'Day asking
for canary for his old mother The
canary was dispatched. In few months
the man wrote that the canary was
dead. In the meantime. he said, his
old mother had also died However,
he went on, he would now like a canary
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subject, the abuse begins. OF course,
the same mail will bring letters Of
praise as well.
It is almost as bad, however, when the
woman representative refuses to take
definite stand on piece Of legisla-
tion until she knows i'm what form 1t is
to appear on the House floor.
Not one Of the six women who have
just finished a strenuous session on
Capitol Hill-Mrs. Mary Norton, Mrs.
Edith Nourse Rogers, Mrs. Virginia
Jenckes, Mrs. Nan Wood Honeyman,
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of duty, but which must be paid out
of pocket. Often they have quite siz-
able little private payrolls to meet. In
Washington rents are high and repre-
sentative must have a good, though not
a swanIy, address. No woman III. c.
has ever attempted, as did one-tirne
senator from Florida Ca mani to sleep
and dress in her Office.
Entertaining tourists from the home
district is an astonishingly high item,
particularly if ones state is fairly close
to Washington
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woman to reach tor her pen and sta-
tionery.
aOh. my dear" she adnonished the
U. S. representative, you must neUer
wear dress without sleeves"
I'm 50 glad said the woman criti-
cized, that the picture did not show
that at that moment ! was wearing no
stockings either
Last March. the Wornen's National
Press Club produced an eccentric,
surrealist sketch. taking of several
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among the many GuSscS Oh q con-
gresswoman is the entertainment of
Washington visitors. Here are Repre-
sentative Edith Nourse Rogers (Ieff).
Senator Hattie Caraway fcenter) and
Representative Caroline O'Day tsec-
ond from rightly welcoming two visit
ing Girl Scouts.
take it anniss If | suggest that it might
create just little better impression
if you wore darker hosiery. not quite
SO sheer. I want people to see that
you are as nice outside as you are
inside
No, we won't tell which gentlewoman
from what state received this adnoni-
ton, but Mrs Edith Nourse Rogers of
Massachusetts, is laughing and Mrs.
Caroline O'Day and Mrs Nan Wood
Honeyman both look trif1e ike the
innocent cat which has just consumed
the canary.
What about constituents? Do they
look upon woman representative more
as a personal possession than they re-
gard man in the same position Are
they more critical of women? More
bossy toward them? More vindictive
when displeased2
Take that one item of clothes and
personal appearance, for example
Would constituents tell male legislator
how to part his hair. what color neck
ties TO wear, or suggest that he ought
to reduce?
Occasionally they might, but usually
they wouldn't History does record
that Abraham Lincoln first grew a
beard at the suggestion OF young cor
respondent But there you are. When
such thing happens to man. it's
news.)
Congresswomen, clothes, while
watched very carefully, usually have
escaped adverse comment, because the
women NJ. C.'s have for the most part
dressed quietly, conservatively, often
exclusively Id black Once upon time
a photograph Of lady much IN the
public eye was snapped in a garden on
one of Washington's broiling midsum-
mer days. Eventually it reached the
newspapers, causing one ilorrifed club
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,
woman who wouldn't be tempted were
some modern Satanic Majesty to take
her up into the hills and show her this
kingdom2
Come. ladies, all six of you who are
working in these important offices on
Capitol Hill today (Yes, we know
there are seven of you now, but Sena-
tor Dixie Babb Graves hasn't had
chance to go to work yeti Out with
those secrets lying close to your hearts!
What's it really Iilxe2
A letter from a constituent? Splendid.
Read it aloud, please.
Dear Mrs. x: hope you won't
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BY Flora G. Orr

~ YICE work for a girl if she can
M get it-being u. S. Senator or
Representative