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Evening star., 1937-01-08


be logical choice
nothing fatal pH happen to Hopkins and Ickes
public weare consolidation
sub-tahe meetings.
President Roosevelt apparently desired to prepent by his adnoon
repetition situation Which developed last Then
Hopkins fy Ickes conducted inside
their respective p A. and w. A. appropriations
That uaH not happen again.
cooperative mission
to will be made public its
and England will be
the commissioners the question: but
be far less than that
dropped
burial to have included majority
ernmept financing for consumers and other
understood another
skill conciaion Those who have
recitation of
addition
concerning the
particularly interested
inside here
Roosevelt interested
Democratic National Convention.
the
Wallace
lately. the other official
particularly closely connected wth
the insiders
the farm leaders, The farmers learned
establishment subsidies
them in bulk subnlarke totally different
from cooperative marketing by producers.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S de-
- nial Of any intention to estab-
lish a Federal bureau to CEN
= tralize and coordinate official
publicity punctures a trial balloon
which has been lowering over WASH
ington ever since DR.. Stanley Highs
post-election article in Liberty sug-
gested that F. D. r. might undertake
to discipline" the press.
Roosevelt has been externally as
cool as a wandering iceberg under
the deluge of newspaper miSrepre-
sentations during the last three years,
but there have been signs that, in
ternally, he had headache about
the freedom Of the press to suppress.
distort or falsify the facts. The last
campaign, moreover, removed all
doubts in the White House that the
editorial pages Of press which was
80 per cent hostile in the face Of
F. D. RS landslide election any longer
represented public opinion.
In addition, the problem Of handling
Federal publicity reached an acute
stage last Summer and Autumn and
remains one of the sore spots in the
national picture. The Press Gallery
at Washington is a sort of diplomatic
corps supposedly representative Of
public opinion, but has faced an
extraordinary welter Of cross-purposes,
rivalry and jealousy on the part of
the Federal Government itself.
On the comparatively simple mat
ter Of political publicity the news
paper men were confronted with at
least four major and Independent
sources: Steve Early at the White
House, Red" Leggett in the National
Emergency Council, Charley Michael
son at Democratic national head.
quarters and-far out on the flank
DR.. Stanley High Of the Good Neigh
Dor League.
Incredibly Complicated.
So far as concerns the daily activi-
ties Of the Government departments,
the field was-and still is-incredibly
complicated. To begin with, every
important Federal official has at least
one man on the pay roll to help
with speeches and to give advice on
contacts with the public. Every old
line department has an information
section which issues mimeographed
releases, pamphlets, etc, by the ton.
The alphabetical agencies took over
all these and added to them radio,
motion pictures, speakers, photo
graphs, posters, books, magazines, etc.
The Resettlement Administration
alone maintained IL regional informa-
ton Offices, not counting SUBJ Offices at
New York and Chicago.
The result was tremendous du-
plication Of effort, competition be-
tween different branches of the Gov
ernment for access to news columns,
wave-lengths and newsreels. 1t be-
came SO scandalous that suggestions
were made to the White House that
coordination would reduce friction
and overhead costs and end the in
creasing WEAKNESS of commercial agen-
cies with the flood of official publicity.
Mr.. A. A. Mercy, sparkplug of the
recent resettlement publicity program,
outlined a plan for coordination
which was fed into the White House
hopper by Steve Early and which now
seems to have met the fate Of all
intelligent suggestions by subordinate
Evening star., 1937-01-08

Franco. whateOer be said about him. is uth
strong personality and tremendous Under
stances Franco really bring order the Ibern peninsula
so much the better for everybody Hence there
they should not trsh Frances uictory.
OF the British general
lhed will country
The treasury Of the
ernnt France
ruler he will
a position to loan him a nickel
capable OF ubsdzing him. And that country England
Thus. within a short time after
government he will be compelled London Then
British dictate their
The former King going
Simpson in London.
There have amount tales
which the former ruler OF Ethiopia had brought with him
appears that these exaggeradons.
Puttick and Simpson selling Selassies fatudre
amounting to 10000 These
which reported at the time to be full of gold The
OF the sa the aucioneers lucky
When sese and his family reached London they had
in the banking account only S85O0 villa
yielded another And that much
has large family and many retaines to take Of
It true that before the
q very rich
He has financed the out his private
income
conscated by the Italians shipment of "Sese
Evening star., 1937-01-08
We, the People
Presidents Denial Federal Publicity Bureau Is
Planned Leaves Problem Unsolved.

officials of the Federal Government.
While Roosevelt has SHE'D away from
anything which would suggest an
official propaganda department or a
ministry Of public enlightenment, the
problem remains unsolved. In the
first place-to put things first-it will
be necessary to persuade Congress to
make provision for more ambitious
Federal publicity than Congressmen
have ever cared to authorize. CThe
publicity IS already here, but it Is
necessary to persuade the legislative
branch to marry the gal.") Since
our Government is increasingly q gov
ernment of public opinion, politicians
are naturally reluctant to authorize
system by which the President can
reach the minds of the voters whom
Congressman are supposed to repre-
sent. The defeat Of Huddleston, who
opposed the President on the public
utility holding company act, in the
Alabama primaries is an example of
what politicians fear.
Administration Right.
On the other hand, with broad dis
cretionary powers lodged In the White
House, including ALLEGATION Of pubic
funds, 1t is necessary that the admin
iStration should be allowed to tell
the people how and why their tax
money Is being spent. To refuse
the administration this right is to
vote for dictatorship, for only auto
Gratis have the power to tax and spend
without consulting the views Of those
who foot the bill.
Finally. the status Of Government
publicity men needs to be defined.
Often camouf1aged, usually apologize
and always on the defensive, they
are regarded as necessary nuisances by
their superiors, as hired propagandists |
by the 'outs" and as rather off-color |
by their colleagues. With lawyers,
architects, engineers, surgeons and |
economists allowed to serve the people |
without reproach, 1t is about time that |
professional standards be applied to
publicity men in their effort to aid the |
processes Of a democratic government
with their skill and experience.
So, while the notion Of q Federal
publicity bureau has been officially
laughed of as "a brain storm" by
F. D. r., the need for doing some
thing in this field remains. Perhaps
the ghost Of ministry Of public en-
Eghtenment Is not as dead as it seems
and an executive committee to CO.
ordinate the New Deals public rela-
tions may be quietly set up on the
side. to study and report in the usual
stately manner. In the meantime,
the White House has bigger fish to
fry than to put the fear of God into
the hearts Of a Washington Press
Gallery caught between the employer
and the deep blue sea Of mimeographed
handouts.
tCopyrisht, 1877
Evening star., 1937-01-08
CRITICISM OF COURT
DEFENDED BY BARKLEY
Senator Cites Fights on Supreme
Tribunal by Jack son, Jeffer-
son and Lincoln.

BY the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, January g.
Senator Alben w. Barkley of Ken
lucky told Jackson day dinner audi
ence last night that the Supreme
Court, by q vote of to 4, can deny
the rights of the people to the pro-
lection of the Constitution, "but I'm
not guilty Of treason If I agree with
the four"
II have as much respect for the
Supreme Court as I can-under the
circumstances" he continued. II do
not want to criticize it, but il do
I will be in good company, for Jack
son, Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and
even Theodore Roosevelt did also.
'The Democratic party" he said,
'ehas always been the voice of nber-
alism in America. Jackson, who was
reared during the American Revolu-
ton and who knew the struggles Of
the pioneers, was not afraid Of the
word revolution, and neither was JET
ferson."
Evening star., 1937-01-08
This Changing World
British May Finally Dictate Terms to Franco When
He Floats Loan.
He Floats Loan.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
ORE details begin
MI
appears the surface.
According to reliable reports government
indicated its
the dictator Of Spain.
the British
during Drummond
British Ambassador at
foreign secretary understood that
with the the
the ruler of Spain.
The Italians haze represented Franco
ardent Fascist but establishing
government in strieon Spain; a uho
Evening star., 1937-01-08

Hogans tricks Hogan
Mellon against income instituted
decision In the has been imminent
1or some time hinges Melons
lions BY definitely making the gift Hogan thereby makes difficult
Tor the Tax Board to hold Mellon
onal proof for appeal to the Circuit the Board
accepts the Democratic estimation of Mellon.
He
dressee and is being seriously considered.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
News Behind the News
New Cabinet Post of Public Welfare Director
Definitely in the Wind.
BY PAUL MALLON,


frequently
during disguised Smith
welknown Government officials An observer who them with
whkers only (Trade)
W. and the two and Harold MARK Ickes Of
P. W.. A. and D. o.
developed they could
else thereafter and not get it from Morgenhau.
Well, here is the leak
Department Public Welfare will created time within
will Hopkins
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Times Getting Better.

FARIBAULT, MINI. P).-American
hoboes, said j. Leon Lazarowitz, who
claimed he was once their king"
know times are getting better. He
gave some personal financial statistics
by way Of emphasis.
"On January l, 1886, had 6 cents
in my pocket" he said. "On New Year
day of 1887 had IL cents; today I've
got 81 cents"
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Zoo to Get Tree Pie.

CHICAGO R.-A wandering tree
pie will wander into the Chicago
Geological Park soon.
For all its name, the wandering tree
pie is Just bird. It looks something
like Q magpie, said ZOO officials. and
will be among several new residents q,
tho park.
Evening star., 1937-01-08

Time was when
the President OF
the United States,
as Congress as
sembled at the
beginning OF q
regu lar session,
woud address to
both houses a re-
port on the state
Of the Union.
Not so today.
Mr.. Roosevelt's S
message was a
discussion of the
broad aspects of
democracy. Hav-
tpc Uop control
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Theft Guard Vanishes, Too.

INDIANAPOLIS. January 8 OP).-
The luck of Walter Pennycuff is all
tough it seems.
He told police yesterday two tons Of
coal disappeared from his shed so fast
he suspected thievery and he pur-
chased a $50 watch dog to guard q
replenished fuel supply. Both dog and
coal were gone when he went to the
shed yesterday morning, he said.
Evening star., 1937-01-08

The natural gradual establish
ment Of co-ops on their own ini-
tiative and money and from the
bottom up, is what most of the au-
thorities around here favor now.
That seems to end that.
The New Dealers managed to
hide it, but the7 were deeply hurt
when ex-Secretsry of the Treasury
Mellon gave all those so or 60 mil
lion dollars of art as public char
Evening star., 1937-01-08

reached Antwerp to be sold for the
account Of the Italian government.
Seiassie is now suing the importer
for the money which he thinks
should be paid to him and not to
the Italian government.
His palace in Adds Ababa was
full of expensive objects and was
insured with Lloyds of London for
s500,000. But he can't get that in
surance either, because Lloyds says
that the palace had been looted at
Evening star., 1937-01-08

The British are practical people.
All they want Is peace. They know
how much dynamite there Is in the
Spanish situation. Furthermore,
there is nobody in the cabinet who
likes communism and mighty few
people in the empire have COM
munistic ideas.
The British government does not
see any man in the loyalist camp
with a sufficiently strong person.
atty to impose himself on the
Sy,a pjSh y,oaSsaS
Evening star., 1937-01-08
the Ernperor's orders.


insurance brokers threaten
SeaSe taxing the case to the courts accusing him having
the destruction and the lootng Of number
Aoaba so that the Italians shall find nothing they occupy
capital OF Ethiopia" ' 49,
Evening star., 1937-01-08

eTHE opinions Of page are their oon not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions are presented IN
The Stars effort to gUe all sides OF questions of interest to It's
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1937-01-08
State of Union
Queries Left
Unanswered
Message of Roosevelt
Ignores Custom and
Enlightenment.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
T HARDLY observed in the dra-
- matte atmosphere in which
President Roosevelt personally
= Il has just read his annual mes
sage to Congress was the fact that it no
longer Is a communication on the
Estate of the Union"
Evening star., 1937-01-08

and possibly all the spending and
lending agencies having to do with
public welfare, such as the various
housing groups, portions Of reSettle-
ment and possibly even the new
Slums Clearance Administration to
be set up under the Wagner bill.
The new department will have per-
manent status like the 10 other
regular Government departments.
An eleventh cabinet member will
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Weisgal Is Sure He'll
Get His 100000
Back.
BY LEMUEL PARTON.


TT COST s5oo,o0o to ready "Th
Eternal Road" which opened i
New York Thursday with an 81
top. That's lot Of bait. Meye
w. Weisgal, who produces the show
with Crosby Gaige, is sure they'r
going to get 1t back.
Mr.. Weisgal isn't a rash specula
tor. but he is filled with religious, cul
tural and artistic fervor which some
times makes one inclined to "shoo|
the works" with more abandon thai
II he were merely out for money. witj
ness the Angkor Vat, the Tai Mahs|
and the Renaissance Cathedrals. Thi
seems to be something in that genera
picture, rendered in dramaturgy|
rather than stone.
Mr.. Weisgal is small, wiry, highlj
galvanized man. Fascinated by any}
thing big, elaborate or overwhelmin1
with a cultural or intellectual OVERLAP
Truth. in his cosmos, is Betelgeus|
rather than mustard seed. He wal
a newsboy in the Bronx, attendirI
Public School Sc, a rip-snorting news
boy, beating the other lads to the cori
ner and quicker to spot a good sellin|
line. Always ON the run, he wal
headed for Columbia University. 81
the time he entered there he was |
business man. with prosperous news
stand at One Hundred and Sixteenth
street. His cyclorama of magazin|
covers was the backdrop Of a DARN |
career, but the stage was too small II
hold him.
Immediately after his graduated
he took a job as ofi1ce boy in the Ne |
York headquarters of the Zionid
movement. Six months later he wal
managing editor of the Maccabeanl
the Zionist Official organ. For 10 years
he was editor Of the weekly, NeW|
Palestine, with the largest circulation
Of any Jewish publication in the
world. He went to Toronto and es
tablished the Jewish Standard, al
weekly, which he edited at long dis
lance. These and other activities es|
tablished him as one Of the leaders
OF the world Zionist movement.
Deep, earnest convictions are hill
motivation in this activity. He bel
ieves there is a vast, regeneratin}
force in the ancient Jewish culture
This led him to the production OF th{
gigantic spectacle, The Romance Of
People" which drew audiences oI
100000 at the Chicago Worlds Fair
He is never so happy as when en-
gagged with something that requireI
attention to infinite detail. Probably
the happiest day Of his life was wheI|
he realized he would have to rebuild
the Manhattan Theater to get hil
Eternal Road" into it.
Evening star., 1937-01-08
Golfer Marries Baronet,

Joyce Wethered marries a baronetj
Miss We.hered, stylst of golf, foul
times British champion, has kep|
pretty much out of the rough all hel
hfe-one Of the best things she does id
a golf match. too. Her husband is Sid
John Heathcote-Amory. Their counI
try seat is Knightshayes Court, Tiv1
erton, Devon. Few women golfers
have rounded up their career with
this nice Laura Jean Libby finish.
Copyright, 1877
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06
Utopia Tomorrow Morning

Among the Utopian schemes that have
been flooding the country is one which
aims to establish an economy Of plenty,
aboliShing poverty and yet maintaining
the capitalistic system, producing SO per
cent more than we did in 1929 with no
greater equipment. It would hold prices
down, maintain individual opportunity,
establish minimum wages of So, 900 year,
and so on. All this is set forth In pro-
spectus more elaborate than the United
States Constitution, with a thousand de-
tails, all OF which the inventor seems to
regard as essential and Interchangeable,
and all Of which he wants adopted at
once.
It only requires glance at any such
scheme, by normally intelligent per-
son, to reveal its unsoundness. Perhaps
never in history, not even in ancient
Babylon in the days of Hammurabi or in
Athens in the days of Scion, has anybody
succeeded In imposing upon civilized
nation a new economic system at one
swoop. Even the revolutionary changes
Of recent years in Russia, Italy and Ger
many have been matters of trial and evo-
luton. In a free country like ours, eSpe-
cially, important changes can only be
accomplished by taking broad and simple
ideas one at time and gradually working
out the details.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

this in turn prevents the annual pay
Lent Of the school grant, a sum Of about
$4,000.
As result Mayor Spellacy intends to
hold up that much money from the old
age taxes. And If he does this the State
Treasurer by statute can collect that
much from Mayor Spellacy personally.
The law demands that the mayor or war
den or selectnan be held responsible for
payment Of old age taxes to the State and
shall be forced to make up the difference
where there is discrepancy. And Mayor
Spellacy Is prepared to take this rap" II
1t becomes necessary.
All Of which proves conclusively that
the mayor seems to have the welfare OF
his city at heart. There evidently will be
showdown on this question and we
wouldn't be surprised to find the mayor
coming out on top He's got popular
stand in the controversy.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06
High Finance

Aladdin was piker compared with our
financial wizards. The world by this time
knows of Samuel Insults public utility
empire and the Van Sweringen brothers
railroad empire, both built from a shoe
string. But a comparatively unknown
man, Harrison Williams, once bicycle
maker, has been telling the Securities
and Exchange Commission fairy tale OF
American finance that sounds still more
marvellous.
Starting with $4,000, 900, in a few years
Mr.. Williams expanded his investment
into a mountain of securities which in
1929 were valued at $612,000,000, and
which gave him control of utility net
work having combined assets of $685.
1000. His 1881 income tax of 81, 500, 900
could have been paid from the earnings on
one investment Of 1000 that he made in
1928.
It can be assumed that Mr.. Williams
operations were Legitimate, according to
current standards, until the contrary
is proved. He seems to have done what
thousands of mer were trying to do,
merely succeeding better than most of his
big competitors because he was a shrew-
der player Of the game. But that sort Of
game, with its stupendous profits and
losses, its vast pyramiding of holding
companies and its reckless use of bank
credit, helped to bring on the depression
and is one of the great menaces to the
capatolist system.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06
Deserts Of America

"A land Of desolatlon and hunger was
that pictured in the United States by
in. Darling at the closing session OF the
North American Wild Life Conference this
week. Mr.. Darling, who worked for the
Roosevelt administration for some few
months as conservation director before
splitting with the high authorities and
resigning his job, was most dismal IN his
predictions and outlook. For example he
pictured a land in 1860 which will be non
productive and devoid of such wild life
as might provide food for starving
Americans.
We don't doubt but what he is well adj
vised in pointing out how our land is
gradually becoming more and more bar
rem. It is true that we are not putting
back in the soil what is being taken out.
Erosion is taking its annual toll; we can
see that In the increase in the number OF
dust storms, the formation Of dust-bowls,
and the increase in seasonal floods. We
need solemn warnings like those that
Mr.. Darling and other conservationists
issue from time to time. They bring us
up. short and actually, cause. various
agencies to do some good work in behalf
Of American civilization.
Mr. Darling, who is much better known
to millions Of Americans as a cartoonist
Of the first water, said among other things
at the conference, "In 1860, at the pres
ent trend of destruction Of soil and the
Increase in population, the upward curve
az population will cross the downward
curve of tillable soil until we have just
three acres of tillable land per person to
live on. And that Is considered the lowest
possible minimum by which we can main
tain our standard of living. After that
we head down to the level Of the Chinese.
In substantiation Of his claims we might
quote from remarks Of Ernest G. Holt,
head of the wild-life management section
Of. the u. s. Conservation Service. He
said, "The Soil Conservation Service after
a nationwide survey of erosion finds that
already 100000,000 acres Of once good
crop land have been essentially ruined
by erosion for further crop production.
This rate of destruction is continuing at
the rate of 100000 acres year. 1t simply
means that each year the crop lands of the
country will support $500 fewer farm fam
lilies than the year before. !"
We might mention other discouraging
reports, but that's enough to convince
the average man that there is much to
be done in the United States. Right here
in Connecticut or New England we may
not be able to see these startling changes,
but this Is but a small section of big
nation. The government must act; the
states affected must act. Now is the time,
not twenty years hence when our Ameri-
can deserts will be formed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

It was good news to read that the
Dutch elm disease is eradicable. For
some time people have been led to believe
that there was nothing that science could
throw in the path Of this tree pestilence
save procession of tree stumps to indi.
cate where once stood lofty and magnif-
icent elms. Down at Washington, though,
they believe they have found something
which may in time prove successful in
combating the spread Of the disease. For
the time being, though the state and fed
eral authorities will combine efforts to
sort out the infected trees and to destroy
them before all follow in the path of the
chestnut tree of beloved New England
memory.