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Evening star., 1937-04-10
Where Price-Fixing Leads
New Deal Seen Continuing Questionable Policy of
Putting Commodities on Stills

lately, has kept Government bonds on
stills. The administration buys its
own bonds, not because it wants the
bonds, but to keep the price from
dropping too rapidly.
The administration has put several
commodities on stills. BY buying cot
ton and lending money on it and
paying farmers for not raising it. it
has put that commodity on stills. BY
similar policies 1t has put several other
farm CROPS on stills.
Puts Stills Under Coal.
The administration is Just now put
ting stills under soft coal. BY the
Guffey coal bill, now passing through
Congress, the price will be raised. In
this case, as in others, having put
stills under one commodity, the ad-
minlstration will be forced 10 put
stilts under Others Coal is COM
petitive with oil and natural gas.
With the price OF soft coal raised,
either oil and natural gas must go
up too, or else the market for coal
will be hurt. Also, since cost of fuel
goes up, SO must the cost of steel and
other commodities made by use of
fuel. Still more stills.
It's the old story OF attempts by
Government to raise prices One stilt
neceSsitates another Presently, per-
hapS already, the administration will
be like many-legged animal trying
aWkWardly to walk on an immense
and intricate set of stills. Sooner or
later, one OF the stills breaks, and
when one breaks all become erAangled,
The result, under present conditions.
Is not necessarily a general drop in
prices. 1t is more likely to be a tenn
porary drop followed by a runaway
rise America. due TO the sdministra-
tion's fiscal policies, is in an anomal-
Gus condition, in which disaster is
likely to take the form, not Of low
prices but Of high, of imitation
Many persons surmise that as Mr.
face with imitation, he will trv TO
face with in fistion. he will try TO
keep prices down. just as he first
created srtificially high prices so will
ne now try 10 create artificially low
prices. This will lead him into an
effort of put controls on the whole
world OF prices. In such an effort he
might forbid speculative purchases
and limit the quantity and range of
all purchases. He might close some
commodity markets
That sort of thing. irving 10 fix
prices generally, is-or rather seems
TO be-the easy way. It appeals 10
politically minded person more than
the hard way. which is to stop imitation
by reducing Government expenditures.
But an attempt at general price regu-
lation would be as artificial and as
doomed for trouble, AS the previous
attempt to make prices high.
CCopyrisht 1897
Evening star., 1937-04-10

to the scene before you. there seem to
be numerous creatures all looking your
way.
Look at the stems of eel-grass for
the weird little caprellas. They cling
fast TO the stems with their prehenSjle
legs. standing almost erect or leaning
forward, bowing, and reaching their
tiny arnas forward Their small
heads, with waving, plumelike anten-
nae and bright black eyes, make them
look like mischievous elves.
The caprellas are small folk about
one and half inches high, OF a yel-
loWlsh Or reddish brown color They
are so fragile they appear ghostlike
among the deep green waters about
them. But watch how they dance
The male bows low before the caprella
maiden and she shyly bows her head.
Their six legs of different lengths curl
under them, or cling fast to some OBJ
ject. Modesty, courtesy and dignity
are expressed by their graceful move
ments.
The head is seated upon slender
Evening star., 1937-04-10


Ihes cannot be SIT doon mot
Underground darkness comforts Guards at the
mourn 0 me mine could easily
ne Heoef tntended to haDe a in
ihe proposa therefore, q insult
workers VINO had won their strike
lhere was enough
10 convince some WaveTng Senators otherwise been
0 WV"
e'her unseen compliments Of
$780, NV" A"e "''''-
the story there is no GOOD reason ,o
uon hat the president
noDt u'Teported word the subject
Mot Mr. Garner challenged OF
'sceeed oy the President
We "auo" ana the probable ut-douns
encourage the fouttng OF citizen,
outside the C. ' '
Ihe conversation pounding aos vber A,
SA'fer Sao something like this ut
those factories" e " e e ''en ''' "a
nature II not The exact wording
Il cannot do it without '~e' ''
Weh said Mr. Garner T tnat
makes MIN bigger than the President the States"
Despite his successes Lewis
~ Voucn or that Several things
with the ~ ~ NV '0'
Ihe main the
away from his control
oe'"oS "hoe u o. movement
want TO get thels Consequently
i1her expansion of little tdoWn
PROBABLY Will the big big one
~ N N'e ''N
Things ike the
q
poece may Jo4ce me Government
10 get away with aNless strikes
III hgh authority he had
muc be
Inc flag
Evening star., 1937-04-10

against business combinations, mon
opolles, or what not, which raise
prices artif1cially. For this surmise
there is some faint evidence. The
President himself, at his last two
press conferences, has not amplified
his original statement.
1t may be the Presidents early
statement was given more weight
than it was meant to have. To one
who was at the press conference when
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke, it did not seem
that his statement had any por-
tentous intent. 1t seemed off-hand.
Some one had asked him something
about w P. A. He replied that under
present conditions w p A. ought
not TO direct much OF its expenditures
INTO buildings and bridges which con-
sumo heavy materials, because the
heavy industries are already prosper
o'Ls enough. He said w P A. at this
time should concentrate on projects
IN which most OF the money goes to
labor, rather than materials. This
would stimulate the so-called Con-
sumner goods" industries. In short,
Mr.. Roosevelts statement about prices
of steel and copper seemed merely
off hand.
Mr.. Roosevelt NAV have intended
warning. he may have intended TO
talk the market down" He some
times uses his press conference for
that kind of purpose. He may con-
template ofhcial action about prices,
Or he may want the markets 10
think he cOntemplateS action.
About the merit of Mr. RooseveIt's s
assertion, MANY agree. Heads of steel
and copper companies themselves
agree. But they don't admit the blame
rests on them. Mainly they blame
some past and still continuing poll
cles OF Mr. Roosevelt. They say that
some OF the rise is due TO foreign
buying for armament, but most OF
it is due TO New Deal policies. They
think also that due to those policies.
MIR. Roosevelt and the country may
have an awkward time ahead
Tend to Raise Prices.
II L. lhtb LudJ several 6OfnlllS-
tratiOn actions and policies tend to
bring about abnormally high prices
for nearly everything The adminis-
tration during four years has set up q
large number of stills. 1t started
when prices were abnormallv low.
The measures taken to raise prices in
1888 and later, now keep on working
after there is no need for them, Such
measures usually go farther than is
intended. And once under way they
are almost impossible TO stop.
The administration has out gold on
stills. That is the principal silt of
all. The administration is paving
s35 an ounce for gold. That Is more
than almost any other country or
interest is willing to pay. At that
prices, most owners of gold prefer to
sell. Consequently the Roosevelt ad-
mlnistration, maintaining standing
offer of $35 an ounce, has had nearly
half the gold in the world dumped
upon it.
The administration has similarly put
silver on stills. 1t has put the British
pound and the French franc on stilts:
our administration, as part of its in
ternatlonal sta abilization policy, pre-
Sumably buys pounds and francs to
help keep them from going down. The
administration has put, and until
Evening star., 1937-04-10

Tor trans-Pacifc flyers.
BY Presidential order this division
was created in 1884 with DR.. Gruening
us first director Heretofore the War
Deartment took care of Puerto Rico.
The Virgin Islands fell to the Nsvv
Department. Alaska and Hawaii
kicked around somewhere in INTERIOR
DR.. Gruening has welded them into
functioning whole. His world travels.
Wloe interests and education, have
given him penetration into complex
and diverse problems. He is vigorous.
keen, and filed with p, humor thai
transforms simple statements into
human stories.
Born in New York City, q graduate
OF both Harvard University and Medi-
cal School, he early found bis niche
IN newspaper work. For 20 odd wears
he wrote for representative Boston
and New York papers, ultimately
starting his own in Maine. In addi-
tlon, he has written two books. one.
Mexico and Its Heritage" and THE
Public Pays" study of power propa-
ganda). He followed his progressive
Ideas to become publicity director of
the La Toilette campaign in 1924. The
President appointed him in 1888 off,
clal adviser TO the Pan-American con-
ference at Montivideo, where DR..
Gruenlng says the good neighbor
policy took concrete form"
Our territories and island posses-
Sions are filled with startling contrasts
and comparisons, Gruening saws.
Puerto Rico is over populated at the
rate of $50 inhabitants to the square
mile. Alaska, on the other hand, is
under populated, with a calculated
one-tenth of a person per square
mile. Hawaii is rich in fine hotels.
tourists, flying fields and shipping
facilities. Alaska needs them all. and
hopes Congress will provide them.
Puerto Rico is not Self-sustaining
yet, while Hawaii pays more taxes into
the Treasury than 19 States. Alaska's
economic contribution has been 81
100000 year in furs, minerals and
fish since we bought the territory
for palCry s7200,000
Evening star., 1937-04-10

Of
national labor relations in the Greyhound will declare
Il A.
previous DECISIONS the
decision
IN the
revising itself States the
ha.y ferib
political
capable destroying poWer
has it poUer
at to
deconthat State legislation due
denied while the
In view, new-ad doctrine rights S
validity
for his
warm friendly local
corporations today
q
corporations play of State
defer defy regulation these
n0hich has real incoming in modern AMERICA
Supreme
pretend
Supreme Court muiion
spectators the public
the opinion OF conservative majority.
Roosevelt
Conians mention States which regions themselves
country point
do the to-
too and
political
uhereb the a
responsible before failed
occeptdby then.
Evening star., 1937-04-10
Natures Children
CaprellaS.
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY

HINk of the joy of seeing these
creatures in loW-tide pools this
Summer! Caprellas love TO
4 dwell i'll the sheltered parts
OF the rocks where there is an abund-
ance of seaWeed. Here the tiny elves
cling with their prehensile legs to the
waving water plants.
In the past you have been in the
midst of thousands of small creatures.
whose antics would have entertained
you for hours. But the scales had
not as yet dropped from your eyes"
You looked at them. but were not
even conscious they were there. Rock
creyices, shallow pools and sandy
beaches are sWarming with creatures,
many of them performing stunts
breathtaking to watch and enjoy.
Upon first inspection, pools, streams
and such places seem TO have only
seaweeds, algae and water plants. As
soon as your eyes become accustomed
Evening star., 1937-04-10

would have hesitated to denounce the
7. w. w. by resolution whereas today.
due to the political dictatorship and
domination over the White House
and Congress established by Mr.. Lewis
and his allies, the House Of Repre-
sentatives hesitates to pass even
resolution of inquiry and the Senate,
after much debate passes a resolution
that is stripped of any real meaning
and one that spares Mr.. Roosevelt
the necessity OF attaching his sigma
ture so as to give it real force as
Government pronouncement. An
apology is due all the l. w. W.'s who
were denounced so universally 20 years
ago, for apparently they were the
true liberals and progressive though
a couple of decades ahead OF their
time.
tCopyriRht 1879
Evening star., 1937-04-10

minlstrs ton. One
especially active
rumor says the
President, in Or
der TO restrain
prices, is going
to do something
about gold. That,
if true, would in
terest every coun-
try. This story,
newspaper men in
Washington are
unable TO verify.
Another rumor
says the adminis-
tration may pro-
ceed vigorously
Evening star., 1937-04-10
Behind the News
Lewis Reported to Have Stopped Senate Sit.Down
Ban by Telephoning 80 Members
BY PAUL MALLON.


WAS President Roosevelt
coal sit downs Nor
although he received the credit
telephone No
introduced There IN States
Mr. John L. LeW has influence. to
America the technique
court orders oy force but he influence
he has raised the as the
armament Doom Europe He
"a9es ana consequently prices, probably
eoehudHy autos He a the
processes to be frightened ,okno
Evening star., 1937-04-10

nator Of these
scattered lands
and races. They
spread over the
map from Alaska,
virgin empire ex-
tending north TO
the Arctic Circls
and west into the
Eastern Hemis-
phere, to tropical
Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands.
Hawaii, and three
newly appreci-
ated Islands in
the South Seas,
fueling stop-oVers
Evening star., 1937-04-10
An American
You Should
Know
DIR. Ernest Gruening Is
Protector of u. S.
Territories.
BY DELLA PYNCHON.

BY DELLA PYNCHON.
'lVE varying parcels OF land
r nestle uneasily under Uncle
/ Sans protecting wing. Ernest
Gruening, director OF the di-
vision Of territories and island pos
sessions, Department of Interior, is
the appointed protector and co-ordi-
Evening star., 1937-04-10

1he inside on that situation bears
distinct Typographical difference
from General Motors and ChrysIer.
1t seems that all OF Mr.. Ford's
important plants, except one, sit
back far from public highways and
public property. They are sur
rounded by high barbed fences
considerable distance from the
street. The feeding of sit-downers
in his plants, therefore, would be a
difficult proposition.
Evening star., 1937-04-10

muniSt candidate
for the presidency
" as a b e t er
pr o p h e t even
than Jim Farley.
For on October
%, 1886, just be-
fore the end of
the presidential
"a m pa / & n, the
following n e s
item appeared a on
Inc lfonJ page Dl
the New York
Sun:
Earl BroWder,
Communist can
ltLata for Drap,
Evening star., 1937-04-10
We, the People
Court Seen Forcing Attention Need for Complete
Revision of Constitution.
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

JUST Herbert Hoover 1892 Roosevelt his
to include what known the New Order by
~ which F. D. r. wise imid introduce
himself
reformation
two years-reay r. A.
the decisions
The recent decision the railway labor the Virginia milk
Evening star., 1937-04-10
Court Move
"Predicted"
by Reds
Communist Objective
Seen Paralleling Roose-
welt Judiciary Plan.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

TOR a long time it has been
- contended here that nobody
knew q thing about President
= RooSevelt's plan to enlarge the
supreme Court until he himself
sprsn9 it as surprise on February
last.
But it turns out now that the Com
Evening star., 1937-04-10

HE opinions OF the 10rers this page oO not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in
me stars e1ort to g'ue all sides OF questions
readers although such opinions contradictory nmono
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1937-04-10
London Art Prices

At An auction in London a small
drawing by Brket Foster brought
1919, while a painting by G. de Fal
1868 measuring by feet was
knocked down for only s45.
Evening star., 1937-04-10

II some OF Fords lust sur
the building
property If passers attack
you VIII nave civil warfare something
that Mr. Lewis sitting nvouptarv and
nertly perhaps IN Lee
wright
Evening star., 1937-04-10

and The Washington State mini
mum wage law, led the New Deal
ers to anticipate that the cases
considered under the Wagner Ia
Dor relations act would be divided
by the court into two classes: the
one involving interstate commerce
(as defined by the COURT and
those involving intrastate COM
merce.
This is written before the court
has snoken 70 I will set down as
Evening star., 1937-04-10

"''eo UTtOlTEbT UtJUHT UNU CUTEUU USS
10 any one who can do these
things. Senators are not so tough.
Mr.. Lewis got busy on the
phone when he heard about the
Byrnes amendment to his Guffey-
Vlnson coal bill, proposing to IL
legalize sit-downs in the mines.
Those around the Democratic tele-
phone booths that day say he must
have talked to 80 Senators. Some
say he changed only half a dozen
votes or so, but he strengthened
MANY
Evening star., 1937-04-10

So The Supreme Courts sud-
den conversion TO States rights
amounts to reductio ad absurdum,
a practical joke on the New Deal,
designed-like the New Deal-to
show that we need complete re-
vision of the Constitution and not
Just tinkering by Congress or the
courts. When we get that revision,
the President may take the credit
but the court will have helped him
by proving that the Constitution is
,ntlIrv. Copyright, 1872
Evening star., 1937-04-10
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

- mark about the prices OF steel
and copper being too high
continues to cause agitation
week after it was made. Rumors dart
throughout the whole world limiting
portentous official action by the ad-
Evening star., 1937-04-10

70 longer workable twentieth
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-30

Sir Ronald Lindsay, British am
bassador to the United States,
sails suddenly for home. It is be-
lieved he will confer with govern
ment heads as to possible British
action in the Sino-Japanese
emergency. At the same time,
the u. S. ambassador to Great
Britain, Robert w. Bingham, was
speeding from London to Wash
ington, ostensibly to confer on in
ternational affairs. London be-
lieves, however, that both ambas-
sailors were called home to facili-
tate a trade and currency agree
ment.
Central Press
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-30

A confirmed criminal SINCE ne was
10, Benny Elliott, 81, prisoner
in county jail at Tulsa, Okla.' mas
appealed for, and is expected 70
obtain, an operation to rectlIy nus
been arrested many times Ioi
crimes ranging from petty 1 E1;.
ceny to attempted murder. t tns
current jail stay followed sne
beating Of his sister-in-law VII
steel bar. Elliott was ssluon
by a train when five, suileleo
numerous head injuries anu a.
parently has a depressed are" 10
hismskull. Some physicians ~
lieve that relief Of pressure 81.
would restore Elliott's Da aa..
''''' -Central Press
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-30

that post 1885, when the Democrats gained power
gave large part of his art collection valued
many millions to the United tSates government and at
the time provided funds for the erection of a
onal art gallery in Washington to house it. Many of
the works of art purchased by Mellon from the
Soviet government
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-30

Andrew William Mellon, Pittsburgh indusrialist and
banker who became one the wealthiest in the
world, born in Pittsburgh in 1885, the of judge
was Western university, the Uni
versity Pittsburgh graduated in the class of
1873s He married Nora McMulen in 1900. There is
one son, Paul. Melons interests vast early in
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-30

Japan's blockade of 800 miles OF
China's sea coast, effected as a
stringent measure to relieve the
pressure on her embattled lana
troops in the Shanghai area Is
pictured on this map. japanese
naval authorities threatened to IN
clude American and other foreign
shipping in the blockade. Inc
United States made known II
would not recognize the blockade
and would protect it's shipping
Central Press
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-30

life with the Mellon National of Pittsburgh the
nucleus of family fortune Control spread to COAL
COKE iron, aluminium oil and many other enter
prises became secretary of the treasury in the
cabinet of President Harding, in 1921 and remained
under both President Coolidge and Hoover until named
ambassador to Great Britain in 1882 He resigned from
La gaceta., 1937-01-06

MI. None economlzara en- IA
Florida los legislatures lQ
d@an; perc nsiste en- que ell 81
bierno de los Estsdos Unidos
debe. construir ell canal.
Una de cal y otra de arena .
iCuando Sc trata del dill del
Tic, icue n gaste, que aste!
La gaceta., 1937-01-06
RL CONCERTO DEL VIOLI-
NISTA DALMAU

Cuando ell volinista Dalmau
lego a Puerto Rico, los fascis
tas rehusaron escucharle.
Era un catalan" amigo de
la Rep1blica Espahola y Sc ha-
cfa necesario "boycotearle."
Ahora Dalmau Sc encuentra
en- Tampa y dara su concerto
ell venidero domingo, en- el tea
tro del Centre Asturiano.
Para ess dia, sin considera-
cion al volinista antifascista,
Sc ha anunciado una velada en-
Ell Centre Obrero.
mo seria possible dejar la
velada para otro dia, o cele-
brarla ell domingo al mediodia,
de modo que Dalmau no salga
de aqui disgustado, como sa.
iiera de Puerto Rico por eli
boycott" de los fascistas?
SEs que al violinista a~ntifas-
cista, republican, y espahol, le
vamos a perjudicar EN- sus in-
tereses1
La gaceta., 1937-01-06
LA EXPOSITION DE CANA
DO EN- LA FBRIA DE FLO
RIDA

Siete de los mas puros ejem-
plares de la raza Aberdeen An
gus, la mejor para carne, sepdn
mandates a Tampa Y exhibidos
aqui, en- la Feria de Florida. La
noticia sc ha trasmitido por w.
H. Tomhave, secretario de la a.
sociaci6n n~acional, con oficinas
en- Chicago, en- carta al admi-
nistrador general P. T. STRIFE
der.
Sierra Ell primer c~argamento
de esa importancia, en- ganado
de tai clase, mandado al sur de
La naci6n.
Elliott Brown, de Rose Hill,
Iowa, remitira valiosos elem
plares.
Exhibiran tamhien sus ami
males, ganaderos tan notables
como Ames Plantation j. ID.
Higgins Robert Cresaps, j. G.
Telan. S, C. Fullerton y otEos,
La gaceta., 1937-01-06

Detroit, enero 6.-Las agen-
Gas del gobierno federal van a
intervene en- las disputas entire
los obreros, que va llegan a 3d.
900 sin trabajo por causa de la
controversial, y la empresa Ge-
neral Motors.
Homer Martin, presidente de
dos Automovilstas Unidos
dice que Sc ha iniciado va una
parallel ION total del trabajo
en- las fabricas de la General
Motors. Isl el gobierno quiere
intervenir, lie ayudaremos a re-
solver los problemas plantea-
La paralizaci6n sd extendi6
aver a GAINESVILLE, Wis, donde
los obreros acordaron quedarse
sentados en- los talleres y no ira
La compafiia Fisher, IA
bricante de carrocerias de au-
dej6 aver sin trabajo
a $500 hombres.
Celebr6 una conferencia con
Ell presidente Roosevelt, infor-
de 10 que sucede, la Sc
cretaria del trabajo, Sra. Fran
ces Perkins. La secretaria ma
nifest6 a los periodistas que e.
LA, por ell momento, NO habia a.
~c6nsejads actuaci6n por parte
del jefe del estado.
La gaceta., 1937-01-06

intacto ell eslab6n con la guar.
dia de la sierra.
Ell ministerio de la guerra da
cuenta de haber sido bombar-
deadas las concentraciones fas
'cistas entire Majahonda Y Las
Rosas. Tn contraataque de los
leales cause grandes bajas al
enemigo, que peEdi6 un carga-
mento de armas.
Morss Y legionarios que
Sc pasaron a las fuerzas lealas
en- Villa Harta, provincial de
Jaen, d~eclaran que en- Andalu-
cfa los oficiales espanoles es-
tan siendo reemplazados por
oficiales alemanes. Todas las
brigadas estan formadas por
alemanes".
Las milicias leales ganaron
terreno en- Carabanchel Bajo,
al sur de Madrid, y en- Villa
verde Bajo.
Ell gobierno ha ordenado for
tificar las posiciones conquis-
tadas en- ell sector de Guadala
lara.
Las autoridades de Madrid
han recibido con jubilo la no.
ticia de que ell gobierno de los
Estados Unidos ha concedido
una licencia a Richard L. Dine
ley, de San francisco, para
vender aeroplanos, rifles, a.
metralladoras y municiones
con un valor de $4,000, 900.
La gaceta., 1937-01-06

Inglaterra lie ha communicate
a Alemania e Italia que deben
ccntestar a las proposiciones
franco-britanicas antics del pro-
ximo sabado. Los gobiernos de
Londres y Paris quieren que los
de Berlin y Roma, los fascistas
y antidemocraticos, Sc definan
en- 10 que respeta al envio de vo
luntarios a Espana.
Mas cuapdo Hitler y Mtlsso-
linz nesaelvan cOntestar, va ha-
bran metido en- Espana a $4,000
8 10000 ca~rniceros de los que
s~ervilmente usan camisas ne
gras v pardas.
z6ue lie pasara al gobierno de
Leon Blum, "que no dice esta
bOea es mia?"
lEsperara hasta ell dfa II pa
ra dar a eonocer una nueya nor
ma?
Fracasada la no-imtervenci6n
Sc impone que Francia adopte
ahora la intervention en- favor
de sus intereses Y de la Repd :
blica Espanola.