The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-06-16

OF IL IOr senator rope whose cher
claim to fame seems to be that he
fathered the agricultural act of 1888
and nobody knows yet how to
make the law work. Clark's record
is regarded by many colleagues
in the house as proving him to be a
Democrat of the liberal type, for
he has supported the President on
numerous occasions while voting
against White House dictation when
he felt that he should do so.
The New Dealers have persuaded
Governor Johnston of South Caro-
lima to run against Sen. "Cotton
Ed" Smith. At least, it is the as
sumption that the governor was per-
suaded to enter the race.
There is a fight on in another
southern state also. Sen. Walter F.
George has opposition for the Demo-
cratic nomination. Lawrence Camp,
United States attorney at Atlanta
and Roosevelt appointee, has filed
for the nomination against Senator
George. The understanding in Wash
ington is that the New Dealers set
tied on Camp when they found that
Governor Rivers of Georgia could
not enter the fight because he was
vulnerable on several points. Sena-
tor George, one of the ablest con-
stitutional lawyers in the senate and
long highly regarded in that body,
apparently has hard fight because
of the likelihood of a divided vote.
There are several other candidates
in the field and it has been sug-
gested that the vote may be so
divided as to bring about defeat of
Senator George.
Months ago, of course, Sen. Fred
Van Mugs was marked for ''iquida-
ton" in Indiana because of his &C
tivity against the Presidents court
bill. The state machine in Indiana
is completely under the domination
of former Gov. Paul McNutt, who
aspires to the White House, himself,
in 1910, and McNutt is sticking with
the New Dealers.
But to turn to another phase of
the interparty fight, the question of
use of relief funds in politics has
become hotter than a pan of boiling
grease. Judge Brady Stewart, man.
ager for Chandler in Kentucky, late
ly wrote letter of protest to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, charging among
other things that relief was being
handed out only to persons ZAP
proved" by the Barley faction Of
the party. From Pennsylvania there
have been many squeals about po-
litical use of relief funds by Senator
Guffey, and in neither case has
there been proof that the charges
are not true. Undoubtedly, if the
WPA workers are being used politi-
cally in some places, they are being
used in many places; it is a condi-
ton that must be expected if the
country is going to turn relief of
restitution over to politicians. They
will fill their gullet first.
The death of an individual whom
one does not know, however inpor-
tant the individual
RAISING may be, creates
of Warren only passing inter-
est. Perhaps that
is why so little attention was paid
to the death, a few weeks ago, of
DR.. George F. Warren. Professor
Warren was nationally known as a
Cornell authority on the economies
of agriculture; he was known, too,
for his famed experiment in caus-
ing hens to lay more eggs by keep
ing them in electrically lighted hen
houses at night. But Professor War
rem will 60 down in history for a
much more important reason than
either of these. It was he who
convinced President Roosevelt that
prices could be controlled by the
federal government by means Of
changing the gold content of the
dollar.
Our currency structure had re-
NAMED much the same for SO years
until Professor Warren became an
advisor, a consultant, for the New
Deal. There had been many at
tempts, much fanfare, many blow
ings of trumpets, about tight mon
ey" or "Wall Street control of
money, or various other ideas such
as the free silver of Bryan days and
the equally silly scheme of Senator
Thomas of Oklahoma, who wanted
to print three billion dollars in new
paper money to bring the country
out of the depression. The native
intelligence and solidarity of the
country, however, brought us safely
through those periods until Profess
sor Warren came on the scene.
One need not review how the
Thomas scheme for printing money
was forced through congress nor
how the Warren plan for control of
prices was propagandized until
members of the senate and the
house, knowing nothing about eco
nomic subjects, swallowed the pro-
posal. The gold content of the dol
lar was lowered-the dollar was de-
valued, and the government kept
the profit, amounting to more than
two billion dollars.
The important thing to remember
is that great government made
such costly experiment on its $780,
100000 citizens, and failed. For it
must be said that the Warren
scheme for raising prices has failed.
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