Evening star., 1938-07-15

mile-but I got . good one myself.
and smiled right back. I said. Mr..
President, my people don't want Bark
ley up here any more I told those
people up in Warrington that Ken
lucky can't be bossed, bluf1ed or
bought. There was . lot Of talk about
giving me = soft Job, maybe take
McNutt's place in the Philippine
Islands. You know he wants to run
for President. So told them didn't
want any soft job. I said: I like it
down here in Kentucky. Why don't
they give Barley = job after I beat
him? He's got q lot Of his relatives
working for the Government, and one
more Barkley on the pay roll won't
hurt"
Standing under the moon-cast shad-
ow Of the Lincoln Memorial the other
night. while accepting on behalf Of the
Interior Department the orchestra shell
in which DR.. Hans Kindler's National
Orchestra has just inaugurated its
sunset symphony" concerts, John
Herrick, ex-Chicago newspaperman
and now assistant Indian commits
sioner. divested himself OF little mas
terpiece Of English and New Deal
ideology:
What makes this event especial
ly significant Is that it is another
pointing finger marking the road,
the upward road, along which we
are travelling toward a richer life, q
more equitable social economy-to
be attained through the help Of q
Government which shall be respon-
sive, not to the narrowly defined de-
mands Of the few, but to the broad
ly phrased, variously expressed de-
sires Of the many. Time was when
the fleld Of Federal action was close
ly confined. Maintain the Army and
Navy. carry the mail, mint coins,
collect taxes, negotiate with foreign
peoples-that was the proper arena
for the Federal authority. Time was
when the central Government was
openly denied the right to assert
and act upon its responsibility to
quench the thirst and assuage the
hunger Of the needy. This event
tonight marks the recognition that
Federal funds may properly be used.
not merely to relieve physical need,
but to answer the demands of a
peoples cultural thirst and spiritual
hunger"
Just about the time President Roose-
velt was labelling Dixie the Nations
Economic Problem No. L. the maga-
zine. The South-"the Bluebook of
Southern Progress" issued annually by
the Manufacturers Record OF Balti-
more. rhapsodized over the Southland's
advance "as field of enterprise dur
ing the years Of depression, in contrast
with declines in other sections" Here
are some Of the facts and figures cited:
Southern banking during 1887
showed an increase in growth on .
percentage basis. double that of the
country as whole. Aggregate re-
sources Of Southern banks in
creased nearly $400, ZOO, 900, 5 per
cent more than the year preceding.
while the resources Of the banks of
the entire country increased only
az per cent. Bank clearings in
creased II per cent in the South,
while the United States increase
was but 8 per cent.
In manufacturing, the value Of
output last year in the South
reached the enormous total Of ap-
proximately $1o,500, ,000,0 900. More
than 1928, 3,o00, 900 was invested in
new industrial plants. The value
Of manufactured products in the
year 1885, latest year for which
comparable figures are available,
was 1852, 900, 900. The increase
was nearly 81, ZOO, ,00c-000, or almost
Is per cent"
(Copyright, 1881