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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29
FACE TO FACE WITH REALITIES

Gov Hoey told members of the Rocky Mount
chamber of commerce in their annual banquet that
the public should decide whether the national gov
eminent should continue policy of spending with
an unbalanced budget until new taxation is re-
ouired or whether curtailment should start now.
The governor went further by suggesting that the
taxpaying public should indicate what course the
economy should take. Then he added:
1--WE are taxing wealth in both state and nation
rather heavily and to increase the taxes more
would probably not produce any greatly increased
amount of revenue-for we can easily reach the
saturation point" The old economic principle OF
diminishing returns applies to the levyng and col
Letting of taxes as we'll as to farming and manu-
featuring and mining. Returns beyond a certain
point diminish and as the adverse factors multiply,
the returns decline.
A case in point is the General Motors corpora
ton. Prices for cars went higher with the advance
of labor COSTS materials and taxes. These are the
three ingredients manufacturers mix into the fin
shed product. Labor costs rose with the unloniza-
ton of plants and a result of sit-down strikes
in Flint. Material costs mounted steadily And the
tax bill rose to $76,000,000. The reasoning of a
wizard is not necessary to explain what steps Gen.
eral Motors was forced to take: raise the prices
of cars. And it is not new economic law that
price advances beyond a certain point lead TO de-
clines in sales. Here the factors-materlals,
labor and taxes-which not only halted General
Motors production, but hit steel, rubber, mining,
and will be felt up and down the line
Collections of hundreds of millions of dollars
from employers and employees for social security
and unemployment insurance adds to the cost OF
the finished product and generates resistance TO
consumption. Money taken from pay checks fol
taxation removes that amount from the total
amount of buying power.
1t is, then, no wonder that Governor Hoey spoke
frankly to the Rocky Mount audience. Either gov
ernments must retrench, dispense with certain OF
present costly services and balance budgets, OF
governments must discover new tax sources-taS
sources that can come from but one source If we
are honest about it: the consumer No business
can absorb taxes If it is not possible to pass them
along to the consumer, then hapless business faces
the prospect of curtailing operations and lnstitut
ing economies, matter how disagreeable
There are two alternatives left. We must take
one of them-Sheby Star.
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cinated-he lmaglnes that AL
there is to it is having something
injected into him and letting it
work while he sleeps.
The bald fact is, living the re-
ligious life is fght--a constant
fight - with the forces of evil.
When a person joins church ne
has not by any means put his spin
itual difficulties behind him so he
can rest supine thenceforth. On
the contrary, if he means bust
ness, he has just begun to fight.
When he joins the church, he has
merely declared en- which side he
is going to fight. The fellows who
Joined our colors in the World
war did not thereby win anything,
nor would they have accomplished
anything had their efforts stopped
there. They had merely declared
on which side they would fight
and after that the fighting was
to begin.
1t takes no effort to join a
church-no more than to join a
club - and many persons join
churches as they join clubs and
for the same reasons. That is one
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29
THE NEW DE A l.
IN WASHIN GTON
.aY RODNEY BUTCHER

I22.9. per cent of the finished
product.
Lewis, meanwhile, is seeking to
negotiate a renewal of his union
contract with u. S. Steel which
eill involve no wage cut.
THE price o: steel, you may be
l. sure, is definitely involved in
the political future of Assistant
Attorney General Robert H. Jack
son. 1t is he who has led the
administrations furious charge on
monopoly and monopoly prices
and it is he who would get the
credit for the first big break in the
enemy" lines.
Jackson, ablest figure In the
New De | understanding to
Roosevelt, other New Dealers and
many sideline observers-has been
built up by his friends and sup
porters-including F, D. R.-as the
1898 candidate for governor of
New York, a key post in the
forthcoming elections. Not to
mention his appointment as solic-
itor general.
Naturally he became an out-in-
front target for the united fire and
urdercover work of n u m Gus
other unannounced candidates and
the politicians who support their
aspirations.
AS the report spread about that
he also was Roosevelt's choice to
succeed himself in the White
House, the lineup against him be-
came even stronger, since there
are many conservatives sworn to
fight any effort by Roosevelt to
influence nomination of his sue
ceSsor (The presidential report is
based only on Roosevelt'S friend
ship for Jackson and his desire to
see him become New York's gov
ernor.)
4CoDyright. 1898. NEA Service Inc.>
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29

WASHINGTON. - The question
whether the price of steel
can be made to 60 down with
out an accompanying reduc-
tiorl IN wages of steel workers has
become crucial issue inside the
New Deal.
The anti-monopoly crusaders
have that as their aim, and believe
that the answer will determine
whether their recent campaign has
meant anything or not. The Sit
uation is no emf involved in a
maze of pressures and counter
pressuses, both in Washington and
in the higher councils of industry
and labor. But no mater how in
volved it may be, IFS something
to watch.
The issue has been tossed to the
New Dealers by President Ben
jamin F. Fairies of the U. S. Steel
Corporation, WHO has said: ..
ut is clear that prices cannot
be reduced without a correspond
Ing reduction in costs, of which
wages are the most important
part"
This followed appearance of
Tom Lamont, member of the Nor
gan firm, and John L. Lewis, gen.
erailssimo of organized steel work.
ers, at the White House. Lewis
Is supposed to have joined in a
warming that agitation against
high steel prices drove off buyers,
wha believed prizes might drop.
Lamont is supp, sed to have said
that prices might be cut cautiously
If enough demand could be stirnu-
lated.
New Dealers shooting at steel
prices insist those pylces are way
out of line; that the industry
priced itself out of the market;
that steel labor represents only
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29
-.,ftt.r. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
,a~LETTERS TO-,
THE EDITOR
NOTE-No unsigned commu-
nications are published by The
Times-News. All letters must be
signed with the real name Of
the author. No communications
signed with a fictitious name
will be published.-EDITOR.
Editor, The Times-NewS:

Editor, The Times-News:
/ have been reading about the
COW controversy and ordinance in
your paper and in fact that IS all
! know, but it all seems to me as
very unfair to certain people, 50
| am writing to voice my feeble
opinion and perhaps say a few
things that need to be said.
To begin with, everyone knows
that milk is the one food that is
absolutely necessary for the basic
food for children. There arc num-
berS of families in Hendersonville
who practically depend on their
COW for their childrcn's food. In
many cases they are not able to
pay the prices that prevail for the
milk and this ordinance naturally
works a very unjust hardship on
innocent people, mostly children.
| do not know who is sponsor
ing this very unfair Discrimination
against the cow and its depend
ents but from all appearances 1t
must be either a financial matter
with milk dealers or some grouches
that want to find fault with the
cows in their neighborhood who
do not have to worry as they arc
pcrhaps we'll able to buy what milk
they use.
Of all the animals in the city or
elsewhere the COW Is about the
only one that pays dividends and
pays for her upkeep and care:
This matter is supposed to help
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29

real alteration OF
God and genuine
spiritual service
among the So
called religious.
A person may
think that all he
has to do is to
make a profess
sion of + a i t h,
join a church,
and he is hunky-
dory forever and
ever. Such a per-
son regards get
ting eligi OF
like getting vac.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29
ON THE PLANET EARTH
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

thing which ails the churches
they have too many members who
are in the church for purely So
cial, business, professional and
political purposes.
The preacher makes ii disas-
trous blunder who allows people
to imagine that all they have to
do is accept the doctrines Of the
denomination, come down front,
be voted in, and that thenceforth
they will be Sitting pretty.
"You have just begun to fight
evil in yourself and elsewhere
when you join the church" the
preacher should say. and you
must fight for Righteousness all
the rest of your life, If you are
not willing to join the church
with that determination you had
better stay out until you have
made up your mind what you will
do"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29
sns s9HFisl 5ra a.s,s, Ill Ii
Of things that c0u1d -
10 Ms. IF thcvsnru q

=
Of things that could ~ ~
do me- IF thcs.aru = ono - 4
achh about the cows. then IA
it would be a good idea =, "a
dogs. They bark aud wake ~. ~
in the morning. Also ban AT 1
crS, as they crow ana va.
up in the morning. Ais, r. |
sometimes get on the rurc. 1
4 hOwl. keeping you awaEn 4
jhroseS and mules. They va
ten leave unsanitary cordi.i'.
the streets. Cows M! th.r
ers are very much in the m:r.]
but why pick on them IT,
pays more dividends tan .r9
Fthe above mentioned animal,
EfowlS. All of these ar E.;gI I
why pick on the cow ! rar",
, and at the prevaiIin. milk ~
we get about $50 pc. Nom, !
of her besides giving q, lea. d.
much of her produce avar \
maintenance costs about s.
month and a little work.. r.
are numbers Of fam'.rc, in D.
Jacksonville that are not abI1
! buy enough milk fo. rhoi :.
| dren and who practically d.n,
on their. COW for thr.r rhiliF,
nourishment.
Of all the animal the CON-
the only one that really paw
board.
If the COW is unsar .,my, >
the rest Of the animals arp
the cow must be pa, uut q
city. then all other animal, >
as dogs, cats, goats. horses IN
and Growing rooSteIs should
also.
Pass an ordinance like .ai>
watch them howl.
1t seems to me that it would
a good idea to rctract the o.
nance and forget il, or ban Il
all.
Very truly yvuy
JOE Sargent
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29
PRIDE

PRIDE
We should never be proud of
our achievements, but rather,
grateful that we have been given
the opportunity and the ability to
achieve.
Honors and favors should never
be received in the spirit of con-
ceit, but in the spirit of gratitude
that we are considered worthy of
honors and favorS.
We should not rejoice that we
are so smart, but that we have
been so blessed that what we
have done has come out right.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29
SQUADS SAVE LIVES

CLEVELAND. CUP -"Whoo-
pee" squads gave to Cleveland
weekend without a single traffic
death. A total of 1877 arrests were
made by 60 ''whoopee" squads in
police roundup aimed at speed
ers, light-crashers and violators
Of all traffic laws. onbrr!d fui,.s
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29
1T DIDN'T TAKE

IT DIDN ZANE
wish | had a dollar for every
person have heard say, dyes, |
once got religion, but it didn't
take"
In the foregoing quotation you
see why there is so much lack OF
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29
POSTAL GAIN STEADY

REIDSVILLE, Jan. 20. (UP)-
Local postal receipts have in
creased by from $1,000 to $4,000
annually for the past five years,
according to Postmaster w. 5.
SomerS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29

PAYING HENS: The warm
weather brought hens down off,
their lofty perch i'll respect to
lower priced eggs, but this cold
spell retarded the drop if it doesn't
raise the price. A number of poul-
trvmen are said to have had aver
age returns of nearly $3.50 per
bird during the past year. When
hens do this YOU may know they
are not roosting up the apple tree
in the back yard. ..
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29

! If the government is right, let's go the
F@eIe way. Ruin all successful business
met aud then times win be swell.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29

English radio stations ha,
cast no advertising.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29

Federal-aid and emergency funds for highway
development have provided nearly 100000
months of employment in the past four years
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29

Production Of sugar from sugar
cane in the United States jumped
from $4,000 tons in 1926 to $780,
600 tons in 1886.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29
CORN GROWERS: Plans are

rapidly shaping for the second an
nual corn show and banquet to
dine the big corn growers. Keep
in mind that County Agent G. d.
White expects the output to be
boosted to 200 bushels to the acre
by the use of hybrid seed. Don't
grunt, that's only "a more bushels
to go despite the fact some old
timers say 100 bushels can't be
produced on an acre of ground.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29

Australia's gliding 'possums cannot fly, but they
can cover over 100 yards in one of their graceful
gliding leaps.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-29
TIP TO PRINTERS: L. r. Gel

ger, Balfour merchant, remarklng
about former Hendersonvllle
resident. now in West Virginia,
said: "He's getting along we'll; his
letter was on a fine letterhead."
Commercial printers should take
the cue, sell everybody something
modern, snappy, neat and tasteful
with a 1888 typeface, and thereby
indicate prosperity. These type
faces as we'll as the Typographical
art of setup, go out Of date as
well as the things merchants sell.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-13
A. Foil. Revokes
Nine Charters

Houston, Tex. (AFLWNS) The
Executive Council of the American
Federation of Labor reported to the
annual convention of the Federation
here that pursuant to the instructions
of the fifty-seventh annual A. F. Of
l.. convention the Council officially re-
voked the charters of the following
international unions which were as
sociated with the Committee for In
dustrial Organization:
United Mine Workers of America.
international Union Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers.
Federation of Flat Glass Workers.
United Automobile Workers of
America.
United Rubber Workers of America.
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers.
. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America.
United Textile Workers of America.
Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery
Workers of America.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-13

Seizure Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, with the custer of its
officials and through such seizure
gaining control Of all its affiliated
unions and trade unions
That is a specific objective
"8. Conversion Of all craft trade
unions into single units of workers
within an industry known as industrial
unions"
That was the objective, we were
told, of the Communists You under
stand that, don't you?
Here is another:
"Wherever possible, in conducting
their activities in America the Com
munists have attempted to bore from
within organizations already existing
and to utilize them for their ultimate
ends and purposes. They have been
particularly active in trying to bore
from within the United Mine Workers
of America, for the reason that it is
the largest single organization in the
country, includes a large number of
races and nationalities, among its
members, and is the nearest today, in
their opinion, to a one big union, which
is their ideal conception of a labor
union and their objective for all labor
unions"
But Now the c. l. o. Chief Uses the
Same Communist Policy in His Scheme
Designed to Kill the American Fedora
ton of Labor
Isn't it strange, my friends, that this
man who prophesied that the Com
munists were going to seek to destroy
our craft unions ansas III ablish indus
trial unions instead, to establish here
in America one big union, is now en-
gagged in leading a movement that has
for its purpose that very objective? :?
He is now attempting to do what he
prophesied the Communists were 60
ing to do and is leading a movement
the American Federation of Labor es-
tablished and built over long period
of time.
Now here is another one:
Through these organizations the
revolutionary leaders in America are
making nationwide attempt to OBJ
tain control Of the American Fedora
tion of Labor, reorganize the craft
unions on the basis of one big union
within an industry and weld them in
to revolutionary agency in America. ]"
What is the c. |. o. trying to do
now? That very thing, realize that
very objective as set forth in this
document, penned and prepared by the
Chairman of the Committee for In
dustrial Organization.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-13
Joplin Bakery Drivers
Get Guaranteed Wdge

Joplin, Mo.-Members of Bakery
Drivers Local Union No. 1923 are
working under an agreement with
Marquardt's big bakery here, which
provides a closed shop and standard
union conditions for all bread and
cake drivers.
All bread drivers are guaranteed a
minimum of $25 week, with seven
per cent commission on all sales in
excess of $500. Minimums are also
provided for special deliverymen and
extra drivers. A feature of the con-
tract provides a commission on all
goods delivered on their route, at any
time.
When vacancy occurs in the sales
force, first consideration must be given
to any suitable member Of Local No.
1923 who may be available; in case an
outsider is selected, he must become a
member of the union within thirty
days.
Provision is made for arbitration of
grievances that may arise and strikes
or lock-outs are forbidden. The con-
tract also provides that all bread driv-
ers and extra bread drivers get a
weeks annual vacation with pay.
The contract extends to March 1,
1889, and continues thereafter with the
usual period allowed for negotiating
proposed revision of the contract an
nually.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-13
Greeted by Red Flag Wavers in Mexico
City Bull Ring

Greeted by Red Flag Wavers in Mexico
City Bull Ring
Now | want to bring to you the con-
trast. hold within my hand a press
report published in New York Times,
dated September ~, 1893.
"1n speech today before $4,000
Mexican workers assembled in Mexico
City in the Bull Ring, John l.. Lewis,
chairman Of the Committee for Indus
trial Organization, said that the
United States was in danger of a
Fascist movement. Mr.. Lewis ad-
dress was in connection with the In
ternational Congress Against War and
Fascism which is in session here. The
Bull Ring was jammed with denim
clad workers. Red flags, including
those of the Communist party Of
Mexico and the Lenin section Of the
CMT Confederation of Mexican Work
ers) were waving when Mr.. Lewis rose
to speak. He was obviously impress
ed.
"'I salute he said, "this great
meeting of Mexican people and Latin
Americans, Europeans and Asiatic
delegates in the name Of the c. |. O.
and it's 100000 members.
This meeting was held in the Bull
Ring in Mexico City. 1t was a fit
ting and appropriate place for the de-
livery of such an address. | have al
ways understood that bull ring was
built for the purpose of allowing the
bull to show his prowess, and l have
further understood that when the bull
entered the ring the red flags waved
! for the purpose sofi making him more
/ ferocious. So here we have the set
! ting: Here is the chairman of the Com
mittee for Industrial Organization, a
few years ago, just short time ago,
presenting this document here, and
now in a bull ring in Mexico speaking
to those who are waving the red flag
he denounced in this document.
A. F.. of l.. is Opposed to All Isms
Except Americanism
| note in the report of the address
that Fascism was attacked. But can
not find anywhere in the report Of the
address where single denunciatory
word was directed against Communism
and Nazism. Well, my friends, the
American Federation of Labor was in
vited to attend that meeting in Mexico.
We were asked to be represented there
The American Federation of Labor
refused to go there or to send rep
resentative there.
Secondly, the American Federation
of Labor was not only opposed to
Fascism, but it is also equally opposed
to Communism and Nazism. We are
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against every ism except Americanism,
and the American people, / am sure,
will, if they do not now, ultimately
appreciate the fact that the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor is the
nations guarantee against the in
vasion of our social, economic or po-
litical life by Fascism, Nazism or
Communism here in America.
Applies Both Craft and Industrial
Form of Organization
| have repeatedly said that in the
development of our economic and in
dustrial philosophy we apply in the
proudest terms both forms Of organ
ization, the industrial form where cir
cumstances and conditions permit, the
craft form where the skilled workers
need protection in order to develop a
wage standard commensurate with the
requirements Of American citizenship.
But in the development of our organ
lzatlon structure we are not going to
permit any organization, let it be the
Communists against whom we were
warned, or the Committee for Indus
trial Organization to destroy our craft
unions established out Of years and
years Of struggle and sacrifice here in
America.
Collective Bargaining Must be Gener-
ally Recognized by Employers
Now may l develop briefly our
economic philosophy?
We believe in collective bargaining,
in organization Of the workers, and we
want to establish here in America a
condition where men may exercise
their right to organize and bargain
collectively, free from intimidation
and coercion.
We extend an invitation to employ
ers of the country to accept that we'll
developed, modern philosophy of the
American Federation of Labor. We
appeal to them to stop making war
fare through their organized agencies
upon organized labor and upon. organ
lied labor's industrial and economic
philosophy.
Private Ownership and Fair Return on
Investment Supported
We believe in private ownership, the
right of management to own and con-
troll and manage their property. We
believe they should earn a fair return
upon their investment, but at the same
time we demand that they accord to
labor the right that we guarantee to
them or are willing to concede to them
the right of labor to organize, to
bargain collectively, to speak through
their chosen representative and to be
paid wage as high as industry can
afford and that will keep the workers
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-10-13
TOBACCO

Washington, D. C.-The present de-
luge of work in Administrator An
drews' office has, at least for the
present, deferred appointment of the
Committee for the Tobacco Industry.
This may in part be attributed to the
fact that Administrator Andrews
doesn't want too many industries mill
ing around Washington at any one
time, also to lack of enough funds.