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Evening star., 1938-08-22

IN the Democratic primaries .dn
some States this is possible) in
order to defeat New Deal liberals
and lend aid and comfort to the
anti Roosevelt Democrats This
has produced some amusing spec
tacles, such as that OF Tammany's
John ]. O'Connor pleading with
the New York City Republicans to
indorse him on the ground Of his
anti-Roosevelt record, and the
steady refusal Of Kan Sin,.ea.
Evening star., 1938-08-22

the Republican Committee with this
gentleman.
Now. however, that the defeat
achieved Republicans
made Of oophoe in the State election
with Republican In favor
Mr. Carks margin Of victory only 5000
far the left Of the New
Townsend plan for odage revolving pensions
1t now reported that Senator Pope being
independent Democrat with the full
Democratic Committee the
which Representative
Republican polls Mr. Pope
Of the Republican
between
attitude implies
either do believe
people
the cards against the offering
Of the stripe wearing different labels
the Republicans hrewd
the labor Republican
whole still legal
than political q
Nobody who believes government
democracy be blamed for feeling
four the relied
rule the decisions Of the people whound
eregn Now that the conditioned
conservatives are trying to ecnicalies and loophos
Evening star., 1938-08-22
Preced
and Their
Master
Mr.. Roosevelt Held a
Law Unto Himself
in His Governing.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

ny Ia III La w IALNSLs
-HERE'S saying that politics
makes strange bedfellows," and
this might be amended to read
L that occasionally one is driven
to defend a President with whose
policies one has often been in dis
agreement.
Just last week, two of the ablest, if
Evening star., 1938-08-22

South Dakota was admitted To the
Union in 1889.
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cry OF party government to load
the dice against popular sover-
eighty.
Perhaps it is a national at
tribute. though I hate to believe
50. I remember that Sir Willmott
Lewis once pointed out that the
great American game of baseball
had evolved from honest English
FOUNDERS" into maze Of special
rules and conventions. every one
of which renresented an effor+ to
Evening star., 1938-08-22

Certainly the rules OF American politics have become increasingly
plated and election
Of the efforts Of political
uneha advantage the
able gentlemen
which the principles o democracy
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OLD AGE BENEFITS

There is much discussion of the Social Security
Act particularly to its old age pension features
Few are opposed to the general principle of provid
ing for the retirement of elderly workers on a
fair subsistence income, from fund to which the
workers and their employers have contributed over
period of years. Many are opposed to the ming
ling Of tax money collected for that purpose with
the general revenues of the treasury, as the law
now provides. That plan leaves the future pension
incomes of retiring workers to the whim of some
future congress! for the only way old age benefits
can epad is by special appropriation each year.
No beneficiary under the Social Security Act has
any individual contract with the government, as he
would have with an insurance company, so each
runs the risk that some future political revolution
of economic catastrophe may deprive him Of the
benefits which the old age benefit tax is supposed
to insure
An example of workers pension system that
works is given in the recent annual report OF the
Railroad Retirement board. Under the law Of 1887
covering railroad workers and their widows, $4,000
of them are receiving disability pensions averaging
S5S month"; and $4,000 get retirement annultles
averaging $40 month, while annuities and death
benefits are being paid to about $50 widows and
orphans of railroad men. The railroad pension
fund stands by itself and cannot be used for any
thing else. That is as it should be.-Canton En-
terprSe
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AN ADOPTED son SPEAKS

Here is a simple, honest statement from
a naturalized American citizen who re-
Gently made trip back to Central Europe.
1t may help some Americans, whose ideals
are webbing, to see straighter.
Il learned" he says, that the majority
of the people over there do not want Hitler
or Mussolini They want the same form OF
government as we have here, but they can
not form any kind of government; they
have to accept the kind given them.
"Now, for you followers of Mussolini or
Hitler in America, believe it is worth
while for you personally to go over there
and find out for yourselves how you would
like those administrations. 1t does not
make any difference whether you are
American-born or naturalized American
citizen; you would never live there if they
would give you Germany or Italy tomor-
row. Just one trip over is all you would
care about.
81 met all sorts of people over there, and
on the bdat, people who have been break
ing theirlnecks to come back here again,
and they appreciate America more than
ever before. So please stop Mussolini and
Hitler propaganda in America. Be thank
full we have a republican form of govern
ment. "a
Il do not believe any country in the
world has the freedom We have here. So
make America better than what it is today,
but don't knock America, and please don't
e 6
ment'
Can you American-born Communists or
FascistS answer that?
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1,4OO LIVES SAVED

The current traffic report of the Ma
tional Safety Council is encouraging. Thir-
ty-six states and 381 cities report general
reduction of traffic fatalities. The total in
January 1888 was II per cent below JAN
uary 1887 and 80 per cent below Deem
Der. Furthermore, January was the third
consecutive month to show stable redue-
ton in traffic deaths from the correspond
ing month of 1887. ..-.
The National Safety Council estimates
from these figures that 1,400 lives have
been saved by better traffic regulation and
the widespread drive to promote highway
safety. The big cities showed greater i'm
provement than small cities, but those with
population between 100000 and 100000
made the best showing of all, with drop
OF 4S2eer cent in motor killings.
It seems likely that this trend will con-
tinue, because tits supported more by safe
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LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

to prevent these international ag-
gressions back yonder in 1881
when Japan sent up a trial bal
loon by violating a treaty and in
vading Manchuria. The United
States would have Joined England
and other powers in stopping that
outrage, but England would not
join; she could not see where the
matter meant any skin off her.
Had England taken high ground
in that case Japan would have
been halted. And had Japan not
been permitted to violate Man
churia, Mussolini never would
have dared violate Ethiopia, nor
Hitler dared violate various in
ternational agreements, nor ia
pan dared do what she is now do
ing to China. And the United
States would have been morally
Tied III with the League Of Ma
tons to preserve peace. But now
international matters are out of
hand. One wrong act has spawned
many wrong conditions. UngOdly
things have got going - and God
alone knows where they will stop!
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THE SCRAMBLE FOR OFFICE

Congressman, remarks cOluninist, "are
dismayed to note the unusually large num-
Der of people who want their jobs this
year., The coming primaries and fall cleo
tons are going to present more and livelier
contests than in recent campaigns.
This means more work for the conscien-
tious voter who must choose among the va
rious candidates the men he wants to do
the country's lawmaking for him. The
ideal of the founding fathers whom we
revere so much and understand so little
was that the ablest citizens should be sent
to the national capital to discuss the coun-
try's welfare and enact the laws necessary
to promote it.
Voters, being human, do not always
know what they really want or what would
be best for them. If they did, there would
be fewer candidates winning office by the
single method of extravagsnt promising
But this is all in the routine of democracy,
under which we believe the people get, in
the long run, the sort of government they
want. Mistakes made in one election may
be corrected in the next.
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MAN is TOPIC OF
SCIENCE CHURCHES

"Man" was the subject of the
lesson-sermon yesterday in all
Christian Sciences churches and
societies.
The golden text was from Ro-
mans 8:14-"As many as are led
b" the spirit of God, they are the
sons of God"
Among the citations which COM
prised the lesson-sermon was the
following from the Bible: "ln the
beginning God created the heaven
and the earth. And God said, Let
W. make man in our image, after
our likeness: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl Of the air, and
over the cattle, and over all the
earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the
earth. SO God created man III his
own image, in the image OF God
created he him; male and female
created he them" Gen. 1,26,2D.
The lcsson-sermon also included
the following passage from the
Christian Science textbook Sci
encc and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
"Thc scriptures inform Us that
man is made in the image and
likeness Of God. Matter IS not that
likeness. The likeness Of Spirit
cannot be so unlike Spirit. Man
is Spiritual and perfect; and be-
cause he is spiritual and perfect,
he must be so understood in
Christian Science. Man is idea, the
image, of Love; he is not physique.
He is the compound idea Of God,
including all right ideas; the gen
eric term for all that reflects
Gods image and likeness; the con-
scious identity Of beng as found
in Science, in WHICH man is the
reflection Of God, OF Mind, and
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ED SIMPSON


The death of Ed Simpson Will be widely and keen
ly mourned.
Widely because he was extensively known.
Keenly because he was ntensively admired.
The friendships he formed ran like the waters Of
deep rivers
The acquaintance he made were in no sense
casual or indifferent. One could not maintain
lukewarm attitude toward man whose good ma
ture and lovableness commanded profound admira-
ton. ...
Nh. Simpsons career was phenomenal.
1t was an exact replica Of the more eminent sue
cesses achieved under the congenal climate of the
American way--a way that opens large doors for
obscure lads, bids them to walk in and to make the
most of themselves, pats them on the back so long
as they remain within the bounds of ethical aspira
lions and in the end rewards them with high place
and responsibility and often with the riches of
earth
He started as water boy with the Southern
Railway. ,... -
He, therefore, had no monetary capital He was
without friends. None was there to give him either
a push or pull. He was left to plug away as best
he could with whatever his own resources at time
when competition was almost brutal and life in in
dustry was far more arduous and exacting than in
these softer days. .'- ~ -.
Step by step Ed Simpson made his climb.-Char-
lotte Observer. '
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NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
TAX RELIEF

Business obtains apparently about three-1ourthS
Of what It asked for in the revision CT the undlS
tributed profits tax contained in the Voluminous
revenue bill reported to the house OF represents
tives by its ways and means committee
The bill, it is true, does not entirely repeal Ihe
tax. 1t retains the theory of levying upon accu-
mutations of surplus in corporation treasures anu
of encouraging distribution in dividends. But the
undistributed profits tax disappears aS separate
tax and the vestige of it remains IN an additional
rate bracket on the graduated corporation income
tax.
That is, corporations with annual net income Oh
more than $4,000 will pay 20 per cent except
that tax credit on dividend distributions Will be
allowed bringing the rate down as low aS 10 per
cent in Of complete distribution.
One of the principal arguments made against
the tax was that it penalized small companies and
prevented them from getting a start. This IS an
swered by the exemption of those netting less than
1000 year, which is said to include about 50
per cent of those reporting. Another objection was
that the rate was excessive; this has been reduced
The tax hit some companies that were operating
at a loss; such loss now would be deductlbIe as
would a dividend contribution. The final arguments
that the tax prevented companies from paying off
indebtedness or setting aside necessary reserves IS
unanswered except as the relief in rate may meet
il.
But the revision Of the undistributed profits tax
is only section of the ways and means commit
tee BILL Others deal with relatively minor but nu-
merous changes in the capital gains tax, with the
mooted third basket" tax closely held CT family
corporations and with insurance company, bank
and foreign corporation taxes. point widely over
looked is that the committee under the neces-
sty of devsing relief from the most criticized
levies without reducing the total revenue available
for the budget. 1t has had to make up losses by
changes of exemptions and of Incidental regua-
tons.
a major service by concentrating its attention and
it's denunciaton upon the undistributed profits tax
The changes made in it are sautary, but they are
patchy, as is the whole bill. 1t is hodge-pOdge
of details instead of the fundamental review and
revision of the code which the treasury depart
ment last year hoped to facilitate.
In the preoccupation with the undistributed prof
its tax there has been overlooked the possible
nomic recovery value of more gently graduated
social security taxes and the oft-reiterated mpor-
lance of eliminating tax-exempt securities. The
result of the years debate is mixture of tax sys-
TENS rather than a decisive choice of any. There
is still vast job waiting for next years committee
if it will undertake the comprehensive and funda-
mental overhauling of the tax machinery that has
been long contemplated to gear its parts together
Decentralization Science Monitor.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

Congress won't even have a
chance to use its discretion later.
Congress is asked to authorize
military CONSUMPTION of all men
between the ages of 81 and 81
in a bill approved by Chairman
Andrew J. May and majority of
the House Military Affairs Com
mittee. This measure is revision
of the old Sheppard-Hilf bill and
its alleged purpose is to take the
profits out of and to equalize the
burdens of war.
The bill makes no pretense OF
explaining why these millions of
men would be needed if there is
no thought Of another large
American expeditionary force. But
no matter how small and unim-
portant d war in which this coun-
try was involved might be, a
President would be given power
to order them under arms. Nu-
merous studies of neutrality and
related problems in the last few
years almost invariably have
reached the conclusion that a
President could so handle this
country's foreign relations that
war would become inevitable.
This "war profits" bill has prof
tied from the original impetus Of
the drive to get real bill aimed
at taking the profits out of war,
which began after the sensational
exposures of the Senate Munitions
Committee. Many people who be-
lieved in neutrality and peace and
heartily opposed American entry
into any foreign war thought that
a law %hich insured that there
couldn', be any war prohteers in
the next war would do a lot tc
discourage war. These same peo-
ple are now battling desperately
AGAINST the May bill, holding it
.travesty on their original proposal
for elimination of war profits
through a schedule of wartime
taxation.
CCopyright, 1888, NEA Service, Incl
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WTASHlNGTON.--Of course, as
w any member Of Congress or
the administration will tell you,
The United States never again
will send an army to fight over
seas.
CuriouSly enough, however, the
war-planners go right on planning
wartime schedules on a scale
which permits no other explana-
ton unless it is seriously suggested
that foreign army is likely to
invade the United States in force.
The War Department lets it be
known that its wartime mobili-
cation plans provide for placing
100000 well-equipped troops din
the field" within four months.
This is old stuff, actually. and
presumably the army boys are
beating the drum in that way be-
cause they don't want the navy
to get all the money that is to be
voted for what is known as ma
tional defense.
AFTER that first "quickie" OF
\ 100000, the army plans Oh
raising two or three million more
fighting men. But you still can't
get anyone to admit-at least nci
publicly-that there's any chance
OF American invasion of foreign
nation or any chance of a foreign
nation invading tire United States.
The War Department officially
bases its war plans on two alter
nativeS-universal CONSUMPTION or
a campaign for volunteers which
would be led by the American
Legion posts. The latter alterna-
tive is just so much eyewash be-
cause what the General Staff
really figures on is another draft
law, In fact, the generals aren't
even willing to wait for Congress
to pass a CONSUMPTION act until
war is declared or threat of hos
tilities appears. They want a draft
law passed right nov so that
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could have shaped the course Of
international events and made all
nations eager to be in the League
and stay in. Now all that is too
late-we have lost an OppOrtun-
ity to be of inestimable service to
mankind. Likely the United
States will eventually suffer Sc
verely for having refused to ac-
cept and discharge a God-given
responsibility. Things do work out
that way for nations and persons
that shirk their duty. 3.
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lini there will be
war. That is a
thought Mussoli-
nj has been try
ing to get going
for some time.
No nation need
have any trouble
w j t h Mussolini
and the other
dictators if i t
win but Civ e
them, their way
but how far
is their way? Al
ready they hsYe
virtually transs-
gressed everyh-
ternational Isa w
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ty efforts than by reduction IN amount Oh
driving. Sane traffic control, sane driving
and sane walking are essential today, and
not beyond the power of human attain
ment
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MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1913
BIBLE THOUGHT
BE YE ALSO READY" Matt. 24:4D

An old man lay dying on dark and stormy
night The relative watching by his side was mueh
distressed, because on such night she could seho
for neither doctor minister, and she offered 10
read to him a chapter from the Bible But the old
man was in such pain that he could not llsten
Nae, lassie," he said, "the storms up moo, put
matched my hoose in the calm weather!'-Mooay
Monthly.
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OUR ONLY COURSE

About the only thing we in the
United States can do now is to
stay out of the mess overseas ma
tions have got into and strength
en- our own defenses sufficiently
to enforce the Monroe Doctrine
for likely we will have to en-
force it before this international
scramble is unscrambled.
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WHERE WE FAILED

All those international crimes,
tragedies and dangers could have
been avoided had the United
States done its part by joining
the League of Nations when that
organization was formed. With
our overshadowing prestige at
that time, and with most of the
world deeply in debt to US, we
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In FARM BUREAU WORK:

f. F. Arnold, former farm agent
of Henderson county but Of late
with the North Carolina farm
bureau, was pictured in the Char
lotte Observer with Senator John
H. Bankhead and other notables
in a cotton quota meeting Of the
organization in Shelby Saturday.
Mr.. Arnold is getting over some
heavy work in Piedmont and
Eastern Carolina for the organi-
cation Of which he has been secre-
tary since it was organized in
this state. --
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Perhaps England's prime minis
ter, Neville Chamberlain, is corr
rect when he says that unless his
nation makes a deal with Musso-
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WHAT PRICE PLEDGES?

And where is the value to Eng
land or ANY other nation through
entering into any compact with
those dictators? i Already they
have demonstrated that they cam
not be trusted to honor their own
agreements any further than they
think lit to their own interests to
do sost
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COUNT THE COST

Of course Great Britain is in a
tight place. She is threatened by
powerful unethical forces, she
knows she is insufficiently armed
and that her people are in no
mind for war. Any nation is wise
before entering upon any vital
course to make reasonably sure it
can provide the cost and muster
the strength necessary to success.
BEWARE OF BEGINNINGS
But ENGLAND had her chance
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RENTING CARS. Roger w

RENTING CARS. Roger W..
Babson suggests that the automo-
bile industry might partially solve
some of its problems by introduce
ing the custom Of renting cars by
the month Or the year. That
would enable a fellow to ride
around in grand style for at least
q while.
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DIFFICULT TASK. Cbas B.

DIFFICULT TASK: Chas. B.
Driscoll, editor of Mcknight
syndicate, which has been mar
keting the late o. o. McIntyre's
copy for several years, will at
tempt to fill the latter's column
and therefore perpetuate it as
something dear to thousands Of
readers, perhaps millions, since it
ranked as a trooper" among the
syndicated columns.
McIntyre's column was a part
of his life. He gave it personal
ity and charm and we fear it will
be just as difficult to immitate
as that of Brisbane or Rogers. It
is almost impossible to breathe
the likeness of the original in at
tempted limitations in the liter
airy world, especially of some
thing brought to US daily for sew
eral years.
IN THE COURT: This column
will be in court again this week
passing upon the guilt or in
nocense of our fellow men. There
you see and hear much of the
sordid side of life-envy, strife,
hatred, bitterness, prejudice and
the spirit of vengeance - about
all that goes into the makeup Of
human life at its worst.
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Master Sculptor

Q lOIlo rose In