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The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Text of Presidents Talk
In Gainesville, Ga.

objectives, but do not like the
methods and then fail utterly
to offer a better method Of
their own.
BUYING POWER LOW
I speak to you of conditions
in this, my other State. The
buying power of the people of
Georgia and of the people of
many other States is still so low
today that the people of these
States cannot purchase the
products Of industry. Therefore,
industry itself is cut off from
an outlet it otherwise would
have. People cannot buy at
stores unless they have cash or
good credit. Stores cannot fill
their shelves unless they have
customers.
Mills and factories cannot sell
to stores who have no customers.
I speak not only of the
workers in the bottom third of
our population - millions of
them who cannot afford a suit
of clothes. I speak also of mill
lions of other workers who are
so under-employed and so under
paid that the burden of their
poverty affects the little busi-
ness man and the big business
man and the millionaire him.
self.
Georgia and the lower South
may just as we'll face facts
simple facts presented in the
lower South by the President
of the United States. The pur-
chasing power of the millions Of
Americans in this whole area
Is far too low. Most men and
women who work for wages in
this whole area get wages which
are far too low. On the present
scale of wages and therefore on
the present scale of buying
power, the South can not and
will not succeed in establishing
successful new industries.
Efficiency in operating indus
tries goes hand in hand with
good pay and the industries Of
the South cannot compete with
industries in other parts of the
country, the North. the Middle
West and the Far West, unless
the buying power of the South
makes possible the highest kind
Of efficiency.
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MintOn Threatens
Contempt Action
To Defiant RunelY
GGnnett Aide Refuses for Second Time to
Produce Records Demanded bu Senate

QNS) storm rocked the Senate lobby investgat.
ing committee today when Dr. Edward A. Rumely executive
secretary of the National Committee Uphold Constitutional
Government refused to comply with modified committee
subpoena produce financial records and of
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HOUSE REPORTS
$447,SOS,555TO
BUILD UP ARMY
Largest Fund Since '2l
Goes to Floor
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL

U.N.SO. The Administration:
rearmament program was ad
vanced on a new front today when
the House Appropriations Com
mittee favorably reported a SAT-,
809,555 Army supply bill, the
largest since 1921.
The fund is $32,545, ,4O1 above
last year, although the committee
slashed total budget estimates
$5,4sO,2s0
The measure provides the first
actual money to carry on the ma
tional defense expansion program
outlined by President Roosevelt in
the message in which he urged
both a 20 per cent increase in
the Army and Navy.
AIRCRAFT FUND
by Mr.. Roosevelt in his special
Mr.. Roosevelt in his special mes
sage for anti-aircraft material,
$4,000, 900 to build up ammunition
reserves and $6,0s0,oo0 for dies,
jigs and other aids in manufacture
of war materials.
The committees report dis
closed adoption of a new mobili-
zation plan in the event Of war,
designed primarily to throw an
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revenue measure.
Senator Tom Connally CD,
Texas. sponsor of the bill, and
chairman of the subcommittee,
predicted the full Finance Com,
mittee would adopt his measure as
a separate title to the tax bill.
MY BILL" Connally said,
would provide a comprehensive
sytsem of taxation to go into
effect Immediately war begins.
I hope we never will have to
invoke the measure, but we
must be prepared, and it is gen.
orally desired. believe, that no
one should be allowed to profit
by war"
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GOLD DAYS GONE"

One thing is certain: We are
not going back to the old days.
We are going forward to better
days. We are calling for CO.
operation all along the line and
the cooperation is increasing
because more and more people
are coming to understand that
abuses of the past which have
been successfully eradicated are
not going to be restored.
To those in and out Of public
office, who still believe in the
feudal system-and believe in it
honestly-the people Of the
United States and in every Sec
ton of the United States are
going to say: I'VE are sorry, but
we want people to represent us
whose minds are cast in the 1888
mould and not in the 1898
mould"
To those who come forward
and they are coming in increas-
ing numbers day by day we
say, I'VE want to cooperate for
the good Of the whole people and
the whole Nation" To you we
extend the hand Of welcome.
Gainesville suffered great
disaster. So did the Nation in
those eight years Of false pros
perity followed by four years Of
collapse. Gainesville showed a
united front for the good Of its
whole population, rich and poor
alike. It rose to rebuild on
Sounder lines.
The United States is rising
and is rebuilding on sounder
lines. We propose to 60 forward
and not back.
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BELIEF is NECESSARY

And let us we'll remember that
buying power means many other
kinds of better thingS-better
schools, better health, better
hospitals, better high avs.
These things will not come to
us in the South if we oppose
progreSS-if we believe in our
hearts that the feudal system
is still the best system.
When you come down to it,
there is little difference between
the feudal system and the
Fascist system. If you believe
in the one, you lean to the
other. .--- ...-.-.
With the overwhelming ma
jority of the people of this
State, I oppose feudalism. So
do many among those who by
virtue of their circumstances in
life belong to the most pros
porous 5 per cent Of the popula-
ton. Men and women in the
professions, the overwhelming
majority Of the small Storekeep-
ers, a growing number Of the
bankers and businessmen-they
are coming more and more to
see that the continuation of the
American system calls for the
elimination of special privilege,
the dissemination Of the whole
of the truth, and participation
in prosperity by the people at
the bottom Of the ladder, as
well as those in the middle and
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objectives, but do not like the
methods and then fail utterly
to offer a better method Of
their own.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-24

There are no minor traffic rules. The
slightest violation OF the traffic safety
code is heavy with potentially of trouble.
The border line reckless driver is near
" as great traffic menace as the speed
fiend and the drunken driver. Border line
drivers, says traffic authority, are those
guilty of offenses mistakenly called
"minor." They pull out from the curb in.
to traffic without looking for other cars.
They turn around suddenly in the middle
of the street. They cheat at traffic lights,
by starting shade too soon or not stop
ping promptly. They neglect signals to
other drivers.
Often they get away with these tricks
simply because other drivers are alert and
act quickly to avoid collision. Often, on
the other hand, they cause accidents in
which innocent and careful drivers are
hurt or their cars banged up.
Traffic authorities do well to get after
these selfish and indifferent motorists as
part of thorough safety campaign, After
ALL most drivers have learned to be sensi-
bic when there Is obvious peril, such as an
ice storm. Too many are careless and dis
courteous when traffic conditions gen.
orally are fine. Minor carelessness begets
major accident.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-24

The people Of the Netherlands are prac-
tical. Doubtless that is why observers
there accepted promptly the idea that an
nexation of the Sudeten region by Ger
many was only matter of time. The at
titude, as revealed In press comment In
Holland, seems almost hard-boiled. If this
outcome is inevitable the sooner the fatal
amputation is performed the better.
They sympathize with the Prague gov
eminent, but they take a detached and
dispassionate view of the situation. What
is happening to CzechoSlovakia, they
think, may help to end certain illusions
the value of alliances and the seductive
power of democracy-which the Neither
landers at least will not regret.
independence, they say, is only safely
founded on economic and political reali-
ties. Defensive or offensive alliances are
chiefly trouble-makers. The Dutch may be
right. Balance of power may be outmoded
as an international policy for either war
or peace.
Balance of military power is certainly
an outworn idea inherited from an older
world. Economic power is the need of to-
day. And 1t is based not on competition in
arms but on cooperation in peace.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-24
The Meeting At Godesberg
Developments Show That Negotiations Are Now
Becoming Rather One-Sided
HARTFORD COURANT

slant answer. Meantime the very
eventuality that Mr.. Chamberlain
has struggled to avert--war-be-
comes increasingly likely as the dis
illusioned people Of Czechoslovaki
rally around the military leader
ship that has replaced the civilian
government which ruled until yes
terday.
Perhaps Mr.. Chamberlain will yet
be able to obtain from the new
master OF Europe o settlement that
he can present TO Parliament with
q not too bad conscience. Yet the
evidence Is clear that the negotia.
tons are becoming increasingly
one-sided. Having delivered one
part Of Czechoslovakia to the
Fuehrer under the pressure Of
threats, Mr.. Chamberlain Is now
pressed to deliver the other parts as
well, and he perhaps Is being asked
in advance to give his approval to
whatever designs the Nazis may
have on Rumania, which fears with
good reason that 1t will be the next
small nation to feel the force OF TO.
talitarian designs. More and more,
the situation begins to resemble the
conference OF Versailles, with a
smaller cast, TO be sure, but with
the Fuehrer imposing his terms Of
peace Just as imperiously on the
democreeies as Clemenceau imposed
his terms upon the Germans.
BY ell signs, Mr.. Chamberlain will
have small choice but to yield. De-
spite the appearance OF planes from
the Soviet Union, Czechcoslova
has oil but lost Its power OF resis.
lance, while the morale Of France
and Of Britain Is lower than 1t has
been since March, 1918. Then, as
now, with the signing Of the Treaty
Of st-Litovsk, Germany stood In
q position to dominate oil Europe
east Of the Rhine. II was not per-
mitted to do so then. Nothing seems
to stand In Its way now.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-24
Endless Chess

Chess has been played for many hun
bred years, and yet there are new
wrinkles found In 1t. Long as chess game
seems to onlookers who have never caught
the bug, the half has not been known.
Games, as far as the records 60, all seem
to have ended some time, If the contest
ants kept at 1t and observed the estab-
lished rules. But now Princeton pro-
lessor Is credited with a system whereby
q game can be played forever, without
having either definite victory or
draw.
It Is done by mathematics, as might be
expected, inasmuch as the revelation was
made by mathematician at conven-
ton OF mathematician. The explana-
ton may seem bit deep to people who
have never got any farther than checkers,
but can doubtless be grasped by minds
capable Of modern bridge. The problem
of infinite play" has been recognized In
this game. Play sometimes runs into
sequences. Under the usual rules 1t Is
called draw, and the game ends, II any
sequence Of moves Is repeated twice and
then Is Immediately followed by the first
move Of q third repetition, which shows
the game Is getting nowhere.
But that Is a matter Of sequences con-
unuously recurring The discovery OF
Professor Marston Morse, OF the Institute
Of Advanced Study at Princeton and a
colleague OF Albert Einstein, Is this: You
can put the chessmen In such position
to start with, that recurring sequences
will take place not consecutively but per-
iodically.d Thus 1t is possible to develop
as many as 16 different series which
would continue forever, and would not
be barred by present rules, because they
occur only at intervals. The rules now
will probably be changed. But that Is a
pity. II would be interesting, and rest
Full In this fast-moving age, to see two
devotees quietly playing game destined
to last forever.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-24

The hurricane In New York and New
England, like many things In life, was
mistake. Connecticut goes in for such
things In only mild way But life Is
full Of surprises and the hurricane TAX
ing off In the Caribbean did not follow GUS
tomary procedure. It shunted off from
the Florida coast, where such disturb
ances are more or less usual, went hay
wire and zig-zag northward hitting some
where off the end OF Long Island, giving
the coast and interior as far as 1t reached
a terrific beating. It's effect was felt the
length and breadth Of Connecticut, not
to mention the coastline from Rhode
Island to Maine, as far north as Montreal,
Its impact and fury felt In practically
every New England state. Up to the
time of the hurricane there were flood
warnings. The hurricane and the floods,
however were unrelated, the former
simply piling up on the latter, and eli
making catastrophe that was immi-
nent following practically five days OF
rain. Thus we have a Connecticut In
appearance never seen before; Uttered
with debris Of uprooted trees, demolished
buildings homes, and smaller shore cot
tages, dams, bridges and the like. The
number Of dams shot from under has not
been estimated.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-24

People who like symphony orchestras
and attend performances or listen to them
on the radio should appreciate their bless
ingS. Such music seldom pays expenses.
The manager of the Detroit Orchestra
reports that In "a years of operation 1t
has always lost money. The total cost
has been more than $6,000,0 900 and Of that
sum the orchestra has only earned little
more than So 100000. Thus patrons have
paid one-third Of the cost.
More than half of the deficits have been
met by twelve Detroit families. The rest
has been spread over large number Of
donors. Most Of the 100000 or more
who bought tickets have been getting
about three times as much as they paid
for. The radio listeners benefit most Of
all. The people who have done the pay
ing say It's worth the money But surely
in a democracy the expenses Of sucn
entertainment should be spread around
little more.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-24

The rumor that, as he perceived
how eager Mr.. Chamberlain was TO
sacrifice the integrity Of Czechoslo-
vakia, the Fuehrer had decided to
raise his terms for peace seems to
be confirmed by the inconclusive
communique issued following the
conference OF Godesberg where the
deal was to be contaminated. I'm.
questionably the situation In which
Mr.. Chamberlain and the FuehreI
have now met Is considerably diff
ferent from what 1t was ct their
first meeting only q week ago. Then
the fate Of the Sudeten Germans
was the chief problem demanding
solution. Now, so quickly do events
run when the barriers are let down,
the demand Of Hungary, backed by
italy, for the return Of Its minority
and the demand Of Poland for its
lost peoples press also for an In
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-24

long ago he told q newspaper in
terviewer:
'"The destiny Of Europe win
be decided here. This country Is
q natural and necessary point
for European equilibrium. II
this position Is given up, all Of
Central Europe Is gone"
Ethiopian Precedent
Realist though he Is, II Is
doubtful II Benes realized the prec-
cedent he was helping to, create
when Italy swallowed Ethiopia
three years ago.
At that time, the Ethiopian
delegate, Tecle-Hawariate, APP
pealed to the French and British
for help. At first. however, they
would not even let him submit
the Ethiopian case to the League
OF Nations Council. For in the
earlier stages OF the Ethiopian
dispute there was q tacit agree
ment between the French and the
British to let Mussolini put ETH.
opia on the sacrificial block. Sac
rifice Of Ethiopia. they HAD iVed
privately, would satisfy Italian
ambitions in Africa and keep Mus
solini busy, meanwhile leaving
France and Britain free 10 fol-
low their own course In Europe.
But Hawariate refused 10 accept
this. Rebuffed by Captain An
thony Eden and Premier Laval, he
sought the help Of lesser nations.
Finally he came to Eduard Benes,
foreign minister Of C2echoslovakia
and the champion Of little ma
tons. Hawariate made an elo.
quent plea. Benes listened care
fully. then replied:
1T would be unwise for
Ethiopia to upset the present
important work Of the Council.
there are larger European con-
siderations involved"
Eduard Benes probably did not
realize, when he made that state
ment, that some day his gov
eminent also would be put on the
sacrificial block because of''larger
European considerations involved"
Copyright, 1898. by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-24
Current Comment

It Is not q question whether Pres
ident Roosevelt wants to run for a
third term, but whether we can get
him TO run.-Governor Leche Of
Louisiana.
Everything's rhony In this coun-
try today. II the Indians still ran
1t there wouldn't be any red light
to stop a guy.-Chief Chewacki, ar
rested IN Cleveland on q traffic
charge.
II we have few more depres-
sions which throw Is to 20 million
people out Of work, we won't have
a democratic system Of government
in the United States.-Senator MUIR
ray Of Montana.
It's too hot. I'll plead guilty.
Frank Mancuso OF New York, ar
raigned In court on q second-de-
gree grand larceny charge.
It Is paradise. We live like gentle
men. George Osborne, British
visitor TO Devils Island. quoting one
Of the convicts.
They all seemed very much alike
10 me. = Dale Kendall. American
tourist. on the girls of Holland.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-24
Reason and Madness

Britain is so slow and so reasonablel 1t
never wants to fight. It never wants TO
take a decisive action from which 1t can.
not come back without too much loss OF
face. In fact, Britain doesn't care much
about face. It goes its way as 1t thinks
best and lets the world do the worrying
about face. Britain wants to take every
thing slowly and give the other fellow
enough rope to hang himself. Hanging
himself saves Britain lots OF trouble, de-
cision, onus for the deed. Britain never
wants to burn It's bridges But somehow
1t always muddles through.
The Dictator who rules with an iron
hand the German Reich Is not slow and
reasonable. He got his power through
swift, underhand action. He believes IN
the power and responsibility OF one man
as the only right form OF government, and
he believes that in the Reich he is that
man.
Hitler, therefore, must be taken alone
as representative Of German power. He Is
subject to persecution mania, to decisions
of grandeur He uses low cunning to mold
a people to his will. and then, In his book,
brags about his power thus to mold them.
He believes he has divine mission to
make the German State supreme.
These are the two forms of thought
which have been trying to get together.
Or rather, 1t Is Hitler's form Of thought
with which Britain's has been trying to
get together. Hitler doesn't try to get to-
gether with anybody. He doesn't believe
there Is either right or necessity for him
in that direction. He believes he merely
has to state his position and the world
will accept 1t. Britain Is trying to avoid
the horrors OF war for everybody. The hor-
rcrs Of war mean nothing to Hitler.
Using quiet and time to soften the mind
Of person or nation in q fit Of temper
b always good business. It induces the
normal mood Of reason with which rea-
son may cooperate to work out plan.
But trying to use the methods which af-
feet reasonable people In the present in
stance looks futile. Trying to reason with
Hitler about the peace Of the world is
Well, 1t just doesn't seem reasonable!
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-24

So 1t would seem nothing is impossible
In this best of little worlds. We can be dew
astated by either hurricanes or wars. We
are not devastation proof. And regarding
the latter one reads every day now that
we should have profited by past expert
ences that war is.selfish and bestial. 1t de-
stroys everything in its path like the hur-
ricane. Perhaps the day Is coming or has
come when the man who refuses to fight
will not be looked on as something or
someone Of lower order The general
concensus right now seems to be, rela-
tive to possibilities of war-let's keep out
of it. An editorial writer in one of our
prominent Catholic weeklies says in sting
ing rebuke, Should war again come to
Europe, we Americans should step out of
our familiar role as international saps,
and resolutely refuse to be cajoledeor
backed into the conflict"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-24
A Book a Day
The Revolution
Divides q Family
BY BRUCE CATION

Novels Of Americas past have
been struck off with surprising tall
ent Of late, and Cyril Harris has
added distinction In superb story
OF the Revolution, "Trumpets at|
Dawn" (Scribner's Sons: $3.50.
Mr.. Harris lays his novel against'
the full backdrop Of the war for
independence, sweeping you along|
from Its to 1888 with enough ac-'
ton 10 bolster any two good novels.
but with tender story OF young
love withal 10 personaliSe the mar
rative.
It centers around the family OF
Horatio Wyatt, wealthy New York
shipping merchant, his son, Sam
and daughter. Kitty. and Kitty's be-
trothed. Charles Townsend. When
the war opens Horatio 10 stand With
the king and Tory business. His
family chooses 10 fight. So the
Wyatts thereafter become q divid-'
cd household.
You follow them through the|
Revolution on O score Of fronts. Ono
feels at times that perhaps Mr.
Harris has contrived q bit too clev-
erly 10 have Sam or Charles or
hand at this great occasion or that
But In any event he whirls youa
along through the battle Of Long
Island. the battle OF Trenton, the
crossing Of the Delaware. the dis
covery Of Arnold,s treachery, and
the hanging OF Major Andre.
And the whole Is drawn dra-
matically. Certainly there has not
been q finer piece Of narrative In q
long time than his recital Of the
capture, the trial under General
Greene. and the last hours Of the
Britisher Andre.
Nor does Mr.. Harris stop with
these highlights. His story becomes
an intimate picture Of the life and
loves and hopes Of all Colonial
Americans, CLOSING logically with
the war itself.
One hopes to hear more from Mr.
Harris, himself q Nova Scotian and
descendant Of both loyalists and
patriots in the Revolution.-P. q. +.