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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
Famous Sayings

America may we'll be proud that
its very name is still almost another
word for tolerance.
The instinct to tolerate in others
the freedom we expect for our
selves is deep in the American
consciousness. We don't think
much about it, because we are all
brought up that way, and it is
natural.
But in a time when whole gov
ernments and systems are being
built on intolerance, it might be
we'll to think a little about why
tolerance is a good thing. For lead
ers like Adolf Hitler are denounc-
ing it not only as weak in itself
but as an unbearable handicap on
a state.
Americans like tolerance because
it is right. We believe that no
man is good enough or wise enough
to rule other men without their
consent. And we believe that no
mans rights are safe unless he is
willing and able to grant to other
men the same rights he expects
for himself.
It is the very denial of these
rights over many years that lies
at the bottom OF Europe's discon-
tent. One radical minority, long
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
You re Telling Me-

There's thrilling reading some
times in a seed catalogue. We've
just found out that Franklin d.
Roosevelt is a dahlia
Russia and Japan sign a treaty
on Siberian fishing rights II war
comes we can't put the blame on
sardines.
Newspaper editors could save
themselves a lot of work by simply
running European news dispatches
under the heading: "Today's Crisis"
Adolph Hitler, apparently will try
anything even TO attempting TO
keep a public speech of his a pro-
found secret.
It's only natural that when states
men forget TO smile International
affairs get into a snarl.
Nazis would absorb Liechtenstein.
Liechtensteiners, who pay no taxes,
are, it seems, too happy to be let
alone.
Spring poem: Whoever thought
we'd see the day when Dizzy Dean
had naught to say?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
DEAD, OR JUST DORMANT?

Perhaps you haven't noticed it, but
where has the League of Nations been
lately? There hasn't been a Geneva date
line in the news for so long people are
beginning to think Hitler must have
taken over the minority there too He
couldn't have found city where resis-
tance TO aggression would be any less.
But then, perhaps the leagues Just
waiting for another World war to prove
it was a good idea, all along
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

art of sitting down around a coun-
Gil table and going over their prob
lens, seeing each others point of
view and looking at the industry
as a whole.
For another, the fact that the
general public has an equal con-
Germ in these problems with cap
ital and labor is getting practical
recognition. For still another, the
responsibility which rests on the
consuming public is being stressed
its responsibility, that is. in the
matter of wage levels and profit
margins as we'll as its interest in
cvery-day retail costs.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

SCl1c1J Inelf own nelghDOrhOOQS
where they were known. In Mr..
Clancy's section lived a rich man
named Morton, Mr.. Clancy's big
aeSt prospect. Ant SO Mr.. CLANCY
started in to learn all he could
aaout him. lie interviewed his
friends, lug Up information; learG-
ed all his quirks and habits At
'ast he was ready.
Then something happened. BY
q mistake a housewife solicitor"
got Mr. Mortoa'S card and called
on him She knew nothing about
soliciting funds; and, when Mr..
Morton refused 10 give as much
aS she thought he should she gave
him a piece Of her mind. She said
he ought to be proud to contribute
to the new hospital. Her antagoll-
istlc attitude made Mr.. Morton an
tagonistic. She lit in a second time.
and Mr.. Morton grew madder and
madder. Finally he gave her S25
and ordered her out.
The committee was staggered
What? Only S25? They had cx-
pected $500 They decided TO try
again, and turned Mr. Morton over
to Mr.. Clancy.
How was Clancy to handle Nor
ton who was already as mad as
hops? He thought a while. First,
he decided to catch him in a good
mood. So he called just when he
thought Mr.. Morton would be fin
isling his dinner. Sure enough he
was. Fine SO far. But Mr. Morton
when he learned the purpose of
the call-Would not see him, .
Clancy went into action. He
called through the door, past the
Neighbor? That was a personal
rote. Then Mr. Clancy called out
past the butter again-that he
had come to apologize for the ac-
ton of the previous canvasser. MI.
Morton was Interested. 1t affected
him personally. He called out for
Mr.. Clancy TO ccme in.
Mr.. Clancy tailed from Mr.. Nor
tons point of view, saying how
sorry he was the canvaSser had an
moved nim Mr. Morton, of course,
was agreeable ON that. Then Clancy
told what fine thing the proposed
hospital would he, and got MI. Nor
ton TO agreeing ON that. Thus, from
having To shout through the door
past a butler, he had established
himself Oh a friendly basis.
He told more about the hospital,
and Mr. Morton grew interested.
Then Clancy became specific. He
said that the hospital was very bad
ly III need of an operating room.
MI Morton grew more interested.
He could think specifically in terms
of sanitary, up-to-date hospital
room.
Clancy left with a check for
$1,000. Mr. Morton followed him
to the door and invited him to come
again! Ali this by talking from
the other fellows point of view.
How simplel How effectiyel
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
Willis Thornton's Editorial On.
Tolerance is Not Only Right, 1t is Good

suppressed and kept under, when
it gets at last chance to be on
top, becomes equally oppressive of
its former oppressors.
There is no end of this. Europe
can never be tranquil until at last
there are no oppressed racial min
critics to shoulder and plot re-
Venge when their hour comes.
But many Americans view racial
and religious tolerance in its lowest
terms They grudgingly admit the
right. and with clenched teeth they
vow that they will grant it, no
matter how repulsive it may be
to them to do SO.
That is, of course, better than
no tolerance at all. But 1t is mega
tive.
Tolerance has its positive side,
more important than the negative
1t lies in the fact tina all races and
all creeds have rich contributions
to make to American civilization
They have made them in the past
and given their opportunity, will
make them in the future.
American life is rich and pro-
ductive beyond anything that to-
talitarian states can ever achieve,
simply because the way is wide
open to all people to contribute
their share.
Tolerance is not a burden, a
source of weakness, grudgingly
maintained because it is known to
be right, but a source of strength
and a guarantee of the highest
possible development of the nation
of the future.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
TAXATION THAT KILLS
EMPLOYE ADVANCE CEMENT


ship of company for which he works
goes a long way toward eliminating la
Dor trouble, creating a mutual interest
in business prosperity and bringing
about a general understanding of bust
ness problems. 1t is, many believe the
eventual solution of troubles which have
confronted employers and employees so
very intensely during the past decade
Notwithstanding hatreds engendered
by the Wagner act and quasi-political
pickering, there is still tendency to-
ward really fundamental friendliness
between employer and employe in the
United States. In its present nebulous
form it can be killed very quickly by
intentional or unintentional opposition;
it can flower just as quickly into worth
while phase of economic life if properly
fostered
Strangely enough our present nation
al government has set up one of the
greatest barriers against the participa-
tion of an employe in the profits of
firm for which he works The barrier
is evidently unintentional, because the
whole policy of the present administra-
tion seemingly has been directed to
greater privileges for the employe. Unin-
territorial or not, its removal would do
much to increase good relations in in-
dustry.
Corporate taxation provides the bar
rier, and penalties the employer who
would offer a part of his business to his
employees. A simple example serves to
show how present tax laws tend to dis
courage employe participation.
If business man operates as sole
owner he pays only the individual in
come tax on his earnings, but if he
wishes to give or help his employees buy,
for example, 10 per cent of the owner
ship, he must incorporate-and his earn
ings are taxed twice, once as corporate
earnings and the second time as divid-
ends.
Suppose the owner regularly earned
a $4,000 profit on his business. His in
come taxes, state and federal, at the cur
rent rate (assuming he had two children)
would be S455, leaving him a net earning
of S9545.
But suppose he gave or sold 10 per
cent of his ownership to his employees
He would have to Incorporate to accom-
plish this. On an annual earning of
$4,000, his 80 per cent would be decreas-
ed by corporation taxes of S1552.50, and
then the S7234.23 he received as his share
of the dividends would be further re-
duced by federal and state income taxes
amounting to S213.27. This would leave
him only S7234.23. His humanitarian
plan actually would cost him S231O77
This obviously unfair barrier to in
creased employe ownership can easily
be eliminated by both federal and state
tax provisions that those dividends re-
ceived by individuals from the firms by
which they are employed should not be
taxed twice. but should be treated as
salaries.
Legislators in Washington and in every
state capital could, if they would, correct
this injustice Immediately By so doing,
they would relieve a situation which to-
day interferes with the welfare of thou
sands of working people, and they would
go far toward solution of labor problems.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
Today'S Horoscope

Steady progress in business is
foretold i'll the year TO come for
those born on this date. A happy
romance is also promised during
the year. Good fortune and a de-
lightful personality is also promised
to the child born today. He will be
refined, artistic. musical, clever and
popular. He will meet with great
success in political or social life.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Dissects the News

WASHINGTON--It is just pos
sible that a pattern of great Sig
nificance for the handling of in
dustrial and labor problems is being
worked out here by committees OBJ
Grating under the Wage and Hour
Division Of the Department OF
Labor.
These are the industry commit
tees. which ale preparing minimum
wage recommendations for Admin
lsJrator Andrews.
Under the Wage-hour act. the
present minimum is 25 cents an
hour. This is to be stepped up
automatically to 80 cents next Octo-
Ter, and in 1945 IS to advance to
40 cents. The industry committees
are trying to work out 30-cent level
OF next October anG the Accent
level of 1915, SO that l945 will not
bring too great and sudden a dis
location tc loW-Wagc industries
SO far seven of these commit
tees have gone into operation, and
two have submitted their recon-
mendatlons. The committee for the
cotton, silk, raYon. and synthetic
textile industry has called for a
3212 cent rate. and the Wtolen. tex
tile committee has ccme out for Sc
cents. Committees now holang ses-
sions are those for the apparel
hosiery, hats. millinery, and boot
aid shoe irdus tries.
When Commissioner Andrews TT
ceiYeS a committee recommended
lion, he nay approve it and en-
body the recommended rate in
wage order That rate then be
c, mes the legal minimum Wagr
for that industry until 1910 The
commissioner may send the report
back to the committee for revision,
or he may set up a new committee
and start afresh. He cannot how
ever, make changes in the recon-
mendation himself.
But what is really significant
about this venture is the kind of
operation which the Wage and Hour
Division is attempting.
Each industry committee must by
law consist of an equal number Of
representatives from each of three
different groups - employees, en-
ployes, and the public The repre-
sentatiVes are chosen by the Wage
and Hour Division.
For groundwork, the committee
IS given statistics and economic
data prepared by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. This material is
cutie extensive; for the textiles
committee, for instance, it com
prised a 154-page printed book con-
tanning an extremely detailed cross
section study of the whole industry
This digested. the committee calls
workers, retailers, whole
salers, economists, heads of trade
associations. and so on. Then the
and employe members Of
the committee speak their minds.
In the end. after tremendous
of informal discussion, ar
and cross questioning. the
committee votes on the various
wage rates which have been sug-
sested until the majority is able 10
agree ON one.
Several things are happening
here. For one, capital and labor
are getting another lesson in the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
Hints on Etiuuette

The handshake on ordinary oc-
casions should neither be a bone
crushing operation nor a limp, two
fingers-shoyed-your way gesture
II should be brief but firm. express
sing warm cordialiiy.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
One-Minute Test Answers

I. Wilhelm Richard Wagner.
2. It is the northernmost point OF
Alaska.
3 1t is a city in Assiniboin, Can
ada, situated on the South Sas-
katcheWan.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

handled this sit
uation.
It was not in
his own field, in
surance, but soli-
citing hospital
funds. He was
not to be paid
for the work, but
wanted to do a
good job.
The commit
tee decided to
have volunteers
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
Words of Wisdom,

We're We to take as much pains
10 be what We ought TO be, as we
do to disguise what VIC really are,
We might appear like ourselves
without being at the trouble of any
disguise whatever r.-Rochefaucauld
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
Dale


If you have ever dealt with an
angry person, yeu will be interested
- this story.
Terence K. Clancy, 100 East 42nd
Street. New York. told me how he
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
Grab Baq-
One-Minute Test

|. Who composed the opera "Lo-
hengrin?"
2. Where is Point Barrow?
3. What and where is Medicine
Hat?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
wake UP YOUR
LIVER BILE
Without Calomel-And You'll Jump Out Of Bed il

The Morning Karin 10 Go
The liver should pour out two pounds OF
liquid bile into your bowais daily. If this bile
is not flowing freely. your food doesn t digest.
It just decays in the bowels. Gas bloats up
your stomach. You get constipated. Your
whole system Is poisoned and you feel sour.
sunk and the world looks punk.
A mere bowel movement doesn't get at
the cause. 1t takes ttose good. old Carter's
Little Liver Pills to get these two pounds
of bile flowing freely md make you feel
"up and up" Harmless. gentle. yet amaz-
ing in making bile flow freely. Ask for
Carter's Little Liver Pills by name. 25 cents.
Stubbornly refuse anything else.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

Canton, China, imports more than
$1,000,000 worth of old newspapers,
which its merchants Use for wrap.
ping paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
Barbs-

At Columbia, Tenn, on Mule
Day" 1000 girls rode 1000 mules,
Now, how much attention do you
suppose the mules got?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

A vaudeville team has actually
been fined under that anti-WPA
joke ban. AS long as the rule is
working, why not also clamp the
lid on who was that lady I seen
you with last night?'
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
Photographs

American cigaret manufacturers
annually import large quantities CT
Oriental tobaccoS.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

A contest for the parrot with the
best diction and personality was
staged in a Washington, D. c.. radio
station,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

The toothbrush was invented by
man of the name of Adds, an
EnglShman. He was serving a SEN
tence in prison when the idea came
to him.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12
Thoughts for the Day

Thou hast made known to the ways of life; thou
shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
Acts 2:28.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

Answering his wife's separation
suit, Comedian Ed Wynn said one
of the first things he did was to
buy her a dictionary. AS if women
don't know enough words already.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

People have been eating snakes,
goldfish and phonograph records.
And, We suppose, some brave fel-
low would even take chance on
chop suey in the dark.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

When queues were worn in China,
Peking university male students us
eel to use them in drawing articles
for their geometry problems.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

Don't care who won next
presidential poll. You're bound to
win if you string along with this
candidate.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

All anteaters walk on their
Enuckles to keep their claws sharp
for tearing up ant nests.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

There are so species of birds of
paradise, but none have singing
voices.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

Now we know what they mean by
the "hounds of spring" A Califor-
MIA dog, according to a news item,
recites poetry.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

In Oklahoma the Cherokee In
dians have their own newspapers
printed in their own alphabet-said
to be the only Indian newspapers
ever printed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-12

But what is really significant
about this venture is the kind of
operation which the Wage and Hour
Division is attempting.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-20

end"
Lieutenant-Governor Snider follow
ed this exposal with the assertion
that Mississippians should not con-
tinue to be misled year after year
by political big-wigs.
He declared tina. he is not allied
with any faction nor can be bought
The program which the Lieutenant
governor set forth was recognizee
here by hundreds as probably the
most logical plan for development o,
this states resources that has ev1l
been presented by a candidate 70,
TIE states first office.
He received wide acclaim from tne
hundreds who heard his speech, "a
he promised that if elected, he would
see that he program which ne out
lines in his campaign platform
of conservation. and industrializa-
ton of Mississippi vii be carried out
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-20

Continued taxation, and increas-
ed taxation cannot be endured longer
by Mississippi's people" Mr.. Snider
declared. 1T is time that new wealth
| is created in this state, in order thai
we may employ at living wage, the
ing our yourth away, and they are
be- oming residents of other sta.es.
Our greatest source of wealth goes
with them.
fConner is not afraid to run against
Johnson" Mr.. Snider declared. "Nor
is Johnson afraid to run against Con-
ner. And it doesn't make any diff
ference to the political dictators in
Jackson which is elected, either will
serve the purpose.
Mr.. Snider told his audience that
''The conspiracy began in 1916, when
Bilbo's support of Mike Conner err
abged Conner to defeat Oscar john
ston as speaker of the House Of
Representatives That was Conner's
first -Aeated debt o Bilbo.
I'm 1916, Conner supported Bi,,o
for Congress against Paul Johnson
That same year, when other n1eiI
were concerned with their homes
their country and their lives. Come;
wro people ell over the state ask
ing their aid in effecting the change
of the constitution of the State OF
c;c h he al
ed governor while other men of his
age were serving in the Uni ed States
Army.e He was military age, but not
of gubernatorial age Nor is he of
gubernatorial statue today, although
he is 20 years older.
I'm 1928, Paul Johnson" Mr. Snider
said, Johnson acted as advisory mem
Der and aided Conner in his candi-
dacy for governor.
Then, in 1927, Johnson worked
for Governor. In 1885, Conner re
cipiocated by actively supporting
Johnson for governor.
The year 1895 found the alliance
IN its full glory with Johnson and
2ilbo supporting Conner for the Unit
ed States Senate. In the meantime
t'ere is NOTHING hat has happened
--'hich changes in the minds of m n
Ms true relation All alliance among
this group.
Today. in 1899, we see Bilbo &C
lively supporting Jobnson for gover-
nor and making little Mike play left
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-20
Snider Denounces An
Alliance Between
Other Candidates
Lieutenant Governor
Soys Conner. BiIbo.
Johnson Linked

West Point, Miss, July 19-un
ringing denunciation of an ''unholy
alliance" which he declares exsss be
tween Conner Johnson and Bilbo,
Lieutenant-Goyernor j. z. (Billy) Sni
der told some 1900 ci liens here this
afternoon tnat the Conner-Johnson
axis has committed itself to oppo-
sition to tae proposal for Missis-
sippi Nbrkmen's Conioensa ion Law
and thereby will damn opportunity
Tor industrial expansion in this stae,
if either is elected Governor.
Speaking in behalf of his own can
didacy for the office of chief exec'-
tive of this s. ate, Mr.. Snider declar-
ed that he is the only man in the
race who offers q program OF pro
gress and expansion of industry for
Mississippi. re declared taat the
future OF the people of Mississippi
is being jeopardized by poll ical alignS
nents that would elect men who
have only their personal interests
at heart and care not one whit fol
the average man, he Little man OF
the sate.
r" eve!opn!ents OF the past week,
he 5ec.ared. confirm in the minds
Of I'll linking ron Of Mississippi
that there exis.s an alignment of the
taree r5en. C.nner, Johnson and BIZ
DO, and that taere is LITTLE preference
EXPRESSED ny re rc~e-s behind i,-c
throne whether johnson or Come
shall be governor. IN the event eth
err is elected. The object Of the "u~.
holy alliarce" vii have been accom-.
plisaed, and MIss4ssippians viii cor
tinue to be taxed end tangled IN
I'll they lose their farms and thcii
Businesses.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-20
Mrs. Eokins Passes
In Lexington

Mrs Molly Eakins, 90, passed away
at her home near Lexington at three
o'clock Monday morning.
Funeral services were held at the
residence Tuesday afternoon at three
o'clock She was a native of Holmes
County having lived here practically
all her life.
The Rev Judson Chastain was in
charge of the services and the South.
ern Undertaking Association official
ed at the cemetery
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-20

total of $545, 471.09 for February
1895. This was loss of more than
IL per cent. In February 1887,
however, receipts had jumped to
$3.50, 768.45; and the totals have
climbed each February since then.
Last February, for instance, the
total receipts were $795, 567 "a,
which was $40 per cent higher
than the total of gasoline and oil
tax receipts for February 1886.
The Advertising Commission has
been judging the results of tourist
promotion in figures from other
state departments than the Motor
Vehicle Commissioner office,
however. From the State Tax
Commission, for instance, the pro-
motional agency has gotten a
month by month breakdown of
sales tax receipts which rather con-
vincingly shows how MiSsiss:ppi's
tourist crop has been much more
certain, and has gained much
more steadily, than returns from
Mississippi cotton crops. The to.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-20

citation Convention in Gukport. The
display showed wildly the tremen-
dous jump in winter and spring
gasoline consumption following the
Commissions tourist promotion ac-
tivities beginning just prior to the
1887 tourist season. Taking the
first four months of 1885 as a
base, the graph showed that for
the first four months of 1896 the
gain in gasoline and oil tax reven-
ues was but seven per cent. In the
first four months of 1887, however,
the total gasoline and oil tax rev.
enues jumped approximately %
per cent over the total for the
first four months of 1895. For 1888
and for 1899 the totals for the
four months we're approximately 81
and So per cent higher than for the
same months in 1885.
In February 1886, month when
intrastate travel is considerably
below average, the gasoline and
oil tax receipts dropped to q low
Of 1882 1902. 46 as compared with the
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-20
S. F. Aliens Announce
Arrival Of Betty Louro

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. A.
len will be interested to learn of the
birth of little daughter, Betty Lau-
ra, Friday, July Ia. Mrs. Allen is
he former Harriet Marlborough, the
Morrough. of Lexington. She is rest
ing nicely in the Community Hospital
in Lexington.
Mr.. Allen is the business mana
ger of Holmes Junior College a.
Goldman where they make their
home.