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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04
A RADICAL THOUGHT
ON CONSERVATIVE LINES

The plan devised by Homer w. WOOD,
northern California publisher, to end
labor troubles and alleviate unemploy-
ment in this country hasn't a chance of
adoption at any early date-largely be-
cause it's such a workable, common sense
plan. 1t hasn't the glamor nor the cock
eyed appeal of SO many schemes which
provide the Utopia-seekers with material
for never-ending daydreams. 1t is too
practical to get very far until the nation
swings once again back to a belief that
the sanest program is the safest.
Among other things, the plan calls for
enlistment of many unemployed in the
army and navy, and for employment of
others on public works-not in competi-
ton with private industry-where the
jobless would receive less than the pre-
vailing private wage scale, thus being
encouraged to look for and accept work
in private industry.
Most revolutionary proposal, however
is the one which would outlaw strikes.
At first blush it sounds like a radical
thought. Actually it is entirely workable
Think it over while and you see many
possibilities.
The proposal would provide judicial
machinery to solve labor disputes, but
it would provide too that there could be
no walkout during mediation. Industry
would keep on producing and paying
wages. OF course, no man would lose the
right to quit his job, but labor unions
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04

Didn't you know you were
speeding through school zone?'
"T didn't know there was a
school zone, and what's more, l
didn't know I was speeding
fired back at him.
I'VE soon found ourselves at the
police station. The officer at the
desk said, Twenty-Five dollars.
~ haven't got twenty-five dol
lars told him.
Send your wife back to your
hotel and get it.
"'She can't drive, said, and
saw that he thought it was a lie.
"A friend came and bailed me
out!"
Let's stop right here and con-
slider the attitude my friend should
have assumed toward an officer of
the law; then read his second
story as follows:
Not long ago, l drove past a
traffic light in my home town OF
New Rochelle, New York, and re-
ceived a ticket. I had been very
courteous TO the officers, so
thought that after all due courtesy
doesn't count.
When / heard the judge hand
ing out fines of from ten to fifty
dollars to other law-breakers, l
figured it was going to cost me
about twenty-five dollars. 1t came
my turn. He said:
Guilty or not guilty?'
II said, Guilty, Your Honor.
Amy comment to make?'
"'None, except that watching
traffic / didn't see the light change
but I'm sure the officer was right.
I believe in law enforcement and
think we should take our medicine
for violators. l also think, Your
Honor, that the fines you have been
handing out are fair and in pro-
portion TO the offenses. Other than
that, and the fact that I haven't
had a ticket for a number OF years
I have nothing to say"
1.-The judge hesitated moment,
then said:
We don't have to ponder over the
success and failure of the two
methods this man employed. But
we can profit by these two stories.
On the edge of the malarial jun
giles of British Guiana, I saw sign
written by man who knew how 10
handle people. I was visiting the
general manager of Booker Broth
ers, the largest business organiza-
ton in British Guiana.
He said he had often been an
noyed by people who neglected to
take off their hats when they en-
tered the offices. SO he decided to
do something about it. Did he put
up a sign saying please remove
your hat?" No, he adopted a more
delicate method. His sign read
merely: "Your hat" A sign SO
courteous, SO subtle, that 1t made
one want TO remove his hat,s ...
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04

TO bear arms and train in a military
way.
There is room in the United
States for only one army, and only
one trained and armed military
force. They are the army OF the
United States and the organized
militia. There is no possible ex-
cuse for any other bodies arming
themselves and conducting military
training
Yet there are such bodies. They
are small now, but they might grow.
They should be stamped out imme-
diately and while yet small. The
law ought to be clear. 1t might
not be bad idea even to amend
the Constitution.
Article 2 of the Bill of Rights:
"A Well-regulated militia being
necessary to the security of free
state, the right of the people TO
keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed."
The meaning, at the time the
Constitution was written, is clear
In those days military equipment
was simple. Every man had his
flintlock hanging over the fireplace
Lexington and Concord and Bunker
Hill proved that a militia hurriedly
made up of men bringing their own
arms could, in an emergency, hold
their own with regular troops.
That isn't true any more. The
possession OF arms at home is today
limited to Shotguns and sporting
rifles. Possession of even revolverS
not to speak Of machine guns and
automatic rifles, is subject to pub
lie regulation today And those are
the only weapons that could be OF
any Use by citizens springing to
arms as a militia to defend the
republic.
In other words, this provision OF
the Constitution is out-dated. 1t
was intended to assure that citizens
should be able to keep their own
squirrel rifles ready so that they
could. quickly shoulder them and
form a militia. In today's world of
mechanical and high-powered war;
fare, such a provision is meaning
less for the purposes intended, that
is, as an aid to the national de-
fense. 1t can only be used to legiti-
mize private armies which plan
street-fighting and civil disorder.
But it is still in the Constitution
SO the congressional committees
must steer around it if they are to
achieve their object which is. OBJ
viously, to squelch at the start any
efforts by political organizations to
build up their own armies" in the
European style, thus paving the way
toward civil disorder and revolu-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04
THE FACTS ARE WANTED
IN STATE RELIEF CHARGES
[ Fresno Bee)

Rumors of an unhealthy condition
within the State Relief Administration
organization in certain parts of the state
have been current for some time.
These finally burst into the open in
the senate on Thursday when it was
charged that some employees of the SRA
were dropped because of their affilia-
tion with the Catholic church; and also
that in order to hold job it was neces-
sary to become a member of a certain
labor union.
Airing of these charges resulted in the
adoption of a resolution by Senator Roy
J. Nelson of Sacramento county calling
for senate participation with the assem-
bly, in an impartial inquiry into the oper
alton of the SRA.
1t is only by such an investigation
that the truth or the falsity of these
charges can be determined. And that
is what the citizenry of California wants
established.
The idea of religious discrimination
in any form in the administration of re-
lief is utterly abhorrent to them. They
want no such un-American rule estab-
lished in this state for holding a public
job.
Nor should any employe suffer inse-
curity in his position because he has de-
clined TO do labor union or any other
form of politics. If that vicious sort of
thing has been going on, it must be
rooted out completely.
The investigators should spare neither
energy, nor resolution in sitting these
charges to the bottom. Nor will they
be excused if they show evidence of try
ing unfairly or unjustly to pin some
thing on some executive.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04
AsHINGTON

WASHINGTON. = While the
Wagner act and the National La
Dor Relations Board get the atten-
tiCn of Congress and the public, the
U. S. Cancellation Service of the
Labor Department goes quietly and
inexpensively along charting a
course toward the peaceful handl-
ing of industrial relations.
But month in and month out it
oils the waters of industry. Last
year, for instance, it prevented 339
threatened strikes involving 230,000
workers.
1t intervened in slightly more
than $500 labor disputes involving
nearly 100000 workers, and re-
ported an adjustment satisfactory
to both sides in 80 per cent of the
cases. And is spent only $373,000.
Talk To- John r. Steelman, di-
rector of the service, and you get
q new glimpse both at labor trout
bles and at government attitude to-
ward them. For the whole work OF
the service is based on the theory
that most men are reasonable NOR
tails who will compromise rather
than scrap if somebody just takes
the trouble to help things along a
bit. BY and large, the theory works.
A conciliator has no authority at
all. But. as Mr. Steelman remarks,
he does have poWer-the power OF
public opinion. Only six times in
the past year did the parties to a
dispute refuse to let the Concilia-
tlon Service try to arrange a set
tlement.
The work is done informally and
quietly. The 50-odd conciliators
who are scattered about the ooun-
try may be ordered onto a job from
Washington, they may be invited in
by one or both parties to a dispute,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

or they may intervene on their own
volition.
Typical is such a situation as
this
A strike is on. Pickets are parad-
ing past the doors of the employer.
A conciliator drops in on him ana
suggests that he would like to help
in arranging a settlement.
This strike can't be settled y
SAYS the employer despondently.
"The hell it can't" retorts the
conciliator good-naturedly "You
don't want those pickets parading
there all year, do you? All strikes
can be settled. Let's see what the
difficulties are in this case"
So the employer explains. The
union demands this, this and this.
He might yield on point A, put
he'll die before he gives III on d
and C.
Presently the conciliator VISITS
the union leaders and listens TO
them. They're willing to give up
on point c, but they've got TO nave
A and B. He goes back to the en-
ployer, back again to the union
men.
He argues with each side. Per-
haps he will persuade the employer
to recede on one point and the
union To recede on another. In the
end--nine times out of 10-he I'm
ally gets something that both sides
will accept. Then the strike ENDS.
The service prefers, OF course, to
get on the scene before strike or
lockout actually begins. Often a
conciliator will find that 4 SEEM
ingly hopeless deadlock needs only
a disinterested third party to re-
solve itself.
All Of this keeps the conciliators
busy. The staff worked seven days
a week through most OF the pasC
wear, and took no vacations.
Mr.. Steelman doesn't want a lot
more money for his department;
says if Congress gave him $3,O00,000
tomorrow he wouldn't know what TO
do with it, He'd like to hire a lew
more conciliators but he says 1t
would be useless to try to get more
than a feW-they're mortally hard
to find.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04
NO GREENBACKS
NECESSARY
(Christian Science Monitor)

kSll1 iolldn oSlCllSG hOHltOi1
Authority still exists for the Presi-
dent of the United States to order the
issuance of S3,000,000,000 in greenbacks
if he should see fit. This provision in the
first Agricultural Adjustment Act has
never been repealed. The Chamber of
Commerce of the United States thinks
it is time it should be.
The conclusion is a very reasonable
one. This paper money clause was writ
ten into the law by inflationists who
believed the pushing out of more cur
rency into circulation would stimulate
prosperity ard higher prices. But even
such financial liberal as Mariner Ec-
cles, chairman of the Federal Reserve
Board, refuted this in his testimony last
week before the senate special commit
tee on silver legislation "That prosper
ity does not depend upon the volume of
currency is evident from the fact that
we had considerably less currency out
side of banks during the entire period
of the Nineteen Twenties . than we
have today" he said, emphasizing that
use of money-in other words, velocity
OF clrculation-is more important than
volume
The Chamber of Commerce is less en-
phatic in its recommendation that the
Presidents power of possible further
devaluation Of the dollar in terms of gold
also be repealed. Unlikely as it is to be
used, that power would better be pre-
served while because of international
consideration. But the greenback ques-
tion is internal. Federal reserve notes,
silver certificates, and other bills sup
ply all the paper money any probable
amount of business activity would re-
quire in the United States. Anyway,
80 per cent of the money that is used
by business nowadays takes the form
of checks on bank deposits The green
back power is as unnecessary as it is un-
wise
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04
Barbs-

Nine out of 10 StammererS are
men, a survey discloses. But wom-
en- are to blame. They shouldn't
ask for explanations.
A Philadelphia college has start
ed a course in celestial navigation.
Part of the political science Sc
quence?
An International doll house at
st. Cloud, Fla. has one of the larg-
est collections of dolls in the Unit
ed States. Almost as many as an
Earl Carroll chorus.
Mussolini says strength rules the
world and woe to the weak. Imagine
that guys embarrassment when he
catches a cold!
The ST. Louis Browns have been
winning a lot of ball games. It's
easy to see the season hasn't started
yet.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04
Willis Thorntons Editorial On.
Arms and the Men

Two bills now being considered
by House and Senate committees
ought to get the closest possible
consideration.
They propose to put Il complete
ban on private armies.
They would provide penalties on
organizations of more than five
persons whose purpose Is TO drill
or parade with firearms, or to pro-
vide military training,
The purpose of such a law is OBJ
vious. In Europe, the short lived
Russian and German republics were
torn down and destroyed by organi-
cations which they foolishly allowed
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04

"A few years
ago my wife and
I were driving
through L a k e
Worth, Fla. when
suddenly a siren
sounded and an
officers car pull
led along side.
Where's the fire
the officer asked.
L don't know |
answered W | t h
assumed nonchal-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04
Photographs

The male bird of paradise some
times hangs upside down before
the female at courting time, in Or
der the better to show her his gor-
geous plumage.
In colonial times children attend
ed school from seven in the NOR
ming until five in the afternoon in
summer; from eight to four in the
winter.
An elephants trunk is so strong
that it can uproot trees with 1t.
But it also is so sensitive that the
beast can pick up a pin with it.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04

King Henry VIII had a tennis
court constructed at Hampton
Court palace in 1530-the oldest
one in England. The monarch was
an enthusiastic tennis player.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04
Words of Wisdom

Words of Wisdom
Whoever is wise is apt to suspect
and be diffident of himself and
upon that account is willing to
hearken unto counsel, whereas the
foolish man, being in proportion to
his folly, full OF himself, and sWal-
lowed counsel but his own and FOL
the very reason that ii is his own
Balguy.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04
Grab Bag
One Minute Test

One Minute Test
1. Who was the only bachelor
president of the United States?
2. Which is the right bank Of a
river?
3. Where was the first theatre
built in the United States?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04
Dale
Carnegie

DO courtesy and understanding
count? Read the following stories
sent me recently by friend who
hasn't given me permission to use
his name.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04
TOday'S Horoscope

TOday's Horoscope
If your birthday is on this date,
call upon your stores of patience,
because you will need it in the year
now commencing. Delays and OBJ
stacles caused by your elders and
by lawyers make your progress diff
ficult. The child born today may
be inclined to worry needlessly, but
he or she will be very observant
person, although trifle over-criti-
cal of others. He or she would make
a good lawyer.
Minute Test Answers
/. James Buchanan, the 18th
president.
Q. The right bank of river is
the bank to the right of a person
looking downstream, which is in the
direction of the current.
3. At Williamsburg, Va, in l7l6
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04

Hints on Etiquette
Neither the tuxedo nor the for
NAL evening dress for men ever is
worn before six o'clock in the eve
ming.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04
You re Telling Me-

What flower is more beautiful
than an orchid? The first one
making an appearance in your gar
den.
Suggested slogan for Chamber
lain government-"Appease at any
price
Forty-four years ago there were
lust four autos in existence. Bet the
drivers of TWO of them wanted the
same parking place at the same
time.
In some states the black crow ap-
pears earlier than the first robin
in spring. He just doesn't get the
oublicity-thats all.
A commuter suggests that the
slogan Of the New York subways
should be THE public be jammed." ",
The sperm whale breathes
through a hole in the top of his
head. His brains would be air.
conditioned-if he had any.
Fighting has virtually ceased in
the Spanish revolution. Maybe the
boys are just hanging around wait
ing for the front page TO be open
again.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04

Suggested slogan for Chamber
lain government-"Appease at any
price
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-04

A commuter suggests that the
slogan Of the New York subways
should be "The public be jammed. -,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-07-06
Experiments Are
Made At Local
Cheese Plant
Kraft's Southeastern PrOduc-
ton Mgr. Pleased With
Results Here.

E. E. Lyons, of Atlanta, Ga,
production manager of the south
eastern division of the Kraft
Phenix Cheese Corporation, and
w. N. Hemmert, manager of the
Kraft plant at Gallatin, Tenn,
visited the local plant last week.
While here they ran several ex-
perimental watts of cheese through
the fine cooperation of number
of Ashe county farmers and they
were we'll pleased with the re-
suits.
They stated that the milk pro-
duction in this section is of an
exceptionally high quality and
they are pleased with the in
creased interest in production of
milk in Ashe.
Levern Johnson yesterday said
that due to lack of rainfall, the
milk supply is little off at this
time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-07-06
.Chautauquas Are
Now In Progress

A great deal of interest is be-
ing shown in the two Christian
Chautauquas that are now in
progress at Lansing and at the
Low Gap Presbyterian churches.
Services at Lansing will con-
tinue throughout this weekend,
with Rev. Leonard T. Gill, of
Pageland, S. c., doing the
preaching at nights.
The Chautauqua at Low Gap
started last night and will con-
tinue through July Is.
Rev. ]. T. Ghyslen, of Roanoke,
Va, who is reported as being an
outstanding Presbyterian minis
ter and evangelist, is in charge
Of the worship service at nights.
Both of the Bible Schools have
good enrolment and average
daily attendance is above aver
age.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-07-06
Mccain Buried
Wednesday P. M
Body Recovered from Roar
ing Gap Lake Tues
day Afternoon.

Funeral service fer Howard
MdCann, of Roaring Gap, who
was drowned Sun. night in Roar
ing Gap Lake, when a power
boat in which he and others were
riding, was overturned, was held
Wednesday afternoon at the
Woodruff Primitive Baptis t
Church near Sparta.
While not a native of this
county, the deceased is we'll
known here as he married Miss
Irene Dickson, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dixon of Sill
as Creek. Mrs. Mccain was a
member of the faculty at Lans-
ing last year.
In addition to his wife, Nc
Cam is survived by two broth
ers, Burton and Guy; a sister,
Ethel; and his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Coy Mccain, of Roaring
Gap.
McCann's body was recovered
late Tuesday afternoon by a re-
scue squad from Winston Salem
who had dragged the lake al
most continuously since the boat
overturned on Sunday.
Four others were in the boat
when it capsized. They escaped
either by swimming ashore or
holding to the boat until rescu-
ed. They were Mr.. McCann's
wife,, J. T. Inskeet, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Grouse.
Members of the rescue squad,
directed by Captain Roy H. Kane,
of Winston-Salem, estimated the
water was approximately IS feet
deep where the body was recov-
cred.
Other members of the squad
are: H. c. Caudle, Jr., Nelson
Stultz, Charles Moore, c. B. King
B. E. Dockery, Dason Cozart and
T. r. Peasants, all of Winston
Salem.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-07-06
III. M. Brown, 76
Buried On Tues,
Well Known Citizen of Obids
Community Dies On
Sunday.

Funeral service was held Tues
day morning at the Obids Bap-
fist church for Hampton Monroe
Brown, rs, who died Sunday af-
ternoon at 600 o'clock, with the
Revs. Carol Burkett and w. T.
Wilmington of the West Jeffer-
son Baptist church in charge.
Mr.. Brown who was a native OF
Ashe county was well known
here.
The large crowd which attend
ed the funeral and the many
beautiful floral offerings were
indicative of the high esteem in
which he was held.
Pallbearers were Quincy Brown,
Evert Baker, Burley Myers, Ed
Jenkins, Vanley Marsh and
Hamp Coward. Nieces of Mr..
Brown were the flower-bearers.
He is survived by his wife, a
daughter, Mrs. Clint billiard, one
brother, George, of Obids. Three
si4ters, Mrs. Matha Hairless of
Glendale Springs, Mrs. Letha
Perkins and Mrs. Clemmie Be-
shears of West Jefferson also
survive.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-07-06
FAIRVIEW NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Hascue Stout OF
Bluefield, w. Va, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Lige Stout.
Mrs. Adolphus Brown and Mrs.
Theodore Phipps of Weavers
Ford visited Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Shepherd Monday.
Mrs. Preston Mcmillan of Mar
ion, Va, visited Mr.. and Mrs. G.
c. Shepherd, Monday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
L. Shepherd, girl, Remona Nc
Eloine.
Miss Edith Shepherd spent the
weekend with home folks.
Mrs. J. B. Eller visited her
daughter Mae at the Wilkesboro
hospital Tuesday and reported
that she is still i'll.
am surprised at Troy l. Jones
trying to borrow John Pasley's
shovel. What did he think John
would lean on. Wonder if he
found the cut worm seed. He
sure has good memory. He still
remembers leaving the Harrigan
in a big hurry.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-07-06
Mrs. Sam Wilson
Buried Wednesday

News was received here Mon
day of the death of Mrs. Sam
Wilson 81 of Cascade which &C.
Cured on Monday morning fol-
lowing a brief illness.
Funeral service was held on
Tuesday afternoon and burial
followed in the family cemetery
The deceased was the mother
of Samuel P. Wilson who has Of
ten visited here with his wife,
the former Miss Ruth Reeves. A
number of other sons and daugh-
tiers survive.
Mrs. Wilson, who was a mem
Der of one of the best known
families of Cascade, Va, was par
TALLY paralyzed for some time
before her death.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-07-06
vi. E. Revival To
Open On Sunday
Rev. Lee Barnett Will Preach.
Bible School Opens on
Monday.

Special evangelistic services al
the West Jefferson Methodist
church will open Sunday morn
ing at 11:00 o'clock and will con-
tinue through July IA.
Rev. Lee Barnett, pastor of the
Pineville charge, will preach
each evening at 800 o'clock. Rev.
w. J. Huneycutt, the pastor an
nounced. Mr.. Barnett is well
known here and many are look
ing forward to hearing him.
The vacation Bible school will
open on Monday morning, July
10 and a special program has
been worked out for this. Mr..
Huneycutt stated that transpor-
tation would be furnished child
rem who did not have a way to
attend.
In discussing the Bible school,
Mr.. Huneycutt said, 1.-THE pur-
pose of the vacation school is to
provide more time for those
things which the church school
is seeking at every session to &C
complish: for every child, a
growing consciousness of God in
the world about him, an intimate
personal realization of God in his
own life, and the habit of work
ing with others for the advance
ment of His Kingdom"