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u. S. Senator Ca"'o~ 2 &C r. -
ginia, born a. LynchburG, Va, 81
years Ego.
George Fl. Houston, president Of the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, born at
Covington, Ky, IS years ago.
Max Eastman, Of New York City,
noted writer and clitor, born at
Canandaigua, N. Y, Sc years ago.
Willard Fl. Dow of Midland, Mich,
president of !lle Dow Chemical Com
pany born there, ~ years ago.
Charles CTS Adams of Los An
geles, noted American landscape ar
chitect and ely plannc-, born in Los
Angles, SIS years ago.
Dr. Edwin y. wife, or the Univcr-
sity of Wiscon in. med cca:a0nl -
born in jefferson, Co, VS.. 81 YEA
ago.
Florence Il. VIZ nc -Tc-v ~ J,
City, consul .rg 4 ~ 'v'i:c" er
cosmetics, bern a =. .'a,n J :
years ago.
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ANSWERS.


1. In 1864 one of the requirements
for entry into the new colony was
that every man be armed with 2
good musket, full bore, ten pounds
powder and twenty pounds bullets. .
2. July %. 1881 at Chapel Hill. The
call had been issued to meet on the
day before commencement at the Uni
versity.
3. g. Men are placed in office, and
that by the Legislature of our State,
who are ignorant at heather, an
corrupt at demons, to adjudicate the
rights of men and to administer the
laws of our country"
4. Under an act of the Albemarle
assembly of 1869 marriages were per-
formed only by the governor or :.
member of his council. Persons wish
ing to be married were required tC
come before the governor or council
man and declare their wish to be man
and wife. They were required also to
bring three or four neighbors to act
as witnesses.
g. In a special election called by the
governor.
6. In the fall of 1872 the first Meth
odst preacher visited North Carolina
Five years later there were $50 Meth
odists reported for the State. Lass
year there were 547,S84.
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HENDERSON, M CO. DISPATCH WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1889

solve by democratic means problems
that relationships solve "by main
force" and by using force apparent
ly succeeded at 1T for the moment"
Relationships" he declared, lin
volve costs which the American peo-
pie will never pay
Mr.. Roosevelt enumerated as such
costs spiritual values, free speech,
freedom of religion, confiscation of
capital, concentration camps, the
cost of having our children brought
up not as free and dignified human
beings, but as pawns moulded and
enSlaved by machine"
To achieve domestic solidarity, the
President urged continued efforts to
bolster national income through Fed
eral spending; limited at revision of
the Labor Relations Act by urging
peace in labor's strife and between
capital and labor; asked perfection
Of the farm program; suggested tax
readjustments with possible small in
creases; recommended the general
polishing of New Deal laws and ad-
ding two new acknowledgement
ment reorganization and aid for the
railroads.
To meet international lawlessness
abroad" the President projected g
program of rearmament sufficient tC
protect the country against any at
tack, together with internal organiza-
ton Of key industries
simultaneously, he suggested the
possibility of some forceful non-mili-
airy action against aggressor nations
and revision of the present neutrality
Jaw.
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Daphne said. Something dreadful,
I think"
What is the matter ?" Della
Craig pushed herself forward.
Stand back all of you" COM
manded Mr.. Horace in his new
crisp voice. Miss Ritter, come
with mel"
tried to draw back. I did not
want to go inside again, but he
took hold of my arm and pulled
me across the threshold and shut
the door on the crowd outside.
"In the anteroom," I managed to
stammer, and he pushed aside the
silver curtain.
Good Cod" I heard him ex-
claim. He sort of staggered and
fell into chair and hid his face
in his hands. For five minutes he
sat thus; then he raised his head
and looked at me.
How did it happen ?" he said at
length, and he had his old voice
back.
shook my head helplessly. II
don't know I never left the ROOM"
Poor Lettiew He knelt on the
floor beside her. CT don't under
stand"
"Father!" Daphne came into the
room. She ran to the little man,
and her eyes fell upon the body of
her mother. I thought she was GO
ing to faint. But she did not faint.
She stood there a few feet from her
father and her mother-and there
was an expression on her face that
froze my blood to see. She was
smiling, with the corners of. her
mouth lifted ever so slightly and
curled back from her teeth!
must have gasped, for she
turned and faced me gravely.
"She's dead, isn't she % she
asked softly. j.
Eyes, she's alead,s Mr.. Horace
answered her. Tier heart has
stopped beating"
"Father!" And now another voice
called his name. The dark Young
man, Mr.. Richard, burst into the
salon. His face was pale with ap-
prehension. Della says there's
been an accident!"
Mother is dead" said Daphne.
and she smiled again that queer.
blood-chilling smile.
Ito Be Continued)
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN


TUESDAY dawned a better and
brighter day. I felt quite cheerful
as hustled about the salon prepar-
ing the pads and curriers' and am
monia for Mrs. Horace's perma-
nent. Promptly at nine she arrived
and by nine thirty things were well
under way.
I had almost completed wrap
ping the hair when Miss Daphne
looked in.
"Going to make mother beauti-
full ?" she called, laughing at the
sight of Mrs. Horace looking like
nothing SO much as a piccaninny
with her head covered with metal
clips. y'slhtigeer ri2af 81 a IA
III smiled. The more I saw of
Daphne the better I liked her. ~
.eo tive been trying to talk her into
having this done for ages" she
said, coming inside and seating her
self on the arm of chair "She al
ways refused until now" -
a "Better late than never" I said.
Fright you are" she agreed, and
! thought she directed an anxious
glance at her mother. It'll run
along. Glad wants me to help her
pack. See you at lunch, mother"
At a quarter to eleven Mrs. Hor-
ace, her head a mass of kinlxy
corkscrews, was ready for the final
step. I plastered her hair with wav-
ing lotion and set the wave.
Take the second drier, please, -
directed, and was somewhat re-
ieved when she scooted under it
without demur. Either she had for
gotten or did not care that it was
IN this chair that her mother-in-
law had breathed her last. I fas-
tened the cloth strip tightly about
her throat and threw the switch.
I will never know to my dying
day what made me suddenly whirl
from the table where I was sorting
and returning the curriers' to their
separate boxes, but whirl did. For
q moment I stood staring at the
aproned figure beneath the drier.
What had caused my start of
alarm, my certainty that all was
not as it should be? There was
nothing wrong with the picture
Mrs. Horace sat quietly, her hands
folded in her lap. Nothing wrong,
v and ;-lyet - there - there it was
.agaiin! A soft scraping sound like
the sound Of something dragging
roughly across the floor! It was
close, quite close. Perplexed, tip
toed to the drier.
AND. then ,tiel- I saw. I saw
what was making the noise! The
sllpper-clad feet of Mrs. Horace
Witherspoon were creeping slowly
from beneath the hem of her. skirt!
They were pointed toward me, toes
out! On and on they crept. I could
not take my eyes from them.
suddenly, with violent move
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TO-DAY r.vI-GI OT-.

186S-British force of 30 COO land&
in Africa to punish Ethiopian Kin !,
for torture and imprisonment of sew
eral British oflicc-s-Engllsh Gcfca
Philippians, raze the capital, release
prisoners AM leaves Afr.ca-a!l with.
in six months ..et
1S7o-General strike of telegraph
operators ever county.
/, 1883-Pendlc.o Act puts Civil Ccrv-
ice on sure foundation.
f1889-(5O years ago. The American
Historical Society inc 7rporatcd.
1896--Utah admitted to Statehood
as the 18th State.
!. 1882 Hoover urges reconven-
ing Congress TO hurry in the stima.a-
ton of national credit
1934-Alex Stavissy OF Trance
found shot to dearl beginning 6. ec-
French scandal.
1936-Attorncy General Cumming IS
asks Congress for greater power to
fight crime.
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TOday....
TODAY,s ANNIVERSARIES.


1772-Caesar A. Rooney. DelaWar>
lawyer, encouragement OF the U. s
congressman, senator and diplomat
in South America, born at Dover, Dial
Died June 10, 1924.
1785-Jakob Ludwig Grimm, Ger
man philologist, co-author, with his
brother, of the famous fairy tales
born. Died Sept 20, 1863.
1SO9-Jamcs M. Mack, New York
deaf and dumb poet, literary sensa
ton of his day when only Is but now
forgotten, born there. Died Sept. %
1879.
1922 Washington c. De Paw, In
diana glass manufacturer and phllan-
thropist. .bcnefactor to college named
for him, born at Salem, Ind. Died May
5, 1887.
18731Blanche Walsh, noted actress
born in New York. Died Oct. 81, 1915
188C-WilliS Ray Gregg, distinguish
ed meteorologist, chief OF the u. S
Weather Bureau, boon Ut Phoenix, : !
Y. Died Sept. IA, 1888
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

ment, they stopped. Horrifed, my
gaze travelled upward. Mrs. Hor-
ace lay sprawled in her chair,
her neck held rigid by the cloth
strip of the helmet! Her lower torso
slumped grotesquely forward, as if
it had endeavored to escape the
rest of her body.
The room turned upside down
and right side up again before ]
finally managed to throw the
switch and lift the hood. And as
the head was released from its
forced Imprisonment Mrs. Horace
Witherspoon slid noiselessly to the
floor.
AS Il bent above her a familiar
odor tickled my nostrils. I sneezed!
Then my knees gave way and ]
was sitting upright on the floor
looking into the wide open eyes
of Mrs. Horace. I screamed.
screamed again and again. Those
eyes regarded me steadily. They
were terrified eyes! scrambled to
my feet and fled screaming into the
corridor.
I sat in my bedroom waiting for
someone to come for me. 1t was
mid-afternoon and I had been wait
ing since twelve o'clock. -Four
hours of horror, of vague, nameless
fears.
It was Miss Daphne who found
me in the hallway. She had been
coming up the front stairs when
she had heard me shrieking, and
she had run to where L stood and
had shaken me roughly.
Before long the whole household
was milling about the corridor. Mr..
Horace appeared from somewhere,
and when 1 saw him I began to
scream again. It was his wife who
lay on the salon floor with her eyes
open-and dead!
"Hush!' he said, and his voice
was different one than I had ever
heard him use. It was not falter-
ing and uncertain, but strong and
incisive. It cut like a knife through
my hysteria. was so astounded ]
quit yelling and stared at him
open mouthed.
what is ?" he demanded, and
pointed to the salon.
IS o m t h G has happened"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04
READ THIS FIRST .

Elsie Ritter a beauty shop operator,
taking the place of friend for week
in the private salon of Mrs. Horace
Witherspoon, Sri, finds herself involved
in mystery when the eccentric old
lady is found dead under one of the
hair driersl after Elsie had left the
room for few moments. She is fur
Their Inundated when she learns that
one of the servants in the Manor
household suspects her of taking Mrs.
WitherSpOOn emeralds, which r are
missing. Certain members of the With
erspoon family and some of the house
guests strike Elsie fas queer, and she
is surprised when the old lady's son,
Horace Witherspoon, advises her to
say nothing of the missing Jewels for
fear of publicity and the police. The
coroner arrives for his investigation.
Phil Benson, Elsie's friend and re-
porter, comes for. an obituary for his
paper and Elsie shows him around the
mansion. Mrs. Witherspoon's funeral
is held the next day.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
BY FRED III. MAY

1. When was every man coming tC
North Carolina required to bring {
run?
2. When was the first teachers as
ISOLATION formed in North Carolina
g. What was Judge Merrimon's com
ment on court officials of eighty years
ngo?
H. How were marriages first pro
vided for in North Carolina?
5. How is a vacancy in the legisla
ture filled?
g. How has membership in tht
Methodist church grown since thu
first Methodist preacher came 16
years ago?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

THEY WE'RE THOUGHTS BEFORE
THEY WE'RE DEEDS: For out OF
the heart proceed evil thoughts, muir
ders, adulteries, foundations, thefts.
false witness, blasphemies: These are
the things which defile a man: but to
cat with unswashen hands defileth not
man.-Matt 1919, 20.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

A drop of 10 per cent in the Ame-
rican farm income is shown for the
first II months of 1888 as compared
:. ~ The corresponding period in
1897, reports Julian Mann, extension
str stefan 81 State College,
Liberal consumption of d7iry pro
ducts is in prospect for the win e.
months, says John Arey, State Col
lege extension dairyman.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

S1.00 BILLS ARE PACKED BE-
tween the slices in some loaves Of
Diamond bread. Order Diamond
bread from your dealer-you may
get one of the free $1.OO bills.
Majestic Bakeries, Inc 3O-tf
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Peace Isn't Assured
By Munich Pact
Continued finn Page One.)

Continued finn Page One.)
deadly armaments, military and eco
nomic; all about US are threats Of
new aggressions, military and econo
mic"
Standing on the speakers dais in
the House Chamber, the assembled
members before him and Vice-Presi-
dent Garner and Speaker Bankhead
seated elt his back, President Roose-
welt said the United States would
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04
TODAI,S IIoEGScA-.--

Today his IScyla' N~-oari. o'',t
There is a H'r70T ION 90 ? Won ny,
Artistic in tHT'N. thesc l'"'7,-ce So-~1n;
times, if NAL. '>occ~r cr~;'y cor~un,-
ed by women: en- ~''Nr ''in~ arainst
this they are wcll-r1indod There is \
great tendency toward O.icntal Gus
toms.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

JANUARY SPECIAL: 100 GENUINE
Engraved Panelled Visiting Cards
and so Panelled informals with
Envelopes to match for $265 in
Guiding new plate. Henderson Book
Co., Phone 10. 1875
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

FOR SALE CHEAP. CUT DOWN
corn including shucks from about
200 Bbls. corn on highway No. 1,
about ! mile south of Henderson.
w. P. Gholson, Phone Is or PAP.
4-6-9-11-13-16-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

A further Cc~i;ne in farrsl-mortgagc
debt during 1877 las been reported
by the u. S. Bureau of Agricultural.
Economics.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

AXES SIPS FIRST QUALITY RIx-
ford hand made black axe, a re-
gular axe $175 axe value. Watkins
Hardware Co. 2l&t
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

ALL STATE LICENSED BEAUTY
operators. Phone 200 for appoint.
ment. Your patronage appreciated.
Ridgers Beauty Shop. 14-tf
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

WE HAVE THE USED AUTO PART
you want, We will pay highest cash
price for your auto or other scrap
metals. O'Lary's Garage Try u.s.
:-4ti
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

VISIT OUR USED CAR LOT FOR
better values in useG. cars. Motor
Sales &C. 25-tf
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

FIVE ROOM HOUSE FOR RENT.
#. B. Hight, day phone 289, night
517-J. 1-1ti
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

WILL BUY CORN ON COZ, IN
shuck or shelled. / also custom
grind meal and feed. Joe Evans.
.e.e~.5..~ 1896.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

STOVE SALE - SPECIAL OFFER
cook stoves and ranges-Our low
cash prices less a 1919 extra dis
count. Stove pipe 15c joint. Watkins
Hardware Company 2Sz4
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

YOU CAN GET YOUR SEWING
and alterations done at Sundry
Shop, 100 yds. North of Steam
Laundry. Bring what you have to
sell. 803 Mrs. Roy B. Dickerson.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

1 AM NOW WITH HUFFMAN
cleaners, and would appreciate a
call from you. Prompt service with
satisfaction assured. Ed Powell.
phone 81; night 716-W. 3-2ti
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

NOTICE WILL OFFER FOR
sale at public auction to the high
est bidder for cash on Thursday.
January II, at II o'clock a. M so
pigs and shoats. Sale at Fure Oil
Station, North Henderson, next to
A. A. c. Co. plant. These pigs and
shoats were raised by me. w. w
Jordan, Gates, N. G. 1910
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

BE CAREFUL AND DON'T SWAI..
low the dollar for we will continue
to give away dollars until further
notice. Order Diamond Bread from
your dealer. Majestic Bakeries, Inc.
2-tf
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04
WANT ADS
Get Results

FOR SALE OR RENT: GOOD TO-
baccO farm to man who can furnis!,
his own provisions. Fourth or half
shares. M. D. Tillottson, route 8.
1876
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

WE SPECIALIZE IN BODY AND
fender repairs. Motor Sales Co, 25tf
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-04

WANT ADS
Set Results
FOR SALE OR RENT: GOOD TO-
bacco farm to man who can furnish
his own provisions. Fourth or half
shares. M. D. Tillottson, route 3.
1876
BE CAREFUL AND DON'T SWAI..
low the dollar for we will continue
to give away dollars until further
notice. Order Diamond Bread from
your dealer. Majestic Bakeries, Inc.
2-tf
YOU CAN GET YOUR SEWING
and alterations done at Sundry
Shop, 100 yds. North of Steam
Laundry. Bring what you have to
sell. 803 Mrs. Roy B. Dickerson.
WE SPECIALIZE IN BODY AND
fender repairs. Motor Sales Co. 25tf
NV 1IOH WILL OFfLR FOR
sale at public auction to the high
est bidder for cash on Thursday,
January II, at II o'clock a. m. so
pigs and shoats. Sale at F'ure Oil
Station, North Henderson, next to
A. A. c. Co. plant. These pigs and
shOats were raised by me. w. w
Jordan, Gates, N. G. 1910
STOVE SALE = SFECIAL OFFER
cook stoves and ranges-Our low
cash prices less a 1919 extra dis
count. Stove pipe 15c joint. Watkins
Hardware Company. 2&4
FOR SALE CHEAP. CUT DOWN
corn including shucks from about
200 Bbls. corn on highway No. 1.
about ! mile south of Henderson.
w. P. Gholson, Phone Is or 242.
46-9-11-13-16-
ALL STATE LICENSED BEAUTY
operators. Phone 200 for appoint.
ment. Your patronage appreciated.
h'ldgers Beauty Shop 14-tf
WE HAVE THE USED AUTO PART
you want. We will pay highest cash
p~lce for your auto or other scrap
metals. O'Larys Garage Try us.
3-4ti
S1.0O BILLS ARE PACKED BE-
tween the slices in some loaves Of
Diamond bread Order Diamond
bread from your dealer-you NAV
! get one of the free $1.OO bills.
Majestic Bakeries, Inc 3O-tf
JANUARY SPECIAL: 100 GENUINE.
Engraved Panelled Visiting Cards
and so Panelled informals with
Envelopes to match for $265 in
Guiding new plate. Henderson Book
Co., Phone no. 1886
VISIT OUR USED CAR LOT FOR
better values in useC cars. Motor
Sales &c 25-tf
AXES $125 FIRST QUALITY RIx-
ford hand made black axe, a re-
gular axe $175 axe value. Watkins
Hardware Co. 2&t
FIVE ROOM HOUSE FOR RENT.
#. B. Hight, day phone 289, night
517-J. 1-1ti
WILL BUY CORN ON COE, IN
shuck or shelled. / also Custom
grind meal and feed. Joe S Evans.
.,~+5... 16-2Ct
l AM NOW WITH HUFFMAN
cleaners, and would appreciate
call from you. Prompt service with
satisfaction assured. Ed Powell.
phone 81; night 716-W. 3-2ti
SIMONDS CIR o S S c U T SAWS
priced $40, $4.95 each. Double grip
handles extra pairs Csc pr. Watkins
Hardware Company. 2&i
DRINK
LAVAL cDnu,A. |
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H.ntered at the post office IN E1ende'
.on. N. c., as second class mail matter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-12
meeting the dictators' movements in

meeting the dictators' movements in
their own style-by direct action.
Of course, the crisis is not over;
the problem is far from solved. Italy
has more than a million men under
arms, Poland has summoned to the
colors additional reserves in def
ance of Germany's reported demand
for rehabilitation, Yugoslavia is
strengthening her Albanian frontier,
Bulgaria announces the suppression
of German-supported Nazi organ
ization supposed to be plotting the
overthrow of the regime of King
Boris, Rumania and Turkey are
awaiting answers to their requests
for British and French guarantees
of military aid, the whole continent
remains in turmoil.
Courage on the part of democracies
may not suffice to prevent a general
war. Experimentally, 1t certainly is
worth trying, even at the eleventh
hour. Had there been similar, re-
sistance to the Seizure of Manchu-
kuo in 1882 and the conquest of
Ethiopia in 1886, civilization might
have been spared something of its
present ordeal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-12
Making the Record

Although the pace is not overly
swift, yesterdays initial action to-
ward improving the balance of the
national labor relations law must
fairly be recorded as progress.
Frankly partisan of labor and
of the act which he sponsored, Sena-
tor Wagner presented a compre-
hensive, thorough and generally ra-
tional argument in defense of the
law. Tempering his position in sup
port of the principles inherent in the
act and in their application through
this particular instrument he offered
his aid in correcting one of its prac-
teal defects and to retain an open
mind on other proposed modifica-
tons pending the completion of
"full and minded inquiry"
In the first instance, his co-opera-
ton was promised in revising the law
to permit employer petitions for en-
ploye elections.
where a well-intentioned en-
ployer Is caught between the COM
petition of rival groups" the Senator
said, II feel that the employer Ger
tainly should have the right to petit
ton for an election"
That such circumstances have
arisen is matter of record and in
view of the boards unwillingness
thus far to relax its own rules and
permit employer petitions It is en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-12
Mr.. Annie Withdrows

Former Representative Thomas r.
Amlie has taken the only proper
course in asking President Roosevelt
to withdraw from the Senate his
nomination to the Interstate Com
merce Commission. It has been
evident almost from the outset that
the erstWhile Progressive House men,
Der from Wisconsin could not be
confirmed, and in stepping aside
voluntarily, he avoids further en-
barrassment to himself and the
administration as we'll.
The appointment never should
have been made. Entirely aside
from the communistic leanings at
trlbuted to Mr.. Amlie-and vigorously
disclaimed by him-the fact remains
that at the Senate subcommittee
hearing on his nomination, he did
nothing to discount criticism that
economic predictions and lack of
familiarity with transportation prob
lens disqualified him for the assign
ment.
Under any circumstances, the
greatest care should be exercised in
selecting men for the Interstate
Commerce Commission, bat this need
is emphasized even more at present
by conditions in the railroad industry
where the agency exercises such vast
regulatory powers.
1t is to be hoped that the next
appointment will be made with due
regard to the merits of the case, and
that political considerations will play
no part in the selection.