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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hutchet Out
The Truth
. CONGRESS is GENEROUS
. WORK RELIEF
. PROSPECTS DULL
. NO LABORERS

Congress is generous in voting
money for everything under the sun
except work relief projects.
Work relief seems under congress
ional disfavor, for some unknown
reason. A picayunish attitude toward
it was taken early this year and is
still in evidence.
Yet what is more important?
Work relief deals directly with the
problems of unemployment by giving
the workless man or woman job. 1t
puts money in the pockets of the idle
money which goes straight into the
channels of trade for food, clothing,
housing and other necessities, assur-
ing work for others and helping to
keep the economic machine in oper-
alton.
Surely, work relief should come first
on the must" list of Congress.
So far, however, work relief has
been far from being first on the
"must" list. In fact, Congress has
acted very much as if it was bored
with the whole subject and would like
to forget it.
Whole nation would be glad to for
get work relief, if that was possible.
But it isn't and from the looks of
things, it will not be possible for
long time.
Work relief is by far the most i'm
portant subject before Congress.
Attitude of Congress was shown by
the $150,0O0,00O cult last January in
the WPA appropriation.
The cut was made in the fact of
warnings by the President and others
that not cent more was being asked
for WPA than was necessary.
The slash made curtailment of WPA
inevitable and reductions in working
forces have been going on steadily.
With the reductions, have come
lower business levels and failure of
the expected spring rise to material
ize.
Now here we are, already feeling
the summer let-down in many indus
tries.
Not very bright prospect.
And the attitude of Congress toward
work relief does nothing to brighten
the outlook.
Generous provision for work relief
would be big help in changing the
picture.
Labor in all camps has for years
advocated provision for adequate work
relief at adequate wages.
Labor is of the same opinion still.
1t might be we'll for Congress to
bear this in mind.
Robert w. Johnson who shocked
hidebound industrialists few years
ago with his advocacy of higher pay
and the 30-hour week, says his COM
pany will build plant that will bring
lower prices, increased production and
HIGHER WAGES.
1t will incorporate the principles of
decentralization and simplifcation and
be operated on a 30-hour week.
Johnson, whose company, Johnson &
Johnson, manufactures pharmaceutical
supplies, says the plant will be con-
structed sometime we'll within a
year" on a site not yet selected.
"No one will be put out Of work
through the operation Of this plan,"
he says.
"Even though new methods may be
found, the people on the job will re-
tain their status. All workers will be
industrial technicians. None will be
laborers."
All of which sounds interesting and
will be a good trick if he can do it,
especially the part about not discharg
ing workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22
DETAILS LACKING

IN erudite professor speaking at gathering in
President Roosevet's home county told his
audience that ''it is not relief but work. that will
save society" Now, if he would give details as to
how to get work and get paid for it, about three
million people relief will make for jobs as fast
as their legs can carry them.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

The Forest Service ought to go into
the movie business. 1t is doing one
of the truly great works of the
country. 1t is snatching back from
the winds and dust storms territory
bigger than any European country
save Russia. 1t is doing this by plant
ing shelter belts of trees on a 100
mile strip from the Canadian line down
well into Texas.
The S5,000,000 trees planted already
are just start at the work to be
done. But picture showing the dust
storms, and the planting, and the way
the trees are growing, and the child
rem eating watermelons grown in the
shelter of those trees and eaten in
their shade, ought to "sell" the big
idea to anybody.
What few people who have not been
there can realize is that an enormous
stretch of our semi-arid land is very
good soil. 1t is largely what geo.
logists call "loess," mixture of wind
blown sand, organic matter, and other
things. The Forest Service-a branch
of the United States Department of
Agriculture-furnishes the trees and
plants them. The farmers furnish
land, fencing material and cultivation.
AS result of the combination, trees
in these shelter belts, with only two
full growing seasons, are running
from IL to "a feet high. The first tree
thus planted was set in the ground,
March 10, 1885; so none of them,
when October comes this year, will
have more than five growing seasons,
most of them much less. But in half
the counties of seven states, the farm
ers are clamoring for more trees.
X x X
Czechoslovakas by tens of thousands
are reported slipping over the borders
into Poland, some of them going on
to Russia. Naturally and inevitably,
most of them are young men; and all
of them hate the whole Nazi regime
with an intense and bitter hatred. 1t
is claimed that more than $4,000 of
these Bohemians and Slovaks are
forming Czechoslovak legion to
swing into the Polish army if war
breaks.
No one who knows much Of the
World War is surprised at all. Czecho-
slovakia was then part of the Austro-
Hungarian empire, summoned to fight
for regime they hated. They were
not given arms until in camp with
soldiers of other breeds. They were
not allowed so much as white hand
kerchiefs, lest they should signal the
Russians.
The first regiment of Prague went
over to the Russian lines, bodily, tax
ing even the band; and tens of thous-
ands slipper over in less dramatic
fashion. And when the Russian army
went to pieces, the Czechoslovaks in
that army, marched across Russia and
Siberia to Vladivostock.
X X X
"At the present time, the invitation
of President Roosevelt to a general
economic conference still stands. |
hope and believe that an exchange OF
views by the nations may pave the
way toward that enduring peace that
was hoped for so fervently in 1919 by
weary soldiery and war-torn
world. For this too we should be pre-
pared. 1t may mean for us the op-
portunity to clarity the social OBJ
iectives of lasting peace. John q.
Winant, Director, International Labor
Office.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22

The Nazi government is said to be putting a
curb on the sale of Bibles Wonder if some Nazi
ran across that passage which begins, "Woe unto
you, We serpents and generation Of vipers?" The
Bible uses mighty strong language, sometimes.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22

A shoe corporation of Boston has been fined
81 900 in Federal District court after pleading
guilty of violation of the Federal wage-hour law
Is that the kind Of confession that is said to be
good for the soul?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22
A Safer Plan


There is no need to take such
chances.
For those who make enough to save,
the United States Government offers
a safer and more attractive plan.
U. S. Saving Bonds, maturing in ten
years, and paying 800 compounded
semi-annually, are offered for sale in
every post office. You may buy on a
weekly, monthly, or other convenient
basis. You may return the bond and
receive full investment, at any time
after 60 days from purchase. $l775
invested now brings you $25 in ten
years, on the safest security money
can buy.
Don't be misled by high-pressure ad-
vertising and emotional appeals. No
private investment plan is safe for
small investors.
(This information is based on ar
ticles appearing in Consumers Union
Reports for January and May 1889,
by Bernard Refs, financial expert and
author of False Security" The Re-
ports may be obtained from Consumers
Union, IT Union Square West, New
York City at the regular price Of Zoe
copy.)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22
Truths Pondered While
Riding At Anchor
MIR. MODESTUS
D THE AMERICAN WAY
. ROOSEVELTIAN SMILE
Q OLD HORSES AND MULES
q . LET'S DISTRIBUTE

The American Way
Good practice long before the New
Deal
When Presidents were even frown-
ing on distribution of seeds
1t was good political form to dis
tribute benefits
To feed horses and mules
When it was unthinkable to give aid
to farmers hit by drouth-
If the aid was to furnish food for
farmers and their wives
That would have been kind of
''pauperizing" the people
But farm animals were essential to
the next crop
While farmers families just "grow-
ed"-
Like Topsy-
X X X
One morning last week
That hectic week of the royal visi-
tation to Washington
George and his Elizabeth were up at
the Capitol
Greeting the members of Congress
Looking over the building where
they meet
Whose preceding structure was
burnt by British soldiers in 1872
1t was little lull for the President
Of the United States
So he took up regular business for
the week
Among which was little bill
Authorizing the U. S. Army
To turn out its old horses and mules
to pasture
Instead of following the old prac-
tice of shooting them
When they get too old to march
any more
"Horse and buggy stuff
But the President signed that bill
With a Rooseveltian smile.
X K X
Old horses and mules
Have no married children who could
keep them
Not even five per cent Of them are
independent
After they pass the normal work
ing age of their kind
When they are spawned, or sway
backed, or get the heaves-
1t costs money even to turn them
out to pasture
And the watchdogs of the Treasury
in Senate and House
Have never worried about "security"
for mules
They made good glue and fer
tiliZer-
When they got too old to ride or
drive
So they got the firing squad
Without benefit Of "taps"-
X X X
But this year it is different
Conservation, of everything in
sight
Is the watch word on the right and
on the left
Moreover, these four-footed beasts
had no chance
To save up anything for old age
when they were young
They were Sin the army of Uncle
SAM
And they must have been pretty
good of their kind
To have lasted as long as they have,
many of them
SO now it is "social security" for
hosses and mewles-
If they have been lucky enough to
draw Army rations all their lives
The confounded aristocrats!
X X X
To all of which: Amen!
Provided: the same principles of
conservation
Be measureably applied to the hu-
man mewles-
Which, being able to work, and
quite willing
Have been deprived of their har-
nesses and ed-bags-
Turned out on the roads by the
thousands
Chased by the sheriffs and con-
stabules-
Who are pretty much the same
breed of stock
Let's distribute this feed-bag and
pasture privilege all around.
-. ~. !
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22

Secretary Ickes has declared that "crackpots
blgots and racketeers are very small minority
N this country But it's easier to See that when
they're in Jail
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22
VIII AT NEXT?

Instantaneous X-ray photo
graphs, fast enough to stop
action" on a heartbeat, can now
be made by physicians with the
DyneX, developed by the Westing-
house X-Ray Company. A sort of
candid camera" among X-ray ma
chimes, the DyneX save up its cur
rent for eight seconds in bank
Of condensers, then let's it go all
at once-to produce a powerful
ray discharge which instantly
prints picture of the internal
organs on a Photographic plate.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22
WISDOM

The illusion that times that
were are better than those that
are probably pervaded all ages.
Horace Greeley.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22

When your wife looks at wreck of
a farmhouse she says, 81 could do a
lot to that house" That's probably
what she said to herself when she first
looked at you
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22
What Can You Gain?

The total picture, then, is about like
this. You save under cast-iron regu-
lations that don't allow for illness,
unemployment or other misfortunes
that are bound to come over span
Of years. You face the risk Of big
loss on a lapsed certificate. All for
the promise of private company, not
guaranteed in any dependable way, to
pay you 4 I6 on your investment.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-22

All our life we've been hearing that
the world is just on the verge of fall
ing to pieces, and every morning we
get up and look out the window, and
there it is.-F'rom the Omaha World
Herald.
ample of the five leading life insur-
ance companies, investigated recently
by the SEC, they were worth much
less than the listed values.
1t must be realized first of all that
this is private and Independent COM
pany, not guaranteed by any respon-
sible outside agency. All you have to
depend on is the company's assets,
fifteen years from now.
Evening star., 1939-05-28

yards. At this time heavy fall of
snow was recorded, accompanied by
thunder and lightning This condi-
ton was not purely local, nearly all
OF the streams of the Eastern At
lantlc States were much swollen and
out Of bounds from the 712 inches
OF water which fell at Harrisburg,
Pa, on the day of the Johnstown
flood. Washington recorded on the
same day fall of $40 inches, thus
bringing the rainfall for May up to
about Ills inches, or approximately
8.25 inches over the average. How
ever, we were not entirely taken
unaware; still, the extent of the
flooding Of the loWlands of the city
was a surprise we were not looking
for.
Writer'S Recollections.
The writer we'll remembers this
flood. which started to make its
appearance on the afternoon of
Saturday, June /, and had prac-
tically all disappeared by the aft
ernoon Of Monday, June 3. He re-
calls that when he left the Ma
tional Museum, where he was then
employed, on Saturday afternoon
at O'Clock, that the Seventh street
cars-then drawn by horses-could
just get through the deepest part
of the water at B street, now Con-
stitution avenue, without submerg-
ing the floor Of the car. Had this
Evening star., 1939-05-28
BLUE AND GRAY TO HEAR VIRGINIA GETTYSBURG
Senator Byrd Is South's Contribution to
Significant Turn in History of Joint
Reunions of Civil War Heroes

for it swerved the tide of victory
from the Confederate to the Union
cause and constituted thereby the
turning point of the Civil War,
shaping the destiny of nation
indeed the whole story of man.
1t was on this memorable field in
the bleak November of 1863 that
Abraham Lincoln delivered his epo-
chal address, that incompatible
tribute that visualized for all time
the Immortality of the men who
died there.
In that same year, in the first
three fearful days of July, the Fed
eral Army of the Potomac and the
Confederate Army of Northern Vir-
ginia fought desperately, one against
the other. Eighty-two thousand
men, under Gen. Meade, and $4,000
under Gen. Lee, dramatically and
with superb courage, in a series of
brilliant charges and counter
charges in swift succession, engaged
In that conflict which has sent Pick
ett's name ringing down the corri-
lots OF Time and 1mmOrtaliZed the
valiant Virginians who moved for
ward to almost certain destruction
while their comrades, like ripe wheat
before the reaper, fell at their sides.
From the vantage point of today
one can look back at Gettysburg as
curiously inconsistent encounter.
Success and failure marked the
sporadic conflicts; brilliant military
strategy and good luck, blunders and
misfortune sat alternately in the
saddle. Yet through it all shone a
spectacular courage, magnificent
leadership and a sort of desperate
valor for which history can offer
few parallels.
Consider Ewell's sudden thrust,
led by the fiery Jubal Early, before
whom the 18th and 1st Corps fell
Evening star., 1939-05-28

len and stretching far over its banks,
was rushing on. bearing on its sur
face the debris that told of the
destruction wrought along its course.
The water continued to rise Satur-
day night and by midnight the
levels in the center of the city
south of Pennsylvania avenue began
to overflow. Meanwhile along the
river banks the scenes were grand
and frightful. Throngs of people
were gathered at every point, some
engaged in the work of saving prop
erty, others looking upon the excit-
ing scene. The spectators were re-
warded by very thrilling sights.
Early in the evening the Analostan
boat house was swept from its
foundations and carried down the
torrent with all its contents, going
finally to ruin against the Long
Evening star., 1939-05-28

occurred after President Theodore
Roosevelt added half hour to the
clerks working day we might have
had to stand up on the seats, for the
water at that time was rising rap
idly. There was no difficulty cross
ing the Mall on the following Mon
day, for the water then had almost
entirely receded.
An illustration of how quickly the
water rose can be seen by the fact
that The Star of Saturday, June /,
carried no account of the flood,
though reference, of course, was
made to the unusually highwater
in the Potomac and the threatening
conditions prevailing that day. At
that time this newspaper did not
print Sunday edition, but full
account followed on Monday after
Evening star., 1939-05-28

Bridge. A schooner that was torn
from its anchorage in the George
town channel went whirling down
the stream, its bell tolling as it
swept helplessly on its perilous
voyage. 1t stranded near the Monu-
ment. The wreckage borne on the
swift current was hurled and heaped
against the causeway and draw of
the Long Bridge. South of the
bridge the wharves and streets were
flooded. The Eastern Branch spread
far out beyond its accustomed
bounds, flooding the lower part of
the Navy Yard, overfowing the
Anacostia Bridge, the causeway of
which was washed away and in
undating houses on the lower
grounds. The arsenal point was
partly under water and a part of
the barracks was cut from the
rest by new branch of the Po-
tomac, which took its course across
the grounds.
Sunday morning the streets were
early thronged with people, who
gathered in the center of the city
to see the unusual sight of a city
partly under water. Pennsylvania
avenue was flooded from Second
street to Seventh street west and
also in the neighborhood of Ninth
street. All the streets leading south
from the Avenue between the
Botanic Gardens and the Treasury
were canals. The Easements and
lower floors of houses were under
water. The market house stood in
the center of a great lake" CThe
latter occupied the site where is
now the National Archives Build
ing9
Depot Swamped.
The waters rose up nearly to
the top steps OF the Baltimore &
Potomac Depot, which formerly
stood at the southwest corner of
Constitution avenue and Sixth
street, and the trucks of the rail-
road cars about the station were
under water.
Indeed, this historic station pre-
sented a novel sight, the water COM
pletely filling the waiting rooms,
and the large Pullman cars stand
ing under the long shed. many of
Evening star., 1939-05-28

noon, and the following is a part of
what this issue carried:
Stars Story.
"The waters of the Potomac rose
yesterday higher than ever known
before by the oldest inhabitant.
All day parts of the city was sub
merged. Toward evening the waters
began to recede and this morning
the city had resumed something
of its usual aspect, the streets that
were flooded yesterday being covered
with ooze and drift. When the
sun rose upon Washington yes
terday morning it brought to light
city partially submerged. The
streets and reservations on the lower
levels in the center of the city and
all the wharves and streets along
the river front were under water,
while the Potomac, turbid and sWol-
Evening star., 1939-05-28

On Memorial Day unique cere-
mony will commemorate the historic
Battle of Gettysburg, when leaders
of both North and South, meeting
on the battlefield and free of Sec
tional considerations, will pay trib-
uate to the courage and achieve
ments of American soldiers of the
Civil War.
While. it is true, the perennially-
thinning ranks of grizzled veter-
ans have annually treked their
way to the scene of that momen-
tous conflict in Pennsylvania, this
years gathering may well be con-
sidered significant occasion, in
that Southerner will for the first
time deliver the only address made
in commemoration of the joint cele-
bration. Senator Harry Flood Byrd
of Virginia, whose distinguished
lineage is inseperably linked with
the history of the Old Diminion, has
been singled out for the honor, and
the fact that he halls from the
heart of the Confederacy should
UCdI Will ~ tIlC lCdSoul nlS 1lAlpA1-
cation that the last traces OF animos-
ity and bitterness between the two
sections of our country are fading
with time and a gentler understand
ing.
Fought rs years ago during the
first three days of July, the battle
which will be remembered this year
on the last day of May, on the
field where it was so hotly con-
tested, drastically altered the course
of history and vitally affected the
future of great nation. It was
at Gettysburg that the courage of
Union and Confederate armies and
the military genius of their leaders
were put to their severest tests.
As battle, historians count it one
of the most decisive of the world,
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Valor Shown in Decisive Battle Gives
1t Rank With Few Parallels Among
Conflicts of the World

since earliest dawn q wrestle began
for possession of Culp's Hill. The
midday sun shone down upon a
trampled and bloody field, over
which hung an ominous silence.
Meade, knowing it portended dan
ger, watched the as yet unassailed
center with especial care, while Lee.
with the successes of the first and
second days still warm upon him,
determined to assault the Federal
center. Upon Longstreet fell the
fearful responsibility of striking the
blow, for within his ranks were the
fresh and untried members of Pick
etts division 5000 valorous Vir-
ginians and 10000 auxiliary troops.
Confident of success, Lee sent
Stuart around beyond the Federal
right, with orders to seize the Bal
timore pike-Meade's only prac-
ticable route for retreat, once the
Union center was broken and that
general thrown into retreat. Mean
while, Hancock at his side, Meade
waited, and at ! o'clock two signal
guns were heard on Seminary Ridge,
followed by an appalling cannonade.
The Federal chief relaxed his fire,
feeling that this was but a ptelude
to more serious events. It was in
that moment that Pickett said to
his general, Longstreet, II shall go
forward, sir"
Down the slope went Pickett's
column of $4,000, high-hearted,
buoyant, and hopeful, Pickett riding
gracefully at its head, his cap set
jauntily on his auburn hair.
AS the brave men advanced, there
was a reopening of the tumult of
Federal guns. The approaching men
melted away before the deadly
sequence of round-shot, canister
and Minie-balls. Every one Of
Pickett's commanders Of brigades