The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-26
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

others being Finland and Switzerland,
has just given a convincing demon
stration of her faith in popular gov
ernment by holding general election.
In a Europe dominated by Nazi to-
talitarian rule, it took nerve for
Sweden to stick to democratic pro-
cesses. AS the Washington Post re-
marks:
"In view of the extremely critical
international situation and the grave
danger confronting Sweden, it would
have been understandable if the bal
loting had been postponed to a more
propitious occasion. Some voices were
raised urging just such course.
"But the government decided against
it. Premier Hanson took the posi-
tion that an election, far from en-
dangering Sweden's unity, would ac-
tually exert a relaxing and reassuring
influence"
X X X
The election resulted in decided
gains for Sweden's labor party, the So
cial Democrats, long exponents of the
nations "middle way" in social and
economic progress. The Social Demo-
Gratis won a clean-cut majority in the
lower house of Sweden's parliament.
They added 10 seats to those already
held in the chamber. The Agrarians
lost heavily. The unimportant Swedish
Communists lost two seats to hold
only three.
1t is reported that despite the So
cial Democratic victory, the party will
not try to form a government Of its
own. This means the present coali-
tion government will continue in Of
flee and there will be no change in
domestic or foreign policies.
If not attacked and overrun by
Nazi or Communist armies, Sweden
will remain a democracy, a ray of
hope in Europe's totalitarian darkness.
Her way of life will remain democ-
racy, a rap of hope in Europe's to-
talitarian darkness. Her way of life
will remain an example to all de-
mocracies, including the United States.
x x X
Savannah, oldest city in Georgia and
now one of the largest in the United
States, is typical example of how
the planners Of our Colonial period
created problems that the United
States Housing Authority now seeks
to solve by it's slum clearance pro-
gram.
James Edward Oglethrope laid out
the town on tract Of 1880 acres,
allowing 60 acres per family for an
estimated population of $50 families.
During the last 200 years, however,
Savannah has become one of the
country's largest manufacturing and
shipping centers. It's population to-
day is pproximately $4,000 persons.
With that growth came congestion
and all the evils of slums. Now, the
Housing Authority of Savannah seeks
to restore living conditions nearer to
the founders conception. Three large
USHA-aided low-rent public housing
projects are being constructed. "Fell
wood Homes" the first, already has
been opened to tenants and has trans
formed one of the city's most deplor-
able congested districts into a COM
munity of safe and decent homes. 1t
is located in the "Yamacraw" section
of Savannah, where stood Yamac-
raw Indian village in 1888 when Ogle-
thrope negotiated with the aborigines
to purchase the site of Savannah.
X X X
"Unless wages increase more than
prices and living costs, prosperity
cannot continue. The welfare of So
ciety demands that prices be kept at
the lowest possible level so as to
bring products within reach of the
largest number of buyers and increase
sales and production. A policy that
raises prices and limits its output is
industrial suicide, even if it does seem
to offer greater immediate profits.
Every time prices are lacked up un-
necessarily it cuts production and de-
prves workers Of jobs and wages"
Matthew Woll.