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PAGE SIX BLtTEFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH, Bluefleld. W. Va. Sunday Morning, April 26,1936. Stelgarayfr tfXXljJ TBUSORAPH PRINTING CO.

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Va. Toltplwne! (Art for Department HCO Sntared toeond Ctaas Mall Matter at PoatoHloa at Bluefleld, W. Va. The AMOclated la entitled to for republication of all newi dlapatchea credited It or otherwise cradlted in this papar and aJoo local published herein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES fey In rear In flret and second mall aonca and In all Weal Vflrglnla 18 lli montht In first and second and In all West Virginia I.ti Three In first and secorvl zones and In all West Virginia t.TI OR year third and fourth mad zones 7.00 The first and second zones comprise territory la 1H mllos radius.

The third and fourth zones comprise territory from 150 miles to EOO miles. Rates fn the fifth, sixth, seventh and elirhth xonet fttrnlshed on application and will be based entirely postage rates. By In year 17.00 jMx months I.M l.Tf week JO Go end cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you In the time of your 10:15. ITH the wind of tribulation God separates, In the floor of the soul, the wheat from the Pick Good Men Politics rages about the heads of the ticket as the primary is just two weeks away. The fight in the Democratic party is for the nomination for governor and senator.

same is true of the Republican party, with the contest not quite so spirited. However very few of the voters have yet heard much about the other candidates man running for auditor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, and the county officers. These forgotten men in politics must also be chosen, and as far as the average citizen ia concerned, very lit- 1 tie is known about any of the men. Of course the politicians know who is running. The ward heeler is busy trying to gain strength for bis candidate, but the voters in general have probably decided Who they will vote for on the big positions and are yet to decide on the smaller officers.

It is very important to everyone that the whole ticket be picked with care. These officials have a large amount of responsibility and their selection is often just as important as the other positions. Particular interest should be taken in selecting men to send to the state legislature for in that capacity a man has a big opportunity to serve his community. This year Mercer county people are interested in legislation that will save the cities from bankruptcy. Those running for the legislature should be questioned about their intentions in this matter.

The schools is another question that needs attention. Bluefielders want home rule and only the legislature can give it back to them. Winning An Empire The Roman Empire again expands. That insect and fever infested wasteland of Africa, the only region that the powers failed to conquer in the empire building of the late nineteenth century, will in a few days be under Roman rule. King Emanuel will be declared emperor and the Fascists legions will lay out cities to be constructed by the youth of Italy.

The country has been conquered and now Mussolini is preparing to settle his people in the newly acquired territory. The reason that Ethiopia was overlooked, in the early expansion programs of Queen Victoria of England nnd followed by the other nations to a smaller degree, was that Ethiopia was not worth tho trouble. Like the other barbarian countries it was defenseless before the civilized armies, yet the nature of the country prevented white men from living on the land. "Writers declare that everything thai the white man needs for living must be imported to Ethiopia. Nothing much of value can be grown en the land.

Minerals and oils, if there are any, are still in the prospectors stage. A great victory has been made by the Italians, according to. their own press, yet the world doubts if the territory conquered is worth the price. As in the beginning, most observers are of the opinion that the Italians went into the conquest just to keep down trouble at home. Mussolini was tottering and lie staged a war to unite the people under a patriotic fervor, Hours and Wages whole country seems to be convinced that the way to economic recovery will be found when we shorten the hours of labor.

A nationwide poll disclosed this sentiment in every state. The percentage was high, the average running to 76. Obviously, there is a demand for a shorten week. This, on the ground that more workers would be employed, with, millions BQW idle given opportunities to make their living. as obviously, this is the only way in whioh unemployment can be ended unless an economic- miracle is Wrought in the creation of new markets aojnewhere in the world, the demands of wfeiqil would, 4 iueroajed production of goods, Jt is easy enough to say shorten the hours of labor keep wages at a high The voted in the institute's PQU that wages maintained at existing k4oes ftOfc express satisfaction, with level of wages, but rather, changed couditjojw sulting from shorter hours.

For today there are labor groups that insist on constantly increasing wages. The present levels may not be high enough to maintain the standard of living to which we have become accustomed. Shorter hours and the present wage levels certainly would increase the cost of production. That would mean inoreased prices in many industries. There are persons who assume that capital's profits are so large that it easily can shorten the hours and keep wages where they are, or even increase the pay, and continue to prosper.

that suggestion is based on absolute evidence that cannot be doubted, it is an exceedingly dangerous assumption as well as unfair to capital. It is a form of snap judgment familiar to all in this country. Brain trusters, who are neither economists nor statisticians, employ this assumption in arriving at their conclusions. In numerous instances this cannot be fair for the reason that many enterprises, if forced to shorten the hours of labor and maintain wages at the present levels, would have to go out of business. If increased payrolls cannot be met, it means losses instead of profits.

It usually means failure, and with the government determined to raid the reserves of corporations vast numbers of enterprises would have to ciose their doors for the simple reason that they could not keep going long enough to see how the thing worked out. Everybody should keep in mind the idea that in tho struggle for recovery we all want business success instead of business From The Files Of The Bluefield Daily Telegraph Senator Steiwer, Keynoter Senator Steiwer of Oregon, frequently mentioned as a dark horse in the race for the presidential nomination, is to deliver the keynote address at the national convention in Cleveland. The announcement by the Republican national committee has been received by various elements of the party most favorably, which in times such as these, when so much is said about 6. 0. P.

rivalry and fraction, may be taken as indicating that many of the troubles will be smoothed out as the campaign gets under way with a ticket named. Senator Steiwer seems to be a happy choice. He is far remove'd from the areas in which liberals and conservatives are situated, the east and the middle west. He therefore belongs to neither the one nor the other, although he has some of the qualities of both, which is the ideal toward which the Republican party must fight its way. The combination of liberalism and conservatism, must be the foundation on which the Republican party builds for the future, and it must begin now.

It may be concluded by most observers of political developments that the Republican national committee's selection of Senator Steiwer is the most powerful indication it could give as to its own conception of the course the party must take henceforth. For it is known that the Oregonian is a liberal whose feet are firmly on the ground, a liberal who stands for political progress in keeping with new conditions in the national economic and social life and yet a conservative who may be depended upon to demand recognition and employment of common sense principles in government. No doubt Senator Steiwer, who has accepted the honor offered him by the Republican leaders, will be permitted to develop his own keynote address and emphasize the need of co-ordination of the full Republican strength through co-operation among its various elements. It confidently is expected that the keynote speaker will appeal to all elements in the party to recognize that a political organization must go through a process of evolution and thus adjust itself to the needs of the times. G-Men Approved Without a doubt the G-men under the direction of J.

Edgar Hoover is the'finest police force in the world. Congress has recognized its value and has increased its appropriation for the coming year. Kid. napers will receive such news with long faces, because the G-men are bad news for interstate crime rings. This is one department in the government where politics and patronage is banned.

Its efficiency testifies to the success of such a procedure. Someone said IJabe Ruth's fame did a Humpty Dumpty the minute he left major league baseball. But sports editors all over the country are now publishing more pictures of him than of any player in any league. Premier Mussolini grows more defiant toward the League of Nations, which is a natural attitude for him to take. The league has paved the way for this by permitting him to do as he plcasod in Africa.

investigate the Liberty leaguers next, but the chairman may not insist that he be given all their telegraphic correspondence. He may have of that to last for some time. Limitations Words I can Pattern How after row. How to plan a snow flake I do not know. I can fashion raiment For me, for you, But to cloths pansy What can I dot I can plant a garden, Set Us paths With care.

Who will tell wind To wander there? I can. fly forever where, my love my And uo bird. thought can Follow 0)9 4 In Spirit FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY Col James S. Browning; returned to his home at Pocahontas from the Republican state con' Ventton at Roanoke. The Odd Fellows of Bluefleld and Graham celebrated the 77th anniversary of the order.

Plans were announced for dedicating the Methodist church at Falls Mills on May 10. THIRTY TODAY The United Citizen party of Bluefleld was preparing to Issue a newspaper. The board of regents of Bluefleld Colored Institute was meeting here. It was decided to furnish the auditorium In Mahood hall. Miss Ollie May Anderson, clerk at Hawley's store and Mr.

Hyde, of the First National Bank, were married at Bristol. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY The Illinois Stone company was preparing to build a big crusher plant at Pembroke, Va. The Appalachian Power company received a new street car, the pay-as-you-enter type. Miss Frances Myrtle Stovall of Bluefield was married to Charles Stump, of Pocahontas. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY James M.

Hill, Norfolk and Western employee, died at his home on College avenue. William Gill, slate contractor, was killed by a premature blast in the mines of the Modoc Collerles. The Shrine Frolic was held at the new Municipal building. A Washington Bystander By HERBhRT PLUMMEB WASHINGTON, April 25. Landon supporters, via Anen of Kuasa3, were quick to sense the difference in prestige the Illinois Republican primary vote made for Senator Borah.

The rumblings of a possible Borah "walk" out of the Republican paigu if things do not go to suit him at Cleveland undoubtedly sounu more ominous in their ears than they do in those eastern party "old guard" captains. The evidence of this came in White's very conciliatory urgence upon Borah that he at tend the convention as a delegate and sit for Idaho on the resolutions committee to draft the platform. It might sound peculiar to the uninitiated for a Kansas spokesman to be tendering Idaho committee jobs that way; but presumably what, was means was that if Borah accepted, Landon strength in Idaho would be joined to his own. WHERE DO WE GO PKOM HERE, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? TXTHITE, as Kansas' representative on the Cleveland resolutions committee, is credited with having a platrorm draft suitable to Landon already in his pocket. It would make interesting reading to a lot of people If White would make It public, which, of course, he will not until convention time.

In the light of the Borah assult on "old guard" leadership in tho party, -however, it might take more than a suitable Landon anti-monopoly plank to draw him Into the picture, assuming a Landon nomination. There has alwayB been a faction of Republican regulars which disliked temporizing with the irregulars, be it Norris, the LaFollettes, Borah or anytbody else. That reached a point at one time where refusing the Irregulars In the senate Republican committee assignments was seriously considered but never actually attmpted. Former Senator George Moses of New Hampshire was of that his celebrated "sons of the wild jackass" speech. HERE is a difference in Borah's situation today and heretofore that might be the key to his attitude.

He has never actually bolt ed the party in an election year, although he might as well have so in '32. His failure to support Hoover tnen probably had almost a 'B much affect on voters as would have his open, support of the Democratic ticket. Borah's silence in '32 was a prelude to his open insurgency against eastern and "old guard" leadership this year. He is four years older now, however, and it can hardly be supposed that any question of his future candidacy influences his action. He will be 75 In It Beems to be a now or never year for Borah.

That being the case, deferred hopes that may have led him to avoid an open break with his party In the past, particularly la 1912 when he faileji to follow Theodore Roosevelt into the Bull Moose revolt, probably play no part in bis ponderings of today. That makes the possibility of an actual Borah walkout appear greater this year than ever before. And the Landonites as represented by Wbito must look at it that way. They are out to prevent It by conciliatory actlcs. IN NEW YORK By GEORGE ROSS New York, April public glare of notoriety recently fell upon the phoney Times Square tar who Is known to police and victims as the Broadway Sailor.

Masquerading as a gob in the garb of the United States navy, the Broadway sailor preys on Uncle Sam's service men on shore leave, wins their confidence by appearing as their "buddy" and fleeces them of ready cash or jewelry, either through force or by cajolery. If he pursues the latter means, then the costumed crook has only to lure the sailor to a disreputable pub, fill him up on the most disreputable llkker, then frisk him for loot. If the Broadway Sailor happens to be a more harmless type of petty criminal then he will use his naval uniform to pan-handle among the crowds of the Rialto. Civilians are more likely to aid a uniformed moocher who recounts his temporary difficulties, than an ordinary beggar. Wheu caught, the Broadway Sailor is quickly dealt with, but his kind is not PO easily banished from the harbor and Manhattan's thoroughfares.

But while the Broadway Sailor has lately received bis due in public exposures, other impostors in uniforms continue to Impose upon Manhattan. To congested avenues of the city, a brace of men in khaki and doughboy hats will suddenly descend with alms cup and lapel Insignia, pleading that they are collecting for ImpecuinouB war veterans. Any accredited Legionnaire would instantly disown them. And at the slightest sign of suspicion from a pedestrian, those fake warriors hot-foot It up a side- street. The police have caught up with many of them.

Prize playboys preying upon the gullible, however, are the young men whose meager wardrobes include the uniform of a military academy. They ply their trade 4n a whimpering mariner, usually by crying youthfully iuto the cups of compassionate and convivial strangers at a barroom, weaving an incoherent tale about having lost their return fare to school and about how their whole brilliant futures are at'stake, because of an evening's indiscretion. The spiel generally results in a passing of the hat. Short shrift: There has been a lengthy slek list among Broadway's personnel. Tallulah Bankhead was rushed to the hospital for a minor operation; Samuel Goldwyn was hastily removed from the boat that brought him from Europe to Doctors' hospital; like Chase collapsed at the curtain-fall of a current play, and Lily CahlD, of "First Lady," was compelled to hasten to Texas to be treated for a serious ailment.

Two of the Broadway shows, incidentally, are vying for the honors in long-distance trade. "Boy Meets Girl," the Hollywood satire, claims a check for a pair of seats from Portland, Ore. At "Tobacco Road," they received a note from Nome, Alaska, which read, "Save two In the orchestra for January 6, 1937" William Gaston, back front Mexico, Is frightening Wa friends with A neatly trimmed beard and a fcroad sombrero. THE ONCE OVER By H. I.

PHILLIPS PSYCHIATRIST'S REPORT murder suspect was found to have been frequently leased by the court on the report of Item). Ob, ho stole a car And he etole a horse And he stole some copper cable, So our findings are In the case, of course. He's "emotionally unstable." II He's been known to shoot At a cop or two And to take drugs In big doses, But we think he's cute And it all is due To a matter of. "psychoses." Once he robbed a bank And he slugged a clerk. And a girl he tried to smother; He's a bug and crank And he will not work- But he's lovely to his mother! IV He's a stlckup man With a bandit crew; He's a yeggman base and burly, But we think we can Trace his actions to His "release from school too He once robbed a train And the trainmen, too, And he burns down railroad stations, But we say again It's entirely due' To his "fantasy formations." VI He has passed had checks With tho greatest ease And he boasts of talents fistic.

But it doesn't vex. It your honor please, For the boy is "narcissistic." VII Ho once stabbed a lad And ho robbed a firm While we had him on probation. But he isn't bad And ave now affirm It was due to a "fixation" VIII So just let him go On his uncurbed way (Other action would surprise him); Should some deed quite low Be hiB work some day We can always analyze him! MARKING TIME "Tho Dlonne quintuplets have never been Item. This Is no time for big projects. "Having read the new tax bill, I beg to report that I would understand the bill quite as well it I had not read Llppmann.

Well, the legislators who will pass it are in the same fix. "Fiorenza To Plead Insanity." Why not? The psychiatrists were careful to make out a case for Mm years in advance. Elmer Twltchell swears that toe heard a dog catcher's wagon speeding down street the other day and receiving the message. "Calling all curs!" Ima Dodo thinks Gabriel Heater is a stove. The top speech of the publishers' convention was made by Dr.

John Stewart Bryaj 1 president of William and Marv college and publisher of the Richmond News Leader. Dr. Bryan said that the attitude of many people in the present crisis was like that of the Confederate soldier who said in 1 the midst of the mud and misery of Lee's last campaign, "If ever I love a country again, well, damn me! 1 And the publishers, he said, find themselves in the position of the soldier who in the midst of a bombardment began to fling "Backwards, or. backwards, turn time in your flight. Make me child again Just for tonight," and one of his friends eald.

"Yes and a gal child at that" DEFEATED OAK HILT. Lewisburg, W. The Greenbrier Military school track team defeated Oak Hill high school, 67 to 50. Bartholomew, of the Cadets, was first in the hundred-yard shot putt, dlsous throw and 280-yard dash tor a total of 20 points. Great Britain had 874 separate fatal mine accidents In 1935, causing 823 What Today Means To You By MARY BLAKE "TAURUS'" If April 26 is your birthday, the best hours for you on this date are from 10:30 a.

m. to 12:30 p. from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m. and from 8:30 to p.

m. The danger periods are from 8:30 to 10:30 a. from 12:30 to 2:30 p. m. and from 6:30 to 8:30 p.

an. If you are wise you will refrain from engaging in any sort of a controversial discussion this day. Arguments are likely to bring about quarrels, Which will be difficult to patci up. Do not let anyone do your thinking for you or sway your judgment this day. Aivold drastic statements, especially if they relate to someone else's actions.

If subjected to some good-natured teasing, take it gracefully, and there is a possibility- that you will have a chance to reciprocate. If introduced to a person who does not impress you favorably, he tactful, for your first impression Is liable to undergo a radical change. Take an active part in any social function you might attend. It will bo a mistake to act the part of a spectator. Married and engaged couples, aa well as those who feel they will find happiness in marriage, must be careful not to hurt anybody's feelings, this day, by being thoughtlessly inconsiderate in some small matter.

If a woman and April 26 Is your birthday, you must not get into the habit of being too much of a stay- athome person, for social life will afford you the relaxation you need. Make friends, and see them often. Many of the men and women born on this date, as soon ae they marry, get into a rut of domesticity that prevents their realizing that there are wholesome pleasures outside of four walls. To keep pace with other people, art, literature and the drama, it is good judgment to go place, see things, and absorb new ideas. Employment in an office, restaurant, shop as well as artistic, musical or educational work might be the beet sort for you to engage in.

Marriage should have many advantages to offer you, particularly In the way of congenial companionship. The child born on April 26 may have a quick temper early in childhood unless it is taught to control it. Self-control is the most important thing this youngster must learn. If a man and April 26 is your natal day, impatience is the one trait that might interfere with your advancement, so exercise caution in this respect. The pulpit, stage, radio, commercial or financial world, as well as the printing press, literary field or professional sports, may have just the right place for a men of your ability.

Successful People Born On April 26 Alice Cary, author and poet. John Clark Rldpath, historian. Harvey Fisk, financier, Martha Flnley, author. Ebeneiser K. Dexter, philanthropist.

Ermlnnie A. Smith, scientist. Screen Life In Hollywood By HUBBARD KEAVY the wheels go round: In several sequences of "The Witch of Tumbuktu," Lionel Barry- 's 000 handled by private lending in- NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS Copyright, 1930, PAUL MALLON Washington, April new deal publicity agency Is apparently reaching for a new low on the decline In propaganda trickery. Some students of propaganda methods here have long suspected that not all the letters to the editors appearing In newspapers 0 through the country are written by the persons who sign them. No evidence of organized ballyhoo through this device existed, however, under the federal housing administration last week got caught at it.

The largest Washington newspaper published last Thursday in good faith a rather lndigdant letter from the local housing director. At least it was signed by J. Reilly Stanton. who is the director. He challenged what he said were the inaccuracies about the FHA, appoar- ing in a "News Behind The News'' column in that paper.

The same indignation was expressed in exactly the same 500 words in a letter rsceived by the largest Brooklyn newspaper the day, but this was signed by Tbomas G. Grace, director of FHA, state of New York. Such a phenomenal duplication of word and thought might have been a miracle, but the next day the thi)d exact duplicate arrived In the office of tho largest Syracuse paper, signed by Roy S. Smith, director, Albany district, FHA, And then along camo letter No. to a St.

Louis newspaper. None of the four gaye credit authorship to anyone except himself. Nor did any of them suggest that the plagiarism was a form letter from national headquarters here which W88 to be dlsgulshed by the directors as a personal letter and sent to a local editor. FIGURES AND FACTS! The first two paragraphs of the letter will give you a complete and fair understanding of its impartiality; "Dear Mr. Editor: "I would like to point out several Inaccuracies in a recent column published in your paper by Paul Mallon, of Washington.

"1. Mr. Mallon says that the aggregate "of mortgages accepted for Insurance by the federal housing administration was only 10 percent of the total of all mortgages made during 1935, and that, in other words, the private mortgage market 'stimulated itself nine times as much as the government stimulated He apparently does not that of the $1,700,090,000 total urban home mortgages made during 1935, according to the Federal Home Loan bank board's estimate, loans by the Homo Owners Loan corporation? (government funds) aggregated 4S Throwing The Harpoon Carmella Ponsello's shrieks summoned New York firemen to a blaze. They must have been amazed to learn it was a real fire, and not just another soprano. The Parisian actress' charge that a beauty operator left her with a stare recalled the cabby's retort: "I didn't give yuh A dirty look; yuh already bad it." For those Veterans of Future Wars, hasn't the government something in the way of A permanent baby bond? The trouble with a croner Is that, After he has pitched his voloe et A certain key, he always retrieves it, The radio comedian was horrified to learn that the lad who won his $6,000 essay contest bad lifted the Article.

Jokes, apparently, are fair game. more has to appear as a decrepit old lady. Naturally, there were experiments with make-up- For a long time, no matter what the make-up man did, Lionel had the same complaint: "Gosh, I still look like Ethel." Tho make-up man and the directors agreed. He did look like his sister. So'Lionel's nose was built up, his eyes were altered as much as make-up would permit and he was givers a new forehead of plastic rubber.With a gray wig and glasses, and dressed in a long black gown, who do you suppose he looks like? Why, like Lionel Barrymore.

of course. The characters In the piece about witchcraft presumably have never seen Lionel. So they won't know him when they meet him wearing his disguise. Big Burly Acrobats The Yacht club boys are doing a very tricky number for the musical "Stage Struck." Some may call this a pun, but I'm" going to say it anyway: They all struck tho stage doing it. The boys are singing about acrobats.

They decide to demonstrate a line of their song having to do with "big burly when standing on each other's shoulders." In order that the boys may stand tour high, they are hooked up with elaborate concealed harnesses to which piano wires are attached. Property men, oft stage, pull ropes attached to the wires to hoist the singers into the air. The topmost Yacht clubber tries to do a Uttle Jig step, according to instructions, on the shoulders of the man below him. He jigs a bit too enthusiastically and the wire breaks. He falls, spilling the other boys, whose wires also break.

It looks like schoolyard "hog pile." A wrist or two la sprained and a back Is hurt, but none is injured The boys take the day off. It suits them, because they want to play bridge. Ruby's Income Tax The story of Ruby Keeler's income tax Is becoming Al Jolson's favorite among his friends. "Ruby earned $80,000 last year (1935) and I don't give her Income tax a thought," la the way Al tells it. "One day she says, 'Honey, how am I going to pay my Income I say, 'Ruby, you earned $80,000 last year.

Why can't you pay your Income And the baby says, 'Honey, I haven't got any of it She explains that Tier sister's illness and death cost her She paid a lot for Blng Crosby's house, which she gave her parents, and she bought five acres and she bought some clothes. So I say, 'Okay, Honey, I'll pay It- But you'd better be more careful this year'." A Book A Day By BRUCE CATTON "WE THE Most novels about postwar Russia the heroism and triumph of the proletariat or the hero- Ism and flight of the aristocrats. Ayn Rand takes a middle course in her new novel, "We The Living" (Macmi)lau: and tells about the middle class folk who stayed in Russia and tried to make a go of things after the revolution had turned their world upside down. It a tragic story, packed with significant overtones for those vague dreamers who think that a revolution would be an InterestlttK experience. For it makes clear the plain, tal fact that, in a time of revolutionary upheaval, the Innocent bystander is simply flattened out.

Like some of the bourgooiBe in this novel, be may not care much one way or the other which way the revolution goes; he simply wants to live his own life And enjoy such simple pleasures AS come his way. But this he isn't permitted to do. No one has anything in particular against him; It's Just that he occupies the field of lire, and the lighters can't Atop shooting on his account. At far AS he is concerned, the world goes Insane. He suffers fearful things without even the satlsfac stitutions and Individuals, of which $170,000,000 would be approximately 20 percent, although the mortgage phase of the federal housing administration operations was active only during the last nine months of the year." The simple facts are that the original figures were accurate.

They were taken from FHA's own annual report. In that report the FHA placed great stress upon the fact that it had made commitments for $170,000,000 of mortgagee in 1935, but it neglected to mention that hidden in a table at the back of the report was the disclosure that It had received income from only $95,000,000 of new mortgage appraisals. In other words, it made only $95,000,000 of new mortgages that year, an amount which is percent of the total privately financed. The rest were commitments. Thus, the $95,000,000 figure Is the real one, the $179,000,000 the ballyhoo one.

The FHA is not In business i to make commitments, but mortgages, aut will be judged on that basis. remaining paragraphs of the letter are in the same varicose vein. ADVANTAGES: Publ I 11y men will recognize the advantages of the disguised local letter-to-the-edltor propaganda method. If press agents want to correct published mistakes, they go to the author of the mistake, or they Issue a general public statement setting forth the true facts. However, these courses require a denier to assume responsibility, publicly for what he says.

An opportunity exists for the facts to be checked. The denial will not be made unless justified. 1 In the new method, however, such cubberBome procedure is avoided. Furthermore, no one will ever find out that you are pulling the wool on a national scale, unless you happen to get caught. POSSIBILITIES; Wider possibilities exist in this new field of miseducation of the public mind.

Effective variations of the same method could be used- with AAA, WPA, HOLC, CCC and, in fact, every agency of government which employs local agents out in the field, provided that these agents are physically able to sign their names to whatever form propaganda letters are drawn up at headquarters, In Washington. BATTLESHIPS: Federal spending is becoming more and more complicated in view of economy cam-, paign requirements. For example, the navy wants two new battleships. The British are going to lay two new keels after the first of the year. Unless we match them, we will be in that type of ship, which the admirals say is the "backbone" of the navy, Admlnal Standley said, upon returning from London, that $10,000,000 would he needed to commence construction on the vessels.

The president, a few days later, said there was not a chance of getting the money out of congress a polite- way of saying It did not fit In with bis economy campaign position.) Two days later, Standley called on President Roosevelt. Afterwards he announced that the na "8y would, scrape UD two million "dollars of un- used odd-and-ends funds to start work on the ships, If Mr. Roosevelt would only get congress to authorize them, a necessary legal step. Thus, the idea now is to lay out a few girders iu the dry docks works call them battleships in the making, and get congress to Appropriate funds for finishing the election. fpr some "cause." He's Just Ju the way.

"We The Living" is chiefly concerned with a young middle class girl who tries desperately to save one thing from the lover tor a middle class boy. It's no go. Ths hies, over hor, orushlnf her knowing or caring u.cruih* ing her. She doesn't "dffserve her that is the whole point She is a sacrifice the reyolutlo.