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00 THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT WELL KID, 1939 I DO HOPE A BETTER YOU JOB THAN DID! 3 A 61 6 5 HOPE YOU AND YOUR NATION'S AFFAIRS Splitting A Bitter Pill By Walter E. Spahr Professor of Economics, New York University As one reads the proposals of the New Deal Adminstration to split the Federal budget so as to separate armament expenditures from other Federal expenditures, it is easy to conclude that the Administration must the great majority of the American people as gullible. Being unwilling to cut expenditures and to do anything of importance toward moving in the direction of a balanced budget, the Administration finds the situation out of hand, and is now devising ways and means to obscure the actual situation. proposal is to split up the debt into compartments--the thought apparently being that a mounting debt split into compartments will prove less dangerous! That can only be true politically, and erican only if people the are majority as dense of the as Amal Adminstration appears to suppose. If expenditures for armament are split off from the "ordinary" expenditures, the Adminstration probably can dress up first one aspect and then another of the expenditure and deficit picture with appeals patriotism, necessity, danger, and sO on, until the public will be too confused as to what the complete The is to object strenuously.

new picture of budget management apparently is "to divide and divide the debt, conquer possible opposition to its continued expansion, and, at the end of the New Deal Adminstration, hand to the American people a very bad situation. It requires no thinking or understanding to spend 1 and spend and pile up debts; and after it is all said and done New Deal's solution to other every problem is to spend moneypeople's money, especially of those who will have to bear the tax burdens of the future. But it does require judgement, planning, understanding, and respect for the lessons of fiscal experience to operate within the limits of an economical and balanced budget. This country has not had the benefits of the New Deal took office, except the latter brand of thinking since. the early part of 1933 at which fO time, incidentally, this country had four months of sharpest, recovery ever experienced in any four months of its history.

It seems quite clear that the spending orgy of the New Dealers to be explained by the fact that the Administration is dominated by people who never had to work hard for their money, who have liyed off other people most of their lives, and who have never really faced the problems of making profits and of FOURTEEN THE PATERSON, MORNING CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1040 THE MORNING CALL Published Daily (Except Sunday) by THE CALL PRINTING AND PUBLISHING co. At The Call Building, 33 Church Street, Paterson, N. Progressive, Liberal, Independent By mail postpald: Per week. 206; per month, 850; per year $10 Paterson, N. Jan.

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BACK NUMBERS (Per Copy) Under three months old 5c Three fo six months old Six to nine months old 150 Nine months to one year 25c More than one year old of Additional charge of 5c on above rates for all mail copies. "Malice Toward None, Charity For All" THE ONE MINUTE PULPIT In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and His children shall have a place of refuge.Prov. XIV. 26. Call Wishes One And All A Happy, Prosperous Year The Morning Call today expresses its sincere wishes to the new City Administration for a Happy and Prosperous New Year as public officials and more personally, as citizens.

And the sincere expression of good will is given to the reorganized county administration the new and old public servants serving in all the municipalities of the territory which The Call has served the past fifty years. It is the desire of The Call, as it is the desire of all good citizens, that the men who have been selected to conduct the affairs of government succeed in their tasks to afford an economical and efficient administration of pubJic business. It is not an easy' task that Mayor William P. Furrey has set for himself. To him the citizens of Paterson will look for guidance in the affairs of the city that will help Paterson rehabilitate her industries.

In this job the new mayor will require the good will and co-operation of every right-minded citizen. This cooperation he should have as a matter of course. Without it 'he cannot accomplish what he. has promised to be his objective as the chief executive of Paterson. And what is said here concerning Paterson's administration applies also to your county, borough and township officials.

They need your co-operation. So today when you wish your public officials a Happy and Prosperous New Year, pledge them also your support and co-operation in every movement for the best interests of the community in which you live and work. Charles Edison Becomes Secretary Of The Navy Back in 1898 when Charles Edison, son of Thomas Alva Edison, was eight years of age, the lad exhibited but mild interest in the amazing. career and inventions of his illustrious father. The more exciting exploits of Admirals Dewey, Sampson and Schley captured the boy's imagination.

His interest in the United States Navy has never. since waned. His father sent him to a preparatory school and then to Massachusetts Institute of Technology from which he was graduated 'as an engineer. He was later to join his father's business as administrator and executive of thirty-three organizations. While young Edison did not follow the sea, which was his first inclination, he did not lose interest in naval affairs.

He was thus prepared to assume the duties of assistant secretary of the Navy when appointed to'that post by President Roosevelt, with a knowledge of business affairs and a personal interest in the work he called upon to perform. Continued illness and the eventual death of Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson last July made Edison to all practical purposes head of the Navy department. Thus his appointment Saturday as Secretary of the Navy comes to a man who is fully prepared by education and practical training and experience to direct the affairs of this most important department of the armed defense forces of the United States. Charles Edison has been mentioned as a candidate for governor of New Jersey and also United States Senator.

His most important work in this state was endeavoring to guide NRA. He later became assistant to Donald Richberg, NRA. administrator; also served as regional director of the Federal Housing Administration and as chairman. of the -New Jersey National Emergency Council. All of which public service he performed with success.

He lacks neither political nor business. background, is a practical man of substantial character and liberal in his views on the relationship of government and business. The new Secretary believes in an invincible navy, one, he said in his last Navy Day address, that would enable the United States to bring an enemy to "our terms as quickly as possible while keeping him at a safe, distance from our shores." That is the expressed views of the man who now becomes in name, as he has been in fact, the head of the Navy Department. That he is a New Jersey man will be a source of pride to citizens of this state. He is the first New Jersey resident to be elevated to a position in the President's cabinet since Lindley.

S. Garrison became Secretary of War under President Wilson. Let Not Death Mar A Holiday Jan. 1, 1940. Today is the day to discard the old calendar, hang up the new and remember to write your dates "1940" for the next twelve months.

It is also a day for eating and drinking, for fun and entertainment. Which is as it should be. The year just beginning may mean much or little to us. as individuals. None can' read the future.

Few guess correctly what the year will bring forth. None can predict with certainty; even Roger Babson recognized genius at forecasting as applied to business. We can, however, contribute to a safe celebration of the holiday. Caution and it need not spoil pleasure, may mean the difference between life and death today. Hohokus Or Ho-Ho-Kus? When various tribes of Indians roamed the historic hills of North Jersey, there.

was a cleft in the rocky hills west of what is now Paterson, through which a brook ran. It is not of record that any particular significance was attached to either the brook or the cleft in the rocky hills, but early Dutch settlers who had business intercourse with the Indians corrupted the Indian name of the locality phonetically to Hohokus, which translated from the Indian language 1 means place where there is a "cleft in the rock." Now residents believe there is a lot more to a name than mere pronunciation, and they are ready to "go to bat" with President Roosevelt, Postmaster Jim Farley and the State of New Jersey, to maintain the right to have the name of their borough properly hyphenated and with capital letters in their proper place in the borough's name. Ho-Ho-Kus borough was created out of: a part of Hohokus township. The township had been in existence since Feb. 5, 1849.

Hoppertown in the township was settled by the Hopper, Ackerman, Voorhis, Bogert, Zabriskie, Ramsey, Van Gelder, Storms 'and Quackenbush families. Out of the township was born Ramsey, Allendale and Mahwah. Then Hoppertown became Ho-Ho-Kus, the spelling and capitalization intended to set it apart from the township which remained Hohokus. The councilmen thought the capitalization and spelling gave the borough that touch of individualism of which we Americans are so proud. Residents of Ho-ho-kus still hold to that belief.

Their, job, however, is to convince the United States postal department and particularly, Jim Farley, of their. belief in the rugged individualism of the borough's nanie set down with two hyphens and three capital letters. Insult was added to injured feelings last week when the residents of the beautiful little Bergen County borough found a mural unveiled in a Ridgewood theater on which their borough was labeled. "Hohokus." Indignant residents of Ho-Ho-Kus began to mutter. Their councilmen heeded the growing rebellion.

Mayor Barney Lamb was directed to protest against the outrage in letters to President Roosevelt, Postmaster Farley, publishers of the New Jersey Legislative Manual. and the motion picture industry. Harold W. Cheel, developer of Cheelcroft, is building a new post office in the borough. Since last October he has not been able to have the authorities permit him to label his beautiful little postal building "'Ho-Ho-Kus." He has let it be known that he does not hate hyphens so long as they do not connect tip with any geographical symbol for dictator; in fact he believes the hyphens in Ho-Ho-Kus "are identified with 'a tradition that which has fostered real Americanism." An observer named Turgot once said: "What I admire in Columbus i is not his having discovered a world, but his having gone to search for it on the faith of an opinion." Hail to the Ho-Ho-Kusites, all 925 of her united population, who are willing to battle the New Deal Administration, the State Government and the Motion Picture industry, in pursuit of an opinion they hold to be right.

Federal Flood Control Budget May Endanger Passaic Project Predictions are made in Washington that the Presidential budget will surprise Congress when the figures are presented Wednesday. There has been some drastic slashing of suggested appropriations, among which is that for Flood Control work which has been cut, it is understood, from $115,000,000 to 000. It is quite likely that this suggested slashing of the appropriations bill before the next Congress will have an appreciable bearing on the Passaic Valley Flood Control project, on which Army Engineers have yet to submit their report. This much is known, however, that the engineers believe that Passaic River Valley municipalities to be benefitted by the flood control project, should provide $17,000,000 of the estimated $30,000,000 cost. State, County and Municipal officials have already indicated that neither the state of New Jersey nor the counties and municipalities affected, can pay 000,000.

If Congress rules out the Passaic Valley project, which seems likely if the Presi-15 dent's budget figures prevail, there remains not much chance that the project will go through if the Federal Government is asked to assume the entire cost. Flood Control in the Passaic Valley region, however, is much too important and necessary a project to permit it to be shelved. Much damage has been done in Paterson, Passaic and up-river municipalities by periodical floods. Within ten the natural development of the lands adjacent to the river will have increased the possibility of greater damage; to say nothing of the imperative need, as has so often been pointed out, of water conservation, which is becoming a serious problem in the northern part of this state. Perhaps the co-operation of Paterson with the state and national government, would develop a plan to at least provide for clearance of the channel of the Passaic River below Passaic Falls, with suitable flood control locks in the Dundee Dam to relieve the pressure of flood waters in Paterson, where the greater damage has been apparent these many years.

It is a suggestion that ought to be brought before the National government by city officials for consideration before Congress gets down to the business of making up its appropriations for the year. HEARD AND SEEN By SUSAN CONTESSE They Discuss Social Programs THE OPINION of many citizens IN social programs at this season of the year have undergone, a very great change. They are varied enough to suit all people, those who love hilarity and the men and women content with the home programs. There is no question about the attractive sections homes where there are little childern. They become the tertainers and there is one place in the household where they will direct all guests.

ever young tongues are loosened" that fact is recognized. Quiet Johnnie does not let his busy little sister tell al the news about the happy holiday season. The youthful element considers the vacation at this time of the year all too short. It is one spell when the rest from studies is entirely too brief. Now that there is a little snow on the hills the delight is increased and the kiddies owning sleds are A8 happy as snow birds.

Very 800n, however, the school bell will call them from the outdoor sport. Youth discovers enjoyment all sons. THE ATTRACTIVE manner in which the older folks tell of the fun they had at the dances and picnics of their days, make the younger element wonder if there would not be a lot of amusement, if the social functions of the old days were revived, as features of the social 608- sor. in the winter and summer. A group of young folks was looking over a dance order the other day, and they realized that their parents did do things differently from what they are done today.

WHEN ONE STANDS and renews the dancing throng, whether it be in a home or hall, they are inspired to say that there is not very much to the dance of today. It is either a little trot, or the same thing over and over again. Now they claim, there was style and attractive features about the ol fashioned dancing, and if plans are carried out this winter will see functions where the costumes will be old fashioned and the plans old fashioned too. DURING THE PICNIC season the Catholic church--that meant St. John's parish, with Dean McNulty as the guiding head--used to plan for picnics to which the public was invited.

It was always picnic for the Fourth of July pastime, and picnic or two during the Janother The location was either the Passaic Falls, Squirrel Woods, Red Woods or Temperance Island. All these places had their attractions for open air dancing. The music was sometimes a fiddler, and sometimes a couple of pieces of music, but seldom a band--that was too expensive. THEN IN THE winter, when social in halls- Washington Hall--it was events were arranged, they were big event that was held there, for Washington Mall was an immense place, where they also held political rallies. there was Pope's Hal and Institute Hall and many small places where social parties and rallies were held in the days gone by.

ested having recalled CITIZENS will be "swell times" in the social line that were planned the First Battalion, National Guard, New Jersey. The old programs tell the story of the past, not only with the plan, but who the planning, showing the changes that brings to a city and a group. There are a fey of the originals left, to think back over those days. THE DECEMBER function of 1880 was held in Washington Hall and the dance list shows 24 numbers, with P. G.

Gilmore as "the band leader. They waltzed quently and they enjoyed the waltz, lancers, galop and quadrille, and everybody, old and young, got out on the floor to have a good time in the enjoyable numbers. The floor managers of the 1880 Washington. Hall John party, Hayes, were Fred- Wilerick W. Cooke, James C.

Anderson, William L. Clark, Edwin C. Wells, Henry Muzzy, Edward 8. Brown, Philip H. Van Riper, Alexander T.

Groser, Jr. It depended upon the citizens whose names were on committees how great a success the social, civic commerial plans were! The and ommittee members attended the so- What Other Papers Think Opinions Of Editors On Various Subjects Of Public Interest Barefoot Boy Wins For folk who are always howling about returning to the old ways of living, there should be comfort in the ruling. of Superior Court Judge Clement L. Shinn of Los Angeles who put his judicial blessing on the barefoot boy. The point came up in a custody case.

The mother of the 10-yearold lad involved charged that her former husband, the boy's father, permitted his son to run around in bare feet and with his shirttail hanging out. The judge thought maybe the. shirttail might be tucked in hereafter, but as for the bare feet-that custom, he said, was still the heritage of every small boy. Going unshod is not what it used to be in -these days concrete pavements. it is nice to know the spirit of Tom Sawyer still persists among our effervescent small fry.

It is nice to know there are still men with a Mark Twainish gleam in their Daily Record. Reclaimer Of Boys Rev. Dr. Frank Moore, former superintendent of the Rahway Reformatory, who has just died, believed that in most people call to their better nature would not prove entirely futile. He put his idea into practice when, after serving as Methodist minister New Jersey.

he was named to supervise the boys' reformatory, a task from which the average man would be inclined to shrink. Dr. Moore did not always succeed in making good boys out of bad ones, but his appeals to high ideals struck a responsive chord in more than one case. There is no denying the fact that he influenced hundreds of lives for good, reclaimed wayward youths, rehabilitated young men moaning over wrecked careers, and filled desperate hearts with new and loftier inspiration. Dr.

Moore accomplished his results without any undue coddling, either. He knew how be a disciplinarian, never lost the desire to be Jersey Journal. try to have many more good times with him or her. I want to manage myself so that others will like me better, so that I will have more friends in 1940 than I had in 1939. want to show that I am growing by looking after myself better and taking better care of my own things.

I am going to try to manage myself more, bringing myself in from play when the street lights come on and making myself ready for dinner. I'm going to get myself ready for school each morning in 1940, and on my time. neck and one ears, will or have find tony waste and other things. I'm growing up. Mother I'm going to be less bother to my mother.

When I come into the house, I'll hang up my hat and coat. When I cause a mess at making things, I'll clean it up. I'll tidy up my own room, too. I'm not a baby any more. I am going to help my mother more, doing some regular jobs every day without having to be told, and volunteering some just to be kind and useful.

I am going to have better table manners mother won't have to be ashamed of me won't have to be ashamed of myself, and we all can happier together at mealtime. I. will do what my father and mother tell me to do without acting or like a wanting baby, to whining, know why. complainI will be careful of my own things, other peoples'. things and the furniture in my room and other people's homes.

I want to be a good citizen in the community, injure where or I destroy live. Therefore property anywhere; or handle, use or take things not my own. In 1940 I am going to try to make everybody who knows me want to trust me and think well of ma. The Nation's Budget By Jack Bell meeting payrolls. A very large proportion of these administrators have been professional politicians or wage or salary earners who a have not experienced the risks and dangers earn of by living going off into what business they could with a their own capital.

The psychology of such not healthy in general, they have acted as though spending other people's hardearned money was a right specially reserved for them, and that the hard-working taxpayer an ungrateful wretch if he could, not appreciate generosity which his money and that of his children was being spent by "those who knew best" how to use it. This New Deal Administration must go down in history as an aggregation of profligate spenderseight years of huge deficits; eight years of increasing debt. At the same time it will be difficult to point to many worthwhile or fundamental contributions to the tion of our greatest economic problems. Practically all these problems have simply been blanketed with wasteful spending. Most of them remain solved, but in addition the American people will have to face the problem created by the huge increase in the public debt.

The whole program seems clearly to indicate that the Administration regards the mass of American people as not very intelligent. The methods of Michelson and the government publicity bureaus: the collecting of social insurance taxes and spending them: monetizing of much. of the Federal debt: the devaluation of the dollar to make more dollars: the splitting of. the debt to make it seem smaller: the infliction American people of an inconvertible paper and overvalued silver money: the creation of a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to guarantee the deposits of banks in which practically all of the cash assets of the Corporation are taken by the in exchange for government's I. O.

the creation multitude of government lending corporations in which the assets of one are the debts of another or the debt of the government: the perpetual "action" to divert attention from the bad spots in the program: the subsidizing of discontented groups: the use of labels, such "Liberals" "Progressive," and "Planners" to obtain the support of those impressed by labels -these and a similiar things all seem to show the low regard that New Dealers have for the intelligence of the American people. PARENT PROBLEMS I Resolve- -To Be A Better Child Parents, teachers and Sunday school teachers might profitably talk over the following resolutions with their children, to help guide their conduct during the new year: I am going to try to grow up strong and healthy. will eat what I ought to eat and. drink only what I ought to drinkplenty milk, lots of water. I will sleep enough, go to Dr Gerry C.

Myers bed at a regular time, and sleep with my window open. I will try to spend at least two hours a day out-of-doors having good fun with others of my age. Washington, Dec. 31 (AP) Con- in for surprise when Presigress, meeting, Wednesday, may be dent, Roosevelt sends up his annual budget the following day. Reliable reports reaching Capitol Hill indicate that last minute wielding of the chief executive's budgetary pruning knife has cut deeply into the sections containing projects dear to every congressman's heartfloor control, rivers and harbors, reclamation and the like.

Taking off a slice here and another there, the President was said to have made a total reduction substantial enough to bring his recommended government expenditures below $9,000,000,000, in spite of liberal estimates for national defense. This compares with estimated expenditures for this year. of 000,000. Thus, those Congress members who have been calling for economy may find themselves the horns of a dilemma unless they are willing to increase the President's figures, "they will be economizing" at the expense of projects the home folks like. It is understood that the Presia budget.

The budget will dent will propose both, an and be full of all the usual things and will call for roughly $8,500,000,000. The budget will be an itemization to the tune something less than $500,000,000 of the extra costs of maintaining neutrality extra enlistments for the Army, Navy and Coast Guard, extra counter-espionage agents for the FBI, the cost of keeping Navy and Coast Guard ships patrolling American waters and similar expenses. As illustration of how deeply the presidential knife is supposed to have slashed, there are apparently authentic, $115,000,000 reports that a expenditure contem- for flood control work was trimmed $70,000,000. Similar cuts were said to have been made in rivers and harbors projects. Shortly after Congress convenes, it will hear President's annual message on the state of the nation.

There are reports that President will devote a major share of this message, to be delivered in person to a joint session at about 2 p. m. (Eastern Standard time) to the need for strengthened national defenses in the light of turbulent world conditions. There speculation also that the President may sound a call for national unity and soft-pedaling of partisan politics in' the consideration of major domestic and foreign issues, so that this country may present a united front in its efforts to bring about world There is possibility that the President will send a Supreme Court nomination to the Senate either Wednesday or Thursday, along with some diplomatic and other tions. Attorney General Frank Murphy generally is regarded as the most likely choice to fill the high court vacancy created by the recent death of Associate Justice Pierce Butler.

Also on the President's list may a Federal District Court appointment for Senator Schwellenbach With action on major controversies slated to be delayed, Congress will have little to do its first week except listen to the message and receive the budget. Senate leaders plan to adjourn Thursday until the following Monday and House leaders probably will follow suit. The House may take up the controversial anti-lynching bill once gets down to work Jan. 8. The first deficiency bill of 000,000, carrying funds to pay for neutrality patrol costs and other emergency items, also will be ready for House consideration.

Opening of the session is expected to bring almost immediate introduction in the House of legislation to extend the life of the reciprocal trade treaty program, which will expire June 12 unless Congress acts before then. The program, roundly criticized by Republicans and many Democrats, is expected to be a major issue of contention in the ses- sion. PACTOGRAPHS What is thought to be the greatest time span between two important cities is that between New York City and Hong Kong, China. At 12 noon in New York it is 37 minutes past midnight in Hong Kong. The great Chicago fire of 1871 is regarded as one of the most destructive of modern times.

Three square miles in the heart of the city were wiped out. The grain cradle and scythe of Biblical days for harvesting grain were still in general use until less than 100 years ago. The largest lake in the British Isles is Lough Neagh in Ireland. Its shores touch five of Ulster's six counties. Beethoven, famous German composer, took five-mile walks in the country every day, rain, sunshine or snow.

Beekeepers associations of Engad wil provide free care for beesof members called for national service. Nearly 1,400 feature motion pictures were shown in mosa) in the last 12 I will play hard and play fair. I will learn to get along well with my playmates, not picking fights or quarrels, nor running off when I can't have my way. I won't be a bully, for a bully is a coward attacking and annoying younger, weaker children. I won't kick another person with my feet or fight with sticks and stones, but I stand up for rights and defend them with my fists, if attacked.

WIll Be Less Selfish I won't romp and make roughhouse indoors, but will enjoy creative and constructive play there, attracting my playmates to join me in it. I want to be less selfish with my friends and playmates, sharing more with them, never bragging or showing off, nor talking to them of things I have that they don't have. I'm not going to quarrel so much with my brother or sister, but will Noteworthy Poems For Your Album MARIE CAPPICK All day she rubs on a board and wrings The white folks' linens, gowns and things. She works all day beneath the sun Hanging, the linens, one by one. O1' Lize No regrets for her lot are ever heard.

She sings all day like a mocking bird, As she rubs and wrings, one by one, The white folks' linens to hang the sun. When the day for her is nearly done And the linens are gathered, one by one, She enters her cabin, cold and dark And stoops to fan a dying spark. On tired feet she drags to bed Unheeding the need that she be At dawn she rises to greet the sun And sing at a task that is never done 9 1.