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Show Friday, December 9, UTAH. VALLEY NEWS g is why there has been so much political on the subject of pensions by candidates for office. Almost all endorse, in the vaguest terms they can get away w'ith, the principle of adequate and even lavish aid for the aged and needy. Most of them, once theyve successfully convince! the voters of their worth, try to get the w'hole topic as much out of the limelight as possible. This does not necessarily mean such men are insincere. Some of them strongly feel that benefits must be increased, yet do nothing about1 it simply because they havent got the answers to the tremendous questions, principally financial, that arise. They want to move but they cant see a dear path ahead. Still another weakness of movement is found in internal bickering. The Townsend 1lan organization, for instance, is split into a dozen factions. Some of the early leaders have deserted the Doctor, and are leading opposed blocs of their own. Furthermore, the fact that there is competition in the field such as the California proposal (which was beaten last election, though the movements gubernatorial and senatorial candidates were elected) makes a united front impossible. I resident Roosevelt has definitely turned thumbs down on the more extreme proposals, calling llij-- "short cuts to Utopia and referring to their sHiusors us "the lunatic fringe." It is known that he has instructed his Congressional lieutenants to do anything they can to keep the issue on the sidelines, as he believes that it imperils the success of his own more moderate program. But it begins to look ns if matters are approaching something of a crisis, where no one can long keep the pot from boiling over. And when that happens, youll see fireworks such us youve rarely seen before. Utah Valley News Buecesw to Published Public Opinion mrr Friday morning by UTAH TALLEY PUBLISHING Mdrtk T 1 Tint (By EUm job-seeke- rs Journal CO. Wt Proro, Utah. aa aeeond-ela- a mattar November II, HIT at tha poat M Frayn. Utah, aadar tha Act of March I. HTI. btand The Pension Headache If yon want to spoil a pleasant day for a politician, jus whisper the word "pension" to him. Its an odds-o- n bet that he will be visited with a terrific e headache. For the assistance problem is stature the of our Numlier 1 dorapidly reaching mestic issue. As an AP writer, John Hightower puts it, "Voices too feeble to carry across the family parlor may echo in stentoriau tones throughout the halls of Congress this winter." The next Congress may do little or nothing about it. But, unless a miracle occurs, some not far distant Congress is going to lie forced to tackle the problem and get down to cases. The issue is not a political one, in any partisan sense. The idea that came into the mind of Dr. Townsend when he looked out of his window a few years ago and saw a pathetic old woman searching in a garlinge can for food, has reached gigantic proportions and has come to liedevil and worry as well as Democrats. It is esNcially embarrassing to the Democrats now', Waiise they are in power. A shift in mrty power would put it up to the Republicans. The pension leaders arc definitely dissatisfied with the Administrations enacted social security legislation. They feel that it offers the indigent old a bone, instead of a decent meal. They are convinced thut the government should and could substantially increase the amouut of pensions. They think that the Federal government should take the lead, and that then the states will follow and agree to do their part of the job. From the RtandMiint of our lawmakers, the whole thing is a nightmare. They feel that the country could not stand increases in lienefits to anywhere npar current demands. They can produce n economists by the bushel to testify that such ideas for financing as Dr. Townsends velocity dollar arc unworkable and fantastic. But this does them no good when they are confronted with the fact that the s represent and command millions of votes. And t hat old-ag- 4 the-pensio- of thu investigating committee TIME pussy-footin- Call) Tha march of pragma haa brought about a mania for taring time. Every conceivable mathod of tlma taring la put Into practice; arary invention or machine that will aara tlma la pat Into acrrlec. From kindergarten ago to the pention ago ereryone la expected to ruth, ruth, ruth. Laat weeh a train nnd n tehool bua warn unacoidably delayed by a i term. The one Important thing to those la charge waa to make np time - tha bua and the train enma upon tha railroad eraaalng at the tame Instant. Twenty-fou- r lira ware enuffed out, tha hue nerer arrired at tha tehool; ahd the train waa rary. rery late. Now, ihere era lnreatlgatlona being held. The Inreetlgntors may find that the bua drirer wat at that fault, or they may decide ' the Railroad Compapy, or the State, la at fault became there were not proper algnala to warn that a train wat approaching. They may decide that tha accident waa unaroldable; tome may renture to say that it wtt Fate. Out of tbla horrible tragedy there may grow a demand for a law requiring that each but have two operatori. How many of thoae men who are appointed at Inrettlgatort will reallte that a car carrying a few hundred thousand dollars would surely on the highway hare aereral guard on duty - will they ask why there la such careless chances or blind faith with fifty young and priceless lirea. All theae comparisons and remedies will no doubt be given much thought, but one wonders If any w'ell-know- BRIMIIALL BROS. tension-advocate- 121 Went 1 North No Gift could be GIVE HER PENNEYS SHEER GAYMODES finer than one of our lATTffiESS will even suggest that much fault lies with tha public at large, be cause it demands apaad and more apaad from every human endeavor. and from avary phase of life. Thera may be a thousand such accidents, nnd tan thousand mors investigating committees, before the public decides that too mneh rush is eauslng serious heart trouble among young puopla. and la speed too much needle human bpings. slaughtering When public sentiment says, basts make waste, then tha mad, streamlintd racing will How About Giving t Christmas Get Him one of those Smart Suits or Overcoats by Cloth-Cra- ft or Varsity Town SUITS $ Go Are yon ready to go? where? Into a real sconcing trip for the coming winter. Why? Beraiur, boys, yon have a squad of firing men. 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