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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN News Review Events the President Starts His Social Reform Program, Putting Unemployment Insurance First Visits TV A on Way to Warm Springs. By EDWARD W. PICKARD 9 by Weatarn Newtpaper Union. Wrrn the election In the background, back-ground, President Roosevelt la ready to push forward more rapidly his ambitious plans for what he calk "the abundant life" In this country. coun-try. So he has ap-Dolnted ap-Dolnted a large ad I v!' v f 1 vlsory council to Jf"Bti;4?lrfl mtA In fiivmiliiMna and getting through congress his program pro-gram of social reform. re-form. The chair-man chair-man la Frank P. Graham, president of the University of North Carolina, who has been serv Fran P. Graham ing aa vice chairman of the Nit A consumers' advisory board. He and Ma colleagues, all known to be New Dealera or In close sympathy with the Jtfew Peal, are asked by Mr. Roosevelt "for advice and counsel In development of a iragram for unemployment un-employment Insurance, old age security se-curity and adequate health care." Work on the social program already al-ready Is well under way and an executive ex-ecutive committee has laid the groundwork. Also Miss Frances Perkins, secretary of labor and chairman of the executive committee, commit-tee, haa named an advisory committee commit-tee of physicians and aurgeons that, according to advance rumors, will report a program that will be "rev-olntlonary "rev-olntlonary almost to the point of establishing es-tablishing socialized medicine." This medical group U headed by Dr. Harvey dishing of Yale, whose daughter Betsy Is the wife of James Roosevelt, son of the President Secretary I'erklns anonunced that other . committees were being organised or-ganised to aid In the formation of plans for federal intervention in problems of public health, hospitalization, hos-pitalization, and dentistry. WHEN the federal conference on economic security met in Washington, nearly all the members mem-bers of the advisory committee were present. The Tresldent told the delegates that he would present pre-sent to the coming congress bills to provide for setting up Immediately Imme-diately an unemployment insurance program. As to health insurance and old age pensions, he said be was not certain the time had arrived ar-rived for federal legislation to pyt them into effect, and he uttered a warning against "organizations promoting pro-moting fantastic schemes' and arousing hopes "which cannot possibly pos-sibly be fulfilled. Though Mr. Roosevelt conceded to the separate states the right to decide what type of unemployment Insurance they would adopt, he declared de-clared that he would reserve to the federal ... government ; the right to hold and invest and control all moneys which might be collected. This was necessary, the President added, because of the magnitude of the fonds, and "so that the use of these funds as a means of stabilization stabiliz-ation may be maintained In central management and employed on a national na-tional basis." it Is expected that from $4,000,000,K) to $r,000.(X0,OtX) would be raised in the course of Be vera I years. Mr. Roosevelt insisted that unemployment un-employment Insurance must be kept entirely apart from the dole, and that it should he managed strictly en an actuarially sound basis. lie Indicated that he favored legislation legisla-tion along the lines of the Wagner-Lewis Wagner-Lewis bill Introduced in the last congress, under which a 5 per cent federal tax would be put upon all commercial pay rolls, certain portions por-tions of the proceeds being paid back to such states as had adopted legislation for the working of an nnemployment insurance program. Before the conference members went to the White House to hear the President, they Indulged in a dlwnsslwn that brought out all sorts ef views of what should be done. Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins and Mayor La Ounrdla of New York urged Immediate establishment of a federal program to Include benefits bene-fits for the 4,200.000 families now on relief. Hopkins said puiy program pro-gram not enrompass'tig these destitute desti-tute "is not worth Its salt." Ln (tuardia, in the same vein, said cities cit-ies cannot hold up under the re lief load much longer. This was not in accord with the view expressed ex-pressed a little later by the President, Presi-dent, and was nn example of thp Confusion of Ideas in the confer ence. FOR the purpose of obtaining better bet-ter co-operation among federal agencies engaged in lending govern ment funds, the President has appointed ap-pointed a committee consisting of the heads of the agencies, with Sec retary of the Treasury Morgenthnu as chairman. The new organlzn Men will report to the President-from President-from time to time and Its activities will eever the treasury, interior, public works, federal housing, farm credit. Home Owners Ixan corporation, cor-poration, agricultural adjustment ten v -1 of Current World Over administration, export-Import banking, bank-ing, commodity credit, federal deposit de-posit insurance, the RFC, federal reserve board and public works bowslfis. , ., ., , .,, ,.,,..,,, , Iu connection with this co-ordinating move, the White House stated that when the present applications appli-cations of the Home Owners' Loan corporation have been reduced to terms of approval the original $3,-000,000,000 $3,-000,000,000 allotment will have been used up. At the same time It was pointed out that no other funds for that recovery phase were Immediately Immedi-ately ln sight ANOTHER program that is being be-ing rapidly prepared by the President's advisers for action by congress has to do with the nation's natural resources, and the necessary neces-sary legislation is being drafted by the national resources board. It is of utmost importance and in Washington Wash-ington there is a belief that it may lead to government control, and possibly government ownership, of all timber lands, oil reservoirs and coal fields, and government dominion do-minion over ail existing and future 'ater power developments on the nation's lakes and rivers. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has gone to his winter retreat at Warm Springs, Qan where he will remain until after Thanksgiving day, and on the wsy had some Interesting In-teresting experiences. First he traveled to Uarrodsburg, Ky., where he helped Gov. Ruby Laffoon and other officials in the unveiling and dedication of a memorial to the men and women who established there the first permanent Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon settlement west of the AI-legbenies. AI-legbenies. The monument erected by the federal government at a cost of $100,000, overlooks Pioneer Memorial Me-morial State park. It depicts an epoch rather than an event and the only portrait among the many carved figures is that of George Rogers Clark, who there planned his conquest con-quest of the old northwest territory. terri-tory. From Uarrodsburg the President went to see the Tennessee valley development which has been well called the laboratory of the "more abundant life." It was with deejest Interest that he viewed the work that Is being done by about 1,200 men building dams in the Tennessee river and tributaries to provide power, Hood control, navigation and new fields of work for persons drawn from unprofitable land. After a visit to the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson at Nashville, Nash-ville, Mr. Roosevelt inspected the revived Muscle Shoals plants and the Wheeler and Wilson dams, and then went to Tupelo Miss., the first town to purchase power from the new federal developmen. Senator Pat Harrison introduced him at exercises ex-ercises In the town square. The party continued to Warm Springs by way of Birmingham. The President Presi-dent was accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull. UNCLE SAM need expect no payment pay-ment from France on the war debt on December 15, when the next Installment Is due. It Is stated in Paris that France will then default for the fifth straight time. Pierre Etlenne Flandin, new premier, pre-mier, opposed payment pay-ment In 10.T2, when he was minister of Una nee, and his cabinet Is now taking tak-ing the same position posi-tion as the previous government awaiting await-ing an Anglo-Amer-I c a n settlement Premier Flandin which would serve as a basis for Franco-American negotiations. The only Idea for revision of the debts that has met with any enthusiasm enthu-siasm in French parliamentary circles cir-cles Is a 10 ior cent payment to correspond with the reparations relief re-lief granted Germany by the Lau-snnne Lau-snnne agreement. Proposals for larger amounts, or "payment In kind," have met with eoltlnetM. The chamber of deputies Is clinging to the position that France will not pay one cent more than It gets from Germany. CMtHDF.RK'K LANDIS. the only Itepulillcan to be elected to congress con-gress from Indiana In the recent election, died of pneumonia In his home town, Loga import, lie wns a brother of Keuemw M. Land is, national na-tional baseball commissioner. Bnrf;ir aU'plui n;i:T requests for K) new sines have been submitted by lite army air eorrm. 'and 1f the corps' plan Is approved the United Stales will have the largest and most up to date military aerial ar mada In the world, including even tunlly 2,100 planes. uV Hi ARIZONA ! determined to prevent pre-vent the construction of the Parker diversion dam across the Colorado river unless It gets what It considers its share of the hydroelectric hydro-electric power to be developed by that project Got. B. B. Moeur declared de-clared a "war zone" on the Arizona side of the river at the dam site and sent a detachment of National Guardsmen with rifles and machine guns to halt work there. The United States bureau of reclamation ordered that work on the Parker dam on the Arizona side be stopped until the dispute Is settled, set-tled, so Governor Moeur called the troops back to Prescott and Phoenix. "It's a showdown this time," Moeur said, "we are going to get something or we aren't And if we can't expect anything, we want to know it before this project is farther far-ther advanced." W. P. Whltsett, chairman of the Los Angeles metropolitan water district board of directors, said he "heartily agreed" with Governor Moeur that Arizona should have one half of the power prlrllege at the Parker dam. "It Is to be hoped that the federal fed-eral government and the state of Arizona will be able to reach an accord ac-cord enabling the construction work to proceed," be said. "The advantages advan-tages which will accrue to both Arizona Ari-zona and California more than Justify Justi-fy the building of Parker dam at this time." SENATOR THOMAS and his fel low inflationists were not pleased with the President s choice of a new governor of the federal reserve board to succeed Eugene Black. He JJ&i2&& picked Marrlner S. v, , 'V: n I lTnl m(v W banker, whose ideas of Inflation are not at all thjse of Thomas, Tor they do not Include fiat money. Mr. Ecclea believes In "credit Inflation"; he would control the reserve banks' purchases of government secur Marriner 8. Eccles ities, Issue money against these purchases pur-chases and spend the new money for government bonds, thus creating creat-ing an endless chain of credit arrangement. ar-rangement. So long as this chain were maintained unbroken, the government's gov-ernment's credit would be Inexhaustible. Inex-haustible. Something like fifteen billion dol lars, according to Mr. Eccles, should be spent by the government for public pub-lic works and housing projects, and he thinks this vast sum can be ob tained by following out his monetary mone-tary plana. THE government has Issued an order or-der nermlting the free eximrta- tlon of capital from the United States, and business men take this as a concession to those wno demand de-mand stabilization, of the currency as a prerequisite to business recovery. recov-ery. It does not mean stabilization hut Is a step toward it and Indicat ed the administration hag dropped the Idea of bringing nbout recovery by debasing the dollar. Presumably. If further attempts to cheapen the dollar In foreign exchange were contemplated, the treasury would not leave the doors 0en for the wholesale flight of American capital cap-ital abroad. FEDERAL JUDGE- CHARLES I. DAWSON of Louisville, Ky, overruling an attack on the validity valid-ity of the Frnzier-Lemke farm moratorium mor-atorium act. declared "with regret" that It Is constitutional. In his opinion opin-ion he said: "The legislation. In some of Its provisions. Is unfair to creditors, and unwise even as to farpi debtors, for It Inevitably closes to them all private sources of credit? ANDREW MELLON , may now have another cause for grievance griev-ance against the federal Treasury department, for the government has made charges against the Union Trust company of Pittsburgh, a Mellon Mel-lon Institution, of filing "a false and fraudulent income tax return" for 10,'tO in a tax action demanding payment pay-ment of T21S,.'l33 plus a 50 per cent penalty. In supporting Its claim, the government gov-ernment listed eight transactions In 1031 as evidence that all were "a part of . false and fraudulent course of conduct on the part of said Union Trust company." Among the m.'ll transactions we're two "accommodation" "ac-commodation" deals with Andrew W. Mellon. TOILMAN Nazis In the Snar, or-gantzed or-gantzed as the German Front, assert that the French separatists have been trying to stir up a quar ret for the prpw uf ..inducing ; Geoffrey Knox, president of the 1Cagne of Nations couimlxslon for the Saar, to call In foreign troo. The accusation was contained In a note sent the league denying thai the German organization has gone beyond the law In urging lnhat-Itants lnhat-Itants of the Snar to vote for return re-turn of their land to Germnny In the plebiscite to be held January 1.1. In Its memorial to the league the German Front asserted that It pos senses documents to prove that France hits sent arms Into the Snnr and that pro French groups have been trained 1r) "the rme of hthchjnw guns nnd Inflammable liquids. This Is for the purpose of executing a coup d'etjit lute In November or early In December, the German rwrte said. mmm mm? IMWGLELRS BEVERLY HILLS Well all I know Is JuBt what I read in the mall.' Got an awful lot of Birthday Greet- i n g s couple of jOUARESPtAWNuTO A GENRE MAN OF THE OLD SCHOOL WE weeks ago, I was kinder letting the thing elide by, and had even forgotten it, but they wont let you. They want to remind you how old you are getting, and too you would Be surprised at the amount of people peo-ple that was born on that very day. Nov. 4th, '79. Alonijt on that date In 79, must have been, quite a day tor births. But I was mighty glad to hear from all of em, and we can console each other un reaching such a rifle old age; 1 am going to start in demanding de-manding a little more respect You take a 'dignified tellow thats arrived at 65 years of ae. and "Hello, theres Old. JBIll," and "i-ook at that old guy Rosors oyer there". Well thats all got to stop. From now on there is going go-ing to be some "Mr Rogers" used. My hair is arriving at a sort of a blend that it deserves respect if nothing else. A greying head Is a mark of rest" t U1 uny land, so you guys cut out this rough uncouth stuff. You aro speaking to a gentleman gentle-man of the old school. The school of 79 sah. One fellow was telling me, "I think you are kinder spreading some propaganda prop-aganda to get iu on this old age pension." pen-sion." You know they are going to have that Thats going to be the very next thing. It advocated by practically everybody and it would be the grandest thing we ever bad. It would be a great mental relief to millions and millions of old folks. There Is nothing more terryfylog than that thought of facing the fu ture with nothing to carry on with. I dont know where they will the money. Take it out of increased Income tax, ah, there is a thousand taxes that other countries have that we havent touched yet. Whyamatch, and a salt tax in many countries are the biggest things they have, India almost has war with England every year over the salt tax. And Luxuries? Lux-uries? Why we havent started taxing tax-ing them yet. But I dldent write this to get started off on any economic eco-nomic theory. I havent got any, but 1 sure do want to see an old age pension, if we have to print the money for It Here is a letter from Rex Beach. Rex lives down in Florida, and in addition to being one of the most constant best authors in America, he Is an expert farmer, got a great celery cel-ery plantation, does It scientifically. Rex arid Professor Hamilton Holt of the fa m oi Liberal College. Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida. Ilex is an old Alumni. They want to give me a decree, (a kind of a non paying old a ;e pension). Now what In the world would 1 be doing with a degree? de-gree? A lot of guys that earned em dont know what to do with em, much Isss me that wouldent know what one was. They gave Fred Stone one. Well he deserved it I can think of a hundred reasons why he should be knighted. Talked Finnland the other night, and here Is a lot of nice letters. Those Finns are the moat appreciative apprecia-tive people, ln fact all the countries arc. Here Is a banker, J. Rowland, from Yotingstown. Ohio, who wrote before this last election and says that it is Roosevelt and not the bankers that are In the "Dog House" as I said. He knows more now that he did before November 6th. A note from Sam Fordyce, St Louis pet politician. Anion Carter of Ft Worth Texas sent me a saddle from some South American Republic Re-public on hta flying fly-ing trip clear around South America. ! near the neit Demo cratic Conven 1 1 o n Is to held ln Dallas. am glad to bear I!. She deserves i' its a great Anion will 1 ap go back to South America. Govenor Ryttl of the Hank of Finnland, is In this country, and wrote and thanked me. Charley Wagner, my old concert manager, has got the itch again, thinks the Country is ripe for one of those long winded eoneert tour talks of mine. No, I am going to let the country alone. Its had enough trouble without me adding to it. Thanks for the offer, Charley. Thanks for the wire, Malcolm Stevenson, Ste-venson, the International polo player. play-er. Here ione telling about the record of the American Airways. Trom Urn Angeles to Ft Worth, and from there to Chicago, with their first new Douglas. They ramble, those babies. I also have the good news hero of the terrific hit Fred Stone made In bit new show in New York. Things are looking np. nlnce election. 1 tell you If they would lust quit having those thlngi wo never would have hard times. 19)4, MtSiki SiUhi, It A I r i LAJ m 1 Our. 1W James Wdldafawcett in Uashmron Star HANKSGIV1NG Is an an cient custom, but It has had Its nps and downs. Historians say that it has not always been the universally popular oc casion which It now Is considered to be. The first thanksglvlug cere moniously observed In North Amer ica whs that conducted by Rev. Mr. Wolfall, chaplain of the Frobisher expedition to Newfoundland, May 27, l.78, and the earliest Thanksgiving Thanks-giving observance reorted within the present boundaries of the United States was held by the .Popham colonists at Sagadahoc. Maine, in Aug.U8t.1C07. But the first specification of a whole day of thanksgiving whs that proclaimed by William Bradford, llrt .-governor-of AlagaucliuaetlaJiil! ony of Pilgrims. "In gratitude for the plenteous harvest" of 1(521.' The date was December 13, old atyle. The festival became an annual and regular one in Massachusetts In 1GS4, and the example so established estab-lished was followed by all the other New England colonies. It was the most imports at feast of the year, taking rank above ' Christmas, of which the Puritans disapproved. During the Revolutionary war there were at least eight separate The Great Day Dawned. The Parade Pa-rade Was Held. days of general thanksgiving. George Washington ordered days for prayer and thanks on December 18, 1777, and May 7. 177a But It was not the Father of His Country who first conceived the Idea of a national Thanksgiving day for the newly liberated colonies. Contrary Con-trary to common belief, it was congress con-gress rather than the first Presi 1 1 . m II II B B MM II I V rf aVf VST hdmi-f n,,,, - I Mf I i nn n if i av k iviv i - . 4aea'rJK - i m mmmti , dent that was responsible. The credit In the circumstances Is due particularly to Ellas Boudlnot member of the bouse of representatives representa-tives from New Jersey, who on September Sep-tember 25, 1780. introduced a reso lution calling upon "all the citizens of the United States" to Join "with one voice ln returning to Almighty God their sincere thanks for the many blessings he bad poured npon them." The original document Is stli) In the tiles of the congress. where It recently was discovered. The record shows that the motion prompted strenuous debate. Opposl tion to the proposal was passion' ately Intense Aedanus Burke of South Carolina attacked "this mimicking of European customs Thomas T. Tucker ,of Virginia sar donlcally submitted that "It might be well to wait for some experience of the efficiency of the Constitution before returning thanks for It" But It was an Episcopalian who signed the proclamation when Bou Abraham Lincoln Was Responsible for Present Custom. dlnot's resolution finally was accorded ac-corded congressional approval It happened, too, that It was the first document of Its kind ever endorsed by sn American Uhlef Executive November 26 was the day assigned, arid 7 Washington summoned the new nation to express gratitude "for the peaceable and rational manner In which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of govern ment" However, the opposition party was not satisfied. Jefferson, for one. declined to take part In the ceremonies. cere-monies. His celebrated rival. Alexander Alex-ander Hamilton, on the other hand, determined to make a really memorable mem-orable event of the festival With the imaginative flair which s dlstln gulshed htm, he vlsloned a "mon ster celebration," with Washington as Its presiding genius. There should be a great parade, a color fu) and dramatic pageant an American equivalent more or less. of a Roman triumph. Troops were to march, bands to play, flags to fly, and the multitude could be counted upon to che. The whole affair, Hamilton deeld ed, should culminate In a banquet at Franncea tavern. To the festal board he Invited his chosen friends and preparation tor their entertain ment In the grand manner pro ceeded. Blut Mrs. Washington had plans Let Us uive i A hanl S i v:t,' 11 s TU A tvllrsiiiJ DAY By GEORGE ERWfN TOR .11 the lifU.ftnf P That brightti i Make now my tMft J O, Lord, where faith itJ A little while I frtt4 When lhadow kiel the But now I find your saadal Wat patient with aj L To all the loving loarcet Of bleuinci iweet I tain A grateful long npliftW O'er gentle path I Wtf j For where my heart wuUi And .bitter Ion 1 km. Thii finer faith wai fatter! From tempetU battle! For all dear thought ( a I've learned from emit O, Lord, a kind apoitli To broken touli I'd" Ul Ai to the blind a leader, I'd teach the tight I (m When patience gaveBCfif In bleak and barrta grei For more than life ua ntti Dear Lord, how thai) 1 1 A tweet or thining portinf While thoie unooeritlwC Whenever Dawn conei ml . O give me grace te ' Itt promiie and be wertif At with a tong I go. levee at the EsecutlVv Uli ... . J !. Iran km I! Kijiuire, mu were dispatched to "erwjM ..i II.. n.i1tnn nw whu unvnoiiv nnimuuw, was one of those wM was requested. ti. ..r.i.,i ,inc dawned rade was held The ncm lowed, munition wai w Ing at the tavern, I Urdj t. ro 1.1 -.' r ,imnar To hi a h mil 7f mPnt (bt IU i " A LI. tttl I thf r'8t round u -..fa,., I t.m him tft IDDCtT hnd been eat In and dnW li Mil all I they n ere -wurm j From the doorway B"' LI. veyed the sceDe, on with fnr fear of Ml his . i. I , an nlltbUrK sea fell ns he moved err, -j to ,.i,.o t the n"'" :t,!e outburst folia Inevlt i... ., oiiri then Fo ThatiTiS .nksglvlng day celebr8 Tha In a later periao and Zachary ' ..i.....,,oiirt Of U" son ord r ' ....... A kbnihn for It to present cuW-- the fot l,r,h "r !f.L ITrf vein Ih'i r ns nnm" to C. ad. Bit t It wai. inm i five! 1 ., .nflre peop or die c ,..rte the jithiislasin. to c with e of me c . j ,e.,n..e the aw- '1 J (I A if MB) i |