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Show 'QUOTE QUOTE 'QUOTECOMMENTS " ' COMMENTS ON ONCURRENT ONCURRENT ONCURRENT CURRENT TOPICS BY BYNATIONAL BYNATIONAL BYRATIONAL NATIONAL CHARACTERSACCEPTING CHARACTERS CHARACTERSACCEPTING ACCEPTING IMPORTS IMPORTSBy IMPORTSBy By GnORGE GIOnGE GEORGE : N PIIK PEEK PIIKSpecIal PEEKSpecial PEEKSpecial : : SpecIal Adviser to the PresidentMUCH Presidentn4 President President"jT MUCH "j\/T "j j T n4 " \ / UCH has been saidas said as to the thenecessity the1v1 the1VJ 1v1 . necessity ofacceptmg ofaccepting of accepting acceptmg Im- Im Imports imports im imports - - ports as a matter ofnatIonal of natIonal nationalpolicy nationalpolicy poUcy policy . I agree completely with thIs thIspoInt thispoint thispoint poInt of ot \ view slew le\v le v \ , but I believe thit th'1t th1t that ' we weshould weshould weshould should decide for ourseh oursehcs oursehes es what 1m im imports 1mports 1mports ports we will w1Jl take tahe , and amI In what quan quantitles quantitles quantitles titles and from what countries , In e"t et e"tchange etchange exchange " change for the - poods g-oods g oods goods we choose to tosend tosend tosend send abroad abrond In my opinion tills this can canbect canbest canbest bect best ; be determined by making mahlng indi Indi- ladi- ladi ladivictual IndivIdual individual - vidual victual arrangements \ with lth Individual Individualnations individualnations individualnations nations , country by country , rather ratherthan ratherthan ratherthan than through attempting to apply some someblanket someblanket someblanket blanket formuli formuh formul't formult ' such as a horlLOnta\ horlLOnta horlcontal horlLOntareduction horlcontalreduction hori/.ontalreduction hori.ontalreduction hori .ontalreduction ontalreduction / . \ reduction of our tariffs , whether that thatbe thatbe thatbe be accomplished accompl1shed thl thiough thlough ough general turlrr thrift turlrrlegIslation thriftlegislation tarifflegislation legIslation or through genelallzlng genetalizing genelallzlngtarIff genetalizingtariff geneiallzingtariff tarIff ' concessions granted under the thetrade thetrade thetrade trade agreements act We have been beenbrought beenbrought beenbrought brought up on protection If " we e are areto areto areto to abandon any measure of ot that pro protectlon protection protectlon tectlon tection It should be only In exchange exchangefor exchangefor exchangefor for tangible advantages to U usTo us usTo 3 < 3To To pursue this policy of selective selectivee selectiveexports selectiveexports exports e ports and amI Imports It \ will \ m be neces necessary necessary necessary sary for us to abandon the unconditional uncondI uncondItlonnl uncondltlonal tlonnl tional most favored nation policy adopted adopted adopted ed under the Hording H'1rdlng H1rdlng H ' irding admlnlstrntion administration admlnlstrntionnnd administrationand administrationand nnd and to return to the traditional ArneI Amer Amerlean Amerlean ' Ican lean police pollc policy ) of extending eetending conditional conditionalmost conditionalmost conditionalmost most favored fa\ored fa ored \ nation treatment only onlywhich , "hl.ch hl.ch hlch which " . prevailed preyalIed from 1789 1780 to 1022 1922 CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT AMENDMENTBy By WILLIAM WILLIA WILLIA1 \1 1 \ D GUTHRIE GUTHRIEMember GUTHRIEMember GUTHRIEMember Member of or the New ' York Bar . THE THEvital 'T'HEvital ' npHE 'T'HE THE ' vital and far-reaching far reaching farreachingquestIon far-reaching- far reaching farreachingquestion - .1 1 . - - question confionting conflontmg the con- con conscience conscience con conscience - science of the American people people.md peopleand peopleand .md md and . the gr.n grn grave grape . e responsibility responslbllIty facing faclDg the theseeral theseveral theseveral se\eral se eral several \ stite state st 1te legislatures lcIsl,1tures lcIsl1tures tebtslatures ; , aie ale are to deter deter- determine determine determine - mine " whether "hether hether an amen amendment ment to the theConstitution theConstitution theConstitution Constitution of the United States Statesshould Statesshould Statesshould should be ratified winch "luch luch which "luch'tould " \ would \'tould 'tould tould ' Inev Inev- lney- lney InevItably lneyItably Inevitably - itably tend to undermine our federal federalS federalsystem federalsystem S system } stem of ot sovereign sovereln ; and Independent Independentstateq independentstates Independentstates stateq states and Impair Imp'1lr Imp1lr ' our heretofore cher cher- cherIshed cher- cher cherished cherished - - ished right to local self government government.and governmentand . , and " which "hlch hlch " would "ould ould could transfer to congress congressand congressand congressand and bureaucrats In Washington the thecontrol thecontrol thecontrol control of ot the future of ot all aU AmerIcan AmerIcanchlldren Americanchildren Americanchildren chlldren children and of all youths under eight elght- elght eight- elghteen eighteen eighteen - een years of age In other words , con con- - conscJentious consclentlous conscientious - scientious scJentious sclentlous , , prudent and patriotic Amer Amer- AmerJcans Americans - . ! icans Jcans cans ought to ponder deeply , before beforeIt It Is too late , whether they will sviil aban aban- abandon aban- aban abandon abandon - - don so Important and Intimate a field fieldot fieldof fieldof ot of home rule and have their children childrenplaced childrenplaced childrenplaced placed under the tutelage and control controlot controlof controlof ot of bureaucrats In Washington , who , as asthings asthings asthings things are now drifting , would prob prob- probable probable probable - - able be dominated domln'1ted domln1ted ' or controlled controIIed by theAmerIcan theAmerican the theAmerican American Federation rederatIon rederatlon of ot Labor and the thelabor thelabor thelabor labor unions unionsBUSINESS BUSINESS IMPROVING IMPROVINGBy By J JAMES AMES FARLEY PARLEY FARLEYPostmaster PARLEYPostmaster PARLEYPostmaster Postmaster GeneralDESPITE GeneralDESPITE General GeneralT DESPITE of1J T ESPITE the gloomy views of ofpeople of-L7 of L7 1J 1Jpeople - people who for one reason or oranother oranother oranother another are uncomfortable under underpresent underpresent underpresent present conditions condJt1ons , or who feel teel bound boundto boundto boundto bythe bytl1e to find fault f'luJt fluJt ' w \ ulth lth ith whatever Is done by tl1e the administration , this thlS country Is get get- - ting getting along pretty well weU . . Business Is IsimprovIng Isimproving IsImproving improvIng . , The railroads , the department stores storesIn , In fact every considerable Industry , re- re rellect reflect re reflect - - flect llect the advance ad\ance ad ance adiance \ 'The The ' job , of course , is courseIs not half done , but It will wlll be done In Ina ina Ina a shorter time than most of you an- an anticIpate anticipate an anticipate - ticipate If the country does not listen listento listento listento to the voices olces ioices \ of the alarmists ahrmlsts , , who whoseem whoseem whoseem seem to think that th'1t th1t ' they are perform performIng Ing a service to themselves and to the thenation thenation thenation nation generally by scaring sC'1rIng sC1rIng ' people peoplewithout , "Jthout Jthout without " regard to the plain and avaIl avaIlable available available able facts of the situationTHREATENED situation situationTHREATENED THREATENED INFLATION INFLATIONBy By THE LIBERTY LIBInTY : LEAGUEHE LEAGUE LEAGUEHHE HHE THE , HE treasury has been borrow borrow- borrowmg borrowing borrowing - ing mg huge sums so easily thatthere that thatthere thatthere there is an inclination inchuatJon to tlunk think tlunknothmg thinknothing thinknothing nothmg nothing of ot t\\ t two t0 \ 0 billions more wore or les less less.In lessIn . . In the last fiscal year the deficit was wasfour wasfour wasfour four billions bIlhons In the tile current year ye'lr yelr ' It It"Ill itwill Itwill "Ill Ill will " be close to five fie fire fi\ fi \ e billions bl1\1ons bl1 1ons \ and in 10 the thenext theneat thenext next neat fiscal sear } ear almost as much . To add more than th'1n th1n thin ' t\\ t two t0 \ 0 billions to tothe tothe tothe the deficit of ot this year ear e'1r e1r ' or nest next In InClesses incieases inci Clesses cieases eases the danger that the tre'1sury tre1sury treasury ' finally treasuryfinally tre'1suryfinally will wlIl bo be compelled to turn to toInflationary toInflationary toInflationary Inflationary financing methods No Nonation Nonation Nonation nation largedeficits can continue continuo to roll up large deficIts year ear after year ye'lr yelr ' , without ,1thout 1thout en encounterIng encountering encountering counterIng trouble | troubleA A FREE PRESSBy PRESSBy PRESS PRESSBy By LOUIS WILh WILEY WILEYThe WILLYThe Y YThe The New York TImesTHE TimesT TimesHE Times THE T HE fact that the press ofAmerica ofAmerica ot of otAmerica America is free and independ independ- independent - - ent makes males its service so important importantand and valuable to the public pubUc and to the thead theash theadvertiser ad\ ad ash aderUser \ erUser ertiser . A free tree press Is Js the only onlypress onlypress onlypress press In \ which \ hlch tlie the people repose con con- confidence confidence - fidence and faith They believe bellee belle\ belle \ e all the thene thenews thenew ne news " B In a free pi pl press ess , , they are guIded guIdedby guidedby guidedby by Its editorial ec1ltorial e expression e'pression epression ' pre slon , they aie me are in infiuenced Intluenced Influenced fiuenced tluenced by Its advertising adverhsing advertisingNATIONAL advertisingNATIONAL NATIONAL RESOURCES RESOURCESBy I BynNISI By JOSEPH W.BYRNES WBYRNES W.BYRNESSpeaker W . BynNIS BynNISSpeaker BYRNESSpeaker : Speaker of or tha the HouseTHE HouseTHE House THE great national resources resourcesof resourcesof of this country cot1ntry are a herItage herItageItwhich heritageswhich heritage"which heritagewhich Itwhich swhich Itwhichwe swhichwe " we of this generatIon generatIonshould generationshould generationshould should hand do\\ do doss down don \ n to our posterity pQsterlty with withas withas withas as little Impairment Imp\lrment Imp lrment Impalrment ' \ as ns possible . S01110 Some S01110of Someof Someof of these , w " we "e e e may say It to our shame shamealready , already have ha\8 ha 8 \ " been squandered and this thismales thl thlmakes < I makes mal.es males . it 1t all the more Imperative that that11'e thatire "t t , ; "tire " 11'e 11e ire ' preserve prcscn presertie e or re restore tore what "hat hat chat " Is left thisI . . I |