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Show UINTAII BASIN RECORD Scenes and Persons in the Current News r r liteani-rl ,7i j af-V- f ot, i J ja, 'r ,, , p iP IP f? j k T7 ) $; ,?. o IDlttt i t ' v 3hmkd about , 5 Cr ;.,e Debunking Wars Romance CALIF. SANTA MONICA, one Bud Lighton, Washington. President Roosevelt on reagain has changed courses bel This time he Tries G. O. P. has launched an Relief Plan experimentmost that sig' becomes nificar.t and interesting because he is trying out in a small way the very heart of the relief proposal contained in the Republican platform. Without any ballyhoo or any detailed statement, the President has allocated $22,700,000 of Public Works Administration funds for use in direct grants to states and has laid down a formula for use of this money that takes it into the same category as the Republican plan. The President took this action personally. He has not only prescribed the conditions under which the grants will be made but has laid down rules for PWA which will, in effect, bring to his attention any completed arrangements involving these funds. The program provides that the federal government will bear 45 per cent of the cost, a municipality or county contributing the other 55 per cent out of its own funds and before the allocation is made definitely, the municipality or county receiving the funds must agree to employ 100 per cent relief labor. In this manner, the "need for relief becomes the measuring stick, If the local community is unable to supply only unskilled labor from the relief rolls and the project of construction planned for the community requires the use of skilled labor, it does not get the money. The projects considered to fall within the category of this new experiment include a great many worthwhile construction jobs such as school houses, sewage systems and water systems. The things proposed, therefore, may be said to be of permanent value and to that extent represent a veering by the President to the theory which Secretary Ickes of the Department of Interior always has held, namely, that if federal funds are expended they should be used in the construction and maintenance of permanent improvements. Although the general idea of this new experiment in relief, new to the New Deal, was Handled practically forced upon the President Locally by the necessity of the present relief mess, it represents a return to a method long regarded by many students of the problem as the only way in which relief funds can be properly handled. It places back in the hands of local communities the task of looking after their own destitute and charity cases. The federal government contributes a share of the funds, of course, but it does not boss the job as has been the practice under Harry Hopkins and his Works further Progress Administration than the requirements that relief labor be employed. As stated above, the plan now on trial constitutes the very heart of the Republican proposal for handling federal relief. The Republican platform calls for federal grants in aid to the states and territories while the need exists upon compliance with these conditions: a fair proportion of the total relief burden to be provided from the revenues of states and local governments; all engaged in relief administration to be selected on the basis of merit and fitness; adequate provisions to be made for the encouragement of those persons who are trying to become I hear much discussion around Washington that the Presidents experiment meets the Republican program in every way except as to the second provision which relates to the selection of the administrative personnel upon the basis of merit and fitness." There are many who believe Mr. Roosevelt has reached the conclusion that there is considerable merit in the contention that unless steps are taken to get relief of the unemployed back into the local communities, it will become an unworkable monster, a Frankenstein. On the other hand, some of the bitter critics of the Roosevelt administration are contending that Mr. Roosevelt seeks to try out the Republican proposal in this manner In order to demonstrate that it is unworkable. They point also to the omission of the second provision just mentioned, and declare that the President will use political patronage rather than merit as the means of creating supervision. In other words, they are charging that Mr. Roosevelt is adding to his political machine in advance of election. While the new method has not been made fully operative so that anyone can see it in full detail, the Way to restriction which Dodge Mr. Roosevelt has laid down that only relief labor shall be used is looked upon as providing a means of dodging complete operation of the plan. It is to be noted that the Republican plank does not limit the workers wholly to relief. In making such a restriction as the President has done, it is held in some quarters that there will not be too many communities able to take advantage of the fresh federal funds. The reason for this is that particularly in the smaller communities there is not a great amount of skilled labor. This comof paratively small proportion skilled labor, comparatively small when measured against the amount of common labor, or unskilled labor, available, makes It impossible In a good many instances for the smaller communities to obtain money. The situation is simply this: in the construction of sewage and water systems and most other construction jobs, there is more skilled labor required than will be available in the communities where these public works are to be undertaken. Further, with the pick up in industry, however small it may yet be, the skilled artisan has more chances to get jobs than has the common laborer. In addition, I think it can be fairly said that a skilled worker is of the type to be among the last to go on relief rolls. In any event, he will not go on the relief rolls until there is no He is able to other alternative. earn a much higher rate of pay than is available to him as a relief dole and naturally is not content to remain on the relief rolls longer than is absolutely necessary. In this direction then, trouble may lie. Possibly some communities will be guilty of seeking to induce skilled workers to go on relief rolls for a sufficient length of time to enable them to carry out an agreement to employ only relief labor. This is a regrettable possibility but it is a very real one. In all fairness to the President, I think it must be said that he is proceeding on a method to reach communities and unemployed that hitherto have been rather like stepchildren. The big relief projects under the former PWA system, and the Harry Hopkins method of handling relief in some way or other have managed to be concentrated in the great cities. While some persons may be unkind enough to say that the President is expanding his machine to the small communities, it nevertheless remains as a fact that the system now undertaken will let some relief dribble down to those who have not had it before. In any event since it is being tried out by the New Deal, it is an experiment very well worth watching. of the smartest women on this or any other coast, has started me? Ill say. a symposium of suggestions for thk r' the promotion of national sanYou bet. ir 11 it Are ity the next time diplomats or my or profesyouve ever see$ profiteers politicians, Yes. n sional sword rattlers, or all of these types combined, try to YoTaSt5 rush a country into futile and Ah-htuncalled for war which classi" fication covers most wars. Oh, Elmer, yo es fen Her peace formula Includes these things. TeUmesc;ac ideas: No brass bands whatsoever. No 0ne M, e speech-makin- g Mrs. Simpton . by me impress upon orators. No recruitshould never lot a c ing except by men who have themHe Dorothy mamma. You cer selves enlisted for want me to have'' active service. No brass buttons. No kissing, would you' ,( shiny buckles, no regalia. Respect for Enough it the flag and, if necTheres one flu. that boy of yours essary, all proper defense for it, but Smith, after he ha no cheap waving of tened to the latest it beforehand. No the child. blatant emotional Whats that?" I stay-at-hom- -- - 1 Coast guard cutter Cayuga to which Ambassador Bowers moved himself and his staff because of the Spanish rebellion. 2 Col. Frank Knox of Chicago accepting the Republican nomination for the vice presidency. 3 President Roosevelt and Premier Allison Dysart of New Brunswick province, enjoying hot dogs on the beach of Campobello Island. Following his outing there, the President proceeded to Quebec, where he visited of Canada, and the two on behalf of their respective countries extended the Lord Tweedsmuir, governor-generhand of amity and The President then returned to his home at Hyde Park, N. Y., to plunge into the work of organizing his campaign for turned like a hydrant or Reason to be invoked rather than mob-steri- Invoking Aid of St. Christopher Fordham Grid Star f ,..w !fl 4 ' . X Vy- v- vote-gettin- g John Maniaci, captain and back-fiel- d star of Fordham last year, who has been signed by Jack Kelly to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers football team. The Leagues Big Moment The blessing and protection of St. Christopher, patron saint of travA T LAST heres a chance for the elers was invoked by autoists in annual picturesque ceremonies at St League of Nations to function. Christophers Roman Catholic church in Baldwin, L. I. Rev. Augustine For the poor thing it has been an Struth, Rev. Ulick O. S. Buckley, and Rev. M. P. Kelly are shown uphill pull to slide dowm hill so officiating at the ceremony. steadily, with each descending step toward the bottom marked by disappointment and failure. It had almost as tough sledding as a Gen. Emilio Mola smooth-facebearded lady would in Command of have trying to get a job in a museum. Spanish Fascists But now, the league can punish at least one small nation for persistently breaking the otherwise solid front presented by nearly all the important European powers. L Surely, ere long, it will hang some y ' J sort of penalty on little, simple-minde- d Finland for regularly paying installments on her debt to us. This disruptive thing cannot posVr sibly be permitted to go on forever when the sacred principles of dis' ST-- honor, ingratitude and repudiation are all at stake! Father and Son Are on Same Ship The nations of the world find themselves in one of those peculiar and almost humor-Quirk- s of ous situations that Diplomacy caD develop only from the queer quirks of diplomacy. It has not progressed far enough yet for anyone to say what the outcome of this new diplomatic situation will be but it is not devoid, nevertheless, of possibilities both from the serious as well as the humorous It may have escaped general notice that, under Mussolinis orders, King Victor Emanuel is now not only king of Italy but he is also emperor of Ethiopia. He was given this new title immediately after the conquering hordes of Italians had held their triumphant march in Rome and, as far as Mussolini was concerned, Ethiopia had gone out of existence, a dead na- x- J w-- M ; 4 . . - i v v. 'A - V' tion. treaty agreement, foreign policy or plain desire, to consider that Mr. Tafari still has the title of emperor of Ethiopia which he and his ancestors so long bore. There is, however, this circumstance: since no nation has extended formal recognition to Italy as embracing Ethiopia, no diplomat can be formally received in that capacity. For example, the new Italian ambassador to the United States will come to Washington as the plenipotentiary of the king of Italy and emperor of Ethiopia but our ambassador to Italy, Mr. Welles, will go to Rome when he returns to his post this fall as the ambassador to the court of King Victor Emanuel nothing being said about Ethiopia. All of tlris results from American foreign policy and the foreign policies of other nations who oppose the taking of territory of another nation or race by force. It is a policy firmly footed, as witness the course of all of the nations excepting only Salvador in their attitude toward Manchuria which is now under Japanese control. Salvador recognized Japanese sovereignty over Manchuria largely because it was thereby enabled to consummate a great coffee sale. VVtrn Nwpjr Cnloa, twin." A Tom Fish heard that C worn You Gue A young parson. hea his text at his you: ype the parable of the ner ish Virgins. In (fluid said: Now, you ist f which would you inno wise virgins with ain T - i. five foolish virgins The vote was u, .vitb. shu ion ,a. The E:.!J Miss Modern (tc only did he break che but wreck my life, my entire evening." ma be "Im the happiest for world. Im marrj.ir el The Conqs want. bio I thats Oh, noth ain. to a : lar piness comes ries the man wants! a h e 0il s carr ling i side. Despite the fact that Mussolini would like to have Emperor Haile Selassie known only as a plain Mr. Tafarl, most of the nations of the world still are compelled, through a EVEN -- ,3 71 $ K isnt A . ytl He a. Red Baiters Field Day GENTLEMAN in Iowa, who presumably inquired into the matter, asserts that in this country are upwards of 4,000,000 aliens who entered illegally and that the vast majority of these over 90 per cent, are on relief. While were fighting corn borers and tobacco worms and boll weevils with government funds, wouldnt it be a grand idea to turn a lot of loose to round up these smuggled-i- n human parasites and ship them back where they came from? Locally speaking, Im told that the average foreign born agitator, ostensibly seeking to organize the casual workers of this state, is really a red agent spreading communistic doctrines under cover of his seeming activities in the industrial field. In other words, his real aim is not to unionize labor but to disunionize America. Watson, the and the insect poison quick! Signed by Dodgers Pro Football Team , father. being displays on off Not often do father and son serve concurrent terms in the naval service. Here are Joseph W. Dowd, storekeeper first class, and his son Francis, seaman, both of whom are attached to the U. S. S. Pennsylvania, flagship of the United States fleet. They were with their ship on recent maneuvers in the Pacific. Another f :'$ Greyhound Paging the Black Legion TT IS passing strange that the Black Legion Is so slow about offering Herr Hitler honorary membership in the mother-lodg- e up In Michigan. Both parties seem to feel alike on the subject of persons of color. Meanwhile just so long as they didnt try to stop him from shaking those nimble feet our brown-sklnne- d flying squirrel, Jesse Recent of Gen. photograph Emilio Mola, in command of the Owens, should worry because a dicnorthern army of Spanish Fascist tator refuses to shake his hand. With Metcalfe and other dark rebels. colleagues helping him pile up so commanding a lead for the American team in the Olympic games, its almost time for the band to All Gawd's Play Chillun Got for Uncle Saras Pack Wings. r ' Synthetic Spanish nidalgocs A; A ND the famous Santa Barbara 1 x fiesta fiesting on every side and r With her crow and guests at attention on the after dork the IT States destroyer fleet, is commissioned into scr vi e. Li 't Con - for the United States navy and took command mL cF'Z. n t.thJe UnUed T. Howard accepted the ship yours truly looking as much like a Spanish hidalgo as anybody bora In McCracken county, Ky., could be expected to look. Plenty of other disturbing occurrences, too. Heat wave still hanging on In spots. Fresh European complications on account of the Spanish mess. Down at his home on the range where seldom Is heard a discouraging word except from Washington, D. Gwe behold Unde Jack Garner, with his head over the corral bars, beginning to moo plaintively, And now, on top of all that, eems we must start worrying about Tommy Manvilles next wife or wives, as the case may be and probably will. I do wish Tommy could see his way clear to hold off till fall. If memory serves me aright, the fall always was his favorite marryin season, anjhow, IRVIN S. COEB. C Weatern Newaoauar Unlo. 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