Show W A FLIMSY iSY EXCUSE No 1 b matter what is the final outcome of the exchange of notes iotes between the State Department Department Depart Depart- ment and and the Russian govern govern- mene relative to subversive activities carried on against the United States State by Soviet elements elements ele ele- dc- dc ments there I lean laii an be he little doubt among Americans who vho have studied the question as to the soundness of the the American contention contention con con- that Mat the Russian government government goVernment gov goV- has not carried out its promise to cease aiding revolutionary activities against th the United States Those Opposed to Russian recognition by the Unit United Unit sd States pointed put out when the he treaty was as ratified that there would be no cessation o of subversive rs e activities carried on against this country Indeed since Rince recognition these activities ties lies s' s seem s-eem em to have redoubled The matter was brought pinto anto the lime ight again by the recent recent recent re re- re- re cent sessions of the Third International International In In- at Moscow l These were attended by a number of communist d delegates eg-ates eg from froni the United States Five basic aims ainu ain as set forth oy uy me the Third international In- In in III- terna are summarized by the United Press in a Moscow l dispatch as follows 1 Control of all banks and in- in in in- 2 Weakening V of the economic and political power of the middIe midd middle mid mid- d dIe dle c classes asses 3 Assumption of leadership by workers 4 Dismissal of police and substitution of a workers' workers mili mili- tia The Third International ordered ordered ordered ord ord- ered the establishment by the Reds of a n United front in every country to prepare preparo for the future future fu fu- fu- fu ture tuie great lt struggle which is isto isto isto to be of course nothing more nor less than world wide revolution tion tion- Resolutions calling for the I establishment of the united I f front nt 2 re e quoted d as s stating statin t that rue ine combining 01 ol of the trie Lne proletariat into a mass political army will assure victory in in the struggle against fascism and capitalism for tor cr creation of Soviet Soviet Soviet So So- viet government The purported excuse that the th Moscow government has no noc control over the Third International International International and is not connected with lith it is of course more than flim flim- sy In the first place the ithe he prominent prominent pro- pro prominent officials of the Moscow l government attended the meet meet- 1 ing of the Third International nd took part in many of its activities Again no meeting or I con convention ven tion could be held in Moscow I without the knowledge and nd consent of the communist government The printed words and the e expressed thoughts of E every individual are controlled by bythe the go government To fo say therefore that nothing could I be dene about a mass meeting is in ridiculous GOVERNMENT U OWNERSHIP HIP ABROAD If anyone still believes that thaI government ownership offers a s i L sound solution to the railroad 1 I problem they would do well to tc read an analysis that re recently H I appeared appear in jn the Commercial and anc I Financial Chronicle one of th the i best known of the business 3 I newspapers i I The Chronicle made a survey f F i of government ownership ant and 1 I I operation of railroads in foreign 7 1 countries In thirteen of these thes B countries the railroads did dd no not ti earn their operating expenses expense 3 during the last year for which n 1 complete figures are available available- and the loss had to be bo made u up p 3 by the taxpayers out of general genera tl 1 funds In the four oth other othar r countries coun coun- r tries the o government w n e d I railroads would have havi shown show u i operating deficits had allowance e been made for interest and auL ii other fixed charges In other words in jn these countries the r railroads ds were made to break even or ar i. i show a profit through inadequate bookkeeping which bookkeeping which may be a boon oon to the government govern govern- govern 1 ment mont officials in charge but which certainly is of no benefit to the taxpayers taxpayers- The r reason for this is s simple enough and it can be expressed in one word vord Politics As the Chronicle says In all countries where government ownership is ig the vogue railway affairs have become so hop hopelessly lessly mixed with politics that not even a microscope microscope micros micros- cope can detect where politics stop and und the railways begin With possibly two exceptions no country today is making tt its state owned railways pay According to the Inters Interstate Commerce American I railroads are ni-c worth making them our largest largest larg larg- est single sing industry If the government gO gov were to purchase them it would have to issue bonds to this amount it would lose the vast rast taxes the railroad now pay par and it would be responsible forthe for forthe forthe the deficits that s seem nl to inevitably inevitably tably follow political acquisition of business enterprises Service Ser would probably decline in quality quality quality qua qua- lity as it did during the war var when the government operated the rails for a brief period All AU Allin Allin in all we would enter a period of f transport chaos chaos chaos-at at a cost of untold millions of dollars to the tax-infested tax American people BACK OF THE I CONSTITUTION Seldom except in war times has the faith of the American people in their institutions been more evident than in the observance observance observance vance of Constitution Day last week in every nook and corner of the land South East and West Vest Equally significant with the outpouring of sentiment by the great masses was the coalition coalition coalition tion of partisan non support by Democratic and Republican lead ers In Boston where the n na via via- celebration was vas held in famous old Faneuil Hall under the auspices of the National Constitution Day Committee two former Governors Ritchie Governors Ritchie of Maryland and Kohler Kobler of Wisconsin Wisconsin joined joined in a demand from the s me platform for n i i 1 I I- I U U VI uc VI Jl UJ Un of democracy The sL same I spirit of unity emanated from Chicago Chicag where former Governor Gover Gover- nor Lowden of Illinois a stal- stal w wrt vm Republic stood figuratively figuratively figura figura- clasping hands on the I 1 I issue i with former Governor Ely Ehr of Massachusetts l a Democrat I I SELF-HELP SELF SUCCEEDS I The agricultural cooperative I I movement is marking rapid strides among dairy farmers farmers- I The United tates National Milk l Producers' Producers Federation now has 3 I 53 affiliated cooperative dary associations with lith a total I membership of more than farmers distributed over 40 states Their annual production I is valued 2 i More fore than 35 per cent of all an creamery butter in the United States is manufactured by cooperative a ass s s o 0 c cia i a Hons About a quarter of the cheese is manufactured t red by cooperative cheese factories And about one one- sixth of all l the butter produced d in this count country y last year was wa marketed by the five large cooperatives cooperatives cooperatives co- co operatives sales agencies I Progress such as ts this this much much of it made made- in the face of some of the hardest times American agriculture has a ever experienced experienc experienc- ed is ed-is is I exceptionally ing It indicates a willingness to work to expand to pro progress and to ideas on the part of farmers It indicates that i the cooperative movement has been the most beneficial influence ence affect affecting ng agriculture in recent recent recent re- re cent y years ars All other f farm ll relief relief re- re lief efforts may have failed or be in the process of failing failing- but the tives cooper cooperatives march on a testimonial to the American farmers farmer's spirit of independence and ands s lf I |