anaheim-gazette 1933-07-13

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ESTABLISHED 1870 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ... $1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. WHERE ARE WE GOING? Nobody knows the extent of the bloodless revolution which daily leads us into untrodden paths. Few thinkers can deny the country is undergoing the most rapid and most profound changes in its entire history. Where these changes will lead us cannot be answered any more readily than the great question of life after death. What few glimpses we have had of this momentous shift indicate that it is social and economic, rather than political and military; it is one of brains and not biceps. Business and individuals surrender many small liberties with more alacrity than ever before in order to speed up the day when general benefits will be felt all round. The speed with which the national recovery act is going into effect, the willingness of most industries to form their codes of ethics in compliance with demands of labor, consumers and manufacturers, are signs that the days of "rugged individualism" near their end. Insofar as present legislation would indicate, our government is shifting rapidly from capitalism to state capitalism, as distinguished from socialism and communism. While emergency legislation distinctly is labeled "temporary," if it succeeds it probably will be permanent. All progress is change. During the so-called machine age the number of inventions multiplied to put men out of work and permit out-worn phases of individual freedom to force hardships upon millions of people. Social and economic progress lagged. Now they are catching up with material gains. What the next step in this re-molding of the American pattern of life will be most attractive district where you look a black 500 feet," "Knock 'B' often misleading state does not want to stupefy signs, nor does he get there is such a scenery when on a bus. But commercial in "dog eat dog" battle instead of making tha customer, that w signs. Garden Grove has promiscuous erection southwest deserves Anaheim and the res suit and free this di One good way to compel them to sit own speeches. Every time we are cannot forget that our Just when we have let our mind wander fiction the tune is blasts an unknown pilldrops. What tho according to this blast If we delighted in music our sense of b the pilldrops are only money. But to be t tune and then have of our attention for message is too much off the radio, disgust Some day, and w radio. We pass laws THEY LOOK YOU IN THE EYE, TOO The Finns do other things besides win foot races. For instance, they pay their debts. A BLESSING IN DISGUISE If just one phase—elimination of child labor—of the Rooseveltian recovery act succeeds, the four-year depression will be a blessing in disguise. Since the turn of the century the nation has struggled to free itself from the anti-social stigma of child labor. Under the ardent leadership of Mrs. Florence Kelley, who lobbied industriously and well for more than a decade, congress was prodded into passing two child labor laws, one before the World war, and one after. Both were declared unconstitutional by the supreme court, voting five to four. Then Mrs. Kelley, realizing this line of attack was futile, started to whip recalcitrant child-labor states into line by a constitutional amendment. Congress obligingly passed this measure also, glad to get the political pressure of reformers and of certain industries like cotton and textile, off its hands. The amendment did not fare well. In the eight years of its life till Mrs. Kelley’s death last year, 24 states succumbed to the will of oppressive industrial leaders and voted no. Only six, California, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Montana and Wisconsin, voted yes. To Mrs. Kelley, her cause appeared hopeless. But depression-stricken states began to realize the part children were playing in permitting unscrupulous industries to start cut-throat competition—at a profit, taking it out of child labor. Some employers seduced 15-year-old girls under threat of firing them. In at least one instance a child, worn to exhaustion by 17 hours of continuous work, fell asleep on the back of a truck and summers and manufacturers, are signs that the days of “rugged individualism” near their end. Insofar as present legislation would indicate, our government is shifting rapidly from capitalism to state capitalism, as distinguished from socialism and communism. While emergency legislation distinctly is labeled “temporary,” if it succeeds it probably will be permanent. All progress is change. During the so-called machine age the number of inventions multiplied to put men out of work and permit out-worn phases of individual freedom to force hardships upon millions of people. Social and economic progress lagged. Now they are catching up with material gains. What the next step in this re-molding of the American pattern of life will be nobody—not even President Roosevelt and his esteemed brain trust—knows. Only of one thing can we be fairly certain. The United States will continue its revolution bloodlessly. Changes will be made by necessity and by ballot, but the principle of military force will not be tolerated. The trend is to protect major features of individual liberty, protect property but bring it under governmental regulation to prevent virtual economic enslavement of the masses. This upheaval challenges the imagination. It is too great for any one man or small group of men to alter or control. Our leaders merely hold temporary positions on the crest of the flood, as the revolutionary stream gains momentum. Whatever happens, we are laying the social foundation for the next few generations. This, indeed, is a hard but interesting period of history in which to live. STAN According to some President on his seat Moley for Great Britain known financier Barclay report makes the recent interest. In a recent believed the Presider debts. He added: “It is a well-known paid. Every debt we their distressed business cap.” The Financier waived of the dollar, remarked: “It is time we went off the gold standard taking the same course thing. It is time we if these remarks international matters regarded as of interest a statement in which be a little difficult to States by increasing the same time lower European nations cover which care nothing about living. Ever since the en-refused to be a part been blamed for every We can all agree with this “twiddle twaddl The amendment did not fare well. In the eight years of its life till Mrs. Kelley's death last year, 24 states succumbed to the will of oppressive industrial leaders and voted no. Only six, California, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Montana and Wisconsin, voted yes. To Mrs. Kelley, her cause appeared hopeless. But depression-stricken states began to realize the part children were playing in permitting unscrupulous industries to start cut-throat competition—at a profit, taking it out of child labor. Some employers seduced 15-year-old girls under threat of firing them. In at least one instance a child, worn to exhaustion by 17 hours of continuous work, fell asleep on the back of a truck and froze to death. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt recently threw her influence against child labor. Labor unions themselves joined the parade, because every child taken off a job offered work for an unemployed grown-up. Since January, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, New Jersey, Washington, and Illinois voted in favor of the child labor constitutional amendment. New Hampshire and North Dakota reconsidered, changed from no to yes. To date, 14 states have voted in favor of the amendment, 26 against. Even with the impetus of depression reconsideration, the amendment seems lost. But the objective of the amendment is more desired now than ever before, and may be obtained speedily. Last week the cotton industry voted to write a provision against child labor into its code of ethics, which now is under consideration by the Roosevelt administration as the first major industry to receive governmental regulation under the recovery act. This sets a precedent. With the sentiment of the country strongly backing the plan to remove children from industrial bondage, other codes of necessity must embody the same provision. Thus child labor laws, defeated twice by adverse rulings of the supreme court and apparently lost in constitutional amendment form, loom as the major benefit of the depression. The four years of economic adversity will be worth while, indeed, if they succeed in freeing children of virtual enslavement. REFORESTATION INSURANCE This reforestation idea has its risks. Just think of the poison ivy pensions future generations may be called upon to pay. THE BILLBOARD CURSE Orange county, with the most beautiful orchard country in the world and homes that certainly are a major factor in bringing Easterners here to live, gradually is building a wall around our most attractive districts. This wall is made of billboards. Everywhere you look a blatant sign yells "Smack 'Em Down Hot Dogs, 500 feet," "Knock 'Em Dead Shirts," or other equally inane and often misleading statements. Out for a ride, the average person does not want to study the architecture of cat and dog hospital signs, nor does he get a kick out of misspelled food placards. There is such a thing as riding for pleasure, or enjoying the scenery when on a business trip from one town to another. But commercial interests of our communities have entered a "dog eat dog" battle to shout the loudest, with the result that instead of making the county and community more attractive for the customer, that very customer is driven away by unsightly signs. Garden Grove has taken the lead in the county in battling promiscuous erection of billboards. The little community on our southwest deserves plenty of credit for taking the initiative. Anaheim and the rest of Orange county would do well to follow suit and free this district from the billboard curse. PLAY THEM TWICE One good way to punish congressmen for their sins would be to compel them to sit and listen to phonographic records of their own speeches. OUR EARS Every time we are forced to listen to a radio announcer we cannot forget that our ears are ours. Just when we have settled down to a delightful rendition and let our mind wander off on a pleasant journey with auditory fiction the tune is broken off without rhyme or reason. Out blasts an unknown voice to impress us with Hokum brothers' pilldrops. What those pilldrops won't do isn't worth telling, according to this blatant voice. If we delighted in advertising fiction as we delight in good music our sense of betrayal still would remain. We know that the pilldrops are only good for one thing—to relieve us of our money. But to be thus falsely induced to listen to a delightful tune and then have it stopped in the middle to take advantage of our attention for the purpose of ramming down an unwanted message is too much. Like most of our acquaintances, we shut off the radio, disgusted. Some day, and we hope it will not be long, we will socialize radio. We pass laws to put mufflers on automobiles; most noisy If we delighted in advertising fiction as we delight in good music our sense of betrayal still would remain. We know that the pilldrops are only good for one thing—to relieve us of our money. But to be thus falsely induced to listen to a delightful tune and then have it stopped in the middle to take advantage of our attention for the purpose of ramming down an unwanted message is too much. Like most of our acquaintances, we shut off the radio, disgusted. Some day, and we hope it will not be long, we will socialize radio. We pass laws to put mufflers on automobiles; most noisy nuisances are ruled out of the community. Yet we allow an otherwise excellent instrument to almost run us out of our own homes. We would like to remind radio broadcasters that our ears are our own. We have a sense of decency, are not fooled easily with exaggerated advertising claims, and prefer to be without a radio than to have every program and our own evenings spoiled by out-of-place announcements. JUST SO WE DON'T SMELL IT It is said the return of beer has helped the demand for cheese. In other words, the cheese market is getting stronger. STANDING UP FOR OUR RIGHTS According to some newspaper comment, in the absence of the President on his sea vacation, and in the departure of Professor Moley for Great Britain the acting President was to be the well known financier Bareny Baruch. Whether this is true or not the report makes the recent public remarks of Mr. Baruch of greater interest. In a recent interview Baruch was quoted as saying he believed the President would "play a waiting game" on the war debts. He added: "It is a well-known fact that I believe the debts should be paid. Every debt we forgive to other nations lifts a burden from their distressed business and adds it to ours, doubling our handicap." The Financier was equally positive in discussing stabilization of the dollar, remarking: "It is time we ended this twiddle twaddle by other nations who went off the gold standard before we did and now criticize us for taking the same course. The United States gets blamed for everything. It is time we asserted our rights." If these remarks represent the views of Mr. Baruch on international matters then Mr. Baruch can no longer, at least, be regarded as of internationalist tendencies. Not long ago he issued a statement in which he called attention to the fact that it would be a little difficult to raise the standard of living in the United States by increasing wages and shortening working hours, and at the same time lower our tariffs so that the cheap products of European nations could flood the country—products from nations which care nothing about working conditions and high standards of living. Ever since the end of the World War, when the United States refused to be a party to the Versailles treaty. Uncle Sam has been blamed for everything wrong that has happened in the world. We can all agree with Mr. Baruch that it is about time we ended this "twiddle twaddle." The way to end it is to stand up for our JUST LIKE TWO AND TWO MAKE FOUR As a natural consequence, cheap money, that is when money is plentiful, causes prices of commodities to advance. That is caused by people buying much of the things they need. But wages do not increase correspondingly. Here is a concrete example of where supply and demand comes in. Were there a good, healthy demand for commodities the supply would naturally play an important part. In that event wages would advance. The raise in prices of commodities, anticipating a flood of inflated currency, is artificial. The prices may not hold up. Should they later drop materially, owing to an unsettled condition of the country, things would be worse off than they were before prices began to climb up. At the present see how many employees of the cities, counties and states have had their pay envelopes reduced, and increased prices for necessities would be their loss. EVERY CLOUD HAS SILVER LINING The farm relief bill will help the farmer who has not accumulated too much mortgage. The government it is said will loan him about 80 per cent of the value of his holdings. He signs up for bonds bearing 4 per cent, on a long time; it is said, 20 years. The man who holds his mortgage gets bonds, bearing 3¼ per cent, as near as can be learned, and he in turn cancels the mortgage. That gives the farmer time to get his house in order and pay off the mortgage. LEANING ON THE BREEZE Said one of the colored boys: When dis heah building began to quake mah knees just seemed that dey did not want to circumambulate and for a while Ise just were a fixture to dat floor, but presently Ise began to realize de importance of leaving dese parts so Ise says, feet do your stuff and I sure did leave these premises for parts out in the wide open spaces where mah health was moah secure. GETTING ALONG AS GOOD AS COULD BE EXPECTED Hidalgo—What for the love of Lulu do they mean when they say things are in a chaotic condition? Horatio—You know, buddy, it looks like you are getting into the high brow class, but yet again when a fellow's dog gets sick sometimes he cuts off a piece of his tail at a time, instead of all of it, believing the dawg will get well. And yet again when a country gets out of plumb they advance so many ideas for recovery that it would take a Philadelphia lawyer to unravel the mystery. And sometimes if they would just let things alone, and let nature take its course, mebbe everything a statement in which he called attention to the fact that it would be a little difficult to raise the standard of living in the United States by increasing wages and shortening working hours, and at the same time lower our tariffs so that the cheap products of European nations could flood the country—products from nations which care nothing about working conditions and high standards of living. Ever since the end of the World War, when the United States refused to be a party to the Versailles treaty. Uncle Sam has been blamed for everything wrong that has happened in the world. We can all agree with Mr. Baruch that it is about time we ended this "twiddle twaddle." The way to end it is to stand up for our own rights, refuse to be cajoled or hoodwinked into doing things for the benefit of Europe at the expense of the United States, and to develop a policy for taking care of America first. Such a policy will be good not only for ourselves but in the long run for the rest of the world, too. If the London conference does no more than scatter the fog of illusions which the internationalists in our own country have been helping to raise during the past dozen years, it will be worth its cost. THEY'RE IN A FOG, ANYWAY The rule against smoking at the London conference has been rescinded, and the boys now enjoy their pipes and cigarettes while working. The change probably was made on the theory that nothing could make the fog any thicker. SAVES THREE WAYS The federal department of agriculture market news service has been discontinued at a saving of $1,300,000 to the taxpayers, elimination of a lot of “free matter” in the postal department with consequent savings of thousands of hours of labor, and a new freedom for newspaper editors who spent about one week out of the year dumping out-of-date statistics in the waste basket. A lot of other government bulletins which glorify peanut politicians can be abandoned with a tremendous saving of wear and tear on editors and postal carriers, and at a real saving to Uncle Sam. IT IS RECIPROCAL Former Mayor Walker says he would rather become a gentleman farmer in England than return to politics in New York. Probably New York feels the same way about it. Horatio—You know, buddy, it looks like you are getting into the high brow class, but yet again when a fellow's dog gets sick sometimes he cuts off a piece of his tail at a time, instead of all of it, believing the dawg will get well. And yet again when a country gets out of plumb they advance so many ideas for recovery that it would take a Philadelphia lawyer to unravel the mystery. And sometimes if they would just let things alone, and let nature take its course, mebbe everything would come out OK, sort of, you know, psychologically. Eh? What!! TRY IT OUT, AND FEEL FOR YOURSELF Mabel—Tell me, what is the meaning of psychology? Gladys—Why, sister, how did you run into that word! That has to do with your conscience, your thoughts. If you are depressed and feel as though the world is coming to an end, quite naturally you believe you are down and out. Now, look on the other side of the picture. Imagine you are a millionaire and rolling in wealth, you will then step out lightly in the wide open spaces, hear the birds sing an dyou will feel as though you have the world by the tail with a down hill pull. MOULDERS OF PUBLIC OPINION Out in Nebraska a country editor there awhile back printed no news in his paper. He filled up the sheet with advertisements and sent the paper to the subscribers. They all let out a yell and wanted to know about it. The editor sat back in his swivel chair and said the merchants used the "throw sheets" to print their ads. So he would try it also. And the subscribers saw the point. The editor knows his onions, corncobs and whatnots. The next week he printed the paper with the news. He won. Out Texas way a country editor, when he finds a subscriber away back in his payments he just ups and prints a personal about the guy and puts his name in small type and prints it upside down. That editor knows his potatoes, eggs and cider and he won, too. THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON The man of the hour in Washington is Bernard M. Baruch. Sitting at a desk in the State Department without any title or official position, while President Roosevelt was away on his vacation. Secretary of State Hull in London and Assistant Secretary Moley who joined Mr. Hull, Mr. Baruch has been receiving mail addressed to "The Acting President," the "Next Secretary of State" and even "The Big Boss." The explanation is that Mr. Baruch has greater influence with this Administration than any other man who appears in public. That statement does not detract from the influence of Col. Edward M. House, who never appears in public, and whose influence with the present President is probably as great as it was with the last Democratic Chief Executive, Woodrow Wilson. But Col. House and Mr. Baruch understand each other, and nobody detracts for a minute from Mr. Baruch's ability or his sincere devotion to the public interest. Baruch, Unusual Type Mr. Baruch was Chairman of President Wilson's War Industries Board. After the war he helped finance and work out the first of the programs for farm relief which laid the foundation for the present Agriculture Administration Act. He is that unusual type, a man of large affairs who has made millions by his own unaided ability as a trader, who prefers public service to anything else but does not want public office. His advice is valued because he knows business and finance down to the ground and because he has the confidence of leaders in almost every walk of life. Personally, Mr. Baruch is tall, handsome, white-haired and urbane. He is forceful but always tactful, a man of genuine culture and high integrity, and the President relies upon him for advice to an extent which has hardly been realized so far. For example, George N. Peek, who is the supreme administrator of the TODAY AND TOMORROW By Frank Parker Stockbridge AGE FORGET IT One of my country neighbors is a lady of 83. Last year she lost one eye and was otherwise banged up in an automobile accident. She's getting around again, but not quite as spry as she was. Her doctor thought maybe she'd better have her teeth out. She's still got all the teeth she ever had, and an X-ray examination showed there was nothing wrong with them. "I've discovered what's the matter with me," she told her doctor the other day, "I laid awake last night thinking about it, and I've come to the conclusion that I'm beginning to grow old." Refusal to recognize the passing years is what keeps some folk young at 80 past; turning one's thought on the past instead of the future make some old at forty. CROPS IN FRANCE I saw in a Paris dispatch the other day that the French government has fixed 115 francs per quintal, or about $2 a bushel as the minimum price for this year's wheat crop. France has long been far ahead of the rest of the world in regulating production, to insure agricultural prosperity. There are a lot of things about the French people, especially French politicians, that I don't like. But I have to admire their unchanging devotion to the economic interests of their own people, regardless of what the rest of the world may try to get them to do. BRAIN LITTLE USED If you set down the figure 1 and then spend a few weeks putting down fifteen million ciphers after it you will have a number that would fill about thirty books of ordinary novel size. There is no name for a number of that magnitude. It goes beyond all human imagination. Yet that is, approximately, the number of "telephone lines" which connect the individual brain cells with each other. Science now regards each cell as an electric battery, connected with all the others and the rest of the body by nerve filaments which transmit impressions and sensations much like a telephone system. There are perhaps fifteen billion cells in the average brain, arranged in orderly patterns. The power of the mind depends upon the number of these cells that are utilized. Most of us use only a tiny fraction of our brains. Probably the ablest minds that ever functioned did not realize a tenth of their possible capacities. Men's minds grow by use, by the effort to think more and more clearly about new and unfamiliar things. Most of us are just too lazy to do our own thinking. DETERMINATION WINS I wish the English language had anything else but does not want public office. His advice is valued because he knows business and finance down to the ground and because he has the confidence of leaders in almost every walk of life. Personally, Mr. Baruch is tall, handsome, white-haired and urbane. He is forceful but always tactful, a man of genuine culture and high integrity, and the President relies upon him for advice to an extent which has hardly been realized so far. For example, George N. Peek, who is the supreme administrator of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, is known as Mr. Baruch's man. Mr. Peek was a plow manufacturer in Illinois, and Mr. Baruch got to know him and to admire his administrative qualities when he was actively studying the farm situation. General Hugh Johnson, Administrator of the Industrial Recovery Act, is also Mr. Baruch's personal nominee. He was associated with Mr. Peek in the agricultural implement business. Thus, indirectly, Mr. Baruch is sponsor for the two men who will have to operate the two most far-reaching projects of the New Deal, and it is to be expected that his advice will dominate. Some New Deal Surprises Washington is only just beginning to get acquainted with the men who have come in to operate the New Deal. Some have proved surprises. Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce, is one of those. Mr. Roper has been so active in politics and the practice of law that nobody had any idea of his administrative capacity. As the head of the largest of all the Government departments, however, he is showing so much "horse sense" that he is being spoken of as the balance-wheel of the Administration. He is one of the most influential men in the Cabinet, and more and more work is being dumped on his shoulders. Mr. Woodin, Secretary of the Treasury, is personally beloved by everyone who comes in contact with him, from the President down. It is an open secret, however, that he will not remain long in his position. The strain is beginning to tell on him; he is 67 years old. His successor may or may not be Lewis Douglas, Director of the Budget. Mr. Douglas is amply qualified, but there is strong opposition to him developing among the more radical elements of the party. Mrs. Wilson, who uses her maiden name of Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor is coming to be regarded as perhaps the best judge of men and motives in the whole cabinet. Unlike Mr. Roper, who is able to delegate details, she wants to do everything herself, which may prove too much of a job. Eastman and Railroads Mr. Eastman, the Federal Coordinator of Railroads, former head of the Interstate Commerce Commission, is no longer regarded as a "dangerous radical." but has the confidence and respect TO FEEL FOR SELF It is the meaning of how did you run it has to do with thoughts. If you feel as though the end, quite nature down and out, or side of the picture a millionaire you will then step inside open spaces, on dyou will feel the world by the wall. PUBLIC OPINION A country editorainted no news in up the sheet with sent the paper to all let out a yell about it. The swivel chair and caused the "throwads." So he would subscriber saw knows his onions. The next week he with the news away a country subscriber away he just ups and about the guy and type and prints editor knows his order and he won. CLOTHES - get verdict A young lawyer of my acquaintance came back from a trip to California with forty-five suits of new clothes and the same number of new shirts, neckties and other male adornments. He is a smart young lawyer but had always been careless about his clothes. His friends asked what had happened to him in California. He had gone out there to try a lawsuit against a big oil company. It was doubtful case that the head of his law firm had refused to touch. The young man took it on a contingent fee; one-quarter of what he recovered for his client. He was confident that he could make any jury or reasonable men see his side of it. But when he got to California he learned that women customarily sit on juries. "I didn't know a thing about feminine psychology," he said, "so I asked an experienced trial lawyer out there what Mrs. Wilson, who uses her malden name of Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor is coming to be regarded as perhaps the best judge of men and motives in the whole cabinet. Unlike Mr. Roper, who is able to delegate details, she wants to do everything herself, which may prove too much of a job. Eastman and Railroads Mr. Eastman, the Federal Coordinator of Railroads, former head of the Interstate Commerce Commission, is no longer regarded as a "dangerous radical," but has the confidence and respect of railroad people. He believes, although he does not personally desire it, that Government ownership of railroads is inevitable at some future time, and he is skilfully preparing the minds of railroad people to the acceptance of that idea. The one man in high places who thinks solely in terms of party politics is Postmaster General Farley. His fellow Cabinet members try to resist his efforts to displace competent people merely because they are Republicans, to replace them with persons whose chief known qualification is that they are Democrats. They do not always succeed. Patronage Days The distribution of Government jobs is just beginning. As long as the President wanted things from Congress quickly he withheld patronage. Now those members who "played ball" with him will be able to nominate their constituents for public office, and there will be plenty of them. The new deal calls for a larger army of Federal employees in the field than has ever been seen; more than enough, probably, to make up for all the dismissals in Washington. to do. He advised me to make myself the best-dressed man in the courtroom. I didn't know anything about fashionable dress, so I put myself in the hands of the principal men's furnishing house. They fitted me out with a complete new outfit for every day of the trial." "What else did you bring back besides the clothes?" I asked him. "Ninety thousand dollars," he replied: "I won the suit and got $360,000 damages for my client."