EDITORIAL WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND FRANKLIN WALTER LIPPMANN THE HAMILTON JOURNAL Established December 20, 1SS6. THE HAMILTON DAILY NEWS Established December 22. 1S79, CnrmolldMril less. Published levers' evening, except Sunday, tit a nullillin, Journal Squaro anO Court Street by a i i HOMBIl'GAUD, rroslrtetu mid Publisher O. HOI.nKPEH.
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SUBSCrtlPTiON A a i by carrier, by the week, 1 So by Hie 75c; the yeai-, 19.00. In tjy lha week ISc; by tho inontli 50c; by ttiu i i a by tlio year $500. Outside Hullpr County--by innll. by Ihc u-cck, ISc; by tho month, 50c; hy tho $1.50: (ho yonr, WEDNESDAY" DKCKMBEie 30, 193B January will bring Christmas bills but Iliere is one ray of hope for Dad, January also has five-count 'fm--five pay flays. Uiiicaiiieral Legislature The eyes of Ohio citizens, especially those deeply interested in the betterment of government, will turn towards Nebraska with the coming of tlie New Yenr.
This will be due to the fact that the first UNICAMERAL, LEGISLATURE to be established by any state in this country will meet. Such a legislature consists of but one house, elected from larger districts. Those who advocated such a change in Nebraska have argued that the small one-house legislature will mean for far greater advancement in government. Ohio's experience with the legislature which will pass with the death of the old year has been such that many people would welcome any change. Should the NEBRASKA EXPERIMENT prove successful there is little doubt that other states will follow suit and government, so far as the legislative branch is concerned, will become less complicated and more free from influences which are not always for the best interests of the people.
Licensing The Cuts The Ohio Division of Conservation has been receiving reports from all sections of the state concerning the damage done to small game and bird life by cats. It is the contention of many that cats--tame and semi-tame--are the GREATEST OFFENDERS ngainst and contribute more to the diminishing of the game supply than any other cause. Sentiment has become so strong against the cat that an organized attempt may be made during the coming session of the legislature to have considered a bill to LICENSE GATS. It is believed that such a measure would materially reduce the number of cats not only in the cities but also in the rural districts where the greatest harm to wild life is done. A Job Is Properly The Journal-News agrees with but little of the thought advanced by Frank Kent, well known columnist although occasionally he seems to possess a flash of vision that is timely.
In a recent article Kent declared that, facing condi- tiqns as they now exist in this country, the choice is no longer between being a DEMOCRAT OR A REPUBLICAN, or between being pro-Roosevelt or anti-Roosevelt, but between letting things develop or developing them. Then, adds Mr. Kent: "Xow then, it' cetistrvative holders are not blind and besotted; if they do not want to i epithets sneli us 'bourbon', and a entrenched hurled at Ihem by the politicians, i view things as they are and not us they wnnl to be. "For example, they will ueccpt the filet that stocks, bonds and real estate are not the only forms of properly; vast number people have none ut kind of properly; a they have mid all they have is a job-- i job is property to llteni nnd nrc just as much i to ho protected in it u's Ihe a payer is to protection of his properly. "For the tiu-payiu-f dttss to a any view is to risk a dine wlien no one will a iii-opi'i'ly to 1 Balancing The Budget Well, the budget of the budget balancers is seriously unbalanced.
During the reont presidential campaign there was much talk of an unbalanced budget--it charged a violation of all sound business sense, it meant RECKLESSNESS AND RUIN. Now it has been revealed, at a meeting of the republican national committee, that the party has a rather startling unbalanced budget--something around the million dollar mark. Governor Landon had balanced his budget--why couldn't everybody else? The budget balancers must answer that question for themselves. WE, THE E.0 By a a i Reserve Hoard Unpopular Kcclcs' Position Stated Cites Policy In War "Managed Money" Plaint Taking The, Lend President Roosevelt need not worry as to tile part to be taken by American business men in the movement for re-employment. Such leadership is certain to be maintained throughout the industrial order.
For one thing, business men know that mass PURCHASING POtt'ER is the one factor capable of bringing economic improvement. Then too, these same business men are aware of the fact that public spending, with its inevitable effect upon taxation, can be reduced only when there is no longer any need for huge relief allotments. American business has a vital slake in RECOVERY. It is certain to make any and every move that gives promise of speeding the wheels of industry and putting earned dollars in the pocket of the average citizen. Any other course would be economically suicidal.
And there is nothing to indicate that those at the helm of production and marketing are desirous of wiping thcm- off the face of the earth. Washington, Pec. 30. the a i net of was passed ly cOi.gre.ss, one. of the shrewdest New agents a he- lieservt! Hoard is going to he any good, it's got to be unpopil- ar." This is true.
Is it (rue, however, when Board is unpopular, is proof that its policies arc jfiud't The reecmt erilieistii of Gov- Keek's of the Itcservc Board or raising tho reserve member shows that a loi'm is brewing in the- moat iiu- i iff motlern economics: policy. Kceles' position can be sliifcd prc'lty simply. There- are ahnit -seven billion dollars of "hot money" invested in American securities. Jtecent stock exchange a i i i have been financed with cash--not with a credit, ns before ihc crush --and largely witli cash foreign origin. Since tho a i a gains tax does tot hit street's asinu prevents American specnhll- rs from taking Iheir proi'ils and i i out of Hie inarkel.
In ct- ect, this luis used foreign gambling iiuds to bid up tho value of Amci 1 cnn securities. The present danger lest these large foreign balances liould be i i into bank deposits so become (he basis for a fur- lier i a i of hank credit--giv- us a in reverse action, ni'li a development would repre- ent a double-barreled threat to our conotnic security. In. tho event o' general Kuropcun settlement, (lie unds would ho withdrawn, leading 0 a wave of liquidation of credit ii.s 1 1D30-33. In Hie event of a linopean war, the could lie mobilized" by foreign governments iid nseil to i i tho export ul materials to the IjeUiger- ills, in despite of our a i fuvs.
This is what happened in 014. Therefore, iu raising reserve requirements, Ecclca believes a ho is doing no more was done, after the World War when we "sterilized" the foreign gold--mainlv Russian und German which poured into New York for safe-keeping. The now reserve requirements do 1106 interfere with tho "easy money'' policy, as excess reserves still stand lit the very high figure of while (lie a a i raiso rediscount rates--would peual- all business. DOUBLE- SINKING I THE WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND This i.s strong case for the ccles policy. Tho case njjuinst it is, I'tinda- the whole caso ngainst managed money" and a "planned conomy." Tlio Kccles policy helps flinfuiii existing interest rates at icir a a liigh level.
It nil business by willihold- ig cheaper credit, when the. renl 'cubic lies in (lie stock a and i Iho capital gains tax which rlis- oiiniges Americans from shifting leir from speculation to in- estmcut. It represents part of our i i 1'cnr of abundance and re- ects Ihe open conspiracy ngainst -pitalism which has been the most fcaliii-c of capitalistic conomic.s for tho last seven years. phi.vs tho game of tho investment nikers, in (ho name oC protecting price i a i It is not a mntler ot excess reserves i it is of excels i i i i i the brakes before wo have imbed to crest of (lio hilt. This, foo, is a rung argument it is a i an emotional fm-oi- should suggest fo Mr.
Ki'oles i the American majority is mil i his policy of caution. Tlie i a i represents (he first big split in New Deal 1'inks over Honsercll new a i policy. The wing" is dividing between Ilioso who a more i a i juid those u-Jio want fo prevent a major slump--to (he delight of the conservatives. This is a serious stale of affairs because 10 terrible paradox of a accompanied by nijiss- imemploymont is playing "into hands of Ihc inflationists Ihe time a it is driving the conservatives i abandoned radical Ircnc-hos a a money." sides have- changed (heir position. Four years ago, when def a i was a i lht nation, the conservatives were ruggedlv iu a I i i course, while (ho radicals demanded relief through political nclion in tho monetary field.
Today, with i physical basis for a large expansion of i nnd cheaper rales oC interest, it is conservatives who propose lo "mnnage" the monetary i i while Ihe radicals are shouting I a capitalism tdioiild be Say Pope Pius Can Never Recover from Illness Combination of Ailments, Hard To Treat Mussolini Professes Religion Gained Church Support Gallagher Called Because of Coughlin By TJHKW PEARSON tnf Special To The Some, Dec. 30. Those inside the Vatican say privately that the pope never can recover from his present illness. It may drag out i'or months, but he will never be the same. Vatican officials are not saying much about it, but the popff's condition is duo to a combination of afflictions including uremie poison- heart.
The veins have formed blood-clots below his knees, which in a man of less robust constitution might alone prove fatal--especially at his age. Ho.is now 79. At one time an inflammation appeared behind the ponliff's ears which led hie physicians to believe that he bail a slight cerebral hcm- ovrbnge. This, however, has cleared up. Ono i i in treating bis holiness has been his distaste fov medicine.
When first confined to his bed, tho Vatican doctor asked him about some medicine he had prescribed somo weeks before. "Look in that chest," replies his holiness. Ami in Iho chest the physician found all the medicine he had prescribed for the last two years--untouched. Counteracting this is the rigid routine which the pope has followed nil his life and which hns i up a remarkable constitution for a man of his years. All his life Pope Pius has risen at 7.
said mass at 7:30, and breakfasted at eating only coffee, rolls and butter. After a morning occupied with conferences church officials and his regular private and public interviews, he lunched at 1:30 eating very frugally and drinking only one glass of wine. Immediately thereafter he walked in Vatican gardens, usually for nt least an hour, though frequently longer, if the weather was good. Conferences were resumed again in the afternoon at or 4, and continued i nearly when his holiness again worshiped in his private chapel. Members of his household attended.
Dinner was nerved at 0, during which fwo private secretaries went over correspondence with him. Nr one would be allowed lo sit i tim at flic same table. A dinner he read until midnight, at which hour he usually went to bed. Vatican Agreement When the pope passes, he probably will bn known lo history for his rc-es(ablishmenl of friendly relations between the Vatican anil I a i a government. For sixly years--until February 11, 1929-- Ihcy bad been at sword's points.
But on Hint dn.y Pope Pins and MuiMolini signed the contract ro- eslablishing Ihe lemporal power of Ihe pope over the Vatican. Purely from a political viewpoint Ibis was one of the wisest moves Mussolini ever made, For it linctl up behind him the power of Ine entire Catbalic church. And during the Ethiopian War the church we.nt FLASHES OF LIFE Pauls Valley, and Mrs. Emsy Jackson, a negro couple, are puzzling over a nickname fov their daughter born Christmas Day, They already have nicknames i'or their two eons--Tonsy and Minnie. But they can't decide on a shortened form of their infant daugh-- ter's name.
Her full name is Appendicitis. The boys are ToiiBilitis and Meningitis. Knnsae Pnt Conlon and Patrolman Simpson answerer! a "vicious animal" call, to the home of P. K. Colomaii.
They a (skunk bud crawled i a nifttfreeB roll in (he cellar. lngginR up the ends, they carried the-niflttrees to the back yard, emptied their pistols into it. Simpson unplupged one end. Onfc darted tho skunk unharmed--hut fiphtin' mad. Back nt the station Lieut.
Jake down tho line for Mussolini 100 per cent. Had they desired, tlie. priests could have checked patriotic (Slirffc of tho Kalian people. Instead they raised tremendous amounts inoiiey. Mussolini's Beligion Mussolini now makes a great show of being a fervent churchman.
About four years ago ho went to the Vatican and took communion, and put out the idea flint he prays daily. He gave a golden rosiiry to his daughter Edrtn as a wedding present. That, however, is more Mussolini politics. Actually, 11 Dtice is just as much an atheist as ever, and both lio and his father heforc him have unadulterated unbelievers. -As a result of Mussolini's shrewd politics, the church today is throwing: its weight behind tiitn even outside Italy.
Italian fascism is held us a model in comparison Hitler's godless nazism. Even Father John Ryan Washington, one tlio most liberal and esteemed Catholic clerics in the United States, made a speech during the presidential campaign praising fascism. Before his speech was delivered, requests wore made by both Secretary Wallace nnd Secretary lekes to eliminate tho fascist passage, hut while he modified it somewhat, (he a stiuk (o his guns. Father Coughtin Bishop Gallagher of Detroit, champion of FMher Cotighlin, 'is ahiiut ns popular around the Vatican ns Josef Stnlin. When he was summoned over here Inst year to pipe down the radio priest, Bishop Gallagher gave a series of interviews to American newspapermen saying that the Vatican had not even mentioned Father Coughlin's name, and that his mission was in no way concerned with Conghlin.
The interviews, published in (ho United States, were immediately cHblerl' baek to Iho Vatican by one ol- two American cardinals i lo President Roosevelt nnd. hostile to CoujrMin. The Vatican waicd exceeding wroth and made it clear to newspapermen a whole purpose in summoning Bishop Gailagher to Rome hail been to squelch Cough- ilin. Merry-Oo-Rotad Before he reached his present ez- Rahinowilz greeted (ho crestfallen officers a distance: "You stay away. This stalion smells bad enough now." Oklahoma- City--3.
IT. Walker saw two youlhs run from his ga- vago with a mattress. Trailing them, Walker came upon his mattress in a traeh wagon. He climbed into tho driver's seat, shouted "gid- nap." After riding a mile, the horse stopped in front of a house. Inside were two small hoys.
Cald- wcll said Ihc boys admitted taking mattress. Waukcgiin, Sjoblad's change from pedestrian to motorist was only a matter of hours. Soon after he purchased a car it filalled on railroad crossing. S.ioblad nnd throe friends jumped to Mien wtitehcd a speeding train demolish Iho car. altcd pw.il ion, Pope Pius was Achillc Raid', horn of poor folk at Desio, near i a His a was a silk weaver Tho pope was once a great mountuin-climher, having scaled Mount Rosa, 15,000 feet, by a new route whicli was named in his honor The pope is a great believer iu modern science, established a radio filudon inside the Vatican City, also hns his own wireless telephone between the Vatican and his villa nt Cnstcl Gondolfo He replaced the old hcll- ringcrs nt St.
Peter i a modern electric bell-ringing device, has fitted out an ornate papal train, installed new electric elevators in the Vatican, a modern power plant, and even a telephone machine, by which he receives wirelees photos from all avfir the world Prior to 1014 Pope Pius scarcely had been heard of. Ho spent twenty yeans in the obscurity of tho Ambrosinu library nt Milan librarian. Then he became vice prefect of (he Vatican libran', papal legate and nuncio to Poland, cardinal and archbishop of Milan Eight months a ho received tho red Imt of the cardinal, Pope Benedict (lied (1922) nnd Achille i son of the Lombanly weaver, was elected by tho College of Cardinals lo take- his place. CCortJ-rlBhf, 11)36, ITnlfril Future Jm'.) TODAY IN HISTORY 3812--Ship "Patriot," with the a Thendosia. Burr, daughter of the sfatesmnn, on board, sailed from Charleston, S.
C. nnd never hoard of again. 1853--Gndsdcu Purchase completed--United Stales paid Mexico ten million dollars tor land now New Mexico's southern hor- deu on Mexico. 1S54--Certificate of incorporation filed in York incorporating the filwt American oil company. Hie Pennsylvania Mock Oil.
1SCO--Founding, in Philadelphia, bv i a H. Stephens and others of Noble Order of tho Knighls of Labor, for Ihc next two decades tho most powerful labor organization in Iho country. Thcnlro fire in Chicago, which took toll of some 600, moetly women and children. DISASTROUS MONTH The mouth July, 1936, appears destined to be recorded in the coroner's records as the most disastrous mouth 1 in the county's history a standpoint of auto Eighteen persons were killed during the 31-dny period and 23 otU- ers wore eerionsly injured, Fifleen of the deaths resulted from two accidents, which also established a county record. Coroner Cook reported that 38 of tho 52 persons killed so far this year met death dining the warm weather from April 1 to September 30 when highway congestion was at a peak.
Only threo were killed between January I and March 31, and 11 havo been fatally injured since October 1. APPEEOIATION EXPRESSED At tho special meeting of city council Wednesday night, a resolution was passed, complimenting City Manager Russell P. Price- and oilier city i i a for. the beautiful Christmas lights and other decorations installed on streets in the business district. Tlio lighting effects wero more extensive and beau- i this- year than in any previous Ynletidc season.
DO YOU REMEMBER-When J. ITahiij had a meat market at 331 South Monument avenue? DECLAMATION CONTEST The district Prince of Peace Dcc- Inmation contest in which Robert Yatcr, winner in this county will compete, will be hold Sunday, January 10 in the i U. B. church in Cincinnati, Rev. B.
Lamb, executive secretary of (he Ohio Council of Columbus, has announced. Other counties to be represented in the competition will be: Clermont, Ailnnis, Wnrrcn, Highland, Clinton. The winner will receive gold medal and will become eligible to enter the state contest in Columbiu, in which cash prizes and college scholarships i be nwnrdcd. This contest, will ho one ot 18 Here andiTKerel district 'competitions to be held iii the state this year in the annual contest sponsored by the Ohio Council of Churches. One hundred twenty-three boys and girls of high school age who have won silver medals in their respective counties will participate.
These 123 are the "survivors" among 2800 who entered the open- ifLg contests in their local churches throughout the state on Armistice Sunday. INCOME FROM MILK Inasmuch as Butler county 4 hafi become- 0110 of the centers of the dairy industry, with man farmers having turned from the drops usually raised in its fields, to tho production milk, the following from the. Milk Industry Foundation, New York, will be of interest: With a steadily rising income from milk the past four years and indications that the total for 1038 may reach $500,000,000 over depression lows, all indications point to improved conditions in the dairy industry for 1937, according to tho Milk Industry Foundation. Tha consumption of fluid milk is definitely on the upgrade again, tho foundation staled, and as the farmer gets his highest price for milk sold in a bottle, it is evident that the dairy income will continue to increase during the coming year. Tho present phase the.
"cow which means a lessening of milch cows, coupled with definite assurance of larger per capita consumption of milk and milk products, forecasts a better a i a relationship between supply and demand. NO MORE NIGHT COURT Last Monday night's session of Hamilton municipal court marked the. end for night court. Beginning January 4, future Monday court sessions will begin nt 4 o'clock- in tho afternoon. In addition to traffic cases, hearings for persons charged with other offenses, will he held.
193 7 Prospects Viewed Bright War Troubles Cloud Picture JIA.M.OX Sneclm To The Washington, Dee. 30. 'J'WO hazy infiucnsas becloud the 19D7 business picture far more than Ihe new year prophets aro saying in their current predictions. Most Important factor the world political situation. War would upset nil calculations.
While most of the top authorities be- licvo it will bo avoided, the very real possibility of it makes predicting extremely hazardous. Second in importance, is tho threat labor trouble. Tho plate gloss strike has curtailed production sharply in thnt industry. The a i i shipping strike has caused activity nt lumber mills to decline. Strikes are being threatened in auto parls industries and there is a possibility of one in steel before 1037 is over.
If you enncel off these two dangers, tho 1037 outlook fov improvement is belter than any i generation has witnessed on Now Vear's eve. 1936 Will Get A Good Start ONE thing seems certain. The year will get a good start. Development from Washington may be mildly restraining during January (opening congress, new inaugural policies, FRB credit reins, gold buying, Yet nearly everyone agrees the natural economic influences are pressing strongly toward a belter February and March than tho country has experienced in seven to 10 years. What will come thai, nobody knows.
The present movement is built on increasing prices. These naturally mean increasing prospects of profits to business, and therefore inspire ambition, activity and expansion. The general level of wholesale commodily prices has been increasing since the middle of November i Tho rate ot increaso shown in the first three weeks of December was: First week S3 per cent of 1026; second week, (Confirmed on Page 7) NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS By JAMES New York, Dec. 30. A bill will be introduced nt the coming session of congress to confer new rate 'making authority on the federal power commission.
The purpose--somewhat camouflaged-will be lo establish this commission, rather than the Tennessee Valley Authority, ns the ultimate a i of federnl ynrdstick power rales. This would bo the first step towards setting up Iho Power Commission as Iho coordinating and directing agency for all federal power activities. Such measure, if enacted, will clearly foreshadow more conservative government power policy and friendlier relations between the administration and the private utilities in future. II would also cons i a severe setback for David Lilienfhal of TVA and other advocates of public ownership. Will it be a That rests chiefly, if not entirely, on FDR's private wishes.
Outwardly his attitude towards it, at. least in the beginning, will probably ho one of benevolent neutrality--tho familiar (rial balloon technique. Then, depending on public reaction lo Ihe proposal, be might givo backstage orders lo Congressional leaders either lo push it through or kill it. There is little doubt orders would be executed without serious argument. When the i i ncl of 1035 was being drafted, ifs brain trust au- Ihore--Ben Cohen and Tom Corcoran--concentrated on holding companies.
Title It of the operating companies, was added as a earl of afterthought. Tho only reason it was included at all was because of persistent anil effectivti backstage lobbying by the federal power commission, which saw no reason why it should bo left out in the cold while Ihe Securities Exchange Commission feasting on added authority. Senators LaFollott and Norris wero really responsible for carrying Titlo II through congress. They were the "friends at court" -whoso co-operation tho power commission successfully sought. But the commission cannot count on them to support its latest ambitions.
On the contrary, they are pretty sure to be lined np with the opposition. LnFolletto and Norris have bc- coijio suspicious of the power commission. In particular they doubt whether Basil Manley--who has quietly become the commission's nn- nffioial pilot--is true to their Ideate. Bnve Lilienthnl is their pet protege now-- and he hates the power commission's gizzard. Unions which have never before bothered lo send delegates to the Central Trades and Labor Council in New York are doing so now.
This ir, especially true of the "progressive" unions. It's a question of public relations. It may not mako any practical difference In tho outcome of a strike whether tho Trades and Labor council endorses it or not. The body has no real authority. But the public may get the impression tho voice of the council is (ho voice of organized labor.
The maritime unions which are rebelling against the officials of the International Seamen's Union have been active at recent council meetings. They are trying in every way to overcome the impression--which their opponents put over at the beginning of the East Coast walkoul a theirs is an "outlaw" strike. Joseph P. Ryan of the International Longshoremen's association Ibis as his excuse for refusing to allow his memben; to help the striking seamen. Until lately the and Labor council hgg upheld Ryun, but at the last session tho voto was about 50-50 and neit timu the maritime strikers may in Raining the official okay..
