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“HE IS RISEN!"
Life. earth's greatest gift to the
human'race, has taken on a bright
er hue within the past few weeks.
for the season of Spring has re
turned and with it a deeper evi
dence of this gift, and its meaning
to mankind. Again the green gets
back into the trees, the flowers put
forth their bloom the song of God’s
feathered songsters is heard in all
the land. It is the season of resur
rection.
Who is there to stand among men,
amid all this evidence of life, and
of a new-born life, and doubt the
promise of He who said in the ages
past “I will give ye a new heaven
and a new earth?" Who can un
watch the unfolding of his natural
blessings to mankind as Easter, the
day of resurrection approaches, and
question mankind's nativity, his
way of salvation or his ultimate
fate? Surely if all other proof fail
ed of a divinity that shapes our
ends, the Easter season would be
sufficient.
Deep down in your heart as the
anniversary morn approaches there
must be an inspiration of the new
life on all sides, the new beauties,
the new desire to sing aloud the
praise of One who alone knows the
plan along which the old world
moves. Who alone has compass
over all living, breathing within it.
And again, as this old world
comes to shout the gladdest mes
sage that ever fell from human lips
—“He is risen!” surely there is not
one citizen of Kennewick but who
finds Joy and gladness and hope and
faith in its meaning to mankind
It is the Eastertide—the day of
new lite, new inspiration. Take new
hope, therefore. all ye children of
an all-high God, and let not your
heart forget the story of it, for
it is the story or me Semitic: a:
the World. -
YOUR FUTURE AT STAKE
It doesn’t make dramatic head
line news-but the “war” over Fed.
eral tax policies that is now going
on in Washington, is of great and
direct importance to every person in
this country—whether he be clerk
or capitalist.
-The undistributed profits tax is a
case in point. It is reported that the
Mary Department wants this
tax retained. at least in “princi
ple," in spite of the fact that it
has been denounced as a depress
ion-breeder by scores of economists,
and is credited by leading business
In. and publicists with having
been a major factor in bringing on
and maintaining the current busi
ness collapse. The Senate Finance
Committee has voted to eliminate
this tax .in the interest of recovery.
This committee has a wealth of
sound, dispassionate evidence on its
side—but. unfortunately, that does
at necessarily count in politics.
The only thing that can sway the
ultimate decision is the public’s at
titude. A wise, informed people who
let it be known that they have had
enough political manhandling of
their jobs and savings, win see its
wishes into law. A lethargic, unin
terested, ignorant people will get
what it deserves—which is simply
more political horseplay, more
crackpot theory, and more de
pression. Don’t make any mistake
—-your future is at stake today.
THE -'I'VA SCANDAL DEVELOPS
Ii Congress has any regard for its
duty to the public, it will carry on
a full, impartial and exhaustive in
vestigation of the TVA—and do it
quickly. The discharge“ of TVA’s
chairman has made a bad matter
worse, and has answered none of the
immensely important questions that
have been raised concerning TVA
acts and policies.
The TVA situation is a grave
scandal. TVA directors have been
making charges and counter
charges. The TVA board has been
hopelessly split by differences of
opinion, >. and by personal enmity
and bitterness. Observers claim that
TVA has pursued extremely high
pressure policies in trying to force
individuals in its area to buy power
appliances: that it is shot through
with waste and inefficiency, and
that it so camouflages its reports
that no one. can tell what is going
on. And this is the Authority
that is costing the taxpayers hun
dreds of millions— and that was
supposed to make a heaven on earth
out of the Southeast.
Anyone can imagine what would
have happened had a private power
company gotten itself into this kind
of a mess. Congressmen would have
beaten their breasts in righteous
anger; a resolution for an investi
gation would have been rushed thru
in record time, and the politicians
would have had a field day. In the
TVA case, most effort seems to be
given to trying to “quiet things
down.” and passing the buck.
Well, the TVA row won't quiet
down. Too much has been aueged
—there have been too many con
flicting charges. If the TVA is
wasteful and corrupt, the public is
entitled to know it. If it has been
well managed and efficient, that
should be proven.
The American people want a. fair
and honest investigation of the
TVA—and they want it now.
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
The Administration's government
al reorganization bill has produced
the biggest and most important di
vergence of public and congressional
opinion since the Supreme Court re
organization plan. As in the for
mer case, differences over the cur
rent bill have disrupted party lines,
and made it impossible for the floor
leaders to enforce so-called “party
discipline." And the leaders of the
fight against the reorganization
measure have been largely the same
Democrats who led the previous bat
tle, with Senator Wheeler of Mon
tana, the spearhead of senatorial
opposition.
What lies behind the aggressive,
almost passionate opposition to a
plan which. in theory, would give
the Executive authority to reorgan
ize our multitudinous Federal bur
eaus on more economical and effic
ient lines? It isn’t a political oppo
sition—the Republicans, because of
their numbers, make up but a small
part of it, and the. greater part con
sists of Democrats who know that
their defection from the party
line can only lead them into trouble
in such important matters as pa
tronage and White House favors. It
it purely an opposition of principle,
and it is a curious and compelling
fact that the bulk of those who are
fighting the present proposal are
the first to admit the burning nec
essity for an overhaul of our pond
erous bureaucracy. Everyone knows
that there are too many bureaus;
that there is a tremendous amount
of duplication of effort; that some
of the bureaus are not adequately
supervised; that some have long
outlived their need and should be
abolished. The opponents of the
presidential-sponsored plan simply
think that this is the wrong way to
reach a desirable end—and that
even if the law led to greater effic
iency of government, which they
doubt, its dangers would still far
outweigh its benefits. ’
The viewpoint of the opposition
has been summed up by Dorothy
Thompson, who lists four major rea
sons why she thinks this bill should
not pass. Other opponents bring
forward other reasons, but these
four are fairly typical:
1. The bill provides that the pres
ent Civil Service Board (bi-parti
san under the existing laW) be su
perseded by a single adininistrator,
to be appointed by the President for
a 15-year term.
2. The bill eliminates the “Watch
dog of the Treasury,” the Comp
troller-General, and transfers his
duties to the budget office, manned
by Presidential appoinntees.
3. The bill provides that no de
cision of the President made under
the act can be overridden by Con
gress without a two-thirds vote. ‘
4. The bill gives the President
100 percent control over the quasi
legislative .agencies, such as the
TVA, which are now responsible to
congress as well as the White House.
In other words, the opposition to
the bill is based on the undeniable
fact that it gives the Executive
greater authority over the machin
ery of the government—its bureaus,
its personnel and it finances—than
was ever known. in peace-time in
this country. Worst of all, they feel,
is the chance the bill would give any
President to extend the patronage
system on an unprecedented scale,
at the expense of the merit system.
So far as the bill’s experience in
congress is concerned, it at first
seemed that it would pass in prac
tically its original form. But on
April 2, a tremendous hitch struck
Administration plans, when the
House refused, by the relatively
close vote of 191 to 159, to approve a
motion which would have paved the
way to an immediate ending of de
bate. The Administration leaders
almost immediately agreed to a
very important compromise—to re
phrase the bill so that Congress
could veto Presidential reorganiza
tion orders by a simple majority in
stead of a two-thirds vote. This is
far more than a mere statistical
compromise—any President, unless
he be hopelessly unpopular, can
command one more than a third of
the membership of either or both
branches. But, in great issues, a
bare majority vote can be created
against the plans of even a very
popular president—as the vote de
feating the Supreme Court bill
proved.
The outlook now is that the re
organization plan will pass, with
the bare majority plank included.
But neither passage nor defeat of
the bill will write finis to its dra
matic chapter in America history—
it will unquestionably be a major
political issue in the coming No
vember elections, and again in the
general elections of 1940.
WANT ADS
FORD'S FORECASTS
Henry Ford returned to his home
a couple of weeks ago 'from two
months "spent in the south, and with
him he brought the customary
bunch of optimistic forecasts that
every citizen we know of around
Kennewick is always glad to read
about. A
“Nothing that occurred during the
past few weeks,” said Mr. Ford on
his arrival in Detroit, “has occur
red to change my belief that a
prosperous era is ahead of us. It
will come through a greater reali
zation that all wealth comes from
the soil and that there must be a
greater cultivation of the land. Re
ports from abroad have not served
to make me change my convictions
about the futility of wars. Nobody
wins in a war, but the financh in
terests that promote it and make
preparations for it. If a dictator
ship comes here it will be because
the people have been asleep and
deserve it. But there will be a way
to handle or destroy a dictatorship
if it springs up in this country. Im-l
migration quotas need not eause‘
alarm. This nation is big enoughi
to absorb any or all of the quotas
of those people who cannot find
happiness in their own lands.”
Whether you agree fully with
Henry’s opinions or not makes lit
tle difference—you’ve got to admit
there is a lot of good philosophy in
what he says. And especially when
he said. nearing the end of his in
terview: Deprive the world of the
brains of men and women above 50
years of age and everything must
come to a standstill. Neither age
alone nor youth alone can run a
world’s affairs. A cross-section of
both is needed."
AID IN SIGHT
With figures showing that 3,500
lives were lost and $100,000,000 in
property destroyed last year by
fires in the farming sections of the
country, the U. 8. Chamber of Com
merce has stepped forward with
what appears to be the best plan
yet devised for curbing such waste.
The Chamber plans a national rural
fire prevention movement, with a
branch in every town about like
Kennewick. In its effort there will
be enlisted the aid of the Boy
Scouts, the Parent-Teachers’ asso
ciation, farm organizations, the
rural press, etc. A iitle study of
it shows that it has the earmarks of
a worth-while program, and it
should receive the heartiest sup
port of the entire public. With fire
fighting equipment unavailable in
rural areas, the only other recourse
is to preach and practice fire pre
vention. Fire losses. as last year’s
figures reveal, are so great as 'to
demand every possible effort to
curb them.
AMERICA’S SHAW
When an important industry re
ports a labor shortage these days it
is real news. And when, despite
such a condition. relief rolls in that
same section show a steady increase;
there is food for some sober thought.
The N. Y. Dept. of Agriculture re
cently issued a bulletin in which it
said: “Many farmers of New York
state are seriously handicapped.
and were even in the dull winter
season, by a scarcity of labor." The}
reason as set forth is the unwill-l
ingness of city idlers to leave the?
security and assistance given them
by public and private agencies when
they become unemployed in indus
try. They would rather be paid for
loafing in the city than take a Job
for pay on the farm. And this is
the kind of reports that is making
taxpayers around Kennewick sick
and tired of “relief” as it is now
doled out in every section of the
nation. It is reports of this kind
which are certain to hasten a clean
up of the whole mess.
UNSUNGHEhons'ri _ “1
There are heroes to be found in
all walks of life. and every time we
read or hear of their exploits our
faith in the finer quality of hu
‘man nature seems to be bolstered
anew. Down one of the steep moun
tains in western Pennsylvania, a
Maryland driver was guiding his
heavily laden truck. He discovered
that his brakes were not working,
and almost at the same time he saw
two passenger cars approaching. To
avoid the impending collision he
risked his own lite by taking a
chance and turning the big truck
into a side road. It crashed into
the bank, upset, and he lost his
life beneath the wreckage. tinsel!-
ishness is always a mark of true
heroism. This unheralded truck
driver gambled with his own life to
save the lives of others. He lost
the gamble, and the penalty was
death. The great 3001: of Life
cannot record a deed more heroic.
m max (WABK) COURIER-REPORTER
To the Editor—The W. C. 'l'. U.
was organized for the purpose of
carrying on a campaign against the
liquor traffic, alcohol then being the
main point of attack .
It has been several years since we;
had to put up strong argument to
prove that alcohol was a poison in-i
stead of‘a food. That it is a poisoni
most people now are willing to ad
mit. Opium in those earlier days was‘
the one other main poison the W.
c. T. U. opposed the use of. But‘
*these later days cocaine. aspirin, co
coacola. cigarettes, antitoxins, ser
ums and many other narcotic pois
ons and drugs must come in for op
position. If we are to oppose one
poison why not all poisons. each and
all have the same effect. no matter
’how used, of lessening the resisting
powers of the system for throw
'ing off disease. To narrow down on
ijust alcoholics without including all
the other narcotic poisons is incon
}sistent with the original idea of
what we were organized for.
\ The w. ‘c. 'r. U. all over the civil
ized world will hold Frances Willard
Memorial meetings. To be true to
the principles our great leader stood
by and worked so hard for, and the
purpose for which we were organ
ized we must work for. as Miss Wil
lard put it, “total abstinence for the
individual and prohibition for the
state and nation.” If we are true
to our colors as W. C. T. U.'s we will
do our best to keep out any laws,
rulings or regulations to force the
use of narcotics and the knife upon
us, one and all alike with no redress
or chance to exercise our individ
ual rights as good American citi
zens and taxpayers. We owe it to
ourselves as citizens in the inter
est of our home making, in the
larger sense of the words. to oppose
any measures that interferes with
that ideal. We earnestly urge the
“White Ribboners" everywhere to
make a supreme effort. as you know
how to do. to let the local and state
officials know where we stand. What
will you do for constructive meth
ods rather than destructive? “Do
your bit" or later accept the im
proved conditions after some one
else has made more than their share
of effort for these things.
CARRIE M. LAMPSON. I
Pear Ralph: ‘
I cannot resist the impulse to
send you this clipping from the
Tulsa World. The “Cross Roads
Scribe" has evidently been reading
your paper. Down here where re
publicans are very scarce. the lead
ing paper published in Coal County
is The Courier. a republican paper.
The democrat paper has an ignor
ant, narrow-minded editor that even
the democrats can't swallow so they
take the other paper. However, I
feel this is a coincidence. Two pa
pers with same name, same political
complexion, nearly 3000 miles apart
and both leading papers in their
respective counties.
Now something about the argu
ment between you and Mr. Krack.
I agree with,you in regard to early
potato out-look. Back here we
have had ample rainfall and the
potato growers are worried over the
price prospects.
Too long Western growers have
been encouraged by associations to
plunge into heavy plantings on “a
hunch." I will give you some prices
that producers are getting at pres
ent time: eggs, 11c; cream No. 1,
25¢; heavy poultry, lie to 12c; corn
50c bu.; potatoes. $1.35 per 100 lb.
GOODBYE, JOE, ,
I’ll. SEE YOU AT
CIRCLE MEETING ‘
TONIGHT!
A leader in his community—suc
cessfuLapoblghnrd-workingnnd
likable—he is proudly a mem
ber of the Neighbors of Wood
craft, whose hundreds of Circles
include outstanding men and wo
men from: every walk of life in
each locality.No wonder the Cir
desareavitalgforceineadtoom.
munity . . . noiyonder the regular
meetings are such hap occa
sions, eagerlyiawaited Evy every
member. . . wonder that the
minds of the eighhors are free
from worry, in the protec
tion of low insurance on
standard legal reserve contracts.
Neighbors-o! Woodcraft
welcomo forward-look
ing men and women who
wish. through member
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Communicated
Call [or Action
We figure the farm Income has
fallen 33% percent compared with
ayearago. 7 _
I could give you some interesting
information on what the l". 8. A. is
doingintheSouththatissui-eto
have some effect on the farmers of
the Northwest and especially the
Yakima Valley.
With ever good wishes.
DALE SMITH.
‘ Parker, Oklahoma.
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TEN YEARS AGO—I92B
Over 500 people watched the four
teen entrants shoot in the Courier-
Reporter archery contest in the city
park. Gerald Campbell took first
place, Joe Batch second and Bill
Sher-k third.
Bill Green rolled over the side of
a grade in his car to avoid hitting
Elmer Olson and his car. Bill es
caped with no serious injuries.
The Kennewick young men suc
cassfully passing the physical exam
inations to attend citizens military
training camp at Ft. George Wright
the following summer were: Art
Carpenter, Jim Beste, Karl Reese.
Herbert Crawford. Ross Hill. Ger
ald Campbell. Joe Siegfried. El
mer Faulds and Cecil Boyer.
Bob Simmeiink. Henry Smith. A.
A. Edwards, Paul Richmond and
Harry Clodfelter had each bought a
Crowfoot to summer fallow with.
An air jubilee was being com
memorated in Pasco on April 14
with an aerial circus and night fly
ing. This was being given in honor
of the second birthday of mail ser
vice. .
The Kennewick baseball team
won over the Richland team to the
tune of 16to8andweretoplaythe
Finley Sand Rats the following Sun
day. The star players seemed to be
Bill Smith, Glenn Higley. Martin
Hudnall. Joe and John Alexander;
There were 133 Kennewick grade
and high school pupils on the honor
roll with the junior class of the high
school leading with the largest
number of students rating above 90
percent. .
Do you want to
The Standard Ford V-8. with 60-horse
power engine, gives youaLotof car fior
a littl_e money.
300,000 new owners acclaimed the
“thrifty 60” last. year. Hundreds a day
are buying it in 1938. Why?
Because it is priced low—includes
essential equipment without extra
charge—and goes further between
filling cations than any Ford car ‘
“Thrifty Sixty” FORD V 8
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, Local Ford V-8 Dealers
“Next to Good Value Comes Good Service”
PHONE 691. KENNEWICE
TWENTY YEARS AGO—IOIB
Eleven men from Benton coun
tyweretogototheU.B.army
training camps in the first move
ment of the second draft, April 26.
Someottheoeonthelisttobeoall
ed were Albeit smith. Kennewick:
Sydney Relton. Richland: Paul G.
Richmond. Kiona; Ralph H. Brem
mer. Kennewick.
The Kennewick Business girls
were planning a Red Cross bene
fit dance at the K. of P. hall the
next Wednesday.
Charles and Frank Bentley took
a half holiday and arranged for the
third Liberty bonds.
The Boy Scouts were sponsoring
the bringing of the movie 'l‘om Saw
yer to the local theatre as well as
to give a short program of their
own.
Adaughtcrwasbomtour. and
Mrs. H. J. LiebelonApril 9.
Emilßehrmanhadretumedfi-om
Spokane where he enlisted in the
naval reserve and was here awaiting
order-storeport.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brown had
donated some choice dahlla bulbs
to the Red Cross.
Mrs. H. D. Clodtelter had for her
house guests, Mrs. Albert Morgan
and two sons of West Salem. Illi
nois. Mr. Morgan was here for
home time trying to and a place to
locate.
Mr. and Mn. Angus Doyle of Ho
ver motored to Kennewick to vlslt
friends after which they were co
in: to Montana. where they were to
make their home.
THIRTY YEARS AGO—lm
The Royal Neighbors of America,
the women’s auxiliary of the Mod
ern Woodmen was organized the
Friday night preview with a mem
bership of 32. out of which num
her24weoechartermemhera and
spinedbytranafer.
Thehasehaugameplayedbetween
theKennewickteamandthehich
schoolteamnnfltedinthei’ormer
winningbytheacouotlstoo.ouy
and out: Story were the twirierl
forthehighachoolteun.
Mr. and Mrs. Kit Gifford of El
mer. lowa wene ascent arrivals in
Kennewick and Mr. Gifford was the
new deputy poeunuter succeeding
Norris McDonald.
ever built. Owners all over the calm “
report averages of 22 to 27 milestll. »'
' single gallon of gasoline.
But economy isn't all the story by W
means. The Standard “60" i. bunzwifi ‘
the same pmision as the De Luxe “5:.
and has the same lIZ-inch whee”
chassis. It is easy to look at and rid. h
—u well a: easy to buy and I‘ll
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marketing or the
strawberries from lam _ 5,,
year for the first tune ““9:
portion of the me,
crop was to be handled if.“
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durum; his well to the my”.
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