THE MICHIGAN DAILY Opinions Vary On Roosevelt's Silver Order Leaders Of Western Bloc Express 'Gratification' Over Action Wall Street Diverse Presidential Order Is Seen As Cause of New Market Inflation WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. - (A)- The government's silver coup rang all the bells in the economic carillon today and each answered everything from joy to bewilderment. President Roosevelt's order taking possession of silver at a price of 50.01 cents an ounce brought forth such varying reactions as these: 1. Leaders of the "silver bloc" ex- pressed gratification. Senator Thomas (Dem., Okla.), predicted an interna- tional scramble for silver that would force a world conference to draft a uniform world currency for exchange purposes. He foresaw a "new era of prosperity." 2. Stock and commodity markets sensed inflation. Stocks rose $1 to more than $3 Thursday. The dollar dropped. Wheat, corn'and cotton rose. Bonds sold off. Does Not Mean Inflation 3. Many observers said that, aside from its possible implications, the announcement did not mean infla- tion. Treasury officials pointed out that silver certificates - for the pres- ent at least - would be issued only against the actual cost of the metal to the government, 50.01 cents an - ounce. The amount of new currency turned out thus would be relatively small. But estimates of the amount ranged from $25,000,000 to $100,000,- 000. 4. That feelings were mixed in Wall Street' was indicated by one promi- nent banker who called the "national- ization" move merely a concession to the "silver crowd" of "no great im- portance." 5. Around the famous silver lodes of the west, there was hope that silver might go up to its old-time price of $1.29. Senator Key Pittman hailed the order as a "process that will hasten the complete absorption of the silver surplus in the world." Reaction Is Puzzlement 6. The first reaction in London's financial center was puzzlement. This was shared by the average American man in the street, to whom details of monetary theories are largely Greek. He was speedily assured, though, that he could keep his silver watch and, pocket money and that the gov- ernment had no intention of buying his wife's spoons. 7. Secretary Morgenthau, keeping his own counsel, said merely: "We are going forward with our program; of rehabilitation of silver." The cap-1 ital awaited the return today of Pres- ident Roosevelt, to see if he would dis- close future steps in the program. Seizing the silver by the right of eminent domain, the government says that all the metal, except coined and industrial must be turned into the treasury within 90 days. The price is about half a cent higher than the figure quoted in the New York market Thursday. Laid Down By Congress f It is a move in the policy, laid down by the last Congress, which says the government shall purchase1 silver until it reaches a ratio of 1 to 3 with gold in the currency backing. Last year the government took overl gold. Senator Thomas' prediction of a world conference brought no com- ment from the administration. It isc known, however, that PresidentI Roosevelt has hoped for an interna- tional understanding on gold andc silver.v Senator Thomas, abandoning av speaking tour in which he plannedt to demand further currency inflation,a said the "aspects and possibilities"e of the nationalization move "are al- most unbelievable." , He predicted a conference woulda provide a uniform monetary policy,l set up an international bank ofb settlements and create a world na-A tionalization to work on the worldg price. Thomas said the government'st taking over all domestic stocks would teeitar rom the ratio of one to three with gold. Two Acts In The Farcical Comedy Entitled The Battle Of New Orleans' ~~ When urtisH Grndsaf 2 - c 3~ J F a I ss{5. ated )rss1ht2 -Associate Prs-ht year-old Mempihis salesman, scoffed --Associ-AssoreiatedotPre. Scattered on the ground here are court orders from the civil district at troopers supporting Senator Huey -soitdPe court of New Orleans, as they were left by deputy sheriffs who failed Long's cause in New Orleans by call- Denuded of her sails, T. 0. 1W. Sopwith's British chailengi in attempts to serve the orders on Adjutant General Raymond Fleming, ing them "tin soldiers," he did not deavour" is shown lying idle off Newport, R. IL, after her arrlv commander of troops brought to New Orleans by Senator Huey P. Long reckon with 'the iron heel of military England. Inset shows the yacht's skipper, George Williams. T -in his battle with Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley. The orders directed authority. He was jailed and fined deavour seeks to wrest the America's; cup fromn a defender y( Fleming to disband the troops and cited him for contempt of court. ~ 1sU 1i -n In bp ;hi.nl *h: ". n "mprl h: *h is.;1":d , ^ Liquor Group To Tell Public What 'Stuff Is Alcohol Administration To Promulgate New Set Of Orders WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.- (P)- The federal alcohol control adminis- tration promulgated a new set of orders today designed to require dis- tillers to tell the customers what is in the stuff. The orders, a revised code of label- ing requirements and standards of identity are issued with hopes that they will serve as models for state liquor control agencies, bringing the federal and state regulations into ac- cord. For the labels, the FACA now de- mands: The brand name and the class and type of distilled spirits; name and address of distiller, rectifier or im- porter or bottler if bottled by other than producer; the alcoholic content by proof, except for such specialties as ready mixed highballs, fizzles, cor- dials and liqueurs; the quantity or net contents; a statement regarding any excessive coloring or flavoring ma- terial. Under the standards of identity, the FACA defines the newly-coined term "neutral whisky" in this fashion: "The distillate taken from the still at proofs between 160 and 190 de- grees and the higher proofs as taken from the still are expected to be commonly used for blending with straight whisky . . . The higher ranges of proof around 190 degrees neutral whisky becomes substantially the same as neutral spirits derived from grain and is not materially im- proved by aging." Neutral spirits, the FACA says, "are practically pure alcohol." "But," the administration adds, concerning neutral spirits, "when used as a blending material with straight whisky they are required to be de- rived solely from grain, i.e., must be pure grain alcohol." The internal revenue bureau, after announcing that it had decided to authorize the use of wood alcohol as a denaturant in denatured alcohol, Thursday decided to postpone indefi- nitely the application of the order. s Photo er, "En- val from The En,- 6t to be apiV" 11G1G i1G i. f ilG11111U 4110 UsLi. S. aaiLAAI[:lif iiI Lair, intuijusummi racm uugiii.i in iniepLQ2'I ner jJ. G.O.P.Oratory Is Problem To Party Leaders Look Far And Wide For 'Stumpers' But Without Finding 'Takers' By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. - The si- lence which hung so heavy over the making up of the republican national campaign speakers' list was not hard to explain. The brisk Mr. Fletcher, new party organization head, picked a bad time to attempt the job if he wanted quick action. Too many party 'war-horses of the legislative lot were on vacation. About the only definite news on the point in mid-summer was negative. Borah would not be a party cam- paigner; neither would young Gerald Nye of North Dakota. Who will fill the role they might have had of re- calling straying western brethren to the G.O.P. fold after their '32 frolic to the "new deal" piping of a demo- cratic Roosevelt does not yet appear. It certainly will not be any eastern tenderfoot. If Fletcher ever had any such idea, the celebrated incident of the geographical deadline drawn by western party liberals against former Senator George Moses of New Hamp- shire would have given him pause. That was after Moses' "sons of the wild jackass" remark. Son Reveals 'Slips' In Rules Of Famous 'Potato Hill Sage' ' ire ". tfl..* AA4W ell I IM *(Qt>UO Jt.BRXASlb OCI ICrILUV1 j i, AMARILLO, Tex., Aug. 10. -- (P) - The Spartan philosophy which Ed Howe, "sage of Potato Hill," has preached through nev/spaper and magazine columns for half a century is seen by his son, Gene Howe, Ama- rillo publisher, as reflecting only one side of the philosopher's nature. "My father is sincere in his phi- losophy, all right," says the son, "but at the same time he is 100 per cent human and 1,000 per cent father. "He started out to bring me up in his own profession - the newspaper business as a Spartan would his son. He did his best to save me from myself. But he weakened terribly many times, as most fathers do." The human, fatherly side of the man who wrote "The Story of a Coun- try Town" came out as Gene Howe related incidents from his boyhood in Atchison, Kas. $500 Duck Bonus "When school was out each spring, even when I was in the grades," Howe recalled, "father would start me set- ting type the very next day. He would work me 10 hours a day, six days a week, lecturing me all the while on making something out of myself. But before the summer was over he would relent and send me on a fishing trip to Minnesota, Wiscon- sin or Colorado. "I had a wild desire to hunt ducks and geese, and overdid the thing. One day father talked to me about it.. He. said he had observed that most per- sons who hunted all the time didn't amount to much, but since I liked it so well he would make me a sport- ing proposition. He then offered me $500 to give up hunting for five years, and I accepted.. "About two weeks later a big storm came sweeping in from the north, bringing a big flight of ducks with it. The Missouri river and nearby lakes were covered with them. I spent a miserable day pacing up and down our main street looking for news. Late in the day, when my spirits were low- est, father called me into his office. The Spartan Relents "'Have you seen all those ducks flying down the river?" he asked me. I told 'him I had. "'Would you like to go hunting?' he continued. I told him I certainly would. "'All right,' he said. 'Take three or four days off and go on down the river.' "My suffering was so apparent he could not endure it. "When I was 16 he told me bluntly that I must make my own way, and not depend on him for anything else. "But when I was 25 he gave me controlling interest in the Atchison Globe. So in spite of his determina- tion to see that I made by own way during his lifetime, his heart was larger than his head, and he made the mistake of so many others. He did his best to ruin me." In his newspaper work the elder Howe, now 81, adhered to his strict theories. "Father believed in publishing all the news," Gene said, "even when his own family was involved. I once went with a group of other Atchison boys to a neighboring town where there was a saloon. The Globe the next day told of the party, concluding with: 'The drunkest of all was the son of the publisher of this newspaper.' "As a father he still calls me on1 the carpet, but he has always been considerate. If he called me on long distance telephone this moment and told me to hop, I'd hop." Horses 'n' Mules Stage Comeback As .Farm Help' DODGE CITY, Kas., Aug. 10. - (A') Consigned to virtual obscurity a few years ago by the increasing popularity of farm machinery, horses and mules are resuming a place of importance on the rolling farms of southwestern Kansas. A recent survey disclosed more horses and mules on wheat farms than five years ago, when the mere mention of such animals brought quips from farmer and business man alike. An indication of the returning ten- dency toward work animals on farms is seen in the horse sales now held weekly at, Dodge City, Protection, Ashland, Bucklin 'and Garden City, at which good animals find ready takers. Most farmers are adding one or two brood mares and a span of mules to their farm equipment. Dodge City implement dealers, how- ever, were quick to assert this trend did not mean a slump in power{ farming. G 09 P. Issues 1 Challenge To Administration Fletcher Urges Return To 'Comnion Sense' A n d Conistitution SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Aug. 10. --(A') -Common sense and the Constitu- tion, twin standards unfurled at the Republican state convention, are the banners flown by the party today in its campaign to rebuild broken lines. The National chairman, Henry P. Fletcher, raised the standards in a challenge to the Roosevelt adminis- tration: "The Republican party demands that the substitutes which the ad- ministration is now offering for sound; economical government policies be abandoned, and there be a return to common sense and constitutional gov- ernment." Fletcher left little of the admin- istration's program untouched in his thorough criticism Thursday, and although 108-degree heat baked the state fair coliseum, 10,000 delegates and spectators responded' enthusias- tically. The national chairman, calling for a verdict from the voters on the New Deal Nov. 6, said: "American liberty should not be sold, even to one's gov- ernment. "If the Blue Eagle can be made to bring industry to heel, why not have a black crow symbol of scarcity and crop reduction for agriculture?" . He said "there is no difference between New Deal philosophy and the philosophy of the Soviet government," and that planned economy will not produce the kind of men and women who have made the nation a great one. For many Illinois Republicans, it was the opening of their first cam- paign against a party in, power; for Illinois placed no Democrats in the governor's chair from 1916 until 1932. They took full advantage of their position to criticize the administra- tion and its policies, both in speeches and in a state platform. Planks criticized the state NRA bill which enacted codes and provisions of the federal NRA measure into state laws, and flayed Democratic policies of agricultural aid and emergency re- lief administration. GLEN COVE, L. I., Aug. 10-(P)-- Mrs. Frances T. Pennoyer, daughter of J. P. Morgan, can entertain in one city and put her six children to bed in another - without leaving her house. Her home here, Round Bush, stands on the dividing line of Glen Cove and Locust Valley. Part is in the incor- porated village of Matinecock, while the other part is within the city lim- its of Glen Cove. Going Into Next Room Same As Leaving Town "Off The Air" One other negative bit about re- publican '34 stump personalities was that Fletcher himself was going off the air after his Springfield, Ill., ad- dress. That, he seems ot have con- fided to political scribes, was his last personal oratorical effort of the cam- paign. Why this should be so he did not say. Yet it did not cause much sur- prise. When the Pennsylvania diplo-' mat was picked for his chairmanship job it was not expected he would carry the speech-making hod in the campaign. Diplomacy - and fund raising - not oratory, is his specialty. Diplomacy marked his first mission connected with organizing the party verbal artillery for the battle. He went and talked with Borah, a veri- table outside howitzer used with dev- astating effect in certain previous campaigns. Borah, it proved, was planning his independent anti-monopoly'campaign against NRA and its ways which he later launched. He was not availa- ble for republican party draft. Yet, Mr. Fletcher professed ,to have gleaned from the, conference a dis- tinct impression that Borah would doJ the party anti-"new deal" cause more good than harm, however, apc where- ever he operated.. Busy Investigating Senator Nye is another matter. With Borah, he had much to. do with. senate firing at NRA and creation of the astonishing Darrow board of. criticism out of which thb "new deal"" opposition got so much glee. He has a session record of aloofness from the "new deal" which night make him useful in the west. Be he has other plans, plans- that may prove disturb- ng. Nye is busy pressing his investiga- ion of war propaganda by munitions makers toward the publicity stage. 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