Vag.bond Editorials

(Continued from Page 6) in a variety of ways. Today they are all on relief. No longer do their distant relatives, their part time jobs, or the corners where they shook their cups, have to help support them. And THIS class of relief is here for good. There is no way to put them back where they came from. They must be clothed, housed, and fed until they die. The chief problem with this class is to confine it to the present generation, and not have it swell from decade to decade. For the other glass of relief dependents, we must find work, put them on payrolls, and-regardless of how artificial their employment rnay seem-they must go to earning their living.In this way the question of who will work if they can, and who won't work ever again if they can help it, will soon be settled.

"No man shall go n"";r,: o,l. pr"ria"nt has wetl said. True. But if we can make an intelligent job of separating the sheep from the goats, whatever percentage there may be who can work but won't work, can be given a very apt choice regarding working and eating.

At present we are ,"orJr, utrUt"* into a situation. never before heard of, with one portion of our population enjoy_ ing prosperity and happiness, and another large portion living entirely on charity. And, that is what Mr. Roose_ velt seeks to prevent.

Many highly irrt"ttig"rrl ,rl"".u""r"re that every hation naturally develops a pauper class after it reaches a cer_ tain age and stage. I don't believe in any such necessity. But we HAVE a huge number of people now living on relief, and it is unquestionably the big problem of this country this year. Mr. Roosevelt's determination to face it right now shows his courage and determination to be in no whit abated.

Mr. Roosevelt did one thing in 1934 that I greatly de_ plored, and in light of recent events continue to regret; he recognized Russia. No matter of public economic policy should have induced us to place the badge of national de_ cency on the Soviet Government. It will take more than the recognition of this or any other country or group of countries to make a civilized government out of Sltin ana his horde of blood-thirsty barbarians. r would like to see the United States government announce that it had made an error, and call its representatives back from Russia.

The "purge" Russia needs is a destruction of the satyrs of Sovietism.

A federal judge in Kansas City decides that the Government has no right to fix prices on any sort of business, interstate or intrastate. .'The National Industrial Recovery Act," says this judge, ,'only expressly authorizes the President to approve codes of fair competition. price fixing under the code destroys fair competition." Again he says: "Fair competition must still be competition. The adjective does not destroy the noun. Competition is the effort of two or more parties, acting independently, to secure the custom of a third party by the ofier of the most favorable terms. To prohibit one or two who are dealing in the sEune commodity to offer that commodity at a lower price than the other offers is not to effect fair competition, but is to destroy competition in its very essence."

Of one thing r tu"t the time the depression is over and gone, all these innumerable court cases will be finally decided; and I have no doubt but that practically all the emergency recovery measures will be declared un_ constitutional and illegal. By that time they won't be in use any more, anyway, and it Won't ma'ke any difference. Practically all the recovery measures affecting business in_ vade property rights and contract rights that the constitution was created to guarantee. I really don't think anyone at Washington or anywhere else really believes that these measures are legal. They will drop off from misuse as business improves, and by the time the courts throw them out they will be already out. So why worry?

Geo. H. Nicholson \fith Consofidated Lumber Co.

George H. Nicholson has joined the sales department of the Consolidated Lumber Co. of Los Angeles and is repre_ senting them in the Los Angeles territory. He tvas lor_ merly connected with the Los Angeles office of the pacific Manufacturing Co.

Fresno Exceeds Goal

A total of 3804 jobs involving expenditure of $2,603,6g0 have been pledged by Fresno property owners in the Fresno Better Housing Campaign, exceeding the goal of $2,500,000 set at the start of the drive.