Vagabond Editorials

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One of the big news agencies at Washington whose daily reports are printed throughout the land, said that when the new tax-the-rich law first appeared, one Democratic whip looked it over and said-"It's crazy." Another Democratic leader read it and said worse than that. Two hours later both of them were on the foor of the llouse stoutly advocating it. They had heard the Voice.

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The new tax-the-rich law acted queerly during the first few days of its life. The boys in Congress who run the errands to and from the White House came fying out of the mansion one day with a new tax-the-rich scheme in their hands, their hair flying and their feet spurning the road in the effort to make speed, crying-"RusH IT !" Then the public roared. What? Pass so momentous a law without even time for thought or debate? Then the President said he never said "RUSH IT!" He wanted.-to know who said he said "RUSH IT !" Then the errand boys who had been hollering "RUSH IT !" and running over one another to get it rushed, they just looked at one another-and said nothing. Maybe here and there an eyebrow twitched-but tfiat was all. First they said he said "RUSH IT !" Then he said he never said "RUSH IT !" After that they didn't say that he DID say "RUSH IT !" They just didn't say. Just where they got the idea that he said "RUSH IT !" - - - they havennt said that either. But it's taking its time'now'

The other day in this column I urged the mill folks to stick to the code wage scale. Maybe I was wrong. I don't know. I heard of a Southern sawrnill that recently cut the wage scale. They also went back to running six days a week. So what? The average weekly pay envelope at that mill is now $2.00 higher than under the code. The gross weekly income and buying power of that little sawmill town is more than $1,000 a week more than it was. The mill makes its lumber cheaper, thus improving the economic situation (business viewpoint, you understand, not college professor). And, who gets hurt? The men work more, get more much-needed money, and their families will be much better off. Figure it for yourseJf.

Today we witness the commencement of the spending of nearly five billions of dollars, ostensibly to restore prosperity. The money will be spent in a year. According to executive decree it shall put 3,500,000 men to work. 1. I * * *

,Query: A f{w years hence, when we are paying "through the nose" for this ponderous load of additional debt, shall we have the sitisfaction of pointing un all sides to enduring and useful an jvalue-creating things, and saying-"We got that, at least, for all that rnoney?"

Or has Gen&ral Hugh Johnson spoken truth again as he remar$ed,i4,leaving Washington for New York (where he is head of the relief work) that the new campaign to restore prosperity is another "leaf raking" undertaking.

National Door Mfgs. Agsn. Appointr Paul E. Kendall Secretary-Manager

The National Door Manufacturers Association, with headquarters in Chicago, has appointed Paul'E. Kendall of Kansas City, Missouri, Secretary-Manager. Mr. Kendall has been Director for Missouri of the Federal Housing Administration since the opening of that Administra;tion's office in each State, August 15, 1934. He has resigned his position with the Federal Housing Administratibn and will assum'e his new duties in Chicago a'bout July 1$.

The National Door Manufacturers Associa$on is composed of a group of thirty or more stock mdnufacturers of wood window and door frames, sash and doors and cabinet work. It has been in existence for ma.ny years and its chief purpose is the trade promotion of wood frames, windows, doors and cabinet work. It condu'cts .research work in the interest of increasing the acceptabifity and sale of these wood products.

The officers of the Association are: Presiden(, Earl Kenyon, Manager of the Sash and Door Department of the Long-Bell Lumber Sales Corporation of Kairsas City, Missouri; Vice-President, Howard J. Rowland of the R. McMillen Company, Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Treasurer, A. F. Baal, Carr Ryder and Adams Company, Dubuque, Iowa.

RETURNS FROM -EUROPEAN TRIP

James Wisnom, president of the Wisnom Lum'ber Co., San Mateo, Calif., has returned from a three months' European trip where he visited England, Denmark, Sweden and his old home at Belfast, Ireland. I{is cousins, John and Robert Wisnom, accompanied him on the trip.