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~~ THE DALLAS POST Will lend its support and offers the use of its
lumns to all projects which will help this community and the great rural-
rhan territory which it serves to attain the following major improve
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1. Construction of more sidewalks for the protection of pedestrians in
gston township and Dallas.
2. A free library located in the Dallas reaion. ,
8. Better and adequate street lighting in Trucksville, Shavertown, Fern-
‘brook and Dallas. :
‘4. Sanilary sewage disposal system for Dallas.
fon. Closer co-operation b®ween Dallas borough and surrounding town-
ps. 3
6. Consolidated high schools and better co-operation between those that
mow exist. E
7. Adequate water supply for fire protection.
8 The formation of a Back Mountain Club made up of business men and
home owners interested in the development of a community consciousness in
Dallus, Trucksville, Shavertown and Fernbrook. 3
Ly, A modern concrete highway leading from Dallas and connectng the
~ 8ullivdn Trail at Tunkhannock.
1%. The elimination of petty politics from all School Boards in the region
overed by THE DALLAS POST.
~ The Post has spoken at various times of the potential
danger in President Roosevelt's advanced theories and the
probability of a very sudden and tremendous swing back
~ to the timid theories of the Hoover Administration.
country than good to President Roosevelt's opponents, has
BT been evident in a number of widely scat-
‘tered sports in the last several months
and was encouraged by the air mail
ruckus. The Saturday Evening Post,
=e that immemorial shrine: of conservatism,
os already reflected the increasing doubt concerning the
~ probable success of The New Deal.
~The majority of the people in this country are loyal to
resident Roosevelt and his theories, have no doubt of
that. But that majority is not as big and as enthusiastic as
it was six months ago. That was to be expected.
Neither is there any doubt that President Roosevelt
ean hold popular support. The question is, Can he do it
without sacrificing some of the liberal theories which are
the background of much of his work. On the basis of five
important accomplishments of his first year, we believe he
ean.
It is probable that any other President would have re-
opened th ebanks, insured deposits, eased mortgages, and
found some way to reemploy millions. But it is doubtful
that any other President would have pushed through as
promptly the five key. accomplishments which Henry
~ Goddard Leach, editor of The Forum, thinks establish the
right of President Roosevelt to absolute continued
~ support.
First, the defeat of the veterans’ lobby which, since
the Civil War, had been developing into an actopus which
threatened to consume one-half our taxes. It was Roose-
velt who check mates this group.
Second, repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. The
country wanted repeal. It was assumed that a generation
‘would pass before repeal could be effected. Roosevelt was
there to repeal the Amendment. He did it almdst over-
night.
Third, the national condemnation of child labor. Twice
he Supreme Court had declared such laws unconstitution-
ei. Now, because of Roosevelt's hammering, the agitation
to amend the Constitution is spreading from State to State
and President Roosevelt by a stroke of the pen has sus-
pended, during the life of NIRA, the employment of
children.
_ Fourth, the recognition of U. S. S. R. For fifteen years
the entanglements between the two countries had defied
every attempt to bring the two great countries together.
Now commerce and culture are restored between a great
‘eommunist and a great capitalist state.
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‘opposed to armed intervention.
Whatever contemporary American thinks of these
things, whatever it says about bureacracy, graft in the
public and civil works, postponement of the crusade
against crime, or further breakdowns in public education,
posterity will remember Roosevelt for these flve things
and count his first year a glorious success for them.
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~ And here is the best joke of the year— Puget Sound
cities of Washington, deeply in debt for municipally-owned
electric plants, protest against competition of federally-
owned hydro electric plants on the Columbia River, which
threaten cheaper rates. These tax-exempt plants which
have preyed on the helpless investor in highly taxed pri-
ate plants, are now getting a dose of their own medicine
~~ ~petition from tax-exempt publicly-subsidized plants.
> us lor laughing. *
Governor
Says
Every one of Pennsylvania's 12,000
public schools and 2,100,000 public
school children will take part in the
celebration, during the first week in
April, of the one huadreth anniversary
of the birth of free public education in
the Commonwealth.
By 'means of state-wide observance
of this centennial every citizen = of
Pennsylvania should get a new realiza-
tio of thé importance and value of
our public school system. >
We have one of the
school systems in the United States, if
not in the world. .Our standards of
qualifications for teachers “are such
that we have thejbest kind of public
school instruction in the nation. We
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bave some of the finest school build-
ings to be found anywhere—some of
them far too fine—as we found when
we face dthe financial stress and strain
of meeting bond issue payments dur-
ing the depression.
Everyone realizes that our school
system has been facing tremendoug
financial problems in these gpast
months. My recommendation that we
levy a graduated state income tax as a-
'neans of relieving the intolerable tax
burden on real estate need not be ela-
borated here. Nor need I discuss the
necessity of consolidation of the less
efficient school districts with stronger
ones to cut down overhead.
What I want to urge is that, during
this centennial celebration, we turn our
thoughts to the almost insurmountable
difficulties that were faced and con-
quered by those who founded our pub-
lic school system and those who de-
veloped it to its present high point of
efficiency.
From the faith and courage of these
pioneers and leaders in the battle for
free education for all our children, 1
am sure we can draw strength and
confidence to enable us to carry on and
That reaction, which would do more harm to the |
~ Fifth, the new policy for the Western Hemisphere,
meet and overcome every present
day problem.
All too few of us realize what a tre-
mendous, history-making struggle oc-
curred in Pennsylvania to get our free
public school system started. It was
‘mot until 1834—more than -150 years
after William Penn landed at New
Castle—that free public schools for all
were actually established in Pennsyl-
vania with state aid.
Back in 1809 the seeds of free public
instruction had been sown where an
act was passed requiring each county
to provide free education for children
whose parents were unable to pay for
their schooling. But that meant, of
course, that parents had
themselves to be paupers before their
children could attend school at the ex-
pense of the county.
Many parents who were unable to
pay tuition charges refused to call
themselves paupers in order that their
children could go to school free. The
result was that many children got no
the week of April 1 to 8 which has been
This was one of the factors in the
agitation for free public schools
throughout the state. It is recorded
that the Act of 1834 passed with al-
most no opposition. But in the year
that followed serious opposition de-
veloped. Free schools became the lead-
ing issue. Legislature came to the
1835 session prepared.to abolish the
plan. Many were elected on such a
platform. ‘Some of the arguments used
against ‘free schools seem very silly to
us now.
When repeal failed, largely as a re-
sult of the famous speech of Thaddeus
Stevens in the State House of Rep-
resentatives, the way was cleared for
the building up of our present system.
Even after that, however, the system
was repeatedly under attack, especial-
ly during depression periods.
But by 1873, when the present Con-
stitution was adopted, all question as
to the state's duty to provide free edu-
cation for her children was removed.
The Constitution provided:
“The General Assembly shall provide
for the maintenance and support of a
thorough and efficient system of public
schools, wherein all the children of the
Commonwealth above the age of six
may be educated ...”
Every citizen owes it to himself and
to his children to get better acquainted
with our public school system during
the week of April 1 to, which has been
set aside as Pennsylvania Education
Week.
Let us take time then to find out for
ourselves just what our schools are
doing to guarantee to our children
their neritage of a free public educa-
tion, and to develop them into useful,
intelligent citizens.
C. W. A. To Be Continued
It is apparent from dispatches out of
‘Washington that the administration
intends to carry on the CWA under a
new name to a large extent in afford-
ing relief for the unemployed. Dis-
patches last week said that projects
left uncompleted when CWA is ended
within a few weeks will be continued
under the new relief program. The new
community hall that is under consider-
ation by the firemen here is not likely
to get underway by the CWA. but this
announcement makes it clear that. it
will be. carried through.
But there will be one radical differ-
ence between the new CWA or what-
ever name it may be and the old sys-
tem. Under the old system the purpose
was to create jobs irrespective of who
first launched unemployed organiza-
tions made protests to officials until a
statement was made at Harrisburg
which showed that need was no quali-
fication of CWA jobs. But under the
new program only those who are in
need are to get work. And that is as it
should be.
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finest public
to declare®George H. Stevenson, president of the
was employed. When the program was |
“parn it! Another ball lost.” a ee
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Interest Rate On
Loans Cut To 5%
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Pennsylvania Farmer Benefit |
By Lowering Of Federal
Discount
The interest rate on short-term y
loans to farmers of Pennsylvania by
the production credit accociations has
been reduced from 6 per cent to 5%
per cent per year, due to the recent
lowering of the discount rates of the
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
Baltimore from 3 per cent to 2% per
| cent per year, and thereby affecting a
{saving of thousands of dollars to those
farmers who are obtaining loans from
these associations for this Spring's
farming operations, according to a
statement 'made Monday (March 19) by
Production Credit Corporation of Bal-
timore, the corporation that is super-
vising the operations of the associa-
tions in the Baltimore district,
“I am especially pleased at this re-
duction,” Mr. Stevenson said, “because
of the benefits farmers derive from it,
and also because of the advantageous
position in which it places the associa- |
tions in their efforts to lend tarmers |
short-termed mone yat the lowest pos-
sible cost.” [
The Baltimore bank has been able to
cut its interest rate charges to the as-
sociations because it has not had to!
pay as much for its money, Mr. |
Stevenson explained. “The Federal In-
{termediate Credit Bank,” he said, “ob-
tains its lending funds from the sale
of farm debentures to the investing
public. In its latest sale of these de-
bentures it paid 1% of 1 percent less for
its lending funds than formerly, so that
it now can discount or cash farmers’
notes for production credit associa- :
tions at 2% per cent per year instead
of its former 3 per cent.”
Mr. Stevenson pointed out that, in
addition to the savings effected by this
decrease in interest charges, farmers
borrowing from the production credit
associations also are able to pay for
their Spring farm operation expenses
on a cash basis, thus obtaining the |
benefit of the reduced prices that pre-
vail for those who do their buying on
a cash basis.
“The difference between the interest
charges of the Federal Intermediate
Credit Bank and the interest charges
jof the production credit associations,”
| Mr. Stevenson said, “is the life of the
associations. The Bank charges the
associations, under the new rates, 2%
per cent per year, and the associations
in turn charge the farmer-borrowers
5% per cent. The diffeence ‘is 3 per
cent. And this 3 per cent goes to the
associations as their operating in-
come.”
Production credit association loans
may be used for practically any normal
seasonal farm operation and usually
extend over a period of from three to
twelve months, although loans for
livestock purposes ordinarily are ex-
tended for a period of 18 moaths
Each loan is handled individually,
according to its own merits, and when-
ever possible it is so arranged that the
loan will not mature until after. the
borrower has had ample time to real-
ize financial returns on his borrowed
investments.
Applications for production credit
association loans are being handled by
the secretary-treasurers, directors and |
officials of the associations. County
agricultural agents are able to supply
interested farmers with additional in-
tormation and direct them to the pro-
per authorities.
A
Arrests Increase
Arrests by State Highway Patrolmen
increased nearly 40 per cent. in Jan-
vary, During the month patrolmen
mace 3058 arrests as compared with
2191 in January last year.
Collects $39,373
The Department of State collected
and paid over to the State Treasurer
$39,373 during the past month,
NETL
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ITTLEAMERICA,ANTARCTICA,
March 6: (via Mackay Radio)
Of course, we are all explorers on
this Expedition. But I’ve done some
personal exploring recently that
gave me a big kick. I have explored
Little America! Perhaps my bump
of inquisitiveness is bigger than
that of the other fellows because
I am not yet over the thrill of
studying the details of this tiny vil-
lage and a lot of huts under the
snow and ice for four years, which
was hastily abandoned in the rush
‘to get aboard the home-going
steamer on February 19, 1930
Admiral Byrd's previr 8 Expedi-
. tion c¢//ared out of
here in less than
a day and every-
where there is ev-
idence of their
hasty departure.
In the huts and
mess hall we
found articles of
clothing = thrown
about. Many of
| the things in the
William Bowlin men’s lockers had
| Relief Pilot been emptied onto
the floor. The little shelves all over
the place still held razors and vari-
‘ous other toilet articles. In one hut
1 found a half finished letter on a
desk Most miraculous of all, to me,
was the finding of the old food
cache with a great supply of food
stuffs cooking utensils, sugar, salt,
pepper and a thousand other things,
all in perfect condition ®o that
they can be added to our present
supplies.
| In Little America we have more
than a mile of tunnels buried deep
under snow and ice. In planning
this strange village, Admiral Byrd
placed the buildings 200 yards
apart for two good reasons. For
many days at a time during the
terrific Antarctic winter, it 18 im-
possibie for anybody to get out-
doors at all. Under such efreum
stances, without exercise, the mus
cles get flabby and the mind be-
comes dull and quarreisome. There-
fore in adopting these long tunnels
Admiral Byrd was providing his
men with vital fire protection and
with much needed exercise. It has
worked out perfectly. Up to- now,
however, on this Expedition, exer
cise has been our middle name. We
shall be working our heads off for
a number of weeks yet.
We tound some of the tunnels
had caved in. We are gradually ex-
cavating these, repairing them and
salvaging the material we find in
them. It took us four days to lo-
cate the old gasoline and oil tun-
nel which, lined with drums of gas-
oline and cans of ofl, leads to the
main supply of these materials. We
found it finally with all its supplies
and pumps in good condition and
88 big orange colored drums of gas-
oline, lubricating oil and kerosene.
AMER],
UTTLE AMERICA Jr ANTARCTICA
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~ Exploring Little America!
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You know, not only our fuel and
oil containers are painted this pe-
culiar reddish-orange color, but al:
most everything else we have, iny
cluding our buildings, our tents.
our trail flags and everything else.
There is a scientific reason for this.
In this South Polar region, the visi
bility is most deceiving. A small
pile of snow looks like a mountain
and depressions and mounds are
not seen until you stumble overs
them. With the entire panorams
one monotonous white scene, hows
ever, a brilliant color is visible ®&
long way off. The finest signal ex< \ Zt]
perts in the country were consulte | =f
ed by the company which supplied
the gasoline and oil for this and
Admiral Byrd’s previous expedition.
Through a long series of tests, they
found that a slightly red orange is
the most visible color at a distance.
In order to break this color into
sharp relief special stencils were ;
prepared which read “Byrd Ant- 4
arctic Expedition.” y le
When we first arrived here a few
weeks ago we found the telephone
system and the electric lights still
working through the energy still re-
maining in the storage batteries,
even after a four year rest. This
was used up quickly however, and
since then we have expended 500
gallons of gasoline and kerosene in ; i
our pressure lanterns, torches and ‘ {
other lighting paraphernalia be- {
cause our electric generator plant
is not yet operating. 1
I'll never forget my first visit 3 ALS
to the mess shack and bunk
house. On the table was a half-fin-
ished meal with a big roast beef =
frozen solid, with a fork sticking in pe”
it. The cook said it was still good i
to eat. Maybe so, but | hope he 5
doesn’t try to prove it on me. From
the old food cache he dragged out ”~ x is,
some whale’s meat, bacon and seal £ y
meat and cooked up a stew which \
George Noville and some of the oth-
er fellows swore on their word of
honor was delictous. I was sorry I
coufd not agree with them. Over
almost every bunk was a 1929 cal
endar with all the days crossed
out. | was with Finn Ronne, when
he found the bunk of his father,
Martin Ronne, who came here with
Amundsen in 1911 and was with ; . |
Byrd in 1929, when he was 68 years )
old. He died in 1933. Over the bunk j
the old Norwegian had printed in |
peneil the name of his son, Finn i
Ronne, who 18 now occupying it.
Have you joined the club yet and i
received your membership card and 5
working map of the South Polar ;
regions? If not, send a self-address-
ed stamped envelope (plainly ad-
dressed) to C. A. Abele, Jr., Presi-
dent, Little America Aviation and
Exploration Club, Hotel Lexington, —
48th St, and Lexington Avenue,
New York, N. Y., and join one of
the fastest growing organizations ir
the world at no cost whatever.
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