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Omaha World-Herald, June 27, 193fi.—The Philadelphia platform thus describes the issue: “The American people are called upon to choose between a republi can administration that has und would again regiment them in the service of privileged groups, and a democratic administration dedicat ed to the establishment of equal economic opportunity for all our people.” / If that were a fair and accurate statement there would be no pur pose in conducting a campaign. For on election day the verdict of the people would be all but unanimous. It is neither fair nor accurate, however. The choice is not between repub lican administration and n demo cratic administration. It is a choice between two new purties, the one headed by Governor Landon, the other by President Roosevelt. Each new party bears the tradi tional name. But the name is about the only thing that identifies the one as republican, the other as democratic. As u mutter of fact, Governor London's party more nearly represents the principles and Weals of the former democratic party than does President Roose velt’s. And the president’s party has shifted far to the right of the Hamiltonian ideas tha^ were for merly the bedrock of republicanism. The people are not to choose be tween the republican administra tion of Hoover and Mellon, with its “regimentation in the service of privileged groups;” and a demo cratic administration, like Wood row Wilson’s, that Bternly opposed such regimentation. They are to choose, rather, be tween an administration that is moving toward regimentation of the people and of all business and industry under control of the gov ernment, that has sought and still seeks to buttress and give license to monopoly under the NKA plan, and one that would preserve the Jeffersonian ideal of free industry, free enterprise, and a free society. Senator Norris has indicated the issue, far more accurately, in a few words. “Roosevelt is the plat form,” he said. • > That is obviously, trpe. Roose velt is the platform. Roosevelt was the convention. Roosevelt is the party. His rule is absolute. There is place in his party for no other mind, no other will, unless it he in unquestioning obedi ence to his purposes. In his platform, as in all other respects, this is made clear. Under his hand it has been made so broad, so general in its phrasing, as to leave the president free, in the event of his re-election, to inter pret and apply it just as he may choose. He does not propose to be once again embarrassed as he has been by the Chicago platform, which was specific and definite. In the new platform there is mighty little left of the clear declaration of party principles on which he was .elected and which he abandoned. The plank on the constitutional issue is revealing. Mr. Roosevelt will seek to effect his purposes “within the constitution.” If that cannot be done—presumably by changes in the supreme court or by increasing its membership—then “Clarifying amendments” will be presented. Of what nature? Simp, ly whatever may be found “neces sary” to provide “adquate regula tion,” whether by state or federal governments, or both, of com merce, industry, business, wages, working hours and conditions, mon opolies, floods, drouths, and what ever. There is nothing definite. There are no limitations, no re strictions. And since these activities and problems “cannot be adequately handled” by the states, the inescap able conclusion is that they are to be brought, all together, under the control of Washington. There is grave reason, and abundant reasoq, (or believing1 that ■what Mr. Roreveit contemplates is a new NRA, magnified and extend ed, to be made securely all-power- j ful either by a f»|crable supreme court decision or by constitutional Landon’s Is Typical Kansas Family amendment. Government is to take all of us alike in hand. It is to compel us to be good according to its own definition. It is to regu late and control our activities and our lives throughout the economic field. And it is to use the taxing power alike to support an over shadowing bureaucracy and to bring to heel whomever would re sist it. That, anyhow, is how it looks to this newspaper—as if a socialized economic system under a supreme centralized government is in pros pect. And quite candidly we do not like it. If there is to be escape from this threatened reaction from our democracy it must remain for Gov ernor Landon and his new party to point the way. We are hoping it will be done. We think with Sena tor Borah that the vicious evils of monopolies and combinations and trusts preying on the people should be cured and can be cured under our present order of freedom. One reason why it has not been is that the problem has never been consist ently attacked with a resolute de termination. Certainly the present administration has made very little endeavor in that direction. We believe, too, that true liberal ism, in this convention, is that which will stand jealously for the preservation of a free democracy as opposed to socialism or absolut ism or any form of the totalitarian state. Of all the blessings that government can insure, liberty comes first and is priceless. THE NEBRASKA SCENE by Janies R. Lowell Behind the so-ealled “teapot tem pest” that was precipitated late last month when newspapers made front page copy out of the alleged refusal of the federal government to match assistance funds with the state until state and county staffs were adequately manned by trained, social workers, lies an issue that Nebraska cannot evade, according to the experts who have been ob serving social science trends dur ing the past six years. We are entering upon an era of social science, the experts say, as we emerge from the era of me chanical supremacy. Nebraska hasn’t felt the trend as much as the industrial states, but with the pend ing rapid development of electrical power on a large scale and the in flux of manufacturing activity that is certain to follow, social science is bound to gain greatly increased prominence here in the next decade. At the turn of the century social work was a comparatively simple affair in Nebraska. Communities were small enough and civilization’s requirements were simple enough so that neighborliness sufficed to take care of the needy. Pastor and priest were social work’s highest authority. As our economic and social systems became more complex, it became impossible to provide as sistance for the unfortunate mere ly by passing the hat among the neighbors when Mrs. Jones was left a widow with several children to sypport, by the untimely demise of her husband. Social science in the modern sense entered the state via welfare organizations in Omaha and Lin coln. The state and its subdivis ions for some time had been spend ing more and more to' take care of the social misfits and casualties of our social system—the law-break ers, mental defe^ives, indigent aged and orphans. The state did not attempt, how ever, to look out for the fathers who were unfitted to support a family, through lack of training in the trade world or other incapacity; wives who threw their family life upon the rocks through ignorance of training in meal-planning, sew ing and other economies; families made dependent by the illness or desertion of the breadwinner; and, hardest blow of all since 1930, un employment. To cope with these increasing social ills, a new profession ap peared—social service work. The aim of the true social worker is not to provide merely food and rai ment, but to analyze cases, get to the root of the difficulty and, by re moving the cause of dependency, restore the individual or family to a self-sustaining and useful place in society. Food and shelter are used as the doctor prescribes medi cine—as a means unto an end, rather than the end itself. Nevertheless, the average Ne braskan does not have much use for “social work.” Two reasons have been paramount in causing this at titude, perhaps—dislike of big city ways and the city “slickers” (social science naturally originated in the big cities), and the recent emerg ency program of the federal gov ernment where in it was necessary to throw u relief organization to gether hastily and to thrust un trained and unqualified persons in to the position of social worker. In cidentally, there have been many fine social workers engaged in the administration of federal relief in this state. When the state assistance board was created last year, most of the employees of the administrative of fice were average Nebraskan and, hence, opposed to “social work.” While Director Irl Tolen has strived hard to meet federal re quirements, some of his chief aides have been working just as hard to discredit social work. Social workers say that social science is bound to come into its own in Nebraska for the same rea sons that road building was turned over the the engineers—economy and efficiency. The recent blasts of several county boards and For mer Congressman Edgar Howard of Columbus against social workers are the result of misinformation, they say. Meanwhile, Mr. Tolen declares that there is nothing alarming about the apparent withholding of fourth quarter federal funds for Nebraska’s social security pro gram. The difficulties encountered so far have originated in the laws passed by the 1935 legislature, and Mr. Tolen is of the opinion that these rough spots will be ironed out to the satisfaction of both Nebras ka and the federal government when the next legislature convenes, Mr. Tolen also states that fed eral government requirements dc not necessitate counties replacing their pension staffs with trained social workers, although he has re placed several of his employee? with helpers more experienced ir the social service field. What the federal authorities did want rnd what fhey ha. -e now ob tained Is that the stay* assistance committee be required to have qualified field auditors, and to have a qualified case-work supervisor tc co-ordinate the work of the field auditors and the staff administer ing aid to the aged, to the blind, to dependent children and children and child welfare services, to pre vent duplication, according to E. F. Witte, reginal director for the fed eral social security board. Old age beneficiaries in Nebraska now receive an average monthly pension of $14.80 or about $3 less than the average two months ago. The decline is due not so much to lack of funds as to the fact that a large number of the old folks re cently approved as pensioners have some income on the side, thus re ducing the amount of their state federal persions. There are now nearly 20,000 per sons receiving old age pensions, and from indications the 25,000 mark will be reached before the year is past. The Nebraska stage is being set for a vigorous and colorful politi cal stumping campaign in both the major parties, although the pros pects for farm-labor and socialist fireworks are not so promising. Senator Norris has promised to be a speaker at the Pawnee county fair October 1 and he will attempt to boost the candidacy of President Roosevelt. Senator Vandenberg of Michigan is pretty certain to make a few talks in the state in an effort to counteract the Norris speech or speeches, and the Michigan solon also throw in a few good words for Bob Simmons, republican nominee for U. S3, senator. Simmons is still rated as the best bet in the sena torial race by political prognosti cators, providing Norris accepts the petitions now being filled for his entrance into the race. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will make a speech in Lincoln this fall al though her subject will not be po litical in nature. Republican leaders say Governor Landon of Kansas will visit the Cornhusker state for a speech or two. Congressman John E. Rankin of Mississippi, majority floor lead er in the lower house; Senator Bur ton K. Wheeler of Montana; and Senator Homer T. Bone of Wash ington, are likely speakers in this state. Terry Carpenter, democratic J nominee for senator, returned to Nebraska with empty hands after having visited Philadelphia and Washington for the avowed pur pose of securing the support of the national democratic organization which is pledged to senator Norris. Carpenter says he will not give up the fight, and that he is assured of Townsend-plan support. The Scottsbluif man said Dr. Townsend told him he would make three or four talks in Nebraska this fall. Carpenter supported the “princi ples” of the Townsend plan in his primary election campaign. He will open his campaign with a speech at Wymore July 4, and at that time has promised to make public his platform. It is not expected that the new Union Party, headed by William Lemke of North Dakota for presi dent, will gain a place on the No vember election in Nebraska. To do so it would be necessary to hold a state convention, duly advertised j beforehand, as to place and time, j and secure the signatures of 750 persons in attendance at the meet ing on a membership roll of the or ganization. Nebraska’s proposed Farmer-la bor party will not back the new Lemke-Coughlin party, according to D. R. Burleigh, secretary of the committee on arrangements for the farmer-labor convention at Lin coln. This group intends to con centrate its influence on state and congressional tickets. It is rather expected that the so cialists attempt to regain their standing in the state by go ing through the same legal routine that placed their candidates on the ballot in 1932. A “socialist-labor” party was al so intending to put candidates on the November ballot, but has been discouraged by the law which re quires at least 750 signers. This party has nothing in common with the Norman Thomas socialist party or with the communist party, but is formed along I. W. W. and com munist lines. The program of chemistry ap plied to the farming industry in or der to boost farm income through chemical utilization of waste pro ducts from the farm, and discovery of new products for farm culture, has not been keeping pace with the predictions expressed in the last legislature. The growing aud processing of flax, hemp and artichokes are still held out as a likely aid to farm in come, although the manufacture of insulating board and other products from cornstalks and wheat straw has taken a setback since the time a factory was being promoted at Omaha seven years ago. The pos sibilities are still there but the time is not ripe it seems. One of the most recent ideas for enriching the farmer via the chem ical route was that of distilling al cohol from surplus grain, and us ing the alcohol to blend with gaso line as motor fuel. A corporation was formed last year to establish a factory at Omaha for this purpose but has been unheard from for a number of months, although such a plant actually is being setup in Wichita. The legislature last year enacted a law giving alcohol-blend gasoline a preferential tax exemption. Re sults so far show it was much ado about nothing. Records show that since the exemption became effec tive November 1, only 2,808 gallons of fuel alcohol have been imported into the state, and no exemption has been allowed as the blends that have been sold did not contain enough grain alcohol to make them eligible. Three dealers are hand ling the stuff—one each at O’Neill, Bassett and Hartington. HOG PRICES John A. Robertson who lives about 12 miles north of O’Neill, wrote an article which was printed in the last issue of the Holt County Independent in which he w'as sing ing praises of President Roosevelt’s administration. In that article he stated Hogs sold under the Hoover Administra tion at a low price. He also stated that under the Roosevelt adminis tration he sold hogs at a high price. John A. Robertson forgot to tell you that the first two years of the Roosevelt administration, that hogs were not worth much, and in fact they thought so little of hogs that they killed them. The Roosevelt government went out and killed hogs, paying peo ple not to raise hogs, and now John A. Robertson is one of the few people that has any hogs, conse quently most of the other people not having hogs, a good price was paid to John A. Robertson for his. If the Roosevelt administration floats a bond issue and borrows money and practically puts a mort gage on the United States to get the money to go out and kill hogs and pay people not to raise hogs, how will that money be paid back to the government. It was bor rowed money, and John A. Robert son will agree that his farm is part of the United States and every bond issue is a lien on his farm as well as all others. This must be paid back in form of taxation. John A. Robertson has attended Tax meetings and has made lengthy talks against high taxts and kicked as hard as anyone about taxes. If Roosevelt continues doing what he has done, a vote for him might mean much more taxes. With the three long years of Roosevelt, the government has bor rowed and borrowed enormous sums of money, and they are pay ing interest on it too. Who but tax payers will ever pay this back? xxx It may be that the liberals are all behind the New Deal, but evi dently Dr. Glenn Frank, Gifford Pinchot and William Allen White haven’t heard of it yet. If living in a Prairie State dis qualifies a man for President, look what it would have done to Abra ham Lincoln. $100.00 CASH PRIZE!!! 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