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one of law spring. Of course the old age pension is; the big problem, because of the amount of money involved. Those with suggestions as to its solution should start pre­senting them now instead of waiting until after the legislature has done its best to solve the problems presented. There should be a very definite sentiment crystallized in every section of the state on the mat­ter BEFO RE the special session is convened. Progress Making On and Upward From the same sources which poured the propa­ganda during the active life of NR A of the rapid progress of recovery, emanate new stories of the present depressing situation in which wages are be- • ing slashed and hours are being lengthened and gen­erally things are emigrating canine-ward. Mr. Babson disposes of these gloomy narrations. Business, he finds, is moving on steadily as before. Employers of labor, .as a matter of good policy, are not slashing wages or lengthening hours or doing any­thing to convince the country that the destruction of NR A had set the country on a downward course. No apparent loss of momentum has been observed; by,Mr. Babson, in consequence of the released hand "to? NR A upon industry. Here and there, as was in­evitable, “ehiselers” have been at work as they were . in a small way during the active existence of NRA, which had already relaxed its hold upon many small businesses and had ceased its efforts to regulate the barber industry in the Siwash villages; The weekly communication of Mr. Babson bristles With hope for the future of, the country. Doubtless Jthere will be ups and downs;, But we shall come out i f every down upon an ascent of greater altitude. [Pacifists Take Note of a Way to Peace We are at a loss of know where Europe is getting Sthe money for the furious defensive preparations the jjnations are making against one another. There is [only one source of an apparent unlimited supply of iimoney—the United States. But we have defensively ^prohibited ourselves from lending any money to any I \ation which has not made a showing of good faith I j i respect of its obligations to us. That is, therefore, f a bar to extending any financial accommodations to any of the European nations now engaged in the business of preparing against the next war. We wish there was some place where they could all get enough money to make themselves so strong that they would not dare to attack one another. That would make for universal peace. Here is something for hardened and irreconcilable pacifists to consider. IT :) 1 I m m B s m a m l # & & M M ? W k m a m ? 1 W T. M REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. ||p 1935 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. P P M p M w?wf H I | T R U E TO PCRM . Daily Washington Merry (Continued front page -one) is to put it mildly." . The- Kingfish goes to- great pains to claim political and- economic blood-brotherhood.! with the pro­gressives, and he is constantly strutting this before the galleries. Insiders have known for some time that the progressives actually did not trust Huey, But their open act of war served the first public notice of this. Or, as one of them, talking off the refcord, put it: “We wanted to remove all doubt that the tail is' not wpgging the; dog;” The incident ! was not lost on the alleged Kingfish. His first act'after testing from the vocal marathon was. to seek out the' progressives and complain about their unfriendliness. They offered no consolation. ALTER EGO Secretary Harold Ickes’ humor was parrying a barrage of sharp questions. A reporter remarked: | “Now Mr. Ickes, in your capacity of secretary of the interior and not as PWA administrator; how would you . .” ; He got no further. Ickes lifted his hamj for silence. Then rising from His chair he solemnly walked around it, reseating himself and said: . .“Now go ahead.with your ques­tion. I am in my other capacity.” NEW POLICY Though not generally realized, the announced plans of the Rural Electrification administration mark a distinct departure in New Deal policy. In its other great electricity programs-—the TVA> East Tennes­see; Grand Coulee, state of Wash­ington; Fort Peck, Montana; Cas­per- Alcova, Wyoming; and Passa-maquaddy, Maine — the Roosevelt regime is pushing projects in di­rect competition to private inter-., ests. That this invitation is not a •mere; gesture is evidenced by- the following rules laid down by Cooke: 1. That the REA’s construction activities will be conditioned up­on what private utilities will do in expanding their rural service. In other worefs if a private com­pany in a certain area is willing to expand its rural lines the REA will keep aloof from that area. 2. That the REA will give first consideration to territory not now served by private inter­ests with electricity, or not like­ly to be- to any extent. 3. That in financing rural elec­trification developments the RE A. will loan, not grant, the money. Cooke is firmly opposed to1 outr right grants, holds that the ac­tivities of his agency can best be promoted if conducted on a strictly business basis. The REA Was allotted $100,000,- 000 from the; work-relief funds. According to government estimates