Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1931, Page 5

(7 THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C RTCHE PINSHOPE ONULS ECONDMISTS Sdys Politicians Must Quit . Beating Tomtoms and Follow Experts. By the Associnted Press NEW YORK, October 31.—Gowv Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland thinks that politics and economics must nder- stand each other and work together for a solution of the Nations business slump In an address before the New York Bouthern Boclety last night. the Mary- land chief executive, himsel! a can- didate for the Democratde presidential nomination. urged a “demobilization of political oratory and mobilization of the eonstructive brains of the count “The day for meeting crises by Geat- ng political tomtoms, has passed.” he #aid. Our present-dgy politigal und takings. he continue/, were feficient in “virtues now 5o mu-h needed, as thrift enterprise, consisfency, integrity and viston " Gov. Ritchle said that the experience of 15 economAc slumps in he Jast century was not sufficient o supply any plan which in the long years of good times wouMt provide for labor in the bad yearg bf hard times As Gov. Ritchie concluded, from one ©f the tables at which 1,300 were seated & voize shouted “1 move we approve the nomination and election of Gov. Ritchie as the next. President!” Cheered by Audience. Applause and cheers followed. Among the other speakers were Walker D. Hines and Irvin 8. Cobb. The latter told several humorous stories Beated at the guest table with the Governor were Robert Underwood John- #on, the Rev. Clifton Macon, chapiain of the soclety, and several Maryland officials. The Governor spoke twice from the I room He elaborated on his views on national problems in a pre- pared radio address and also spoke zm'mnennmusly After itemizing a long list of what he called the shortcomings of present- day political undertakings, Gov. Ritchie declared: “It we are to do more than just frust to fate or luck, 'and muddie along. then we must find some way for poli- tics and economigs to understand each other and work togéther for the com- mon_good. "1 believe the background for this lead- ership mu'{t ‘come from economics ® * ¢ The trained minds of the Nation must be ‘drafted and must be lis- tened o Wits Dry Law and Tariff. In, criticizing political activities of $he foast he denounced prohibition, the ta and Government ownership of U litles. _ He said Government ownership and operation of business and utilities “threaten the economic balence of our whole industrial system.” “We pass a tariff ostensibly in the interest of American business and American farmers,” he said, “and it tty nearly ruins our ability to do ness with the world at the very time we need world markets for our surplus goods and produce. “We try to lift the Western farmer and the Northwestern farmer up by his bootstraps, by purchasing millions of bushels of wheat in the vain hope of stabilizing the price, and then we dare not sell it for fear of breaking the market altogether. So we exchange it for Brazilian coffee and thus put the Government into competition with business.” i Before calling for the union of poli- ties and economics the Governor said: “It may be bad politics to say it, but ¥ do not believe there is any magic remedy.” SR For sending a postcard to Provisional Commissioner Johnstone of the African Gold Coast _Colony, charging that Johnstone had murdered a native, Maj H. S, Collins, D. 8. Q, has been sen- | tenced to nine months' imprisonment | in England | Two Promoted RED CROSS ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT CHANGES. I I « | | Two officials who have ditinguished themselves in the service of the Ameri- can Red Cross today were elevated to higher posts. Ernest J. Swift (upper) who has been acting director of insular and foreign effairs and who supervised disaster relief work in the Philippines, Porto Rico, Virgin Islands and British Hondurzs, has been placed in charge of the Eastern erea. Robert E. Bondy (lower), formerly in chargs of the Eastern area, becomes national director of disaster ralief Swift will have charge of ell chapter activiti’s in 24 States, including the District of Columbia. Both officia.s re- side here. ARCTIC ISLE.“DISCOVERY" LIKE ONE LONG AGO Eskimo Credited for New Report of Unmapped Piecc of Land off Alaska. By the Associated Press. POINT BARROW, Alaska, October 31.—The reported finding of an un- mapped island in the Arctic Ocean ap- proximately 150 miles north of the mouth of Colville River is taken by to confirm a similar “dis- some 75 years ago . Recent arrivals from the East Coast, the island, rocky and a mile or more in length, was found by an Eskimo, Takpuk, and the crew of his 10-ton whaling _ schocner, when they were blown off their course in a storm. Tak- puk said the crew landed there. Oldtimers recalled that about 75 years ago a whaling ship, under the command of a Capt. Keenan, also re- ported finding land in that approximate location in the ocean. Several explor- ers have searched for the island without success CALLS SES WAY T0 NFY NEXICD Says Favoritism, Intrigue and Unrest Must End to Save Nation. By the Associated Press MEXICO CITY. October 31 —Gen Plutarco Elias Calles. Mexico's strong man. who has left his pleasant hacienda to take once again an active part in af- fairs of state. told an assemblage of Mexican governors last night that dis- igue, favoritism and unrest in the nation must be fos er ended. The dynamic general, who accepted 10 of secretary of war when ment was reorganized recent- peaking at a banquet honoring him for his return to public life Among those who heard him were President Ortiz Rubio, Perez Trevino. president of the National Revolutionary party. and the governors of all except two of the Mexican states | Urges Training of Youth. \ The Mexican revolution has reached | the end of another cycle, Gen. Calles said, and. Jooking to the future, the na- tion must train its young men for lead- ership. Honest, competent men. he de- clared, must be chosen for positions of eminence in the nation’s life i “From now on we shall proceed with all vigor to end dissension, gossip, in- trigue and favoritism,” the general said. | “We are going to make national life disciplined, clear, transparent and trust- worthy. ‘We have been living in an epoch of inquietude which fortunately now is| ended. We have made much progress but must make more in the future. We have become more uniform, more con- | structive Agitation must end. We must re solve to punish the trouble-make Ycur presence here indicates your co- operation with the Federal Government It is our duty to pause and obssrve our errors now, and our main defect is that politically we have been working within a closed circuit. The ability of cut- siders has not been properly rewarded Pleads Chance for Opposition. In his speech, which his hearers ac- cepted as the handbook of the revolu- tionary party of the future, Gen. C: dwelt at length on the necessity training the youth “Heretofore there has not been much opportunity for the men of tomorrow., he seid. “We have accomplished our missi-n and we must give this thing over into new and younger hands. “It is necessary for us to appeal for | young leadership, which is now in the | opposition camp, and to train t young leaders to take ver our work. Declaring the netion was in the midst of a grave crisis, the general | stressed the nced for public confidence | and for co-operation betw-en the states | and the federal government. “We will end anarchy and establish confidence in Mexi he sald. “We are a pocr country -and we all must Izbor hard to save ourselves.” HAIR TONIC M'AKE;?‘FOUND GUILTY ON DRY CHARGE | Jury Holds Philadelphia Drug | Firm's Product Could Be Used in Liquor. 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