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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1940
Page
11
Farmers face moving day strain as households pack rooms and farm gear for relocation. Tenants and share croppers endure high costs, mortgage pressure, and market prices while trying to settle in new homes. The piece notes widespread tenancy hardships and ongoing questions about farm ownership.
War era gain boosted the push for Quebec women to vote in provincial elections. The Dominion wide federal vote came in 1917, extended to all women quickly. Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta led 1927 provincial suffrage. Ontario BC same year. Nova Scotia 1958 New Brunswick 1919 Prince Edward Island 1922. Quebec remained the sole holdout as yearly efforts continued.
A new champion rises in Quebec politics as a sharp strategist and leader in women’s rights. Bosse of Commons, mother and director, assumes a pivotal role guiding the movement and influencing Dominion Scores and Itu Quebec leadership.
An experimental program at St Johns College Maryland centers the full course on great books and direct masters, abandoning digested reading. Students engage with philosophy science and key thinkers, tracing evolution of knowledge while conducting historic science experiments. The piece notes inspiration but acknowledges uncertainty about outcomes.
A quirky piece cites Dr Norman Jolliffe of New York University warning even Washington era drinkers had higher natural vitamIn content while modern drinks are vitamin enhanced. It urges moderation to avoid diseases and suggests vitamins govern health like dictators, joking that lack of vitamins could drive a man to drink.
A survey in Ore Journal of Business shows credit unions expanding faster than other cash institutions except personal loan departments of banks. Credit unions, founded by employees to save and offer small, low interest loans, may spur bank loan competition and possibly lower loan costs.
Fred Betts reports Syracuse aims to eliminate major grade crossings by April 15, with the Lackawanna and city engineers coordinating a project to finish by fall. State Public Service Commission action is sought to speed construction, while a letter praises the Syracuse Grade Crossing Commission and notes members’ long service and funding concerns.
In Washington March 4 a columnist argues the Welles mission to Britain and France hints at a peace effort that would mask government aims. He says the press overplays punitive terms while behind scenes the war is viewed as a colonial mistake with a plan for peaceful reconstruction through US mediation. The piece notes peace overtures are unpopular without total surrender terms.
The Welles mission is seen as a cautious push toward peace, with observers noting its abstract aims and potential to reopen Berlin Washington dialogue. Roosevelt may face a choice between public or private mediation, while German and Allied press signals stress measured steps and patience as officials weigh Germany’s reserves and long war horizons.
Raymond Clapper notes in Our National Affairs that President Roosevelt rose to leadership during the economic crisis and framed the New Deal as a balance of individual liberty, private property, and limiting pirate economic power. The piece praises his broad goals while acknowledging occasional managerial lapses in pursuing reconstruction.
A historical critique of Roosevelt era policies notes persistent goals amid crisis, defending democracy against autocratic drift while acknowledging political manipulation, relief spending, labor policy, and the debate over mass voter influence. The piece discusses critics’ charges of power consolidation and the administration’s handling of economic and social challenges.
In a Washington dispatch dated March 4, Hugh S. Johnson argues Republicans must offer a clear farm program to win in western states. He favors a direct subsidy on domestic consumption funded by a processing tax and a minimum regulation, viewing a processing tax as a better fix than sales taxes. The piece notes the need to shield farmers while courting farmers and consumer voters.
A draft plan circulated by a group of economic "spenders" urges Treasury to absorb bookkeeping profits from gold and silver revaluation to finance a broad spending surge across WPA and PWA programs without raising taxes or increasing public debt. They cite a claimed $2 billion bookkeeping gain and $1.5 billion on silver, arguing it could bolster defense and stimulate production amid declines.
The piece argues for a farm program to counter Wallace and Fourth New Deal ideas, framing McNary as the natural Republican candidate. It critiques artificial shortages, storage surpluses, and export hindrances, while praising McNary-Haugen era farming measures and political fit for Midwestern voters.
An analysis of government and private forecasts shows production slipping from December to February with April through June seen as a tentative upturn by some groups. Private estimates predict earnings rising 39 percent this year versus 1933, while inventories decline and consumption steadies. Private construction remains strong, exports rebound toward 1923 peaks, and national income edges lower than 1922 levels despite easing living costs.
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