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More smug than the Boston Herald's haggling over the die-hard principle is its blanket statement to the effect that there is no suffering throughout the drought stricken area. How can such sweeping optimism be entertained by a newspaper almost two thousand miles away in the face of the fact that the representatives in Congress for that area are clamoring for help for their constituents. Whether these demands for aid are a political move or not does not excuse the Boston Herald from appearing to play a political game...
...difficulties of many an animal-act man. Roofer McHugh has at various times boarded lions, camels, zebras, elephants, kangaroos, snakes, bears, horses, dogs. He charges by the space they occupy. Room for small animals costs 50¢ per day. Elephants take up three times as much space as their total area because keepers must allow for trunk-swinging. An elephant's quarters cost from...
...other hand, there are definite facts to uphold the Senate in its action. Even the opposition will not deny that there is great suffering in the drought area and among the unemployed. The money that can be gained from voluntary contributions is very limited. The Red Cross expects to raise $10,000,000, but this is a more trifle when compared with the amount required for adequate relief. The government is the only agency which can provide aid on the scale that it is needed. It does not seem reasonable that theoretical arguments whether right or wrong should be allowed...
...Passed bills transforming Sully's Hill National Park (N. Dak.) into Sully's Hill National Game Preserve, enlarging the area of Mt. Rainier National Park (Wash.), authorizing increased expenditures on roads leading to national parks; sent them to the Senate...
...only about $1,000,000 up to last week. "What the country would like to know," said the Nation, "is how much money the Red Cross has on hand or in sight, what it is doing with it, and whether its work is to be extended from the Drought area to any part of the U. S. in which food distribution is thought to be necessary...