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extracted text: October, 1937 G U A R D 17 MUSSOLINI, HITLER SECRET MILLIONAIRES ------- 000------THE POPULAR FRONT’S AIMS By Atty. PEDRO A. SANTOS Kings, even ex-kings have fabulous fortunes. So have dictators. The only difference, it seems, is that while the riches of monarchs and royal families are of common knowledge, the proportions of dictators’ financial assets are little known. Two of the world’s greatest “iron men” today—Mussolini and Hitler —are secret millionaires, ac cording to a correspondent of the London Daily Herald. While II Duce’s annual sa lary as Premier of Italy is only §5,250 and he does not draw any salary for his other cabinet positions, he has other sources of income. He owns the newspaper Popolo <PItaliay which has a vast circula tion and high advertising rates. He has large farms. His are the highest paid articles in Italian journalism. His speeches, which are printed and bound in book form, sell like hot cakes. From these inexhaustible sources of revenue is being salted away a private fortune worthy of the founder of the Roman Empire. The Nazi Reichfuehrer’s in come compares favorably with his Italian colleague. Hitler is in fact contented with his private earnings and does not Local Sweepstake Due to the resignation of Hon. Antonio Mansueto as manager for the Chari t y Sweepstake Office for the Vi saras and Mindanao, Mr. Kleuterio Viilarosa has suc ceeded the vacant post. The new manager has taken his job since the beginning of draw his §20,000 pay. He is a partner in the publishing house of the Nazi party, the Franz Eber Verlag. This makes the two dictators about even in so far as publishing income is concerned, In ad dition, there have already been sold more than two and a half million copies of the German edition of his Mein Kamvpf which were disposed of at prices varying from 7 to 12 marks. Millions could have easily been obtained from the royalties accruing from the huge sale. More over, royalties will ever be piling up as every newlymarried German couple must buy a copy of the master piece. Besides the royalties from the German edition, there are those from transi tions. So far the Mein Kampf has been translated ani published in the United States, England, Denmark, Italy, Hungary, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, and Sweden. There is also an Arabic trans lation. No fairly accurate est'mates of Hitler’s and Mussolini’s fortunes can be made, but in ternational observers fgreed they have enough for the proverbial rainy day. Has Nsw Manager thia month. Prior to the appointment of Mr. Viilarosa as the sue cessor of Hon. Mansueto, he has been connected in the Sweep stake Office with splendid records 'The new manager hails from Carcar in this province. JPs-Representative Of late news items have ap peared in the papers concern" ing the activities of the Pop ular Front which show a lack of understanding of the char acter and objectives of this movement. The Popular Fro nt movement has originated in France, but has since been adopted in several countries. These movements are generally coalitions of the democratic, liberal and progressive group against the forces of reaction, privilege and dictatorship. In terms of the local political si tuation, the Popular Front is an alliance of the various op position and minority groups organized present solid front against the reactionary polic ies and fascist tendencies of the two major parties’ lcoalition government. The Popular Front has adopted a program or plat form which sets forth its aims and objectives This plat form declares that the Popular Front is primarily for im mediate, absolute and com plete independence. This dec laration, as contrasted with the provisions of the* Tydings-McDuffie Law regard ing eventual independence, re veals that the groups form ing the Popular Front will not be received by any so called independence plan which at the same time tends to perpetuate the control of American monopoly of capital over the economic life of the islands They want a real not only a formal independence, which would enable the Philippine government to pursue its inde pendent policies in the politi cal and economic field as well as in foreign relations without domination or controlling in fluence of any foreign interest. from Pampanga For thus only can the Filipino people achieve real freedom to direct and shape their na tional life and destiny. The next concern of the Popular Front, according to its program is the betterment of the condition of the masses, especially the workers and tenants. In this connection, in its program, the Popular Front states that “it will strive for the extension of public works, the popular education, higher wages, equi table taxation with graduated increase of income tax, im provement of the standard of living of the workers, social security, old-age pension, strict enfoicement o f the workers’ compensation law, unemployment insurance and relief, strict regulation and eventual government owner ship of public utilities and care of destitute children Hn public institutions ” Lastly, the Popular Front will strive to preserve and safeguard the democratic rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution nnd “shall oppose laws and measures ten ding to abridge the exercise of civil rights such as free dom of the press, academic freedom and freedom of as sembly. The objectives which have been stated constitute the basic points of the program of the Popular Front. The program is, however, much more com prehensive for it aims exten sion of popular suffrage, com plete equality between men women, greater protection and opportunities for the youth of the land, introduc tion of the jury system and abolition of capital punish(Continued on page 18} UM BONFING Y HNOS., INC. Has thousands of cu&tomers because of its various kinds of goods, whioh áre sold at reasonable prices. Come and see the things and you will bo induced to buy some of them. LIN YOK SU, Gen. Manager Tel. 2 P. O. Box 14 193 Magallanes, Cebu City, Philippines Warehouse Tel. 293 18 GU A R D Ojto'r.er, 1937 A. Fortüna, EpiTOR 0. Ba/, Ai). Manager KEEP IT UNDER YOUR HAT I by ----------------------Taga-KOTTA Jr. —------------------- ' 6 s ÍJ N B £ E T C W ” The Oct. 11, numbej of the Bisaya runs /the picture of one Monica among the beau ties in the Bjctorial Section of said monthly. It said among other things that she was a queen in one of the barrios of Leyte, but of all things we know is that she is a “cabaret dancer” of no mean ability, as alleged. You may cross legs with her at the cabaret in Cebu tonight with al] your money’s worth. But before going we may impart into that coco o f yours that the place is where we are treated best and grum bled the most. Did I say she is a bailarina! Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. don’t tell me. Social Note A handsome young but mar ried^ man is always seen going with skirts (not his wife) in his car. The car bears the ensigna of the Manila Trading and we suspect that he is working in said firm. The beautiful thing who is going with him is probably working in the sime company. We suspect, however, it’s no more than an auto-riding. We hope we are allowed to think we were born yesterday. Private 'tens bun Chief Vergara of the City Police Dept is some guy all right The trouble with us is that we developed a strange liking for the Chief. But we are told that the missus would try the rolling pen if he comes back home late is it then, any wonder that we would be forever chasing the Chief for news? The Fien Lost Not so long ago when we were idling at Eden in com pany with an army officer, a physician came in and I had ask^d the officer who that doctor was and he replied that he was an alienist. “Let him examine you,” I muttered, “you think as any other army officer do, you are Quezon”. But all humors ended in a glass of beer. Tit for a Tat The burglar, sensing that his power of committing crime is little less slim on the establishment of the Barben Detective Agency, took occa sion in displaying his wares in the heart of the City. In this connection, we hope to say whether it was a case of a man bites a dog and not a dog bites a man in which case constitute a news. Don’t tell me. Talk about detection. Very Pond. VVe are looking forward to seeing Chief Vergara in the Front Page Faces in a Manila weekly. Oh, this strange feeling, this striking admiration for hipa equal to our hatred of the Castor Oil. My nerve, my nerve! Front Page Faces When Mayor Jacinto was pointed out in this column to have become a meniature Kandolph Hearst of this side of the globe on account of the fact that he became the pub lisher of the “Timog” another budding writer crop up in the person of Chief Vergara. But we shall not forget that Vergara is still a poor writer and like a poor athlete, he is celebrated for his stamina at mealtimes. And when he writes on things aside from police training, it’s just like listening t » Jack Dempsey lecturing on compa ny of matters -a case away from pugilism. We add that on reading Chief Vergara’s, I felt I was listening to prea cher talking on matters of fi nance. Breast Up We do not harbor any fond feeling for Segundo Abellanosa but just the same we put our hat off to him for his celebrated evasion from con viction of the crime in con nection with his former posi tion in the government service. There are people who still brush elbows with the Cebu’s 400-seemingly unaware of the past. But the people know where they stand and S. AbeL lanosa’* presence keeps on reminding them of the City Hall’s scandal greater than the Engineer Island could ever sto mach. Life of the Party She is Meding by the name. Never mind the full name Let it go at that. She belong® FRAGV1 AT1SVI Current history points out oft-trodden maiu-rut*ub to poweT. O e ia direct- the other, subtle. Only the peculiar temparament of the particular nation being broken for the yoke and harness determines the choice as to which road is going to be followed. What ever means is followed, the suc cess attained will be no posi tive: for Politics is the one game where “the end justifies the means”, obviously. The direct method to poli tical power is founded on the psychology of fear. It is at tained by the unhesitating use of military power and devious trickery, often under the guise of intense nationalism. The subtle method is a slo wer process, but it is more insidious and often leads to a more absolute dictatorship than is possible in the direct method. It is founded on class feeling, op the basis of intensely awakened hatred of one class for another, kt is, above all, founded on the suc cessful winning of the confi dence of a large sector of the public, often at the expense of the right of the others, and of truth. Both are different raods that lead to the same end; they both result in the complete route of democracy. Which method would any one desiring to the social cream, so she thinks. She would cut short some too ambitious young men in search for her favor, ehy, a dance. The impostors, she thinks. Not of my kind, she would add. She goes to the “cozy corner.”- She is seen together with the boys of her kind, with the same dress on for always, yet she has the nerve to cut short these am bitious young men. She has decided to put on new dresses but she is of limited income. A practising attorney steps in the scene. But the 1-wyer knows his onions Climax: She’s heading for the column of Rafael Bautista in the Daily Gossips, A D VERTIS ER. Curtain falls down. Deaf ening applaus Incore, Incore IN POLITICS to reach that end use in our country? The year of Spanish domination would suggest the direct method: those years have left behind a people well broken to the yoke. But the presence of American sove reignty changes the picture entirely. Ooviously, no raw direct method would be suf fered to go unmolested and abetted by American acquiesence. Hence the subtle, the insidious method is the only one left available. Those who believe in demo cracy, therefore, must be on the watch, constantly and aler tly, for the shadow that creeps in the night. They must be taught to fear the poisoned sugar as well ns the whip. — o — Cebu 1938... (Continued from page /) —o — admissions to the carnival ground and so many sideshows that are coming so as to par ticipate the carnival which is intended for the Rizal Me morial, it is believed by many Cebuanos that the carnival will be the most successful of all the carnivals held the Em pire Province of Cebu. Cebu Road.. (Continued, from page /) —o— and decided to proceed to the City Theatre when the drama colled LUNO will be staged on November 16, 19^7. The Fopukr... (Continued from page 17) ment It opposes the use of firmed forces against nationals in strike and conflicts between 1 r. bi^r aid ca pi tn 1. As it is seen, the Popular Front is for freedom and pro gress in a true and real demo cracy and, therefore, it de serves the support of all those who want “a government of the people, by the people and for the people.”
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