The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 26, 1929, Page 12

nD einen ne eee eee ee ee ee tee TRIBUNE'S PAGE. OF COMIC STRIPS AND FEATURES By RODNEY DUTCHER (NEA Service Writer) Washington, April 26. — Perhaps aothing in President Hoover's first message to congress was more inter- esting than the fact that it contained nothing startling, nothing new and nothing calculated to arouse congres- sional opposition. The message carried every indica- tion that Hoover was emphatically averse to letting his administration in for a row with congress at the out- set. The president feels that there is no need for such a squabble; that it would merely clog up the machin- ery and would be only so much grief for everybody. His disposition is to let the mem- bers fight the farm relief and tariff Problems out among themselves, to judge from the message. Thus, although there may be some com- plaint about a lack of specific recom- mendations—on the theory that a President should tell congress just what he wants—there can hardly be any complaint that Hoover has shown ! 8 lack of discretion. One Unexpected Point The proposal to strengthen andy speed up the tariff commission was! the one recommendation that may not have been expected. But presum- ably no one is going to object to that. There were three main phases to this very brief message: agricultural relief, tariff revision and remarks on restriction of matters to be consid- ered at this session. Partly because of his anxiety to limit the program and partly because he had no new sweeping suggestions to make, Presi- dent Hoover was able to outdo Cool- idge himself on verbal economy in such a message. On agriculture, he simply touched on the causes of agricultural distress, discussed the need and possibilities of a federal farm board such as has been repeatedly proposed for many years, praised the co-onerative move- ment and predicted the dawn of a new day for the farmers. On the tariff, he laid down a gen- eral principle for duty revision, mildly warning against a general raid. There | was no pronunciamento from which any intimation might be drawn that he would veto this or that kind of a bill. In effect he said that an in- dustry seeking higher duties should! be able to prove that it had been really hurt by foreign competition to THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE , FRIDAY, APRIL'26, 1920 | THE GUMPS—THE ZONE OF QUIET we , SHE HAD A RESTFUL NIGHT AIH, a a, AND NOT $O MUCH FEVER = y : a : : 4 THE DOCTOR UUST LEFT= J ' ft ‘ BHE'S SLEEPING NOW - 1F YoU ALL ‘TIP-TOE= vLL LET the extent of reduced operation and ov WAVE JUST ONE PEEK - reduced employment. The actual ef- fect of this suggestion will depend on how liberally congress cares to construe the principle and whether it will be willing to take the word of those who want higher duties as to how disastrously they have been hit. “It would seem to me that the test of necessity for revision is in the main whether there has been”—in- troducing his tariff suggestion with those words, Hoover hardly sounded like the dictator some have predicted he would be. It does not yet appear whether or not he is toting a big stick, but at this time the president is speaking softly. Take the paragraph in which he said: “It is my understanding that it is the purpose of the leaders of congress to confine the deliberations of this session mainly to the ques- tions of farm relief and tariff. In this policy I concur.” It sounded as if Hoover meant that congress, and not he, was taking the lead in -poli- cies of legislation. Whether Hoover actually expects that congress, as he had previously suggested in so many words, will take the lead and the responsibility in all legislative matters is open to ques- tion. It seems more likely that he is playing a wise game through which he hopes to keep his hands on the- reins without ever allowing himself to be maneuvered into a_ position where congress can openly flout him. The imminence of developments, however, makes further speculation superfluous. ¥ | Freckles and His Friends There Must Bea Way : —AND TARY CANT. SEE ‘}NuRY UNCLE HARRY DOESNT TAKE ME WTA BIN ON TRIPS LIKE WE TAKES FREecES’ THATS NO Excuse!’ tA ECKLES GOING % SEE IF. L CANT AKD YoU 6Row! Big Like FRECULES-~RieiT NOW YOURE A BIT TO SMALL ANO ero ARE BETTER OFF LERE WITh On TUE PACIFIC _ ‘ is FAR FROM Take Troubles Separately 1D oesee Hoover's remarks on agriculture LAN were typical of Hoover. It been “SO LETS customary in congress to state the SEE WHAT present condition—“agriculture is not TAG I$ sharing prosperity with the rest of our industries’—and then propose 60ING TO some artificial scheme as a remedy. Hoover has gone back to the causes ae LETTER ue of agricultural distress and advanced the idea of meeting each cause sepa- rately, wherever possible, instead of mereiy trying to cure the general condition at one fell swoop. It is dif- ficult to believe, after reading Hoover's message, that nothing can be done for agriculture, though Hoover himself admits that the ef- forts will be experimental. Perhaps the meatiest thing he said was: “We must make a start.” The start has been a long time de- layed. “Mr. Talbot,” Tony began crisply, withdrawing the hand which the banker had taken, “before I tell you when I'll marry Dick, I'd like to have one or two points cleared up. I’m not the least bit subtle, I don’t like mys- tery, and if I'm to be Dick’s wife, everything has to be open and above board. I can’t come into your fam- ily under false pretenses.” “Please, Tony—" Dick muttered, his black eyes lifting to hers for a shamed _ second. Tony ignored him. Very pale again, she addressed herself to the still de- terminedly smiling banker. “I had expected all this to be strictly between Dick and myself, Mr. Talbot, for I was sure you and Dick's mother would oppose the marriage. Since you don't —apparently—though I can't for the life of me see why you've changed so radically—I think you have a right to know exactly how I feel toward Dick.” “Really, child, I see no reason to g0 into a psychoanalytical discussion,” the banker smiled. “I can assure you that Mrs. Talbot and I will welcome you as Dick's wife, the sooner the better—” Again Tony interrupted without apology. “And I am equally sure that you will not, when you hear what I'm trying to tell you. That is why it must be told. I do not want to marry Dick, because I do not love him as whole-heartedly as I had hoped to love the man I married. I have been physically attracted to him so strong- ly oa I pare Iet him make love to me for months, although I had told him at least a dozen times that I wouldn't marry him. Dick has con- yineed me that I owe myself to him, and I have acknowledged the debt. Ey i, IN NEW YORK | o New York, April 26.—Hermits and misers choose the heart of the city well as me lonely hill cabins, for ge i Manhattan's strange mur- of the moment con- recluse who was found and foot, and beaten e floor of his dungeon- Although his bank ac- ? ry he lived in this cellar amidst collection of the junk in dealt. He was a mysterious t old-clothes auctions, some- vieaing in a thousand dollars Hilit seldom seen stirring had no living relatives— WHERE'S Tue FINANCIAL PAGE! FINANCIAL PAGE- | SIME ON EARTH “DO Tt MEAN “THE YOU want with THE REST OF TUS FINANCIAL PAGE ? WHY-ER-YOU SEE-T -TWAT (S-EVER SINCE THE NIGHT BRAGG WAS BLOWING ABOUT ALL WHAT! Cone! COPPER PRICes CRASH ff Last night I tried to pay it in the way he told you and I couldn't quite do it. I think he knew I couldn't, counted on my not being able to. The other alternative was marriage, of course, and as I've told you, I’m going to keep my word, if—when I've finished what I have to say—he still wants me to.” “Aw, Tony,” Dick protested mis- . “You know I want to marry Tony might not have heard, she ignored him so utterly. “If I marry Dick, Mr. Talbot, I'm going to do my best to make a success of it. The chief reasons why I have never wanted to marry him are that he 1s weak, vain, selfish, idle, wasteful. SALESMAN SAM Believe me, I don’t want to hurt you or Dick needlessly, Mr. Talbot, but WOW, y there's a reason why all this must Sth Foes neon be said.” she interrupted her ruth- less analysis to interpolate, as the father winced and grew red. “Dick is idle and wasteful because your money has made him so. He has had almost no incentive to develop the opposite traits of character. I don't know whether he can now or not, but if we do marry, he has got to try. There will be no hope for our marriage if he doesn't succeed, for T've got to learn to respect him as a man or I shan’t be able to live with im.” “I infer, my dear,” said the banker, deep voice not quite so benignant, “that you intend—or desire—to live on Dick's salary. May I ask if you know just what that salary is?” “I ought to,” Tony retorted. “He's joked about his ‘paltry fifty a week,’ often enough.” NEXT: The Talbots confer. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) at least none has been found as this is penned—and a sympathetic soul, who called on him every few months, found his dead body. There was no indication that any theft had been committed, and seemingly no incen- tive for the crime. It is one of those haze-wrapped episodes of the great = city where the recluse is left to fol- Se : agg : low his own mysterious ways. i Zs In a smaller community he would ; have been a town character and his OU, (TS PEP Ya (OW WANT TH’ MANAGER? BUSY WANT ? WELL JUST NOW — Have HIM IN & SECOND eee IN TH’ MEANTIME —— Oe 2 tn IP, BOOM, BAHT! ~. RAH, RAH, RAH — showed a healthy’ state of af- | 0 frighten the bad boys and girls, We ; es —— - : hs In New. York few even knew he was : f . pee i ania alive. ses = 4 tty rf, fe i a i rp F EEE !