The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 10, 1934, Page 3

VICE COMMANDER “OF LEGION COMING Ed Carruth, Herington, Kan- eas, Will Speak at District Meeting Tuesday Arrangements for the visit of Ed Carruth, Herington, Kans., nationai Vice commander of the American Le- gion, and also for celebtating the fif- teenth anniversary of the founding ‘of the Legion, were made at the meet- Ang of ‘Lloyd Spetz Post No. 1 held Friday evening at the World War ‘Memorial building. The fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the American Legion on March 15, 1919, will be celebrated by the local post on Friday, March 23, when Legion Auxiliary. members will de special guests. Arrangements for the birthday observance will be made by Milton Rue, Harry Bernstein and Walter Stitzel, appointed by Comman. ‘Ger E. F. Trepp as a committee in charge forthe occasion. Carruth will be the main speaker at the meeting of fifth district Le- gionnaires which will begin at 8 o'clock next Tuesday evening at thd Legion room. Frayne Baker has been named general chairman of arrange- ments for the event. Other Legion officers who will be here with Carruth are W. H. Johnson, Minot, state commander; C. T. Hover- son, Fargo, state manager of veter- ens’ administration; T. O. Kraabel, Fargo, state veterans’ service commis- sioner; Jack Williams, Fargo, state Cepartment adjutant, and Robert Mensing, Ashley, fifth district deputy. All Legion posts of the district will ‘be represented at the Tuesday meet- ing, with visiting members coming from Ashley, Gackle, Garrison, Hazel- ton, Linton, Max, Napoleon, Regan, ‘Turtle Lake, Underwood, Washburn, Wilton and Wishek. This will be the first time that any national officer has attended district meetings In North Dakota. If the venture proves successful this year, North Dakota will have a national officer each year for the sectional gatherings. Carruth is a past depart- ment commander of the state of Kan- Bas, The district meetings are being held instead of the annual post officers’ conferences which have been an an- nual event in the past. Following the 5th district meeting at Bismarck, meetings will be held at Mandan. seventh district, Wednes- day, March 15; Dickinson, eighth dis- trict, Thursday, March 15; Minot, sixth district, Friday, March 16; Wil- lston, ninth district, Saturday, March 17; Harvey. fourth district, Sunday, March 18; Devils Lake, third district, Monday, March 19; Grand Forks, set- end district. Tuesday, March 20, and Wahpeton, first district, Wednesday, March 21, Sees eee i Weather Report | OO FORECAST Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- For erally fair tonight and Sunday; Sunday. Poor Montana: Fair tonight and Sunday; warmer extreme east por- tion tonight. ‘Minnesota—Mostly cloudy tonight end Sunday, possibly light snow in east portion tonight; warmer. Weather Outlook for the Period March 12 to 17: For the region of the Great Lakes —Rising temperature beginning of week, mostly se! le thereafter; some tation Monday and prob- abl ain within latter part of week. the appee Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and northern and oe Greet. Bieler, mode- rate tem indicated, and much precipitation during week. CEMER AS: -COMDIESONE me ae north Pacific (Kamloops 30.66). The lowest Sas- Ticth coattered, precipitation has oc- titted “from the morthern Great ia os THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1934 _~ ; [EEOIEIOOOOOIITOETTOTOPIIOOOOONTTTOTET Cee ~ Turning The SEARCHLIGHT utc vrncrettvarcgreneer cnc ceeraeeeneca ccna neater) = is HAPPY TO RUN , there is any question about it, Jim Morris, endorsed for the by the * oie convention of Nonpartisans, is happy to lorsement § inferred from the fact that he has not rejected this ex- of favor. Morris made no bones of his satisfaction when talking with friends in Jamestown Friday. « ey - icularly happy at the endorsement of. Judges Burr and Nuesesle by the MRE. MORRIS Just in Jamestown group and is a staunch supporter of the platform adopted convention. His comment is that he cannot see how any other group interested in the welfare and advancement of the state could do any better. PATTED IN THE FACE WITH A SPADE More than passing significance may be attached to this stand, for it is representative of the best thought in the old IVA camp, has received strong support from many who formerly were affiliated with the IVA, Also, it takes out of consideration by IVA die-hards their leading can- Gidate for governor. These people, hoping to revive a lost cause, had been Morris as a gubernatorial candidate for months. Morris’ an- nouncement for the supreme court directed a chill blast toward this bud- ding flower. The best guess now is that there will be no IVA ticket in the field. The declaration of the Jamestown meeting against further expan- sion of the state industries took away from the IVA's the one thing which they had stressed as an issue in every campaign. Their only hope of re- vival now would have to be based upon personalities rather than principles. The general view of the rank and file of former IVA’s is that the James- town convention “patted” the ancient order “in the face with a spade.” SOME SHARP CONTRASTS IN TWO GROUPS Some sharp contrasts were evident as between the Valley City and Jamestown conventions. Most pertinent of the observations made on the Langer gathering was that made by an out-of-state newspaperman, who has no interest in the outcome of North Dakota's troubles. He said the Valley City group reminded him of a bunch of college boys just before a football game—a game which they know their team will lose. There was lots of noise but little real hope. The other comment was made by an observer who has attended many League gatherings. He pointed out that there must be a real interest among old-time Leaguers in defeating Langer. At Jamestown were many Nonpartisans who always have been active but who have never sought preferment or jobs. Many of them attended the session Monday at Valley City, stuck around to watch the Langerites being their work, then trekked on to Jamestown. They were away from home five days, paying their own traveling and living expenses. In most cases this meant an expenditure of from $20 to $50 each, quite a contribu- tion in these days and a real expression of interest. Many of the delegates to Valley City went there in state cars; some had their expenses paid, the money allegedly coming from “The Leader” fund. The Jamestown crowd was, generally speaking, parsimonious. It had no money to spend and there was little of the hilarity. which the introduction of certain libations usually create among conventioneers. ‘The Valley City gathering was on a more liberal scale. Most of the boys had a “swell” time. One alternate-delegate from Burleigh county said ie had enjoyed the trip, what with plenty to eat and drink and no cost to he him. He said he saw nothing wrong with the idea, since he was a delegate Roosevelt’s Progra Farmer’s Salvation per Cotton and Wheat Prices In- creased by New Deal Bring Rural Relief This is the third of a series on “Roosevelt's First Year,” up the manifold activities of one of aad greatest periods in Ameri- by the banks reopened, President Roose-|Year’s program, a majority of cotton velt had leaned into the most gigantic| farmers has demanded it, social-economic experiment of all/ Reluctantly, Roosevelt and Becre- ‘ime, tary Wallace have consented to the The American farmer must be put| Bankhead bill, which would back on his feet. The agriculturalls prohibitive ‘tax on any Bi sred dea is the “forgotten market” which | production be! farmer’ must be opened for industry. Social/p. collected justice and national Hana AK = & vast program of government aid. Those were and are the New Deal principles as to agriculture. ‘We were entering on “a new and untrodden path,” Roosevelt said in announcing his policies. And farm grow, rehabilitation, a year later, is still at what an experiment. Let's try to summar- Drives. ize it. PROBLEM: Huge uncontrolled sur-| MILLIONS PAID OUT reduced f plusses of basic crops, foreign Government oe nine last year were ‘about §150,000,000, for cotton. The 1934 program will take another billion, 367 millions for corn and 200 millions for beef and dairy, Farm prices had fallen far the depressed general price level farmers were forced to sell at production costs. A wave of foreclosures had produced widespread rioting. a og DIFFICULT GOAL SET OBJECTIVE: To do for 6,000,000 farmers what industry has done for it. self, When depression forced prices down and demand slackened, industry curtailed production. The indi faked Ahi a ie cmc share surplus. The em job was to increase farm LONG-TIME LAND PROGRAM power, balance production approxi-| No account is being taken, in this mately to consumption, and relieve/emergency program, of the relative METHODS: Payments to farmers) production costs. for retiring acreage in ratio to the} That problem will be handled in a program planned by the Agricultural|long-time land program involving for corn loans, 81 millions for wheat, and 35 millions for tobacco, ncy Measure. The hope is to get output stabilized eventually so that the bene- fits and economies of mass produc- tion can be made available to every- one without ee the farmers. * * to the Fargo convention in 1922 and his expenses were paid then. Re-|P8¥ minded that the funds were raised in 1922 by Women’s Nonpartisan Clubs through ice cream and cake socials, he said he had forgotten. HE DIDN'T GET THEM TOLD The Langerites were outpointed in two attempts to turn the laugh on their opponents. The first was that collect telegram to Nye, which they paid for when he refused it. When the word was circulated at the Jamestown gathering there was much slapping of thighs and roars of laughter. The other case was more subtle. 8. 8. McDonald and two colleagues, appointed to make demands on the anti-Langer executive committee, boasted they would “tell them plenty.” They left the convention hall amid admonitions to “bring back their ie. and promised to do so. But Executive Committeeman John Nystul evidently was expecting them and met them in the lobby of his hotel. Told McDonald and cohorts wanted to talk with him, he sald to go tee he gr a ed Toom. Meanwhile a crowd, mostly Nystul supporters, had gathered round and McDonald was almost timid when he said he had come to demand the|the books and records of the committee. Nystul retorted he had been expecting that and, because he felt he might be misquoted, had prepared a statement on the subject. He handed McDonald a typewritten answer. The man from Burleigh took it meekly, went away. The threat to “tell ‘em” was not carried out. * MR. NESTOS MAY TAKE DOWN HIS ROD Events of the last week may cause R. A. Nestos of Minot, former gov- ernor and unsuccessful candidate for senator, to take down the lightning rod he is alleged to have erected several months ago. It may be unfair to Mr. Nestos, but some former IVA brethren said they hei an idea he was looking for something in the way of politics. He has been making nymerous speeches recently and there have been other indications that ambition was springing to life again. The outlook is that it will not find public expression now. The IVA’s were waiting to see what was done at Jamestown and most of them are satisfied to go along on the principles laid down there. WHY THORESEN, NOT OLSON OR GARBERG ‘There was a definite reason why T. H. H. Thoresen was selected as the gubernatorial endorsee rather than O. H. Olson of New Rockford or P, B. Garberg of Fargo. The convention, a Nonpartisan gathering, felt the selection of Garberg might be misinterpreted as a strong bid for IVA support. Some IVA ob- servers had hoped too openly for his endorsement. ‘They thought Olson’s endorsement might unnecessarily antagonize the not|IVA’s. Also, some doubted if Olson’s training for the job was not inferior to that of his chief rival. Thoresen seemed the most capable man without the handicaps of any widespread antagonisms. : The contest was all in the best of humor, even though the campaigning was brisk before the contest. A PERSONAL TRIUMPH FOR OLSON . Despite failure of the Jamestown convention to endorse him for gover- nor, the meeting was, in many respects, 8 personal triumph for Olson. Though not widely known, it is nevertheless a fact that Olson was the first state official elected with Langer to repudiate the governor. The entire gathering was justification for this stand, taken early in the last session rl of the Olson's refusal to campaign for himself as 8 gubernatorial can- didate caused much favorable comment. His modesty was refreshing. voluntary domestic allotment plan,| The long-time program is based on. which is about to become compulsory}an estimated need for from 305,000,- in the case of cotton farmers.) 000 to 310,000,000 acres to produce the Stimulation of agricultural exports|domestic food supply. An attempt through dollar depreciation and trade} will be made to distribute the neces- agreements. Lightening debt through |sary crops in the most profitable increased prices, federal financing Of | growing areas, to provide a maximum eran eine eae os aay eee Seen amount for export, and still prevent 7. long-time land plan to retire un-|such surpluses as would drive down economic acreage permanently, aside from the immediate program for re- tiring 40,000,000 acres from tion, ** * ONE AIM ACHIEVED Results: The first aim of the Agri- cultural Adjustment Administration increased farmer purchasing power —has been achieved. The index of/ FAMILIES TO BE SHIFTED A million another billion or two this year. The cotton farmer's 1932 income of 426 The cotton crop was 13,000,000) PWA.and relief bales, but AAA says it would have! Roosevel! been ® ruinous 17,000,000-bale crop/times the had there been no reduction program. | $500,000,000 a year on The winter wheat program was 77|face of Miss America.” Today's Contract Problem South is declarer at four hearts. True, he hasn't meny tickets, but that shouldn't discourage him from trying to make his contract—and it ‘over | Throughout the pre-convention maneuvering he told everyone he was not|make | interested in pushing himself. He meant it. ag IN THE NATION WEATHER 4 Pos SasesratarsiVasusassaekSessu: SRUPCRENSR-RtaeEANEEEssEEHESECESESES TEE SBaroahwFSSSS! bebe eebebeeeehebesseesseseebeseeeibesees His speech asking support for Thoresen, after the battle was over, was the best oratorical effort of the convention because it rang with sincerity. His want you to help me put him over,” typified the spirit of the that speech had thought Olson would be a poor cam- | chance.gi Now they are looking forward to the ‘They feel he will be especially effective ndorsed at both Jamestown and Valley| ne is supporters now than ever before in the euirrent’ political mix-up is illustrated Watford City is @.full brother of A. G. Sundfor of Fargo. : BUTE ifs S5e E a ee Hohe i if i iH eh Fa if i H if E 4 g i i i ¥ ; E i as E : ‘a one of Langer’s was 0 delegate to the convention, great program was creation of the ‘Tennessee Maar carded ELECTRICITY MADE CHEAPER TVA will produce cheap electricity, ‘build transmission lines, stimulate industries, handle flood control, and lop farm-factory com- munities. Under TVA is the Electric Home and Farm Authority, a radical fed- which will supply cheap electrical equipment for homes and farms on easy terms to users of the govern- ment’s cheap current. Another tangible promise of con- sumer credit is in the Department of Agriculture’s rural housing survey. Forty-seven hundred CWA workers, including 4400 women, are surveying farm homes in 300 counties to see what's needed in the way of repairs, improvements, and drudgery-saving equipment. NEXT: Roosevelt and Your Money. CONTINUED from page one’ President Decides Loss of 10 Lives bi. embodying the president's plans for reletting airmail contracts, The bill was introduced Friday by Senator McKellar (Dem., Tenn.), ARMY MAIL PILOTS LOST IN RAIN, FOG Hartsville, 8. C., March 10—(?)— Three army mail filers who became lost Friday night en route from Rich- mond to Miami, landed near here in rain and fog early Saturday with only slight damage to the ship and no in- Juries to its occupants. The craft was piloted by Lieut. Al- len of Michigan. With him were Sgt. Harry Shilling, a native of Harrisburg, Pa., but now living in Richmond; and @ corporal who was taken on the ship at Washington, -In setting the ship down, a wing grazed a tree, resulting in slight damage, BLAME MOTOR TROUBLE FOR LATEST ACCIDENT Cheyenne, Wyo. March 10—(7}— Two more army mailmen are dead and another fighting plane, turned mail-carrier, lies wrecked, marking the tragic climax of a veritable “black Friday” for the army airmail When the plane plunged from the skies Friday night, buried its nose Is ‘Far Too Great’ much that this legislation can be tak- en up as soon as possible in order that new bids for new contracts for carrying the mail may be invited.” Before issuing his order the presi- dent called personally before him General Douglas MacArthur, the chief of staff, and Major General Foulois, chief of the army air corps. Details of this conference were not made public but the president did in- struct Secretary Dern to see to it that the army air corps got greater trai 5 wast routes to curtail remained to be decided. Explaining the plan would have to be worked out in detail before an- nouncement could be made, General MacArthur expressed the oponion to reporters that some of the routes on which a small amount of mail was being carried would be dropped. Postmaster General Farley and Major General Benjamin Foulois, chief of air corps, will make the de- cisions. Safety would be emphasised in any curtailment, MacArthur said, as that was the chief objective. Reduce Night Flying ‘To insure greater safety, MacArthur said, it might be necessary to reduce or entirely stop night flying, and for the day mail routes to select only the very best planes and the very best pilots available to the army. The number of routes to be maintained, in his opinion, may be controlled by the number of excellent pilots and ships available. MacArthur said it might be possible for some of the routes to be changed to avoid regions in which extremely bad weather prevails, or where there have ‘been extremely dangerous spots. ‘The president's order drew imme- diate praise from both parties in the senate, although some Republicans said he should have gone further and discontinued all routes. At the war department at the same time a conference was going on be- tween Secretary Dern, Assistant Sec- retary Woodring and Charles A. Lind- bergh on the subject of army aviation in general. It appeared clear that, although air mail might have been touched on indirectly, it was not the primary topic. In congress, meanwhile, house Dem- ocrats for a second consecutive day blocked Republican attempts to start a discussion of the fatalities. Representative Edith Nourse Rogers (Rep., Mass.) could not get unanimous consent for consideration of her reso- lution expressing it as the sense of the house that the army should im- mediately cease carrying the mails. Representative Fish (Rep., N. Y.), offered a resolution directing the clined to recognize him for the pur- ae Touches All Phases The Dern-Lindbergh three-hour conference touched virtually every phase of aeronautics. Following it, the cabinet member explained to he considered Lindbergh a foremost aviation author- ity and had asked him to give the war department any ideas he might have for increasing the efficiency of the army air service. : Lindbergh declined to make a state ment. He and Dern posed for pho- tographers. army's airmail service. This was at the very time rey the White House in the earth and burst into fire, it marked the third fatal crash of an army mail plane during the day. The army officers killed in Friday night’s crash here were Lieut. Arthur R. Kerwin, Jr., of March Field, Cal., and Lieut. Frank L. Howard, Barks- dale Field, Shreveport, La. The plane carried no mail, the flight being merely a practice one. The takeoff from the field here was Perfect. Once in the air, Lieut. Howard, who was at the controls, circled the plane above the city and then pointed the ship west for Salt Lake City. ‘Witnesses say motor trouble appar- ently developed, for several said they President Takes Step Against Bootlegging Washington, presidential decision to quotas temporarily will leave gallon tariff as the only an_unlimited flow of foreign The bars will be lifted in an to drive liquor prices down to & at which bootleggers cannot compete with the legitimate trade. Roosevelt said unlimited importations would be allowed for a 30 to 60-day period. All restrictions are expected to be lifted April 30. On that date the present import period expires. 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