The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 11, 1934, Page 2

STATE CORN CROP | . SHOWS BIG SLUMP Probable Yield Estimate by| Kienholz Drops to 5,444,- . 000 Bushels Fargo. N. D., Oct. 11.—()—In line! ‘with @ decrease over the country as a | whole, North Dakota's probable corn yield slumped from an estimated 8,- 166,000 bushels us of Sept. 1, to 5,444.- | 000 bushels as of Oct. 1. it was esti- | mated here Thursday by Ben Kien- holz, federal crop statistician. | Barley and potato figures also showed a decline, with figures for other North Dakota products estimat- ed as the same as of Sept. 1. | Durum and spring wheat figures re- ; main at 4.604.000 and 18,650.000 bush- | els, respectively; the oats estiamte re- mains at 8,939,000 bushels, the same as of Sept. 1; barley is estimated at 7,780,000 bushels, as compared with 9,336,000 bushels as of Sept. 1: flax.) 830,000 bushels, same as Sept. 1; po-/ tatoes, 6,930,000, as compared with 7,-| 392,000 bushels on Sept. 1. | Pasturage shows a one-point gain, being estimated at 17 per cent of nor- | mal on Oct) 1. Hay and alfalfa fig- | ures are unchanged. People’s Forum (Editor's Note)—The Tribune wel- comes letters on subjects of inter est. letters dealing with contro- versial religious subjects, which attack individuals unfairly, or which offend good taste and fair play will be returned to the writ- ers, All letters MUST be signed. If you wish to use a pseudonym, sign the pseudonym first and your own mane beneath it. We will re- spect such requests. We reserve the right to delete such parts of letters as may be necessary to conform to this policy and to re- quire publication of a writer's | name where justice and fair play make it advisable. TERNALISTIC TENDENCIES Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 9, 1934. Editor, Tribune: The Tribune deserves the thanks of | ; both the government and the state for its editorial titied “Unhealthy Trend” in which the warning is sounded against too many social service work- ers. When we remember that there are almost as many relief workers in the various offices in Bismarck alone as we have state employes, to say noth- ing of the hordes of officers and em- ployes elsewhere in the state; when ‘we see more and more names added to the list each day, one cannot help wondering if the time is not far dis~ tant when therc will be a social serv- ice worker for each person on the re- Nef rolls, and it is mo wonder relief funds are being depleted at an alarm- ing rate. Time after time writers to the Pub- le Forum as well as through the col- umns of other publications have pro- tested about the injustice and dis- crimination shown in giving both work relief and direct relief. Time after} time, the people have lifted up their voices against the wasting of relief money for booze, gambling and other + things that are being done every day. It is encouraging to see that at last the relief set up has ruled against paying relief money to persons known to use it for the puropse of buying intoxicants. But what about those who waste relief money otherwise? Are they to go unhindered? Govern- ment money squandered over the gambling tables, wasted to buy gas to burn up the roads, chasing here and there without cause or reason except to be merely on the go, and that spent for beer or other such extravagances 4s gone just a: irrevocably as that spent for liquor, and does the family Just about as much good. we believe the, time has come for the public to take a hand in this busi- ness for there are hundreds of us who are not on the relief rolls simply be- cuuse we have too much pride to ask for help as long as we can possibly get along without it. One of the first things the public should do is to see that those not absolutely in need get off the relief rolls and stay off! Farmers at least should be given a thorouzh investigation before their claims for relief are allowed. For Practically every farmer in Burleigh county is in the same position —no crops and no money. Why then should s certein few farmers, men ‘who have cows and other livestock to furnish a living, be permitted work re- ef while others in the same position or worse off are refused any help at all? The relief officers tell us they have a ruling that only those having nine major animals or less will receive direct or work relief. There are farmers working on roads today who Ihave two and three times this number of livestock. Any farmer who is able to produce from his dairy a can of cream or 80 a week should not have help unless each and every one of his neighbors in a similar position receives the same help. ‘Then there is another thing. Farm- ers and others on relief can go to Bismarck and get all the fresh meat they want, while the rest of us get nothing unless it is the condemned animals unfit for food for those on relief! All these things rankle bitterly in the hearts of the people, especially those who are in straitened circum- stances, but who have been refused every form of relief—and they are not few! Instead of the horde of relief of- ficers, employes and social service ‘workers that have descended upon us, how much better it would have been It would have been easy to disband these committees when they were no Jonger necessary, but, as The Tribune points out, there will be a big problem in the reemployment of all those relief ‘Workers alone who comprise a good sized army in the aggregate. Perhaps, as some seem to think, we will have relief question with us the rest of ‘our natural lives, but if so, something is'radically wrong with our form of | cehecnpeeapa We have with us today of citizens who believe it is F e & g& MRS. GLORIA VANDERBILT New Yorx, Oct. 11—()—Mrs. | Harry Payne Whitney, aunt of 10- year old Gloria Morgan Vander- bilt, is expected to close her side of the court fight over custody | of the little heiress Thursday with @ personal appearance before Su- | preme Court Justice John F. Carew, who is conducting the hearing in Camera. Mrs. Gloria Vanderbilt, mother of the child, who is seeking to retain custody of the girl, is then | expected to start presentation of her side of the case, feel the world owes them a living and they are out to get it. It does not repre- jsent those in need, in the fullest sense ‘of the word, but those who have taken advantage of the government's bounty and have never made a real effort to help themselves. We have got to realize one thing. And that is every cent of the money propriated by the government for relief purposes comes out of the tax- Payers’ pocket and has to be repaid. If we, the taxpayers, permit these funds to be wasted or given to those not in actual need, it can mean only one thing and that is the actual needy are not getting as much as they should have and the few are profiting at the expense of the many. A Farmer, Editor's Note: It would seem the relief situa- tion needs further clarification. See the editorial page. ONTINUE D C from page one Relief Costs Rise In Burleigh County Because it is the local taxpayer's sole contribution to relief, it is just as well to look at the medical ex- Penditures first. totalled $2,997.70, divided as follows: doctor bills $1,824.59; nursing service, including mid-wives, $103.37; hospital Service $1,035.29; dental service $34.45. Practically all of the hospital serv- ice was performed at one local hos- pital, it having granted a special rate of $1.20 a day. Earlier in the year the cost was con- siderably more. It may rise again if the demand for medical servic? in- creases. The medical profession, how- ever, has established a system to keep the expenditures at the lowest pos- sible figure. It has provided a scale of the usual charge for office or house calls, with fixed minimums for surgical service. A minor operation costs not less than $25; a major operation not less than $75. System Undergoes Change At ne time during the year relief clients could call their own doctor and have the cost charged to the coun- ty, but this proved too expensive. The bills were excessive and a system was adopted whereby anyone seeking free medical service must first have an order from the relief office before he is treated by a physician or dentist. If ( e doctor feels that immediate attention is necessary he is privileged to give it and send in his bill. If the case is of such nature that treatmen: can be deferred, nothing is done un- til it is referred to a special medical committee which meets every P:day night to go over such matters. The members are Drs. J. O. Arnson, F. B. Strauss and W. H. Bodenstab. The Prospective patients are not seen by the committee but it is barely poss‘bie that a further change may require their appearance. Having thus accounted briefly for the county’s $52,000, it is proper io look at the county federal relief of- fice which probably has dispensed more than $300,000 in relief during the last year. It is here that hard- Pressed people get their grocery ord- ers, clothing and rent allowances, From this office is directed the many woik- relief projects which provide the needy with cash. Sitting in one of the toughest ex- ecutive assignments in the county is Mrs. Clendenning, a slim, grey-haired woman with one grown daughter, a relief worker in New York City, and one grown son. She formerly lived at Wimbledon, N. D., where her husband was a business man, and later- was with a child-care agency in Minue- apolis. Is Big Executive Job Her training, she will tell you, was in a certain phase of relief work, but when the demand for relief work- ers grew acute she was catapulted into what, on the basis of the records, prob- ably is one of the hardest relief spots in North Dakota. How tough it is will appear presently. Tt is 8 job which requires executive ability as well as a knowledge of peo- ple and of relief problems. The fact that she is assigned to Burleigh coun- ty, where the state relief administra- tion has encountered a lot of trouble, might fairly be interpreted as evi- the state organization. Assisting Mrs. Clendenning are three rural social workers, two city social workers and 14 office employes. The social workers make out the work as- ere |signments, which they deliver to clients. The rural workers are sched- districts on stated days to confer with telief clients. —+ _———— a,, 2 ‘Fights for Child .__ Fights for Child of reduced rates, which are two-thirds | °° dence that she is rated as a “star” by t On Saturdays all are} ‘in the office to talk with people there and make out their In addition to this staff, some ad- ditional workers are employed, large: ly as work supervisors, although fore- men usually are selected from the re- Nef list. On July 19 there were nine such “outsiders.” On August 16, @ month later, the number was 15. - Some Significant Figures Here are a few figures which indi- cate that a fairly heavy staff is need- ed. For the week ending July 19 there were 461 relief clients who worked 8,827 hours and got $3,454.15, in addi- tion to the nine job supervisors who worked 300 hours and got $162.87. The totals are 470 people, 9,127 hours and $3,616.97. For the week ending August 16, 676 Persons worked 12,957 hours ‘for $5,- 348.35 and the 15 supervisors worked 504 hours for $267, a total of 691 work- ers, 13,461 hours and $5,615.35. Bear in mind that there are a lot of folks on direct relief and then, on the basis of these figures, guess at how much the FERA is spending in Bur- leigh county. In case you need help, you might consider that during July there were 531 families, containing 2,536 persons. on direct relief and 479 families, list- ing 2,473 persons, on work relief. The money figures are for work relief only but any guesser might remember that work relief costs about 25 per cent more than direct relief. One of the difficulties in keeping the work relief projects going is the spasmodic character of the work pro- vided. Men are permitted ta work only up to the amounts allotted them. ‘The result is that all projects.go at full blast early in the month while only a the matter was closed. There hasn’t been any trouble since. : Mrs, Clendenning insists the food budget, while a minimum, can be lived on, She knows, because she has lived on it herself to test it out. Since she lives alone in an apartment, this means that she held her food costs to $1.25 a week just to see if it could be done. During that month, she ad- land but she maintained her health despite the strain of long hours in the relief office. How Budget Is Made How the budget has been adjusted is indicated by the fact that last Nov- ember the so-called average family consisting of a man, wife and three children received $4.40 a week for groceries. In August, when the ap- Portionment was lifted, they got $4.84 @ week. There ‘may be further advances if prices skyrocket. To this, from time to time, is added the meat ration already mentioned and occas- fonal distributions of surplus com- modities. In Burleigh county there has been no widespread disposition to organize so-called self-help groups, as has been done in some other places, but the tendency has been toward it. Where possible, men are permitted to work on jobs they like or where they have had experience. For ex- ample a shoe repairman suggested that he could cobble the shoes of his fellow sufferers. A workshop was arranged for him and machinery in- stalled. Now he does a flourishing business. Women’s sewing rooms util- ize skill in that direction. One peek at the complexity of the problems which are presented to the few are active as the month-end nears. There is no dearth of projects. In fact, more enterprises have been sug- @ested than there are persons to fill them. In the case of women’s pro- Jects, particularly, it is difficult to get enough workers. One result of this is to make the meat-canning project now operating in Burleigh county relatively expensive. In some districts women are doing the work at a lower rate of pay. Here the work is done 2x- clusively by men. Meat Isgued Weekly In addition to financial relief, the local office has been issuing 2,500 to 3.000 pounds of meat weekly. wrapped and brought to the World War Memorial building in 10 pound lots. By feeling the packages, early comers usually manage to select the best cuts. And on “meat days” most folks come early. Meat is issued to rural residents on Saturday and to Bismarck people on Wednesday. At ‘Wing a meat depot has been provided, a butcher there receiving $1 for kill- ing and dressing a steer. At the beginning, according to Mrs. Clendenning, many persons were “meat hungry.” They had gone with- out meat for a long time and were avid for it. Since the cattle program of the government was launched and local killing was instituted along with it, this situation has improved mark- edly. always possible to tell what a person really needs by what he asks for. overlooked. be granted without investigation even then not all at once. to favor children but the management is just bout for a relief family as for a family trying to get on income. Bashfulness Disappears Mrs, Clendenning. fears for the moral effect of the relief system if it continues indefinitely, that it may tend to set up a separate social group if people become too used Because em- Others, bashful at first, have the idea of getting all they On the whole there going on. In July the Labor club staged a demonstration and shortly thereafter the amount of relief was increased. Protests of relief clients. The Labor club made the most of its seeming victory, however, and the rival Un- employed Council was moved to action. This took the form of asserting that not enough relief was being granted in certain families and a demand to see the records. This was refused cn the ground that the protestants were not charged with the responsibility of handling such matters and that their interference would only te things. There has been no violence but the Police have been called on at least two occasions to preserve order. Woman Starts Trouble This bit of trouble was started by agitators, a man who has done prac- tically no work for the relief given him, who has consistently refused to work. The woman, dissatisfied with the size of her grocery order, demand- ed free flour. It was . The relief office has bought five carloads of flour for sale to clients at cost, but the woman remembered when flour had been given away as a surplus com- Taiy Mic ented he fins fee: Mine was going to there until she got it. iad When it came time to close the of: fice she refused to leave and a man was called to eject her ai husband who, meanwhile, her. The next was given flour but be deducted from order. the wife of one of the chief ol BR relief office in rapid-fire order and this story ends. The Tribune reporter talked with, Mrs. Clendenning a matter of two) hours. The conversation would have been shorter had it not been for the interruptions, both on office matters and telephone calls from the outside. Moving Is Discouraged One woman who called wanted the relief.administration to move her fam- | ily from the country to an apartment in town so it would be easier for the children to go to school. It took a lot of time to explain that relief could be granted only if the clients stayed where they are, that the city is over- crowded ‘more than the relief office could bear. A man came in to inquire about a work assignment and that was straightened out. Several others came to ask about food orders-and meat, and were referred to the proper clerks. Over the telephone, Mrs. Clenden- ning made arrangements for a woman who was about to have a baby. It mits, she didn’t live on the fat of the, and the expense would be|- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1934 Saw Hauptmann Millard Whited (above), Lam- bertville, N. J., house painter, is considered the final link in tl evidence connecting . Bruno Hauptmann and the Lindbergh kidnaping. Whited identified Hauptmann as the prowler he saw near Hopewell before the crime. has been built up. An unskilled per- son, if depending upon his own ob- servation, might money on the boy’s appendix. <A relief worker taking this attitude would have to accept responsibility for what- ever followed. ‘ The woman and her son left, com- forted that his trouble would get at- took some time to get all the arrange- ments made. By this time it was after closing hours and the clerks had left when in came a motherly looking woman ‘and a boy. The woman explained they had just come frdm the doctor's office and that the ! 7 would have to enter the hos- pital that night for an appendicitis operation the next morning. It was case. To the newspaperman he didn’t look particularly sick and therein lies the answer to the medical system which $ ‘ and her husband announced would sit right there until they got what they wanted. When closing time came they refused to budge and Police again were called. The police uled to be at certain points in their; Were reluctant to eject, the intruders by force but induced the man and is ‘wile to Mave tbe effiny at V Your throat protection ageiast —ageinst cough “It’s toasted” tention. Mrs. Clendenning closed her desk. The days work was done. CONTINUE from page one: Kalemen’s Allies In Assassination Grilled by Police honor that spectators might think she was the Yugoslavian queen. Queen Marie, meanwhile, was smuggled from the Marseilles train to the Yugoslav legation, where she joined her son. - Painter Says He | Taken From Home {& Sun, forced her to tape the hands for @ reunion with her son, the boy- king Peter II. While Peter and Marie met here tor the first time since he entered an English boarding school several weeks ago, the Yugoslav destroyer Dubrovnik steamed through the Mediterranean with Alexander's body in a flag-drap- ed casket on the afterdeck. It will arrive in Split, Ydogslav port on the Adriatic, Friday. Two French cruisers and six destroyers form an escort of honor for the dead king. Dispatches from Yugoslavia report- ed conditions there were quiet, al- though the government held 27 air- Planes in readiness. ‘ NTINUE a areca Louisville Woman By Lone Abductor said, and then ripped away the con- nection. Mrs. Stoll, who had been ill several days, came down stairs when she heard the noise. The man menaced Mrs. Woolet with of her mistress, Then he tied the maid to a chair, gagged her and told Mrs. Stoll hé was going to kidnap her. Slugged Her ‘With Pipe P They talked about the matter for some time. Mrs. Stoll offered the man & check if he would let her go. He replied by hitting her on the head with @ piece of iron pipe. Her head was cut and began to bleed but the maid said she was not unconscious. Allowing her a checked blue and white coat to cover her negligee, the kidnaper then forced his victim to go with him. Mrs. Woolet caught a demanded. The note also was un- derstood to have advised the family to contact certain individials of na- tional importance. No intimation of their names was forthcoming. The note was directed to “Stoll;” it contained abuse of the family and a hint that Stoll’s brother, William, would “be next.” Schmidt ‘said there were no misspelled words, that the typing was neat and the diction good. “It's my opinion that the man who wrote the note was an educated man,” Schmidt added: There was @ typed demand for $30,- 000.ransom. That was scratched out and $50,000 inserted. The department of justice entered the case at once: F. E. Hurley, chief of Louisville agents, took charge. At the Stoll home his deputy, E. J. Wynn, set up headquarters and questioned Hardin, Mrs. Woolet, her husband, Fowler Woolet; Mr. Stoll, and neigh- jbors and other servants. ‘William Marshal Bullitt, former so- Ucitor general of the United States, Going. E. J. Connelly, of the Cincinnati of- fice of the department of justice, reached Louisville later. J. O. Jenkins, Indianapolis Lied agent, here as s witness in ft court, was called to duty. The Stoll family was ready to deal with the kidnapers. Berry Stoll & statement saying he had “just found the note regarding the ransom and that arrangements are being made ac- cordingly.” There was no hint what these arrangements were. Schmidt the kidna} would contact the family “within five j glimpse of his car, a late model coach or sedan (Ford V-8, '33 or '34). women were alone. All the time help was nearby if they had been able to ,Summon it, Frank Hardin, 55, Negro hired man on the place, was working in a nearby field. He had a rifle, as sheep-killing dogs have been giving trouble. \ The kidnaping was discovered by Mr. Stoll when he went home at 5:30 @ neighbor’s home. Mra, Willan 8. Speed, of family | 8. , a prominent in Kentucky for genera- Her husband is vice president Stoll Oil Refining Co. She is in [ Under a shield a great secrecy,; Queen Marie came to Paris Thursday { irritation Department Store and save. near night. They per might have hidden there, but found nothing. Plane Brought Down With No Landing Gear nine passengers aboard, et its airport safely Thursday after the pilot, J. A. Smith of Seattle, was compelled to circle the field for 15 whole family at the People’s Human Sacrifice Cult Keil, Beton cause the clean center leaves are the mildest == leaves...they cost more...they.taste better. Under Investigation Los Angeles, Oct. 11—(#)—A secret Mexican religious cult whose leaders reportedly advocate human sacrifice is under investigation by authorities. They want to learn whether the cult rites have ever claimed any hu- man victims. The leader of the virtually un- known group, who obtained the title o? “minister” Lakers Will Support Nuessle, Burr, Morris Devils Lake, N. D., Oct. 11—(#)— lorsing and recommending Judges 'W. L. Nuessle and A. G. Burr for re- election and James Morris for elec- tion to the supreme court of North z ing lake region. ‘The committee’s purpose ts to sup- the candidacies of Burr, Nueasle and Morris as men who are “aside or faction and free Save on shoes for men, wo- men and children at the Peo- ple’s Department Store. i ! i ee ronsaen « a, eee Fn ee a Ne Nortl poses state ‘Thur In torn tive rou tessi ‘Th Ingt this gene spec reha 075 and Di simi in tl 8 Cul poli witl pub Q Masses. & - =i 7