The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1934, Page 4

flar statements by other industrial- (he. Bismarck Tribune|™ %# ® beckeround of sim- . An Independent Ne Newspaper oo ae D., and entered at the postoffice ‘at Bismarck as second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in $7.20 ists and economists in recent weeks; and they indicate pretty clearly a widespread conviction on the part of business and inustry that now is the Paychological moment to begin a great revival, if only people will keep their hands off the machinery. And right at this point we en- counter an odd thing—the cross-cur- tents set up by two opposing lacks of confidence. ‘Business lacks confid- ence in the administration's willing- 7.20| ness to keep its hands off and let the 6.00 or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other. matter herein are also reserved. No Time for Claptrap Despite the cogitations of politi- cians and commentators there should be little doubt in the mind of anyone as to what the people expect from ‘the next session of the legislature. This is not determined by the views of any one individual but by a survey of the economic situation in which the state finds itself and a glance at the returns of the last elec- tion. ‘The vote, it was plain, constituted ® defeat for the forces of Langerism but @ victory for no gne. Torn by conflicting arguments, the people gave no party a mandate to control the government of North Dakota. ‘Instead, they demonstrated a marked- Jy bi-partisan mood and, in as far as they could, emphasized that poll- cies and results rather than individ- uals and attitudes, will determine ‘their reaction to the new set-up. The result is to place every new official and every member of the leg- Aslature on trial in the court of pub- lic opinion. It is an invitation to display statesmanship rather than political bias, The man who at- tempts to play politics without regard to the welfare of the state is quite likely to find himself condemned. In times of need the welfare of the People rises above political considera- tions and this is one of those times, As 8 result of this basic fact, sug- gestions of political maneuvers to) embarrass Governor-Elect Thomas Moodie are not only asinine and futile, they are poor politics. Political agitators, some of whom should know better, have eveh suggested an effort to impeach the governor-elect when he takes office. The political result of such an ac- tion is too obvious to merit comment. It would not only be an effort to im- peach the majority of the voters of the state, it would demonstrate a feeling of political rancor which would not easily be swallowed in view of the need for constructive action, Such @ move, it is generally agreed by impartial observers, would dig po- litical graves for nearly all who par- ticipated in it, As against this sort of wild claptrap, future of the state and for an im- partial review of the difficulties in profit motive have a fair swing, and John Citizen has not entirely regain- ed his confidence in those great fi- nancial powers which must stand back of any business revival, Furthermore, it is this second timorousness—born of the memory of Insull and Wiggin and Mitchell and the othere—which causes the admin- istration to do those things which undermine business confidence. Need this create a permanent stale- mate? Not at all. The ordinary man ‘will be perfectly willing to give busi- ness the leeway it asks once he is convinced that the game is going to be run in a fair manner. ‘The full restoration of his confid- eneé is the important issue. Once that is done, the rest will follow in natural course. Civil Service in Distress Senator George W. Norris is un- limbering his guns for an attack on the spoils system in the federal gov- ernment. He complaims that fewer than 70 per cent of the employes in the executive branches are under civil service today; and since the percen- tage was above 80 when Mr. ‘Roose- velt was inaugurated, Mr. Norris quite naturally thinks that the de- cline ought to be a matter of deep concern to the administration. The more things our federal gov- ernment finds to do—and there is every indication that it is going to be progressively more active in years to come—the more important it is that its servants be chosen purely for merit and not for politi¢al reasons. Senator Norris is calling for an ex- ceedingly vital reform. All who ad- mire good government will hope that he pushes it with typical Norris energy and success, The Same War Formula ‘That bloody little war between Bo- livia and Paraguay continues to pro THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1934 PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. AC vide a first-rate laboratory model of Inant story of her war between major powers, jada Sorzano of Bolivia announcing that Bolivia will “send its entire male Population” to the Gran Chaco to fight, 1% necessary, The nation, he says, has refused no honorable chance to end the war; meanwhile, the war proceeds—“and we must do our duty.” Now this is a perfect reflection of the traditional attitude of the head of a war-making state. We must fight Ine hag to the last man, we must make every sacrifice, we must make no pesce un- lean, honor is satisfied ... those phrases are made familiar by many generations of war and its attendant proclamations, Meanwhile—again as usual—the man who utters them is not the one ‘whose blood is to be spilled, and no one thinks to ask the soldiers them- selves what their conception of the national honor may be. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. Her “He fs | rf ie 7 al i ? fl FY i Hd 5 5 yy saaee al Efi .2 a8 sea F i i? Hl 3 BEER i heat ba Elba He Eur TE HORIZONTAL 1 What coun- try’s flag is pictured here? 7 This country occupies the —— peninsula, (3 Artificial silk. 14God of the sky. 16 Round-up, (7 Mineral spring. 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