The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 25, 1935, Page 4

ee em Am mm OD THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1985 The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper {HE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck gecond class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year Daily by mail. per year (in Bismarck Daily by mail, per year (in state out Bismarck . 5 aoe Daily by mail outside of North Dakota ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year Weekly by mail Ne per year .... ‘Weekly by mail in Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it 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 @lso reserved. Inspiration for Today So the last shall be first, and the first last; many be called, but few chosen.—St, Matthew, ebay eee {| ‘The Christian has greatly the advantage of the | wnbeliever, having everything to gain and nothing | to lose.—Byron. Who Will Get Hurt? House support of the Patman bill for pay- {ng the veterans’ bonus paves the way for in- flation of the currency, a process of exceeding @anger for the average citizen. To be sure, it declares for CONTROLLED Inflation, but that is mere language. NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF ANY NA- {TION HAS A GOVERNMENT FOUND IT POSSIBLE TO CONTROL INFLATION ONCE fT HAS DEFINITELY EMBARKED UPON SUCH A PROGRAM. HENCE THE DECLAR- ATION IN THE PATMAN BILL IS MERELY ONE OF INTENTION. IT GIVES NO HINT OF WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS IF THIS BILL IS ENACTED INTO LAW. Support for ‘monetary inflation comes from those who, seeing the purchasing power of our present dollar, feel that all they need to achieve i greater prosperity is to have more money. This is not necessarily true. Real wealth gonsists of goods; things which the people can eat and use and wear, Money is merely a me- dium of exchange and a measuring stick. When inflation comes more and more money buys less and less of things until the whole financial structure collapses and pandemonium reigns. In this process it is the little fellow who gets hurt. The wage earner finds himself oppressed more and more. He has more money but he has to get along with less of everything. Sav- ings of the people will be wiped out. In Ger- many, for example, a man who had saved enough to buy himself a house found, at the height of inflation, that he had hardly enough money to buy a pair of shoes. The investments of aged persons are always wiped out by this process. They are left as penniless as though they had been bilked by a stock salesman. Those who advocate inflation talk as though {¢ would handicap the bankers, a condition which they presume to be very desirable. In this they are mistaken. In Germany, where the last great inflation debacle occurred, the bankers and the big corporations got richer. When it was all over all wealth was concen- trated in their hands, instead of merely the @on’s share as before. When inflation comes the financial people (wansfer their wealth from money to goods. Whey are the first to do this. By the time the average citizen gets around to following suit it {a too late. The inflationists seem to think the people as a whole will be able to outwit the money barons. This MAY be true but history effers little proof of it, The sentiment in America now seems to fa- vor immediate payment of the bonus, adjusted compensation for the veterans’ service during {| got its money. ws Nation’s Capital By HERBERT PLUMMER ‘Washington—When the story of the first months the 74th congress is written, there'll probably be devoted to the activities of members of the house, ‘They nave done yeomen work. Consider what the house has done while the has been so hopelessly tangled with the World Protocols, work-relief— The house has plugged steadily on. Its legislative batting average is near 1,000. major appropriation bills are out of the way. And that’s true despite the fact Speaker Byrns and his aides given members ample opportunity to “strike out the last word”—a parliamentary vehicle for “letting off steam.” utes. In the senate “striking out the last word” is un- known. A senator can speak five minutes if he chooses, five hours if he has the physical endurance. Forgetting for the moment “gag” rules in the house, which, members themselves admit (though some dis- approve), expedite the business at hand, the following is true at the moment: The senate hardly has considered the appropriation bills, One has come up—the war department—and it took days to get it passed. The house passed the same bill in a matter of hours. ‘The greater part of the time when the war depart- ment appropriation was the business before the senate, Louisiana’s “kingfish” and Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic floor leader, were at each other's throats, “Doc” Copeland of New York, charged with the duty of keeping the business of the senate before the senate, gave up in despair. After days of this sort of thing the war department There are, however, five or six more major appropriation bills to pass in review before the senate. Each offers—even tempts—unlimited debate, eee RULE REFORM? All of which has given rise to speculation as to whether the senate will, on its own volition, attempt a reformation of its rules regarding debate. Charlie Dawes, as vice president and president of the senate, sug- gested such a reform when he picked up the gavel for the first time. The razzing he received is history. There is, however, a move afoot, inaugurated Carter Glass of Virginia, which may be significant. The Virginian, as jealous of the prerogatives of sen- ators as any of his colleagues, is carrying around in his pocket a resolution requiring senators during the con- sideration of an appropriation bill to talk to the subject. He claims sympathy for his cause. ehind the Scenes in Washington WITH RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) ‘Washington, March 25.—After congress goes from here, you'll be seeing some important changes in Roosevelt's official family. ‘The most probable cabinet resignation is that of Jim Farley as postmaster Even Jim has finally got it through his head that he is something of a liability as long as he continues, under constant fire, to hold both the postoffice job and chairman of the national and New York Democratic committees, He is convinced that he can be of greater value to Roosevelt as boss of the re-election campaign than as boss of the postal service, assuming he drops one role or the other. And, of course, one of his close associates can handle the department the same way Jim has been operating it. Farley is bound to continue and to become more em- barr: as the campa! assing ign nears, It wouldn't look well for Jim to quit right now, lest Huey acquire the credit and gain too much prestige from the “victory.” But you can look for the resignation some nice quiet day this summer. to size up the popular strength of the Progressives, third Party possibilities, and other political conditions. Some of them, at least, suggested that Progressive protests against his dual job weren't to be laughed off. see PERKINS MAY PASS ON Friends and associates of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins fear that she, too, may be quitting within the next few months, Madame Secretary has been inclined to brood over the frequent snubs her labor policies have received at the White House. Behind the scenes she has fought militantly for the interests of organized labor. She has been ignored in the administration's plan- ning for continuation of NRA—a large part of which she believes comes within her field. She hasn't observed | much administration support for the Wagner labor dis- putes bill. the essentials of which she favors, And if the Wagner bill should pass without placing the national labor relations board under the supervision of her department, as she desires, that may prove the last straw. eee CUMMINGS DUE FOR SHIFT Attorney General Cummings may still be expected to be switched sooner or later to another job, unless the justice department shows a burst of speed under leader- ' ship of its new solicitor general, | And lately Uncle Dan Roper of the department of commerce has been the subject of persistent resignation | rumors, inspired by the fact that his administration of | Pia acer ment and other: acetviaies Rigs, Deen 20 | the war. The men who defended the nation are entitled to this consideration, It already constitutes a debt of the government payable in 1945. By its payment no new debt would be But it would be a travesty if they were to be paid in “boloney dollars.” They are entitled to payment in REAL MONEY WITH REAL PURCHASING POWER. They will not get it unless the proposed in- flation really is CONTROLLED—AND HIS- TORY DOES NOT SHOW THAT IT CAN BE. If inflation comes as a result of bonus pay- ment it will be a severe blow to the cause of the veteran. He deserves better than to be made the butt of political manipulation. 3 ie teee E HT Passage of the work-relief bill will lead to diggering, as Roosevelt assigns the four for expenditure. Not even Harry Hopkins or Ickes knows yet just what responsibilities he'll have der the plan. : z 8 a g E § 38 i i E if- WH. Uf, # ele ie ai A an fai] Hei? i hh g 5 i e int i Hy F i Be Hib = fe ge ii Hl a E 3 ae ; pia i ei . HOLSTEIN IS LAST STRAW One factor which helped make up Roosevelt's mind in favor of Gov. Paul Pearson of the Virgin Islands and Secretary Ickes as against Federal Judge T. 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