The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 2, 1935, Page 6

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All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. e ] , about such problems, Congressman Cochran of Missouri Inspiration for Today ‘Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!—Amos, 6:1. eee The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness, and in the taste confounds the appe- tite—Shakespeare. ehind the Scenes in Washington | WITH RODNEY DUTCHER S Private Lives of Federal Clerks Under Morals X-ray Champion Is Shocked by Charge of Looseness . Alice Slapved for Slap at First Lady ... Some Per- sonals and Locals, Washington, May 2—The private lives of govern- ment clerks have just become one of those teapot-tempest issues which politicians so frequently make into big head- lines for the local newspapers. There's a section of the badly riddled but still extant Economy Act which provides that married persons with husbands or wives in the federal civil service must be fired first wherever personnel reductions are necessary. Witnesses protesting this clause testified before the house civil service committee that it had the effect of causing young folks on the federal payroll to live to- gether without benefit of clergy. One of the witnesses was President E. Claude Babcock of the A. F. of L's American Federation of Government Employees. Sexual morality of government clerks is by no means one of Mr. Babcock’s major concerns. He just thought it was a point of argument against the “married persons clese” which would appeal to a southern congressman or two who might actually be worried about the morals of this town. Later he insisted he knew of njne such cases of un- married life, but he didn’t suggest that he had ever qualified himself as a genuine viewer-with-alarm by suggesting to these young people that they mend the error of their ways. ee ® AUTHOR IS OUTRAGED Then, just as if he, too, lay awake nights thinking dashed into print with the assertion that Babcock had “insulted every single man and women in the government service” and urged that Babcock be fired or, possibly, tarred and feathered. Cochran made a fiery defense of the morals of the boys and girls of the town, insisting Babcock had caused great “mental anguish” to the ladies of the government as well as to their folks back home, Cochran doesn’t care, either. Nor does he know as much about the situation as Babcock does. He merely happens to be the author of the “married persons clause” THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1935 | : Another Line to Think About Your Personal Health Dr. Brady will answer ease or: diagnosis. Write ft The Brady in cai @ stamped, ‘THE SILENCE OF DOCTORS OF MEDICINE In a recent talk entitled “Who Says a Doctor is By William Brady, M. D. juestion: Vetoes Yl to health but not dis- letters briefly and in ink. Address Dr, ‘ibune, All queries must be accompanied by addressed envelope. Good?” I tried to show that the doctor's satisfied patients tell their friends he is good, and so in the course of years, if the doctor has the patience, he has enough many patients to keep him busy. If the doctor is not so good, then when his patience is exhausted, he may still sacrifice that intangible thing called professional ‘and go out into the highways and byways shouting standing to the public about how good he is, and perhaps catch enough gullible cus- tomers to make his living. C. E. P. writes that articles like that get under his hide. If the M.D. is 80 good, he asks, why doesn’t he advertise and let the world know about his good qualities, let the public know that the methods and theories of the medical profession are proven scientific facts and can be depended on? ‘When the medical profession refuses to use advertising, avers C. E. P., it implies the profession is not sure about its theories and methods and there- fore is unwilling to submit them to public approval. The medical profession, continues this keen critic, is devoting consid- erable time and money to the endeavor to get laws enacted to curb or sup- press quackery and illegitimate practice. Sometimes, The efficacy of such laws is indeed, laws conceived in the most liberal spirit itionable. and intent seem to drive many people over to the quacks. Now it appears & logical conclusion to C. E. P. that if the medical profession would spend its time and money in educating the public about the established,. proven meth- ods and principles of healing, there would be no need for such laws to curb quackery. People can still read and learn and believe, if the truth -is in what they read. P. cites the very best of reasons why the doctor of medi- ertise, he doesn’t indicate how in the world the doctor is to hallowed tradition to start the much needed campaign f the public about established methods, to carry out some such campaign have been launched, Riaeee I know of, has had the support or approval of any consid- of the medical profession. The profession in this country sect and is grimly determined to defend it. lacks the ke { | \ The Fair Mortgage Announcement that approximately 50 houses will be built in Bismarck this year, coupled with a report from the North Dakota FHA that approximately $1,250,000 worth of building has been started in the state already this year are merely bubbles on the stream of new construction which is about to envelop this country. . For five years the capital goods industries of the nation have been stagnant. Now fi- nancial water is beginning to trickle through the dam which has been holding back progress and the flow is about to be resumed at flood tide. The practical considerations of human na- ture and the current financial condition make this inevitable. : The country is vastly underbuilt and the first consideration of the normal being is a home. Men will fight harder to obtain and re- tain one than for any other material possession. The urge to home building is there. It has never been absent. Next in importance is the fact that people with money don’t know what to do with it. Our local banks have no desire for further de- posits. They have too much idle money al- ready. Many individuals are in the same posi- tion. Call money on the New York market now is ONE QUARTER OF ONE PER CENT, hard- ly enough to pay for the bookkeeping. Money may be had for six months by borrowers with established credit for from ONE QUARTER TO THREE EIGHTHS OF ONE PER CENT. ‘It doesn’t take long for investors to get sick of that situation. Home mortgages pay more, MUCH MORE and are just about as sound, liquid, perhaps, but safe and conservative in- vestments. Thus we have the desire and the money. The result is inevitable. We are seeing the answer right here in Bismarck in the form of building permits. Not the least important change in the situation is that wrought upon the mortgage market by the Federal Housing Act, one of the few New Deal devices which has not come in for major criticism. By offering a new kind of mortgage, designed to be fair to both the borrower and the lender, not only has the cost of financing been markedly reduced but a ‘ whole new atmosphere has been created. It has emphasized anew that home financing is more than a means of making money. It is a ‘service to the community, i The better institutions which long have ; been in this field have adopted this same jj panies this year. | standard to the benefit of all concerned. This was all that was needed to dispel the fears and uncertainties which kept many peo- : ple from launching a definite fight for one of -the most precious of human possessions—a home of their own. We Get a Bum Deal North Dakota, it seems, is to have _ Corps Area. While the enrollments from other states are being | imereased ours is to be reduced, decision having been made to disband four North Dakota companies already organized. ‘The reasons for this are something of a puzzle to average citizen. Can it be that the federal govern- does not avoreciate our need for water conservation the prevention of erosion? Is it possible that those #hould be representing our state's interest in this “matter have been too busy with other things to give ‘tite one attention? Or can it be that the federal gov- 4 b doesn't care for the peculiar brand of politics ‘out here and is taking this method of showing th Dekote’s brass hats a thing or two? Tesult is bad. In the loss camps and CCC units of things which are clear- Not quite so] only 20 CCC com- Despite the fact that it was deprived of the services of all but five of these units during the winter and that the need for constructive work is great, we are to receive Jess, in proportion, than any other state in the Seventh BIG SHOTS VIOLATE ACT Which explains how and why the morals of govern- ment employees happened to become a burning issue in this town and in congress itself—as if congress has nothing else to worry about. (Congressman Ramspeck of Georgia, chairman of the committee, demanded spe- cific, definite proof. He didn’t get it.) Nothing has been done to solve the problem of the $900-a-year girl and the $1200 boy who would like to get married on the theory that “two can live as cheap as one,” but don’t dare. Incidentally, most of them know plenty of $5000 or $10,000 people on the federal payroll who are able to have wives who also draw federal salaries and needn't worry, because they have “drag” or aren’t on the civil service lists. * * ® LOCALS AND PERSONALS There's a girl in FERA named Marcia Hello and she is a stenographer and not a telephone operator ... Last time Gertrude Stein came to town with her pal, Alice B. Toklas, she wrote a note to her friend, Ellen LaMotte, MEOW AND MEOW: Latest wisecrack of Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long- worth about Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt: “Every time she opens her mouth, a flannel Petticoat drops out.” Latest wisecrack of one of Mrs. Eleanor Roose- velt's friends, on hearing same: “Every time Alice opens her mouth, a mixture of gall and sulphuric acid drips out.” as follows: “It will be nice being with you. Emily, I think, is nicer. So are you. And s0, perhaps, are we. Which is nice for all of us. (Gertrude.)” “I lost my egg!” “Mamma!” “Get off my foot!” Such were the cries that greeted Mrs. Roosevelt as she plunged, with her nieces Amy and Diana, through the mob on egg-rolling day at the White House grounds to the bandstand, 200 yards away, where a magician was to do tricks. Everybody was closing in and trying to touch her or to say how-do-you-do. Everybody was sweating, too. It was an ordeal and Chief Usher Ray- mond Muir and two White House cops who guided weren't able to help much. If it hadn’t been for the photogra- phers who led the way, the trio never would have arrived at the bandstand. | E With Other DITORS Democracy Has Died Before (New York Herald-Tribune) “It remains only for the democracies of ‘West to say that they cannot tolerate the criti function to make it unanimous and then we blow out the light and fight it out in the for when the voice of reason is silenced tle of machine guns begins.” So Glenn Frank concluded his penetrating before the publishers of America last week. His sis of the function of criticism in a democracy once disturbing and inspiring. It brought home to hearer the solemn truth that government by simply cannot survive a loss of free speech, w! the halls of universities, in open assembly AS chet witness i his brough cl ness in his argument, Mr, Frank the writing of none other than the Sage of the cratic party, Thomas Jefferson. The freedom of to examine and the freedom of journalists to express were in Jefferson's eyes axiomatic bases of Ub- erty and popular rule. he wrote, “whether we should have a government with- out newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” “Democracies have died before,” Mr. Frank remark- ed after tracing the eclipse of contemporary Europe. Without a free expression of es Reprinted to show what plied to government—the way of the would-be is easy. ewspapers to observe and criticize. antiseptic air of unhampered discussion” be kept blow- ing through the halls of government, i in a time of economic emergency like the present the critical function is especially important. The tempta- idate” opinion arti grease the way for the dogmas that are the stock-in-trade of “crisis-driven” statesmen. All the more reason for a people who intend to remain free to reject every effort at repression the instant it appears. “Democracy has died before!” Let’s Test Ourselves (Bruce Catton in NEA Service) An intelligence test to determine the fitness of state and national legislators is proposed in the current issue of 7 Ziori Herald, Methodist weekly. ’s @ sound idea, as far as it 3 but why not farther and have a similar test for eet as welt For when all is said and done, these legislators—and some of bo are pretty sad-looking ‘specimens—were elected yy us. We looked them over, listened to what they had to say, ane gave sere their jobs. range, wi you stop to think about it: we are almost unanimous in berating the stupidity and the chicanery of congress and the legislature—but we never stop to think that congressmen and legislators are direct reflections of ourselves, We put them where they are; if we're so smart, don't we put better men in thelr placear UM AY Peggy Hopkins Joyce admits she’ which is the first time we ever heard of rence Ge eee Mussolini proclaims he can mobilize 8,000,000 men for war, thanks to the mass production contests he has held among the Italian mothers, - ii t Demo-, scholars “Were it left to me to decide,” popular rule in much of opinion—the critical faculties fully and constantly ap- dictator Only thereby, in Mr. Frank’s view, can “the clean and Of especial interest was Mr. Frank’s insistence that tion of all dictators is to “bully into silence” and “intim-| . OLITICS ~ at the - NATION'S CAPITOL By HERBERT PLUMMER ‘Washington.—The senate’s “expert on parliamentary procedure—Ben- nett Champ Clark of Missouri—has taken the field to try something older and more experienced senators have attempted and failed. He is out $o curb the tongue of vective without any measurable suc- cess. The withering sarcasm of Glass of Virginia has been unavailing. The attempts of a half-dozen others have been as futile. ° ‘The robust young Senator Clark, however, son of the former speak of the house under Wilson’s admin- istration, would go about it in a dif- ferent way. His plan is to “crack down” on Huey once and for all by changing the rules of the senate. x * * Would Protect President Specifically, Clark, for four years Parliamentarian of the house, parlia- mentarian of the Democratic na- tional convention in 1916 and com- Piler of several manuals on parlia- mentary law, would rewrite Rule 19 to include the president so that the chief - executive could be protected from unwarranted attacks and sland- ers. Rule 19 reads at present: “No senator in debate shall, di- # He would also take « leaf from _ German HORIZONTAL 1,7Famous Ger- (EI) Ly] - man musician, JAILIE |e]. born 250 years [D] aoa . 10 Peetian: ag 11 Stream. 12 Iron, copper. ete, 13 The same. 15 Pertaining to the sun. 19 Vigilant. 22To make an idol of. 25 Jellyfish. 28 Sound of a dove, 29 Low spirits, 31 Wood demon. 32 Annoys. 34 Sister's daughter, 35 Sanskrit dialect. 36 Garden tool 38 Mineral spring. 410 Native. 43 New England, fish. RIATSIP 45 Command. 48 Heavy string. 49 Collection of facts. 50 Bucket. 510s. 52 To reside. 54 Hodgepodge. 56 Combs of cocks. 57 He wa of the finest type. VERTICAL PNT Answer to Previous Puzzle EMILY IEJA) NEWELL SiR}. BLAIR ew Mi lOO IS MEAICIE | ICITITIE! SInIOIKE IUISIE [R} 24 Prophet. BIAIG MEF IOIRIE IMIAIN| IC THIALTIRIMIAINI — 14 His 2Native metal. 16 Smell. ‘You know, I rather like Huey. He's very amusing. He's like a popular play, a good show that crowds the gallery. But he ought to be tiring people by now, if he already hasn't— Frederick H. Prince, financier. * * * ‘This country spent $30,000,000,000 during the World War for purposes of destruction. Why can’t it afford to spend $4,000,000,000 in peacetime for constructive purposes? — Josephus Daniels, ambassador to Mexico. * ek * The CCC camps are becoming hot- beds of radicalism and if these young men are not soon absorbed into legiti- Musician 17 To glance. [BIL TAT IQ) 18 To free. aan 20 Cheek. A 21Gem. * Dion EIN 23 Temperature TATSIS 10) division. 2MEBIAIL IM 25 Part of a G00 Ha IE IRI MD INIOIT] 8}! 8} IRIUIMISIE TY] circle. 26 Billiard rods. 27 Form of “be.” 30 Fiendish. 33 Partake 35 High plateau. 37 Ancient. 4Kettledrum. 39 Carbonated drink. 5 Nothing. 6 Organ of smell 41 Acidity. 42 Sound. 7 Nuptial. 43 Taxi. 8 Helper. A4Part of a 9 Mining hut. din; 12 This —— was ,, molding. 46 Pattern master of the organ. blocks. 47 Otherwise. me 51 Before Christ grows —— 52 Like. with the pass: 53 Type ing years. standard. 55 Senior. 3 Derby. NG Pt NT PL SST id \e Nail with ward politicians—Col. Roosevelt. x * & Every new cradle means a new de- mand for goods and services for work ‘and production —Mussolini. educational thing which is essential for the prosecution of such an ad- campaign—solidarit ty. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Hold Out Another Day I have been troubled with constipation for years. I go for four days without a movement and then have to take powerful cathartics. . .(H. M.) potions, old fussbudget. But if wee speck of will or character, easily free yourself from physic slavery for life, as thousands her father died of tuberculosis. Is she likely to children? (G. B. E.) Answer—Neither disease is inherited. If the girl’s health is normal her children are no more likely to be defective than are any other children. (Copyright, 1935, John F. Dille Co.) ‘k DARK BLOND | BEGIN HERE TODAY MILLICENT GRAVES, seeretary te GEORGE DRIMGOLD, finds ber efice dead. formed inte o brunet, then takes her home, introducing her as bis Mrs. Happ’s maid. under her “The wom- being Pentel footed door informs Millicent. an in black ermine te here.” Mil HHeent eres the woman. tries te follow. but lenes her. Millicent ees ehauffenr’n quarters. ‘The chauffeur is dend from a bul- let wound. Next morning SERGEANT MAHONEY takes charge of the ense. kid: tnform the Millfeent and Norman tearn that CHAPTER XXXIV NORMAN HAPP stepped forward kal into the eloset and took from one of the hangers a black prams ie brought ft out into the living room of the apartment, where he regard- coat with a high collar. ed it curiously. he to do is to put this coat back where it was and get out of here without letting anyone knowing we picked the lock on the door and found this coat. Then we've got to make arrangements with the man who runs the liquor store to take a look at Phyllis Faulconer and identity her as being the one who bought the whisky.” “How's he going to do that?” “There are lots of ways,” she said. “If necessary he could come here to the apartment, knock on the door and pretend to be selling something.” “Suppose she’s not here?” “Then he can come back. Prob ably the girl’s working somewhere during the daytime and she is only here at night.” Norman nodded slowly. “Yes,” he said, “I guess you're right, al- though I'd like to get some real action and bring this thing to s “You can’t do ‘that,” she told him, “until we've got some real evidence. Let's try to get it.” She hung up the fur coat in the closet. Norman crossed to the door and stood with his hand on the Ib. “Wait a minute,” she told bim. “We've got to pull down the cur tain just the way it was. A wom: an would notice little things like that.” She pulled down the shade and “Do you think that’s the one?” asked. “I'm practically certain of it, Norman. It's exactly the cut. shape and style of the one I saw.” “Then this Phyllis Faulconer is the woman in the black ermine coat.” “Yes,” she said slowly, “but who is Phyllis Faulconer?” “Some astrological nut who has & great influence over Cynthia. AD parently Bob is working in ca hoots with her in order to get some- thing he wants.” Millicent stared at the fur coat, Qce, unlocked the door and killed tim, Let's give Sergeant Mahoney a ring and have him take her into custody.” “No,” Millicent said. “But the man in the liquor store ean identity ber.” “First,” she said, “let's make cer- tain this was the woman Who pur: She pulled back the edge of the throw, disclosing a sheet of note paper on which bad been scrawled a hasty message. Norman Happ came to peer over her shoulder, “Bob's handwrit- ing.” he said. eee ILLICENT picked up the note °*% and held it so that they could both read the hastily scrawled lines. ‘The note read: “You've got to ditch the car. Mahoney has the It- cense number. He's got it twisted, but it won't be long un- til be gets the right number. I tried to get a chance to talk with you but they were watch. ing me too closely and I don't want them to suspect you. So far, you're absolutely above sus Picion. “No one suspects anything un- lees it’s the Murder Girl. I'm going to take care of her. What's more, I'm going to get that notebook—the one that con- tains Drimgold’s confession. That will clean up the last piece of Millicent ex- she |claimed, “then he was mized up in ment, then moved back Wee closet, “Que of the Arat t the Drimgold murder. What @ mess it all is!” “He may not have been mixed up im the murder,” Norman Happ said slowly, “but he certainly has cut in on the deal so that he's going to capitalize on it. You can leave it to Bob to know which side of the bread has the butter. He's always looking out for himself.” “But the woman must bave had some man with whom she was working,” Millicent pointed out. “She would hardly bave commit. ted the murder by herself, She...” Millicent ceased speaking abrupt- ly as she realized the import of what she had said. There had, indeed, been some man in the build- ing at the time of the murder, and that man had been none other than Jarvis C. Happ. “What's the matter?” Norman asked, noticing her sudden silence, “Nothing,” she said. “You're nervous,” he told her. “You ought to get out of here. Let’s go. We'll put this note back on the table so that. . .” “Indeed we won't!” she inter rupted. “We'll take this note with us. It's a valuable piece of evi- dence, Bob Caise will have a hard time explaining this to Sergeant Mahoney.” “But,” he objected, “Bob Caise is going to get in touch with Phyl lis Faulconer sooner or Iater. When he does, he'll ask her about the note. If it is missing and she knows nothing about it, he'll sus- pect...” ee ILLICENT crossed the room to the writing desk, opened it, took out a sheet of note paper and said to Norman, “Copy that note. Forge Bob's handwriting as well as you can, but don’t be too particular about doing it because, if the woman becomes suspicious and thinks the handwriting isn't Bob's, she'll give Bob a ring and ask him about it and he'll tell her that he wrote the note and left it there.” Norman’s eyes sparkled. “Smart girl” he said, and reached for the piece of note pa- per. He wrote rapidly, making a credible job of forging Bob's hand- writing. When he had finished, he put the note back on the table and arranged the throw so that {t concealed the paper. Millicent gave . last glance about the apartment, nodded to Norman and said, “I think it's all in order. Let's go.” She folded the original note and slipped it into the purse she was carrying. As they moved toward the door of the apartment Norman said thoughtfully, “Did you notice what Bob said in that note—that he was going to ‘take care’ of you?” “Yes,” she said. “What do you ‘suppose he meant by it?” His voice was throaty with emo tion as he said, “He meant he was going to kill you. That’s the only explanation. He’s desperate and he’s probably armed. He's the type who would stop at nothing even...” He stopped speaking abruptly, reached out and pressed a detain- ing hand on Millicent’s arm. There was the noise of someone moving about in the corridor. Slowly the knob of the door turned. Norman pushed Millicent back ot him, stood with his fists doubled. The knob was released. 1% sprung back into position. Knuckles started to pound on the panels of the door—two sharp raps, & pause, two sharp raps, a pause, two more raps, & pause and a sin- gle rap. Millicent felt her heart in her throat. She wanted to cling to Norman for support, but she knew Norman needed to be unhampered There was the sound of a key being fitted into the lock. Ao Ba Continued) ;