The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 22, 1935, Page 4

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AS Weekly by mail outside of Nortif Dakota, per 165 ___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 Rewapaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published he All rights of republication of all other matter herein also reserved. eS Inspiration for Today ‘Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little— 8t. Luke 7:47. cevig Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it—Penn, i iN a America and the NRA Washington dispatches indicate that the administration is trying to rally the people of the country into action in behalf of the NRA, ehind the Scenes in Washington WITH RODNEY DUTCHER a Plea for Laws to Make U. S. Neutral in War te Be ried to Country... guards ... Admiral Washington, May 22.—There i& strong presumpti' evidence that if a European war breaks out this year, the United States will automatically start getting into it. That is why current proposals for neutrality legisla- tion seem vitally important to most persons here who have studied the possibilities and why Chairman Gerald Nye and Senator Bennett Clark of the munitions com- mittee plan to take the issue “to the country” in the hope of getting action before this session of congress ad- Jjourns—despite opposition from the navy. Nye and Clark will sound off at a New York mass meeting where Mayor LaGuardia will preside. Clark, unless he changes his mind—and he hardly ever does that—will take some hot shots at what he considers con- trol of American foreign policy by the navy and the army. The two senators, who will have strong support in congress, are convinced this country will be setting out on the road to war whenever it starts selling contraband and making loans to belligerent powers. ees HOW THEY’D KEEP PEACE Study of state department confidential records has shown that such commerce and finance inevitably dragged us into the World war. So they have introduced three Nye-Clark resolutions as follows: 1, Absolutely no loans or credits, private or public, to any foreign nation at war or any firm within that nation. 2. No passpor@S permitting citizens to travel in war zones. 3. Shipment of munitions and contraband to be made from these shores only at the buyer's risk. see NAVY STAND IS SNAG The navy, which likes to feel that it can protect American foreign commerce under any circumstances, opposes any change in our foreign policy. Months ago, Secretary Hull began a neutrality study ‘and after conclusions somewhat similar to those of Nye and Clark, asked the navy for an opinion. The navy's general board was emphatically critical. But Roosevelt, as he left for his fishing trip off Florida, asked Hull to using the same psychology as that applied in the fight over the work-relief bill. That measure, it will be recalled, was re- vamped to fit the senate’s ideas and against the administration’s desires. Nothing was done on it until pressure from the country drove the solons into retreat and the famous “going wages” clause into oblivion. The same thing may happen in the fight over NRA for, no matter what the industrial- ists want, the people have a way of making their ideas known and it is hardly probable that the mass of Americans wants a return to unbridled competition, price cutting, less-than- living wages and the utter chaos which ruled before NRA became effective. This newspaper is not now and never has been an admirer of NRA in all its parts. It feels that experience has shown certain phases of the experiment to be unworkable. It favors NRA revision, but it doubts that summary death for this act would be sound public policy. It has proved impossible to enforce the var- ious “fair competition” provisions in the codes. Chiselers have been given the advantage which always accrues to the unscrupulous when hon- est men live by the rules and their competitors do not. The effort to change American busi- ness overnight fron? a rough and tumble affair into a little Lord Fauntleroy, with shining golden curls and velvet pants, was doomed from the beginning. It would have been a good thing but, human nature being what it is, it just did not work. Some other phases of the codes, however, have not yet been -proved unworkable. The minimum wage, maximum hour and child labor provisions have proved sound and practicable. They should be retained. If death to NRA means their abandonment the men responsible for killing this attempt to stride forward to a new and better social order had better look to their political fences. The NRA is least popu- lar among farmers, but the tillers of the soil are not so self-centered as to wish a condition in industry where wages and consuming power are again hammered down to minimum levels, It should not be inferred, either, that all of industry is opposed to continuance of NRA as some propagandists would have us think. If that were true where could the “mass pressure” which the administration envisages possibly come from? The fact is that many industries are whole- heartedly in favor of continuing the law as it is, fair-practice clauses and all. Among organ- -izations which recently have taken the trouble to notify newspapers of their stand are the coal and cigar-making industries. They feel that the codes, in spite of the handicaps im- posed, have on the whole been helpful. The people, in estimating whether or not NRA has been a failure, should bear in mind that the chief opposition comes from those who do not like the minimum wage and maximum hour provisions or who, in the past, were in the habit of employing child labor. When General Johnson was head of NRA he said a lot of things which were ill-advised and some things which obviously were not true. But one of the colorful phrases which he coined at that time should not be forgotten. It was: “Men have died and worms have eaten them— Prepare a report embodying suggested legislation. Hull Gelivered this when the president returned. Two days later Roosevelt told Hull he guessed he would do nothing about the matter this session. He had seen navy officials in the meantime. Presumably he had also realized that his desire— and Hull's—for widely discretionary neutrality powers probably would be denied by congress, which would hold that anything but mandatory legislation—as in the Nye- Clark bills—left too much room for playing international politics. eee SIMS ASKS NEUTRALITY Almost unnoticed, no less a naval personage than Rear Admiral William 8. Sims hes declared for neutrality laws along the Nye-Clark lines, Referring to the World war, he says: “We claimed the right to trade with all belligerents and neutrals because we wanted the enormous profits of such trade. ‘The war was a golden harvest for our People, a get-rich-quick chance not to be neglected. “Let's have congress declare that all trade in contra- band, which nowadays means nearly everything, must be at the risk of the traders. If an American ship carry- ing such supplies were sunk by a belligerent, our govern- ment would make no claim. ~ “The individual trader out for huge profits would have to bear the risk himself. Let’s say: “It is a choice between profits and peace. Our country must remain at peace.’” eee BARE MORGAN SECRETS The munitions committee probably will hold no more hearings before fall. Then it will take on the J. P. Mor- gan company, bankers and agents for the Allies before and during our participation in the war. Investigators, armed with knowledge that it was vitally important to the Morgan company that this country engage in that war, are plowing through the firm's records. They receive only reluctant assistance and are in fre- quent disagreements as to whether certain documents come within their purview. But they say privately that already they have found enough material to have made the search worth while. (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) Lt s With Other | Bi" DITORS they say. We may or The Church and Economics (Grand Forks Herald) may not agree with them, The New York East Methodist Episcopal conference, which happens to be only one of about 100 Methodist conferences in the United States, adopted resolutions the other day denouncing in unmeasured terms the whole capitalistic and profit system, and de- claring that the whole system must be abandoned and a “planned Christian economy” substituted for it. Just whether the planning shall be done by Methodist bish- ops, or Catholic archbishops, or Presbyterian elders the resolutions do not say. The Christian church is founded on the teachings of one Jesus of Nazareth, and in view of the fact that numerous ecclesiastical persons and bodies are almost their whole time to planning the economy of the world, it becomes interesting to note that so far as the accepted records show, Jesus had nothing whatever to offer on the subjects of politics or economics. He lived in a country which had been conquered by by Rome, and which was but never did He urge the and throw off the yoke of Rome, or even to refuse to their taxes or engage in any sistance to the government lived in a society whose econ: and where the individual habitually erty and used it for purposes oi did He urge the abandonment of stitution of any other. He communism, fascism nor democracy. some were employers and some Siocounats He referred to tl servant without disapprobation. that He concerned Himself rE és aug God and love one’s nei His belief that if the real meaning of that came the guiding spirit of individual human and women might safely be left to tems of government, their rates of nomic systems, their science and their ei many hundreds of different ways as their tradit their environment might suggest, and all would Congressmen are advised by John N. Garner ie peeeiy be 5 to ai but not because they paid a minimum of $15 a week.” Most of America will subscribe to that. The senate should bear it in mind when deliberating upon the fate of the National Recovery Act. New instrument reveals there are approximately 18.8 Bquare feet of skin on the average human body. The igure probably varies a bit during furniture moving eee ‘thinking” brains were removed, re- | id presage Cag insists zs talking oa ee » despite efforts to change conversation, Why doesn’t her husband get her the hat? Strange as it may seem, husbands nor spring house- greed have any place in thé plot of that movie, “The ‘Woman whose “‘ ¥ ride the presidential veto. That man’s here again, eee New York police are seeking culprit who THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, OLITICS = at the - NATION'S CAPITOL o ‘es By BYRON PRICE ~ (Chief of Bureau, Associated Press, Washington) The Democratic high command has had 1936 very much in mind in its maneuverings over the bonus issue. That explains a great deal. It is the universal expectation that jority of his party in congress. In the house, the Patman bill got 247 Democratic votes, to 55 Demo- cratic votes against it. In the sen- at, 43 Democrats supported it, and only 21 voted in opposition. ‘What kind of platform plank can be written on that subject by the convention which is expected to re- nominate Mr. Roosevelt? The question would be serious enough if matters could be kept as they are, and the issue finally dis- posed of by 2a presidential veto. There is a widespread conviction, however, that the situation will get worse, from & party viewpoint, and that next year the bonus advocates will be strong enough to triumph over & veto. ‘What then? see Springfield Pow-Wow No similar event in years has been so well advertised as the June con- ference of mid-western Republicans at Springfield, Il. Months ago the tip was dissem- No clear explanation of the reason for this publicity build-up is yet available. Apparently all the mid- westerners ever intended to do was|~ to adopt a set of “party principles” (drafted well in advance), announc- ing their own views. That this dec- laration would be in general terms was taken for granted. South Republicans expressed a dissent long beforehand to some of the apparent purposes of the meet- Ibe, S08 seariae ® movement (o.com: tit. started a movement of their own. From the wi independent wing came a by Senator Borah most in terms of political potentiality; hence the farmers’ pro- ety ss ie ® seven-day whirl o; tical = ulation, i theater. Evidently a man who lacked self-control when ie someone climbed over his knees, eee If Huey keeps his promise to make us all kings, it may be possible to interest Miss Hutton in a “Wed- Americans-First” program. see To conserve our remaining fining any driver who bags an oe “Keep the Home Fires Burning” was a popular war- time song. Maybe that’s why People are up in arms when they hear it during these late springs. eee Explaining why she refused to speak before an Ar- kansas sorority Jean Harlow said, “I don’t know any- body in Arkansas.” But the state must contain at least pedestrians, how about undersized specimen? jor of her ex-husbands, engineered through Democratic initiative flew everwhere about the capital, but the farmers de- nied them all with straight faces. ‘Whether engineered or bona fide, the gathering of the farmers was much in the nature of a surprise party. The Republicans found the visitors thronging the streets before the full scope of the movement was realized, and !t took G. O. P. spokes- men & couple of days to get under way with their demand for an in- vestigation. fast footwork had been done quietly by someone, somewhere. A group of eastern leaders |' It was quite plain that some very! EDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1935 r was July, the hour 8-o'clock in the morning. Locusts sang in the high elms bordering the wind- ing road which capped the ridge of bills, The deep blue sky was brushed over with wisps of clouds, and there was in the air a threat of the intense heat which would presently brood over the whole countryside in the quiet of mid-day. A bridle path wandered through| © the stillness, and there was & church-like hush tn the deep places, where brooks ran over copper colored stones and toads hopped in the long grass. Katharine Strykhurst walked her mare through the woods, slowly at first, 'ater spurring her to a more daring gait. The beautiful Kath- arine was frowning this fine morn- ing. Her dark, exquisitely arched brows almost met over fine eyes of an intense dark blue. Her fair hair, fine and silky, with a sheen of au- thentic gold in its deep waves, was brushed straight back from her brow and gathered into a knot at the nape of her neck. Her white linen jodhpurs. her casually open white shirt, set off her looks to perfection. Yet there was some thing almost startling in the con- trast between the darkness of those eyes and the fairness of her skin and hair, Katharine, in fact, was @ mass of contradictions, and was occasionally proud of it. She was at once proud and humble, arrogant and gentle; her epirit suffered keenly because of the contrariness of her warring emotions. This morning was a fair example. She had come to the riding club— Michael Heatheroe's club—fully ex- pecting Michael to accompany her on her morning canter. For weeks tow—ever since the early part of April, actually—that had been the accepted order of things. Katharine no longer needed the service of groom. She handled the little mare now with spirit and authority, but it had been Michael’s habit to mount his roan and lead her along the paths. This particular morning enother pupil had been at the stables before her—a plump, dark, lusctously pretty girl whom Katb- arine recognized as Sally Moon, one of the girls who had gone to the same schoo} Katharine had at- tended in the village of Inntcock, which tay below her now in the shimmering haze of morning. Sally's people owned a big, ram- bling white house on one of Inn!- cock’s most fashionable streets. Like everything belonging to the Moons (Katharine said to herself) Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will answer questions pertaining to health but not dis- briefly and in ink, Address Dr. Set in eee et re Tribune: All queries muat be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. &: LEAD POISNOING IN CHILDREN An instance of chronic lead poisoning with fatal outcome in a young infant was described here some time ago. The baby had the habit of suck- ing and gnawing on the arms of his high ‘These were painted with lead. more such cases escape rec- ognition., This habit of young children is quite common, and it is harmless enough if they have only clean wood, , ashes, plaster or even plant soil to eat. But painted toys, furniture, woodwork should not be within the baby’s reach. The familiar signs of chronic lead poisoning in adults—colic, wrist drop or other form of neuritis, lead line gum margins, etc., are less likely to occur in young children. In Japan, where lead-containing toilet or cosmetic preparations are not illegal, lead poisoning in infants is common—the in- fants get the lead in mother’s milk, even though the mother shows no defi- nite ‘symptoms of lead poisoning. Kasahara, a Jal jan writing on the subject, says that children are more likely to develop lead anemia or meningismus, anemia is # peculiar type of anemia in which the red corpuscles show a degenerative change, appearing stippled in the stained preparation under the microscope. Meningismus is a. condition producing symptoms like those of meningitis, without actual inflammation of the brain membranes. Some children with chronic lead poisoning do show a dark dis- coloration around the neck of the teeth. Where the condition of meningismus is present, it can be distinguished ° from actual meningitis only by spinal puncture and test of the cerebrospinal fluid. Dr. Kasahara says the X-ray examination of the long bones gives valu- able evidence in such cases, showing = dark band shadow at the line where soft cartilage is being converted into solid bone—lead being deposited at this junction. He suggests another simple test for chronic lead poisoning which may not be so very accurate but yet may interest any one who wishes to know whether there is chronic lead poisoning: Paint an area on the carefully cleansed skin with a 25% solution of sodium sulphide. If an excess of lead is being dliminated, this becomes black in a few hours. The sodium sulphide used must of course be the pure chrystalline chemical—which is colorless, transparent crystals, half an ounce of this dissolved in two ounces of dis- tilled water, not ordinary water. In any case of chronic lead poisoning it is an important question for the Physician to decide, whether the patient will be benefited by the low cal- cium diet and medicines to promote de-leading, or the high calcium diet and medicines to favor storage of the lead in the bones where it does less serious injury. The layman who attempts to manage this serious problem for him- self is liable to do a great deal of harm. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Oh, for the Good Old Days Even the old-fashioned molasses, without sulphur dioxide, does not seem as good to us as the kind we used to get in, by the hogshead, and when the molasses was all drawn off find « residue of 25 to 40 pounds of delicious sugar. Haven’t seen any like that for 30 years, Another item the younger generation can’t enjoy is real buckwheat for pancakes. You can’t find that in the stores any more. shortly before his death that when he wanted real molasses in i Pease e Haile Her father, white-haired, portly, a lawyer down in the city, thought of changing anything about it. True, an ofl burner had replaced the coal furnace several years ago, and two or three of the bathrooms had suffered innovationr nishings which had seemed so grand to her mother as a bride » Katharine Strykhurst and scornfully; that was all he was, Michael had greeted her with an unself-conscious smile. “Sorry I can't ride with you. ['ve @ lesson.” He had thrown a glance in Sally’s direction, and Katharine bad forced her stiff lips into the semblance of a smile, Naturally he would ride with Sally Moon, if she were a beginner. It was Michael | She (whose riding school it was) who was gentlest and most patient with the beginners. His assistants, Roddy and young Jim, were neither such expert horsemen as he, nor eo adept with the nervous ama teurs. Only—only—why had Sally chosen Katharine’s especial hour? It was maddening. Katharine threw ap her hand- some head with an. impatient ges houetted against s slide in ner brain. Sally, with her over-ripe Ups, her insistently feminine curves forced into the restrictions of breeches and tailored coat, ber dark curls coquettishty foaming beneath tanned, in white linen, frowning little im spite of herself, And | Michael, casual as he always was, ip old whipcords with an olive green sweater. Michael, who had lost all he owned out in Montana -1and who had come east to start ‘| over again. of bis red hair and made atharine felt ber heart plunge. fight iteelf. [t was insane—this ts the way her traitorous aerves @! ways behaved whe, Michael Grst appeared on the scene. A perfectly “I'm quite, quite mad,” she con- fided to the silent aisles, riding by. Certainly t was none of ber busi: ness if Michae) had @ new pupil. He needed all be could get during the spring and summer seasons. All the summer people went back to the city the first of September, leaving [nnicock shuttered and silent. No, Michael bad to look to own affairs while summer peo ple rented big houses on the bay and along the tanes. if Sally Moop learned to ride at the Shady Ridge “I can’t—I won't compete that’ sort of thing,” Strykhurst confided aloud to the world and was startled at herself. Who was asking her to compete cantered easily atsles, in the full perfection of summer Ere Te of i & & tall maples shading houses with green shutters Far- ther down still was the bank, the white-painted church, the Ifbrary. Miss Matilda’s nursery school, and @ grocery store, Innicock was ap old village, sleep: \teisurely. Kat e often eald. |, | with passion, that she hated it ghe lived in one of the oldest and comfortable, and the rungs of his cradle. «