The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 20, 1935, Page 4

4 The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered. at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher Archie O, Johnson Gecretary and Treasurer Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year .......- 97.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) . Daily by mail, per year (in state Bismarck) .. Daily by mail out Weekly by mail in state, per year Weekly by mail outside of North year . Weekly by 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 al) other matter herein are also reserved, Kenneth W. Simons Editor Inspiration for Today ‘The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?—Jeremiah, 7:9, eee Mankind, in the gross, is a gaping monster, that loves to be deceived, and has seldom been dis- - appointed.—Mackenzie, Scientists at Work If North Dakota realizes even fair crop pros- pects this year it can thank those men who have given their lives to a scientific attack on THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1935 The Roads That Stretch Across 20 Centurie ehind the Scenes in Washington WITH RODNEY DUTCHER Heads to Fall in Row Over Virgin Islands Rule .. . Ickes Expected to Win Moral Victory .. . Notables Flock te House Lobby Probe. eee | Washington, July 20—Those pesky Virgin Islands, tiny noddles in the Caribbean holding a mere 22,000 per- sons, nearly all colored, brought on the major clash in this administration between a cabinet officer and the senate, Now it is certain that Federal Judge T. Webber Wil- son and Gov. Paul M. Pearson of the islands will have to leave that balmy clime. The best guess is that Wilson will be required to leave first, which will be a moral victory for Secretary Ickes over Senator Tydings, Sena- tor Harrison, Jim Farley, and Attorney General Cum- mings—Wilson’s backers. On the other hand, Wilson, being a Democratic poli- tician from Mississippi, stands more chance of a subse- quent federal job than Pearson, a Republican appointee. The whole Virgins squabble was such small potatoes that you can chalk an error up against Roosevelt for letting it reach the point where it waggled the founda- tions of the capitol and the interior department, eee MESSY ROW DEVELOPS Pearson would have been replaced by s Democrat a couple of years ago if the character of his vilifying ene- mies hadn’t been such as to cause Ickes and Roosevelt to support him under fire. Wilson's activities against Pearson and his perform- ances on the bench had been such as to assure a trans- fer for him, too. But Tydings of Maryland, sore because one of his political proteges had been dismissed from an island job for unsupported charges and activities against Pearson, promoted and conducted a senate investigation. Hiring a couple of Baltimore lawyer-politicians, he began hearings which turned into a muck-hurling fes- tival with Pearson on the receiving end. After Wilson's testimony against Pearson, Tydings publicly whitewashed the judge. Infuriated by the unfairness of all this and his de- partment’s inability to cross-examine witnesses, foolhardy Ickes publicly demanded Wilson’s dismissal and sent a hot, public letter to Tydings, who responded by charging Ickes with falsehood, character assassination, gross deceit, cheap publicity, and effrontery. Ickes was at the White House early next morning, good and sore, determined to get in his story first. Tyd- the problems of agriculture, and the various branches of government which have given them support, Surveys indicate that the various kinds of wheat which have been developed in recent years with a view to making them rust resist- ant now are being put to the test. Some of them may prove their worth. Others may not justify the high hopes which have been held for them and thus it will be necessary to return to the interminable breeding and cross-breed- ing of wheat strains which may, after the ap- plication of endless patience, result in victory for the farmer in his interminable battle against the adverse forces of nature. The blight of rust has caused a dimming of the hopes held earlier in the season, but it is apparent that we will get some sort of a crop. At the same time, it is comforting to know that our scientists are keeping close watch of the plague and how it operates with a view to preventing similar occurrences in the future or reducing the effectiveness of rust’s attack. The men who do this are largely unnoticed and unsung but they form the backbone of America’s approach to its farm problem, just as the laboratory workers of industry hold in their palms the hopes of manufacturing ad- vancement. The one difference is that industry can capitalize on its discoveries, whereas men who develop new plants or methods of agricul- ture are forced by circumstances to give them to the world without cost. No one ever got rich because of an agricultural discovery, yet the advances in this field have been quite as impor- tant as those which have created great fortunes in other lines. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, for exam- ple, developed a new strain of corn which greatly increased the yield, thereby helping to create the problem of surplus which, as head of the AAA, he now is trying to solve. It forced an economic readjustment, to be sure, but the net result is an advance for the human race because it was thereby enabled to produce more food with less effort. Thus, regardless of the outcome of the ag- ricultural economic experiments, it may be that Wallace’s major contribution to the advance- ment of farming will be his experiments with corn, now already forgotten. So it is with our own men who have done outstanding work with wheat, flax and other crops. Their contribution to the advancement of mankind, when the record is summed up, is likely to prove far more important than those of our statesmen to whom much more attention usually is given. Cheaper and Safer Automobile experts, seeking to reduce the fre- Ruency and severity of accidents, long have beseeched the American motorist to slow down. Mishaps which Occur at 60 miles an hour are liable to be fatal. Now they add another reason for taking things more leisurely. It is that of economy. Tests have shown that @ car traveling 40 miles an hour gets four ings arrived later, equally sore. Both found Roosevelt sore, too. As if he didn’t have anything else to worry about, he suggested, without such an unprecedented row as this one! So the hearings were abruptly halted. RUBBERNECK DEPARTMENT ‘The Corcoran-Brewster hearings were one of the big . shows of the year and a reporter, without stretching his neck much, could see Committeemen Lehibach of New Jersey, pudgy veteran bulldozer; Martin Dies of Texas, who wants to deport 6,000,000 alien consumers of Ameri- goods; Chairman John O'Connor, stocky red-headed Tammanyite who arranged a no roll-call vote on the company “death sentence”; rugged-faced “Goo- ber” Cox of Georgia, and Sabath of Illinois, Corcoran’s only friendly questioner, Then there were Senator Burt Wheeler, sponsor of the senate bill, and Congressman Sam Rayburn, its house © 1935 ence remarks about NRA and the constitution. To say he was angry might be open to question, but certainly he was aroused, and the result was that he enlarged his program and de- manded action on it—a quite nat- ural reaction considering his per- sonality and his previous. convictions. eee Farley Tells a Story on the source of constitutionality. eee May Determine Campaign OLITICS - at the - NATION'S CAPITOL a eeeememeeeerns i By BYRON PRICE ‘The present extraordinary situation in congress is difficult to understand plications are plain. tion, sponsor; Corcoran, looking like an angelic choir boy in|Wwithout going back to fundamentals, ‘There remained the question— What the courts do about it may double-breasted blue suit; Ben Cohen, tall, lean, soft-}and examining the New Deal/, very large question in the minds rent otaieetinee! ware eee ee spoken intellectual; swarthy Ferdinand Pecora, thelr |ohiiosopry which underlies it. Jof many congress members—how to| clection cs are Ha aol Garcaren misde what ne cdlicd “the eet witness im all| 118 obvious that a large section of get around the problem of constitu- 1 upon to make in 1936, my legal experience”; Ernest Gruening, waiting to deny |public opinion favors an early ad- ere point it is interesting to R 5 Brewster Journment. Organized business, in Missouri s charges of intimidation, and his pretty, plump secretary, Stelia Draper; burly Congressman Ma\ Maverick of Texas and dark little Vito Marcantonio of New York, belligerently impatient to back up parts of 's story. You saw house employes, as if taking a bus man’s holiday—young Parliamentarian Lew Deschler, sad-faced Head Doorkeeper Joe Sinnott, and chubby Sergeant-at- Arms Kenneth Romney; it Secretary of Interior Oscar Chapman, one of the administration’s youngest upper officials; keen-eyed Kemper Simpson, chief econo- mist of SEC; Press Agent Warren Wheaton of the Re- publican national committee; Congressman Eaton of New Jersey, formerly of General Electric; a couple of hard- faced assistants to O’Connor, Tammany products; Con- gresswoman Edith Rogers, Massachusetts, ready to tell how Brewster rushed to the house floor, white and shak- ing, to tell her “I've been threatened!” (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) 8 particular, has asked for a legislative armistice, saying it would promote confidence. Congressional leaders themselves had planned to adjourn long since; many of the pending is- sues are so explosive politically that they would prefer to let the country think them over for the present. Yet Mr. Roosevelt insists that his Program be completed. Why? No comprehensive reply to that question has made publicly by the White House, but certain otherwise unconnected features of the situation combine to shed some light on the President's mental processes. Government’s Duty On numerous occasions Mr. Roose- velt has said he wanted to see “re- master General Farley, political) spokesman of the administration. Speaking at Elmira, N. Y., Farley said: “Not long ago the president told a story to the Washington correspon- ents. It concerned a New York town. On the edge of that town there was a bad grade crossing. The town au- thorities appointed a constable tq mount guard at the crossing. “After two years, a court decided that the wrong civil authority had made the appointment and that therefore the presence of the con- stable was unconstitutional—other- wise invalid. Nevertheless, the man had watched the crossing for two years and had been the means of saving @ number of lives.” By MRS. K. R. SNYDER ti : some recent remarks of Post- | Mrs. James MacDonald, a@ few days before her death. Donald’s uncle and aunt, Mr. W : Reprinted to ” “recovery” ;wined in| Farley was speaking at the mo-|Mrs. Alex Anderson. ith Other cies [ielgpeseru peered oie eae plrsar tos ment of NRA; but his repetition of| Clarence Beard from near Moffit We jusy or | |tration. the t's story occurred at a/|spent Wednesday night at the Leslie may not He conceives it to be the. present|time when the administration was|Clark home. agree with | /auty of the government not only to|pressing for action on upwards of a| Mr. and Mrs. Fred Doehle of &t. get the country out of the depres- sion, but to re-make the social and industrial fabric as a precaution against future crises. Starting with this obviously deep-seated convic- tion, circumstances have served to Promote his insistence on such a course. After the NRA decision, the ques- tion was whether the New Deal would fold up, or find new methods of carrying on. I never has been Mr. Roosevelt's habit to surrender without a fight. He showed fight plainly in his famous press confer- It Is Up to Them (Fargo Forum) people of North Dakota, through the referendum election of Monday, placed their stamp of approval upon the sales tex, they likewise placed upon the administrators of that act some rather definite responsibilities, the faithful discharge of which becomes their first business. Upon the manner in which they When the discharge those bilities will hinge the course of sales tax legislation in North Dakota, as well as public Soposion sto tia contnined aS under the existing Among other things, in this last campaign, we were assured that: The sales tax would NOT be used for the purpose of building a political machine; The sales tax was being TRIED as an EXPERIMENT to meet a purely EMERGENCY situation. The sales tax was being levied for a period of two years only. The sales tax would effect direct benefits to harassed property owners through reduction of their ad valorem tax. The referendum and attendant campaign, while opposed and criticized in state administration circles, has served the purpose of concentrating anew the atten- tion of a lot of our folks on this whole question of taxa- tion. That they elected to accept the sales tax is no less & disappointment to those who opposed it on the grounds that “new forms of taxation” make “it impos- sible to curb governmental extravagance by providing more money for tax spenders to waste,” than it is a sur- prise to its advocates. However that may be, we have the sales tax with us for at least two years—we are going to collect, in North Dakota, more taxes in those two years than we have in the last two years, and we more money for the maintenance machine in the next two years than vuln Stories in STAMPS real cure in this matter of taxation until No Chinese emperor felt himselt taxpayers serve effective notice on the lawmakers that secure before his people until more miles to the gallon of gas, uses only about half as much oil ag one going 50 miles an hour. Depreciation on | class thinking. the car is less and tires last longer. ‘There is food for thought in that and the argument will appeal to many. If they try it they will find they also ride in greater comfort and with less strain. It is rather a queer argument to use in America, the most humaniterian of all the nations where great- est emphasis is placed upon the value of huntan life, but it may be effective. Mussolini's troops gather in Africa. Suggested theme song: Haile, Haile, the gang's all here. If the AAA is declared unconstitutiona], many girls ‘will applaud. They never could stand those tight shoe eee Congressmen have raised their mileage to 20 cents d . They should have it, if only to get them back home sooner, and can't! the U. 8. couldn't keep ‘quer, the time has come for stringent, intelligent economies— he had received a visit from that economies that can be effected only through some first mysterious and mythical creature, Feng, a beautifully colored bird with long feathers, that was half Peacock and half pheasant. This was the phoenix about which many legends have arisen, not only in the Orient. but in the near east. In the Orient, this supernatural bird is reproduced in design on cos- tur in homes and in public pla as the symbol of all that is good and glorious. Stamps of both Manchukuo and Japan illustrate it, for it represents to the Japanese and Chinese such lofty virtues as uprightness, humanity, virtue, hon- esty and sincerity, Its appearance precedes the advent of virtuous rulers, and its presence is an omen f aa =" of longevity. Manchukuo 411 ustrates Feng on a -¢ stamp of 1934, shown here, and Japan re produces it, as Howo, on 2 stamp of 1925. » 1988, REA Service, Inc.) We believe now, as we have in the past, that 680,000 People cannot maintain a governmental establishment costing them upwards of 35 million dollars a year, and Prosper. We believe now, as we have in the past, that the Policy of using tax money, already collected, for the Purposes of financing new campaigns to get new tax money, constitutes one of the most serious hazards con- fronting us. In the light of the result achieved in this election, we are more thoroughly convinced than ever that, so long as taxpayers as a whole sit by and permit them- selves to be threatened into the acceptance of this or that new tax scheme on the premise that if they don’t take it, they may find themselves subjected to some even more severe form of taxation, sets up a precedent that can lead to no good end, We are not convinced that the sales tax will be term- inated willingly by the tax spenders at the end of two years—it expires automatically on July 1, 1937—but surely it is to be hoped, most sincerely, that many of the apparent injustices of the act as passed will be cured in any Saas legislation of this character that may be Proposed. Nobody can forsee, at this moment, the reaction of our folks to the sales tax a year hence. That will de- pend in large méasure upon the manner of the law's administration, and the effect its imposition has had upon the general business of the state, and the eventual [fesction of the consumer who is going to carry the load. | « y “Sun-Tan,” the new serial BEGINNING f dozen measures openly under attack Whatever may be said of the soundness of such a method of leg- islating, the practical political im- Evidently the whole range of New Deal philosophies are to be thrown squarely into the lap of the courts— in advance of the presidential elec- son, Kenneth, visited at the home of o Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Clark and son, | Wayne, John and Mamie Clark, Mr. and Mrs. William MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. John Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Snyder and family attended funeral services for Mrs. Clark’s mother, Mrs. August Doehle, Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Doehle passed away July 7 at) St. Paul where she was visiting her} son, Fred. Although she had been in ill health for some time she had not been confined to her bed until just Donald Anderson and friend from Tacoma, Wash., are visiting with and Due Was a Millionaire One Was a Movie Hero --- And both men were in love with pretty Jo Darien who, a few weeks be fore, had been worried about money, glad to get a $10-a-week job. i Your Personal Health| ~ By William Brady, M. D. Dr. ill answer ions pertaining to health but not dis- ease Oe ee rite ters ly and in ink. Address Dr. Brady in care of The Tribune, All queries must be accompanied by &@ stamped, self-addressed envelope. FLABBY FAT FROM BEER A number of readers who do not wish to put on more weight are wor- ried about the calories in beer, wine, whiskey and soda highball, cocktails and the like. One likes dry sauterne, Rhine wine, chianti, etc., and would like to know how much, when and with what one should take these so as to add no more weight. Another consumes a glass of beer, or a highball, or @ glass of sweet wine, or a cocktail now and then at parties, but being “on @ diet” she wants assurance that these little extras will not increase her caloric intake. On the other hand, a young man writes that he has gained many pounds in weight since he started drinking beer, although he had tried for years to gain weight but in vain until he discovered beer. é A glass of beer yields 130 calories, provided all the slcohol in it is oxi- dized in the body, that is, utilized as fuel. There is approximately one- third of an ounce of alcohol in a glass (half pint) of beer of 4 per cent alcoholic strength, Si Few persons, aside from inebriates who drink excessively and desire and can take or retain but little food so long as they can get plenty of Mquor, are capable of metabolizing, utilizing, oxidizing, burning more than one-eighth of an ounce of alcohol in an hour. So it is obvious that when more alcohol is taken than the body can oxidize, the excess is excreted as alcohol, and the unburned alcohol intoxicates. Whenever you can detect the odor of alcohol on the breath, that is the best evidence of intoxication. Whiskey contains from 45 to 50 per cent of alcohol. Brandy about the same. Gin contains 60 to 70 per cent alcohol. In fact much gin today is actually alcohol diluted with less than one-third water and flavored with juniper oil. Wines contain from 8 to 30 per cent of alcohol. . A gram of alcohol oxidized or burned yields 7 calories, or say an ounce yields 200 calories. Within limitations a small amount of alcohol, burned in the body protects corresponding amounts of fat, protein or carbohy- Grate from oxidation. So there yoy have the fattening effect of moderate or occasional drinking. A glass of beer is equivalent to, say, % of a glass of milk. One propa- gandist for alcohol asserted that a highball is equivalent to a plate of ham and eggs in nutritive value, but I think we must discount that by one good slice of ham. Say it is equivalent to a hired man size slab of apple pie. Compared with sugar or starch, which yields 4 calories to the gram, and protein which yields 4 calories to the gram, and fat which yields 9.4 calories to the gram, alcohol yields 7 calories to the gram. On estimating the “fattening” effect of beer, wine or liquor we must always bear in mind the strictly limited capacity of the body to oxidize and utilize alcohol in Place of real food or body fat. It makes those who are already fat fat- ter and flab»ier, but those who need to gain had better interest themselves in foods the body can utilize. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Le’me See Your Tongue For some time my memory has been failing. Can’t retain read or the service when I go to church. In a few seconds it is all gone. Yet my memory for things that happened years ago is good. (Mrs. D. T.) Answer—Please hold your tongue out while I feel your pulse and ... Um, yes, poor circulation, low metabolism. Iodin ration. Somersaults. Get away from family or household cares—vacation, visit to distant rela- tives, sojourn at pleasant resort, or @ daily shopping excursion or a walk in the park or a visit to the movi to give some little outlet to repressed emotions and all that. In short, Madam, it sounds like early | arteriosclerosis. Hairy Mole Flesh mole on my face with hairs growing out of it. Any harm in pulling them out with tweezers? (M. P.) Answer—It is unwise to do so repeatedly. Better have the mole re- moved surgically. Beware of any beauty doctor tinkering or amateur surgery. Paul, August Doehle and family of Moffit, Miss Hattie Vetsch of Chica- go, and Mrs, Julied Sittler visited at the Leslie Clark home Sunday. Miss Vetsch, an aunt of Mrs, Clark, re- mained here for a week's visit. Mr. and Mrs, Ralph and ‘Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peterson in Bis- marck Monday evening. S. W. Burleigh By MRS. ALEX STEWART The Misses Carrie Hapel and Caro- line Irvine visited at Alex Stewart's Tuesday. Jim Karas, Jr., of Bismarck is vis- liting at his grandparents, Mr. and |Mrs. Lee Malard. Miss Arlene Ferris of Wilton is ; visiting relatives in this vicinity. Frank Rector and family of Bis- ,;marck, Helen Becknall and Norman Stewart were dinner guests at John Becknall’s Sunday. William Toliver returned to his {home in Bismarck Thursday after spending a few days visiting at Lee Malard’s. ° | « e Whirled into the gay life of a fashionable summer resort, Jo, 20 years old, unsophisticated, finds admiration and romance and, keeping pace with them, envy, intrigue... danger. | by Nard Jones, tells how Jo made her choice, < fought for the man she loved, and won. July 22 in The Bismarck Tribune