The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 17, 1935, Page 4

setae 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 U. iviann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Secretary and Treasurer Editor Subscription Ra’, Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year ........... Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck: Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck) ... 5.00 Daily by mail outsi 6.00 Weekly by mail in state, per year ...... 190 Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year . wees Weekly by mail in Canada, per year. 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 spontaneour origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. . Inspiration for Today Seeing that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.—The Acts, 19:36. Some act first, think afterward, then repent forever.—C. Simmons. Medieval Persecution Incomprehensible and wellgnigh inconceiv- able was the medieval action of the Reichstag in relegating Jews to the ignominous position they occupied during the Middle Ages. Hitler’s drastic action once more raises the question of whither is the German nation plod- ding when it tramples human rights with the ruthlessness of the juggernaut. Interdicting a people who have proved them- selves a superior race through centuries of per- secution will not solve the troubles of the Third Reich. That Germany became great in last half of the 19th century was due in as large measure to Jews as it was to Prussians, Bavar- ians, Hessians or any of the other peoples of the various German states. Just what Hitler hopes to accomplish by his brutal legislation is a mystery. It is Gifficult to believe that any civilized nation will follow such a course. And it is easy to see that Ger- many will lose the progressiveness that has al- ways marked the Jew in social, political and economic life. Out of such subjugation of peoples in by- gone centuries came the nations that are pow- erful today. Transported, exiled or forcibly emigrated from their native lands, the enslaved have proven that adversity has only steeled their resolve for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Hitler grants the Jews life. But he does not grant them liberty or the right to live hap- pily. The exodus of the freedom-loving will continue from Germany. And like the slow hemorrhaging of a mortal wound, it means that life blood of Germany will be drained drop by drop as person after person seeks that country where freedom of conscience and the right to live unmolested beckons. Autos and the Sales Tax Decision by the state highway department to re- fuse driver's licenses to all who buy automobiles outside the state in an effort to escape the sales tax causes no surprise. That this situation would develop was obvious from the beginning. In fact the argument was advanced very strongly both when the sales tax was being-con- sidered in the legislature and when it was before the people on referendum, A refusal of a driver's license because a car Was not purchased within the state seems a perversion of the law, yet there is no other way out. Unless some- thing is done to stop the practice, our automobile deal- ers will be deprived of a large volume of business which is rightfully theirs, This situation becomes a cogent argument for a na- tional sales tax as one of the most equitable which could be imposed. In practice the state sales tax has worked out well. Few feel the added burden and, now that we are used to it, the inconvenience is insignificant. A na- tional sales tax, with the state sharing in the revenue, would eliminate the inequalities between states and re- move one of the most effective arguments against this method of raising public funds. The Spirit Behind Them North Dakota, a month ago bowed down by the rust calamity that hit the major crop, is getting its chin back up where it rightfully belongs. “No better indicator is there than the countless fall festivals now beirig held or planned in practically every community in the state. They are true indices of a re- vived spirit, of an awakening to the fact that while nature broke its promise insofar as wheat was concerned that she lavished affection for other crops. Just as the woe and gloom of a year ago was mirror- ed by a lack of community celebrations, today the joy and happiness of what the Creator has given and what is to come in future years is seen in the sponsoring of these festivals marking completion of the harvest, There is no corner of the state not having a festi- val of some kind. It means, there is no corner of the which does not haye some products of the field to display, a contrast to the barren fall of Political Sheep The rush by Louisiana politicians to get back into the good graces of the Roosevelt administration is not surucising. It is merely a return of the sheep to the fold. "Because he was strong enough to shepherd the flock - {the direction which he personally chose, the late Sen- ater Long managed to get many laws on the state statute books in which many of his followers did not believe. ‘But as long as they were safe beneath his sheltering wing they were content to do as they were told. In fact, it was safer to do than not to do, since Long’s power was unquestioned in Louisiana and trouble had s way of eet- tling down upon his enemies. ‘But now the condition has changed. | @ long time in some remote place. ‘The swash- buckling leader is gqne and fear of reprisal sweepe | sheep always follow the strongest shepherd. = 3 ehind the Scenes in Washington WITH RODNEY DUTCHER 1 Washington, Sept, 17.—Undoubtedly the most beau- tiful lobbyist ting here is Miss Mary Bendelari, and undoubtedly the most pious lobbyist is your old friend Joe Tumulty, | Let's tell you about Miss Bendelari first, If there's any member of congress who doesn’t know she’s lobby- ing for a law providing protective copyrights for indus- trial designs, that member must have been hospitalized Two years ago she was carrying her war against “de- sign piracy” to NRA and got provisions against it into 72 codes. More lately she has been buttonholing congress: for a law permitting the author of gny artistic model or design intended for use in Tanutacvure to copyright same. Singfe-handed, she persuaded the senate to tack this onto the copyright bill. It died in a house committee with the rest of the copyright bill but probably will go ‘___ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1985 _- [ - Novel Idea for Observing Constitution Day ] 0 through next session. Conspicuous about Mary Bendelari, aside from her nut-brown hair, brown eyes, statuesque beauty, and the alacrity with which she repels senators who make passes at her, is her direct method of approach. Working in a cause she had no reason to be ashamed of, she had no fear of tackling a member openly in any lobby, corridor, or room of the capitol. It is also true that she knows more about the ramt- fications and implications of design than anybody else, but the burden of her message is that a designer's brain child shouldn’t be exposed to any and all kidnapers. And it's Mary's background that made me start to tell this story in the first place. ee PIRATED OUT OF BUSINESS Daughter of a successful inventor, she had a spinal injury many years ago and was sent to Europe to be treated by specialists. Lying in a London hospital, she thought up the idea of woven shoes and the result of that was that soon she was setting up a shop in Paris which eventually employed a hundred people and sold no end of fancy woven shoes to people who could afford them in half a dozen countries. But the design pirates came along and eventually pirated her out of business and into a couple of nervous | breakdowns. That experience led her to come to Washington, mad as hops. She raised a few hundred dollars from furni- ture and carpet interests, but she was here a couple of Pyears and was usually broke, which made her one of the very few unpaid lobbyists. (Miss Bendelari has patented an elastic-edge table cloth which snaps down over the table and stays put. Also, a sheet which stays, rigid on 8 bed.) * TUMULTY’ INVITES PROBE Joe Tumulty, who. has been practicing “law” here since he and Wilson left the White House—and ved $33,500 in the last year from utility holding companies— owes his plety award to a pamphlet entitled “State- ment,” which he has sent to his friends. Joe is notorious- ly sentimental. The pamphlet offers the Black committee full access to all Tumulty’s files and invites investigators to “exam- ine into every cranny of my life.” It says he has handled many important matters before the Justice, State, War, Navy, and Postoffice departments, the prohibition unit, NRA, Federal Trade Commission, Labor Department, Court of Claims, and RFC—but never once in 14 years did he surrender a single political or economic conviction. Joe produces correspondence to show how, after ac- cepting a retainer from Insull, he had urged co-o} tion with the late Senator Tom Walsh’s proposed “power trust” investigation and urged attacks by Insull on dis- honest utility manipulators. Later he urged co-operation with the FCT and aban- donment of old-fashioned lobbying methods. i » on the securities act, Joe was urging “co- operation” to his Wall Street employers and expressing his contempt and distrust of high-priced mysteriqus lob- byists claiming magic powers and influence with the pres- ident. And in the holding company battle he was again urging co-operation and compromise. oe JOE ALMOST HYSTERICAL “Not being willing to lobby,” writes Joseph, “and be- ing ashamed to t:tnish old friendships to eke ou} a fee, | I give to clients, ‘ich and poor alike, the only thing a free soul possesses—that modest ability that gives to an honorable professional engagement the brain ancl vision one has. That I gave freely, honorably, unstintedly, and cleanly to those who sought my counsel and opera- tion in the matter of the Wheeler bill.” | ‘Whereupon Joe breaks down and weeps over “an in- dustry that has stood like a Rock of Gibraltar through jthe tides and travail of depression, paying annual taxes of $280,000,000 and whose aggregate value was $15,000,- 000,000.’ He attacks the administration for lack of fair play, unwillingness to compromise, defends holding company propaganda methods and insists his clients rated “openly, honorably ... . seeking a square deal.” By strong inference he compares advocates of the administration bill with Judas and Benedict Arnold. In fact, Jov, whose honesty nobody questions, gets darned near hysterical with sympathy for those poor abused holding cornpanies. (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) [ With Other DITORS Facts About the Suez Canal (Rock Island Argus) = Right now because of the Italo-Ethiopian crisis the Suez canal is very much in the limelight. This canal, unlike our Panama canal, which is controlled by our government, is a private business concern. No nation is supposed to have direct authority over it, as it is owned and operated by the Suez Canal company under @ French name. The French organization holds a con- cession from the Egyptian government expiring in 1968. The construction of the Suez canal was begun in 1859 and 10 years later it was opened to traffic. There was a celebration given by the khedive of Egypt and one of the guests was the famous Empress Eugenie. The emperor ‘of Austria and other members of reigning royal houses were among the guests. The Suez canal is built at sea level and has no locks. Port Said is at the Mediterranean end and was named for Said Pasha. He was the Egyptian viceroy at time the canal was built. Port Said was erected on | | Reprinted to show what ‘ they | say. We may or may not agree | with them. | i | | i be low, sandy coast. Its harbor is muddled by the waters | of an arm of the Nile. From Suez, at the southern end | of the canal, the mountains of the Sinai peninsula, one | of which is said to be the Mount Sinai of the Bible, can be seen. Some believe that the crossing of the Red sea by the children of Israel may have taken place near the southern end of what is now the canal. Traders ahd soldiers from the dawn of history dreamed of a water route across the isthmus of Suez. About 1350 B. C. the Egyptians dug a canal which joined the Nile with the Red sea by way of an inland lake, but this wat became choked with sand. Ancther | POLITIcs | NATION'S CAPITOL . By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, the Associated We ) The great diversities of opinion over the political force of Huey Long live after him. Whatever was his actual national strength, party managers now must reappraise some 1936 pos- sibilities, Their conclusions necessarily await the passing of time. The Louisianan may have spoken from conviction of plots to kill him; but senate colleagues did not take his apprehensions so se- riously. In looking ahead, there was no mention in their views of any- thing so shocking and sudden as his removal by an assassin. They were wondering, rather, how the extraordinary paradoxes surround- ing Long's presidential aspirations could or would be resolved. Undoubtedly, his bitterest and most forehand as the chosen leader for 40. = eS zee 1936 Prospects Now i While there was yet a chance for! him to survive his bullet wounds, suggestions were heard that he would be able not only to appeal as a Sage and a prophet but as an al- most-martyr — with consequent im- pression on public opinion, The fact that most of the politi- cians questioned that line of reason- ing did not appear to impress the Long strategists. “What about actual 1936 prospects {before the assassination and now?” Long dominated Louisiana and, despite contrary predictions of Chairman Farley, most political lead- ers doubted whether it could be taken from him next year. Confusion raises its head there now, anti-Long leaders saying the machine will dis- integrate without its leader. | Outside the state, dispute over) possibilities has given way to agree- {ment that the greatest threat to a/ jbreak in the solid south passed with| Long. His partisans had named Mis- sissippi, Arkansas and Georgia among states he likely would “car- numerous powerful foes were in his own Democratic party, whose leaders and program he condemned. Under ordinary circumstances, that would have been about the biggest discouragement any presidential can- didate could have. But that was not all. At the time of his death, many of the senator's ry.” Democratic politicans trans-| lated that as meaning Long support- ers hoped so to split the Democratic vote as to permit Republicans to win there. A sizable bloc of electoral votes was involved, easily large enough to turn any moderately close election. portant to the Roosevelt plan to play in 1936 for a combination of west and south, WZ America has boasted that it had no leisure class. This is an error; its leisure class has been its youth. Study the discipline of youth in other countries and you will accept this in- evitable judgment.—Dixon Ryan Fox, president, Union College. * * * Mob law and mob rule are not the creation of the dupes who practice them, but of the artful demagog who incites them to riot and destruction — Representative Snell, New York. * * * There's @ faster turnover in popular songs nowadays. Write a hit and your best friend won’t mention it af- ter a month.—Irving Berlin, ee % A spade is a gun of peace and a weapon for domestic self-preser- vation. The spade is the instrument which most honors the nation.—Adolf Hitler. - ee # American women are far in ad- vance of the men. They think more clearly, more thoroughly. Besides These might have been highly im-|that, they are interested in taking | 1,000,000 between 1926 and 1932. Your Personal Health| By William Brady, M. D. : ing to health but not dis- ‘3 I rape) in ink, Address Dr. All ‘queries must care of The Eribu be accompanied by & stamped, self-addressed envelope. i % : 5 WHEN WORKS ARE CENSURED NOT AS BAD BUT NEW ‘The ineptitude of the general, profession toward ,such advances as nd chemical obliteration of varicose veins, the diathermy extirpation of tonsils, the ambulant treatment of hernia, the injection treatment of hemorrhoids and the ambulant treatment of hydrocele, in view of the progress these modern methods have made, constitutes a serious reflectioi on the com- | Petence of organized medicine under the present regime. Some one else may have said this or something like it before, even some blooming char- latan, No matter. I say it and I mean it. It isa thought I have been mulling over in my mind for ten years. Especially when I have listened to discussions in medical societies and read the current views and opinions of recognized leaders in the profession. In giving utterance to it now I am not going off half cocked. I say what I think, and I am prepared to hear the answer. In this as in any other subject touched in here, I always give a gentlemanly hearing to. anything any one cares to say, lay or pro- fessional, and I always treat such letter or communication as confidential. What's more, nobody can question my record about this. So I repeat, I'm prepared to pay due respect to the sincere views of any reader who may see the matter in another light. My goodness, my best medical friends know I can take it, and indeed it is due largely to their frank criticism as well as their “constructive” suggestions, that/ this column is—aw, you finish it—I'm blushing. It is well enough that the reputable, conservative practitioner should desire to be not the first by whom the new is tried nor yet the last to lay the old aside, but it is carrying that traditional spirit too far when methods are censured not as bad but new. Scores of good doctors have asked me why these modern methods are not discussed in the foremost current medical publications if they are so valuable. That’s precisely what I am deploring in the present trend of organized medicine. -‘The foremost medical journals have for years not only rejected good, hanest, scientific contributions dealing with these newer methods, contributions from physicians of excellent standing, but have sometimes descended to—well, to the level of childish peevishness in refusing to give this new knowledge to their readers. In fact, they have censured and censored these methods not as bad but new. That is why the inarticulate rank and file has not heard more about the new methods. ‘And no doubt that explains the naive ideas many good doctors have about these methods. Even the American Medical Association stoops to anonymity in dis- seminating propaganda against the ambulant treatment of hernia—quoting “well known” surgeons who evidently don’t know what they're talking about but not divulging the identity of these “authorities.” To name the “author- ities” might spoil the effect, for clearly they are ringers, pliable old gentle- }men who are easily persuaded to secrete the particular thought required in the exigehcy, provided they are assured nobody will ever know they did it. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Dynamite Také a stick of blasting powder (40% dynamite), remove the paper and rub some of the dynamite on the skin of your wrists over the pulse, if you want to find out whether the skin absorbs anything. (R. C.) Answer—I’'ll take you. Glad to have that experiment tried on me, provided I have entire control of the air I breathe while the dynamite is being applied and while we wait’ to see the result. Nitroglycerin is ex- ceedingly volatile, and the inhalation of the nitroglycerin volatilized by the warmth of the body accounts for the flushing and headache, Class B Neurotics Get a Break Only patience, kindness, love can lay the groundwork for a change in mental attitudé . . . Harsh treatment makes a Class B neurotic much worse, and any good psychologist knows why. (E.‘M. P.) Answer—Sounds sweet. I have never suggested harsh treatment. Only frankness. Booklet, “Chronic Nervous Imposition,” puts the thing frankly up to the reader. Copy if you send 10 cents coin and stamped envelope bearing your address and name the booklet. Orthodontia Ten year old’son has prognathic jaw. Dentist advises his appearance will be improved by straightening his teeth... (F. B. J.) Answer—By all means let the dentist begin with the process at once. Nutritional Deficiency Kindly advise what to.do for ridged, brittle fingernails .., Have been on restricted diet since middle of May—no meats, no fats, etc. (Mrs. F. 8. W.) Answer—Perhaps lack of sufficient vitamins in your diet, particularly G. Send stamped envelope bearing your address and inclose ten cents coin, for booklet, “Building Vitality,” which gives information about vitamins. ine Suffered ell my life from terrific one-sided headache attacks, doctors called migraine ... Read your article about calcium lactate. Started tak- ing 10 grains three times a day after meals. Noticed first effects about eight days, when wonderful change took place, attacks less frequent, less | painful. Go for many weeks now without attack, whereas before had. billious attacks at least once a week ,.. (H. G.) Answer—Interesting, but who knows whether the calcium* lactate was | responsible, or whether the migraine just spontaneously subsided? But | anyway calcium lactate can do no harm. Glad to send on request monograph jen headache giving necessary instructions. Inclose three-cent-stamped |envelope bearing correct address, or no monograph. (Copyright, 1935, John F. Dille Co.) |the racket element out We pollsies: The United States and Guatemala The United States ought ave i have reached a that | a | ached an understanding jfoman, for presdent—Mrs, Armold |orivate sircraft of either country en ¥ SL et gaged in tourist or pleasure flight France's population increased by | may enter the territory of the other | without obtaining special permission, warmest well-wishers were (of all people) members of that same “Wall Street” wing of politics which he had castigated on so many occasions in Public and private. xe * . Thinking of 1940 “Will he really run?” had been asked hopefully, almost prayerfully, by old-line conservatives whenever Long's possible candidacy was men- tioned. The hopes and prayers arose, of course, from no love of him, but from a possibility that he might Split the left-wing vote next year and so elect @ conservative Republican. Any consideration of the Long can- didacy had to start from the fact that few of his own followers be- lieved he had the slightest chance to be elected next year. He was counted, nevertheless, as the most likely rallying figure for a third par- ty ticket. Expectations were that if he tried for the nomination, he would collect some delegates who at most would raise controversy in the Democratic convention; and that if he then ran independently, he would cause Mr. Roosevelt to lose enough states to damage his prospects. What many in the Long camp were thinking of was 1940. They counted on the leftward surge of public opinion — so manifest in re- cent years — to continue strongly whether the next administration was Democratic or Republican. It was that drift they hoped to capitalize. If their expectations turned out, they figured Long would appear in the role of s sage and a prophet, who had cried in the wilderness in himself be- FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: Lass OFF. ‘Swhat Garsany este id guaee Mamsanle Arcane. bs! through the Pelican state, Many Loulsiana political leaders would have the president understand that they erring back to the fold. It seems that political he will be glad to rid himself of it by welcoming the | Job otek wie wie bike tee Adie ce - ii eke Pee ee ee eee re ee ae ee ed f c 2 J f pean Poe tha a ela lee. swung opcu and Ruth Woodson crossed the threshold, found herself in a new life—dangerous, incredible. “The Blue Door,” romantic new serial, will grip your interest as the’ mystery behind Watch for “The Blue Door,” Friday, Sept. 20 in The Bismarck Tribune the door itself. held Ruth’s. beginning : : aks