The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 4, 1935, Page 4

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Inspiration for Today The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up—I Samuel 2:7, The bad fortune of the good turns their faces | up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.—Saadi, The War Gods Laugh Italy, making war on a savage people, sends ® its airplanes to attack defenseless towns and 1,700 are reported killed. Included among that number are women and children, innocent of any wrongdoing against anyone, not knowing what the trouble is about. Thus the war in Africa opens on a note characteristic of all wars, that of cruelty and destruction. When armed forces oppose each other in combat it cannot be a pink tea affair. The aim is victory and the attitude is that the end justifies the means. No war has ever been fought by a civilized nation except in violation of a treaty, and it is 80 now. The conventions for combat, designed in time of peace, never hold good when the struggle begins. Thus the use of gas in war- fare now is outlawed by treaty, but every mod- ern army has a chemical warfare section which ‘would be called into play in the event of hos. tilities. The bombing of defenseless people is con- demned, yet the first act of the Italian aggres-; sors is to make such an attack. This was in-| evitable because it happens to be the most effective weapon at Italy’s disposal. Before! she can bring her superior machine guns and artillery into action, she must first cross the blazing desert which separates Ethiopia from the sea. The airplane strikes quickly and effec- tively against a people who have no defense for this sort of thing. But, lest the world be too quick to condemn Italy, it should be remembered that she has ample precedent for such tactics. The Ameri- can west was taken from the Indians by the same method. Britain gained her colonies by the same ruthlessness. It is the common prac- tice of civilization when fighting a backward race. | Meanwhile, it is cheering to note the IN-! TENTION of America’s statesmen to keep out| of foreign entanglements. The president asserts that this will be his attitude and his declara- tion is bolstered by lesser lights in the admin-| istration. Ours is to be the part of the good neighbor. We will stay at home and stick to our own knitting. Good policy if we can follow it, but that will not be easy. There will be opportunities for profit as a result of this war. es Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- i m™arck. N. D.. and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck in Washington | i By RODNEY DUTCHER i) Mo the Votes New Deal Quecr Quarters ... PWA Grant in Nebraska Is One More Triumph for Norris. Washington, Oct. 4—No record of it exists in the archives, but you can be morally certain that the deci- sive factor in the coal strike situation was an under- standing between President Franklin D, Roosevelt of the United States and President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, Roosevelt next year will receive the votes of 600,000 miners and their families insofar as union leaders can deliver them, Lewis goes to the A. F. of L. convention in Atlantic City Oct. 7 as the nation’s strongest and most outstand- ing labor leader, known now as a brilliant strategist with in ve unparalleled string of victories hanging from Think back to last April, when the wage agreement between bituminous operators and miners expired. Roo- sevelt was afraid of a coal strike. Lewis, who wanted a wage increase more than anything else, and needed it to strengthen his position and his union in the face of rising living costs, faced that bogey of miners—a summer strike. So Lewis became the chief force behind five suc- cessive postponements and continuances of the agree- ment, each of which brought him nearer a strategic time for a walkout to force a new wage scale. see SLICK MANEUVERS BY LEWIS Meanwhile, however, Lewis was using the threat of that coal strike to push the Guffey bill, which no one thought last April would have a chance. Because the bill meant higher prices, a large group of operators could be depended on not to force the issue and bring on a strike at a time disadvantageous to the union. Finally, working with the wily Senator Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania, Lewis got White House support for the bill and it passed. Perhaps Roosevelt, and certainly many others, thought that would be the last of the strike threat, But Lewis wasn’t half through. Wage negotiations were resumed. wouldn't come through with the 10 per cent wage in- crease he wanted, so he decided the time was ripe to strike. His final triumph was in keeping the White House out of it. Roosevelt, alarmed at the possibility of a coal shortage which might cripple industry, proposed to in- tervene and get both sides to arbitrate. Lewis wasn’t having any. Miners are traditionally opposed to com~- pulsory arbitration, see LAURELS—AND VOTES Lewis assured the president that intervention would make the miners wild—that he would have them in his pocket if he kept hands off. He promised that the strike would be short. Assistant Secretary of Labor Ed McGrady helped Lewis convince Roosevelt. The strike became effective while union men tussled with operators here in all-night conferences. Operators—some of whom, anticipating profits under the Guffey bill, offered little resistance— went first to 7% per cent and finally caved in for in- creases equivalent to 10 per cent. Lewis walked off with the laurels and Roosevelt went west assured of the support of the United Mine Workers. ees QUEER HOME FOR FERA | The cramped New Deal, overflowing from federal buildings into all sorts of leased hotels, halls, mansions, and other buildings, sometimes | seeps into queer places, ! Thus the transient section of FERA has its | quarters in the ladies’ rest room at the Wash- ington Auditorium and the last time your corre- spondent went by, the old sign was still over the door. eee | TRIUMPH FOR NORRIS | Approval of the $10,000,000 PWA loan-grant for the) Tri-County power and irrigation project in Nebraska) was a walloping defeat for Lobbyist Arthur Mullen, who is Democratic boss of that state, and another victory for independent Senator George W. Norris. . The Tri-County project got the biggest allotment! for a single project in the final PWA ladling. It calls for reservoirs, irrigation canals, hydro-electric plants, and an electric transmission and distribution system. PWA promises it will provide “cheap electric power.” That, of course, was why the power companies, the sena- tor’s old enemies, opposed it. Power companies have provided some of Mullen’s juiciest retainers. When Norris started fighting for Tri- County more than a year ago and there seemed little chance he would win—thanks partly to saboteurs in the Reprinted to show what they say. | We may or | may not | agree with | them. | American businessmen have fully as much _ right to take advantage of them as those of| other nations. Laws prohibiting such “peace-| ful participation” probably will prove futile, for | profit is a magnet of tremendous pulling power. | One thing we can do, and that is refuse to| protect the American dollar with American| blood. If anyone becomes commercially en-| tangled in war's backwash, let him assume his} own risks. In the event he loses, let it be made clear that he entered the game with his eyes! open. We sent 2,000,000 men to Europe to help | settle their last difficulty and got nothing but trouble from the experiment. That is a lesson » which should be kept in mind as the war gods laugh and the world takes the high road to what may be another Armageddon. It is sickening to think of the slaughter of defenseless women and children but there is nothing we can do about it except at the risk of our own peace, Cheering News Report that North Dakota’s relief load dropped 22.2 per cent during August is cheering news. It gives sta- tistical backing to the common knowledge that things are improving here. The extent of that improvement is shown by the fact that we made the third best show- ing among the states of the nation. ‘The reasons are as obvious as the result is welcome. In the first place, the drouth here forced more families onto the relief list than was common throughout the eountry. The Dakotes were the notion’: dust bowl through all of 1934 and the result was inevitable. It was _ mecept relief or starve. ‘This year, agricultural production staged a sensa- tional comeback. We have plenty of feedstuffs. Our _ root crops are excellent. Busy housewives have canned quantities jof food. \ Despite disaster to the wheat prices are good and more cash is available -from c production than for several years past. Add from federal allotments and the picture yet out of the woods. Many adjustments encouraging. | Ickes organization friendly to power interests—Mullen let it be understood he approved. But in the final clinches he was out in the open against it. (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) a —— . | With Other | War Profits Unlikely (Duluth Herald) “War babies,” stocks in corporations which sup- posedly would profit by a war, have been active of late. There is a certain amount of wistful talk in the country about a foreign war as a spur to recovery here, although it is generally conceded that wars are bad for business in the countries actually engaged, although they may seem very profitable for a time. The neutrality act passed in the closing days of the last session is intended to stop traffic in war supplies by this country, but its interpretation has not yet been made clear. Such peace-time staples as steel, copper, grain, meat and textiles are among the most important needs of a warring nation. It would help the country tremendously if huge foreign orders for such things be- gan coming to us. Practically, the situation is not so simple. In 1914 the warring nations had full treasuries. Now any coun- try likely to be involved in a European war is having a hard time meeting peace-time needs. Most of the im- portant countries of Europe aré down in our books as very poor pay. Americans are in no mood to buy for- eign bonds. A war is not likely to help any country much, even if it can stay out. That is one of the strong- est safeguards of peace, so long as nations can keep their senses. Why Set the Clock Back? (Chicago Tribune) Each year as the month of September draws to a close Chicagoans turn their clocks backward and reluc- tantly relinquish a précious evening hour of daylight. It is small consolation to realize that it will reappear at the beginning of the day. Only the milk driver frater- nity will be on hand to enjoy it. ‘The custom presents a paradox. During the sum- mer, when daylight is most plentiful, Chicago time is so arranged as to crowd an additional hour of sunshine into the normal wi day. From October to April, when darkness holds the stage, the effort is discontinued, Workers with normal hours of employment make the trip home in the soft and cheerful dusk the year around if Chicago adopted eastern standard time. The midwest has a beautiful autumn that could be more thoroughly enjoyed were nightfall postponed for sixty minutes. Banks and other financial institutions would find it more convenient to operate on the same schedule as their New York dents, There gags im- mutable about the standard time zones. By legislative action the area cf the eastern time belt now includes the state of Michigan. Let us move that western boundary 0 Chicago. ' Mussolini calls Italian tennis home from Paris. He probably figured this was no‘time for his subjects to be playing love games. ‘ aging. To say that prosperity is “just around the corner” is trite and may even be inaccurate. No one can be sure of what the future holds. But the horizon is definitely brighter. Let the trend ‘continue a few more months and we will definitely be out spot on the map. Lewis Wins Smashing Strike Victory and F, R. Will Get + That's Answer in Mine Peace ... The operators |* jcertain chapter-headings readily sug- gest themselves: of the woods. Let it continue a few more years and North | Dakota will be the brightest business and agricultural | IF SHE DOES PULL THROUGH, (ITLL TAKE A LONG TIME To RECOVER FROM THE SHOCK for the opening of the campaign? OLITICS NATION'S CAPITOL | a open to question. By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, the Associated Press, Washington) It’s too early to attempt a ready- reference political index to Mr. Roose- velt’s swing across the continent, but |tied the west for him in 1932. Senator Capper says his party Agriculture: The president’s open- ing thrust at the opposition is a com- parison of present farm conditions with what they were before he took Office, Power: He follows his farm speech with one etxolling what the govern- ment is doing toward development of publicly-owned utilities. Spending: He makes public a sum- mary hinting at a balanced budget in the near future, designed to quiet fears of increased taxation. ‘ator Norris, ‘eral wing of his opposition. Question Answered feast and south. Recovery: He plays constantly on| Ys the New Deal working—that is, the theme of improved industrial in-|are times really getting better in a dications, giving the credit to the New |national sense? Isn’t it time to call i a halt to excess spending? How will He avoids references tojthesé recurring deficits be paid for Deal. Parties: party, and makes a frank bid for in-|jn the end? dependent voting. (The two indi-; viduals he praised at Boulder dam— Senator Johnson and former Repre- sentative Swing—both are Republi- cans.) Obviously, the list of topics still is incomplete. Yet the selections velt_ has addressed himself. are worth careful note, because they probably are prophetic. Shots in ‘Crucial Sector’ It may be argued that the presi- dent was speaking in and to the west when he put agriculture and power at the head of the procession of is- sues; but does anyone suppose that crucial sector was chosen by accident ation. jment, not its results. Points to Be Clarified - That the west will decide the elec- tion is accepted as axiomatic today by most leaders of both parties. That the farm problem and the power problem are in the front rank of poli- tical consideration there is hardly Nor is there any dispute that in his jtreatment of these subjects Mr. ‘Roosevelt was bidding for exactly the |same bi-partisan support which car- So distinguished a Republican as can- inot hope to carry the farm belt if it jOpposes AAA. At the forefront of the western crusade against “the power :interests” is another Republican, Sen- Mr. Roosevelt has struck directly ‘at the two points which, above all ‘others, are agitating the western lib- There are certain other issues which cannot be considered sectional, jeertain questions which are being jasked over and over again in west, H A H *. 5 3 To these questions also Mr. Roose- His words, presumably, forecast for the first time what the Democratic re- Iply will be in ’36, Prosperity is to be jhailed as definitely on the way. A a jeut in expenditures is promised, and made in this first approach to 1936 | 9 pledge given against increased tax- This reply doubtless will be found | highly encouraging by the president's |friends, and rejected as unsatisfac- 'tory by his opponents. What is clear thus far is the trend of the argu- Of course much remains which is —« * . 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Mr. Roosevelt's first western speeches contained no dis- cussion of the constitutional issue, and no mention of the repeated charges of the Republicans that his 1932 promises have been disregarded. ‘When he spoke of power and agri- culture, he emphasized the material side of the picture, and entered into yno debate on economics or constitu- tionality. These are phases of the campaign which may be expected to develop more slowly, on the Democratic side at least. That they will come promi- imently into the picture eventually no jone doubts. . Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. \ Dr. Brady will answer questions Ltleeall | oe = Le t ny ‘Write letters briefly an 3 rr. Sey in “oats, oot The Tribune, All queries must be accompanied by &@ stamped, self-addressed envelope. | Your ¥’S LIFE IS NOT JUST GROWING eat ’em, files this appeal: sons of my sister who passed ‘These boys, 15 and 18 years of age, are being iparents who are as devoted to them as (And. why not, for heaven’s sake? if not to be devoted to ) ¢ along with the men during the day, rising to milk the cows. When evening comes they ought to spend most sitting’ at home resting and going to bed at 9 o'clock. as ® purely physical organization, that is quite sleep every night when they are grow- they play or work hard. But there is more to a real his phystological entity. Go on with your recital, Aunt: ‘as it may seem, the boys like to take their rest after a favorite chum or two in the neighbor- village to get an ice cream cone Of course not every night, but when home before 9:30 or 10 o'clock, and i) occur often. Grandparents insist 9 o'clock is proper bed-time for growing boys. Actually our boys average eight hours sleep. Do you consider it necessary for them to have more sleep? Your advice will have great weight, for grandfather has the utmost confidence in your ~health teachings. I might add that in the winter When the boys are in school, they generally get to bed by 9 or 9:30. ee 7 (Mrs, ) Children grow while they sleep. If you want your child to grow big and strong, see that the child gets to bed early nights. + Tiresome children are often just tired children. A child 4 years old requires 12 hours sleep every night. From the age of 5 to 7, from 11 to 12 hours sleep. At ten years not less than 10 hours sleep. At 14 years 9 to 10 hours sleep. ‘ At 18 a boy or girl who plays or works hard needs 9 hours sleep; one who doesn’t get sufficient exercise may get along with 8 hours sleep, but nine hours is always better. Adults leading sedentary lives may keep well with only six or seven hours sleep. Adults who work or play every day need eight hours sleep. If I were gramp to these boys I'd let them enjoy that evening visit to the village about three nights a week, on condition that they hit the corn- stalks by 9 o'clock the other four nights. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HARD WORKERS NEED SALT Please give your comment on the statement of this young country doc- tor. I gathered from your articles that most people take too much salt. (©. E. CD) Answer—The young country doctor is unnamed in the newspaper item which quotes him as saying men who work hard on farms in summer often have cramps in their legs at night, and they should eat more salt, as they sweat most of the salt out. I don’t know about the leg cramps—our read- jers could soon set us right about that—but I think the doctor is right about the advisability of taking-extra salt when one does much sweating. Work- ers exposed to extreme heat find that they stand it better and avoid heat cramps when thgy make it a regular practice to take a little salt with every drink of Water. Indeed dispensing machines set up alongside the drinking font provide tablets, containing five or ten grains of salt for this excellent purpose. What, No Swimming? I was operated on two years ago for mastoid, and now mother thinks it is dangerous for me to go in swimming. (Miriam) Answer—Why not ask your doctor about it, Miriam? Perhaps he will tell you how to place soft rubber or wool -in the ears to prevent entrance of water, and how to plug the nasal chambers against entrance of water, and how to breathe entirely through your open mouth while you are in swimming. It would be safe then. (Copyright, 1935, John F. Dille Co.) Tk BLUE DOOR Rachel “Mack © 1935 NEA Service, tne. IN HERE TODAY . faints r= upstairs by the queer old BERTHA BS, ‘as “PENNY,” and by JOHN McNEILL, from next door. Penny belleves Ruth to be ELAINE CHALM lege, wi ire nN it She plans to ge to we with Johm, re- solves to on a while at the house, pretending te be kn JOHN SMITH from” am institution for Bertha Gibbs will me “Old Bert at the house with the blue deer.” NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XIV Rot! was far more happy than Far more gay. than apprehensive. She was moved she was unhappy. in love, and knew it. She {n that soaring, tremulous state when the mere recalling of a be toved pair of eyes, a beloved voice, The an- ticipation of another meeting with John McNeill—another such ren- dezvous as last night’s ride—made life a glorious adventure. Her happiness dimmed her fears for the future, caused her to forget ie lulled her pricking conscience into sent the pulses pounding. insecurity of her position, comfortable quiescence. Penny said feelingly that morn- “Lor’, Miss Blaine, it’s good You cheer up ing: to have you here. the place considerable!” ‘ In the afternoon mail there ar- rived a check from “Miss Gwen.” After Penny had pulled the letter from the rusty mail box she stood in the hall, handling it with trem- bling fingers. To Ruth, passing through the hall, she said importantly, “It’s It’s the ‘money from your mother. not been inconvenienced. Please see that the leaks in the slate roof are attended to, also the guttering, and whatever other repairs are needed. Have the bills sent to Mr. Deal's secretary, as u I don't want the old house to go to pieces. “I ‘hope yon are keeping well and that your eyesight is improv- ing. Do get new glasses. That often helps. Call on me ff you need extra funds, of course, Affection- ately, Gwendolyn Hunter Deal.” “There!” said Ruth, handing it back. “I don’t believe they’ve any idea of pensioning you off, Penny. Quit worrying!” Penny was,nodding her head in relief. “I'll take the check right down to the bank,” she said. “I @ gleaming coupe a tanned, hatless young man leaned out and called pleasantly, “Can I help you?” “Thanks, no,” John Smith replied in a gruff voice, not his own. His hat was pulled low over his eyes. He partially concealed his mouth and chin by manipulating his cig- aret with his uninjured hand. “It ‘was_a blow-out.” Then he added, lying, “I was going the other way. Car turned completely around!” “What you know about that!” ex- claimed the young man, with sur- prised interest. “Well, you're lucky you didn’t crash that tree.” “Yeah,” replied John Smith. He was narrowly eying the nonchalant, clear-cut young man whose gaze ‘was ‘so direct and who wanted to town be helpful. He wondered why the restora got rh Pei young man looked vaguely familiar to him. After he, “John some staples at the srocery store. |aoaith.” hadn't been in this vicinit; 1’ be obliged if you'd keep house | 70) 45 selected for me while I'm gone?” pst seca “Of course I will.” Ruth assured |,,7B0 Jouns man lifted his hand her. “Give me that cloth and let —_— arg on. Toward Worthville. An ad- me finish dusting. Then you can vertising cover on his ” spare tire set ready and go right away.” lsaid “McNeill Pumps make hard When Penny came down a bit | voter chnoemaal later, hatted and coated for the Sea cecasion and wearing overshoes and an anxious expression, it was Festal SMITH lifted an eyebrow. evident that this trip “to town”|~ So that was it. The McNeill was an important event in her life. |boy, grown up. He was glad he'd Actually she left the house only |kept his own face covered. The four timss 2 year, and that wasjinterview caused him to recon- for the purpose of banking her |sider his plans. It was possible, quarterly check. Pausing before |even probable, that the McNeill she went out the door, she said to |family still lived next door to the Ruth earnestly, “I won't be gone {Old Hunter place. This boy might more’n an hour and a half, all told. |recognize him after the roadside If anybody comes askin’ for me—askin’ for me by name, I mean {ize the injured ear. John Smith oan you have ‘em come in and wait? : “Why, yes,” Ruth answered, “of John McNeill, already forgetful of the incident just past, skillfully HMghted his pipe without reducing He'd signed up the dealer he wanted in Akron—the third such achievement in a month—and things looked bright for McNeill Bertha nodded. “I’m careful, and T use my umbrella for a cane. I never have any trouble that way.” eee ON a highway leading from a i ds mo. “for takin’|2°ticeable automobile had just running fall time again, if this care of tne Bove, But avems Tike|/PICKed up & Mall and blown a tire [sort of thing kept wp, ; I’m gettin’ more and more afraid f © car, traveling rapidly at the| ‘Then, persistently, through these to open ‘em. There might come & freed was thrown smartly across meditations recurred the letter any time now, sayin’ I’m pen-|th® Toad and was partially wedged ef the wirey, thin-taced, stoned off... . .” Her voice trailed |Petween a tree and a fence. = Ing figure on the running away anxiously. ‘The driver, its sole occupant, re- back there. “Where've I seen Ruth's anxiety caught fire, too. har ihe shade 9 the tm. oe er he asked him- She realized that the letter in|Pect himself from the steer- a question was unanswer- Penny’s hands was a sort of bomb|!"E Wheel and rubbed his chest. ie thought he.had dismissed which might, in ite explosion, blow | His prodding hand found a sore fubconsclous mind never her temporary little world of hap-|T1» that made him wince with pain. ee unsolved. Back, back piness to atoms. But she said, her 8 egt on his palm blood was the years went the trail of voice held steady, “Don’t anticipate He was the men who, subconscious while bed news, Penny, and maybe it|%™me time before, bad escaped ie conscious mind took up a hap- won't ever come. Open the letter.” |{Fom & Place where the eriminalty Lesage nis 4 Penny obeyed, removing from) climbing cautiously from the car, ‘m the wind, ok aad the creamy, square envelope &/yonn smith inspected the “1 he check and a folded sheet of paper. | done, He osthd: be desided nine i believe I’m in love with She said, banding the letter tolcate nis car without help if the believe 1a rather have her Rath, “You read i to me, Miss/engine still ran. But frst be 13 than any girl on Blaine. I can’t make out pen andichenge the tire which had blowa ink writin’ very good lately.” lout. This h imagined her in his arms, in sai a fe proceeded to do, get-|nis house, in his life, ting the tools from the place he places. ia UTH unfolded the paper and/knew them to be, and applying the ° Happy to be there, ran her down ‘it hastily |jack with fumbling, unaccustomed pulses Let pcg harder and his and anxiously. She thought, “If {t|fingers. It took him all of an hour haga iqylieoed says anything about Blaine—any-|to do this, At last, weary from his|_T2e® he thought of his mother, ‘thing that will give me away, I'lllerertions, be sat on the running he loved and whose opinions 8 “Presently she breathed ajboard and smoked a cigaret while |"* "espected. He could imagine quitk sigh of relief. There was|his mind wrestled with his prob- saying in. her sane, gentle at all in the letter to up-|lems. 6 ‘unsuitable match, John! nothing wet. bi She read aloud: © Bertha: iy. ‘Dear Just gotten home. own world or poor old} “The old house is like I am sorry to be|stay indefinitely—” & week or two late with your check but I hare been in France and have jcide him. J hope you have thought. “I could dig A car was coming to @ halt be- Breaks ground, tires skidded, and trom the window of