The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 12, 1935, Page 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 @s second class mail matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Secretary and Treasurer Kenneth W. Simons Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year . j Daily by mail, per year (in . 1,20 Daily by mail, per year (in state out ft Bismarck) .. . 5.00 Daily by mail out 6.00 Weekly by mail in state, per year ... 100 Weekly by mall outside of North Dakota, 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 spontaneoue one published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Inspiration for Today I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.—St. Luke . eee ‘What is past is past—there is a future left to all men who have the virtue to repent, and the energy to atone—Bulwer, ————— ee Discovery Day Observance by North Dakota of Discovery Day, commemorating the discovery of Amer- fica, first by Leif Erickson and later by Colum- bus, somehow calls to mind the parable of the talents. There is no need to get into arguments over the historical phases of this interesting sub- ject. Neither is there cause for religious con- ttroversy. When the latter argument brooded darkly Yehind the Scenes in Washington By RODNEY DUTCHER Fear Grows That Supreme Court May Blast Spending Legislation . . . One More “Information Service” Gives “Inside” on New Deal ... AAA Chiefs Are Singing the Potato Blues. ‘ ‘Washington, Oct, 12—Hardly anyone realizes it, but the U. 8. supreme court in its term just begun may rule | that spending legislation, such as that for the public works and work relief acts, is unconstitutional. PWA lawyers recently warned Roosevelt of the pos- sibility. They thought it might be wiser to drop the gov- ernment’s appeal in the Louisville housing case, where plaintiffs were sure to raise the issue before the high court, Roosevelt, refusing to duck, told them to go ahead with the appeal. ‘When the $4,800,000,000 ‘work relief bill was passed, you couldn’t find an attorney in the whdle New Deal army who thought it stood in any danger from the courts. . Because the court once held that a taxpayer couldn’t sue to prevent appropriations, this was the one big New Deal measure considered immune from attack, But property owners in Louisville obtained an in- junction against condemnation of certain land for a PWA housing project. And their lawyers insist that the discretion given to Roosevelt and Administrator Harold L, Ickes as to the spending of PWA funds is an illegal delegation of legislative authority. ri ee COURT STIRS FEARS The U. 8. court of appeals in Cincinnati, holding '| against the government, decided housing was not a pub- oo It failed to pass on the delegation of power e. But it. remarked that plaintiff's attorneys had ar- gued “with much force and persuasiveness” as to the lack of standards and limitations in PWA legislation and the “unfettered discretion or choice of the president.” Attorneys for both sides are now set to argue the issue in the big new supreme court building. If the act providing $3,300,000,000 of PWA funds should be held invalid, the work relief act would also seem to be un- constitutional by reason of the broad discretionary spend- ing powers it confers. And scores of lawyers probably would leap into court to prove it. This will be the first time the court has had a chance to consider the spending of huge lump sums and the question of what standards and guides should be set up for the expenditure. Effects of a defeat for the government on the dele- gation issue can’t be entirely forecast. But hundreds of millions in PWA funds not yet paid out presumably would be held up. And Comptroller General McCarl would have to decide whether to keep on approving work-relief grants. New Dealers think the court probably will avoid passing on the delegation issue. But they wish they over the North Dakota legislature at the time the Discovery Day bill was being considered, it was quickly dispelled by L. L. Twitchell’s explanation that both Leif Erickson and Chris- topher Columbus were of the same religious faith. Thus those who were prepared to fight for the bill and those arrayed against it found the wind gone out of their sails. There is no question that Erickson visited the shores of what now is the American conti- nent, but that he was the first European to do so seems doubtful. It is not such a great dis- tance from northern Europe to the northern part of the American continent and it is more than possible that some daring voyager, blown out of his course, may have set foot upon these shores long before Erickson came. Neither is there any question that at some time in the remote past there was communi- cation between Asia and the American main- land. Examination of objects common to both the American Indians and the people of Asia places the end of this interchange at about the eighth century, 200 years before Erickson and about 700 years before Columbus. In addition to that, it must be remembered that the In- dians had quite evidently discovered this con- tinent at some time in the remote past, so that the mere fact of discovery assumes relatively small importance. The important thing is that, at the time of Columbus, world initiative and enterprise had reached a position where it was willing to do fomething about it. Trade had progressed to a point where a new route to India, with its wealth of gold, spices, silk and other precious items was desirable. The lure of gold called to Europe and the discovery of America by Colum- bus—it might more properly be called the re- diseovery—gave new impetus to the movement for expansion. By and large, the talent represented by Erickson’s discovery was wasted. No develop- ment followed it. But the voyage of Columbus was the begin- ning of a movement which resulted directly in the development which we know today. There- fn lies the chief difference. The archives of the Scandinavian countries show that Erickson reported his voyage just as Columbus reported his, but no further action ‘was taken. Thus there is little to choose be- tween them. The main difference is that one discovery became merely an exploit, the other ‘was the forerunner to a development which has changed the subsequent history of the world. A Few More Chapters Only a few more chapters remain to be written, appar- ently, in the tragic drama which began with the death of the Lindbergh baby and which now has Bruno Richard Hautpmann as its central figure. Perhaps one more court appeal, then the last quick march in the dead of night to New Jersey's death house. There the snapping of a switch and the writing of “finis” could be sure. see ONE MORE “COME-ON” One of the latest “rackets” here is a confi- dential information service which, for so much a@ year, advises how communities may obtain money and other aid from the federal govern- ment for various purposes, + The promoters are recruiting subscribers among minor officials in Washington who want to see that proper shares of federal funds get to the “old home town.” pak THEY'VE GOT POTATO BLUES Secretary Wallace and Administrator Chester Davis dream at nights of a queer-looking potato fashioned in the shape of a boomerang. . ‘The unannounced big idea behind the recent potato hearing was that it would produce a hot demonstration against the unpopular potato control act. That would uphold the AAA in its intention not to try to enforce a law which everyone agreed couldn’t be enforced and lead to early modification of the law by congress. But the thousands of Republicans and small farmers who have been shrieking against the act stayed home. A few hundred big growers of potatoes swarmed into the AAA building for a field day and Senator Batley and Congressman Warren, sponsors of the act, stole the show. The only fellow who against the act was a New Jerseyite. It turned out he raised only about 55 bushels a year and the big potato boys gave him a hearty horse-laugh on that. The AAA had an unhappy time. Something will be done for potato growers. But no attempt will be made to enforce the act, no matter how loudly Republicans cry “nullification!” (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) TQ With Other Enrtors A Red Letter Day (Valley City Times-Record) ‘The prophet business is usually unprofitable to the one who goes into it. But we sometimes have the urge to prophesy; and in that spirit we venture to predict that yesterday, Oct. 7, 1935, will henceforth be a red letter day on the calendars of a great many people. It saw for the first time in recorded history of government the action of a group of nations uniting in assessment of guilt for a war not yet fought out but just beginning; and it also witnessed the compact between these nations to un- dertake positive measures against the named aggressor. ‘We are aware that so far nothing has happened in the way of immediate intervention to call a halt on the conflict. We are also aware that the plans may come to nothing and Mussolini be allowed to work his will with Ethiopia. But the fact that a group of nations, willing adherents of the League of Nations organization, took the action they took yesterday is a tremendous evi- dence of the fact that the public opinion of the world is slowly but surely becoming effective in its feeling against unjustifiable war. Quite possibly the League of Nations is not the perfect instrument needed to record and make operative the will to peace among all peoples; but im- Perfect as it is, ridiculed and berated as it is, still groping and feeling its way as it is, the League of Nations seems to have in it the best available hope for mankind in efforts to displace the outworn and universally con- show what they say. We may of may not agree with them, | Reprinted to They Can Always Tell THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1935 A young lar than almost any girl I know about her Your Personal Health ease 01 ~ Brady a "Ravaped, weltcaddrensed envelope. “By William Brady, M. D. Le eee ; . Br ens: health but not dis- 4 Dr. Biady will anewer questions Bevis ant in ink, Adéress, Br, Tribune, All queries must be socompanied bY ‘WHEN A GIRL MARRIES woman teacher, with s good position, aitairs, has a nice home and @ tine family. cannot become.a citizen here. Her family is frantic. Are there any argu ments on heredity or the physical side that one might use in trying to per- suade her against taking this step?—(Mrs. M. R.) e If you had a son who was in love with a girl who has negro blood in her veins, what would you do? ‘The boy is nineteen, the gitl two years his junton They have been sweethearts for: five years, in a childlike way at » they seem to be getting serious now. y but ‘The jirl’s father was for several years sesso School and gave splendid satisfaction in an entirely ‘Once or twice there were whisperings that he was part ord te ti but this was said to be just gossip. Lately, however, we learned that family has negro blood almost beyond a doubt .... The girl herself is a splendid, highly intelligent young woman and looks rather like a beauti- ful Rumanian, and if I am any judge she would make this young man & ,, splendid wife. He has just finished his freshman year at.. —(Mrs. I. C.) ‘The data given would not influence my view of either marriage. ¢ \ For the assurance of Mrs. I. C. and others who harbor fictitious notions % +o. University. about heredity, it may be well to repeat that a “throwback” or “reversion to type” never happens in the human en That is, a of parents, one of whom happens to have a smal The offspring of such parents will be no darker than the darker parent. More important than the question of color is the question of physical fitness ‘for, marriage. Forget the mingling of blood and consider rather black child is never born dmixture of negro blood. | whether the persons contemplating marriage can pass a medical examina- tioh which shows freedom from communicable or transmissable disease and wa freedom from # physical deficiency which would invalidate marriage. The first talk I had in this column, Vefore many present readers were born, was a plea to parents to demand a health certificate and a plea to young men to obtain one voluntarily and submit it to the parents or guardians of the young woman before engagement is contracted. Then and many times since I have been roundly scored for not insisting that the prospective bride should a similar health certificate. Frankly I waver a bit about that furnish these days, but I still think the onus is on the male of the species. As I see it, every man owes such health assurance to the woman he would marry, and any right minded woman, for the sake of her home and her family, should wish to ascertain whether any heritable or physical impediment exists on her side before she marries, * | OLITICS - at the - NATION'S CAPITOL By HERBERT PLUMMER Washington—President Roosevelt's promise that “the merit system has been and will continue to be extend- ed” for government employes as long as he is an occupant of the White House likely will prove a difficult one to keep. Despite protestations that the lack of qualified persons on the civil serv- ice lists necessitated going afield to find workers for New Deal agencies most insiders say. the demand for patronage on the part of members of congress was responsible. Examination of the record reveals that congress was unwilling to ad- here to the merit system in the ap- pointment of government employes except when absolutely necessary. Even in those agencies listed by the President in his letter to the head of the association of government em- ployes as’ having been placed under civil service requirements, there are loopholes. * * * ‘Experts’ There are only three agencies in thte President's list required to ad- here to merit from top to bottom in hiring workers. The others have ex- bar gd of varying importance. securities commission, for ex- ample, can hire “experts” at will. The farm credit administration has exemption for “experts” and among its different branches (1) the crop production loan office, once under civil service, but later switched to patronage by action of congress; (2) employes directly under FCA Govern- or Myers, and (3) “experts.” The President mentioned the soil conservation service of the depart- ts demned habit of war with some more reasonable method. ‘The point is that the action taken brings sharp at- tention upon the fundamental idea of absolute sover- eignty of a nation. Absolute sovereignty is a very wide door, by use of which a nation is allowed the power to try anything it may want to try, regardless of the feel- ings or wishes of other nations who may be directly con- cerned. The League of Nations action operates to bring ceased to act without reference to the rights and wishes of others; and we have provided ways by which the self- ish and powerful may be curbed. Now we see an attempt to apply the same principle to international affairs, and we see it undertaken when the decision may easily lead to very serious consequences. 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Actually what happened is this: Con- gress provided that for the first eight months employes could be selected without regard to merit or competi- tion. After that, according to the law, the employes automatically get civil service status without examina- tion or further ceremony. ee * McCarl’s ‘System’ Even those agencies definitely un- der the merit system vary in results. SEC, for example, has gone along obeying the spirit of the civil service law religiously, exempting only its “experts.” FOC, however, has rebelled against civil service, has not yet re- placed its temporary lawyers with the men duly qualified by examinations. Comptroller General McCarl has rendered the “expert” loophole con- siderably smaller than many mem- bers of congress anticipated. He has done it by the simple but effective method of requiring “experts” to prove their claims to that title. With the president squarely back of the merit system, however, the pres- sure might prove too great for,mem- bers of congress to withstand. The average senator or representative doesn’t surrender patronage easily. It will. require some tall cracking of the’ whip to make them amenable to such @ reform. ee Seay | So They Say | > e Hitler and peace! The very terms are antithetical. He is today the greatest menace to world safety.— Bernard M. Baruch. ** * To economic sanctions we shall an- swer with our discipline, our spirit of sacrifice, our obedience. To military sanctions we shall answer with mili- tarism. To acts of war we shall an- swer with acts of war.—Mussolini. * * # If social credit works, nobody else will.—Premier Mitchell Hepburn, On- L_| NS a a CPS NS | tario, referring to government experl- ment in which Albertans are to be paid $25 a month dividend. e overseas, the United States of Amer- ica shall and must remain unentang- led.and free—President Roosevelt. young people with a 12-year-old un- derstanding of life. food, clothing, shelter, education and pocket money for granted.—Dr. W. Tolley, president Allegheny Collegey ee * Despite what happens in continents * e * We are producing a generation of Youth takes Damp Quarters Is it dangerous for young children or adults to sleep in walls of which are actually wet three feet from the floor up? gas, stoves, but no stove.in the bedroom. (Mrs. G. M. 8.) sa Answer—Not so far as the dampness or moisture is concerned. But it is t likely the gas heater or heaters lack adequate vents or connection with flue | or chimney to remove products of combustion from the house. Water is one Product of combustion—the least injurious. A wooden, plaster, metal or plasterboard. wall inside the other, with some airspace between, would cor- rect the annoyance of accumulation of moisture on the wall and mouldering and spoiling of wall paper, etc. Daughter, 12, convalescing from typhoid fever. When we comb her hair is comes out’a good deal. We have been told it will come out completely till she is quite bald, and they adyised shaving the head immediately. (L. H.) Answer—The hair falls more or less after any severe seige like that. The Pp, |less combing the better, and the more gentle brushing the better. The hair s will grow vigorously again as the patient recovers strength. Shaving or clip- eye bedrooms the fi We heat with ‘ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Falling Hair ping the hair can make no difference in its growth. Send stamped envelope St, Louis man orders coffee, passes bearing your address, for monograph on “Care of the Hair,” which deals with BEGIN HERK TODAY RUTH WOODSON, pretty, high- Cz 19, in hh of apirited girl pirited ES 5, alse knowa as PENNY, thinks Ruth ts ELAINE HAL! ‘S, whese grandfather ‘sl Worthville. John has fallen tm love with Hunter house wi Gibbs, her Ruth declines. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXI E“{e CHALMERS, kissing Teddy Van Harrington good- night in the car in the small - hours of Sunday morning, refused to let him.come in. “Don't. hang around, Teddy,” she told him petulantly. “I'll be here till Monday. We've still plenty of time to quarrel.” “I thought you were going back today,” he said. “‘Didn’t you say you had classes Monday morn- ing?” “So I did and so I have,” she retorted brightly, “but I’m stay- ing over anyway. I can see you for cocktails this afternoon and then till all hours tonight. Run along now and let Blaine sleep.” When a sleepy houseman had let her in she sat in the dimly lit drawing room and thought of Ohio. She had decided not to go back to college at all before the holidays. A three-day absence prior to a holiday would not be investigated. That much at least ghe had gained by- her progress from boarding schoo! chit to col- lege woman, . . . She'd pretend to go to Graycastle Monday, but in- stead she'd take a train for Worthville. In. that way she'd gain- three extra days for conquest of John McNeill. , rush train pass,” she decided, engage @ drawing room. Higate's secretary gets wind of everything. a like any poor girl who doesn’t own a share of raiirgad stock to her name.” It did not occur to her thas some girls are too poor to buy.even H railroad ticket. ° Ba (On the following . afternoon, which wes Sunday, Ruth Woodson felt moved to explore the flower garden. back of the Mbrary. It had tempted her from the first. Two long windows in -the west wall of the library opened op the garden and stone steps led down from the window ledges. Ruth was interested. Once the beds had been formally planted, with paths, stone seats and a si everything ‘snd ‘begsn to use beds to straighten their borders. She was .so engrossed that she failed to hear the hedge being parted and qohn McNeill stepping his “Did I frighten yout” he asked. Rath laughed. “You did startle me a little, I was afraid it was Penny come to call me down for trespassing in her, garden.” John asked, “How's Penny ducting herself, by the way?” “Very comfortably,” Ruth as- sured him. “But there're a couple never told you—" “Let’s have them,” John urged. uy “I'll not risk applying for a, rely the curtain on tho ooooud merely the cu: on secon ‘The third act’s the thriller. - - 4'd ‘been in the library ‘and No, I'l buy @ ticket and travel act, tang : Ruth found.» Cew rusty tools | ident, never seen myself look so nice be- said. then, rs you what I aa one “ rea we to see yourself| Mother wants you to come to'sap, “Don't interrupt. . While 1 was fobs Fans shee ped looking in the glase I noticed|out for a while. You'll be something that was ‘going on in Dected to entertain me, Mind: ad the dining room, Peony was cut-| Ruth told him, ‘Ieeuleen ts. ¥ ting away half the cake and wrap- {f you heda't cence? nights are lonesome.” : te to think what theyt) Sone,” he sald, | away before he gets it, He should |f , baldness, etc. 1 have put in his order earlier in life. (Copyright, 1935, John F. Dille Co.) 1 onsen NSLS") 4 © W935 NEA Service, ine books, of course, because there ‘was nobody else to take them. She's using them for a door stop. ‘We used to do it at college.” “Marvelous!” Ruth almost seriously. “And what about the cake episode?” He said, “If the Secret Service hears of this they'll hire me, diners or not. Penny eats is m7 They both taughed until they ‘were weak, “Can we go into the Hbrary?? John asked. “Of course we can go in,” Ruth answered. “I cleaned it thor oughly a few days ago. Careful as you go in! You'll have to duck the window sash.” She entered by one window and he by another. As they met in- side he pretended to be surprised 2 to see her, took both her hands and kissed her boldly and effec- tively on the lips, ‘ eee \ APTBR che had caught ner ‘.- breath Ruth surprised and a one,” he said. “She took the | about her that I've’ entrance, Mr. McNeill!” So they solemnly went out and came in and did it all over again, this time almost daring to be tender. Jolin complained, “We havent ~ gotten the thing right yet, Miss Chalmers. There's still too much levity on your part. Let’s cat out the entering and concentrate on the finale.” Ruth shook her head and drew away from him. “That's the Little Theater movement for you! You get worn out with rehearsals.” ( 1 i Actually her heart was ding i her frivolous wore nate ‘ou ever noticed thi John?” Is old globe, “Have I!” he exclaimed, irk + ing it rapidly. “I used to pero over it. It's several sizes than ours. Wait! What's wrong?” 6 this?” Ruth asked, In the smooth pet rein the lower hemisphere there was a bit of gaudy ribbon, surmounted by 4 & bronse bar. She picked it up enh eee curiously, in carefully put the globe to- gether again. Th a soe ity Miainer™ > Ot: “May