The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 7, 1935, Page 6

-utnastatnatesenmt hae Wanner SERN ene THE ehind the Scenes in Washington By RODNEY DUTCHER The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper | THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1935 Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. State, City and County Official Newspaper it tal to health, bug not Dr. Brady will answer. que! tions pert uf Sak. Address DF. ease, OF GRENOBLE, iE, etre eerie must be accompanied by & Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- Split Within Year Looms in A. F. of L.... Lewis Gains in Industrial Union Campaign . . . Roosevelt’s Plan te Amana Constitution fs Liva Issue ... Mine Chief Expected to Touch Off Fireworks at January Con- vention. stamped, self-addresi pet f-addi a 1 marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck @s second class mail matter. George D. Mann ! President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Secretary and Treasurer Editor ‘Washington, Nov. 7.—A year from now there may be |two American Federations of Labor, one of them oper- ating under another name. Distillation of confidential reports from labor lead- ers, certain government observers, and corfespondents who were at the Atlantic City convention shows clearly that the battle between the industrial unionists and the jcontrolling conservative craft unionists was but @ pre- = lude to what will happen in 1936. The important thing to remember is that the in- surgents polled nearly 40 per cent of the convention vote, whereas never before, on the issue of industrial unionism, had a minority polled even 10 per cent. Already there are two important labor movements —the A, F. L. and the J. L. L., the latter meaning the big following, actual and potential, of President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers. Most labor students concede ae the ae pat ly is Member of The Associated Press destined to tramp forward as development = ue Aeacciatad Piet 10 oxctusively sxtitied to the |CtY COMMMES to dinpiuce ‘sellet workers. use for republication of all news dispatches credited to eee Bon at SNEMUT accede taal eigin wabtohed nore SHOWDOWN NEXT FALL Shi rights of republication. fi : ‘The question now is whether industrial unionism will Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year . Daily by mail, per year (in ) oe Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck) seeeteeee Daily by mail out Dakota . Weekly by mail in state, per year Weekly by mail outside of North year ... Weekly by mai » per Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. | grow inside or outside the A. F. of L. The battle of Atlantic City will continue through ‘Q|the year. Next fall Lewis and his allies will be in the position of trying to get a majority or actually threaten- ing secession. And secession might come either through a walkout from the federation or an attempt by the old line leaders to throw out the insurgents (in the belief that their salvation lay in a split). It’s doubtful whether the insurgents can get a ma- jority, because the craft unions are thoroughly and rightly frightened by the possibility that their own organizations would be destroyed whenever industrial unionism gained an upper hand in the federation. The split between the factions in the convention |vote was about 18,000 to 10,500, and men who have checked the possibilities figure the minority can’t get more than 2,000 additional votes in the coming year except by organizing big industrial unions—which the A. F. of L. machine opposes. kota attending sessions in our new high school see Inspiration for Today Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? —St. Matthew 20:15. mt of sweat Or 6¢- time. A shower bath takes remove grime or foreign matter which soils No possessions are good, but by the good use on it, Therefore—oh, shucks, I am not @ we make of them; without which wealth, power, friends, and servants, do but help to make our lives more unhappy.—Sir William Temple. | | sae | | 1 | Welcome, Teachers With teachers from all parts of North Da- i ve feet four inches in height. I would like to f building today, Bismarck is indeed putting its Erne sre peated imetatid ne v questions: : best foot forward. The structure is a beautiful ou it) cludes workers in cement, steel, rubber, automobile, radio, coke, aluminum, and all federal unions which want 2 wo bottles a day. I like it very much. I weigh 116 pounds. of milk and water too. But mother tween great nations can be # limited) thinks beer is harmful and will interfere with my health. (Miss B. C.) and commodious one and well fitted to meet the Baldwin, son of Britain's prime min- ister. Does anyone think that war be- of L., such as the Camden shipyard workers. OLITICS — es . . aid in organizing, plus several unions outside the A. F. varied needs of this annual gathering of the/ caves Tar Gil thUe RiFASIWELIS WO" CAEL Se easier Getie nt. Your mother is quite : y state’s educators. Lewis, Sidney Hillman of the Amalgamated Cloth- “Low-brow arts” are genuine arts.|trade with both sap th in prosperous guts eae ‘switch to milk, the trex esti beverage, before that craving The town, tbo, is in fine fettle. Sto: ing “Workers; and) other’ lilke-minded: eaters, yal aes e = ‘They. satisfy native needs in human|neutrality? We cannot bolt ourselves ‘ wi ie town, foo, 1s In fine 5 res h unic ML th regardl f the wishes of: at the y f for alcohol grows up. Ci dee Rapa teh aaere Sn Sorat banc banach nature.—John Dewey, philosopher and|in an armed citadel ande survive.— (Copyright, 1985, John F. Dille Co.) everywhere have prepared for the rush of trade the A. F. of L. executive council's majority—just as the NATION’S CAPITOL Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, * which this convention always brings. The at- miners and clothing workers recently helped the Cam- titude is one of sincere friendliness and good will. Bismarck recognizes the importance of the teacher in the modern scheme and is more than proud to open its portals to representa- tives of this profession, which probably is the greatest of them all. As it bids the teachers welcome it makes a real effort to express the fact in deeds as well as in words. Every local agency is trying to do its bit in seeing that our visitors are comfort- able and pleased with the entertainment which | is offered them. | That is as it should be, particularly in view of the fact that Bismarck wants the teachers to come again as soon as they conveniently can. | Everybody Satisfied It is not alwyas that both sides can get cheer from the returns of an election as seems to be the case with the poll Tuesday in New York. The Republicans regained control of the state as- | sembly and immediately voiced a claim that this meant repudiation of the New Deal. The Democrats carried the two congressional seats involved in the election and pointed to that as proof that all was well. It is obvious, of course, that partisanship plays a bigger part in both pre and post-election claims than does good sense. To an unprejudiced mind the returns meant merely that the political situation in New York state is approaching a better balance than was true in 1928, when Herbert Hoover rode to victory, or 1932 when he was swept out and Roosevelt was carried in. History shows that the New York legislature is tra- | Gitionally Republican, partly because upstate districts | will not submit to a reapportionment which would give New York City a voice in proportion to its population. On that score, then, the Republican claim falls flat. It also shows that the two congressional districts in- wolved usually have been Democratic. If both parties are thinking of 1936—and they are— they are too eager to read portents and signs into cur- rent happenings to be really sensible. If they stopped to think they would realize that the 1936 election will be @ecided in 1936. And a lot of water will go under the bridge before then, They Love Their Chains Reports by recent visitors to the Standing Rock reservation indicate that Indians there may prove them- Selves reluctant to adopt a tribal constitution and attempt self-government under the Indian reorganization act Passed by the last congress. The reason, they say, is that reservation dwellers have come to like the chains which have held them to the government. The flesh pots of the agency loom large in comparison with the benefits of freedom from white control. An indication of the attitude of mind which develops after a long period of subserviency came when the agent explained to the tribal council that government employes fhad been ordered to divorce themselves from all con- fact with the election. It was to be purely an Indian effair. It took some argument on the part of tribal leaders, ft is reliably reported, to get the agent to agree to haul the Indians to the polls in government trucks. Nevertheless, the vote may favor a return to tribal autonomy under the terms of the law, for certain bene- den shipyard strikers, It will be best to watch closely the convention of the United Mine Workers here in January. Lewis is likely to make more of it than an ordinary convention of an international union. The political implications of events in the labor field probably will become more obvious than ever. eee AMENDMENT LIVE ISSUE Few know it, but the administration sent Assistant Secretary of Labor Ed McGrady to the convention for one day to intimate that Roosevelt would be glad to see the federation come out for a constitutional amend- ment which would permit social-economic and labor legislation. Nearly two-thirds of the executive council's mem- bers are Republicans. So the amendment proposal was carefully buried—until Lewis and his pals yanked it out at the last minute and jammed it through. The federation is unlikely to push the issue, which leaves it up to Lewis, who probably will make hulla- baloo about it at the miners’ convention around the time | congress convenes. eee MINERS FOR ROOSEVELT Pressure for the amendmént might easily prove embarrassing to F. D. R. if the supreme court should approve AAA. Chief controversial measures left for the court to kill off would be the Wagner labor disputes and Guffey coal acts. Roosevelt doesn’t want the cam- paign to turn on a capital-labor issue. Nevertheless, Lewis and the miners are effectively committed to Roosevelt—an important factor in West Veale Pennsylvania, Illinois, and two or three other ‘States. It's better than an even bet, secession or no seces- ‘Washington, Nov. 7—The political aspects of the unemployment problem are so numerous and so crucial that it is no wonder party leaders find even the ¢ complicated statistics on that subject thoroughly fascinat- ing. One of the most widely-accepted’ assumptions about 1936 is that the economic situation of the country— the of recovery—will have a most important effect in the election. Just now the one really difficult; factor in that situation is unemploy- ment. Industrial activity manifestly is picking up. Credit is expanding. Ag- riculture is finding less to complain about, land valyes'are better. All along the line, the economic indices —all except one—point toward im- provement. No completely reliable figures are available, but all sources of economic information agree that reemployment has failed to keep pace with the gen- eral trend of recovery. Some even question whether there has been any real expansion of employment at all in the last year. Without such an expansion, real and recognizable, political arguments that the depression is over run into immediate SC sion, that Lewis, if he wants to, can force a vote of epaereasent of Roosevelt at the next A. F. of L. con- vention. (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) E With Other DITORS | What is ‘Americanism?’ (The Boston Herald) Every student, alumnus, and friend of Boston uni- versity has reason to carry his head high this morning. In his annual report which he delivered to the trustees last night, President Marsh included: as fine and convinc- ing a declaration of the purposes of American universi- ties and their devotion to freedom of thought as has been uttered in a long time. The statement was occasioned by the recent enactment of a teachefs’ oath law in Massa- chusetts, a law which, fortunately, places no real restric- tion on liberty of teaching in our schools and colleges but bears the unmistakable and unhealthy implication of compulsory conformity. The honorable men and women who opposed the law—and still do, although obediently complying with it until it is repealed—have been accused of being “un- American.” What is Americanism? Does it consist solely of tak- ing oaths, saluting the flag, giving lip service, marching in parades and eternally following wherever the crowd may lead? Only a few years ago, any citizen who bought or sold liquor was regarded as “un-, ” A few years before that, any person who did not publicly avow his esteem for our beloved allies, Britain, France, Italy, Japan, etc., was traitorously “un-American.” More re- cently, any person who refused to “do his part” in the NRA campaign was an “un-American” chiseler, and yet the supreme court has since held that the enterprise was so unAmerican as to be contrary to the American constitution. Clearly no one cdn be dogmatic or specific in his definition of Americanism. It is something too intangible, tou akin to love of country, and too closely allied with the principles of honor, decency, and truth to be limited categorically. Yet Dr. Marsh, in stating why he and his fellow-presidents of Massachusetts universities and col- leges felt obliged to combat the teachers’ oath bill, de- scribed the essence of Americanism exteremely well. ‘These words should be read and pondered by every Mas- sachusetta legislator: ‘We do believe in America; we are loyal to Reprinted to show | what they say. We may or may ala sl ge Py Secseen wee orld. As Tbomuas detiervon @ttention to the need for a universal draft law. They world. peek to give every man sent to the trenches in s future etn eat ce eaten wae te tance ee ey Oe ee ee ee ae Peary eek, tees oh rice See be, eres behind him and one in which the horrors of war « © e Freedom is 9 precious word to Americans. It means _ Bot become the foundation for swollen fortunes, as al: above all the right to dissent in thought, word and action. fways tas been the case in the past. It sceks to give] When all Americans think, speak and act alike, then be no competition in the mind of American business 5 ; - Between a desire for profit’and = desire to end the war. | have the support of every. American citizen and—after § ‘The aim is a good one, Certainly no one can lose }1% years of stalling—congress should do something fy it emything which he deserves to gain. It should jabuut it, Spending Program That, however, is only a part of the story. Another prime topic of political discussion is the spending program of the Roosevelt administra- tion. With that, too, the unemploy- ment situation is linked directly. So long as ® disproportionate per- centage of workers remain jobless, relief demands on the treasury will be heavy. Even if the administration does not ask for large appropriations, is is certain that the states and mu- nicipalities, working through their representatives in congress, will ini- ee It is plain that Mr. Roosevelt does not desire to enter the 1936 cam- paign as the advocate of another top- heavy annual deficit, but many of his sul see only one way out. That is why the works administration is trying so feverishly to save its pro- gram from failure. That is why new methods are being considered to boost private pay-rolls. What these new methods will be is not yet certain. The effort to in- duce business to move ahead confi- dently continues, but the results hard- ly are all that Washington desires. The alternative may be new legisla- tion at the next session of congress for the one purpose of spreading em- ployment. ek * Shorter Work Week It is the lesson of all past depres- sions that after substantial recovery has been attained, a residue of excess labor is left behind. ‘That is due to several causes. Hard times teach employers how to econ- omize, how to combine the functions of employes and make shortcuts in production. In such times labor-sav- ing devises, including improved fac- tory and mill machinery, multiply. Excessive competition in any given industrial fleld is reduced by the squeezing out of the weakest firms. After previous American depres- sions a sufficient quantity of this left- over labor always has been absorbed by the det it of new industries. The rise of automobile industry, for instance, giving work to many hundreds ef thousands, undoubtedly major part in preserving in- dustrial adjustment during the open- Ing decades of the present century. No such large-scale det = st E lie t Bye 3 2 g i 2 z g Sp 8 : ry 3 $e 8 i a7 BEGIN HERE 'TO! JEAN DURA, pretty, 21, pepo iow’ jam. has trequently rey him. but Jean r. aces to ee! ser. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XI gree days later, Larry Glenn leaned back in his swivel chair. extended his long iegs under bis desk. dropped the letter ne had been reading, and frowned thought- fully at the blank wall of his office. For nearly a minute he sat thus, his hands clasped behind bis head: then he reached for his telephon and gave the number of police hes quarters. “Detective bureau—Sergeant Ha- gan,” he said, when he got bis number. Then, a moment tater: “Mike? This's Glenn. Can you drop up here for u few minutes? I got @ funny one for you.” He put the phone away and con- tinued to look ly at noth. ing. When, 15 minutes later, Mike Hagan came in. Larry ruefully handed him the letter. “Seems as it our friend Evelyn is running around with somebody else,” he said. “I send in those fingerprints off that glass, and there’s no record of ‘om. They're no more like Wingy Lewis’s than mine are.” Hagan read the letter dropped it on the desk. “Look,” he said, “did you see that waiter get the glass?” Larry nodded. “What'd he do with it? Bring it right to you?” asked Hagan. Larry thought a moment. “No, come to think of it. He went out to the kitchen with bis tray of empties, and then he brought our order—and slipped me the glass.” His eyes met Hagan’s. i thought things over on bi out and decided not to help t one of their star customers 1! i 4 5 it te Lewis—right _ Which means that Lewis knows, by especially?” “I took a good took, but f¢ didn’t tell me anything Why?” “Well, 1 looked. too; and it seems to me that he comes pretty close to fitting a deserintion we got for one of the men that stuck up the Evelyn said, “Lanning c ee 's going to b emchels Came. e Acme Box Company’s payroll that day last week.” Larry looked up with new inter- est in his eyes; but all he said was “Well, you know what those de- scriptions are like—you could pinch ‘most anybody on ‘em.” “Well, I know,” said Hagan. “It’s not only that. Far as that goes, he fits it; ‘Six feet one or two, light. haired, tanned complexion, broad shoulders—’ but that isn’t all... . D'you know about that stickup?” Larry shook his head. “Just an ordinary stickup,” said Hagan, with the air of one to whom robbery is no novelty. “Friday is payday at the Acme and gets the dough—it runs about $2000. Don’t ask me why didn’t have an express com. ee called. He got a buzz from downtown. tools for Sandy at the Golden tonight.” gives us this description, which as you say don't help much, But he says that the guy with the gun sort of looked like a cowboy. “I didn’t think much of it, at the time. But since we were in the Golden Feather the other night I been thinking; that long drink of water at that table there—didn’t he have a sort of cowboy air about him?” Larry pursed his lips thought fully. “I don’t know but what he did, now you mention it,” he said. “He could identify himt” “Might be worth a trial,” “Listen,” said Larry suddenly, “I don’t care whether you cam hasg Ing around for some reason. Some thing ts being Now is my , chance to get on the trail of fh. All 1 ask ts that you cam just get & charge placed against this fellow. Fwenty-four tours 4 got his Acme, you lug—ACM-E—get it? Okay. At the club. Tonight. Tell AL” Then he hung up the receiver and unobtrusively went back to the detective bureau. And after a while, as Art Lan- TF ef tH ig 3 aT fel : il Wi i & Mt wl ir 2 é 5 i