The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 22, 1935, Page 4

4 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1935 The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Bstablished 1873) \ State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, 1sis- ages! N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck second class mai) matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher Kenneth W. Simons Archie O. Jo! Secretary and Treasurer Edttor * Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Datly by carrier, per year Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck: Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck) . Daily by mail outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail in state, per year ... Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per 166 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to 4t or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. 1 rights er republication of ali other matter herein are reserved. Inspiration for Today If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall con- demn me; if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.—Job 9:20. * Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools. —Socrates. A Community Job By designating streets upon which children fre given permission to coast and marking them with protective signs which require auto- mobile traffic to halt before crossing, the city commission has done its part to prevent serious and possibly fatal accidents from this source. Had it failed to do so it would have been bbviously negligent. At least a share of the blame for any accident would rightly have been laid at its door. | Now the problem passes into the hands of the children themselves and to all other resi- dents of the community, for making Bismarck safe place is a duty which rests upon everyone. Drivers of automobiles and other vehicles should keep in mind the fact that parts of Twelfth St. and of Mandan St. are protected by stop signs—and make every effort not to drive through them. Children should be taught that recklessness &nd carelessness usually carry with them a heavy penalty which can not be escaped for long. lo 1°] Y ehind the Scenes in Washington | By RODNEY DUTCHER so] Ickes Is Willing to Battle Everybody Over Issue ot German Steel... But F. R., Labor, and Steel Trust Are Too Much for Harold ... He Goes Down Fight- ing and Still May Bring Grief on His Foes. on the spot, which is where you can find him on frequent occasions, the show is rather more than likely to be diverting. Even more fascinating are the behind-the-scenes movements as in the recent cause celebre of the German steel ordered by subcontractors on a couple of PWA pro- jects. Suddenly your Uncle Harold found himself sore beset by the “Steel Trust,” the American Federation of Labor, the Hearst press, and the large, motley collection of intra-administration enemies he has collected unto himself since March 4, 1933. At the same time some of his subordinates were The odds were heavy. But I beg of you to believe that the Battling Bulldog of the cabinet was no whit afraid. If Papa Roosevelt hadn't intervened and told him to back down, you would be seeing Mr. Ickes out in the center of the ring, flailing away at all his foes in the most awesome of New Deal bouts to date. eee A. F. OF L. AIDS TRUST Plain fact: Ickes had been willing to use the threat of German steel imports in @ minor way as a club (it was more like a wand) over the “Steel Trust,” whose com- panies had a way of submitting identical bids on PWA jobs which suggested the taxpayers were being col- lusively held up for exorbitant profits, And Roosevelt had previously backed him up. But FP. D. developed cold feet when the steel industry, work- ing through Matthew Woll, persuaded President Bill Green of the A. F. of L, to join the hue and cry against the use of any foreign steel in any PWA project. Months ago the steel industry, led by President Eugene Grace of Bethlehem (who was paid a bonus of $1,623,000 for his work in 1929), came here to protest |the possibility that an ounce of foreign steel might creep into PWA jobs. oe STEEL TARIFF HIGH The tariff on steel (written by the industry's good pal, ex-Senator Dave Reed of Pennsylvania) runs from 18 to 30 per cent and PWA contract regulations stipu- lated that on top of that contractors must buy American material unless a 15 per cent saving could be made other- wise. Some steel men said the differential should be 60 or 70 per cent. but no one could show where any foreign steel had come jin for any PWA project, so Ickes and Roosevelt sort of jlaughed it off. oe TERRIBLE HOWL RISES Then the Morehead City people ‘decided they wouldn't pay 52 per cent more for a type of steel to which they said they preferred the German product anyway and insisted on saving $21,000 by buying German steel piling. Steel propagandists spread the word among news- papermen and soon there was a terrible howl, especially when it was learned Triborough bridge in New York was going to use a bit of German steel, too, It all looked bad for the administration, and Ickes, whose personal enemies here helped spread the poison, was in a perilous position. He made a couple of fumbles when some of his own subordinates told him the Treas- ury Procurement Section was using and recommending a 15 per cent differential in federal projects—instead of Parents, most interested of any element in!25 per cent, as it was—and advised him he had no the community, should take the time to instruct their children in ordinary safety measures ‘in- cident to the winter sport of coasting. Most of all, they should be certain that their children use only the hills designated for their use. If any child fails to obey the rule, the penalty may easily be that of accidental death. Coasting is a sport good for adults as well as children and many a father might find his health | and spirits improved if he would get out on the| hill and slide with his children. Some have tried it—and liked it. The common criticism is that the designated | toasting places are too far from the homes of smaller children for them to take advantage of them, parently is no remedy for it. To make every street with a suitable incline a coasting place} jresponsibility in the matter, (Certain PWA officials have since been catching the devil.) oe 8 ICKES GOOD AND SORE Nevertheless, Ickes had seen $150,000,000 of PWA funds poured out to those few steel companies with their penchant for identical bids and seeming collusion. And he was good and sore now that the same companies were making a huge storm out of the first $100,000 worth of competition they had had in two years. i He was all set to blast the “Steel Trust” and refuse to give an inch and at the same time to toss a few grendates at Green and Woll with suggestion that they organize steel workers (in which they have notoriously failed) instead of helping the industry soak American taxpayers. But he was told sternly by the White House that {the administration couldn’t afford to be put in a false position by its enemies, that he must increase the dif- |ferential, and declare ringingly against use of foreign products in PWA projects. The backdown was far from.complete. Ickes is This is a valid criticism but there ap-|submitting his “evidence of collusion” to the Federal | Trade commission and the steel industry may be in for publicity as embarrassing as it gave Mr. Ickes. (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) would be doubtful judgment. | | An excellent example is the south reach of | Mandan St., from Avenue B to Main avenue.| Unquestionably it is the best coasting place in tthe city, but it is crossed by numerous streets carrying heavy automobile traffic into the west- ern residential district. The number of vehicles using these streets is so large as to make its) designation as a coasting place impractical. Besides, there is the possibility that children coasting on it might sometimes slide into the Btream of traffic on Main avenue. It was this consideration which caused the commissioners to designate the north reach of the hill, from Avenue D to Avenue B as a slid-| fing place; the traffic in that area not being so heavy. Barring moments of laxity and thoughtless- hess, motorists have shown every desire to comply with the rules. In view of this fact, it ‘would seem that the problem of having a good time in safety now rests largely with the chil- dren and their parents. The Unconquered Frontier Looking at the sleek motor cars for 1936 it is easy to pelieve that they represent the ultimate in motor design and achievement. Beside them the marvels of 1926, for example, are dowdy in appearance and unsatisfactory in ‘Yet the motor car of tomorrow will be as much an improvement over that of today as those of today are superior to the cars of a few years ago. Technicians are ‘compared with what the future made being of which no the Lifetime of most lim aca tice Reprinted to show what they say. We may or may not agree with : With Other Washington, Nov.+22.—When Mr. Harold Ickes goes furnishing him defective factual ammunition with which to fight. . | a There was much talk about “sweated foreign labor,” Alone at Last SES ARR EEE ESE © 1935 NEA Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will answer questions pertaining to health but disease or diagnosis. Write fetters briefly and in ink, Addresi Brady in care of The Tribune. All queries must be accompanied stamped, self-addressed envelope. ee HAVE YOU EVER TRIED EATING WHEAT? : Any variety of wheat used to make flour er other cereal food or any wheat used as feed for animal or fowl, is wholesome, healthful food as it comes from the thresher. In my opinion, popular prejudices against the use of plain wheat as such are cultivated by commercial interests and have no sound foundation. Qualms about the “life,” the insect eggs, the possible larvae, the webbiness of plain wheat which one has had on hand for some time, entire or cracked or ground in the home, are rather silly, I think. If one feels finical about that, it is a simple matter to wash the wheat with water. In any event, cooking would destroy any “life” or any insect or insect eggs or. larvae there may be present in the food. But undoubtedly you and I have consumed plenty of such “life” or insects or their larvae or eggs in one cereal product or another which came in an imposing package and purported to be mysteriously “purified” by the manu- facturer. So why be squeamish -about it? As for the “dirt” the manufacturer of a trick cereal product “scours” or removes from the wheat in order to make the food fit for gullible customers ‘to eat, that is really an insult to the customers’ intelligence. Nature does not grow “dirt” or filth or any- thing unwholesome or harmful to man or animal in the wheat kernel. While older physicians and nutrition authorities still seem to regard the deficiency of mineral elements and vitamins in refined white flour as of minor importance, there is a growing scientific conviction that a great many ill-defined faults of health, functional disturbances, vague complaints such as “lack of pep,” “low resistance,” weak nerves,” are really due to partial vitamin deficiencies which were not recognized at all by the older physicians and nutrition authorities.. They based their opinion on the rarity of the nutritional diseases due to total deprivation of one or another vitamin— xerophthalmik, beriberi, scurvy, rickets, pellagra. Our newer knowledge of the role of the vitamins in nutrition physiology, metabolism, though still far from complete, has taught us that a moderate shortage of one or more vitamins for a sufficient period may result in impairment of the vigor of the body, a lowering of the degree of health, a diminution of functional efficiency, whether we have a specific name for the condition in qustion or not, Further, the scientific kn@wledge which is now accumulating, through animal experimentation and actual tests in practice, makes it more and more evident that the utilization of the mineral elements in food is con- trolled by the vitamins. So that if the diet provides optimal amounts of the vitamins (not just enough to prevent the classical deficiency diseases, but sufficient to promote the highest degree of vitality), one need not be greatly concerned about the mineral elements, for it is virtually impossible to choose or to subsist on a diet which provides enough vitamins if the foods selected do not contain also adequate amounts of the essential mineral {and other chemical elements. i QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS No Salt On the Table I am 48 years old, 5 feet tall and weigh 160 pounds. I would appreciate any advice or suggestions. Would the vegetable salt one can buy at the aS be OK in place of table salt? I want to try the salt free diet. (Mrs. OLITICS - atthe - NATION'S CAPITOL By BYRON PRICE (Chief Of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) With both Mr. Hoover and Mr. Borah talking more and more like presidential candidates, the Republi- can party obviously is headed toward a conflict of serious proportions. No one can tell how far it will con- tinue along that pathway. Often in the past the party has been able to compromise perilous internal dif- ferences, and achieve finally a fairly united front, Volunteer peacemakers, recognizing the present danger, are seeking a solution. Perhaps they will find one. The only possible way to look politics intelligently, however, is consider the facts as they exist the moment, not on the basis of hypothetical situations which may or may not develop in the future. The facts are quite plain. Mr. Hoover; whether he runs or not, is determined the party shall not come under the control of that school of thought which is symbolized by Mr. Borah. Whether he runs or not, Mr. Borah is determined that the party leadership of which Mr. Hoover is so conspicuous a part shall be sup- planted. There is a clear-cut issue, entirely aside from any question of possible candidates. It is the sort of issue, furthermore, which has to do with fundamentals, and is difficult to com- promise. at to at Examples of Issues There is no mystery why comprom- ise would be most distasteful to Mr. Hoover and the party leaders with whom he has been associated. From an organization viewpoint Mr. Borah’s independence of the con- DITORS What of Private Fortunes? (Minneapolis Tribune) When J. P, Morgan predicted, on his return from Europe recently, that all private fortunes would be a thing of the past in another 30 years in the United States, he was taking in a good deal of territory. It is to be noted, | of course, that Mr. Morgan says this will happen if taxes and government expenditures are not cut. Since the con- tinuation of expenditures by governments at their pres- ent pace might lead to progressive inflation, which destroys savings, what Mr. Morgan predicts could happen and that in considerably less than 30 years. In the process, however, new fortunes would undoubtedly be created. But if sound counsel prevails, this extreme is not likely to be realized in the United States. In taking the view he does, Mr. Morgan is being more bearish than the immediate situation would seem to warrant. There is likelihood, however, that the piling up of huge fortunes in this country in the future is not going to be as easy as it has been in the past. The conditions which made the vast private fortunes relatively easy to accumulate in the last 30 years are not likely to be repeated in the next three decades. Likewise government policies are being definitely directed toward limiting the concentration of wealth by use of the taxing power. These policies are prompted not only by a growing opinion that large pri- vate fortunes are bad for society as a whole, but by the need of the government for increased revenues. For more than a decade previous to the depression there had been a general tendency for the inequality in the distribution of income in this country to become accentuated. While the income of the mass of people was rising during this period, incomes in the upper levels increased with greater rapidity. According to a survey made by the Brookings Institute, the 11,653,000 families with incomes of less than $1,500 in 1929 received a total j of about $10,000,000,000. At-the other extreme the 36,000 families having incomes in excess of $75,000 received an aggregate income of $9,800,000,000. “Thus is appears,” says the Brookings Institute’s report, “that 1 per cent of the families at the top received practically as much as 42 per cent of the families at the bottom of the scale.” dust what change the future promises in this situa- tion is not now very clear, but it seems unlikely that this concentration of income in the upper levels will continue at the same pace. The depression itself is, after all, a factor in leveling and redistributing incomes and claims on property. But that the future promises to annihilate the private fortunes of this country is a fear that does not now appear justified, despite the confusion and the waste that characterizes the present. have yielded to man’s inquisitiveness. His triumph seems certain, Only on one front has man failed to prove himself superior to his forbears in knowledge and ability. In the field of government, of understanding his fellowmen and of controlling himself he seems to be no better now than | history shows him to have been ‘n the past, ‘And the sad fact is that onl when it learns to con- HORIZONTAL , 1, 9 Russian i writer. 6 Line. 13 Depression. 14 Cuckoo. 15 Norse god. 16 Wild goose cry. 17 To squander 19 Heavenly LEIS IT RK TIRIEIAICIL IE} HIEJAIRITIY] 45 Mother 47 Upon. 49 Pronoun. 51 Imitated. 54 Musical note. 22 Quantity. 23 Fuel. 25 Small shield. 26 Tidier. 28 Whips lightly. 30 To value. 31 Soon. 32 Memorized roles. 35 Horse fennel. 88 To rub out. 59 Laughter sound, 60 He is one of 89 Cuttle bone. Russia’s —— 40 Pats. autho! 42 At that time 61He was —— 43 Behold. from Russia. PST PT ia il -56 Street cleaner. | stituted Republican leadership has been @ source of irritation and ex- asperation for years. On the side of issues (to take a single example), Mr. Hoover looks on orthodox money as an absolutely in-| dispensable requisite to sound gov- ernment, while Mr. Borah favors “re- flation.” H6oW can a basic issue such as that be compromised? Furthermore, Mr. Hoover natural- ly hopes for some measure of vindi- o cation, and he knows that is not any part of the plans of the western in- dependents. On his side, too, Mr. Borah has his reasons. He has said, in effect, that only by purging itself of the old lead- ership can the party accomplish its destiny. More significant still is the fact that Mr. Borah does not believe in compromising. He has said on many occasions that no great issue ever was settled by compromise. His rugged personal independence argues more strongly than any other factor against the likelihood of such a solu- tion. eee Other Reasons Possible ‘There is a widespread belief that if either Mr. Hoover or Mr. Bofah eventually is drawn into an active presidential candidacy, it will be against his better judgment. It is hardly possible that either minimizes the obstacles which stand between him and the nomination. Against each there exists within the party a considerable body of bitter- ly adverse opinion which might fo- ment an open break in the national convention, Considering this, it is entirely credible that both Mr. Hoover and Mr. Borah have set out on their pres- ent activities without thought of be- coming candidates—Mr. Hoover seek- ing primarily to have a major part in the selection of some other candidate. ‘Mr. Borah determined that no such thing shall happen. But can either hope to gather be- hind him the needed strength, unless jhe does become a candidate? And Man of Letters Answer to Previous Puzzle o 12 Dexterity. 16 But is’ now — by the Soviet. 17 To classify. 18 Daybreaks. 20 He has returned to his — home. 22 To rent. 24 Boots. 27 Ringle' 29 Insertion. 33 Verbal. 34 Sacred interdiction. 36 An amice. FIAIRIO} LJUNIEMEIN DIOMWIEIRIS] VERTICAL — 37 Legal claim. 2Clay house. 41 EMgy. 3 Type of: polll- 44 Parts of nation. circles. 4 Writing fluid. 46 Culmination. 5 Mountain. 48 Away. 6 Tense. 50To employ. 7 Unit. 62 Silkworm. 8 Ala. 53 Insane. 9To depart 56 Sloth, 10 Alleged 57 Preposition. forces 11 Ceremonies. 58 Half an em. 69 Pronoun. id J vane Prot hd S f whether or not they run, is there any peacemaker sufficiently strong to pre- vent such a collision as will rock the Party to its foundation? For no one who knows politics speaks lightly of the potential power of either Mr. Hoover or Mr. Borah under the existing circumstances. ¢——__—_________-¢ | So They Say | Everything the president has tried ‘has been based on force—the NRA telling the business man how to run his business, the AAA telling the Answer—Salt-free diet is not advisable, unless you are under medical care. A good rule is to add no salt to food at table. The salt naturally present in milk, fish, meat, eggs is sufficient. The less added in cooking the better. Too much salt encourages overeating, and also keeps the tissues water-logged, too much water retained in tissues and blood. You accumulated the superflous flesh gradually. Better get rid of it not too rapidly. Send ten cents coin and stamped envelope bearing your address, for “Design for Dwindling,” which tells you how to do it with benefit to health and appearance. (Copyright, 1935, John F. Dille Co.) farmer how much he may grow, the/even before birth through training Guffey coal law interfering in the|of parents—Dr. John Slawson, New same way.—Colonel Frank Knox. York social welfare executive, * # * x ex We must focus attention on the) New York is not America, and high chair instead of the electric} cannot therefore give birth to a chair. Indeed, we must approach] genuinely American art of the dance. the problem’ of juvenile bora ester a es a St. Denis, noted dancer, BEGIN HERE TODAY |, seerctary to DON- E. lawyer, delaye Bol WAL. m_to Donald Montague. LARRY GLENN, federal agent, in trying to I it LEw. 18, bank robb ke out He offers an explanation seems satisfactory. . ‘Them he is her to marry kim. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. CHAPTER XXIV bres Sandy asked her to marry him, Jean looked at him for a long time without replying. Ther she said slowly, “Sandy—I’m an awful coward.” “How you mean?” “Well—” she faltered, then went on, “I—I just couldn't become a man’s wife when a thing like this —this Oklahoma mixup was still hanging over his head. I couldn't, Sandy. Don’t you see? A mar- riage would be too—too uncertain, that way.” She looked at him anxiously. He nodded agreement. “Sure, I see,” he said. “I don’t blame you for feeling that way. But listen; suppose that gets all cleared up, like Mr. Montague says it will. Will you, then?” There was another long pause, Jean tried to stand off and get a look at her’ feeling for Sandy against-this new background of Ma- plehurst rather than the old Mme of Dover; she tried to remember that it was Bobby she was supposed to'be in love with, and not Sandy; but none of it was much use. She was only conscious of his com- , Pelling masculine presence beside her, of his arm across her shoul- ders, of his face close to hers, with that old-time, half-mocking curve to the lips and that old-time, care- free glint to the eyes. “Yes,” she whispered at last. It was out before she knew that she was going to say it; and as she heard herself say it she felt a sud- den pang in her breast, as if she had said ‘something that she had meant not to say, and wished that she could recall it. But then San- ’ dy’s lips were on hers, and she was pressed against him with that lean, muscular arm tight about her... and there was no room for any doubts or-regrets. { eee i IBN. he released: her, at last, she suddenly remembered they. were sitting in a public plage © fn broad daylight; and she dp. tac! self from his embrace as heg hi brie = <8 a frightened high school girl. “Sandy!” she cried, looking about her anxiously. “The whole town is apt to see us!” “What of it?” asked Sandy, grin: ning ‘broadly. “What of it? You've lived in a |< * small town and you ask that? Don't you know that everybody in the “place’would be jabbering about it by evening? <1 wouldn’t have s shred of reputation left.” “Well,” said Sandy tasily, © 1935 NEA Service, tne, \“where’s the harm im kissing your future husband, anyhow?” “Yes. but—but they don’t know about that part of it.” “Why not tell ‘em?” “Oh, Sandy—let’s just keep it se- cret for a while, yet. It’s so—so new! You-don’t mind, do you?” He ‘grinned and looked at. the river through half-closed eyelids. “Not me,” he safd. “Keep it dark as long as you please—so long as you don’t forget about it your- self.” “T won't,” she said gaily. “Okay. The rest of it’s all right, then, Only—” he flipped his ciga- ret away and unexpectedly laid one band on Her knee. He squeezed it so hard that she winced, and then withdrew and shoved his hands in his pockets, his’long legs extended far in front of him. “Only it’s ter- ribly hard for me to keep my hands off of you. You've got me going, baby.” This was spoken like the old Sandy—slangy, breezy and out- spoken, She laughed, and refused to admit that the remark had somewhat jarred. “Well,” she said, “you've got to keep them off around here.” “Whatever you say,” he said idly, “is all right with me.” eee i bapad pause that followed seemed to Jean, depressingly, to be a trifle awkward. “How long are you going to be here?” shé asked. “Not sd long,” paid Sandy. “I've. got a call to make about 60 miles west of here. But Lord! kK. couldn’t go through here with- out stopping in to see you, could In” “But you're going to be here long enough to meet my people, aren’t you?” “Ob, st it you'say 60.” “Sandy! “What's the matter?” He sat up and looked at her in puzzled concern, z “Well—” she looked at him with hurt eyes. Couldn't he see that he had pained her by that. remark? Wouldn't it be the most natural thing for him to want to go to her father and mot at once? if He seemed to sense what was going through her mind. “I didn’t mean that quite like it sounded,” he said, sliding closer to her. “Only you said you wanted to keep things secret for a while, so I thought—" “Oh.” She came to his defense and told herself not to be child- y all ish, “Of* course, Listen, if you’d rather not, don’t bother. I can make it to this next point okay. I only wanted to cash a small one—” “Of course I don’t mind. Why should I? Come on.” She took him to the bank Through the half-opened door of her father’s office she could see her father in busy consultation with someone, so she led Sandy directly to the cashier’s wicket. “Mr. Hobart,” she eaid gaily, “This is Mr. Harkins and he’s all right. He wants some money.” “If you vouch for him, Jean, I guess we'll have to let him have what he wants,” said Mr. Hobart. “If I'd known that I'd have asked for more,” drawled Sandy, laying a check on the counter, “All I want is $20.” M: HOBART inspected the check with that air of reserved sus- Picion peculiar to bankers, glanced briefly at Jean, and handed Sandy two $10 bills. Sandy took them and thanked him, and they stood there indulging in a moment or two of small talk. While they talked Sandy lounged against the counter, glancing idly about the lobby. “What've you been doing—put- ting in a burglar alarm?” he asked casually, noticing the still-visible traces of the activity of the worl men whom Jean had seen that morning. “Tear gas,” said Mr. Hobart proudly. “If I should just kick this button here, you people’d go run- ning out of here so He chuckled. Sandy looked ir terested. < “Tear gas, eh?” he said. “How's it work?” They explained it to him, and he nodded thoughtfully. Jean saw her father’s caller leave, and she led Sandy to the front of the bank, took, him Sandy!” gee it sil