The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1935, Page 4

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In Michigan a Republican candidate for congress polls as many votes as his combined opponents on a pro-Townsend plat- form and the present indications are that he will be elected, for the district is traditionally Republican. If he is elected, the ghost of Townsend strength will keep many an anxious officeholder awake nights, for the announced intention of the Townsend organization is to interest itself in congressional elections this year. In this respect the campaign is modeled after that conducted in other days by the anti-Saloon league. In fact, some of the prohibition shouters of other years are now its chief strategists. But there is more than a possibility that payment by the state and the government of a moderate old-age pension will take a good deal of the edge off the Townsend movement. Many old persons will be content with enough to live on in decency and comfort. They will hardly insist on the full measure of promised abundance. This thought is based on the fact that there is REAL NEED for an old-age pension. Many who had accumulated a competence through a lifetime of labor and saving have. seen it snatched from them by one vicissitude or another. They face their declining years in a condition of acute want and they rebel at charity. The word PENSION has a different and more attractive sound, so they are for it. It seems probable that good Dr. Townsend accumulated fol- lowers wholesale more because he promised a pension than be- cause any large number of persons believe with him that his plan would bring a period of national prosperity. The latter makes fine window dressing but it is difficult to account for Townsend enthusiasm on that score. It seems more reasonable that his supporters have adopted his program because of a per- sonal desire to benefit themselves than because of devotion to an unproved economic theory. Meanwhile, it is evident that the national consciousness approves the principle of the old-age pension. Few people, even the most conservative and hard-boiled, have the nerve to come out openly against it. Besides, a modest pension is about the cheapest possible way of caring for aged persons who are unable to provide for themselves. A Remarkable Woman If, as many biologists claim, the mental and physical abili- ties of sons are derived largely from their mothers, Mrs. Alex- ander Hughes, who died Sunday in Chicago, was a remarkable woman, For no other group of sons of a North Dakota mother has made quite the same mark in the affairs of the northwest and nation as have hers. In a very material way they have con- tributed to the progress and development of this section of the country, demonstrating, each in his chosen field, an ability which has been outstanding among his fellows. Not so many persons now living in Bismarck recall Mrs. ‘Hughes when she lived here, but those who do remember her as a woman of wit, charm and understanding and a good neigh- bor. The possessor of a keen intellect and a lively interest in the things about her, Mrs. Hughes was living proof that the minds of men are not necessarily superior to those of women as some of the more egotistic among the male sex would have the world infer. Life was good to her, for she maintained this interest until shortly before her death and the wisdom of her years sur- rounded her like a halo. Though more favored than some women, both in natural talents and the turns of fortune’s wheel, she was typical of that race of women who brought refinement and culture to these prairies and did much to curb the harshness of frontier life. She and her husband pioneered into a new country, hopeful and unafraid, and it was good to them. A part of the vigor which remained with her throughout the fullness of her years was derived from this soil. f That vigor seems to have been transmitted also to her sons, each of whom has made a mark in life of which their native state may well be proud. War Wounds Healed Away back in 1920 the American Tree association, under direction of Charles Lathrop Pack, started sending seedling American trees to the war-devastated countries of Europe, to be planted in zones where shell-fire had torn up the land- Since then some millions of trees have been sent scape. overseas ‘in this way. Today the results are magnificent justification of Mr. Pack’s idea. The trees range from 15 to 20 feet high, are flourishing splendidly, and have done much to replace forests blasted out of existence along the battle lines in France and Belgium. Other American trees are growing in England and Scotland to replace trees cut down for war materials. This stands as one of America’s finest contributions to twar-torn Europe. It is pleasant to think of those trees, repair- healing war's ugliest scars, symbols of generosity. ‘A New Yorker was arrested for whistling on the street after midnight. With the cops s0 conscientious, we can’t understand the need for whistling. landscapes and of the best forms of international friendship and smarck Tribune | Behind the Scenes t ais U. 8. at Last Balks at Bag Holding fer Britain ... Lets London Take Lead in Slap at Japan ... Fate of Lewis’ Labor Drive May Hinge on | Guffev Coal Act ... Ship Men Reach | for Federal Pie. ze 8 By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washingten Correspondent) Washington, Dec. 16.—The cracks at Japan taken the same day by Sir Samuel Hoare, British foreign secre- tary, and Secretary of State Cordell Hull may be taken as another exam- ple’ of the close collaboration between the two nations in current interna- tional politics. But it wasn’t by accident that Hoare’s warning to the Japanese pre- ceded Hull's by several hours. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Hull have never forgotten how, in the Hoover administration, Secretary of State Stimson stuck his neck out while | diplomatically jumping on Japan for her Chinese aggression—and was left holding the bag by a British govern- ment from which he had every rea- son to expect support. So when British Ambassador Donald Lindsey hot-footed down to the State Department to discuss Japanese promotion of the secession movement in North China, the conversation re- solved itself into something like “You first, my dear Gaston!” and “You first, my dear Alphonse.” Sir Ronald asked what Hull thought about it. Hull asked what Sir Ronald thought about it. Eventually Hull planted the idea that this country wouldn't holler first or even simultaneously, but would {follow up quickly if Britain would un- |leash the first blast. Which was what happened. ee Coal Act Vital to Lewis To a very large degree the fate of the new labor movement—the Com- mittee for Industrial ition under President John Lewis of the mine workers and other aggressive union chiefs—depends on the fate of the Guffey coal conservation act be- fore the supreme court. With the Guffey act—which Lewis helped push through congress—in force, labor conditions in the bitumin- ous field will be relatively stable, un- fon wages will be paid, and Lewis, instead of having to worry about his own union, will be able to devote time, money, and organizers to unionizing steel, automobiles, rubber, and other basic industries. But invalidation of the act would break first prices and then wages. Which wodld mean that Lewis, the strongest leader—and representative of the strongest union—in the new labor coalition, would need all his time, money, and organizers to hold his own union together and fight the operators. Andrew Mellon's Pittsburgh Coal company (largest in the world) saw the point. Although that corpora- tion supported the Guffey bill before congress. Lewis had hardly made his spectacular fight for industrial union organization before the A. F. of L. convention in Atlantic City than the company struck at Lewis by filing suit to break the act. Mellon is heavily interested in Steel —the first industry which the mili- tant Lewis group will invade. zk e Ship Men Reach fer Pie Into almost daily secret huddles go Shipping Board Director James C. Peacock, Assistant Secretary of Com- merce John Johnson, and Postoffice Department Solicitor Karl A. Crowley. They are trying to work out a ship subsidy bill which can be presented with the Roosevelt administration's blessing to the next congress. Crowley, a genuine fighter against graft in ocean and airmail contracts author of the Farley report which fond most of the latter contracts subject to cancellation on grounds of fraud, hopes to write something like the commandment, “Thou shalt mot steal!” into the subsidy act. = ANP IF WE Let’s Get This Straight ANDO (fF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS TAKES ACTION, SHOULD we CONSIDER ALL LEAGUE MEMBERS AS GELLIGERENTS ? sTOP ALL TRADING WITH ALL GELLIGERENTS, WHAT ABOUT SHIPPING TO NEUTRAL PORTS?,,, g AY, DECEMBER 16, 1935 CUTTING THE TAX BILL (Bottineau Courant) On every hand we are hearing of the alarming increase in our state and national taxes; and we are given pages of statistics to prove that the nation is rapidjy going to the “tax- eaters.” All of which might remind us that Henry George did not tell all the story when he remarked . that “Our taxing system is making Amer- ica a nation of liars.” Mr. George might have added that it is also making a lot of hypocrites. The ‘trouble with a lot of our tax facts is that they are not true. At least our tax reformers too often base | going their conclusions on false premises; and they should know enough about government to know that they are false. They would give us the impres- sion that the American “tax-eaters” are the sole cause of mounting taxes. And, granting that the politician plays @ major part in the increases in taxation, we must also concede that he is no more to blame than the vot- ers who have hired him. We should not need to be reminded that the “tax-eater” and the politicians have been with us for several generations, and that we should be getting onto their tricks by this time if we are really desirous of lowering taxes in the only way it can be done. ‘The man who owns a private bus- iness will not remain in business very Jong if he insists on his servants buy- ing more than he can pay for. And business of the government is not to prove more fortunate if it in- on following a like policy. Now spending of public money, either local, state, or federal can be divided 38 Peacock and Johnson know just what the ship cperators and builders want, however, and Crowley is having a@ hard time. They represent the merchant marine philosophy under the influence of which Secretary Dan Roper has had such Behind them is the ship lobby— one of the most grasping and effec- tive, if not the most vicious, ever known here. often been scorned as the patronage agency or political pie counter ef the government that its consistent de- fense of the public interest in connec- tion with the ship operators, now through Crowley, stands in vivid con- trast to the record of the Commerce Department. (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) A Is RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN | into two great classes: First, money. which is spent wisely for things which are actually needed; ishly, or in graft, or for things which are not necessary to the best inter- ests of a majority of the people. ‘We hear much about the money which is spent on graft and with reckless disregard for economy, on foolish experimentation. And we may admit that private graft has played a far too prominent part in the expenditure of public money; but just how much has been spent in this manner will probably never be told; and, until the voting public has de- veloped a much deeper and more sin- cere concern over political graft, it is difficult to predict just what we are to do about it. We suspect that most office-seekers have & swarm of citizens at their heels, ready to do their bidding in the hope of landing jobs should their candidates be elect- ed. The sad feature of this is that the citizens are not always too parti- cular about the integrity of the can- didate or about his fitness for the position he seeks. Yet the promise of jobs presupposes that the candidate has something in mind to do for the dear people—or to them. And, what- ever that something may be, it in- evitably means more taxes, At the same time, you try to stop it! ‘We have heard dozens of plans that would surely save our nation and our state from tax bankruptcy. Some of produce the desired result by chang- ing the distribution of our tax dollar. But they all amount to practically same thing, as long as we continue to ask more from our government, elth- ‘er state or federal, And it appears that we shall continue. Let some one suggest cutting off our public roads, or our mail service, or our police protection, or our public schools and Second, money which is spent fool- see what happens. 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VERTICAL 42 Money drawer. 1 Lilac color. a a wie out. 20n the lee. 45 Credit. 3 Fish. 46 Prevaricator 4River nymph. 5 Gusto. 6 Small island. 7 Writing fluid. 47 Measures of - cloth. as 49 To observe. 51 Antelope. MN & grand public demonstration! And tightly so. We cannot well do with- out all these. We have the right to expect them. Yet the question is not whether they are right, but whether also we want to pay for them. Well, not _ By William Brady, M. D. h but not Dr. Brady will answer questions pertaining to ee rope, br lagn' ‘Write letters briefly and in Ink. A Shear in hae er rhe Tribune. ‘All queries must be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. HOW TOBACCO GETS YOU DOWN . measurements Drs. Irving 8. Wright and Dean “ei “ accustomed to snakice wns s ¥, In drop of 5.3 er i By accurate sclenti: Moffat, New York, found that when s person ordinary there is an average the smoker’s fingers and toes; in many uh is greater than that, in one instance they observed @ drop of 15.5 degrees »". observed slowing and stoppage of the blood flow in the capillaries ‘The length of time the person had been in the habit + the number of cigarettes smoked daily, had no apparent 1n- Practically no difference was noted between the denicotinized cigarettes and mentholated cl- the effect on the surface temperature. capillaries of the nail folds is an inter- if you are a smoker, Under a-good light the sole of the thumb over the skin on the back of the middle or ring of nail, how quickly the blanching disap- normal flush returns, Then make the same test one surface temperature of 5 puffing the smoke right out of the mouth and inhaling is merely a difference in the area of mucous membrane exposed to the smoke, and consequently a difference in the dose, the amount of the Dr, Lampson found that so-called denicotinized cigarettes produced Jess effect than ordinary cigarettes. Cigar and pipe smoking has the same ffect as cigarette smoking. i x ‘These studies are significant, especially for persons subject to or now training for angina pectoris or thromboangiitis obliterans, and they may be of interest to many smokers who wonder why they have cold hands and feet. Some chemists and physicians believe the effects of tobacco smoking are largely due to the carbon monoxide inhaled. Drs, H. W. Haggard and L. A. Greenberg found that smoking produces a definite but temporary increase in blood sugar and s corresponding increase in the rate of sugar combustion. This is probably due to the excitation of the adrenal secretion, which Drs. Cannon, Aub and Binger demonstrated as an effect of tobacco smoking years ago. .The blood sugar mobilization may account for the gratification of a smoke. See ee eee a eee eee rere ee eee enessEaIaemmmnmauemeateaumameusaacmeened that, exactly, because, if we demand them, we are bound to pay for them whether we want to or not. Every dollar which is being roads, schools, police, postal Lcd by the people and their children— and perhaps their children’s children. So, after all, the question resolves it- self into the painful determination of how much we can pay. ‘We have said it several times pre- viously; and we would remind you again, that the ONLY WAY TO RE- DUCE TAXES I8 TO REDUCE SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC, regard- less of how much it hurts. If we do not want to do without the services we are receiving, or if we cannot get along without them, let us at least be honest and quit squawking. We should still have, of course, the pro- blem of getting 100 cents in value for every tax dollar spent; but an honest effort to place only men of integrity into our offices, without their being bound by obligations of patronage, will go a long way toward ending that form of’ graft. Above all, we should stop. harping about paying for something we have insisted on having. If we find that we cannot pay our way we should in all decency tell our officials that we simply cannot afford the expense, re- membering that the neighbors have no greater obligations to pay for what we get than we, ourselves. © 1933 NEA Service, tec, CHAPTER SLIM qT were sitting to the living toom of Jean's little apart- ment: Jean, ner father, and Larry Glene. Refreshed by 13 solid houre of sleep, Jean sat tp an erm chair, glancing tondly back end forth from one map to the other “So, you see,” Larry was eay- ing, “the tmportent thing ts aot to let all that has bappened blight your life. You've been foolish, es you say: but you've been no more foolish than any gir! might have been under the came circum cards were pretty well stacked against you, efter stances. The all” Be dropped bis cigaret butt to an ashtray and leaned forward, bis elbows on bis knees, “The chief trouble,” he said, “was that you werked for a black crook and Gever suspected. it until too late.’ “You mean—Mr. she asked. Montague?” “I mean Mr. Donald Montague,” “at any rate, ne Bad to get this document to the Jackson out- Gt. Montague bas owned French Pete's place for several years. It's ap ideal place for a nideont tor @ gang that’s dodging the Jew, but it’s not good for much of eny- thing else. As an investment, it’s @ complete weshout. Whet Mon- tague wanted to do was simply transfer title to the place to Jack- sop himeelf. “That was what yon took down there—faked papers, by which it appeared that Jackson bad come into owsgership of the place some siz or seven years ago, at the time this man Roubidous got rid of it. It had oever actually been carried ip Montague’s own name, by the way. ineluded ip the package were directions on how to get there, and a note to the caretaker instructing bim to ture everything over to Jackson, Harkins end Lewit went on ahead, took the Dlace over, and then burned this Rote, Harkins told me that, along with some other stuff, before be he said grimly. “He, by the way,|died. is cooling bis heels ip jail right very long the) sow, and before legs! profession will be rid of one ebyetere—and the ulation of Leavenworth prises of ite worst will be tncreased by one. “Don Montague,” be went on, after @ moment, “represents the gort of thing that every decent lawyer wante to eee stamped out. He was one of the tinks tn the chajo that makes large-scale crime possible tp this eguntry. fvery it to defend a lawyer nas the “Montague, do you see, thought you were an idea! messenger. He thought that sending these papers with you was infinitely safer thao either entrusting them to the mails or trying to get an under world messenger through. He Bever expected you to come back, and he didn't especially care. The Jackson gang, | should edd, bad planned to lie low there for six months or a year, until the furore died down in this part of the country.” man accused of crime, of course. cee That's what tawyers are for. But Montague didn’t stop there. He ‘went on and became, to all intents member of the nd purposes, 8 gang bimeelt. “He pelped the Jackson mob plan things ip advance. He told them, beforeband, how to dodge the law. He Belped frame crooked alibte for them, op occasion—as . be did when the Dover police were on the verge of pinning « robbery charge op Sandy Harkins. He helped them dispose of their stolen ponds—as he did in the affair that almost got Bobby Wal- lace into e jam. eee T'S @ bard one to figure, the way—why they should bave shoved those vonds through ap outsider like Bobby. The reason, | presume, was that Ggured it would tesve every- to the clear tf the deal came to light Lewis, who passed the bonds, would be gone. Montague. who bought them trem Bobby, would be able to tell a story while manifestly rather absurd. would still teave bim tech- innocent. And Bobby would pave bad to take the rap: “Anyhow, that’s what Montague was like. You worked for tim troduced you to the manager ot Golden Feather aight club Naturally, thinting thet be was @ perfectly respectable person, you Were Sot suspicious of people to whom the manager, in turo, by the, body which, atoally tntroducea you. “AHO then this Gna! stunt Montague’s—sending you off carry @ letter to Harkine hat wae where be overpinyed Dis nand you were ply flarkine that yoo eft! » thout. Harkins’ record or would ‘@ Pustie to back out whey you saroed fe ‘B® smiled. “You more than made up for everything when you shot Jackson,” he added. “and that reminds me—Bobby has atoned for bis elip in the matter of the bonds, too. He was able to give my office enough ta- formation and evidence sto war rant @ raid op ap obscure factory building, out op the southeastern edge of town, We descended on it today—and foued Bobby's em- ployer, Mark Hopkins, engaged in the manufacture of armored cars for the gangster trade. And since we seized the car the Jackson out- fit bad, and are able to prove that Lewis bought it trom Hopkins about s month ago, Mr. Hopkins will be going to prison to join Mr, Montague. “Those ere the inks ip the chain I’m telling you about-—men, like Montague gad Hopkins, Men like this miserable Doo Jeckere, out in Chicago, who’s another! man due for s trip te prison. People like the Mngles, down et gengsters, and who are elso going to prison tor a while. “Gangsters you eee, They ceed al} kinds of help, and it takes a long of people in walks of life to give it to them. tp thip case we've cot only de and Jeap stepped to Midlothian, whe harbored these t stand alone, etring widely ceparated epeaking “By all means,” oe said. Overriding Jean’s protests, the twe ofen got their bats end teft. Jean stood alone to the tiving toom. They had left the hall door open, and she could hear them, greeting Bobby, on the stairs. Then the sound of their voices died @way, she heard a quick step coming along the hall, the door clicked shut, and Bobby Watlace was in the room. She stood by the windows, ner * back toward Bobby, tumbling mis- erably with the curtain. she heard tim coming over to her, and her knees trembled. “Well,” said Bobby at iast, “aren't you even going to say good evening?” She said, “Good evening,” in a small voice, “You don’t sound awfully giaa to see me.” said Bobby. She made 20 answer, but continued, absent- minoedys to fumble with the cur. in, “I'm glad to see you,” ne re- marked. “Or 1 would be, if you would turn around and let me look at you.” “No, you're nofr” she sald mie erably, “You can't be. You're just being—po-polite.” eee pasrs was @ brief pause, while Bobby digested this, Then he sald, aggressively, “Why can’t 1 be glad to see your” “You just can't be.” a can, 1 am.” lo, you can't, Not after—after everything—" Two strong hands suddenly came down on ber shoulders and spun her around. Bobby was say- fog, “For the tove of Mike, will you leave that curtaip alone ve- fore you ruin the dam‘ thing?” Then be wae ctanding, facing her, bis bands on her shoulders. She looked down at the middie button on bis waistcoat and waited. “Listen,” ne said. “If you waded out over your depth in this business, so did L if you got into & jam over ft, eo did L. Don't be war thie.” De band came down and took her chin and tilted her head oe She was looking in Bobby's eyes, at last—those same cl bonest eyes that she bad known since girlhood, speaking now with a message that was tike vaim to her bruised self-esteem; speaking & pledge of love and fidelity that Bo sccident and no folly could me Ke i @ yOu,” said Boddy. "Maybe you've but I do, And even if—if you don't iove me the same way, why if you like Me quite sot you could stand Oe ee feo mean > Can you after this?” er ane a “We'd \get along,” he cree do tike me, like a—e Pris “Who ald 1 i " Uked you like 2s “You dia.” the tube, She said, “Ob—come on) “Il was @ fool, You shouldn't up.” 19 @ queer, Gat voice: then| have believed ‘said, “It's Bobby|true” Tt Tt Dever was down dumbiy, oe He tookea Larry Glenn amiled and got ap. you itke—a sweet. -° “1 love ‘Mr. tunn,” be said, “It’s heart,” sald Jean suddenly, “Like ot wo Ughttnt evening outside, a wife, Ob, Bobby, a: you think you and | should go|¢an ever torgive—~ eae ae for © Itttte strolt, to get eome Just then Bobby xissed ner. fresh air?” : 400 ebe cever did man; * Jeb the senteuce, sper eae TRS ND Mr. Uuun tooked ai nin aug wagged bis Read undersiandingly. \ .