The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1936, Page 6

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History of the Bonus This session of congress, observers seem to agree, will see an end to the so-called “BONUS” question. Use of the term is like waving a red flag at a bull, in so far as the veterans are concerned, but it is a good deal easier to use this word than to say “adjusted compensation,” which is what the bonus really is. In this respect the veteran feels he has suffered at the hands of headline writers, who like short words. Why, payment seems assured is not hard to establish. It is, first of all, a political matter, for the veterans who would receive this cash constitute an important part of our electorate and wield considerable influence. Congressmen and senators who vote against payment will not lose ALL of the veteran vote but they will lose a considerable number and few care to risk their political skins. There are people in the United States who have a right to oppose payment of the bonus but they are not the ones who are . leading the fight against it.. The opposition comes from men and interests who profited greatly by the war and who them- selves received bonuses BIGGER THAN ANY THE VETERAN HAS EVER ASKED. It cost approximately $36,000,000,000 to win the war and of this sum the men who actually did the fighting received about $4,000,000,000, leaving $32,000,000,000 for the munitions | makers, cantonment builders and others. In getting the nation’s industries back on a peace-time basis at the close of the war, the government paid some 7,000 con- tractors more than $2,000,000,000 in cash as an adjustment on their contracts. In many instances suppliers of war materials got this money without turning a wheel and used the raw materials on hand for something else. i The government paid railroad owners a billion and a half as an adjustment on its use and operation of the nation’s trans- portation facilities, even though it left the railroads in better physical condition than when it took them over. As a result of that payment, railroads’ dividends reached unprecedented heights. Working for the government during the war were some 500,000 civilian employes, drawing regular wages, These pro- tested that living costs had been high and they had fallen be- hind, so the government gave them an average of $1,000 each as an adjustment. In some cases soldiers worked side by side with civilians ‘in building roads. The former got $1 a day and the latter an average of $8 a day. In these cases the soldiers received an adjustment of $7 a day. All of these “adjustments” were made immediately after the war and were paid in cash. It was not until 1924 that congress passed the adjusted compensation act which granted all war veterans who had served more than 110 days an additional sum of $1.25 a day for ‘overseas service and $1 a day for domestic service for the pe- Tied of their enlistment, This was issued in the form of an insurance policy and, since the policy was not made payable until 1945, an additional 26 per cent was added to the face of tthe certificates to compensate for the delay. The average per soldier was about $1,000. é Men receiving these certificates were permitted to borrow -mgainst them and 8,038,500 of the 3,531,800 men who received scertificates have obtained $1,465,000,000 from this source, leav- ing about $2,000,000,000 which is the estimated cost of the ‘bonus if paid in cash now, The total of the certificates was _ $3,485,650,000. : If the citizens of the country who were too young to fight fin the last war were to protest that the burden of our past wars _ Should not be placed upon them, their contention would deserve » consideration. t From an ethical standpoint that can be _ “tion to the bonus. re But when men like Eugene Grace, who received millions fn war bonuses from the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, and members of the American Liberty League, who waxed fat on {war profits, raise the cry of “treasury raiders” and of “put- ting a price on patriotism” the average man who knows the history of the case regurgitates. An Opportunity for Us One paragraph from the annual report of Armour and ‘tompany, great packing house, has more than ordinary signifi- yeance for Bismarck. Here it is: “This situation (changes effected by the AAA in pork- marketing methods and volume) as regards supply, coupled with a decided trend toward territorial decentralization of a packing operations impelled us during the year to acquire ad- ditional .packing plants, as previously mentioned, in territories where competitors held an advantage over us both in procuring ‘livestock supplies and in servicing the local retail trade. We bought packing plants at Mason City, South St. Paul, Memphis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Brooklyn and Peoria, and’ we re- habilitated and reopened our plants at Tifton, Ga., and Hamil- fton, Ont.” the only real objec- The forces which operated upon this great firm doubtless |* ‘were felt by other packers. In their hunt for profits all prob- imbly are seeking adantageous locations for smaller packing plants which will be nearer the sources of both supply and dis- This condition should offer an opportunity to Bismarck. “Armour’s might not be interested because they already have a king plant in North Dakota, but one of their competitors may desire a North Dakota location. If so there is none better Bismarck. The prospect certainly is one which merits investigation by our Association of Commerce. d ’ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, Behind Scenes Washington Pushed in Congress ... caps. By RODNEY DUTCHER | (Tribune Washington Correspondent) ‘Wagner of New York, aided by Con- gressman Henry Ellenbogen in the House, will make real noise at the coming session large scale federal housing subsidy program aimed at providing “decent minimum standards” of shelter for low income groups at low rentals. On the other hand, there will be some effort to take the government out of the housing construction field entirely and reduce still further the $100,000,000 which Secretary Ickes finally received from the four billion dollar work relief fund for his PWA housing division. Since the background of the New Deal’s experiments in housing is fa- miliar only to a small group of hous- ing experts and has been confused to others by a succession of mishaps, blunders, reversals of decision, re- treats, and unavoidable difficulties, it may be well to sketch the career of the PWA housing effort—largest of the federal housing construction programs. You are reminded that housing programs heretofore have empha- sized the aims of providing employ- ment and stimulating industries rath- er than the Wagner-Ellenbogen idea of low-cost housing as a public func- tion, * * Established in 1933° The PWA housing division was es- tablished in July, 1933, and assigned $125,000,000 for slum clearance and low-cost housing. To ameliorate a myriad of procedural difficulties, a federal housing corporation was cre- ated in November with an allotment Of $100,000,000. ‘The attorney general approved the corporation, but Comptroller General McCarl held it couldn’t spend any money and the funds were impounded until the housing division got them back in June, 1934, Meanwhile, the division studied hundreds of applications for long term, low interest loans to limited dividend corporations. Few of these projects could meet requirements for low rent, good plan- ning, and slum clearance and many were being pushed by shady pro- moters. In the end only seven such projects were approved and com- pleted. * * * Policy Is Changed Then there was thorough reorgan- ization of the division and a new policy was adopted—development of large urban projects sponsored by local or semi-public bodies, built and financed by the federal government. The division was proceeding with plans and commitments totaling $144,000,000—allotted for projects by the public works board—when late in December, 1934, President Roose- velt suddenly took away $110,000,000 from it to finance direct relief. That left only $44,000,000 to carry out the program, which of course had to be drastically curtailed. But by this time it was common- ly known that Roosevelt would ask for a huge work-relief fund and both the division and the sponsors of delayed projects figured congress would appropriate more than enough to take care of the rest. Then, how- ever, came another period of doubt and delay. * * * Court Halts Work Last April congress passed the big work-relief act and earmarked $450,- 000,000 for urban housing, with per- mission for the president to add to that sum. But meanwhile the federal dis- trict court at Louisville had ruled the government couldn’t acquire housing sites by exercising power of eminent domain and in July, just as PWA had finally been allotted money from that $450,000,000 for housing, the cir- cuit court of appeals sustained the decision, That necessitated changes in many projects requiring condemantion and local sponsors were badly mixed up all over again. Little actual construction had been begun by fall. Ickes and Harry Hop- kins had been having their famous battle and Hopkins had won. The housing division had submitted a table of 144 propects totaling $381,- 000,000 and announced that it owned or had optioned the sites for 95 of the Projects, * ok * Hit by New Setback But Roosevelt, seeking to with- draw funds from projects which couldn't be completed in 1936, cut the PWA program to 37 projects, in- volving only $10,000,000. More than 100 projects were promptly suspend- ed, of which a few were subsequent- ly reinstated. - The way, it stands now is that the housing division program has spent or is spending $140,800,000 for about 50 public projects and for seven lim- ited dividend projects already com- pleted. Of the public projects, all have actually started construction or have let some contracts. The first one is expected to be opened for occupancy in Atlanta in February or March. Few of the projects are expected to offer rents possible for the really low income groups. The Wagner and Ellenbogen plans would make the radical innovation of local sponsorship, construction, and operation of housing projects, with federal subsidy to pay deficits in Construction, operation, or both. (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) ———_______________» So They Say | _———__$_____ = '*g People can get along if they to. We've always been congenial peded we attended to our work.—William H. Spikings, 88, of Chicago, on his 62nd wedding anniversary. * ee The relief which we expected from the repeal of prohibition has not materialized.—Sanford Bates, federal prison director. ee This country has never known Prosperity. All that is still ahead of us.—Henry Ford. New Low Cost Housing Idea to Be PWA Ef- fort Has Been Marked by Setbacks, Reversals, and Fund Cuts... Some Progress Is Made Despite Handi- Washington, Jan. 9.—Senator Bob of congress for a 1936 Version THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1936 | With Other EDITORS ' MORE LAKES (Valley City Times-Record) According to the recent report of A. D. McKinnon who has had charge of the soil conservation work of the state, North Dakota has added a lot of permanent lakes and ponds to its visiblé water supply. The report shows 49 dams built during 1935, and added to what we had before this makes 291 projects completed. The amount of water stored up equals 201 sections of land covered with one foot of water. When it is remembered that all this water would have run off and disappeared completely without the dams it it quite apparent: that there is a good deal of gain resulting from the construction of these proj- ects. And probably this {is only. a begin- ning. The topographical features of the state allow for many more such dams without very great cost, as the deep gullies lie all about waiting for dams to be thrown across them. If we had several thousand such water storage places there would be use for them all, and the results of the build- ing would be beneficial in many ways. Of course when men have under- taken to change the conditions ar- ranged by nature there have sometimes been results which nobody could fore- see, especially when the work extend- ed over a wide area. Some questions arise as the picture of a virtually waterless North Dakota is changed to that of a state with a great many lakes and ponds. What will be the effect on climate? Will the winds, with their well known tendency to take up moisture from water surfaces, ° become moisture laden and bring us the disagreeable effects found in states where water is plentiful? And if so, what will be the effect upon our crops? It has been argued that with great- er moisture content in the air we shall be less exposed to the danger of de- vastating drouth; and to the dried out people of the last few years that. seems to be most desirable. But too much moisture in the air can easily work great damage, as we found out last summer when the best prospects for a wheat crop we had had in years went to nothing in a few days. We had last summer, a succession of days in which the humidity was very high. And we have had this winter the same phenomenon, when for days at @ time the trees and shrubs were unusually shrouded in frost. For BIT OF HUMOR | NOW/ AND THEN Is RELISHED BY | THE BEST OF MEN “Do you believe in the old saying that marriage is a lot- tery?” asked the sweet young thing. “I certainly don’t,” replied the man who had tried it. “A man is supposed to have a chance in a lottery.” Judge—O’Baloney, you are charged with fighting in the street. Are you guilty or not guilty? O'Baloney—It's no use to say not guilty, Yer Honor. I said it the last time I was before ye and ye didn’t believe me. And I didn’t have a black eye like I've got today. | Teacher—Johnny, can you tell the class how much difference there is between . the words “notorious” and “famous”? Johnny—Offhand I'd say just as much as there is between the smell of limburger cheese and that of a rose. Wife—How dare you deny that you had been drinking last night? You are in bed with your shoes and pants on, Hubby—But you see, my dear, lately I have become addicted to walking in my sleep and I thought it best to go to bed prepared. Morrison—Doctor, what would you call this fever of mine. Lady doctor—I'd call it a bargain. Yesterday it was 104 and today it is reduced to 98, Teacher how many seasons are there? Davey—Two. Baseball and football. Customer (in music store)—I would Stolen Rope.” Proprietor—I am very sorry, mad- am, I am afraid I don’t know of such a song. Is it something very new? Customer—Oh, no, they tell me it is quite old. Why it goes something like this—Tum-tum-tumpety-tum——” Proprietor—My dear madam, you mean “The Lost Chord.” Customer—Oh, that’s it. I got the name slightly mixed. Candidate—I wish to assure you, fellow citizens, that I have constantly labored in your behalf to the best of lke very much to get a copy of “The; went down town wearing a pair of shoes big enough to keep my feet from hurting? George—She didn’t wear mourning: very long. s Tubby—What would you expect? She wasn’t married to him very long. Jimmy—Why do you call my girl a silent belle? Toni—I kissed her the other night and she never told. Coach—Which sports do you like the best? Kitty—Those who know when it’s time to go home. “Employment Agent—What was the matter with your last place? Domestic—The couple had only been married a month, and I couldn’t stand the lovemaking, Agent—Well, here's a chance in a house where the couple have been married 10 years. Domestic—That’s too long. I like Peace and quiet. Teacher—Robert, what are you go-; ing to be when you grow up? t Bobby—I'm going to be a grand-' father and just sit around telling everyone how cold the winters were and the things I did when I was a/ boy. | H Would-be Advertiser—Are you cer- tain that advertisements in your pa- per bring results? Country Editor—Absolutely. Why the last time a man advertised a lost dog the dog walked in while the man was writing out the advertisement. FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: REG. U. 5. PAT. OFF. my ability. Man in audience—We know That's why we want an abler one. it. Pancake—If you would buy shoes big enough to be comfortable your feet wouldn’t always be hurting. Mr. Pancake—Just .how comfort- able do you"think I would feel if 1’ ! The ski jumper has to be most level headed when completely up ] in the air. some reason or other North Dakota's normally dry air has suddenly taken on a big load of moisture, and if this continues it is bound to have a very great effect on the kind of crops we raise. We are not saying this is caused by the creation of water storage places, but the two things have come about at the same time, whether there is any connection between them or not. Time will tell. Nature made North Dakota nor- mally of dry atmosphere. If changes for vitamin C. os NO RSA ORR ARERR SADE HELEN HB AOTC SN ne tee ala our Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. jons jaitaialn to health Fetters briefly and in ink, “Ada ren Be All queries must be accompanied by a 1. Dr. Brady will answer Alsease or diagnosis, Write Brady in of The Tribu: ddressed env. VITAMIN DEFICIENCY AND EVERYBODY’S COMPLAINT Actually, it seems, dental caries is the most frequent allment among otvil- ized people, but a large proportion of the population with dental caries (tooth decay or cavity formation) does not complain about dental caries nor do anything to prevent it or to cure it until it has progressed to a destruc- tive stage. The average dimwit is not greatly concerned about dental caries unless or until he feels pain from it or the unsightly cavity shows when he uncovers his teeth to have his picture taken, Dentors (dentists to you) large percentage of their patients decline to have be- ginning caries treated when the cavities are first discovered in the periodic oral inspection or casually when the patient is compelled to seek relief for 000 to 40,000,000 of our population are in fact child-minded. Constipation is unquestionably the most gommon complaint—although in the great majority of cases it is not so much ailment or disease as weak- ness or habit. Here I candidly confess I am abating a jot and maybe a tittle or two, but at.any rate I do it gently and painlessly. Heretofore I have stoutly, and I think quite successfully (to judge by results) maintained that this popular compaint is virtually always nothing more than a bad habit. I still reiterate that dogma, only with a slightly lower inflection, for here just lately I’ve been constrained to recognize a deficiency in many cases of chronic constipation, a deficiency more inherent than even a lifetime of habit would explain, and this deficiency or weakness appears to be due to lack of vitamins, particularly vitamins B, G, O, and A, An adequate daily ration of vitamins is necessary to maintain functional vigor in the muscle coat of the stomach and intestine and in the autonomic nerve control of this muscle. Bear in mind, the muscle is involuntary muscle and the condition of the voluntary or skeletal muscle or muscular develop- ment hfs nothing to do with it. The popular notion, founded on ancient medical fallacy, that vigorous exercise is essential for regular bowel action, is anerror. Exercise is no more essential for regular action of the bowel than it is for regular return of appetite. Every one knows that plenty of folk who take no exercise at all have a vigorous appetite. Well, were it not for preconceived notions every one would know that will power has nothing to do with the function of stomach and intestine; but morbid introspection and mischievous interference readily retards or deranges the function. Excellent way to get enough vitamins B, G, C, A—Eat some wheat every day, grind it yourself; and drink some tomato juice (fresh or factory canned) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Saccharin Please tell me whether there is any harm in using 2 saccharin tablets daily as.a substitute for two lumps of sugar in coffee? I find it satisfac- tory and I wonder whether it is objectionable in any way... (F. 8.) Answer—Any one may safely use up to five grains of saccharin daily, as a sweetener instead of sugar. Saccharin tablets usually have % or % grain of saccharin. A lump or teaspoonful of sugar represents approximately 30 calories, Saccharin has no caloric or nutritive value. Impro' (From a letter from a colleague who has had outstanding success in treatment by ambulant methods) ... Every once in a while a patient under treatment for hemorrhoids, fissure or pruritus would remark how much better his prostatic trouble was, how much less he was disturbed at night... Answer—That observation led the doctor to experiment with conservative office treatment and the results patients experienced established the method as regular routine in his practice. Many patients suffering from prostatic hypertrophy to olong put off operation, it is true. On the other hand, many physicians are not as resourceful as they should be in giving these patients relief by conservative treatment, Fishskin Several years ago you gave a recipe for fish skin or “alligator hide” and le eae ate nba cr epi aal oa lal ca Answer—Heat together, in double boiler, for three hours 30 grains monsidees cay 20 grains powdered benzoin, 15 drops absolute alcohol, 4 ounces sesame Come, Now, Be Serious For over # year I have had constant itching back of the right shoulder. ES a ee Ob aT ns ee yOu Rete? are brought about by creating lakes we shall have to take the risk of un- ith SEGIN BERE TODAY he Grandmother she has never Dane’s bait-sistér, NANCY WALLACE, ts resentful ever WOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XIlIl RON was offended; there was no doubt about ft. But why? Dana searched her brain, could not find an explanation. She told her eelf it was nothing to worry over. Ronnie would come back. He did. Saturday afternoon the big road- ster halted before the Cameron house and Ronnie got out He went up the steps, rang the bell. Dana, meeting him in the hall- way, saw a Ronnie with haunted eyes, mouth and jaw set firmly. “Let's drive,” be said slowly. “All right.” ally found herself with when they set out together. It had been dread- fully dull afl week at home, de “But Yl have to change into ” she told him. The frock she was wearing was @ sim- something elt ple house dress. Ronnie put a hand on her arm. “Please come as you are,” he said earnestly.: She hesitated. Then something ‘They in his face decided her. Answer—I don't think so, unless your left arm is paralyzed. (Copyright, 1936, John F. Dille Co.) by Mary Reymond Copnight NEA 1938 ove Oana had miesed cause I'm a sentimental idiot, I went past your house te Jit before, You can see Ronnie. She had missed driving then—?” Dana waited. “The other night—the night the storm,” he began, “I was with a bunch dancing at the Breckin- ridges. Afterward we had a mid- night supper. It was almost 3 o'clock when 1 went home. You remember what a wild night it wast” “Yes,” said Dana. “I remember.” Would she ever forget that night! “I was driving home, and be of far gone I am.” Dana smiled at the thought. nie driving past her house 11 wee hours! And then she sol Ronnie was leading up to He'd been driving past the thing. street,” Ronnie continued. then, as I turned a corner, I saw Scott Stanley waiting to cross. There was a gir) with him. It all happened quickly. {1 saw Scott's face but I didn’t see the girl’s plain in his car, the gay crowd she usu: Tell me I've been a fool. Please say it, Dana!” eee S22 said quickly, “But I can’t say that, Ronnie. I was with Scott that night. He was bring ing me home.” Ronnie said, through white lips: “Bringing you home? At three in the morning! Where from?” “From his house,” simply. “I was marooned during the storm.” “At Scott’s house,” Ronnie te pressingly dull with her grand- mothers speculative eyes upon her, no place to go to escape. stepped into the roadster and Dana sat quietly as the car gathered speed. Presently the city was be bind. It was lovely in the country. In her enjoyment of the picturesque landscape Dana almost forgot that Ronnie was being horribly rude; sitting stiff and silent at ae wheel. Small homes flashed BRUPTLY Ronnie A it. If 1 do I'l go rary. “Thinking what? Dana’s lovely eyes turned seriously toward Ron- He looked almost !i!, She added, “What ts worrying you, Ron- Please tell me Perbaps I nie. nie? can help.” “You're the only one who can,” “Well, Ronnie said miserably. explained, thought I could get a taxi later.” “I auppose you didn’t think of calling me!” “No, Ronnie, I didn’t.” Dapa was becoming angry, and was suddenly ashamed. She was being put on the defensive, as though she had something to bide, something ugly. “Please,” she said with spirit, “let’s not talk about it any more.” “Very well,” Ronnie agreed. He put the gears in reverse. The | | | return’ drive was a breathtaking experience, The speedometer touched 50, 60, 70. Only when Ronnie brought the car to a stop by the worn curb- stone im front of her grand- mother’s home did Dana speak. Then she said, “Goodby, Ronnie.” “Goodby, Dana,” Ronnie an- swered. There was 8 note of final- ity in his tone. Dana went soberly to her room. She felt very lonely. Ronnie's de votion had become an accepted fact; now she had lost it. Why couldn’t Ronnie see that the same storm that had kept his crowd dancing all night at the Breckinridges had kept her away from home, too? eee Fr. she had been caught some where with an unattractive ft probably wouldn’t bave And then, there was Scott's voice over the telephone, scatter- ing the gloom and bringing the sunshine back to life. Dana answered soberly, and Scott said quickly, “Your voice sounds like the little girl. who stole the jam and ate the cookies and got both a spanking and s tummyache.” Dana laughed. “The ache’s ta @ different region.” “Not romantically.” Scott said quickly, “Anything & can do?” How rapidity Scott's misé worked. In another moment Dana felt he would guess that she and Ronnie bad quarreled. He might also suspect the reason. “It’s @ growing pain,” Dana said lightly. “The kind you have when you put away your dolls and tackle Or wher you put away a silly notion you've had that things would work out the way you wanted them to because you've found there’s a bigger scheme that hasn’t any place for such ideas at all.” “From all this philosophizing,” Scott said wisely, “I gather you are in the well-known dumps. Would a nice juicy steak and a ride in a ear that’s come forth from the shop help rout the biue devils? “I think they would work miracles,” said Dana. She felt again that rush of exhfleration that Scott’s voice always brought to her, “I'll race you,” Scott said. Dana dressed quickly, was add: ing the final dab of powder to her nose when the bell rang. She rushed down the stairs to answer it. She encountered Grandmother Cameron mounting the stairs wearily. Dana had a sudden feel- ing of pity for her, How dreadful to be old, to be coming up the stairs slowly, instead of rushing down to some new adventure! Di felt her pulse quicken. She had the feeling that she was on the threshold of something new and thrilling, ATo Be Continued) - en