The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 29, 1936, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, JANUAKY 29, 1936 The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873). State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and ‘gntered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mai] matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Secretary and Treasurer of Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily 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 ‘Weekly by mail in Canada, per year Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this Newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved, But What of the Farmers? Those who contend that time will solve the farm surplus problem are undoubtedly right, but that isn’t saying it will solve the farmers’ problem. It may only make the human problems of the farm situation much worse than now and present to the nation as a whole a question much more terrifying than any which has been poised to date. For time will literally wipe out the problem of agricultural purpluses unless something is done to prevent it. Already, under the system of farming practiced in ‘this fountry, we have lost 100,000,000 acres of cultivated farm land through the processes of wind and water erosion. This is equivalent to 625,000 farms of 160 acres each, a normal farm in such states as Indiana, Iowa or Illinois, Already hundreds of thousands of farmers have left ruined land for new land. male Scenes Washington Fate of Neutrality May fiinge on Criticism of Wilson's War Course. Success of Senator Nye’s Long Bat- tle to Insure Peace Is Threatened ! by Serious Split in Committee, By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Wash: mn, Jan, 29.—On the con- tention that the memory of Woodrow Wilson has been besmirched may rest the fate of strong neutrality legisia- tion at the present session of con- gress. A serious split in the senate muni- tions committee over criticism of the acts of Wilson and other American Statesmen threatens to cause collapse of the inquiry conducted for two years jinto the world arms traffic and World war financing. The success which seemed so near may be snatched from Senator Gerald P. Nye, who has labored incessantly since 1934 for a stringent neutrality law. The lion’s share of the credit for the inquiry goes to the North Dakota Republican, the only senator who could be persuaded to fight for in- vestigation of the powerful munitions |. industry. Not only has the committee headed by Nye uncovered convincing evidence of the need of laws to keep the coun- try at peace, but Nye has made more than a hundred speeches over the country, pushing home the neutrality doctfine and outlining the sequence of developments that sent us into the conflict in 1917. It seems certain that neither the administration nor congress would have acted without the spur of a strong public sentiment. Nye did more than anyone else to provide that spur. Although recent hearings have dis- closed machinations by American But that doesn’t present the whole problem. In addition to these millions of acres already washed or blown away, there are 125,000,000 acres more which have been nearly ruined by the same process and an additional 100,000,000 acres have felt the blight in part. When you consider the fact that the total cultivated area fn this country is about 400,000,000 acres, it is easy to see where wwe are heading. If this goes on indefinitely we shall reach the point where fwe will have millions of farmers without farms and the surplus problem will have been solved permanently. But in place of the problems of plenty which have troubled us so greatly we will have those of privation, and they are much more difficult to solve. The figures are provided by the department of agriculture and are easily understandable to anyone who saw what hap- pened to these prairies in 1934. The answer can be provided only by the intelligence of the people. Russia Speeds Up One cannot fail to observe these days the inconsistency of a situation wherein, on one hand, American Communists deplore the speed-up system of our major industries, while on the other Soviet Russia is heaping high reward on its fastest workers, Since the day that Alexei Stakhanoff, rough miner, hewed 102 tons of coal in six hours with a pneumatic drill, sudden fame has come to numerous other Soviet workers, cited for similar |°*™ feats of maximum production. They have become symbols of the new industrial Russia and pacemakers for the Stakhanoffite speed-up movement— actually an over-the-top push along all lines to make Russia eommercially independent. “Stakhanoffites,” claim the Soviet leaders, “will revolu- ftionize Russian industry, greatly increase production, and im- prove the workman’s standard of living.” 5 And this, in effect, is to say that Communist Russia has|¢ heen driven to recognize that the collectivist principle will go only so far—that there must be individual reward to inspire \ fnitiative, : A Sage Tip for Drivers {The roads are being burned up these days by too many 90- fiorsepower cars driven by 30-horsepower points of view. That’s the analysis of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., automotive ex- cutive, and Mr. Sloan ought to know. He says driving at 60 miles an hour is just as different from driving at 20 as bicycling $s from horseback riding; and you just can’t express the com- plications introduced by saying merely that you're going three ftimes as fast. “I wish,” said Mr. Sloan, “we could alter the scale to desig- mate speeds. Instead of saying, ‘We are driving 50 miles an hour,’ we should say, ‘We are driving at 166 feet stopping dis- tance.’ Then it might be more apparent that if you could see nly 100 feet around the turn, you’d slow down to, say, 35 miles fn hour and leave yourself a braking margin.” And Mr, Sloan adds the sound suggestion that drivers’ examinations be required everywhere. Then no one could drive who didn’t know what’s what about his car’s performance. {That is a good idea, too. Indian Gets Justice Decision of the United States government to grant reserva- tion Indians full court privileges is certainly long overdue. Since 1884, tribesmen have been subjected to arrest, trial, and imprisonment by Indian service officials and judges ap- pointed by reservation superintendents, At best it was a travesty on justice under American principle. Now John Collier, Indian commissioner, announces that full court privileges will be granted all Indians charged with crimes. “The judges of the Indian courts and the Indian agency superintendents over them cease to be judges, jailers, prosecut- ing attorneys, and policemen. Indian defendants will hereafter have the benefit of formal charges, the power to summon wit- nesses, the privilege of bail, and the right to trial by jury,” Commissioner Collier guarantees, And we are moved to applaud. r Dr. Einstein has decided to become an American citizen. But hi 4 Sphange his mind after trying to fathom those income tax forms. nner A supreme court justice apparently wouldn't make a very good wireless — with that delay while determining whether “gos” was constitu- «sf ees statesmen without which, many auth- orities say, we might have avoided war, and revealed the Morgan firm as an instrument: of @ financial-in- dustrial process which made war ap- parently inevitable, Nye declares, “I have never before tried so hard to be ‘without prejudice.” He and Senator Bennett Champ ‘Clark of Missouri assert that they have had no desire to “smear” any- one, Their idea, has been to show, they state, that the Morgans were operat- ing during the World War just az they would operate again in a similar case were there no neutrality law, and that Wilson, as he came to favor the Allies over the Central Powers, was virtually helpless under the pressure of trade, traffic, and finance. * & & A Heil for Clark? ‘The Morgan partners, who made vast profits from the war, are as fiercely patriotic and pro-Ally as ever. Senator Bennett Clark of Missouri spent an afternoon ruining, by his- torical citations and hitherto secret documents, their contention that Ger- man submarine warfare alone plunged us into conflict. If Wilson and Lansing had been as stern with England as with Germany, he showed, unrestricted sub warfare probably could have been avoided. It was then that handsomely groomed Mrs. George Whitney, wife of one of the chief ceria vaeneie ty to @ companion and city ‘Senator as - German?” Hat A New Deal ‘Victory! So great is the preponderance of defeats of New Deal legislation in the courts that occasional victories for some of its acts go almost unnoticed. Here's an amusing instance of a win in a rather indirect way: After the fashion of numerous em- ployers, the Duplex Printing Press Co., of Battle Creek, Mich., moved for ismissal of a National Labor Rela- tions Board complaint against it, on the ground that the National Labor Relations Act was unconstitutional. Its lawyers insisted “the activities of the company consist in local. intra- state manufacturing and the effect, if any, of such activities on interstate commerce is incidental, indirect, re- mote, and beyond the regulative power of congress.” The company, one of the five larg- est manufacturers of presses, had been. accused of firing two union men and laying off 11 others after a union petitioned for an election to test the contention of @ local of the machin- ists’ union that it represented a ma- jority of employes. ee & Sudden Change of Heart But suddenly the concern’s counsel withdrew its protest, agreeing to recognize the union as sole collective bargaining agency for employes, rein- stating the discharged and laid-off employes, and paying the union $1,000 to settle claims of back pay. The reason for the sudden retreat: The company was reminded that in 1920, when the machinists’ union backed a strike at the Duplex plant by ®@ secondary boycott in New York and elsewhere with pressure against the purchase and installation of the com- Pany products, the company had ob- tained a supreme court injunction which said union activities “seriously interfered with the interstate trade great loss of business.” Faced with a seeming incongruity of position, the company decided to avoid litigation costs and resume cus- Yemarily amicable relations with em- ploy (Conytiht, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN IS RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN “Yes'm. I used to wear her clothes.” Biology Prof: “And where do all the Wiel ies fo be Soe mes Dumb : Search me, Mike—How would you like to jump Ti Duce might test the courage of his “human bombs” by seeing if the: the road when the Ue COE eek * ae of the manufacturer and caused aj. War Babies With Other EDITORS Reprinted what they may or A GREAT NAME—AND THE ARMs INQUIRY (Bruce Catton in NEA Service) Washington is supposed to be a city of magnificent distances; but you would have to take all those distances, lay them end to end, and travel the entire route before you would see a stranger sight than the inquiry into ‘America’s participation in the World ‘War being choked off out of respect for the memory of Woodrow Wilson. ‘With the motives of the men who are rising to defend Wilson’s name it is, of course, impossible to quarrel. No one need question their sincerity. It is the effect which that sincere de- votion may have which is disturbing. It is important to remember just what this investigation was supposed to do. It was supposed to reveal the queer way in which finances, industry, and patriotism got their arms around one another to hustle us off to war, |* ‘back in 1916 and 1917. The idea was that if we found out all we could about that, it would be ler for us to stay out of the next wat, In the midst of all this, up came the question of the secret treaties by which England, France, Russia, and Italy agreed to divide the swag if and when the war should be won. ‘These that caught P. Nye declares that Wilson did know about these treaties, the late presi- dent's friends are announcing that o great name has been foully traduced and that this inquiry must stop. ‘Woodrow Wilson’s name has been mentioned in the American congress ® god many times since those April! days of 1917; and it would be very hard indeed for Senator Nye to say anything about him half as bad as some of the things that were said every day in 1919 and 1920, when one of the mildest charges was that he was out of his head. What may be the results of this sudden outburst of reverence—this frantic rush to defend a name which will get along pretty well without any defense at all? Looking at the matter soberly, it is hard to keep from feeling that Wilson himself, if he were alive, would be the one man in America most anxious to see this Nye investigation pushed through to its conclusion. For Wilson, more than anyone else, was the man whom this involved Nf So They Say ' In the last six years the thing to consider about the radio isn’t what we've suffered so much as what we've got rid of.—Gilbert Seldes, writer, re- ferring to crooners and third- rae comedians. # e * Our farmers have had the blessing of individual liberty in greater full- ness in their lives than any other part of even our own people.—Her- bert Hoover. se * Repealists kept only one promise. They promised not to bring the old saloon back, and they didn’t—the new saloon is infinitely worse—Mrs. Ida B, Wise Smith, national president, W. C. T. UL * * x To live behind exclusive trade bar- riers is to encourage war. I should say that isolation and prosperity are essentially opposing terms. — W. C. Teagle, prominent oil man. HORIZONTAL 1,4—— Green- leaf —— au 11 To peel. 12 Freedom from [C/ war. 18 To unclose. 15 Land right, 16 Black bird. icIR} SAI 17 Spiders’ nests. [A] HIA) SR aaAn VIEISMEM{ Alu | AO kdil Ae) 18 Parchment roll [7 {7 [RI 19 Night before. INIAIBIS| 20 To scrutinize. (BIOIBIBIT IN| 21You and me. 22 Driving com- 36 To harden, mand. 38 Half an em. > 23 Onoger, 39 Hastened. 24 Northeast. 41 To depart. 25 Maize. 42 Eucalyptus 27 Paid pub- tree. licity. 28 Conscious. 80 To proffer. 31 Southeast. 32 Reiterated. 34 Pronoun. 35 Within, 47 To draw with acid. 50 Neither. 51 To rub out. 52 Card game. Answer to Previous Puzzle ISTE WIT INIGIMIAIG IHL INTE] [LIViA [NMR [O|WIA TL [OIN! 44 Codfish young. American Bard 7 Guards. 8 Electrified particles. 9 Poem. 10 Fortification. IN] 11 He won great 12 To primp. 14 He lived in the —— century. 22 Animal fat. 23 To total. 26 Beret. 26 Native metal. 27 Helper. 29 Tumor. 30 Wager. 31 Pronoun. 33 Hay spreader. 37 Cavity. 39 Portico. 40 To make trim. 41 To sei: 43 God of sky. 45 Either, 46 Ever. LAIN} were ——8. 54 He wrote “The —— Boy.” VERTICAL 1 Fags out. 2 Verbat.® 3 Hades. 4To form cloth. 47 airy, 5 To possess. 48 Also. 6 Frozen dessert. 49. Dove's cry. ei ea a \ aaeune cd tangle of economics and wartime hys- teria put on the spot. He tried man- fully to keep us out of war, and the job was just too much for him—or presumably, for any man. What the Nye committee has been doing is to find out how and why the job was too much for him. That is knowledge which it is ex- ceedingly important for the nation to have. To choke off the process of get- ting that knowledge, and to do it in the name of Woodrow Wilson, is to make a mockery of every principle of ets at aa BEGIN SERE TODAY Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will answer beste? pertaining to health but not * disease or Glagnosis. Write letters briefly and in ink, Address Dr. Brady in care of The Tribune, All queries must be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. CHANGE OF ATTITUDE TOWARD INJECTION TREATMENT OF HERNIA “The popular writer on medical subjects,” screamed the omniscient bla- bla man of the poor old American Medical Association, referring to me, “un- fortunately, is not in possession of the records of people who have had these injections and subsequently developed gangrene from which they died.” The ubiquitous Morris is right about that. I have no such records, I challenge him or any one else to produce such records. Early in 1934 I quoted here the conclusion reached by a surgeon of high standing who had carefully investigated the injection treatment of hernia and observed the results in @ series of cases. He said: “I have arrived at the conclusion that if I had a hernia I would have it operated upon, and therefore my advice must be that people who come seeking injection treatment should have the operation.” It was with regret that I learned of the surgeon's conclusion, for I be- Meved he was conscientious in his investigation of the method and unbiased in his judgment. I mentioned it here because on a previous occasion I had mentioned the surgeon’s interest in and use of the method, My own preference, if I had hernia, was and still is injection treatment, altho I don’t mind having @ clean major operation, indeed, from experience I am convinced most people grossly exaggerate the “ordeal” of an operation, In fact if you are seriously ill or disabled an operation is rather a heaven sent relief. Today the same surgeon writes: “My attitude toward injection treatment has changed. I am convinced that it is a valuable method with some definite limitations. The results are showing up pretty well. It is still too early to talk about figures on it but I am advising people to have it in preference to operation, in cases which I think are suitable ..... “We are starting 2 clinic in the Outpatient Department of Hospital, which is definite evidence of my change of opinion.” The surgeon is one of high standing, a professor in a class A medical school. (Only medical colleagues may learn his name). In another clinic the injection method has been taught for several years, and physicians who learn the techni¢ in that way are the ones who have success with it in practice. The doctor who thinks he is smart enough to go ahead with such a method without careful instruction by a master of the method, is likely to have and give disappointment. Of the injection or ambulant treatment of hernia, as of the diathermy or ambulant treatment of infected tonsils, we may say the more conserva- tive method is here to stay, in spite of the funny efforts of the A. M. A. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Calcium for Rheumatis My wife is suffering with what the doctor calls rheumatoid arthritis. She still keeps quite active but her knuckles ache and swell and her knees_ bother . . . . friend told her you advocate calcium treatment . .. . @. P. G.) Answer—No, I ‘nave mentioned that some physicians have reported great benefit from administration of calcium in chronic arthritis. Send ten cents coin and stamped envelope bearing your address, for booklet “The Ills ! Called Rheumatism.” Do not send stamps. Morning Water Drinking Please advise about drinking a glass of hot water each morning. Doctors say cold water is not the proper thing early in the morning. Why not? Is there any publication about this subject, for lay readers? . . . . (F. W. J.) Answer—Sult your preference, Water, hot or cold, stimulates formation of gastric juice and so promotes digestion. Elderly or feeble folk may like it hot; younger, vigorous folk enjoy it cold. Prof. Hawk’s “What We Eat and What Happens To It” (Harpers) deals with the subject. Varicose Venules Had some tiny broken veins in my legs treated by Dr, ————_—_— tried to inject them but could not get the needle into the veins (Miss H. J.P.) Answer—For successful obliteration of such crea @ special fine bd is necessary, and the doctor should use a good light and binocular loupe. The unsightly condition has been corrected in a great many cases in this way. Fool Proof Cough and Cri Medicine Have been watching for the recipe for that fine home made cough and Answer—! cold medicine you gave two years ago. We used it many times with highly satisfactory results, but... (H. W. H.) instructions in booklet “Call It Cri”—send ten cents coin and stamped addressed envelope for copy. (Copyright 1936, John F F, Dille Co.) With GAll My Love wzzz afterward, newspapers carried a - jatory about the will. marriage to PAULA LONG, whe been in love with Scott tor ry riage when is asleep, Dai kiss om Seott’s for NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXX EITHER Scott nor Dana re- ferred to the quarrel—their first serlous one—next evening. Both were secretly ashamed of it. A week later it was as though the episode had never taken place. But a élight film of doubt had settled over the faith that had been like shining armor, protect- ing Dana. Scott, too, had received a jolt in the realization that Dana was not the one perfect person in & world of imperfect beings. For almost s month Paula left them entirely alone. Paula was spending most of her time with the Righardsons these days. They were seen constantly together. Dana believed Paula had finally given up her empt to make Scott and Dana more “social- minded,” had realized it was im- possible for them to keep pace with a crowd that spent money as though it grew on bushes. Most of the other couples in thelr crowd generally played bridge for not less than a twen- tieth. When Dana and Scott were present stakes were automatically lowered. Paula played bridge a great deal, lost consistently. Yet she was one of those who were bored when playing for low stakes. Scott agreed this must be the ‘reason that Paula had ignored them lately. “You mustn’t worry if some of our friends desert,” Scott sald. “As a matter of fact, I'm turning into such a family man that I’m bored outside these four walls. Look what you've done to me in less than a year, Dana.” E “Perbaps 1 should call Paula and ask her to drop in some night this week,” Dana eaid. “Maybe she’s offended over something.” “Suit yourself,” Scott spoke shortly, “but I should think you would know there's no reason for her to be offended.” “Well, I won’t then,” Dana said, And was relieved over the decision, tor fome Spence. RONNIE's Father died during the month. Dana and Scott sent flowers, and Dana wrote a Bote of condolence, receiving one from Ronnie in reply. Not long N Scott read the report, “It's hard to realize there's that much money in the world,” he said. “Here we are, stretching dollar bills and wondering where the rent is coming from, and Ronnie inherits $10,000,000.” He added thoughtfully, “Ronnie was pr gone on you for a while, wasn’t he?” “For a while,” Dana said Mghtly. “Ronnie fancied he had an awful crush, but you know how rich boys fre. Some other girl comes along—” “Or some man comes along,” Scott said slowly, “and messes things up—" “Scott, will you stop being an idiot!” Dana seated herself on the arm of his chair and rumpled his hair. “I'm thinking what a different kind of life you would have had if you had married Rounie,” Scott answered thoughtfully. “No bud- gets. Nd computing living costa and wondering where you can cut some more. Just one long, lururi- ous fling!” “You think that would -be liv- ing?” There was scorn in Dana's voice. She added lightly, “Don’t forget Ronnie didn’t ask me. ['d have been an old maid, probably, if you hadn’t come along.” “Yes you would!” Scott pulled her down into his arms, kissing her fiercely. Dana could feel his heart pounding. “Why, Scott!” she whispered, with a shaky little laugh. “I swear to you, honey, we’ll come through,” he said. “I'll prove to you I’m not just a big bust. Though, God knows, 1 feel that way at times.” “If you'll only just love me always.” Dana said. “I'm a silly, ntimental girl. But I’m telling yu _the truth. That’s all I want, darling.” eee bag the days that followed Dr. Osborne dropped into Scott's! office frequently. It happened often enough for the other doctors in the building to “perk up.” as the shrewd young woman at the desk ‘remarked to another pbysi- clan's assistant. “and I’m here to tell you it means something when that self- sufficient medical king gets down from: his throne and goes visiting another doctor.” “They do seem friendly,” other girl admitted. “Friendly isn’t the word. Dr. Osborne’s positively chummy. If 1 know my onion soup, he sus- pects Dr. Stanley has something some of these other doctors don’t bave—and that’s brains!” Scott was pleased by the older doctor's visits, but refused to be- Heve it held any significance beyond a spirit of friendliness. Dr. Osborne had said, on bis last visit, “There's a small room that’s practically empty adjoining my suite, Stanley. If the time comes when you feel cramped for space, I'd be glad to open it up for you.” Scott realised the offer was being made gratis. He expressed the his appreciation, but refused. The time wouldn’t come when he wanted to be under obligations to anyone. Scott wanted to be a free man and you couldn't do that and be accepting favors, On another occasion they met outside the building, and the older physician stood for a moment talking pleasantly before climbing into his car. He was discussing the case of a nationally known physician who had died recently. “That's the trouble with this profession,” Dr. Osborne said. “Day in and out we drive our selves, as though we were made of iron, Thinking there's no end to our vitality and endurance. Though, heaven knows, we say plea tg the other fellow. and then, finally, we come down with one of the wear-and-tear diseases and pass out of the picture.” He added thoughtfully, “Every physician should have an able man associated with him ta share the responsibilities and burdens. But lots of us go it alone with disastrous results.” eee gcort watched him walk away. Dr. Osborne's shoulders sagged slightly, as though he were weary. The old chap must be all of 60. And it must be true that his enor- mous practice was dicnaain ry strain. Of course Dr. Osborne was still a good man, a brilliant man. But the day must come when his sur- gical skill would fail, That was life. Lessened vitality takes a toll trom even the best of men. It was a gloomy thought. Scott didn’t like to think the time would ever come when he would be count- ed out and have to take a back seat in the profession. But then when one person dropped out it made room for some other fellow who was entitled to have his in- ning in the game. Suddenly a feeling of pure ela- tion surged through Scott. Perhaps it didn’t mean anything. He wouldn’t allow himself to be lieve it did. But what a break for some fellow if Dr. Osborne should y : rei TH EL 553 [ who