The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1936, Page 4

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 entered 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 Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Daily by carrier, per year .. Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) . Daily by mail per year (in state outside Daily by mai) outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail in state, per year ... Weekly by mail outside of North Dakot: Weekly by mai] in Canada, per year .... Advance Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation EUS TN es SSUES SES PSE i eI Member of The Associated Press fated Press ts exclusively entilied to the use for republics tion of the news ‘dispatches credited to !t or not otherwise credited in tl newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. ‘All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. A Big American Problem Surveys made by the Resettlement administration disclose that 650,000 farms containing 101,000,000 acres might profit- ably be returned to natural conditions rather than continue them in agricultural production. The uses suggested for them are reforestation, grazing and other conservation purposes. The figures were compiled by experts and presumably are correct. Certainly we have seen the difficulties which have be- set farmers on poor land as well as the dust storms which have reduced the fertility of all soil in this section, good and poor land alike. But the real question is what to do with the people on these farms which slowly are being destroyed. Almost without excep- tion they are among the poorest of our rural population. Their experience proves that there is such a thing as human erosion as well as land erosion. If every farm were occupied and the average of five persons per family held true, this would mean the transplantation of some 3,250,000 human beings to a different environment, truly the greatest exodus in recorded history. In North Dakota the Resettlement administration has un- dertaken the job of settling some 290 families on better land, moving them from the western part of the state to the Red River valley. The plan is to purchase large tracts and settle the new- comers on them under an arrangement whereby they will try to work out their salvation on the instalment plan. It may work. Everyone hopes it will. But realization is a long way from anticipation in such a program as this and the results remain to be determined. ‘line—often the work of a ghost writer THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1936 | Behind the Scenes Washington Polishing Up State Speeches Isn’t Pe- culiar to U. S.... British in Mixup Over King’s Address . . . Harpo's Own Best Booster . . . No Brains, Says Tugwell ... Too Much Raw Meat in Congress. ‘3y RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washirgton Correspondent) Washington, Feb. 28.—Important Speeches by New Dealers pass through several hands before reaching the Stage of final draft. In nearly all cases the utterances of Roosevelt, Ickes, Wallace, Far- ley, Tugwell, and the rest are the re- sult of suggestions, deletions, and em- bellishments ty groups of subordi- nates who pass on the original out- —before White House Secretary Steve Early affixes his final O. K. Apparently the custom isn’t peculiar to America. The following story, now being circulated in London, will al- most surely be passed around here soon as something alleged to have happened in Washington: After the British cabinet had met to consider the king’s speech at the opening of Parliament, Premier Bald- win scribbled with pencil on the draft ideal “Important refer again to AG” The document was rushed by a sec- retary to the attorney general, who sat up late studying it for possible changes from a legal standpoint. He didn’t find much to do and eventually returned the draft to Baldwin, who was exasperated. All he had meant Something New All the Time was that the speech should contain a further reference to “Almighty God.” eek & Boosts Harpo Miss Mildred Dilling, the lovely blond harpist who recently played at the White House, has taught many others to play the harp, including Harpo Marx, to whom she refers as a “highly talented, serious student, to- tally absorbed in the harp when he is Playing it.” She was telling about a perform- ance in New York at which Harpo Played @ number: “When he left the stage there was much applause. It continued; grew louder. Still he did not return for an encore, nor take a bow. After a long time the audience realized he wasn’t coming back. “Later I asked him why he hadn't responded to the tremendous ap- plause, ‘I couldn't,’ he replied. ‘I was out in front helping to keep it up.” * # # The Country Doctor A Novelization of the Twentieth Century-Fox Film, Starring the Dionne Dorothy Peterson, June Lang, Michael Whalen and Slim Summ Qintopets vith Jea® Hersholt, Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. . 1 er questions pertaining to health but not divsass or aitenone. Write Fotter fly and in ink, Address Be. Brady in care of The Tribune. All queries must be accompanied by a eelf-addressed envelope. stamped, E i i ry gee ef sSaog Sghbee Fike oie Hh bi ge 22 g 88 ars ; Sh-h, the Naughty Word by Meanwhile, it is obvious that the government cannot under-| Congressman Sisson of New York, re- take the financing—and the responsibility for—all of the 650,- Fete fag lacie by eek saduaea oe 000 American farmers who might be better situated than they |or communism in District of Colum. . Some-|a creek are now. The job is too big for even so powerful an agency as Pe ae Sees ee ey physi- Moose- ao <4 8. ‘. ology taught that the was a the government. Also, it is far too SXPENEIVEs, ; fluid ini the’body/made up. of white twice, ie If this relocation is to be made in anything like the pro- | corpuscles se he 28 kind.” aoe - portions envisioned in this report it will have to come as a All Wrong, Says Rex & reas result of both public and private initiative. ‘i eee) ee aebiah el ee a : . of lure, rest ment - 4 If the government could get the cooperation of big land Sinisrator as mating pinnae ion nearly to holders, particularly such agencies as insurance companies who |to say depressed, by persistent attacks But toe find land more of a burden than an asset, the thing might be Per aries ed aise abe ‘oar of the 5 3 i 5 quit worl ed out on a satisfactory basis, Unless that is done, how-|the New Deal long ago if Roosevelt prreeie times oe ever, there can be no constructive approach to this question on a|h8dn't insisted that he stand by as acure the id be @ symbol to liberals and progressives le ‘The: the large scale. that the administration was on their aie nad athe om The vision is a bright one. All of us would like to see it |"4¢0f the fence, = a would stand Greasy, “We're going down a : ‘Only trouble with you, Rex,” Sen- that the ‘The only open space was a clearing come true, for squalor and misery can be just as acute on the |ator Hugo Black of Alabama told him A cea just outside the to farm as in the cities, but that the Resettlement administration | recently, 1s San Jescitmnres ahead told will be able to do more than make a dent in the problem is| “That's a cockeyed explanation on pill ean doubtful. the face of it,” Tugwell replied: “It closer to must be perfectly obvious to anyone more ex Ss that if I had any brains I wouldn’t teen For the Open Mind Re EE rn ae Jutting Should the facts about Communism be taught in American Too Much Raw Meat ey 1s : schools? Congressman Treadway of Massa- abet eneremananctinses treo GRP recs At first glance the question seems silly. Any true patriot can give a round and emphatic “no” without even stopping to think. And that may signify one of the things which is wrong with us. For if the school is to be truly a preparation for life; if it is to give the student a well-rounded knowledge of the things which go on in this world, it must teach such things as the facts about Communism, the methods and operations of political parties, the blemishes on our escutcheon as well as our virtues and achievements. To do less is to send the student out into life without giving him an inkling of how things actually are done. Those who favor the American system and who believe in it should favor the teaching of the facts about Communism in our schools—and many of the other subjects which usually are taboo. For the American system is much better now than Com- munism will ever be. It can stand comparison and come out on top. We hear much prattle about Communism but very little is taught about it in our schools. How can we expect the next generation to appreciate its fallacies unless they are informed on the subject. The best defense against the spread of Com- munism in this country or the dissemination of untruth on any question is to put the issue out in the clear light of day and give it unbiased thought. The difficulty, of course, lies in the possibility of disagree- ment as to what to teach and how to teach on such subjects. Clearly it would do no good to make such courses instruments of propaganda either for or against any system or idea. Just to give all the facts as nearly as they can be ascertained would be enough. To those who might feel that such a system would subject the mind of Young America to influences stronger than it can bear without distortion, it might be suggested that they go out and establish actual contact with the mind of Young America. For youngsters often seem to have a greater feeling for truth and falsity than do their elders. They know this is not the best of all possible worlds but they also know that changing it is a difficult matter. If they do not learn to discriminate between the true and the false when they are young their chances of doing so when | they are older will be considerably reduced. They had much better learn about the live and vital issues of our day in the intelligent atmosphere of the classroom than on the streets. “Twenty per cent of the Population of the United States use = lasses.” The percentage might be higher, but umpires just won't taxe chusetts: “I have in my hand an edi- torial from one cé the leading metro- politan newspapers which I think is quite apropos to present conditions. It reads: “ ‘Representative Blanton of Texas offered to fight all the physicians in Washington one at a time. “‘Representative O'Connor of New York expressed a desire to kick Father Coughlin the length of Pennsylvania avenue, “‘Representative Marcantonio of New York would like to meet Police Commissioner Valentine in a gym- nasium, “‘The House restaurant had better take raw meat off the bill of fare.’” (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN IS RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN 5 American Girl—Are you sure you want to marry me for myself and not for my money? European Count — Just to prove my good intention I'll Promise you that as soon as we are married I'll help you get rid of your money as quickly as Possible, Husband—My dear, it is necessary that we economize still more. Why don’t you try your hand at making your own clothes? Better Half—All right, dearest, any- thing to help. I will practice up by making some for you first. Oldman — See here, young man, I am going to give you some good advice— Upstart—Never mind. My minds is already overworked trying to remem- ber that already given me. Teacher — Bobby, what important event took place on February 22, 1732? Robert — I’m sure I don’t know, teacher. I hadn’t been born yet. ‘For the better part of an hour a citizen from Basheville had been dis- coursing on the merits of his town. His fellow bus travelers stirred rest- lessly but said nothing. Finally a traveling man sald sneeringly: “I didn’t see anything so wonderful when I was there two weeks ago. It’s just a dinky one-horse town.” Not at all abashed the yokel re- plied: “Oh, that was two weeks ago. ‘You ought to see the place now.” —~ LY, “Be careful, son,” was all Dr. to whine. Dr. Paul handed over the precious package containing the serum for BEGIN HERE TODAY DR. JOHN LUKE, country doc- tor in the little north woods set- tlement of Moosetown, receives an emergency call to the lumber mill when MIKE SCALAN, lumber- man, is crushed under a fallen log. Mike has a close call, is obliged to stay behind when the mill crew leaves at the end of the season. Storms isolate Moosetown, breaking telegraph and telephone connections. Then a diphtheria epidemic strikes the community. Mike Scanlan, who, since his in- jury, has been tinkering with a. radio set, gets a message through to Montreal and Dr. Luke talks to his brother, DR. PAUL LUKE, begging him to send. antitoxin. Hours of anxiety pass. Then Dr. Luke and NURSE KENNEDY hear the sound of a plane. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER V When Dr. Luke’s anxious voice came through the blizzard and across the miles into the home of Alex Mc- Bain, that Montreal radio “ham” launched into the most exciting in- cident of his youthful life. But he met the test. Street Hospital on the telephone, and when Dr. Paul Luke arrived at the boy’s home to resume the aerial conversation, the doctor’s son, Tony, @ young interne, was with him. And those two, father and son, were to- gether as they drove furiously through the streets of Montreal to- ward the big office building that housed the headquarters of the trad- ing company, Hastily parking their car, they dashed into the building, and with- out so much as having removed thelr coats or mufflers, stood, hats in hand, before the great desk in the baronial office of Sir Basil Crawford. Urgently Dr. Paul outlined the situation. Sir Basil fi |, hemmed and hawed, muttered, “most irregu- lar!” and “really frightful weather pageant and “quite sure our resi- lent manager is entirely competent to handle the situation.” Dr. Paul grew grim. “sir Basil,” he repeated firmly, “if my brother says he needs serum immediately, you may believe me that he NEEDS jit. immediately!” : Paul could say. “Uncle John isn’t exactly an! field office. it he found himself tuning up Tony's alarmist, sir,” broke in Tony. Sir Basil fidgeted again, and wor- ried out pompous words: “I assure you I'll look into it, doc- tor. But so irregular a matter takes time. For one thing, those settlers up there, strictly speaking, aren’t the| ¢! company’s responsibility, though I’m prepared to waive that point. But to send a company plane up there in this blizzard—well, really, I have to think of the pilot’s safety and the company’s property. Even if a plane could get through, which I beg leave to doubt, it might leave me open to criticism from the London home of- fice—” With some asperity, Dr. Paul cut him short. “Will you send the plane?” he asked. conditions justify “And that’s the best you can do?” Dr. Paul asked, incredulously, Sir Basil drew himself up, offended. “But what else—” he began. “I believe I can do better, sir,” spoke up Tony, smiling. “Please, Tony—” began his father, feeling that defiance would get no- where, “Can you get the serum, Dad?” asked Tony, turning to his father energetically. “Of course!” “Then I'll fly pride and fear in his eyes. “Do think you could do it, on?” he asked quietly. “You know you haven't many s 5 2 é z 3 5 g Z & Ae ae ene Z i i Hf 3 ad yy Quebec? 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