The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1936, Page 6

The Bismarck Tribune An inéependent 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 Secretary and Treasurer POF YEAF ...cereeseeee year (in Bi (in state outside of Dak Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republica- dispatches credited to it or not otherwise cred}: in this rd the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. publication of al) other matter herein are also reserved. They Learn From Us When the newer states in the west were organized their founders cast about them for a form of government which ‘would be in harmony with the ideals of America, yet cheap and easy to operate. Many of these states had few people and little money and the taxes had to be light. As a result of their deliberations they abandoned the grand jury system of bringing public offenders to: book, substituting for it power to bring prosecution “on information” by the state’s attorney. This system has worked so well that the state of New York, trying to bring its criminal code up to date, is consider- ing its adoption. The plan has been incorporated in a bill now before the Empire State legislature and is backed by powerful forces, both Republican and Democratic. Governor Lehman, a Democrat, was its sponsor and among agencies giving it approval is the New York Herald Tribune, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936 Behind the Scenes Washington Consumer Gets Measure of Protec- tion in Amendment to Farm Pian ridden in Congress .. . Pair of City Legislators Lead Battle for Suf- ficient Food. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Mar. 4.—Congress and the administration have repudiated the theory that scarcity of food is essential or desirable in @ program to provide fair incomes for farmers, That's the important meaning of the so-called “consumer protection” amendment to the new farm relief- soll conservation legislation, Best available studies have shown that even in prosperous 1929 about 75 per cent of city families couldn’s afford a diet adequate for health and that national consumption of food was about 40 per cent below the amoun: which would be required for a uni- versal “moderate” diet. The “consumer amendment” will not improve that state of affairs. But it guarantees that the farm adminis- tration in the reduction of crop si pluses incident to its new soil pr gram, will not reduce food supplies below the normal level of corisump- tion, The original legislation carried no standards for such guarantee. * * * City Members Lead Fight © urban members of congress, Senator Robert Wagner of New York and Representative John W. McCor- ‘mack of Boston, led the fight for the amendment. Wagner introduced one into the Senate which was defeated by @ 2 to 1 vote and it was evident that many senators didn’t know whai it was all about. The McCormack amendment sub- sequently received endorsement of the administration and of Chairman Marvin Jones of the House Agricul- ture committee. It passed. House and one of the leading Republican newspapers in the country. senate conferees on the bill subse- Thus we find the East learning from the West more than bed agreed to are it, & generation after the innovations were introduced into this|tnat the wide powers creten othe part of the country. secretary of agriculture “shall not be That New York may go farther than we have, however, supplles of foods and fleet sufficient supplies of an it fs indicated by a review of the proposed new legislation. Some|to maintain normal domestic con- of the bills awaiting passage provide for: Kethiy stress varreatrancer-ameanee 1, Proposal for the creation of a state department of jus-|human consumption in the years 1920 tice with the attorney general to be appointed, instead of |(0 Use inclusive, taking into consid- elected, and placing the state police under this branch of the|ties of any commodity that were government ina in eet, oro 2, Revision of the law to permit a five-sixths jury verdict current faa domestic ‘consump- in other than capital cases, to reduce the “hung jury” evil. so ae Rae! of particular com- 8. Revision of the rules of evidence to permit counsel to|stivaies "avciianie ees obtiauio em: impeach his own witness, necessary to counteract the intimida- tion of witnesses by gangsters in cases involving organized sumption within any general class of crime. food commodities.” ***# & - Foot on Vary Little 4. Granting trial judges the right to comment on the evi-| ta tor the loweer pened meriloned dence in guiding a jury toward a verdict. The federal courts|was about 1450 pounds. This figure and those of New Jersey have this right and it is rarely abused.|Peing, “rr tne ipaccas eriee, lave 5. Granting trial judges and the district attorney the ronn ie the 1925-29, and 1454 for right to comment on the failure of a defendant to take the wit- oe principle established the ness stand, an old prerogative in the British courts. anmeseeatie pee one, ban until 6. The waiver of trial by jury. It can be done in thig|"0W it has appeared that the leaders state and in.some others:in the East and saves the community both time and money, In New York, however, a constitutional amendment would be required. These and other proposals are designed to put the criminal on the defensive, make it more difficult for lawyers to weave defensive webs about gangsters. of farm organizations—including some who might be perfectly willing to cre- ate artificial and ted scarcities to boost prices high—would be able to block attempts to enact it into legislation. Dr. Calvin B. Hoover, as consumers’ counsel for AAA, first espoused the principle and the fight for it was con- cow by his successor, Donald E. Light Interlude Washington’s famous nine old men have tremendous and far-reaching problems .to pass on. One-day they must handle the farm problem; the next they must review the TVA experi- ment. One day they give new life to a man condemned for murder; and the next they give congress a new rap on the knuckles. It’s always something, and the something is usually a mat- ter of incalculable importance. But now comes the capstone of the whole edifice. The eupreme court in all its dignity is asked to pass on the famous Manderbilt guardianship case. : Doubtless you remember it? A Vanderbilt has a 12-year- old daughter, and the daughter has a vast fortune left in trust for her. A lower court has made the girl a ward of her aunt, after a trial in which 5,000 pages of testimony were recorded. And the whole ball. of wax now goes to the nine old men, who can forthwith pass up the problems of state for a while to settle a family quarrel of the idle but ornamental rich, Child’s Prospects An economist at the University of Wisconsin, Dr. O, E. Oo daats the secretary, as rap- Baker, expresses the sincere hope that his boy, now 5, will|idly oe Be oe penoticale 400 % eventually become a farmer. the iplO-i01¢ level’ the ratio’ betwen This is why, reasons the professor: ie purchasing Pons ee ae ApereRS The farmer has better food, even in times of depression, | "°ome Per Person than his city neighbors; he has better health; he can accumulate dome pe bron in he none pop: more property; he is more likely to enjoy his work than town aaain people; finally, and most important, the farmer is more likely| (CP™"”_10°6 NEA Service, Ine? to rear a family and do his part to promote the general welfare of the nation. From that viewpoint, this economist’s ambition for his boy ought to set up an example for many other urban fathers. In any event it is one bet in their children’s future that parents cannot afford to overlook. And, incidentally, laying aside the customary jibes direct- ed at farm life, agriculture, in the final analysis, is the nation’s fundamental business. itgomery. Secretary Wallace himself came out for it last year and an attempt was made to get it into last session’s AAA ‘amendments—unsuccessfully, thanks to farm leaders. * # & Feared Political Effect President Ed O’Neal of the Ameri- can Farm Bureau federation attacked the Wagner amendment on the eve of the senate vote and farm-state senators supported him almost unan- imously. But the administration's desire for consumer protection was reinforced by growing realization that success- sive defeats of the Wagner and Mc- Cormack amendments might be bad political medicine and could be used as effective Republican propaganda in cities. Thanks to AAA and the drouth, re- tail food prices have advanced 25 per cent since 1933 and although farmers are better off, many city consumers have felt the pinch and reacted bit- terly. The McCormack amendment also contains a provision reminiscent of the old AAA parity price goal whico was inserted to square things with Test of Democracy Este — Nope. It's Anyone who doubted that a genuine measure of free speech |been pork ever since that last car exists on American air waves ought to be reassured by the|“*M* Sms action of _ noe onion System, which has awarded git, Bonegonm Fuaued lato sha @ quarter hour o ime to the Communist party. frank “ Earl Browder, general secretary of grt Com- eer fed cian, “You munist party, will speak over a nation-wide hookup on the night |‘ ,°Plain some of these of March 5 on “The Communist Position in 1936.” “Very well,” the lawyer - Fifteen minutes, of course, is not a great deal of time. But nls, “Dut if T do i will fhe award of even this small allotment nevertheless sets al" ™ principle. Pilson—Does Pillsley’s wife play on The Communists are being given something which they| 27, mAntou? of much as she did he- : i : a themselves ores pare dream of giving to their opponents, if ber tne’ now she Lap eae ot The Big Primary Battle Is On! With Other EDITORS BROADENING THE TAX BASE (New York Herald-Tribune) Senator Byrd has rendered a valu- able service in joining with Senator La Follette in emphasizing the ne- cessity of broadening the tax base. Last year the Wisconsin senator's Proposal to effect this was snowed under—largely under impulsion from the White House. He maintained at the time that his proposal would bring in 1,400,000 new taxpayers and greatly enlarge the government's rev- enues. His specific suggestion was that exemptions on income taxes should be lowered to $2,000 for mar- ried persons and $800 for single per- sons. His colleagues, however, gladly —even enthusiastically—voted. down this suggestion because they feared its reaction on themselves. The White House also was afraid to ex- tend the tax base, preferring the more popular course of trying to wring more dollars from the rich. It is to Senator La Follette’s credit that he had the courage to press for such @ measure and has announced that he will do the same this year. Most professional radicals disapprove of spreading taxes and believe that, as Governor Landon of Kansas so neatly put it, “willingness to throw other people’s money around without any consideration of value received is a peculiar sign of pure heart.” The New Dealers have, of course, been particularly eager to camou- flage the source of the money which they have been throwing around. Senator Byrd put the whole matter simply when he said on Priday: “I am in favor of a billion-dollar tax bill because I want to make the peo- ple tax-conscious. ‘They must be made to realize that they, the people, will have to pay for all the govern- ment expenditures.” It is intimated from those close to the president that he hopes that the increased revenues due to better times will make it unnecessary to add many new taxes. According to the treasury statement, the excess of ex- Penditures over revenues for the fiscal year to date is $2,323,865,610, whereas in the corresponding period last year it was $2,164,738,732. This increase of about $160,000,000 in the deficit to date can be directly at- tributed to the loss of the processing taxes. But the fact remains that the government is still spending two dol- Jars for every dollar which it receives. If the expenditures cannot be dras- tically reduced there is no alterna- tive to increasing taxes. If this is to be done, the wisest course is to make the taxes as widely applicable as pos- sible, because only so can the people be made to realize that they are themselves being milked to pay for the New Deal. Once the pressure of increased taxation is consciously felt by a large number of individuals, the movement to curtail government ex- penses will gain headway. This is essential to the national welfare— though disastrous to the welfare of the New Deal. Th Country Doctor A Novelization of the Twentieth Century-Fox Film, Starring the Dionne Quintuplets With Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Peterson, June Lang. Michacl Whalen and Slim Summerville Her voice was barely a whisper. “Say it again, Tony,” she murmured. Then they felt, rather than noticed, a sudden silence fall on the crowd on the dance floor. MacKenzie halted at the end of their table. BEGIN HERE TODAY DR. JOHN LUKE, country doc- company manager. In Montreal, company officials te listen to the country makes another appeal for the hos- pital. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER IX | fered most in the second smashing of the plane-wing, when he had to stand and see the exulting MacKen- zie slash it with an ax, Tony was philosophical, and helped Greasy to get the repair job once again under way. Tony knew that a few more days in Moosetown would surely mean seeing Mary again, and there had been so much left unsaid between them. Despite MacKenzie’s unreasoning rage, Tony knew he must see Mary—soon. Meanwhile the dam- aged plane made as good an alibi as any, Greasy worked on the wing with concentrated fury, the now-fray- ec letter from his Montreal sweet- heart sticking out of his jumper pocket. . Several days passed, and MacKen- zie kept Mary close within their house. Tony began to fear that Greasy’s furious energy would have the plane ready to fly before he could see Mary at all. Then, on the very night when Greasy triumphantly announced that, “she’s ready to fly ‘Mary. “I must see you,” Tony breathed. “Can’t you get out tonight? We could go somewhere and talk. Mary! T have such a lot of things to say to you!” ie I want an awful lot to hear!” she whispered back. “Yes. I can get out tonight. I’m supposed to go over to Aunt ’Tilda’s with a basket of things. I'll go. but afterward—I'll meet you here—say about . eight?” And so it was innocently enough ar- ed on the dance floor with girls dress. Dr. Brady will answer Giseass or diagnosis. Write Brady in care of The Tribune. stamped, « ddressed envelope. shrink. A LESSON IN LESSENING Let us suppose you have a job of dwindling, lessening, (reduction to you, dumbbell) to do. The question is, how shall you proceed? Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. ‘ions Lect e to health ters briefly and in ‘All queries must be accompanied by & but not Dr. ink, Address First of all, it is the bulk or size of the body, not the weight you wish to Frankly no one cares much about the poundage. You crave only girth control. It is just as well that this is so. Any one who checks body weight rather than measurements is likely to be misled, especially by trick scales of the spring type. Only a balance beam gives a reasonably accurate check on weight; and that must balance perfectly when the gauge is at zero. Besides, ithe actual weight of a normal person varics two or three pounds at different: times in the day and from day to day even at the same time of day. Little advantage in any circumstance in measuring weight oftener than once a week. The custom of taking as “ideal” or “normal” a body weight according to age and height is still more misleading, for after all such an arbitrary “per- fect” is only the general average obtained from weighing thousands of indi- viduals. It does not allow for differences in type of build, nor for differences in the skeletal structure, the size of the bones, the relative length of trunk and limb, the depth of chest or the breadth of bony pelvis. These differences of foundation or ground plan must be considered in determining the form and size of the body. Where most oversize individuals fail in attempts to dwindle is in the haste with which they try to achieve the purpose. It is possible, of course, by radical means, to shrink in bulk quite speedily, perhaps with such abrupt- ness as to startle and alarm your friends—and their alarm is likely to be well founded. Such rapid melting away of superfluous flesh is rarely safe and never actually healthful, I think. A sound lessening regimen should first of all tend to IMPROVE general health. If it does not do so, it is probably not scientifically suited to your individual requirements. Sound, healthful, and in the long run successful dwindling usually is a gradual, almost impercep- tible process of, say, an inch @ month, a pound a week, and your friends no- tice nothing except that you eeem a bit more alive and active than you were, the change is so gradual and so natural. The’ superfluous flesh is usually acquired in just that way—gradually, insiduously, a pound a month, over a period of years. Best to get rid of it as it came. No strenuous, perhaps No violence. No starvation. No severe restrictions of diet. dangerous exercise. No risky medicine. No monkey- ing with gland functions or hormones. No punishing sweat baths under plain or fancy names. No silly massage. No miracle soap or salve for the dimwit to rub in. Just a reversal of the process of degeneration; tion or rejuvenation. This is a fair term to apply to a rational regimen of girth control. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Near Si kind of regenera- jurgeon Swelling size hazelnut on great toe joint, from wearing tight shoes. Chi- ropodist says fluid gathered there and wants to draw it off with needle, a simple operation for which he will charge $5. Should I let him do this or should I consult a surgeon? ... (Miss E. R.) Answer—Where surgery is to be done it is always wise to consult a sur- geon. Diathermy Extirpation of Tonsils My daughter aged 15 is said to have infected tonsils and advised to have them removed. Can you tell me a specialist in.. to remove tonsils by diathermy? ... (W. R. P.) in -who is competent Answer—Plenty of doctors in every town now employ the diathermy method for extirpation of tonsils. Send stamped envolope bearing your ad- dress, for name of a physician in the city you mention, Make ’em Breathe If @ person is overcome by gas and is not breathing and no pulse can be felt, how can you tell for certain whether he is dead? ... (Mrs. T. O. V.) Answer- ‘—Don’t worry about that. way. Meanwhile a doctor will arrive Make him breathe for an hour any- to take the responsibility. to make him breathe? Send ten cents address, for booklet “Resuscitation” wi woman. and child should be prepared to (Copyright, 1936, Jt evening frocks. The attempt at a gay atmosphere in the place achieved only a certain dismalness. They were welcomed to the Skid- road by a blowsy host who was leer- ingly obsequious, and who installed them in one of the booths. The sound of laughter and rough horseplay surged about them, but neither was really conscious of it. Tony ordered beer for himself, a lemonade for Mary. While waiting for their orders, each strove to be gay, but without much success, “Yep. Going out for sure tomor- row,” said Tony with a casualness he did not feel at all. “Greasy’s got the plane all fixed up again. You'll get to thinking that I make more farewell ‘appearances than Harry Lauder.” Mary was a little wistful as she an- swered him: “But Harry Lauder al- ‘ways comes back for one more ap- » pearance,’ Tony nodded gravely. “And so will 1,” he said, “to take you away from here. Mary, I love you. You must have seen it the day we went up in the plane. Somehow I don’t care a whisper ran through the room. ing the murmur came a fright remonstrance from the proprietor. hy hy ne 2 BH i i 5 ? i i i | eft wESE E i by if F i swing. “Stand fight!” grunt zg up and . A quick i i bee Greasy was really the one who Rule ante)’ Tony succeeded in meeting] ed in what they fondly imagined were | against an to the floor. Tony I love you, and I’m coming back! Un- derstand? good, tell Quickly was gone, front of the Mary sat hel; face buried in her Helping hands slowly to his feet. gily, and clutched face went white with he said shortly. . fell!” MacKenzie made way to ee booth where his daughter still “Get g i i 5F i B é reall Ip ; 8 i gibvitiet aati i