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

T. ‘The Bismarck Tribune An independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Officiai Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. Mrs. Stella 1. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W Simons Vice Pres, and Gen'l. Manager Secy-Treas. and Editor 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 mai! in state, per year .... Weekly by mai! outside of North Dakota, per year Weekly by mai] in Canada, per year Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The clated Pre: exclusively enticied to the tion of t! jews dispatc! credited to it or not other Newspaper and alno the local news of spontaneous origin All rights of republication of all other matter herein are a @ for republica- credited in this herein. wu biis| Iso reserved, Sign of Progress Among the most encouraging features of the American industrial scene is the willingness of the leaders in various lines to try new ideas in the field of employer-employe relationships with regard to both wages and working conditions. Big men, sensing the demand for better social conditions which will be attempted by governmental means if private in- dustry fails to act, have been casting about for sound and prac- tical means of making the partnership between employer and worker more effective. Thus, one of the best unemployment insurance schemes yet devised for industry has been worked out by the Procter and Gamble company, big soap manufacturers. It has proved suc- cessful and management as well as labor likes it. Now comes the Westinghouse Electric company with a new and unique plan which will enable labor to share its profits and at the same time improve efficiency. It is called the in- centive system and this is the way it works: The first step is to set minimum salaries and wages, be- low which the workers’ pay check may not fall. Next there is established the standard wage and salary, depending upon the worker's rating and ability. That is the normal rate of pay. The third step is the interesting part. For every $60,000 the company’s profits rise above its normal rate of $600,000 a month, the worker will receive an additional one per cent in pay on the theory that he has contributed his share to the in- crease. If the company’s profits fall below $600,000 a month sim- ilar deductions will be made down to the minimum wage pre- scribed. Thus the worker will share any increases in profits and will participate in the losses. He will not share in either on an exact ratio but there is no reason why he should, since the up- ward trend is limited only by the company’s profit showing whereas the downward limit is established by the minimum scale. The system has been in effect with the company’s execu- tives for some time but this is the first time it has been applied to hour and wage workers. Whether or not it works, the willingness of so large a company to pioneer in this field is encouraging for this action recognizes the essential partnership between labor and man- agement which is necessary for a sound national prosperity. Electrical Utopia No matter what happens to other business indices the pro- duction and sale of electricity shows continuing gains each week. Other industries have their ups and downs but the trend in the electric industry always is up. The reason is not hard to discover. Electricity is more and more in demand because it is the cheapest and best servant at the command of mankind. It enables man to apply power where and as he wants it. Thus one man now does more work than scores of men could have done a generation ago. That the tendency to do work by electricity rather than by other methods will increase rather than diminish is clear from the statements of industrialists who contend that the potential market for new and improved machinery is tremendous. Every modernization program will mean increased use of elec- tric power. On this basis, the electric industry is merely in its infancy. This is true also of many other industries. It is within the reasonable imagination of man to envision a day when almost everything we need to have done will be ac- complished by pushing a button. Despite the clamor against technological unemployment and similar ills, that time is ap- proaching at tremendous speed and no amount of political agita- tion or short-sighted propaganda will stop it. Its arrival will mean a much better era for the human race —if we have by then learned to live together to make use of the resources of this country which guarantee more than enough of everything for all. But that day will not be speeded by attempting to ham- tow! string the electric industry, to burden it with unfair regulation or to place its destinies in political hands. Such a course would stifle it rather than permit its natural development. Whether or not America wants to make its electrical in- dustry a political football is up to the people of this country but there is one fact bearing on the subject which they might well ponder. That is the relative cost of electrical and governmen- tal service. The average American family pays $33.82 a year for electricity and $480 a year for government. It would seem safest to leave the electrical industry in private hands lest it, too, cost the people more than they can afford. The Economics of Crime If anyone doubts that times are better in America let him look at the crime statistics. These always reflect the economic ‘as well as the moral condition of the nation, for many offenses against the law are committed under the pressure of want, pri- vation or ungratified ambition. ss Behind in’ Scenes Washington wore swers, Reply. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, June 4.—Harry Hop- kins came off unscathed from his ap- tions subcommittee, considering the administration request for $1,500,000,- 000 more for WPA. That was because nobody had any ammunition to shoot at him. The record, now public, shows that this fast-talking head of the vast WPA organization was armed with an overwhelming array of facts, figures, tables, and charts while the hostile committee members, in no position to dispute this evidence, could explode only a few pop-guns in the form of isolated incidents which previously had been hashed and rehashed in congress and the press. Hopkins’ large research and statis- tical staff had prepared all the an- swers and anyone who wanted to check over the WPA program would have needed a more or less similar staff of his own. When Hopkins pointed out that WPA had 170,000 projects and that “boondoggling” or waste—which he insisted was a good record—none could say him nay. But Hopkins went on farther to insist that in most instances even those criticisms were unjustified. xe * Hopkins Gives the Answers Defending the WPA white-collar program, he asserted that nearly all its projects had been sponsored by communities, which in many cases were bearing a large part of the cost. He answered a number of specific Project criticisms as follows: Complaint that $500,000 was allocat- ed to make bridle paths more attrac- tive for horsemen in Borough of Queens, New York. Hopkins: Project was sponsored by New York and Long Island park authorities as detail of long-needed park improvement pro- gram and only $20,000 was allotted. Complaint that $72,000 was being spent to grade, drain, and surface one mile of road. specified to run from Calhoun to Meadowville by way of Bethel Church, all in Virginia. Hopkins: Project calls for 5.7 miles of road, serves as farm-to-market and school bus road, and connects two important U. 8. highway routes. eee Fossil Hunt Upheld Complaint that $23.630 was being spent on an arboretum at Hyannis, Mass. Hopkins: Project is to pro- vide an adequate athletic field for State Teachers’ college, eliminate a swamp, create a landscaped park with. tennis court, running track. and walks lined with trees and shrubs, thereby greatly increasing the institution's value to the state. Complaint that project for com- plete illustrated catalog of the fora- minifera fossils, involving classifica- tion and cross-indexing of some 12,000 species in New York City, was silly. Hopkins: Sponsored by New York university geology department, this one will enable geologists to study subsurface conditions more thor- oughly, will produce great benefits for science, agriculture, and industry, and will enable mining and petroleum industries to save millions of dollars. * * Defends Rat Crusade Complaint that rat extermination project in Cleveland, O., was just 60 much “boondoggling.” Hopkins: Cleveland food and drug administra- tion, sponsor, estimates at least 100,- 000 rats have been killed by 350,000 Poisoned baits set by WPA workers. Federal health. authorities estimate each rat causes average of $2 damage @ year, meaning the city is saved a Potential damage of $200,000 at a fed- eral cost of $8,869. Complaint that road costing WPA $81,611 was to be built between Skull Valley and Yava, Ariz., because 80 residents of Skull Valley and 75 of Yava sometimes visited one another and found the road too rough. Hop- kins: County board of supervisors contributed $13,365 to this project. Road serves large cattle, goat, and mining districts, three school districts, numerous farms. ** * And So On and On Complaint that expenditure of $4,- 368 to renovate books in Louisville, Ky., libraries was more “boondog- gling.” Hopkins: This employs an average of seven women otherwise | mended 4,245 books, made 2,084 maga- zine covers, and perforated, pocketed, labeled, and stamped 2,406 books. Hopkins could go on like that in- definitely. His point was that, even though ad- Harry Hopkins Knew All the An- So House Probers Were Balked ... Bewildering Array of Facts and Charts Hurled at Quizzers «.. For Every Complaint a Ready pearance before the house appropria- only 100 or 150 had been held up to public gaze as horrible examples of unemployable who in four months Looking at Washington Washington, June 4.—Coalition—a basic idea in political warfare, some- | times called “fusion”—has come to; the fore again, as it has on several occasions in the last 18 months, as prospects are discussed of a com- bination of independent or Jeffer-| sonian Democrats with the Republi- | cans in a united effort to defeat the) New Deal party. i The fact that the New York Herald Tribune, a traditionally * Republican | paper, renewed the suggestion of coal- | ition by an editorial on its first page. recommending that a Democrat be chosen for vice president, caused much comment among the members jof congress who are preparing to G0) to Cleveland for the Republican na-) tional convention next week. Two interpretatiqns were placed upon the move. The New Dealers, of course, insisted that it showed the) Republican party was changing to include all opponents of the New Deal, irrespective of previous party affiliation, and that Republicans alone | were not sufficiently numerous to} |wage the campaign successfully this lyear. The Republican leaders, on the other hand, insisted that it was in accord with moves that have been made in various campaigns to at- tract voters of the opposite party. ‘Thus, in nearly every campaign,, there are bolters who form a league and keep their campaign efforts sep- arate and distinct from the regular party organizations. This year in particular, the effort to develop a coalition movement has had its origin in a knowledge that HORIZONTAL 1, 6 Son of a former U. 8. A. president. 9 River obstruction. 10 Music drama. 13 Frost bite. 15 Battering machine. 17 Railroad. 19 Beret. 21 Musical note. 22To dine. 24 Eccentric DIE TP IPIE IRI LUD IE TAY [D|AlV MT lO! 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Husband (absently)—Never mind, dear; just make some toast. 29 Flower. 52 Mongrel. 31¥For fear that. 53 Weight 35 Wastes time. allowance, 37 Mineral 55 Beach. spring. 56 Sanskrit 38 Bet. dialect. 39 He is —— 57 Prophet. for the Repub- 59 Some. lican party. 60 Intelligence. 42 Exclamation, 61 He was in the 44 To regret. Ohio State 45 To annoy. —, 46 Postscript. 62 He is a ——. a 2a “ana 4 and similar offenses with profit as the motive are| crrocoaite—Why is that young sau- ? ‘passion liave not followed the in number. rian so: stuck. "14 Moccasin. crats who differ fundamentally on the New Deal and who believe that it is really a deviation from historic Democratic doctrine. They construe the New Deal, therefore, to be non- Democratic, and were there ways by which the name Democratic could be put on a ballot and a contest as to its use put before an impartial court, there would be plenty of argumént to the effect that a party which de- serted its 1932 platform so extensively had taken the initiative in the bolting. But whatever the merits of the con- troversy may be from the standpoint of a Democrat, the problem is one of concrete strategy for the Republi- can leadership. Will it try to corral the Democratic vote that refuses to |go along with the New Deal? The nomination of a Demtocrat for the vice presidency is, of course, a conspicuous way by which the Repub- jlicans can emphasize their willingness to form a fusion, but there are other considerations which no doubt will come up during the campaign, as, for instance, the pledge to appoint a ® coalition cabinet. Among the factors working against the naming of a Democrat for vice president is the eagerness of various Republican aspirants for that nom- ination to get the second place on the ticket for themselves. This motivates many delegates who are entrusted with vice presidential booms. The decision in the final analysis will be made by Governor Landon or Senator Vandenberg, either one of whom seems likely to be nominated at Cleveland next week. Whatever the | Former State Official | s 20 Chart. 21 Beam. 23 Powder ingredient. 25 Plateau. 26 Decayed tooth, 28 Fruit. 30 Beliefs. 31 Thin. 32 Ovum. 33 Southeast.- 34 More reliable. 36 Coal dust. 38 Sinewy. 40 Tiny veg: etables. 41 Egyptian river. 43 Mare. 46 Blood throbbing. 48 Existed. 50 Tea. a 51 To attempt, 52 Numerous. 54 Afternoon meal. 56 Church bench 58 Right. 60 South America, INTL TG IR IU 11 MBE TAIV IE) AIS) IS |HIRIE ID} HOTA TTOINT! ie) ul oO IT 1E [ee POE IN| lO|WMEN AID IE] VERTICAL 2 Alleged force. 3 Curse. 7 Branch. 8 Note in scale. 11 Pair. 12 He is a favor- ite son candi- date for ——. 16 Lock opener. 18 Inner sole. HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1936 Worth Two in the Bush? “" David Lawrence (Copyright, 1936, by David Lawrence) |there are many independent Demo-Jspokesman for the successful cand!- date decides next week will be ad- hered to by the convention. There is on the other hand, one; thing thet many Republicans may overlook in the interim. It is that, if the coming convention at Cleveland does not back the coalition idea, there probably will be an independent Dem- ocratic ticket in the field, just as there was in 1606. Many Democrats will never vote the Republican ticket nor will they stay home from the polls, State elections and issues draw them naturally to vote. There are) many Democrats who are on the verge, of rejecting the New Deal ticket but who are not yet ready to vote the Republican ticket. Of these, many will dislike to do it, but they will vote for Mr. Roosevelt again rather than vote for a Republican. It is to this By William Brady, M. D. re Dr. Brady will answer pertaining to peolth bat = ju Write fotters briefly and in ink. Stray tn care St ths Tribune, All queries must be accompanied by & stamped, self-addressed envelope. ENGLAND HAS A WORD FOR 3 The British minister of transport, Mr. Hore-Belisha, replying to a aebete in parliament on the “subintoxicated driver,” pointed out that traffic eon- gestion is greater in England than in any other country . For instance Eng land registers 23 automobiles to the square mile; the United States only seven. But no doubt we make pe ad - much noise about how many 3s fi it in a given time: i fr regaed to drinks th ister of transport said he agreed with the itish Medical association. The medical as- In regard to the min! ted the matter thoroughly and had come view recently expressed : yo rier ties are 08 objections to the consumption of al- who has to drive a car. At least be ie peg that corte serious 01 te small amounts by any one 25 per cent of road accidents were due to the fact that the drivers had cqn- sumed small quantities of alcohol. In these circumstances the drivers were not intoxicated but — ‘This begins to have a familiar ring. You may hear the refrain with va- riations in a thousand traffic courts every day in the good old U. 8. A— kind and indulgent to folk who are << ruthless and erratic but not intoxicated, dear me, no, not intoxicated. Lovers of human liberty or license are as firm about this in England as they are in this country, it seems. Mr. Hore-Belisha gracefully parried the thrust, when the British Medical association representative observed that although the minister of transport had had expert advice, at his own re- quest, he had done nothing to bring to the attention of motorists the danger of taking any alcohol before or during driving. The minister pointed out that although he takes the view of the matter the medical association takes, he cannot prevent such men from driving, They are not drunk in the legal sense of the word but only physiologically under the influence of alcohol. So the minister of transport can only Luk oe to the subject. (The e is called passing the buck in this country). nls the driver intoxicated when he has taken only # cocktail or a highball or something, a couple or three drinks, just in a sociable way? Tut, tut, of course not. He is merely subintoxicated. As long as he has the price or the influence to remain in that broad field of liberty or license and not betray his condition by putting on a vaudeville act which will convince even the subintoxicated bystanders, the tipsy driver is fairly safe. The majesty of the law protects him. The sympathy of the public goes out to him in- stead of going to the victim of his reckless, ruthless, discourteous driving. The driver who comes weaving through heavy traffic, cutting in and menacing now this car on the right, now that one on the left, is usually driving under the influence of a few drinks. Subintoxication is the explana- tion for most of the discourtesies in automobile driving. A little drink or two dissolves the veneer of good breeding or refinement for the time being. Intoxication or drunkenness in the legal sense of the term is a somewhat nebulous condition, since the law is so coy and vague about defining it. But this “subintoxication” alibi is broad enough to cover most contingencies, 80 drink, rats, drink and drive and show your true character. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Olive Oil Nothwithstanding your scoffing denial that olive ofl is absorbed by the skin, I commenced rubbing it on my cheeks months ago, and every one says my cheeks are perceptibly stouter ... (C. H.) Answer—I still deny that anything is absorbed through unbroken skin, You are scoffing at science. Let Yourself Down Easy I am about 40 pounds overweight and must get down to normal within the next six weeks. Please give me the best advice ... (Miss A. J. W.) Answer—Don't try. Six months is none too long to reduce 40 pounds, better a year. Send ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your address, for booklet, “Design for Dwindling.” A Girl of Twenty-eight Is there any permanent or even temporary cure for graying 28 years old, and my hair is beginning to turn gray. .. . (Miss J. Answer—Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for in- structions for taking an lodin Ration. Inclose 10 cents if you would like a copy of the booklet, “The Regeneration Regimen,” which tells you how to stay young. (Copyright, 1936, John F. Dille Co.) hair? Tam o.L) class of Democrats that the coalition differ fundamentally with the wing strategy is directed, for undoubtedly |of the party that calls itself the New there are some Democrats who will|Deal. While coalition has many vote the Republican ticket irrespec-| staunch adherents among the regu- tive of whether either or both presi- | lars, it has about a fifty-fifty chance dential and vice presidential nomina- | of succeeding at Cleveland. Neverthe- tions are given to Republicans. \less, the movement is gathering mo- ‘The real question, therefore, is,mentum and may develop into one of whether the Republican leadership is) the dramatic incidents of the conven- going to run a regular Republican tion as the question is raised there partisan convention this year or take in some form, possibly by the adop- cognizance of the unusual situation|tion of the 1932 Democratic plat- that exists when so many Democrats form. by Jean BEGIN HERE TODAY GAIL EVERETT, winner of a costume design offered lor. EREK HARGREAVES, Gail and tr y advice. rregac® tly DICK SEARLES, whese sister was fomencopenin caintea with NATALIE comes PRESTON whe, under a mask of lines, makes to advance her own interests. Gall’s first real test comes when Madame Lisette tells her to get a dress ready for am important cus- tomer, LUCILLE ‘VERS. Lue ellie, wealthy and snobbish, was elasamate of Gail's at school. NOW GO ON WITH TRE STORY CHAPTER Eptter. bed id ny ral ine i ‘i i ie id — Seivwright © 1936 NEA Semce, Inc. “There, stranger, better not try to sit up yet.” The man pressed his work-calloused hands on Mark’s shoulders. “You had a nasty fall. Lucky for you the doc- tor had to go up the canyon tother night. But you'll be all right in a day or two, though you got pretty badly bruised.” “What about the car?” “Sorry, but I reckon that’s done for. I looked it over—but I A few minutes later he started listened Mark realized that it was not for farming purposes that the Travers interests had secured the extensive acreage that went his old home. Mark had done a good deal Prospecting. He had studied geol- ogy and knew that the rock for- mations were what interested the eastern capitalists—that there might be valuable mineral depos- its on the property. “Well, IT reckon I'll park car here,” declared Jed when they reached the county seat. “Maybe you'd like to take a look around while I get the stuff I need. It'll su B Hl re i z i he ay-F re ret i Feeds i nal i at E aah Ef iy F i i ef Fi H 5 Fu E fe : fe el ? FE B 3 fe Hl i sEE { i . EE E i ef f i ie ig uF HE + g { i : Hl