The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 5, 1936, Page 4

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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 areal er and also the local news of spontaneous origin pubiished herein. au rights ef republication of all other matter herein are also reserved, The Money Question To most Americans the main question pertaining to money is how they can get more of it to spend, but there is very defi- nite evidence that both the Democratic and Republican national conventions will have something to say on the fundamental theories of our medium of exchange so that their stand may be clear. Of the two parties the Democrats will have the least trouble. Under Roosevelt marked and serious changes have been made in our monetary policy. That those actions will be endorsed at Philadelphia goes without saying. The Democratic convention will do and say just what the president wants it to do and say. Public acknowledgment of the mistakes which ob- viously have been made would be bad political strategy. Even when he is wrong the political officeholder must defend himself and Roosevelt is no exception despite his statement upon taking office that some of his policies were experimental and if they failed to produce results would be changed. The Republican party faces a much harder battle, the na- ture and extent of which is indicated by recent public utter- ances. On the one hand there is the group which favors an imme- diate return to the gold standard. These men may be termed those on the extreme right or conservative side. Next in line come those who favor a return to the gold standard “as soon as practicable” of whom Governor Landon is the leader. The state- ment is one calculated to please gold standard advocates with- out too seriously disturbing those opposing it. Third from the right—or second from the left as the case may be—are those who favor a managed currency, similar to that now effective in England and the 21 nations affiliated with it in what is known as the “sterling area.” .On the extreme left are the inflationists, quite as populous and important in Republican as in Democratic ranks. Chief among them are our own representatives in congress and the leading means for raising the issue just now is the Frazier- Lemke bill, sponsored by them. During the convention much will be heard of the English example in adopting a managed currency. This point will be hammered hard as will also the historic fact that Britain has established the monetary standard for the world in modern times. i The barrage already has begun and the desks of American editors are being flooded with speeches on the subject, mostly from those who favor the managed currency idea. Among these was a recent radio speech by Fred H. Sexauer, chairman of the monetary policy committee of the National Cooperative Council; another by Sir Charles Morgan Webb, English financial commentator, and an open letter from Amos Pinchot, progressive Republican leader, to Governor Landon asking that the Kansan define his stand. What the inflationists will demand is well known to North Dakotans who have heard addresses by Congressmen Lemke and Senator Frazier. Sexauer’s organization lists in its membership the National Grange, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Cooperative Council and other organizations with membership totaling well into the millions, They are for “managed money,” Sexauer asserting: “So farm organizations came to the conclusion that money must be managed—that is, its value must be regulated as required by the constitution—if the purchasing power of money is to be stabilized in any true sense. .. the choice is between a managed currency and a managed economy. . . gold should be treated as a commodity and only enough gold put into the dollar as will make it buy a stable quantity of essential foods and raw materials.” Supplementing this pressure is that from the Committee for the Nation composed of businessmen who favor this same system. Its directorate reads something like a minor edition of a business “Who’s Who.” It is now busily reviewing the recent history of England’s money in the hope of convincing the people and the leaders of both parties that it should follow ee HE BISM, Bein? Scenes Washington Labor Party Still Remote as Such, but Labor Vote May Hold Balance in Two Critical States... “Walk Out” Is Slogan for the Political Year 1936, By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, June §—One thing becomes clearer as the campaign bée+ gins to crystallize—there will be no united Third Party movement this year in the sense of a big Farmer- Labor or Progressive coalition. The Commonwealth movement of Representative Amlie has gotten no- where. The proposed Huey Long- Coughlin-Townsend union is too late to be a factor. The Farmer-Labor and progressive groups of Wisconsin and Minnesota have not éven been able to get together with each other. The Communist effort to unite radi- cal parties in a combined “left” movement seems doomed to failure. True they may support the Socialist candidate with the same kiss of death that almost ruined Dan Hoan in Mil- waukee, but even that now seems un- ly. Labor as a whole has shied away from a labor party as such, though no one can deny its greater interest in ditéct political action ahd the fact that a labor party for 1940 looms larger and largér as each month passes. eee Labor's “Balance of Power” But the fact that labor will not have a party as such does not mean that it will not carry great weight in the election this fall, Here's how: certainly two of the critical states, with 83 electoral votes between them (a factor in a totel of 531) are New ‘York and Pennsylvania. In the latter state, the United Mine Workers are very strong, and it is expected that John Lewis can lay at least 180,000 votes on the line whenever he commands. In 1932, the Republicans got the 36 electoral votes from that state, by s popular vote of 1,483,540 to 1,295,948. That's close enough so that 150,000 more Democratic votes would have made it a ding-dong race, perhaps changed the results, (Copyright, 1936, by David Lawrence New York, while its 47 electoral} Washington. Jame 3 —The wom votes went for the Democrats in 1932, i of America may shortly hare so decsse is conceded to be a race again this} by their balsots whether iher are year. The Democrats won in = treated hereafier as wards wi 7 with 2,534,959 popular votes tb the; Republican 1,937,963. Again, that is|equais of men, entitled to u 2 close enough that 200,000 votes or s0 civil rights in negotiating for their from the Amalgamated Clothing | service and labor. Workers, International Ladies’ Gar- | ment Workers’ Union, and similar unions might well be a deciding factor. Looking at Washington ** The Court—and Votes As a balance-of-power factor, labor may well be highly important this year, and the supreme court by its adverse decisions on labor and social legislation has undoubtedly made many a Democratic vote. If it be true, as Mr. Dooley’s old political saw had it, that the supreme court follows the election returns, the “nine old men” may follow with special care results this fall. Incidentally, some of the unions which are radical or left-wing in aminimum wage law for their ben- are planning to get around their difficulties this fall by supporting Roosevelt, but not the Demooyatic party. That enables them to avoid wasting their votes on hopelessly minority candidates, while iene thelr political consciences clear. wage law would probably have been 9 in rejecting the New York law. an examination of the es ee § “Walkout Year” ‘This year of grace 1936 may be known to history as the Year of the | ® Great Walkouts, Al Smith and con- | Bindery servative Democrats threaten to “take @ walk” on that party. Democratic | of socialists threaten to walk out of the left-controlled convention of that Even the U. 8. Chamber of Com- merce has its walker-outers. Ed- ward A. Filene, liberal Boston depart- ment store magnate, walks out on the chamber, that it no longer bases its findings on facts and im- partial studies, but simply on the pre- Judices, opinions, and interests of powerful members. ful . Maybe the campaign song ought to be resurrected from the past: Re- member? “M-m-m! Would you like to take a walk?” (Copyright, 1936 NEA Service, Inc.) 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He asserts the pound was restored to gold in April, 1925, /eur but that experience proved the move of doubtful value and Britain again left the gold standard in 1981. It was forced to do so because the gold had run away from Britain. ‘The most important individual opposition to a definite return to the gold standard comes from Senator Borah, whom G.O.P. leaders probably will try to placate in writing their platform. Commenting on s proposal by New York Republicans for “a sound currency, convertible into gold at s rate subject to change only by congress,” Borah commented in his tadio address of May 27: “I think it would be especially hurtful to the agricultural interests of this country and I do not think it would be in any sense practicable under present conditions, if ever. It seems to me that Great Britain is adding a ; Rew chapter to the money question which we will want to know more sbout ‘ ‘before attempting to go back to the gold standard.” |" ‘These declarations and attitudes point the way to the money battle - ‘which is sure to rage at Cleveland. It pertains to » subject in which all are A SLRS OEE USE RE BNE EH “Well, ny, wit} get PL Lcdueledl ‘or serfs who are only allowed to work ar cILIVIL Va 62 She won tame __ hotels. * brief, for instance, Burnita | Simeon Matthews and Rebekah it Greathouse, appearing a5 i for the above-mentioned or- tions, asked the supreme court the United States to declare the ‘= York law unconstitutional and} Sai “The effect of this law is to pro- mote unfair competition between men and women workers and to drive | women out of employment . . . | “To take from women the freedom | to contract to work for wages for which men may work in practically every occupation in an entire state is to hold that the right to labor for pay is primarily the prerogative of the male and that women are wards for special wages under special su- pervision and subject to special gov- ernment regulations. Such a system is at variance with our system of law jcourt decision this week was a “vic- jtory for women,” pointing out that Seas SS ~ David Lawrence charges and fees. opposes the entry of women into its ranks. The remedy is a matter of opening all doors, not in weighing the scales still further against the woman worker.” Then, on top of this, has come a formal statement from Jane Norman Smith, of the National Woman's party, declaring that the supreme the hotel and restaurant associations had publicly declared that, if the laws were upheld in New York, they would be obliged to discharge thou- sands of women employees. It was estimated that 50,000. women were employed in restaurants. and hotels. Ample testimony, according to the statement, has been given in Ohio, Oregon and Massachusetts that mini- mum wage laws resulted in the dis- which is based on the fundamental principle of equality. “One class of American citizens is Just as much entitled to employment as another class. The limited op- portunities of women in the indus- trial world, as everywhere else, often force women to offer their services at lower rates than men do. When prejudice, union rules, and legal re- strictions are relaxed sufficiently to admit women to all callings which they are capable of following they will undoubtedly be able to demand higher pay. The teaching profession ‘was underpaid for years because it was practically the only profession open to women. As soon as educated women began to find opportunities in other fields teachers’ salaries im- proved. 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