The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 22, 1936, Page 6

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, JUNE 22, 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 Cumpany, Bismarck, N. D., and @mtered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail mattér. Mrs. Stella 1. Mann President and Publisher Kenneth W Simons Bec'y-Treas. and Editor Archie O. Johnson Vice Pres. and Gen'l. Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year . Daily by mat) per year «in Daily by mail per year ‘in state outside of Bismarck) Daily by mai) outside of North Dakota Weekly by mati in state, per year Weekly by mai] outside of North Dakota, per year Weekly by mail in Canada, per year .........,.. o Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Asseciated Press 4 Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republica- rn ited to it or not otherwise credited in this f spontaneous origin publ rein. jer matter herein are also a, Hunting the Millennium The Republican platform makers completed their work with no more than the usual amount of side-stepping and weasel words. The Democrats, whose platform of 1932 is largely unused despite the fact that it was the best model in contemporary po- litical history, will doubtless do a workmanlike job at Philadel- phia. But for sheer political brass the prize should go to the plat- form enunciated by Congressman Lemke in his campaign for president on the Union party ticket. Not that Mr. Lemke is insincere. His sound heart and good intentions may be taken for granted. Everyone in North Da- kota politics knows that Bill Lemke has fought the battle of many a poor man in court, getting—and expecting to get—not a single cent. But the charity which extends to the man hardly encom- passes the platform upon which he stands. It is as full of inconsistencies as a porcupine is of quills, no matter how logical it may seem to him and his supporters. The aims of his platform, in effect, are the same as the aims of all other political platforms: to get the support of the people and to benefit the people by putting his ideas into effect. But hell is paved with good intentions and the Lemke pro- posals would make a fine addition to the streets of perdition if, by chance, he ever got an opportunity to try them out. The basic details of his proposals merit more space than can be given them in one brief editorial, but nothing can dim the fact that Lemke would have the United States embark upon a campaign of lifting itself by its own bootstraps. A few comments on his platform, numbered the same as his planks, seem pertinent. Here they are: 1. America, almost alone among the nations COULD be self-sustained as he advocates BUT ONLY AT THE COST OF A FAR-REACHING AND DIFFICULT READJUSTMENT. To , wholly abandon our trade with other nations is not an easy ' well despite that fact. : thing todo. It may not be desirable. 2. Congress now controls money and credit under the con- stitution. Whether a national bank of issue could do a better job is a deep subject. 3. Elimination of the interest system might seem desirable to those who are debt-ridden but it would have a cataclysmic effect upon business and halt the private accumulation of prop- erty. It sounds good, but is it? 4, Just HOW would congress legislate a “living wage” for all the people in this country? 5. Just HOW will congress insure the farmer both pro- duction and price? 6. Just HOW is congress going to ipsure protection for the aged, more than is true at present, without placing a ter- tific burden upon that portion of the population which still is fn the productive age range? 7. Just HOW is congress going to protect the American investor from the perils of the foreign money market—if he wants to take a chance there? = 8. This plank sounds a great deal like that advanced by former service men. From the standpoint of either national defense or sound national policy there is little wrong with it. 9. No American quarrels with the civil service system ‘unless he—or someone related to him—happens to be benefit- ing from the patronage system or hopes to benefit. 10. HOW is congress going to restore rights and independ- ence to the states when it is exercising all of the powers needed to make other proposed planks effective? How can one give government agencies new and broader powers and still curtail them? 11. The institution of public works—and on a rather ex- tensive scale—is with us already. 12. The government has been smashing—or smashing at— monopolies for a long time. Big industry seems to have done Besides that, America isa big nation and NEEDS big industry—even though monopoly should be banned if possible. 18. HOW is congress going to finance all these public works and do all of the other services mentioned or implied and still keep taxes down? 14. The limitation of income is a practical fact now, as anyone can see by glancing at the income tax schedules. 15. It is rather a large order to give even so powerful and wise a body as congress to require it to establish and maintain _ a condition wherein everyone coming out of school is put in a ' place he can fill and at which he can make a satisfactory living. Mr. Lemke should be given credit for trying but it does ; seem that his platform leaves such things as cantankerous and ' uncertain human nature and the vagaries of weather out of the ' calculation. It would seem that he is striving toward a political millennium. If he finds it, his will be the first successful search of this _ nature on record. George Bernard Shaw has just issued a new edition of his “Man and | Superman.” Many who know Shaw still wonder who the “man” can be. . | vent the wife's Salvation Army An “intelligence” squad was shown to have been associated with the Legion. ‘Another proof that opposites attract. A man in Tulse was found wearing five sults. It's one way to circum- complex. | : A cloud of moths was seen flying in the southwest. Ima Dolt suggests ® rally of the nation’s mothers. ae Politicians spparently think that old saying is, “What this country needs {s a good Vile scent cigar.” eee ‘This is 8 month in which politicians are beginning to kiss bebies; vet- erans, baby bends. Reece ee eeonnee. Behitd Scenes Washington | ee) Muzzle for Farley Seems to Be Demo- crats’ Crying Need . Clouds of Dirt Already Flying “Sellout” Boys Get Ready to “Tell All”... Ickes Once More Bobs Up on Top. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, June 22—The “gag Jim Farley” movement is gaining strength here and may soon make same headway. Many of the boys and girls in the administration are convinced that the postmaster general-national chair- man is showing up as Liability No. 1 in the campaign and that practically every time he makes a public utter- ance the net effect is all to the bad. No one is trying to get Jim out of his job as campaign manager, but in many quarters you hear the wish ex- Pressed that he would cease appear- ing as chief spokesman for the New Deal and the Democratic party and confine himself to getting the votes. The idea is that Farley may carry an appeal in New York and perhaps New England, but that when you go west from there you start running into an anti-Farley, anti-Tammany prejudice which ought not to be in- flamed. ‘There are other men who might speak up for the party. It is ar- gued, for instance, that it would have been much better for Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to have made the charge that Governor Landon in 1933 favored paying off the Fourth Liberty Loan in greenbacks. As handled by Farley, this one fell so flat that Republican Chairman John Hamilton was able to make a biting reply to Jim's other remarks without being forced even to mention the greenback charge. ** % | Dirt Starts Flying It begins to appear that some Dse Mocrats are willing to do practically anything to win the election. Cur- rent charges that politics induced the administration to drop income tax in- dictments against Huey Long's old lteutenants in Louisiana and that Postmasters are being used for col- lection of small campaign contribu- tions have added to the odor of sus- Picion. Republicans are enabled to point to Farley's prediction that this one would be a “dirty campaign” and hint that he was referring to his own plans, Since it obviously is Farley's job to take care of such dirty work as there 4s to be done and because the more sordid as well as the normal political maneuvers have been under his su- pervision, the picture of a rather sin- ister fellow has been built up. Various prominent New Dealers who consider themselves “purer” than Jim have helped in the building. And the picture becomes easy to sell in areas where religious prejudice is still strong. Every insider knows the campaign will be “dirty” and that it will be “dirty” on both sides. Anyone who knows politics and politicians has no right to expect anything else. | But the Democrats will have to} decide whether it's safe tactics to have Farley acting as both party scape-| goat and party spokesman at the same time. * % % Ready to “Tell All” You can expect explosions soon from men now working in the New Deal who are aching to get loose and| “tell all,” perhaps for a price. Every administration has its skele- tons and recent inquiries from G. O. P. “brain trust” headquarters lead certain officials to believe the enemy already is seeking to piece together some exposures which are based on leaks from the inside. | ee *% Ickes on Top Again If the New Deal takes a licking next | November, Secretary Harold L. Ickes| need hardly worry. He could get a job in any circus as the “india rub- ber man.” For three years Ickes has been de- monstrating his ability to be knocked flat on the floor and then after an interval suddenly bounce high in the air as if released by a spring. His PWA boys, celebrating their third anniversary, brag that they have outlived the other members of the New Deal trio, NRA and AAA. A few weeks ago, with the approval of Roo- sevelt and Harry Hopkins, the re- ferees all pronounced PWA as def- initely a dead duck. No money was being asked for another PWA pro- gram. The story of how PWA rose like a Phoenix or something from the ashes 4s a devious one, featuring some grim biting and scratching in the clinches. But the current chapter is that Ickes gets $300,000,000 to give away, which Presumably means a construction pro- gram of about $750,000,000. Since PWA had only $320,000,000 last fiscal year, Ickes does relatively better than the WPA or the Tugwell Re- settlement administrations, whose ap- Propriations are curtailed. Also, say the PWA boys, they won't be subject to what they call “Hop- kins trouble.” They charge that Harry, who will have nothing to say about the $300,000,000, has been de- laying and blocking them for the last year. (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN IS RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN Lagmore — What fine air you have out here in the coun- try. It is so much fresher than it is in the city. Rakestraw—Yep; I was just tellin’ my wife this mornin’ that it is a shame all the big cities ain’t built out in the country. Young Robert Dumwiddy who worked as a clerk in the State De- partment in Washington was visiting the folks at Plunkville. One evening at the cross-roads store he ad asked Looking at Washington ' (Copyright, 1936, by David Lawrence) ‘Washington, June 22.—There’s real- ly no need for a Democratic national convention this year—everything that concerns the Democratic party and its scribed by the supreme court and that minimum wages could not be fixed, is about to put his signature on an act of congress which undertakes to empower the secretary of labor, in co- leadership can be, and indeed really | operation with all other government was, epitomized in the record of the |agencies, to require the payment of 74th congress which has just adjourn- | certain minimum wages and 8 limita- ed. | tion on maximum hours of work done President Roosevelt controlled both | for the government. houses of congress, which spent $20,-| If the government, of course, can 000,000,000—the highest amount au-j constitutionally compel certain stan- thorized under any congress in war- dards of wages on products bought by time or peace-time in American his-|it, the law can easily be amended to tory. | cover, as indeed it was written in the Despite assurances given just @ year | original senate version, all subcontrac- ago by Mr. Roosevelt that his program | tors as well as all persons furnishing “ David Lawrence had reached “substantial completion” and that a “breathing spell is here— decidedly so,” as the president ex- pressed it in his letter to Roy Howard, the administration influence was powerful enough to force through in- to law a tax bill that revolutionizes the tax structure of the nation. For many years to come, unless re- pealed, the new tax on management and prudence, otherwise called the “undistributed surplus tax,” will af- fect the policies of companies, their future credit, and their safety in the jevent of a business depression. But the new tax law was not the only violation of the spirit and let- ter of the “breathing spell.” The Walsh-Healey bill, enacted in the closing hours of the session, introd- uces a new aspect of Fascism so far as America is concerned. It bestows absolute power in the hands of the executive branch of the government to determine the scale of wages and hours which shall be obeyed by all |contractors who furnish articles or equipment to the government in ex- cess of $10,000. Various agricultural products are exempted and the exe- cutive is given certain discretion to make exceptions “in specific cases or directly or indirectly any supplies to | the government. It can be made to jembrace, as the senate first pro- posed, all persons or businesses which directly or indirectly receive grants or loans or benefits of any kind from | the federal government. Thus, by | Prohibiting shipments of freight over railroads that have outstanding loans made by the government, the whole industrial system can be dominated from Washington. Obviously, a business which makes products needed by Uncle Sam—who spends hundreds of millions annually for supplies—cannot have one set of wages for government work and an- | other for private work. Likewise, the principal contractor can be required in effect to boycott all subcontractors who do not conform. called a revival of the NRA. The measure is significant of the unceas- ing desire of the New Deal to put into effect laws which contain processes that have been declared by the su- preme court to be means to an un- constitutional end. Another vital piece of legislation known as the Robinson-Patman bill, designed to appeal to those who are The Walsh-Hegley bill has been} otherwise when justice or the public | politically anti-chain store in their interest will be served thereby.” | views, may have a disturbing effect It is a curious inconsistency that|on business and in the end give the the president, who, a few weeks ago, | chains a greater advantage than they said there was a “no-man’s land” pre- | have had before. The new law may | Foreign Official | HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzsie 1,6The presi- QIOETEIN) [CTAITIMIERI) INE] dent of Mexico™ IRI 13 Kiln. 14 Rental contract. 16 Salute. 17 Before. 18 Challenged. 19 Frozen water. 20 Thrives, 22 Beverage. 23 Extolled. 25 Native. 29 Austerity. 20 His military title. 21 Muteness. 24 Long speeches 41 26 Constellation. IMERG] 27 Plaything. [OTEIA 28 Stir. WEESINI( IP] 30 Bugle plant. : {A/S HEI VIE|S} 31 Diamond. OIGIA|NICTE MESIA] 32 Unit. 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A complete rearrangement of the tax system of the country, the introd- uction of the Fascist principle of gov- ernment regulation of wages hours, and the spending of such sums as make the budget more unbalanced than it ever was before is the record of the 74th congress that the forth- coming Democratic convention will ratify. Nor is the Republican record of op- Position too good either. For the Re- publicans in the senate were asleep last Saturday night when the Walsh- Healey bill was jammed through, though it could have been debated and probably would have failed, as did the Guffey coal bill. Incidentally, the last 24 hours of congress marked a big victory for Wil- lam Green, president of the American and | buster, but the Walsh-Healey bill, de- wwe. eeececroccccoccccosoccccooce: Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will uuswer questio! but not au ai wi Pty and Si af ee Anarene Dr. jgease or nosis, Write lette ly and in 2 Brady in care of ‘he Tribune. All queries must be accompanied by & stamped. self-addressed envelope. WHAT THE PROSPECTIVE MOTHER SHOULD EAT If @ perfectly healthy woman in a state of optimal nutrition at the be- ginning of pregnancy fails to supplement her diet with certain essentials the baby demands, she will be in a state of poor nutrition by the time the baby is born. Few women are in a state of optimal nutrition; indeed most of them approach maternity in a state of undernutrition. But even with such a handicap, if the expectant mother takes advantage of the newer knowledge of nutrition and makes certain that her ordinary diet is properly supplemented, she may confidently expect to maintain good health and to have a sturdy, healthy baby. As already indicated, the expectant mother should exclude nothing she ordinarily would eat, nor should she try to “eat for two,” but rather féllow her natural appetite and inclinations. Her daily intake should include cer- tain essential items, namely: (1) From a pint to quart of pure fresh milk. (2) Two eggs. (3) Two or three balls of butter, or plenty of cream. (4) One or another kind of cheese. (6) At least one fresh green leafy relish, such as lettuce, raw cabbage, onion tops, beet tops, dandelion greens, asparagus, spinach, cress, chicory greens (escarole). (6) Five ounces of plain wheat (scant teacupful) cooked in any recipe preferred. (For instructions send stamped addressed envelope and ask for monograph on “Wheat to Eat.”) (1 Whatever fresh fruit is available—the whole fruit and not * just fruit juice. If no fresh fruit available, substitute factory canned tomato. If the essentials mentioned are included in the daily intake, it doesn't matter what else the patient may eat. Meat, fish, vegetables, breads, cakes, sweets, anything wholesome enough for the family table is all right for the expectant mother. Now if the diet were composed entirely of the foods mentioned as es- sentials, the needs of mother and child would be entirely fulfilled. But the greater part of the daily nutritive material in the diet of civilized people is manufactured, refined, purified, preserved, cooked, canned, or otherwise Processed, and hence denaturized, that is, robbed of much or all of its natural content of vitamins and minerals. Consequently, in order to insure an op- timal ration of vitamins and minerals for the expectant mother (for her own health’s sake as well as her baby’s) it is necessary to supplement her diet with daily rations of vitamins at least. So it is the general practice of well informed physicians to prescribe for the-expectant mother daily doses of vitamin concentrates, particularly vitamin D, vitamin B and vitamin A. Fish liver oll of one kind or another was formerly largely relied on to supply this supplementary vitamin D and vitamin A. Today, however, syn- vitamin D (produced by irradiation with ultraviolet light) is general- ly preferred because, if not so potent, unit for unit, as the fish oil or natural vitamin D, it is so much more agreeable to take, and a few drops contain more D than teaspoonfuls of the fish oil. For B, the richest known sources are wheat germ (which you get in plain wheat, not in refined wheat prod- ucts), and brewer’s yeast (not baking yeast). For vitamin A, the green leafy aa and certain yellow foods, probably supply adequate amount QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Nail Biting T had the nail-biting habit and my nails were a sight. I was cured for- ever after I had had two or three weekly manicures, and I am proud of my Bails now. ... (D. W.) you. Manicuring by an expert is the cure in many such Federation of Labor, and a defeat for his opponent, John L. Lewis, presi- dent of the United Mine Workers. Mr. Lewis saw his Guffey bill go down to defeat by a well-organized fili- ratification meeting. For the plat- form is the record of the New Deal itself and the candidate is the man who exercised more influence on the making of that record by congress than has any other president of the manded by the A. F. of L., was pushed | United States on the work of the na- through successfully. The Walsh-Healey bill, as finally adopted by both houses, is much tam- er than the measure that passed the senate a year ago, but it opens the way to further government regula- tion of wages and hours. Under a re- actionary administration, labor will be at the mercy of the government bu-| Teaucrats, Hence, labor must inevit- ably participate in politics, and the formation of a labor party some day, ‘as espoused by John Lewis, may be the result. Cl@:rly, the happenings in congress make the Democratic convention a tional legislature. ‘The New Deal convention could just as well be held on the White House Jawn in less than a half hour pro- ceeding—for one man dominates the American government today just as one man holds sway in Germany and Italy—a phenomenal demonstration of the fact that the constitution is sufficiently flexible to permit the con- gress to introduce Fascism and then, by concentration of political power, make whatever amendments are nec- essary in the constitution to ratify the Fascist policies that happen to be declared invalid by the supreme court, BEGIN HERE TODAY GAIL EVERETT, ambitious to DEREK HARGREAVES, youss artist, is Pranerce ry Gen Cy alse fr ently sees SEARLES, whese sister, ROSE- MARY, was her roommate at echeol. Gail's Harding tries to leeate Gail. Derek aske Gall to marry him and she agrees. Later a misun- ho geire e comes between ti end LUCILLE TRA‘ Swi wants Derek for herself, tells hi that Gail is marry Dick Searies, Giles Hai comes to see Gall and tells buy her vere Gall, hel ins pects, ae ancy wilt be NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXIV NATALIE settled herself com- “ ‘I don’t see why you haven't mar- ried Dick Searles long ago,” she “He's an aw- fully nice chap—and then look at I know They all are; you’d never have any in-law I'm sorry I didn’t see fortably against a pillow. said, eying Gail. all the money he has. he’s crazy about you. troubles. Mr. Searles—” The ‘visit on Long Island was over and the two girls were back at the clubhouse, discussing the week-end. “Yes,” Gail agreed. “To Arizona, wasn’t it?” “Yes.” “Is he interested in mines too?” “Oh, he’s interested in lots of proposed trip to Arizona and she did want to meet her long-lost uncle. Then there was Dick—he was still urging her to marry him. He'd asked her again this last week-end and again she’d turned him down. She really ought to do something about an apartment, but that hinged partly on -her Plans after her trip to the west. Her little room was growing hotter by the minute, for it got the morning sun. Suddenly Gail Gail was silent. “Then you haven't seen him yet?” Mrs. Morton continued. “I think that is a mistake. That young man loves you, but remem- ber a less scrupulous woman than you can usually turn a man’s heart where she wants it—no matter how fine or strong he is, perhaps because he is so ealioat. “I'm sor- ry, too, that he wasn’t there, but em called away unexpected- mind There was the thought of the announcement she had read about the gardens of Mrs, Peter Hinchcliffe on Long Island being open to the public today, a benefit affair for crippled children. She picked up the telephone and learned that a train would leave in half an hour. She decided to Besides, if a man feels that ‘woman he loves is neglecting him ‘for straying.” Tt night Gail could not set- tle down to anything. She had turned down an invitation trom Natalie to join her and some other girls who were going to some affair. At last she pulled on a hat, de- ciding to go for a walk. It would at least kill time. She sauntered along aimlessly. Then suddenly she found herself before the mind about her problems. se @ C3 ° Mrs. Morton said, smiling, “this is a pleasure. “I’m helping Mrs. Hinchcliffe and Tl be busy meeting all those peo- ple’—and her dark eyes roved across the landscape—“but I must have a talk with you, Gail. Won't you have tea with me about 4 o'clock? I'll meet you at the door of the iy She walked on more slowly. How could Derek paint in that light? But perhaps he working. Mrs. Morton had sug- gested that Gail should go to his studio and explain things. But she had nothing to explain! She was on Park avenue now, but it was not the Park avenue of winter when luxurious limou- sines speed along and women, richly dressed in furs that cost fortunes and jewels worth ran- soms, pass into magnificent ho- fels, accompanied by immaculate escorts. Tired mothers from less favored streets were dragging keen eyes were quick to sense that beneath the girl’s apparent brightness something was trou- bling her. Bluebirds were darting about the old trees whose blossoms had already given place to miniature editions of the fine fruit they fretful children by their sticky lit- would bear later on. Gorgeous butterflies flew toward the garden pe hams, seeking a breath of and now and then there came the sharp ‘Tap, tap’ of a woodpecker, carrying on his crusade for the extermination of grubs. How Peaceful it was! Too peaceful even to disturb one’s self solving Problems. “So you've enjoyed the after- noon? I'm so glad,” declared Mrs. Morton later, adding a lump of sugar to her tea. “Oh, it’s been beautiful, but I’ve been terribly lazy. I thought when I came out here I'd have peace to think out some of my problems, but I’m no nearer to vote conclusions.” , ve you so many problems then?” Pe “Quite a few.” Gail told about ther changed financial circum- stances and the end of her career at Madame Lizette's. A car stopped at the curb and Gail saw a tall young woman, swathed in an evening wrap of sheer black velvet, step quickly within the tessellated hall ef a handsome apartment house. Could Gail have followed she would have seen the young wom- an slip off the cape as she entered Don Luis Doro’s apartment. It was Lucille Travers. “Luis,” she whispered in tragic tones, as the Japanese butler closed the door of. the library. “I've made up my mind. I'm ready to marry you if you'll take me away from New York.” . “Beautiful, I’ knew you'd come to me at last.” The swarthy, mid- dle-aged beef baron from the Argentine, pressed his lps to Q