The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 29, 1936, Page 6

The Bismarck Tribune An inéependent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER $ + (Eatablished 1873) State, City and County Oifficiai Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and ‘mtered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. Mrs. Stella I. Mann President and Publisher Kenneth W Simons Sec'y-Treas. and Editor Archie O. Johnson Vice Pres, and Gen'l. Manager Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press ‘The Associated Press ts exclusively entitled to the rg dispatches credited to it or not other a paper as 180 the local f ti tel bit here! Watery @ local news of spontaneous origin pu’ erein. All rights ef republication of all other matter herein are also reserved, ‘ ‘Americans Know How to Loaf Now that the Republicans and the Democrats have tem- borarily had their fill of viewing with alarm and pointing with pride, the ordinary citizen can relax a little and start thinking about where he is going on his vacation. And, until he has attended to that little matter, the rival politicians might just as well hold their breath. July and ‘August are bad months in which to try to make an impression on the American people. They’re too busy traveling about and having a look at the country. There never was a land in which the vacation habit was as strong as in this one. Perhaps that is partly because Amer- icans have a tradition of restless movement—a legacy from the early days, when men were forever moving westward in pur- suit of the receding frontier. ‘ But there is more to it than that. At heart, for all his tremendous energy and his capacity for hard work, the Amer- ican is a loafer and a vagabond—a trait which will ultimately be his salvation. Solemn thinkers write learnedly about the Age of Leisure which is about to dawn on our resistless heads and wonder if the ordinary man will be able to use his leisure wisely. Their very choice of words gives them away. “Wisely”—the ordinary American may be no mental giant, but he does have the sense to know that, if he gets a good time out of his leisure, he is doing all right. The wisdom of the ages could do no more for him. What happens during the vacation season? The American has an unlimited choice of pleasant places to go and the means of getting to them is almost invariably delightful. He can tour through New England, sprawl on the beaches of the Great Lakes, look into the great parks of the west, climb any of 200 assorted mountains, camp in the Great Smokies or the Rockies, fish in the wilderness, or dance in the ballroom of an ocean beach hotel. ‘ He can harass his tender loins in the saddle at a dude ranch or invite his soul’ on the veranda of a farmhouse in the Berk- shires, And as he does these things he gets a kick out of life which shows that no one ever needs to tell him a thing about the way to use leisure time. Through depression and boom, one tendency is increasingly evident these days; a tendency to take less and less of a man’s life for his job, and to leave more and more of it for him to use as he chooses. i As this trend increases, the American’s instinct for loafing and vagabondage will become one of his most valuable posses- sions. He has a continent for his playground, he has unrivaled means of getting about in it, and he knows how to use both to the best advantage. If you doubt it watch him during the next couple of months. Insult to a ‘Czar’ It is quite a comedown for that one-time big shot of Chi- cago’s gangland, Al Capone, to achieve headlines because a dis- gruntled fellow convict gave him a superficial stab wound with @ pair of scissors. Time was when Capone had a name that made other gang- sters tremble. death, and he used it as his fancy dictated. “St. Valentine’s Day massacres, machine gunnings of high and low degree, bombings, and beatings—these were the things he could mete out to lesser crooks who daréd cross his path. And now ... suspected of having been on the side of the law in a futile prison riot, he is slashed across the back with the point of a pair of barber shop scissors! Could there be a more graphic illustration of the way the mighty have fallen? Warning for the Fourth We cannot have too many reminders that the “safe and sane” Fourth of July is still to be attained. Fireworks still are dangerous things for children. Last year they killed two dozen persons and blinded 57. This year, unless parents are far more watchful than they were last year, explosives will exact an equally heavy toll. Under existing laws there is not very much the police can do to prevent these tragic accidents. For the most part, the job is up to fathers and mothers. If they can’t keep fireworks out of their youngster’s hands altogether they can at least see to it that the things are discharged with the proper care. A firecracker, after all, is nothing but a miniature bomb. It needs to be handled with the same kind of caution that is given to its full-grown military brother. Lobbyists Safe! _ One can agree with Congressman H. W. Smith (Dem.-Va.), that the “run-out” of the house on the anti-lobbying bill is pretty hard to understand, in the light of common sense and consistency. _ The house enthusiastically passed the measure, penalizing p pom afew weeks ago. But when the measure came up for ‘Thus, s Behind Scenes —at the— Democratic Convention (By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Philadelphia, June 29.—Perhaps there are further chapters in the saga ever, it appears that the end has been written in Philadelphia by the party whose standard he once bore 50 proudly. It is a sad tale, because it winds up in an atmosphere of hate. The rancor in Al Smith's soul toward Franklin D. Roosevelt has been ob- vious for a long time. The reasons for that also seemed to be plain. What was much more astonishing was the wave of venom toward Smith which swept the bulk of delegates and Officials at the Democratic national convention. They seemed to have doubled and then redoubled their resentment against the man who eight years ago led them in a gallant but hopeless battle against religious prejudice and old-fashioned conservatism. The telegram from Smith and four other anti-New Deal Democrats, de- manding defeat of Roosevelt here, bounced and fell, like a soggy brea Pellet against a restaurant wall, be- fore a chorus of scoffing and scorn. Not a voice was raised in its favor. Bitter Against Al The extreme bitterness toward Smith comes largely from two groups: 1—The liberals, of varying shades of political idealism, who once regarded Smith as a white hope of progress- ivism and swarmed behind him in emotional heat, now just as emotional against him, because he not only has deserted them for the conservatives, but also seeks to destroy their new white hope, Roosevelt. 2—The practical-minded group, Politicians and office-holders, which considers Smith a turncoat who, after being given all the honors a party could bestow, is now perfectly willing to tip over the feed-box and all the feeders thereat to work off a personal grudge. This group includes some southern Democrats who risked their political lives for Smith in 1928. And of course there's continual comment, often heard among other Irishmen, to the effect that Smith, poor boy from the sidewalks of New York, has shaken off the background which made him such a romantic and appealing figure to stooge in a high hat for the wealthy Liberty Leaguers. Held Boost for Roosevelt ‘The general attitude of hostility was not unanimous here, of course. Vari- ous politicians just as conservative as Smith, including some southern sen- ators, privately admitted that they felt much as Al did about Roosevelt and the New Deal, although expedi- ency prevented them from admitting it. But the top party strategists insist- ed—sincerely, if a moderately experi- enced reporter can judge—that Al's denunciations did the Roosevelt cause more good than harm and actually, because of the change in popular re- action to Al, meant more Democratic; votes. If any realization of this comes to Smith, who was once beloved idol of great masses in his party, the cup of gall must be sour. Political observers agree that Smith's Liberty League dinner speech was the big break of the year for Roosevelt; that to it dates back the | turn in previous pépular trend away from Roosevelt; and that the time and the circumstances definitely wreckea the prestige and influence of the Lib- erty League to the point that politi- cians shun connection with it. Long in “Stop” Business Roosevelt may be stopped, but of Al Smith. At the moment, how- | ° > ec | (Copyright, 1936, by David Lawrence) | lieves he is the leader of a revolu-! Washington, June 29.—Nothing that tion against despotism and “industria | was said or done at the New Deal |dictatorship” and he wanted the radio convention compares in either force audience to believe, as he probably! or significance with the speech of will ask the voters this autumn to) President Roosevelt accepting renom- believe, that their freedom and their | ination. opportunity ie uve is being challengea For it was a revelation of the state by a group of rich men. of mind of the man who seeks four! In due time, Mr. Roosevelt will tell more years of power in which, as he | whom he means by “economic royal- conceives it, the United States of 1936 ists” and he will make the case against is to be reconstructed as fundament- cconomic tyranny just as strongly as ally as it was in 1776. jit was made in the first keynote; In dramatic technique and master-/| speech of all delivered by Undersec- ful command of crowd psychology,|retary of ee eee ae Franklin Roosevelt showed himself, by} well, recently at Los Angeles. ie that speech, far more skillful than | president ought to be commended on} either Mussolini or Hitler. He em- jevery side for his frank avowal of the Variee bul of “coommne royalisat from his campalgh attack, instead of (He within whose dynasties are portrayed |strategy offered him by timid politt- by the president to have taken away |cians who urged him to go a bit more or sought to take away from the citi-|to the right and save the conservative zen “his right to work and live.” Democratic vete from See | An obedient galaxy of delegates,,; Mr. Roosevelt may have a hard time; hand-picked from the payrolls of the!convincing tne people of the west government and the party machine, | that the governor of a “typical prairie gave the president his renomination | state,” where covered wagon hard-| without a murmur of dissent or a ships have not yet been forgotten, is minute of debate. They considered|the leader of a band of “economic | themselves already soldiers in the/roalists,” but the coming campaign is ranks. The use of the military,;not going to be a debate by the New phraseology, the vocabulary of revo-| Deal party on issues but a contest for lution, was conspicuous. Thus even! the vote of those whose emotions can) Vice President Garner in accepting be aroused. This inevitably means | renomination said: | class war with plenty of demagoguery “I am a soldier and my duty is to!and plenty of hysteria. follow where my commander leads. I] Under such circumstances, it i9) accept the rules of war laid down injgoing to be difficult for hitherto the platform.” ‘level-headed citizens to restrain them- Coming from a man who has been |selves. A speech which misrepresents known to differ from the New Deal |the issues of today as much as did} The New Deal’s Latest Crop Control Problem ae ® © 1866, NEN at the Your Personal Health By William Brady, M.D. Dr. Brady will wuswer quentions pertaining to health but not disease or diagnosis. Write le s briefly and in ink, Addi Dr. Brady in The Tribune, All queries must be accompanied by & stamped. ddresned envelope, WHAT, NO COLD WATER? The old timers believed that one ill of a fever must not have cold wae ter to drink. Some old fogies still imagine it is harmful or for one exposed to extreme heat (natural heat of the sun or artificial heat) te drink cold water. Probably many a youngster is restrained by well mean- ing but misguided parents or guardians from going in swimming when he is “overheated” lest he have “cramps”—whatever they may be. Thousands of geeks who are just dying for a drink of water refuse to satisfy their thirst because it is meal time and they have been taught that water at meal time “dilutes the gastric juice and interferes with digestion.” Fi, fi, fatheads, Two-thirds of the weight of your body is water. Two-fifths of the weight of your bones is water. Three-fourths of the weight of your muscles is water. Nine-tenths of the weight of your brains is water, and nearly one-tenth of your brain is fat. What did I call you? Within a few minutes after a drink of cold water enters the stomach it begins to pass on into the intestine in a series of spurts by contractions of the stomach, Little or no water is absorbed from the stomach; it is ab- sorbed almost erttirely from the intestine, but more or less of it passes along in the alimentary canal becoming part of the feces. The effect of a drink of cold water when you are thirsty is to stimulate increased secretion of gastric juice, appetite and enjoyment of food, The water improves digestion; actually aids in digestion and in excretion. It is @ healthful habit to begin each meal with a good drink of cold water, or hot water if you prefer. It is also healthful to take another good drink of cold water in the course of the meal if you are at all thirsty. Never fear retarding or interfering with digestion. If one is thirsty water invariably aids or,promotes good digestion. Invalids, elderly or feeble folk often find that a cup or two of quite warm water (“cambric tea”) on rising each morning, ahd in some cases on retiring as well, is salubrious. Adding a wee pinch of salt, sugar, or what have you, is all right if one prefers to do so. But not a whole spoonful of salt, as some persons do. Goodness knows most people get too much salt anyway. Is ice water healthful in very hot weather or when one is overheated? Depends on what “ice water” means. No objection to putting ice in water to make it agreeably cold to drink. No virtue or benefit in drinking water not cold enough to satisfy one’s desire for a cold drink. But it is harmful to drink water too cold for comfort, just as it is harmful to take fluids or foods too hot for comfort. In extreme heat it has proved a good practice to take a good pinch of salt or something salty with each big drink of water. This helps to main- tain the proper water balance in tHe body and enables one to endure great heat better. « ’ ’ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What Price Babies? Physician who served as resident in obstetrics after graduation from. medical school, then did general practice for five years, now for the past year has limited his practice to obstetrics writes: “. . . no reason for any one to mortgage the home to have a baby for $50.00. Many of us today ac- cept cases for that price, or for nothing at all if necessary, although I ad- mit I usually ask a fee of $150.” Answer—If the physician gives the expectant mother prenatal care and remains in charge for three or four weeks after confinement, as is the gen- 4 Convention but they have maintained that econ- omic slavery was nobody’s business. They granted that the government could protect the citizen in his right to vote, but they denied that the gov- ernment could do anything to protect the citizen in his right to work and live.” Information will be sought as to whether the citizens who have been dragged to the polls in the primaries and will be dragged again next fall under penalty of losing their relief payments really have their right to vote protected under the royalists of @ political tyranny. Information will be sought likewise as to what steps the government at Washington has taken to protect workers in their right to continue at work. Every piece of legislation de- signed to protect a worker from the strong-arm tactics of union organize ers and strikers has been frustrated by the president and his associates in congress, But generalities will rarely be as convincing as concrete examples. Just a few miles from where the president spoke last Saturday night there's a strike in Camden. It was fostered by a minority of the employees under the influence of John L. Lewis and his industrial unit campaign. The work- men have collective bargaining, high wages and good working conditions. The union which is conducting the strike is outlawed by the American Federation of Labor. Fully 5,000 workmen have been pre- vented from working. Violence and strong-armed picketing have been Smith's part in it will be minor. His hile hi d who f “ philosophy and a man who four years influence within his own party prob-/agq made a different sort of speech, vative Democrats who took a walk|the note struck by the vice president with him would do so regardless of Al. |expjains the whole psychology of revo- It isn’t so generally realized that liytion and dictatorship which en- ably was never less, for the conser- attacking paternalism in government, | will not have their end next Novem- lber. It has always ‘been and always| republic. Mr. Rocsevelt’s in’ Philadelphia, 1s} used. The company has offered alt bound to stir up antagonisms that/ sorts of plans for settlement, includ- ing a plea for an election to be held by the national labor relations board, but all to no avail. For it’s a struggle for membership power, for master will be a dangerous strategy in al In his own way he had the power of life and : Smith, now engaged probably in his last effort to block a presidential candidate, has been almost chron- ically engaged in the “stop” business from nearly the beginning of his areer. In 1912 Smith was Democratic) leader in the New York assembly, allied with the reactionary Tammany forces which tried to kill off the two great Democratic liberal leaders, Woodrow Wilson and William Jen- nings Bryan. In 1920 he was a spearhead in Tammany’s successful effort to block William G. McAdoo, then considered the outstanding liberal in the Demo- cratic race. Smith was the favorite son candi- date of the New York delegation and although he polled 108 votes on one ballot at that convention, he never at any time supposed he could win. Helped Block McAdoo Smith showed great prowess on his own as New York's governor, but the famous 1924 convention found him at the head of the “Stop McAdoo” group. Here again the banks, railroads, and other big corporations lined up with the eastern bosses to beat Mc- Adoo. Although the wet-dry and re- ligious issue furnished most of the bitterness, progressivism clashed with the and was merely a stooge for the men behind him. McAdoo was stopped and Smith was in on the deal which nominated John veloped the New Deal convention. Mr. Roosevelt himself is responsible for the strategy. He announced it first The tactics of those who oppose Mr. Roosevelt ought not to be to get caught in the snare of “revolution” in his message to congress on “the | psychology but to insist on temperate state of the union” and he reiterated and persuasive dcbate, putting their it in his Jackson Day speech over (trust in the abiding fairness of the the radio. American jury as long as constitu- But the address at Philadelphia |tional guaranties of freedom of capped the climax as it set the stage |speech and press remain. Thus it will for the campaign. Mingled with such |be up to Mr. Roosevelt to amplify words as “the resolute enemy within our gates” were phrases like “enlisted for the duration of the war” and “I accept the commission” and “I sa- lute.” “The royalists of the economic or- Mr. Roosevelt disclosed that his own (der have conceded that political free- strategy: what he meant by this paragraph in| his speech which ‘will stand out for | that the holder has mastered the first all times as the embodiment of his! two letters of the alphabet—Prof. E. of many thousands of employees who are being denied the right to work, not by “economic royalists” but by economic dictators allied with the New Deal. & PAR Siveeracscscice. sine | So They Say J An A. B. degree nowadays means H, Warren, Harvard Law School. * % % I have to look at so many beautiful psycholegy is that of a man who be-jdom was the business of government, girls all day long that I get tired of OUT OUR WAY col it THINKIN’ —— 1 Gees ‘TO A T BAK! ON TH’ SQUAT. By Williams LIKE CAKE-LIKE OK ~~ LIKE YOu! S ALITTLE ‘aid RISE GO ED eral custom, he certainly earns that fee. The old timer who charged from fifteen to twenty-five simoleons for just delivering the baby and maybe stopping in once or twice afterward to see if all hands were still alive, was far more expensive. Prospective mothers should have ‘copy of “Prepar- ing for Maternity”—send ten cents coin and stamped envelope bearing your address. Todin Ration Two things in your monograph “Iodin Ration” are not clear. First, whether one should take the drop of iodin in a drink of water every day for three months or every third month or what. Second, whether it is ad- visable for one who uses iodized salt in place of ordinary salt to take jodin ration just thesame . . .(C.R.F.) Answer—A drop or two of tincture of iodin in water once a day for month; then skip two months, then take a drop or two a day for month, etc. Or if that’s too complicated, never mind, just take a two of iodin in a drink of water once a week from now on. Yes, I of us need the iodin ration whether we use iodized salt or not. any reader instructions for taking a suitable Iodin Ration, if the vides 3-cent-stamped envelope bearing his address, Danged if I'll envelopes for lazy correspondents. Has one cup of. coffee a day, taken in the morning and made with one’ tablespoonful of coffee, ever been, known to hurt any one? . . . (A.D. D) Answer—I'd be hurt if I couldn’t have a second cup and maybe a little stronger. Seriously, I do not think normal adults are injured by a cup two of coffee for breakfast and another cup for dinner if they like. valids, children and nuts should take coffee only with the approval of physicians. Sick Headache Referring your treatment migraine .. (R. T.) Answer—Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for monograph on headache. (Copyright, 1936, John ¥', Dille Co.) « Bes them. I like to ride around under-| has seen its day. ‘The sermon’s mes- ground and rub elbows with ditch- diggers. It revives me—John Robert Powers, New York models agent. ee & It’s nobody's damned business ex- cept my own, and that can be, quoted. —Frank N. Belgrano, former national) If I had it commander of American Legion,| never asked how he would spend bonus] singer, money, actress. oe ®, chievous in ‘The voice of the pulpit has lost its)am at home.—Mme. Ernestin: power. Preaching is at an end. 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