The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 17, 1936, Page 4

i... § { * oe Spi it aan we aa | The Bismarck Tribune An independent Newspaper THE ise bo og ke a State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and @ntered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. Mrs. Stella 1. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. J . Johnson Kenneth W Simons Vice Pres. and Gen'l. Manager Sec'y-Treas. and Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year .......... see Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) Daily ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year .. Weekly by mail outside of North Dak Weekly by mai) in Canada, per year .. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press 1s exclusively entitled to the ys credited to it or not othe: a in thie ews of spontaneous o: ud! herein. all other matter herein are also reserved. iF republica- 3 local publication of Good as Far as It Goes The program laid down for drouth relief in North Dakota by the federal government is a good one—as far as it goes. The only trouble is that it doesn’t go far enough. Dispatches from Washington led the people of this area to believe that the government was going to take definite steps to put the people on a self-supporting basis and place them in position to meet recurrences of the present situation with their own resources. So far as can be learned by examination of the program enunciated here Thursday this still is a will o’ the wisp which the government is not pursuing with either diligence or effect- iveness. . The reasons why this is the case are many and obvious. They have to do with both politics and money. The Roosevelt administration is bedeviled on one hand by critics of federal spending and on the other by interests which fee) that agriculture should be left alone to work out its own salvation. The best evidence of this is the attack on irrigation projects in the Republican national convention. On the other hand there is a vast area which has been sadly handicapped by unwise exploitation and in which both agriculture and business are on the dole as a result. The people of that area are crying for help, some merely to exist and others to get out of the hole in which we find ourselves. The government has heard the first call clearly and has responded nobly. It will not let people starve or go without clothes. The other call should ring just as loud in its ears. It certainly is good business to take steps which will be per- munently constructive, rather than continue to meet emer- gencies which have recurred all too often in the past and which probably will come with increasing frequency in the future. The plan as cautiously suggested by some of the Resettle- ment group here and as indicated in their official statement, is to take families off sub-marginal land in western North Dakota and move them into the Red River Valley. This takes no note of the fact that the same things which have brought calamity here have operated to only a slightly lesser degree in that area. Certainly it offers no permanent solution of anything. It may be that the aid in permanent rehabilitation will have to wait on other things, such as the outcome of the election; that our problems will get more constructive attention when that bit of pressing business is over. Tt is an end devoutly to be wished, regardless of the elec- tion outcome, for this problem transcends any political con- siderations. Behind the Scenes Washington Most Optimistic Democrat Leaders Realize They Have a Tough Fight on Their Hands . . . Result of In- stitute Poll Makes 'Em Study... Pennsylvania Looms Large as Key State. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, July 17.—Despite Mr. Farley's ebullient public predictions that President Roosevelt will carry 48 states, all the keener planners of the New Deal campaign agree that the contest is going to be close. There is not now among them any vestige of a once somewhat prevalent belief that their ticket would have a walkaway. The last of that disap- peared when Democratic insiders learned that the American Institute of Public Opinion’s poll would indi- cate a popular majority of only 518 cated electoral college majority for Landon of 272 to 259. Politicians in both parties are watching this and other polls like so many hawks. Republican jubila- tion is intense over charted evidence that preference for Roosevelt over their candidate dropped with aston- ishing speed following Landon’s nom- ination. They are sure this is the beginning of a great trend, which will decide the issue. * % * Doubtful States Few Some Democratic politicians claim to be elated, however, by the fact that the index of losses has narrowed down to a very few the number of doubtful states where it will be neces- sary to fight. They insist they were afraid the figures would be worse; that there would be a general leakage and that they would have to cam- paign the whole country instead of being able to concentrate in a few spots—an important point, since the Democrats expect to have a rather limited campaign fund. They are especially relieved to ob- serve that the Pacific Coast states are standing firm for Roosevelt. The big doubtful states are New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Michig’n. “y Democratic money will be poured into Pennsylvania, probably more heavily than into any other state. The high command is certain Roose- velt won’t lose the country if he can carry the traditional Republican stronghold. ** * May Hinge on Pennsylvania New York would be even more im- portant than Pennsylvania if Roose- velt could be sure of his home state. But current opinion among the presi- dent's political advisers is that Penn- sylvania is a slightly better bet. Pennsylvania, plus states now ap- parently sure to go Democratic, would give Roosevelt the necessary 266 electoral votes or more. An au- thentic inside survey roughly shows that if Roosevelt gets the solid south, and a couple of mountain states he will be over the top—if he can get Pennsylvania. The southern states, with 113 votes, plus Tennessee, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, California, Washington, Oregon, Wisconsin (which the LaFollettes are considered certain to deliver to Roosevelt), Ne- vada, Arizona, Utah, Montana, and Pennsylvania would total up to 266. The interesting thing about this computation is that it leaves out all New Engiand, New York, New Jersey, Those Municipal Budgets Examination of the budget recently proposed by the city commissioners and of the problems facing the municipal gov- ernment of Bismarck disclose that this city—because it is a growing community—will have some important problems to faze in the near future. But, since they are problems arising from growth and ad- vancement it will be a pleasure to struggle for a solution when they arrive. The most discouraging thing possible, from a com- munity standpoint, must be the job of keeping a city from slid- ing downhill or from continuing such a trend once it has begun. Last year the city bought a new fire engine. It will be only a iew years, at the present rate of growth, until it will have to buy another and perhaps even build a new fire station. : The police department has been getting along with only'a motorcycle for transportation. It should have a squad car, pos- sibly equipped with radio. The expenditure will have to be made some time. During the recent hot spell—and the present one—the municipal swimming pool has proved too small to care for the crowds. The day soon will come when we will need another. Other changes and improvements will be necessary at the yresent rate of growth and when they become pressing enough the city will meet them. : Meanwhile, the citizens can be glad that our municipal affairs have, for the most part, been well maylaged and that in those cases where we fell into the same pits which trapped other cities fortunate circumstance pulled us out. * =e The prime example of this is the extensive paving in th east end, much of it on streets with many vacant lots. Bismarck has suffered from that bit of promotion but not as much as would have been the case had this not continued to be the fastest- ” growing city in the state. ‘ The demand for new residence property has enabled the city to sell many lots to which it had acquired tax title. Home financing, which made it necessary to clear other properties, caused assessments to be paid on many more. Bismarck still is in the hole on the venture but indications are that it will pull out. This is not true of other cities which have not been so fortunate in getting the “breaks.” Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Tilinois, Michigan, Kansas, Nebraska, Towa, North and South Dakota, Min- nesota, Idaho, New, Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. Of course the Democratic bosses, both publicly and privately, insist they have an excellent chance of winning many of those states. x * * Can Lead and Still Lose The spectacle of a candidate win- ning a plurality of the popular vote and losing the presidency through defeat in the electoral college isn’t anything you see very often. But it can happen very easily, especially if there’s a third party ticket at large. So far it has happened only to Democratic candidates and it could happen only to Roosevelt this year, since enormous Democratic majori- ties in the south can pile up a popu- lar vote which may be discounted by close results in big northern states. Cleveland had 100,000 more popu- lar votes in 1868 than Harrison, who won the presidency by 233 electoral votes to 168. fi Wilson, who in 1912 had 435 elec- toral votes to 88 for Roosevelt and eight for Taft, polled 1,300,000 fewer popular votes than the Taft and Roosevelt votes combined. (Copyright 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 RELISHED BY per cent for Roosevelt with an indi- | the Pacific Coast, the border states, | anything cE ' | Campaign (Copyright, 1936, By David Lawrence) Washington, July 17.—Few develop- ments in national politics have caused more consternation in the precincts of the New Deal than the poll by Dr. George Gallup of the American Institute of Public Opinion, which shows Governor Landon lead- ing on the basis of electoral votes. There has been from time to time here among the New Dealers a whole- some respect for Dr. Gallup's polls as being scientifically weighted and cal- culated. The previous polls on public questions have been discussed here- abouts as being approximately cor- rect. But it would be wrong to say that any New Dealers actually believe that in November the outcome will be like the present poll. The feeling is that the Gallup poll shows the nature of the contest. A more been derived from the poll by the; New Dealers is that the race is not) going to be a walk-away for Presi- Looking at the ,., significant impression which has | the effect that polls do have on the \ The Elephant Trailer that they never should have envis- foned the present campaign as a landslide for anybody but as a hard- fought race which is more likely to be close in its margin of result than an overwhelming victory for either | candidate. It is natural for the Republicans to gain considerable confidence from the Gallup poll. They benefit tre- mendously by it because it heartens political workers all over the country, so many of whom have been dis- heartened by a defeatist attitude growing out of an oft-heard com- ment that Mr. Roosevelt seemed un- beatable. The poll will not be an unmixed blessing to the New Dealers for, in- stead of a tendency to let things slide along, they will be aroused to greater and greater effort. It is remarkable campaign managers. On the surface, if a poll is adverse, the explanation | usually offered is that the poll does THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1986 David Lawrence dent Roosevelt and the New Deal| not take in enough territory or that command will have to gird itself for| it was not timed to take advantage a hard fight. | of this or that development. If it is Perhaps the reason why the Gallup| favorable, of course, the poll is re- poll has occasioned much surprise is garded as a splendid example of the | that the New Dealers have been trend. thinking, talking and believing in an-| There is no way to evaluate the other landslide. They have accepted Gallup poll any more than any other) the predictions of Postmaster Gen-' survey in which only about 106,000) eral Farley that Mr. Roosevelt would ballots are taken. The Literary Di-| carry nearly every state in the union. gest polls in the past have been uni- Obviously, every poll taken would formly indicative of the result be-/ seem to disprove any such sweeping cause millions of ballots are dis-| ed the New Dealers to a realization | result. The Gallup poll has awaken- | tributed, so that the ballots received | represent a good cross section. For | wee ceca sees eccre-cocceooosororosocs statistical purposes, it is always @ matter of debate just how big a sam- ple of public opinion should be taken to measure a trend. Certainly, the Gallup poll ‘wrong in several particulars if to judge by impressions received individuals well-posted on their own states. It would appear that the 40,- 000,000 votes cast in 1932 will be over- FH 100,000 at any given time might or might not be conclusive of what the results will be in November. The campaign has yet to be un- folded. It may be that prejudices are already set on the anti-Roosevelt side in many groups, but it is doubtful if the large body of independent voters who never take their politics seri- ously till November comes have as yet made up their minds to be pro- Landon. They want to hear the de- bate and weigh the issues. So the Gallup poll may be set down as pos- sibly*an accurate forecast of the re- sult in November, but not conclusive- ly so because of the many doubtful factors which are candidly pointed out in its own analysis of the figures. For the moment, the news is thet the New Deal is disturbed by the poll and the Republicans are greatly cheered. About the only impression which one dares to derive from it is that the coming election will be much closer than has been generally be- lieved and that landslides are not to be expected. 1 So They Say 1 ° | ‘This is an emancipated age for ‘women ..’. I have no tolerance for that old adage that “woman’s place is. in the home.”—Virginia Bruce, Hol- lywood actress. xe * We are flooding our cities with new millions of arms and legs at the very time when invention has made mere muscle super-abundant and has put @ premium on brains.—Will Du- as on this trip.—Eugene Goosens, Cin- cinati Symphony Orchestra conductor. ee A politician is simply a broker of ideas; he sells the public what it 'wants.—Raymond Moley. * * * The trouble with most people today is that they practice their doubts too much. No wonder, then, that doubt is much stronger than faith—Rev. Carlos G. Fuller, New York. eek We lack courage to meet and master our troubles, and when we do not routed.—Dr. Christian F. Reisner, New the sky by a wise Providence just for lovers. Electric lights would be pro- fgne—Mayor Frank Martin, Ham- mond, Ind. . e 8 @¢ Education, with practical Christian- ity, can save us from another such catastrophe (as the World War).— Frank Miles, Iowa American Legion leader. ae I¢ will be mainly a business of open- ing tin cans, but I'll do that. with style—Lady Suzanne Wilkins, wife of explorer, preparing for Antarctic ex- ihave courage all other virtues are | pedit York clergyman. *x** * There's no harm in a boy kissing his girl; and the moon was placed in ——__—- The River Rhone is regarded as the swiftest in the world, attaining, in certain parts, a velocity of 40 miles ‘an hour. OCOH! ALWAYS LATE / I NEVER. HAVE NO LUCK? MY GOSH! THATS A ‘TERRIBLE WAY FERA SALESMAN TO TALK TO HIS By Williams L THINK HE WAS A CARPET SWEEPER SALESMAN, AND IS GETTIN EVEN WITH ‘TH! HUMAN RACE / HE TOOK UP SELLIN' LOTTERY AN’ DERBY and humidity, and so to interfere with the natural cooling process. By William Brady, M. 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