The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1936, Page 4

| " nothing, under the THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JULY 23,1986 4 , The Bismarck Tribune) An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST N EWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Offictai Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and ‘entered at the Pastoffice ‘at Bismarck as second class mail matter. Mrs. Stella I. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Vice Pres. and Gen'l. Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) Daily by mail per year (in state outsid Daily by mai] outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail in state, per year ... Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per y Weekly by mail in Canada, per year . Kenneth W. Simons Sec'y-Treas. and Editor 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 Rewspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. al let its of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Vanishing States’ Rights One of the arguments against expansion or preservation| of states’ rights as opposed to a strong central government is the fact that the states themselves have relinquished many of their responsibilities. Where the exercise of states’ right is easy, such as the apportioning of political patronage and certain other duties, no state has shown any disposition to waive its privileges. But where the job is tough, the advance of the federal govern- ment has been made easy by state abdication of the field. In many cases states have actively invited the federal government to step in and do things for it which it already has the right to do for itself. Most prominent among the examples, of course, is the relief situation. The drouth-stricken west must have federal help. Its state governments lack the financial ability to shoulder the burden. But the east, well on the way to recovery, is continuing to push the job onto Uncle Sam. Thus, despite the industrial pickup, eastern cities spent more for charities in 1933 than in 1934, The slogan seems to be “let George do it” with Uncle Sam in the role of George. Members of the human body, if long unused, atrophy and become useless. The same thing is true of political privileges when left without exercise. The abandonment of states’ rights makes a more highly- centralized government inevitable and there are indications that the people generally are thinking in such terms. Thus the letters received by the People’s Forum of this newspaper almost never suggest anything for state government to do but many propose activities for the federal government. Persons who strongly advocate states’ rights in principle turn to the federal government in practice because state gov- ernments, generally speaking, are weaker and even less effi- cient than the federal government. The loss of states’ right is not an issue, except in an arti- ficial way. It is a fact. Good or Bad Publicity Much comment has been heard recently about the publicity oeing given the drouth in this and adjoining states. Some business men have remarked that it is harmful to the interests of North Dakota, citing by way of example that California never advertises its earthquakes and Florida never emphasizes its hurricanes. There may be some truth in what they say, yet an impartial analysis will show they are wrong. North Dakota needs help. If it doesn’t come many persons in this state will suffer untold hardship. If it doesn’t come the very persons who protest the “bad publicity” will suffer substantially. The real question is not whether the publicity is good or bad but whether they would, in fact, be willing to get along without it. For the drouth publicity is important in arousing the sym- pathy and the good will of the nation. It is going to be neces- sary for the government to directly support more than 60,000 families in North Dakota this winter and such an activity re- quires a lot of money. If it were not generally recognized that the need is critical the government would not spend it—and we would not get it. On this basis, the drouth publicity is a strong sales argu- ment for help from the only quarter in position to extend it. It fs not bad publicity but GOOD publicity. And we could not stop it if we wanted to do so. The re- mainder of the United States is interested. And where public interest exists the newspapers and magazines outside of North Dakota would take steps to satisfy it, whether or not we wanted them to do so. Valid Criticism Resignation of the Beadle county (S. D.) planning board with the comment that its activities constitute shadow-boxing and futile gestures should serve to focus attention upon these setups. We have them here in North Dakota and they also exist in other states. What they are doing and the results they have plished are fair subjects for public scrutiny. the whole, the criticism of the South Dakota men seems just and fair, although they may have been a little harsh in ‘The reason lies, not in any lack of good intentions upon the part of the planners, but in the salient fact that they can do law, but plan. They have no means of get- anything done. a The result is that members of planning boards propose first one thing and then another until their minds start going round : nothing is done about any of the plans and the ‘assumes the appearance of 8 dog chasing its tail. NO ONE DOES ANYTHING. | Behind had a state planning board for two : boards for a shorter period, and as yet to show. for the time and money spent—except be done to put the plans into Scenes -in- | | Washington | the | Liberals Favor Appointment of Ickes | as Comptrolier General .. . Lobby- i ists Busily Trying to Influence | Choice of New Ship Board Mem- | bers... Byrd Rule Over Virginia | Machine Threatened. i By RODNEY DUTCHER | (Tribune Washington Correspondent) | Washington, July 22.—Although | Congressman Lindsey Warren of | North Carolina seems to have the in- | side track now in competition for the | post of comptroller general, following | expiration of John R. McCarl's 15- year term, there is a strong move-| ment within the administration for | appointment of Secretary Harold L.! Ickes. i The PWA administrator is not known to have displayed any inter- | est, but it is believed that he would take the job if it were offered. The’ chances also are that he could have it if he asked for it, as he will be, used so much in the Roosevelt cam- | paign for re-election that he would | be in excellent position to get what he wanted. | Progressives who want Ickes to; succeed McCarl are arguing for him} that he is not a member of any party machine, that his party affiliation has always been Republican until this year, and that he has a wide-' Spread reputation as an honest man} who gets things done. | Appointment of an old-line party; politician, the president has been! told, would do nothing to bolster up | confidence of a country jittery about | heavy federal expenditures, | Careful checks by New Dealers | have shown that “Honest Harold” | comes closer to 100 per cent popular- | ity over the country than any other cabinet member or major adminis- trator—much closer, incidentally, | than most of them. His friends admit that Ickes could THAT. TOUGH WINTER We're Counting on Her to Re be depended on not to interfere with many progressive-minded New Deal projects, as they accuse McCarl of | doing. But they insist his record shows that the government would get every last nickel’s worth out of its dollar spent. * 8 * Spar Over Ship Board Choice Heavy backstage pulling and tug- ging is also preceding appointment of the five-man Maritime Author- ity (new shipping board). An especially hard drive has been launched from the merchant marine industry against selection of Karl Crowley, solicitor in the postoffice department. | Crowley drafted most of the new merchant marine act, with its many safeguards against exploitations and failure to build ships in return for government funds. He knows all about the industry and its ocean mail con- tracts. Hence, it would be more or less logical to appoint him to the board and Roosevelt has had his name un- der consideration. The most import- ant thing about any new administra- tion is installation of personnel which will understand its functions under the act and will build up an organi- zation in the interest of the public rather than for the benefit of any special group. * 8% Snipe at Crowley A whispering campaign has been started against the solicitor. One item charged against him is that he bungled the celebrated affair of the airmail contract cancellations, al- though Crowley’s friends insist that he merely tock the rap on that like a good soldier, the real fancy bungling having been done, they say, by the department of justice. Some of the shipping lobbyists openly assert that the kind of man needed for chairman is a lawyer who will know how to get around the law. The shipping companies have no trouble getting their point of view through to the president, thanks to) White House Secretary Marvin Mc- Intrye and Roosevelt's close friends, Vincent Astor and Kermit Roosevelt, both shipping magnates. Roosevelt is above all anxious that the merchant marine be built up be- cause he knows as well as anyone that it’s needed as an auxiliary to the navy. One side assures him that the best way to get no merchant marine is to appoint Crowley; the other side vice versa. * * Byrd's Rule Threatened Surprising news comes from ad- jacent Virginia to the effect that Senator Harry B. Byrd’s powerful Democratic machine—or at least the senator’s hold on it—may be broken this year. Lieut-Gov. James H. Price is run- ning for the gubernatorial nomina- tion without even asking Byrd’s per- mission and the senator is powerful sore. It looks very much as if Price would be the next governor and get hold of all state patronage and the Price, instead of Byrd, state boss. It’s the first time the Byrd machine has been seriously challenged in many years, but already many organi- zation leaders are defying the sena- tor by declaring for Price. Whether Price would be open for a deal with Byrd at this time is unknown. (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) S Is higher education to be limited to students who have money? as long as I am mayor!—Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, New York City. ae ¥ I could think of nothing more un- fortunate than to have a religious is- dragged into a political cam- —John D. M. Hamilton, cheir- national committee. *% * good. If not, the planning boards should bring charges against Big but proving them is an- thing. Huey Long placed against Farley and look what ment is similar to other group efforts | which have come and gone in the past, the whole-hearted entry of la-| bor into politics with the nucleus of a party of its own has more or less permanent implications. | tempt for the labels of the two major state treasury, which would make | Campaign While the old-age pension move-| Thus, the Labor party starts under favorable auspices by endorsing the Roosevelt-Garner candidacies, but it as a whole. The advantage of this is that workers who wish to support the tant in future elections. The Roosevelt administration is eager to accept aid wherever it can. Yet the voters who will mark the la- bor ballot will be starting a serious defection from the ranks of the reg- ular Democratic party. For surely the votes to be cast for the labor tick- et will not have come from the Re- publican party but from the Demo- cratic vote in the cities, especially New York City. This may or may not involve the beginnings of a pro- LaGuardia movement there, but it also may drive conservative Repub- licans closer to the Tammany side of the argument in city affairs. But whatever the meaning may be of the establishment of a Labor group as a party in the Empire state in years to come, the purpose of the Roose- velt administration in this year's con- test is to gather into its fold as many voters as possible who would ordinar- ily vote a Socialist ticket out of con- parties. If New York state is to be close this autumn, a bloc of 200,000 votes taken away from the minor party ticket is. from the New Deal viewpoint, well worth any effort, even presumably an indifference to the fu- ture of the Democratic party. For if the experiment works in this election, the formation of labor party tickets in states like Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois and Michigan would seem to be indicated for the 1938 congressional election, with the prospect of a national Labor party in 1940, headed in all probabil- does not accept the Democratic slate | New Deal can do so and yet retain a) party identity which will be impor- Looking at the ju, ominous as @ disturbing influence to | three years a commanding hold on/| the two major political parties than | anywhere from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 the Townsend-Coughlin-Lemke move- | votes. ment is the establishment of a Labor | party ticket in New York state. | There is always the possibility that, once the labor group has demon- strated its political strength, it may | make a bold bid for control of the) Democratic party. Encouraged already by the New Deal's willingness, as exemplified in the Guffey act, to put through legislation irrespective of doubts as to constitutionality, the| Laborites may find a short-cut to power by electing first a group of la- bor congressmen and then setting out to capture the Democratic party ma- chinery for the nominations of 1940. Since the Democrats have scrapped | the two-thirds rule for future nation- al conventions, the opportunity for a minority of delegates to force the nomination of a candidate has been increased. Thus since so many south- ern states still vote under the unit tule at conventions, it is possible now} for a minority of the delegates to} bring about a nomination for the presidency. The Labor party—whichever way) the situation is viewed—has, from the standpoint of present and future ad- vantages, played its cards well in put- ting a ticket into the field in New York state. Such a demonstration will encour- age those elements in labor's ranks who have always wanted a ticket of their own and will probably rid the two major parties ultimately of those members of congress who have usual- ly bowed to the pressure of a labor group in their respective districts. A distinct bloc of labor party members would be far more helpful to a re- alignment of parties in America than the present camouflage, whereby men in the Republican and Democratic parties, feeling that they owe their election to labor votes, support class legislation irrespective of the effect on consumer prices or the cost of liv- ing generally. ‘The American Federation of Labor, of course, has always insisted that the bi-partisan club was better for labor than a strictly labor party in politics. There is much to be said in approval of the A. F. of L. theory. Its idea certainly has proved excep- tionally effective in the past, for at times the A. F. of L. has been able to David Lawrence (Copyright, 1936, by David Lawrence) | his present campaign for industrial| majority of both houses of congress Washington, July 23—Far more / unions gives him in the next two or! jump through the hoop at its bidding. But in these days of greater and greater lust for individual power, the devotion merely to labor's own inter- ests and problems is not sufficient to satisfy personal ambition. The op- portunity for labor to elect its own governors, its own senators and its own president, who would feel under no compunction to veer as did Mr. Roosevelt from left to right and back er H t iy Brey tone. Write ors ray {a care of The Tribune. All stamped, self-addri envelope. IONIZING THE hay fever, nasal allergy ( stance which excites watering, running the Nasal Membrane.” The fontophoresis. As described hose re] ed See of metal, sinc, for carried into the tissues by the ge! which is not so darned tempermentel. Dr, Silvers is a gentleman—he said stances”). read in the papers. London, June fever was acclaimed today St. George’s hospital after The story went on to the nasal tissues” and all. There was article, “Immunity for the hay fever credulous, as every one knows, sessions with your dentist. Monkeyin; Please tell me whether thyroid in ment. Bavy Book.” Dr.....005 you feel yourself oo PWR) don’t . To my mind it is hokum. An illness. (Copyright, 1936, BIT OF HUMOR THEN again, is something which the 1940 election might open up if labor polls a big enough vote on its own in the 1936 and 1938 campaigns. Dr. Tugwell, incidentally, has en- visioned a Farmer-Labor alliance as ruling America. There is as yet no sign that the combination is being widely developed, though, to be sure, the Farmer-Labor party in Minne- sota has for many years now had more strength than the Democrats. Mr. Roosevelt’s policy of giving AAA bounties has made deep inroads on dhe Republican farmer vote and the president’s friendliness to labor leg- islation also has won him labor sup- | Port, so that the New Deal itself is built upon a Farmer-Labor alliance for the time being. Should the coming election put Governor Landon in the White House, the clash between local Democratic organizations and labor party elem- ents jockeying for political position may become even more pronounced. Whenever any sizeable group of citizens, members of a dues-paying organization, begin to allow them- Selves to be manipulated for a po- litical purpose, the evolution is worth watching. What is, however, going to puzzle local Democrats of the regular School, so many of whom are hanging on to their regularity this year only because they think New Dealism will soon blow over and they will still re- main in local control, is the strategy of the New Deal political manage- the formation of a labor party in the most populous and most conspicuous political state in the Union. It would not be surprising if the Tammany organization in New York City and the Kelly machine in Chicago were the start of a new local alignment in which, if they present honest and capable candidates, there may be a ity by John L. Lewis, assuming that crack the whip and make an actual Republican support. OUT OUR WAY * able to wiggle, I'd lo a little dictating I think I could ME TRUSSED UP LIKE... BLUB... LIKE A BED IN LET ME DOWN TLL LEARN~ MYSELF / = IF I COULD I'D SMACK YOU FOR. THIS / YOU'VE GOT A_BANDANNA~ £ ment, which is openly encouraging | to find in the labor party maneuvers Jones — How much did it cost you to see the opera? Dobby—$18, \ Jones — I didn't know the tickets were so expensive. Dobby — They weren't. It was my wife's new hat that was expensive. Mr. Sloboy—Would you scream if I} should kiss you? Miss Fairmaid—Of course. But 1) don’t suppose it would do any good because there is nobody at home. Goober—Mrs. Fifer is always com- Plaining that she has little to wear. night was a sample, | i | First Veteran—How are you feeling | this morning, Buddy? | Second Ditto—Rotten. My right leg} caused me great pain last night. | First—I don’t see how that could! happen. It is a wooden limb, head for proof. Mrs. Finch — Oh, come now, you) shouldn't say birds’ are e nulsance. Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. queries must be accompanied by TEMPERAMENTAL aha MUCOSA thod of treating hyperesthetic or vasomotor rhinitj bestgereiftitees peculiar sensitivity to one _ ‘was described here under the heading associated troubles Sea a peot 7 te by Dr. Lewis J. Silvers of New York, on of the new method I based the article, the ions or electri. instance, from a very weak solution are irritable hypersensitive columnar epithe! face of the pty membrane ae changed to squamous or more scale-like epithelium Answer—Maybe the eminent doctor knows what he is talking about. 1 Gunbusta—She must be telling the| | truth if what she. wore to the ball last! ij Second—Well, there's a knob on my j ing to heal Mribtiy end in ink, Ad@rere Wet or another foreign sup. at the nose, sneezing, st (Final two lowbrow words my own, “no longer sensitive to extraneous sub. this new development al. rank and file 14—(P)—A new’ 98-per-cent-successful cure for hay by the physiotherapy department of the five years of experimentation .... describe the process of fonizing or “electroplating one observation not taken from my season was said to be conferred by treatments at the beginning of two successive seasons.” I’m tolerab) anion yet I'd discount that rosy touch as much ane would the generous estimate of 98% success. A clinteal report published June 6 by an American physician in an Ameri- can medical journal places a much lower estimate on the success of the method. However, this ionization or “electro-plating” is conservative and safe, in skilled hands, and offers to many sufferers methods of comparative freedom from trouble at the cost of three or four treatments which are no more distressing than three or four “prophylactic” of the nasal mucosa, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ig with Two-edged Weapons large doses and rapid a of weight would in any way affect the menses or the heart... CM. G. M}) ‘Answer.—Yes. Thyroid is a powerful agent and should be used with caution, only under medical supervision. Death may close such an experi- Baby Bow-Legged ‘What can I do for my baby boy, aged five months, who is quite bow. legged. I am afraid he will stay that way. He weighed 8% pounds at birth and weighs 20 pounds now. ... (Mrs. E. D. G.) 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