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

An independent Newspaper . THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Omtered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. \ Mrs. Stella 1. Mann | President and Publisher Kenneth W Simons Sec'y-Treas. and Editor Vico Pres, and Gen'l. Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press 4 Press ts exclusively entitled to the use cre Headlong to Disaster Twenty-two years ago on August 4, German troops crossed the Belgian frontier and the great World war was on in full force. Within a few days thereafter Americans read of Liege and other cities of which they never before had heard and within two weeks the Germans had advanced upon and been repulsed from Paris. The great war, in which we were to become em- broiled and in which we were to spend thousands of lives and billions of dollars, had begun in all its fury. The anniversary of that period finds Europe again an armed camp. Armaments are stronger and more generally dis- tributed than ever. Suspicion dominates the thinking of both the statesmen and the people on the continent. Gestures toward peace have failed. The League of Nations has collapsed beneath the battering blows of its failures, first Because it was con- ceived as means of maintaining the status quo which prevailed at the close of the world war, a method of keeping in bondage the peoples which had become subject nations. through their in Manchuria, more lately in Ethiopia. Joss of the war, the League has amounted to nothing. The hum of airplane motors can be heard almost anywhere fn Europe but they are not the peaceful carriers of passengers They are military planes, equipped to rain Ger- many, England, France, Italy and Russia are engaged in a race for supremacy, because many experts expect the next war to and commerce. death and destruction on cities hundreds of miles away. be fought largely in the air. The time seems ripe for the approach of another conflict, particularly since a new generation of cannon fodder has arisen which has no personal knowledge of that fearsome thing called ‘war. The PEOPLE of Europe do not want war. Neither do their But whatever efforts have been made to reach an amicable understanding and halt the ruinous armament race governments. have failed miserably. The world can only wait, hope for the best and expect the worst. Another major war soon will be due—and history shows that they arrive pretty much on time. It is a sad commentary on the intelligence of the human race that the voices of 7,500,000 men, killed in the last war, cannot be heard above the clamor of prejudice, passion, politics, personalities and commercial rivalry. If counsel could be taken with them surely the nations of * Europe would abandon the road to disaster down which the anniversary of the World war’s start found them traveling. Yes, We’ll Come Back One of the questions agitating many minds is whether or not North Dakota will ever “come back” to the better times it once knew. The answer, of course, is “yes.” ‘the proper help and encouragement. But that we will return to the status of the old days is fmprobable. To do that we would have to achieve the impos- pible and turn the clock back. Our job is to GO FORWARD to a better day. : That rain will again come to these prairies is undeniable. ‘As recently mentioned in an article by J. B. Kincer of the fed- eral weather bureau, rainfall runs in cycles and nothing man can do can either make it rain or keep it from raining. We may, if we wait long enough, see a period of rainfall such as that which prevailed at the time agriculture pushed westward in North Dakota and found wheat farming profitable. But even if the rainfall returns, conditions will not be the pame. The land is not as productive as when first the sod was turned. Some of its richness has been depleted by cropping and _ §m many cases wind erosion has diminished its capacity to pro- _ duce. the land “wrong side up.” be on the way toward definite accomplishment. We shall come back, but by a new road, not the old. Low Fares Stand the Test searcer in the face of substantially increased revenues. ved 6 per cent over those of a year ago. over June, 1935. rates are right. ; 2 The Bismarck Tribune Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and for republica- t {a thie) with the federal program. We shall either have to achieve a better basis for our economy or abandon much of the country—and no one who knows the people of North Dakota ‘can doubt their ability to solve their problems if they are given The experts make this clear at the same time they mention | the rainfall cycles, thereby giving verification to the Indian who told a western North Dakota pioneer that he was turning Thus it is clear that the comeback will not be a return but @ progress into an era entirely new and different from any this section has ever before experienced. We have land, water and plenty of coal to provide cheap power to bring them together. All we need is to change our direction of thought and we will Protests of eastern railroads against the new 2-cents-a-mile r rate inaugurated June 1 are beginning to grow a bit Incomes of 27 ‘eastern roads in June, under the 2-cent rate, Individually, e roads did even better: the New York Central showed an ‘per cent gain, and the Baltimore & Ohio a 16.7 per cent ’s not logical, of course, to attribute these increases en- to lower rates. Business generally is improving. By the joken, it’s fair to credit the new fares with much of this prove that rail service can be popular and Behind the Scenes Washington Social Security Board Reveals Progress in Aiding Nation's Aged. Pensions Now Being Paid to 800,000; 15 States Pass Jobless Help Laws. By RODNEY DUTCHER Washington, Aug. 5—The Social Security act will be a year old within @ few days, though it was about six months before Congress got around to giving the Social Security Board money with which to operate. The great systems of contributory old age pensions and unemployment insurance called for by the act are still in the offing, but the immedi- ate phases of the program show some progress when comparison is made | with previous conditions. Fifteen states have passed unem- ployment compensation laws in line These States cover 7,500,000, or about 45 per cent, of the workers who are eligible for coverage by this part of the act. Thirty-six states have presented old age assistance plans which have been approved by the board and are now matching federal appropriations for old age pensions. These states include 72 per cent of the population. Twenty-one states are co-operating and receiving funds for aid of the needy blind and 20 for aid of dependent children. ee % PENSIONS FOR 800,000 About 800,000 persons are receiving old age pensions of up to $30 a month—an average of $18.39 a month. More than 200,000 dependent children ere being aided with combined federal and state money, and about 25.000 blind persons—representing 25 per cent of the nation’s blind. The poverty-stricken aged are be- ginning, for the first time, to’ receive what they need. Comparisons of the number of persons aided and average amounts paid show some big increases. In 1934 Michigan assisted 3,357 aged persons. Beginning last February, with federal aid, it paid pensions to 19,000 and this number is expected to be 35,000 within a couple of months. The average pension has increased in two years from $9.99 to $16.91. * * % PAYMENTS ON INCREASE In Colorado the average amount re- ceived by the indigent aged has in- creased in the same period from $9.74 to $17.85 a month; in Idaho from $6.74 to $21.21; in Nebraska from $1.22 to $14.86, and in North Dakota from 6& cents to $15.94. About $30,000,000 has gone from the federal treasury to the states for the aged; the states match the federal grant in each case. Five states, located in a geograph- ical bloc, have no old age assistance laws and receive no federal money: Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Seven others have passed such laws, but haven't yet submitted them to Washington officials. * * & PRESS AGENTS GALORE Overworked Louis Resnick, chief of the Social Security Board's informa- tion section, was not impressed by a recent broadcast political attack which pictured his staff as one of 75 New Deal propagandists wasting the tax- Payers’ money. There are more government press agents in this town than any govern- ment ought to need, including many second or third-rate ex-newspaper- men whom other newspapermen have helped get their jobs. The idea that this makes a huge effective propaganda machine is just funny to those who see it work. Also, when you add up all the employes in various federal information sections and call them New Deal press agents, you're exaggerating. Take Resnick’s section, for instance, which has the job of telling 120,000,000 people what the big social security Program is all about. ee STAFF KEEPS SUSY The section has 65 persons on the payroll. There are five on the edi-| torial staff, who write press releases, Speeches, and other material. And a Stenographic staff of 25, Fifteen work in the board's library the only social security library in the world, Ten or 12 are kept busy an- swering written inquiries about the act from the general public and six or eight answer the queries of business men about their responsibilities in the program. This staff has had to answer 8,000 | Personal or telephonic inquiries from newspapermen in the last six months. It also published all rulings and for- mal actions of the board. It used to work until 10 or 11 o'clock et night, but now usually gets away by 7. Its propaganda consists chiefly of dull, dry releases about individual grants to states and mimeographing of speeches by members of the board. (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) A BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN is RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN Bings — Just as soon as the cere- mony was over they drove away in their car on their wedding trip. Hoaxley — Where did they spend their honeymoon? Bings — In Casualty hospital. Jim — I wonder why women pay more attention to beauty than brains? Elsie Because no matter how stupid a man is he is seldom blind. “I notice the Rowleys seem to get along much better these days.” “Yes, ever since he went home this summer and saw the girl he was in love with 20 years ago.” Mrs, Biggs—John hasn't been ott at night now for over two weeks. Mrs, Simms—Has he turned over a new leaf? Mrs. Biggs—No; he just turned over our new car. Looking at the Campaign (Copyright, 1936, by David Lawrence) { Washington, Aug. 5.—Just about a} fortnight ago, an executive order! came from the White House, sup: Pposedly putting all postmasters under the “merit system,” and it was hailed far and wide as a “step in the right direction.” But unfortunately it now turns out that the order really means the en- trenchment of politically appointed postmasters and does not call for the application of civil service reform of ® permanent character. The United States civil service commission has issued a memoran- dum in answer to inquiries. It says in part: “5. Does the new system actually ‘put the post offices under civil serv- ice’? “It will require an act of congress to eliminate the four-year term of office and eliminate the requirement of confirmation by the senate. “6. Will this plan actually ‘take Politics out of’ the appointment of Ppostmasters? “This question is answered under question 5. “4, Whet will be the chances of present postmasters being reappoint- ed under the new plan? Will their chances of continuing in office be better than under’the old system? Will they be given any preference? “The power of appointment re- mains in the president of the United States with recommendation to him A Real Share-the-Wealth Movement Wess cece core n peer ecco coos co cco croc ccocccccococoocoooooss “David Lawrence THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1936 give any preference to incumbent sue an executive order declaring all postmasters.” |the postmasterships vacant and re- But while the order may not give | quiring a competitive examination for ny preference, it goes without saying jeverybody and permit the incumbent | at an incumbent postmaster will|postmaster to take the examination, be a candidate for reappointment and | too. * This would really insure a start he can be reappointed for another | of the merit system. four-year term without having to) Under the recent executive order, compete with anybody else in an ex-|there must be competitive examina- amination, The “non-competitive” |tions when vacancies occur, but it is examinetion will be made up pre-|not likely that many of the 14,000 sumably of questions with which his Democratic postmasters will resign. four years of’ work should make him | Also, even if 8 vi cy occurs and the familiar, but he does. not need to successful candidate in a competitive stack up against any competitor who ‘examination is eligible for appoint- might, on merit, be more efficient. | ment, this is not saying that the sen- ‘The new executive order is virtually ator from his state will accept him an assurance to the Democratic post-|for confirmation. In other words, masters that they will keep their jobs the spoils system is as deeply en- if Mr. Roosevelt is elected. trenched as ever and the congress is What has happened is this: There/ Just os ml Anam hice ert are about 14,000 first, second and e pres ae third class postmasters appointed by| Mr. Roosevelt's record on civil rvice undoubtedly will be much the president, as distinguished from |5¢ the fourth class i which | Uscussed during the campaign. It} [Your Personal Health ora of stamped, seitnadereesed THEE uw : By William Brady, M. D. th but te heal! rar aati Tee ee Rtiy ana ia tak, Brady will ha ie Trit ‘All queries must be acoompan! onvelspe. 86 of diagn' el ‘a buried focus of infection from what even worse, lea Ad pond ‘as it would a rabid an incomplete removal, it will shun this operation the subject like this is the “rabid dog” modern methods. I through political influence. commonest excuses for g | é E iH B E @s congressmen itted by public tical appoint- to pass laws that disre- service rules. Many a sen- congressman gets his politi- organization for re-election free charge by using the persons who obligated to him for favors done. has never been included speci- corrupt practice legisla- . ‘There seems to be plenty of time to regulate private contributions for political purposes but little curb F 5 5 i Fl eH z pggite 4 have been under civil service and do not require senate confirmation. Of the 14,000 postmasters, all but about 500 have been appointed by President Roosevelt and they all be- come eligible for reappointment sometime in the next four years. If Mr. Roosevelt is reelected, the post- masters can be reappointed without competitive examination. Nor did) they have to take a competitive ex- amination to get their original ap- pointment. If Mr. Landon is elected, he will BEGIN HERE TODAY CLAIRE FOSDICK sets out te drive to the Jubb—I certainly been pinch- oi tx wanes Meee strange way of get- kisses me when she utterly she was. “Fifty, fifty-one, fifty - two. I’m coming to you, dear- wreeked by a log now.” ¥ what she should by the postmaster general subject, of | face the problem of revoking the ex- It PAT MAGAN, a Cates ponttonsonpctitive examina: | ceulive order or continuing in office| si@iriend, ana BOB STEELE. | She smiled up at him. “I think|do next, Susie had not reappeared tion by the civil service commission.| the Roosevelt-Farley postmasters who Claire to T'm always glad to see you, Baum, although it was now ne: These questions therefore, can be an- | were appointed very largely as a mat- atain Reuse, where Te gee supper time. wed swered only by the postmaster gen-/ter of party politics. She coneagheee. AFTER she had waved goodby “ , eral, except that the order does not} What Mr. Landon could do is to is- Cairo, seca Carlee, acre to iia feo the Jnl’ aoa Bay ivinep ey ptreetriereb eaten ry on the wal ‘upstal watched start down i : ey and, lomp in pans.’ a [winding road Claire started up-|tiveliest interest. : meuslem touting Ete Spratt aie: |""As' she passed a small window youll’ sve now what kind cls | Patternless Puzzl einer ee RSA |nltver tm tener, ie [ete tat ome injured. glanced out, then stopped abrupt-| ways said she'd do anything. But HANNAH, Claire's housekeeper, |ly and looked again. Down the|Where in time could she have met ° rire acetate tered {sloping Millade behind big use) uP with Nick Baum?” MORIEONT AL. Ausra te Sremems Dime. | subeynance ‘unseen opponent actacks (she could s¢e Nick Baum talking) “I can't ” Claire an- Dass [HIOIF IMIAININ 12 ain hy. Raine consciousness he hears a |to Susie. Claire was not aware swered. “He told me he'd only OOOO) RIA|PIE MET! 3 orn 5 Tapping molse which he foltews.., |that Nick knew the housekeeper.|been here once before.” Bie BT GIO OE Me eae eae oth mae ee Susie's hand rested familiarly! “You don’t think for one min- "TUIRINMEETIUINIATBIL IE MMH! IE! 19 Private : Now GO ON witn THE story |° Nick’s arm and he was ute that Susie is stationary, do istearning. = RIAL ILMMRIAITIEILMMBIEINIT] "stenographer CHAPTER IX own ot Iie aeRO meen 2a, nat fare. 8 yoamer, and soldiers. SMEClalK IED ul IS /C AIRY 20 Piaytellows. CLAIRE looked at Nick earnest-|Cisire’s ‘untold amazement, didn't ‘hold her down, no rae 19 Opposite ot pl AIKLUINMESIOIPRRATTIOIPT., 22 Forming: pairs ly. “I wasn't hiding from] took the woman into his arms and| where she'd end up. She—” Han- lose. IF IRECIOIMIPIOISIE IRIS MAUD] 23 Sisteriy. you,” she assured him. “I just| kissed her. nah’s harangue was interrupted 20 Distinct AIRIAMET IOMEPIRIO) 25 Ventilated. wanted a chance to think things) Evidently Susie and Nick Baum|by a moan from Bob Steele. 21 Profound. TTVILIETS) JOSEF. (BATT TL 27 Acted as a out, get my equilibrium and—" |did know each other—very Both women rushed to his side. 23 To spill. FM HOFMANN PTL TTIAl ,. model. He slipped an arm about her| indeed. For an instant his eyelids fluttered 24 Musical note. [E IRIAISIE] IS|E [DIAIN] 28 Pierced with shoulders and drew her to him.| Susie again. At every turn of|open and his lips moved. Claire 26 Person who {RIE/SIEIT) [TIRIEINID) ,, horns. “Poor little girl. If you could put|the way the baby-faced house leaned nearer, then after a minute wrongfully 29 Genus of elk me on the list of things you are|Keeper seemed to appear. looked up. “Hannah, I do believe bears the ‘41 Alleged force. 60 Irish flattery. 31 Butter lump. anxious about!” decided it was time to discuss/he’s sleeping more naturally.: He blame. 42 Political veaticaL 34 Finish. Claire gently pulled herselt|matters openly with Susie and|seemed quite rational when he 29 Sloth. nominee. 42 Rites of away, and forced a light laugh. find out what she knew about sev-|opened his eyes. I think he 30 Part of mouth 45 Street. tenes LAM sn “Maybe you're. there already,|¢Tal things—-Eb, Dan Dallas, her| wanted to speak to me.” 32 Stream. sere. a 2 Fee. a Nick.” Then she added, “Of wee senateneet from & But after waiting for some time, 33 Resembling a loan. 2 ilitian saunders course you'll stay for supper?” be ciag hr empty, cellar, there seemed no further change in | ore. 49 Political mass 2 Cons! . inctness pois but Tim on mp. way toler Baum. Where could the/|the patient, 20 Claire went to the 34 Tree. meeting. 3To wait upon. of vision. TY, woman possibly have known him? |kitchen to search for Susie. Un- 35 Rubber pencil $1 Nominal 4Seizes. 48 College official the village. 1 here for) Nick had said he had been at the|able to find her, she had gone ends. value. $ Railroad. 50 Striped fabric. some information and hoping to/ House of Long Shadows only once|to the Noe che conan Kea i 36 Ficticious tale. $8 To rob 6 Novel. 51 Chum. find the sweetest girl in all the|before. Claire had never had oc-|way slowly down the stone steps | 37To permit. 55To border on. 7 Pistol. 52 Chest bone. world. I thought Spratt might bel-casion to doubt his word oa any-lInto ‘the ‘darkness ‘below. She : s8cravat. 56 gRight $4 Form of ‘be.’ able to tell me something about! thing. Saeed light the lamp ead tev 39 Epoch. 58 b title. .9To apportion. $6 Mother. this fellow I’m after.” eee again to solve the my a ae t 40 Beast’s home. 59 Police officer. 10 Cleansing $7 Morindin dye ae oo Dee ie now: AS Pree Claire's a" at him | place. i shadow over 's 5 even dark “But maybe Susie would know.”| tunnel where he lay Pat cat eee Fee ee ame ae = “It’s not important enough to|roused up. If he ever to} Claire moved toward the shadowy bother her.” He waved the sug-|dig his way out of this infernaljend of the room and suddenly gestion aside. “Interesting old|place, he'd better be at it—though, | stopped. Regularly, evenly, came place you've got here. Your father|for all he knew, he might be ex-|sounds of something beating told me what a collector cavating into the side of a moun-| against that side of the wall. brother was.” tain. ‘There could be no doubt about : p “Yes, Uncle Lyman went in for| , Yet there had been that tap-|it now. Someone or something books and all sorts of things. You|Ping noise which had led him in| was digging back of that wall. can see his library was quite ex-| ‘tis direction. He hadn't heard|Was that the she had tensive, for those » ghe|the sound for some time now.|heard in Lyman library walked to the radiator and picked | Experimentally he tapped the wall/and in the directle up the little red volume of poems. |S regular intervals, as nearly as|above? This part of the cellat ‘But Nick Bai plainly not| Possible like the noise he had|was almost underneath the roots in books. fnstead he|neard. At first he could hear|of the pine tree outside the library eyed the big mahogany desk that|Dothing. Then, to his joy, an an-| window. : stood near the window, That was|“Srecume, ue A cold sweat broke out on the why he did not notice the expres- pa oad ae es ee ty feweed, Come it be Eb— Hon on Clalze’s, face when , sh! of his strength into the task betore| miner, Gelving at his ghostly’ dige held. She at the, book ‘she/him. Again and again, mechani-|gingst ‘The lamp in her hand sut- place where Lyman Fosdick had| thocgn each time if uae wth forte cummed. She : Quickly she closed ine volume and ring effort. He tn fo eountig | was empty. She simply could not ‘ put it under her she conan a oy area means, Se fees. bere Erossed to the big bay window, Ot Ron voles Peiaing 5 UNS, Pile Sues 10 the text. In panic “Uncle was very fond of thal blackness ofthe yewulng’ hate |" ued Up the calla ape ' +