The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 4, 1936, Page 3

WEATHER MANHAS | TAKEN CHARGE OF MIDWEST POLITICS Drouth Situation Forces Changes in Strategy of Both Major Parties Although experts may disagree as to the long-term economic effects of the drouth, its immediate political consequences are plain. It has altered materially the basic strategy of the Presidential campaign. After the national conventions the Republicans were talking in terms of a safely Republican west, and were looking forward to a battle centering chiefly in the east. The Democrats didn’t exactly concede anything, but the idea on which they went to work was this: Get enough electoral votes in the east so that it won't matter what happens in the west. ‘That situation has changed, and one Proof of the change comes from no less a Republican authority than Na- tional Chairman Hamilton. Mr. Ham- ilton continues to predict that Landon and Knox will carry the west, but he indicates that it will not be done with- out a fight. He took note in one of his recent speeches that the Democrats now are claiming that, on account of the drouth, the west is “in the bag” for Roosevelt and Garner. Ordinarily claims of this kind, either side, are scarcely news; but this particular one is interesting. "ek Strategy All Ch: It is a well-established law of poli- tics that there are definite limita- tions to the political pulling power of such things as benefit checks and telief allotments, More than once in the past the re- eipient of bounties from the govern- ment has got around eventually to a state of mind where he wonders where it all will end, and whether he is not being put, unnecessarily, into an inferior class of pensioners. Around convention time many Re- publicans thought they saw evidences that a large section of the farming community was tiring of the Roose- velt farm policies. Agriculture, in the main, was getting on its feet again. It was listening to Republican charges that the Democratic farm program was all wrong, economically. But under the blow administered by the drouth, the situation, in many Places reverted to one of dire neces- sity again. To many farmers, ques- tions about economics and the dis- tant future paled into insignificance. Their sole worry was whether the money would be sent quickly from Washington. Mr. Hamilton contends that Wash- ington’s response to the call for help was only a matter of course—that the edministration only did its plain duty, and that its action entitles it to no These pictures, smuggied out of Spain by way of Gibraltar from where they were rushed to London, show the wreckage of the rebel ship Datc after a surprise attack at Algeciras, Spain, by the government battle. ship Jaime Primero. Top, the com ing the wreckage before leaving his der of the Dato is shown Inspect hip for the last time. Below, the boat is lying half submerged in the harbor at Algeciras. (Associatec Press Photos) unusual political credit. Be that as it may, the practical effect is what counts. And the practical effect is that the Democrats now are going out in a big way to try to capture a-large part of the west. ze & Issue Hinges On Drouth In another sense, also, the drouth had its influence on campaign strat- egy. It has shifted the emphasis of the Republican attack. At the Cleveland convention, the chief complaint against the Roosevelt farm policies was that they “regi- mented” the farmer, and made a serf of him. The charge that the program was based on a desire for “scarcity” also was mentioned, but in a minor key. Now the “scarcity” charge domi- nates the Republican chorus, Instead of defending the adminis- tration for having taken the farmer &© firmly in hand, the Democratic ora- tors now are answering questions about the little pigs which were slaughtered, and the corn and wheat which wasn’t produced. The drouth has multiplied these questions. Who will benefit in the end must await events—the reaction to Mr. Roosevelt's program of drouth relief and to his own personal appearance in the drouth area, and the fuller de- velopment of Mr. Landon’s farm views in general. But it is not too much to say that, at this stage, the drouth has become the hinge on which the farm issue— possibly the campaign itself—will turn, Once more the weather man has taken charge of farm politics. LIGHT PLANT WORKEES STRIKE Trenton, Mo., Sept. 4.—()—Work- ers at the Missouri Public Service company plant here pulled switches and barricaded themselves in the B'S FOR AMERICA From the windows of Greys hound buses you really “See America” B !S FOR BUDGE The low cost of Greyhound trave! fits easily int budget C !5 FOR COMFORT New, streamlined buses with reclining seats mate Greyhound trevel most comfortable. Stud round trip toto privileges are seed for 5 or 6 Pe ity of time to return for Thanksgivi or Christmas, na Bismarck Greyhound Depot Bdwy. & Seventh Phone 501 building Friday, depriving the city of electrical power and water, as a pro- test against a city move toward a municipal plant, Cornelius Johnson, the U. 8. Olym- pic high-jump champion, says he'll do 7 feet some day, while Forrest Towns expects to do 13.8 in the high hur- les. Streptococci Victim Aided by Transfusion Chicago, Sept. 4.—(#)—Husky, 13- year old Maurice Oldham of Lexing- ton, Ky., none the worse after donat- ing 100 cubic centimeters of his blood to little Philip Levitt in an effort to save him from the dread veridans streptococcic infection, turned Fri- Gay to the sights of the city. A big league baseball game was his biggest wish, and while none was scheduled Friday, a gratefui father, Morris Levitt, planned to take him out for a Saturday contest at Com- iskey park. Of hundreds who offered their blood, the 118-pound son of R. Mack Oldham, Lexington city commis- sioner, was the only one found who had recovered from the same rare infection which threatens the life of seven-year old Philip. Philip, given the transfusion Thurs- day night, was reported resting com- fortably today at Mt. Sinai hospital. Suits Against Railway Settled at Williston Williston, N, D., Sept. 4.—Two dam- age suits against the Great Northern railroad were settled here Thursday, one by a jury verdict for the plain- tiff and the other out of court. A jury in district court here awarded Sam Skadron of Williston $495 for damages to horses he alleged were killed and injured in shipment. The case of George Marmon seek- ing damages for the death of his son, Russell, by a freight train was set- tled out of court. Judge G. Grimson of Rugby will preside over the trial of Roy W. Frazier, highway maintenance en- gineer charged with unlawfully dis- charging a firearm, when court is re- sumed Tuesday after a week-end holiday. More than 6,871,000 persons in the United States are older than 65, and eligible for old age pensions. of female young during THis Curious WorLb BURING IN the spring. eggs of the hop-plant louse hatch out females These females bring forth living young within about eight aye. and continue bringing forth new female families throughout the summer. These offspring, in turn, bear generation after generation the summer. But when autumn comes, a By William Ferguson SHOCKS, OFTEN TURN THEIR FACES .TO THE WALL. a4 (© 1996 BY eta CeRVICE, tt, brood consisting exclusively of males is produced, to start the next season's supply. LOANS DISTRIBUTED 4,013 N. D. Farmers Share in Funds; $320,000 Paid Un- der RA Program Distribution of more than $1,000,000 in feed loans to North Dakota farms was announced Friday by Howard Wood, state resettlement administra- tor as federal relief agencies reported a combined relief load of approximate- ly 70,000 families. ‘Wood said that checks for $1,016,380 in feed loans are being mailed out to 4,013 farmers. “With whatever feed they now have _THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1936 available, feed purchased with these loans is expected to last through the winter,” he explained. Wood also reported that approxi- mately $320,000 has been paid to re- settlement grant clients since July 1 with 20,439 families now on the re- settlement rolls. Fifty thousand families are being taken care of through the WPA, ac- cording to Thomas H. Moodie, state works progress administrator. He reported there were 34,000 farm cases on WPA in addition to an urban load of 10,000 and 6,000 WPA farm cases that have been assigned to other federal agencies, including the bio- logical survey and the soil conserva- tion service. ‘WPA’s work program calls for con- struction of about 900 dams in the state, Moodie said. He reported ap- proximately 150 are under construc- tion, and engineers are in the field doceting: the remainder as “fast as pos- Belgian Balloonists Lead in Trophy Race Warsaw, Sept. 4—(#)—The Belgian balloonists, DeMuyter and Hoffman, apparently broke the hold Poland has held three years on the Gordon Ben- nett international contest today, land- ing near Archangel in north Russia after covering 1,750 kilometers (ap- proximately 1,087 miles.) Two German balloons and three Polish bags still were unreported, but officials doubted they would equal the performance of the “Belgica.” Politics Becomes Big Among Big Business New York, Sept. 4—(#)—The cam- paign funds of the two major parties were running into many millions of dollars Friday, making the national political iapaign ‘one of the bigest of big busipesses. The national committee budget of the Democrats is around $2,000,000. The Republican budget “depends on what we get in,” said Charles B. Goodspeed, treasurer of that national committee, but there was no reason to believe it would be under the Demo- cratic figure. These budget estimates do not in- clude the millions spent in individual states. COLLEGE EMPLOYE DIES Fargo, Sept. 4.—(#)—Charles A. Briscoe, 79, watchman at the North Dakota Agricultural college 20 years, died Thursday from a paralytic stroke. Survivors include Mrs. 8. R. Hanks of Mandan, a daughter. 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