The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 12, 1936, Page 4

: The Bismarck Tribune An independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published daily except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered gt the postoffice at Bismarck as second Class mall matter. Mrs. Stella 1. Mann President and Publisher Kenneth W Simons Sec'y-Treas and Editor Archie O. Johnson Vice Pres. ard Gen'l. Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Advance by carrier, per year ..........- year (in Bismarck) o rear (in state cutside of Bismarck). Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press exclusively entitled to the use for republica- edited tone or not otherwise credited in this 0 the | news of spontaneous origin published herein. ublication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Ai clgnts of Even the Army One of the notable phenomena of the American scene is the almost universal use of propaganda. The business of selling both things and ideas has taken on a new technique and the number of practitioners is legion. Activities which seek to benefit by the awakened public consciousness range all the way from purely commercial enter- prises to crackpot schemes to save the nation or the world by the application of some panacea. A veritable flood of information, much of it liberally sprinkled with propaganda, comes from various government agencies and bureaus, and its effect is countered by an almost equal flood from private organizations which seek to brand almost every government activity as iniquitous. Little of this material ever gets printed but it keeps on com- ing just the same. It apparently flatters the ego of the sponsors enough to justify them in keeping on with paying for it. Even the army, that staid branch of the government ser- vice, is not immune. Thus every mail brings to The Tribune—and probably to every other editorial desk in the country—one or more “re- leases” from the press department of the Third army head- quarters at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., telling about the war games soon to be staged there. The blurbs run all the way from a laudatory biography of Maj. Gen. Frank Parker, corps commander, to the history of the post. It is all very interesting. Much of the propaganda ma- terial is. But it is hardly news and little of it ever gets printed. It is a reflection of our times and merely further evidence that they are growing constantly more complex and trying. With so many propaganda experts loose in the land this nation will never be able to return to the simple life. They will not let it. The Seven Farm Devils Not all thinking on the farm problem is political thinking. Earnest men and women in all walks of life are giving consid- eration to it because they realize the farm is the bulwark of American life. If and when this thought congeals into a definite program of action, developed without regard to the political fortunes of any individual, some of the professional salvationists of the farmers may be surprised and the people may learn that some things which look good are merely Dead Sea apples. One evidence of the trend toward non-political thinking is the organization of the National Catholic Rural Life Confer- ence which will meet in Fargo from Oct. 11 to 14. The Rt. Rev. Aloysius Muench, bishop of Fargo and a young and energetic churchman, indicates the conference approach to the problem when he says: “The farmer is struggling under two great burdens, the one of taxes, and the other of debt. A speedy way out must be found, but the way out must follow lines of sound principle and sane policy; 4 otherwise, instead of being harassed by two devils, he will have to , fight off seven others. “The farm problem, however, is more than material and eco- nomic. It is, in the best sense of the word, also cultural. The leaders of the conference are conscious of this, and therefore are mobilizing forces that will bear down with wholesome influence on the religious, moral, educational and cultural activities as pursued in the farm This, in essence, is an appeal for sanity and fair-minded- ness and is sound counsel. ‘ | But the same thing could be said of the proper approach | to other national problems which beset us. i Wholesome “religious, moral, educational and cultural ac- tivities” will do as much for the city home as for the rural domicile. To the disintegration of these factors in their effect on American life may be traced many of our difficulties. Straw Vote Democracy America is deriving a great deal of fun and information these days from its various straw vote surveys. But there is something even more important to be said for pre-election | polls. They’re definite symbols of a healthy democracy. ‘ Consider, for instance, the utter absurdity, if not impos- sibility, of a straw vote in Nazi Germany. How could a people Tegister opposition where a “no” ballot is outlawed? An ad- > vance indication of popular sentiment, were it permitted, might \ result in a wholesale purge. But here in America, fortunately, it's very different. We not only indicate in advance how we feel about the government, fel sail set out to unseat an administration if we don’t t.. 1 So think of this when you read the next popular poll. It imight help you to a better appreciation of our democracy. School for Motorists ; White Bear Lake, Minn., isn’t troybled with an excess of F ‘automobile traffic, but its school officials aren’t taking any © ‘chances. They've inaugurated » compulsory course in auto- - ‘mobile operation in the high school there. || Designed to make youths careful and competent drivers, the course is unique among American high schools. But we ope not for long. oe It is, it appears, an approach to the driving problem that ht-b2 launched profitably throughout the country. Analysis f autcmobile fatalities reveals a great number attributable to iths of school age or slightly older. Moreover, this in time ought to be reflected through the whole motor- of from the the real fed yt be worus her weuget in gd yi Behind * the Scenes The Campaign By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Sept. 12—It has be- come increasingly clear to political leaders of both major parties that there is really one big fighting issue in this campaign from a vote-getting standpoint—government spending. That doesn’t mean that more vital issues are not involved. It means that | the Republicans now figure their best hope of victory lies in plugging away on the subjects of extravagance, waste, deficits, national debt, and taxes. It also means that Democrats, recognizing the issue as a weak point in the New Deal armor, will fight back harder in this field than in any other. It is now possible to simplify in their essential patterns the lines of argument the campaign orators and propagandists will take, as follows: DEMOCRATIC: Skipper Roosevelt has brought the nation safely through its great crisis at relatively small vost. The few billions spent by the New Deal are far outweighed by the big boost in national income and the swing back toward prosperity. It's a good thing to “spend a mil- lion dollars to save 10 millions.” Def- icit for the current fiscal year will be $2,097,000,000 as compared with $4,- 764,000,000 for 1935-36, showing that the hump of expenditures has passed and that the long-diverging curves of federal receipts and expenditures are definitely beginning to come together again, REPUBLICAN: Roosevelt promises of decreasing deficits and early bal- anced budget are not to be taken seriously, because of failure to keep past promises of this sort. The New Deal has been profligately careless of the public funds, diverting them to the silliest types of boondoggling as well as to political uses. The New Deal will have increased the national debt to 34 billion dol- lars by June and will steer the coun- try into bankruptcy if given the chance. Current taxes, meanwhile, are most- ly invisible and afflict the middle and poorer classes more seriously than the rich, ** % Becker Stays in Probe It isn’t true what they say about Sammy Becker, forceful young chief investigator in the probe of the American Telephone & Telegraph company. Someone carefully planted the story that Becker would either be eased out of the job or placed in a subordinate position. The story was printed in certain newspapers. That sort of thing sometimes is done in Washington. But in this case, as in most others of the kind, it re- quired a responsibly placed person to be able to get any newspapermen to fall for it. It appears that certain persons are angry because Becker has insisted on running the investigation as he and Commissioner Paul A. Walker—in general charge of the inquiry—wanted it operated, instead of listening to ideas of counsel for A. T. & T. For instance, telephone company counsel insisted on being allowed to cross-examine witnesses and said company officials must be permitted to answer questions as they pleased, not categorically, as Becker demanded. But Becker is going to stay on the job. The report that John H. Bickley, chief accountant of the investigation, would also resign because of dissatis- faction with conduct of the inquiry was also erroneous. If he resigns it will be because Gov. Philip LaFollette is trying to get him back to Wis- consin. eee Still Brain Trusting The Republican national commit- tee’s “brain trust” is still functioning, although moved to Chicago and al- though you don’t hear much about it. The “brain trust” is reported to be Ttesponsible for the line in Governor Landon’s Buffalo speech which said: “During the depression, private in- dustry paid out over $20,000,000,000. more than it took in—$20,000,000,000 that helped to cushion the depression and keep employes working.” That sounded well to Landon and everybody else until some of the New Deal brain-trusters started pulling it apart. Senator Benton Champ Clark of Missouri points out that most of the 20 billion “pay-out” was pure bookkeeping, including such items as depreciation, inventory losses and plant write down. The depression was a fine time to write such things off for income tax purposes. From 1929 to 1932 American corporations reduced their surplus account by 15 billions, mainly by such bookkeeping methods—according to Clark. In the same period they increased cash and investments by $3,800,000,000 Thus many corporations were able to make money from day to day and still show a paper net loss for the year. (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) BIT OF HUMOR Now AND THEN 1S RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1936_ Still on the Outside Looking at the Campaign Editor's Note: David Lawrence begins today a series of five dis- patches summarizing conclusions reached after his visit to 13 states in the Rocky Mountain and Pa- cific coast regions. Lawrence plans to visit the New England states next and then the central west, covering 40 out of the 48 states before election day. (Copyright, 1936, by David Lawrence) Chicago, Sept. 12.— Theres’ a tide running against the New Deal. It is no insignificant tide. It represents the return of Republicans to the Repub- lican party from their 1932 resentment. against Hoover and it represents the defection of a number of Jeffersonian Democrats who do not like the New Dea]. It will mean reduced majorities everywhere for Mr. Roosevelt. But whether the tide is sufficient to give Governor Landon these 13 western states in the electoral college of 1936, or merely reflects a trend that will reach a climax with a Republican congress in 1938 is the real question. My own feeling is that the tide is not strong enough as yet in these western states to lose for Mr. Roosevelt the electoral votes of this region, though T realize that I visited the Rocky Moun- earlier than I have ever before in presidential campaign years. It is characteristic of the far west and the Rocky Mountain states that they do not get the waves of opinion held in the east until months and months after controversies have reached their height in the east. Pere haps the difference in time and dis- tance may account somewhat for it, but even economic waves do not touch the Pacific coast as quickly as they do the middle west or the east. Significantly enough, I did not find a single western state in which the Republicans privately conceded that HORIZONTAL 2 Retired indus- trial leader. 12 Blood pump. 14 Mover’s truck 15 Nimble. 17 Genus of auks 18Clenchea (MOLTIS| hands. * 20 Kiln. 21 Beam. 22 Flower. 24To 25 Within. 26 Agreed on. 28 Chaos. 29 Pussy. 30 Before. 31 Rifle report. 33 To bark. IMIOIYIA EMIS) (IE a | 45 Measure of area. 46 Road. 47 Myself. 49 Southeast. 50 Italian river. $1 Constellation 35 Father. 57 He accumue lated a tre- Mrs. Sniffiet-—You brute, you told me when we were mar- ried that you would grant my slightest wish. Snifflet—The trou- ble is, my dear, that by no stretch of the impression could your wishes be termed slight. Rastus—Did Brudder Smiff give de bride away last night? Clarisa—'Deed he didn't. He say he gwine let de groom find her out for} _ hisself. 2 Mr. Baldo—Is this hair tonic you're have to wear rubber gloves to keep Se Pale en eevee ee ‘Gers’ : Earwig—I hear your wife is ill; is she dangerously 50? Dillpick—Oh no. She is too weak to be dangerous. 58 He was an - oil ——. tain and Pacific coast sections much | te: | .Aged Capitalist Answer to Previous Purzie mendous ——. “David Lawrence they were beaten. They would always admit that, if the election were held today, they might lose out, but they had definite convictions about the possible outcome in November. Upon analysis, I found that the Re- publican leaders, talking off the rec- ord, were depending either on Lemke- Coughlin votes @r Townsend votes or the split-up in the Democratic party due to state fights. But they had also an abiding confidence that a tide would begin to roll by October which would swing their states in the Re- publican column by narrow margins. On the Democratic side, I found considerably more uneasiness than I expected. Thus, one Democratic chief- tain in a western state told me early in July that he expected RooseVelt to carry that state by 15,000 as against a 1932 majority of about 40,000, but when T returned to the same state in August, | in my same informant told me he thought the state would be rather “close,” and by that he meant 2,000 or 3,000 either way. ‘What had happened in the interim? ‘Well, the lines were beginning to crystallize in local primary contests end this revealed the reaction of voters that it was not possible to de- mine before. I found « considerable interest in the informal polls almost everywhere, such as those taken by the American Institute of Public Opinion and the Literary Digest, but somehow these polls do not explain the trends and the reasons for the shifts in the sam- ple ballots. This can be ascertained only by talking to the well-informed men on both sides who are themselves canvassing voters all the time through their organizations, A reporter who can gain the confidence of these leaders and who is conscientious in reporting objectively what he finds will discover in the present trends 11 He has lived nearly a —— 13 Enthusiasm, 16 Thin. 18 Moor. 19 Perched. TT EINE IL Ie iE INMESIE ICIOINIDIAIRIV} [HIAIL ORE TRH) Prank. 27 Wife's share of an estate. 3 29 Unsoiled. 32 Peeled. 34To come in. 36 Red flowers. 38 Action. 39 Particle. 40 Stick. 42To jeer. 46 To decay. 48 Roof point covering. 50 Pair. 51 Upon. S2.Note in scale. 53 Either. 54 Northeast. 1 He has given vast sums to 2 Spirited. 3 English coin. Court. . 5 Fo exhibi 6 Switter. Whole. 10 Te cleave. ARP ae ot | much that the polls cannot, in the very nature of things, reveal. For cften the contest in « state is between groups of voters or between different sections of the same state. I derived the general impression that politics is not quite as hot, in the far west as in the middle west or east; that the anti- Roosevelt sent- iment of the Rocky Mountain and woccccorooosors cor orre qeoccce Your Personal Health Dr. aapwer A ere4 isease or diagnosis. ‘rite letters rady tn care of The Tribune. All ¢' Stamped. self-addressed envelope. EMOTION A FACTOR OF ORGANIC DISEASE A reader asks whether organic disease, particularly heart disease, Gand be ieee by continued nervous tension, worry, emotional excitement, with- out of contribiting cause. As I say in the red book “Building Vitality” (No. 16 booklet in Little ee sons in the Ways of Health), I take little stock in the common concelt tust premature physical breakdown or wearing out is due to the high tension an killing pace of American life, “High tension” is mainly overeating and drinking and smoking, and the killing pace is anything over fifty miles per hour. Likewise I think the popular idea that heavy business ee and domestic cares bring on “nervous breakdown” or “nerve exhaustion’ zheer hooey, In his monograph on Angina Pectoris (Harper & Bros.) Dr. Harlow Brooks says: “It is the writer's impression. that the complex (angina pectoris) is of growing appearance among women in this country because of the increased stress of life to which they are obligated by the modern vocations and avoca- tions of women... The writer wishes particularly to stress the relation which emotional tension bears to the evolution of the complex. It is probable that this is due not only to the effects of stress of this character on the develop- ment of arterial disease, but also because a life of this character sensitizes the nervous system. . .” Emotion may be defined as agitation or excitement of the feelings or sensibilities without motion. For example, anger without fighting or run- ning away. Or as Webster says, “an impulse to overt action, and internal bodily changes in respiration, circulation, glandular action, etc.; any one of the states designated as fear, anger, disgust, grief, joy, surprise, yearning, etc.” 5 pee a bodily changes pare Durpote: ce prepare the body for fighting, running away, vigorous e contest, play. { It is not the impulse to overt action, but resisting that impulse, that does physical harm, Even resisting through self-control is injurious. When artificial alds to inhibition, such as tobacco or alcohol, are used, the body machinery hes to absorb abuse. It is like racing an automobile engine without going anywhere. Emotion increases blood pressure. So does a smoke. At this stage of evolution it is a bit primitive to sock a gentleman on the jaw when he irks you or to tear a lady's hair out when she attracts your husband’s attention. But still you must DO SOMETHING, if only a turn around the block or a few somersaults, or some shadow boxing or toe dancing or a bit of buck.and wing when you feel that way, if you want to save your arteries and prolong your life. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Clothing and Cri T know some people who dress so lightly in the fall, winter and spring, that they seldom or never get cokis. By dressing lightly they prepare themselves for the colder weather... (Mrs. D. 8.) 5 Answer—Rather, I should say, they keep comfortable where others are overheated. They evidently do not believe one gets illness from “insufficient clothing”; being more intelligent, they probably take more pains to avoid exposure to conversational spray. Send stamped envelope bearing you? address and inclose ten cents coin, for booklet “Call it Cri.” No Resistance Speaking of a chornic infectious disease (gonorrhea) a medical write) says: “Lowering of body resistance may cause a renewal and spread of symp- toms.” Would you say “lowered resistance” renders & person more susceptible to the disease?... (H. T.) Answer—No one knows what “resistance” is. All we know is that an in- dividual may have a degree of immunity inst @ specific infectious disease. When @ medical man knows what he’s talking about he uses the term im- munity. When he doesn't know what he’s talking about, but has to fill ix time or space or likes the sound of his voice, he utters such hokum abou (Copyright 1936, John F. Dille Co.) given a bill of particulars and dis-| Mr. Roosevelt. The president's fire- cussed the fundamental evasions of | side talk lest Sunday night was an the constitution through such laws as the NRA, which was declared in- Pacific coast regions is by no means] valid by a vote of all nine justices as intense as in the east and that of the supreme court of the United Governor Landon’s campaign has| States, there might have been a bet- hardly begun to register one way or the other in these western states, with the possible exception of Col- orado. So far as issues are concerned, the argument about a change in the form of government has penetrated only to the business classes, and not as definitely even among those groups the far west as in the middle west or east. Governor Landon’s speech at Middlesex, Pa., therefore, meant ter understanding of his theme. ‘The speech at Chautauqua about the teachers’ oaths again touched only a few interested groups who know the implications of the contro- versy. The best address Mr. Landon has mede so far was his speech at Buf- falo on government finances and debt, which was widely read and made s good impression. On the other hand, Mr. Landon’s radio de- very little to the far west. Had he] livery is not as effective as that of VODAY IS OURS BEGIN HERE TODAY JUDITH HOWARD four years. She wants te he irrie@ and keep her job in o basiness office but Steve will net hear te this, Judith meets Steve for lunch an@ they ge ever the familiar arguments, Judith points out that her friends, VIRGINIA and BOB BENT, are happily married, though beth have jobs. Steve re- fuses to be convinced. Finally Judith threatens te break the engagement, ‘Steve, realising she is im ear- nest, asks to come to her apart- oh arrive LYNCH. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER V [7 wos the Bents' habit to drop by for Judith on their way to morning work, But next Vir- jinia sto} at Judith’s apart- 8 pped ment without her “Rob left early,” Virginia ex- “Sit down,” “You've time to have a cup coffee with me.” “Thanks, darling. And I'll take on a piece of toast, too. I rushed 80 to get Bob away that I'm afraid ae = af has been engaged to STEPHEN FOWLER Judith invited. of excellent example of effective cam- paigning, and it will help Mr. Roose- velt in the west. ‘The campaign is yet ahead of us. The lines are somewhat set in some of the western states, but the real battleground appears to be the mid- dle west and the east. For while there are some states that will go for Landon out of the 13 that I vis- ited, the majority of them will not, according to present indications. I plan to check with well-informed persons again in October before mak- ing « final summary. (Tomorow’s dispatch will give the probable trend in each of the 13 states visited). Steve telephoned just before noon and asked her to lunch. “I —I can’t do it,” Judith faltered. “J’'ve some extra work to do.” “Then ll call you tonight,” eee told her. soi, Steve “It won't do any .! “I'm willing to take the chance.” GHE ‘was glad when Virginia sug- gested that they telephone Bob and plan to stay downtown for dinner. It would help her to for- get Steve. “Bob might like to bring along Jerry Macklin. He's in Bob's of- fice, and you'd like him, Judith.” Judith shook her head. “I'd rather he wouldn't, Virginia. 1 don’t quite feel up to meeting any- one new.” “Just as you say, darling. But I want you to know I’m not going to let you stay in mourning in- definitely.” The trio met in a little Italian restaurant which was a favorite “You and Virginia go,” Judith |sald. “I'm a little tired. And after all this food I'm afraid I'd HELGE vig “Make it easy for you to throw me down? Not on your life! Judith, I'm coming over. I’m go- ing to have this out with you if it takes all night.” “But, Steve, I've told you how I feel. There’s simply no use—” eee the realization that he ‘was no longer on the wire, Judith’s voice trailed into silence. Slowly she replaced the instru- ment in its cradle. Steve Fowler was coming to convince her again, as he had so often convinced her in the past. And she mustn’t let him. She mustn't— Quickly she got up from the telephone chair, snatched her hat and coat. In another moment she was racing hurriedly along the sidewalk. She wished now that she'd accepted the Bents’ invita- tion to the movie. But she could go alone to the little neighborhood theater near the apartment. That would be her haven of refuge. Perhaps when Steve found no an- swer to his ring he would under- stand, at last, that she had made her decision for the last time. 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