The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1936, Page 6

ONAN A ANE ARO The Bismarck Tribune| THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Officia) Newspaner Published daily except Sunday by The Bismrack Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D. and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mall matter. Mrs. Stella L Mann Preaident and Publisher Kenneth W Archie O. Johnson Simens Sec'y-Treas. and Editor Pres, and Gen’ Manager Member of Audit Bureau of Cireulation Member of the Associated Press 4 Press ts exclusively entitled to the use for republica- patches ci to tt or not otherwise credited in t! local f spontaneous origin published here! jeation ef all other matter herein are also reserved. Mental Honesty Needed Efforts to oust Dr. Glenn Frank as president of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin are important to Americans everywhere because they represent a clash of opinion which is characteristic pf our times and upon the decision may depend the direction of an important segment of American thought. Whether or not Dr. Frank should be removed from his post cannot be determined at this distance. It may be that he should be kicked out with short shrift. Then again, the best interests of the public as a whole might best be served by retaining him in his post and roundly yebuking those who would cast him out. The important thing is that the decision should be based only upon the facts. And the facts should be such that a fair- minded public can understand and approve. There is entirely too much wishful thinking in the world and it seems to have the habit of concentrating its attention upon educational matters. Educators are beset on all sides by crackpots who want established educational institutions to teach their own pet theories as facts. A year or so ago Walgreen, the drug chain magnate, re- moved his niece from the University of Chicago on the ground that Communism was being taught there. Of course it was, but not in the sense that Walgreen and some of the super-patriots would have the public suppose. It would be a queer university indeed which would pretend that Communism doesn’t exist or that it isn’t a force in the world. It is far better for our educated young people to know the truth about Communism than a lot of half-baked ideas either for or against it. The indictment against Dr. Frank seems to be that he is not “liberal” enough. So-called Progressive forces in Wiscon- sin think that he has become a hardshelled conservative, where- as they want someone who can look forward. All such approaches to the, question of what shall be taught in our schools and colleges overlook the important issue, which is that, whatever the approach, it cannot change a single fact and that HONEST TEACHING CONSISTS IN THE PRESEN- TATION OF FACTS IF THEY CAN BE ASCERTAINED. IF THEY CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED TEACHERS SHOULD TELL WHAT IS KNOWN AND PRESENT THE REST FOR THE SPECULATION THAT IT Is. If our educational institutions are not teaching students to think, if they are not teaching facts, if they are not cultivating in Young America the virtue of the open mind, they are failing in their duty and their presidents should be removed. If they are teaching the crackpot “isms” advocated by either the extreme reactionaries or the extreme radicals they should be removed. : But if they are sticking to their own business, seeking truth and preaching it regardless of the effect, they should have the support of honest citizens. It is upon that basis that Dr. Frank and the head of every other university or college should be judged, not upon the basis of wishful political thinking. This case is merely proof that the old argument as to whether an instructor should teach that the earth is round or flat, once a raging issue in some country school boards, still exists. It has merely been transferred to our colleges in a new guise. Manslaughter? Dispatches from Grand Forks indicate that a young man, blamed for the automobile accident which took four lives near there last Sunday, will be arrested on a MANSLAUGHTER charge as soon as he is able to leave the hospital. He will be prosecuted and, if convicted, sentenced accord- ingly. Meanwhile the bodies of three little children and a man, all innocent victims of the disaster, have begun that slow juur- ney back to the dust which is man’s inevitable end. The maximum penalty for a manslaughter conviction is only a few years in prison. One wonders if it is enough in view of the disaster wrought. These is cause for thought, too, as to whether the charge should not be MURDER. ' The four victims are just as dead as though they had been deliberately killed with a gun. The consequences of irrespons- | % ible and reckless driving are just as inevitable as are the con- sequences of foolishness with firearms. The automobile driver should be just as responsible as the man who handles a different kind of weapon. . This newspaper knows neither the accused man nor his alleged victims. It does not say anyone is guilty. That is for a jury to decide. BUT IT DOES SAY THAT RECKLESS AND IRRESPON- SIBLE SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENT PERSONS MUST STOP. “IT DOES SUGGEST THAT EVERY CITIZEN HAS A DEEP INTEREST IN THIS AND SIMILAR CASES. THE NEXT VICTIM MAY BE ANYONE WHO HAPPENS TO READ THJS—OR SOME MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY. Political Groups Barred - President Roosevelt and his advisers should be congratu- Iated-upon their decision to exclude from the inaugural parade in Washington; next month all political and civic organizations. I¢ will be ‘a bit hard upon the enthusiasts who love to march in’public but it will be a step in the right direction. ; Mr. Roosevelt was elected president as the candidate of perty. but he was not elected by the Democrats. of the American people for the is his. “As president he must rise above ship and think of the country as a whole. parade and ceremonies seem to be as good Behind Scenes + Washington Bullite Blamed and Praised for ‘Shakeups’ in Diplomatic Corpe. By RODNEY DUTCRER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Dec. 18. — Any time Roosevelt makes an important move in the field of international affairs, insiders start peeking behind scenes for a trace of Ambassador William C. Bullitt. Bullitt isn’t very popular among the career men of the Foreign Serv- ice, but he still has a large drag with the president, who listens to him in- tently. Paris is the most important as well as the most interesting of the con- tinental diplomatic posts today, Transfer of the wealthy and still rather young Philadelphian to our embassy there from Moscow, after he and the Russians had mutually be- come tired of each other, indicated Roosevelt's respect and liking for him. Around the State Department, Bu- litt is now being credited or blamed for such recent happenings as the appointment of Joseph E. Davies to the Moscow post and the president's order that diplomatic and consular Officers submit their resignations hereafter when they wish to marry allens, i) eek k “International Alliances” Bullitt, one hears, is convinced that a European war is perhaps only a mat- ter of weeks. In time of war the nationality of “diplomatic wives” of- ten becomes embarrassing. In Moscow, Bullitt found that not a single member of his staff had an American-born wife. He told the president a dinner to his staff re- sembled a League of Nations meet- ing. He suggested it was time to crack down and clear the decks as much as possible. Eighteen per cent of American foreign service officers, and nearly 30 per cent of the foreign service clerks are married to eliens— a total of about 330 foreign-born women in American jembassies and’ consulates, Some of the careerists are sore at Bullitt, accusing him of a case of “spy Others think his point well if s appointment is even less popular among the career boys, except for certain cookie-pushers who respond to the glamour of the beautiful and wealthy Mrs, Marjorie Post Close Hutton Davies. It is conceivable that Roosevelt filled the Moscow post without con- sulting Bullitt, and other diplomats are saying Bullitt urged the president to appoint a hard-boiled man who wouldn't be sympathetic to the Soviet Union. Also going the rounds is a yarn that Roosevelt offered Davies the Moscow job in the belief that he wouldn’t accept anything less than Paris or London. ee % Swung Debt Deal The Davies appointment tends to Wecome more inexplicable if you get around backstage and discover that the president was hardly obligated to this smart practitioner of corporate and international law, despite the fact that Davies had made heavy personal contributions to the Democratic cam- paign and had collected about $100,- 000 for the party. , Joe had been pretty well taken care of before. He hired out to lobby for Dictator Trujillo of the so-called Dominican Republic, promising to get Trujillo's foreign debt, amounting to about $15,000,000, adjusted on much easier terms. ‘When the state department frowned on the proposal, Davies took it to the White House. Roosevelt intervened and the deal was made. The presi- dent may have been fully justified by the facts, but it certainly was a pretty nice favor to Joe, who hed been promised a fee of $450,000 from @ country whose annual budget is only about six millions. It is true, of course, thet Davies hasn't collected all the fee yet. First he got $100,000, then $150,000 more, but Trujillo still has the other $200,- 000, It's understood Davies was also expected to get Trujillo a new loan. He didn't. eee And Bring a Friend Washingtonians gasped and then guffawed the other day when the minister of a small South American republic threw what looked like the biggest party of the year—a reception with dancing, drinks and expensive food for a couple of thousand people. The reception line was as long as any ever seen here outside the White House, Reason for this gaudy display by the small republic was its deep in- terest in a boundary dispute which probably will be settled under this government's auspices sooner or later. (One of the young American women working on the invitations decided to pay off social obligations by inviting all her friends. About # hundred of them came.) (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) _ BARBS The threatening letter received by the film tap dancer proved to have been from a would-be- kissing are not a minute too early, now that we are to be on more amiable terms with our impulsive South American brothers, EDWARD —— cone! BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN IS RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN Pollotz—But, Max, » why don’t you like girls? Max—They’re too darn biased. Pollotz—Biased? Max—Yes, biased. It's bias this, and bias that, until I'm flat broke. Nibbs—So you are undertaking to keep bees? Farmer Corntassel — Yes, I don’t want to miss anything, and I've been stung every other way I know of. Mravlag—Are you found of fiction? Mrs, Goudiss—I used to be, but my husband has got me fed’ up on it. Artist — Whatever success I have had, I owe it all to the telephone. Friend—How’s that? Artist — Well, while I wes waiting for them to give me the right number I practiced drawing on a pad. Father—The man whfe.marries my daughter will get'a prize. Ardent Suitor—May I see it please? Harold—Houw long does it take you to dress in the morning? Mike—About half an hour. Harold — Only takes me ‘bout 10. minutes. Mike—Well, I wash, Dolcint — My uncle knew a month before he died just when he would die. . t Pometto— That certainly was re- markable, I suppose his intution told him when the end would come. Dolcini—No, the judge told him. J SO THEY SAY Lots of people get confused and fail to even vote for president because too many presidential electors are listed. The average voter wants to be sure that he is counted. That's one reason that keeps millions away from the »polls.—Simon Michalet, president of National Get-Out-to-Vote Club. 3 eee The rackets of men like Al Capone. +» Should be suppressed because they endanger society, and for exactly the same reason the racket of men who desire to plunge us into... war by their greed should be suppressed.—U. 8. Senator Homer T. Bone, Washing- ton, ees ‘The double feature program was child of depression—cheap admission and quantity entertained. . . . The practice of giving one grade A picture with ea grade B picture is like eating too much ice cream at one time.—M. H, Aylesworth, movie executive. *s* * 4 . The real issue is sound, economic government. I propose that all seats be removed from the legislative cham- ber, and that members be made to work standing up—State Represent- ative W. F. sara Callawey, Neb, England is a physically decayed na- tion, with its employed population be- coming a tragic group of medicine drinkers.—Dr. G. W. Clapp, New York City. ne * If we cannot practice good manners in public life, democracy will be in jeopardy. — Dr, Harold W. Dodds, president of Friant University. ‘The League of Nations has become @ nolsy gymnasium of political man- euvers.—Virginio Gayda, Italian writer. s* * TI love animals, but I hate animal, lovers.—Benito Mussolini, | Nursery Favorite. | HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzsie here. 14 Entrance. 16 Giver. 17 Norse mye thology. 18 Duration. 19 Long rope. 20 Refined ‘woman. 23 Is puffed up. 26 Railroad. 15 Golf device, : 22 Mi for ec FG lok dl Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. ing to health but not éis- a in ink. Address Dr. st be accompanied by & THE BATTLE WITH PNEUMONIA Nearly half of all cases of lobar pneumonia are due to pneumococci of wo types, so-called Type I and Type II. These types are rarely found-apart from the disease, so that healthy carriers are few. In the best hospitals today every pneumonia patient has an individual room; nurses and doctors at- tending the patient wear gowns and masks; dishes and other articles coming ‘are sterilised by boiling; all secretions from the nose and ted—in short the disease is dealt with as prophylactic measures are probably of cases of pneumonia than are edu- spitting, open-face sneezing and pneumonia due to Type I pneumococcus Fesults, In the other types serum has than half the cases are of this type, I serum as soon as a clinical diag- bacteriologic determination of the point of personal prophylaxis I think important is this. Although often begins rather abruptly with a chill lasting fifteen to thirty is on, in the majority of ” such as slight coryza, or slight sore calls “grip” for a few days in the misinformed victim’s I believe, that many a victim of pneu- practice of taking somebody's in the childish notion that such dope will it can “settle” in the lungs. I believe or other coaltar derivative in the Certainly these sense- corpuscle destroying, heart- against any disease. But while his malaise, ache, pain or other his , each and every one of these immunity or powers of “resistance” if and so the “perfectly harmless” dope foisted upon of putting up a good fight against “cold” happens to be. far better than any such treatment in QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What to Est Please give your recipe for preparing wheat to serve on the family table. ‘We have’ finally found a farmer who sells us plain wheat... (C. O.) Answer—Send stamped envelope bearing your address, for monograph Copyright, 1996, John F. Dille Co.) THE STRANGER n AT THE GA Copyright by Mabel Osgood Wright WNU Service “What to Eat.” By MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT “Where is my Stranger?” piped|the Glen. .He saw his work so Bess. “I was going to let him light|near his home that Eleanor could the tallest candles and now it’s lit}hold her share in both with him. and he isn’s here at alll” ‘Then| He saw breathing time ahead, time they all realized that there was an|to know his children empty place at table. their development, and. “Let Tommy go and call him,” his feet with a dog at his heels as he walked through the woods breathing in the fragrance that fol- lows the first frost. Resting his hand upon his father’s sleeve he voiced what he had seen. “Will you take me in partnership, shall it .be Ira Vance CHAPTER XIi—Continued —23— “Yes, it is morning,” Eleanor said, carrying Tommy to the stairs, but you must go to sleep for an- other while, Father and mother bave both traveled a long, long way since dark, longer than anybody knows, and they need to be alone. And remember, little son, when a strong man is so weary that the tears must come, no one speaks about it, that is what it means to! the doctor’s door?” she asked. @ man. “There, I nearly forgot to At the stair top stood The Strang- ai Us Let er, and es Eleanor turned he came * blessing. Hepsy, did you knock at) quickly toward her. Raising her face between his hands he kissed her on the forehead. ‘‘Peace, Peace on Earth!” The words sounded to her soul, for he had not spoken. Then she took off her hat and coat and, leaving them on the rack, went back into the sitting-room, closing the door. At her step coming lightly toward him Vance looked up. Tired and disheveled as he was the marks of many years had vanished from his face and Pression, new yet old. “Eleanor!” he said, holding out his arms, “Oh, Eleanor, at last 1) know, I have come home. too late?” Still-standing before him, her hands clasped shyly to her breast, she said in soft low tones that yet were not a whisper. “Ob, man that I married, why did you stay away so long? Yet how can I be wholly sure that it iil G § S itty iii ll & § | i be uf ee ges edt § i E i g i E f a i i = bE i HE pli | i F i i f Ba E ea ee E i Ee Ht i i ee i i ik : i i di ge I eee gE 4 iy § & i i ! if g pe fi TH Ht ait i i i e F E i & & Son?” For a moment the old man leaned on his cape, his familiar attitude, then he up and ft seemed Promised Land was re- ESE Res Bde Hal: aE | g - gE s & j j I ij & il fi pe if Hi Fil i f [ I f : i se | | | : is : i