The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 3, 1937, Page 6

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- qmarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. Mrs. Stella I. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Vice Pres. and Gen'l. Manager Sec'y-Treas. arid Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance . per year r year (in Bismarck) year (in state outside of North Dakota state per year .. itside of North Dakota, per year in Canada, per year. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press The Associated Pri xclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatc redited to it or not otherwise credited in thie Mewspaper and also the | news of spontaneous origin published herein All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Two Attitudes One attitude on relief was expressed by the senate early in this session when it cut the appropriation to meet emergency needs from $1,500,000 to $500,000. Another was advanced by Governor Langer in his radio speech Monday night in which he took issue with the upper legislative body. The reason for this divergence of opinion is neither reluc- tance on the part of the senate to meet the state’s proper share of the relief burden nor a desire on\the part of the gov- ernor to spend money without proper regard for the ability of the people to pay. It lies almost wholly in the different esti- mates of what the federal government can be expected to do. In the senate consideration of the relief bill much was made ‘of the fact that the state was warned two years ago that it must bear a heavier portion of the relief burden but that, when the pinch came, Uncle Sam provided the necessary money. The in- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1987 Behé Scenes Washington Reorganization Strikes Snags, Mak- ing Clear That F. D. BR. Must Apply Personal Pressure, By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Feb. 3. — President Roosevelt's ambitious program for government reorganization is likely to go the way of all previous such programs unless he begins to apply plenty of heat at an early date. That is to say, there's a growing danger that there will be no reorgan- ization at all. Hardly anyone on Capitol Hill admits being completely satisfied with the president’s plan and past experience has been that when every member could find some Particular item objectionable, any proposed plan would be torn to pieces until nothing ooule peieccorn pried, * Personal Pressure Needed Advisers to Roosevelt are suggest- ing to him that only prompt ap- Plication of the full power of his personal prestige can assure any re- organization action. ganization project under his wing— rather than Undersecretary of In- terior Charlie West, usually the No. 1 tiene is Seealinle et aga tol Hill. James . Among members whom Roosevelt usually can count on to support pro- gressive legislation, there's an espe- celal concurrence of objection to the proposal to bring the independent regulatory commissions in under partmental roofs, What the president had most in mind when that proposal was form- ulated, his advisers whisper, was the necessity of getting the Federal Trade and Interstate Commerce. commis- sion under executive control to the point where they could be “cleaned out.” ference was that he would do so again. On the other hand, Gov. Langer has been in Washington twice within the last six weeks. It is apparent that while there he was told quite definitely what the government will and will not do and what the state of North Dakota must and must not do in order to continue receiving federal aid. That the governor believed what he Wwas told is indicated by the tenor of his speech Monday night. f For the last four years a succession of governors has tried by every possible means to pass the burden on to the federal gov- ernment. But now the executive tune changes. Mention is made of what the legislature must do. Uncle Sam and his Privately, Roosevelt regards these two commissions as badly staffed, in- Sompetent and getting worse. But tied close to congress by many | - big patronage jobs, occupants of which are now serving as a secret lobby to sabotage the reorganization program as it would apply to FTC and ICC. Also painful to the administration is Senate Majority Leader Joe Robin- son’s outcry against the plan to raise cabinet salaries from $15,000 to $20,000, and to pay other top officials as high as $15,000. Joe and other/TH= HOUSE AND CIVIL SERVICE . (Minnea| Tribune) members feel hardly anyone should receive more than a member of con- relief agencies are praised. The state lawmakers must be the Ee villain in the piece, if there is to be a villain. The question then is whether Uncle Sam can be made to “come across” or whether the legislature must “come across.” > Such things lie in the higher strata of statecraft and leg- islative jockeying. No outsider can be quite sure of the answer. men for salaries much higher. Chances are the president will soon OSD BEE 210k aos 08, Fore Neither, for that matter, can any: outsider—at least none in Us North Dakota. ‘4 he crux of the whole matter lies in the future policy which can be expected at Washington. If the governor has received definite warning as to what the state must do, that warning should be passed on to the legislature in definite terms. If he is unable to make it definite, because Washington officials cannot themselves be definite, the legislature should take note of the obvious tendency of the government to tighten up its ex- penditures and make provision accordingly. The important thing is not whether the legislature or the governor proves to be right in the current argument but that our people be properly cared for until they can harvest @ crop. The Public Be Damned One of the most famous remarks in America’s industrial history was “The public be damned” made to a Chicago news- paper reporter in the 90's by E. H. Harriman, railroad tycoon. It became the watchword of those opposed to the railroads and the manner of their operation and lent zest to the public ’ efforts to curb unfair railroad practices. It was the spark which touched off the powder of public opinion. That powder blew railroad managements out of their place of power and dominance, blew in the interstate commerce commission to control them and put the railroads in such dis- repute and under such suspicion that they still are unable to get a fair hearing with many persons. All of which should be of interest to John L. Lewis, power behind the automobile strike, for he seems likely to forget what | Tidal Wave ination! The postmaster general is to fill vacancies in the service from the three highest on @ civil service list. Under this measure it would be no longer necessary to submit the names of postal appointees to the senate for ratification. The general acquires final authority over appoint- ments and he is subject only to the limitations imposed by the certifica- tion of candidates by the examining Just how much of the “spoils sys- | from | tem” would be abolished by this meas- ure may be open to question. Some house members, after considering Measure, even went £0 far as ese |to ask for a return to the spoils sys- tem rather than adopt this bill. Quite obviously there is some reason for their feeling that way since the poli- tically-minded postmaster general is being provided with probably just ./enough latitude to continue the poli- tical manipulation of appointments. Another objection raised to the measure was on the ground that it of education st Teachers) method of insidious boring from with- professor College, Colnbs Saiverel: such |chair.—C, Ray Hansen, former prose-| The people I represent will give It may all be very ailly, but few ppenings anything serious happens to Romm, it will undo whatever good- will] may have been created by the huge quantity of champagne, Scotch can happen when an individual, a group or a movement gets “in| p, had” with the public. Interviewed recently at Philadelphia, Mr. Lewis demanded peevishly: “Why all this talk about a majority. We are in the plants and we are going to stay there. down General Motors, haven’t we?” That was dangerously close to repetition of Mr. Harriman’s “The public be damned” remark of long ago. It is tantamount to a confession that the strikers do not.represent a majority of the automobile workers and hence have no moral right to rep- present all of the men in collective bargaining but that they |!ed propose to keep the plants closed regardless of fairness to their fellow workers, the interests or desires of the public, or what have you. That is rather a perilous course to take in a nation where public opinion can be as effective as is the case in America. Is Chivalry Passing? Old-fashioned masculine chivalry is going the way of +Nineveh and Tyre, if you believe all you hear. The women com- plain that it is vanishing rapidly, and hardly anyone gets up to argue the point. ‘ But a couple of male students at Ohio State university used the columns of the student daily newspaper the other day to soso soca it’s mostly women’s fault. — valry is vanishing, explained one, because old-fashioned femininity is vanishing. A home-body girl can expect chival- rous attentions; a budding career-woman cannot. And the other man'remarked that girls who go about in red nail polish, heavy ene — ite ae contraptions as jodhpurs are much inspiration for the awakeni = : ing of the more gentle We pass these explanations along for what they may be worth. Our own observation is that the young Bea of both Sexes are pretty nice folks, these days. If they're losing the old- time graces, they are acquiring a new frankness and cam- sraderie that seem to us to be much more worth while, We have enough tp shut | 4 E alg rae : i put the fz ETT Ey knew Ee: E cuting attorney of Chicago. esses their full support to any action which will support the power of congress to legislate for our people. — John L. Lewis, labor leader. h ee * Stop kissing, stay away ‘from ¢royds, drink plenty of water—from & clean glass.—Dr. John L. Pomeroy, of Los Angeles, giving advice on how to avoid colds and influenza. | King of the Beasts | 14 It feeds on — 15 Assayers. 16 Artificial lEIT] teeth. A] 18 Got along. RORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Pursie DIRIOIP) WO Sul BAL IEITT 1: 2 Pressed. r 3 Death notice. 4 Nothing. D 5 Made famous. 6 Enthusiasm. drink shaggy TFPI LFS ZEREEEE A i ill . 9 Reprinted te show what they say. We may or may not agree with them. was weighted in favor of the incum- bent postmasters and that it really was an attempt to give Democratic postmasters a job for life. Buch an objection can be ratsed to almost any proposal of this kind, since no party in power is likely to interest itself in the merit system until it has gained control of most of the patronage. Un- der the circumstances the choice would seem to be between the lesser of two evils. If we are to extend the merit reform is difficult sentatives of the party the whip hand are not overly anxious to take any action that they may have occasion to regret the moment they are forced out of the driver's seat. BEGIN HERE TODAY ELD, da ef wealthy PHILIP cA Knows that the neighberhoed is ‘with gossip over the aud- KCENDRICH, Whose cosagemont fo Marcia than Seen “announced, age in Kendricks accounts has Beem discove: deeply she rela goes te the dramatic club try-ents and is given the lea part in a new ya Afterwa: with others, she stops at a res- ‘There in a holdup and that was her wabD- Frank te return face his financial obligations. She takes the frst pla: Meanwhile, riek eearch for him and agai: Sketch of herself, BRUCE MeDOUGALL, There is a Cred the plane NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER X the storm refugees awak- they found that government and public utility had combined bring them; back in contact with their world. Snow plows had at ou By William Brady, M. 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