The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 14, 1937, Page 6

‘he Bismarck Tribune 3 An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S pLDEST Lannecar ‘State, City ana County Official Newspaper Published dally except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- ‘Marck, N. D, and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail ‘Satter. Mrs, Stella I. Mann President and Treasurer Kenneth W. Simons Archie O. Johnson Vice Pres. and Gen’ Mauager Secretary and Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance tall per year (ini Bismarck) year . per year (in state outside of Bismarck). outside of North Dakota .. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press exclusively entitied to the use for republica- Da! redited to tt or not otherwise credited In this the local news of spontaneous origin published herela. of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. y Rewspaper and also All rights Important Problem It didn’t make headlines, but one of the most important items in Tuesday’s grist of news was the statement by Senator Byrnes of South Carolina that the states soon would have to assume a larger share of the relief burden. It takes no prophet, nor a seventh son of a seventh son, to see that we have been heading toward such a condition for along time. With the administration assuring the nation that recovery is here it could not be otherwise. : Much as we are used to depending upon the federal govern- ment, no good citizen should regret the change when it comes. Rather we should devote our thoughts to meeting a-situation which clearly will not be easy. Specifically, we shall find it necessary to so organize and manage relief affairs that the cost to the taxpayer will be re- duced as much as possible and, at the same time, give incentive to those on relief to seek private employment. Return of the problem to the states is the only alternative to the creation of a permanent relief class in this country. It should not go un- noticed that relief workers in Washington now are demanding vacations with pay. Under the federal setup it has not been possible to make the employable relief worker take care of the unemployables. If the states take over the job that will have to be done, else the taxpayer will be unable to stand the strain. In Burleigh county, for example, money is being paid to both employables and non-employables. If the employables ; _ were to work in a public garden this summer, producing items | which could be used to reduce costs for both groups next win- ter, the situation would be materially improved. Under federal supervision it has been hard to achieve unity. The states would either have to attain it or let many persons exist in the most dire poverty. > The Wheat Prospect {a Forecasts by government grain experts that America will produce 916,019,000 bushels of wheat this year seem a little fantastic in view of what every North Dakotan knows about the situation in this state. The experts may know what they are saying but the lay- man retains the privilege of doubting. 4 The guess that the winter wheat area will produce 656,- 019,000 bushels may be correct but the estimate of 260,000,000 , bushels of spring wheat seems clearly out of line. The acreage of winter wheat probably is known and-the condition of the crop can be ascertained, but that a normal spring wheat acreage will be seeded is extremely doubtful. In fact, it _ is almost a certainty that the normal spring wheat acreage will NOT be seeded this year. - The simple fact is that farmers have been unable to get enough seed. How sharply applications for seed loans are being curtailed is a question, but that they are being reduced is certain. Some local experts estimate that the acreage in large parts of North Dakota will be only 40 per cent of normal. : s. ¢ SRE ep NE NEAREST MIS Fett TE EIS * This, in itself, would not be so bad if those acres were de- voted to other crops. We have planted too much wheat in the past and it has failed us. The average man, along with the pea government expert, agrees that it would be better to return a substantial proportion of the cultivated area to grass. But to outline a plan and to DO something about it are two Gifferent things. It is all very well to SAY we ought to put plowed acres into grass, but another thing to do it. The simple fact is that farmers will be able to plant neither Behind Scenes Washington Wire Pulling Behind Scene ef Coert Fight Keeps Each Side Busy. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Cerrespendent) Washington, Apr. 14.—The way this supreme court battle is being fought out, especially with respect to prop- eganda, bears many resemblances to the ‘election campaign of last sum- mer and fall. The administration political ma- chine and the Democratic publicity machine under Charlie Michelson, ate functioning for the president much as they then. The national committee staff has been skeletonized and operates, of course, on a much smaller scale, The publicity machine, with Mich- elson at its head and Eddie Roddan and Farmer Murphy at his side, pub- lcizes the cause under the. name of “Public Information Committe¢,” The personnel and the Farley organiza- of political pamphlets produced last fall they have thus far issued two. The first was a series of questions and answers on the court issue. The sec- ond, entitled “Who said THAT about the Supreme Court?” is a compilation Also, that valuable campaign a iliary, Labor's Non-Partisan sends to its key members or. three days a new issue “Supreme Court Calender,” analyzes court opinions af! ipplies mat | League sent to each of 32,000 workers, who were active in the campaign, a ‘and writers fy if g handbook for speakers on the court plan. ** & Republicans Keep Mam Officially, the Republicans are keeping out of the fight, No prop- aganda issues from their national headquarters here, and their 19 sen- ators and 89 congressmen, all solidly against the Roosevelt plan, Hi 7 5 a : THE LANGER RECALL MOVEMENT by be sufficient to warrant the recall. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1987 | ‘A Comparatively Merry Old Soul Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Brad: estions pertaining to health but not dis- eas ee a eastlh, Write ‘ettere briefly and in ink, © Address, Dr. Brady in care of The Tribune, Ali queries must be accompan' y stamped, self-addressed envelope. THEY TAKE A LOT OF REGULATING Re ited te show want they say. We a Fr may net Sere with them. ie EDITORS has any personal q but because it believes that of politics which he represents is Provision for the recall was incor-| group, porated in the state constitution in order that the people might have ‘The big source of opposition prop- the Wheeler- Burke-Van Nuys junte, which organ- ines witnesses before the judiciary committee and the Programs, with Secretary “Ben~ Stern. Van in Nuys’ office serving as « sort of clear. inp house is Frank E. Ganntt's Na- tional Committee to Uphold: Constitu: tional Government, ‘ legen, wre cones, orasie ict computiem, ious a contribute funds, Early in: March Sumner Gerard s available a means of removing a pub- lic official before the expiration of his term because of grave irregularities conduct sufficient ‘to call for HE tL Pepi o ‘A push-button . to control traffic 'in St. Louis. It] ld be from five-year- wheat nor grass unless something definite is done. And unless | ‘Tiotic, something 3S done about it thousands of acres in this state will lie fallow and grow up to weeds. Farmers simply haven't the | #on:: the money to maintain proper summer fallow on large acreages. The problem is one of the most important with which North | Hobson Dakota has to deal. Far more important than any of our politi- ' cal problems. The most prodigal and thoughtless thing we can _ do is to permit our land to become foul with weeds. ee ss rn ‘ There isn’t enough grass seed in the country to supply the vast areas on which grass is desirable, according to local in- formation. And even if seed were available, farmers couldn't buy it. That makes it necessary to attack the problem from the. standpoint of both seed and finances. as _ For such crops as sorghum, seed is available and should be planted. If necessary the government should make special loans to farmers to enable them to plant such crops. It would be a much better investment than many which have been made in » , the name of reconstruction and rehabilitation in the past. AND "* IT WOULD PROTECT THE LAND AS WELL AS OUR HARD- PRESSED LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY. se © . Still another thing enters into the inequality of the whole situation. So-called “standard” clients of the Resettlement Administration are getting generous assistance. They have enough and to spare. Generalizations are always dangerous, but it is true that many of these people were those farmers who first sank beneath the wave of adversity.. They asked for help first and got in on the “ground floor.” They are getting plenty of seed, but the man who managed to weather through with much less help and _ whose present need is merely temporary, is finding his applica- tions sharply curtailed. ent has been generous. Taken as a whole, yas no kick coming. But'it is a fact that inequali- exist and that there has.been entirely too much piecemeal ing with «vast and important problem. Then is u remarkable letter by that illustrious Uberal,: Mr. —_— E. Pinchot.” + “Why were you washing the spoon in the finger. bowl?” “Bo I won't get egg all over my pocket.” Doc: “Oh, pretty good. but I wouldn't start: reading any continued Al--How do you like your efficiency expert? « Martin—Fine| much work to'do. seems to have been assumed by A, C. 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