The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 21, 1937, Page 4

An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) The Bismarck Tribune State, City and County Official Newspaper Published daily except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail Mrs. Stella I. Mann President and Treasurer 5 Kenneth W. Simons Vice Pres. and Gen’l. Manager Secretary and Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance outside of North Dakota, per yet il in Canada, per year ......... soeees Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spuntaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Employment Facts In most major lines employment now is equal to that of 1929. In some cases it is greater. Authority for this statement is the National Industrial Conference board whose facilities are ample to check employ- ment in industry and commerce. Its figures, as of March, show that more persons now are employed in manufacturing, agriculture, the service industries, trade, distribution and finance combined than ever before in the history of the country. Only construction, transportation, the public utilities and mining lag behind. Still there are mil- lions on relief. It is only reasonable that many should ask why this is so and the sad fact is that there is no one answer. One factor is the increased population. To have the same standard of living as prevailed in 1929 we should have to have several million more workers than were employed then. Our population has grown in the last eight years. Improvements in transportation have enabled the move- ment of more goods with fewer people. That is good for indus- try and commerce but it does create a problem of its own. Building lags with an employment of 1,145,000 as against 2,841,000 in 1929, either because people are unable to raise the down payment for a home of their own or because they are so unsure of the future that they hesitate to invest. Probably both. Mining lags because building still is in the doldrums. If build- ing were to get back to the 1929 level on a per capita basis the nation would clearly be out of the woods. Last March the number of unemployed was estimated at 6,521,000 more than ‘for an average month in 1929 but the actual employment was only 1,965,000 persons less. The differ- ence is accounted for by the larger potential working force created by the increased population, Agriculture is back to normal in the nation as a whole— 10,650,000 in March, 1929, as compared with 10,766,000 in March, 1987—but it still is not employing a full quota when all those additional mouths are considered. In this area, for example, farm employment is at a minimum and potential farm workers are either jobless or working for the govern- ment, g If this situation were corrected and the nation were pro- ducing, distributing and consuming the food which its people need a further sizeable reduction in unemployment would be made. Suggesting a Remedy . Appeal by Marmarth citizens for the government to con- tinue its land-retirement policy merits the attention of every Western North Dakota citizen. It points to what HAS hap- pened and suggests a remedy. Everyone should be interested because it suggests a way out of a dilemma which is the most serious this section has ever known. Repeated failure of farming operations has proved defi- nitely that much land in the semi-arid regions of this state is fit only for range purposes. Farmers have tried and failed. The only thing, then, is to return the land to grass. But even here there is difficulty. The habit in recent years has been to so overcrowd the range that the forest service now estimates the Great Plains states are carrying twice as many head of livestock as they can feed adequately without ruin to the grasses. And ruin to the grasses means ruin to the entire region. Their figures show federal lands are overstocked 35.6 per cent. Indian lands are overstocked 46.1 per cent; state, county and municipal lands are overstocked by 126.5 per cent and pri- vate lands are overstocked by 98.6 per cent.- Tt so happens that much of the Great Plains area was settled at a time when the rainfall was the highest in recorded history. White men came in at a boom period and only in recent years have they learned the variable character of the climate. The necessity now is to begin an adjustment which will encourage proper use of the land under all circumstances. The only way to begin that is to prepare for the intensive cultiva- tion of land where that is possible, return the remaining areas to grass—and give the grass a chance to establish itself and replenish the soil. : Science in Background Modern science has done some wonderful things but it wasn’t on hand to perform one of its miracles when those four babies were born to an Oklahoma mother Wednesday. Plenty of persons can picture the situation which developed in that lonely farm house. The pain-wracked mother, the * worried and uncertain father, the wide-eyed and emotion-tor- tured boy who was to face a situation which would stagger the most valiant. 5 The lad admitted that he was scared. And who wouldn’t be? But he obeyed the best traditions of American manhood and, in a manner of speaking, he stayed by the ship until the finish of what certainly was an unusual episode. Science, of course, crowded into the picture a little later with its incubators and its system for keeping alive the faint sparks of life but, somehow, the major’ admiration will go to the mother and that 16-year-old boy. As they read about it any number of men can be heard to murmur, “Gosh, I’m glad it wasn’t I.” Germans have been exhorted to chew their food longer for the sake of the national economy. What if you're trying to manage @ hot potato? Behisé Scenes Washington Wage and Hour Bill, Which Probably Will Be Subject of President's Next Message With Trade Practice Provision Ap- parently Definitely Out. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, May 21—(P)—A tenta- tive version of the administration’s long-awaited wage and hour bill has been drafted, but the measure is not yet in final form. This far-reaching legislative pro- posal will be the subject of the Pres- ident’s next message to Congress, in ali probability. It may be sent to Capitol Hill within the next week or so and it may be held up indefinitely. That depends on the time it takes for Roosevelt and his numerous ad- pera in this field to agree on de- The bill, as previously forecast in these dispatches, will provide - for general administration by a board, and for the establishment of _ wage and hour standards in individual in- Custries considered to be operating in interstate commerce. Probably it will contain provisions for regulating child labor, Attempts have been made to get trade practice provisions into the bill and make it provide a modified NRA, But that appears to be definitely out. Donald Richberg, who is now counsel for the U. 8. Steel Corporation, has been the prime mover in such at- tempts. Various vexing problems remain to be settled. One is the question whether a new agency or an existing agency should administer the law, which means an under-surface strug- gle between Secretary of Labor Per- kins and the National Labor Relations Board. Another problem is presented by proposals for North-South wage differentials and this problem may or may not be sidestepped by fram- ers of the bill. There is also some dis- pute within the administration as to constitutional and other legal angles. * ek Relief in Two Places George L. Berry, the millionaire labor leader just appointed senator from Tennessee to fill a vacancy, has had an unusual record for getting his name into the public prints. There is no reason, moreover, to suppose he will not be heard from now that he’s @ member of the legislative group known to itself as “the greatest de- liberative body in the world.” Most Tennesseans claim to be sure that Berry had an agreement with Governor Gordon Browning, who ap- pointed him whereby Browning could retired. They also believe Browning figured that in case Berry's memory lapsed, the portly labor leader-bank- er-farmer-manufacturer-public offi- cial would be easy to defeat for nom- ination. But Berry denies such tales and it’s known that Roosevelt favored his appointment, presumably being sure that he could depend on Berry for a supreme court vote and other support. A certain amount of relief is notice- able both in the administration, Federal Co-ordinator for Industrial Co-operation, and among labor lead- ers, with whom Berry has served as head of Labor’s Non-Partisan League. The Co-ordinator’s office, with a staff of 46 persons and a cost of nearly $150,000 a year — which has come out of work relief funds—will now be abolished. Created to re- ceive the bones of NRA and preserve such co-operation between govern- ment and industry and labor as might be possible, this organization staged meetings of labor leaders and business men which resulted in re- commendations for “industrial self- government.” Possibly its efforts were quite valuable, but that is by no means a common impression here. + # % Meeting Flopped Badly Labor’s Non-Partisan League is ex- pected to be headed by E. L. Oliver, an able, energetic executive who came up from the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. Berry was placed in command there by John Lewis and Sidney Hill- man, who believed that since he was president of the A. F. of L. Press- men’s Union, his selection would save the league from being pictured as a C. I. O, subsidiary. On April 19 the league staged what were announced as mass meetings for the Roosevelt Court plan in many cities. This stunt, to the anguish of both the admini- stration and C. I. O. leaders, was a flop. Lately Berry and others have been threatening to sue for $1,600,000 which they claim would be but per compensation for some land in- undated by the building of TVA’s Norris Dam. Rich deposits of marble are said to have been covered by the water. The Berry appointment came because it had been understood that this claim aganst TVA had ruled the millionaire labor leader out of the picture. (Copyright, 1937, EA Service, Inc.) ¢—____ ee | SOTHEY SAY | subjects. I decided nothing was bet- ter than forcing them to go home to Men ate't interested in women when they rig themselves out in funny hats. Just look at any woman you meet on the street and see if you can keep a straight face.—Mrs. Helen Washburn, noted Ca & tuled by another tribe.—Adol{ Hitler. ** & decent. You might as well * to Congress, Has Already Been Tentatively Drafted The Great Game o Copyright 1937, by The Baltimore Sun 1936, is now split from The separated elements called pro-New Deal, elections, not before, are repugnant to so many who voted for him. The fact is that from the start the sup- They had no real choice, and they followed him for four complete loyalty and reasonable sem- balanoe of enthusiasm, Noeffort, how- ever, was made to disguise their pri- vate dissent and personal pain. the 1936 campaign, while most of the important Democrats of the country and many thousands of obscure ones, not in office and not seeking office, posed Mr. Roosevelt's re- election, the Democrats in politics, including many wholly out of sym- pathy with the administration, sol- idly supported him. The exigencies of policies held them in line, particu- larly in the South, where, even if the Republicans had offered an inspiring and a constructive pro- gram, the label would have prevented any big defection. On the surface when Mr. Roosevelt entered upon his second term in Jan- uary, he seemed to have behind him and finds more than one-third of the Prog Democrats of the Senate in open re- volt. It is true the chief cause of this is his effort to pack the court, but there is more to it than that. The desire to regain national solvency, as an almost complete surprise here | ©! H s e Hl i i Le e 8 3 i lt 3 A None of the Soviet leadership has arisen from the proletasiat. They are You cannot make burlesque ga read freeze hell anes Sete: 8 Whee. They live in a fool’s paradise who comfort themselves with the thought can never menace America. — H. Carmody, national head, of Columbus. == -- that forces now ascendant in Europe William | Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. eG to health but not dis- by ly and in ink. Address Dr. Br: must be accompanied by @ stamp: pen without exciting or contributing cause, altho certain exciting causes are well-known, for example alcoholic indulgence, violent emotion, any suddet and notoriously overeating. invalid or near-invalid who can take, say, & little egg, milk or bread may take meat, light, dark or medium, as well. There is no ground for the quaint quack notion that protein or nitro- acid” delusions concerning meat and wi hat and pathologists have discarded all of those theories which Se en eee. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Hydronephrosts ‘What is hydronephrosis? (J. J.) Answer—Enlargement or dilatation of kidney collecting besin from obstruction somewhere in the outflow of urine. Copyright 1937, John F. Dille Co. Mr, Creel says: “What is the differ-|backed candidate entered lows inevitably that he must and will By FRANK R. KENT | |°?P0 ‘he ‘rebel! six.” Mr, Creel’s article has been out open in|Lonergan, of Connecticut; Ellison the /Smith, of South Carolina, and Van|White House repudiation as in the|a strong supporting sentiment Nuys, of Indiana. And in 1940, Mr.|case of the Rev. Stanley High, who| their States. Most political observers ‘Creel says, the president will oppose| wrote somewhat siong the same lines,| are disposed D Burke, of Nebraska; Byrd, of Vir-jand there will not be. For one thing,|that the fight they are in now is for re-election next year and |ginia; Connally, of Texas; Donahey, the split is generally acknowledged. | preliminary him now. Among them |of Ohio; Gerry, by MARION WHITE CAST OF CHARACTERS eS ; ery te seme Hesery She stopped abruptly, looking JOun HENDRY. mining tnvest- vet his Gaies jerar d the i ; loorway. Following her glance, wie ones mesic he tured round. Syl Hendry minurits Sieoe aed Sean's vival tn stood behind them, and her eyes , were cold as Arctic ice. Fuitir WENDRY, Sybite . “Hello, Sybil,” Bob greeted core DOROTHY STARKE, Joan's dially. wae ES NORTON, Callforala : As Sybil looked at him, her lips mining promoter. ‘i ee ¢ mmtereey Sybil mevenle Bod joan 1 Bape air the idetastas oll-faced atenbgrapher.” CHAPTER II : ; ‘ (THE boys in the orchestra picked : [Py Br aerated up their tiny megaphones and barmoniied the, Guocts of their | “Of course not, Sybil,” Bob re- song. Lights, for the moment, . am jturned exuberantly. “And listen, were seductively dimmed. The scat you shall be the first to hear that wildly spirited tone of the music Joan is going to marry me. Wish ay, became tender. sna us luck, Sybil! . lously, the younger . dancers pressed their cheeks a little closer; S¢NPARRY you?” She choked the older men tightened their hold about matronly waists. Bob An- drews, skirting the edge of the floor, maneuvered his partner through an arched doorway onto quiet side porch. “There!” he said with satisfac- eg Bag Ca) Mm... “The music is perfect, Bob,” corrected. omission, : “I must tell your uncle, Sybil,” Bob rushed on. “Know where “Bob—" She abruptly, looking over his shoulder to- ward the doorway. Sybil Hendry stood behind them, and her eyes were cold as Arclic ice. force stronger than her will, she|less stillness. Then, from far gave herself up to the full ecstasy |above them, the clock in the of his embrace. steeple of the Inn struck one. Inside, the music struck a live- oe lier note; the dancing became- ean slipped out of Bob's arms; more spirited; voices were raised |“ she held him off at arm’s length, pile sr csp neiglsai But here jas she spoke to him. ‘ jon. porch, there were only} “Bob,” she said * two people in all the world; two |peing caught in plage nd Ree ean who had just discovered the an-|1-mustn’t let it overcome me. I aes to the everlasting mystery of |cannot marry you. No matter how 7 | fe. we feel—” After a moment, he released} “yoy y her, She drew Back, frightened oan?” ‘Someme gouve aieety \ sag sharply. ‘Her eyeatas sre looked | "aT . rply. eyes, as she 5 up at him, were wide and fearful,|_.,No There's no one else, It's “Won't. you share it, my dear?”| “You do love me, Joan. Don't “Then what is it, my dear? Joan dropped her eyes under his /try to deny it. t Can’t you tell me—so that we can through the mad flames can’t love you, I mustn’t. Won't | “1 can’t tell Bob. 5 loud and you understand? I couldn't ever | something in my lite thet T would 2. mel Sruniend rather die than have you find out, because if you did, you would hate me. EF » My dear! It’s so impossi- utterly—” “Impossible, to love me?” S be iy it together. ‘Whatever the future brings, we'll fight together. But I'm going to if Tesignation eath- |marry you.” ler, of Montana. Speaking of 1938,/risk they run of having a Farley- i against ence between a ‘conservative’ justice een in Se reeoaries fo Soom Oe and a ‘conservative’ Senator? It fol-|and the Lewis-controlled Isbor vote more than a week. There has been no} real conviction upon their part, and to agree with Mr. Creel to @ broader battle on s 0 ;|For another, the Senators who op-|the popular front next year, and in Clark, of Missouri; Tydings, | Holt, of West Virginia; King of Utah; |pose Mr. Roosevelt on the court and| 1940, It isn’t a fight that can be and anti-Republican, or just radical|of Maryland; George, of Georgia; | Walsh, of Massachusetts, and Whee-!come up next year, recognize the| stopped short of the finish. run for the seat in 1938 while Berry |9"¢ division is there and the chances that it can be closed for either the Con- gressional campaign of next or the Presidential campaign two years later are thin, indeed. From the day of the New Deal was launched, with its repudiation of the platform and its clash with the basic doctrines of the Dem- ocratic party, the split was inevitable. There is not space here to present all which Berry had been serving as|the