The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 26, 1937, Page 6

Fete 3oscgeees rs a has to go through to be naturalized. The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper ei 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 at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. Mrs. Stella I. Mann President and Treasurer Archie O, Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Vice Pres. and Gen'l. Manager Secretary and Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance by carrier, per year . mail per year (in Bismarck) Daily by mail per year (in state souteie of Bismarck) Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press The Ass: d Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the ispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this newspaper an 0 the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Unusual Ancestor John D. Rockefeller, Sr., was an unusual man in many respects. Having accumulated the largest fortune in American his- tory, and with it the power that goes with great wealth, he chose to give both away for the benefit of humanity as a whole. Once the most hated man in America, he died with the respect of a nation. Busy in the creative years of his life with the accumulation of money, he still found time to fulfill the duties of husband and father. There is no discounting the genius which raised him from an assistant bookkeeper to America’s greatest titan of industry and finance. There have been more spectacular figures. The various heads of the House of Morgan, the Vanderbilts, the Whitneys, John W. Gates and Coal Oil Johnny attracted more attention than “John D.”, but Rockefeller topped them all in importance. His ability enabled him to put together a great industrial empire and in this field he was the equal of those concerned only with finance, but in addition he was the first great American industrialist and gave much of his time to the promotion of production. As the head of the far-flung Standard Oil company he was the first chain merchandiser in the nation’s history and showed the way to many local corporations which later became nation- wide in their operations. But with all these activities, Rockefeller took his job as a father seriously. No one ever heard of his son making whoopee and getting into trouble. He was the richest man of his time but his son escaped the troubles which the progeny of rich men are so often heir to. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was hand reared. His grandsons, too, have been singularly free from the “high-society” mania which has ruined’so many fine young men. They have been reared modestly and with a view to ac- cepting the responsibilities placed upon them as members of a family dynasty. The case may be illustrated by a story told of one of the younger Rockefellers who was wishing to a friend that he might have a sailboat such as lay in the harbor near the Rockefeller summer home. “Why don‘t you have your father buy you one?” asked the friend. The answer was “Gee, who do you think we are, the Van- derbilts?” There is something illuminating in that in view of the fact that the Rockefellers probably could buy the Vanderbilts and never miss the money. When he was amassing his money John D. Rockefeller was ruthless. When he was giving it away he was intelligent. Throughout his life he was an individual who recognized both legal and personal responsibility. He made a huge fortune but did not neglect his family while he did so. The fact is almost a miracle. Deserves Help Proposal by the residents of Park Hill addition to irrigate their gardens deserves the active and unceasing support of every Bismarck citizen and of every agency of government. It} bids fair to be a benefit not only to the persons living in the area but to every other citizen. : This idea—as is true of many other beneficial things—is tne product of an acute need. Unlike residents of some other parts of Bismarck these people have no municipal water sys- tem upon which to draw. They have been unable to afford that convenience. Their gardens mean more to them than is true of the aver- age family, for 90 per cent of them are on relief and the products of the soil which they COULD raise are NEEDED to eke out a slender budget. A bountiful garden crop, to many of these families, means the difference between comparative comfort. and positive hardship. ‘ To the public it means the difference between having misery on the doorstep or of escaping this soul-disturbing spec- tacle. To the taxpayer it means the difference between having to pay out additional funds for emergency subsistence or of keeping the money in the public treasury. To the entire area it means an opportunity to demonstrate whether or not irrigation will bestow the benefits claimed for it or whether it, like the hope of rain, is just another will o’ the wisp to be pursued fruit- lessly until the pathway ends at the door of the relief office. All of these things are tangible, practical matters worthy of consideration. Nothing need be said of the aesthetic benefit which will be conferred upon all who drive Past a green and fertile area while surrounding areas are brown and sere, School children will be wary of that machine which ‘They know there's only one Jackpot in every 250 nara eres sett paver: ‘We have some tough judges here, but think what a Spanish volunteer A sponger is 2 fellow with a Proposition that won't hold water. It oe toe only thing in history that really repeats is the rapid-fire eee mene calles, have been classed as farmers, and they do live a rather Rarrowing eee “A post-mortem of the spring's college debates Jouers made the mistake of leading wit the chia, ens Cott mast of the wee customs are getting no clearer. Roglish Woking it's not cricket to chirp about it. hr” “*Y ‘hat when you take Behind Scenes Washington Much of Congress Mail These Dull Days Favors National Ballot on War. By RODNEY DUTCHER | (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, May 26.—Only a tiny dribble of the mail now coming to congress from its constituents men- tions the supreme court. The largest batches of it have to do with issues of war and peace. The volume isn’t anywhere near as large as the supreme court mail of a few weeks ago, but is persistent and sub- stantial. Highest on the mail count, among the three main issues in the war- Peace field, is the resolution of Con- gressman Louis Ludiow for # referen- dum on declarations of war and for the elimination of war profits. Nearly all the letters being received are in favor of it. Ludlow’s proposed amendment would make the power of congress to declare war contingent upon a popu- lar referendum, except in the event of an invasion of the United States or its territorial possessions which in- volved attack on American citizens. Congress, when it deemed a national crisis to exist, could refer for a na- tional popular vote the question, “Shall the United States declare war on 2” Without @ favorable vote, war couldn’t be declared. Upon declaration of war the presi- dent would be required immediately to conscript “all the public and pri- vate war properties, yards, factories and supplies,” fixing compensation at not more than 4 per cent on tax values. Ludlow has 100 signatures for a petition to discharge the resolution from the house judiciary committee, but 218 are required. The other measures are the Shep- pard-Hill bill, which gives the presi- dent power to establish an economic dictatorship in case of declaration of war, and the Nye-Kvale bill, which would deny federal funds to land grant colleges where military training is made compulsory rather than op- tional. Most mail is in opposition to the former bill and in favor of the latter. ee * That Court Story No one could ever add up all the supreme court mail and analyze it, but there seems no question that the great bulk of it was in opposition to the president’s plan. There are two stock stories, one of which you will hear in almost any senator's office, which run virtually as follows: Opponent: “Out of every hundred letters I received during the first re- action period, only about four favored the plan.” Proponent: “I was amazed at the deluge of letters against the plan. ‘Then I checked the names with peo- ple back home and found that about 95 out of 100 sine ftoen Republicans.” ‘Those Invading Canadians A military expert was explaining to @ senate military affairs sub-com- mittee why the army needed many more new war planes. He had a map and pointed to Puget Sound and the state of Maine as the country’s only points vulnerable to invasion, pictur- ing enemy armies entering through both areas at once. “Who's going to be marching in on us like that?” Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota whispered to Dick Rus- sell of Georgia, chairman of the sub- committee. “Hell! Don’t you know?” replied Russell in mock seriousness. “It’s the Canadians!” More Labor Cases Regional offices of the National Labor Relations Board are receiving about four times as many cases & week as they did before the supreme court decision upholding the Wagner act. And settling about three times as many cases, The week before the court decision the board offices received 44 new charges and seven petitions for elec- tion. They issued one complaint. In the most recent week for which fig- ures are available they received 117 new charges and 47 petitions for elec- tion, and issued six complaints. Settlements averaged 40 a month prior to the date of the decision. Now they are being made at an aver- age of 140 a month. ee # Card Showers Continue The Washington social season is tapering off to its end, and one of its most conspicuous flops has been the clarion call from Congressman Hamil- ton Fish of New York, last January, for an end to the custom through which socially-minded shower the city with their calling cards. The custom is still going strong. It developed that the women either Just loved it too much or didn’t have anything better to do. ° (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc.) Poeeerneenrnee. An Absurd Finish Certain aspects of the expected ap- pointment of Senator Joe Robinson to fill the Van Devanter vacancy on the Supreme Bench are serious; some, at least, semi-comic. It depends upon the angle from which they are viewed. For example, it does seem deeply. ironic that this tremendousiy bitter three months’ fight, involving so vital an issue and causing so deep @ split in the party ranks, should end with the appointment by’ Mr. Roosevelt, the ardent advocate of “new blood,” not of a recognized “liberal,” not of an advanced thinker, not of Professor Frankfurter, Dr. Landis, Mr. ‘Cor- coran, Mr. Cohan, Mr. Richberg, or any other of the ‘‘close friends” of the President; not of a young man or & new man, but of the 65-year-old, conservative Mr. Robinson, a poli- ticlan of the most orthordox type, & party wheel horse whose New Dealism is acknowledged to be less than skin- deep and whose loyalty is inspired by political and not personal reasons. ‘That, it must be admitted, makes the whole tion attack upon. the court seem ridiculous and puts the White House incumbent in an illogical position. It nullifies prac- tically every public word he has ut- tered on the subject, but to that sort of thing he has become more or less accustomed and seems able to sustain without loss of prestige among the masses of his followers. It is, how- ever, impossible with the contrast be- tween the Presidential words and the Presidential deeds in this matter. It isn’t easy for anyone to ‘reconcile them. For many weeks Mr. Roosevelt and his spokesmen have earnestly insisted upon the vital necessity of “new bood” on the court. Younger “men,” with a “fresher outlook,” capable of “assimilating and understanding the liberal point of view“ were, it was de- clared, badly needed. It was Mr. Roosevelt's own contention that the justices should either retire at 70 or be supplemented by younger men. After three strenuous months of this, unless the unexpected happens, the end of it all is to be Joe Robinson, obviously named not because of his youth, freshness and liberality of view, but as a reward for unswerving sup- port and because failure to appoint him would be a public affront calcu- lated to engender dangerous hostility in a Senate already restless and re- sentful. BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN Son — Say, Dad, if the world is round and turns on its axis every 24 hours, what keeps us from falling off when it’s upside down? Dad — Why, the law of gravation, ’ son. Son—That's what our teacher says. but I can’t figure out how folks stuck on before that law was passed. Mrs. Noowedd — Do you think it right for a wife to stoop to go through her husband’s pockets at night? Mrs, Oldwife—Stoop? Why, child, I have to. My husband throws his cee on the floor when he goes to Stubblefield — So you and your neighbors are not on speaking terms any longer? Sneeberg—No, all diplomatic rela- tions are suspended, Stubblefield — How did it come about? Sneeberg—My neighbor sent me a can of of] and told me to use it on my lawn mower when I started to cut the grass at six in the morning. Stubblefield—And what did you do about that? Sneeberg—I sent it back and told him to use some of it on his wife's voice box when she started to sing at 11 in the night. | It makes this prating about prin- ciples, all this talk of the deep issues involved, all this pretended nobility of purpose and concern for the public welfare, seen stuff designed for the boobs. A vast outcry has been raised by the New Dealers over the fact that Mr. Roosevelt had not had in four years a single Supreme Court ap- pointment and thus was unable to give it an “infusion of new blood.” And then, put in a spot by the Senate attitude, unless his ingenuity finds a way out, he is compelled to make an appointment that gives a comic tinge to the whole business. ‘This is said not in disparagement of Senator Robinson, who is a good, solid citizen and likely to make a better judge than many another far closer to the President, but merely to illustrate a situation for absurdity of which must be apparent to any person who has followed this fight for three months and has any memory at all. Because this is the end, so far as the original bill is concerned. There was general agreement that it was dead before the Van Devanter resignation Occurred. No one believes it can now be revived, and the White House ef- forts, regardless of its surface stand- pat attitude, are directed toward some sort of face-saving compromise. sire oe coat ee are w cont that the President indirectly has won his point; that his attack compelled Justice Roberts to switch; fhat with one man of his own he ni “dependable liberal majority.” eae The Great Game Sf POLITICS Copyright 1937, by The Baltimore Sun of has 8 None other face-saving way, and saving faces is considered very important By FRANK R. KENT those things ‘is so, but there is no By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will ans a ions ti Ing to health but not dis- ease of diagnosis. Write letters briefly and invink, Addrése Dr. sired; ft he reine, All queries must be accompanied by a stamped, envelope. Ben Told fibroid tumor is form of cancer. Is this true? (Mrs. W. E. M.) Answer—Nothing poisonous or malignant about fibroid tumor—it merely causes excessive bleeding, or other troubles in a mechanical way. Some women have fibroid for and never suffer any serious distress. (Copyright 1937, John F, Dille Oo.) § i ; ig A i g i 9 iy é 1 i * H § AFRAID 4 by MARION WHITE ow NGA SEEMICESIIC. i CAST OF CHARACTERS JOAN BARRETT, heroine, sec= tary to John Hendry. JOHN HENDRY, mining tavest 1 . iL HEN! iry’s miece and Jean's ri\ mH fleve. PHILIP HENDRY, Sybil’s brother. STARKE, Jean's CHAPTER VI (OAN aat at her desk in the tiny office adjoining Mr. Hendry’s and watched the ships on the river below. The office was quiet this morning, as it always was on Sat- urday, with only a skeleton force on hand. Ordinarily she did not come in herself, but today Mr. Hendry was leaving town for few weeks to look over new min- ing properties, and there probably would be some urgent details which he would wish to turn over to her. The Queen of Bermuda had just slipped away from her pier, and now seemed to stand still for a moment in midstream before turn- ing her nose toward the open At- lantic. In the sunlight the ship ‘was a gleaming white palace, beckoning her, as it were, to the magic sun-drenched paradise of palm trees and hibiscus. She heard the door to her office open behind her,,and she turned quickly. It was. Bob. “So? That’s all you have to do this morning? Watch the ships go by?” He came over to her side, caught her hands in his, Then, lowering his voice: “Do you think I could steal a kiss during busi- ness hours?” Joan smiled up at him. “Mr. Hendry would be you doing it.” “Then—” he kissed her quickly —“it’s all right, because we know he’d approve.” “We know nothing of the kind,” Joan corrected. merrily. “He ex- pects us, most of all, to uphold the dignity of the company. How- ever,” and her eyes sparkled mis- chievously, “it’s ail right for the moment, because he’s busy on the Phone.” “Good!” He kissed her again, not so quickly this time. “I hope he talks forever.” “He won't. It’s long distance.” “Too bad. However, as long as he’s talking, he won't be wonder- ing what’s keeping me. Know what he wants to see me for?” “He didn’t say.” . ° R a moment they stood there at the window, hands clasped together, listening for the click that would mark the end of the Phone call. Presently Bob said: “The Queen looks beautiful this morning, doesn’t she’ Joan nodded. “It’s strange,” she said, “this is the first time I’ve really noticed her. And she’s probably been sailing from that same pier for months and months.” certain to catch “For a couple of years, at least.” Then, after a moment’s thought “Joan, there's an idea for us. . . Why can’t we sail off on her in a few weeks? Bermude’s just the Blace for w honeymay What Eagerly, he read her face for af answer. Joan gasped. “Bob, dear, not in a few weeks...” “Why not?” “I just can’t, Bob. Truly I can’t. There's so much to do. . .” “what?” “Oh, just everything,” she said inanely, trying to itemize the many details in her own mind. “I have no clothes. . .” “You have plenty of clothes,” he contradicted. “And we can get summer things in Bermuda.” “There's the office. I can’t just run off and leave my work.” “You can arrange to leave it for a week or two,” he insisted, his voice deep with persuasion. “Then you can come back and straighten everything out before leaving permanently. Joan, dar- ling, there’s nothing to wait for. Why, when I go out to the Inn every night and sit in my little cubby-hole of a room, knowing you're all alone in your old maids’ Troost here in town . . . well, it all seems so senseless that I swear Tl carry you off by force the next day. Joan, will you marry me next week?” “Next week?” she repeated weakly, “But Mr. Hendry will be away for three weeks. He'll need me here while he’s gone.” “No, he won't. Miss Meade can take care of anything special. We can get married Saturday morn- ing, Joan. That gives you a whole week to buy ~ California! Joan paled. Would the name of that state was menti *| about it?” enee s ¢ 2 “But—" The inter-office phone on Joan's on gave a sudden click. 5 F zee Fy = 4 ‘i i ly nL e J i 3 $ Hi z Z i g t i Tee and take over the mission. That was the message he was trying to give her. “I can back within a_week Bob sald. iit California! Joan paled. she always tremble whenever the steamed out into the mighty, end-