The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 29, 1937, Page 6

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All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Engineering Marvels Two items of interest recently appeared in the news to prove both the complexity of engineering marvels and the necessity of co-operating with nature. Both, strangely enough, refer to dam construction. The first item tells how contractors finally have got down to bed rock on the site of the Parker dam, 155 miles below Boulder dam on the Colorado river, and that at this stage the dam is 70 per cent complete. Because the concrete arch will rise 340 feet, above its foundation but only 100 feet above the water level, seventy per cent of the work was expended merely in getting ready to build. Engineers in the soil conservation service go to the other extreme. They are building small dams in the same part of the country with no human labor at all. All they do is choose a site, throw in some cholla branches or other litter and walk away. The pack rats do the rest. These queer rodents usually choose these sites to: build their nests and to them they bring everything they find. Stones, weeds, cactus, sticks, anything they can carry, are brought to the place in the gully where the wily engineers placed the orig- inal “bait.” When it rains, silt and debris come down the gully and are deposited in the brush pile. These often collect to a depth of three or four feet. Meanwhile, the industrious rats are building their dam higher and soon it is high enough to stop all wash- ing in the gully. Company, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail THE Behind Scenes Washington Landon Blocks Hoover's Latest Move to Take Over Control of the Re- publican Party by an Early Con- vention of Leaders. eed By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washingten Correspondent) Washington, July 29—Herbert Hoo- ver stayed in New York on his last visit far longer than any but his closest frends su; Holding forth as an elder states- man of the Republican party, he con- dorf. Hoover sought support for an early convention of somewhere be- which would develop a conservative time re-establish his own power and Prestige. Ex-Gov. Alf Landon of Kansas com- pletely spoiled the whole party by flatly refusing to’ attend any such convention. This was the latest episode in a Lan- don-Hoover feud which began, per- haps, when Hoover made his speech at the last Republican convention, and the Landon leaders suspected he was trying to snatch the nomination from under their, noses. During the campaign Hoover made two ‘speeches. Landon didn’t want him to make any. Landon didn’t even want to see Hoover after the nomina- tion and didn’t, until Roy Roberts of the Kansas City Star persuaded him. Landon felt Hoover was bad medicine for the party and Hoover felt in- sulted at his attitude. Landon has always been more or Jess sympathetic to much of the New Deal, although some of his advisers led him away from such positions in the campaign. He would like a coalition of voters representing Democratic leaders of the anti-court plan fight. He refers to Burt Wheeler as “that great lib- eral senator.” Hoover is more con- servative than Landon and frowns on the coalition idea, believing the Republicans should slam regularly at the New Deal. More may be heard from this feud. Hoover can exert control over a con- servative majority of his party's na- tional committee. xk k The Leisurely Manner At a tea-time party here, Senator Ryan Duffy of Wisconsin became fond of the broad southern accent of Mrs. Frank Bane, wife of the executive director of the Social Se- curity Board, who comes from Lynch- Such are the wonders of engineering but of the two exam- | urs. V ples the latter is easiest for the untrained mind to understand. That Farm Legislation “The best farm legislation thus far sponsored by the ad- ministration” says the Administrative and Research corpora- tion of the Jones farm bill now before congress before going on to analyze this proposal. Farmers are interested because it means a lot to them and they would do well to insist that congress enact it into law be- fore this session adjourns. . The bill calls for: 1, Continuation of the soil conservation ect. 2. Maintenance, where practicable, of price and income parities for farmers. 3. Setting up an ever-normal granary plan. 4. Graduated soil conservation and benefit payments to large farm operators. 5. The establishment of research funds by areas to find new uses for surplus farm commodities. 6. Introduction of a two-price system (one domestic and the other foreign) as a means of disposing of surpluses for cash. The funds to be raised by processing texes. 7. The adjustment of freight rates.on farm products in accord- ance with “profit ratios”. 8. The imposition of crop restrictions and controls. This is a big order and if the bill does only half those things it is worth having. If it did all of the things contemplated it would be almost a cure-all for our agricultural ills. Fishing Versus Quints Almost every state, province or community has its feature attraction these days, good for so many tourists a year. Oc- casionally, however, a locality has two big drawing cards, and their competition is likely to develop some amusing situations. From Ontario, homeland of the Dionne quintuplets, comes a brave statement from one D. J. Taylor, deputy minister of game and fisheries, to the effect that more tourists invaded the province in the good fishing seasons of 1928-29 than in any com- parable period since the birth of the five famous sisters. In view of world interest in the quints, many Ontario resi- dents may consider this statement nothing less than open heresy. Nevertheless, it seems that Mr. Taylor would be cer- tain of a share of victory if there is any argument. For, with the quints steadily gaining in popularity, Ontario is going to need a good man to keep its fishing properly press-agented. And from the start he has made, Mr. Taylor is going to be just the man for the job. Speedy Visitors Those folks who have yet to take a motoring vacation should make a resolution NOW to be as careful when on tour as sg are at home. Death is no respector of the holiday spirit. __. Recently the state of Connecticutt made a check and found that cars registered in that state averaged 38.2 miles an hour; those from neighboring. New York averaged 41.3 tiles while drivers from four midwestern states spun along at 44,9 miles an hour. The same check-up revealed that the fast drivers had an accident rate 45 per cent higher than that of their moderate compatriots. What a whale of a difference a little less speed makes. Game and Fish History There is an old truism that the worst form of government, administered by good men, is more satisfactory than the best form administered by bad men. Members of the Izaak Walton League and the state wild- life association may not have remembered that when they de- cided to initiate a law placing the affairs of the game and fish , Va. They were discussing cocktail mix- tures and Mrs. Bane had drawled out the three-letter word gin. “Mrs. Bane,” said Duffy in sdmira- tion, “you're the first person I ever knew who could make a two-syllable word of ‘gin.’ “Senator,” she replied, “I'm prob- ably the first person you ever knew who didn’t Huey through it.” * * When Did Resign? It is true that Senator George Berry (New York Times) Thomes .E. Dewey and his aides, working with quiet efficiency and un- resting thoroughness, continue to pile up their brilliant record. With the conviction just secured of. four of the five defendants in the bakery racket trial, Mr. Dewey’s office has now se- cured altogether the amasing result of sixty-eight convictions of seventy cases brought to trial. The last case was another labor racket. The conspiracy, of which the defendants were convicted was formed to compel “boss” bakers to live up to the price achedules fixed by the United Cake, Pastry and Pie Bak- ers association. Those who attempted to sell below these schedutes were subjected to strikes, picket lines and violence intended to put them out of business. This is no new tactic. Mr. Dewey, and other prosecutors before him, have uncovered case after case of the exaction of tribute by threatening to call strikes at crucial times. The last issue of the Columbia Law Revew obtained a promise insurance” on the building of docks, BARBS | + Banks ‘in England employ nearly 15,000 women, but no jester would dae iacctiae Sharm allio bene jel * A 8t. Louis milk route wagon is pulled by a zebra. This severely tests the aim of alarm clock tossers, as a camouflaged, moving target is hard to hit. ** * Before long hundreds of conscien- tious football linemen will face that great problem of whether to hit low or be accused ca Pagrad the buck. * “Erratic market agitates wheat” is Only trouble now in development of a home caviar to compete with the Soviets is that the American variety still tastes better. ** It seems that a good inventor is one who develops something which isn’t patent to the rest of the world. * Night club department under a six-man board to replace the present one- te man set-up.. They miight have remembered, too, that the law calling for one-man cogtrol. was enacted because the five-man board ones 4 ‘by’ statute was-accused of political machination and on Ad aes ducted a long series of conferences with party leaders from various states at his tower apartment at the Wal- |° tween 2000 and 12,000 party leaders Republican policy and at the same of Tennessee has resigned as presi- dent of Labor's Nonpartisan League, but it is not quite clear when the event occurred. The league is the beginning of a possible sometime Labor party. CIO leaders Jonh Lewis and Sidney Hill- man put Berry in charge of it be- cause he was president of the A. F. of L.’s Pressmen’s Union, and would take away some of the CIO flavor. The league was very active and in some states obviously effective dur- ing the last campaign. Berry was appointed a senator May 6 to fill a vacancy. A week or two later Lewis and Hillman went into conference with him. They sugges! in a nice way that it might be better not to have a-Democratic senator as head of an organization whose very name insisted on its nonpartisanship. ‘They left with the impression that Berry would announce his resigna- BISMARCK ‘TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JULY 29,1987 } ‘Economy Is the Watchword!’ vi SPENDING tion or write a letter about it within chosen. E. L. Oliver, executive vice the next day or two, president, has assumed charge of na- Time marched on, with no word |tional league headquarters here. from Senator Berry. It was two| (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc.) months before any inkling of his resignation leaked out. Meanwhile, league funds had become depleted. The league's three strongest support- |ing unions, led by Lewis, Hillman and David Dubinsky, failed to kick in. Senator Berry had to dig into his own pockets. Finally he gave up. The squeeze play had worked. Pre- sumably there will be more money soon in the league till, since one hears reports of an early, vigorous organiz- ing campaign, As to Senator Berry's delay in act- ted | ually getting out of the league after the May meeting, few who know Berry believe he has no presidential ambitions. Failing that, he might take the vice presidency, which he has sought for years. No successor to Berry has been With Other EDITORS and had actually obtained $32,000 Prior to exposure. While in some cases the members of a union domi- nated by racketeers have been able to obtain the normal benefits of union- ization in the form of pay increases, they have suffered much more from exactions. Expioitation of union members by the racketeer, who main- tains his control chiefly by means of violence and. intimidation, takes the form of the “sell out” (accepting bribes to ‘settle a strike favorably to the employer, or allowing violations of union rules or contract provisions to continue), the “kick-back” (requiring union members to return part of their wages to the officials), the exaction of high dyes, the "discrimination in union ‘privileges and in-the distrbu- tion of work, the payment of excessive salaries of union officials, and the embezzlement or diversion of union funds, The Law. Review article cites from court records and other sources num- erous examples of these practices. Dues in an electrical workers’ union were raised from $28 to $108; initia- tion fees from $150 to $300. In a teamsters’ union $10 was exacted in dues on an average monthly wage of $04. Some craft unions close their rindell| membership books and charge large sums for temporary work permits. ‘One racketeer extorted $500 to $1,000 Reprinted te show what they say. We may or may not agree with them, and 20 per cent of their wages from ins men. A similar system is of “junior” membership, often requiring higher dues for a lower wage scale and permitting no voice in union matters. In an electrical workers’ union fees for “legal ser- vices” rose from $2,100 in 1926 to $532,000 from 1927 to 1930. The racket operated by the late Arthur Flegen- heimer (“Dutch Schultz”) worked in conjunction with a trade association to extort initiation fees’ of $250 and membership dues of $260 annually in addition to remunerative “shake- downs.” Despite extensive union ac- tivity, wages were not increased even when union contracts were concluded. The writer. of the Columbia Law Review article seems to feel that ex- isting anti-racketeering laws, the Sherman Act, State anti-trust legis- lation, and existing laws against coercion or extortion are sufficent to deal with the situation he so ably summarizes. But others may draw a different conclusion, The wide extent of labor racketeering raises a serious question whether legislation cannot be framed for the better protection of union members against exploiation by dishonest officials. It if would not be ai le union offi- clals themselves in time asked for some state supervision of union fi- nances. SPEAKING OF SAFETY FooTa att TEAMS DEPEND UPON SIGNALS FOR. TOUCHDOWNS TRAINS DEPEND UPON SIGNALS 3 FOR SAFETY —~— SHIPS IN DISTRESS DEPEND §| UPON SIGNALS ‘To BRING HELE; “Darling, I'm stealing your h newcomer aid. gaily, but her mind, do you2” grandfather, who had disinherited Phil's father, had taken an inter- ‘est in him after that, helped him through law school and had left him his money. Now, at 34, Phil was not only rich, but a brilliant and successful young corporation ‘lawyer. Sitting before the mirror, with the storm beating against the win- dows, Judith relived a scene of the night before. The telephone had rung Si she bed answered ‘Already there were voices on the line. Phil’s and a woman's. “Of course, darling. Same time and place,” she heard Phil say. “I plan all my day around tha‘ hour,” the velvet voice came back. see VERY quietly she replaced the telephone and when she went into the living room where Phil | was waiting in his immaculate dinner clothes she cool and composed as the silver metallic — AND méOTorisTs oat that wrapped her slim MUST DEPEND UPON SIGNALS ‘To PREVENT ACCIDENTS “You're gorgeous,” he said. “A movie version of Joan of Arc done in excellent taste.” Now she smiled, but it did not reach her eyes. Phil knew it. She sensed it in the tightening of the muscles at his mouth. Suddenly he felt the need of explanation— and they never explained to each other. It wasn’t necessary. - “Marta Rogers called. I’m help- ing her with some investments, Illustration by Virginia Krausmann eyes weren't laughing. “You don't ean football star. A wealthy Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. in care of °, self-addressed envelope. WHAT OUR REFINED mooD bees the diet of modern civilized man lacks somet essential for op. timal muirition seems to be the bellet of physiologists, nutritionists, chemists, dentists and some physicians. There are still a few physicians, however, men who have achieved more or less eminence in the profession by upsetting various traditions and establishing new concepts, occupy their hours between, calls by writing blasts against “the vitamin craze” or the “mineral deficiency fallacy,” and offer as warrant for their objection to these, newfangled notions the confession that practitioners of their class rarely diagnose conditions which in their judgment ere due to nutritional deficiency! It was Marie An. toinette who asked why the mob, if they couldn't get bread, did not eat cake, The mineral deficiency in our diet that gives the greatest concern is lack of calcium (lime), and intimately associated with this is lack of phos. phorus, for these two elements naturally occur in combination. Lack of iron is perhaps next in importance. There appears to be little sound evidence that, everyday food is seriously lacking in other elements. By sound evidence we mean the observations and scientific tests made by physiologists, chemisis, biologists and physicians of standing. One must beware of the plausibie vagaries of self-constituted “dietitians,” “food specialists” and other apostles freak dieting. is Who Pt many elements are essential for good nutrition or how much of each element the body requires from day to day? The human body is not @ mere machine, but a vital organism infinitely more efficient than any machine, It does not require fuel of a particular kind or quality but is cap- able of adapting itself to a wide range of fuel materials without impairment of function. In due course lists of foods which are good sources of calcium, phosphorus and other elements will be given. Here it is important to state that an ade- quate intake of vitamin D is quite as essential as calcium, since the absorption or assimilation and utilization of calcium in the body is controlled by vitamin D. Vitamin D also controls the phosphorus metabolism and maintains the normal balance between the two elements in the blood stream, the bones, the teeth, the nerves and other tissues. The only natural foods containing signifi- cant amounts of vitamin D are salthon and some other sea fish fresh or canned, egg yolk, milk, cream and butter. Fish liver oils ere not natural foods of civilized man. These sources, even if the diet is unusually well planned, cannot be depended on to furnish enough vitemin D for the infant or grow- ing child, and hence it is generally advisable to give a supplementary daily ration of vitamin D in one form or another to every infant or young child, The action of ultraviolet light on the naked skin, sunlight or light from a car- needs the supplementary feeding with vitamin D. There is now good ground for the opinion that if the vitamin D supply is adequate the calclum-phos- phorous metabolism will be good even though the diet is poor in calcium or phosphorous or both. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS tts effect whan I take What will @ person awalse? Coffee soon loses it regularly. Nee Pete Gs ade Giehts eee S gui: TAM auaces en to study. }. C.) WY Acewer-periepe the rooce 1 too warm or inwulficlenMly, venillated relate exons voly redone ce se Nertoe 26 is, Probar arveriwen. 2 KOo% of nothing that will one aw! ee (Copyright 1937, John F. Ditle O02) (Continued from Page 1) “Did you plan itr” Judith for got Phil for a > ¥ ‘No, M Millicent Bayne brought’ HH rrdey i usband for an hour or two,” the ; : T’m having tea with her tomor- row.’ Maybe that was the ot it all. ‘Maybe 7,” then her |mportant names both perce common pense asserted it- 5 man got a romanti throwback in the applauding lines light of a pretty woman’s smile— and Marta » with her blown-gold hair and blue-ame- . Jealousy was a cat that should be drowned in any Phil. rain barrel. Suddenly she became gay. Phil was kind and devoted dur- ing the evening but she thought his spirit wondered sometimes and then his mind would hurry back to her. She smiled in the dark-|room? ened playhouse—she could see it coming, tripping over itself to get back before it was missed, see (OW, in the dressing room, she N stood up. Her car was wait- ing. She would stay at Anne’s tea only a minute—it would be the usual gossip, somebody play- ing a cello and violin, not because anyone wanted music but because it was a softened soundboard for voices that were getting too shrill, laughed Uietly as the ‘limounts |S quietly as lim: “ 2 sped up Park ‘Avenue. . suid eet Fie woes He Anne, whom she had known for like a top came cheerfully into ged was a large » famile|the room, “I'm being detained— oooh mith Sadie moods to |but I'll join the party later. We're eves, Come in, daring. have |W eer ate eT are we. e ; ane apa = my apologies?! Ixjer lg @ st me re