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lay- any day, nod- litus ns: ined with cur esta- d by eems this light vould that a the uuble, > the whirl de. Is 1 you ult a Sy io tS Bon GERMAN WAR FLEET 18 AGAIN POWERFUL AMONG BIG NATIONS Combination of Bold Diplomacy and Technical Novelties * Rebullt Strength Serlin, Ave: 17. — () — at 10a. m. Qune 21, 1919, the German high fleet, “interned” on the waters of Scapa Flow, south of the Orkney islands, plunged under the waves with battle flags flying. The ships, surrendered at the close ef the World war, had been scuttled by their crews to prevent them from falling into allied hands. This and the Treaty of Versailles marked the end, seemingly, of Ger- many’s seapower, which had threat- ened Britain’s mastery of the seas Yet on May 31 this year the bom- bardment of the Spanish port of Almeria by five German warships drove home to a startled world that the Third Reich had once more Jaunched itself as a seapower to be reckoned with. How was this possible? By a com- bination of bold diplomacy and bold technical innovations. The peace treaty doomed any new ‘German navy to @ minor role by fixing the maximum strength of the German fleet at six small battle- ships, six cruisers, 12 destroyers, 12 torpedo. boats and no submarines. Submarines, from 1914 to 1918, had elmost turned the tide of warfare in favor of Germany and her allies. Pocket Battleships But Hitler's rise to power brought with it the scrapping of arm limita- tions imposed upon Germany. The start of the 1937 world naval race found Germany with 59 warships, aggregating 128,382 tons, and build- ing, or having appropriated for, 38 ships of 195,366 tons, including two 35,000 ton battleships, two aircraft carriers, three cruisers, four destroy- ers, 12 torpedo boats and 14 sub- marines, 5 But even before the advent of the nazis, Germany sought, and found, method of circumventing the restrictions of the peace treaties as regards naval armament. In 1932 ‘was launched the first powerful “vest- pocket” battleship, the “Deutschland,” with 10,000 ton displacement and six ll-inch guns. It was a swift floating fortress commanding respect. Two sister ships followed, the “Admiral Scheer” and the “Graf Spee.” Their Jaunching created a profound effect fn European naval circles, particu- larly French. Barred from laying down the keels of heavier vessels, Germany had designed and built ships of the line that potentially could hold their own against men 0’ war three times their weight. This she did by using every pos- sible weight-saving device. For in- stance, by welding instead of rivet- ing the parts, she cut 500 tons from ®@ pocket cruiser’s weight. Signs With Britain In 1935 first reports that the Reich was constructing submarines, in de- fiance of treaty restrictions, inspired hope in France that Hitler's naval Yearmament policy would “awaken” Britain to the new German sea threat. French naval experts pointed out, as well, that France’s mobilization in case of war would bé “seriously men- aced” if German demands for naval Parity with France were met. The British answer was an Anglo- German naval limitations pact, con- cluded in June, 1935. The agreement permits Germany to maintain a navy at 35 per cent of the British sea strength, the ratio applying in gen- ee each category of sea arma- ment Slope Brie Dickinson—Rev. E. W. Larrabee of New Richland, Wis., will be installed es pastor of the Church of the Na- varene Aug. 29 succeeding Rev. T. H. Ova. Bowman—Main street is being re- surfaced with oil and sand by the state highway department. Wilton—Alvin Lange, truck farmer, has commenced marketing his late summer vegetables. He reports cu- cumbers and muskmelons being ex- cellent, watermelons not doing so well. Hazen—Scampering after a flyball fm a softball game at Beulah, Le- Verne Vreeland suffered a broken collar bone when he collided with a teammate, Clare Karns. Dickinson — Thomas Neil, former engineer with the Northern Pacific tallway here, died in Seattle recently. Wishek—New pastor of the Pres- byterian church here is Rev. John W.|Pe Van Dyke, formerly of Slaton, Tex. EBowman—Officers of the Past Ma- tzons club of Sunset chapter, Order of Eastern Star, are Florence Cush- man, president; Lena Brewer, vice president; Addie Degen, secretary- ‘reasurer, Richardton—Organized . here was the Grand Vale Homemakers club with officers—Mmes. Spencer Bobb, enaetts John Elkins, vice presi- lent; J. L. Jesperson, secretary-treas- urer; Sivert Elkins and F. H. Mad- sen, project leaders—and members: Mmes. Martin Marcussen, Edmund Luff, Hans Jesperson, Knute Knut- ‘on, Joe Lacher, Arnold Knutson, Levi Jesperson, Anton Schmidt and An- ders Christenson. Napoleon—Leo Hunkele, park su- Perintendent, reports trees have made rapid growth this summer. A north- west poplar sprouted 6 feet 1 inch. Fessenden—Because of the city’s excellent financial condition, the city council has reduced water rates 25 per cent, Mayor P. L, Hope made the tecommendation, Councilman Ben F. Oser made the motion. By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer Washington, D. C., Aug. 11—(P)— Like a lot of other folks, Hugo Bleck has a pet idea. He thinks old Dame Democracy can Go modern without losing her place in the hearts of the American people. 5 But unlike most of us, Hugo Black loesn’t stop with the idea. He has tried to prove he’s right, Whether he has succeeded is a matter of opinion. But at least he has fought to keep old Lady Democ- racy “in style,” and consequently he has won a nomination to the United States supreme court. He Cites an Example About that idea: is Senator Black believes the lan- Guage of the constitution is sound enough and broad enough to fit modern economic conditions, with- out tampering. In his opinion, the whole thing is a matter of interpre- tation by the supreme court. His favorite example is interstate commerce, that undefined something which the constitution says the con- Gress shall regulate. “When our country was young there was very little commerce among the states,” explains the champion of advanced labor legis- lation. “In fact, the roads were s0 bad interstate commerce on a large scale was impossible, but now some statis- ticians contend 90 per cent of our commerce is interstate. “Anybody can see that much of our trade is carried on nationally without regard for state lines; 50 why should we not state the thing in so many words, and proceed to have congress regulate it? “All we have to do is face the fact. And, mind you, the supreme court will face that fact!” Those words were spoken quietly in the senator's office a few months before the supreme court did just ° People’s Forum Editor's Note—T! Tribune wel- comes letters on subjects of inter- est. Letters dealing with contro- versial religious by which attack individuals infairly, OF which offend good taste and fair play will be returned to the writ- ers, All letters MUST be signed. If you wish to use a pseudonym, sign the pseudonym first and your own name beneat! We reserve the right to dele! letters as may conform to this policy and to re- quire publi¢ation of a writ ¥ st eo where justice and fair pi make it advisable. Letters m' be limited to 600 word: THE A. C. SITUATION Madison, Editor, Tribune: ‘An open letter to Mrs. Jennie Ulsrud, chairman of the State Board of Ad- ministration, Bismarck, N. D. North Dekotans everywhere are shocked at the news that the North Dakota State Board of Administra- tion has summarily dismissed from the faculty of the State College of Ag- riculture seven of its well known and capable professors and staff mem- bers. ‘Among those so arbitrarily dis- charged are men known, not only over North Dakota, but over the entire northwest for their distinguished service to education and to agricul- ral science. The sheer injustice involvéd has al- ready been called sharply to your attention. I wish to join those who protest such summary and unex- plained action. So far as I can learn, you or your board has not given & reason, to say nothing of a justifica- tlon for this action. People every- where are asking: “What does this mean? Are those who serve the pub- lie institutions of North Dakota no longer safe from arbitrary punish- ment unless they cower to political bosses?” Those of us who attempt te defend our native state before our friends in sister commonwealths are not able to give answer. We there- fore ask you, as chairman of the Board of Administration, to give us answer. i ‘We, former students of North Da- kota and alumni of the College of Ag- riculture, call upon you to give rea- sons for , upon a day’s notice, men who have given the best cf their lives to the educational and agricultural advancement of North Dakota. These men have inspired hundreds of students to improve themselves and their communities. What have they done to warrant this unprecedented rebuke? Who are those who may continue their duties with- out daily fear of similar treatment? ‘Where is this policy to stop? What are you intending to do to keep North Dakota from educational shabbiness? To many this policy is but the be- ginning of a shattering of research and experimentation in agricultural problems of the state. Social and scientific progress in any state de- nds upon “that continued and fear- less sifting and winnowing by which slone the truth can be found.’ means research pursued fearlessly by well-trained and alert minds. Do you really expect that great educators can be kept or drawn to & state under a program of “firing on Saturday right” which you have instituted? ‘The very stability of a state is de- pendent upon the confidence and the leadership of its men of science. that this action was intended to give agriculture in North Dakota greater attention. Does this repre- sent your attitude and that of other members of the board? Just what do you have in mind as being funda- mental for agriculture? Certainly the task of a college of agriculture is not alone to teach better ways of growing crops and livestock, in the classroom and in its extension serv- heaame a all ts the coReh nec- ; dix methods of ane isease and insects, and ways peer even better the varieties of crops and of finding new uses for farm products, as well as discover- ing more efficient ways of growing and of them. This o| viously can not be done without im- proved methods of research and ex-} perimentation. This requires trained have Burnstad—Funeral services were |men—Just the kind of men you turda; , |dismissed. Do you charge these men "2, Barnaied te pad sat with infidelity to agriculture? 72, Burnsted homesteader and vet- eran agent for the Soo. Haley — Interment services were tae here for Emil Thorpe, pioneer mer, Richardton — The Farmers State poe has installed 9 burglar-proof le. ho form experiments ane carry Out ee must have a basic understanding of what results in an experiment are significant. Sta- tistical techniques are needed ant they rest upon mathematics. Has i not occurred to you that fundamental may often have its roots thrust deep i science? Contributions In 1925... . as Judge Hugo Black, he was making his uphill cam- paign for the senate. In 1938... the new senator . from Alabama, fast learning the ropes in Washington. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1987 Black Sees Flexible 20th Cen In 1934... as he appeared to opponents during his fight for the 30-hour labor law. tury Constitution » Carrying the brunt In 1937... of the fight for President Roose- velt’s court plan. the thing he said it was going to do. It upheld the Wagner labor law, and broadened its view of interstate com- merce to do 50. But don’t get the idea that Hugo Black is going to the supreme court and trample down the rights of states and try to create an ogre of a central government. No such thing, if he carries out that pet idea. Easy on Small Towns He believes rural and small town America should have the right to determine how and when it shall keep up with the commercial parade along the national arteries. The corner grocery and the barber shop in Dothan, Ala., for instance, should yield only to local public opin- ion when it comes to wages and hours. which Robert Millikan made to Physics and Madame Curie to radium could never have been accomplished had they not been great scientists and scholars, Does it seem to you that discharg- ing scholars, as the sweat-shop boss of a decade ago fired workers, will lead to a program of enlivened teach- ing, outstanding scholarship, and sustained research as a basis for prog- ress in North Dakota? You and your associate members of the board, may assume an allegiance Wo the one who appointed you, but do you not owe a much higher obligation to the future of the state by having & sense of justice and of truth, as it manifests itself in unhampered ed- ucation, and to science, as it makes itself available to the people of the commonwealth? Finally, do you not have some obligation to your own cori- Science in a sense of fair play? Alumni end former students are asking for answers to these questions! Abraham Lincoln proved his great torce of personality and character when he said: “I was wrong, you were right,” and he changed his mind and reconsidered his action. May you who are, at the moment, charged with the obligation of guiding the destiny lof education in North Dakota, have that force of character which prompts | ;, you to say: “We were wrong and therefore we reconsider.” May you not resolve: Justice shall not be raped, progress sha]l not be arrested, and the stability of North Dakota shall not be shaken. WM. P. MORTENSON, Class of 1931, N. D. A. C. REBUTTAL TO BONNY Bismarck, N. D. Editor, Tribune: I am certain that our friend, Mr. Bonny, would have given a better answer if he had been in possession of a stronger “Argus-eye.” He began with an error, and, consequently, the was not very promising. This strike, like all other strikes, was @ public affair. Mr. Bonny had his right to regard, on behalf of the taxpayers, those firms to be on the brink of ruin; also, I had the right to regard them as prosperous firms. Permit me to remind Mr. Bonny that these firms refused to open their books, shqwing their good will and good conscience. The result ‘could have remained a secret, except for “Yes” or “No.” The “positive” and “actual knowledge” can, therefore, not be considered, either for Mr. Bonny or for myself. There had been contradicting statements given the public; the public was, therefore, une der no obligation to take further statements at their face value. My opinion was based on logical conclu- sion, It is in the nature of things that firms that deal in scrap metals, bones, rags and the like prosper and have a smooth sailing during depres- sions while other firms often have to fight for their existence. And still, to-my knowledge, we have not heard of workers of other firms having had to be assisted by taxpayers’ money at a time when the city and county government scraped together all available taxes. It was therefore not, only surprising but a shock to learn that the taxpayers’ money had to be used to fill the vacuum of the pay- Toll of those firms. Mr. Bonny’s interpretation of “speculator” is most extraordinary. I doubt very much if the average bus- grocer, druggist or cloth- ier, for example, would regard it as a compliment to be called a “specula- tor.” Any banker of Bismarck, or Webster's Dictionary will be able to enlighten Mr. Bonny on this point. Mr. Bonny’s sense of humor must be very limited when he did not no- tice how ridiculous it must be to call that statement “courageous.” The Consequently, all the liberal labor legislation sponsored by the Alabama leader has avoided laying a heavy hand on small town America. He the furnaces of Birmingham. But this fellow Black has a way about him. You can’t pyramid $1.20 to a seat The Alabama senator was com- pletely lost in his task. He seldom stopped to eat a meal time, but con- stantly whipped away at the weéll- Says that’s true of the 30-hour wéek/|in the United States senate without |nigh impossible task. bill he failed to get through the sen- ate for five years. Likewise he thinks the wage and hour law he succeeded in getting through the senate this year, will not abruptly alter the lives and business of millions of Americans who love their small town homes. All of this philosophy has not been easy to explain to the voters who sent Black to the senate. In Alabama it is easier to talk about the Civil war and local issues than it is to demand the: 30-hour week for the men who make steel in did them any good. The Workers’ Alliance can hardly be said to have done much to secure public sympathy, or that it possesses it.) Mr. Bonny could probably do some good in en- lightening labor in Bismarck along these lines. I presume that Mr. Bonny, by his remark “vilest language in the hear- ing of @ young woman” did not at- tempt to insinuate that such language is permissible, even excusable, in the hearing of a young man. In regard to the shooting affair, I should prefer to give Mr. Bonny a separate answer. This matter is a public affair, The public has, there- fore, the right to an opinion and to express it. Besides, there is something queer in regard to that part of the trouble. In my opinion, it can have the most serious, indeed, the most damnable consequences for the future under similar situations. It, there- fore, occurs to me to be proper and right to attempt to focus the spotlight of public attention on that part of the matter. However, “agitators” cover a wide range. There are agitators for reli- gion and Sunday schools, public health and physical culture, peace, good-will, co-operation, etc. If our friend, Mr. Bonny, had had a stronger ‘Argus Eye”, he would have written “labor agitators,” and I would have been in full accord with him. I trust that Mr. Bonny will have mpre regard for an “Argus Eye’ and not under- estimate it in the future. Fred Knudsen, (Editors Note: If Mr. Bonny cares to answer Mr. Knudsen he may. Thereafter The Tribune exercises its right of bringing an end to this debate because the situation under discussion has been settled. Mr. Knudsen has had the “floor” twice and Mr. Bonny once.) BY WHOSE AUTHORITY? Bismarck, N. D. Editor, Tribune: Last, week our governor, William Langer, discussed over the radio the question of using Bank of North Da- kota funds for the of buying up the farmers’ light Wheat. The fol- lowing days the papers wrote about it, 80-at the present time everyone knows about the governor's new scheme. Several times during the course of the speech the governor stated that he was “raised” on a farm—. By that he means, f take it, that a farm- boy should have had the practical experience and therefore know what should be done for the farmer. I too was raised on a farm. Per- haps not as large a farm as that on which our governor was raised, but nevertheless a farm. I too am inter- ested in the welfare of the farmer, but nevertheless I think that the wheat- speculators laughed up their sleeves when they heard of his plan. I re- member incidents which were some- what similar to what our industrial commission is now doing. re ate ae age in a cel of b the North Dakota farmers in 1936, the price of that in the village, that if he could obtain funds he w Hees the city and buy sufficient “why not,” said the people, and each brought what little money he pad iiet and put it into the common With several thousand dollars in court house is not ® paper house. | tne There are scores of guardsmen in town, a well armed sheriff and police force, Fort Lincoln—in an emergency —at a few minutes distance, and an unsympathetic public opinion; .and, on the other side, a handful of un- armed laborers! It was really laugh! Mr. Bonny should not be sur- prised or take it too seriously if a b- | child should promise to give him “100 But | wreck. million dollars right now.” Hoodlums, Mr. Bonny. Hoodlums? ‘That criminal record of Mr. Smith is beside the point. White as an angel or black as a demon, it did not add an iota to the question as to/billion whether the strike was justified or not, but certainly to the conduct of it. But labor in Bismarck is, indeed, to be pitied if they need to import that sort of characters as leaders. The man had not even sense enough to enlighten the public or promote its sympathy (Neither do I think that the backing of the Workers’ Alliance having something on the ball, and $1.20 is all young Black had when he migrated from Clay county to Bir- mingham just after the turn of the century. But he loves the law and people. That spelled success for the dark- eyed lawyer, now 51, who knows when to wear a twinkle in his eye and when to lash out like a vicious prosecutor. His personality was never more ef- fervescent and his tenacity never], more apparent than when he rode the ‘wage and hour bill throuh the senate hearings this summer. costing the government a lot of; money. We know the end of the Story—and Hoover also was “raised” on _a@ farm, Governor Langer now intends to buy wheat from the North Dakota farmers and pay them good prices; elmost twice as much as the specu- lators are paying for light wheat. This Lght wheat he also plans to store in rented elevators in Duluth and Min- neapolis. What he will do with it after that he didn’t say. I think that Mr. Langer can fill up one elevator, and the second, and the third, and So on, and he won't have forced the speculators to pay the same prices &s he paid, and all this time the Bank One day a photographer asked him to pose and Black consented, but went on working. “Your hair—” began the photo- grapher, proffering a comb. “Oh, yes,” rejoined the nearly bald Black. “My wife’s been telling me to get a hair-cut for a week.” And then with that twinkling eye, and puckering dimple that disting- uishes the Alabaman in the senate: “Just goes to show a man ought to do what his wife tells him to.” But Hugo Black was at work two minutes later on wages and hours. ee not be put as an example to private employment wages. Lots of people privately employed complain of their wages and jobs. And i zl eistlste Uri business is s0 objectionable, tell ‘who object so strongly to take a out to Menoken and back t state penitentiary and get a big whiff of the stench from the sewerage there. ‘Don’t everyone rush out there at once E things in Bismarck than stenches, and I admire the men on The Tribune staff every time they stand up and shout for the better things in life. I know it takes grit nowadays to be able to defy public opinions. OBSERVER. Committee Approves Slum Clearance Bill Washington, Aug. 17. — (®) — The house banking committee formally recommended Monday enactment of a bill to remove families with small insomes from “slum and housing con- ditions which are injurious to the health and safety of the citizens of the nation.” The measure, an altered version of the senate pores Wagner housing bill, would ellow the federal govern- ment to assist states and their politi- cal sub-divisions in providing “de- cent, safe and sanitary dwellings.” The committee's report said it was believed “housing can be provided under the terms of this bill for an in- come group which will average well under $1,000 per year.” Tenants who would occupy the Projects, it was estimated, would have to pay about 55 per cent of the rent. Federal and local contributions would take care of the remaining 45 per cent, The measure vias changed mater- ially from the form in which it passed the senate, where a cost limit of $1,000 per room and $4,000 per dwelling unit was imposed, ot wort | Judge Stops Merger Of Two Corporations Baltimore, Aug. 17. — ) — Judge Samuel K. Dennis Monday for- bade a merger of the Alleghany and Chesapeake corporations, key holding ‘companies of the vast Van Sweringen railway system. He said the merger would be unfaty to the holders of Class A prefetred stock of the Alleghany corporation. Judge Dennis, sitting court, ruled that while the proposed merger plan is not illegal or unfair, “the leagl and illegal features are so inextricaoly interwoven and related that the plan must be dealt with as an entirety and not by piecemeal.” He granted a permanent injunction against the adoption of the plan by the stockholders of the two holding corporations. Youth Hurt in Fall In Mountains Saved Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone Park, Wyo., Aug. 17. — (P) — Edward ‘Woodward, Mason City, Iowa, youth injured in a fall while climbing rug- ged Electric peak near here, was brought to Mammoth Sunday, 26 hours after he had fallen down a 50-foot slope and broken an arm. The injured youth, cold and exhausted, was found only after a 21-hour search near the summit of the 11,155-foot peak. The average track of a tornado ® about one-fifth of a mile across and 20 miles long,-and is so sharply de- fined that houses on one side of a street may be completely demolished while those on the other side are un- harmed. FA.LAHR INSURANCE 4*0 BONDS Nk BLOG - BISMARCK PHONE | CONSULT YOUR AGENT OR BROKER AS YOU WOULD YOUR DOCTOR OR LAWYER ‘= ct North Dakota continually becomes poorer and poorer. A’ good phase of the scheme perhaps, is that it will create jobs which will of course be filled by the administration—mana- gers, bookkeepers, watchmen, rat- catchers, etc.—dozens of jobs. Fortunate is the farmer who has light wheat to sell, and obtains a good price for it. The other side of the question is that the greater majority of our taxpayers are farmers and they in time will have to make up the dif- ference, and then they can say that they had a light-wheat governor. The peasants gave the priest money to buy wheat; congress gave President Hoover money to buy wheat—but who authorized the governor to take money from the Bank of North Da- kota to buy wheat? “RAISED ON THE FARM.” LIKES TRIBUNE STAND Livona, N. D. Editor, The Tribune: ‘Like the idea of the contributors’ column and forum, But what did Mr. Knudsen have for his breakfast the morning he gave ‘The Tribune such a “going over” about the Bismarck strike? Too bad women won't learn that undigestible food isn’t good for one’s nature. I admired The Tribune for the stand it took on the strike and the cones hat followers both for and agains! But, aren't there lots and lots of firms who hire and buy as cheap as they can? Yes. . PWA and Relief has done lots of good for people and it has also done ‘a lot of harm, and those wages should —_—___—_—SS=—— DR. R. 8S. ENGE Chiropractor Drugless Physician Lucas Blk., Bismarck, N. D. ‘Telephone No. 260 Eyes Examined Glasses Prescribed The eye is an orgen you can't afford to neglect. Dr. H. J. Wagner Optometrist Offices Opposite the G. P. Hotel since 1914 AN you imagine any more delightful way of taming a hot afternoon than with a tall, tinkling Tom Collins made with Gilbey’s? This famous has been the world’s favorite ‘drink in the tropics for generations! 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