The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 30, 1937, Page 4

anon meh é An Independent Newspaper ’ THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) . State, City and County Official Newspaper matter. Mrz. 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 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of thi dispatches credited to it or not otherw! dited in thi: newspaper so the local news of spontaneous origin publ: 1d herein, All rights of ublication of all other matter herein are also re: ed. The Governor Names His Wife to Senate Very few persons in the United States—very few in Ala- bama even—thought Gov. Bibb Graves would have the colossal effrontery to name his wife to the post in the senate left vacant by Senator Hugo Black’s ascendancy to the supreme court. But he did, and the upper house can look forward to the pleasant, drawling opinions of “Senator Dixie’ when congress meets again in special or regular session, for Mrs. Graves was an early suffragette leader and knows her own mind. From Governor Graves’ point of view there were a num- ber of good and valid reasons for the appointment of his wife. Best of those is the fact that he couldn’t resign from the gov- ernorship and take the place himself, as that is forbidden under Alabama law. Governor Graves is a politician and, from all appearances, a most practical politician. High state politics are too incon- trovertably bound up with national politics these days to allow golden opportunities to slip away. There are a number of gentlemen in Alabama who would have given little less than their eye teeth for the appointment which went to the governor's wife. Those gentlemen will all be at the polls next election seeking the senate seat and the pre- election appointment would have been a vast advantage to any of them. By naming his own wife the governor deftly avoided pleas- ing one of the potential candidates and making enemies of the others, More than that, he assured himself of a senator from Ala- bama whose stand on national questions and whose ayes and nays he was pretty sure of, and amiable Southern senators are none too plentiful these days. Senator Dixie has already announced she is a New Dealer and will support the president’s policies. That will hardly annoy Mr, Roosevelt and it certainly won’t hurt the standing of Governor Graves with the White House. Aiding Neutrality Organizations and individuals have been pressing Presi- lent Roosevelt to declare China and Japan in a state of war and ‘o impose the full force of the neutrality act. By so doing the United States government could order all nationals out of the two countries and remove troops and ships before a more serious “Augusta incident” involves this country further in the Far Eastern situation. Export of arms and munitions to both belligerents would automatically become illegal, as well as extending of loans and credits, often times much more important. It would immedi- ately be unlawful for an American citizen to travel upon a ship belonging to either of the warring countries. Admittedly the neutrality act is not perfect and admittedly some of its provisions would be difficult to enforce. Invocation of the act would, however, lessen the officia] responsibility for violations, whether to individuals involved or the nations. Obviously congress was following a strongly-felt wish of the great majority of U. S. citizens in passing the neutrality act. And it’s only natural that most citizens today find it hard to understand the delay when need of applying the act arises, WPA Flying Service Getting the work done at an hourly cost of about 60 cents, the WPA has completed $68,710,642 worth of improvements on 940 airport projects, which seems a government item worth singling out. The work included improved runways, terminal buildings and hangars, roads, walks, boundary marks, and field drainage. Small town ports and emergency landing fields were developed as well as metropolitan air terminals. Pennsylvania, scene of so many winter crashes and fatali- ties, came in for almost 11 million dollars’ worth of the work— far more than any other state except California. The ground equipment of the airways has not kept up with its flying equipment, and if these improvements do even a small part to help make flying safer it will be work well done. Just one emergency field might be supremely valuable in human lives if it came into sight at the right minute. Operating on Crime A veteran of Oklahoma reformatories and prisons has asked the state to perform a brain operation on him to remove crim- inal tendencies. ; The incident makes an interesting little news item and opens the way for a happy train of thought. Wouldn’t it be nice if all criminals could be treated on the operating table in- stead of in the courtroom? With science sufficiently advanced, a thief could have his tendency to steal corrected by the sur- geon’s knife, and the murderer his killing instincts removed with the scalpel. . There's practically no limit to the thing. Wives with erring husbands would be hustling them off to the doctor’s office for a shot of truth serum or a stay-at-home-nights pill. Corrective clinics should enjoy a tremendous business. It’s a good trick if you can work it. The senate complained sbout the supreme court appointment of Senator Black even before the members knew Tom Heflin was going to run for Black’s : see An Australian finds the United States a “wonder” spot. And he didn't add, “wonder what next” spot. ed Vice-President Garner, reports say. 1s getting perturbed about the lack of national economy. If he could just pass the idea on to congress. Should the tax investigators look into that Alabama firm of Graves & Graves a8 s personal corporation? | “ . 4 Ap attempt is being made to bring vaudeville back. Most of the jokes haven't been snywhere, Bismarck Tribune Published daily except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D,, and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1937 Behid Scenes Washington Roosevelt Overconfidence Blamed for New Deal Defeats ... Underesti- mated Nation’s Faith in Court... Demo Foes Face Administration Reprisals. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Aug. 30.—The almost complete defeat of the Roosevelt pro- gram in the recent session of congress still puzzles most of those who pre- dicted confidently after the last elec- tion that the president would. have an entirely free hand. Nearly every home-going member had from one to.a dozen explana- tions. The most common one was that the president had made a larger grab for power than the country would tolerate and that he chose the 's! method of court reform which was certain to arouse the moat bitterness and antagonism in and out of con- gress, Defeat on this proposal léd to defeat on nearly every other impor- tant measure Roosevelt planned. On the other hand, there is whis- Pered opinion general among men who helped Roosevelt in the court fight which disregards such consid- erations and attributes the court de- feat and subsequent debacle to Roo- sevelt’s own personal errors of judg- ment. This consensus, if accepted, leads inevitably to the conclusion that Roosevelt in the past has been overrated as a master politician and that his own overconfidence has been BE Noe enemy. These points are made: 1.—Presidential advisers were di- vided as to whether to make the first big fight of the new administration on the court or for a wage-hour bill. Friend and foe now agree that Roo- sevelt in February could virtually have dictated the type of wage-hour law he wanted . Instead, Roosevelt de- cided to make his big fight on court reform. 2.—Only one or two of the presi- dent's advisers favored the court- packing plan before it was launched. Sheer self-confidence plus Roose~, Velt’s love for bold gesture in attack, along with a desire for immediate re- sults, led Ae president to chodse the packing 5 3.—With the court fight on in full fury, Roosevelt engaged in it only nonchalantly. He was so sure of himself, so sure that his prestige would carry the bill, that he never Teally got behind it. When he went breezily off to Texas for a vacation he left no organized leadership of his cause behind him and the battle on his side lost momentum while the government, The fact appears to stand out that. Roosevelt's nonchalant self-assurance led to the great mess which was the first session of the 75th congress. His friends hope he has learned a lesson Eg May have some bear- The court fight, according to administration plans, will continue in one form or another. 2.—Roosevelt still believes he has the people,” that they support what “mandate” and are will- ing to see to it that he gets what he wants. Roosevelt fooled himself in wait for his opponents “to country.” back to hear from the 3—The administration will not Ip any ae a member in next year’s primaries and may go through with present plans to knife such members. Farley denied this in his Indianapolis speech to Young Demo- crats, but.Senator Guffey’s speech, in favor of knifing, which brought him such a terrific lacing from Senators Wheeler, Burke, O'Mahoney, Holt, F and others, was secretly applauded by most New Dealers. As long as Roosevelt thinks along these lines, only one pretense of a Prediction is possible: Nobody knows where it all will end. (Copyright, 1937, NEA Gervice, Inc.) BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN IS RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN A certain firm had the following legend printed on its salary receipt forms: “Your salary is your personal busi- ness, and should not be disclosed to any one.” The new employee, in signing the receipt, added: “I won’t mention it to anybody. I'm just as-much asham- ed of it as you are.” “Is McPherson in?” “Aye, but he’s very busy; he's sharpening the phonograph needle for the party tonight.” “Is he really as fast runner as they say?” “Is he fast? Say, he can run so fast that all the men he races with have to run twice as fast as he does to keep up with him.” Old Lady (to little boy standing on his head): “Don’t you know that if you do that, you'll never get to be president?” 5 Little Boy: “That's all right, lady, I'm a Repubi 2 _—— | SOTHEY SAY | ——<_—______ll|'_____¢ I seek no change in the form of American WHERE THE AMENITIES ARE OBSERVED ACCORDING TO TIME-HONORED CUSTOM REMONY 1S DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE LIVES OF THE WHERE EVEN THE ACT OF SUICIDE (S REGARDED AS A MATTER OF += . ETIQUETTE ‘ : “AND WHERE TWO GREAT NATIONS ENGAGE IN CONFLICT WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A NOTE MENTIONING THAT turn the Democratic party twward abandoning the Democratic A STATE OF WAR EXISTS NEW YORK’S SIGNIFICANCE Politically“ and economically, New York is so impressive a part of the nation, with its electoral and conven- tion votes so overshadowingly large that its local elections almost invari- ably are nationally important. Not for & good many years has this been as true as of the extraordinary and com- plicated struggle now going on in New York eity preliminary to the selection of & Mayor. In this instance, even the primaries are nationally significant. the 1940 convention and may give the dn that gathering, Before the present Not to so use it would be an exam- ple of almost incredible political stu- pidity. It is, of course, essential that the President maintan an appearance of personal aloofness, but if hfs party control is not to be endangered and the opposition in Congress next year strengthened all along the line, it is essential that he prevent the of Senator Copeland in the primar: vital that he not permit him to become avowed anti-New Dealer, is already denouncing the President for inter- ference in the New York situation and making so far as he can Mr. Roosevelt and his New Deal an issue. New York to the convention. It is noL_an exaggeration to say that the outcome may hinge control of the next Democratic National Con- vention, The public outside of New York may not grasp that fact and it may not be grasped fully by the New York voters themselves, but politicians ell over the country are completely aware of it. And nowhere is it better understood than in the White House. The President, it is true, has had issued on his behalf a statement as- zerting his complete neutrality as be- tween the Democratic candidates for the Mayoralty nomination. It has been officially denied that he is supporting one or opposing the other. course, is the only possible public attitude for him to take. Any other would be the worst kind of political element concentrated behind him, it 3s clear that if the Senator should be nominated and elected the New York delegation to the convention would be anti-New Deal and anti- Roosevelt. Even if he wins only in the defeated in the election the fight would leave the controlling Tammany element very anti-Roosevelt, and the probability would be that it would be able to choose the delegates from all five bor- oughs, It pers has. Federal officeholding machine, led upon the part of the Administration this situation is impossib! verybody gnizes it. The plain fact ds that neutrality is non-existent and the Administration political forces are in @ battle which if lost at least will Former First Lady * Answer to Previous Puzzle 1 The widow: of Saaaneaaass QORa BowasS i 30 Covered with 36 Cal) for nelp. 23 Note in scale, 49 Musical Pussy. instrument. 27¥Form of “be”. $2 Cuckoopint. 31 Bill of fare. 54 Toward sea. Tidy. “This—this says, had arranged to coincide. ‘The}sion trips that would be a lot of pine te ” ™ ‘asi iets wesl0 Gazelle, question of “where” was not as|fun for a change. I had it all “That’s what this says. And it’s 11 Units of work 56 She is a———- 12She was i.,'NO,1 was really serious about] casual passer for the trip!” By William Brady, M. D. Realth but not dis ress Dr. Brad; ed ta WHAT, PAY FOR TESTIMONIALS? , Nocd to hear about “unsolicited. testimonials,” benefit he has me success, happiness and peace for WHERE PRECISE FORM GOVERNS some personal details to show why and THE SPOKEN an WRITTEN - went to another doctor who pronounced it first Not satisfied I went to two other doctors and they all treatment. It sloughed off, healed up and belleve I have you to thank for the fact that living. Your column is doing more to educate people against formidable enemy, health ignorance, than you can possibly (Copyright, 1937, John F. Dille Co.) If Copeland is the Democrati: candidate the New Deal cannot afford year openly supports Mr, LaGuardia as the the Mayoralty this . ope! 4 as the no aaetes about the loyalty of the | Fusion candidate, he cannot then go 'ammany support of the President at | back and pick up the Democratic em- including the |blem as if nothing had ned, deutial support of Mr. LaGuardia as the ential sup} q as drapes digacy, if muvoeestul in the primaries, |egainst Copeland wil be the frst step party to the conservatives and the formation of a third party with all the if the Flynn-Farley forces are routed n fu or one of the the doctor be- |LaFollettes for President in 1940, That Udgecelarliag ss may seem fantastic at the moment, i the regular Democratic The Great Game o PO LI’ | IC S te free a won Se SSS — = os SF on joke. Involved in this primary s Copyright 1937, by The Baltimore Sup the struggle between New Dealers and By FRANK R. KENT anti-New Dealers for control of the ? next convention. The tragedy of it 5: 4s that the greatest city in the world, render doubtful Roosevelt control of Py ar Bening ik pace cot piety Sdn i lith seven ralllion pomilation’ and anti-New Deal Democrats dominance /|perately working in the background, probes of immense gravity and succeed in preventing the Copeland ing Mr. Sidney Hillman, of the Gar- |Complexity, should be unable to choose New York fight is over every available |r:omination, clearly it would mean|ment Workers’ Union, who is closer |its Mayor, uncomplicated by political ounce of White House weight will be| Administration dominance tw the President now than any other. | Considerations which should have no For « third, he is a personal friend of | bearing upon the choice, Mr. Roosevelt. Liquid air can cause curious effects. —= Considering all these things, it Those who know the facts know | would seem almost inevitable if Cope- Farley_and’ Mr, Dooling, then Tem |Freident throw his welght in favor of le; , 5 Tay ensee had reached ah accord; | the LaGuardia candidacy. Yet the po- that they give off a metallic that the former was definitely anti-|tentialities of that course are very Fresident throw his weight in favor of Madman’s Island BY NARD JONES Copyright 1937 NEA Ing TINUED FROM PAGE ONE Kay Dearborn appeared alert and zestful. Tall and slene Ste) sis eld her, Att OUne eae Kay made a helpless gesture. “How do you always manage to make it on the day they defrost “It’s a gift,” Priscilla said, get- ting up. “Come on, let’s go.” She stopped suddenly, went back to the table. “Oh, Kay here’s a legal- looking letter for you. Melita and jee been expiring with curios- Kay took the long envelope, looked at the unfamiliar name in the upper left-hand corner. from Aurora,” she said. “I've an uncle there I’ve never seen.” She unfolded the letter and read hur- yomana4 “What is it?” asked Priscilla ppsenty, dropping down beside Kay didn’t answer at once. She was the letter. Finally she looked at Melita and Priscilla NQHrao pression. “This—this says that ” Kai it breathlessly to irls, “that | Uncle Ben died ith ago. He he—Uncle Ben—has tee coke | pace ile exploded. be left me a Saat cnt.” SsaQqno Sgured out.” here. I remember that several matter Of] years ago Uncle Ben made a cruise ta, from here, but I that—” “Well!” Priscilla cut in cheer- yours and Kay's. And ajfully, “I guess I’m psychic. Didn't lond is supposed to be dizzier|/I say it would be a boat trip?” redheads and brunets.” look. ey a2 ee, prec ekce mri Stia ‘Any! cried Priscilla, ing up, “let’s have a look at the thing, Maybe we could find a nice sailor who'd run it for us—just . There are some excur-| this, In (To Be Continued)