The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 22, 1937, Page 6

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 198? Behind Scenes @e The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper Your Personal Health THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail Mrs. Stella 1. Mann President and Treasurer Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Vice Pres. and Gen’L Manager Secretary and Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance quarts HDs and eatered matter. per year .. outside of North Dakota, per y 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 Rewspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. The Cost of Red Tape Red tape is commonly regarded as that attribute of gov- ernment which strangles efficiency, handicaps action and pre- vents the people from getting service from public agencies with the same speed that marks private business. It does all of these things—and more. For example, it recently came to the attention of this news- paper that for the last 18 years the government has had in effect a ruling that its servants may not pay tolls to cross a bridge or use a ferry. Some departments have managed to have this rule abro- gated but most of them still work under it. As a result a cer- tain official whose headquarters are here and who frequently has work in both McLean and Mercer counties, is prohibited from using government funds to cross the ferry from Wash- burn to Stanton. Frequently he could get through with his work in both counties in one day but to do so he would have to pay the dollar ferry charge out of his own pocket or else falsify his expense account. Quite naturally, he does neither. The result is the government pays him $9 in extra mileage charges because of its refusal to pay $1 for a ferry toll. And this allows nothing for the reduced efficiency of the service in which he is engaged. Thus red tape, begun in this instance because someone prob- ably used a ferry too much 18 or 20 years ago, costs the Amer- ican taxpayer cold, hard cash. And this one instance could be multiplied thousands of times. It would seem that a real renovation of the federal govern- ment—and the same holds true in lesser degree of state, county and city government—is long overdue, that a perennial checkup of rules and regulations would improve the service rendered to the public and reduce its cost. The difficulty lies in making such a revision effective. Judging by the way government usually works any attempt at change would either begin with a commission and end no- where or else wind up with: a lot of new rules, too often devised by impractical theorists, which would cause the government’s Washington This is the fourth of six stories on the President's “brain trust” by Rodney Dutcher. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Sept. 22—Dr. Rexford Guy Tugwell, quitting the Roosevelt administration, said he reminded himself of the small boy who hunted squirrels with stones and didn’t kill any, but at least “annoyed the hell out of them.” Whatever else Tugwell did or didn’t do, after he became Roosevelt's Brain-Truster Number One, you may be sure of these facts: 1, Tugwell always gave Roosevelt his own honest convictions, severely criticized several New Deal pro- grams in inner councils and was far from the “yes man” type. 2. Tugwell continually dinned into Roosevelt's ears the philosophy of more widespread purchasing power, low prices and better living standards —the theory of making industry bring about income redistribution and economic stability through taxa- tion. Apparently Tugwell got Roose- velt to understand this idea, since it’s the nearest thing there is to a funda- mental New Deal policy today. ee He Worked Toward Ideal Tugwell was a Columbia University professor called in by Ray Moley as an agricultural expert in the 1932 campaign, He never helped turn. out the Roosevelt speeches. As assistant secretary and undersecretary of ag- riculture, with inc: importance as general adviser to a president who he thought believed in a new social order, Tugwell worked as hard and as best he knew how for a more ideal civilization. He would be the first to admit he, never made much progress. Business men never understood ‘Tugwell, except as they felt his op- Possible Effect of Rural Labor Organizers 2 By William Brady, M. D. } Dr. Brady will pertal altis , ease oF Ginguosls, Write let! re heieety and taint Aaatper be Beeey q in care of The Tribune, All queries must be bre self-addressed envelope. juberculosis, fellagra, beriberi (polyneuritis) or cocaine night before going THE COURT ACTION AND THE KLAN It is probably true that the disclos- ures concerning the Ku Klux Klan membership of Justice Hugo Black cannot now affect his seat upon the supreme bench. Unless public senti- ment compels the president to de- mand his retirement, it may be too late for that. He has been confirmed by the senate, has taken his oath of office, and his identification with this unsavory organization is not a legal bar to his position. He may be forced The Great Game of PO LITICS Copyright 1937, by The Baltimore Sun try. He must, however, have known what everyone else knew, that Sen- ator Black was elected to the senate through Klan support and had been charged with membership. It is also true that he failed to make the sort of inguiry and investigation which every president owes to himself, to the court and to the nation before filling 20 high an office. And it would have taken so little investigation to have found out. As Ings are now the senate is in the By FRANK R, KENT dards as to legal attainments, public tecord and personal character. For another thing, it will be conceded that the Black disclosures somewhat crip- ple the president's plan to renew his fight on the supreme court and will euake foe than a ae, gaioge the speec! le proposed mi the “Reform of the Judiciary.” The fact that at his first oppor- tunity to appoint a supreme court justice Mr. Roosevelt named a man machinery to break down altogether. position to “unfair profits.” Tugwell|to resign, but the pressure would | position of having refused to consider] life member of the Ku Klux Klan Z aa aN oe Abearts was to/ have to be very great. charges that the president's eareeee| even Hong he did not know it, is] 19 Wrath. Fascism was@ member of an organisa! bound to make people generally won- ibe cane “setae nu MG ag oa | ee teeth |S ke t| Manin * as of ‘son wor- a Some North Dakotans doubtless were pleased at the radio |neck out. He was impatient toward| ried very much by What people think| charges were doubly truo > tune ‘he| be ‘demanded, Tt is the evacion ef| speech made Monday night by Gov. William Langer—and others |“steedy” politicians and business) or say about him. A man who, under} was an active member before he was| the truth and the concealment of the were doubtless shocked. men, To have retained his position as| charges such as were made sgainst| elected to the senate and became a| facts in this incident which is as 38 Rogues; | epee ; . chief adviser he would have had to| him on the senate floor, permitted his| life member afterward. While his| damaging as the Klan connection it- 3 Ege-shaped) 42 Either. i Comment on his advice to farmers to treat like chicken sa ain ee an Posephontarus friends to Hers Gees ieee: champions on the floor of the senate| self. His bitterness toward the su- 4To lease. ee ‘, A a tual integrity lenying em 18| were heatedly denying that he had| preme court is such that it is ible \ thieves anyone who would commandeer their grain was termed |at aaa ‘Tugwell and General Coun-|hardly to be regarded ss having a| ever been s member of the Klan Mr.| the president may not be disturbed by 5To dine. by some an “incitement to bloodshed and riot.” Others con- anes a chant heatiate 4 sensitive nature. He will not be made| Black was sitting in his office a few| the lessening in public esteem that ce ey ‘ tobacco, and| unhappy by the comments of the} yards away with the gold life mem-| comes to it as @ result of hav’ a us sidered it a sound exposition of common sense. The reaction, | patent medicine “trusts,” battling press, the indignation of senators who| bership card still in his poasession—| Klansman as a member, but oo is in every case, being dictated by the point of view. hopefully but vainly for consumers. | voted for him after having been as-| and never # word to say. hardly possible for Mr. Roosevelt's The important reaction, however, will be that of the federal | ,,2> February. 1835, Frank Ss; | sured he had never been a Klansman, = friends not to realize that he has les- helped 4 - » Pressman, Howe| nor by the personal opinion of his] It is a lit hard adequately to| sened esteem for himself by putting write musical known nume government. Large portions of this state will need seed loans ao chess ee spursed from AAA) newly acquired judicial colleagues. | describe that sort of thing in print-| Klansman on the bench, that he has —s ber, “== in again next spring if they are to plant a crop. Ere the winter |"Y Secre fallace at the behest able 1 . Certainly it leaves those Democratic senators Heat oe Si pring y Ly P. e winter /of AAA chiefs, farmer organization| No matter how many senators, like| senators, like Mr. Borah particularly, | who voted against his court-packing an jo gee ene ; 1 i 1 ‘ i snows melt farmers will be clamoring at the door of the Farm Credit Administration for help, just as they have done for four of the last five years. What attitude will the Farm Credit Administration take? Will it say “Your state government prevented us from collect- {ng just debts last year and we will not take another chance. Get your seed from the STATE,” or will it continue to do as it has fm the past? No one can disagree with the governor’s contention that for the FCA to take away grain needed by the farmer for seed next year and to care for his family is unjustified and very poor business. No one can deny the farmer’s right to live and to|Friends and foes disagree as to Dred reper agers raft ae ae een ere oe y 1g) whether ‘Tugwell had trative | nave dreamed of taking had the full | when vacancy to fill,| seph B. adh Chicago. retain enough of his produce to insure him a living. But there is reason to wonder if a proclamation such as that enunciated by the state’s chief executive was quite the way to achieve these laudable ends. From the statement attributed to the FCA which appeared in the newspapers on Monday evening, just a few hours before the governor made his speech, it would seem that a less flam- boyant approach to the issue might have been more beneficial. The farmer who needs seed for 1938 MAY NOT get hurt fs a result of this gesture on the part of the chief executive but he COULD get hurt beceuse of it. ‘ And it always pays to keep an eye on the main chance. Film Patrons’ Protest ‘The sturdy people of Little Rock, Ark., seem to have started . bomething—at least mary will hope they have—with their newly-organized Booing club. The Booing club goes to movies as a body. It keeps the a peace all through the program until the advertising film begins to appear; then it booes—loudly and lustily and at great length. This idea fills, as they used to say, a long-felt want. The ordinary film fan, it is safe to say, has few crosses to bear which‘ are any heavier than the one which takes the guise of the ad- vertising film. The thing is a nuisance pure and simple, and until now there was nothing the poor patron could do about it. But this Booing club—well, it looks as if Little Rock had Fecalling men they farmed out to the eee minors’ chiefs and other lobbyists. *x* * Collided With Congress As Resettlement Administrator ‘Tugwell inherited rural rehabilita- tion loans, subsistence homesteads, a land acquisition program and other sour messes to which were added his own community housing experiments ae their handicap of required relief r. RA was an experiment in giving Mr. Herring, of Iowa, now say they regret having helped confirm him, it out of his job. However, the revela- tions will: have a considerable effect in other directions. For one thing they are certain to intensify feeling against Mr. Roosevelt in the senate. It has been made clear that had Mr, Black’s membership been established before the vote was taken he would have been overwhelmingly rejected. The senate as & whole can hardly individuals a stake at considerable public expense and attempting to tush them into the “abundant life.” ability. Some bad mistakes were made in early personnel. Some waste, inefficiency and maladministration appeared. Some fancy ideas, a ten- dency to bat down all critics with the slogan “nothing is too good for these People,” Congress and a limited budget. Tugwell allowed himself to be pushed or drawn into conflict with the more compromising, go-slow “Frankfurter liberals.” This split added confusion to an already con- fused New Deal. the department of agriculture if Tug- well were to head it. Tugwell re- signed to accept executive vice-pres- idency of Charlie Taussig’s Ameri- can BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN i an idea that would be copied far and wide. Ale fd de 4 4 THE BEST OF MEN * @hipping perishables by air may have its advant but don’ i miracles, A New York ham flown to was found Meee Gael | ee ee on ms aire ae They recklesly changed places i Molence has developed s tractor which plows in high . The same | N miss them greatly: ; principle fs putting furrows inio highway traifie experts! brows Te a a se tice i . pe sdhees ¥ ‘Tf war, as some claim, unifics a people's philosophy, A ful FEES pan) meme ry ‘spl then all should be wasentul ee 5 a 3 May prevent ‘ven the telephone operator finds herself in the thick of the Mediter- accidents. i ganssn mystery submarine punie withthe aging of the Ny-on Power Piracy —_— @ see. pout in tho baby's face? q Ooi % bo thie Patioy Shake for cemaml thet hiss the big leegue baseball “I just want to get him used to ’ * jacoriets plan to continue growing vegetables in the Arctic Circle. In fact, inthe havds.af_the AGI. avoid the feeling that advantage has been taken of it and that it was truth been told. The president's statement leaves things up in the air. It must be ac- cepted, of course, that he did not have advance knowledge of Senator Black's Klan membership, which would have meant not only a deliber- ate design to degrade the court, but to deceive both the senate and the coun- OUT OUR WAY Vg. would be difficult to pry Mr. Black} crossed and decei WHY NO =~ WE JiS CAN'T REACH highest measuring up to the WATER LINES \{ HOW OUMB OF ME I SHOULD HAVE Musical bill with additional justification and compositions. that he has rendered further court criticism from him ridiculous. et SO THEY SAY | In all likelinood women flyers will engage in future wars of the United States—Rear Admiral A. B. Cook, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aero- nautics, * ek & Just because a wife is unfaithful once or twice, it doesn’t follow that Fan dancing? I hate it. I have always wanted to be an obstetrician. I love babies — Faith Bacon, fan Papa stays home with us in the evenings, now that the cafes are closed—Pipo Martin, 9, of Madrid, Spain, commenting on the war con- ditions there. aan dee ae PULL el [FLAPPER FANNY By Syhva | TR wiLANMS 94-22