The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 23, 1937, Page 6

aye i! THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1987 6 The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published daily except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- fmarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mai) matter. : 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 ly. ar Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) . Daily by mail per year (in state outside of Bismarck). Daily by mail outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail in state, per year .... Weekly by mail] outside of North Dakota, per year. Weekly by mail in Canada, per year Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press exclusively entitled to the use for republica- credited to It or not otherwise credited in 1 news of spontaneous origin published hei 1) other matter herein are also reserved. spat Newspaper and also tho All rights of republication Recessional Will President Roosevelt«be able to exercise leadership pver Congress? Will the congress “reject” the president’s leadership? These are questions too often asked by political agitators and busy-bodies these days. People who lay emphasis upon this phase of the situation faced by the people—as well as by the president and congress—are putting the emphasis in the wrong place. The one real question facing the country is what is best to} do to insure the properity of this nation. / And the one question the people are asking is whether | tongress and the president will have the brains and the courage to ascertain and do that best thing. To place personal pique or advantage above the welfare of the nation is merely evidence of a little mind. The nation is in danger because of failure to adjust its {nternal affairs soundly and with a view to the greatest good for the greatest number. It is in danger from without because of the rising tide of aggression, both military and political, | which now is sweeping the world. In this circumstance the duty of every citizen, from Mr. Roosevelt down to the humblest voter—and including the mem- bers of congress—is to re-dedicate himself to the promotion of ‘American prosperity and the preservation of peace with honor. {This without regard to politics or the perpetuation of economic and political fetishes. * 8 & The necessity for this new resurgence of Americanism is Sndicated by the recession of business, which is an obvious fact. It is not as bad as some would have the nation believe and it is worse than others contend. On the basis of the most impartial information available, the most worrisome thing about it is the fact that it represents the reversal of a trend. From the summer of 1988 until the fall of 1987 the economic indices slanted steadily: upward. Now, with government spending under the PWA sharply diminished, and because of other factors, the upward movement has been re- versed. It is necessary to get the budget in balance as rapidly as possible. But it also is necessary that business go ahead and that people have employment. To do both of these things at the same time is a problem most difficult of solution. We cannot balance the budget at the expense of too much human misery. And at the same time failure to balance the budget for an in- definite period guarantees a lot of human misery in the years to come. In the nation, as of the week ending Nov. 18, heavy industry had dropped from 87.1 to 83.6 in one week. A year ago it was 96.4. Automobile production and cotton shipments were off slightly and steel dropped 7 points to 41 per cent of capacity. Electric power production and freight carloadings were off slightly. As of Nov. 13, the National Industrial Conference board took a telegraphic survey of 1,200 industrial firms which co- operate with it in feeling the pulse of industry. This showed 926,868 employed on that date as compared with 967,510 in October and:989,669 in August, the high point for a number of years. In May, 1987, however, the count was only 921,224 and in November, 1986, it was 901,441. Thus employment, while it shows a decline, still is well above a year ago and higher than most months of this year. However, the steepness of the decline and the fact that a reduction in the number of workers also has been accompa- nied by a shortening of hours, gives cause for concern and limns the problem which the nation faces. * The brightest spot on the business horizon continues to be increased farm purchasing power. Discussing that the Admini- etrative and Research corporation says: “Reports from the ag- ricultural states in the Midwest and West indicate steadily ris- {ng retail and mail-order sales. Farm machinery makers re- ported an increase of 20 per cent in October as compared with October ’36 and November sales are running ahead of October levels. Demand for farm equipment has been so brisk that lead- ing manufacturers have increased prices for ’38 delivery an average of four to five per cent. Mail-order houses report sales improvement from 12 per cent to 20 per cent over 1986. Auto- mobiles, clothing, furniture, electrical appliances and radios, house furnishings and farm equipment have been most in de- mand in the rural‘areas. However, this buying may taper off |!ons after the seasonal bulge.” ‘ That, in-so-far as it can be presented in a thumbnail sketch, is the condition of the nation’s business at present. The questions of sound national financing and the restora- tion of universal employment, remain unsolved. It isn’t a question of whether the President wins or con- gress wins. It isn’t a question of advantage to any political or economic group. The real, vital question is the welfare of the American people and it will take all of the courage, the knowl- edge—yes, and the tolerance—which all groups can muster to|" reach even the beginning of a satisfactory solution. Regi jardiess of the outcome, the oll owe Bome educators are still trying to remedy left-handedness children on the theory that i isn't real friendship unless you cut off your night son eee controversy with Mexico was ex- refined way of settling differences. Public officials of Moochow, prohibited ‘to dance, ugges- tions for procedure when © Japanese bully peppers thelr feet wits tesa eee Reports sey the Belgian is A 13-year-old Sen Francisco girl asked annulment of marriage ehe could return to achosl:. Nope; Rove-and career just’ won't mals, — ae a i CIR te Behind Scenes Washington Ickes’ Attempt to Dispel Rumors of Espionage Draws Fire From Hous- ing Head Straus, Precipitating Bit- ter Exchange . . . Jimmy Roose- By RODNEY DUTCHER Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington, Nov. 23. — Secretary “Honest Harold” Ickes has just under- taken to assure top officials of PWA and the Interior Department that they are not being subjected to wire tap- ping, dictaphone planting and other espionage. The results of this gesture were rather more startling than anyone expected. : Ickes acted to solve a cockeyed situation. Responsible, highly-paid , jofficials were complaining to each other of tapped telephone conver- sations, of surveillance of visitors to their offices arid of being shadowed outside. Some officials even had private elec- triclans search their offices for pos- sible dfctaphones or hidden wires. Ickes himself, apparently to make sure no one was snooping without his knowledge, had the telephone com- pany check important offices recently —including his own. Adding Coals to Fire So the secretary summoned several dozen officials to a departmental con- ference. He said he had heard some were disturbed by talk of wire-tap- ping and dictaphones, that there had been some of that once, but wasn’t any more. He hadn't delegated the au- thority for such measures to anyone; he had retained it, Assistant Secretary Theodore A. Walters said he was glad to have sus- picion dispelled, that rumors had been rife and that he himself had been followed one night. Then up spoke Nathan Straus, the BYRD HOUSES Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia criticized a rural resettlement hous- ing project in his state so violently that some drastic economies were made. Scheduled plumbing instal- lations were abandoned in favor Se ARNEL PN ET AA | ‘Your Husband Has Met With an Accident’ ed po oce coc cose coco ecec croc ccccc ccc coco occc coco rosy Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. stions pertaining to health but not dis briefly and in ink. Address Dr, ‘ops A leg must be accompanied by a stampe Dr. Brady will ans: or diagnosis. re of The Tribune, addressed envelope, rq Write lett alla ODOR ON THE BREATH Controversy in medical press two or three years ago over the nature and best remedy for the odor on the breath of persons who have eaten garlic be- fore inflicting themselves on fellow mortals, The Cincinnati school, after study and experiments, maintained that garlic and onion odors on:the breath come from the blood via the lungs, and that mouth washes merely mask the of- ; fending odor and do not cure it. a I have sometimes pondered whether such @ breath calls for a cure or for an operation. \ S The Harvard school, on the other hand, having made a. careful study and some experiments along similar lines, insisted that the odor on the breath of garlic or onion eaters comes from the essential oil contained in these vegetables, but thts does not come via the lungs or in air arising from the stomach or in salivary secretion, but arises solely from particles of onion or garlic retained in nooks in the mouth or about the teeth and gums. In sup- port of the Harvard contention they sald the breath can.be immediately and completely rid of the odor by washing teeth and tongue and rinsing the mouth with a solution of chloramine. The chlorine liberated in the mouth reacts chemically with the essential oils and deodorizes them. Later the Harvard school made a supplementary report to the effect that a diluted solution of sodium hypochlorite has been found to be somewhat more ef- fective than the chloramine solution. Dilute solution of sodium hypochloride is official in the U. 8. and British Pharmacopoeia, under the title of Liquor sodil hypochloritis dilutus. It may be used undiluted or mixed half and half with water, as a mouth wash. ‘There is no question that the odor on the breath of a person who has taken in a skinfull of booze is due to the alcohol or aldehyde excreted through the lungs. Neither’this nor any other mouthwash can remove such an odor. The attempt to mask or smother the telltale odor with pungent aromatics such as cloves, peppermint, etc., merely calls attention to the depravity. If you do not wish to let any one detect the odor on your breath the most cer- Van ree Ee OE te ee Sere a Less pronounced unpleasant on the is generally due decomposing particles of food retained between the teeth or about den- tures, Perhaps frequent use of sodium perborate as tooth powder or in solution as mouth wash is the best corrective for this. The use of dental floss to remove particles clinging between the teeth is sometimes necessary. Many persons with enlarged or infected tonsils have trouble from ac- cumulations of cheesy secretion in the crypts and if permitted to remain .| long these may produce @ fetid odor on the breath. Best treatment is re- of small houses to the rear. The tenants now call these structures “Byrd houses.” new administrator of the U. 8. Hous- ing Authority. Bear in mind that Straus, whose agency operates auton- omously under the Interior Depart- ment, was bitterly opposed for his; The most striking thing about this Job by Ickes, special session of congress is the Straus demanded to know whether | change in the atmosphere. How long it Ickes had any right to tap wires and | will last no one can tell, but certainly 80 on. He added his opinion that it| it is the first since Mr. Roosevelt be- was a criminal offense. came president in which house and Ickes snapped back that he was able | senate leaders, taking their cue from to run his own department. him, have not assumed the attitude “I'm going to get an opinion from | that business as a whole needed rigid the attorney general about it,” insist-| regulation, that successful business CONGRESS MAY LEAD ed Straus, whose own tele; con- nect through the Interior switchboard. “The attorney general only gives opinions to heads of departments,” said Ickes. “Well, you're the head of a depart- ment,” returned Straus, indicating that he would still seek an opinion it Ickes didn’t. The meeting broke up amid con- siderable embarrassment and numer- ous predictions of further hostilities. ee * Second Speaker Official speeches most worth watch- iug, next to the President's, are those of Jimmy Roosevelt, his son and sec- retary. Jimmy has been and occasionally will be used to release occassional trial balloons. He spoke with entire con- fidence, if not with some signifcance, when he recently told a Catholic youth organization at Chicago: “American democracy is prepared today to do whatever needs to be done men systematically exploited the poor, underpaid labor, sweated little chil- dren, generally disregarded “human right” and deserved, therefore, ‘to be kicked around, That was the White House thesis upon which Mr. Roosevelt has steadily harped. The inculcation of that idea has been the principal job of his prop- aganda agencies and there have been few presidential public utterances in which he has not fostered it. It was the reason for the ,pillorying of busi- ness men before congressional. com- mittees, for the dramatic staging of the “tax dodgers drive,” for the varl- ous punitive measures conceived by the Corcoran-Cohen Brain Trust and Sponsored by Mr. Roosevelt. An in- tegral part of the old Huey Long soak- the-rich political strategy, it has been at the base of the New Deal effort to array the Have-Nots against the Haves, and to go as far as it needs to go to keep the fate of the many from fall- ing back into control of the few.” (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc.) After four years of this, it is in- teresting that this session opens with what seems a partial retreat by the president and certainly a strong re- versal of feeling upon the part of con- gress. So far as the latter is concerned, the “ spirit” is dead. It is through with reform and wants to re- trench. While there are shrill protests from the radical wing and great pain among the national planners, whole trend of vocal congressional opinion is for a repeal and modifica- tion of onerous tax laws, for the cut- ting down of expenses, for a balanced budget and the removal of the burdens 80 enthusiastically imposed on busi- ness. In brief, while there are still in congress and around the president men who want to keep their heel on the neck of industry, inflate the cur- rency, pile up the debt and continue along the early Tugwellian lines, the conviction grows that we have been taken too far and in the wrong direc- tion; that unless a halt is called and drastic action taken, disastrous re- sults are likely to ensue. The reasons are clear enough. The business slump has taken the shine off the New Deal, driven home the fact that the harass- ing and handicapping of industry in- evitably reacts most painfully upon the very people in whose welfare the ‘New Deal professes primary concern. As things stand, it is not only ac- curate to say, but quite plain that the desire among Democrats in con- gress to encourage business, to cut down expenses and refrain from fur- ther regulatory legislation is greater than the president's; that they are willing to go farther and faster than the president, despite the conciliatory BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN ThE BEST OF MEN Royal HORIZONTAL 1 Il-fated queen pictured here. 13 To sing cheerfully. 14 Age. 15 Seaweed. 16 Colt. 17 Famous 19 Auditory. 21 Thing. 22 Rite for the dead. 24 Since. 25 Musical note. 26 Chart. 28 Formed a vine, 31 Inflexible. 34 Smell 35 Tardy 36 Sheep's cry 38 To devour. 39 Alleged force. 60She was a 41 Pound, $2 African antelope. 43 Within. XVI of —. Chuzz—So you were the sole sur- vivor of the plane crash. Tell us how you escaped. Bjones—Well, you see, I missed the jane. Izsat—Hello there, you home? T thought you were in college? Izard—I was, but I had to leave on account of my eyesight. Tzzat—You had to leave. college on | actount of your eyesight? Why, that’s! too bad. | Izard—Yes, I mistook the new dean of women for a co-ed. | | | PS cial 1 MIE IT] AIMIAITIE IIB) Noowedd (tenderly)—If I) should die, dear, would you marry again? Mrs. ‘Noowedd (teasingly) — You funny man. What makes you think Til wait for that? —_—__________ | SOTHEY SAY | ‘— —_—______@ I have no complaint to make. After ali, when I was born the doctor said T would live only three weeks. Well, here I am, but the doctor has died ago.—Pierre 61 She was the i a ** * ote ies Me tn Pishback, au Answer to Previous Puzzle lJ OLHININIY IG! IOIMIAIN] STAIVIE Miwie JAIQIS Mm olt|t ic} Alcie (RIS MESIPIAMES|LOlTIH] 20 IPIEINITIEIR MES IAI Al DIOMmAy 1 [A] Beauty extravagant. 17 Chaos. 18 Stream obstruction. She was —— REE | 22 Fashion. [SIL JAIP] 23 Gibbon. EJAl1} 25 Brutal. PAIL |O} 27 Rice dish. PIE IN] 29 Idant. 30 Blow on the head. a [S} 32 Gun. iMIALTICIHIE IS} 33 Neuter pronoun. 37 To engulf. 38 To hold dear. 40 Tibetan tribe, 42To obtain. 6 Gaseous 43 Containing element. iodine. 7To carry. 45 Low tide. 47 Above. 48 Fruit. 49 Prude. 50 Boy. 51 Lacerated. 56 Exists. 12 Spruce. - wife of Louis16She was —— 59-Babylonian deity. rrr PT the| than in the one he took. The Cre Gane of POLITICS Copyright 1937, by The Baltimore Sun By FRANK R, KENT words of his message and its sounder recommendations, There are for this several explanations. One is the well- known fact that there has not been a time since 1933 when Mr. Roosevelt could not have led congress more easily in the conservative direction Another is because members of congress realize. that whether Mr. Roosevelt is person- ally as popular or not, there has been @ change in their states and districts toward the New Deal policies; that the business slump is real, that it imposes hardship on the poor and unless checked will react against the admin- istration, 2 There is still another reason — a. reversal of direction does not involve for congress the same sort of seeming * moval of the accretions by the physician, where gargling and gentle massage of the tonsils fails to dislodge them. Then a few electro-coagulation treat- ments to obliterate the crypts. Other foods than onion and garlic may impart an odor to the breath, - notably turnip, asparagus, cucumbers. Numerous medicines impart & char- acteristic odor, and the garlic-like odor on the breath of a person suffering from chronic arsenic poisoning is sometimes the first clue to the diagnosis. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS es Ie ood tonic. (Mrs. W. T.) Please give the recipe for your home made ic. 8. W. T.) Fee ten cents coin and stamped envelope bearing your ad- for booklet “Blood and Health.” ae (Copyright, 1937, John F. Dille Co.) stultification it does for Mr. Roosevelt. | out of existence: Mr. Roosevelt’s posi- To do the things now that the situa- tion urgently demands and which his own fiscal officials advocate is, in ef- fect, to admit that he has been wrong from the start, that he has made rather a mess of things, that his critics were right and it is now necessary to undo some of the things he has done. It takes a pretty big man to do that kind of thing. In the beginning Mr. Roosevelt claimed to be that kind of man. He said that if the experiments he d did not work out “I will be the first to admit the mistake.” He has not made good on that, He has not admitted that anything he has done or tried to do was an error—no’ such as the Warren gold policy or the “Satellite Cities,” of the Tugwell days, which have been abandoned. or the NRA, or the AAA, or the attempt to pack the supreme court, or anything else. Regardless of the collapse of many of his schemes and the waste of time, effort and money in others, now wiped tion is that he has made no mistakes, that the recession of business is not the fault of his policies, but of busi- ness itself. Faced now with s really desperate state of affairs apparently his pride will not’ let him whole- heartedly take the steps necessary— and which he knows to be necessary— to deal with it. He cannot bring him- self to go “the distance.” His friends say “You can’t expect him to repudi- ate himself—he’s got to save his face.” The question is whether, with the na- tion on the brink of bankruptcy, pre- serving the president's pride and sav- ing his face are going to prevent sav- ing the country, no easy thing at best. The en sign is the demonstration of sentiment among the president’s adherents in congress, who are conviriced for the vital need for immediate action. It may be that at this session congress will supply the leadership and the president do the following. That wouldn’t be so much of a change as it might seem—when the record of the last session is con- sidered. CAST OF CHARACTERS ‘LL WENTWORTH, heroine, JIL! attractive debutante, 7 LL eft LAN JEFFRY, here, ristag oung artist. BARRY WENTWORTH, Jill's brother. SYLVIA Che Ne oil heiress. in spirit, Yesterday: Broken le. A few ane erares * a, ; Gceperation Alam, at Ardath’s sus Gestion, begins a portrait ef her. CHAPTER XVII1 THe shining scarf had given Ar- dath a subtle allure. But something was wrong. Those fiat little curls which had been pains- takingly down over her forehead, held in place by thick blond braides. Alan frowned, and crossed the room to his dresser. He came back with a comb. “Mind?” he queried. Without waiting for her reply, he combed out the curls, Ardath’s young brow from the curly screen. “You have a classic brow. You might be some young Greek god- dess, who has forgotten she is earthly man with her beauty. “Are you enthralled?” Ardath asked boldly. “I'm no man. I’m an artist. ‘That is, just now.” A tide of color had washed over Alan’s face. “And afterward?” Ardath per- ‘Alan was bending over his paints. He spoke slowly: “After- ward—after this sitting, I'l still tired artist swift emo- to mre aie her. CK WENTWORTH, Jill's . MARY RAYMOND. Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Ine, Twice he stopped to bring coffee/gentle way this woman’s did. Get~ and heap more coal on the open /ting a soul, he had said! fire. The arrogant fool! He had used Ardath was of that type who |her to paint this silly picture. He knew only one way to get a man. Entrap him with physical weapons. Her lips curved into warm invita- tion again. But her most alluring expres- had been making fun of her all the e, Ip a blind fury, Ardath struck: the canvas violently. All he had wanted was to paint sions were evidently being lost |like this. Well, he wouldn’t have upon Alan. She began to droop in weary defeat. “Wake up,” Alan cried out with Professional ruthlessness. “Let's quit,” Ardath suddenly. “I’'m—I guess I’m too tired to sit still any longer. It’s late, and there's tomorrow. You don’t have to punch a clock at 8 a.m. do you?” “I’m afraid I’ve been selfish,” Alan said, compassionately. “I’m fearfully sorry. Y’ll make this up to you. Models are well paid, you know.” “Oh, skip it,” Ardath said. “I don’t want any money. It wasn’t 90 bad, really. Let’s see what you've done.” Alan threw a cover over the can- “Wait until it’s finished. I'm afraid you _wouldn’t understand now what I’m trying to do. call a taxi for you now.” ?. “A taxi!” Ardath breathed. “I couldn’t be walking in on my land- lady at an hour like this, She's awfully strict, you see.” oee LAN did see. She had believed for you to leave. If you're think- ing about my _ reputation—you needn't. I’m not a conventional person. the picture. ~ She would leave before he cante back. Just as soon as it was light. But she would leave a little re- minder of her visit. With quick, savage fingers, she tore the picture from the easel, rolled it tightly and went over to the fire, For a moment, smoke curled about the canvas, Then, greedy flames leaped up, A TAWNY glow was streaking the early morning sky when Jill drove away from the big, shadow-wrapped mansion. Some of her dark mood began to drop from her like a too-heavy load. She was going to the man she loved. That was all that mat- tered for the moment. He would forgive her and understand. When big hurts came, petty considera tioris were washed away, like small ripples lost in the heavy roll of the sea, * Here she was turning into 67th street, with its sleepy morning face powdered heavily,with snow. And —Jill had stopped her car at the curb with a funny little quiver of nervousness—this was the address Patty had given her. Behind that closed door was Alan. It was natural to feel this frightened clutch at her heart. She couldn't remember calling on a man she loved at this hour before! And she never could again! Inside, Ardath was aroused by the jangle of the doorbell. She cee out of Geet monly, with last ’s anger ant itation creep ing back with consciousness.