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THE BISMARCK TRIBUN , WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1937 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- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. : Mrs, Stella 1. Mann President and Treasurer Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Vico Pres. and Gen'l, Manager Secretary and Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year .. Daily by mail per year (in Bi % Daily by mail per year (in state outside Daily by mail outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail in state, per year .. Weekly by mail outside of North Dakot Weekly by mail in Canada, per year . Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press !s exclusively entitled to the use for repyblica- news dispatciies credited to it or not otherwise credited in this and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. | f republication of al! other matter herein are aiso reserved. Civil Service for Bismarck Members of the Bismarck city commission held an interest- Sng discussion at their meeting Monday night, one of primary interest to every citizen and every taxpayer in this city. It had to do with the wisdom of adopting an ordinance set- | ting up a civil service system for the city of Bismarck. Some commissioners favor it. Others are not so sure. The public, eventually, will decide. The subject merits the attention and careful study of the people because a goodly share of their tax money goes into pay- ing for the city government. Its activities are a great deal! closer to them than is true of the federal government or any | cther political subdivision. : | The state and federal governments do a great many things but nothing in their duties is quite so intimately connected with the daily life of the citizen as is fire and police protection, the collection of garbage, maintenance of the streets, supply of water and other services which the city is called upon to perform. Contrary to the general impression, the proposed ordinance does not take the appointing power out of the hands of the city commissioners. Neither does it insure appointment to public service of the persons having the highest marks in competitive examinations. The ordinance proposed here is similar to those in effect in , many other cities where civil service has long been taken for granted. A civil service commission is appointed and it super- vises the testing of candidates for appointments. When a vacancy occurs three names are submitted to the city commis- sioners and one of the three must be chosen. In the event charges are brought against a public servant, trial and disposition of the case are in the hands of the civil service commission. According to the best information obtainable, most of the provisions of the ordinance meet with the whole-hearted support of practically eyery commissioner. Each of the city fathers wishes a sound and efficient city government carried on in the public interst. Each realizes the need for getting. good people to do the work if the city is to receive full value for the money expended, Where, then, is the rub? The Tribune is frank to say that it doesn’t know but the listener on the city grapevine easily might get the idea that, before the ordinance is adopted, attention will be centered on the last sentence of Section 8. dh This section is headed “Status of officials and employes holding positions when this ordinance takes effect.” The last sentence in the section reads: “Officials and em- ployes, holding offices or positions in the city classified service for a period of more than one year immediately preceding the adoption of this ordinance shall be deemed to be holding such positions under the provisions of this ordinance and to be auto- matically under civil service and subject to all provisions of this ordinance.” , That is what is known as a “grandfather” clause, since it puts the status quo under the protection of the civil service law _.and perpetuates it indefinitely. Such clauses are common in ordinances putting civil service into effect, but they are by no means universal. For the device of adopting civil service laws has been used at various times to get incompetent officials out as well as to keep incompetent officials in. The theory behind the “grandfather” clause is that experi- ence in a job is a sign of competency and that it is unwise to upset the status quo by requiring incumbents to stand for exam- ination and appointment. It also is contended that the benefits eventually derived from a civil service law are such as to out- weigh whatever disadvantages occur by reason of making it all- inclusive to begin with. The inference from the disagreement of the city commis- sioners, aside from whatever technical objections may be raised, is that some members of the board are not wholly pleased with the present personnel of the city administration. At least not so well pleased as to want to make it a permanent thing for Bis- marck. This, plainly, is a condition which must be ironed out before the ordinance can be adopted by unanimous vote. As things stand now it appears to have little better than an even chance of obtaining majority support in the commission. E: Tiff Mining to the Fore you don’t know what a tiff mine i: y your education has been sadly meplertete os siamaaes Most persons have to look in a dictionary to learn that it means the mining of a “gangue of ores consisting of barite or calcite.” Still you are liable to hear a great deal about tiff mining in the near future for the National Child Labor committee has just ascertained that tiff mining and the southern shrimp industry are two lines of endeavor in which child labor has markedly in- pt since government control through the NRA was taken In general, the committee finds, child labor has increased in the states which have not raised their minimum ages for em- ployment and low-grade employers again are substituting chil- | dren in jobs which ought to be held by adults. There are plenty of social and economic reasons why child ‘labor should be banned, but -it-is regrettable: that better evi- dence than that of the tiff mines and the shrimp fishers can- not be adduced by the committee in support of the movement. considers U. 8. gold safe in its Kentucky tomb, satisfied until someone puts a good, stiff curse on It, eo. While everyone else budget skeptics won't be their solution to the puzzle of the Polar Drift, the real issues are being fought out eo rrrccccce. Behind Scenes Washington Big Battles of Congress Go on Back- stage as White House and Wail Street Vie for Power . . . New Deal May Extend Industrial Control if Capital Fails to Respond to New Proposals. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Dec. 1,— Although congress is giving an all-star demon- stration of how thoroughly 531 men from various areas—or 532 if you in- clude the vice president—can get | themselves thoroughly gummed up when the national welfare is at stake, backstage. Members of congress are reacting in the bulk, as usual, to the preponder- ance of pressures behind them, wheth- er the pressures come from the admin- istration, the voters, special interests in their constituencies or other forces. There are a few members who vote their own convictions and let the bal- lots fall where they will. But their number is negligible. Right now the White House and Wall Street are swapping secret chal- lenges which, at least according to the Roosevelt conception, have to do with the question of who's going to be boss during the current economic un- Pleasantness. This dispute probably is more sig- nificant than the mix-up on Capitol Hill and its outcome probably wiil largely determine future congressional action. ee * ' Recovery Rivals It has been pointed out in these dis- | patches that the administration and “big business” blame each other for the industrial slump and that the issue between these two forces cen ters around the question as to which has the best ideas for achieving the nation’s economic salvation. This state of affairs seems to be| rapidly boiling down toward the ques- } tion, whether it is the New Deal or business (the capitalistic system, in- dustry or, as New Deal propagandisis like to simplify it—“Wall Street”) East Is West ie aie a OY which is really on the spot. | The word is being passed out rather freely, although surreptitious- | ly to bankers, public utility mag- notes and captains of industry, thar the New Deal is going to march on nearer to socialism unless private capital picks up the prosperity ba!l and makes a few yards of recovery.) (Whether the New Deal can march on or is more likely to be thrown tor a loss is a question that can ne reserved for future discussion.) x *e * A CALL FOR CANDOR | Of course, it will not do it, but it) would be a pretty fine thing if the federal trade commission, recently ne requested by the president to inves- Some perneeenaniney may know tigate reports that “monopolistic prac- —feel that business is being givea| tices and other unwholesome methods what amounts to a last chance to co-| 0f competition” have contributed to operate with the administration and| the increased cost of living which has that if it fails to do so it can look| taken place within the year—it would be a fine thing if, after a reasonable period of deliberation, the commission should tell him the truth—and tell it publicly, so the whole country would hear and understand, forward to such prospects as govern- ment ownership of railroads, other Public utilities and insurance com- panies, ¥ And that jibes with the real atti- tude of the administration. Believing tnat “Wall Street” has put on a cam- paign to discredit him, Roosevelt has decided that he is much more likeiy t» be able to turn the tables and discredit his conservative opposition Besides the incalculable value of a genuinely candid report, which would} clarify the national mind, establish a) noble precedent and check a danger- ous trend, two other splendid purposes would be served. For one thing, it Privately he conteads that he has cut down government spending—a3 dermmanded—and that he is moving rapidly toward balancing the budget— as demanded. Inasmuch as these moves have been fcllowed by a pronounced business re- cession, Roosevelt now feels he is in # position to demand that business keep its promises to “take up the slack,” to re-employ the unemployed, to keep the wheels of industry turn- ing and so on. Along with promises of tax revi- sion, the administration is moving to facilitate large capital investment ta housing in a program designed to stimulate a resuscitating building boom. If private capital doesn’t re- spond, Roosevelt and his advisers are | determined, the government will plunge in and build millions of houses ct its own. (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc.) meee. BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN {8 RELISHED 68Y THE BEST OF MEN Elsie—I have a cold or something in my head. Mother — Stop using such terrible | language, Sally. Sally—Shakespeare uses it, mother. Mother—Then don't play with him. He's no fit companion for you. | Sambo — I hears Jones done got overcome from exhaustion. Mose—Exhaustion? Why Jones was @ powerful man. Sambo—Well, he was in his garage with the auto engine running and he was overcome by the gas from the exhaust. 2 Tessie—Christy says she keeps all men at arms length. Roberta—Well, from what I saw in the back seat last night she has aw- fully short arms. —_________—__+) | SOTHEY SAY || oe —_________________6 The Roosevelt administration delib- erately used an unbalanced budget Guring the first four years to meet « great emergency.—Henry Morgenthau, J1.. U. 8, Treasury secretary. x“ * * If any of you have labor troubles cisewhere in the United States, we would like to have you bring factories and other institutions to Ohio and we will take care of you.—Gov. Martin L. Davey, Ohio. * * * It is a paradox that we find every dictator who has ascended to power has climbed on the ladder of free Speech and free press. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.—Herbert Hoover. x * * It is well to remember that our Participation in the Great War wa. our own deliberate act and that the results of war likewise were, in large part, the fruit of our fatilure—Newton Baker, lawyer. *“* * The smallness of our national pro- disgrace. Russians refuse to explain sprobably because it gets 20 far off the Party line. duction is a national Henry |® Luce, publisher.’ 9 Jimmy—A cold undoubtedly. | ‘ would be a rather thrilling demon- stration of independence upon the part of a commission intended by con- gress to be independent whose free- dom from executive domination has been expressly proclaimed as an in- herent right by the supreme®ourt and whose worth, merit and justification for existence utterly disappear if it degenerates into a creature of the president, compelled to make the re- sporises it knows the White House wants, For the other thing, a thoroughly frank and fearless reply to the presi- dential request would have the effect of dispelling a great deal of false pretense and, to some extent at least, restoring faith in the honesty of gov- ernmental officials. It would deal a Copyright 1937, by The Baltimore Sup body blow to humbuggery in politics, and greatly discourage the practice so common in this administration and amounting to calculated deception of the voters, of trying to divert their attention from painful and embarras- sing facts by the dramatic introduc- tion of a new line of thought. No one has done this more consistently and successfully than Mr. Roosevelt. Last year, when the economy drive in the senate was gathering strength and resentment flamed against his acquiescent silence on the vital sit- down strike situation, the president diverted public attention by the great “tax dodgers” investigation, Six weeks ago, he got Mr. Justice Black and his Klan connections off the first pages by his sensational Chicago speech in which he seemed to challenge the ag- gressor nations of the world — but didn’t. This request that the federal trade commission report upon the iniquity of monopolies in raising the cost of living is another herring, the| real purpose of which is to cover the; dreadful mess in which the New Deal flounders and shift responsibility for the enhanced burdens under which the people labor. There is here a marvelous oppor- tunity to clear the national atmos- phere by an exhibition of simple hon- esty. It is not necessary to be rude or rough. The commission might say with complete truth something like this: “In response to your letter, Mr. President, we respectively express the conviction that no such investi- gation as you request is needed. While = HORIZONTAL 1 Holder of speed records, Sir —- —. 13 Needy. 14 Wand. 15 Genus of sea birds. 16 Breezy. 18 Proverb. 20 Insane, 22 Like. 24 Males, 25 To follow. 27 Twine. 29 Road. 30Golf device. 31 Adult insect. 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A The Great Game o PO LITICS -By FRANK R, KENT it is possible some part of the in- creased cost of living is due to monopolistic practices, it is none the less clear that the great causes both for higher food prices and higher commodity prices are the policies pur- sued by your administration, “It has been your frequently avowed purpose to elevate the standard of living for the people generally and bring about a better distribution of wealth, In the pursuit of these objec- tives you have increased the wages of labor, imposed heavier taxes upon business, shortened the hours of work. This, naturally, curtailed production and raised prices. It could not help but do so. In the field of agriculture, the raising prices was the primary purpose of your policy. By controlling crop production, plowing under cotton, Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr, Brady will answer questions pertaining to health but y ease or diagnosis. Write letters briefly and ininke. ‘Address Dry Brody In cde of ‘ribune. All queries must be accompanied by a stam: self-addressed envelope, g THE HABIT OF READING IN BED From the depth of his depravity a reading in bed, and complains that after 30 minutes of tired he can no longer read. The reading lamp in back blue bulb and he wonders whether there are new reading glasses that correct that condition, (W.K.) - Mark Twain, according to his biographer, not only read in great deal of his writing there. I never quite believed it though. I si Mr. Clemens pretended that was his custom when he got cat an occasional early noonday visitor. who couldn’t be excluded—say or an editor or one of his wealthy inlaws. Dissimulation of that be justifiable, wouldn’t it? Two species of fowl will be Elysian bowling greens, I hope: birds that prate about their tooth brushing and early rising dolts, I me: pests wl up and noisily doing before the host or the unity limit of More By : i an the comm An hour or possibly two hours should be the study for any one whose occupation is sedentary. a strain on the eyes, One who does honest work, especially outdoor work, or one who gets a fair amount of open air exercise daily, may read for perhaps three hours in the evening without excessive fatigue. The light described by the correspondent is not a good reading light. Such blue light is trying to the eyes, Better a frosted or opal bulb of not over 60 watts in an adjustable lamp three or four feet above the reading page. This lamp should not be under a dark dome or shade. If it has any dome or shade it should be yellowish or translucent white—to shed part of the light on the surroundings. Reading in a spotlight in a darkened room is more tiring than reading in a softly illuminated room. Main objection to reading in bed is the difficulty of illuminating the page. should be close to the floor, not on the head of the bed. Most persons who read in bed really read sitting. A good bed is the most uncomfortable reading chair imaginable. Indispensable adjuncts of reading in bed are a couple of efficient nurses or attendants to take turns adjusting the bed and the occu- pant, at five minute intervals, to prevent cramps and subluxations. Daytime reading “in bed requires that the bed be placed with head next the window or between two windows, so that the daylight coming through the windows will not glare in the patient's eyes. To those who are not confined to bed, I would suggest that everything be made ready, and the reading done in a comfortable chair. Then when sero hour comes, roll into bed and go into your belly breathing, Chances are you'll never remember whether you finished the sixth inflation. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Sore Tongue i You once stated how to overcome sore tongue, absence of papillae, smooth, red, shiny, pointed tongue, sore and sensitive to acid fruits and eating mest, ete, (L.C. H.) Answer—Send ten cents coin and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress, for booklet “Blood and Health.” Make up and take the iron solution as instructed therein. Meanwhile eat three ounces or more wheat germ daily and take three or four irradiated yeast tablets after each meal. If you can’t get wheat germ from a mill or from health food store, take plain wheat. Send stamped envelope bearing your address for instructions for taking plain wheat. (Copyright 1987, John F. Dille Co.) bring themselves to the point of re- wheat, corn, killing little pigs and pay- ing bonuses to farmers to plant less, food prices were naturally raised. There are pending today in congress two bills, sponsored and urged by you, which, if enacted, will still further add to the cost of living. One of these, is designed still further to raise wages and shorten hours of work; the other is to impose crop control in a more drastic form, bound to raise food prices still higher. Combine these things with your tax policy and it seems incredible that anyone should think they could be operated without raising living costs. Considering all the facts, it seems completely ridicu- lous to ask us to conduct an investiga- tion designed to fix blame for the high cost of living on ‘monopolistic practices.’ and we most respectfully Gecline to do s0.” What a gorgeous chance there is for the commission to strike a note that would ring through the nation! What a service it would be if they could plying to the president with complete candor and courage! The interesting thing is that the commission is in a position to do exactly that, because the supreme court, two years ago, in the Humphrey case, unanimously in- formed Mr. Roosevelt that he had no right to remove members of this or similar commissons because their minds did not march with his—that the basic theory of congress in creat- ing these quasi-judicial boards was that they should be wholly free of executive domination. It’s a grand chance, but they won’t take it, al- though it is quite certain there are pea = the commission who would love to. ———— A man who rejoices in a long tele- phone list of his conquests instead of permet the Par egegesd of a seri- ous relationsh! no us CAV- aller—Dr. Nita Mieth, peyeniatrist, commenting upon men who go in for extent in romance rather than selec- tion and concentration. ey MARY RAYMOND JILL CAST OF CHARACTERS JILL WENTWORTH, attractive debutante. ALAN JEFFRY, young artin BARRY atepbrother, JACK brother. SYLVIA Jeb, oil heiress. Yesterday: Jill police as she di ut the city. The closing in about her. abeut Barry, Jill recollectst Ne, it couldn't have m ake Cc HAPTER XXIV LAN’S apartment was locked. Shades were drawn. A pro- longed pounding by Patty, after continuous ringing of the bell, brought no response. She went to the apartment next door and pressed the bell. An’ elderly man answered the door. No, he didn’t know the occupant He had often on the other side. And, now, the young man was He had seen him leaving gone. heroine, a hero, rising ‘WENTWORTH, Jill's ‘WENTWORTH, Jill's Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Ine. trying to save Jill from prison.|him she was not. I guess with all her looks and} “Someone—a girl friend of mine money, she'll get by with a few|is in great trouble,” Patty said. years in prison. When she comes|“This young man and an old out, she won't be so highhat, I) woman who was begging in front imagine.” ee the day my friend came here are 3 the only two people who could d Nisertag vee no hee here. Patty |help her.” admit to herself that Ar-| “We h: 2 man so ee eae ‘were ies when at col look so sweet and appealing. She| answvren etue thee ey, could picture Ardath with that! was an old woman in front of this innocent look she had at times,|puitding, and looking up at a jury through a aoe on a rel ee et of tear swearing she WaS| scarf” a ig made a victim to save Jill.| ‘A red scarf!” the man ex- There was nothing else to do. A No one else who could help, In eee of course. Will you a flash it came to her. There was |e the old woman with the red scart| , They were walking down a hall. Jill had given her. And now the man was throwing She must find her, Her testi-/@ door wide, mony and the scarf would clear Ndi EATED near a glowing fire, knitting briskly, was an ancient-looking old woman, | planned to call on a fellow artist. Sill. But nobody on 67th street had this afternoon in a cab, He had carried several large suitcases with him, “Thank heaven for Ardath! Patty thought wildly where Ardath modeled. “What do you want?” Ardath| old as she headed for the evclusive shop young woman when you of ourselves. Whoj went out for a breath of air early ever heard of such a story? Anjyesterday 2 And where lady, begging at that time of|did you get that scarf?” morning.” 2. The old woman’s bright eyes Patty turned away. Well, of “Take me to some private place can talk.” where we . eee patty went directly to the point. “Ardath, Jill is in trou- ble. The police think she had something to do with the death of her father, who died, they say, at 6 o'clock. Jill wasn’t at home then. She had just left you at the door of Alan’s apartment.’ “Why didn’t you go to Alan Jeffry?” Ardath asked. “I did, He wasn’t at home. The people next door saw him leave this afternoon with his suitcases.” Patty immediately regretted the words. She had seen a look in Ardath’s eyes that she recognized. The look of the rat slipping be- the cat's paws and into its own dark hole. “Pretty dumb of me,” Pat groaned to herself. A “Gone away, has he?” Ardath mused. “Well, even if he were here, and even if I were at his place—which, remember, I’m not admitting—it wouldn't help you any. Jill Wentworth is not telling the truth. I didn’t see her that morning around 6 o'clock. You can tell her for me that she'll have to think up another alibi.” “Nobody can prove I was there, because I wasn’t,” Ardath per- sisted. “And if Alan says so, I'll say he is no gentleman and is only tty smiled Of course, she did sound crazy. But somehow she must convince