The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 14, 1937, Page 6

The Bismarck Tribune . An Independent Newspaper i 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 &t the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mati matter. Mrs, Stella 1. Mann President and Treasurer Kenneth W. Simons Archie O. Johnson Vice Pres and Gen'l Manager Secretary and Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year Daily by mail per yea: (in Bismarck) Daily by mai) per year (in state outsi Daily by mai) 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 The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republica- n ry d to it or not otherwise credited in this jo the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. cation of ali other matter herein are aiso reserved. No Urge to War America was shocked and startled by the news that Japan- ese aviators had sunk an American gunboat but if the reaction evident in Bismarck prevails throughout the rest of the coun- try there is little likelihood of our becoming unduly excited; small prospect that we shall engage the Japanese in war. Japan’s quick action in accepting responsibility and making apology helps materially. Every person with common sense knows that accidents can happen in war. Everyone who has gone aloft in an airplane can realize how difficult it would be to see the flags which probably were the ship’s only distin- guishing marks. Add to these the high-spirited, devil-may-care attitude which is an essential part of military aviation and the incident on the Yangtze is not surprising. It is significant that the affair occurs at the same time that the Veterans of Foreign Wars are opening their campaign in Bismarck to obtain signatures to an anti-war petition. That they will get plenty of names goes without saying. Every- one is against war, in principle, just as he is for home, peace and all the virtues—in principle. The trouble lies in applying the principle. It is significant, too, that this latest drive to enlist Amer- ca on the side of peace comes from a group which, by no stretch of the imagination, is influenced by any alien “ism.” If Americanism has a safe dwelling place it is in the minds and }ocal unions with requests for pressure hearts of those men who have fought for it and who now con- stitute this nation’s best bulwark against war’s insanity. Similar movements have been started by other organiza- tions and have gotten nowhere, largely because there always remained in the background some connection with foreign. inter- ests, One example is the League Against War and Fascism. America is clearly against both. She prefers Peace and Democracy. But the league never got very far because of sus- pected Communist tendencies. And America doesn’t care for Communism, either. - But the VFW thinks only of America—and of America’s young men—when it takes a definite stand for peace. The members of the veterans organization, all of whom served on foreign soil, think of their sons. For most of them are mar- ried now and have children who are—or who soon will be— of military age. It is probable that quiet, sober judgment will prevail with regard to the Panay incident and any others which may occur, but it should not be overlooked that young blood still runs hot and that many sincere persons think the United States should “do something” about such matters as these. In the event any such appeal is generally made the most receptive audience will be the very young men who would be called upon to participate in war. Two young lads, in their late teens or early twenties, were discussing the incident in a Bis- marck store Monday and appeared to be in perfect agreement | ¢¢ on the theory that it would exciting to go to war with Japan. “After all,” one remarked, “a fellow can only die once.” That attitude, along with the “do something” appeal can stir up quite a bit of war sentiment. The Panay case may be followed by others. Anything is possible as long as our ships remain in foreign waters. But such are the risks of maintaining armed forces in a trouble zone, dominated by the quarrel of two other nations, The in- nocent bystander is bound to get socked every so often in any. a first-class free-for-all. a That is the role the United States is playing and there is Just cause to wonder if it is the most intelligent thing on our part to keep our warships on the Yangtze at all. Football Tax Kick Where Behind Scenes. Washington By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington t) Wi » Dec, 14—The cold re- ception given the AFL's latest pro- posal for wage-hour legislation is largely due to prevalent belief that it couldn’t possibly pass congress and that, even if it became law. it could not be enforced. President William Green and his executive council aren’t being taken quite so seriously since friends of the pending wage-hour bill spanked them by forcing the measure out of the House Rules committee. There is widespread doubt that dominant AFL leaders really want G ee & AFL Plan ‘Impractical’ a rigid wage minimum of 40 cents an hour is generally considered unre- alistic and impossible of acceptance. The pending proposal would permit @ board to set lower wage rates in the South and other areas whre im- position of a $16 weekly wage or & maximum 40-hour week would be “impractical.” Accumulation of 218 signatures to the petition forcing the House Labor committee’s bill to the floor, coming after Green’s denunciation of the measure, was most of all a victory for the house bloc of 40 or 50 progres- sives and Labor's Non - Partisan League, acting in concert and with the active support of Majority Leader Sam Rayburn of Texas and Demo- cratic Whip Paddy Boland of Penn- sylvania. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the battle was the degree to which many AFL groups, repudiating Green, went to bat with the League in its pressure campaign. At least some of- ficials of 20 AFL international uni- ons co-operated with the League, al- though the bulk of pressure came from CIO and dncapencey unions: Used Old Lobbying Tricks Most of the old familiar lobbying tricks, so often denounced by pro- labor liberals in congress, were used. E. L. Oliver, the league's executive secretary, was entirely responsible for organization of liberals of last sum- mer's rebellious caucus which resulted in Rayburn’s promise to fight for the bill and. paved the way for the. dis- charge petition, Hundreds of telegrams went out to on individual congressmen. A girl at league headquarters kept telephoning members’ offices to ask if they had signed. Those who stalled often found fires breaking out back home. Several congressmen found them- selves pressured by farm organiza- tions with which the league has con- nections. Lleut.-Gov. Tom Kennedy of Pennsylvania, United Mine Work- ers’ vice president, transformed Boland from’s lukewarm into an active work- er. Maryland congressmen signed after an Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers’ delegation came visiting. New York’s American Labor Party made the Tammany boys hit the trail. The AFL's brewery workers went to bat hard. Some Dioride signatures were driven in by AFL unions. ee * Cotton Bloc Capitulated Field generalship was provided by Rayburn, who became angry and made it @ personal issue, by Boland and such ives as Maverick of ‘Texas, Healey of Massachusetts, Voor- his of California, Keller of Tlinois an effective law. ‘The executive council’s demand for BM OL A MAME AEE NEA NE OREN BET ERLE L NT RE ID Things Get Completely Out of: Control as ey [Your Personal Health - By William Brady, M. D. . Brad: 11) answe! ions pertaining to health but mot e a ding nosts. write Tet bristly. and intake dress Dr. B im care of The Tribune, All queries must be accomp: j-addressed envelope. dis , Brad) a by @ stamper APPETITE AND METABOLISM Everybody but the doctor knows what appetite is. Metabolism is the chemical process of life. Best and Taylor’s “Physiological Basis of Medical Practice” (Wm. Wood & Co., 1937) says: z “Loss of appetite is an early and specific effect of vitamin B deficiency, being evident some time before the appearance of polyneurit it, . < Such a diet is the popular diet of a large portion of the population in this country today. “The investigation of Fletcher and Graham indicate a re! Can you recommend @ mask to wear while painting, as a preventive against lead polsoning? (J. 8. M.) People’s Forum Editor's Note—The Tribune wel- comes letters on subjects of inter- es tters dealing with contro- jal religiou: bs which ck Individuals which offend good tas! play wili-be returned to All lettera MUST bi to delete is may be necessary to form to this policy and to re- publication of a writer's rhs justice and fair play ble. Letters must to 600 words. THE DESERT TENDENCY Wilton, N: Dak. Dec, 3, 1937, Editor, Tribune: : This country is turning into as desert. A few years ago we would have said, “Foolishness,” but now we remember how the dust blew here in 1994 and sping of ’35. It didn’t use to blow that way. So let's consider this subject and see what conclusions we may come to, Many years ago a neighbor of ours made a practice of burning all stub- ble possible, (this is another man’s and the Wisconsin and Washington groups, ’ The threat of urban to block an amendment to the farm bill which would cover the next cot- ton crop brought in at least 10 signa- tures. Green's blast, although ex- pected to result in withdrawal of folds surplus for he) pee Why, the other day I got a call from James Roosevelt, the president's own son—didn’t even know his own num- — Mrs. John Roosa, New York City, who has President Roosevelt's former telephone number, It is rather surprising to learn that certain great state universities have filed suit to recover amusement taxes collect- ed by the federa) government on football tickets. The univer- sities contend that football is an essential state function, that the government cannot rightfully tax a university for perform- ing such a function, and that the amusement tax has therefore been wrongly collected. Unless we are getting back to the old Roman idea—that it is the government’s job to keep the populace amused—it is -pretty difficult to see just how football can be defended as an essential state functioh, even by the most elastic stretch of that term. Football is a sport and a spectacle. It is fairly well pro- fessionalized, in its essentials, and the universities profit im- mensely by it. Few lawyers could take seriously the plea that it is such an essential part of the educational process that it should go untaxed. Soviet Pole Pioneers Those four Russian scientists who were plunked down on an ice floe at the North Pole last May and told to stay there story) and after a number of years when those windy days came dust could be seen blowing over these fields. The ne! wondered why dust blew on these fields and not on others and finally decided it must be because of the practice of burning the stubble, Our tandem discs have contributed you have found out how to work it, ‘We are told that the granary of the old Roman Empire used to be an area now included in the Sahara Desert and that the desert is growing larger ‘the rate of two miles a year and t the farmers move back and break eee EEFER HE 23 gE TL i i id i E 8 Ti it eae ge8 Fis | i : i until they were called for have done a good deal of traveling ginia. just by sitting still. The latest message from their floating base show that they have drifted 745 miles, and are now off the northeast coast of Greenland, nearly eight degrees of lati- tude from the pole. Q If they have done nothing else, they have at least reversed one of the traditions of polar exploration. The old-timers went to the pole, or as close to it as they could get, by slow and pain- ful stages; the Russians went there in a hurry, but have taken longer getting back than any other group on record. : And while they will undoubtedly bring back much scientific data on ocean currents, water temperatures, and so on, it is probably that one thing by which the public will remember them «that they flew to the pole and then drifted away on an ice qi fe rr a bed ° & bE “ j i eee ade 3 & te <® H Fi : : A if i if j 3) H i g i i iy zg g 4 i i z d g i t i g : z E E i i 83 i i i : i i i F i zg = ze é i i a i be ge Hi gE as H g ‘ : i 2 i ge é F 3 EI i i a E | fy ef § rif ga Ae a : BE i i i i i fi z in the world there is a desert tend- ency. Our annual rainfall is not very great so we find our territory more leas subject to this tendency which certainly can (if we have God's bless- ing) be overcome by different methods of procedure. And now let’s go back to the first statement and accent the word turn- ing instead of desert and if this idea seems reasonable let's bear that thought in mind as we plan for a set- tled prosperity. HUGH EDINGTON. BARBS Hy) OO Germany. talks of revising its entire Philosophy on the pure Nordic line, an easy taks for General Goering, who loves to have eae unltona, A Philadelphian says colleges are stern guardians of the truth, an out for the sophomore trying to explain to Dad how ie formes ine Password. Those hooded. visitors who closed a Florida night club couldn’t have been aligned, by chance, with the move for wild life conservation? *-* * Let the boys at Washington fight it out; the average man will be sat- isfied to see the waitress at the corner cafe placed under ely service rules. Controversy over which way a pig’s tail curls is nothing at all to Miss Young America. What she wants to know is how to make a pigtail curl anyway. ek * Mayor LaGuardia threatened to get “rough” if housing funds were not released, evidently figuring the least raise the now, but so is a puzzle when once] 9° BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN S RELISHED SY THE BEST OF MEN Boss—Alford, I hope that you try to save half of what you earn, Alford—I don’t make that much, sir, Mrs, Gabley —1Is there anything| , worse than the antics of a newly mar- ried couple? Mrs, Jabbler—Yes, those of a newly divorced couple. ‘< Suitor—I've come to you, sir, to ask for your daughter's hand. Her Father—Tell me, when were you first struck by her? | Suitor—But, sir, we've not quarreled 80 far. S Little Heyton—Daddy, has a taxi— a taxidermist anything te do with s taxicab? Daddy—Er—no, son. A taxidermist ekins only the lower animals. Mrs, Meeker—John, I’m afraid you started I was afraid I wouldn't. male cowbirds ceased to give yar flew from Harbor Grace, foundland, to a point 25 miles from Budapest, Hungary, and never saw the Atlantic ocean because of fog. GOOD LEAD NIPS CONTRA ¢|Third Hand Double Indicates Pro, Which Blocks Suit Choice for Opener er’s Play By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY (Secretary, American Contract Bridge League) Correct choice of an opening lead often defeats a well-bid ‘contract. Equally, an unfortunate (though ap- parently logical) lead may permit the making of a contract. For this rea- son, expert bridge players have de- veloped a double by third hand (the ing a diamond. The ace and king hearts were now led, picking South’s trumps, North discarding two small spades. 2 partner of the leader) which helps the opener in his choice of a lead. SOLUTION TO PREVIOUS INTRACT PROBLEM Answer—I know of none that is practical. 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