Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1936, Page 62

F— T (1) A group of the officer students at the most distinctive air school, the Air Corps Tac- tical School, at Montgomery, Ala. (2 and 3) A swirl of airplanes in maneuvers typical of those elaborate /nrmat:ons worked out at the school. (4) More than 2,000 acres comprise the campus and flying field of the Tactical School. WAR COLLEGE FOR AVIATION Institution Established in Alabama by Army Air Corps Has Military Spirit in Highest Degree, and Serves Also Navy and Marine Corps—Once International. By F. Jay Carmody. NDER peaceful blue skies from which the sun sprays gold on the Alabama countryside the more subtle aspects of the art of war are being taught today in the most distinctive aviation school in the United States. One might, indeed, speak even more definitely and say that the school is the most unusual institution of milis tary education on the face of the spherical clod over which man has fought since his species first climbed from its oozy surface. The institution in question is the Tactical School of the Army Air Corps. It is regarded in Washington, where the idea for it was first con- ceived, as one of the most astute creations in the brief, spectacular ca- reer of military aviation. To it the Nation may look for a signal contri- bution to the integration of the vari- ous military arms which will make its borders impregnable to enemy armies. In effect, the Tactical School is a war college of the air. Although not called such, military parlance being hat it is, the Tactical School is a raduate institution—at least the lay- man’s conception of it. It is that to the extent that its function is to take already trained and mature officers, men chosen by severe selective proc- esses, and prepare them for major tasks in their country's first line of defense. At the school they do not use the phrase “first line of defense” as de- scriptive of the field for which gradu- ates are being prepared. There are traditions, you know. Yet the civilian permitted to watch the operations -of the school, live briefly with its stu- dents and faculty and study its curric- ulum must come away from Montgom- ery with the impression that he has had a close-up of the intelligence which is creating and will direct the first barrier to enemy invasion. - The ultimate wisdom in the use of air force is the teaching objective of the air school at Maxwell Field. Stated sanother way, it prepares carefully chosen officers for the staff and com- mand duties, which require the high- est degree of military intelligence, if the greatest Nation on earth is not to ‘e invaded some day by another power ranked lower in the estimate of Ameri- cans. ALTHOUGH an air school, neither the student body nor the faculty is completely drawn from that branch of the military establishment. Every arm of the service—Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry, Chemical Warfare—sends its teaching and student representatives to Maxwell. The Navy contributes similarly, and so_does the Marine Corps. Thus does Uncle Sam broaden the education of his military officers. Thus does he consolidate the various branches of the service. The time was, indeed, when the Tac- tical School was international in its scope. Foreign military establishments sent students to it at the invitation of ‘Washington. ‘This practice, however, led to com- plications which forced its abandon- ment. In military schools, it seems, it is the custom to call a spade & spade and to call a potential enemy by its actual name. The presence of “military representatives of potential enemies in the classes served as & limitation upon this custom. It proved disconcerting to every one, including the foreign representatives in the school who, themselves, were brought up in the tradition of calling world powers by their right names, not aliases. So, in this characteristic at Jeast, the sohool reverted to type smong military institutions. The civilian visiting the school is Impressed first with the attitude of its staff and its students. Here is the layman’s conception. of the graduate school at its best. Its curriculum is highly specialized, but the fighting man never is submerged in the schol- ar. That slogan “Uncle Sam Builds Men” on the old recruiting posters apparently still applies when he has completed work on their torsos and turned his major attention to their minds. Obviously, it is the Army's way to look upon its members as unities of the physical and mental. Although training of the mind is the function at Maxwell, there is no abate- ment of the stress laid upon physical perfection. The result, and the lay- { man cannot help but be impressed by it, is a body of graduate students approaching middle life which ex- cels any similar group in the United States in physical appearance. There are no academic anemics at Max- well. Every facility for vigorous outdoor exercise, with recreation time delib- erately provided for its use, is pro- vided on the 2,200-acre reservation. There are an 18-hole golf course, ten- | nis courts, swimming pool, riding horses, bridle paths, squash and vol- ley ball courts. Riding is the only form of exer- cise that is on the compulsory list and the one most difficult, apparently, to reconcile with the aviation tempera- ment. Apparently, the transition from the most progressive form of transportation to one of the most primitive types involves too sharp a psychologic adjustment. NOTHER phase of the school which stamps it as unique among institutions of higher learning is the relationship between faculty and stu- dents. For the most part, the two groups are of the same age. They have grown up together since West Point, the war or at whatever place or time they. acquired their first gold bars. ‘They have lived side by side for years, flown together and have been asso- ciated, on duty and off, for many years. One could not reasonably ex- pect a master-and-disciple relation= ship to evolve out of that kind of human experience. It definitely has not. Another circumstance that sets the school apart is that the art, or science, of military aviation is not teachable by standard methods of pedagogy. In few of its phases, cer- tainly not those taught in such an advanced school, does the subject have the fixity and finality that marks those taught in civilian schools. Aviation changes constantly, and the instructor who forgot the fluidity of his subject, even briefly, might find it slipping out of his hands at any moment. Or it might be torn out of his hands by a student body vastly more curious and aggres- sive and above all aware than any student body one is likely to meet elsewhere. Underneath the veneer of levity that is inevitable in a school where every one has known every one else for years, there is a deadly seriousness. School never really is “out” from one end of the nine-month term to the other for those at Maxwell ‘The schedule calls for lecture at- tendance five mornings & week, from 9 o'clock until noon, with the after- noons devoted alternately to quizzes (the four-hour variety) or the prac- tical testing in actual flight of tactical lessons learned in the class room. A midweek half-holiday is given Wed- nesday afternoons and the students and faculty have Saturday and Sunday to_themselves. ‘This would seem to give the Tactical School student substantially as much liberty as is customary in institutions of higher learning. But he never really ?euu away from his subject, or his sub- jects. At the officers’ mess, where many students and some faculty members take their midday meals, the subject always is aviation; a phase of it def- -initely related to the work of the school. Walking between shots on' the golf course, the players limit their conversation usually to the subject which is so major that there is no room for minor ones. ONLY on the bridle path,” one stu- dent explained, “do we get away from the main theme, and that is not that we like aviation less, but hate horses more.” Under the flippancy there is s truth that startles the layman, even the one familiar With the tendency of the airman to stay with his own kind and “talk shop.” The busy social life which the civilian is disposed to regard as the chief activity of the warrior in peace time is notable for its absence at Alabama post. For all the presence the usual number. of wives and dren at Maxwell, one lives there the of chil- ina has an opportunity to express itself, but the end of activity of this type is to give the student a character and quality of relaxation that will facili- tate his school work. By Sunday evening an air of studi- ous quiet settles over the post. Lights burning until midnight in the various quarters, save on Friday and Satur- day, have the very sober meaning that | a man sliding toward middle age hns‘ mastered the art of study far beyond | the degree his parents hoped when he was a little boy. _Novw'/'finé:%'l. Sunday Academy 8th and G Sts, S.E. “Let’s Sing Again. Claire Trevor m HE SUNDAY STAR, Bobby Breen in It does not fit in with the su;ndnrd{ conception of the military airman. As if he were entirely ignorant of his re- | sponsibility to be the most romantic of uniformed men, he fights solitary bat- tles with maps and texts that are as| Monday Tuesday WASHINGTON D. C, NOVEMBER 1 1936—PART FOUR. TACTICAL SCHOOL REVEALS SUPREME AIR INTELLIGENCE 3 IMINNEAPOLIS’ PIONEER WOMEN Spirit of Their Progenitors Still Lives in Those of Northwest Metropolis Despite Its Vast Cultural Progress. Feminine Activities Are Numerous. far removed from glamour s is the routine of the least of the citizens he might have to defend some day. By the time the layman makes this discovery of the Tactical School's way (Continued on Sixth Page.) Wednesday ‘Thursday By Mathilde Bahar. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. INNEAPOLIS women stand shoulder to shoulder with their men in building up this | pulsating metropolis of the Northwest, But they have not per- mitted themselves to be pressed into the common mold regulated by city life, the movies and the radio. The women have kept themselves and their families fairly close to the old customs and traditions of their pi- oneer ancestry and it has given the | | city a charming flavor and a distinct pattern. ‘This probably accounts for the fact Friday Saturday Bobby Breen in “Let's Sing Aeain.’ Claire Trevor in “Human_Cargo." Francis Lederer in ‘One "Rain: nels_ Lederer in| ‘One Rainy After-| noon.” Henry Hun- ter_in_‘‘Parole.” John Arledge in “Two in Revolt Madeleine Carroli, in “Secret_Agent.” Loretta Young in John Ariegee T Pro B Ren “Unguatded, Hour “Two in Revolt.’ Madeleine Carrall in Secret_As ) Ambassador 18th and Columbia Rd. = e Clll’k| th]e "Clln and Mabel.” Marion Davies and Clark _Gable n “Cain_and Mabel.” Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in “Swingtime.” “March_of Time.” Marion Davies and Clark _Gable Ginger Rogers and Pred Astaire in Wallace BEETY in “Bwingtim “March_of Time.” Apollo 624 H St. N.E. ;re!r Rogers and (Astaire in _“Cain_and Mabel.” Ginger Rogers and_ Fred Astaire in in “Swingtime.” “Swingtime " “Warner Baxter. Fredric March and June Lang in “Road to Glory." Warner Baxter. “Road 1o Glory. Francis Lederer nd | “King_of the Roval Ann Mo Sothern in ount My, lunmcm “star for & Nuhr" Wife.” Popeys Warner Oland and Keye Luke in “Chan at Race Track. Cart. Novelty. New Arcade Hyattsville, Warner Oland and Keye Luke in “Chanat Race Track.” .| Cart. Novelty. News. George Raft and Do- lores Costelio Barry- more in ‘“‘Yours for| _the Asking.” Ashton Clarendon. Va. Avalon 5612 Connecticut Ave. Dark, Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor in “The Gorgeous Hussy. Return engagement. Will Rogers in Claire Trevor and Brian Donlevy “Human Cargo.” “‘State Fi Cart._Novelty. News. Ross Alennder in t Money. william Bosd. in | “Heart of the West.” Return engagement. Wil Rogers in ate F: Novdu Ne's Wallace Beery and ilia Parker in “Old Hutch.” _Our Gang comedy._ Wallace Beery an: Cectlia Parker in _our C ans comedsy.. Wallace Beery and Cecilia Parker in “Old Hutch." _Our Gang_comedy. ““Three Cheers for Love” and igh_Tension* Cart._ Buck Jonet “Forbidden Fean.» Also “Pride of the Richard Arlen in “Mine Wit the Iron Door. +36 Hours to KilL “Joan Crawford and~ Robert Taylor in “The Gorgeous Hussy.” “Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor in ‘The Gorgeous | Hussy.” “Joan Crawford and Robert Tavlor in “The Gorgeous Hussy. Warner Baxter. | Predric March and | June Lang in _“Road_to_Glory.” | ‘Warner Oland in “Charlie Chan at the | Race_Track. w.m er Baxter, Fredric March and June Lang in ‘Road _to_Glory.” Avenue Grand | "¢, omed 645 Pa. Ave. SE. n “Charlie Chan at the Race Track.” Jeanette MacDonald and Clark Gable in “San_Prancisco.” Warner Oland n “Charlie Chan at the, Race Track.” _Bette Davis and__ Warren William in “Satan Met a | Jeanette MacDonald and Clark Gable “San_Francisco.” | George Raft and Do- lores Costello Barry- more in “‘Yours for the Asking.” Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor in ‘Gorgeous Hussy.” Cameo Mount Rainfer. Md. Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor in, *‘Gorgeous Huss: Cartoon. _News. Joan Crawford and Robert Taglor in, Joan Crawford and et = and| I1da Lupino in “One Rainy Afternoon.” art. N ovelty. News. Handolph Scott and | DIck Foran_in = Prances Drake in |“Trailing the West A S eddon Death. | Virginia Weidier 5, Cart._Novelty. News.|“Girl of the Ozarks. Carolina ane Withers i 11th and N.C. Ave.8.E. | L8UTe] @ "Litflf Miss Nobody.” Jane Withers in \ Her, ins of O wal oll ln “Jessie Matthews in IS v Jessie Matthews in Edmund Lowe.. "G | den Murder Case. Central 425 9th 8t. N.W. r Gang_comedy. Ginger Rolers and Joan Crawford and Pre Ax alre in ime.” Robert Taylor in “The Gorgeous Hussy." Francis kderer lnd Ann in My A Amencnn ife.” Circle 2105 Pa. Ave. N.W. Prancis Lederer and . ADD Sothern in Comedies. Francis Lederer and Ann_Sothern in “My American Wife.” News. Comedies. Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor in “The_Gorgeous Hussy.” Josn Crawford and aylor in ““The l}or(eoul Hussy." Rmfle x-{n and wun-m Povell and ’.n _-m_ummm: Joan Crawford and bert Tavlor in FOPRE Gorgsous Hussy. C. P R.ochelle H‘!\ w:\nldfl News. %amefly Dumbarton 1343 Wis. Ave. N.W, Joan Crawford and bert Taylor in e Gorgeous Hussy." Joen Crawford and Robert Tayl Joan Crawford gnd | _Warner Baxter. Robert Taviorlin | Fredric March and “The Gorg Sune 88, Warner Baxter. Predric March and une Lang in “The Road 1o Glor C. Fields lnfl Rochelle Huds oppy. " ‘omedy. and wmer P!dllon in Lady.” Comedy ~ Mary Ellis_and Joan Crawford md Walter Pidgion in he Robert Taylor in “T Corecots Hugsy " News. Comedy. Joan Crawford 'Robert Taylor ir * Gorgeous_Hussy. Nufl Comedy. Ken Hlynll’fl in * The Fugitive Sheriff.” No. ! “Cuner' and.’ _Com. Fairlawn ee Cheers for Anscostta. D. C. ed Comedies. Eleanore Whitney in ““Thre Eleanore Whitney in “Threg Cheers for Comedies. Henry Fonda and Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland in| Race T Antnony Cartoon. Cabin Kids.| nd_& Brian Donlevy ren o Ge B Ol:ndl 1?!!!!] in and Orieia Ge Hayilland in| Anthony A and 8 Bing Crosby and o, BOb Burns in “Rhythm on Range “March of Time. Hippodrome K near Oth Bing Crosby and Bob Burns in “Rhythm on Range,” “March of Time. Jed” Prouty (n “Educating Father.” Georqe Raft in Had_to Happen.” Jed Prouty in “Educating Pather.” George Raft in +“It Had to Happen. Hnmnhrey Bogart and Beverley Roberts in Two Against World." Cart. Novelty. News. llerleobemn.:otll Crea. “These Three. Rlndolgh Scott i Three. . Randolph Scott ln “And Sudden Death. ‘And !uflden Dnl Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor in “The TREOUS v Home 13th and C Sts. NE. Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor in "’l'hl!‘l Gt anelu Lederer and Sothern in orgeous T Francis Lederer and Ann Sothern in "My American Wite," “‘March_of Janet, Gaynor and ‘Will Rogers n “State_Fair.” Janet Gaynor and Wil Rogers ““Thirts e Hours to Kill.” in “State_Fair.” Popeye. J Jesse Kobert Favtos i T ‘Gorsgous Huss Cartoon. 18thnr.R. 1. Ave. N.E. e 3o Joan Crawford and |Robert Taviar in ~“The|Robert Tavior in e Gorgeous 2 s H Tt ussy.” Cartoon. ‘Cartoon. Warner Oland Randolph Scott and e| Heather Angel in “The Last of the Mo-| hicans.” Cartoon. Joan crnw(ar Chester Morris Chester Morris R-lndnl h Scott d N ' serial. Te Trevor in Star Tor ‘& Right.” Barton MacLane in “Bengal Tiger.” Lee Falls Church, Va. 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Noveit: “Secret Patrol." and | Fredric olivh de Havilland in rse.” | ““Ant Mareh and | Bige Crosby and Frances Farmer in “Rhythm on the hony Adverse.” 8:30 p.m. "lnu" Novelties. 6 _and Bing Crosby and Prances nmer in “Rhy! the Range.” Novemen George Raft and Do-| lcm Comllo Barry- in “Yours for {he Asking.” Comedy. Will Rogers and | .h“net Gl;mlu in Comed! Cartoon._ I Rogers and Jnnset unynar in tate Fa Comedy. cm Ber(ll Del Ray, Va. _gart. Wil Penn 650 Pa. Ave. S.E. Willlam Powell and )lyml Loy ‘The flrelgzlefleld." William_Powell and | Wi Myrna Lo i "William Powell and Mrros Loy “The Great Zielreld % Kay Francis and Kay Francis and i ‘Wallace Beery in “Old Hutch.” Princess 1119 B St NE. on Alexandria, Vs, Savoy Seco Ricardo Cortez oy a0 ™ Jghn- Ariedge in, ‘Two_in_Revolt.” Onglow Stevens in y_Money.” Anne !mrley in “‘M’Liss."” Ricardo_Cortez in, “Postal Inspector.” John Arlegige in “Two_in Hevolt." Barbara Stanwyck Rovert Taylor in «ilig Brothers Wife.” Oaxg. N Jane witbers and Cobb 1 ~Jane Withers and Irvin 8. Cart. Neve’f'y News. Novc?:v News. Dick Powell and it Erwin e R “Women Are ““Trouble.” 3 Nouln News. Francls Lederer and Ann gothern My American Wife.” |~ Myrna Loy and [ G._Wells' m lu *“Thi to Cnmc." ey W e " ahgl.’t. subjects. e News. June Tri Stuart Erwin and Florence Rice in and Pra Caballero.” | hmer m Mouse. __|__on_the Range ‘Warren Willi; and aire Dodd. In Robert llonumen Ji 1 , and Madge Evans (o '”om’ o [Riso? "Florida rt.|Ser. Stanton and C State State Palls Sylvan 104 R. L Ave. N.W. H’l‘é’h’"m 'nz'.e~ Vi | Anne Shirley in b T 3 Henry lgxmg?m Allo "O !g:;xl"hn .voe l Brown in | +Earthworm Trace "oull 5 Wm. ly. John Boles wn Ty Cooper and Rosalind Russe ] g?!efeg:“ Baroll in __“Crai’s wite.” Whawno Rowers and | Fredric March r Ollvll d! anllllnd ln ‘Anth dverse.” = “Fredric March and Warner Oland and Oliv\l de KAAv&l.llnd in Helen Wood in lnd 8:30 p.m. Race. Warner Oland and Helen Wood in T dot Gibson “Frontier Justice.” Errol Flynn in “Captain Blood.” Mickey Mouse, r and Parrall in ai, Died Helen Wt “ l Chan at the| Also “Three Ghll‘ “Ae rial.| for Love.” lerlll ltnl Cfl)lhy "Rhfi.hglmthl Takoma Takoma Park. D. O. Tivoh 14th and Park R Ch ‘Track. “Katharine Hepburn and Fredric March | “Mary of Scotland.” it the| Co w-rner Oland, "cm at the Race Track. ree Kmnmu Hepburn and Fredric March v % | “Mary of Scotland.” | “And Sudden Death." “Warner Baxter and Glory.” Uptown Conn. Ave. & Newark 8t. York mng:.lmn and umg‘r‘num and’| xnrnnmmd GQGI'II l‘l!n& I.n h Scott of, the Irvin that the American standard of lean favor here. Even the young girls are No indeed. One goes into a res- or huge portions of steaming knack- wurst and richly buttered mashed potatoes. “We need the good substantial | food” laughingly challenged a chubby blue-eyed maiden who was enjoying a hearty luncheon. “It is too cold here for dainty salads like you eat in the East. Besides our men like women who are more than just bones.” ‘Watch them walk gayly along Nic- ollet avenue, the Fifth avenue of the | Northwest, husky, with lovely high country color and a spring in their | step. They are not clothed in tawdry last-minute fashions. To many this may appear to be because the drought as kept hard times here. However, a more careful scrutiny will reveal that madame prefers something good in & coat or dress so it will last a long Because of this Minneapolis is | among the few remaining cities where women buy quantities of yard goods to sew themselves or must have their clothes made to order. According to the ladies ready-to-wear is not so popular since good clothes are difficult to buy at reasonablé prices in .the| larger sizes. Nevertheless Minneapolis has first class department stores and a good specialty shop district. But the pres-| ident of one insisted that if he were | dependent upon the Minneapolis wom- en only for custom, he would have| gone out of business long ago. It is the women of the surrounding States | who come into the largest city of the | Northwest to do their buying from whom he draws the largest trade. TH!: longer one remains here the more one feels that the strongest underlying influence in Minneapolis life is Scandinavian with its attendant Lutheranism; this in spite of the fact that many women have carefully ex- plained to me the city is supposedly the old New England families who first settled here. And certainly few Scandinavians are found amid the ostentatious Victorian dwellings that crown Lowry Hill, or in the houses which skirt the three lakes of the silk stocking district. from New England is forced to admit called here) were brought in from the old country to build the railroad and settle the land, today it is the in- fluence of the latter which permeates the city. Take sports, for instance. They form a part of the daily city life. Skiing, tobogganing, skating—young and old of both sexes enjoy them. And in spite of the fact that the city has won world renown from its loca- tion along the deep gorge of the Mississippi River and there are 11 large lakes inside the city limits, even the school playgrounds are flooded in the Winter so the little children can skate under supervision of the teach- ers. In the Summer there is boating, swimming and other ' out-of-door sports for rich and poor alike in the 143 parks within the city limits. While the “Scan” mother has t. |'Americanized quickly at the same time, there is a certain racial integ- rity in her nature which makes her cling to many of the old customs. Take the Norwegian women. They were always a fish-eating people and even here do not care for meat and vegetables. - And today in Minaeapo- lis with all the propaganda on child mdinz. you often find mothers rear- ing the tow-headed chubby young- sters primarily on fish. are great coffee drinkers and even in the poorest family there must al- ways be good heavy cream for the coffee. It is & question of losing face, for among the Scandinavian ladies conformity plays a strong part in her life. A mother feels her husband is not doing his duty if they do not own their own little detached house and live close to their friends. Wml.sshelnslxuonhaving her home modern in every way in- side and out, yet she wants her chil- dren to remember the “old ways.” On Christmas eve -there is not a “Scan” in Minneapolis who is not serving steaming ludefish (dried cod- fish), rich cookies and wine to her guests. However, the Swede will serve it with a rich cream sauce, while the & berouged feminine beauty finds little | not contented with a toasted sandwich | and a drink to ease the noonday hunger while keeping off the pounds. | taurant and sees them eating such | dishes as spare-ribs and sauerkraut, | dominated socially and financially by | Yet madame | that while the Scans (as they are| All “Scans™ 1 Norwegians use drawn butter. And the stranger must quickly learn while | here not to mix up their nationalities. These people have brought with them all the antagonisms of the mother country, but toward the Americans they stand united as “Scans.” In discussing the problems of family life a prominent social worker ex- | plaine “The Minneapolis woman of Scandinavian extraction holds a very important place in this community. She is a first-rate person who comes |lrom generations of women accuse tomed to take their place in a come | munity. Even in the old country they are civic leaders and have their clubs and lodges. Besides she is an excel- | lent housekeeper and good cook who | regards her home and her children as a serious job. While sometimes we are likely to feel that the women are a little heavy and serious, yet get | them in a crowd and they have the best times laughing and playing all sorts of games. They particularly love the old folk dancing, accompanied by the accordion. | Minneapolis women, irrespective of | race or creed, have as their first ine | terest the welfare and education of ‘thenr children. As a result, one finds here the finest schools in the country | offering their young people all sorts ‘ol education facilities, together with | the best equipment in buildings, play- grounds and athletic fields that money | can buy. On the banks of the Mis~ | sissippi, within the city limits, is the | University of Minnesota, whose 550 acres of campus is the dream of every mother for her young. She expects her child to go to college. And she | also expects the university to particie | pate in the civic life of the city, for | to Minneapolitans the educational, | civic and family life are all bound | together. Professors and their wives |are to help form popular thought, |to bé community leaders and serve the city. “ A CADEMIC isolation is unheard of,” explained a great educator, “That is probably why we have such numbers of women entering the proe fessions. They feel they can cone tribute so much to civic life.” And the housewife feels the same way. “Where our husband and our city are involved, we must take things seriously,” says she. “Before the de= pression we preferred a bridge party, | but today a political meeting or an | educational forum is more important, for we are going through a number of changes in Minneapolis.” And a proof of the sincerity of this attie tude can be seen in the crowds ate tending any of the six forums' held weekly in the various districts for the purpose of bringing to the adult current problems for discussion. ‘The Minneapolis women are accus- tomed to participating in public life. Here she picks her side and sticks to it, for little time is wasted in being fashionably liberal or parlor pink. If you go among many young pros fessional worpen, workingmen's wives, farmers and small business people, the women whisper about the tyranny of the Citizens’ Allinace, the great bugaboo of the farm-labor class. On the other hand, the wives of the powers-that-be talk of the need for the open shop if Minneapo)is is to survive through competition, and are likely to discuss the attempts of in timidation by labor, outside fomenta tion and all the rest of the problems which weigh so heavily upon their men, The women explain that the very qualities of stubbornness, persistence and independence that made possible the building of the great Northwest has brought about this deadlock among the people. It is no longer a political matter, but reaches into the very heart of soeial life. AT A recent meeting of one of Minneapolis’ most active wom- en’s organizations the ladies grew quite heated over a recent article in a national magazine dealing with their city. “While there is talk about all these things,” said one, “the majority of our people want peace and democracy rather than violence.” Another explained: “Hard times had a lov to do with it. You must not forget that not only have we migratory labor and unemployment problems, but that our average in- come is low. Only about 13,000 persons in our State have more than $5,000 & year, and only some 15,000 earn between $3,000 to $5,000 a year. Because of this we are bound to have great numbers of educated persons who insist on being heard.”