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SWJTi-v] pfetise "i - ' ?. Bell Syndicate. ? WNU Service. My first grievance was against a billy-goat. 1 found him tied Grudge and to a make with a Grievances tether J u 8 1 lonK enough to enable him to range in n circle about fifteen feet In diameter. When I came along he had eaten everything edible within the circle of his tether, and was stretching his neck toward some bushes Just beyond his reach. Deeply sorry for him, I untied the rope so that he might extend his op portunities. He looked at me. wltb a kind and grateful expression on his face, and then advancing a few steps, butted me over. I arose In pained surprise. He had en unworthy of my trust. Thence orward I disliked that goat with a bit terness that soured me for quite a time. I have had other unpleasant con tacts since that time. Out of them have grown a number of grudges and grievances. ^ * * * I hare lent money to friends, and found that they became Indignant when they discovered that I wanted It to be repaid. Big and powerful men have thrust me aside at Fourth of July fireworks so they could see the "set nieces" better. But I am learning now. I don't bear any grudges. I find that thinking about unpleasnnt people makes me bitter. So I don t think about them any more. There is a grent deal that Is un likeable about humanity. But why trouble yourself aboi't It? ? ? ? //you will take the same attitude to ward the people who haven't done the right thing by you as you do toward a sticlc, which when you strpped on it, flew up and hit you a crack in th? nose, you will be more contented. "Grudge," quarrels had better be for gotten as soon as possible. Life Is too short to think about them any more. Just figure In advance that some people are going to be "mean to you," now and again? that you can t help It and that there Is nothing to do about It, and you will have more serenity, more peace of mind, and sleep better at night. We have got to live with our neigh bors. If we don't like them we can leave them alone. It will only make us cynical and unhappy if we dwell In private on In juries which can so easily be for gotten. ? ? * In my school days I looked forward eagerly to the time, when, on grad*/ nation from high v^neck Up school, my educa Now and Then w?uld be com pleted. it * listened happily to the "essays" and "orations" of member* of the gradua tion class "pieces" which convinced me that they soon would be out In the world, well equipped for the battle for life, and ready to win money ami fame. I know better than that now. R?t p still I find myself' wondering vaguely If I have really learned anything 'at all. I read about as much as the average man or woman. I try to think. I try to solve the problems that confront me. And yet I constantly wonder how I am gomgf to learn a quarter of the things that I ought to learn, with just a mere average mind, thit keeps leaping here and there in an effort to discover the easiest way. ? * * Maybe I am not very much different from other ppoplo. It Is possible that some of th?m merely blufT their way through life S "n(l PretPnil to understand many prol, lems that they do no, understand at all. But, as I grow older, I regret the time that has slipped by when 1 wasn't noting Its passage at all. how much I have loafed when I should have "Worked, and how many opportunities ^ have slipped through my lingers be tbetrT ' WaS ,0? >n"^e ,IH,! * ? ? I pass these Ideas along to you he cause I know though only partly from my own experience, that a "check up now and then Is good for the soul Look hack over the old track once In a while. See how far you have failed In your efforts. No matter how old you may he, ther ? ^ It always a chance for a fresh start. i$' ?? mnke a fresh start and stick to - E ho(,y mnv w^nr out. Your n?t If you use It. Pornpnr* yourself to those who have passed you on the way up. out whor? yf)'i have failed and why. And maybe, though your education ? J "J ?mr completed, It will before h* * *""r? ?f "?*' pines*, and you can say bofore ft's all oyer; lit* ' ? 1 SEEN-'HEARDs around th? National Capital '? By CARTER FIELDfiSssa nshlnj{ton.--Hol(lli)j{ buck a threat ened epidemic of strikes until union labor leaders can get what they want In Washington In the way of legisla tion Is provlug a difficult task for William Qreen, president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, and his lieutenants. In Akron the rubber com pany employees are chafing at the bit. So It Is in a hundred other lines. John L. Lewis, president of tht? United Mine Workers, had less diffi culty with his union. He want?, as Green does, to hold back the strikes, but he set the obvious goal of June 10, which is the date the law creating NRA expires. Green, Lewis, and all their friends here have the same object. If the administration proves too lukewarm on the things they want, they can lay the pending strike situation on the White I louse doorstep. President Roosevelt will then be faced with the apparent alternative of giving in, or of precipitating so many strikes that a terrific blow will be dealt returning prosperity. The importance of rhis to the Presi dent can be realized only by examin ing the political prospects. Next year the President, all of the house, and a third of the senate come up for re election. In short, the New Deal goes on trial before the country. Already there is the serious threat of a third party, growing out of the doctrines being preached over the radio by Huey Long, Father Coughlln, etc. The Presi dent Is perfectly" fumillar with this but relies on attracting enough con servatives to Ills own support to win and win easily. But attracting these conservatives is a precarious undertaking. The old line Republicans do not think he can do It. I hat Is why they have been sprucing up lately. The only question to date has been: will the radicals scare the conservatives enough to turn them to Roosevelt for safety? One answer to this question Is: nor unless Roosevelt shows the country that he is really, leading it back to prosperity. Otherwise the conserva tives would not put their trust in him, but would rely on voting for some Re publican. Which would mean that the radicals, withdrawing so much of Roosevelt's support, would seriously Jeopardize Roosevelt's chances. , Economic Menace So that the threat of a strike epi demic is more than an economic men ace. It Is a political bugaboo of dark est shade. And no one better than I?. D. It. appreciates It. Which explains why shrewd observ ers in Washington are not writing off the Wagner labor relations bill as sure to die why they are not certain the 30-hour week bill will not be coin promised (say at 36 or 38 hours), and why there Is so much uncertuirrtv about NRA. Union labor officials would rather have the Wagner bill than a contin uance of NRA. Down In their hearts but most confidentially, they would far rather have the Wagner bill than the oU-hour week? even without com promise. The answer ro both is simple, but .vou cannot confirm the second in pub Jlc. As to preferring the Wagner bill to NRA, the Wagner bill would be permanent legislation. As to pre ferring It to the 80-hour week, the Wagner measure leaves more to be done by union officials, whereas the 30-hour week leaves less appeal to un organized workers to Join labor unions and begin paying dues. NRA and the 30-hour week together move directly toward an ultimate goal which would sharply curtail the power. Influence, need for perquisites of union labor leaders. The government would step in and perform most of their functions. it would gain for the workers what the unions now have to fight with private Industry to attain. And union labor leaders tire very hu man. They like their Jobs and their power, and want to keep them. Hits Export Trade Great Britain's highly successful drive to compel Poland and other Ku r penn countries to buy more I i r 1 1 1 h | ? goods, ir Britain Is going to continue buying theirs, has played hob with prospects for American e.vport trade. So has Italy's setting up of an "Am torg" called the National Institute for Foreign Trade? which Is to handle all Imports and exports for that country This government will beyond doubt denounce its commercial treaties with Italy, Portugal, Denmark and Poland I" the near future. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, father of recipro cal trade agreements as n means of lowering economic barriers, has been reluctantly forced to this position l be action would have been taken al ready had It not been for the delicate situation In Kurope caused b.v nil tho war talk. There Is no real hope that any negotiations short of the strong arm methods of treaty denunciation will lead to results. One of the effects of discriminations against American goods in ICurope bus been to boost the atock of (ieorge N Peek, who stands for barter as the only effective way of hurdling artlfl eial national barriers, as against Sec retary Hull's reciprocal plan. For example, tho Chrysler automobile peo ple, enthusiastic about rtie Hull plan until Poland Imposed a quota sys tem, have reluctantly come to the con elusion that only the forthright Peek methods can accomplish nnythlng. As showing the wheels within wheels, this Chrysler situation Is most Inter esting. Chrysler has enjoyed a very profitable market in Poland, selling many American cars there. Now Po land, under pressure from Great Hrltaln, has Instituted a quota sys tem, which will cut auto Imports from America to the bone. But this does not hurt General Mo tors, or Ford, anything like as much, Both have factories In European coun tries, which are not hurt by the quota. American Labor Loses But every General Motors car sold in most European countries. Instead of a Chrysler, deprives American work men of Just so much labor. For ex ample, In Its factory In Belgium, Gen* erul Motors, building the Opel car, uses European made motors and Euro pean made tires. Whereas the Chrysler plant In Antwerp Is really more a warehouse than a factory. All Amerh can parts are used. Moreover, the purchase of European made parts Is not all. The reciprocal treaty with Belgium provides for a much greater reduction in the tarlfT on parts than the tarlfT on cars. But the Italian situation Is even ) more serious. Within a few weeks I her new restrictions will bar all Amer ican wheat and tobacco, and will limit to 25 per cent of 1934 figures Imports of American autos. The re striction to one-fourth of last year's Imports applies to 200 different products ! On Italy's part this is at once an attempt to adjust her long enduring unfavorable balance of trade, and an attempt to stimulate domestic produc tion. But even 1934 exports from America to Italy were not big. They represented a very lean year for most American exporters. The restriction on cotton Is expected to have repercus sions all through the South. Mean while Italy hopes either to Increase the output of her Flat nnd other auto fac tories, or to encourage all American manufacturers of cars to establish branch factories In Italy. Either of which would provide work for Italians. Wheat is in a different category. Formerly the United States shipped about 80,000,000 bushels of wheat a year to Italy. With the boosting of the tarlfT on wheat to protect American farmers from hard Canadian wheat. Canada simply took over this market. Annoys White House White House Irritation against the radio companies, for permitting Huey Eong to get so much free time. Is growing pretty hot. But It Is not easy to make the case. To put it clearly and simply would lay the White House open to a charge of attempted censor ship, and give Senator Schall of Minnesota more to talk about. Thar was Irritating enough at the time. But the fact Is that Huey's attacks have been annoying the administration, from the President down, more than any other one thing. It is not really the immediate political prospect of a third party, at all. It is Just plain annoyance. The political situation, from the ad ministration standpoint. Is fine. If Huey succeeds In stirring up a radical third party, the President, moving sllght'ly to the right, will simply annex what is left .of the old Republican Party's conservative wing. Roose velt s re-election would he as sure as was Hoover's <Jpfeat last time, or more accurately, as Taft's defeat was In 1912. Moreover, the Republicans have played the Huey Long-Father Cough lin game. They have been hoping these malcontents would get some where. They hnve thought that only In a split of the President's following could any Republican hnve a chance. But a radical Democrat, gnrnering Democratic votes here and there, would rir at least might elect a Re publican. This phase of It was all right with the White House. There were even smiles when General Johnson took Father Coughlin over the Jumps, In his broadcast, and threw a little mini over Huey. But Huey did not respond as the White House had anticipated. He did not follow the course of Coughlin and devote himself to annihilating John son. while professing the highest ad mlratlon for (ho President. Huey pro ceeded to ignore Johnson nnd to be labor the President, taking up his pol icies one by one nnd presenting them In an almost ludicrous light. Too many people are annoyed at the codes, the processing taxes, nt cotton mills closing down while Japanese Imports flow I ii. for such tnctlcs not to hurt. And they do hurt. Too Much Free Time Now what burns up the admlnlsrrn tlon Is that f/ong has been getting most of his time over the radio for nothing. The radio companies do not like this. They nre very uneasy about It. They know that both Long and Father Coughlin nre tremendous draw ing cards over the radio. But they do not like 'tie idea of giving a Way lime to sorr.e one who will produce Irritation at the White House. Ir may spell trouble for them In other ways They would much prefer to cut them off altogether. But they had agreed, some rime back to give a certain amount of time to discussions of public questions, on the theory that such use of radio time wan educational, in the best Interest of the country, nnd a generous contribution by a prosperous business to general welfare. They did not originate this attitude. It was virtually forced on them. Partly by the radio commission and partly by senators and members of the house. Oopyrltht ? WNt) lUrvIc*. RENDER TRIBUTE TO "APPLESEED JOHNNY'S" LABOR He was a gentle lunatic, "Johnny AppleKeed." Or perhaps he was a saint His first appearance In his tory. where he Is now si cure of his niche In the saga of American pio neering. Is In the year 1800 when he la seen drifting down the Ohio In a strange craft with a queer cargo: two canoes lashed together bearing a load of rotten apples from the cider presses of Pennsylvania. Ills errand Is to plant apple seeds In the wilderness that orchards may be there awaiting the white settlers when they arrive. This was his er rand for 40 years. Like a good many other beneficent cranks lie Is Supposed to nave been born In Bos ton, and perhaps the wine of revolu tion mixed with his blood, for his birth year Is given as 1773. Of holy books he had two: the Bible and Kmmunuel Swedenhorg, which he read aloud to border families by the light of cabin llres; he ate no meat, killed no living creatures ? not even venomous reptiles ? befriended ani mals, went unharmed, though all but naked. In a savage wilderness that teemed with wild beasts and Indians, and these last venerated him as a powerful "medicine." In 1812 he spread the alarm of an impending In dian attack and saved hundreds of settlers from massacre. But more than saint, he was artist, and his art-form was the apple. It was a passionate conviction with him that the tree should be rnlsed from the seeu, and he chose his orchard sites for fertility and plcturesqueness with the fastidious taste of poet and painter, fenced the enclosure, and returned each year to tend his treeg, Ohio people still remember him with affection for his were the first fruits of their wilderness. ? Boston Globe. Dr. Pierce's Pelleta are beat for liver, bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for % laxative ? three for & cathartic. ? Adv. Runitn Thoroughness For several years Russia has been collecting samples of wheat from a number of countries In order to find the kind which will grow best In each of Its great variety of climates. Today, writes D. V. O'Connell, Len ingrad, U. S. S. 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