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f * ' ‘.4 Tl^ Barawtll Ptoplt-S—tl—t BaniwIL 8. C. Thwidmy, December Sl f 1936 r ngi BRISBANE THIS WEEK From Old Chinji She Wore Boy's Qothes The Long Farewell Dangerous Gold, in Russia A roar comes from the great Chinese dragon, the 400,000,000 that live, labor, die and are ex ploited. The Chi nese Generalissi mo Chiang Kai- Shek, attached to the ancient Chi nese belief that right is so power ful that it does not “require to be supported or ?n- forced by might,” is arrest ed by his muti nous troops de manding “an im mediate declara tion of war against Japan; recov ery of all Chinese territory, includ ing Manchuria.” This outbreak worries Tokyo, and it might, if China had a few fight ing leaders, with enough airplanes and good pilots. China now is like Niagara Falls before the turbines were put in, much power going to waste. What could military genius and modern weapons accomplish, backed by a nation of 400,000,000? Art liar BrUkaa* ! Helen Coberly said she “never liked girl’s clothes, wanted to be a boy.” Millions of other girls have said that. Helen lived up to it, put on boy’s clothes, went through the boys’ high school to the senior class, earning her way “digging ditches, mending fences.” Known to be a girl, expelled from the class, she weeps. Some intelli gent young man with blue eyes and a kind heart, marrying Helen Co berly, might some day be the fa ther of a great American. The former King Edward has bid farewell to England, and England and the rest of the world bid fare well to the young man, who told his people: “1 have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of re sponsibility without the help and support of the woman I love.” A good many men might say that who do not realize it. Whoever wrote, or helped to write that broadcast, it was a sincere, touching farewell to the world’s highest position, and well done. There is no doubt that the young King inspired it. Russia's production of gold In creases rapidly, with 144 gold fields active; the total production not less than $200,000,000 a year, and ac cording to some estimates nearly $300,000,000. Russia already surpasses Canada and the United States in gold pro duction, and expects soon to sur pass the British South African gold fields, and all the gold goes to the government. Prospectors and min ers get "praise.” This gold production does not mean greater power for bolshevism. Quite the other way, it may be the worst thing that could happen to the Karl Marx-Lenin-Stalin theory. As nations and individuals be come rich they become conserva tive. There is still reverence for Eng lish kings in "democratic Amer ica.” In New York clubs of "aris tocratic” membership all rose when the broadcast began, and not one sat down while the King was speaking. In England they sat down, they are used to kings there. Mrs. C. H. Wilson of Columbia, S. C., went farther; her house was on fire, she told firemen, let me know if you think the roof will fall, and went on listening to Prince Ed ward, while the house burned. It takes a long time to breed out of human beings that which is in- bred into them through ages; hence the persistence of our various su perstitions. Intelligent Dr. Craster, health of ficer of Newark, N. J., starts a needed campaign against kissing babies, suggesting the use of tibs embroidered with these words: "I don’t want to be sick—do not kiss me.” He says: * A kiss can be more dangerous than a bomb.” Consumption begins in infancy; babies usually get it from tubercu lar mothers who kiss them on the mouth. Congress resumes work soon; what will it do, and try to do? How will it interpret the 46 to 2 vote, "all present” except Maine and Ver mont; how will the unwieldy Demo cratic majority deal with its prob lems? It will probably try to do what ever President Roosevelt tells it to do; that last election seemed to intimate that the President has the public’s permission to do as he pleases. Aod that makes the situation ex tremely difficult for the President There is such a thing as TOO MUCH approval, too much POWER. • Kies SVeieer- “— wav News Review of Current Events the World Over President Back in Washington Preparing for Inauguration —Hopkins May Get New Cabinet Post—Wallace Urges Permanent Crop Control. By EDWARD W. PICKARD £ We»tern Newipaper Union. President Roosevelt D ETURNING to Washington in fine health and spirits after his trip to Buenos Aires, President Roosevelt plunged into a great mass of work that had accumulated on his desk. There were numerous re- ports on govern ment activities to be read, plans for the inaugural on Janu ary 20 to be made) outlining of his inau gural address, and consultation with the full cabinet con cerning t h e pro gram for his second term. Still more immediate was the task of writing his annual message on the state of the nation and his budget message for the coming fis cal year. Then, too, he is expected to devote considerable time to con sideration of the revamping of the cabinet and to plans for reorganiz ing the government machinery in various departments. The inaugural ceremonies will be simple in accordance with tttC Roosevelt’s wishes, and the tradi tional ball will be omitted. After consultation with Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the inaugural committee and Vice President Garner, it was decided that the parade should be limited to units from the army, navy and marine corps and from the West Point and Annapolis academies. Governors of all the states will be invited but they will be limited to three motor cars apiece. There will be no civilian organizations in the parade. Grand stands are being constructed on both sides of Penn sylvania avenue at the White House, and on the steps of the CapitoL One of Mr. Roosevelt's first duties was a sad one—that of attending the funeral services for August Gen- nerich, his close friend and body guard who died suddenly in Buenoy Aires. The services were held in the White House and with the Presi dent were Mrs. Roosevelt, Vice President and Mrs. Garner and cab inet members. A delegation of New York City policemen was pres ent to pay the respects of the "fin est” to one who had served with distinction on the force for twenty- five years. The President and his household were cheered by news from Boston that Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., ill in a hospital with a streptococcus Infection and sinusitis, was recover ing rapidly, that an operation prob ably would not be necessary and that the young Harvard senior has a good chance of spending Christ mas in the White House. JOHN HAMILTON to still chair- man of the Republican national committee. A t a meeting in Chi cago 74 of the 76 members in at tendance rejected hto resignation, and he responded: “I'm gratified, and I'll keep right on working.” The opposition to Hamilton was led by Hamilton Fish of New York, but it dwindled rapidly during the de bate. Before adjournment Hamilton was empowered to appoint a group of Republicans soon to formulate a plan to bring the party funds out of the red. Treasurer C. B. Goodspeed reported that the campaign expendi tures were $6,546,776, and that the deficit was $901,501. M S ECRETARY OF PUBLIC WEL- ’ FARE” may be the title of a new member of the President’s cabinet, and it may be held by Harry L. Hopkins, WPA administrator. The creation of this department has been under consid eration for some time and becomes probable with the - plans for consolida tion of several gov ernmental agencies and activities per taining to public welfare, from the social security program and the in dependent office of education to the children’s bureau now in the Department of Labor. There has been talk that the new department might be given to Miss Perkins, who is slated to retire from the labor secretaryship, but general opinion is that Hopkins, favorite money dispenser of the adminis tration, will get the job. H. L. Hopkins \I7 ITH five men and two women VV aboard, a big liner of the Western Air Express disappeared in fog and storm south of Salt Lakh City and it was believed it had crashed and that all seven persona were killed either in its fall or by exposure. Searching parties found possible traces of the accident in t broken tree and "tracks” in the snow, but the weather was so severe end the region so isolated that the hunt was badly hampered. Thoee aboard the plane which start ed from Los Angeles were Mr. and Mrs. John Wolfe of Chicago, just married; Henry W. Edwards of Min neapolis; Carl Christopher of Dwight, 111.; Stewardess Gladys Witt, and Pilots S. J. Samson and William Bogan. U* XTENSION of the glass workers’ strike to plants in Toledo, Charleston, W. Va., and Shreveport, La., brought the flat glass industry almost to a standstill. The clos ing of these factories is directed against the automobile industry, but the Ford company is equipped to produce its own glass and the other automobile makers are said to have enough glass in stock for a month. It was estimated that 14,- 300 men were idle at the plants of the Libby-Owens and Pittsburgh Plate Glass companies. The new strikes were called after leaders of the Federation of Flat Glass Workers failed to reach an agreement with representatives of the two companies concerning strides already in progress. Libbey- Owens also was negotiating for a new union contract, their old one having expired. Employers said the impasse was reached as a result of the union’s determined demands for a closed shop, a checkoff system of union dues, and wage increases. Glen W. McCabe, president of the Glass Workers’ federation, denied the union was demanding a closed shop or that the checkoff system had to be granted. CECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE ^WALLACE in hto annual report to the President, recommends that, instead of “emergency crop adjust- menta,” the government establish a permanent production control. In this Mr. Wallace ignores the opin ion of the Supreme court in the Hoosac Mills case holding that congress has no power to regulate agriculture. The secretary said that ahortage caused by drouth could only be temporary and that the natural reaction will be production that will glut the market and pile up surpluses. Soil conservation alone, he said, to not a sufficient preventive of overproduction. In another section of his report, Wallace cited figures showing that imports of agricultural products ex ceeded exports by 418 million dol lars in the fiscal year 1936. He blamed this, however, on the drouth, rather than the scarcity pol icies of the old AAA and the admin istration’* trade agreements. The report asserted that a per manent agricultural policy should achieve "soil conservation, consum er protection, and crop control al together,” but outlined no specific plan for attaining all those objec tives. Joachim von Ribbentrop JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP, ** German ambassador to England, addressing an English audience in London, told the world plainly that Germany intends to scrap "the discrimi nating part of the Versailles treaty” and that Adolf Hit ler to determined to regain colonies for his country. "One thing is cer tain,” he said, "and this I cannot help stating: Germany has made up her mind to get rid of that discriminating part of the Versailles treaty which no great nation could have tolerated forever. "To attain this aim by agree ment, der fuehrer and chancellor made his offer to the world, but the world, still blind and wrapped up in the mentality which is generally known today as ‘the spirit of Ver sailles,’ did not respond.- "But der fuehrer sees now, as before, in the possession of col onies desired for supply of raw ma terials only, on one side, and in world trade on the other, two most essential means of raising the standard of life of his people from the present subsistence level. "A reasonable solution to the colonial question, therefore, is most desirable and to my mind to the interest of all in the long run.” JT WAS announced in London that 1 Great Britain and Italy had al most agreed on the terms for a mu tual declaration of interests in the Mediterranean. At the same time Foreign Secretary Eden told the house of commons that on Septem ber 12 the British government warned Mussolini that he must keep hto hands off the Spanish Balearic islands. He said there was now reason to believe Italy would not enter into negotiations with Gen eral Franco, the Spanish Fascist leader, for a change in the Medi terranean status quo. Eden added that Great Britain had not recog nized Italy’s annexation of Ethiopia and did not intend to do aa. National Topic* Interpreted by William Bruclcart Washington — Senator O’Mahoney of Wyoming has prepared a bill for _ _ introduction early To Control jn the new con- Bunneu gress that will set up, if it becomes law, a comprehensive mechanism to control and regulate some of the principal activities of business cor porations. It is a far reaching prop osition, as it now stands, and it cannot be passed off lightly. There is support for it in a number of quarters. While it undoubtedly will not become law in its present form, it must be regarded as the opening wedge. The Wyoming senator’s principal idea is to require businesses of an incorporated character to take out a federal license. If they do not comply, the proposed law would deny them the right to ship goods into retail trade between states. While the main theme of the prop osition does not seem anything about which one should get excited, it is the things that can be done behind such a general requirement that must and will be examined by con gress and the country before it takes a step of the kind advocated by Senator O’Mahoney. For exam ple, if the federal government is permitted to require businesses to obtain a license or charter from Washington, those businesses may be compelled to meet all manner of requirements before such a li cense or charter is granted. In the reverse, if after they have the li cense, they fail to observe the pro visions laid down either by congress or bald - headed bureaucrats, re vocation of the license is the pen alty that may be exacted. It should be added that exaction of a penalty of this kind, once the license provi sion is established as a federal gov ernment right, becomes a powerful weapon and the limit to which that power may be exercised is scarcely to be forecast. While', as I said, the O’Mahoney legislation may not be expected to become law in its present form, its terms and provisions give a hint of wl^at can be expected of any legislation of a similar character. Take this provision, for example: “Rates of pay shall be increased and hours of work shall be reduced in accordance with gainf in the productive efficiency of the indus try, arising from increased mechan ization, improvement! in technologi cal methods, or from other causes, tc the end that employees shall have an equitable participation in the out put of industry, and that employ ment and mass purchasing power may keep pace with industry." • • • It seems quite obvious that under such a basic statement of pnnci- . . pies, a business Dictatorial cou ]d eaji i y be Power* made to agree to collective bargain ing among Its employees, to estab lish minimum wages and to follow the dictates oLxome bureau or com mission in Washington in actual management and promulgation of policies. Indeed, it is set forth in the O’Mahoney draft that the fed eral trade commission would be au thorized to obtain all “relevant and detailed data as to production costs, prices and profits.” As I see this sort of thing and from the views of experts with whom I have consulted, I cannot escape the conclusion that such leg islation simply extends to the fed eral government dictatorial powers over virtually all private business. It means, moreover, that politics and politicians would be the guiding force and that if union labor leaders were in control of the agency hav ing supervisory powers over busi ness or if communists or conserv atives or any other class were in control, business would be directed in accordance with the economic views of that school of thought. Since our nation frequently hands the responsibility of government control from one political party to the other, the implications of such legislation as this are trenfbndous, to say the least. Constitutional questions enter into this legislatioh and it may be that the basic theory advanced by the Wyoming senator will not hold at all. As I understand it, Senator O’Mahoney is holding no pride of authorship as to the language of his bill but to the principles he strongly adheres. So, it is made to appear at least, as I said above, that this proposal constitutes an en tering wedge on an entirely new theory of government’s relation to private business. For that reason, it is one of the most significant propositions to come forward in re cent years, more significant, I be lieve, thfcn the ill-fated NRA. It certainly is a proposition that should be watched closely by all citizens. • • • Affairs of the heart are all right privately, our American Depart ment of State holds, but it re serves the right to horn into any love affair taai involves an American for eign service officer. It is all per- Rctljr open end above board. The Mixing in Love Alt cure Department of State has put its conclusions into writing, into an offi cial regulation, and hereafter no foreign service officer can marry an alien while he is in the foreign service unless he gets the consent of “father” State department. It is immensely interesting but not significant in an international way that the State department’s or der concerning international mar riages should have been promul gated during the heat of the British constitutional crisis oyer King Ed ward’s determination to marry the American - born Wallis Warfield Simpson. It simply happened to come along at the same time, but since all the world loves a lover, in Washington one hears reference to the Simpson-Edward affair men tioned many times in the same breath with the State department decree. This obtains because nearly all of our foreign service people have relations or friends in the na tional capital and the decree for bidding international marriages set many tongues to wagging. But the State department ruling ought to be treated with utmost seriousness and sincerity. It is im portant. It is necessary to stretch the imagination a great way in or der to assume that international marriages of the type banned by the State department would “shake an empire” after the manner of international marriages among roy alty. On the other hand, it seems to me to be quite fair to say that in ternational marriages among offi cial representatives of a nation can very easily prove embarrassing to the government by which the for eign service officer receives creden tials. In fact, there are instances on record where such marriages have proved to be serious obstacles in the settlement of disputes be tween governments. Then, it must be considered that there is a genuine possibility of war in Europe in the next few years. A tremendous tragedy is being pre pared there. While obviously any governmental decision that has the effect of keeping lovers apart arouses antagonism, a sympathetic feeling among all with tender hearts, in this circumstance, the rule seems %’ell justified. In addition to follow ing the lead of other nations on the point, our State department has banned these international mar riages largely in order to keep our nation free from any possible en tanglements in event of that Eu ropean tragedy that looms like red fire on the horizon of the future. Marriages heretofore contracted, of course, will not be disturbed by the new ban, but elimination of that source of potential difficulty for the future is regarded as likely to be valuable. I have heard criticism of the State department's order on the ground that affairs of the heart are private affairs—which indeed they are. But it must be remem here J that where an individual accepts the rights, prerogatives and priv ileges of official position, he accepts at the same time certain definite responsibilities. In the case of a foreign service officer, his accept ance of the government title makes him at once and the same time a part of that government in a most peculiar way. Because foreigners do not understand our government any better than we understand foreign governments, when an American foreign service officer speaks, he speaks actually as the American government. One need not amplify this further than to say, therefore, one of that official’s responsibilities is to carry out policy. National pol icy can be arranged only at its proper sources, namely, the Pres ident and the Department of State. So, while budding romances may be blighted, heartaches may arise, soft lights in the eyes of men and maidens may be dimmed by the cruel and cold words of official regu lations, it needs must be said that the welfare of a great nation must supersede the personal desires of a lonely man for a mate. Thus, where any of our American diplomats or consular officers here after feel they cannot tread life’s highway without the accompaniment of a foreign-born princess of their dreams, they simply will have to resign from their jobs and bring the lady home. Q Western Newspaper Union. * * * * * CLOVERLEAF CHEESE BISCUITS Mr*. Maty Owen, Memphis. Ten*. Mix and sift 2 cups flour, 4 tsps. baking powder and Vi tsp. salt. Rub in 4 tbsps. Jewel Special- Blend Shortening with the tips of the fingers or cut in with a knife. Add % cup grated cheese and mix well. Beat 1 egg yolk and add to % cup milk. Then add to dry ingredients and mix until soft dough is formed. Cut dough into small pieces, mould into balls and place 3 together in each muffin pan. Bake in hot oven (400 de grees F.) about 20 minutes. This recipe makes 1% dozen Cloverleaf cheese biscuits.—Adv. Uncle Pftli&L ScuyA: Tomorrow Disappoints Tomorrow always promises well, but remember there is rea sonably certain to be one disap pointment. One loves even a precocious lit tle boy with his front teeth out. He’s meeker for the time being. Some men have great patience, but Henry D. Thoreau put it an other way by saying they lived a life of quiet desperation. A man says *T am the captain of my soul” and wonders what to do next. Dangerous Meddling Never meddle with a hornet or a rr an who is minding his own busi ness. ,, A placid blue lake may arouse )vur emotions, bat it tikes a storm to stir its surface and your feelings. Women trust to their intuition. So do men, but they won’t admit it. Bills that you run fall due and fall due and fall due; but if you pay as you go, you forget all about your expenditures. AT LAST I C0IQI BELIEF—THAT ALSO TFEEIS BEC0VEIT bum! it'* rounra honet A TAHI Doobfe-MUac. On* art of irHH <juic*ljr ainjUiej in* . . . euate irritated throat Lmuga to ■ vo« front •o'agi.ia*. Aoutbar aot raachot tM nooehial tub—. Ion—at phloem, holpo brook op o rou*h duo to o ootd oad ip—it ittmtty. For 3 M<urk reM end tpndtd up rrronrrv. enk roar ■ruosiot for doahk—tiac FttOlY’M ><• 'SKY * flic IdeoJ f or ebiidroo. too. iteteboUJo tedftf. The World a Prize This world is given as the prize of men in earnest, and this is truer of the world to come. Enrico Caruso The greatest of modern tenors, Caruso, was a bricklayer in his younger days. He was the 18th son of his parents. Every one of the first 17 children died in infancy. Caruso joined the Metropolitan Opera in 1903 and during the next 17 yean sang over 607 times, for which he was paid over a million and a hall dollars or an average rate of $2,783 a performance. Offered $4,000 a night at one time, he protested that $2,500 would be quite enough. Caruso refused to sing in his home town— Naples—because he was once hissed there. One of his favorite stunts wai that of breaking glasses by singini to them, his voice, st a certain note causing a vibration that glass coul/ not withstand.—New BiugraphjN . . . and sore throat diatom- fort are quickly relitved by St. Joaeph Genuine Pure Aspirin. WORLD’S LARGEST SEILER AT St.Josepli GENUINE PURE ASPIRIN Contempt for Life War is one place where human life is treated with contempt. Don f i Irritate Gas Bioating If you want to really GET RID OF GAS and terrible bloating, don’t expect to do it by Just c'octcKng your atom* ach with harsh, irritating alkalies and “gas tablets." 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