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THE SUN. NEWBERRY, S. C- FRIDAY. AUGUST 4, 1939
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE
Late-Term Congressional Bolt
Looks Like Foretaste of 1940;
G.O.P. Expect Victory in House
(EDITOR’S NOTE—When opinions sre expressed in these columns, they
are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
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CONGRESS:
Get Out of Town
As congress neared term’s end,
Franklin Roosevelt sat at his Hyde
Park cottage with Democratic
Chairman James Farley, talking
and thinking. He could afford to do
both, also to wish congress would
get out of Washington in a hurry.
Reason: The New Deal was being
ground underfoot unceremoniously
and indiscriminately in a manner
that boded ill for any 1940 campaign
plans the President might have.
Moreover, everything indicated the
MART NORTON
She might have stayed abed.
poisonous Republican upsurge of
recent weeks would rise to new
heights in 1940. Expecting the 49
additional seats they need for a
house majority, hoping for 16 new
senate seats to make themselves a
formidable minority, Republicans
had the makings of a persuasive
argument against the President’s
third-term ambitions. For if this
happens, neither Mr. Roosevelt nor
any other New Deal President could
do much.
Equally important was what had
already been done, not only by Re
publicans but conservative Demo
crats who found strength in coali
tion. The record of one week’s in-
surgence:
Labor Board. New Jersey’s Rep.
Mary T. Norton got out of her sick
bed to swallow bad medicine.
Strongest foe of the bill offered by
Virginia’s Rep. Howard W. Smith
to investigate the national labor re
lations board, she examined the rec
ord and found Mr. Smith had never
cast a vote in favor of organized
labor. Thus, when the house voted
253 to 135 to probe NLRB and (by
custom) to place Representative
Smith in charge, she felt justified in
charging that he was “the last man
in the world to pass on labor legisla
tion or problems.” New Deal poison
here is that NLRB’s alleged short-
corpings publicized this summer and
next winter will focus attention on
the White House.
Hatch Bill. Passed by both sen
ate and house, the “clean politics”
measure of New Mexico’s Sen. Carl
M. Haich is designed to keep relief
out of political hands, and vice
versa. Far more significant is that
portion which forbids federal office
holders from participating in na
tional political conventions. Since
400 jobholders attended the 1932 G.
O. P. pow-wow, and considerably
more the 1936 Democratic conven
tion, it is obviously the custom for
pro-administration wheelhorses to
write platforms and make nomina
tions. Thus the New Deal will suf
fer at next year’s Democratic con
vention because Mr. Roosevelt’s best
supporters may be absent.
Logan Bill. Passed quietly by the
senate, this measure gave federal
courts power to review acts of all
federal quasi-judicial bureaus (like
NLRB), striking the most severe
Japan*s Victory
In preliminary discussions at To
kyo, British Ambassador Sir Robert
Leslie Craigie recognized the neces
sity of extraordinary Japanese de
fensive measures in China, and
abandoned Britain’s program of aid
to China, marking an about-face of
British policy in the Far East that
will pave the way for ultimate Jap
domination of all China and expul
sion of British (and probably other
western nations’) commercial inter
ests there
blow at agencies created since 1933.
Result: Administration and execu
tive power would be badly crimped.
Though last-minute senate reconsid
eration was possible, the bill was a
cinch to pass if it reached the house.
Lending. Labeled by critics the
“pump-priming bill of 1939,” the
President’s pet $2,800,000,000 lend
ing program feU to $2,490,000,000
passing through the senate banking
committee where Federal Loan Ad
ministrator Jes .e Jones became so
exuberant in his praise for the bill
that his tongue slipped. When he
told the committee Reconstruction
Finance corporation could handle
the program two years with its pres
ent borrowing authority, smart Re
publicans jumped into the breach
with a suggestion: Why, then, should
congress bother legislating an en
tire new program when the same
purpose could be accomplished by
giving RFC a few new loan powers?
In a sense this proved a Godsend;
such action would put a hasty end
to the last major measure still be
fore congress. That done, the Presi
dent’s friends could get out of town
until next winter.
DOMESTIC:
Nose Count
On August 15 someone in St. Jos
eph or Marshall county, Indiana,
will hear a knock on his door. The
1940 census will be under way, test
ed at a cost of $20,000 prior to the
most complete statistical inventory
of the nation’s resources ever at
tempted. Not until April will the
official count be made by 140,000
enumerators working two weeks in
urban centers and four weeks in
rural areas. But from preliminary
Indiana surveys the department of
commerce will pick key questions.
No. 1 aim of the 1940 census is
to check social trends. Since the
depression changed social and eco
nomic status of most U. S. citizens,
special emphasis will be placed on
the following points:
Employment. Status of every citi
zen over 14 years of age during the
week of March 24-30 will be checked,
answering queries of many federal
agencies.
FertUity. Great changes in repro
duction rates among regions and in
social classes haye taken place since
Trend
How the wind is blowing . . .
REVENUE—U. S. tax collec
tions tor fiscal year 1938-39 to
taled $5,181,573,952 against $5,-
658,765,314 the previous year, a
decrease of $477,191,361. Biggest
drop: Income taxes, which de
creased $434,869,356.
FASHION—International Asso
ciation of Clothing Designers
forecasts gaudy clothes for men
next spring, with daytime suit
hues ranging from taupe to ma
roon. Trousers are expected to
be narrower, showing contours
(and defects) of the male leg.
BUSINESS—Retail trade has
taken its expected midsummer
slump but wholesale buying con
tinues at high level, an indica
tion of good business expectations
during the autumn months.
CENSUS CHECKER AT WORK
She'll record social trends.
1929. The census bureau hopes to
verify its hunch that few U. S. cit
ies are reproducing themselves.
Internal Migration. Depression
brought big population shifts as peo
ple sought new jobs in new places.
Not only will the 1940 residence be
checked against lS35’s, but the bu
reau will specifically check an away-
from-the-farm movement.
Education. Replacing the custom
ary illiteracy question will be one
asking the highest grade of school
completed, since illiteracy’s prob.
lem is rapidly disappearing.
MISCEDLANY:
Recall Recalled
In Michigan, 80-year-old Gov.
Luren D. Dickinson added a radio
speech to his earlier warning about
sin and high life evils, then took his
critics by surprise to endorse heart
ily a recall petition circulated by
Detroit Republican John B. Corliss
Jr. The petition was withdrawn.
. . . Her Sorrow
Meanwhile Japan's economy—al
ready sorely pressed by the long war
in China—suffers from an unprece
dented drouth in central and south
ern areas, threatening the all-im
portant rice crop and causing a
shortage of hydroelectric power. The
electricity shortage is especially se
rious because Japan needs power
for her speedup program of key in
dustries. And funds ordinarily go
ing for war purposes must be used
for farm relief.
EUROPE:
Wohltat and Dove
Sailing across the English chan
nel one hot July day were Ger
many’s Dr. Helmuth Wohltat and
the Spectre of Peace. Headed for
j conversations with Britain’s R. S.
Hudson, secretary for overseas
trade, the man who cemented Ru
mania’s pact with Germany last
j spring needed only to wink his eye
before European peace rumors be
gan sprouting like wild oats:
‘Positive’ Plan. First rumor came
from a “reliable informant” who
SECRETARY HUDSON
Peace flew with his visitor.
said Secretary Hudson would ask
Germany to disarm in exchange for
a large British loan to transform her
industry from a war basis to a peace
basis—to hammer her sword into a
plow share. Germany’s war-lost col
onies would either be returned or
internationalized. The reported loan:
1,000,000,000 pounds. A few days lat
er London papers discovered Mr.
Hudson actually had made unofficial
loan proposals to Herr Wohltat. For
eign office, London newspapers and
Commons immediately howled for
his resignation.
Siren of Berlin. With French-Pol-
ish-British solidarity apparently an
actuality, there is every indication
Germany is “testing the atmos
phere” with one thing in mind—fur
ther appeasement. One government
spokesman said Berlin “rejects a
warlike solution” to the Danzig
problem, thereby inviting peace con
versations. Nothing is definite, only
the time-tested “give-us-what-we-
want-and-there-will-be-peace’’ for
mula which has never failed Der
Fuehrer yet.
Philadelphia Plan. From its Wash
ington bureau, the Philadelphia In
quirer published mysterious news of
a five-power plan which had leaked
from diplomatic circles. The plan:
Britain, France, Germany, Italy and
Poland would get 25 years of peace
by (1) returning Danzig to Germany
but leaving it a free port; (2) put
ting Italy on the Suez canal board;
(3) neutralize African territory op
posite Gibraltar; (4) guarantee all
existing frontiers; (5) limit armies
to 300,000. Within 24 hours every
nation concerned had denied the
rumor and gone back to its mid-sum
mer grumbling.
Denials notwithstanding, rumors
would not float with such utter aban
don without some inspiration. Inter
national observers took them as a
good omen of peace conversations,
but shook their heads in fear of
more British appeasement.
. . . Her Worry
Jap Ambassador to Russia Shi-
genori Togo (shown with wife),
shadow boxes in Moscow with a
touchy issue. Jap and Soviet troops
are fighting bitterly on the Outer
Mongolian - Manchukuoan border,
while closer home Tokyo refuses to
pay fines assessed against Jap coal
and oil concessions operating on the
Russ portion of Sakhalin island.
Warships and troops stand ready for
an emergency. Neither nation will
give an inch.
Household Neius
PICNIC BASKET A PASSPORT TO FUN
(See Recipe Below)
Let’s Have a Picnic!
When skies are blue and cloud
less and the weather’s warm, a pic
nic basket is the passport to fun.
It may be a spur-of-the-moment pic
nic with a simple lunch prepared
from supplies on hand in pantry
and refrigerator; or it might be a
steak fry or barbecue with the food
cooked on the picnic grounds; but
it’s more likely to be an old-fash
ioned “family style” picnic for a
half-dozen to a hundred hungry
guests with plenty of good-tasting
food of delicious variety.
Whether your picnic is planned
for a family,
a Sunday school
class, or a lodge,
you’U find these
foods prime fa
vorites with the
guests. Recipes
are given here
in quantities to
serve a family;
for a larger
number the dif
ference is a simple process of mul
tiplication.
Cream Sala^ Dressing.
1 teaspoon mustard
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons flour
IVt teaspoons sugar
Dash cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon butter
1 egg y ilk
% cup vinegar
% cup heavy cream
Mix all dry ingredients together
thoroughly. Add butter, egg yolk
and vinegar. Place in double boiler
and cook, stirring constantly, until
mixture thickens. Cool, fold in
cream (stiffly beaten) and serve
with cabbage salad.
Baked Beans
(Serves 6)
1 pound navy beans
% pound pork (from the shoulder)
3 cups water
% cup brown sugar
6 tablespoons molasses
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dry mustard
Soak the navy beans over night in
water to cover. In the morning cut
the meat into 2-inch pieces and
brown well. Add the 3 cups water,
and cook slowly for about % hour.
Add beans and continue cooking for
2 hours, or until both meat and
beans are tender. Add remaining
ingredients. Place in a baking dish,
and bake in a moderately slow oven
(325 degrees) for about 1%. hours.
If necessary, add more water to the
beans while cooking.
Camp Coffee.
Early in the day measure the cof
fee into a sugar bag, allowing 1 ta-
blespof.u per cup.
Place this in the
coffeepot with a
little cold water
and let it stand
all day. Then
when nearly time
to serve, pour
boiling water,
which has been
previously meas
ured, into the pot. Boil 5 minutes,
remove the bag, and your coffee is
ready to serve. It will not harm it
to let it stand for a while. You will
find that this unusual way of mak
ing coffee will give you a most de
lightful, full-flavored beverage, and
at the same time saves considerable
measuring and pot-watching when
you want to be enjoying your picnic,
too!
Fresh Peach Ice Cream.
IV* cups granulated sugar
1 tablespoon flour
Vs teaspoon salt
1 egg (slightly beaten)
2 cups milk (scalded)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups coffee cream
cups crushed peaches
Vs cup confectioners’ sugar
Mix sugar, flour and salt thor
oughly. Add the beaten egg and
blend. Add the scalded milk and
cook as a custard in a double boiler
until the mixture will coat the
spoon. Add vanilla extract and cool.
Add cream and the crushed peaches
which have been mixed with con
fectioners’ sugar. Pour into con
tainer of ice cream freezer and
freeze, using 3 parts ice to 1 pari
salt.
Frankfurters de Luxe.
12 frankfurters
American cheese (cut in strips Vt
by 4 inches)
12 strips bacon
With a sharp knife make a slit
along one side of each frankfurter.
In each slit place a strip of cheese.
Press together and wrap a strip of
bacon around each frankfurter.
Fasten with toothpicks. Roast on
a charcoal grill, turning occasional
ly, to cook the bacon evenly. Or
place on a toasting fork (or stick),
and roast over an open fire for
about 5 minutes.
Cabbage Salad.
(Serves 6)
2 cups cabbage (shredded fine)
1 stalk celery (cut fine)
3 apples (unpeeled, diced)
2 to 3 green onions (sliced)
% teaspoon salt
Mix all ingredients in order giv
en. Add cream salad dressing and
garnish with paprika.
Cup Cakes.
(Makes 18 small cakes)
% cup water
IV* cups sugar
2 eggs (separated)
2 cups cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
V* teaspoon salt
% cup cold water
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream the butter, and gradually
add about half of the sugar. Beat
the egg yolks un
til very light, add
remaining sugar,
/ „ and beat well.
f/ I Combine with the
first mixture. Sift
together the flour,
baking powder
and salt, and add
to the batter al
ternately with the
water. Beat egg whites until stiff,
but not dry, and fold into the bat
ter. Add vanilla. Bake in well-
greased mufiiu pans in a moderate
ly hot oven (375 degrees) for about
25 minutes. Cool and frost with
boiled icing sprinkled generously
with cocoanut.
Dr. Barton
Tired of the same old sand-
wiches for lunch boxes, picnic
baskets and party meals? Then
be sure to see Eleanor Howe’s
column in next week’s paper and
learn how to take the “same
ness” out of sandwich making.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Boil a little vinegar in the skillet
after having fried fish. It will make
cleaning easier.
Put a piece of wax paper under
the trays in the refrigerator and
they will come out easier.
Green bananas will ripen quickly
if they are placed in a paper bag
and stored in a dark place.
In making fancy sandwiches cut
a piece out of top slice of bread
with thimble. In opening insert slice
of olive.
After using the hot-water bottle
let it drain, blow it full of air and
put in the stopper. This will pre
vent it from sticking.
Day-Dreaming
In Mild Form
Not Injurious
By DR. JAMES W. BARTON
<$TT IS by no means an un-
| A common experience for
most practicing physicians to
have a worried mother con
sult them as to
the reason why
her child is fail
ing in his school-
w o r k or fail
ing to show the
normal liveliness of others
of his own age. In many of
these cases the mother
speaks of ‘day-dreaming
spells. Others will complain
that for longer or shorter periods
the child will sit with a preoccupied
manner, often staring vacantly mto
space and possibly grimacing or
smiling to himself when he is sup
posed to be doing some task or sup
posed to be reading or even listening
to the radio. When spoken to the
child gives a start before answer
ing. The child seems to prefer sit
ting alone rather
than taking part in
the activity of other
children.”
I am quoting Dr.
H. R. Brillinger,
Hamilton, in an ar
ticle on “Day
Dreaming” in the
Canadian Medical
Association Journal.
In its mild form
day-dreaming is nor
mal. The bright
child in the class
completes its task and while waiting
for the others to perform theirs en
gages in day-dreaming. The child
who is not so bright, who has dif
ficulty with his school task, sits and
daydreams instead of working at
his task.
May Be Serious.
Day-dreaming in an exaggerated
or advanced form can be serious,
and parents, teachers and physi
cians must be on the alert to get
this exaggerated form in its early
stages.
Day-dreaming is just “imagining’ 1
and may act as a spur to greater
effort. On the other hand, day
dreaming where the child imagines
he is accomplishing great things or
performing great deeds really satis
fies the child who in real life with
other youngsters actually has an
inferiority complex.
Sometimes the child’s surround
ings, or circumstances, give it an
inferiority complex and in day
dreaming it makes up for this in its
own mind.
Sometimes there may be some
slight defect in hearing, vision or
personal appearance that the child
tries to overcome by imagining it
self to be absolutely free of all
defects.
There are some cases where in
fection—teeth or tonsils—is lowering
its “fighting” forces. Dr. Brillinger
states that day-dreaming is normal,
but it readily becomes abnormal,
which is a sign of early mental ill
ness. When treated early the re
sults are usually very gratifying.
• • •
Blood Pressure—
‘Scare’ or Not?
The story is told of a country
physician who has wonderful suc
cess in treating pneumonia patients.
It was stated by some who thought
they knew that this physician called
all heavy colds pneumonia and as
practically all cold cases recover
anyway, this was the real reason
that he was so successful in the
treatment of pneumonia.
My own opinion is that this physi
cian knew that if he told the patient
tnat he “just had a cold,” he would
want to be up and about in a day
or two, which would not only mean
that the cold would “hang on” but
might bring on broncho-pneumonia
or pneumonia. In other words, the
physician thought it wise to “scare”
the patient, to prevent complica
tions.
Now that blood pressure is so
much discussed, some physicians, if
blood pressure is high, try to
“scare” their patients into living a
“quiet” life, rightly stating that a
quiet life may double their years
on earth. I believe it will be agreed
that this may be just the proper ad
vice in some cases; if some patients
were allowed to live their own lives
they would overwork, overeat, and
get overexcited.
Dr. Henry M. Thomas Jr., Johns
Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, in the
Baltimore number of Medical Clin
ics of North America, states:
Scare Into Being Good.
“It is true that some individuals
must be scared into being good, but
among the high pressure group
these are few and far between.
Many, many more need reassur
ance, and this comes in the form of
optimistic explanation of the cause
of high blood pressure. Most pa
tients want to know the actual fig
ures; if the reading is a couple of
points above or below the last read
ing they are relieved or distressed
accordingly.”
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Circumstances are the rulers at
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