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VOL. LAI. GRAHAM, M, C., THURSDAY JULY 25, 1935. NO. 25. ^
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
New Deal Badly Hurt by Ruling That AAA Processing
Taxes Are Unconstitutional?Democratic Senators
Score Schall of Minnesota.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
<?> Western Newspaper Union.
TWO to one against the New Deal
was the week's score In Federal
court decisions. The administration
suffered severely. The Circuit Court
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101 Appeals IU oiiitia
natl first held uncon
stitutional the con
demnation ot land by
the FWA for slum
clearance. Then the
Circuit Court of Ap
peals In Boston dealt
the AAA a terrific
blow by declaring un
constitutional the
processing and flour
vah Tbn onn fopor.
laAca. xuc uuc
Chester at)le ,jccision wa3 by
y the Circuit Court of
Appeals In New Orleans and was that
the sale of cheap electric power by the
Tennessee Valley authority was consti
tutional.
Harold Ickes, who Is PWA adminis
trator, said the slum clearance work
would be carried on, though necessarily
In modified form. But Chester Davis,
AAA administrator, openly admitted
that "the end of the processing taxes
would mean the end of the Agricultural
Adjustment administration In all Its
Important aspects." He would not con
fess that he believed for a minute the
Supreme court would confirm the rul
ing of the court at Boston. He as
serted he had expected that decision
to be adverse, saying: "That section
around Boston Is a hotbed of resistance
to the processing taxes. Why, It's
right up there among all those cotton
manufacturers." This was most ex
traordinary comment from a high gov
ernment official, but the Appeals court
In Boston has not yet cited Davis for
contempt.
Most well informed and unbiased
persons have never believed the proc
essing taxes would stand up under
court test. The Guffey coal bill has
some similar features, so that those
who debate It should read these para
graphs In the Boston decision:
"The power of congress to regulate
Interstate commerce does not authorise
It to do so by taxing products either
of agriculture or Industry before they
enter Interstate commerce, or other
wise to control their production mere
ly because their production may In
directly affect Interstate commerce.
"The Issue Is not, as the government
contended, whether congress can ap
propriate funds for any purpose
deemed by congress In furtherance of
the 'general welfare,' but whether con
gress has any power to control or reg
ulate matters left to the state and lay
a special tax for that purpose."
Several hundred suits to enjoin col
lection of the processing taxes have
been filed In Federal courts by proces
sors. If tbey pay the taxes and the
act Is held unconstitutional by the Su
preme court, they will not be able to
recover, under a provision of the pend
ing amendments prohibiting recovery
suits against the government
r r\HOPPING all their rebellious ln
dignatlon, the Democrats of the
house did everything the administra
tion wished In considering the social
security bill as altered by the senate.
The conferees had settled all dif
ferences after two weeks of hard work,
but one of the amendments they ac
cepted was that permitting private
pension systems to function under the
measure. The majority members of
the house were Informed that Presi
dent Roosevelt was opposed to this, so
they refused to accept It. The senate
would not permit the elimination of
the amendment, so back to conference
went the bill.
'T'HOMAS D. SCHALL, the blind
senator from Minnesota, has been
one of the sharpest tongued critics of
the administration In the senate. Re
oentlir ha HosorlhoJ
Ut UtOViiUtU
President Roosevelt
as a "megalomaniac/*
and, though the word
w*s subsequently
eliminated from the
Record, the Democrat
ic senators were de
cidedly miffed. So ft
little later Senators
Robinson, Black and
Rone found opportn
to ten sedan ? _ . ,,
?hat they think of S,na,or 8cha"
blm and to demand that he conform
to the rulea of "decency."
The argument atarted when Schall
had read by a clerk an editorial from
a Texas editor, and an addresa of hia
own?all critical of the administration.
Robinson protested. He asserted
"when one whose moral obliquities
are so great as are those of the senator
from Minnesota, It becomes necessary
for some one to object." He added
SchalJ "cannot shield himself behind
an unfortunate affliction."
The Schall speech said President
Roosevelt was Imitating Mussolini, and
that Ben Cohen, an administration aid
and bill drafter, had "assumed the leg
islative functions usurped by the Ex
ecutive."
Robinson called Schall the "mlsrep
resentatlve from Minnesota."
TWENTY mohths of apparently fu
tile moves to revitalize the com
mercial relations between the United
States and Russia, and then suddenly
, w asuington announces
that the two nations
| had concluded a one
; year trade agreement
under which tfie Sovi
et Republics agreed to
Increase their Ameri
can Imports by 150
per cent In return for
purchase of $30,000,
000 worth of American
goods Russia Is to be
_ , gramcu wiue lami
tt'i?1'" concessions by the
' United States.
Rnssla will buy railroad equipment,
machinery for making new automobile
models and other products of heavy
Industry. Jn addition the Soviets will
buy cotton. The railroad equipment Is
needed badly for modernization of a
weak transportation system.
In return Russia expects to sell
sausage casings, certain grades of Iron
ore, manganese, furs and dairy prod
ucts In large quantities to the United
States.
The pact, concluded by the exchange
of notes between Ambassador Bullitt
In Moscow and Maxim Lltvlnov, com
missar for foreign affairs, provides for
no further loans to Russia and makes
no mention of the more than $700,000,
000 In debts contracted by former Rus
sian governments. It is in line with
Secretary Hull's policy of trade agree
ments. For these two reasons espe
cially it is attacked by many Repub
licans and not a few Democrats in con
gress. Senator Pat McCarren of Ne
vada was one of the angriest of these
gentlemen. He declared Secretary Hull
was a "prize diplomatic dupe" and an
nounced that he would demand an im
mediate modification of the reciprocal
tariff act to rescind powers under
which Hull is negotiating such treaties.
Key PIttman, chairman of the senate
foreign relations committee, also is
earnestly opposed to Hull's trade pro
gram.
SENATOR 3. HAMILTON LEWIS
of Illinois, a member of the for
eign relations committee, long has
urged that Great Britain be persuaded
V- a- at., rr^ttail
to ceae to me umwu
States her Island pos
sessions in the Carib
bean sea in payment
of her war debt The
other day he was
moved to bring the
subject up again and
delivered an interest
ing speech in the sen
ate. This time he
hnsed his nroDOsal UD
on the "peace offer" of ?
England to cede a por- Senator Lew,i
tlon of her territory In Somaliland to
Ethiopia, which In turn would cede
certain territory to Italy with a view
of averting the Impending war between
those countries.
The senator also suggested that Eng
land surrender all rights she claims to
privileges of constructing a Nicaraguan
canal, recalling, as a precedent, that
England compelled France to yield all
claims to territory adjacent to the
Suez canal.
The British Islands In the West In
dies, the senator said, are both useful
as defense and necessary as protection
for the United States. Tbey "could be
seized In time of war between nations
fighting among themselves to possess
the Caribbean and Southern seas.
They could be used as the backyard
of the United States from which sup
plies could be stored to be used In as
sault on America."
CHARLES TAUSSIG, who had served
the administration for two years
without official title or position, has
been appointed chairman of the advis
ory committee of the National Xouth
administration.
Emperor haile selassib ap
peared before tbe Ethiopian par
liament and made an Impassioned ap
peal to his countrymen to light Italy
to the death, declaring he bad pre
pared himself to did In the contest if
need be.
"Ethiopia knows how to fight to
preserve Its Independence and Its sov
ereignty," he said.
"Soldiers 1 Follow the example of
your warrior ancestors. Soldiers I
Traders! Peasants! Young and old,
men and women: Unite to face the
Invader! Your sovereign will be among
you and will not hesitate to give his
blood for the independence of bis coon
try."
Though the League of Nations coun
cil was scheduled to meet for consid
eration of the Italo-Ethloplan quarrel
between July 25 and August 2, there
were Indications that the European
nations were about ready to abandon
Ethiopia to Its fate and that If "The
Lion of Judah" doesn't give In com
pletely, Mussolini will be permitted to
have his way with him. That probably
will mean a long guerrilla warfare the
details of which will not be pleasant
reading.
Secretary of State Hull entered the
picture again with a rather mild state
ment expressing America's abhorrence
of war and confidence In the Kellogg
pact. The Italians didn't like' this at
alL
SENATOR HUEY LONG has the po
litical fate of his chief opponent.
Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley of New
Orleans, in the palm of his hand. But
iic is luiwiug Liie yeu
pie of the city to put
the mayor oat. A ma
jority of Walmsley's
followers, tired of the
conflict, formally de
serted him when the
commission c o a n c 11
adopted a resolution
endorsing recent state
ments of two commis
sioners calling for the
rftv to mnlra n?nna
with Long. The may- Semmes
or, standing almost Walmaley
alone, declined to yield. He told the
council he "would not deal with men
who have been called 'crooks and
thieves' by every member of the com
mission council."
In a caucus preceding the council
session, 13 of Walmsley's 17 ward
leaders voted for his resignation "foi
the good of the city." The mayor told
them he was "going to stick from b 1
to breakfast"
WHEN Chinese rivers overflow
they do the thing In a big way.
The Han, which Joins the Yangtse
near Hankow, broke through the dikes
and rushed through the densely popu
lated land, drowning about 10,OCX) men,
women and children.
T TNOFFICIALLY and Informally, th<
general opinion seems to be tha:
the Wagner labor disputes act Is un
constitutional and will be so declaret
by the United States Supreme cour:
when that tribunal Is called on for i
decision. William Green, president oi
the American Federation of Labor
urges labor leaders to pay no attentioi
to claims that the law Is Invalid.
Even If the Wagner law Is knockec
out by the Supreme court, the admin
istratlon believes It has a plan thai
will avert at least 90 per cent of th<
usual number of strikes, walk-outs
lock-outs and other disorders. It li
being launched In Toledo, Ohio, an<
has been called the "Toledo plan" be
cause It was conceived by Asslstan
Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGra
dy when he was trying to settle I
dispute in that Ohio city.
It has no sectional characteristics
carries no federal compulsion, am
rests solely upon the willingness o
workers and employers In every clt;
that adopts the plan, to abandon thi
harsh economic weapons of old am
substitute peaceful discussion to
violence.
Here again Green throws a monkey
wrench Into the machinery. He say
the A. F. of L. will not co-operate 1
promoting the McGrady plan becaus
It provides that the mediation panel
would Include on the labor side repre
sentatives of company unions and o
Independent and rival unions. Unde
Green's leadership the policy of th
A. F. of L. evidently Is.all for the fee
eration, or nothing for anyone.
WITH the approval of the hoos
labor committee a new bill It
tended to replace the NBA was brougti
forward In congress, but its chance
of passage at this session were smal
It would create a federal commissio
to license industries sending goods o
commodities Into Interstate commeroi
To obtain a federal license, an Indui
try would be compelled to:
Work employees not more than 3
hours a week, provide wages adequat
for "a decent and comfortable stanc
ard of living," accept collective bai
gaining, outlaw dealings with partle
to "yellow dog" contracts and ba
workers under sixteen year* of ag
and convict or forced labor.
,
Old Sol Can't Elude Patients of This Hospital
THE most up-to-date hospital In
France Is this huge revolving ward
built by the Institute of Actlnology at
Yallaurls-le-Cannet near Cannes. It
keeps pace with the moving sun, thus
enabling the patients to benefit by Sol's
health-giving rays as long as he stays
In the sky.
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
DANNY IS GLAD HIS TAIL 15
SHORT
Ayf ANY, many times, Danny Meadow
Mouse had envied his cousins,
Whltefoot the Woodmouse, Nimble
Heels the Jumping Mouse, and Nlb
bler the House Mouse, because of their
long tails. It used to seem to him
1 that Old Mother Nature had been very
unfair in giving him such a homely,
short, stubby tail. If there was any
one thing he would have had if he
could, it would have been a long tall.
The truth Is, Danny used to be
ashamed of that short tall
But be Isn't any more No, sir, Dan
ny Meadow Mouse wouldn't have that
tall of his any different now If he
could. He has learned one of life's
great lessons, which la thnt those
things which sometimes seem the least
to be desired are the greatest blessings.
He learned It that night when he
i played hide and seek with Buster Bear,
deep In the Green Forest
Buster Bear Is a very clever fellow.
There are few who use their wits as
Buster uses his. It didn't take him
long to realise that never In the world
would he be able to catch Danny
Meadow Mouse by simply chasing him
' round and round the trunk of that
: | tree. As soon as he did realize It he
, stopped and sat up to think. Now,
while that tree was big. It wasn't so
big that Buster couldn't reach quite
half way round It, for Buster has a
long reach. An Idea came to him and
his little eyes snapped and he grinned
wickedly. "I'll give that Mouse a sur
prise," thought he.
So Aster stole softly close up to
the tree on the other side of which
poor little Danny Meadow Mouse
crouched, wondering what would hap
pen next Very softly and carefully
Buster reached around the tree with
one big paw and brought It down swlft
i ly. It came down right on the very
tip end of Danny's little short talL
; Had that tall been an Inch longer,
I j Danny would have been caught. As It
f | was, Buster's big paw came down on
j the tip end only, and when Danny
a jumped, as of course he did, his tall
1
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. ^YOU Know?
u
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L
n That the manufacture of
r shoes in the United States,
!. dates back to the landing of
the Pilgrims, for?so it is
said?one of the passengers
0 on the Mayflower was a shoe
8 maker with a supply of hides?
Up to the middle of the Nine
^ | teenth century all shoes were
n manufactured by hand.
C MoClur* Kawapapar Syndicate.
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slipped right out from under. With
a pitiful little squeak of fear Danny
darted over to another tree and
whisked around behind that Even
then. In the midst of his fright he was
thankful to <$td Mother Nature for
having given him that short tall. Its
shortness was all that bad saved his
life and he knew it
"Never, never again," thought Dan
ny, "will I envy anyone a long tail.
Cousin Whitefoot's tall may be hand
somer than mine, but If Cousin White
foot had been In my place he would
be right In Buster Bear's stomach this
very minute, and it would have been
ail because of his long tail."
Then Danny began to look about him
hurriedly In the hope of finding a hid
ing place, for Buster Bear bad seen
where Danny had gone and was coming
to try that same trick over again,
e T. W. Burgee.?W.VU Seirla.
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no the r^Cd^ B ?ok
PICNIC MEALS
OPEN-AIR meals are In order now
until tlie snow flies. These picnic
meals may be of the simplest, bnt be
sure that there Is plenty of whatever
It Is, for there la nothing that encour
ages appetite like a good long walk
or ride In the fresh air.
The perfect picnic always supposes
a Are, where things can be heated or
cooked, and there are few Scouts or
Campflre girls who cannot prepare
one In a short time. The building of
a fireplace to roast the potatoes or corn
and boll the water for the frankfurters
Is an accomplishment that most of the
youth of today take as a matter of
course.
If the fire is to be made on the beach,
a trench is dug to make a fire-box.
Then the true sportsman will see that
every bit of debris and all embers are
burned and buried before leaving the
campflre.
One may cook bacon on sticks.
Question box
b, ED WYNN The Perfect Fool |
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am a boy twelve years old, and am
In the ninth grade In school. In my
English lesson for next week I must
write an essay In which I have to use
three words, meaning the direct oppo
site to the following three words: "Mis
ery," "Sorrow," and "Woe." I know
the opposite to "misery" Is "happiness,"
and I know the opposite to "sorrow" Is
"Joy," but the other word sticks me.
Will you please tell me the opposite
to "woe"?
DICK SHONART.
Answer: I am surprised, a boy ol
your age, doesn't know that the oppo
site to "woe" Is "gld-dap."
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Would you be kind enough to tell m<
the best way to remove paint?
Yours truly,
I. STALVEASY.
Answer: Sit on it.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Will you kindly settle a dispute foi
us? In our town there Is a strike ot
the trolley car line and the cars art
being run by Incompetent men, wltl
the result there have been several ac
eldents. What we want to know h
this: "In case of an accident, whm
is the first duty of the conductor anc
the motorman?"
Truly yours,
VIOLET RAYS.
Answer: In case of an accident thi
first duty of the conductor and th(
motorman Is to blame It on each other
Dear Mr. Wynn:
After a wedding ceremony the mln
Ister generally says: "I now pro
nounce you 'one.'" My mother alwayi
says that she and papa are "ten." Hov
does she make that out?
Truly yours.
SUE PEItFLCOCS.
Answer: Your mother probably fig
ures that she Is "one" and your fathei
It "nothing."
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am a boy nine years old and m;
father treats me very roughly. lie al
ways calls me a little pig and thei
asks me If I know what a little pig la
Of course I cry and don't answer him
but I wish I could give blm an an
swer that would stop him from callinj
me a little pig. What can I say?
lours truly,
G. TZAWFCL.
Answer: The next time he calls yo
a little pig and asks you If you knoi
what a little pig Is you say: "Yes
papa, a little pig Is a hog's son."
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WNU Serrlc*.
Sup on Yoar Trouble*
Jud Tunkins says troubles are Ilk
colds. It's unfair to scatter 'ei
around among Innocent bystanders.
BLUE-RIBBON
BABY
By ANNE CAMPBELL'
BLEE RIBBON BABY, with stars IB
your eyes.
You are reward enough 1 Yog an
Life's prise!
Some have a eat with a high pedigree;
Others have dogs that are noble to see.
The loveliest flowers gained award*
at the fair.
And even a pumpkin wore blue with
an air!
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Blue-ribbon horses ran races and wont
Cattle and hogs gained a place In the
sun.
All we are proud of In this gorgeous
state,
We saw as we entered the fair's swing
ing gate.
L who enjoyed It, looked forward to
see
The baby who stayed home and waited
for me.
Blue-ribbon Baby, I never could win
A greater reward than my days, which
begin
With a baby's blue gate, and the touch
of small bands.
And the thousand sweet nothings my
heart understands.
Blue-ribbon Baby, with stars in yoar
eyes.
You are reward enough! Yog are
Life'a prise!
CoorrlcHt?W5U Serried
threading the slices on green twigs,
or cook steak In a camp frying pan or
on a piece of sheet Iron. ? few trips
will give one a good Idea of the tbtngw
needed and the collection will last far
a long time, with care.
One may eat and digest very hearty
foods when out of doors. Fried pota
toes, broiled wienewurst or frankfur
ters cooked In boiling water are sa
good In bread and batter sandwiches
with a slice of mild onion. Eggs
scrambled make a nice dish. To roast
sweet potatoes one must use the fol
lowing directions carefully: Wash the
potatoes carefully and wrap then la
green leaves or wet brown paper, them
bury tbem in hot ashes and cover with
coals and burning wood. In 40 min
utes try tbem with a sharp stick. AS
soon as they are soft remove from the
wrappings and eat with plenty of bat
ter while piping hot. This same method
Is used for Irish potatoes.
C W??ra Nvwstwpvr Caiom.
sQPUOiG^
"Well, it K?mi to be (lipping back
to a man's world," say* ironic Irene,
"the data that used to ring ths door
bell with candy and flowers now aits
out in a fliwer at the curb and toots
I the horn."
' STJfC Service.
Familiar Sights for Old Timers
MEMBERS of the Battle Creek Three-Quarters of a Century dub, each of
whom la over seventy-flve years of age, revived familiar scenes of their
youth when they made a pilgrimage to Henry Ford's old-time Greenfield village.
Such things as a tin-type shop, hansom cabs and other historic sights carried
the old folks back SO years. These women were delighted to (lad-a replica of
the old-time general store, and enjoyed a shopping tour.