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nenva nevteic of Current Events
INDUSTRY'S PLATFORM
Manufacturers Ask a New Deal for the New Year . . .
'Ambassadors Dodd and Bingham Quitting Their Posts
Pictured above from left to right are Senator William Borah of Idaho,
Senator Edward R. Bnrke of Nebraika and Professor Henry W. Edgerton
of Cornell university and formerly of the antitrust division of the De
partment of Justice, as the professor was about to appear before a sub
committee of the senate Judiciary committee. The committee examined
the professor to determine whether they believed him a At appointee to
the United States Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. He was
suspected of not believing in the right of courts to declare legislative
enactments unconstitutional. But he declared he now regarded such
Judicial review as a legitimate part of our constitutional system.
W. PuJcuid
* ^ SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK
? Western Newspaper Union.
Industry Asks New Deal
A MERICAN industry demands a
new deal for the new year. In
its "platform for 1938" it asks the
government to repeal "unfair" la
bor relations laws and "unduly bur
densome" taxes which, it says,
threaten to reverse "a century's
trend of improved living stand
ards."
The platform was submitted to
the National Association of Manu
facturers by Charles R. Hook, presi
dent of the American Rolling Mill
company and chairman of the N. A.
M.'s resolutions committee, and
was adopted by the more than 2,000
persons at the annual convention
in New York.
Asserting that "the onward march
of the American people can be re
sulted and continued only if Ameri
can industry produces more so that
aU can have more," the platform
declarations were grouped under
these headings:
No employer should be penalized
for failure to deal with any labor
organization organizing, supporting
or maintaining a strike for illegal
purposes, or by illegal means
among his employees;
Employment, promotion and re
tention of employees on the basis
of merit with due regard for length
of service;
Legal and social responsibility of
both employers and employees for
their commitments and their acts.
The platform condemned child la
bor and urged the enactment of
federal legislation to support state
child labor laws. Enactment of
state legislation against sweatshops
also was urged.
To promote free domestic compe
tition based on private initiative and
energy, the platform proposed limi
tation of government regulation "to
the prevention of abuses inimical to
the public interest, freedom from
federal control of prices, wages and
hours," fair taxes and "constantly
increasing research to produce new
and wanted products and new jobs."
Encouragement of private initia
tive; maintenance and extension of
sound industrial practices; equita
ble employment relations through
out industry; creation of new and
broader markets; constructive ef
forts to alleviate depression effects;
sound government policies; co-oper
ation with agriculture; peace.
Diplomatic Changes
OEVERAL major changes in the
^ diplomatic service are scheduled
for the near future. It was learned
that William E. Dodd had resigned
as ambassador to
Germany and in
Washington it was
said that Hugh R.
Wilson, now assist
ant secretary of
state, would be giv
en the post in Ber
lin. Dodd has found
his duties difficult
because of his ad
mitted dislike of the
or K - Nazi policies ana
w. b. uoaa for tin,, hM
been regarded as "persona non
grata" by the German government.
He was a professor of history in
the University of Chicago when ap
pointed, and says he intends to re
sume work on a history of the Old
South.
Robert W. Bingham of Louisville,
ambassador to Great Britain, also
has Mbmitted his resignation be
cause of ill health. His successor,
it is believed, will be Joseph P. Ken
nedy, now chairman of the federal
maritime commission and formerly
head of the SEC.
Mr. Bingham recently returned
to the United States to undergo
treatment for malaria at Johns Hop
kins hospital in Baltimore. The
State department expects he will go
back to London after the holidays
to pay his official calls of farewell.
Japs Enter Nanking
I APAN'S invading armies reached
** Nanking and smashed their way
through several gates of the city's
wall. Their complete occupation of
the capital was imminent. The Chi
nese put up a spirited defense in the
suburbs and nearby towns but it
was unavailing.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
and his wife were reported to have
escaped in an airplane, which must
have been a great disappointment
to the Japanese, who are deter
mined to capture Chiang.
Profits Tax "Impossible"
REPEAL of the undistributed
profits tax as a levy "impos
sible of equitable and effective" ap
plication to the complex and varied
pattern of American industry, is
recommended in a report published
by the Brookings institution, based
on a study of the actual effects of
the tax on 1,560 corporations.
Prepared by Dr. M. Slade Ken
drick of Cornell university, in co
operation with the staff of the insti
tution, the study was made from
data obtained from the results of
some 3,600 questionnaires sent out
by Senator Frederick Steiwer, Re
publican, of Oregon, designed to
provide detailed case experience on
the controversial tax as far as ob
tainable in the first year of its op
eration.
Green Defies C. I. O.
VIRTUALLY admitting that re
* cent peace negotiations between
the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. were
a failure. President Green of the
federation in a speech in Buffalo
defied the Lewis organization and
predicted that real violence between
the two rival labor bodies may en
sue.
"Unless settlement is reached
soon," Green declared, "the A. F. of
L. will arm its forces and turn them
loose against this raiding organiza
tion.
"Lots of people think the reason
a settlement can't be reached ia be
cause some one has designs on dic
tating the policy of the American la
bor movement, and I sometimes
think this, too.
"He, or she, who launches a move
ment which divides the house of la
bor is an enemy of labor."
No Fraud by MeUon
THREE months after his death
Andrew W. Mellon, famous in
dustrialist of Pittsburgh, was exon
erated of income tax fraud by unan
imous decision of the United States
board of tax appeals. The board
threw out the fraud charges
brought by the administration
against the former bead ot the
Aluminum Company of America
and, by an eight to seven ruling,
slashed the government's claim for
additional taxes on Melloa's 1831 in
come from 13.075,000 to about *780,
000.
Stormy Days in Capital
RETURNING from his fishing trip
L in Florida waters with an in
fected gum. President Roosevelt
was confronted with a situation
that was decidedly disconcerting.
What has been called the Roosevelt
depression was becoming still more
depressed and congress seemingly
couldn't make up its mind what to
do about it. The demand for tax
revisions that would assist business
out of the slump was insistent, and
so was the necessity of balancing
the budget. Passage of the four
administration "must" measures
appeared to be impossible during
the extraordinary session. All of
them were opposed by various blocs
of the majority party as well as by
the Republican minority.
The senate's farm bill seemed to
have the best chance to get through,
but it differed so radically from the
house measure that it was certain
a conference committee would have
to try to find a common ground.
Secretary Wallace was reported
dissatisfied with both senate and
house bills. One official close to
him said Wallace might urge Pres
ident Roosevelt to veto any bill
finally enacted which approximated
either the senate or house measure.
Democrats were so badly split
over the wage-hour bill that hope of
passing it before the regular session
of congress was about abandoned.
Labor, too, was divided concerning
this measure, the A. F. of L. op
posing it and the C. L O. advocating
its passage. The federation offered
its own version, calling for a flat 40
cents an hour minimum wage and a
40 hour maximum work week. The
house bill was finally rescued from
the rules committee by petition.
House Majority Leader Sam Ray
burn, Democrat, Texas, went ahead
with plans to whip administration
support behind the house measure.
He said that fewer than 100 votes
would be cast against the bill in its
present form but warned that
amendments which would make its
wage-hour provisions more rigid
might shunt the measure back to
the labor committee.
Infantry Comes First
r[ WAR operations on land the In
fantry is still the most important
branch of the service, says Gen.
Mai in Craig, chief of staff of the
army, in his annual
report. Lessons
learned by skilled
observers of the civ
il war in Spain and
the Chino-J apanese
war have modified
the American de
fense program, but,
says the general, it
is still the infantry
that renders the de
? " _ - - cision in the final
ana'ysis- Airplanes
Malin Craig tankj are v>lu.
uable auxiliaries to the infantry, but
they cannot bring about a decision
in land operations.
Inventories of armament, motori
zation, mechanization and equip
ment, in the light of the lessons
abroad, show several vital needs of
the first line forces. General Craig
declared. These include better
weapons to combat aircraft and
tanks, as well as more efficient guns
for the planes and tanks.
Lindberghs Com* Back
A FTER two years of aelf
imposed exile in England, CoL
and Mr*. Charles A. Lindbergh re
turned to the United States. Pre
sumably they came over to spend
the holidays at the home of Mrs.
Lindbergh's mother, Mrs. Dwight
Morrow, in Englewood, N. J. Dis
patches from London said the
colonel also had some business to
transact in America. He is asso
ciated in an advisory capacity with
Pan-American Airways.
The landing of the Lindberghs at
New York was accomplished with
such secrecy that they almost es
caped the notice of reporters and
news photographers. One of the
officers of the liner on which they
came said they planned to return to
England immediately after Christ
mas.
Edger+cm Bedcs Water
CONFIRMATION of the appoini
^ ment of Henry W. Edgerton at
Cornell univertity as associate jus
tice at the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals was endangered
because it was thought from his writ
ings that he did not believe hi judicial
review. However, he appeared be
fore the senate sub-committee, con
sisting of Senators Borah, Burke and
Van Nuys and repudiated his previ
ous utterances. Of the power of
courts to declare legislative enact
ments unconstitutional be said:
"I regard it as not only thorough
ly established as a legitimate part
of our constitutional system, but
which was intended by the great ma
jority of the men who framed on*
Constitution. I think it was properly
established by John Marshall and
I haven't the least criticism of any
court for any declaration ot the
validity of that part ot ear consti
tutional system."
Bedtime Story for Children
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
BUSTER BEAK MAKES A
REQUEST
m as uc wauueu nt'uuv r u*
disappear just like o little red
streak. It had been treat fun to
give Reddy such a scare.
"I guess he won't come fooling
around here again in a hurry."
chuckled Buster.
"I guess he won't," chuckled
Jumper the Hare. "I'm ever and
ever so much obliged to you. Bus
ter Bear. I ? I'd like to do some
thing for you to make up for it. Do
you think I can do anything for you?
I don't know how I can, because
I'm so small and you are so big and
strong. But I'd like to do some
thing. I would, ever so much."
Buster scratched his head thought
fully and there was a twinkle of fun
in his shrewd little eyes as he looked
down at Jumper. It struck him
very funny that anyone so much
smaller than he and so very, very
timid really might be able to help
him, but he was too shrewd to look
down on anyone because they were
smaller and weaker than he. He
learned a long time ago not to des
pise anyone just because they are
. not big and strong. So he scratched
his head and his eyes twinkled as
he tried to think of some way in
which Jumper the Hare could repay
him for giving Reddy Fox such a
fright. You see, it really had been
a very great favor to Jumper, be
cause Reddy Fox was hunting him.
Now Reddy had had such a scare
"You Might Let Me Know If Tod
Discover Any Danger for Me in
the Green Forext," Said Boater
Thoughtfully.
that he would not venture back
there again very soon.
"You might let me know if you
discover any danger for me in the
Green Forest," said Buster thought
fully.
Jumper looked at him as if he
didn't know whether to think Bus
ter was joking or not. Somehow
Buster looked as if he meant it.
"I ? I'll be very glad to," replied
Jumper, "only I don't know what
danger there can be for you. You
are so big and strong and have ^uch
great teeth and claws thai I? why,
I don't see what there is for you to
be afraid of. Buster!" ?
Buster looked as if he didn't know
just what to say. No one ever likes
to admit being afraid of anything.
"Does? does a man ever visit the
Green Forest?" asked Buster in a
hesitating way.
"Farmer Brown's boy does some
times, but nobody is much afraid of
him any more," replied Jumper
promptly. "He was very nice to
Chatterer the Red Squirrel and to
Mrs. Grouse and to Peter Rabbit
this last winter, and everybody
knows it Besides, you are as big
as he is and a whole lot stronger.
Of course, you wouldn't be afraid of
him. Buster!"
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CRACKERS
Br WARREN OOODRICH
lit WTi ^ I
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"N-o-o, no, of course not!" re
plied Buster. "Did you say he car
ries a dreadful gun?"
"He used to, but he doesn't very
much now excepting when he hunts
for Granny Fox or Reddy Fox,"
said Jumper.
"He might if he knew that I were
here," replied Buster, "so I guess
if you'll let me know when he is
anywhere around I'll just keep out
of sight. You know I wouldn't want
to frighten him." Buster looked up
at Sammy Jay and winked as he
said this, and Sammy chuckled. "If
you really want to do something for
me," continued Buster, "you can try
to find out for me where there is
some honey. I want some honey.
I'm almost starved for some hon
ey." Buster put both paws on his
stomach and looked so forlorn that
Jumper had to laugh. "Don't
laugh," said Buster. "Just think, I
haven't had a taste of honey since
last fall! If you hear of any any
where, please hurry to let me know.
Will you. Jumper?"
Jumper promised that he would,
though how he was going to find out
where there was any honey was
more than he could guess. But he
was willing to try, for he felt grate
ful to Buster Bear for frightening
away Reddy Fox.
CT. W. Burgeu.? WNU ferric*.
New Fog Light
John Hays Hammond, Jr., na
tionally known electrical inventor, is
shown with his latest apparatus to
pierce the thickest fog for a dis
tance of a quarter to a half mile.
The apparatus consists of an ordi
nary photo-flood bulb mounted in
side a riding light that has a fresnel
lens. The device can be operated
with a fog horn, lighting at the same
time the horn blows, as a result of
which circumstance a fairly close
check can be had on all craft with
in a quarter of a mile.
MORE SHRIMP IS BEING CONSUMED
Improvement in Their Quality
Is Given as Reason.
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By EDITH M. BARBER
C CORDING to the seafood sta
tistical bureau, the people of
this country ate several million
more shrimp during the last year
than they did during the previous
five years. The bureau gives as the
reason for this, improvement in the
quality which has resulted since the
Department of Agriculture has pro
vided an organization for the in
spection of the sanitary methods of
harvesting and canning this popu
lar shellfish. You have probably
noticed the improvement in flavor
in the shrimp which you have pur
chased in canned form. There is
an absence of that taste which I
can only describe as "wooly" and
which once was common.
Of course, another reason for the
increase in the use of shrimp, al
though it is not mentioned by the
statisticians, is the fact that shrimp
are among the popular appetizers
served with cocktails. There cer
tainly have been millions of shrimps
impaled on toothpicks for ducking in
savory sauces. With slices of raw
carrots and dill pickles, flowerets of
raw cauliflower, sometimes sup
plemented by cucumber Angers or
radishes, shrimps add contrast in
texture and color when arranged
around a bowl of sauce on a large
glass plate. Dunking is popular in
its new form.
There are many ways in which
shrimps %?n be put to use by the
business woman housekeeper in her
never-ending search for a quickly
prepared main dish for the quick
meal. Creamed or scalloped with a
Newberg sauce, made into cro
quettes or cutlets, or in the ever
popular salad, shrimps do their bit
quickly and well.
Shrimp Croquette*.
2 cans shrimp
1 tablespoon tomato paste
V? cup boiled rice
2 hard-cooked eggs
2 tablespoons butter, meltee
1 teaspoon salt
Cayenne pepper
Vi teaspoon mustard
% cup top milk
Grind shrimps very fine. Mix with
tomato paste, rice, finely chopped
eggs, butter and seasonings with
shrimps. Stir in milk. Mold into
croquettes, dip in bread crumbs, egg
and then crumbs again and try in
deep hot (at (380 degrees Fahren
heit) until golden brown. Drain on
soft paper.
Scalloped Shrimps.
% cup butter
3 cups soft bread crumbs
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon salt
Pepper
2 cups cooked or canned shrimp
Melt butter, stir In bread crumbs
and seasonings. Arrange this mix
ture in alternate layers with shrimp
in a greased baking dish. Bake
ten minutes in a hot oven (425 de
grees Fahrenheit), until crumbs are
brown.
Shrimps With Bacon.
1 pound shrimp
Pepper
Sliced bacon
6 slices toast
3 to 4 pickles
Season the shrimp with pepper.
Fasten four or five shrimps togeth
er with toothpicks and wrap in ba
con. Broil about five minutes un
der a hot flame. Serve on squares
of hot buttered toast and garnish
with thin slices of sour or sweet
pickle. Cucumbers marinated with
French dressing may be used in
stead of the pickle.
SOME FAVORITES
Sons hint Salad.
2 tablespoons granulated gelatin
V4 cup cold water
IVt cups boiling water
y? cup sugar
H teaspoon salt
% cup lemon juice
1% cups shredded carrots
Soak gelatin five minutes in cold
water, dissolve in boiling water
and add sugar and salt. When
cool, add lemon juice and carrots.
Turn into a mold and chill. Serve
on lettuce leaves.
Sweet Potatoes Imperial.
5 or 6 sweet potatoes
Butter
% cup sugar
% cup Jamaica rum
Boil sweet potatoes; cool; peel and
slice. Brown lightly in butter in a
frying pan. Place in chafing dish,
sprinkle with sugar, add one-fourth
cup of butter and mix lightly.
When thoroughly hot pour in rum,
set on fire and baste with the syrup
and the flaming rum.
Apple DmnpUngs.
(Steamed or Baked)
Apples
Rich biscuit dough
Sugar
Cinnamon
Butter
Pare, halve and core the apples.
Divide the dough into six parts, roll
each piece until large enough to
cover the half apple. Place the ap
ple on the crust and sprinkle with
sugar and cinnamon. Fold the crust
over, dot with butter and bake in
a moderate oven (175 degrees Fah
renheit) until the apples are soft; or
steam in a closely covered steamer
thirty or forty minutes.
? B*U SrodlrtU.? WNU (ante*.
Early IsMwi Capital
Cory don was once the territorial
capital of Indiana. A city was laid
out, much building construction
done, and the first session of the
general assembly met there in De
cember, 1813. In addition to the Cap
itol building, the governor's house
and other public places were con
structed. Here the Constitutional
convention, authorised in April, 1816,
assembled on June 10, 1816. A trea
ty with the Indians in 1818 made it
essential to locate the capital else
where
By Roger B. Whitman
BOILER INSOLATION
COME years ago I bought a new
^ boiler for my steam heating sys
tem. The sides and top were cov
ered with enameled sheet metal,
and the whole thing was very at
tractive in appearance. But the out
side surfaces were hot to the touch,
and the cellar was distinctly warm.
This radiation of heat by the boiler
was pure waste. I did not need
heat in my cellar, and the heating of
that space meant that less of the
heat of the fire was available for
the warming of the upstairs rooms.
After two seasons, I took off the
sheet metal surfaces, and found
thicknesses of asbestos board under
neath. There were openings between
the sheets and behind them. This
gave plenty of space for circulation
of air underneath the sheet metal,
and was largely responsible for the
wastage.
aii oi trie insulation was taken
off to the bare metal. The uneven
ness of the metal surface was filled
with a cement intended for high
temperatures; cement made of rock
wool was used, although asbestos
cement would have been just as ef
fective. The boiler was then cov
ered with an inch-and-a-half of good
insulating material, a layer of ce
ment was put on top and covered
with heavy muslin. When the insu
lation had dried out, the job was
finished with aluminum paint. Mow,
even when the fire is going full blast,
the outside is only faintly warm to
the touch. Fuel is being burned far
more efficiently; a larger portion of
the heat is passing to the upstairs
rooms. Aside from the unheated at
tic, the cellar is now the coolest
part of the house, which is as it
should be.
Several kinds of insulation are
available for such a job; magnesia
blocks or rock wool blocks are espe
cially effective.
As a general thing, it is best to
have boiler insulation applied by a
specialist. But I have seen a num
ber of home talent jobs that were
excellent One in particular, began
with the filling of all inequalities
with so-called "high temperature"
cement. High rib metal lath was
then stretched around the boiler, with
the ribs inward, to form a dead
air space. Pads ' of rock wool were
bound against the lath with wires,
and the surface covered with a layer
of high temparature cement finished
with muslin and aluminum paint.
The covering of a boiler with mag
! nesia or rock wool blocks is by no
means impossible for anyone handy
with tools, but I believe that a pro
fessional job is worth while because
it is more likely to be fully efficient.
? By Roger B. Whitman
WNu Scrrlcc.
MANNERS Of
THE MOMKIT
Br JEAN
DEOPLE vho wouldn't think of
1 drinking coffee with the spoon hi
the cup seem to think nothing of
handing you a cocktail with a tortu
ous looking toothpick sticking up
from the olive or the cherry, fit
you drink the cocktail first you ran
the risk of spiking an eye with
the toothpick. And if you reveraa
the process you get neat little drops
up the front of your best frock.
The only safe solution we know
of is to take the toothpick out of the
The Toothpick-ln-Cherry MeMe* b
Growing Wan*.
cherry right at the start by pulling
the contrivance op against the side
of the glass. Then, if you have a
plate or a cocktail napkin, put the
toothpick down, and when you finish
the cocktail pick up the toothpick
again, spike your quarry and eat it
without drippings.
If you aren't given ? plate or a
napkin you'll have to hold the tooth
pick in your left hand and wave it
around, hoping that the hostess will
walk by and get jabbed with it.
We seriously suggest to hostesses
that they pass the toothpicks sepa
rately aiong with the canapes. Ifs
nice to have your cherries and eat
them, too? but most people are food
of their eyes and their best dresses
as well.