The Alamance Gleaner
VoL LXIV GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1938
No. 28
? Weekly News Review
New Dealers Win and Lose;
Girdler Storms Strike Quiz
Politics
In Idaho, Republicans were jubi
lant. In Ohio, they were hopeful.
In Arkansas, where they never had
a chance. Republicans went about
their workaday tasks and forgot pol
itics. But as homeward-bound Frank
lin Roosevelt looked at rapidly
mounting primary returns from his
48 states last week he must have
wondered whether his next congress
would be any more coherent ?han
the last.
His "purge" had partially failed
because Iowa's Gillette, Missouri's
Clark and Nevada's McCarran were
sure of re-election. But with a few
exceptions his wheelhorses were
sure to be back in Washington next
winter. To most observers it looked
like congress would again be a
hodge-podge of multi-colored politi
cal thought without party lines.
Judiciously timed, the National
Emergency council's report on con
ditions in the South was released
SENATOR POPE
Idaho had iU own "purge."
Just as the President marched
through Georgia to crack down on
Sen. Walter F. George, the bitter
tongued New Deal foe whom he
hopes will be defeated by Lawrence
Camp. But Franklin Roosevelt had
to march around South Carolina on
his way back to Washington, be
cause Sen. "Cotton Ed" Smith was
almost certain to be renominated
regardless of Presidential wishes.
Severest blow to New Dealism last
week came when Sen. James Pope,
in-and-out administration supporter,
was defeated for renomination by
Rep. D. Worth Clark, conservative
Democrat. But Idaho's Republican
primary vote was small, indicating
that many a G. O. P. had voted
the Democratic ticket to oust Pope.
In Arkansas, New Dealer Hattie
W. Caraway was renominated to the
senate and will be elected next No
vember. In Ohio, Franklin Roose
velt's classmate at Harvard ? Sen.
Robert J. Bulkley ? was given the
Democratic nomination over Gov.
Martin L. Davey, arch foe of the
C. I. O. Ohio's senatorial race will
be interesting because Bulkley will
face Robert A. Taft, a former Presi
dent's son, in the final election.
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Liaoor
Republic Steel corporation's Tom
W. Girdler has never been soft
spoken. Last week he stormed
Washington and in one fell swoop
denounced (1) John L. Lewis' C. I.
O. for "violence and intimidation";
(2) the National Labor Relations
board for "abridging freedom of
speech," and (3) Sen. Robert M. La
Follette's civil liberties committee
for keeping its work "one-sided."
Behind these blasts was last
year's Little Steel strike. Ready
for release was an N. L. R. B. de
cision finding Republic guilty of
"unfair labor practices" in the Lit
tle Steel fiasco. Ready, too, were
orders for Republic to reinstate
5,000 C. I. O. strikers, and to dis
establish alleged company-dominat
ed unions.
That Republic objected, is to state
the case mildly. In its 138-page
brief were 616 exceptions. What
Little Steel most wanted was a
chance to state its opinion of C. I.
O., a chance the labor board
seemed unwilling to offer. Thun
dered the report: "We contend the
National Labor Relations act, as
construed ... in this connection, is
unconstitutional as abridging free
dom of speech."
Next day Tom Girdler carried his
fight to the civil liberties commit
tee, climaxing a three-week probe
of last summer's bitter labor strife.
Flaring up before Senator LaFol
lette's quiet, relentless cross-exam
ination, he proved no humble wit
ness. Denied was the right to read
a statement criticizing the commit
tee's work as "one-sided," and de
daring it would be only fair to probe
C. I. O 's records to show what was
being done with a $1,900,000 steel
workers' fund.
Domestic
Last month a Saturday Evening
Post article by Alva Johnson esti
mated Son James Roosevelt's an
nual insurance business at $250,000
to $2,000,000 a year, in itself not a
very definite guess. Last week to
rival Collier's magazine went Jimmy
Roosevelt's income tax returns for
the past five years, showing total an
nual income ranging from $21,714
to $49,167. The five-year total: $172,
978.03.
Crime
In the early 1930s, Chicago's gang
warfare was so bad that many an
out-of-town visitor wired ahead for
police protection. But Scarface A1
Capone finally went to Alcatraz and
A Century of Progress exposition
helped make the town decent. Last
week peaceful Chicago wondered if
it would again have gun trouble.
Checking their records, police
found six underworld murders since
Bookie Harry Minor was shot down
June 29. Four others had been re
ported the previous 12 months. But
while A1 Capone and "Bugs" Moran
fought a bootlegging war, Chicago's
current massacre apparently has
roots in labor warfare. Five vic
tims have been union workers, two
were aides of an alderman.
Foreign
"The Japanese say Changkufeng hill
has fallen into their hands. They lie. 1,
I Peter Mikilovitch Klejm, lieutenant of in
fantry in the Soviet army , am now with
my division in the trenches on the hill
which is safe in our hands. I can see
the Japanese trenches only 220 yards away.
The yellow bandits are plastering our
positions with machine gun fire."
Seated at their radios one night
last week, the whole of Russia's
Soviet Union heard machine gun
and rifle fire along the distant
Changkufeng front where Siberia,
Manchukuo and Korea converge.
Next day heavy Soviet artillery
pounded the whole four-mile front.
MAXIM LITVINOFF
He croued ncordi and won.
Japan and Russia were continuing
their five-year "secret war" which
broke into international headlines
July 11.
Throughout the day cannons
boomed fiercely. All doubt about
Soviet artillery accuracy was dissi
pated. Only one or two sighting
shots preceded each direct hit. II
they had held Changkufeng hill the
night before, Japan's soldiers now
retreated under the heaviest bom
bardment since the World war. Still
more disturbing were reports that
Russia was building new defenses
on nearby Possiet bay where hostili
ties were sure to break out
Next night the fight continued, but
at 11 o'clock in the morning bugles
sounded from either trench and om
inous silence filled the shell-torn air.
Then it was apparent the war was
over.
Thus, temporarily at least, ended
a skirmish of diplomatic wits in
far away Moscow. Foreign Minis
ter Maxim Litvinoff had crossed
verbal swords with Ambassador
Mamora Shigamitsu for two solid
weeks, finally besting him. Terms
of truce: (1) Firing would stop and
troops would remain at their pres
ent fronts; (2) All other points at
issue would be negotiated between
the two nations.
Japan had sued first for peace,
had surrendered to Maxim Lit
vinofTs insistence that the redemar
cation commission carry two Japa
nese and two Russians, rather than
three men each from Japan, Russia
and Japan-dominated Manchukuo.
People
When Sweden's eligible Prince
Bertil visited New York last month,
he wined one night at a fashionable
Manhattan night club with friends.
One friend was blonde and buxom
Lesley Hyde Ripley; lauded in next
morning's papers for drinking milk
instead of champagne. If Lesley
Ripley drank milk to save money,
her father spent much more than
her savings on his daughter's debut
last week.
A seldom-fallible sign of U. S.
business trend is the amount In
vested by socialite fathers on their
daughters' "coming out" parties.
When Franklyn Hutton staged Bar
bara's debut, money ran free
throughout the U. S. Depression
?HnHI MTd
LESLEY HIDE RIPLEY
She teat launched for tS OfiOO.
debutantes fared not so well. But
when Henry B. H. Ripley spent at
least $50,000 to launch Lesley In the
social swim, it appeared that Re
cession must surely be over.
One thousand guests besported
themselves in a $25,000 ballroom
added to the Ripley mansion. They
washed down supper and breakfast
with champagne for a total outlay
of $10,000. They danced, and the
pipers earned $7,500. Decorations
nicked the family purse for $5,000.
But unlike many such parties, the
Ripley Roman Holiday was bought
and paid for within 24 hours.
Business
In 1934, NRA Administrator Hugh
Johnson organized a consumer
goods industries committee to make
periodic forecasts on U. S. trade
winds. Last week came its most
recent report. Trade winds are
blowing well, said 20 major execu
tives, will blow even better in the
autumn. Excerpts from typical re
plies:
From Lammont duPont: "Since
July 1 we have operated 5 per cent
above standard. Business has im
proved about 15 per cent."
From General Foods' Clarence
Francis: "We believe the last half
of the year ? particularly the last
quarter ? will give a fairly good ac
count of itself."
Miscellany
A fortnight had passed since How
land Spencer sold to Father Divine
his 500-acre estate across the Hud
son from Neighbor Franklin Roose
velt. But not until last week did Fa
ther Divine's personal army of cher
ubims and seraphims make a tour
of inspection. Lied by the man they
call "God," 2,500 black and white
cultists plied up the river from Har
lem in a sidewheel excursion boat,
stopping first at a newly acquired
"Heaven" near Milton, N. Y.
Over a table piled high with cold
chicken and steaming corn, Har
lem'* self-appointed messiah told
his rapt audience:
"As his close neighbors we are
not going to disgrace the President
We aim to grace him by our pres
ence. Peace, everybody."
"Peace!" answered a thousand
throats.
Next day, as Father Divine mad*
his personal inspection at Crum El
bow, Eleanor Roosevelt hopped in
her car across the river, headed for
nearby Poughkeepsie. If inquiring
reporters thought she would talk
about her new neighbors, th* First
Lady outfoxed them.
"Father DivineT" she parried.
"What estate? Oh, you mean that
place across the river that's been
sold?"
9 One night last week handsome,
wealthy Mr. and Mrs. William
Townsend Adlee retired at their
Monroe, N. Y., estate. Sometime
later a handyman smell ed smoke.
Down from a second-story window
jumped' Nurse Lillian Henyon with
the Adlees' 21-month -old infant. As
firemen watched, helpless, the flam
ing house collapsed and the baby
became an orphan.
Bruckart't Waahlmgtom I Hgett
Does F. D. R. Seek Third Term?
President Has Many Reasons
If Roosevelt Is Sure of Victory He'll Run; Mean
while It's a Waiting Game with President
Holding Cards, Says Observer
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNTJ Service, National Ptcm Bll|., Wathlnfton, D. C,
WASHINGTON. ? Senator Burke,
the Nebraska Democrat, has come
forward with a proposition Axing the
term of the President of the United
States at six years and limiting the
individual to one term. It is not a
new proposition. It has been sug
gested before ? as long ago as Presi
dent Jackson's term ? but it takes
on a new significance now. Its new
importance is not because of Sena
tor Burke's declared intention to
press the thing through to enact
ment so much as in the fact that
"third term talk" is all over the
place these days.
I do not profess to know what is
in Mr. Roosevelt'a mind about a
third term. That is one subject upon
which he has kept his own counsel
quite severely. He is completely
capable of keeping his own counsel
when he desires, and I can say with
out equivocation that ha has kept it
in this case. 11m Wash iwaa corre
spondent or observer usually can
get a tip-off aa to the presidential
mind in ordinary matters, but not
so regarding the third term.
Mr. Rooteveli Rev els
In the Presidency
Mr. Roosevelt has a consuming
desire to go down in history aa a
great President. There can b? no
doubt of that. He wants history to
(how him as an outstanding friend
of the people, the masses. He will
let nothing prevent him from that
course if it is within his power.
If there is one trait in the makeup
of the man that transcends others, I
believe it is his desire to establish
new precedents. We speak of him
as precedent-breaker. That is in
correct. He likes to make new ones.
No other President has ever done
more than make motions about a
third term. Mr. Roosevelt would
not be disturbed by the fact that
never before had any President oc
cupied the White House for 12 years.
I suspect that he would enjoy do
ing that sort of thing.
And when I mention enjoyment, I
need to refer at the same time to
the very well known fact that Mr.
Roosevelt enjoys being President.
That is, he has what we say is a
"good time" on the job. There is no
real weariness for him as Chief Ex
ecutive. Within the range of my
quarter of a century as an observ
er, there has been no other Presi
dent who so reveled under the gen
erally accepted tremendous burden
of the presidency.
President '* Popularity ,
Has Religion* Fervor
Behind the scenes, no President
has ever had a hallelujah chorus of
so many voices. around him. There
has never been a President with
such great personal popularity as
Mr. Roosevelt. The combination of
these things, the continual songs of
praise that he hears from his close
advisors and the adoring multitudes
?well, I firmly believe that no liv
ing man can maintain the equilibri
um necessary for sound and sane
thinking while such semi-religious
fervor toward him is shown.
Seldom, if ever before, has any
President had the same type of pro
moting theorists, starry ? eyed
dreamers around him. The country
never has had an administration as
radical as Mr. Roosevelt's regime.
At no time have as many crack
pots, schemers, theorists with un
tried panaceas had a chance to get
their plans put into action. Some
are workable; most of them are
not. The fact that some have
worked, however, is the very reason
the whole crew sticks around and
keeps plugging for further trials of
this, that or the other. For most
of these folks, it is the first time in
public life, their first entry Into na
tional office with authority. They
like it. Also, they like the payroll
It is natural that they want to stay.
Effort to Restore Party
To Old-Line Democrats
There is, beside all of these fac
tors, the differences within the party
of which Mr. Roosevelt is the titular
head. I believe that the Democratic
party machinery was completely
taken over by the radical wing, and
so now there is a definite effort un
der way to restore the party control
to old and tried Democrats. That
is to say, the effort is to unhorse the
type of men like Ickes, Wallace,
Corcoran, M in ton of Indiana, and
others of that stripe. Men like Sen
ator Harrison and Vice President
Garner, and even Jim Farley, do
not like to see those other fellow*
in a position of responsibility. They
believe in the Democratic party for
Democrats.
So, it is quite apparent that the
struggle for party control is a rough
and tumble fight from now on, be
cause there is a convention of the
party to be held in 1940, and it is
not too early to line up delegates.
Were it not for the battle ahead and
the desire of those surrounding Mr.
Roosevelt to keep on with his re
forms?and the jobs? Mr. Roosevelt
would control the 1940 convention.
His declarations of a "purge of the
party" has made it impossible for
him to control the convention with
out a fight. That Is to say, he will
be unable to pick the 1940 nominee
(to carry out his plans) without ?
battle.
President Is Playing
Waiting Game
Now, there are many who believe
that Mr. Roosevelt's personal popu
larity will be the only thing suffi
cient to swing that party control. He
will not be able to nominate his
own pick, but he will be able to
nominate himself, say these observ
ers.
When we have reached that stage,
therefore, we have reached the point
of determination of the course which
Mr. Roosevelt will follow. My own
conclusion is definitely that Mr.
Roosevelt is preparing for any even
tuality. He is unlikely to say he
will or will not run. He will wait.
If the situation makes it appear that
he can win, he will "accept" the
nomination: if, however, he believes
that ha will get licked, he will try
to pick the nomine*. He will select
a man who will do his bidding, if he
has not lost control of the party
convent1^ I am convinced Mr.
Roosevelt would like to run, but he
will not run if there is certain de
feat staring him in the face.
And when we talk of third terms
and precedents, etc., I must recall
a certain vote in the senate on Feb
ruary 10, 1928. President Coolidge
had said he did not "choose" to
run, but there were many Demo
crats who thought that was a trick
to invite the nomination. So the
senate adopted a resolution, a prec
edent-making resolution, saying it
was the sense of the senate that no
President ought to have a third term
or something to that effect.
How Witt They Vote
This Time T
It gave me quite a laugh when I
looked up the vote on that resolu
tion, because I can see some very
delicate situation* developing for
some of the senators who voted for
that resolution. It was good poli
tics then, of course, but what, I
wonder, are some of those men go
ing to do if Mr. Roosevelt moves in
on them with a third term cam
paign?
Of the present Democratic mem
bers of the senate, we And the fol
lowing as having voted their expres
sion that no President should have a
third term: Ashurst of Arizona,
Barkley of Kentucky, Gerry of
Rhode Island, Glass of Virginia;
Harrison of Mississippi, King of
Utah, Thomas of Oklahoma, Wag
ner of New York, Wheeler of Mon
tana, McKellar of Tennesaee, Neely
of West Virginia, Pittman of Ne
vada, Sheppard of Texas, Smith of
South Carolina, and Tydinga of
Maryland. We And also that Sena
tor LaFoIlette at Wisconsin, the
great Progressive leader, voted
against a third term, and we also
note Senator Norris, another Pro
gressive, who said by his vote that 1
no man should have a third term.
Well, it struck me as being funny.
Take such men as Barkley, the New
Deal leader in the senate; and Neely
and McKellar, who continually have
popped off in praise of Mr. Roose
velt and who have no complaint
about any phase of the New Deal.
Or consider the plight of Thomas, of
Oklahoma, who probably will be re
elected and who, therefore, will be
faced with a decision if Mr. Roose
velt decides to seek a third term.
It will be easy for Pat Harrison, or
Wheeler or Smith of South Carolina,
to vote for a similar resolution in
the next session; but it won't be so
easy for the others to decide, be
cause those who have opposed some
of Mr. Roosevelt's program will be
able to say they are being consis
tent.
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Vineyard Pests Are
Lured to Death
By Pale Blue Light
PACIFIC GROVE, CALIF.?
Pale blue light, beckoning
through the darkness, proves a
fatal lure to the grape leafhop
per, serious pest in vineyards,
it was reported here before the
meeting of the American Socie
ty of Agricultural Engineers,
by J. K. Ellsworth of the Uni
versity of California.
Females of the species responded
most readily to the deadly blue will
o'-the-wisp. Counts of large sample
catches showed 88 per cent female
insects. Which, of course, is all to
the good from the viticulturist's
standpoint; females are the ones
that produce new crops of leafhop
pers.
Many light colors were experi
mented with, before the attractive
ness of pale blue was discovered.
Other colors attract other insects.
The lights have also been used as
an easy means for obtaining insects
to feed to laboratory animals.
The lights lure the flying victims.
When they arrive at their gleaming
goal, they fly against high-tension
wires that kill them instantly.
Bens Say "Thanks" With Eggs
Hens in poultry houses ventilated
and warmed by electricity say their
"thank yous" with eggs, reported
J. C. Scott of the Puget Sound
Power and Light company.
The problem faced by his com
pany was to provide better working
conditions for the hens kept in small
individual cage nests in ? large
"egg factory^' in the Pacific
Northwest. The solution was found
by shutting doors and windows, and
blowing air in through a ten-inch
opening near the ceiling. Baffle
plates were used to prevent drafts,
and electric heaters warmed the in
coming air when frosty weather
came.
The results, Mr. Scott stated,
were healthier, more comfortable
hens? and, of course, more eggs in
winter when prices are best.
Forest Diseases Spread
By Wind Blown Insects
OTTAWA. ? Aerial invasions
caused by winds blowing large num
bers of dangerous insects hundreds
of miles in a few hours constitute
a menace to our forests and agri
culture, Dr. E. P. Felt, entomolo
gist of Stamford, Conn., told the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science here.
Dutch elm disease, now a serious
problem in the eastern United
States, is being spread presumably
by wind drift of the European elm
bark beetle, the principal carrier of
the disease. Doctor Felt indicated.
Using balloons to measure the
travel of insects drifting at consid
erable heights in air currents, he
came to the conclusion that this
mode of travel is more important
than hitherto believed.
Winds may carry insects in large
numbers for 800 miles under excep
tion il cirumstances. Insects drift
ing at rates of SO to 100 miles per
hour are not uncommon.
?The appearance each year of the
southern cotton moth in New Eng
land and southern Canada is attrib
uted to wind drift, and Doctor Felt
believes that the recent distribu
tion of the European spruce sawfly
in a large part of New England is
due to the wind.
Novel Pipe Design Used
By Engineers at Denver
DENVER, COLO. ? The longest
self-supporting pipe In the world
has been erected at Denver on the
basis of a new theory of engineering
design, according to B. G. Norfolk.
The pipe, which measures 78
inches in diameter, spans the North
Platte river for a distance of 206
feet and is supported only by a
single pier at the middle and, of
course, at the ends. This achieve
ment was made possible by pre
venting distortion of the pipe at the
supports through the use of stiffen
er rings. Further, the wall thick
ness of the pipe was reduced and
tapered. The pipe is only %-inch
thick at the ends and inches at
the center, although it is designed
to carry 40 million gallons of sew
age a day.
Therbligs,' Basic
Hand Motions Used
In Performing Work
?.
ST. LOUIS, MO. ?So you
never saw a therblig? Well, if
you pick up a pen, write on a
piece of paper and lay the pen
down again you are using nine
therbligs.
This little known term, therblig,
was one of the major topics of dis
cussion at the opening technical ses
sions here of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers.
A therblig, explained Prof. Ralph
M. Barnes of the University of
Iowa, is a fundamental hand mo
tion used in performing different
kinds of work. There are 18 basic
hand motions out of which all man
ual motions can be fashioned.
By motion picture studies of
workers scientists are learning ways
to cut waste hand motion in many
industrial operations.
Therbligs Used in Writing.
Here is Professor Barnes' listing
of the steps in writing and their
therblig equivalents:
Steps in Writing: 1. reach for
pen; 2. grasp pen; 3. carry pen
to paper; 4. position pen for writing;
5. write; 6. return pen to holder; 7.
insert pen in holder; 8. let go pen;
9. move hand to paper.
Therblig Equivalents : 1. trans
port empty; 2. grasp; S. transport
loaded; 4. position; S. use; 6. trans
port loaded; 7. pre- position; 8. re
lease; 9. transport empty.
By keen analysis of motion studies
it is often possible to save mate
rials as well as time. Professor
Barnes cited a case at revising
methods of painting refrigerators in
which there was a reduction in time
of 50.6 per cent, a reduction in re
jections of 60 per cent direct
labor savings of $3,750 a year and
a saving in paint amounting to $5,940
a year. All this was obtained by a
sum of $1,040 for developing and in
stalling the new system.
Of all 18 therbligs, said Professor
Barnes, grasp is one of the common
est and one of the most time con
suming. Wherever possible, in in
spections, scientists try to remove
the need for picking up the article
in question.
Age of Mountains Told
By Semi-Precious Stones
NEW YORK.? Garnet and tour
maline, staurolite and zircon, and
a host of other heavier-than-average
semi-precious stones now have a
new use? telling the age of moon
tains. In the Big Horn basin of
Wyoming, Dr. Marcel] us H. Stow,
Washington and Lee university ge
ologist, has been tracing the source
of the ancient sediments back to
the still more ancient mountains
from which they came.
Piled one over the other, with the
youngest on top and the oldest below,
the Cretaceous and Eocene sedi
ments of the area were derived
from the wearing away of the high
est of the ancient Rocky mountains.
Thus, the Hell creek beds con
tain abundant zircon in all samples,
suggesting their origin from a zir
con-containing mountain. They con
tain no hornblende, showing that the
source of the sediments was horn
blende-free. Further studies show
that the Hell creek beds were de
rived from the erosion of sedi
ments.
Each bed of the series present in
the Big Horn basin was likewise stud
ied for heavy minerals, and its prob
able source determined. From this
Doctor Stow hopes to determine
which areas were "up" during each
phase of the Laramide period at
mountain-building, 90,000,000 years
ago, more or less.
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Deer Seen Only Once
Will Be Songht in Burma
NEW, YORK.? The Black Barking
deer, an animal so rare that it has
been seen only once by roving ex
plorers, will be sought by the Ver
nay-Cutting expedition to North
Burma. If the American Museum
of Natural History, sponsor of the
expedition, acquires one at these
deer, it will have the only skin or
skeleton of the kind in any world
museum.
The Burmese government has
granted permission through the
state department at Washington,
for the expedition to proceed with
its plans. The objective is to col
lect mammals, birds, fish, and
plants in a region of northeast Bur
ma never entered by a scientific
expedition.
Class Insulation
BERLIN.? Spun glass fiber is be
ing used in Germany to replace as
bestos and other substances as a
heat insulation material over ship
and locomotive boilers, city gas
tanks, etc.
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