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Show AH LEW FREE PRESS. LEW. IT . i - I. American Way Dramatized in Novel Classes NATIONAL AFFAIRS fwiru!...i:.i.(-of ,!,;l:iies ... attitude "It's something like when d, at Manitowoc, Wis., speaking. named Dr. democracy tized for professor Colbert, is being drama700 - odd boys end girls who become actual United States citizens on May 21. Citizens already? Yes, they were born that way, most of them. But for several years Dr. Colbert has told his University of Wisconsin extension class that this country needs something to "enliven citizenship There's too much participation." taken for granted, too little interest manifested in the government our forefathers sweated and died for. Idea Catches Fire. Last fall, at Manitowoc, Dr. Colbert's idea caught fire. A newspaper man left the class, went back to his desk and wrote an editorial. Manitowoc's Judge A. H. Schmidt proposed that Dr. Colbert's class sponsor the project. A. L. Nimtz, director of the Manitowoc vocational school, was drafted as general Here's how the idea chairman. works: Every "new citizen" in Manitowoc county received a personal invitation to join a citizenship class, d vA IV PLAN'S FATHER Dr. R. J. Colbert at ii.i (b'sk in the extension division of the I niversity of If isconsin, Madison, reading staehs of mail received each day ashing on the citizenship information plan. classes in all being formed. For the past five months these' groups have been meeting under local and university instructors, hearing county and municipal officials, businessmen and school teachers. On May 21 all 700 will gather at Manitowoc where for probably the first time in the United States every young man and woman in the county turning 21 will be inducted into citizenship and will swear, to the chief justice of Wisconsin, an oath of allegiance to the national constitution and the 38 state of Wisconsin. Bands will play, flags will fly in the lake breezes. President Clarence A. Dykstra will speak 10 minutes and Gov. Julius P. Heil will present to the chairman of each of the 38 citizenship classes the certificates of electorship for their groups. With that simple ceremony, the boys and girls of Manitowoc county will become citizens of the United States. Made Plan. There's something about it must be. Wisconsin's chief justice told the Milwaukee Journal that "there are today literally millions of people who would give everything they possess, be it great or small, for the privilege of calling themselves American citizens. We who are born under the flag should be at least equally appreciative of the privileges and opportunities we freely enjoy." Within a few weeks after the plan was initiated, Wisconsin's state legislature unanimously passed a bill making it mandatory for country school superintendents to see that similar programs &re set up in each county every year. And when he finds time to return to his oflice. Dr. Colbert is greeted by bagsful of mail from all parts of the country asking information about the project. It's apparently clicked, and one very good reason is that most Americans consider democracy on trial today, an institution which can exist only if citizens learn to fight for it. to dramatize it like the dictators State-Wid- e uwttn-i- s hjid buim. Vl'- - : i States (ul WASHINu'IVN -- Je.v H. J v. ha r t;.c Ho u ton the wi:u: in ti.e "greater t: , KFC es head f have dramatized totalitarianism. earnWhipping up of "an eaglc-sc- i ing sort of Americanism" false patriotismis not the aim, says Dr. Colbert. . Emphasize Local Government. "What we hope to do is acquaint the new citizens with their government. Because most of the tax dollar is spent at home, our emphasis is placed on the local unit of government. We try to show them how they can get the most out of their government. If we can encourage and stimulate discussion and inspire and create a more dynamic enthusiasm in governmental affairs, I believe we shall have made a big step toward our goal." The Manitowoc plan has been directed toward the young voter. But the seeds of the campaign have already blown far afield. "We have finally succeeded," says Dr. Colbert, "in dramatizing citizenship in such a way that practically everybody is becoming citizenship conscious. People who have voted for years as a matter of habit are awakening to realize what tremendous force an electorate can wield. Requires Demonstration Projects. Dr. Colbert takes this success in stride. Wisconsin is an adopted home to him has been for 20 years. He is one of the few persons with a joint doctorate degree in the three branches of social sciences, economics, political science and sociology. This is important only because it shows he's a mixture of the academician and practical applicator, a man to whom public administration is something of a fetish. For several years, as head of the University of Wisconsin's extension sociology division, he's been conducting roundtables in cities throughout the state, making each group adopt a major project as a demonstration of how they can participate in public affairs. Citizenship day at Manitowoc is the outgrowth of one of those projects. Dr. Colbert chuckles as lie recalls how the idea was suggested to other groups before he went to Not from him, but Manitowoc. from other sources, you can learn that these other cities ore quite peeved with themselves for missing a golden opportunity that Man'towoc snapped up. Between tearing open his letters. Dr. Colbert will recall for the visitor at his quiet oflice in Madison, how he came of age quite a number of years ago. There was no fuss about it. He simply reached 21 and became a voter automatically, which is about the experience of every other native born citizen. 'Learning' Most Important. Strange, then, isn't it, that we have many classes, rituals and ceremonies for naturalized citizens who become voters. Why not something for native born citizens as well? However, being an educator, Professor Colbert saw the problem from an educational standpoint. He realized that the "learning" was more important than the "graduation," although there was a definite place for both. So he worked out his program in such a manner as to stress its educational end, and yet have a dignified and appropriate ceremony to climax it. Thus, Citizenship day was conceived. He stresses again and again that this is an objective program. Strictly positive. There are no negative-isms- ; this is a program of AmeriProcanism, not fessor Colbert's idea is to make Americanism so interesting and de- sirable that young Americans (and others, too) will not have any time for foreign isms. Which, if you ask the man on the street, is what America needs, a darn sight more than a good cigar! !!,, ver. post of .. V..-!- . t:.at triy iy was recent y secretary !!.: ea ' f:.e r f ' v t but Uu it -J !. '.; ' fr.er.u-- J,.,- ? he'.ve h::r to a nunc but nothing 'h-'H'st (.f as cm ur..:cr tins i the r...vy secretary e .or a a : Ten-;;i 'A- : t : figurehead. The susueti-T- was made by the President for t.vo reasons. One was that he intended at the time to transfer RFC, under his powers granted hv eor.grcss m the reorga-of nization bill, to the department ""fJ"m"t"f f rvil-m- i x I -- 5 K ' J ' j five-ce- (Kvle.ist'd by Western NYwsp.ipiT Union.) i: fVn i New Suit in" Proce Brings Pickle Industry To Southern States Because cucumbers grown in the South often became softened or "bloated" wiien pickled by the process that was successful in the North Central states, southern growers had only one market that for fresh cucumbers which must be marketed quickly or not at all. It was believed that pickles made in the South had to be salted heavily to prevent spoilage. Chemists of the United States department of agriculture and the North Carolina experiment station have proved this belief incorrect. They have found that putting the southern cucumbers into the right strength of brine makes firm pickles second to none in quality. This indicates, the department chemists say, that pickles probably can be made anywhere cucumbers , k1""" ;rii oie mining prooiem is handled right. In fact, since the experimental work in North Carolina, production of pickles also has increased in Virginia, Texas, and other southern states. For the most part farmers are planting small acreages of cucumbers as a supplemental cash crop for cotton or toi . , bacco. Cucumbers grow well in southern states and because of the warm climate often produce from 90 to 125 bushels per acre. Average production over the country as a whole is from 50 to 60 bushels per acre. Total production of cucumbers for pickles is limited, however, as it takes only about 8,000.000 bushels to satisfy the pickle appetite of the entire country for one year. yachtsmen who visit the locality. Those who study the churches, he says, will find in them the same building principles used in the famous Viking ships preserved in Oslo. The word "stav" itself was an early one for "mast;" planks in the churches were locked together as they were on Viking vessels, and "knees" were used to strengthen the structures. Norway's largest stav church, the Hitterdal, has windows, but those were added in the Nineteenth centurya very late indeed. The buildings originally had no natural lighting at all, the priests and the choir depending on candles and the church goers kneeling. Fantoft church, one of the most famous stavkirker, is only about six miles from Bergen, the gateway to the fjord country. Fantoft once stood at the end of the Sognefjord but was brought to its present location in 1848. The best preserved stav church is the Borgud, near Laerdal' in the fjord district. Two of the most accessible are the Gol and the Garmo churches, both now museum pieces. The Gol today is a great feature of the Norsk museum at Oslo, while the Garmo church is a highlight of the famous Sandvig collections at Lillehammer. 1,000-year-ol- d after-thoug- ht Songs. JI SsL II. JONLS where it would be under L. Hopkins. By the way, this is still mystifying insiders, who know that Hopkins personally believes his health will commerce, Harry force absolute retirement, within a year. If Jones had accepted, it was made clear to him by the President, Emil Schram, now a member of the board of directors of RFC, would be put in Jones' place, but would of course have been under Hopkins. Jones' Economic I ieus Held in Low Esteem The other reason for the move the him as a potential enemy to the New Deal, and dislikes his political ties. In fact, the proffer of the navy portfolio was made only after several senators and members of the house, with whom the President had discussed changese proposed making under the reorganization bill, told him he would run into a hornet's nest on Capitol Hill if he tried kicking Jesse Jones around. The President was told that there was not only the certainly of trouble, but the real probability that congress might actually veto the whole set of changes under its power to disapprove within GO davs- -if the Fresident should attempt to put Jones, in whom Congress has great confidence, under Hopkins, about whom congress is very skeptical. So he tried to kick Jones but Jones preferred the floorupstairs he' has been working so long. As a matter of fact,' Jones, though a conservative at heart, is probably the most powerful figure m Washington outside the White House and its immediate environs, get relief from New Deal oppression!, changes ,n the law, but in the nunistrative agencies 1 , of the election tiext ar The second reason'rs the possibn, ? would mean a K?atn,! rt War with i and most h participating men th.nk we could not would mean activity , the of everybody, power, iustas "ut Ml of. .,ii. .... im maKes most oendinp lerk! tin " much nst:;f people most Uie ; ' a PoemsWd PHOTOGRAPHv ?EVEL0PED pathy for any move to restrict huurs. ai! the pressure in the world f r getting mere wages. And consider the wage and hour a,t. There would be no inclination to remove any floor under wage levels. In wartime tiiat would take care of itself. But there would be tremendous opposition to any at- ur your euinrLVu. r. Dili" - 'VJ Congre ional J One of the of the restrict working hours. tempt So, all in all, with the prospect of a more friendly President who would sign legislation from a more friendly congress (everyone knows that lt'would be terribly difficult to vote to over muster a ride a Roosevelt veto of any change in existing law that he did not approve), plus the possibility of a war emergency, why get all hot and bothered about changes which would run only (a) until the next President came in, or (b) until war to ! Misua r.'..ts'.:!.dino rr.is Record'S Congre-mn- :,l place in the sp- :- (jf 1892 five congressmen :,...k five dawh read into it a "Protection or Five Trade'" fc, Henry George, nd then, i a cent a conv oi had 1,200.000 of the sections xi crinted. bound ar-out cost to themselves, to their s. consiiiuenis. iivc-c1Biui- is s atai ( i Ask Doctor Roosevelt Reverts to Quarterback Tactics About This Ideal Two developments in connection with Franklin D. Roosevelt's recent actions hint a remarkable change in his role as political leader. They reveal a new Roosevelt, apparently a compromiser, but perhaps, to revert to his own description of himself long ago, a quarterback, circumventing his opponents by trick plays rather than ruthlessly crushing them by overwhelming force. It may be. of course, that he learned something from the purges, both the nine he lost and the one he won. In the nine he lost he discovered that he could not defeat the senators on their In home grounds. the one he won, that fight against John J. O'Connor, he discovered that the price of victory was high and its fruit disapBurton K. pointing. He beat Wheeler O'Connor. He ob- tained thcrehy the selection of ever-faithfAdolph J. Sabath, of Illinois, as chairman of the powerful house rules committee, and he has seen the actual power in that committee, as a direct result of the defeat of O'Connor, pass into the hands of Eugene E. Cox, of Georgia, who averages ten instances of opposition to New Deal objectives to every one of O'Connor's insurgencies. The two recent instances, which are taken by some to indicate a change in Roosevelt, relate to two men, both of whom are Democrats, one of whom is intensely conservative at heart, and the other formerly regarded as much more radical than Roosevelt himself. The conservative is Jesse H. Jones. The radical is Sen. Burton K. Wheeler. . wt"--- Now the President is mi8ht think Wete5 on,"0 me 0n Capito1 Hl11 Je trusw'' Roosevelt' Assuming is the first time he has ever who dealt him such IC-a Z a b ow below the belt, as he -f Wh0C,er Save him 2, '!u" f - J1,,! Jr 11 hls scherne to ones without a get me? fight, ly he was told Jonea n- -n .friond, on Capitol Hffl ta . mill his being shifted under b?-tau.- , " lif V o' Wheeler in llach ground During 1932 Campaign With two other radicals, WTieeler was kept in the background the 1932 campaign. It was during that Roosevelt was sure of thought the liberal vote, as against Herbert Hoover, and hence speeches by Wheeler. Huey Long and Clarence C. Dill would do him little good. In fact they might do harm by alienating conservative support. After the election Wheeler found he was sidetracked for a different reason. The President was very fond, personally, of Bruce Kramer for years national Ihisincss Enters Period committeeman from Montana, and Wheeler's bitter-esOf Watchful W aitinz t political enemy in the state. As "Watchful Waking" is now a rcsu t Kramer got all t, attitude of business, big and Yilo and Wheeler was ignored the gravy, rs contrasted with the earlier prod' Wheeler sizzled within, but ding and pleading for relief at the peace on the surface, for five kept years. hands of congress from what it rr But if he was bidding his time for gards as the harsh and distorted economic philosophy 0f the Ne it better himself when the opportunity to oppose the President on the Answer? Twofold Supreme court issue Business presented it- firmly that lt will 11, i Way TO LOSE READ KM FAT KV WORD! Make up your n::-- . P.ci tti.it you'll !PSe Borne of that uitlv Lit rrailr fnio K No one can !t l il yn j (im'i ,art to take hanniul ii i on starvata diets and do back' rxtrcisrs. X v-sane wmrin ' womrn like y";i , rr...y inn n reduce y.-- t dmi't (. " ' !!!;:':Ci s over: i;;,t i .!i::i':h;y t ,!' who are willii k' a insist simp!'1, d.,v plan, l;irt r. sweets, l.at fruits and all liu s ai'd ileana-.- t I;. . i H; fi,, t fls'j--l f ut h an itiiti r An l lor functioning hy re' )" A of accumulated wastes be sutc to t a half teaspoinful of Kruschen in h : v v.ir every mora Kruschen is mi le t t here in V. S. .V cei il from famous iK''! And let's net this straight rifht about Kruschen. It is not harmful. NOT just one salt as some people now His nuv on the boil active minef. ignorantly believe, lookfi You'll see it is a blend of als whieh when dissolved in water is similar to the famous medicinal Spj waters where wealthy women have fone for years. A jar of Krnscbcn c ?'s hut a few certs and lasts 6 weeks, (.it a jar RIGHT AWAY I At drupK'sts everywhere. ul President thought about making was that while he has great respect for Jones' ability, he has none for his economic and social views, regards mnllv , .... , Sonrs. Kanr published. Metro 1. ...dv'V!' Mi m.. emer-'tn-i-x-- y broke? ' 502 E. IOK SALK ,iU l.i! tfe and bni.iO tr ;,lf.Ufa seed, i i ment prujett T, BOX 4:a Tien take Wagner act revision. knows congress would 'Ji diiierently in a war :"n dealing with amendments to 'this law, if indeed there were any it at all in f. r attitude Labor's war emergency. v.Juhi be very d.tferent. There wold he little interest and no sym- two-third- t rfMU rci-ess:t- s. Viking Dragons Still Decorate Norway's Old Wooden Churches OSLO Dragons still flaunt the sky from Christian churches, not in China or the Orient but in Norway, land of the midnight sun. Carved centuries ago when Christianity was young in that land, dragon heads even today leap from the gable ends of the famous "stavkir-ker- " or wooden churches, and now form one of the few remaining links between modern Norway and her romantic Viking past. It is a curious tale, is the tale of the stavkirker and their dragons. For centuries the dragon was one of the favorite emblems of pagan Norway, especially as a figurehead for the prows of her sturdy Viking ships, and the men who built the ships and decorated them with dragon heads also built the nation's first churches. The church structure allowing them more exercise of imagination. Viking carpenters not only put dragons on the gables but also carved those emblems into the columns, the capitals and even the door frames of the buildings. "About 20 stavkirker may still be seen in Norway," states Peter Berge, general manager of the Norwegian America line. Mr. Berge believes that the stavkirker are both curious sights for travelers and also apt illustrations of boat building for to -J f : Lar-r.e- apr-.T.U- F.A.Speimn. K'.e.-ven- e vl-r- EYES () THE BALLOT BOX Anxious to exercise their volins not so anxious as to forget its significance -- are thee privilege new voters at Tuo Rivers, If is., tcho are shown reaching toward a sample box during one of the Manitowoc county classes. Born in the (treat W ar era, they are among the Manitowoc county groups being schooled in what the American form of government means, both in theory and practice. .r ruLi s A.stojJ Mail,!,, , Micy an old t rut.k 1 il iay r inner Act I'seless hi Event of War to close. 'I Hi. V' (I U yi-- Up her way, thanks to an ideal- 'I ot' ti) uhieh of election ir$ lool.s to next '"""'-iclt-t lam-- e d id, de, for mm drau loclcr By FliESCOTT WALUEN university R. J. N.rr.rv W - na.i-.i-- "'' - WANTED FOR CASHS the war :' .v ,v.,;'j have to he a new tax "..' v raise ever so much .'"re than at present. This u;i n:ake whatever tax revision unim-- , r r:"'.'--t te parsed tins session thinks N.t that anyone would really te anything like designed to j t. B nc measure, war." of out :..he profits ' - .l!l .;',? CARTER FIELD Wwon?in Eliicator I'lan Dramatizes I)enio ra v For New oter. istic e I '" J'ssv I'rcsuUnt ..... as paUntinl corny . .,.,- you hear a band playing and marching down the street. You almost tingle with excitement when you actually realize that the future of your country is as much vour business as anybody's." A bright-eyegirl TSO Ore lti:cvca '' ' "'law now enacted L' y ' ' .'- 1 Vdavs if war broke out ". rJ. that the r.ew f i with something this t wanted to do help the by ship-- " y''.".r'.'e f:T example, would which wjr suppleslaw. the Ly : f,.- - t .vt . tvervor.e knows that , c. - I ' I of 'he nor- - sCSd0US allectT JjJ se hS P-- s,b!e K'S,11'8 (Uc" Sv"d'c;.te-W- NU worth waitin Servlct.) 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