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Show I UTAH EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS. CASTLE DALE. TALL TALES 88 As Told to: FRANK E. HAG AN and National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart Some yearg ago WASHINGTON. when Reed Smoot of Utah was a mem-be- r of the seriate Smoot a where he enjoyed a Prophecy ,onR an(1 hetperltorlous ventured service, a prophecy. It was this: "The cost of government hns Increased every year, and It will continue to Increase. I care not what party Is In power, that result will ob- tain." As I recall. Senator Smoot's statement was made about eight years ago and It was made at a time when the Republicans, of whom the Utah senator was one, were In control In the senate. Ills statement came as a result of an Immense amount of Jibes that were being hurled at the Republican The Democrats were havmajority. ing a grand time, kidding the Republicans who were then In complete control of the government. Senator Smoot recognized r tin r which few In responsible position in the government recognized, or if they did recognize the fact, they chose not to admit It. Nevertheless, the senator's statement Is true today as It was true when he made It and for many years fcefore. The Smoot prophecy comes to mind now because of the sudden acceleration of moves to curtail government expenses, to reorganize the sends of INew Peal and emergency agencies, to eliminate overlapping functions among these agencies, and. In general, to put the house of government In order. Two such efforts are underway. One f them was Initiated by Senator Flarry F. Byrd, Virginia Democrat, who succeeded In obtaining senate recognition of his charges that thpre was tremendous waste, that there were useless agencies and that, in addition, functions were being governmental generally 'messed up because none except the old established units of government knew what they were doing. The Virginia senator obtnlned adoption of a resolution providing for a general survey and recommendations for the clean-up- . It whs a situation In which even the most ardent New Dealers could not find an excuse for objecting to It So the senator took the lead. Subsequently, President Roosevelt reached the conclusion that something ought to he done In the way of untangling the tangled skein of governmental functions so he proposed a survey under his direction. He appointed a committee of experts to go over the problem. Thus, at the start, at least. It appears that the taxpayers are going to be favored by a break. I think tt ought to be added, however, that no one has had the temerity to suggest that either the Byrd survey or that engineered by Mr. Roosevelt will yield very much. d The survey promoted by Senator Byrd will dig up a good many helpful facts but there Is Dig Up every renson to that the Facts" ginia senator Vir- will find many obstacles plnced In his way and that he and his committee wlil be unable to present any comprehen-elv- e statement on their findings to the country In advance of the November elections. The same Is true concerning the survey directed by the Presl dent, only more so. The cold fact Is that there Is no chance at all for the President's committee to even approach the stage of making recommendations from their survey until long after the elections are held. Frankly, each of these surveys is permeated with politics, so much so that a straightforward accounting or general description of the affairs of government will not be allowed to become public property and thereby become a campaign issue. Of the two, Senator Byrd's proposal has the better chance, but that Is rather small. Adverting to the Smoot prophecy. It Is therefore of no great Importance whether a tnoroughgolng examination of the governmental structure that has grown up in the last three years undc President Roosevelt Is made In advance of the elections. These New Deal agencies have been created and these New Deal agencies, like many of the "Old Deal" agencies, are with ns to stay and suck up taxpayers' I need money for quite some time. only remind you that we still have In existence the War Finance corporation and the railroad administration e agenthat were created as cies, not to mention a dozen other similar units. It Is possible. Indeed, I think It Is probable, that there will be a trimming of pay rolls In many of the New Deal agencies Immediately after election There certainly ought to be Important curtailment of expenses and of the list of employees, but accomplishing that Is a matter much more easily described than done. So, I feel safe In eaying that all of this ado about a reduction In governmental swelling amounts to nothing more than Just ado. war-tim- Id making the statement above that the outcry about reducing the government of Rhineknd Subsides; War Scare After Hitler's Occupation Powers Plan New Peace Parley. Lo ELMO SCOTT WATSON Wanhlncton, D. C. NatlonaT Press Building OTSBMAY BRING LASTING PEACE was a time a few mouths ago when the national trend was decidedly against Mr. Roosevelt. It even went so far aa to cause many Individuals to say that Mr. Roosevelt would be defeated for The picture around the first of April was quite different. There Is In Washington quite a general feeling that the Roosevelt chunces have Improved and are continuing to Improve. This condition Is quite evident to observers continuously on the Job here for even In the personal manner of the President himself there Is an outward appearance that he believes the situation Is .well In hand. As far as I can discover, one reason why the New Dealers feel so much better Is that events leading up to the national Democratic convention seem to be cleared1 of any harassing possibilities. I am sure that It will be recalled bow something like the blues overcame many New Deal stalwarts after former Gov. Alfred K. Smith of New York, candi1928 Democratic Presidential date, let loose a blast at the New Deal Id his Liberty league dinner speech. I happened to be In i position to know that the Smith speech caused all kinds of commotion and fear among New Deal leaders. They know, as everyone else knows, that "Al" Smith has a big personal following. When he threatened "to take a walk," he let loose a declaration that was charged with dynamite and the New Dealers could not calculate how much dynamite. Now, however, it appears quite certain that much of the danger Inherent In the Smith declaration has been eliminated. Notwithstanding the Smith Indictment of the President for repudiation of platform promises and his description of the Roosevelt policies as "a national menace." there going to be a pitifully small number of anti-NeDeal Democrats In the Philadelphia convention. The number will be so small, In fact, that however vociferous they become, their shouts will be heard no more than the wall of a child Id a storm. It was to be expected, as I have reported to you before, that the routine type of Democratic politician will forget any differences he has with the New Deal and be regular at convention time and during most of the campaign. That type of politician, be he Republican or Democratic, cannot afford to bolt. If he bolts, he cuts off his own nose and most politicians do not enjoy being for that Is tantamount to being politically dehorned. So, while the Philadelphia convention of the Democrats may have some seething underneath the surface, It Is without the realm of possibility that there can be any Important revolt against renomfnatlon of Mr. Roosevelt. to Likewise, It Is Just as think that the platform which that convention will adopt for the campaign will not be exactly as Mr. Roosevelt dictates It. Actually, there Is nothing on the horizon now to Indicate any changes from the way I have just described It d , Inasmuch as the New Dealers can properly regard their situation pretty well In hand, they G. O. P. naturally can feel a in a Hole bit cocky over the difficulties In the e the publican ranks. Ilea ns are at a in that their convention In Cleveland Is to be held at an earlier date than the Democrats meet. This, however, is more real than apparent. It Is thus because of the Intra-partbattles that appear certain to come to the surface at Cleveland. The Republicans are not together, not unified, on anything. A half dozen candidates with appreciable followlngs are snapping at each other and two or three factions are announcing almost simultaneously what the platform Is going to say. It just cannot help leading Into a beautiful mess at Cleveland unless the Republican leaders show more Intelligence than they have shown thus far. In the meantime, the Democrats are making note of the various battle You can be sure they will charges. use them. Whoever the Republicans nominate at Cleveland necessarily faces a big tight but as the situation now stands, I think the Democrats will be able to make It an offensive campaign whereas ordinarily the party In power must give over much of Its campaigning to a defense. This Is true unless the Republicans can get together and take the offensive themselves by criticizing and attacking on a united front. Of course, much water can run under the bridge before the November It Is always possible that election. the party in power can make mistakes, can be led Into a blind alley under the political guns of Its opposition. The Democrats have made many mistakes Deal oppoalready but the anti-Nesition shows no Indication of plans to take advantage of those mistakes. So the circumstances, as of this time, glvtj every reason for the New Dealers to feel satisfied with the campaigning up to this time. Re-Flr- st, Repub-dlsndvantag- y C Westcm Newspaper Union. pay roll and untangNew Deal ling the functions U Emblem Two Vio Crow so much ballySpirits Rise just Greece and Switzerland have a cross hoo, I think It ought to be said at the same time that as the chief emblem la their arms, the New Deal spirits are rising. Then former silver, the latter white. The Double Tragedy years ago a group of forty A FEW Chicago and Milwaukee newspa- per men were guests of the Milwaukee railroad and Rocky Wolfe, now a widely known radio sport commentator, on a week-enouting In o C. UTLEY By WILLIAM war ma i, W'urld ' UT of the biggest scare in re thl movemcu ... recome the biggest collective formation of the League of Nations. . . ;f h,p ..nuers who were victorious lays down the nature or eit,t """" l""cuiaaerornch breach In another section of ifw , Germany is required to agree to bolic international police force 'demilitarized" Rhine zone - Im . ' fl Mani-towls- d Wis. Among the extraordinary sights of the resort town were live porcupines golf tourse strolling about a nine-holplayed by the scribes and a mother hawk, whose broad back and spread wings were used by three baby hawks as a landing stage, high above ground. A dormant appreciation of Nature having been awakened In the minds of the visiting city folks, they were treated by Wolfe to the prize story of th vieigity. A Manltowlsh hunter, according to Rocky, reported that he had shot a fox which had a dead porcupine In Its mouth. The fox was already dead when shot, for the spines of the porcupine had killed It It was learned later, Rocky averred, that the porcupine had been a pet which earned a living by carrying fruit on Its back from its owner's orchard to the cider mill. "And I am ashamed to report, gentlemen," Wolfe concluded, "that both animals were Intoxicated when the double tragedy occurred." e The Colorado Cinder Beetle the Santa Fe railroad was into Colorado, Its coming brought rejoicing to the residents of It the rich Arkansas River valley. meant an outlet for their crops and But that lasted only a prosperity. little while. Then disaster swept down upon them. Every night a large section of the roadbed disappeared. Something was taking away the cinder ballast. Train schedules were disrupted and there were endless delays until the damage could be repaired. In several cases freight trains were wrecked or derailed. Santa Fe officials were frantic, for no one could discover what was carrying away the ballast. Finally a newspaper man, Charley Blakesley of the Kansas City Star, suggested that possibly the Colorado cinder beetle was eating up the ballast and his surmise proved correct How to check the ravages of the Insects was the next problem. That was solved when It was discovered that the cinders used for ballast were from soft coal. So hard coal cinders were substituted and the cinder beetles broke their Jaws trying to eat them. For some time, it Is said, passengers on the Santa Fe were kept awake at nights by the cinder beetles screaming with the pain of their broken Jaws. So the railroad speeded up the schedules of their passenger trains. They now went so fast that the passengers heard the moaning of the broken-jawe- d cinder beetles merged into a symphony of sound, like the rustle of wind through pine trees, that quickly lulled them to sleep. When a hardier race of cinder beetles developed with jaws capable of eating hard coal cinders, the Santa Fe was ready for them. They began using crushed rock and since that time have had no trouble with the little pests. WIIKX Massachusetts Melons visitor from Georgia motoring the Berkshlres of Massachusetts looked rather scornfully at the crops In the fields along the road. "Why, I don't see any melons up here," he said to the farmer leaning on the fence. "Can't you raise them?" "No, we don't seem to have any luck with melons," replied the Yankee. "I tried to raise some a while back-tr- ied it year after year, but I couldn't ever get a good crop somehow. The trouble was that the soil was just too rich for 'em. "I'd plant my seeds, the vines would start growing, the blossoms would come out, and then they'd set and the melons would begin to form. Then the sun would get hotter and the nights would sprinkle our Berkshire dew on 'em. And that dew, I tell you, acts like magic. It makes things grow so. But I never could get any melons, though." "Is that so?" exclaimed the Southerner, "Why couldn't you?" "Well, I tell you." answered the son of the Berkshlres. "Those vines Just naturally grew so fast they dragged the melons all over the field. They just plumb wore 'em out before they had a chance to get ripe. So I Just had to give up try in' to raise melons." THE C Western Newspaper Union. "Marine Store Dealer" When a sailing ship came into port In the old days a man used to go aboard and bid for the old sails that had been torn by tropical storms. He was also given odd lengths of rope an-all the Junk accumulated during a voyage of many months. "Alarine siore dealer" was the man's title, and he dealt with ships which sailed the Later there was little Seven seas. for the marine store dealer to do the big shipping lines managed their own affairs. As his trade with ships went, the dealer started to buy rags, old bottles and the like from houses In seaport towns. Now he has become the man though unromantlc still his official name Is marine store dealer. Pearson'! Weekly. - Iif just run coul.l remain forever .hat so virile a nation as Germany , -o a as chained b, the terms o( treaties teS?e " ishment for her aggression in me laic nai. ,,,, a permanent peace. It is indicates council meetings In London to the that the powers signatory Britain, Great Locarno pact, especially are ready to talk security on a sounder ' ' obli- Britain once more reatliruis her render mutual gation and intention to assistance to France and Belgium in the case of agression in violation of the Locarno pact. (The pact guarantees the frontiers of Belgium and Frame; the guarantors are Great Britain and Italy.) British general staffs, under the treaty, also consult with those of France and Belgium. Italy is not as warm to this trend as is Great Britain, and it is virtually certain that Mussolini will demand certain clarifications of the sanctions system before IfV, V M I A how I'robablv no one really knows a to dropping close the French came soldiers few bombs on Ilerr Hitler's who marched Into the demilitarized Rhine zone In open defiance of the The terms of the Locarno pacL Relehsfuehror says there were 30.000 of were them, and France claims there true 50,000, but no matter what the number of them, they very nearly had Italy's obligations nnder a great many Inelegant dents put in reasserting Locarno treaty. the their shiny steel helmets. Kurope Seek Concessions From Germany. ADOLF HITLER came dangerously close to breaking It is planned to deal with Germany If ever war which, out into the great if she will agree peace conferences are being condmd It does come, humanity feels, will vir- in the conferences, In the confer- In this several compromises. to suggestion it was reveded, race. the out tually wipe The ences would be discussed organization haps, that even the league has te'nst J But the crisis Is now over. humor. For the police, the plan mggt would be made up of British and ludim " 3 I r--soldiers. Mussolini has already fcu I that there will be no such police dutj done by his troops until the Britisk menace is removed from the Udit ranean. The policing, incidentally, KWU be only on the German side of die rod. tier. Hitler also Is asked to agree not to Increase the number of troops In the Rhine zone which, as deBntd by the Locarno treaty, Is 50 to 10( miles wide. France, turning from her early policy, has agreed to let Hitler Wp the troops in the Rldneland which he has already moved in there. France at first refused to .talk peace until the zone had been evacuated. Now she says It will be all right for the time being if Hitler will keep his RMneland soldiers at least 12 miles from the frontier. France was enormously pleased with the plan, for it gave such unmistakable evidence of the strength of the alliance between France and Great FT UEul i Q Britain. ''fell the When Pierre Etienne Flandin, French minister, announced the In the chamber of deputies proposals s of the he was cheered by members. four-fifth- British Approval Unanimous. The British parliament was likewise enthusiastic. It responded to Eden'j French, Italian and Belgian Representatives Meet at Hasty Conference Called Following Rhine fight did not come, and Frenchmen once more are able to sleep nights, although not comfortably, perhaps. Hitler Blames France. Hitler, of course, declared that his country was no longer bound by the Locarno pact. In view of the fact that the French had nullified It before him by entering Into a mutual assistance agreement with the Soviet. Joachim von Ribbenlrop, as the official represenUitive of the Hitler government, explained the fuehrer's excuse in a speech before the league council in St. James' palace. Three hours later the council, with Ecuador absent and Chile not voting, officially went on record, by an 11 to 0 vote, as regarding Germany a violator of the treaty. After the council meeting tlio representatives of Great Britain, France, Belgium and Italy (the Locarno powers) went Into a huddle and came out with a plan for security which was publicly announced by Anthony Kden, British foreign secretary In the house of commons. Should the plan be accepted by Germany tt will bring about a revival of the world economic and world disarmament conferences which are not concluded, but are merely out of session for a while. Decide on Quick Action. The plan falls into three major divisions. The tirst calls for immediate action on the part of the Locarno signatories no matter what Germany's attitude and behavior. The second part aims at enabling Cprmany to restore the faith of other nations In her Integrity as a keeper of treaties. The third visions beginning new permanent security planning in a series of conferences to start probably In May. In such a program of conferences neu efforts would be made not only to preserve the peace of Kurope, but that of the entire world. The meetings would not be content with merely scratching the surface of the security problem by trying t arrange settlement of existing difficulties. They would go back over all the econom-iand financial troubles which hate precipitated most of the recent international crises, and attempt to guard aguinst their recurrence in the future. These conferences would not he limited to league powers. The United States and Japan would be Invited to sit in. Whether or not Germanv would be included seems to dep. nd upon whether the Ithineland 'situation Is straightened out in n manner satc isfactory to the other powers la the plan outlined by Eden, Great for collective security, armament limitation, improvement of economic conditions, the creation of a new pact of for all Kurope and what will he vastly interesting, the redefinition of obligations of nations under the league covenant. It is hoped that the ultimate result will he the return of Germany to the league. She will be ashed to agree that the Franco-Sovie- t treaty be submitted to the ir orld court for review. The court will be asked to give a decision tn the valid- - proposals immediately and to a man. Germany was a long time In voicing her sentiments, and as this is written, she still had not voiced them officially. The press, however, was quick and eAnd the press can't say anmphatic. ything the Nazi government doesn't approve. Hitler Defends Policy. Adolf Hitler, in a political speech it Hamburg, said: "Whatever happens we won't withdraw one centimeter from our demands for equality, not because we want to disturb European ois rder but because a permanent order of equality. possible only on a basis "We stand bv our great proposals. il lift Ww' Yf$$&& New German Motorized Army Crosses Rhine in Direct Violation of the Locarno Treaty. "V of Germany's claim that the treaty a i ovVion of the I.ocarno ts pact. The phraseology of Mr. Kdon's plan s at least courteous and polite to Hit-b;It makes no demands, but simplv invites" him to present his claim before the court. France is said to have nzre, d to this as an alternative to forcing IliMer to remove his troops from the Rhmeland. r. Puts It Up to Hitler. The diplomatic situation is an absorb-none For if Hitier refuses to plead before the court he will violate ano,,er ty.one which he himself signed. In 1 hp s,,1',''.v committed himself to such procedure, by signing the option-a- l clause of the stlltnte of thP perma (o,,rt of ague. international,,, This "confers comptlIsor . ur,sd Con. no, only pretation 0f treaties nnv ' 4.on of interna, ,aw any fact which constitute, the breach of an international obligarlon. but also ,, G The world has no right to ask will world w many keep Its word. The no right to talk of honoring treati We can deliver an account for the riod since 1919." ?' Speaking at Cologne, Hitler or u "There is no greater guarantee sacred ness of a treaty In the " world than if it Is signed by thi3 'n "We believe In a new order Jj rone hnsori nn nntions with W rights, not a Bolshevik, A.. iui; Hirlco nn :.. Fiii-Oli- l"" fhn efnrllA Ideas of generation . . . T have among the factions In my countryn want the same to happen to the of Kurope." That was from an "election W" pa n" speech, a day before n IPH'- "In were invireu 10 say whether they approved Hitler's P to P . They did. The ballots were to ed that there was no way WJ ewntinNtwrow1" |