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Show iwiSfljnwatro id" New Political Groups Seek To Shape Parties Policies By BAUKIIAGE Americas Treasure House By EDWARD Newt Analyst and Commentator. EMERINE Feature. Web-steF- s A TREASURE, says is a valudictionary, able store, accumulation, or reserve supply; a collection of precious And South Dakota is a things. storehouse of those treasures, a J 0'"" s vast accumulation of natures blessa to reserve last with supply ings, man forever. Among the precious things of South Dakota is the glorious sun itself, shining from its blue heaven almost every day in the year. And precious, too, is the clean, pure air of its plains and mountains. In its rich topsoil is the accumulation of ingredients that produce vast fields of wheat and corn and fruits. The lush grass of its ranges, where fat cattle and sheep feed, is a valuable store of wealth and contentment. Beneath the surface is a reserve supply of minerals, gold and silver, feldspar and lithium, lignite and bentonite. As though that were not enough. South Dakota has mountains, trout streams, cabins in the pines, lakes, Sylvan Lake in the Black Hills. waterfalls, colorful canyons, the fragrance of pine and spruce. The" days are cheerfully warm in South stretch 125 miles and are approxiDakota, with the nights cool ahd mately 50 miles wide. There is CusAnd the Black Hills ter state park, with 128,000 acres of refreshing. and lakes have no mosquitoes to take away the mountains, gorges, streams, and 90,000 aerfes under pleasure of being out of doors. The famed Black Hills! Harney fence, with buffalo, elk, deer, bighorn Peak rises 7,242 feet above sea lev- sheep, Rocky mountain goats, anteel, the highest point in the United lope and other animals roaming States east of the Rockies. Mount unmolested. President Coolidge had Rushmore has an altitude of 6,200 his summer White House there in Im feet, and on it are sculptured the 1927, and left reluctantly. heads of Washington, Jefferson, Lin- coming back, he promised. coln and Theodore Roosevelt. The Skeletons of Ancient Beasts. The Big Badlands covering a millargest monument ever conceived or executed by man, the Mount lion acres lie east of the Black Hills, Rushmore National Memorial was and is one of the most important sculptured in heroic proportions by fossil deposits of prehistoric life. d Gutzon Borglum, the late Fossils of alligators, rhinoceroses, tid artist, and Is called the hippopotamuses, n "Shrine of Democracy. A horses and other gers, three-toevisitors come to the monument animals' are found here each year, and it is one of the most and displayed in most of the imporphotographed scenes of all times. tant museums. The figures on the solid granite face East and northeast of the Badare carved in proportion to men 450 lands, South Dakota is mostly rollfeet tall! At Lead, HOMESTAKE MINE ing prairie, falling to lowest levels North and south the Black Hills in the northeastern part of the state. S. D., known all over the world as Big Stone Lake is the lowest point, the greatest producer of gold ever 967 feet above sea level. The great discovered. Missouri river drains most of the state, cutting South Dakota into two almost equal parts as it flows wood Dick, Calamity Jane and other Wild West notables were seen through it. The agricultural treasure house of on the streets of this mining cenAmerica is filled with corn, cane, ter. A pageant descriptive of the wheat, oats, barley, flax and fruits Red Mans history of creation is from South Dakota. The vast plains held each year at Custer and called area has a big dairy industry, and Gold Discovery Days. beef cattle are grown in all parts of Settlement of South Dakota came the state. The production of live- slowly, although the Verendrye brothstock is the main feature of the ers, Frenchmen from Canada, visstates extensive agricultural in- ited the region in 1743. In 1804 and dustry. Hot Springs is the head- 1806 the Lewis and Clarke expedition and is followed the Missouri river throughV quarters of out the area. Fort Teton was estabalso known for its medicinal waM ters. At the annual Black Hills lished in 1817 on the site of Fort Round-U- p at Belle Fourche, real Pierre, and in 1831 the American cowboys from the surrounding cat- Fur company pushed a steamer into tle ranges compete in riding and the territory. Both plainsmen and mountain roping. The mineral resources of South men helped build South Dakota and Dakota include more than 60 basic bring to light its treasures. That minerals, including gold, silver, tin, there might always be intelligent apzinc and others. Many of these de- preciation of the state, seven instituposits are not of economic impor- tions of higher learning, all tance at the moment, but will bewere founded. They are M. Q. SHARPE come important in the future. At the University of South Dakota, VerGovernor of South Dakota any rate, they remain in South Da- million; South Dakota State college, Born in Marysville, Kan., Janukotas Treasure House, a reserve Brookings; School of Mines, Rapid supply whenever the nation needs City; and four normal schools. There ary II, 1888, Governor Sharpe taught school for two years, them. At Lead is the largest pro- are five junior colleges in the state. served four years in the U. S. Young, thriving and rich, South ducing gold mine in the United States. The Days of 76 celebraDakota does not hoard its wealth, navy, and has been a surveyor, newspaper man, lawyer, soldier in tion at Deadwood many nor does it allow waste. Its treasof the events of the historic gold ures are open to all for the re'orld War I, and has had varied other business interests. rush days, when Wild Bill, Dead- - serves are ample. WNU WNC Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. The donkey and the elephant are getting jealous, and the Washington Chapter of the SPCPA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Po- litical Animals) is getting a little lest some other new and strange fauna are going to sneak under the tent to steal the worried, old regulars fod- der and it aint hay. Three very ac- tive creatures are being heard from in tones so stentorian that the bray and the trumpet, familiar sounds in campaign years, are almost drowned out. The latest performer in the ring is the ROF (Republican Open Forums). Officially the newcomer belongs to the Republican stable, as its name implies, but some of the old timers are afraid the colt is getting ready to kick over the party traces. Although the other two more faand miliar creatures, the CIO-PAthe NC (National Citizens) P AC, are more at home in the Democratic pasture, they frequently get their heads through the rails to browse on the Republican side. All three are full of ginger, and not too bridle-wis- e. C -- Sfassen Head Open Forum Chairman of the Republican Open forums advisory committee is Harold Stassen, and ROF is considered pretty much his baby. Wayne Morse. Walter Judd, Gov. Raymond Baldwin of Connecticut, and other Republicans not unfriendly to the liberal domestic and expansive international views of Stassen make up the committee. At ROF headquarters, you are told it is strictly noi a one dark-hors- e team. However d a tolerance prevails which permits Democrats to take part in forums, if they want to. The forums are compared to town meetings, and are supposed to provide members of the party with the opportunity to form party policy. At that point comes the rub. Old Timers dont want Mr. Stassens outfit (which its directors insist it isnt) making policy. They feel they have had enough experience in such matters themselves. Anyhow, ROlf is a going concern. As of mid-Mathere were already 474 forums in operation in 44 states. broad-minde- y, CIO Work to Get Out Favorable Vote we know of old. The CIO-PAThat outfit is run by Sidney Hillman, and because the CIO fathered it, Mark Sullivan says that the CIO is no longer merely a labor organization, but has acquired the status of a political party. This column des scribed dynamic activities, literature, and methods at the time of the last campaign. . Their ostensible object is to get out the vote; the real object is to get out the vote they want. A definite platform for both domestic and foreign policy is stated in detail. The six points of foreign policy include such controversial subjects as the quarantine of Spain and Arfor cogentina, and lonial nations. There are 13 points In CIO-PAdomestic policy, ranging from a minimum wage to OPA, and including price guarantees to farmers, progressive taxation for large incomes, reduction on small incomes. Specific bills are singled out for support or C CIO-PAC- s brother. is what might be described simply as simon-pur- e New Deal. Chairman of the policy committee is Dr. Frank Kingdon, with Sydney Hillman as an honorary, and members including Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. Henry Morgenthau Jr., Henry Wallace, Hugo Black and so on. The lead article in their organ. The National whose Citizen, memorial edition made no single mention of the name, Truman, contained this paragraph: Stirred by the rising tide of reaction, and the steady drift away from the policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt, more than 2,100 of the late President's most ardent sup- CIO-PAC- NC-PA- BARBS porters and closest friends gathered to hear speaker after speaker ... sound the call to political action as the best method to fulfill the Roosevelt domestic and international program. has a political guide which demands the election of for conprogressive candidates gress, and lists issues for action which include anti-labbills, Argentina, British loan, conscription, FEPC, atomic power, and so on. They likewise are sponsoring a School of Political Action Techniques here in Washington beginning June 26 which purports to "unveil the intricacies of professional political campaigning to the averThe school will be open age voter. to anyone; attendance will be limited to 500 students. NC - PAC says it is believed that the majority of the student body will play an active role in the November congressional elections. Needless to say, in school or out, they offer little .comfort for the southern Democrats. Of course, there are various other organizations, old and new, in the field. The Young Republicans, for example, who endorsed the ROF at a recent national convention; Mr. Ickes Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions to which James Roosevelt presumably brings a hereditary parental blessing, and others. And I shouldnt fail to mention the Womens Division of the Democratic National committee, which teaches wives of politicos such fundamentals as platform poise, the right word at the right time, bow to overcome fear of public speaking, and so on. Wives of cabinet officers, wives of senators, wives of representatives, wives of members of the little cabinet and wives of agency heads are exhorted: llse your feminine charm in the (Democratic) campaign. It helped you get your husband, didnt it? It will also help get votes. But these are only mothers help-- j ers. The PAC twins, and the ROF !are the ones that make the don-ke- y and the elephant nervous when they look over their left flanks. NC-PA- C top-flig- ht Congress Needs Salary Boost Wages are at the top of the inflation list. But that doesnt mean more pay for congressmen. One of the best arguments for a boost in the congressional payroll comes from a congressmen whom I wont name, but whose bitterest rivals mention as one of the smartest members of either chamber. He says: The vote against a pay raise comes from the men who know that they couldnt get elected, if congressional salaries were high enough to attract a better class of candidates to oppose them. Philip Broughton, and political scientist who has spent a decade in Washington, says, in his For a , Stronger Congress, that every independent student of congressional reorganization has recommended a raise to $15,000 or $25,000 a year. Certainly, it would seem that the same public whieh can afford $500 a week for the writers of Grade B movie scenarios can afford a similar sum for those who set policies that control our national life. A congressman now gets $10,000 a year. Anybody who lives in Washington, Broughton points out, knows that that isnt enough. A congressman has to maintain two homes; campaigns cost money. Besides, he has to contribute to the d organizations that claim a root In his constituency, and secretarial expenses and meager railroad mileage do not balance his family budget. There are. of course, many other changes required in congressional organization before this body can be brought up to date . . . but one of the most important objectives is to attract men of sufficient ability. That means offering such men a salary somewhere near what their services could command elsewhere. Otherwise you get an under-qualitor you have to deproduct pend on men of wealth. The thing that pains me most as I travel up and down the land is to hear the very people who scream that no congressman is worth even a year, object to $10,000 paying enough to hire a man with ability. . ... by B . world-renowne- saber-toothe- half-millio- long-extin- ... Suicides dropped during the war. cant compete with Mars. million pianos out of tune, says an official of the piano manuTen thoufacturers association. will be kept busy sand piano-tuner- s for years fixing them up. May be that will solve some of our future troubles wtien the next inflation bubble bursts. Six When Queen Wilhelmlna was in the United States during the war she made a tour of inspection at The boys had West Point. debeen drilled for days, and every tail of protocol was carefully studied except one. . . . No one informed the band which number to play for Her Majestys entrance, and the leader chose one of his favorite numbers without thinking of the ocSo, as the signal was casion. the for Queens entrance given soldier standing rigid(with every broke ly at attention), the band The Old Gray Mare, She into: Aint What She Used to Be. ... ... A group of editors were discussing the pros and cons of the OPA. said one. The NAM is right, After all, theyve got business ex- perience that money cant buy. also got lobbies, Theyve snapped a cynic, "that money can. The Intelligentsia: The career of Booth Tarkington is a lesson to neophytes. In the first five years of his writing apprenticee Pulitzer Award ship, the winner earned the vast sum of $22.50. . . . Dorothy Thompson will also colm for a weekly. . . . Louis Fisher, who authd A Week with is flying to India to visit Gandhi, him. . . . Theres a sizzling feud on between novelist James T. Farrell and book critic Sterling North. . . . Dr. Harold Urey, atom bomb scientist (one of the important ones), will betcha we have an atom bomb war in less than 5 years, if the powers dont agree soon. . . . all! Sbeen nize yell, columning about you. page-struc- ts o r , cough ed conditions, slightly in filling orders for most popular pattern Send your order to: len : Crocheted medallion QuickC rized is 5V2 inches in strtas v youll be proud of! Pattern 753 tions for squares. Due to an unusually large m: td, the icts aj numbers. you the Circle Needlecraft San Francisco Enclose 20 cents for Pa No.. Sewing Box 3217 the szor Name- - Address. The OPA situation summed up: a question of whether the prices will be held down or the people held up. Its The Funnies: Alex Woollcott and Heywood Broun walked out on a As he left new flop one night. his row A pew, Alex bent over to pick up a flower that had fallen from a bouquet on the stage. . . . Dont you know it is bad luck, to take flowers chided Broun, from a grave? . . .. Percy Hammond once critiqued of a big show failure: It is the first time in the- ... atre history that an audience ever suffered from stage-frigh- t. Author Somerset Maugham All is grist for a points out: writers mill. I dont create from the whole cloth either of reality or of fancy. I have in my literary kit items in the newspapers, stray encounters in the street, stories I hear, no matter where. Eventually out they grind, either as a story or a play. The way a columnist grinds it every day not every year. The Story Tellers: Gene Fowler told Irving Berlin: You are one of the very few immortals who is still mortal! Quotation Marksmanship: Cet OSullivan SOUS as ml lute Heels next time you hmt i the of shoes repaired. After you these fitted CAH WALK ewing FARTHER WITHOUT j 2t fits this TIRIM. the tog best b oently hroughc w bast' :er net i the you s ar skirt AMERICAS you i det' w lonj O. Henry: Her dress fitted her with fidelity and discretion. . . . Beth Brown: Up in the skyscrapers old women were filling their buckets with footprints. . . . Phil Baker: A g;d looking for a guy who could s make her come true. . . . Anon: He sat at his typewriter tenderly diapering his brain child neatly folded phrases. . . . Mark Twain: Man was made at the end of the weeks work, when God was tired, . . Anon: When a girl winks it means one of two things. She has something in her eye or she has somebody in it. . . , Ben Hecht: He ate like a man with a stowaway under his vest. . . . Olive Schreiner: We talk so much of intellect and knowledge but what are they? After all, the heart cant live on them. One would barter all ones knowledge for one kiss and all ones intellect for one tender touch just dough-dream- h W. ik o pr, j I jtruA A -- Jj n0 . Center Complete Rehabilitation all types of sickness except and Contagious. Write or phone for Fret THE PYOTT SANITARIUM 1216 Ea.MSIh South Phon J Bol f Jg one! The Times Berlin newsboy, ani reported that the Ray Germans !VP "I1 at there will be a war bo' America and Russia. belie, e that such a war will They give m an opportunity to revive Nazi-fsmIn short. when the Allies knock each other-- its only oppor-tumt- y knocking for Nazis. , ' irji, jrifrt jiiftbi imiw Yi-- iv sit 5 E N 3 T ,v' v ' Jack Sprntt eats too much fat, his wife eats too much lean and so between the two of them the rest of the world starves. mines and railTaking over roads doesn't end strikes. It's true there are no strikes in Russia but they have a Gestapo and a handy Siberia, neither cf which Americans care for. A CCESSORIES croche this medallion are prj ners. As lovely for scarfs as for a cloth or s goom-bye-by- y au kh a ge k two-tim- horse-breedin- x You d Tales of the Town: In Sardis a wise guy was comin which a menting upon the way some notaof news weekly picture to bles looked dwarfed compared midst. their in Roosevelt Mrs. Thats nothing, said Merry Mac to the way she dwarfs McMichael, arent even in the who some people picture. S:v, V.V. v t . , :. x vif . Jr Y.l Rogers went to a dinner but it was a political af- SIelkcrs wcre unanimous n peddling bigotry and hatred of the foreign born. . . . As Rogers 1CaVe Un disfiust) he heard himself announced as the next h d dn t know oCtherrr W,Uld RiVC his Views needs of the nation Rogers turned and drawled: After f he"'ns ,0 lh "ho preceded me The Big Badlands. ,0 lhC cnnc'usn that but ihT6 country needs. is fresh blood and ; 1 fresh ir " With that he left. WHEN YOU WANT THAT NEXT JOB OF PRIMTlg Let Us Showl What We Can el! |