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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD First flrutharCs Washington Digest Three Times in Row Presidents Purge Attempts Prove Futile All-Unite- ColTord Slates Old Glory d NEWS THIS Roosevelt Unable to Transmit Personal Popularity to Ills Followers; Political Prestige Suffers Irreparable Damage; Forced Realignment Seen Complete Flop. By WILLIAM BRUCKART Tress Bldg., Washington, WNU Service, National WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON D. C. thinkers who surround the President and give him such poor political advice. There will be a condition in the next congress that will be worthy of watching. Surely, no one will expect Tydings and Smith and George and Clark of Missouri and six or eight other senators to go out of their way to support a Roosevelt program in which they may not believe. There is the nucleus. There were already 20 or more senators of here: that mind. With those Senator Walter F. George, Atafter overcoming the purge, it Ga. lanta, seems reasonable to suppose that as God bless you, Walter. Likelittle political credit as possible will wise, the sovereign State of Georbe given to the President. gia. House members nearly always Signed. Carter Glass. To get its true meaning, one keep in close touch with the senarespective states, parhas to recall that Senator George tors of their if they are of the same poticularly was the third democratic sena- litical faith. They will take encourtor, in a row, who was openly agement from the forthrightness of opposed by President Roose- their seniors and, quite naturally, will be bolder and more outspoken. velt; the third marked to be It will be much more difficult for purged from the Democratic Democratic Leader Rayburn to hold party and the third in a row to his majority together in the house be victorious over the Presi- of representatives because of this courage and, m some dents attempt to cases, resentment. dominate voters of a state, and, All of which leads into a third in due course, the congress of phase Few Presidents have been the United States, by person- able to withstand bushwhacking ally picking the Democratic from Capitol Hill. It confronts Mr Roosevelt to an unparalleled degree party nominees. because of the purge. Thus, a furNext, Mr. George had been subther analysis seems to offer eviNew jected to perhaps the strongest Deal slapby the President, of any dence, at least a hint, that Mr. Roosevelts control of the Demoof the nine senators whom the Prescratic party may be broken. If it men as ident originally described behind the times. It will be re- is not now an accomplished fact, I to expect that the called how Mr. Roosevelt, with Sen- see no reason control can President the Democratator George on the platform, spoke ic national convention of 1940. That, his blessing of United States Attorafter is one of the things at ney Camp at Barnesville, Ga., and stake all, in the Presidents ill starred Mr. announced his conclusion that purge attempts. George represented the past, not the future. It was on that occasion, too, Some Heads May Fall ; that Mr. Roosevelt uttered the now famous: God bless you, Walter; I New Spokesmen Appear In consequence of these things, I hope we will always be friends." have an idea that there will be The third feature to be remembered is that Mr. George won, that many, many moves made during former Governor Talmadge was the next session and in the session second and that the New Deal canjust before the 1940 convention dedidate was third in the race, and signed to take the Democratic party that Mr. Georges victory was so out of the hands of the Roosevelt overwhelming that there was no advisers. I think you will see deleneed for a run-ofprimary the gates being groomed here and method in the solid Democratic there, 18 months before they are to states of choosing between the two be formally chosen. I believe also that state political bosses will behighest candidates from the primacome quite active next summer as ry vote. This means that a majority of the voters more than 50 they watch which way the wind blows. Some will guess wrong, some per cent voted for Mr. George. right. Some political heads will fall Has Presidents Prestige and new spokesmen will appear on Suffered Heavy Damage the scene. All of these things, I predict, will Couple these facts with Senator Tydings victory over Rep. David J. happen, barring one thing. That Lewis for the Democratic senatorial one thing is war. If there is a gennomination in Maryland, and Sen. eral European war on the horizon, Cotton Ed Smiths substantial then we may expect a different over Johnston in course of political events in the Governor margin South Carolina, and it appears to me United States. What I am about to say, now, is that several conclusions are proper and justifiable. Mr. Roosevelt went not said m discredit of the President. It is merely voicing a fact m of Govinto South Carolina in ernor Johnston and e went into politics. If there be a general war Maryland to promise r instruction of abroad, and, more particularly, if several huge Chesapeake bay American relations become involved bridges and to point to the good in it, then Mr. Roosevelt unquestionqualities of Representative Lewis. ably will appeal for solidarity of Yet, the Presidents wishes were public opinion, for unanimous support for the government of the nawell ignored. tion. His spokesmen and henchmen The conclusions I have reached and I believe they will stand the will be busy as bees showing him to be the only man for the job, the most critical test are: 1. Mr. Roosevelt is unable to only man capable of saving the na transmit to his followers the same tion. That happened in Woodrow personal popularity that he has en- Wilsons time and it has happened in every other war, and it will hapjoyed since entenng the White pen again. Ilopse. 2. His prestige as a political leadPolitical Destruction er, which undoubtedly was slipping Of Roosevelt Threatened sufnow to some extent before, has I know that Mr. Roosevelt is no fered irreparable damage. 3. The congress that will be electmore anxious to have the United ed in November will be the most States become involved in war than independent, indeed, probably the you or I. He realizes its cost in most obstreperous, that the Presibluod, as well as the disarrange ment of world economics that foldent has faced, and th it spells troulows. And if war comes, he naturalble in a big way. 4. There cah be no d scounting the ly will want a united nation back of him. But, coldly and abstractly, influence that victories for the conservatives, like those won by Tyd- I repeat that war conditions are tin ings, Smith and George, will have only set of circumstances that I se on the rest of the country in the now which may prevent a thoroughNovember elections. It is an hon- going movement on Capitol Hill foi est statement, I believe, that there the political destruction of Mr are numerous voters ho have been Roosevelt. When I say, political dewavering between the New Deal and struction, I do not mean to imply, the conservative schoil of thought, or to hint that opponents of the Pres and a large pcrcenta'- ' of them will ident within his own party want tc turn to conservative candidate when send him to oblivion. They w ill they have a chance. They will be seek they are seeking, now to de influenced strongly, and that fact throne him in every way except as worries the New Deal thinkers at titular head of the party. They want the guidance to come from old the moment. leaders and they want Democratic Purge but Step In Plan adherence to old Democratic piinci Of Political Realignment pies. That is to say, the long tim But there is yet another thought oracles tf the Democratic party in tins connection. I ri fer to the have witnessed stupidity, sheei Ticsidints program for a realign- dumbness, on the part of the younj ment of political gioups in this counsquills who have crowded close tc try. He has called for it; of that the President, and they want tc t icre The suid those quacks back to the oblivi is no obvious doubt. puige of the senatois ma.ked for on funn which they came, Fuither political destruction was one of the the old line Democrats wanttoavoic e uly steps. So, it is significant that a wide-opesplit in their party Un Mr. Roosevelt's eaily maneuver in less that can be dune in I1) 10, then the d lection of a forced realignwill be a Republican victory fol ment his succeeded to the extent of lowed by exactly the sune eondi n con pic te fl p. The tiling that tions that wricked the Republican! iturted out to be a beauli'jl swan-Id'- e after the puige that the voters dive bi came a belly buster, gave the G O. P. in 1932 and iDjO Wtslorn Ncw-Jiuth to the chugim of the gtcat prr I'mun, has city idea for the newspapers make an award every year to the person who had Dr. Ditmars provided them with the most Superlative News Source god d bunting, is the treasOld Glory Itself, the first American flag to be made with ured possession of A. N. Goldsmith of Los Angeles. Approved by Abraham Lincoln three days before his assassination, the flag has 13 stiipes of red and white and 37 stars, all but 10 of which are arranged in a diamond12 feet by 6. shaped pattern on the field of blue. It is the only flag of this type in existence. It measures Holding it are Mary Long (left), and Bettye Knapp. American-manufacture- FLEET-FOOTE- - n They Sailed Alone From Hawaii COP D ri y - 'ywyyyyyy Noc r ..v. :4 I v I -- s V f Don Lash, former Indiana university and U. S. Olympic track team star, who has become a member of the Indiana state police, appears in his new uniform. Lash, who holds a top position among the worlds running stars, was named by the state poiice board along with 47 other "rookies who attended a police training school at Indiana university. two-mi- le j New would nominate Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars, for 39 years curator of mammals and reptiles at the Bronx zoo, almost any year. He has just left for Trinidad to catch some parasol ants, which he has been craving for a long time. It has been generally supposed that the ants pack leaves and petals for shade. Dr. Ditmars puts us right on that. They gather them only for food. The curator has exploded many myths, but usually substitutes something even more interesting. Reptiles havent the slightest Interest in sweet music and arent soothed by it, monkeys will return to cleared jungle if it grows again; the mother snake does not swallow the little ones in times of danger. But, being thus disillusioned, we learn from Dr. Ditmars that there are sea serpents, great schools of them, in the Indian ocean and the western tropical Pacific. They are as gaudy as an Elks parade, with cold, beady eyes, and emit a dreadDr. Ditmars carries ful venom. them on the books as hydrophiinae. There are flying snakes, fish that climb trees, fish that shoot down bugs out of the air by expelling pellets of water like an air gun, frogs that can swallow rats, frogs with vocal power 1,000 times that of a man, insects which are carried by jungle people for flashlamps, animals which can travel 60 miles an hour and animals which never lie down. Dr. Ditmars is 62 years old. At the age of 15, he began gathering Insects for the Museum of Natural History. He had a year of newspaper work before joining the staff of the zoo, which may account fot his being a friendly Santa Claus to reporters. Pattern 6040. 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The less fighting a man i more he is going to boa. prowess in after years. exa c jimpi ssnon see or on levin Every married woman ed her husband credit for of vis good judgment at least nil his life. iue out Shes a Lady Wt If a man fails to open tt Ms ta she when Fortune knocks, re bro break down the door v tt to TT IS recalled that Homer Martin, tering ram. I: Business is business the fighting parson who contends ove with John L. Lewis in a Faustian business of others is no t: lies ft sear struggle for the body and soul of the of yours. There may be a good )t of automobile union, Homer Martin was the world hop, name when it is located, fewti of a ched. May Still Be skip and jump southeast section marn.1 He pk p pn c ed ra-d- s B Pictured on their arrival at Santa Catalina Island, Calif,, are Mr, and voyage from Hawaii in Mrs. William Crow, who completed a 3,000-mil- e home-buischooner. With no other crew than themselves, their they were out of sight of land for 47 days, encountering adverse winds and two weeks of continuous rains in lt ot mid-Pacifi- ie World CZECH LEADER Woman Pilot Sets Soaring Record pw. Hr Champ'1? few years Just a ago and may be still. It is only three years ago that he quit the pastorate of the Leeds Baptist church in Kansas City, got a job in the Fisher plant, organized the local of the United Automobile Workers union and became its first international - - president His battle soon turned from the bosses to the of the union and thats the issue of his contention with Mr. Lewis. Getting under way, be eloquently plastered William Green of the A. F. of L. and it is not clear where he would be headed In case of a final break with the C. I. O. leadership. He is tall, athletic once a track star for the Illinois Athletic club with a wide, ready smile and d glasses. He gets $3,000 a year for a whole lot of trouble and strife, but seems to enjoy it He is 36 years old, born and reared on a southern Illinois farm. rs I i An unsuccessful a si an er 'is re a i to ma'e dnbe posal resembles sneeze that failed is A? Dont Gas Ut Aggrm Bloatiij eism 'skirt !J na o BLOATIN'Q k to t?1 don't If your G48 ipct eonotipation 8ek by jut ctc,tori2IG0n , 1 the i need you Adlenka. Tiu and cathartic, c&rmmativo the etc'1' that warm and aoothe set omcW GAS. Cathartics that tW clearing the bowels rf wMtee BLOATING, caused GAS and son gest! on, tour atomasidoes sot P months. Adlenka acti on t habit forming. Adlenka reiievsio and BOl H bowels. It GAS almost at once, and oftenitwastes in leas than two -by recommended been Adlero years. Get tbs genuine k j' Sold ct U tv Aa t 4 i&Jk jtkk JR j 4a . as VjflwMa In the glider above is Helen Montgomery, pretty Detroit girl and the only woman soaring pilot entered in the American open soaring meet at Frankfort, Mich. She set a new American womans;, duration record by keeping her motorless craft in the air for 7 hours and 22 minutes. President Eduard Bencs of Czechoslovakia is shown in a recent study. Called Europes "smartest little statesman," Benes is attempting to preserve the sovereignty of his people in the face of tremendous odds. He was elected in 1935, succeeding Prof. T. G. Masaryk, who held office for 17 years, since the republio was set up. Central Europes Trouble Spot G y E K M A tf o Breslau "V ) : are oo V c iled s drat itom r JP Jr 0 H Q JL A. tf iliiigip A UJS fOO k:J sflir' pleasure; there is v' mingled with the joy.-- I SALT LAKES NEWEST O Our lobby t cooled during the sun111 Radio tor Evarf Bo" A, 200 Rooma200 Bath below. B MORAVIA Munich A. Anxiety With one possesses wax-lippe- VICUNA TUI Map shows tzeihoslovakian A. r BUDAPEST M U (tf G A distrlits inhabited n n UMAtflA. other racial groups. The areas shown largely occupied hv Germans and would eventually be ceded to the Cerman Reich under the proposal for dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. hy For years, off and on, he has been picking up rceords in pink pants and a lavender tunic, or in an ensemble blending many shades of blue, cerise and henna, with a rakish English officers cap, ruddy fare, Grocer Whalen d mustache and a couple of octaves of fine teeth. Here, as the old books on decorum would have it, is an outfit wliiih would take you around the woild. Colonel Turner is of California background, the title being a dispensation of the governor of that also colorful stale ft in black are Anglo-Frem- h ConsofidUM W 40 U New. FeMures. St rvu . hotel Temple Squ' 1 s Rates $1.50 Til. TemiJ- highly icirnbl plirrc.1 oil will iilitfl, giiprnnelf thoroughly grw1' u for jtilrrgt HIGHLY You tmn lo of - th irks m hi , old-tim- PA6ue r 'HIS writer knew quite a number of early-da- y aviators, including Lincoln Beachey, Art Smith, Bob Fowler, Si Christofferson and others, anc always LOGi r urner wondered In Splashes none of them why ever Of Gay Cooressed the part. They all were as drab as so many gray moths, while their role certainly called for a dash of color. One thought of the sartorial dash of dArtagnan, Porthos and Athos if they had been riding the skies. Col. Roscoe Turner, who lifted the Thompson trophy atrecently Cleveland, for the second time, winning $22,000, satisfies a long felt want His flying togs are modeled on the e pousse cafe, calculated to give him protective coloring against a flaming sunset, but high visibility from No i fo tv shell-rimme- n - cPy-I- Yorkj new-foun- d - al- YORK. This writer N EW ways thought it would be a good to of a WASHINGTON. There was quite a sermon, for me, in the telegram of congratulations that Virginias great leader. Sen. Carter Glass, sent to Senator George upon the occasion of Senator Georges victory in the attempted New Deal purge in Georgia. I dont know why that telegram was not more widely printed, but it was typically like Carter Glass, so cryptic, so full of meaning, that I am going to reprint it T Jiffy WHOS ,,f j . lll L |