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Show Weather Forecast UTAH: Generally fair east and oath portions; .probably snow northwest portion tonight and Friday; Fri-day; colder north portion tonight. Maximum temp Wednesday . 46 Minimum temp., Wednesday . 18 The So They Say! The evils of democracy are curable, cur-able, while for the evils of despotism despot-ism there is no cure save violent change. S. K. RatcIIffe, British journalist. FIFTY-FIRST YEAR, NO. 160 PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1937 COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS 8ERVICH PRICE FIVE CENTS o)(niiw n r r i CROP PLAN SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS Reserve of Farm Surplus, Crop Insurance Part Of F. D. R. Plan WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (U.P.) President Roosevelt asked congress today to enact 44 a program of crop insurance and storage of reserves" for the 1938 farm season as part of the administration's agricultural agri-cultural program. Mr. Roosevelt's recommendation was made in a special message transmitting the report of his committee on crop insurance to Capitol Hill. Protect Farm Income "Crop insurance and a system of storage reserves," Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt said, "should operate so that surpluses in years of good weather might be carried over for use in years of unfavorable growing conditions. con-ditions. "Crop insurance and a system of storage reserves would help to protect the income of individual farmers against the hazards of crop failure." The committee, headed by Secretary Sec-retary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, and including farm leaders lead-ers and government economists, recommended this five-point pro-Cram: pro-Cram: 1. Insuring wheat farmers a steady yield beginning in 1938. 2. Collection of premiums in wheat or the cash equivalent. 3. Storage of wheat premiums in-federal warehouses fo release in years of low production. 4. A federal appropriation for financing administration of the program. 5. Extension of crop insurance eventually to corn, cotton and other major crops. MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN Brandeis and Cardozo Saddened Sad-dened by Court Proposal, Stone Jubilant; Hull Wait-ting Wait-ting to See Busy President to Shuffle Several Diplomats; Diplo-mats; Frisco Air Crash Blamed On Pilot's Unfam-iliarity Unfam-iliarity With New Plane; Teaser Letter Sent to Dean Clark at Yale Brought Wrong Reaction, WASHINGTON The private reaction of the liberal Justices of the Supreme Court to the President's proposal is interesting and varied. Justice Cardozo, who has supported sup-ported most of Roosevelt's legislation, legis-lation, feels sad and humiliated that a situation ever could have developed by which the Supreme Court would cause such discussion discus-sion and brine such criticism upon its head. Cardozo is not vieor-ously vieor-ously for or against the Roosevelt Roose-velt proposals. Justice Brandeis' reaction is somewhat similar. He believes the blame for present impasse is largely the Court's, but he hates to see the President take this method to remedy the impasse. Justice Stone, the most forthright forth-right liberal on the bench, is pleased and openly defiant. He thinks the present discussion is very healthy for any democratic form of government. WRONG LAW Congressman Sam Pettengill, of South Bend, Indiana, prides himself him-self on being a graduate of Yale Law School: and recently wrote to Charles E. Clark. Dean of the Yale Law School, asking his opinion opin-ion of the President's Supreme Court proposal. Pettengill, although a Democrat, Demo-crat, is a bitter opponent of the Presidential move and wanted to get some ammunition, bearing a Yale trade-mark, with which to knock the proposal. But imagine his embarrassment when Dean Clark wrote an en-(Continued en-(Continued on Page 4, Sec. 2) Common Man's Right Imperiled, Says Mead of Bar Association Should Weigh Consequences of Any Change in Supreme Court's Power To Protect, Says President Stinchf ield To determine the sentiment of Provo Herald readers on President Roosevelt's proposal to revamp the supreme court, the Herald, in co-operation with 700 other U. S. hewspapers served by NE Service, Inc., is taking a poll on the question. Use the ballot below to cast your vote. Yesterday, Robert Jackson, assistant United States attorney general, presented arguments favoring the Roosevelt proposal, in an article in these columns. In the accompanying article, Frederick H. Stinchfield, president of the American Bar Association, presents pre-sents arguments against the president's proposal. w By F. H. STINCHFIELD President, American Bar Association You have noted the proposal. Be sure you are clear on it. For you are one of the 130,000,000 Americans whose ri-ghts Congress is told to give away. You and Americans before you have had these rights for 150 years. Your ancestors didn't give them up;if your children haven't them, it will be because you have surrendered them. This is what is to be (lone, from your stand point: the court is to be changed by the proposed law. How? Let's see if it isn't perfectly plain. There are nine members of the supreme court. Six more men will be chosen by the president. When asked to decide, at least three of the present nine justices have, almost every time, upheld these new laws. Add the six justices to be chosen. You have nine, more than a majority. Some of the present nine might resign if the law is passed; they would feel that the court's power had forever gone, surrendered to the president. For the court to act merely as the mouthpiece of the executive would destroy every chance to perform its duties independently, the only way in which patriotic, sincere judges could act. The new mnrpmo wuirt hiitktfrvw Hart nn wall wing of the White House. The third branch of our Stmchfield government Avould have disappeared. You vote on this ballot. You also vote at elections. You have faith in your vote. You don't wish to give up the right to vote on any issue where your choice ought to be heard. Very well. Let's see what is now proposed. A Safeguard to Rights NRA was said by the supreme court to be unconstitutional; that is. NRA wasn't a law at all because it violated certain of your rights; that you and the state where you live hadn't given Congress Con-gress the power to pass any such law. The rights destroyed by that act are still yours; yours, personally, person-ally, and your state's. Congress was ready to, and tried to surrender sur-render your rights, reserved in the Constitution. r The supreme court borbade the destruction of your rights. Only you could do that, and you hadn't been given a chance to agree. Regarding perhaps a dozen more laws. Congress was again told to repair its way and not to be so free with your rights. Your protection on each occasion was the supreme court, sometimes by a bare majority. Urges Voters to Speak Now, what is said to Congress ? This: "What you've tried to do these many times, you can do after this with complete freedom if you will pass a law giving the president presi-dent the power by appointment of additional judges. These new judges will change a minority of the supreme court to a majority. Presto! The Constitution isn't what it used to be, and you, Congress, Con-gress, can cease thinking about it. The teacher who told you to be quiet will now say, "Let's Go!" You, the voter, may want it so. No one knows. We have no way of finding out whether or not you .otp ETAO ETA TA TA HR like the Constitution, and the (Continued on Page Two) Fill Out and Send In This Ballot Supreme Court Poll Editor: Evening Herald, Provo, Utah President Roosevelt has asked Congress to pass a law providing that when a federal judge who has been a judge 10 years or more reaches the age of 70 and does not retire within six months thereafter, the president shall appoint an additional judge to his court. This law, under present conditions, would require the president to add six justices to the United States Supreme Court. My vote on .this, proposal is registered here: I am in favor of the plan NOTE: MARK IN ONLY Name Address -Iw maia o. rmw Km Opponents Leading 75-36 in The Herald Court Referendum Local proponents of President Presi-dent Roosevelt's plan to increase in-crease the number of supreme su-preme court justices from nine to 15, came to life in the second day's poll conducted here by the Herald as part of the nation-wide N. E. A. poll, to cast 36 votes. The opponents oppon-ents still held a two to one margin, however. " The count shortly after noon today stood as follows: For the plan 36 Against the plan 75 The first day's tabulation showed 11 against the plan and only one in favor of the plan. The Herald desires this poll to be impartial and for that reason, arguments for or against the president's proposal propo-sal have been published since the announcement of the poll was made a few days ago. SAN RAFAEL, Cal., Feb. 18 l'.R A fire in a cabin in Forest Knolls, summer settlment 12 miles northwest of San Rafael, burned to death a man and a woman today. I am against the plan j ONE SQUARE, ABOVE G. P. PARKER SUCCUMBS If!! LONG BEACI Former Attorney Gener al, Judge, Dies rrom Heart Trouble Death claimed Judge George P. Parker, 51, former ProVo district judge and attorney general, Wednesday afternoon after-noon in Long Beach, &sA., fol lowing a lingering heart illness ill-ness of more than a year. I Judge Parker was a resident resi-dent of Provo from 1911, when h graduated from the University Michigan law school, until 192 when he was elected attorney ge& erai. since tnat tim tYu fmi naa lived fn Salt Lake City un ne went to California for h health a short time ago. uian Jounty Native - George Proctor Parlfpr xxra m born in American Fork, March 27, 1885, a son of Thomas B. and Elizabeth Eli-zabeth Proctor Parker, pioneers of that community. He was reared on a farm and attended th leva I schools there until he entered the Brigham Younr ating in 1906. " 6 He married Nellie vo on June 12. 1007 in , LUC OtllL Lake temple. They lived for two ye3 in Alberta, Canada, and in 1909 he entered the law school at ino1" Michi?an. graduating in 1911. He immoHiatoi,, . . tO PrOVO tn haWn it law iio praciice of law. He wns iit-r ,.. , CCan,Fork- some time A """"ley ior a law partner of Coneress-mancJonW-Robinson. He w at (Continued on Page Two) NARCOnCRING IN S. L. SCHOOL 18S(rpLpA,KE CITY' Utah- Fe-LpaHaS Fe-LpaHaS r 5 g,OU8 and educationai leaders today joined law-enforce- pTmlif" in a determined campaign to stamp out an alleged done traffir Hno- "Z? - ,-Salt Lake Citv hi&h schools. Officers yesterday announced the arrest of Bob Bogden, 19-year-old West Hierh school student and Pete Hernandez, 56, whom pol;ce believe is the leader of the alleged ring. Young Bogden. police reported admitted selling marihuana to West Side High students, after officers found a quantity of the drug in his high school locker. "I have quite a number of customers custom-ers here," police quoted Bogden as saying. Dr. Frank Ely Madden, president presi-dent of the Salt Lake Ministerial association and pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, said his association had been considering consider-ing the problem for some time and had discussed it at previous meetings. Educators were stunned by the revelation that narcotics were being be-ing distributed in their schools. Mildenhall to Be Rotary Speaker Acquaintance and fellowship in Rotary will be discussed by W. L. Mildenhall at the club luncheon Friday at 12:15 p. m., in Hotel Roberts. Lee Kenner will tell of advantages advan-tages derived from membership in Rotary, and Chris Larson will speak on education to new members. Gay Colors Characterize Milady's Spring Apparel Herald Reporter Makes Tour of Provo's Many Fashionable Ladies' Shops By ETHEL RAMBEAU What a splash of color for early spring wear! Not loud nor outlandish, but gay and feminine to the last tiny button or bow. And what a relief re-lief too, to be able with the first peek of Ole Sol, to come forth in something new and bright after months of wearing subdued models. The old saying that "never before have more attractive costumes cos-tumes been shown" still holds good, and is true too, because while we've been wearing our blacks, browns and knits, the designers de-signers have been creating bits of loveliness and smartness for us to don with the approach of spring. Outfits so distinctly dif f Mourned HO .-.-Jit-:- :..-...-!. . vi v, JUDGE GEORGE P. PARKER Trial Postponed After Prisoner Makes Get-Away Still missing Thursday is Stan ley Beuter, 27, who escaped from district court hearings late Wednesday afternoon in the citv and county building. Beuter. so called "problem child," was being tried on charges of forgery in District Judge Abe. W. Turners court prior to the escape. After selection of a jury Judee Turner ordered a recess to allow time for Deputy Sheriff J. P. Gourley, first witness in the case; to appear. Charles Mitchell, civil deputy in Sheriff E. G. Durnell's office, fwas in charee 1 of' -theorisoner. The getaway occurred while Mitchell was taking Beuter from the third-floor court room to the second floor. He stated that he allowed the prisoner to walk behind be-hind rather than ahead of him. As the two went down the hall to the dual stairway leading to the second floor, Beuter, according accord-ing to Mitchell, apparently tiptoed tip-toed to the opposite stairs and fled. Mitchell noticed the disappearance dis-appearance when he turned to say a few words to the prisoner. Local police and deputy sheriffs immediately began combing the city for the escaped after a search of city and county building proved fruitless. Police agencies throughout through-out Utah are on the watch for Beuter. Beuter's escape only served to add to a long line of criminal events which gained for him his title of "problem child." Paroled four times since by the state board of pardons, Beuter according accord-ing to police records was first arrested October 22, 1926. He was last paroled from Utah prison in April, 1936, but was arrested (Continued on Page Two) Attorney to Be Lions Speaker The speaker at the Lion's club meeting Thursday will be Carlos J. Badger, attorney of Salt Lake City. The meeting will be at 7 p m. at the Hotel Roberts, according to Dr. W. Woolf, chairman chair-man of the Lion's education committee, com-mittee, who is in charge of the meeting. Attorney Badger's subject will be "Legislation As It Pertains to Americanization." He is a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce which is sponsoring Americanization Week in this state, February 12 to 22. Appropriate musical numbers will be offered. ferent they'll take your breatfe away. There's a fashion show waiting for you in every Provo shop where milady's wants are featured. Visit them, as did your reporter, and you will be shown an 'array of suits, coats, dresses, shoes, hats, gloves, purses, evening gowns, flowers, hankies and all the do-dads do-dads that "just make" that wardrobe. ward-robe. Lovely Dreese Even tho' the spring chill calls for. a cost or suit, you just can't keep ffm first "taking in" the dresses.. Have you ever seen such beautiful silk crepe prints ? No. nor have we. Notice the dainty bouquet types, with the typical old-fashioned bouquet trim at the V. tv 1 j UTAH STAKE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD Primary, Sunday School Conventions to be Held In Connection Quarterly conference of the Utah L. D. S. stake, to gether with Primary associ ation and bunday school auxiliary conventions, will be held in Provo Saturday and Sunday, according to an announcement an-nouncement b y President Thomas N. Taylor. Under the plan of joint conference confer-ence and auxiliary convention in vogue at this session, the general conference session will be held in the stake tabernacle Sunday, beginning be-ginning at 10 a. m. The general authorities of the church will be presented to the congregation at this session. The Sunday afternoon meeting, beginning at 2 p. m., will be a joint Primary-Sunday school session, ses-sion, devoted to topics relating to those organizations. The Sunday night meeting will be turned over by the Mutual Improvement association to a Boy Scout court of honor session with Rulon Van Wagenen, chairman chair-man of the committee on advancement, advance-ment, in charge. The Primary convention will be held Saturday at the Fourth L.-D. L.-D. S. ward. Sunday school stake board workers will meet with the general board visitors, members of the stake presidency, high council, coun-cil, bishoprics and ward superintendences superin-tendences at 9 a. m., Sunday in the vestry of the stake tabernacle. This meeting win conclude before be-fore lfr a. m. The same group will reconvene at 1 p. m., in the same place, meeting for 45 minutes. The Primary association convention con-vention will commence with a stake board meeting Saturday at (Continued on Page Two) MOVE THE BALL PARK " Say Bill, I hear there is a lot of sentiment in favor of moving the ball park to the fair grounds," said the customer to Bill the Barber. "I've been hearing about that too," said Bill. "I think it would be a fine thing for the city." "It sure would," said the customer. cus-tomer. "That high board fence looks like a bull pen and is an eye-sore to the whole town." "That will make a beautiful park," said Bill. "With the fence taken away and the bleachers moved to the fair grounds it will make that end of town look like a million dollars. As it is the ball park is a detriment to the neighborhood. With all the noise that goes with baseball, and all the dust that goes with traffic that part of town is not a desirable desir-able place to live." "Let's everybody get behind the movement," said the customer. "O. K." answered Bill. throat or waistline. And, incidentally, inci-dentally, the neck-line is still high, so consequently, costume jewelry is practically "out." Splash prints are good, then there are the applique or hit-and-miss prints. One especially attractive at-tractive number is a design featuring feat-uring a Venetian scene, with gondolas gon-dolas gliding lazily down-stream, and another, pictures tumblers, dances, Mexican hats, and all sorts of novelties. Navy, black and brown form the backgrounds and just about every other color is worked into the design. Swing skirts, a majority of them pleated, are taking; the lead, and they are from 12 to 15 inches off the floor. This change in skirt length is also true with the suits and coats. Extra Values in the Herald Today Today, in addition to Its many regular, fine daily features, The Herald is full of exceptional values offered by most of Provo's leading retail merchants. You will find it PROFITABLE PROFIT-ABLE to read every ad in the Herald today, for advertisers adver-tisers are bringing to the readers unusual buys that may not be duplicated, if prices go up. Read the ads thoroughly it will pay you! Plans Made For Deer Creek Uote Ready to call an immediate vote on the Deer Creek project subscription sub-scription as soon as contracts arrive ar-rive is the Provo Metropolitan Water district. This decision was announced following a meeting of board members Wednesday night in city and county building. It was reported, re-ported, however, that date of an election on the project subscription subscrip-tion would probably be two or three weeks after the ordinance is ratified by the board, because of legal requirements. The subscription contract referred refer-red to must be approved by national na-tional governmental authorities in Washington, D. C, before it can be acted upon by local authorities. authori-ties. This step is now awaiting completion. The subscription contract provides pro-vides the terms under which the individuals may subscribe to water wa-ter in the Deer Creek project. Individual In-dividual subscription will be made in Provo's case, through the authorization by the people of the Provo Metropolitan Water district dis-trict to subscribe for them to an estimated amount of water in the project. Minor routine matters incident to passage of the subscription contract were reported completed at the meeting Wednesday night. Bulk of the discussion centered on the subscription ordinance, to be passed by the board as quickly as the subscription contracts are returned. The oEdinance sets date of the city election to determine whether and how much water Provo citizens wish. JOHNSON TELLS OF PRESIDENTS Kiwanian Allan D. Johnson spoke on the lives and accomplishments accomplish-ments of Lincoln and Washington at the regular meeting of Kiwanis club Thursday. In speaking of Washington, Mr. Johnson repeated the words of Lincoln, "Washington's is the mightiest name on earth long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun, or glory to the name of Washington, Wash-ington, is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe we pronounce the name, and in its naked deathless splendor leave it shining on." Mr. Johnson stated, in tracing the career of Lincoln, that although al-though his desire to free the slaves was great, he was more desirous of preserving the nation. Jesse Haws, manager of the Intermountain Realty company, was introduced by Claude S. Ash-worth Ash-worth as a new member of the club. The club decided to endorse the senate bill No. 78 providing for appropriation of funds for the purpose of vocational education in high schools. Charles D. Sessions was the chairman of the meeting. Puffy, short sleeves are good, and there is considerable smocking smock-ing as a trim. Also, ties, sashes and plenty of buttons are seen. Blue wool jackets, some double breasted and others flaring, are added to a number of the prints to form a street outfit. Gorgeous Frocks There are some taffeta frocks, and not all are prints. Oh no, there are lovely black crepes with georgette and lace trim, or bright colored belt and neck adornments of braided crepe. There are any number of nets, with huge embroidery em-broidery designs; and something very feminine, are the marquisette marquis-ette over print types. Boleros are especially fashionable, some (Continued on Page Four) 1 35 SIGNERS ASK REPEAL OF ORDINANCE Unfair Imoosition of Ta On Business Charged By Delegation Merchant licensing problems prob-lems , occasioned by the revised re-vised city ordinance, were in the limelight this morning as city commissioners and chamber cham-ber of commerce merchant representatives met on the problem. Outcome of the discussion was an agreement to submit the difficulty dif-ficulty again to the joint consideration consid-eration of Maurice Harding, city leeal adviser, and members of the retail merchants committee for further action. Petitions Filed Clayton Jenkins, John O. Bees-ley. Bees-ley. Paul Vincent, Ed. Shriver, and Gene Hansen met with the commission. Signatures of 135 petitioners were presented on 10 oetitions to the city officials, asking ask-ing that change be made m the Under terms of an ordinance approved ap-proved by the city officers, merchants mer-chants would be assessed a license levy based on one-tenth of one per cent of annual gross sales. Previously Prev-iously assessment was based on a stock inventory base. Ask Reoeal In their petitions, the merchants mer-chants requested repeal of the January 1 ordinance, Statins: that they were convinced the license -te of one-tenth of one per cent of annual gross sales is "excessive "exces-sive and that it should be substan tially reduced. i ta mm a A X fc . . taxes which we are required to pay, and the many old ones, makes a tax burden that is impossible to meet," the auto dealers and auto accessory store signers petitioned. (Continued on Page Two) Flynn to Lecture In Tabernacle Decision has been made to transfer John T. Flynn's lecture, Monday night, with College halt at Brigham Young university to the Utah Stake tabernacle, announces an-nounces the B. Y. U. Lyceum committee. The general public will be- invited to celebrate Washington's Wash-ington's birthday as the guests of the university. Admission will be free-So free-So popular have the lyceura lectures been this quarter that College hall has been entirely inadequate. in-adequate. Many students and townspeople were turned away from Carl Sandburg's lecture. It is estimated by some that as many as six hundred people were unable to hear Mr. Sandburg. Many were also turned away from the Will Durant talk. "Our concerts, lectures, and other presentations have been patronized in the last few years as never before," said Dean H. R. Clark of the lyceum committee. "Hence we feel that it is necessary neces-sary to transfer the more popular lecturers to a larger auditorium." Mr. Fiynn will give only a single sin-gle lecture, beginning at 8 p. m. Monday. Russell Named By Furniture Group Sidney W. Russell, manager of the Provo Dixon-Taylor-Russell company store, was elected a director di-rector of the newly organized Utah Furniture association. Inc. at a meeting Monday night. The new organization takes the place of the former group. L. L. Graham, Gra-ham, Salt Lake City, was elected president with Alex Eberhardt, first vice president and Clarence Nilson, second vice president with L, C. Forsey, secretary-treasurer. Other directors Sam Axelrad, Victor Day, Lorenzo Richards, Ben Novikoff, W. S. Barwick,-Fred Barwick,-Fred B. Eby and Irving C. Meyer-sahm. Meyer-sahm. Past Masters to Entertain Masons Past Masters of Story Lodge No. 4, F. & A. M. will entertain the Masons at a smoker at the. Provo Masonic Temple Saturday night. W. E. Fleetwood will be the principal speaker and refresh ments will be served. |