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Show THE Thursday, August 10, 1939 PAGE THREE NKl'HI. UTAH TIMES-NEW- Britain's First 'War Babies" En Route to Camp Bruckart's Washington Digest Farm Topics Lewis' Violent Blast at Garner Wrecks Influence as Labor Leader Resentment Spreads Quickly and Things Begin to Happen; Reaction in House Labor Committee Starts; Strengthens Vice President's Political Position. By WILLIAM BRUCKART WNU Service, National Press Bids., Washington, D. WASHINGTON. There have been so many instances in history where one act or one expression, or one omission, has changed the course ot events that it is necessary here to make mention only that such things Everyone has seen them. In only a few instances, however, have those on the scene been able to make a guess as to the consequences. On the other hand, a number can be recalled which obviously were going to raise cain from the start. It is one of the latter type about which I write happen. now. When John L. Lewis burst forth with angry violence and referred to Vice President Garner as "a labo- r-baiting, whiskey-drinkin- poker-playin- g, old man," he wrote "finis" for his long career as a labor leader. Even with his ability to shake his bushy hair and wrinkle his beetled eyebrows and evolve the most biting of all language into a description of his enemies, even with this capacity and a million or so workers paying him dues, John Lewis is through as a political influence in behalf of organized labor. It is not meant here that Lewis will not continue to shout and tear his hair and accuse everyone of being unfair to organized labor; he still has his vicious tongue, and he is still president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. As long as he has that title he can go places and make speeches and drive home threats and yell "bloody murder," and, of course, he will get newspapers to print his statements. What I am saying is, however, that Lewis has created such resentment around the capitol building as seldom has been seen, and instead of having weasel congressmen obey his dictates, their greetings to him hereafter are likely to be of the thumb-to-nos- e variety. taken a resolution condemning Lew-I- s and expressing the "deep resentment and indignation" at his "bitter, personal attack" upon the vice president. There was talk around the house and senate later about a proposition to bar Lewis from any further appearance before congressional committee hearings but that faded away. Nevertheless, my guess at this stage is that if and when Lewis does appear before any congressional committee again, he will be subjected to a grilling that will tan him to a deep brown. Now, thus far, this column has dealt only with Lewis. There is more. Wherever politicians gathered around Washington during the week following the intemperate action by Lewis, one could not fail to hear conjecture as to its effect upon the movement to make the vice president the Democratic presidential nominee next year. The feeling was almost unanimous that "Cactus Jack" could have had no better break, politically. That is to say, an attack by Lewis, who led the sit- down strikers and who has been tied in like a hand in a glove with certain of the radical elements, could not fail to swerve voting support behind Garner. Most of the politicians know now that the C. I. O. is a crumbling and disintegrating mass of badly led workers. Throughout the rural areas and in the small towns, he has hurt the cause of union labor beyond compare. Reaction Comes Quickly In House Labor Committee As an illustration of how these things react, mention may be made that immediately after the Lewis eruption of political lava, the house labor committee decided to go forward with legislation amending the federal wages and hours law amendments to which Lewis was violently opposed. True, there was no member of the committee had n the guts to give Lewis a in the hearing, but they did vote to send the legislation to the floor for debate and, in effect, tell Lewis to take his marbles and go home. It was the second time that Lewis has pulled stupid boners, actions so dumb that they seem inexplainable when they come from a man who has had the build-ugiven Lewis as a labor leader and politician. It will be recalled how. a year ago, Lewis walked into the office of Speaker Bankhead of the house, and announced what the house must do about some labor legislation. Mr. Bankhead, a thoroughly Democrat from the deep South, fixed things right up for the labor leader to make sure that Lewis would lose out. One would think that Lewis would have learned his lesson from the dictatorial arrogance he displayed on that occasion, but he came back for more. Perhaps, the circumstances of the Lewis statement should be related to give a clear picture of the consequences that seem certain to flow from his personal attack on Mr. Garner. The house committee invited Lewis to appear as a witness to give the C. I. O. views on tfie amendments that were proposed. Lewis spent a few minutes in discussing the text of the amendments and then launched into a sour-pu- s tirade about the Democratic party. He asserted that the party, after having accepted labor's gifts C. I. O. having supported President Roosevelt with money and men in bfth presidential campaigns had now turned out as a traitor. He argued that he never had looked for help from most of the Republicans but had believed the Democrats would stick by him and his workers. , But through the last year or more, in someone however, Lewis found the Democratic party who was "searching for the heart of labor" and that individual, he shouted in anger, is "a labor-baitinwhiskey drinking, evil old man, named Garner." The vice president was the "genesis of a great campaign against labor, so Lewis declared. call-dow- p level-heade- dues-payin- d g red-face- d poker-playin- News Travels Rapidly and Then Things Begin to Happen Well, I have witnessed fast traveling of news around the halls of the Capitol many times, but I never have known word to get from office to office and to the far comers of every building any faster than the statement. And things be- twis C. gan to happen Before the afternoon was over, the T' xas delegation had met and had MILK STILL RATES AS PERFECT FOOD iff lw'! i lis, By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN In the last quarter century the field of nutrition has advanced more than in all the previous centuries of Called to service by an arming Britain, these soldiers part of 30.000 young men between 18 and 21 years ef age gaily walk into London's Waterloo railroad station, bound for their various camps and barracks. They form the vanguard of 200,000 conscripted militiamen who were babies shortly after the World war ended, and are an integral part of Britain's preparedness campaign. Factions of Democratic Party Split Further Asunder The influence of the Lewis statement does not stop there, however, for there is a definite cleavage in the ranks of the majority party already. It is to Joe remembered in Nine-Yea- I READY FORI nW i j ; Ni-- V M LLIU A 1 I ! ' ' A VakJMmw ll W j F'WS VbJX. - 1 lA? Ww " f ,K4-lMl:- T'WO ' V I j !V STANCE FOOT SPREAD - f IT POWERFUL WRISTS! are preparing to clear the decks for another .400 hitter the first since 1930, when Bill .401 for Giants. If he continues at his present clip, Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees the hit Terry will enter the exclusive company of such stars as Rogers Hornsby, Nap Lajoie, Ty Cobb and others. Here Is how he does it: Left: Waiting for the throw. Center: His stance with feet 24 inches apart and just the correct distance from the plate. Pictured at the top right are his keen eyes which follow the ball to the plate. The major leagues this connection that the backbone Bottom: His grip on the bat. of the Democratic party has been the "solid South." The South, genSaw erally speaking, has clung to conservative ways and modes of living and has maintained traditions which have served its people well. That viewpoint is quite contrary to the New Deal and to the President's advisors of this month. Nor have the President's advisors enjoyed the knowledge that a lot of Mr. Garner's friends have been pushing him very hard for the party nomination in 1940. Naturally, these folks around the White House are the leaders in the plan to have President Roosethird velt seek a precedent-breakinterm. They do not like to see a man become too popular or who might offer real resistance to a Roosevelt nomination. From these facts, it becomes more or less obvious that the Lewis attack on Mr. Garner constitutes something of a bombshell in splitting the two factions of the Democratic party further asunder. With the Lewis record of support of everything new dcalish, it cn not fail to convince voters of the brand of Garner democracy. There is still a further phase or sphere of influence to be mentioned. Mr. Garner has long been known as a conservative Democrat and he has . long been powerful in the councils of his party. To enter upon an assumpGilbert Wright, son of Novelist Harold Bell Wright, demonstrates how tion, then, that he may be the Demosound can be transmitted through vocal chords by use of "talking cratic nominee next year, where sound," which he has Invented. Two "buzzers," the size of head-se- t redoes that leave the Republicans? Receivers, are held on both sides of the neck of Mrs. Wright. As Mr. Wright publican leadership has been steersaws through the board, the sound is picked up by a microphone and ing to the right, to the conservative vibrates the vocal chords in his wife's throat. In this demonstration the side, as far as they have shown tone was provided by the sawing, and Mrs. Wright formed the words their hand. The question to be asked without ottering them. The invention is based on the two fundamentals after that statement is. where does of speech, the tone created by the vocal chords and the movements of that leave the New Dealers? teeth, tongue and lips. Lewis Does More Harm to Labor Than Any Other Man One could follow these questions on down into the state political situations and a merry time would be had by all. I have no guess as to which way the thing will come out Probably Mr. Garner will not be the Democratic nominee at all. But these conjectures I have been making have been thrown more as proof of the assertion that Lewis demon strated his lack of political ability than for any other reason. And In making that statement, I still entertain a belief that Lewis has done more harm to organized labor's cause than any other one man In America. One has only to realize that the Lewis prestige already was on the down grade. The leadership he has been exerting has been shown In its true colors. When these are coupled with the fact that he stooped to make the personal life of a national figure the subject of his remarks, some think he started the machin cry to drive himself Into oblivion. I have known Mr. Garner many years. I believe there can be no auetinn about his Integrity. His ability long ha been recognized. If, then, by any chance, Mr. Garner should be the Democratic nominee, where does that leave John L. Lew Is? From this rail fence, it appears that Lewis has led his faction of union workers into another blind alley (Rrleasrd bi Western Npapr Union People always laugh at the fool things you try to do until they dis- cover that you are making money at it. Tradition should be treated with respect. It is often worth following. We Average Humans We sadly contemplate our bad habits, and then reconcile ourselves to them. There would be but few mysteries in this world if people looked into everything as closely as a woman looks into a mirror. Life First Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues. Phillips Brooks. Farmers Should Study Tractor Operating Cost An example will help to make mold- this point clear. A board plow at a certain depth will have a draft of 600 pounds. A one way plow 14 inches wide would repull of about 250 pounds, quire harwhile that width of spike-tootrow has a draft of only slightly more than 50 pounds. Such a variation is true of all field implements and to load a tractor of a certain size economically, the operator must know the approx imate draft of each tool. Tractor engineers and farm man agement experts agree that each tractor owner should make a study of his machine to determine what will be an economical load, and then eliminate as much as possible the application of hitches with lower draft requirements. Manufacturers of tractors can furnish approximate figures on draft for each machine. j 'yzwM r , "m ii w Farm Facts With a radio ownership of 69 per cent, farm families trail city cou sins by 13 per cent, but farmers listen more, a recent survey of 14,000 t ri MM r niim i J H mn,.,.ii4i ' ;-- i n,J slower than the average of the 15 other brands of the largest-sellin- g tested slower than any of them CAMELS give smokers the equivalent of V )J J BACK j fff) , .JSP' ' ' v,!'' a 1'S11 Four track stars completed their "run across the Atlantic" recently In weather like this, there's nothwben their ship dorkrd In New York harbor. Embarking at Southampton, like comfortable clothing and a In the of liner the ing around deck the relays during England, they sprinted drink, according to Harris Noel to Griffin, cooling Kenneth George Left entire crossing. Baily, rights Diane Allen of Forest hand from which holds torch the passed they and Douglas Brady. 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Recent impartial laboratory comparisons of brands show: 16 of the largest-sellin- YES, CAMELS were found to contain MORE TOBACCO BY Vi EIGHT than the average for the 15 other of 1 the largest-sellin- brands. g BURNED SLOXTER THAN ANY OTHER BRAND SLOWER THAN TESTED -- 25 THE AVERAGE TIME OF THE 15 OTHER OF THE LARGEST-SELLINBRANDS 1 By burning 25T& slower, on the average, Camels give smokers the equivalent of 5 EXTRA 2 Each year about $150,000,000 worth of fuel comes from farm woodlands throughout the United States. H J By burning 25 . Fm All Right Ho, Hum I' l' CIGARETTE BUX! Milk for Diet Although milk is considered by scientists as nature's "most near ly" perfect food, it can supply the I .,'.1 nutritive requirements of a mature tr? wt body for a long period of time with out other supplement. The procf of this is well illustrated in the case ot John Flaherty, a tailor in Niles, Ohio, whose diet for the past 20 Miraculously escaping death when years consisted only of milk. Mr. her car plunged 150 feet from Flaherty recently died at the ripe old age of 75 years. He began the viaduct, Mrs. Edna Burdick of Nc York suffered only a few scratches "all milk" diet in 1917 as a result in the almost unbelievable accident. of a stricture of the esophagus, The broken line Indicates the d- - which he contributed to an overdose seent of the automobile, which w of serum in inoculation during the left war. From 1917 until his death he crumpled wreck. Bottom Mrs. Burdick treated at hospital. drank only a quart of milk a day. N. :ssr K FOR PENNY rtiir DCCT h Complete Transatlantic Track Meet I PENNy h g JkL. Then They Sober Up Two factors are important in trac tor costs. One is the number of hours used, the other, economical loading. The first entails a study of the machine's varied uses, and of the possibility of increasing these uses. The latter necessitates a study of the draft requirement of different implements, and the ways and means of devising tractor mmmm ft dumb. mankind. In that advance milk has held its place as the most nearly perfect food. From the point of view of protein and of fat, of mineral salts and of vitamins, it stands supreme. True, milk is somewhat deficient in vitamin C, in vitamin D, and in iron, but these values are easily supplied and no other food gives as much as milk for the money. If there is any other highly important fact which our studies have revealed, it is that ordinarily we do not consume as much milk as we should, being led frequently by improper advice to other foods not nearly as efficient in human nutri h of the food budgtion. Yet et of the average American family is used for milk and milk products. So Important is milk for the human being that the health section of the League of Nations has recently made available a study of this product by a committee with representatives from Denmark, Holland, England, and France. It may surprise many Americans to relize that the milk supply in most foreign countries does not approximate in its general safety the average milk supply of the United States. In many countries it has been cus tomary to gloss over the unsatisfactory contents of the milk supply with the assurance that the ben efits to health resulting from increased consumption will outweigh the danger of drinking milk that is not hygienic. In this country we know that the development of a good milk supply begins back on the farm with the cows and the quality of feed given to the cows. Plunges 150 Feet, Lives 'Talking Sound' Gives Voice to A steam shovel always seems to do its work so amply. 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