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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1P3J PAGE SIX " He Certainly Was a Madman ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS N. S" O HAPPENINGS TIIAT AFFECT THE DINNER PAILS, DIVIDEND Adventurers CHECKS AND TAX BILLS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL. NATION- AL AND INTERNATION- Club AL PROBLEMS INSEPARABLE FROM LOCAL WELFARE. No Issue since the World War has brought such a deluge of debate, argument and bitterly opposed controversy as the President's Judicial reinorganization proposal which, to all the would give and tents purposes, Executive Branch control over the Judicial Branch to an unprecedented extent Publicists have written article after article upon various phases of the question. Public men save for that group which hesitates to say "yea." of "nay" to anything until it has decided which side has the tide of public sentiment in its favor have come out with their opinions. The "letters from readers" sections of the big newspapers are cramed day after day with conflicting views of the "average citizen." The President's action has brought d and into the limelight a fundaold concerning question very mental governmental theory. There are two kinds of democracies in the world. One, such as the United States, has a written constitution by which the Legislative Branch must abide or be reversed by the courts. The other kind of democracy is best exemplified by England which has no written constitution. It has instead what might be termed a "fluid it can be changed at will Parliament Jn England the courts by simply interpret legislative acts they them. cannot over-rul- e Those who support the President's proposal, or some other plan which would substantially change the role of the Judiciary In our life, are of the opinion that the courts, and especially the Supreme Court, act as a barrier to progressive legislation. All this controversy has naturally led to the widespread belief that the Supreme Court has negated acts of Congress on many occasions. But rather surprising are the facts concerning this as presented in a recent article in the United States News. Since 1789, Congress has enacted 24,602 laws. Of that number, precisely 73 have been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. And of those 73, only 16 concerned bills of 'national economic or social significance. ; . First major decision of the court holding a Congressional act illegal was the famed Dred Scott decision in 1857. This decision said that a slave was property and that he could be brought back from a "free' state to the slave state from which he had es- many-facete- con-situtio- n" 7 Good Lighting Essen. went back the first few seconds of the struggle, Louise's thoughts tial To Good Sight into the came first when he talked had man the over the strange way MAD-MAGood eyes mean good sieht , There wasn't a doubt In her mind now that HE WAS A wua on was bent murder, he still less did she doubt that good sight depends upon weu L, ced lighting facilities just as her free right hand she was struggling to thrust him sway from Inch by inch he wis puslunr tive organs demand well b&hZ her, but the man was too strong. room. of the corner Into s over her diets, says Mrs. Effie S. The pain in her leg was agonizing. The maniac's hand, clamped tension economist of theBarrowsStT" Utah tightly over her mouth, was shutting off her breath. Extension Service in lecturine !? her free with out was wildly Louise lashing Now, frantic with fear, proper home lighting. at the fellow's face. right hand, slapping, punching and clawing Glare and gloom seem to be th. Fingernails Were Good Weapons. evils of artificial light v principle she the "My in says. had effort," I of bit strength "I put every chance Barrows said. Bare lamp bulbg I not be faced with ease and comS? iingernails were the Lest weapon I had, and used them every 1 for they cause glare which off, but on were him, S"It was too dark to see what effect they having the eyes, interferes with vision an once I am sure I almost tore off one of his ears and. another time I excites nerves. Causes of giare flesh the to me that seems wrenched at one corner of his mouth until it A Lroke. Death's Handicap By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter a tale of a terrible adventure that came on top of a handicap. Lots of lads and lassies have comAdventure that plained caught them unawares, but Louise Nichoof a better one than that. For Adventure tell las Boston, can not only by surprise, but with a plaster cast on her caught her leg that ran from hip to toe. HERE'S And can you imagine a more awkward costume than that in which to fight a life and death battle with the Fates? In 1934, Louise was having a pretty tough time of it. She had a rooming house business and she bad a broken knee. Between the two of them she had all the work and trouble she could handle. Also, she had a cat, but the cat wasn't any trouble at all. In fact, a cat can be quite a help at times, as we shall see later on In the story. Neat Locking Man Wanted a Room It was the eighth clear evening. The door bell rang and Louise, who could walk a little in her plaster cast, rose awkwardly from her chair and hobbled to the door. Outside was a neat looking middle aged man who said he wanted to rent a room. Louise's helper had gone home a short time before. The other roomers were all out. Louise, with her broken knee, couldn't climb the 6tairs to show him her vacant room, but she gave him the key, told him where it was, and said he could go up and look at it himself. The man came down again in a few minutes, said he liked the room and went into the parlor to register. In the parlor, the man sat down. He reached into his pocket for the money to pay the rent, and at the same time began talking about how hard he had worked all day and how tired be was. His remarks sounded a bit strange to Louise. Attacked in the Dark Room. His sentences were wandering and disconnected, and he told her details of his work that no stranger would be interested in. She turned to her desk to get the register book, and as she did the light went out! The room was pitch dark. Louise thought the bulb had burned out. She said: "I must go and get a new bulb," and started for the door. As she walked toward it she heard quick footsteps slithering through the dark. By the time she reached it, the stranger was in front of the door barring her way and two strong bands were reaching out TO GRASP HER BY THE THROAT! Instinctively, Louise started to scream. Almost before the sound Was out of her mouth one of the stranger's hands was clamped across her face. With the other arm he caught her left hand. Then, with only her right hand free with her knee broken and her movements hampered by the weight of a huge plaster cast, Louise began fighting for her life. of August and a cool, caped. The slavery amendment following the Civil War represented ordered constitutional procedure to change a condition that was repugnant to the people. The next decision occured in 1870, when the Court decided that greenbacks printed during the Civil War J were not legal tender for debts contracted prior to their issuance. This decision was afterwards reversed by the Court itself when it was enlarged from seven to nine justices. The Congress passed the first income tax law and the Court held it unconstitutional. Again the people "Blood was running profusely from his face. I could feel it, and once he took his hand away from my mouth long enough to get out a handkerchief and wipe it away. minutes or more. I was "By that time we had been fighting for ten breathe couldn't get a utterly worn out. I couldn't see couldn't ound to come out of my mouth, and every move I made to resist the murderous attack seemed as if it must be the last one I was poorly directed light, poorly shaded. Eye defects are common and poor home stranger's lighting must be blamed for . share of the, trouble. Recent good "I was sure it was the end. The one thing I was afraid of was that studies have proved that 20 out of if I was killed my husband might be blamed for it, and he, poor fellow, every 100 school children have defec. was out at work at the time. tive eyes; that 40 out of iqq "That thought kept me struggling long after I had given up hope-- college students have eye every troubles-thaLONGER." ANY FIGHT At last, though, I knew I COULDN'T 60 out of every 100 adults a How Pussy Saved Her Mistress thus handicapped and that 95 out of " And then, just as Louise was ready to give up, the parlor door every 100 individuals 60 years of age and or older fall in the defective eye class. swung slowly open. A narrow streak of light shot in from the hall, wmuuw me OH a was snot like he saw that madman when the inrougn People in trades and profession nnA nt nt fVio etrpft at A rim. the following percentages of eye show RresthlK?. xhaiisted. Louise stood watching the opening door. It defects: farmers, 10 per cent; carpen. CAT! THE walked and in opened three or four inches, then stopped 30 cent; ters, per machinists, printers rali7A rtni han aa that- it was nast the cat's meal time. and those w uiv uiu similiar doing work, 50 per didn t door of the parlor Puss had become tired of waiting. The latch housewives and students, 70 per cent; but done had often as putting before, it cat had the and opened it, catch, cent; and draftsmen and its fore paws against it and giving a push. 90 per cent. If these defects Exhausted as she was, Louise hobbled out into the street to see If to were be shown in physicial injuvanished had he but there was any chance of capturing the madman, ries more than half of the people would in the crowded street. For a week afterward, her husband sat up half the night, thinking limp and many would be on crutches the man might come back for his hat and coat which he had left behind. and in wheelchairs. Such a sight would be convincing argument against But he never returned, and Louise never saw or heard of him again. the cost of neglect and ignorance. bank meththe ke law, the AAA, municipal adopted ordered constitutional ods to remedy matters and the 16th ruptcy act, the Guf fey Coal Act and, the meantime, the judicial issue win be thoroughly aired and it is the coAmendment, specifically authorizing! above all, the NRA. the income tax, resulted. Furthermore, the Court will pass on nsidered feeling of observers represenThereafter, up until the presesn Ad- a number of other New Deal laws dur ting all shades of opinion, that it is as ministration, the Court held unconsti- ing 1937, and legal opinion generally important an issue as has ever aholds that the decisions will be most- ppeared in the history of the United tutional a few other important laws one fixing minimum wages for women ly unfavorable. States. Sources close to the White House Immediate effect of the judicial remployed in industry, two dealing with child labor, etc. In the first 144 say that the President has been con- eorganization message was felt by iyears of the Republic eight such de- sidering various measures for limit- ndustry. Says Business Week: "The cisions were handed down. ing the power of the Supreme Court President's message for revamping the Then came the New Deal and the or changing its membership ever since Supreme Court fell like a bombshell part played by the Court became sud- the NRA decision. The proposed bill on the business community, reviving denly more important. In the last is the upshot of his deliberations, and fears of new forms of industrial and four years, the Court has outlawed it came as a surprise to many of his agricultural control." Even so, secueight major acts of the Roosevelt associates and to most of the Demo- rities, after a brief recession, continued advance. 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