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Show LEHI FREE PRESS, LEHI, UTAH son began his fight with the senate over the League of Nations. Marcus Real Story of Flood Disaster Is Found Behind the Headlines Smith, his colleague, was coming up for very shortly. Ashurst, seeing the approaching storm so clearly, and having a personal fondness for Mark Smith, went to that gentleman and advised him to A. around the national CAPITAL fty Carter Field V, -- In connection with President Roosevelt's proposed government reorganization and SuWashington. preme court changes, several senators have shrewdly recalled the origin of the "filibuster." Every one knows that when one or more senators begin talking aeainst time, normally against the passage of some measure to which they object, it is called a filibuster. But very few realize, these senators are pointing out, the origin of the use of the word in this connection. Originally the word meant precisely what it means in connection with a revolution Under cover of night, or darkness, or by creating a commotion in one place and then rushing the guns, ammunition and supplies ashore somewhere else, things were gotten through to the insurgents needing them. That's filibustering in the original, Richard Harding Davis sense. And precisely that sort of thing was called filibustering when the word was first applied to the practice of lengthy speaking against time when it grew up in the senate. For the object of the original senate filibustered was to get something through not to kill it. A senator would learn that the leaders had decided not to permit passage of his bill appropriating $500,000 for a new federal building in his home gun-runnin- town of Squeedunk. So he would take the floor, towards the close of the session, pile up his desk with ponderous tomes, and get word secretly to the leaders that he intended to talk and talk and talk, thus stopping all sorts of bills that they wanted passed. They Gave In Generally they capitulated. In several instances, back in the days when the control of the house and senate was more frequently vested in a few leaders in each house than at the other end of Pennsylvania avenue, word was sent by the senate leaders to the house leaders that the program had been changed that senator B's bill must pass the house. They knew if they could not get this from the house that bills in which both senate and house leaders were vitally interested would be talked to death by Senator A. When the practice expanded to include talking primarily to kill a measure, instead of primarily to smuggle another bill through, the word was not changed, though violence had been done to its original meaning. In the present session of congress mere are a lot 01 measures that President Roosevelt wants passed. There are also a lot of others he does not want passed, but against which he does not care to come out openly. He has provided, in the proposed Supreme court changes and government reorganization, plenty of diversion. The spotlight will be centered on these two debates. No matter what question is officially before the senate, any speech on either one of these, especially the Supreme court, will get the newspaper headlines. Which provides, the senators recalling the history of the word "filibuster" point out, an admirable situation from the White House viewpoint. For bills can be rushed through and others can be rushed Into pigeonholes without attracting nearly the attention that would otherwise be the case. Supreme Court Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona, chairman of the senate judiciary committee, is one of the explanations why the number of Supreme court justices may be increased to fifteen, as President Roos- Heroism, Suffering Are All Part of Central Vallev Saa. I,l,n,or' rnin"Sf"oi,Sae? despite the fact that this meant op- posing his President and the head of his party. Ashurst was not, at that time, coming up for election for several years. But he made a big noise about a few reservations to the treaty himself, just to be on the safe side. Sen-ato- Trade Treaties No rule has been adopted to this effect, but American manufacturers and producers interested in tariff duties can very generally relv on one point in connection with the reciprocal trade treaties to come. This is that most rates of duty will be held at the level fixed in the 1922 tariff act the Fordncy-McCum-be- r law. There will be exceptions to this, but by and large exceptions will be made only in what are palpably flagrant cases of too high duties. Any manufacturer can calculate the danger spots without inside information, for the obvious reason that no matter what he says publicly he knows privately whether the duty imposed on any commodi- t- in the Fordney-McCurnbact is considerably in excess of the difference in cost of production at home and in the foreign countries producing it. Actually this rough rule that no duties will be reduced below the 1922 level except in exceptional circumstances has never been formulated, much less approved. It is absolutely unofficial. Its existence was wondered about by some interested parties, who just happened to note how accurately it was working, and queried the State department to discover if they could rely on it in trade treaties yet to be made. What has developed is a state of mind on the part of the men negoti- ating these treaties. Always, it is insisted by the State department, before any duty is reduced in a reciprocal trade treaty, a very care- ful study of possible consequences is made especially consequences to American producers. It has gradually developed that lots of business men engaged in various productive lines after the passage of the act. Fordney-McCumb- er Little Criticism There is a strong presumption that many of them had in their minds the tariff duties fixed in the then law as a permanent protection. There is the fact also that, while this measure was bitterly fought, it seemed to have the support of a with disaster. More than a million homeless! Four or five hundred dead really more than that, it is certain! Hundreds of millions of dollars damage! Great cities threatened with disease! Food and drinking water ''But oao all programs, at a great revenue, to carrv the Lou'svilk letins. WSM m Na-i.v;'- !. Yet V.SM is V.'H.VS' t Bf H. H. Alp. Extrr-- i ,, p of Agriculture l'n,v,., WNf.Srr. Story in a Word. C;;.::tn! n bul- chief competitor. Whether the poultry ernistic or futuristic matters little to the but she does appre i; tioning in the cold v, and shows her appreci, ing on laying, Housing of Donltrv different problem from Universal NvwsreeU it! "use is mod. "s desiga Ky Rescued from their flood-iin ' he- "age ed home; the Kentucky lowlands, ' they lost r:o t.me in marrying as :Ier month, s.'on as tl ev readied dry ground :.-.l.- . in Ln'uii L.ty, ieiin. immeuiaieiy af'er the ceremony they joined oth- or hull'erers in a refugee camp. housi o 1' um. Parrot Speaks His Mind. .0 ftrnrumt . Flood victims were the favored heat developed bv the L ids io . guests ol their more lortunaie signincani irom ttie standpoints o; toil til. iitucicia iuum ici JJ r dlUTeS uiatiMiaii.in6 wnvwn worn nrsi ciass iiuuamg lacinties are hea on u aina ciiiiviii di me iiiuuna- nit: ntns With Dlpnt '.n pons Ltlllllliai lioiil iiic iiuuu aica ui ncaii ail auu ai l::e Same tirrt were forced to carry their own bags, protect them against extremely lo "Red caps" fought to carry the temperatures, baggage of refugees in the coaches. Nearly every flock ownenhas even though they knew there was egg production drop oil after a I hardly a chance for a tip. Refugees Vere cold spell. On the othrhanrf had precious little baggage to car- - experimental evidence ind'ea ry. however. heated houses with temperature, The type of hand packages being 60 degrees Fahrenheit adverviv , u i i. (nrnon hv thp ppmpa romps uns in- - i me iieaiin, oouy 'v eight Mi dicated by the piles of belongings egg-siz- e of the birds. iouna cciween me rows 01 some In prevent'-- -; slumtis in eg pro. C.iii)'.) cots in the Louisville armory, where telugoc; had spent the night. duction following' cold spells, the use n an average Mixrd in with a pile of sodden blank- of heat to mai' t 40 to 50 of al degrees ets were a broken doll, a kitchen Fahrenheit has been fonvA effective. pan and a parrot m a badly bent For flock owners, temporary cage speaking slightly warped lan- heat many cold periods can be during were guage. Refugees wearily provided by the use of brooder searching lor their own belongings stoves or some other common type while trucks waited outside to carry them to places of greater safety. of room heater. The kind of heating urrt used will You can't think of everything in an emergency like flood. Red Cross vary with the availability and price workers who were caring for rc ru- of fuel. In the event of a cheap pees brought to Columbes from source of fuel, regular heatms unit's Portsmouth believed they had re- might well be installed. ?uch as hot T !1 i. 1 Heroism was not to: fined to the running short! saving of human life. Rescue crews indeed, are these often risked their own lives to save headlines. But they are too general dogs, cats and other animals who were floating on debris. One man in a rowboat lost his oars in rescuing a dog from a floating crate. A little while later, the dog. apparently disgusted with an oarsman who couldn't hang onto his oars, leaped out of the boat and swam ashore. Some animals did not fare so well. Those in the Cincinnati zoo were starving until the Detroit zoological park sent two tons of horse meat. All other meat had to be reserved for human beings. Humanity is for the most part generous at heart. When the Red r Cross made it known that $10,000,000 "4 was needed at once, the response 4 V was quick ami sympathetic. Even those who were caueht in the catastrophe wanted to help. One young mother, poorly clothed, said in a 3 shelter house at Sharpsburg, Pa., ' .wJwWs yarif. iMrffr "I wish I hud something to give Dog's life saved at Pomeroy, Ohio, those poor people. I know what it's (Photo CupyrifTht ITniveisal Newsreel) like. Last year the nice dining room got for a wedding gift to do justice to the spectacle. The furniture way to understand what they really got smashed to bits. Just little meant is to have been in the flood pieces it was when I went home." zone, or in the adjacent areas where They're Not All Generous. the refugees have been lushed to One little girl, obviously from an safety. There in the countless indi-- ! impoverished family, stopped at a vidual cases which may be seen relief station and laid a first-hanare stories of pathos, sufwater loaf of home-mad- e laid in the lloor or hur.e bread on membered necessary. on one pipes of the fering, humor, selfishness, generos-- : t' e on or. "Mania sent it." she Then it was everything walls. d:scovered that thev ity and heroism that no statistics If is to heat bo use d profitably "' I II could measure. in poultry houses it is necessary Heroism? Everybody was a hero that it be low in cost of operation down there. Heroes were a nickel and not represent a b '; investment. apiece, and most of them are nameTo consider it more th.a'i a possible fr Awe-inspirin- 1 uto ..'"J ic-c- 1 d F-- less. Policeman Saves 300. They are of many kinds. Picking a few out of the hat: There is the parachute jumper who was determined to rush badly needed medical serums, food and lamps to Paducah, Ky., one of the cities hardest hit. Leaving Louisville he planned to drop the food if possible where the marooned might reach it, then to carry the serum down by parachute. He got it there. Nobody remembers who the Louisville policeman was who kept 300 women and "children marooned in a school from going hungry. He s swam of a mile waters to seek asthrough sistance. At the end of his swim he had to break into a store, climb up some shelves and struggle with d a telephone. Rescuers rowed like fury to remove three exnectant mothers who were marooned in the same place. Their batting average was only .637, for only two of the women reached the hospital in time. The third gave birth to a son in a rowboat tossing on the angry waves. Throughout the emergency period the short wave radio operators were heroes. When all other means of communication failed they often "came through." In one instance they were credited with saving the lives of 400 in a single spot. The victims were marooned on the second floor of a California (Ohio) supplementary aid in nter eggs is a mistake. Putting on lights will usmake the most stubborn flock lay. However, this is not rand ecommended except for well-febirds. All the light there is will not make a hen lay an egg if she does not have the proper feed from which to manufacture the egg, asserts an authority in Hoard's Ua ryman. The easiest way to light a chicken house is to hang a i5 watt bulb about 12 inches above the mash hopper, turning it on every npght before dark and off in the morning. Those who do not have electricity niay use an ordinary lantern all-nig- ually d well-house- three-quarterice-col- d water-logge- ' rrT "7$ V g tur.g wi- Lighting' the Hen Horse Encourages Laying Flock Homeless, this tiny refugee said. Another little girl, Mary Lynn Eisner, nine, of Cassville, Wis., won the $10 bank night prize in the theater there. She would have liked a new doll or two, but she sent the whole ten to the Red Cross disaster relief fund. Some flood victims were not so generous or heroic. In La burg, Ind., three tiny babies were found in a deserted house. They were cared for at an emergency wnue autnorities searched nuapudi for their parents. In Cincinnati a "flapper" in gay orange ski trousers and a leather jacket was heard to say, "I wouldn't have missed it for "mm m , - can still smile for mother d in- . had neglected to Drovidp Hiar,. ciA t0 merchan pOrodbucedS60A0rUSh takes about two weeks of ing to show beneficial results. Once the lighting is started it should be con- orcl; of Tuu " --'ng tmued until sPrinS: " the lights are had been a .. many a scontmued it will throw the birds trucks da-0" Production. When a small light Now it Ts a "Lf ' board motors, with tt, ""Jl1 ,s usecl- - th chickens go to sleep enterine th h,,iw;; ul. , me at n,ght about the usual time. Later nuougn in me iiigiu, wnen meir crops aic back door. empty, they will get off the roost . Thpr ie hxmA. ' t0r even one or two at a time and get a lunch witVn, ; a " 8nd a"d 3 drink' Cean water should be 'rnieS f its paradoJes For n f kept near the fced and the ch?f desires of ljSht here from the " coml!6!.1" ia7 T Lb.y T. m,"' Seth?hf carecf tr T.? hwater hand' TJZ' there is the M cas! Turkey Feed T:,.?.''i Turk of a?e twelve we shou'd have whole gram scratch mivtnrnc Tl, f liav .. i Loln ash and scratch frcm then Most unui they are marketed. growing mash mixtures cor.tnm 20 per cent or more of prote;n. Com- rYl n rrn: l...i 1,1 m rnP Kiiiius contain aooui e" va.J w'uu,s. r,; u lne t!oo u urKeys seem to ncc i Oiu; u ru y wore eatirg "vi.tinl" fancy about 15 per cent of protein for the even call by '"st two months of growth, and nlrl th couldn't y the City's re-- j hopper feeding of mash and grain moit notPlP' provides about th is much protein. in Cincinnati, rescue crews Tvvcnty Per cent protein mash alone heard mat a woman had been would not be economical.. -- no set out to get her. marooned They o chop away part of her house "to! La Fleche, French B c?d .ner 0ut; she weifhorl pounds. In Louisville a rescue partv1 The La F'eche is a breed wok a woman from a flooded hou4 of French origin and, like the cur is not very popular in the heu three b,ocls to n Khe wanted V to be Unilpd States. The general type is rowed back. She had left two dol- - somhat like the Crevccvi:-- : the ln the horne, ! she said The PlumaSe color is also solid were but firm.' "Not 0n the other hand, the La h che even for two gentle, Kns no frc.--t or beard but ha? a bucks," they said sights to be seen from shaped comb which is larger t!iboats were not all dismal f eithcr the Houdan tne There ijliat ivecoeur. The standard v.; camp, where h "L had ordered all ann rZ,.. frFe , wu CCS tO take a bath. "Sav " the llarprrnnpn. , protested, "this thinv 0 ous." Fat Lady Gets a Lift. in the jail at Parke k !,.. TI? vv. If Ri . l., LI . 1 "-- , y Fordney-McCumbc- r A :.. ujjyuaiuun e aa sta;r:-'erir:- ! (Smoot-Hawley- Smoot-Hawle- Protection From Cold in Production. 1 very large majority, and there was comparatively little criticism after the passage of the act as compared for instance with the criticism of the 1930 ) law, passed under President Hoover's evelt wishes, despite the very strong 10 sucn a move, it is situation that has crystalized far too early to predict what will in The the State department will be very really happen at the moment there interesting to any future historian Is no accurate gauge of public opintariff data, for in effect seeking ion. the Democratic party, after bomThe old habit of iudgine the oub-- barding the law as lic reaction by reading newspaper few tariff acts have ever been at editorials passed into history with tacked, is virtually seeking to bring the 1036 campaign. The public was about the the precise tariff situation heavily against the President and that existed prior to the passage of for Governor Alfred M. Landon, if that act. that test meant anything. Hence the The really striking feature of the present cross section of newspaper however, is that instead of editorial opinion, as reported here, amethod, blanket repeal, which so many docs not frighten the White Houe! More important, it doe? not deter persons expected after President Roosevelt's inauguration, the repeal senators and representatives from is mode very slowly, bit by willingness to follow the President. bit,being in return for concessions from But when Henry F. Ashurst in- countries with which we wish to indicates a it is news crease trade. of the page one variety, for the 6hrewd Arizonian knows what it is hisSecretary of State Cordell Hull, all life n about, politically. In fact, he is most a regarded previously as al fanatic for free trade, has one of the shrewdest and most acbeen working to eliminate not only curate gaugers of public opinion ex- our own but fort'.m trade barriers. tant in American political life. But the is that for angle amusing Maybe he should be ranked next to time being at least the rock J. Hamilton Lewis, and mnybe on the bottom of our concessions is the gena par with Lewis. It is difficult to eral line of the Republican say. tariff act. which at the But to go back Just a few years. time of its Hull regarded Senator Ashurst saw the handwrit- - as little shortpassage of a crime! tot on th wall wheo Woodrow Wtf-DU Syndicate. WNU Scrvtc. BRINGSMORE By WILLIAM C. UTLEY the great flood, the havoc It has vw.Ve STATISTICS about nhich in -' lies in its wake are to not beg-ithemselves, merely as statistics. Hut thev tell the real story of what it is like to b actwallv face to face Ashurtt's Record Let's look at his record. Elected unanimously to the United States senate by the first legislature of the then new state of Arizona in 1912, and then in 1916. 1922, 1928 and 1934. Never in real dancer a single time, either in primaries or general election! The present significance is that Senator Ashurst has just announced he will introduce a bill providing the judicial changes recommended by the President. Despite the fact that within ten days of the President's surprise rnes- sage on the judicial situatio.i Senator Ashurst had said, on the floor of the senate: "In all tyrannical governments, no monarch, no tyrant, makes any progress whatever unless and until he seizes in his hands the legislative, the executive and the judicial powers. The first thing a wise, prudent, scheming, subtle monarch in Europe does, if he wants complete control, is to seize legislative, executive and judicial powers." The point of all this is that r Ashurst has proved beyond per- adventure that he knows his way around politically that he docs not bat his head against brick walls on political issues, and that he docs not permit himself to be put in a posi- lion whee he would be easy picking for some younger politica' opponent. AlR-CONDITIO- j j iKar.tiden black-Doatme- 12 years, th.s woman is taken from her home at Junct ion, 111. schoolhouse. Police got reports via anything!" She asked a man at her short wave that water was pushing elbow think it's fun. don't you?" up the floor. After hours of struggle W'th0Ut answerinS out they succeeded in removing the loud wappea persons. Human nature being what Rescue Animals, Too. some persons in the flood areait is paRegular commercial broadcasting rade their wealth before stations were heroe3, too. WHAS and of envying neighbors. But the eyes wealth is WAVE in Louisville did noble work no longer measured in carrying bulletins and instruc- measured by boots. by money it's Those have tions to victims and rescue crews. hem love to turn them sothat that the When these two stations were forced jellow linings will be noticeable for off the air by plant failures due to blocks Those who say the the flood, other stations carried their darn things are too haven't hot and heavv bulletins, of great importance to anyway. coast guard boats, police squads and Some become equal to the national guard units when these occasaon persons in unusual ways. for bulletins did not interfere with com- instance. Ida Webb and vSSi O mercially - sponsored broadcasts. Kagle, each twenty, of West Hick- - V side a flooded i was loaded hig,a with wax feminine ficure rir,Kj in - pounds, are: Cock'. 8'i; l..'a, cockerel, 7!,; and pullet, Trannesting cinnnu's Third street hi little weather beaten ""Thi'lSi !rormSn!egh0wa,t- - But perhans th was uncovered workers age some tSv N trap-'csline "ap-neste- d . ""P'eme rony r. re'ief "chSSSrLTih cons.gned to the flood There is nothing more interesting the poultry business than Ml cannot do it hr'vu-f other duties, hut wl en it is at II possible, every flock should he for at least six iruoilu ,f the year. The most nonths are in winter. If a ea roven herself to be n good, producer, without too long ' Pause in her laying durii c '!,e 'Id months, she will undauntedly e a profitable layer. 11 nnr-'-riiinl I'- -5 con-ste- She |
