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Show LEW FREE PRESS, LEHI. UTAH interests, it was obviously the wiser course to vote with the President on this measure. But tn neutrality, that is different. In every state and probably in every congressional district there r.i:h believes that is an element the sale of war supplies particularly arms, ammunition and "implements of war'' is nut only wicked but Lkely to involve the United States en the s.de of the Leihgeitr.t.-tthey are sold. I tew Neutrality as Most Important Political Issue Moreover, a certain percentage e.i these individuals feels so strongly on ti.e subject that, when election day comes, they are apt to be controlled in their vct.ng by this one issue alone. Which means that they would vote against a congressman who voted fur the President on the neutrality issue. Obviously, to a person who thinks that shipments of arms are apt to result in his or her sons being sent overseas to be maimed or killed in a war in which that person has only a remote interest, is likely to regard the neutrality issue as the most important political question in the world, and to vote for or against a representative or senator because of Ins stand on that issue regardless of how he may vote on other roll calls. It is these issues, on which minorities become so excited and on which they are not likely to change, that become No. problems to politicians who have to run for office, always remembering that there are exceptions to all rules, and that some men on Capitol Hill will vote for what they think is right regardless of the consequences to themBut this number, unfortuselves. nately, or fortunately, as the be, is so small that one need not worry much about it in calculations. After all, voting the way one's constituents want one to vote is the essence of representative government, though it may be argued that it is always a minority that frightens the politician. Only minorities are likely to remember an issue with bitterness until election day. Referenda in North Dakota Is Studied in Washington The vote in North Dakota on referenda to provide money for increased pensions is being studied very carefully in Washington by both New Dealers and advocates of a balanced budget. It presents problems to both. In close touch with the situation, Sen. Gerald P. Nye of North Da-- , kota was receiving figures next day and insisting that it was really a scrap between some seven political factions, on the anti side, and that headed by Williajgi Langer "on the pro side. When 839 precincts had reported, the vote stood: against the gross income tax, 90,355, for it, 14,313; for state liquor stores to supplant the present privately operated system of liquor distribution, 16,874, against 96,536; for suspension of highway construction for two years, 15,869, against 97,535. Whatever the political complications may have been, the fact remains that the voters of North Dakota, always regarded as a very radical state, disapproved by a ratio of greater than six to one all three proposals by which the ine creased pensions were to be selfish, NATIONAL AFFAIRS Reviewed by CARTER FIELD as if "ashington o speculates to whether McNutt or Roose-- i will benefit most by the Mc.utt appointment Manv senators and representatives who ojijtosed Roosevelt on the neutrality issue or him . . . are privately Voters of North Dakota disapprove of three prajntsals by which old-agpensions were to be financed. e WASHINGTON. Nothing interests Washington so much as whether President Roosevelt or Paul V. benefit moie by the McNutt appointment. The McNutt people tt are certainly pleased. "It's like this," said a close friend "You may intend to go You on a picnic next Thursday. have no doubt about it whatever. The hot dogs and potato salad are ordered. The site selected and the time arranged. But Thursday morning when you wake up it is raining cats and dogs. Well unless you are a most persistent fellow you don't go on the picnic. "Most of us think that Mr. Roosevelt fully intends to seek another of McNutt. term. We think lie is confident not only of renomination but of But next June it may be raining not cats and dogs, but maybe sentiment or maybe anti-NeDeal sentiment. Then Mr. Roosevelt may decide not to go to the picnic. If he reaches that frame of mind our Paul will be the logical nominee. "Just look the situation over and try to put yourself in Roosevelt's shoes if it should be raining next June. Naturally he will want the man who succeeds him as President to carry on the policies of the New Deal that Roosevelt has fostered. But what figure of sufficient prominence in the Democratic party except Paul McNutt fits the picture? When Jackson Flopped F. D. R. Then Took Up Hopkins "We all knew that the President " was very much in favor of building up Bob Jackson. Everybody knows what the New York organization leaders did to Jackson when the President wanted him nominated for governor of New York. They turned him down flat, and there is not the' slightest indication that he is any V: more acceptable to them now than he was then. After the Jackson fiasco the ". President's choice, .seemed rto be .'Harry Hopkins. But, even aside from the condition of Harry's health it ' is generally--realised by "Democratic leaders that Hopkins for various reasons would not be a strong candidate and the men who will do the voting at the Democratic convention want to pick a, winner. They will want to keep their jobs. "Blveryone knows that the President would never stand for John Nance Garner. That just about leaves "Cordell Hull always excepting McNutt for nobody thinks that Henry Wallace w,ould run well in New York'arftJ New Jersey, both of which are pretty nearly essential to Democratic success. Incidentally, the reason that Ohio and Indiana elected so many Republican congressmen" last year was dissatisfaction in those two states with the farm program. "There are excellent reasons, which we do not propose to discuss, why Mr. Hull would not be a satisfactory candidate next year. These reasons are in addition to his age and to the fact that in some parts of the country his reciprocal trade treaties are not popular. "So all in all, remembering that McNutt is a smart politician and therefore will certainly not break with the President, who else is there? If it's raining." President IT ins When Wrong And Loses IT hen He's Right A surprising number of senators and members of the house who have been openly President against Roosevelt on the neutrality issue are privately for him. More accurately, they think, and wftl tell their newspaper frietlds, that the President is right. But they hasten to add that it is political murder! Some of them personally would be glad to see the President stump his toe, politically. Others would like to see him reelected. There seems to be no party line, and no factional line. It is rather interesting, by the of private way, that a views of the congressmen is that the President was wrong on the monetary bill, is right on neutrality, and hence, he has won on the issue on which he is wrong, and lost on the issue on which he is right! But by far the majority of Democratic members of the house and senate knew perfectly well that their constituents didn't care a rap about the monetary bill that on next election day no votes were to be won because the candidate had fought the President on that issue. Therefore, if the individual senator or member of the house were a Democrat, and thinking simply of his own ., cross-sectio- n Dirniinirnain inosen a? Fourth Citv toTrv w.-.i- ch . . . Mc-Nu- U. S. Experiments With Food Stamp Plan Seeking Answer to Farm Surplus Riddle Novel old-ag- financed. The increase in old-ag- e pensions from an average of $17.11 (it is calculated on need) to $40 had been pushed through the legislature by Langer. Now it will fail through wur ir prici is By OLIVER SHAW t r. Smart AVir Fashions For Voir and Later BIRMINGHAM. ALA. -- Uncle Sam's test tube has moved south. Birmingham has become the fourth "guinea pig" city in a scientific trial of what gov-- : ernment officials, business and agricultural observers hope may be the solution of Ameri- - -- a jr. t i TJERE'S a charming new pat- tern 1784) that gives yuu a pretty sleeveless dress, with a jacket that transforms it into the nicest kind of street suit. It's delightfully simple and cool very easy to make, with flattering frills as the only trimming. Chiffon, georgette, silk print, flat crepe ar.d linen are smart materials fur this fashion. Girl's Play Suit. There's a place in every girl's life for the smart little play suit and suspender skirt that buttons v. (S A M7., MARKET BASKET The basket being handed this Seattle woman contains surplus food items purchased with free blue stamps. On the counter are other groceries orange she bought with tlie paid-fo- r stamps. The government hopes in this way to cut farm surpluses. ca's No. 1 prosperity problem "want in the midst of plenty." The plan: Disposal of farm surpluses to those who need them most through a limple procedure of touching the horn of plenty to a hungry man's lips. It's the latest and most successful effort to slay a hardy perennial dragon who's been particu- - larly obstreperous since 1929. Today, while a large segment of the population finds it difficult to make ends meet and still obtain g foods, farmers producing many of America's crops find themselves facing chaos because of health-givin- ruinous surpluses. For example: Weather and other factors gave citrus fruit growers last year the biggest crops of oranges and grapefruit on record. Lower feed prices were partly responsible for increased egg production, and the first quarter of 1939 saw poultry output rise to the highest level for any similar period in 15 years. Excellent pasturage has proved anything but a boon for dairymen, who worry because the number of milk cows is increasing for the first time in five years, while normal buying has failed to consume all that is being produced. Help Both Farmers, Needy. Previous attempts to untie this Gordian knot by destroying crops proved unsuccessful. These methods did not even touch the question of low income groups and their need for more and better food. Now, with introduction of the agriculture department's food stamp plan, in which food chains and independent a new storekeepers are approach is made. Not only are farmers provided with a broader market, but the lowest income groups are getting a chance to eat the food they need and more of it. Here's how it works: A person on relief, employed by WPA, or receiving social security checks, is eligible to apply for orange food stamps which can be used to buy $2 in groceries. For every $1 orange stamp he buys, he is given free one blue stamp. The blue stamps may be used to purchase only surplus commodities. At present these include flour, grapefruit, oranges, eggs, dried prunes, corn meal, butter, dried beans, rice and cabbage. Stamps can be redeemed by retailers at any bank. If successful at Birmingham, as it appears to be at Rochester, Dayton and Seattle, the plan may be applied to the entire nation. Like Earlier Campaigns It's similar in some respects to the "producer - consumer" campaigns staged the,. past three .years by chain 'stores ."to increase consumption of surplus crops by aggressively promoting such products. The first nation-wid"producer-consumer- " drive took place in April and May of 1936, when chains representing 34,000 food" stores undertook a campaign to move California 50-ce- nt e 'God' Moves' to Annex Newport But Socialites Dislike "Angels' canned peaches. Producers of canning peaches, because of a carryover of California peaches that totalled 2,000,000 cases above normal in 1936, were expecting a return of only $15 a ton for their crops considerably less than production costs. When the campaign closed, stocks on hand had dropped to 1,929,000 cases compared with the carryover of 6,400,000 cases existing before the drive began. For the growers this meant approximately $30 per ton for peaches instead of the $15, which many had feared. Since that first campaign the drives have been conducted across the nation, aiding producers of such varied commodities as beef, lamb, citrus fruit, turkeys, walnuts, ap- all down the front. Cool, comfortfor summer ples, eggs and onions. As many as able and 187,000 chain and independent stores play, it will be nice for school in in single drives, all the fall too. The shorts are behave directed at maintaining farm prices comingly flared, and the blouse while offering savings to consumers. has a becoming sports collar. Gingham, pique, linen and broadRetailers Praised. Last September the bureau of ag- cloth are nice cottons for this outricultural economics, pointing out fit, 1786. The Patterns. that these drives reduce the margin 1784 is designed for sizes 14, No. said retail and farm between prices, that "of all the efforts being made 16, 18, 20; 40 and 42. Size 16 refabric, quires 67s yards of to influence or stimulate consumption of farm products, the retail without iap for dress and jacket sleeves; 2 seem to be the most with campaigns of trimming. yards The intimate retailer's effective. No. 1786 is" designed for sizes 8, contact with the consumer praces him in a strategic position to in- 10, 12 :and 14 years. Size 10 refabric, fluence the direction of consumer quires P.s yards of for shorts; .for 18 blouse; yards expenditures." the first to 13,4 yards for the skirt, without Retailers g assist the department of agriculture nap. Send your order to The Sewing when the food stamp plan was set Circle Patterri.p.ep.t., .49 New pjrpdu.cts,,-chainup. are providing the same ex- Montgomery Ave., San Francisco, Calif. Patterns 15 cents (in coins) tensive promotion for the IflfeiM easy-to-wc- of old-ag- As-tor- s, s. three-quart- . . . h : . were--amon- . s encrr. "sUfplus""c6mm"oal- -' ties at .special prices that- they gave for the earlier campaigns. At present the plan is being financed by regular federal surplus commodity'- corporation appropriations. If America's .22,000,000 persons on relief responded in the same proportion as they have m Rochester, it would cost about $390,000,000 a year to feed them the blue stamp surplus foods. : If the1 22,000,000 used the maximum rfumber of blue stamps, congress would have to provide $572,000,000 annually. But in actual practice it is thought the plan would involve no more than $250,000,000 a year. It is also believed that in normal crop years the nation-wid- e operation of the plan would kill off all surplus farm production with the possible exception of wheat. Sponsors say the cost would be less than any other proposed plan to raise farm prices. ' iBell Syndicate - feel so nerv6u"you want to scream? Are you cross and irritable? Do you ecold those dearest to you? ' 11 your nerves are on edfre and you (eel you need a good general system tonic, try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made especially for women. For over 60 years one woman has told another how to go "smilrng thru" with reliable Pinkham'a Compound. It helps nature build up more physical resistance and thus helps calm quivering nerves and lessen discomforts from annoying symptoms which often accompany female functional disorders. r Why not give it a chance to help Ol i Over one miliion women have written ina reporting wonderful benefits from Tir.kham Compound. Po you ' Always a Duty It is an everlasting duty the duty of being brave. 1' Carlyle. function badly and nagging backache, with dizziness, burning, scanty or too frequent urination and getting up at night; when you feel tired.' nervous, all upset use Doan's Pills. Doan't are especially for poorly working kidneys. Millions ot boxes are used every year. They are recommended the country over. Ask your neighbor! kidneys WHEN suffer a ... tax-paye- if WNU Service.) NERVlsr old-ag- e $250,-00- ar h revenue. On the same day that reports from Father Divine's Followers Newport becomes another stamping the North Dakota election were beground for the same cult which gave Take Advantage of ing received by senators, the senate President Roosevelt a headache last voted, 43 to 35, for an amendment year, when his neighbor at Hyde 400s Vengeance. introduced by Sen. Tom Connally of Park, Howland Texas to have the federal governNEWPORT, R. L Peace, it's Spencer, sold his ese ment contribute to assist- wonderful. tate to Father Diance payments in the ratio of two to But there is no peace at exclusive vine. one instead of half and half. Newport, summer home of the The Newport Belmonts, Dukes and Vander-bilt- transaction brings to Taxpayers Interested Only For Father Divine, Negro another climax the When Somebody Else Pays evangelist who calls himself "God," sensational career Aids Bulk of Farmers This favorable vote was recorded is moving into society's stamping of a man who has The food stamp plan is designed in spite of an impassioned plea by grounds with his angels. perplexed the world to aid the broadest possible section Unless Mrs. obstacles legal arise, Sen. Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia for the last decade of agriculture, by the presthat the movement to have the fed- Angela Kaufman, divorced wife of by providing free ent surplus list: Corn meal from the a razor late will turn manufacturer, eral government pay all the cost of meals, free lodging Mrs. Angela great midwest corn belt; grapefruit, assistance was under way, her estate over to the disciples as and free limousine Kaufman oranges and prunes from southern and that the Connally amendment revenge against wealthy neighbors service to unnumand states eggs and dried to who refused a let her open was the first step. liquor bered disciples. Who foots the bill beans fromCalifornia; all parts of rural AmerThe really interesting part of all bar in the home which she had conis a question tax agents have been ica. Butter's inclusion helps the verted into a summer hotel. this is that apparently asking, but "God" himself won't an- northwest's great dairy states. Flour Society notwithstanding, exclusive swer. will not vote to impose on themSays he: "I speak not at the is a surplus problem of the western selves taxes they can clearly see command of men but at the com- and Pacific states. for such a social purpose, but they mand of the Spirit." Secretary of Agriculture Wallace are all for them if they are conBefore the Newport property was has announced that ways are being vinced that somebody else is paytransferred, the cult's property al- studied to extend the plan to coting them. Most people believe that ready ran into several hundred thou- ton, although government officials the rich pay the federal taxes. sand dollars. From headquarters in admit that the need for processing It is very difficult to combat this New York's Harlem it spread to a presents obstacles. view, especially to people who pay Farmers simply "hope it works." headquarters building on Madison very small federal income taxes or avenue. In Ulster county alone the And judgment on the plan's benefit none at all. And this goes even for cash investment is said to be to agriculture is withheld until it has people who pay taxes on homes. in addition to $100,000 more in been tested longer and in more comMany of these are terribly interestimprovements. munities. The opinion of those eligied in keeping the expenditures of These "promised lands" feed thou- ble to buy stamps is easier to gauge. their home city down they don't sands of persons at one time, where For example, "John Brown," ;i unwant the tax rate on their houses drinking, smoking and cursing are employed Rochester truck drver: boosted. taboo. Followers live in clean sur"At first I hesitated, because I But it is a very simple matter to roundings and eat sumptuous meals didn't want to be singled out as a the prove that for $2 a week in lodgings and 15 cents reliefer every week in a store full overwhelming proportion of federal taxes is paid by a meal. of my neighbors. I found, persons with incomes under $5,000 Father Divine won't give inter- that I was treated just like though, a ora year. The proof lies in the fact that's handled by Brother dinary customer." views; that if all the incomes from $5,000 John Lamb, a white man, who ex"I have a wife and two younga year upward were subjected to a all this mystery by the "magand the extra food I can buy plains sters, 100 per cent federal income tax, WHENCE THE WHEREWITH. netism or attraction which is the with these stamps means for our and the federal treasury really got power of the universe." family just the difference between all this money, it would not come AL? Father Divine has nothing If asked where "God" got the three good, nourishing meals a day within hundreds of millions of dol- in his pockets but keys, yet he wherewithal for his work, Brother and two pretty skimpy meals. I exlars a year of paying the federal dresses well, rides in limousines Lamb will answer: "The spirit of pect to have a job again soon, but and lives sumptuously. Who foots consciousness of the presence of as Ion as I have to expenditures. take relief I (Bell Syndicate WNU Service.) God is the source of all supply." the bill?. like to takjit this way." lack t bx 1 si. fc eniargeiueKU , choice of 16 i.rim-;ti li oc coin NORTHWEST PHOTO SERVICE DwpL ft - Mortfe Dafcrta case-ma- Ex-Go- ROLLS DEVELOPED b Fars 1 old-ag- e PHOTOGRAPHY v::. i Stt'in. 1 WNU 3139 W Give a Thought to STREET MRIN S 88 x X Q SS' , X V X N Fnr in our town ... and towns like ours clear across the country . . . there's iteady revolution going on. Changes in dress styles the rise of and food prices i lum.- nil crown . . . 111c lure prices these matters vitally affect our living... And the news isably covered in advertisements. Smart people who like to be in living and current events, follow advertise- ments as closely as headlines. They know what's doing in and they also know America where money buys most! ... ... N n Q N n 0 h O V N k O n |
