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Show THE PAGE TWO The HERALD-JOURNA- LOGAN, L, MAY 15, 19 3 9. Doesnt Gracie Allen Act Silly, Though? H era ld - J ournal Published every week-da- y afternoon by the Cache Valley Newspaper Co, at 75 West Center Street, Logan, Utah. Telephone all departments 60. The Herald-Journdelivered by carrier 45 cents per month, $5.00 per year. By mail, in Cache Valley, $4.00 per year, elsewhere $5.00 per year. Entered as second-clas- s matter in the post office at Logan, Utah, under the act of congress, March 3, 1879. Proclaim Liberty through all the land Liberty BelL MONDAY, UTAH, BRUCE CATTON IN WASHINGTON v Age Benefit Boosts May Sink Reserve System al Scrips a The Flerald-- J ournal will not assume financial responsibility for any errors which may appear In advertisement published in Its columns. In those Instances where the paper is at fault, it will reprint that part of the advertisement in which the typographical mistake occurs. The power to tax is the power to destroy." Those who are governed least are governed best." THOMAS JEFFERSON. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. II Samuel 22:21. It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and belter life. Fen ii. The Light That Never Fails President Roosevelt aptly described spirit of the Red Cross when he recently remarked: In a w'orld dis turbed by war and fear of war, Hie unselfish devotion of the Red Cross to the welfare of others stands out in striking contrast to the inhumane acta which have shocked our conscience in so many instances. Unselfish devotion is the keynote of the Red Cross; unselfish devotion of thousands of men and women in all parts of the world who devote their services, and time, and money, to easing the suffering so often caused by the evil acts of others. Another outstanding trait of the Red Cross is patience patience to continue its ministrations in the face of the fact that often, while one group of sufferers is being helped, plans are being made to cause twice as many others to know pain and sorrow and loss. But, in spite of the disheartening, callous way in which wars go on just as they did when the Red Cross came into prominence nearly a century ago, the Red Cross never falters in its stride. It is the one organization, the world over, at which no criticism is hurled. Never before has the Red Cross needed so much help; not only for the victims of wars, but for the victims of natural disasters as well. If the Red Cross is to continue under its staggering burden, it needs the help of every man and woman in America. And every man and woman who has a heart WILL help! Let's Drop the Subject to President Roosevelt made his Hitler and plea for world peace. Hitler has delivered his answer. Now lets hope the whole matter will be dropped, so that we dont become involved in a lengthy, bitter argument between the two nations an argument that could do no good because of basic differences in the structure ' of the two governments. President Roosevelts message put Hitler right up against the gun. Der Fuehrer had to answer the challenge in two ways: he had to justify his own position as Head Man of Europe and, particularly of Germany, and he had to try to put Roosevelt in a bad light. Answering by oratory was Hitlers smart move, because it is as a and an admitted oratorical genius, that he has risen to his present position. Our Roose- -' d velt speaks with the grace that soothes and pleases; Hitler talks with words of fire that drive his German listeners into frenzy. In Germany, his reply to Roosevelt seems to have rung the bell with his listeners. Now Roosevelt has had his say, and Hitler has made his reply. Each has made his side of the argument clear. Additional talk would be more than useless it would be dangerous. Mus-soli- ni . , spell-binde- r, silver-tongue- fruits. Grapes were among the first domesticated THIS CURIOUS WORLD Ferguson &. SUNFLOWER WAS CL) LT7VATED BV THE HURON INDIANS BEFORE THE COMING OF WHITE MEN IT FURNISHED THEM WITH HAfZ FOOD, FOOO&fZ. 7VREAO AND OTVE". CATTON Washington Correspondent May WASHINGTON, something Congress does ent of highly unexpected, a flood money will start pouring out next January under the new versiod of the Social steam-lineSecurity act. approved administration The alterations in this act certain The House early in the spring.committee haa Ways and Means a and okayed these changes, favorable vote by Congress is in prospect. The results will be Many Are The Uses -less Of Poetry Poetry is a valuable human possession. Chaucer used it to wink at human frailties; Shakespeare used human frailties; Shakespeare used it to manufaeture some of the world's greatest writing; Walt Disney uses it to bring the world Snow White, Donald Duck, and Mickey Mouse; and teachers in schools use it to make assignments. The column received a little note from Belva Lee's English class at Logan Junior high school. By the way, Miss Lee is regarded as one of Logan's successful teachers. I have talked with several of her students, and they tell me Miss Lee has made them Which is very a sign of good teaching. Old The note said: Diogenes, the Greek philosopher who wandered about the streets at midday with a lighted lantern looking for would have been nn honest irginilt Maugh-i- i delighted to meet n, one of our ninth grade English English-consciou- d old-ag- How unusual and how refreshing it is to hear the unadulterated truth from student lips! "A short time ago we composed poetry aland school ideals. Most of the students wrote noble, abstract verse about loyalty, industry, and cooperation. But irginilt, being In-in tellectually honest, took pencil hand and spoke her thoughts. Here they are: We love our dear old junior high, We love its hard old chairs, We love the teachers (some of old-ng- them). We love its squeaky stairs. ly We love The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW That's being brutally honest, Vir- Advisory council reports business ginia. But even then, I have yet better despite lower indexes; Comto see the high school student that merce Department resignations didn't look as though he had a caused by Hopkins stagnation; lump in his throat when he crossed New secretary ill or absent too the platform graduation night, and often; Ed Noble also disgusted; knew that was his last time to H'storic money changers rug strut the stage in that school. sheltered from charwomens shoes. WASHINGTON The last meetThen Teacher Belva Lee. think- ing of the Business Advisory Couning of the numerous scholars who cil, which cooperates with the toil uninterestedly and unresistingDepartment of Commerce, found ly through their studies, scribbled that business was on the upgrade A entitled is which this poem even though general business inTeacher's Ode To A Conscientious dexes were low. Student:,. JHow. yared, are the - Every member of the Council reuses of poetry! ported that there was a healthy in his own business, and pick-u- p You sit in your straight-backe- d figured that the discrepancy bedesk. tween this and the lower business All stiff with absorbed attention, indexes might be caused by the Pretending each word I utter fact that their factories were feelIs within your comprehension. ing the immediate reaction from orders received, while business inon d your Those glasses dexes are based upon, car loadings nose and actual goods produced. You think make you look intellecMONEY CHANGERS RUG tual; The rug on which President You're trying hard to impress me, Roosevelt stood when he delivered But somehow it's not effectual. his" "drive the money historic from the temple" address No, Buddy, you can't quite fool me changers what you say; on March 4. 1933, still is on CapiBy those actions or tol Hill. But the conditions of its You look just as 1 used to fee! use do not conform with When my teaeher borinl me that present the militant principles enunciated way. on it. Possessor of the rug is RepreIn considering another use of sentative Charles Kramer, pudgy poetry, we can turn to its helpfulness to speakers on the platform. little Los Angeleno, woo, although Many is the man or woman who, elected as a New Dealer, is now when they want to come clashing one of its vituperative critics. This forth with a coup to impress the session he has voted more freaudience with some point, say:" quently with the GOP than with his "And then, the poet has said' own party. Purchased by Kramer for $21. the and so on. rug adorns his inner office and is George II. Davis president, rhamber of commerce of the Unit- one of his most prized possessions. ed States used that very method So particular is Kramer about the liefore the annual meeting of the care of the rug that the i h.trwnmcn to walk on it except chamber on May 2. He was shaki- are forbidden mainmust tike, on one condition-the- y ng about hope being themust be their shoes. spring in America. HopeWhen one offHARRY ILLNESS HOPKINS kept alive. he said. There was a lot more to the considers the reluctance to fight busiof Scars Itoclmi k Genresignation of many of our outstanding eral Robert E. Wood as H n ry ness men alien the fear of criticism keeps men from publicly stat- Hopkins' adviser than appi ucd ill the unobsruMvc aiiiuiuiu einenl that ing their honest opinions, when we are inclined to grow weary even with victory in sight, there comes to my mind the words of a great : (then came the following poetry to clunch his Hiint.) horn-rimme- Be strong, We arc not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have hard work to do, and loads to lift; Be PEARSON and ROBERT S. he was leaving. Real inside is that Wood left because the Department of Commerce is bogged down about as badly as during the days of Uncle Dan Roper. Hopkins has been sick, absent or inaccessible, and some of his close friends, although still strong for the new Secretary of Commerce, are worried over the stagnation in his department. Various important projects have been started only to be stymied through failure to get decisions (00,000 BECTLHS. A 3. COLT'S LEGS ARE AT BIRTH. FULL-LENGT- H Si 5 ANSWER. Wrong. A study carried on at the North Dakota agricultural experiment station showed that the average diatt colt adds seven inches in leg length from birth to maturity. . . ers did not miss the fact that during the dcadloi U negotiations with the coal nprrntoix the Republican administration in Pennsylvania, with nil AFL man as State Labor Commissioner. promptly paid old-ag- June 22-2- (Copyright. 1939, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) the pending amendments go through and no further changes are made in the law, the year 1950 will find the reserve fund far under the somewhat astronomical figures that were originally suggested. But when 1943 arrives, there is certain to be a good deal of sentiment for postponing the rise in the tax rate, or even for freezing the tax permanently at the per cent level. If that should happen, the fund would operate at a and the deficit would have to be met annually out of ordinary taxation receipts. 1 AVERAGE CLAIMS NOW $73 In any case, it looks doubtful fund orithat the prodigious ginally talked of will ever actually come into existence. Payments made so far under the old age benefit program have been pretty inconsequential, being limited to lump sum payments which have been comparatively small. The act went into effect in 1937, and by the end of this year approximately $34,000,000 will have been distributed in old age benefit payments. The average sue of the claims now being met u $75. Starting in January, however, regular monthly annuity payments begin. From then on, some Americans will be under the protection of an operatic; e insurance system. old-ag- as June has been 8 designated week. Just to be ornery, Hitler and Mussolini will probably be quiet during that period C 1 1 of a famous opera. He v. a . a Ji gelid ii y impie.lor. 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All. ir chest. 7 Barrel 8 Yi llow 13 20 He made bionz.es. 36 Mobiles. 3 ( no. 4 Coh i ie. 6 12 On lire kc. 34 Gi ci it Idmi VIRTUAL IFomlh note 2 wrongful Any act. i i , lOKavi. L;AjpnO'N!l '0;KQPil iN' Si ATF F'VEiNjUE up.Ayas lo esin. lllur. 39 (hoods. 41 Ci edit. 42 Bone. 41 Slu U part- 45 Boat p.ut. 47 To assert. 48 Italian cwtf 49 Pi opal. M Folding Is 54 Roof iiniet- - Europe Heads To Review West's Might en- Last Request:" I would impo: and wear, Forego the crepe I beg of you, Forget me not, And gown in color theie. We all should die, so why lament? Farewells are sad,. they are But some must live! and for their sake. Do not a smile debar. -- The music too. not doleful beat, Hut soft in gentle grace. I've gone away, for all you know, To just as sweet a place, I'lca-Mirv- . comidle miners unemployment pensation. Mcmwlulc Democratic regimes in Kentucky and West Virginia balked at such benefits. Litrst bonk to appear nil the desks of Congressmen is "The Demin ratio Way of Life", bv Illinois Representative T. V. Smith, professor of The philosophy at Chicago e Townsend pension organiz25.000 claims that ation delegates from every State will attend its national convention in Indianapolis strong. . Ihmo chair-warmin- At my farewell. R!SH-nEPON- HORIZONTAL 1 Villainous business-governme- strong, "A if Consequently, "profit MEKKY-GO-KOU- Say not. 'The days are evil, who's to blame?" And fold the hands and acquiesce, Oh! shame Stand up, speak out, and bravely. In God's name. titled ' a $1,697,000,000 leaving of only $54,000,000. wild-eye- face it. when I put out to sea." But here is Rhoades' poem, Under the old law, the amount of money a worker could draw on his retirement at 65 depended wages during on his accumulated the time he had been paying the pavroll tax. Under the revised law, it depends on his average wages. This means that benefit payments in the early years of the plan will be substantially higher than under the old law, when the worker affected are those who have been meeting the payroll tax only for a few years. In its early years of operation the act will pile up a reserve, but it won t be piling it up at anything like the rate that would have obtained if the law had gone unamended. llOW PROFITS WILL DIMINISH For instance: next year, when out is paying the government $175,000,000 in old age benefits, it old the will be collecting (via age payroll taxes) $501,000,000. Thus refor the will have a' "profit it serve fund of some $326,000,000. But in 1941, when it is to pay $400,000,000, it will be taking in just about what it is to get in 1940. And in 1942, when its prospective intake will still be close to the $500,000,000 mark, it will be paying out approximately $50,000,- 000 more than it takes in. Now in 1943, the payroll tax is scheduled to go up to 3 per cent. The reserve fund will have an content of $1,972,000.- estimated jOiiO at the time when that rise is scheduled to take place. Even if that rise goes into effect, the Treasury Department estimates that by 1950 the fund will stand at slightly less than four billions. And in 1950, when the tax is expected to produce $1,751,000,000, benefit payments will amount to Spains first lady: Mi F;;,nco, wife of Gen. France to Fk.iko, as she reviewed tioops in Sevilla, Spam. leave-of-absen- John Hapscn Rhoades uses poetry for another cause- - to preach a done funeral sermon. It has been -by manv other poets everyone Sunset and evening star, knows and one clear call for me; Let there be no moaning at the bar KNOWN SPECIES OP other day. the-chief- It matters not how deep entrenched the wrong. How hard the battle goes, the day how long. Faint not. fight on! Tomorrow comes the song! THERE ARE ALLEN It was that of Edward Noble, who recently left the Civil Aeronautics Authority to become Hopkins special assistant, and later his Under Secretary of Commerce. After hanging around the Commerce Department for some time, getting nowhere, Noble finally told a friend that he was thinking of "packing up and going home." Although fond of Hopkins, Noble expressed himself in no uncertain terms regarding the futility of trying to do something in a depart. ment where there seemed to be no from For instance, Harry requested definite program. Friendly persuasion finally inWilliam Batt, head of the SKF balNoble to change his mind, duced to a lbearing works, prepare report for him on South America and a and he is remaining on the job. BUDGET DIRECTOR program for U. S. business in that field. This was last January. When ne was Acting Budget DiBatt took the request seriously, rector, Dan Bell frequently clashed spent time away from his work with inner circlcrs because of his to make several trips to Washing- sharpshooting at New Deal spendton, worked hard at his assignment. ing. Now he has returned to his But that was about the last he old status as a civil service asever heard from Hopkins regard- sistant to the Secretary of the Treaing it. With a big sigh of relief, The case of General Wood was sury. he tells friends: somewhat similar. Wood is one big "I'm sure glad to get rid of that business executive who believes job. It was no fun working 16 that it is much better to have co- hours a day, especially when you're operation rather than war between on the spot like I was." business and government. So last Mrs. Bell, however, tells a differwinter Hopkins announced t"at he ent story. At a gathering of friends Wood as was appointing General she confided, "Im just tickled to his adviser on business and gov- death Danny has his old job back. on was Wood ernment cooperation. He is conservative and thrifty by a Caribbean cruise .when he read nature. He was in the armv and the announcement and was taken had to obey orders, but Danny he However, d by surprise. partly never could agree with that from his busicrowd. got ness in Chicago and took over a l desk in the Commerce Department. William Green is 1resldent AFL But warming the chair of that one of the hardest workers in desk was about as far as he got. Washington. He dictates 75t letters The man who made the decisions a week and his usual quitting time coregarding is 10:30 at night, after whuh lie operation was cither sick or attend- takes a brisk walk before retiring W'Hrrcnton the Cup He is at his desk by 8 o'clock every swanky ing I Races with Mrs. Jock Whitney. Secretaries iupkins morning So after several weeks of and Morgentlmu both made offers General Wood resigned. to Edward J. Noble, then chairman RESTLESS ED NOBLE of the Civil Aeronaut les Au'hnrity It has not leaked out yet, but Morgentlmu offered him an Assisanother resignation was almost tant Secretaryship in the placed on Harry Hopkins' desk the and Hopkins second place in command of the Commerce DepartThe politi- ment. Hopkins won. SIDEGLANCES p(M-t- Plum not (he struggle, Tis God s gift. Wife, Mrs. France For one thing, the government next year will pay $175,000,000 in old age benefits. The sum will in 1941; jump to $100,000,000 $91 1,000, (KM) $555,000,000 in 1912; by 1945. RELIEF FOR BUSINESS For another, business gets relief from the previously-schedulee benefits rise in the 1 payroll tax. Tins tax, levying 1 and the on cent employer per was to per cent on the employe, cent on hive gone up to 1L per g the first of next year. The pend-in- X revisions would freeze it wt per cent until 1943. For still another, the famous reserve system, under which a fund of 40 or 50 billions would have been built up in the e beneTreasury to finance fit payments, has received a body change the blow. The revisions whole basis on which the benefit payments are computed, and hint reserve strongly that the huge eventualsystem will be scrapepd ft s. the dear old traffic jams That make us late for class, To be trampled bodily under foot In all the seething mass. We love the notes we have to take To our teachees when we're late, We love it all, hut boy! Will we be glad to graduate! The Dictator's d students. Be MORE THAN BIIUCE BV Herald-Journ- I know I shouldn't l;itio!i-- - iUj.cAj'iTb.sjou ou but you should have seen the your, face just then," FT. LEWIS-(A- W) The Pacific northwest's military might will be reviewed by Crown Prince Olav, Process Martha and Minister Wilhelm Morgen-stiern- e of Norway this month. Scheduled to aiive at Tacoma May 23, they have accepted the invitation of Maj. General Walter Swi eney to be t he army's guest that day. More than 8000 troop3 concent! ated at Ft. Lewis for maneuveis will pass in review. The parade will include firing demonstrations in whuh infantry, nitillerv, tanks and chemical warfaie units will take at.1 v sm. f vlj wq so J'1 A part. A |