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Show V : 'V' l'i Wv ?; yS r. j.-.- W? w-- A.. .iY- - c , 'w.;' iriMtNiHai.I.IMilli & - WVel&ly 6 X(vs lleview Joseph International Something like a profession that has done as much or Tear ago, quite a furor was raised more for mankind as the ministers here by the revela-- , of the gospel. I take it for granted Roar Over tion that the Home that there are skeletons in the closOwners Loan cor ets of many doctors. There is, and HOLC poration had can be, no justification, for example, loaned $40,000 out of its own treas- of some of the high fees charged in ury to its employees who wanted to cases where people without worldly goods are concerned. Their lives are organize a group which could hire as valuable as the lives of the richits own doctors on an annual basis. Ibis was public money, because the est multimillionaires. There can be HOLC is wholly owned by the fed- no defense, as a further proposition, eral treasury and its function is to for laxness and disinterest which loan money on private homes to en- are matters of record. But I mainThe tain and shall always believe that courage home ownership. Group Health association, as it was there are comparatively few memnamed, guaranteed medical treat- bers of the medical profession who ment to its members for a fixed fail to give the best that is in them. annual fee and hired doctors to do And when I mention disinterest, I cannot help wondering whether docthe job. There was a roar from many tors hired by group health associaquarters at the time because of the tions are going to be much concerned use of government money in this about hurrying to the bedside of an manner, but the loudest roar came association member after a few from the doctors who are members rears of such practice. The monthly check is going to come in whether of the District of Columbia Medical society. Few of us realized then, the corporation doctor is sympathetI think, where this controversy was ic and skillful or apathetic. going to lead. I doubt that there were very many persons expected But let us on to another phase; to see the tiny spark fanned into a two of them;get in fact. flame so large. Now, however, that According to the best legal opinspark has become a national flame, ion that is available outside of the national issue of serious import. For department of what could be more serious, indeed, it seems like-tice, cold to live when the chance than a no court that Phaee ly fingers of death creep closer? will hold the mediThe issue as it is now defined, succal society to be a "trust" The orcinctly, is whether the long and hon- ganization of doctors is effected for orable history of the medical pro- the purpose of maintaining high fession, and all of the scientific asstandards, to keep racketeers out of sets that this implies, shall be the Its members must thrown to the winds; whether, in be ofprofession. must adcharacter; good the place of that history and gain here to rules that arethey for designed and the services of those individual the of the layman who obprotection there be a shall created doctors, is at mercy of the man new basic method, a procedure viously in thethescience of medicine trained where the doctors are hired by a and The whole purpose surgery. on the annual corporation subsisting seems to be the very simple proposifees paid by its members who will tion of (I might say this corporation offices and telephone here that New Dealers all just docme one send of best say: your for tors. In short, as I see it, the issue along have called business and profesamong is whether there is to be personal- sional men.) The medical men want ized, conscientious service or serv- to type that feeds upon ice as lacking in personal interest as thedestroy theindividuals desire to hopeless a "fill my tank, please," at the gasoto live; they want to health, regain line service station. of the abortionist, the That is the preface to the recent rid society and the men and women who quacks own our govlegal proceedings by question I ernment against the American Med- traffic in blood. And thecan is: such a ical association and the District of propound, therefore, Columbia Medical society, which profession be catalogued in law or morals as dealers in commodiare threatened with prosecution as a in like steel or oil or calico? If it ties The "trust." governments action, can be so held under our laws, then of course, makes the controversy a surely is no point in young national issue, one which interests there men and women slaving through six all of us. The trust busting assist- or seven or eight years of training ant attorney general, Thurman Arfor the profession. They had betnold, former Yale professor, vows ter out and start practicing medhe will break up the trust" which icinegoas the unskilled laborer digs is the national organization of docditches. tors, but there are those of us who In this connection, too, it seems cannot help linking the corporation to mention an implication of method of medical practice with proper decision holding the medical socieProfessor Arnold's blast and threats ties to be trusts. As set down above, against the doctors who believe in membership is based on character individual practice. and If the medical society The whole department of justice is a training. trust, what are all of your fraposition strikes me as rather fuzzy, ternal organizations, your civic sorather asinine and, in some re- cieties, your clubs, who elect or fail spects, reprehensible. However, if to elect members because of good there is to be a complete analysis character or lack of it? The Masonic made and a complete understanding order, the Odd Fellows, Woodmen of of the situation obtained, it is nec- the World? And, what of Knights of essary to know that President C 'lumbusT That great organization Roosevelt wants it done," and Mr. lui fcSod also could be broken down Arnold is proceeding. It does not ifa crotft, for selfish reasons, would seem to matter that there are only a want membership. few medical crooks, only a few unAnd now to the politics of the sitethical and unscrupulous, medical uation. It appears to me to be a practitioners; the whole profession great tactical blunder on the part must be attacked and defamed. Nor board of strategy does it seem of great concern to the of the which has President Roosevelt's prosecuting officials that some of ear. Those men, most of them unthose doctors who are promoting in political campaigning, trained medicine corporation throughout the United States have been denied ad- have failed to recognize the human mission to the American Medical element that is involved. They have association for reasons of character listened to the generalities of those have their own nests to feather and ethics deemed sufficient to war- who and have so far forgotten common rant sense in politics as to propose a move that can be offset by direct, And while I am about it, I want contact. to pay tribute to that greatest of all personal Let us think of the picture here charac-Lauda American in a hypothetical case. Country ters, the country presented Suppose you are a great supporter I doctor. have perDoctor of President believe him sonal reasons for to be sincereRoosevelt, in his announced inoffering my humble praise to one of terest in the masses, praise ids courtheir number, but throughout Amerand his forward-lookin- g proica there can be found no greater age for government. Along comes asset. He is a friend and confidant gram old man sickness and lays you down and adviser, minister to the body flat - on your back. Your doctor and the mind. There are some comes. You know him, have confihis numbers that will not among dence in him, or you would not call not even do have, warrant, respect. him. But that obtains in every walk of Then, after the manner that usulife and my belief is that there are fewer country doctors lacking in ally happens, the doctor talks about honesty and good conscience than in a number of things with you. Of you know something about any regular profession or avocation course, the government attacks on the docof life. tors and want to hear the story The country doctor is different from the you I would, and from his brother practitioner of the so would other angle. you. What is all of this The latter is better about. Doctor? Is there such a probably city. thing trained, more up to date on all de- as a medical trust? of science, perhaps velopments Well, unless I miss my guess, unmore expert in most fields, but I less my understanding of human rethink I can say without equivocation as swamp log or doubt because of personal experi- lations is as wet ence that the country doctor is not you are going to feel that the whole excelled anywhere among humans proceeding is quite unfair and posyou will condemn the for good, common horse sense. And sibly who "wonts it done. That thing will the man or woman who is equipped go on in thousands upon thmmndf with horse sense keeps the human of households and hospitals, because race on an even keeL the smart alecks who started Mr. But to get back to the governRoosevelt in that direction put him ment proceedings: here we see an on the spot. or action, Western Newspaper Ualea. threat, against a whole Last week as neurotic Europe jittered and shivered, Adolf Hitler led 1,500,000 troops through unpreceIn England, dented maneuvers. there were signs that Neville Chamberlains "kid glove policy toward Germany and England was breaking down. In Shanghai, Japan made bold stances on the International Settlement. (See below). Into such a troubled world stepped U. S. Secretary at State Cordell Hull to deplore once again the "tide of A good maker-of-point- s, lawlessness. Statesman Hull listed a seven-point international program to "S I V. Lalline- - by Germany. Meanwhile, Englands Lord Runciman made little progress in his mission to settle the scrap between loyal Czechs and pro-NaAs negoSudeten Germans. tiations reached an impasse, Sudeten Ernst Kundt warned the government that the "gap is unbridgeable." Fortnight ago, Chinese nationalists in Shanghai celebrated the first anniversary of Japans invasion by raising flags and waging guerrilla Result was an invasion warfare. of Shanghais International Settlement by Jap secret service agents who were promptly spanked and sent home. Last week two French soldiers were seized and taken to the Japanese embassy where they were held despite protests. Though Shanghai itself now lives pyprefully under Tokyo rule, the zi In September, 1934, the body of a headless woman was washed ashore on Clevelands Lake Erie front door. years The next three and one-ha- lf bodproduced nine more headless ies, seven of them men, two of them women. In each case, clues were maddeningly absent; always the same mutilation and cleavage of bodies, always the papers and boxes into which the pieces were packed, always the hopelessness of identification. Last week, rummaging around a lake front dump, police stumbled on an eleventh victim, headless like the rest. Four hours of patient examination brought no clues. A few hours later crowds swarmed over the dump, uncovered a twelfth torso. Both were women; one may have been a Negro. As police continued to seek the mad butcher of Kingsbury Run they knew only that he was a surgically skilled maniac who apparently has no other motive except a fiendish desire to dissect human bodies. d International CLASiSi&jEg DEPARTMENT PHOTOGRAPHY ROLLS DEVELOPED scuaafcaSB j Peasant Motifs Add Smartness to Linens Sports In New Yorks Madison Square Garden, 20, 000 fight fans saw dusky ment houses 1,000,000 Chinese still Henry Armstrong enter a boxing Kai-shering wearing two crowns, world foyal to Generalissimo Chiang Shanghai diplomats feared featherweight, world welterweight. that Japan might attempt to seize In another corner sat Lou Ambers the settlement, a move that would wearing one crown, world lightsend U. S., Great Britain and weight For 15 rounds they fought at terrific pace as Henry Armstrong France into an outraged uproar. held the edge. In the Meanwhile, Tokyo tightened its clearly under a belt once more, taking more econ- fifth, Ambers dropped sixth he the In crushing right. war the to measures speed up omy dropped again under a fusillade of obin China. Hankow, But in the thirteenth he jective, still remained 100 miles rights. to a standstiff. fought Armstrong war from Nipponese. weary away At fights end, Henry Armstrong left the ring wearing three crowns Business instead of two, the first man in boxLast week Secretary of State Corhistory to hold three titles at dell Hull reported satisfactory prog- ing one time. But from the audience ress with his reciprocal trade treaty came jeers, boos, catcalls, straw program whereby the U. S. be- hats, cigar butts and pop bottles. comes most favored nation" with a host of governments. Then came Domestic a stumbling block, thrown in his I am quite confident that he is su- path not by a foreign power but in learning and ability to anyone perior door next Huff's Mr. neighbor, else available by end that his character is Secretary of Agriculture Henry Walequal to his gifts. He has been a dear lace. of atine for many years, but I am In all the world there are wheat friend confident that the judgment I express is 075 Of million bushels. of surpluses not the child but the parent of my affecthis the U. S. has 325 million, Can- tion.' ada 250 million. Easily the biggest Thus, in 1932, wrote the late competitors in wheat export busi- beloved Justice Oliver Wendell ness, North America's "good neigh- Holmes regarding Harvards Felix bors? .. have made price-cuttin- g Frankfurter, whom he wanted apmoves against each other to sell a pointed to the Massachusetts SuBut famed Jurist major part of the 400 million bush- preme court. els tiie world export market needs Frankfurter declined the offer and this year. What Secretary Wallace suggested last week was an understanding on wheat export policy with the Canadian government which has pegged No. 1 wheat at a minimum of 81 cents a bushel and agreed to absorb losses connected with export business. After he reaches an agreement, Secretary Wallace hopes to make a similar provision for U. S. exports, subsidy money to come from customs receipts. Determined to dispose of at least 100 million bushels on the export market this year, Secretary Wallace might easily disnipt the reciprocal trade treaty by underbidding nations now operating under agreements with Secretary Huff.' foreign-owne- Settle- k. long-soug- jus-Oth- er d 9 International Lawlessness Deplored by Secretary Hull Ky WASHINGTON. Crime CORDELL HULL . . . s narrow mental horizon." accomplish this aim: (1) economic reconstruction; (2) adherence to international law; (3) observance of treaties and their orderly modification when necessary; (4) abstention from use of force; (5) with other nations internal affairs; (6) disarmament; (7) collaboration for culture. To America, Mr. Hulls speech was a warning that U. S. isolation is no longer possible. To European chancellories it was intended to be a pep talk for internationalism. But as comment drifted back home next day from London, Berlin, Paris, Rome and Tokyo, it appeared Mr. Hull had only made his friends dearer, made his enemies stronger. Berlin spoke of his "narrow mental horizon," Rome called him "idealistic and impracticable, Tokyo said his speech was a repetition of his idealistic diplomacy which contains nothing not included in recent pronouncements. '.But from Paris and London ally-hung- ry came only praise. Two days later Franklin Roosevelt found occasion to make another official U. S. utterance on Democ- racy vs. Dictatorship. At Ontarios Queens university, where he got an honorary degree, the President (1) extended the Monroe doctrine to Canada by promising that the peo- ple of the U. S. will not stand idly by if domination of Canadian soil is threatened by another empire;" and (2) took a slap at Hitler, Mussolini, et el, by remarking: "We cannot prevent our people from having an opinion in regard to wanton brutality . . . undemocratic regimentation . . . misery inflicted on To France this helpless peoples. was proof that "the democracies of the world are standing together." ht i Politics Patten 1743. The peasant note spells smart ness in linens today. These flf. ures in simple stitches will add color to accessories and offer pleasant hours in their embroi- Patten dering. 1743 transfer patten of contain ( 4 motifs 7 by 9)4 inches, 4 motifs 3 by 3 inches, 4 motifs 2 by 2V incha; illustrations of stitches; materlak required; color schemes. Send 15 cents in stamps or coini (coins preferred) for this patten to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York, N. Y. Please write your name, address and patten number plainly. Health of the Mind Reading is to the mind whit exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strength ened, and invigorated; by ths other, virtue (which is the health d the mind) is kept alive, cherished and confirmed. Addison. NERVOUS? leal ae narrow yon wont to enuHt Payee Aim job atau ud irritable? Do jroo wH daunt to yon? II jroar Barrel art en ads aad yea fed otad a good (eaeral qntaa toolbar Lydia 8. PinkherneVtaetaMo Comport Hilda aepastaUffar much. For ora 0 yean oaa woman its toll hair to (a tnUiae thru with rdttb Pinkhnaa Compoun. It helps Baton tall Hp non phyrieol Tnrietmre ud that Up cola gtriuringnerue and lamin riiiwfna froa aaaoyfna symptoms which etua w those m aompany tomato Innctinnil dicordcw. It a chanea to help TOOT why not millioa women him wntHe Our on (ia beatdU from Pinkiaafl wonderful leportiaf This year, more than ever, state primary campaigns have brought Admitting Error In complaints of "dirty poker. An error gracefully acknow) Kentucky, both Sen. Alben Barkley and Gov. A. B. Happy Chandler edged is a victory worn G were accused of misusing federal coigne. and state funds to influence voters. FELIX FRANKFURTER such charges last Investigating " He is superior in learning . . week. Sen. Morris Sheppards comHELP-KIDNEForeign mittee on campaign expenditures Justice Holmes died. So andid Last February 20. dapper Anthony found a particularly juicy morsel. To Get Rid of Acid Eden resigned as Britain's foreign Uncovered in Pennsylvania were other great liberal. Justice BenjaPoisonous Waste and min Cardozo. Yonr Iddneyi help to keep secretary because he didn't believe letters carrying Sen. Joseph F. GufTo fill Justice Cardozos post was by constantly filtering wilts ustte in consorting with dictators. But feys signature, urging WPA work- Iroa tha blood. It yaw kidneyi pi a job confronting Franklin RoosePrime Minister Neville Chamberlain lunctiooally disordered ud Id h velt last week. Since the court almare sioua imparities, there my" set out to make friends with Adolf pejemtoe of the whole system ready has a liberal majority he Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Apwould not find it necessary to conBurning, scanty or toe heqael i pointed as Edens successor was sider that factor. Some thought a Viscount Halifax. westerner should have the job for You may Buffer Mgcfaff taebat Next came conversations at Berk pwfatwt h ijirtitUcbcfdinl reasons of geographical distribution. lin and Rome, a n pUfeff p uiKfat&mfliBf. pdhm Others tha wk thought it should go to a friendship pact, a plan to take foryf M pliygq Qy Jew or Catholic for religious reaeigners out of the Spanish war, an Te such eteea it is better to itiy YS yoo-e- British-Italia- sms wr avowal of peace from Hitler. Until last fortnight Neville Chamberlain was a success at winning friends and influencing people. But a few days later his house of cards collapsed. Italy began propaganda despite her friendship" Hitler agreement. massed 1,500.000 men for war maneuvers despite his peace avowal. Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Spains rebel commander, balked at eliminating foreign fighters. presumably on advice from Berlin and Rome. What was still more disheartening, Viscount Halifax met secretly with opinionated Anthony Eden and was reported ready to resign. Some thought Neville Chamberlain might also resign, placing weather-beate- n Sir Samuel Hoare in line for the premiership. At Cologne an was planted in front of the U gun S consulate, barking every 20 minutes at an imaginary enemy in the sky. Throughout Germany, troop trains pulled reserves to the borders of frianc? fnd Czechoslovakia anti-Briti- sh sons. Though no appointment was expected before congress reconvenes, sentiment was growing rapidly in Washington. Firot to climb the bandwagon was Nebraskas Sen. George Norris. Most observers thought Felix Frankfurter would make a good addition to the high court. aadieiaa that hie won eonetijfmw sgfcSrassssttB Army Last week, as Adolf Hitler Paraded his manpower before ths world and Englands Leslie Hore- Belisha began Great Britains army, streamlining many an American PENXSYLVANLVS GUFFEY wondered about his own national He wrote too many letters. defense. To their m ers to contribute to campaign chests tigators learned thatsurprise, U. S. army flcials are placing an accent of Gov. George A. Earle, for the senate, and C. Alvinrunning youth, are moreover tightening ef- Jones, ficiency strings. running for governor. New regulations U. S. criminal require periodic of,th code forbids solicitation by a fed- reports on major generals and 12,500 eral officeholder of political funds officers below that grade, And, from any person receiving federal because a score of majors and compensation. Vehemently denying brigadier generals reach retirement the charge. Senator Guffeys secre- age this year, a wholesale tary nevertheless sped word across fling of upper ranks is in Adolf Hitlers But to Maj. Gen. war the Atlantic to his boss, who is tourGeorge Van Horn Moseley, Fr0m many ing Europe. attending Third sent word of army maneuvers at Camp In Wyoming, a quiet wholesale rebellion among workers reTexas, officers were only Bullis, nominated Gov. Leslie primary Part of A. Miller drafted for state tasks. the problem. Said he: "The i No. 1 naming Nels H. Smith as his Nowhere was this Nazi show problem facing the United Slates of power more keenly felt than in little publican opponent next November. today from a military standpoint is Also renominated was Czechoslovakia, Wyomings where which is the 400 000 only representative, Paul R. Greev-e-r, manpower, our history. There are five worst in etly mobilized to who will face reasons, Frank O. forestall a sudden invasion in this order: move personal friend of Herbert Horton graft, crime, health, Hoover illiteracy and venereal disease." 00 lobby to deUghtfallyj ftadfe far Every OQ Heemv-2- 00 Hot Bathe anti-aircra- ft y farin'"!' reshuf-progres- s. HOTEL Temple Square 1.50 to Wales 0 The natal Tempi Banera btf hlehly dmiraMe, friendly Pmu.Yh will always find Ham, eunmnely mrnfariahlei t naraunnly aaeeealda. Iw sen ! fosw laiWilml why thle betel IIICULY RECOSIMK.NlD Y also appreciate whyi iron merit etdleOnetlenteeteO entitle UeeutHulheatekt l,j us ERNEST C ROSSITEK. AW |