Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE TUESDAY MORNING it ISSUED EVERY MORNINO BY THE BALT LAKB TRIBUNB PUBLISHING) CO Sqlt Lake City Utah Tuesday Morning March 3 1936 Affairs in The Nation MARCH 3 1933 SPRING TONIC By Morris New Deal Foe March 2— An accident associated with the death Albert C Ritchie of in Maryland has national b e a WASHINGTON while ago it seems eastern papers were feaa ONLY little the doings of “bad men” who were depicted as turing picturesque personalities peculiar to the “wild and woolly west” During the past few years largely due to the vigilance and of western officers and the rigidity of law enforcement by western courts desperadoes remaining at large have sought safer fields for Ihwlessi enterprise Gunmen more dangerous defiant and deadly than the old west ever knew are found in eastern states where they terrorize inhabitants rob banks hold up pay cars loot police arsenals and treat prison guards With the utmost contempt Out of the cornfields of the Wabash bottoms come the out of the shops of Chicago the JVlsons out of the slums of New York City the Hauptmanns with their machine guns and mouthpieces their hidden plunder and their political pull shooting their way through cordons of police kidnaping sheriffs snuffing out the lives of school children who get in their way leaving trails of blood like road maps all over the thickly settled sections of the republic One of these desperate ruffians held up a troop of jailors some time ago with a wooden pistol took their real guns and official car left the state and led pursuers a merry chase covering several months Another malefactor terrorized an Ohio courtroom with a fake bottle of nitroglycerine the other day sending judge jurors officers and spectators scampering for safety jumping through windows and wedging In doorways while thd" harmless vial of ammonia was knocked from the prisoner’s hand Crime flourishes best whefg Vice secures protection from corrupt politicians The police can always minimize these evils If they are left alone or given the backing necessary to offset the influence of silent but influential partners in iniquity It rests &ith the people most of whom are apathetic because they complain that their interferertce will bring no change but personal risk to themselves and their households For several years following the World war a formidable power sprang up in the underworld It employed attorneys by the year helped elect judges secured the appointment of police commissioners and rode through the streets in armored automobiles fearing only rivals in crime It is a national problem and cannot be solved in sporadic campaigns Every encouragement and assistance should be given by congress by state legislatures to federal and local agencies in their efforts to make this country a safe and orderly lahd in which to live Dil-ling- 0 A Sane View of Insanity ers r ’ TIMES of social distress there is a tendency to exaggerate the consequences of poverty and unemployment These conditions are bad enough in and of themselves to be sure without the chain of unhappy consequences which they are alleged to produce It is a common belief for instance that a depression produces an increased quantum of suicide but according to reliable data this belief is unfounded It is often assumed also that an increase in insanity follows the heightened mental stress and tension which characterizes a depression It is especially comforting to learn therefore from a report of the New York Psychiatric Institute and Hospital that this is not so IN Accurate statistics of insanity have been kept in New York state for the past 22 years When each variety of mental disease is analyzed separately it appears that for all kinds of insanity save one the number of cases per 100000 has remained fairly constant for over 20 years The one disease that has increased is caused by a disease which has increased with longevity Speaking for the institute Dr Carnejl Landis concludes —that “the rate of mental disease when corrected for factors known to directly affect it has held remarkably constant with the exception of those diseases associated with old age The depression of itself has nbt led to any real increase in mental disease in spite of the fact that it has undoubtedly increased mental stress and unhappiness” Of interest in this connection also is the’ report of a special committee of appointed by the Ameri- can Neurological association whose work was subsidized by a Carnegie Foundation grant in order “to evaluate in a ! critical manner the facts and the theories which constitute the subject matter of the inheritance of mental disease feeble mindedness epilepsy and crime” The conclusions of the committee will come as a disappointment to many eugenicists at least for is of the opinion that eugenical sterilization is not scientifically justified to the extent that it is commonly advocated The committee believes that “statistical gossip” has taken the place of sound judgment on this subject The opinion also is expressed that our sterilization laws are based on “a laudable desire to improve humanity rather than on real knowledge” The cpmSuHee concludes that the crying need is for more facts secured by research methods cerebro-arteriosclero- sis neuro-psychiatri- Passing of Early Day Diversions TWHETHER or not there remain an adequate number of old-timers in Arizona with a sufficient blending of humor and energy to stage a reversion to early day drvTfsronsr an 'excellent " opportunity and temptation has just been offered by a Detroiter who has written Governor B B Moeur for safety data preparatory to following the course of empire westward — confides to his excellency that he hopes to make Arizona his home but would like to know if the Indians are dangerous and the wild animals as fierce as represented in literature The most ferocious beast of the arid section is the Gila monster which is about a foot and a half long and capable of traveling a rod an hour Even a Detroiter ought to be able to get out of its way As to Indians the chief danger lies in having them beat the tenderfoot in civilized barter With most red men on their respective reservations and many a grimy blanket covering a college graduate one needs only to keep aloof from modern games of chance or skill to fare safer than he would in the Michigan metropolis As most Indians of the southwest sit in the shade reluctant tomove there is little fear of an But what a hilarious welcome might have been uprising arranged for the governor’s correspondent in the good old days! The landscape would have been alive with imitation Indians the W 10-ce- nt streets filled with howling desperadoes firing revolvers’ and galloping their ponies through saloons The whole population would have joined in the festivities and the initiation would have been remembered by the timid inquirer to the end of his lift on the coming presidential campaigh Cover n o r Ritchie was one of that considerable number of im port an t deal It was expected that he would show his attitude by tak-- 1 ng to' the Democratic na- - Mark Sullivan tional convention at Philadelphia in June a delegation which would not be committed to Mr Roosevelt but would be uninstructed The delegation would consult with and be free to act with other opponents of the new deal Maryland indeed was counted on as one of the states which and Ritchie as one of the leaders who in the Democratic national convention would reflect disapproval of the new deal The day after Ritchie's funeral an Important member of the Democratic organization in Maryland Lansdale G Sasscer presl-de- ITS AS xm J SudEET AS -- nt of theetate senatermadr Hir--' announcement which lauded Mr Roosevelt and his administration and Included the following words: “My oplnioii is that it IS for the best Interests of our party and the best interests of our country to take our position now not only for the reelection but for the renomination of President Roose- w all-ti- ” hand-picke- His Stand Reflects National Condition This is a slight local episode but it reflects a nation-wid- e condition Its significance lies in a difference between the status of the two men concerned Mr Ritchie had completed a long period as governor Presumably he looked forward to no other office regarded his political career as ended and felt free to be a party sage without preoccupation with personal ambition Mr Sasscer on the other hand is still In office still in active politics and presumably has expectations of a further career This distinction will be found It is a definite line everywhere between those Democrats who are willing publicly to oppose the new deal and those who prefer to "go along” with it Practically every Democrat who has given recent public expression of opposition to the new deal and to Mr Roosevelt is one who has completed his The names of political career practically all are followed by "ex" When Smith of New York made his anti-nedeal and speech before the American Liberty league he began by saying he had no further expectation of holding w public office Other Democrats Oppose New Deal Other Democrats who are well known and who oppose the neV eal include ' Ely of Massachusetts of Michigan Comstock James A Reed of Missouri and of State (in Wilson's cabinet) Bainbridge Colby One distinguished Democrat went so far as voluntarily to make himself an “ex” in order to be free to oppose the new deal William R Pattangall was the Democratic chief justice of Maine until he resigned recently in order to give himself freedom Turning now to Democrats still in office still in the course of active political careers it cannot be said— decidedly it cannot — that all of them favor the new deal and Mr Roosevelt Actually many of them are bitterly’ hostile But this generalization can be made with very few exceptions: practically no Democrat now in office and hoping to continue there will now publicly take a position the new deal and to Mr Roosevelt Some have done so a year or so ago but none are likely to do so with the Democratic hos-Ule-- to national convention approaching and the election in sight All Democrats in active leadership and expecting to have future careers in politics will tend at least to "go along" with Mr Roosevelt and the nev deal Many will have the strongest kind of mental reservations but few will publicly take hostile positions Not Practicable Stand to Take It simply Is not ft practicable thing to do They know Mr Roosevelt is going to be nominated- it is too late to change that They know that if at this iate date they publicly criticise Mr Roosevelt and the new deal such action will tend to hurt Mr Roosevelt and the Democratic party in the ensuing presidential campaign They know that if they do anything formally and publicly hostile) to Mr Roosevelt either when he is the presidential nomine© of their party or when he is so close to it that his nomi- nation taken for granted — they know that by such an faction at such a time they wobM “read themselves out of the paty’’ They know such nn action would end their political careers and however strong their private opposition to the new deal they regard continuance in their own political careers as too important to be jeopardized Among Democrats still in active careers who are appalled by the new deal there is a special group: It consists of men highly placed in the party senators and others who a considerable time is By o mcintyre NEW YORK March 2 — Irving iebrlties swept from limousines and Berlin attaining fresh triumphs taxis All seemed too awed to inaka with his Tunes for the talkies con- usual requests because of the surtinues shyest of the current celebri- feit of ermine mink and monoties In almost sny public gather- cles Then one broke the police coring he has a way of making himself ral and the stampede was on givso inconspicuous he U often not seen ing Broadway one of the most disatalL gusting spectacles of "celebrity conHe Is one of the few first night-er- e sciousness” it has ever seen who arrives on time and does not flit around showily between The monocle increase this winter acts In a closeup he Is la one of the moat pronounced danan excellent listener and has a good dyisms since Lucius Beebe barged down from Boston Heretofore New word for everybody especially in composing And he’s York has gated only at such occabeen loyal to friends of other days sional monocllsts as Jules Bache Physically frail he is a careful Achmed Abdullah Da Segurola eater moderate cigaret smoker and Tommy Millard and George Arliaa rarely indulges more than a single But a crop of English actors augcocktail on festive occasions One mented by noblemen parked here of his eccentricities on an evening because of cheaper living has given out is to motor to a Broadway bar- the town a glassy gloss A half ber shop solely to have his hair dozen monocles may be counted brushed along the avenue in a short saunter His marriage to the beaiitiful and And several opticians have window socially prominent Ellen Mackay cards: “Monocle Adjustments" despite the head waggers proved a union of unusual devotion He is The monocle to my notion has reputed to have written a lyrical no equal in promoting elegance sentimentality for her eyes alone Nothing so simple and inexpensive of every week since they were mar- has the trick of creating an aura culture blood and top drawer what-h- o ried Just leaves it around I used to carry one on trips to Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin Europe not so much for the show are richest of the living popular although I had my moments but as tune makers Each In the million- a sort of barrier breaker Such as aire division Kern's fortune was this: I tried on two occasions for augmented by royalties but it was a ringside table at a haughty Lonchiefly from hie marvelous collec- don night elub Each time no dice tion of first editions sold shdrtly A week later I dusted ofTThe monobefore the crash He could realize cle clapped it to my eye and allittle on them today Berlin's for- though the place was jammed was tune is almost solely from his songs piloted pronto smack down among He is said to have loaned his father-in-la- the swells Ersklne Gwynne tipped Clarence Mackay a million me off to that one when the vast Mackay estate was Beatrice Kaufman wife of the In Jeopardy playwright George S Kaufman and An record aggregation of who has contributed a play and articles herself autograph collectors clotted a few many magazine weeks ago at the premiere of the stepped right out front in her new of- - fiction chief with the soChaplin picture oq Broadway role Scores of them took places hours phisticated Harper’s Bazaar edited before the d crowd be- by CarAel Sno- w- What a name for For a time they a colony dessert! Mrs Kaufman gan to arrive stood dumbly like cattle in run- has several surprises for the takening water while the current of ee- - off and her wide acquaintance with the Dorothy Parker Noel Coward tears out to investigate and mother types of litefati presages a lot of contacts editors dream about but goes back and sita in the chair This morning however she beat seldom realize For no known reahim to the coveted spot Jerry son the most reluctant and scantilooked at her resentfully for a mo- est outputs of writing come from ment and then jumped up on the those who bear the brand of socouch where he lay apparently lost phistication They toss much of it in thought Suddenly a bright Idea off gratis at cocktail parties struck him He leaped down from Sudden memory: Center tables the couch and tore out to the back door barking furiously He set up with legs carved Into clawa holding such a commotion that mother went clear glass balls out to see what the matter was One of the chronic story tellers Then Jerry raced back and got Into came bursting into the Lambs card the chair room with a new one "Stop me If Herb Osterholm was spending his you’ve heard this" he began And Laurie Jr looking up from a vacation in Los Angeles It was Joe pinochle game drawled: “How?” the season and the aky during rainy was darkly overcast and the air was (Copyright 1936 McNaught damp and chill As he strolled about Syndicate) the town he noticed an Individual clad In a strange garb and wearing Paper suits are coming soon says a bright red turban an experimenter in the field It is “What sort of a chap is that?" assumed anything in checks larger Herb asked of a traffic cop than four Inches would be a sports “I imagine he’s a member of the extra cult that worships the Sun” replied soft-spok- Democrats who dislike the new velt Day-by-D- ay a — By MARK SULLIVAN Wild and Woolly Applies to the East New York The Forum The - By Our Readers Reader Raps State Age Payment Plans Editor Tribune: I note that our state soon will be ready to loan money to the old veteran pioneers who built the bridges fought the Indians killed the snakes and gave their services and meafls unstint-ingl- y to subdue the desert and make it blossom as the rose It seems a tragedy to me that they must now be compelled to borrow money from the soalled social security board of the public welfare department All we have to do is to mortgage what property we possesss to oqr benevolent board to get relief from the state of not to exceed $15 per month and an equal amount from our government Our pioneers taught us that each family should own its own home as an Inheritance and most of us have a humble cottage that we call our home which we hoped to leave our children who may be in8 need of a shelter because Of some handicap or misfortune that prevents them from making a home for themselves We also must swear that our children are paupers Most of us have children for we have counted them as our inheritance and have bequeathed them to our as part of ouf contribution to it Most of these humble homes are now mortgaged and to place more burdens on them would be disastrous Pioneers will you borrow this money from the state? If you live ten years longer it will add only $3600 if 20 years only $7200 to your present burden Representative J Will Robinson says that congress passed this measure as a pension to come to us without any obligation on our wel- part to repay it Our (SENATOR from fare board says it can in no way be called a pension but a loan Had Dr J H Paul who has spent more time and knows more than all bur present security setup on pensions been 'put on this board he would have insisted it is a pension Every man as to character Is k without any strings the creature of the age in which he WILLIAM J ROBINSON lives Very few are able to raise themselves above the Ideas of their Writer Makes Appeal time— Voltaire Qjjndpit pay-bac- For Security Editor Tribune: of Youth So much has been said about security for the aged which is all well and good But what shall we say and do for the security of youth 2500000 of whom are looking for work for opportunity and unable to find them 300000 of whom are out of school without money and without a way to earn it and whose parents cannot do anything for them a million of them who are in the jungles and counted as castaways and untouchables hundreds of thousands of them who are in filthy jails where they are forever lost to the world of beauty and light that Should belong to all youth What shall we do about these? Who will to to them and seek to save them economically and spiritually? These unfortunates had- no part whatever in bringing about the conditions that have thrown them aside They-arthe victims Their youth Is lost their dreams are broken Those who preach and teach from their positions of ease and luxury do not reach them and they do not realize that they are losing great opportunities for service for there are fine and splendid spirits among these stranded youths Let some one follow the example of Father Damien or better still of Jesus Half of the people in the synagogue where He first preached were like unto these The fisherago have already spoken in strong men he first came to were in rags criticism of the new deal It in- and grime resulting front their cludes Senator Carter Glass of humble vocation But witness what Virginia Senator Harry F Byrd he did' with them Similar results of the same state Senator Millard on a smaller scale may be secured F Tydings of Maryland and some by going out to the Legion of Lost others Senator Glass has spoken Youth and calling and leading them more strongly and effectively back to life Will we do it or will against the new deal than any we stand condemned as a nation other public man Democratic or for thus sending to hell and oblivion this army of fine intelligent youth Republican C N LUND Differ fair-stat- - e They Only In Forcefulness The others have spoken with equal feeling— they differ from Senator Glass only in forcefulness of expression The justification these men will have in "going along" with Mr Roosevelt will be that however they oppose the new deal they oppose the Republican party more It remains to be seen what they will do if dissenting Democrats Jike Smith organize a third party-o- f independent Demo crats Even in that event these Democrats now in active political careers would probably remain regular They think that maintaining the Democratic party as a going concern is more important than any one election The Democrats who are active leaders who are appalled by the new deal but who nevertheless will "go along" with the nomination of Mr Roosevelt do so with tnv expectation that by staying within their own party they can later on bring the party back to its traditions and principles They know that so soon and if Mr Roosevelt is reelected it will be known that his next four years are his last In that condition the Democrats in congress and elsewhere will not need to defer to him If Mr Roosevelt is the Democrats opposed to the new deal expect at the beginning of the first session of congress after the election to start on-course of restoring the Democrats party to its traditional principles (Herald-Tribun- e Syndicate) e Substitute Offered For Townsend’s Plan Editor Tribune: The press as well as the politicians are using all means at their command by way of propaganda to defeat the Townsend old age pension plan and don’t offer any solution to remedy the situation which confronts the country today The almighty dollar is the religion of today The Golden Rule religion is sidetracked to the scrap heap The good words of Lincoln which says: "This country is of the people by the people and for the people" is just plain bunk today You’ll soon find out If you go to a political rally and try and be heard on a good cause say you wouldn’t get to first base Well I have a plan to offer which I think would work It might seem a little cruel to the old folks but would b‘e approved by a great many of the younger people who are starting out to shoulder their own problems- - It should be compulsory by law to replace all men and women in politics business or employment after they have reached the age of 60 with younger men and women giving all those over 60 years the Townsend pension of $200 a month for ten yean If they didn't die from overkindness within that time then the state Take them over and give them a black draft and put them to sleep out of their miseryThat plan would solve the prob-leas a person over 70 is either getting into second childhood or as stubborn as a mule That also applies to politicians as well as college professors JOHN LAWRENCE m T remember that territory’' said an oldtimer in the sales game "Why my trips out there were looked upon as real events in the lives of the merchants I sold them everything in the line — whole carloads at a time How are things now?" "Not so good” replied the young salesman "Most of the old fellows you used to sell seem to have lost interest Of course there still are some old who never will know the meaning of" the word ‘quit’ and they are doing pretty well But if you should make another trip the chances ara you’d find the majority of them sitting around the stove waiting for Dr Townsend to come to their rescue In one town instead of orders for merchandise all I came away with was a membership in a club and a subscription to a newspaper" J? j NEVER GIVE UP How oft when clouds above us rise And-hid- e the sun away Our thoughts grow darksome as the skies And dismal as the day And yet when all is touched with die-har- the officer the sun!" repeated "Worships Herb with a shiver "Then I suppose he comes down here for a rest” Someone has figured out that aris ing two hours earlier each morning for 40 years adds nearly three and years to one’s life This is equal to eight hours a day for 10 years My son figures he can accomplish the same thing by going to bed two hours later every one-ha- Fastest in History! lf hrs 5 hrs To SEATTLE 6tt PORTLAND FRANCISCO night 4K hrs When Sam Whitney came home the other night he noticed an exLeave at 12:39 p m arrive m tremely long pie on the table "What on earth is that dear?” Seattle Portland San Francisco or inquired Sam gloom Los Angeles in afternoon Also "I couldn't get any shorter rhuAnd earth takes on a somber hue evening departure for San FVancisco Just when the blackest shadows barb” Adele replied mournfully "The 5 :44 loom The sun comes smiling through SPAULDING Daybreaker” (Lv am) arriving for opening of business in Los Angeles San Francisco or Pacific hotel Northwest d Why then should you or I with Down planes town st O’Furell above Powell fear Heated cabins Stewardess service Redecorated refurnished d skies? 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