Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE TUESDAY MORNING fljc j&tlt £tlc-p?ib'uh- In Spotlight c Established April 15 1871 iMued every morning by The Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Company TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $ 90 Dally and Sunday one month 10S0 Daily and Sunday one year The above rate apply in Utah Idaho Nevada and Wyoming Elsewhere in the United States: $125 Daily and Sunday one month The Tribune is on sale in every impo’rtant city in the United States Readers may ascertain agents in any city by telephoning this office Salt Lake City Utah Tuesday Morning October 13 1933 U S The Hunter1 s Guide U Mitt? BENNION whose death has just been announced has identified with the material development and general welfare of his native state for 40 years Born in Utah October 7 1862 a member of one of the leading pioneer families who did their part in the founding of this commonwealth to young Harden fell many of the tasks essential to the building of both communities and characters His mother was a writer of more than usual merit as she won a third prize at the centennial exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia As a student a rancher a merchant and a banker in Vernal and Roosevelt he was conspicuous among the leaders who brought the fertile Uintah basin to the favorable attention world Elected to the state senate in 1898 and reelected he represented his district eight years in that body with ability and distinction In 1909 he became a member of the state board of equalization and served in that capacity for eight years He was afterward elected secretary of state appointed a trustee of the agricultural college a member of the university board of regents and state commissioner of agriculture In recent years owing to ill health he had not been an active participant in public affairs Mr Bennion was a tall dignified gentleman of charming address and pleasant manners he was an earnest student all his life liberal minded and thoroughly informed concerning the details of all departments of state government The condolence of a people and the sympathy of friends are extended to the bereaved widow and family HARDEN of-th- e Session oFthe Supreme Court at high noon in the nation's capital the supreme YESTERDAY for consideration of several important matters One relates to pleas for a rehearing of the minimum wage law mandate Following a ruling of the court that wages are not subject to congressional regulation another decision declared that wages cannot be Tegulated by state legislation The resultant controversy has been waged over the entire country and has elecited comment in other lands Both major parties of the United States in their national conventions pondered the peculiar situation very seriously While the platforms were not' equally explicit in proposing a remedy the two standard bearers have expressed themselves in favor of a constitutional amendment to cover the generally recognized necessity Several states with minimum wage laws have joined New York wherein the action originated to petition the supreme court for a reconsideration of its decision Other matters coming up for deliberation are the farm mortgage moratorium act the arms embargo law and a protest against enforcement of the holding company statute Some points that have been made issues in the presidential campaign may not be passed upon until after the election as the court is averse to having its rulings discussed in partisan gatherings Screen Lover Buried in Solitude GILBERT’S ashes have just been laid beneath the sod of Lawn Memorial park in Los Angeles Born in Logan Utah less than 40 years ago the famous son of a talented mother who was also a native of the Cache valley metropolis Gilbert became one of the most popular lovers in filmland Dignified dark debonair and handsome he acquired fame friends and fortune without effort or pretension Yet he died at his palatial home in Beverly Hills last January almost alone to be cremated and buried the other day by a solitary friend H ? w a sr e ar ed in aiq atmosphere ofpublicityIIe rejoiced- - in the presence and applause of crowds His friends were legion and his personal admirers were many But he went in solitude ipoh the “great adventure” His 'dust was returned to the dust from which it came and the friend who so consigned it went to the cemetery alone The Bard of Avon described life as a drama of sound and fury in which each player “struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard-nmore” John Gilbert’s entrance on the stage at Logan artd his exit in Beverly Hills were the chief events of his colorful career By O O McIntyre in tHeTieafF Bryant Park has become known among the police and social workers as Psycopath Plaza For some reason it has become the rendezvous of unfortunates who might be better off in public institutions NEVT YORK Oct 12— That seYeriepatcSliTcHed their other gifts the and Mr managers Roosevelt himself are reputed to be exceedingly smart In politics There is nothing some of the presAmong new deal ident’s WE'EE FRIENDS or CHARIXV BlAK'CHWiV S P To JUST COfAt our HERE AWT VOU'D SHOUl OS S0MEYEAL — 'Pont of v Seevi ’SUREGO AHEAD to 'REMEMBER m charleY - Bor DON'T NONL Btfvrz- SHOOT ATHt olf HUNTING inti- like to NlcdTEACE-'NWVtfGo- To HAVE ANV CORN f meVe 0 CELL THU LATELY 'EVEN HAD A U)T OT 53AIN 4F jT DlDM'T C7M6- - IN TIME To VEA-vJE- LL' V5V SAVE THE CROPS-HOU- J'D LIKE THE'tVAV'THe-'UoRLO ?UITE- 5ERIE5 CAME! OUT MADE-rtA SPEECH THE PRESIDENT ' OTH ERj NIG HT' W ASM ' T re- fers to him as the "supreme Frank R Kent artist" Probably this praise is well deserved Nonetheless it may not turn out clever to have permitted the campaign to become so clearly one between conservatives and radicals with the radicals massed on the Roosevelt side That they are so massed no one disputes and that is the mala reason the division this time between the big cities and the small towns and villages is so much more pronounced than before The phase of the fight worries the Roosevelt management more than any other despite the vigor of the president's repudiation of his communist support which it may be said unaffected by the repudiation he still has As to Conservatives There is a pretty well founded belief that most of the people of this country are conservative at heart and the fueling is that the undue prominence of the radi- cal RoBsevelt following is calculated to solidify them on the other side Those who hold this view do not think now it was smart to have picked for Roosevelt electors in New York the three following foreign-bor- n gentlemen all of whom have exceedingly radical records— Mr David Mr Max Zaritski and Mr Sidney Hillman Particularly it does not seem smart to have put these men on the new deal ticket as presidential electors In upstate districts many miles distant from their actual homes in New York City If Mr Farley sanctioned and sponsored that he is not very farsighted Naturally the Republicans anxious to drive home the point that behind Mr Roosevelt are all the eledangerous and ments— naturally they make the most of it Republican papers and orators in all sections are dwelling upon the presence on the new deal ticket of the Messrs r — EXPECT politician One of his most ardent journalistic admirers-constantl- y By Bertram Benedict -The supreme court soon may hand down its decision on a rehearing concerning the New York for state minimum wage law dewomen The court in a cision on June 1 invalidated the law Application for a rehearing was filed on October 5 by the state of New York joined by Massa-chusse- ts and Illinois The supreme court’s 1936 decision on state minimum wage laws for women was derived from its 1923 decision on a similar law enacted by congress for the Dis- E - rr P— - 5AYBY1HE s ALL RIGHr F0e Tolpo A LITTLE Hunting n voor WAY A FELLA ' mtir The 1923 deof Columbia cision in the Adkins case was by a 5 to 3 alignment The court declared in 1923 that a minimum wage for women violated the right of contract and trict Du-bins- The Public Forum Wants Sales Tax Law Repealed Editor pays to are and due no not a political asset They charge that Mr Dubinsky recently collected $5000 which wasent to the communists in Spain and that the Messrs Hillman and Baritski are prominent socialists which isn't a crime either but makes a rather good talking point And the Republicans repeat almost daily that to repudiate communist support and still retain these three men on the ticket as electors is an affront to the intelligence of the people Republicans Aroused Altogether the Republicans in their somewhat inept way are having a grand time with the Messers Dubinsky Zaritski and Hillman They aim to make their names well but not favorably known in the country towns villages and farms Their efforts to do this have been stimulated no little by the recent Minnesota development whereby Rooscvelt-Farley knowledge consent and support the Democratic party in that state was deliberately extinguished so as to give the Farmer-Labparty certainly one of the most radical groups in the country and pledged to Mr Roosevelt a free swing It may be that the selection of the Messrs Zaritski Dubinsky and Hillman means a large number of labor votes for Mr Roosevelt in the big cities and it may be that the Farmor-Labo- r deal in Minnesota means the eight elec-- " toral votes from that state But if as a result of these things the conservative sentiment of the nation is still further strengthened against Mr Rooseveltit may turn out not to have been worth it with If it is not right do not do it If it is not true do not say it — Marcus Aurelius DRIVER SLOW DOWN One can become used to almost anything It even becomes commonplace to look at bodies in the But somehow or city morgue another bodies that once were men driving automobiles don’t look nice Momentum inertia and gravity are Inexorable forces of nature that may not be trifled with by mere man When steering wheels cowl panels and Windshields are shattered by terrible impacts what can we expect of skulls ribs and backbones with which they come in sudden contact? But such is man’s sacrifice to SPEED! Newspaper accounts with all their gruesome details attract merely passing attention A visit to the morgue brings a sympathetic shake of the head and the matter is forgotten in an incredibly short time But did you ever look down upon the form of one dear to you — father mother husband wife son daughter or sweetheart— and live again in your mind’s eye the details of that last horrible second? What poignant grief did you again experience at the cemetery when your numbed mind slowly awakened to the SLOW DOWN the Record The hearts of all A E F veterans go out to the warriors of Spain As shown in the photos the uniforms still run in two sizes— too large and too small Lady Astor says' both Roosevelt and Landon are decent men And Norman Thomas in his way is just as impartial Voting for either he thinks you can't go right Stories linking Edward VIII with a possible Morganatic romance have Dora bewildered as she doesn’t see why international bankers want to get mixed up in the thing One of campaigners hai put 31000 miles on a single set of tires and has dragged the same red herring through eleven ' the-touri- states - Copyright 1936 by the North American Newspaper Alliance Inc ing or a mouthful of food without the inevitable tax? And the greatest hardship rests on the poorer classes those who must purchase in very small amounts If there must be such a tax why not let it apply to luxuries and things of that nature? Can it be hoped that a change in the affairs of state may take place and that right soon? Whatever comes or does not come let us remember that the new deal located the forgotten E J H man in Utah H M R T: G: See Rule I See Rule 2 By Ham Park Copyright 1936 by the Baltimore Sun fight Balanced Budget Letters appearing in this umn do not express the views of The Tribune They are the opln tons of contributors with which The Tribune may or may not agree The following rules govern contrl buttons: 1 Letters limited to 300 words Preference given to short commu2 Write legibly and nications clearly on one side of the paper only 3 Religious and racial discussions barred Partisan comment can be printed only with true name of writers 4 Personal aspersions pro 5 Poetical bibited contributions not wanted 6 Letters may be barred for obvious misstatements of fact or for statementa which are not In accord with fair play and 7 The Forum is not an good taste advertising medium 8 Writers must in sign true names and addresses will ink Letters unless partisan be carried over assumed name if cases In all writer so requests true name and address however must be attached to communicacannot consider 9 The Forum tion more than one letter from the same writer at one time Sometimes It look at things as they to give everyone his just matter where the shoe Tribune: The Senator From Sandpit or —Perhaps something cart heaone with the Alcazar They got Joe Louis together again after the Can’t See a col Fom the press which in a large measure is our guide we if we try keep ourselves posted as to the happenings of the Much to our regret jusday tice is not always meted out in due forms Take for example the new deal so much criticism and fault finding about not keeping their promises I want to call your attention to the one big promise that has been kept here in Utah and that is the one of the forgotten man The promise that he was to come forth and to be handed a full dinner pall has been fulfilled but how? Ask the man who pays a tax on every mouthful that goes into the pail and he will tell you the larger the tax the fuller the pail Time was "When our attention focused on our yearly tax hut now wa have a daily one and no mistake about it How is it Mr Forgotten Man to be thoroughly remembered? Not every state shares the same treatment as the state of Utah and pray whose fault is it that we cannot buy a stitch of cloth- - Zaritski and Hillman They point out that these men were born in Russia and Poland which is hardly a crime but certainly By Our Readers Forum Rules pinches Du-bins- Schmellng n “ life was snuffed out suddenly like a candle for no good reason? He lived yesterday Today he is dead Slow down driver slowdown! — Contributed EARLY TO BED When I Was young and in my prime Though very poor life was fine I always went to bed at nine Aside from the human hybrids who smirk and mince along its pleasant walks it is the evening starting place for vacuum blondes fresh from f ingerwaves waiting for the lights then drift to near-b- y Broadway and Fifth avenue to pursue with arch smiles and looks back the oldest profession It’s also the stamping ground harmfor those fever bright-eye- d less fellows who sponsor lost Long-haire- d causes and barefoot Johns the Baptists And zealots who pass out atheistic tracts and will without urging launch an oratorical harangue against the diety j No one can saunter through the without being twigged in park some way or other Authorities so far have adopted a “hands off’ policy on the theory such segregation is preferable to habitues scattering It is well policed— but still a bit nauseating Anna May Wongfiomo from her first visit to the land of her forefathers became what the chitchat choir calls “a rage” From the moment of arrival she was fairly rushed off her feet not by natives but by members of va- rious foreign colonies in Shanghai and Peiping Newspaper correspondents wrote she was besieged by the most eager crowds “since Chaplin” She met many of her father’s relatives to whom she is the Golden Petal loose-wrist- dwell upon amazing astuteness as a Off mid-tow- " iiouun's oiuyFRi inore than his Passing of Harden Bennion 00 S'AIA SJGHT' WE HUNT - By Frank R Kent Pitfalls of Exemption TTTAH realtors recently assembled in Salt Lake City for their U semiannual meeting warned homeowners and taxpayers against pitalls of the homestead tax exemption constitutional amendment to be voted upon at the forthcoming election Disavowing any antagonism for the proposal itself the realtors nevertheless felt constrained to remind the taxpayers that' the adoption of this amendment would merely complicate and add to the weight of the property tax structure Governmental units perforce will he compelled to find other sources of revenue if this proposal succeeds Experience teaches that the load in time will settle upon the same shoulders Widespread revisions of existing valuations which admittedly are only a fixed part 'of the market value undoubtedly would be one of the first steps New valuations automatically would restore many properties to the tax rolls the owners of which look to tax exemption as the end of their tax problem "Higher tax rates would follow in sequence In these maneuvers there undoubtedly will be' some shifting of the tax load but it is doubtful if it will follow ability to pay Rather it is likely to fail directly upon those who now are sorely troubled by their property tax burdens Even after this shuffling is completed it is doubtful if the problem of "governmental financing particularly in the smaller units will be met Better housing will be harassed and discourIn local governaged which in itself constitutes a tax problem ment cities counties and school districts the revenue problem is a direct reflection of public heeds The costs of public service are to be assessed against the tax -payers of the unit If all or a considerable number are exempt from taxation service must be curtailed or new revenues established Always the tax problem works right back to the point of beginning The Utah realtors are frank to confess that there is a serious problem in front of property taxpayers in Utah They however can see no relief in exemptions without limitation in levies Even with limited levies the general problem of financing government remains Briefly it resolves down to the fact that the people who benefit by government must share the cost of those benefits It is a difficult if not hopeless ambition to hope to revise the tax system so that someone else pays all the taxes Highlights of New York” As Seen by McIntyre By Ding Politics mates JOHN OCTOBER 13 1036 t And in the morning arose to see The first bright ray tip the tall-c- st tree My pillow cried: “Ah woe is me!" Now I am old and still quite poor Gone youth and health for evermore I wish that I’d stayed up till four —The Old Mari of the Mountains NOTES ON THE CUFF DEPARTMENT Something to worry about: Constance Bennett film star won’t drink tea or coffee if it’s served in a thick cup True to type: In the State Liquor stores rye and bourbon are listed as “Whiskey" Scotch is “Wiskey” Do you remember when parties were all the rage? I do and I remember when mother was Invited she’d take all ’of us kids along She figured they’d be a lot more surprised when we all came ’’Sur-pris- e" A group of women were talking just outside a courtroom in the city and county building “Yes” said one “it’s easy for a girl to stop loving a man All she has to do is to marry him” Cliff Osborn says they used to be called pantrys but now they - pair them breakfast nooks Officer "Tally" Burbldge had chided a young woman and her mother for some minor traffic infraction Then he told them that he wouldn’t give them a ticket this time "Thank you kindly sir" said the old lady gratefully “I've always said that many a soft heart beats behind- a hard face" just - Editor Tribune: The presi dent in his Pittsburgh address said among other things about balancing the budget that to have done so in 1933 or 1934 or 1935 would have been a crime He further said: "We have to balance the budget of the American- - people before we can balance the budget of the national government That makes common sense doesn’t it?" In answer to that question I would say it does not The national budget is the people’s budget since in a democracy such as ours the people arbp-pose- d to be the govenmentVBy saying “we have to” admission is made that the people’s budget has not been balanced Of course most people realize that their budget has not been balanced and we begin to wonder when if ever the administration Intends to stop going in reverse (issuing interest-bearin- g “enslavement bonds”) and do something positive to redeem this pledge All that has been done in the past three years is a further unbalancing of the people’s budget particularly as it applies to our children since we have been gambling in their inalienable right to life liberty and the pursuit to happiness' by using their credit If the president had signed the Patman bonus bill and permitted it to become a law and had he issued the three billion of legal tender notes that congress ordered and put them into circulation instead of Issuing a llks amount of (enslavement) bonds which pay an annual Interest to the international banks of this would have balanced the people’s budget to that extent and that would have made common sense But it would seem that to the the administration balancing “racketeers" budget banker which meant clamping the chains of slavery more firmly upon the the lives of our diildrenwas Phe proper thing to do W E DE WITT pt L H A: See Rule 1 Worth Watching Visitor: “Why are you watching me so Bobble: “I was just waiting to see you tackle your' glass of water Daddy says you drink like a fish"— Louisville Courier-Journclosely-Robert- al No Time for Trifling Mrs Wimpus: “Oh Mike the man’s here" Instalment -Wimpus: ‘Til be thers in a minute Tell him to taice a chair” Mrs Winjpus: “I did but he said he’d start with the radio and piano"— Pathfinder NtJoke industry" Phil- Mine for Wild Cats Henry: “Poor Dodds! He has lost all his money in 'a wildcat mining company” Susan: “Mercy! I didn’t know you had to mine for wildcats”— Windsor Star ra Just Temporary Lily: “So yo’ done mortgaged our li’l home” Mose: '“Jest’ tem’rarily honey 'till de mortgage am foreclosed” —Montreal Star Infant Industry “Though established for years Smith’s business is still an Infant “What does he do?” “Makes baby carriages”— adelphia Bulletin! also the injunction against taking property without due process of law One section of the majority decision pointed out that a wage fixed by law may be more than the employe actually earns and also more than the employer can afford to pay In view of this interpretation the New York law was later rewritten so as to base the wage fixed not only on the minimum cost of living necessary to preserve a woman worker’s health but also on the fair and reasonable value of tha services performed No Legal Change Last June Justices Butler Van Devanter Sutherland and Roberts held that for constitutional purposes the new law still was the same as the law invalidated in 1923 Therefore the 1923 decision must apply Tht majority pointed out also that the New York state court of appeals decision had ruled that in a the new law fell under the 1923 decision The five justices held that it was not for the supreme court to disregard a finding of this nature by the highest court of a state on an enactment of that state The other four justices held that the New York law was different enou’gh from the District of Columbia law for the Adkins decision not to apply In a separate dissent Justices Brandels Stone and Cardoza suggested in so many words that the Adkins decision was in error One section of the majority opinion has been Interpreted in some quarters as meaning that the majority agreed with the rulHowever the five ing in 1923 justices explained elsewhere: “No application has been made for reconsideration of the constitutional decision" in the Adkins case Also “the validity of the principles up which the (Adkins) decision rests are not challenged” in the 1936 case In view of this language some authorities hold that at least one of the majority might switch if the upholders of the New York law would argue that a new examination of the 1923 decision was in order This is in general the ground taken In the application for a rehearing No Man’s Land President Roosevelt in commenting on the majority ruling in 1936 said that it seemed to create a “no man’s land” in which neither the states nor the federal government had the right to legislate The comment caused much less resentment than the president’s remarks tipon the unanimous NRA decision that it took the country back to the For one thing the criticism was less severe For another many of the president’s also political opponents questioned the correctness of the 1936 ruling since other rulings of especially the court against new deal laws seemed to say that the states rather than the federal government had the power td legislate for social welfare The Republican platform sup ports state laws and interstate compacts to protect women and children in industry and “believes this can be dons within the constitution as it now stands" In his telegtym to the Republican convention Governor Landon explained that if this opinion proved incorrect he was for an amendment to give the states the necessary power The Democratic platform declares that these and other national problems cannot be solved only by state action If necessary for proper legislation the Democrats support an amendment to give adequate power to the states and the national government each within its proper jurisdiction ' My friend laughed when I spoke to the waiter in French but the laugh was on him I told the waiter to give him the check — Awgwan Pale or Ale Customer: “Ginger ale” Walter: ’Pare?” Customer: “Good gracious no! Just a glass!” — Atlanta Constitution The Chinese as a race have snagged my curiosity since loafing ” days in Sam Lee’s laundry back home In every city where I have irked city editors I have had one or two Chinese friends —and there are not' many Chinatowns I have not in America as well as the Limehouse quarter in London The Chinese mind is ever a mystery Their friendships mellow until an attempt is made to discuss their families Then unless they know you well they close up Mark Twain once inquired of a Chinese servant in Bermuda if he ever heard from his parents The servant was on his way to the kitchen for an or- - a der— but never returned once-over- ’ The former Marjorie Oelrichs socialite who married the pearly toothed orchestra leader Eddy Duchin keeps on working despite her young husband's mounting income conducting and on the radio She Is a deft decorator and her last fat assignment was Sun Valley lodge the new winter sports palace which was con- ceived by W Averell Harrlman and it is to be made into a fashionable ski spot this winter The most devout of the Broad- way rhumbaists is George Sanchez last of the rich Cuban sugar men He comes to New York twice a year for a rhumba spree While here he sleeps all day and is a familiar figure in the midnight maidans of dance where he is a top spender His wife who is always with him comes from Steve Hannagan’s Lafay- ette Ind s ' -- Since Harold Ross finally flattened his bristly pompadour-i-th- e one Dorothy Parker wanted to wade through barefoot— no one has had more trouble with unruly locks than Quentin Reynolds the sports writer He has a mop of curly hair and no matter how ’ carefully he tries to plaster it down on an evening he is all dressed up like anything it will pop up a la Jack in the box ‘ Boo! He is a Brooklyn boy who lives with Deems Taylor In Connecticut in the summer The justly famed Diamond Jim s Brady is immortalized in a “Dia- mond Jim” cafe and mammoth bar thrown open in the new building on the site of Hammer-steinVictoria The widow glyph is a golden horseshoe sparkling 1 diamonds a replica of the celeand brated tiepin the boulevardier used to wear in his more glittery moments I noticed an oyster bar but the Diamond r Jim special was not featured At ’s bon-viva- nt Rector’s that was six dozen oyshis way of ters on the half-she- ll starting a meal Philosophy on a New Haven unwashed campus: A sleepy-eye-d uncombed student hurrying to his class and hailed by a "Say Bill don’t you take a shower I in tha morning before starting out?” “Cripes no” was the reply “It doesn’t make me dirty to sleep” Copyright 1936 McNaught Syndicate Better Idea Mother — What do you say to a y fine cake for your birthday with 10 candles on top one for each year or your age? Teddy — Oh but look here mum I’ve got a better idea Why not’" one candle with 10 cakes for my age?— Montreal Star Efficiency retailer on receiving the first delivery of a large order was an- noyed to find the goods not up to sample “Cancel my order immediately” he wired to the manuA facturers: They replied: “Regret' can not cancel immediately You may take your turn"— Calendar Very Absorbing Visitor: “I found something very absorbing on your desk” Poet (highly delighted): “Indeed! One of my poems I presume" Visitor: “No a piece of blotting paper”— Pearson's f ’ " |