Show 1 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Behind the Scenes of Current News THURSDAY MORNING JULY 28 1938 It Won't Be Long Now By Ding y Issued (Terr morning bj Salt Lake Tribune Publlkblng Company I The Tribune Is a member of the Associated Press rhe Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the Use (or reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein Salt Lake City Utah Thursday Morning July 1938 28 j nunt Senator Pittman's Warning Concerning Confiscation Senator Key Pittman chairman of th jl foreign relatipns committee of the upper house of congress indorses the stand taken by Secretary of State Cordell Hull that property acquired by Americans in other countries cannot be confiscated bv such foreign governments without making due compensation tbficfor The secretary emphasized the principle that there should be no expropriation of property without immediate payment of compensation to the owner Tins is one of the simplest afcd oldest iequirenimts of justice It applies to nations as well as to‘ men Should the United Slates fail lo insist tipon restitution or compensation it would Invite similar injuries te our nationals by every unscrupulous government which has offered inducements for Americans of cn- terprise energy and capital to locale or invest within its borders under guarantees of protection The natural result of such conduct would be further curtailment of world trade and amicable international re' lations' d of Mexico is so If as to think he was involving his government in a bootless controversy over recent expropriations he hasbe'Cn disillusioned by Secretary Hull’s demand for an adjudication of claimsNor similar seizures dating back to 1915 Senator Pittman says with relation to all cases pf this kind covering a period- of 22 years that “unless compensation is made for such confiscation Vithout further avoidance of the issue the good neighbor policy which oyr government has made such strenuous maintain will be destroyed ’’ Such an outcome W’ouid affect Mexico far more seriously than it could be noticed in the'Jnited States' as financial aid for development upon which Mexico has long depended cannot be found elsewhere The sooner President Cardenas realizes this fact the better it will be for all concerned - short-lighte- - elustruction to the electorate it cidate issues if any it may not solve problems of national finance it may not define international relations but it does add td the gaiety of a pleasure-seekin- g generation and sound a note of welcome that indispensable advance agent of returning prosperity “Laugh and the world laughs with you” but howJand the world is shy What humanity needs is more smiles and fewer frowns Public Playground Promoter Should Have a Memorial Day One year ago today a man ceased to live who had given his fellow beings much for which to Jive Joseph Lee was a native of Boston- and had just finished a course at Harvard when he saw a number of boys arrested for playing on the streets He followed them to the courtroom and heard the frightened lads explain that they had no place else to play He saw a human need and outlined his life’s mission from that time and incident He became the founder and champion of the national recreation movement that has meant a great deal more than play for youngsters and for the nation Tens of thousands of boys and girls ' have been taken from the streets saved the contamination of police court characters and shielded from the demoralizing effects of arraignment with criminals for merely indulging the natural bent of chilIn the dren for recreation and diversionpast half century the movement has grown until every city and most towns have their recreation departments and public playmert Thousands of middle-age- d grounds and women all over the republic can look back and thank Joseph Lee for promoting a plan which lias helped them and their children to enjoy wholesome sports with-ofeeling guilty of violating a law or an ordinance Either the day ot his birth or the anniversary of his- passing should be observed throughout the nation as Joseph Lee day - ut - Fascists Falling Into Line Adopting All Hitler's Policies It may require a few more passes of his hypnotic hands before Hitler has completely subjected Italy to his mesmeric will II duce rescinded his order to leave Austria alone immediately after der fuehrer’s last visit to Rome The Italian army obediently copied the goose step and other characteristic movements of the German military code Italian authorities adopted the nazi slogan of anticommunism just before Hitler- - began negotiations with the Soviet government Then the fascists swallowed at one gulp the Aryan program and began a systematic persecution of the Jews Recent dispatches from Rome indicate that “a tremendous campaign of the Italian press to arouse enthusiasm for the policy” is meeting with coolness that may call for a scolding bv Mussolini As if written by Hitler himself the policy proclaimed by the fascists demands exclusion of Jews from arts journalism teaching and all occupations in which influence might affect national thought Jbws are to be reduced from positions of response bility in civil government and in the army! regardless of their records of heroism or patriotic sacrifice Italians according to Mussolini’s latest edict are of Aryan origin the same as Italian editors assert that “Jews do not belong to the n bace” Foreign correspondents who have been giving the world uncensorod reports of recent political activities in Italy including a staff writer of the Christian Science Monitor have been banished Of course in such a land any reason may be' assigned for expulsion imprisonment or execution since truth can be effectively silenced The dictators of Italy Germany and Russia depend on suppression of facts for maintenance of their standing and power among nations Truth makes men free which is the last thing desired by dictators anti-Jewi- nazi-Germa- Italo-Arya- New York Highlights By Campaign Vaudeville ' Unusual Features Presented ’ ’ ' Many of these state campaigns are furnishing features of unusual interest and amusement With the renomination of Senator Van Nuys by the Democrats of Indiana after the brand of Cain had been stamped upon the brow of his ambition the nomination of the singing miller of Fort Worth to be governor of Texas the fight between Nve and Langer in North Dakota to determine which had impressed the voters as being the more radical Re- publican leader of the state the battle of Pennsylvania’s labor factions the war of roses in Florida which resulted in the vin- dication of Senator Pepper the defeat of Representative Maverick in the Lone Star state for a place on the Democratic ticket the denunciation of Reverend Gerald Win-ro- d Republican aspirant for senatorial honors in Kansas by Chairman John Hamilton of the Republican national committee the alleged poisoning of Governor Chandler during his tour of Kentucky asking to suc-- ‘ ceed Senator Barkley the reception given Senator Pat McCarfan during the president’s short stop at the railway station in Carlin in the state of Nevada all these performances in a single campaign give it the variety and interest of a vaudeville road show This sort of thing may not carry in B Driscoll comes NEW YORK — When a sailing-shiup the Hudson river with canvas set there’s as much excitement along the bank as ever there was in the brave days when Captain William Kidd mariner sailed in from the “Spice islands with a rich cargo and new of the rolling world (Captain Kidd I must interject was not a pirate1 He lived down in Liberty street o minded his own business and married a widow) One of the handsomest vessels hat’s been “fit this port in many a day is the barkentine Cap Pilar out of London almost two years ago She’s gentleman’s cruise ‘ship Each of the two dozen sailors aboard paid $500 for the fun of helping sail the vessel around the yorld A barkentine isn’t a toy ship as the word d sometimes suggests to landsmen She’s a ship having the foremast square-rigge- d and the rest of her rigged if you get what I mean Anyway she makes your heart bounce when you see her under full spread of canvas well-to-d- three-maste- ft Baroness von Hntten is one of the internationalists who turns up in New York once in several years for conference with her publishers Dutton & Co I think of her now because I’ve just received a copy of her latest novel “Youth Without Glory ” The baroness is always one of the popular numbers in circulating libraries She produces at the rate of a novel a year Born Betsy Riddle She was Betsy Kiddle of Erie Pennsylvania a long time ago Her parents Mr and soMrs John Riddle 'were ciety folk who it was said just simply always had had money The father had one wooden leg The popular belief was that it replaced a leg lost while shooting at clay pigeons The Riddles weren’t much known in Erie because they traveled most of the time Their fortress-lik- e house at 529 West Sixth street was looked upon as a stronghold of something-©r-othe- r ultra-exclusi- - ! Charles - Betsy had a mind of her own and went in for writing Her first novel ‘‘Pam’’ was a sort She shocker of the was married to a German nobleman in 1897 and has two sons and two daughters grown She was divorced in 1909 The baroness travels She’s seldom in one city longer than a few months at a time She knows the formula for thrilling the customers of the rental libraries so she travels in style Medicine Show f The old medicine show isn’t dead in New York Times and tactics have changed but not very much On Sixth avenue the other day I saw and heard a real medicine showman doing his stuff Instead of the frying-pa- n gas flare hung above a platform on the back of a medicine wagon he had brilliant electric light A woman whom gallantry compels me to describe as not difficult to look upon stood directly under the light She wore a simple white dress and just stood there This is a common dodge of the medicine Passers-b- y man Of today in the city will drop in because they see the woman standing there as though she were about to undergo an operation They think the spieler is talking about her Instead he is bellowing that “No medicjjjs that ever came out of a drug store evefeured anybody of anything!" Presently he will reach for that bottle and sell it to the gentleman with the red tie in the front row and the harvest wilMie on Copyright 1938 for The Tribune By Piul Melton By WASHINGTON — Don’t be fooled by the pained paternal tone of Mr Hull’s note to Mexico He is aroused and meant more than-hchose to say Withdrawal of the good peighbor policy wil follow unle'ss President Cardenas comes around fast to an apprecia tion of the fact that he must pay for confiscated American prop erty fcith something more than worthless I O U’s The sharper situation is evident in the inside incidents which led up to the state secretary’s public stand for neighborly responsibilities and the principles of international law This was not the first note Hull has sent to Cardenas on the subject None of the others have been made public No reference has been made to them officially But in all there were about four notes and six more friendly dispatches urging amicable settle- editorial elsewhere nedy Withdrawal of the good neighbor policy may not sound like much but it would be serious to Cardenas Few here believe he will let the situation get around to that It would be negative action but it would hurt for instance on silver and tariffs Authorities here can remember an occasion not so long ago when the Mexican government needed money badly and placed some heavy tariffs to get it This government overlooked the opportunity for serious complaint simply because of sympathy Note— Where you first reud that this government would change its Mexican policy and “edge around in the end to the position which the British assumed in the first place” was right here on May 26 British Trade Pact Latest inside dope on the reciprocal trade agreement with Britain is that it will come through next month in a limited form It will not cover all the things originally hoped for and the promise of broadening it after the November elections probably will be The textile question is offered what held the treaty up The British wanted reductions on textiles and woolens The new dealers did not dare to grant any just before elections Correction: On July 11 the erroneous statement was made in this spot that Natidnal Labor Relations Boardman Donald Wakefield Smith had “rarely approved a board decision unless the CIO had an organization interest in it’’ Fact is D W Smith has dissented but once in the history of NLRB and then favored AFL The other Smith on the board Edwin is the one with the unbroken record of siding with C I O (He dissented nine times in the 801 cases decided) Washington newsmen grateful that Mr Roosevelt fired T V A Chairman Morghn leaving but one Morgan on the board nctw are petitioning for removal of one of the Smiths from NLRB The victory of ferocious Congressman Jerry ("Let Me at Hague") O’Connell in the Montana primary is being hailed as less of a new deal victory within the new deal than elsewhere An important fact is his strongest opponent p rank newcomer in politics did not file until the last day Also two years ago O’Connell won his primary by 13000 votes this time by around 5000 Most political observers here do not consider that Senator Wheeler’s seat is- in any danger for 1940 Best bet (in congressional circles) for the Cardozo vacancy on the supreme court is Circuit Judge Sam Bratton oLNew Mexico despite all you hear downtown about Felix Frankfurter and Ferdinand n Pecora have reason to believe Mr Roosevelt will have to give the apointment to the west Hill-me- Copyright 1938 for The Tribune appear The' magazine announces “the most significant and exciting political fact of the! the majority off year U S citizens dq not actively! approve of the new deal’’! This sounds bad for F Df R until you see the ques-tionnaire and discover that in every case—an admirable device — people go on record an not having made up their minds or as being without information on the subject of the inquiry Out of the 10 questions asked jn only two caserdid the replies indicate a me jority opinion against Roosevelt and these were questions relating to Roosevelt’s “metthods” and to the deliberately misrepresented reorganization bill L r Majority Likes Policies Here’s the way the poll shaped1 up: “Do you approve in general of F D It?” Yes 548 per cent No 339 per cent' (neeiriy 5 to “Rearmament?” Yes- - 636 per ernt Jo 3) 132 per cent (nearly 5 to 1) "Foreign policy?" Yes 50 per cent No 15 per cent (over 3 to 1) per “Wages and hours?" Yes cent No 218 per Cent (nearly 5 to 2L "His No economic aims?" Ye? 481 per cent291 per cent (about 5 to 3“ “F D Et on unions?” Yes 383 per cent No 304 per cent (almost 4 to 3) “F D R on business?” Yes 373 per cent No 34 per cent (a clear ma“F D R on the TVA?” Yes 268 jority) No 239 per cent (another clear macent per jority) “His methods and advisers?” Yes 355 per cent No 40 per cent 7 to 8 minority) “The Reorganization bill?" Yes 223 per cent No 383 per cent (worse than 2 Jo 3 minority) So far as social group? are concerned the American negroes favor Roosevelt on every-couof the questionnaire the poor favor him on everything but the reorganization bill the “lower middle class” favor him on everything but methods advisers and reorganizao are inclined to oppose tion The him The "upper middle class” — professional hnd business men — oppose his attitude toward business the TVA his methods and advisers and reorganization though not by very large majorities The "prosperous” don’t like any of his economic policies but approve of (811 per cent) his personality (744 per cent) and his foreign policy (707 f per cent) Disputes Inference 461-- - in Officials outside the state department are inclined to place some personal blame for the current situation upon American Ambassador Josephus Daniels They claim he does not speak Spanish does not understand the Latin temperament What the U S needs in Mexico City right now they are saying is another Dwight Morrow or a Joe Ken- adoption in Time’s little sister Life and take the form of the most cockeyed presentation of “facts” to date Complete Backing The document bore only Hull’s signature but the complete back-in- g of the American’government wus ’behind it Mr Roosevelt was in on it So was Chairman Pittman of the senate foreign relations committee They had no fear of how it would be received Franklin Now that summer has hit the public between the eyes the days ire ripfc for bigger arid better “polls” on politics Dr George Gallup goes galloping ahead buttonholing the mah in the street and reducing him to snappy percentages ort everything under the sun! Some time ago Time took over the remains o f the Literary Digest whose famous presidential poll bit the dust in 193()The first fruits of tliis note touchy Latin America because they sounded out leading diplomats here beforehand All agreed that fhere was no question of "Aifierican imperialism” but a of requiring simple proposition payment for what was taken Jay 1 ment Cardenas neglected to observe the usual proprieties of these confidences according to inside evidence available here He sneaked them among his own political leaders and even passed some along to foreign agents in Mexico to build up his story that the new dealers in Washington did not care whether he took Ameri can property or not That is why Hull wrote this published Writer Disputes Magazine’s Poll Inferences f THE PUBLIC FORUM - - - by Our Readers Fears Third Term Presages Dictator Editor Tribune: I cannot let the remarks of Sylvester Earl in the Monday Tribune "Franklin D Roosevelt Held Modern Moses” go unchallenged With all due pespect to Franklin D Roosevelt to elect a third term president would undeniably be the first step toward dictatorship and that is just what George Washington could foresee and was striving to avoid when he refused to be a third term president terms is saying “Two four-yea- r long enough for any man to serve as president of these United of state safely through the economic storm and they at that time thought the country was in the most criticaj condition that could possibly assail a country They wanted to make him king but he wisely refused saying "We have had enough of kings we are' now free American citizens We fought for liberty and ‘we will fight for it in the future" There is no one who more greatly admires President Roosevelt and all that he stands for than I do and I have not overlooked the improvements he has made possible for the little country towns hitherto forgotten along with large enterprises by his generous distribution of the nation's wealth Yet any clear thinking per- - son Can see how disastrous it would be to the future welfare of the republic to break ths ufiwrit-te- n law which has been handed down foil nearly and a half by our first president It is doubtful if Franklin D consider running for a third term and be the first to break this custom observed for so many generations and by so Roosevelt-woul- d Senator From Sandpit-- 8 many presidents If he can so easily overstep this rule set down by the father of our country what then might another later one possibly less competent do somewhere in these Surely United States there Is another man who is as competent as noble and generous as Mr Roosevelt Let's look this thing in the face from a sensible standpoint and think of the future of the country not merely of our own selfish immediate future Lars Dannes Vernal " then to breakfast with what appetite you have”— Henry VIII Writer Scores Liquor’ Sales to Reliefers States” The people then as now thought no man other than the one In office could possibly bring our ship MYTON this be PROVO-kin- g to Eve N So? ANNABELLA a PIONEER AMERICAN girl was BASKIN in a PLEASANT GROVE located in an OASIS NESLEN in the DESERT SANDS MIDWAY between PARADISE and EDEN On her head was a MEXICAN HAT trimmed with STERLING and she wore a GARLAND of SEGO lilies She had rambled through acres of BLUEBELL aqd CLOVER and was enjoying her A and FREEDOM LARK sang of LIBERTY in the All was WELBY her LUCERNE until a SANDY KNIGHT came PAYSON into her VEYO on a PINTO He told her he was ST GEORGE from KNIGHTSVILLE and boasted of how he had slain the DRAGON of the WASATCH and made the DEVILS SLIDE down WHITE ROCKS TOOELE where they HOWELL in WINShe WASHTER QUARTERS AKIE so he became BOULDER and said he came to OPHIR her The RUBYS INN MOUNDS RAINS came on and HAILSTONE fell and as ANNABELLA was HARDUP she decided to be SPRY and accept the BOUNTIFUL hero and his PEERLESS MOUNTAIN HOME So now you see him HELPER DRAPER arms around him and he is HOLDEN her close as they WENDOVER the KNOLLS to the SUMMIT-whila TROPIC moon shines OURAY! OREM HOL-LADA- Y — Tempano Tho’ your heart which the world cannot harden k Be full of tears up to the flood-mar- Smile straight thro’ the day— God will pardon “If you cry to yourself in the dark! —Elizabeth Toldridge NOTES ON THE CUFF all the more for your freedom of dress as well as your freedom of thought” Merci madame Calvin Wilson's African parrot is a confirmed individualHe went nudist the other ist day as a protest at being confined in a small cage in the Tracy aviary in Liberty park and now will have to remain in seclusion until his feathers grow back again Dodo has two voices— a deep bass and a high falsetto Some of his remarks are rather startling The morning after he was ordered into seclusion he greeted one of the aviary attendants with: “Hello rat!" Before he moved to the park he lived next door to a family who had several dogs that barked incessantly Which probably accounts for his saying crossly and apparently apropos of nothing "I wish they’d keep those damned dogs quiet!” Dodo Leon Stanley who is doing some engineering work in Wayne county writes from Fruita that he and Dr Inglesby have been hobnobbing together They take time out three times a week when the mail conjes through to read The Tribune I envy any time Leon spends at Doc’s hacienda one of the most picturesquely beautiful places imaginable h that reminds me! I’ve got a book of Leon's I’m supposed to deliver to Lote- - Kinney! But' I never see the guy Maybe he’s fishing or sleuthing or someOmi-gos- thing Louise Andrew sister of Ted Cannon our eity editor told Ted that she liked to read about my Waterloo exploits because it I brought back old memories wonder if she remembers how Vash Young and I used to sing “Just Break the News to Mother” with a sob in our voices while she was entertaining a boy friend and she’d give us great gobs of home-mad- e ice cream to go DEPARTMENT Dean Monkhan of Billings Mont formerly of Salt Lake City I wonder how many of you reand Ogden was in town Tuesday member back in 1908 when after after an absence of Several years his deplorable showing against With him were Mrs Monahan' Jack Johnson Jim Jeffries in’ and their son and daughter-in-laferred that somebody had put small granddaughter What imsomething in his tea? Prize fighpressed him most Dean said was ting and politics seem to have the scarcity of traffic officers and something in common But doesn’t it strike you as strange that in a parking places state famed for its Bourbon A lady writes : "Let me give you drink water? a gentle hint: Most women think anybody’d men are fools to adhere to moss-bac- k A lady who lives near us in ideas of wearing apparel speaking of the heat says she is able to stand it by sitting around By all means ditch your coat wear matching sports trousers in a three-piec- e ensemble two and shirt and call it a day The qf which are shoes My goodmajority of us will admire you ness w Editor Tribune: YVe do not believe any persons who hold permits to buy liquor should have relief' checks given them nor should anyone who is able to work but refuses to work at any kind of employment he is competent to do be given relief We understand that in July persons on relief were notified that their checks would nob be mailed out until about July 15 and that the August checks would not be mailed until about August 20 Is this a plan to delay the checks five days each month so the old people will be shut out of a check each six months or only get ten checks during the year? Any parent who allows his son or daughter who is under he age limit to drive his automobile should be heavily fined and the child given a jail sentence All state county and city officials who drive cars with the letters EX before the license plate number who do not comply with the state law that requires that all such cars have the department to which they belong designated therebn should be fined It seems rather queer that peo pie who hold such offices and take oaths to uphold and obey the laws should be the ones who ignore the laws daily They should be ashamed to look4he public in the face Let's have these laws enforced Observer Extraordinary! “Daddy do you know what the fattest of the frshwomen in the market weighs?” “I have no idea" ' '“She weighs fish” well-to-d- So if the only people who oppose his policies are the rich and the successful professional group America being a democracy it is hardly fair to say that U S citizens do not actively approve of the new deal A majority of those who have any opinion on new deal policies actively do approve the new deal Perhaps that is why Life ends its “poll” on with the conclusion: "Roosevelt is still the master of American politics" and publishes a map showing that the only sections where theje is a small majority against him are the northwestern plains area (516 per cent and the industrial northeast area (519 And if Life has been using any of the Digest’s old mailing lists in its canvass even these figures are subject to a heavy discount in favor Roosevelt Oh well' I had hoped for a relatively peaceful summer but I suppose I’ll have to keep batting down these "polls" which "prove” what the Tories want to believe Copyright It’s none too soon to begin considering tlie question: How does one resign from the Aryan race if one doesn't care for the company? We live in constant dread that one of the ideal couples of Hollywood will some day destroy a beautiful friendship by remarrying in Among strange dertizens of the deep pulled ’y the president was one called the "broom-- t cd grouper" evidently a marine type of bridge prize Wrong-wa- y Corrigan is to board a boat shortly for New York Skeptics will keep an eye out for same under "Arrivals— Hong Kong” Letting its leaders grow fat would the doom of fascism says il duce and the apell fellow Is right Look at ancient Rome Look at the G O P elephant A chicken pie without chicken led to an Ohio cafe brawl The complainant was the one we hear who wanted an FHA loan on his cottage pudding Copyright Forum Rules Letter appearing in thi column expresj the views of The Tribune They are the opinions of contributors with which The Tribune "lbe followmay or nay not agree ing rule govern contribution: 1 Letter limited to 300 word Preference given to abort commu nication 2 Write legibly and ciearlv on one sloe of the paper omv 3 Reliciorie and racial rli6r'i'i'n barred Partisan or personal political comment cannot be printed 4 Per ooal aspersion prohibited 5 Poetical contributions not vn anted 6 Letter may be barred for obvious misstatement of fact or for statement which are not in accord with fair play and good taste 7 The Forum i not an advertising medium 8 Writer must sign true name and address in inH Letter will be carried over assumed name if writer so requests In all cases however true name and address must be attached to cnmmunlca tlon 9 The Forum cannot consider more than one letter from the same writer at one time for The Tribune Off the Record WELL do not 1938 1938 for The Tribune I'll Tell You By Bob Burns If you want anything to go unnoticed put it right out in the open If you hide it every thief in the country will start lookin’ for it If you walk boldly down the street nobody’ll pay any attention to you but if you sneak up an alley ' ll see you and wonder what you’re up to The other day on the set I heard a fella tell a girl “All that stuff I told you the other night 'about my a secret— I hope past life-iyou didn't tell anybody" every-body’- s The girl says "Oh no— I didn't tell it to a soul— I didn’t know it was a secret” Copyright 1038 for The Tribune “ |