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The Washington times., 1934-03-02
SPURNED CHECK
.. TO PANAMA
IN DOUBT

NEW YORK, Mar. 2 d.N.sJ.
John Foster Dulles, acting for
William Nelson Cromwell, fiscal
agent Of the Republic Of Panama,
who Is now in Paris, was un-
decided today when he would re-
turn to the Treasury Department
the United States Governments
check for $250,000, issued in pay
ment Of a Canal Zone treaty OBJ
legation.
Late yesterday Dulles let 1t be
known that Panama was dissatis-
fled with the Governments pay
ment of the obligation in de-
preciated dollars and might de-
mand payment in gold.
Gold Is Issue
Dulles, a law partner Of Cron1-
well, said he was empowered to
return the check Immediately or
hold it for further instructions.
He declined to discuss in detail
the Panamanian attitude, but in
timated that the question Of gold
was at the bottom Of the hitch
over acceptance Of the payment.
The check was forwarded to
Dulles office here Monday, the
day the payment fell due.
Associates Of Dulles and Crom-
well expressed the belief that the
Panamanian government was in.
sisting upon compliance with the
treaty Of 1904 between the two
nations, which specified that pay.
ment Of obligations should be in
gold.
Questioned about the possibil.
ity Of a suit against the United
States, Dulles declared he did
not believe such a course would
be pursued
The State Department today
was awaiting a ruling from the
Attorney General as to whether
the $250,00O annual payment to
Panama for use of the Panama
Canal should be made in gold or
American dollars.
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
SHOT MENACES
BABY IN CRIB

Police today are holding Robert
Let's, 43. who, while drinking
last night, shot up the apartment
building where he lives in the
100 block Pennsylvania Ave. N.
W., narrowly missing a two-year.
old child's bed with one Of his
random shots.
Let's was disarmed by Patrol.
man j. e. Jones, one of the many
police rushed to the place when
residents called for help.
A friend Of Lett's-Willie Nit
chell. of Alexandria-arrived to
visit Let's and heard the shots.
However, he continued to the
mans apartment on the third
floor and was greeted with q
pistol showed into his stomach.
Police said the child endang-
cred is that Of Mr.. and Mrs
Claude Howell. Let's is the father
Of two children.
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fcontinued from PaRe y

u 0nItuu80 from Eo8S -
.rade has dropped with startling
apidity," Americas foreign trade
,as declined even more sharply.
lie said:
"This has meant idle hands,
stin machines, ships tied to
their docks, deSpairing farm
households, and hungry indus
trial families. It has made in
finitely more difficult the plan
ming for economic readjustment
In which the Government ID
now engaged"
With world trade at its present
low ebb, the nations Of the world
are entering an international COM
mercial race, he said.
Must Fight for Trade
America, he added, must be in
a position to win for itself q
proper portion, and must equip
itself as well as possible to fight
for that portion. He explained:
eff American agricultural and
industrial interests are to retain
their deserved place In this
trade, the American Govern
ment must be in q position to
bargain for that place with
other governments by rapid and
decisive negotiations, based up
ON . carefully considered pro-
gram, and to grant with dis
cernment corresponding OppOr-
tunities in the American market
for foreign products supplement
ary to our own.
'If the American Government
Is not in q position to make
fair offers for fair opportunities,
its trade will be superseded.
If it Is not in . position 1T .
given moment rapidly to alter
the terms on which it is will
ing to deal with other coun-
tries, it cannot adequately pro-
tect its trade against discrim-
nations, and against bargains,
injurious to its interests.
FREE HAND DEMANDED
"FOr this reason, any smaller
degree Of authority in the
hands Of the Executive would
be ineffective"
The President assured Congress
that important benefits to Amer
lean agriculture would result from
administration of the broad pow
ers which he asked. He pointed
out that speedy results were not
necessarily to be expected, but
that eventual success depended
upon a cautious and gradual
evolution of plans"
Farmers to Benefit
Taking up specific crops which
he said would be benefited in
this country, the President con
tinued:
Important branches of our
agriculture, such as cotton, to-
baccO, hog uctS, rice,
cereals, and fruit raising, and
those branches of American in
dustry whose mass production
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
Filler to Be Buried
With Full HOnOrS

Funeral services for the late
Capt. Wendell H. Brookley, All
Corps, who died in an airplane
crash at Boiling Field Wednesday
will be held with full military
honorS at the Arlington National
Cemetery tomorrow morning at
II o'clock with Chaplain Ralph
c. Deibert officiating.
The following air officers will
act as honorary pallbearers: 1t
Col. Jacob H. Rudolph, Major
Ralph Reyes, Capts. George c.
Kenney, T. j. Koenig, Charles M.
Cummings and Harlan w. Col.
den.
Weather permitting, the naval
flying honors will be rendered
from Boiling Field.
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
President Asks Extension
On Filipino Independence

emic and immigration phases Of
the measure was responsible fol
the Filipinos' failure to approve
the measure.
The President does not propose
however, to modify these pro-
visions.
Adjustment Period
He said:
"May I emphasize that while
We desire to grant complete in
dependence at the earliest
proper moment, to effect this
result without allowing suffi-
cient time for necessary pOIiti-
cal and economic adjustments
would be q definite injustice to
the people of the Philippine
Islands themselves little short
Of q denial Of independence
itself.
"TO change, at this time, the
ecOnOrpiC provisions of the pre-
viOus law would reflect dis
credit on ourselves"
Provided BY Bill
The Halves Cutting bill provided
specifically that the United States
should retain the option of keep
ing certain military and naval
bases after actual independence
had been established.
AS to the military bases, Mr..
Roosevelt proposed their elimina-
ton fronA the act, to become
effective simultaneously with the
accomplishment of independence.
AS to the Naval bases, he pro-
posed that negotiations be unde:-
taken with the Philippine Gov
ernment toward the end of q
mutually satisfactory agreement.
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
President Asks Authority
To Revise Tariffs

methods have led the world.
will find expanded oppOrtuni-
ties and productive capacity In
foreign m arkets, and will
thereby be spared, In part, At
least, the heartbreaking read
justment that must be neces-
Sary IL the shrinkage Of Amer
lean foreign commerce remains
permanent.
"T am requesting the Con-
gresS to authorize the Execu-
tive to enter into Executive
commercial agreements with
foreign nations; and in pur.
Suance thereof, within carefully
guarded limits, to modify ex-
iSting treaties and import re-
StrictiOnS in such . way as
will benefit American agricul-
ture and industry"
The Washington times., 1934-03-02

(ContInusd from Page Ons)
tory to our own Government
and that Of the Philippine Is
lands"
Gave No Reasons
The President assigned no rea-
son for desiring to withdraw the
Army from the Philippines after
independence has been established.
The Army has been in the islands
continuously since they came
under American jurisdiction in
1898.
However, it Is recognized by
military experts that American
military forces in the Philippines
would be Of little value in the
event Of war in the Pacific.
To support them, 1t would be
necessary to maintain q line Of
communications some three thou
sand miles in length, which mill
tary authorities generally agree, is
unfeaSible.
Naval bases are considered in q
different category, from q Stra-
tegic standpoint. The Navy is q
mobile force.
All For Freedom
The American Government, for
many years, the President said in
his message, has been committed
by law "to ultimate independence
for the people Of the Philippine
Islands whenever they should
establish a suitable government
capable Of maintaining that in
dependence among the nations Of
the world" He said:
eve have believed that the
time for such independence Is
ut hand.
"Our nation cOvetS no terri
tory; 1t desires to hold no people
over whom it has gained SOW.
.ereignty through war against
their will"
The independence bill passed
by the 72nd Congress (the Hawes-
Cutting) bill was described by the
President as furnishing the in
itial step toward Philippine in
dependence.
Time Has Lapsed
This measure laid down certain
conditions under which indepen-
dence was to be granted the Fill
ipinos at the end of 10 years. It
was provided, however, that the
Filipino legislature had to ratify
the bill within a year, which was
not done. The time lapsed in Jan
uary.
Dissatisfaction with the econo-
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Continued from Page One)
tory to our own Government
and that Of the Philippine Is
lands"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
$lOS,OOO, 100000

Every individual knows what the
three terrible years OF depression cost
him. But there is no better time to
study what they may have cost all
Of us together.
The National Industrial Confer
ence Board has just made its estimate:
1t believes that the three years from
1890 to 1883 cost the American people
SOS, 000, 900 600 in lost wages, profits,
and investments. It estimates that
employees lost $4,000, 100000 in wages
and salaries.
The loss to people in business for
themselves in income, rents, royalties,
interest, and dividends is set at $47,-
400. 000, 600, with an additional CAPT.
tai business loss OF $23, 200, 000, 900 to
individual proprietors and corpora
lions.
It Is difficult to say how accurate
these estimates may be. But little
reflection on their magnitude makes
any man incline to say to himself:
This must not, can not, happen
again!"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18

With . quiet little laugh Ann
turned to the lawyer: I'LL buy hit,
Mr.. Belden. jest as hit stands. How
much I"
Mr.. Belden was slightly discon.
certed. Il fear you misunderstood
me, Mrs. Haskell. The place is not
for sale-that ID, not ct present;
later, perhaps-well-it al depends
upon certain developments. / am to
lease It because, as you can readily
understand, it would be much better
for the place to have it occupied BY
good, reliable. appreciative people.
when can We move in
Mr.. Belden turned to the butler.
How about servants, Wilson I"
II madam desires, / can have .
full star here within two hours. !
have them Ill in readiness a. you
ordered, sir. Il madam wishes. she
need not return to the hotel at all.
! will arrange for the luggage to be
brought Immediately. II ! may ven.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
ny RODNEY BUTCHER
Tribune Warrington Correspondent

! washington, June ia bunch OF
actual workers stepped right out Of
the hot steel mills to come here and
talk to the boss" meaning President
Roosevelt.
The results were both dramatic and
amusing-and the implications seri-
GUS.
New Dealers are used to settling
labor disputes under MIRA under old
line A. +. Of L. officials, who collect
$4,000 year or more each, know
how to be patient, compromising, and
polite, and haven't worked In mill,
mine, or factory for decades.
But the chiefs Of the steel union
local lodges, authorized by the union
rank and file to represent them in
Washington, and contemptuous Of
their A. T: Of L. superiors, were such
. different breed that no one knew
how to handle them.
They were skilled and semi-skilled
workers With enough gifts Of leader
ship to carry them to the top Of the
labor movement In the steel cities
since NRA first gave impetus to labor
Organization.
Sincere, rugged, mostly In their
thirties, only few Of them veterans
Of the 1919 strike, some Of them sons
or nephews Of veterans Of the bloody
Homestead strike of 90. So plain
spoken that even clustering General
johnson wasn't q match for them.
They seemed less scared than he.
Johnson only made them mad.
Especially when he limited they were
Communists, since they hate Com
munists more and know less about
them than he does.
They hadn't any theories except
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18

terization Of speed traps designed to
drag money from the pocket Of the
unwary motorist, will come as sur
prise to the vast majority OF people.
We had thought speed traps" disap-
peared long ago in the wake Of de-
cision by the supreme court OF the
United States holding the so-called
fee system" OF enforcing the law un-
constitutional.
The manner in which this racket
was operated Is easily remembered by
any motorist who ever encountered it
to his sorrow. It consisted, usually,
OF an agreement between justice Of
the peace and traffic policeman
whereby speeders or other traffic law
violators were brought before the
justice. The magistrate and the pa
trolman split the proceeds OF the
fines collected. Since the profit de-
pended upon conviction, nearly every
one arrested was found guilty and the
Justice meted out was of doubtful
quality.
Most states cleaned up this situa-
ton long ago. North Dakota's only
speed trap OF consequence has long
been = memory, but the motorists
association asserts the system is being
revived In some states because Of the
depression. Because OF economic
pressure 1t Is being practiced again
by some Justices In states where the
fee system Is not barred by law.
All Of which Is a sad commentary
on American Justice as all Of us have
known 1t and as 1t still is In some
parts OF the country.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Get YOuP TO(lin

! would like to have your iodin ra-
ton for an adult. Also at what age
is it advisable to start children on It.?
(Mrs. L. F.)
Children should receive q
suitable iodin ration by the time they
are old enough to 60 to school, II not
earlier. Often it Is important that the
expectant mother and the nursing
mother have an iodin ration, for the
welfare Of the baby. For instructions
send 10 cents and stamped envelope
bearing your address, and ask for the
booklet Regeneration Regim n
which tells you how to get your iodin.
Oh, Madam. Madam!
I'd like to find a reputable doctor
who removes tonsils by the diathermy
method, one who will just treat them,
II that Is all they need. and not re-
move them unless necessary. Is. NJ.
W.
Answer-lf you will invest in q
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18

49, 49,. asIarr ~>nA "a naen
snss sney ~. s'''. ..s~S -. lske
Iohnecr They mnat see the
shoe.,, ana NV hi,n hrinr IN the
.fseI ,,osees = fhe collective ber-
.ssrirr ~ conI6 e settled over
: 4.his
.Inhnson At first sn,rht "a ignore
49,, ana 1ss., c,,Iv u,,th 77.vear-old
President Matt Tighe Of the ANAL
gamated Association Of Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers. He soon saw hts
mistake and Tighe retired, to wonder:
How can ], the tail, get rid Of the
dog1"
Ed Mc0rady, MIRA assistant admin
jstrator for labor, called ct their hotel.
They. couldn't see him, 20 Mc0rady
sent up his card to identity himself.
They tore up the card. Secretary
Perkins telephoned and they finally
consented to go Sc the missus."
e WAS . warm session. The steel
boys wouldn't say anything except to
insist that she arrange Tor them to
see the boss
"You can fix It up, lady" they
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
EMPIRICAL AND SCIENTIFIC EVIL
DENCE

Just when ] thought everything
was going along merrily, was sum-
moned one day to the sanctum OF the
big boss. Hat in hand and eyes lower
ed / waited till he had arranged him
self and his beautiful secretary and
selected a paper from q basket OF
neatly mounted clippings.
Doctor" he began, as swallowed
my uvula, your ideas are interesting
but much too radical. You spring
such startling things on the public
without warning. Il wondered how
one could startle EN- If one gave EN-
warning, but the great man had tax
en- up another bundle OF correspond
ence and he resumed) For example,
about wearing extra clothing on raw,
damp or cold days. The 1mpervious
Garment Institute takes exception to
your recommendations to the public.
Your ideas about this seem to be con-
trary to accepted knowledge and
common sense
could not let that pass unchal-
lenged. ION that particular subject
my suggestions are based on common
sense" I argued. All the scientific
experiments that have been made
with reference to the relation BE-
tween exposure to cold and wet and
Scientifically your position may
be quite correct the head man went
on. Il have no intention or wish to
question your theories. But you must
give some weight to empirical evil
dence, too. From my own long ex-
perience know that have invarl-
ably felt that i'll effects when I have
gone out on damp pavements or IN
damp cold air without Qyershoes Or
extra clothing on. I'm not doctor
and do not know whether any germ
Since the big boss fired me have
often thought about empirical evil
dence. Empirical means depending
on experience or observation alone,
without due regard to science ana
theory.
The experience of polar explorers,
arctic travellers, hunters, sailors, SOL
diers in trench warfare, woodsmen
and others who have suffered severely
from cold and wet Is quite significant
compared with the experience Of q
coddled businessman whose severest
exposure is walking three blocks to
his comfortable office over damp pave
ment or thru raw spring day. The
reports Of these various classes Of men
who have known what real exposure
means are uniform-they suffer no III
effects other than frostbite or freez-
ing.
The experience Of the businessman
hurrying thru the rain, snow or wind
= block or two from the subway, train
or car to his office perhaps more &C
curately represents the common ex-
perience Of civilized people. We have
already pointed out the error in OBJ
servation Of the alleged effects Of
drafts and the like, in the case Of the
individual who has chronic rhinitis or
similar pathological condition. A great
many uninitiated laymen do base
their view Of the effects Of drafts.
dampness or similar exposure upon
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
Barbs|

There seems to be an unusual de-
mand for coins Of all denominations
says Secretary Morgenthau. What's
50 unusual about that?
i i i
While Professor Tugwell has
turned out to be q dirt farmer"
many dirt farmers would like to
have things turn out the other
way with them.
II Great Britain doesn't find q way
out Of paying the installments on ih
oebt to the United States pretty soon
the United States will have to find
one.
Some convict has been picking
the pocket Of q guard in Joliet
prison. Since 1t Is an inside job,
the police might lock all the
doors and find the crook.
i = \
These multiple births have brough,
out the record Of q woman in Poland
who gave birth to SO children at one
time. Nothing Is said about the
father. probably because the children
must have mobbed him.
Copyright, 1884, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18

the abnormal reaction of these patho-
logical individuals to such variations
in the environment.
In my files are hundreds Of letters
from explorers. hunters, sailors, guides,
l1obos, lumber cruisers, fishermen, mail
carriers, taxi drivers, teamsters, line
men, firemen, policemen, soldiers.
farmers, describing their adventures
in exposure, and not one Of them be-
lieves that exposure predisposes to
such illnesses as the pampered stay
at-home imagines he will suffer if he
gets his footsies wet.
It seems to me that the empirical
evidence, together with the scientific
evidence, makes the quaint old theory
look ridiculous.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
Despite all the Talk War Isn't
Inevitable

War talk has deluged the world
during the last year in q rising flood.
That fact in itself is probably q great
er factor IN the possibility Of war than
any other thing. Ike
The professional observer, the poll
teal adventurer, the armament man
ufacturer, the propaganda, all these
thrive on war talk. You would think,
to read their outpourings that there
was no escape from another world
war.
It is perfectly true that war ar
mament is greater than 1t was before
the World War. It is perfectly true
that the government of states like
Russia, Italy, France, and Germany
consider 1t good policy to foment war
talk because 1t helps to unite their
peoples politically.
But underneath it all there is q
growing conviction on the part OF the
inarticulate millions that 1t Is all
needless, useless, that 1t must not be.
And, further, that there is nothing
to be gained by it.
Because they speak for growing
number Of people in every country in
the world, the still small voices Of a
few who speak Of peace and hope
should get wider hearing than they
do. For instance, Frank B. Kellogg,
former secretary of state, now nearly
80, doesn't believe at all that war on
a world scale must come.
II see no probability Of World
War again. the co-author OF the KEEL
'~~v.Rriand anti-war pact says Ma
sobn topples have come to their
~ u,Snt Ia we not forgotten and
forget the awful hor-
u, and beastliness OF the
-y411lict, which still has the world
PROSTATE =. There has been a lot Of
war scare talk, but we haven't war
yet.
II came home from Europe q year
ago to hear people predicting war
within 80, 60, or 80 days. There IS no
war yet. Every year that passes
without war brings the world closer to
The ultimate goal-universal peace"
Thomas Mann, distinguished Ger
man novelist, also believes war will
not come inevitably He believes its
consequences are SO unpredictab.e
that even governments which rattle
The sword freely will hesitate lol:g
and gravely before going in.
There is no use in sticking our
heads in the sand. in kidding our
selves that war can be no more. It
can, and 1t may. But it IS equally
silly, and far more dangerous, to let
60 unchallenged the talk that it must
come.
The prophets Of peace deserve their
hearing no less than the prophets of
war, that the people may decide
which are the true prophets.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
Women At Work

The girl at the typewriter. the girl
behind the sales counter, and the wo-
man engaged in skilled professional
work are SO much part Of the eco
nomic picture In the United States
that It is hard to imagine q great city
without its women workers.
Yet Herbert 8. Mills, professor
emeritus Of economies ct Vassar Col
lege, reminded alumnae OF that insti-
tuition the other day that woman's
freedom IN choosing q career IN the
home, business or professional life
has been definitely curtailed In three
great countries, and warned that II
they value this freedom they must be
prepared to defend 1t.
In Germany women once more are
taking the Victorian role Of home
maker-and giving up all work out
side the home. In Italy they are hon-
ored only as mothers Of men. In
Russia. on the contrary. home life Is
ignored and the wife who spends her
days toiling in the factory or fields
must forego her heritage Of home
mating and rearing family.
No matter how one may feel about
the desirahility Of women coniining
their activities to the home or work
ing outside It. young women IN this
country who have definite leanings
towards one or the other-or wish to
combine both should give thanks for
the privilege. For others. this par
tieulsr phass q the German, italian.
and Russian innovations II govern
1nent remains one Of the most inter-
esting . watch.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18

stamp, affix 1t to an envelope bearing
your address and send 1t with your
request, I'll be glad to name q physi-
clan who uses diathermy for the ton
sis. One advantage of the method is
that the patient can discontinue treat
ment at any time If he doesn't think
it is going to be satisfactory.
Copyright 1894, John F. Ollie Co..