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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07
Liquor Regulations

Reports from the distillers all over
the country indicate that there will
be no important opposition to the new
regulations which Administrator Frank
lin G. Hoyt has suggested for labelling
liquor. 1t Is already virtually decided
that some administrative changes will
be asked, but only one change In the
proposed regulations will be recon-
mended that Is OF any interest to liquor
purchasers.
That is the desire for postponement
for a month, or two months at most,
Of the dates on which the new regula-
tlons go into effect.
AS at present proposed. after Janu-
airy next no whiskey can be branded
as straight" unless 1t has been aged
In charred oak casks for at least one
year. After June 80 next no whiskey
can be labeled straight" unless 1t has
been similarly aged for Is months, and
after January !. 1887, for two years
The Industry would like to mark
up these three dates. especially the
first one. But as to the general Idea,
there IS very little dissent 1t Is gem
orally recognized that conditions have
changed. with the passage OF time
since repeal. which Justify the higher
standards that the proposed Hoyt reg
ulatons set up.
Az to blended whiskey, the restric-
lions would merely be that not less
than % per cent Of any whiskey marked
blend should conform to the require
ments for straight" whiskey-that Is
that after January next this proper
ton Of straight whlskey must be used.
and that II must have been aged In
charred casks for one full year, after
June 80 1t must be Is months old. and
after January |, 1887, II must be two
wears old.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07

wins IN the local
mayoralty debate so
long as the winners
name Is Jack Kelly
1t Is to be feared that
the intellectual lads
missed the real point
of the hand clapping
which caused the Hon.
Herbert's high collar
10 turn a pretty ce-
rise while rejecting
the warm tint OF his
bushes.
Actually and this
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07
CLARENcE WATERS guides the

CLARENCE WATERS guides the
~ blond flIy back to tho judges
stand, saIutes and slides to the ground.
The crowd. pressed close against the
rail- of that tight little track which
once was Jim Buffers pride, applauds
to other things.
They have no more attention to
waste on this opening heat. An out
slider has won, Bright Emerald, at s
to l. Too bad, but another race Is
due scant minutes from now Maybe
the tip will hold up better on that one.
Meanwhile those insiders looking out
flor themselves) must wander down
the slate-bordered line to gaze at the
odds or stare with calculating rever-
ence at the sleek thoroughbreds In the
paddock.
Far down the track. near the head
of the stretch where the outer rail
meets the brighter green Of the grand
stand, the excitement has not SUBJ
sided among that queerly assorted
group who MILL about on the steep
slope. Few of them have cashed the
bets that, in size and In wisdom OF
choice, arc az varied as the natures
or their costumes. Yet their pulses
have warmed with sympathy for this
long shot which has scored. They
also, these gentlemen and ladies who
cling periIously to the far edge Of the
rail, are outsiders. Long shots OF life,
some of them, they cannot repress the
kindred glow that comes when the IA
vorite 10 beaten.
1t Is a scene, this one at Empire
City, which takes place at many
tracks. Saratoga, they tell me, Is the
easiest, yet nearly all Of them provide
vantage points for the outsiders who
wish to look In.
Why they are outside, perhaps down
near the backstretch where tho dust
from thuddno hoofs sWirIs about them
and ciods of dirt Whix past their heads,
IL not my problem today. Some Of
them no doubt have been barred from
the turf for misdecds which need not
be related here. Others may lack the
$3.50 admission fee. There 10 no use
going into all the reasons for the as
semblaoc Of all these coiorful charae-
tcrs on the borders OF racing. They
are present, more than anything else,
because they thrill to the lure OF the
sport which has far outlasted the kings
whose titles were once linked with II.
Perhaps that Is the reason why they
are permitted to remain there on the
outside, when the efficient Pinkertons
could dispense them at quick notice.
Not SO many seasons ago | was talking
to Jim Butler just after one OF his
thoroughbreds had galloped home.
~ ~
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07
Fans Remember
Forgotten Man

Phlladcl phia.--Whcn the Hon. Her.
bert Hoover, once shrily jecred by a
sports crowd In this same town, had
his soul warmed by applause while
walking out on the Yale-Penn game at
Franklin field, editorial writer's gasped
at the political implications and began
digging In with their pencils.
AS usual, though-and | mention
this rs one who does not care who
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07

SEEN
HEARD
around the
NATIONAL
CAPITAL
By Carter Field y
By Carter Field !

Washington.-Pr Roosevelt is
heartily In favor of the recent action
of the Interstate Commerce commits
sion, as a result of which the New
Haven railroad Is now seeking recelv
ership with view to scaling down Its
capital debt structure
1t has been In the Presidents mind
for some time that the interest pay
ments being made BY the railroads
were entirely too high. He has fire.
quently commented to friends that
whenever bond issue is made. by
railroad or any other business, provi-
sion should be made for an annual
curtailment of that loan. SO that at
the end OF given number OF years
the bonds could be retired from the
sinking fund Frequently, he has point
ed out, the bonds are still part OF the
roads capital debt and adding sharp
ly to Its fixed charges, when the I'm
provement for which they we're Issued
has long since been worn out and re
placed. usually by another bond issue.
The original Idea of the adminlstra-
ton was to use the Missouri Pacific
as yard stick In cutting down the
capital structures OF the. railroads. The
plan was to reorganIze this railroad,
always weak sister. though always
prominent as an Important link In first
this and then that transcontlnental
line, In such fashion that 1t could earn
several times It's fixed charges, and
hence sell bonds on to per cent
basis.
Actual figures as TO amount OF bonds
and Interest are so complicated. with
the Missouri Pacific and the New
Haven, and for that matter with all
railroads, that Illustrations would take
a column to explain. But here Is the
Roosevelt Idea Illustrated simply.
Suppose a railroad had $500 100000
Of bonds outstanding. at an average
interest rate of 6 per cent Some rail-
road bonds bear as low as 4 per cent,
and some as high as per cent. but
the average Is not far from 6 per
cent because there are more OF the
higher rate bonds than OF the lower
rate
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07
Holman Not a Mama;
Wise Crooks in Order

1t albwas mistake about Herman,
and the boys at Texas Christian uni
versity at Fort Worth, who named
their horned frog mascot "Hermania"
after finding nine baby frogs In the
pen have apologized. Freshman
pranksters admitted putting the
young frogs in the pen.
Herman's guardians have resolved
only veterinarians certificate will
persuade them to change his name
again.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07

against those same
Boston Redskins last
year. 1t was the Cav
anaugh Memorial con-
test. The Giants won,
Z to O.
That was one week
had the Monday
black and b u { s,
apIenty. Among the
Giants we kid 4 lot
about how we feel
on Monday morning.
Sometimes it'a not
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07

u especially noteworthy since the
pinke pattino came mainly from the
Pennsylvania, or defeated, side OF the
field--it may have been that the boys
and girls merely were expressing their
Keen qualification at having some ex-
cuse for applause this lats In ! game
~ recently filled with travail.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07

plan To replace Jimmy Crowley as
coach this winter. After the Purdue
defeat on Saturday many OF them wan
dered through the stands uttering
lusty cheers for Hiker JOY, who so ably
assisted Major Cayanaugh few sea
sons back.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07

department Objects and conversations
on this point are Row proceeding. OH
Gals Of both departments, as they adj
NIT In private conversations-though,
of course, they decline to be quoted
favor such publicity, and 1t Is their
confident expectation that the Presi-
dent will agree with them.
Such a change OF course would have
no legal effect In lettering anyone who
wished to ship such war supplies as
are not banned by the Presidents proc
lamatlon. The reason the oil compa-
MES and shippers OF other war sup
plies are opposed to any change, and
wish to retain the present protective
secrecy. is that they fear a boycott
OF their products by individuals who
would resent what they would regard
as .'war profteering."
1t Is increasingly manifest that the
sentiment OF the country was strongly
behind the action already taken by the
President. and that 1t would favor go
iHb even luitHti NhSiS NV
pocketbook OF individual sections
might be affected. This is realized by
the companies now selling oil to Italy.
and those selling metal which, while
not actually ammunition. can be made
into ammunition by very simple proc
esses once 1t reaches Italian work.
shops.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07
Limit Motor Speed

Automobile manufacturers are not
talking about 1t, publicly. but they
realize a very strong tendency which
may force limitation OF the possible
speed Of automobiles. Motor-car max
ers discussed the situation very seri-
ously at recent meeting In New York.
OF course they are prepared to fight
such legislation, either by the states
or the federal government but the
Vice president of one OF the big COM
panies admitted to friends here within
the last few days that the motor In
dustry would not be surprised to see
such legislation very widespread With
In two years.
Tn the face OF advertisements that
new models will "crowd 100 miles an
hour" most Of the present considera-
tion of the problem by Its advocation
Is aimed at restriction to speeds not
exceeding GO miles an hour. Some OF
the extremists would 60 as low as As,
the speed limit on the open road In a
ROUu udUy Suites. 1 ilc luth SuESCslNu
would be to prohibit the operation in
a given state OF a car capable OF rum
ming In excess OF given number OF
miles per hour
II only one large state, or any state
regardless OF size, whose citizens buy
a large number OF cars, should impose
such restriction. the effect on all
motor manufacturers would be very
serious indeed For such law as Is
being advocated would not permit the
mere addition Of some such simple
governor controlling the number OF rev.
olutIons as was used by some cautious
car owners In the early days, for the
would-be reformers are determined
that 1t must be something which cannot
be taken Off. It would have to be, to
comply with their ideas, built-in part
Of the motor.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07
To Illustrate

In this Illustration, the fixed charges
of the road, so far as bond interest Is
concerned. would be 100000 900 year
Taxes and this bond interest as well.
OF course. as all operating expenses
must be paid before anything can be
given the stockholders. In addition,
every time some of the bonds fall due,
the railroad has terrible time float
Ing new issue even Ii 1t Is fairly
prosperous road, and usually has to
pay handsome bankers commissions
for placing the new bonds.
Now suppose, further, that the road.
after paying operating expenses and
taxes, has just s20,OOO,0OO left over, on
the average. for bond interest. Which
actually Is little better than the case
OF the Missouri Pacific, and a little
worse than the case of the New
Haven.
The New Deal plan would be for
this mythical road to 60 through re
ceIvership, as the New Haven Is about
77(b) of the bankruptcy act. When It
energies, 1t might have total capital
debt In bonds Of S40O.0O0,0O0. but on
3ib per cent basis. This would make
Its annual bond interest bill $4,000
600 Instead of s30OO000O. AS the av-
erage earnings applicable to bond In.
terest would be s6,0O0,OO0 in excess Of
this. however. the road could expect
the lower interest rate. But Instead Of
the S6.0OO00O In addition being paid In
dividends. stable fraction of 1t, say
S50ODOO0, would be used to retire
bonds every year.
The stockholders would be actually
better Off than they were before. In
the Illustration given. there would
probably be no dividends for some
time after the reorganization. But the
property In which they have an equity
would be at least on the road to a
better situation. Whereas r. reorgan-
lied under the old tooth and claw
method, they would probably get moth
Ing.
The same sort Of plan has been
worked rather successfully on non-rall-
road corporations. though of course
the most important new phase of the
law Is that 1t prevents such reorgani-
cations being held up by minority Sc
curity holders demanding more than
their share.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07
Solitude
The
Man Who
Knows

Whether the Remedy
You are taking for
Headaches, Neuralgia
or Rheumatism Pains
is SAFE is Your Doctor.
Ask Him
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07
Newman Knows
Differences of
Amateurs, Pros

Harry Ne1uman, the aii.4merica quarter
back uhile at Michigan and one OF the
outstanding players in the National Foot
ball league. is this roeek's guest columnisf.
He discusses the difference between foot
ball as played by the amateurs and the
professionals.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07
BY HARRY NEWMAN

FOOTBALL still is lot OF fun. II
1t weren't It wouldn't be worth
while. regardless OF how much they
paid you for II. Believe mo, I've
missed II tho few weeks | was cut
and was mighty glad to get back
into action when our Giants played
the Boston Redskins at the Polo
grounds.
One OF the toughest games OF foot
ball | ever played In, think, was
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07
"Pitiless Publicity"

President Roosevelt Is expected to
decide that present regulations and
practices protecting the names of ex-
porters OF war supplies from publicity
should be modified. thus applying the
"pltiless publicity so much talked
about by his former chief, Woodrow
Wilson. to the present situation.
Under the present practice, ship
mahifests are held confidential. II such
a request Is made by the exporter.
Even where publicity Is allowed, the
name of the exporter Is not made
public. Thus It was impossible for re-
porters In New York recently to be
sure which OF the oil companies had
made very large shipments OF oil to
Italy.
Treasury officials are considering
permitting publication by newspapers
OF every detail as to exports. Natur.
ally, they will not do 70 II the State
The Washington times., 1935-02-01

northern Pacific waters next sum.
mer for maneuverS because sit
Is desirable at this time to pro-
mote goodwill with Japan"
Another resolution commended
the Commissioners for their ma
tion-wide search for a new health
officer and commented on the
absence of politics" in the selec.
ton Of DR.. George C. Rutland.
POSTMASTER o. K.
international News Service
The Senate yesterday confirmed
the nomination Of j. Walter Low
rey as postmaster of Joliet, Ill.
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
Namesake Arrives
AS President Talks

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Jan.
S1.-The President of the United
States received another namesake
last night while he aid the rest
Of the country were celebrating
his fifty-third birthday. Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Wheeler was the
name given the son born to Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Wheeler at their
home here. Franklin arrived at
1870 last night as the nation =. as
listening to President Roosevelt's
birthday message,
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
DROP IN CRIME SEEN

Some improvement in Wash
ington's crime situation and a
heavy increase in arrests for in
toxication and driving while in
toxicated were subjects of dis
cuSsion last night at a meeting
of the Committee on Civic AT.
fairs Of the Washington Fedora
tion' of Churches held in the
Cosmos club.
Resolutions were adopted in
opposition to the proposal to
place the District Board of
Education under control of the
District Commissioners and
against dispatch of a fleet to
The Washington times., 1935-02-01
SO to Graduate
5 From Armstrong

= Presentation Of diplomas to SO
graduates at Armstrong High
School tonight will conclude the
nidyear exercises in the colored
public schools.
: Major Campbell C. johnson,
executive secretary Of the Twelfth
Street Y. M. c. A., will be the
main speaker. Mrs. M. A. Mcneil,
member of the Board of Educa-
ton, will present the diplomas
and preside.
Exercises were held at Shaw
Junior High School today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
$4,000 still
Needed for.
COssrfPEeM

For three days, Jan. 31-Feb. 2
and 8, the total received by the Ma
tional Office of the International
Labor Defense for the Scottsboro-
Herndon Defense Fund was only
s211.33. The sum of $834298 more
must be collected Immediately.
With the appeals of Haywood Pat
terson and Clarence Norris, and
Angelo Herndon accepted by the
United States Supreme Court, and
the hearings on these cases drawing
nearer, the necessity for the broad
est agitation becomes greater day
by day, and the need for funds for
the necessary expenses in these ap-
peals becomes acute.
Hundreds of thousands of the
postcards addressed to the Supreme
Court, now being distributed by the
LID, demanding the freedom of
these victims, must be mailed.
Urgently needed funds for the ap-
peals must be rushed to the ma
tional Office Of the LID, Room
$40, 30 East 18th Street. New York
City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
Coal Miners
Set For Strike
In ilkesbarre
lspecisI o the paily WorEsrl

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Feb. "a
strike call has been issued by the
Anthracite Miners Union of Penn
sylvania to tie up all mines of the
Glen Alden Coal Company, one Of
the largest coal producers in Luz
zerne County
The strike call was issued by the
general grievance body in opposition
to officials of the United Mine
Workers of America, who tried to
drive the miners into their own
union by strong arm tactics at the
Woodward and South Wilkes Barre
collieries of the Glen Alden Com
pany.
For the past three days pitched
battles have taken place as 8 result
Of the effort Of the United Mine
Workers officials to herd the men
into the union under their DOM
nation.
The strike call is to be effective
Monday morning as a show Of the
new unions strength in the county.
The demands of the strike will in
clude demands raised in former
strikes which were not satisfactorily
settled. These will include restora-
ton of the wage-cut to patchers.
against additional eight inch side
ings on cars, and against discrirni-
nation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
Only Strike Action Will Defeat the Injunction Against the Teamsters

JUSTICE HUMPHREY, it is expected will sign his
understanding injunction today He has re-
peatedly asserted that his opinion is fixed and he
will sign it.
Forty thousand teamsters have declared that the
minute the open shop judge puts his signature on
the injunction a general wslkout will be called
The longshoremen have declared that no freight
trucked by scab drivers will be touched at the piers
The one-day strike of over 10000 last Monday
showed that the workers mean what they say.
The workers realize that the injunction aims at
the very existence of their union, and will increase
unemployment and cut wages drastically 1t opens
the way for the company union. They see that
the forces behind the Injunction are the Chamber
of Commerce, the New York Board of Trade the
Merchants Association, shipping and trucking com
panes, and yet hidden behind them the ship
owners-all their worst enemies
The teamsters and longshoremen had confidence
In the courts in the La Guardia Norris Anti-rn-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
AN EDITORIAL

junction Act in such attorneys as Senator Wheeler
and especially in Mayor LaGuardia, co-author of
the ant-injunction act
But now they find that the courts are at the
service of the open shop employers.
Mayor La Guardia during the week has assumed
the role of general marshal for all the strikebreak
ing forces under the pretext that the movement of
food, fuel and the strikebreakng capitalist news
papers must be guaranteed. These plans as dis
closed in the Daily Worker were made at secret
conference called by the Mayor
But not only La Guardia and the boss associa-
tons are trying to kill the strike. The employers
are assisted by Joseph P. Ryan, president of the
International Longshoremen's Association Michael
j. Casual, vice. president of the Brotherhood of
Transfers, and other high officials in the unions.
Ryan has already given his suggestions He said:
The only thing that might save the situation
in the event the injunction is signed would be if
1t carried the right to appeal and stay pending
the discrimination Of the appeal"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04

This is again to lay all holes on the courts.
1t is to give the open shoppers time to recruit scabs
to continue cutting wages and to fire thousands.
Casual has gone to Washington to get the in
terventon Of the employer controlled National La
Dor Relations Board. But the case of the auto
mobile workers Is excellent example to show
what the workers could expect from the Roosevelt
government; only efforts to trick the workers into
giving UP strike.
The teamsters acted last Monday, despite the
efforts Of these officials. They should now strike
If the injunction Is signed.
strike will stop the wage-cuts, long hours, and
firing OF union men 1t will force the higher courts
Immediately to reverse the injunction.
The entire labor movement is looking to the
teamsters and longshoremen to give leadership
against this open shop attack aimed at the entire
trade union movement. AS on the West Coast, the
employers are starting their drive with the water
front unions. The taxi drivers declared for full
support in the fight. The Machtnists' District con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-04
RevisiOnAsked
For Anti Red
LaWinAlabana
tspeci.l to the Daily wOrker)


BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. g.
The Alabama Legislature yesterday
moved to reconsider the sweeping
anti Communist bill which was
passed earlier by a vote Of forty
two to eighteen.
The motion for reconsideration
was made by Taylor of Mobile
County on the grounds that the
proposed measure was clearly a
violation of the bill of rights.
Significantly, the bill was intro
duced by Street, of Talapoosa
County, where the Sharecroppers'
Union was first organized and where
important struggles of tenant farm
ers have taken place.
The bill provides a sentence of
one year and a fine of not more
than 81, 200 for ANY writing, pub
LEGATION, printing, cut, cartoon, ut
terance or conduct to make or cause
any outbreak or demonstration of
violence against the State or any
subdivision thereof with a view to
overthrowing or destroying Or at
tempting to overthrow and destroy
by force or any show or threat of
force the government or any sub
division thereof, including anything
that advocates or teaches the duty,
necessity, propriety, of any overt
act or any form Of terrorism as a
means of overthrowing the govern
ment and prohibits the organizing,
aiding or abetting in the organiza-
ton Of an assembly, society, or
group where any of the policies or
purposes thereof are seditious as
defined"