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Questions and Answers

Q-when the eva created. and is it still
in existence?
At was created by order of the President dated
Nov. 9. 1888. to provide Jobs public works for
100000 unemployed men and women The Civil
Works Administration program gradually de-
modified during the following spring and was COM
pleted March 81, 1884 being replaced by work
projects Of the Federal Emergency Relief Admins
tration (FERA).
Q-What is filled gold?
A substitute for solid gold that consists of
base metal usually brass mechanically covered with
a layer Of hard gold of appreciate thickness
Q-why has the United States never been men,
Der of the League of Nations?
A-Because the Senate has refused to ratify the
Covenant Of the League.
Q-WaS there a silent motion picture entitled
"Ruggles of Red Gap?" Who played the title role?
A silent version was released in 1923. and Ed
ward Everett Horton played the title role.
Q-What was the number of unemployed in the
United States in 1928?
A-Thc estimated average number was 100000.
Q-What proportion of the American population
dies OF cancer every year?
A-The death rate for 1880 was 'l76 for each
100000 population
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Ignorance Is EUident

THE book would necessarily begin with the per-
Il sonslites of the men the most active in the Con-
Sttutional Convention There would have to be some
treatment of the background which mOtivated and
shaped the final draft Although the average Amer
lean fond of vOicing his great devotion to the or
ganic law of this nation, venture to say that most
of fairly hazy to the really important ways
in which the document affects lives and how it
got TO be that way.
This ignorance extends even to few editorial
writer's Within the last week I saw eloquent
newspaper essay which pointed out that personal
liberty as exempfied in the Bill of Rights was
constitutional guarantee and that this foundation
stone of the republic should never be tempered with
IN any way Unfortunately the commentator over
locked the fact that the Bill of Rights is in itself
made up of a series of amendments.
Nobody wants to fight another Civil War in order
10 test the validity of some specific provision in the
American Constitution. Strict cOnStructionstS are
fond of pointing out tha, Lincoln said that if he
could save the Constit ion he would even go to the
length of retaining slavery. am not sure that this
is a wholly correct Interpretation of the passages
quoted from addresses by the Great Emancipation
But if that is the correct Interpretation it was said
for oratorical effect 1t is not defensble position
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Today S Science
BY DAVID DIETZ

birds can reason. in the opinion of DR.. Gustav
d Eckstein of the University of Cincinnati. In
support of his contention. he cites an experience
with one of his pet cannarieS.
For many years DR.. Ecksteir has permitted a
number of canarieS to fly about his laboratory.
From time to time. he has contributed essays about
them to national magazines, essays unique for their
close observation of bird behavior.
Twentv-four canary birds fly freely about the
laboratory one of them, Billie Burke, lighted on
the top of the window shade, slid down between the
shade and the window hit heavily upon the con-
crete floor of the laboratory and broke wing.
DR ECKSTEIN feeds the birds upon one of the
II laboratory tables. He put BilleS food and
water upon the floor but found that she missed her
COMPANIONS at meal time Her wing did not heal
properly and she no longer able to fly. He
found her at meal time trying pathetically to hop
TO the top of the table She was only able, however,
to hop few inches into the air
So DR.. Ecksten built spiral staircase for her by
mailing projecting sticks to the leg of the table
He did this at night
All the next day" he writes in Science, 'She
paid no attention to the sticks So the second morn
ing I decided to put out Bille's water but not her
food. 1 watched all day for something to happen
Nothing did Toward evening tied leaves Of let
tuce to the ends of the sticks. Still nothing hap
pened."
THE other csnaries ate the top Of the table
i where they were used to eating and Billie
stayed on the floor and did not cat. he SAYS.
Nevertheless he continues the third morn
ing when arrived at the laboratory she on the
top of the table and from then on she has lived
most of her life the top of the table.
But in a week or two 1 began to realize that
even this was satisfactory Birds like to sleep
high. and nights when they were all getting ready
YOU could see Billie cock her head to watch the
others"
So DR.. Eckstein obtained small tree. stripped
it Of all but a few upper branches mounted it on
the end of the table and tackled staircase of little
sticks around the trunk.
In 80 seconds she was perched at the top" he
relates
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BORAF, LONE RIDER FROM IDAHO
likely to Be Candidate Than the Great Caubaigner

THE greatest tribute to the
Il Borah of those days was the
little drama frequently enacted in
the presSroom back of the Senate
press gallery.
1t would, perchance. be a dull
afternoon. Newspaper men would
be sitting about chatting and
smoking. Suddenly the door to
the outer gallery which hangs over
the Vice Presidents chair would
burst open and a gallery attendant
would call:
"Borah's up!"
There would be a dash to the
doors ann soon pencils would be-
gin 10 NY
A few days before the last ses-
sion closed the door flew open and
out stepped veteran gallery at
tendant. STEPPED in the lore of
other days, with the old familiar
signal:
"BOrahs up"
No one stirred.
so what?" came the cynical in
quiry.
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sure, but not very comforting CONSIDERING t,at ~.
engines were reported to have been overhauod inst
before the flight and that sufficient warmine-up
would seem to be a routine precaution
Inc TWO tl-motored ships that shook their en-
9neS loose were Fords" the letter continues .-b.
last Ford was built no less than five years ago II
they weren't darned good ships not one would be
tyIng To-Day But you can't expect them to last
From this gather that five years is a dangerous
age Tor a transport. at which engines may be ex-
pecteo To pop out now and again. but that the shin
is safe until the engines do pop out
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with the framing of the platform
and will run bitterly on to the
naming of the candidate.
If Mr. Borah has any part in
writing the platform it will have
some New Deal planks. At the last
session, for instance, he voted for
the work relief bill, the Wagner
labor bill, the utilities holding COM
pany bill, the AAA amendments.
He favored the social security
program, but there was no record
vote in the Senate.
BECAUSE of his Partially for
ID some of the New Deal the Sen
ator has been somewhat sub
merged in the last two and half
years. He occupied the limelight
with a fight against NRA on the
ground it was squeezing out the
little fellow.
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companies give aerial transport
lower rates than any other form of
transportation; goes on to denounce
James A. Farley for loading the ex-
ecutive stats of certain lines with ig-
noramuseS ana speaks of dozens of
crashes that were never published.
For the Boeing crash in Cali
fornia,' Mrs. Dion says. the hu-
man error factor is obvious. The
warming-up of the motors should
have shown they were not right.
If the pilot failed to catch the
trouble it is quite probable that it
was because he took off before they
were adequately warmed up"
A rna soma lnln ln..a.:a.- l..
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guy that does the dirty work.
knew that.
Where do you live?" he said.
Where we're you born?" he said.
20. K" he said.
Like an escaped murderer, I
stepped on the gas and sped to-
ward Lake Michigan, a free man,
and all 1 could say to myself was,
We'll, I'll be damned"
1T takes at least half an hour to
l. get from Arizona into CaIifor-
MIA, at least the first time you
cross.
You have to take every single
bag and package out of the car
and open it. They rummage
around inside the bags and muss
everything up. They're nice about
it, but they're firm. If you've got
any oranges, you either have to
eat them right there, Or leave
them. They're looking for boil
weevil or beetles or fungus or
something.
And then another department
goes all over your car, and takes
down the numbers, and then fills
out long certificates. They're look
ing for stolen cars. And they find
a lot, too. It's really a task to
get into California the first time.
But last spring, wandering
around the Southwest, went back
and forth across the border so
often that the inspectors at Yuma.
Ariz., and Blythe, Cal, got so
when they saw me coming they'd
lock the doors and hang out
sign Gone to Lunch" so they
wouldn't have to talk to me.
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While holding his job he plans
to attend Georgetown University.
DR.. Francis Boland, son of the
congressman, is resident physician
at Gallinger Hospital, supported
by the government.
Chris Boland, another son, is
employed during summer months
as extra clerk at the Scranton
postof1ce. This post is supposed
to be under Civil Service, but the
postmaster happens to be Boland's
appointee.
John Jennings Boland, another
son, is employed with the Securi-
ties Commission at
salary of $4,000.
Note - Congressman Boland's
own salary is $4,000.
CHARLES T. FISHER JR., of
~ the body family, is the baby
director of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. Only 80 years old,
he is the father of five children.
He worked his way to RFC from
the ranks, having served in the
Detroit RFC branch before COM
ing to Washington.
The Republican National Com
mittee is issuing blurb COM
pairing Roosevelt to King George
III of England. Quoting from the
Declaration of Independence, the
blurb reads: He has erected
multitude of new offices and sent
hither scores of officers to harass
our people"
Copyright. 1885 by United Feature
Syndicate. Incl
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Your Health
by DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN-

TINE remarkable progress that world medicine
L has made in the last quarter century is revealed
graphically by the reports Of three distinguished
British physicians in as many different fields
To Sir Walter Langdon Brown, regius professors
of physics at the University of Cambridge, the out
standing advances Of the last 25 years come in the
field of bacteriology with all the work that has
been done antitoxns, vaccines and similar prep
aratons the discovery of radioactivty, and recogn
ton of the principle of internal secretion in the
glands
Our knowledge Of deficiency diseases has devel-
oped only since 1912
Even at the end of the World War it was still
being disputed whether ricketts, was caused by some
of diet or to living in the dark. Now We know
both Of these factors are involved.
GO startling was the revelation of the effects Of
- Vitamin D on the human body that its was
carried to extreme, and ultraviolet rays began
to be applied for all sorts of diseases.
Closely related to advancements IN vitamin
knowledge have been the studies of the internal
secretions the vital substances poured by the glands
directly into the blood. PROBABLY most significant
was the discovery of insulin in 1922. which has
revolutionzed the treatment of diabetes
Then came recognition Of the effects OF the para
thyroid glands and, more recently. determination OF
many kormones coming from the pituitary gland.
This gland contains so many active principles and
is closely related to the action of the other glands
that the great English physician calls 1t the leader
of the endocrine orchestra.
AS a result of these studies Of the glands 1t has
been found that the human body uses chemical
agents for its own regulation.
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greatly disappointed if he
has a say about the candi-
date, slips a few planks into
the platform and thus, for
the first time since 1923,
gets out on the stump for
the nominee and revels in
the sound Of a voice to
which the whole world still
will stop and listen.
All things considered. Bill"
Borah probably would raise more
hurrah in a campaign against
Franklin D. Roosevelt than any
other of the potential candidates.
Long a champion of the under
dog both in this land and beyond
the seas, he possesses that plat
form magnetism which has al
most been lost to American ora
tory. His voice and logic are
persuasive. His lion-hke presence
commands attention.
q
HERBERT HOOVER, according
Il il to many observers, owed
much to Mr. Borah'S campaign
through the West and the South
in 1928. The Senator was won
over by Mr.. Hoover by promises
of aid to the farmers.
The alliance was broken a few
months after the Inauguration
when President Hoover consented
to high tariff rates which still
left the farmer at a disadvantage.
Signif1cantly-but beftting the
in-and-out nature of Mr.. Borah's
Career-his role in next years
convention probably will be to off,
set and check the Hoover influ-
ence. Enemies of the former
President, at least so it seems now,
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will capitalize the Idahoan for this
purpose.
Mr.. Borah will be the leader of
the fight to liberalize the party,
to rescue it. from the eastern Old
Guard management.
Soon after Henry P. Fletcher
of Pennsylvania was chosen ma
tional chairman by the standpat
G. o. P. forces at Chicago year
and a half ago, Senator Borah
opened war on Mr.. Fletcher and
the Old Guard. He demanded
that Mr.. Fletcher get out. But
the former diplomat still sits
tight.
A CCORDINGLY Senator Borah
L n has had nothing to do with
the various regional conferences
which Republicans have held in
recent months, on the ground that
they were stage managed by the
Old Guard.
Senator Borah should be a hap
pier man when the 1886 conven-
ton assembled than he was in
1932-even if he is disappointed
when it's all over. Four years ago
he found himself in an unhappy
dilemma. He could not support
Mr.. Hoover and, since come what
may the Idaho Senator never bolts
the party, he withdrew to his
tent.
The set-up this time should be
to his liking. Apparently the con-
vention is to be a free-for-all
fight. There should be lots of ora
tory, both behind doors and in the
open. The Old Guard will be
fighting for its life.
On the other side, with Senator
Borah at their head, will be the
insurgents. The fight will begin
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Structure AWfuI, Says Mitchell

=. ALLEN OF pittsburgh, says there are danger
- GUS distractions at the arports in Newark e.
cago Detroit and Washington, and that either the
oostructlons or the airports should be moved Or
course tne washington airport he says is notorious
ouC pohtlcanS have defeated every effort to improve
or move It, and nothing will be done until shipoad
OF people are cremated, if then
Gen. BIZ Mitchell, who was eased out of the
agrees with the woman whose criticism of Mr. Far
icy suggests serene confidence in the altruism Of
the original master minds of the air lines
Inc whole structure of our commercial aviation
mas Deen oullt on a speculative foundation" Cen
Mitchell writes. "Thirty-seven manipuators re-
celved the money from the government then lined
their own pockets. Equipment operation and de-
veIopment are secondary matters The great develop
ment program that we inaugurated after the war
was thrown in the discard. Automatically incon-
petent persons have the deciding voice everywhere
Ihere Is not suitable airplane engine for pas
senger traffic in use in America"
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BY THOMAS L. STOKES
Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON Sept. 2O-If the G. o. P elephant steps
out in the 1886 campaign with young ideas and
more modern shule-in short, if the Republican Party
adopts more liberal attitude great national issues
much of the credit must 90 Senator William Edgar Borah
of Idaho
That rather than his nomination for the presi-
dency is likely the of the current boom
for the Idaho Senator which has been chuned among
rank-and-fe Republicans who weary of the old order
in their party
If Mr. Borah were nominated for President the party
would have support large chunks of the New Deafor
he has espoused good deal of t-and it would have to
defend itself constantly against cheap money" mpica
TONS for he has long been flaming champion of imitation
Of the greenback variety.
For these practical reasons Mr.. BOrahs nomination is
regarded generally impossible But he may not be
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His star glittered again when he
helped to keep the United States
out of the World Court-not
New Deal issue-and recalled his
battle against the League of Ma
lions under another Democratic
President.
AS. the session wore along and
politics again became paramount,
he came to the fore, finding finally
an issue in President Roosevelt'S
suggestion that the Constitution
might need to be changed, and in
the general charge of "regimenta-
ton"
There was a time, in the Cool
idge and Hoover days, when the
Idahoan was a party all his own
against G. o. P. policies and a
speech from him stood out so from
the dearth of ideas in the Senate
That it was an occasion.
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Man and the LdW

MO written document is so sacred that it must be
~ preserved at the expense of human liberty. We
begin to face a similar sitGatOn. 1t seems to me
outandishly pedantic and wholly out of spirit of the
founders this nation to say that vital and neces-
sary legislation for the welfare of millions must be
set aside to preserve the dignity and the sanctty Of
piece Of paper.
ANY competent history Of the Constitution, Its
founders and its place American life in later years
ought to make it clear that the document was in
tended to serve the people of the United States and
not to be q golden calf for them to fall down and
Worship willv-nillv without question of consequences
Reverencing the Constitution may be excellent, but
first we ought to know it.
Copyright 1881.
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tober. And in contrast with most
New Deal projects, it is handling
overl- administration on only
8 per mt of its total grant.
Chief originator and background
executive Of the Youth Admins
tration is Charles TauSsig, an
original brain truSter, and one of
the few who learned that public
ity always kills a ghoStwriter.
HERE is another near record
L. L for nepotism hung up by Rep.
Patrick j. Boland, Democratic
house whip, of Scranton, Pa:
Lenore Boland. daughter, draws
a salary of $276.66 month as Sec
rotary to the congressman.
James Powell Jr., Mr.. Boland's
nephew. draws an annual salary
of $500 as House pair clerk"
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LISTS STUDENTS FROM
80 STATES, 5 NATIONS
Terre Haute College Boasts Unusual
Enrolment Record.

BIZ Times Special
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Sept 90
Registration records of st. Mary-of-
the WooCs College show that stu
dents repl senting 80 states and five
foreign &C 1tries are enrolled this
fall
Foreign countries represented are
Colombia, Guatemala, Puerto Rico,
Germany and China. Freshmen
will be entertained by sophomores
at a campus frolic tonight.
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auEnouph
By
WESTBROOK PEGLER

T HERE has been a spirited response to my recent
shy inquiry to why transport airplanes fall
down Notwithstanding plush. tasty interior decora-
lions. luncheon trays at $1,000 feet and pretty
hostesses. The best answer was submitted by
woman who in the exercise of her natural pre-
rogave dSregardS the restraints of consistent argyll
ment and takes both sides OF the question. The
others are ne-Sided.
Gertrude NJ Dion begins BY saving that insurance
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s,itution is hardly enough for the
average layman We are INSULT
GENTLY acquainted with the i'm
plications and the potential inter
pretations Of what remains a legal
paper.
I am quite ready to admit the
Constitution is far simpler in its
language than most of the Opin-
ions handed down interpreting it.
And, even so, it would be nonsense
to call it crystal clear in every par
ticIlar. If it were the Supreme
Court would hardly he as busy as
1t has been since the beginning of
the republic
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al handbook Undoubtedly there is a vast amount Of
literature on the subject But most Of it has been
written by specialists and for specialists suggest
10 the book publishers Of America that a huge best
seller could be fashioned by any man competent to
write a detached manner and in a simple but not
ccndccendng style the story Of the adoption Of the
Constitution and what followed after
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DUT Borah still is legend and

DUT Borah still is legend and
- name to most Americans.
He will not need the building
up which is going to be necessary
in the case of other candidates
for the Republican nomination. He
has been on the front page since
ne came here from Idaho in 1907
He has always been different.
The Lone Rider, they called him.
A lonely and appealing figure he
was back in 1891 when he stepped
off train at Boise. a slender
youth of 26, into the dust and un-
painted newnesS that was Idaho.
Born in Fairfield, Ill, June 90,
1865, only a few weeks after the
theory of a strong Federal Gov
eminent had triumphed at APP
pomattox Court House, young
BOrah received his early education
in the state of Abraham Lincoln,
then went to the University of
Kansas for training in the law and
there hung up his shingle until he
decided to move farther West.
He is of Idaho and yet not of it.
Idaho'S little troubles about post
offices and dam sites never have
been Mr.. Borah'S. He worried
over big domestic and information
al issues and thereby gave lus-
ter in Eastern drawing rooms and
the chancellories of Europe to a
state otherwise little distinguished
except for its size. Idaho accepted
Bill Borah.
He spends little time there, ex-
cept in the season before elections.
He is back there now. He owns
no home there, but stops at
hotel.
Idaho preens herself again as
her adopted son is talked of for
the presidency.
NEAT: Vandenberg of Michigan.
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Haywood BROUJN

A GOOD many people have adopted the excellent
n practice of using birthday as a sort Of day of
reckoning At the Of 81. As or 9s it isn't a bad
idea for to sit down and say, How am doing
up to now?"
And it seems to me that Constitution Day might
well be celebrated in the same fashion ina gined
no very great number Of Americans employed the
festival set Tuesday period in which to look over
the document Indeed. mere reading OF the Con-
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DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-ROUND
By Dre'O Pearson and Robert S. Allen

WASHINGTON Sept 20Some of the most worthwhile New
w be buried
They swell the newspapers
history of the National Youth Administration
Behind the doing bangup job But its
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It's Easy to Get Into
Canada, But California
BY ERNIE PYLE
Times Special Writer

CAULT STE MARIE Mich Sept 90 - 1t is exactly 100 times
~ counted emu simpler
Canada and out again. than
Some weeks Canada at ST.
Stephens NJ B. drove stopped
toms unlocked the back end