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Restore the Leave

The bills andardiZing Government empoye leave privileges
introduced by Representative Ramspeck of Georgia would
simply eliminate the of the old economy act
which didn't economic.
When the economy act passed there general
tendency to strike out at Government employees every rec
on with claims that such action taken in the interest Of
balancing the budget The warning that the Government by
such steps striking at all workers went unheeded.
Most of the economies which it sought to effect by the
economy act temporary nature The pay cut of
limited duration of the other provisions BUT
THE RESTRICTION OF LEAVE AS EMBODIED IN THE
ACT WAS MADE PERMANENT LEGISLATION.
Why the least effective and Of the most pro-
visions of the act should thus have been made
mystery It needless affront to the Government
workers and from the standpoint of saved little
than futile gesture.
No has yet been able to point any substantial money
saving resulting the Government from cutting annual leave
from thirty days fifteen There might have been such
had it been customary employ additional workers to take
the place of those leave But this had been the
practice.
It was customary would still be under the Ramspeck
bills permit the workers to take their leave during slack
periods.
Under this system the work of the office not disrupted and
there is incurred no additional expense.
The Ramspeck bills still in committee although the Civil
Service Committee held lengthy hearings and developed all Of
the facts connected with the bills.
At this time of the when members of Con-
thinking Of vacations it would good idea to settle
the matter of vacations for all Government employees The Civil
Service Committee should speed up its deliberations the
leave bills and get them into the House before that body quits
for the summer.
floor the House. There little doubt that the action would
be favorable The would likely be true in the Senate
Before Congress dourns it should give Federal workers
decent break on vacations.
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Your Teeth

You would think little of carpenter other mechanic
he failed to take good of his TOOLS for his living depends
on the quality of those tools.
Far foolish than such mechanic utterly reckless Of
future health and happiness the who NEG
LECTs THE CARE OF THE TEETH permits that neglect
by children Good teeth food properly prepared for
digestive processes that follow chewing and good digestion
means good health and the happiness that brings
Teeth neglected involve innumerabe diseases and
sary early death Decayng teeth send poson into the blood
often from assesses that form at the roots causing nnumer
able painful and eventually fatal diseases
Among young people, girls especially teeth well cared for
bright and Clean light up the face increasing beauty telling
of health and cleanliness they make marriage probable
Caring for the teeth habit easily formed that be-
comes absolute necessity in children properly trained
Important contributors to good health and long life
good tooth brush properly regularly used good tooth
paste tooth powder fragrant mouth wash to make the
tooth brushing process agreeable and then WISE USE OF
THE TEETH, in slow and temperate eating
Your teeth the tools that build your health Neglect
them and you neglect health and happiness and later
Take good of he they will take good you
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Three-Minute Journeys

If the plans of those re.
sponsible for the Pan-American
highway are achieved without a
hitch, the family automobile
soon will be a real magic car
pet.
Some authorities insist that
within the next decade the
great highway will stretch from
Fairbanks, Alaska, thro ugh
Canada and down the United
States to Mexico, on to the Cen
trail American republics, across
Panama, down the west coast
of South America, then over
the Andes to BuenoS Aires.
So, perhaps, one of these days
when contemplating a lengthy
holiday, we'll make prepare.
lions for a motor tour to South
America. And if you doubt this.
you may be interested to know
that it already is possible to
drive along the Mexican link
for over $50 miles after leaving
the American border.
The drive from Laredo, Tex
to the city Of Monterey, the
principal city OF the road that
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Shield of Protection
Blu James T. Williams, Jr.

his unjustifiable attack upon
the Supreme Court any refer
ence to case after case in which
the Great Tribunal has fear.
lessly upheld the rights of the
laboring man. To have cited
any of these cases would only
have served to illustrate with
what devotion the members of
the Supreme Court individually
and collectively live up to the
oath which each member JUS
tice of the Court takes and
which reads as follows:
81 do sOlemnly swear that
will administer justice without
respect to persons, and do equal
right to the poor and to the
rich, and that 1 will faithfully
and impartially discharge and
perform all the duties incum-
bent upon me as Justice of the
Supreme Court according to the
best of my abilities and under
standing, agreeably to the Con-
Stitution and laws of the United
States: So help me God"
1t was the personal friend of
Abraham Lincoln, Associate JUS
tice David Davis, who delivered
the opinion of the Great Court
in 1866 which held invalid the
action of President Lincoln in
establishing military tribunals
in places where the civil courts
were open and not in the actual
theater of war. Holding that a
man sentenced to be hanged by
a tribunal of this sort was ur-
constitutionally sentenced and
must be released. Justice Davis
said in delivering the courts
opinion:
"The Constitution of the
United States is law for rulers
and people equally in war and
in peace, and covers with the
shield of its protection all
classes of men, at all times
and under all circumstances"
ACCEPT CHALLENGE
This is the shield of protec.
ton which the Representative
in Congress from the First
South Dakota district would
have the American people swap
for the sceptre of despotism in
the form of dictatorship.
There must be at least one
Roosevelt Democrat in the first
South Dakota district who will
take up the challenge to the
American System of Govern
ment made by Representative
Hildebrandt when the next
Democratic Congressional pri-
mary campaign begins in
South Dakota. To leave to the
Republicans of that district the
privilege of contesting this issue
with Representative Hildebrandt
would be to betray both Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the Demo
cratic party.
Copyright. 1895, The Washington Times)
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CAPITAL Punishment


Like death and taxes, the
question of capital punishment
is always with us. Three items
in the news bring it up again
for consideration and debate.
Kansas has restored the death
penalty for first degree murder.
Jurors in that State will now
determine whether persons con-
victed of the crime shall be sent
to the penit"ntiary for life or
hanged at the State prison.
Only in the cases of minors,
under 10, does the life term at
hard labor remain mandatory
Only five executions have
been carried out in the history
of Kansas, the last taking place
in 1870. Except for treason, the
death penalty was abolished in
1907. In 1881 the legislature
passed three bills which pro-
vided death in the electric
chair as the maximum penalty
for first degree murder and
robbery with firearms. Cover
nor Woodring, in vetoing the
measures, aid that he did so
without any maudlin sympathy
for the criminals, but because
he held it as an axiom that it
is not the severity but the GER
tainty of punishment that de-
tiers the criminal"
KIDNAPPING ADDED
The detection of Kansas
leaves seven States in which
there is no death penalty for
crime. These are Maine. Michi-
gan, Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, Rhode Island and
Wisconsin.
Various crimes besides MUIR
der and treason are punishable
by death in the different States.
kidnapping has been the latest
to be added to the list, and the
sentencing of Walter MCGEE to
die for the abduction of Miss
Mary McElroy was the first OF
its kind. MCGEE has been saved
from the doubtful honor OF
giving his life for his crime by
a communication from the Gov
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in can doubt that something of
the sort was inevitable. Nor am I
one of those peevish pinheads
who would junk a whole pro-
gram because there are a few
flaws in it. Yet I can't help
wondering just where we're
drifting.
Take, for example, these
thousands of young people just
out of Hi, who are enrolled in
SERA projects. Fine, upstand-
ing kids, desperately needing a
start in life-and it's Americas
Number l job to give them that
start. But-are we really CIV
ing them Big Break under
the present scheme?
I'm thinking of two in par
ticular - Ella Wilson and Dan
Jones. Both 10. last seasons
high school grads. AS nice
youngsters as you'd ever meet.
Elias as smart as she's pretty
which is saying plenty. She
took a commercial course in
the village Hi. Now she's down
on the rolls rs secretary" at
so cents per hour.
Bill wants to be an engineer
some day. He took a little draft.
ing and surveying in Hi. Now
he's on a map-making project
at 81 per hour. Since labor is
rather scarce in their particu-
lar section, both Ella and Dan
are receiving practically full
time.
UNFRAMED
Pretty swell picking! Even
the youngsters themselves con-
cede-though none too enthusi-
astically-that cts pretty good
for a start" These wages are,
of course, based on rates for
professional service. They are
given out of an admirable,
warm-heated desire to "do right
by the kids" And they're no
more QeSlTOuS IMAM / OF seeing
the kids, or any worker Of any
age, done right by.
But, again I ask are we
really doing right by them? Or
are we, unwittingly, giving them
a Dirty Deal?
Let's see what return Ella
and Dan give for these wages.
Elias down as a secretary but,
actually, she has almost as little
qualification for the job as a.
ditch digger. That isn't Elias
fault. She labors under the
usual high school handicaps.
Her Commercial course" was
such in name only. It hardly
touched the rim Of business ne
cessity,. She C a n. laboriously,
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stretches between our border
and Mexico City, is delightful
one, a trip that any traveller
would enjoy. It is hoped that
by late this summer the south
ern link will be united with the
road stretching north from
Mexico City.
After leaving Monterey.
which is a 200-mile run from
the Rio Grande, the next jump
is that between the former
point and Villa Juarez, and
then on from Villa Juarez to
Tamazunchale. Then comes a
link, not yet completed, which
will connect with the last link
out of Mexico City when COM
pleted. And then the road from
Texas south will be ready for
tourists.
Many automobile manufac-
turerS are already sending out
observers to survey the road and
their reports are glowing. This
writer knows the territory very
we'll and can testify that motor
lists have a treat in store for
them.
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Listen, World
BIZ Elsie Robinson

take Stenographic notes if you
give her ample time-no pres
sure. She can't take dictation
straight on the machine-won't
even try, because it makes her
so nervous" Her filing has no
system. Her spelling's impos-
sible: her spacing messy. In
short, little Ella is, as yet, just
about 100 per cent inefficient.
Dams as bad. Any first-grade
child knows as much about map
making. He has never learned
that first drafting requisite
lettering-and is utterly at sea
when he tackles the deeper
problems. He's not to blame any
more than Ella. They took all
the school had to give, and the
school had neither time nor
funds to give them more. But
here's the point:
THEN WHAT?
These young people, in COM
mon with thousands more, are
being given the rating and
wages of professionals. What's
the result? The taxpayers are
getting Wretched service. But,
worse than that, Dan and Ella
are being dangerously misled.
Naturally, they accept the
rating given them, and sim
cerely believe they are, respec-
lively, a full-fledged secretary
and map maker.
When SERA disbands they
are going to expect equal rat
ing and wages from private
business.
BUT THEY WON'T GET TT.
Then what? Then they're 60
ing to be bitter and diSgrun-
tied. Some of them may re-
cover, but it's a cinch millions
won't.
If we must pour out our
Federal treasure to aid the un-
employed (and I personally be-
lieve we must), wouldn't it be
more sensible to erect training
schools for these hordes of
young people which would pre-
pare them for real service, in
stead of giving them chances
CD which cheat us and per-
manently injure them?
Copyright, 1885, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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Wise Words

No man can justly censure or
condemn another, because in
deed no man truly knows anoth-
er.-BroWne.
No cord nor cable can so
forcibly draw, or hold so fast,
as love can do with a twined
thread.-Burton.
Every babe born into the
world is a finer one than the
last.-Dickens.
You ask what hope is. He
(Aristotle) says it is a waking
dream.-Laertius.
He who refuses what is just,
gives up everything to him who
is armed.-Lucan.
None but a fool Is always
right.-Hare.
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The Taxi Strike

The strike of taxicab drivers emphasizes again the
peril of divided authority under which Washington lives.
There in the city ear-cut power to deal
justly with the taxicab drivers and their patrons.
The result Of improper regulation of divided
responsibility and Gripping of important of the city
transportation system at a vital time.
The difficulties of the drivers and their patrons head up into
the Capitol
although it ostensby regulates the cys carriers
is powerles to solve these difficulties Several years it
tried to do it in the interest of both the drivers and their
customers
The Commission wanted give the drivers chance
decent living and at the same time protect the public
on bill which is still in force and which severely cura the
power of the Commission to regulate the cabs
Congress persists in regulating the taicab business in the
District it must accept the responsibility for its failure to give
either the drivers or the public fair DEAL
Congress has forced the District into the unfortunate position
of being completely powerless regulate its affairs The
blame certainly not be shifted to any other body.
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him. That situation is particu-
larly true in Japan.
Public Works Administrator
IckeS, however, has employed a
japanese citizen to take photo"
graphs for the United States
government.
CIOaked with unusual author
ity from the Public Works Ad-
ministration, this Japanese
photographer can gain admit
lance to almost all public build
ings and works and take pic
lures of them.
Intelligence services think
that is going too far.
One thing that the Supreme
Court decision did Dhe1l it
ruled the MIRA illegal, UGS to
promote the bridge playing OF
certain Government employees.
Since the NRA decision was
handed down, employees of the
Federal Alcohol Control Admin.
istratiOn have been exceedingly
undetermined regarding their
futures.
Alcohol control has given way
to the correct way to play
bridge, knit or sew.
In almost any office of the
FACA these days one may see
a bridge game or a bit OF knit
ting in progress.
The other day in the House
q certain member whose name
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Toward the overthrow by
popular referendum of the Gov
eminent of the Constitution,
comes now Congressman Hide
brandt CD of South Dakota,
with a specific program.
First, Mr.. Hildebrandt would
amend the Constitution "Suffi-
GENTLY so that the Government
can take any step it finds neces-
sary to assure every able-bodied,
full-grown citizen engaged in
useful labor of the comforts of
life"
Sc cond, Mr.. Hildebrandt
would amend the Constitution
SO that henceforth the Supreme
Court will never again have the
power to block humanitarian
enactments by branding them
unconstitutional"
These are the absolute powers
possessed today by those gov
ernments which are dictator
SShips. And it is dictatorship
which the former passenger
train conductor, who represents
the first South Dakota district
in the present Congress, ap-
pears to think offers the only
relief from what he is pleased
to term the tyranny" of the
American system of government
which he took an oath on the
floor of the House to support
when he began his present Con-
gressional term.
"TYRANNICAL POWER"
It is safe to say that this
South Dakota champion of goV-
eminent by dictatorship does not
represent the rank and file OF
the railway protherhoodS, either
in his condemnation Of the
whole American system of gov
eminent or in this attack which
under the trick of extension OF
remarks" he inserted in the
Congressional Record:
considering the corporation
lawyer careers of some of the
Supreme Courts members, moth
ing else could be expected than
hostility to social justice legiSla-
ton. Most of us did, however.
look for a more enlightened
stand on the part Of the suppOS.
edly liberal juriStS on the high
bench. 1t may be fortunate that
we have been disappointed in
them, for it may whip us on to
terminate this indefensible exer-
else by the Supreme Court Of
veto power. Tyranny, if given
rope enough, will usually hang
itself"
Mr.. Hildebrandt did not at.
tribute to the great tribunal
tyrannical powers when it held
that Samuel Gompers was en-
titled to jury trial on the ques-
ton of criminal contempt and
that the statute of limitations
prevented an Indictment OF him
for such contempt.
Mr.. Hildebrant leaves out OF
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The Human Side of the News
Blu Edwin C.. Hill

ernor of Missouri on the appeal
of the victim of the KIDNAPPING.
In England, a wealthy woman
is leading a single-handed and
extra-vigorous campaign against
capital punishment. She is to
be found outside the prison at
every hanging, conducting
demonstration. She is the
widow of a Belgian manufac-
turer of shaving cream and she
runs the business, as well as
picketing the jails of England.
Her first appearance on a
major scale was early in April
when she took her stand outside
of Wandsworth Jail. And there,
while Leonard BrigStock went to
the scaffold, Mrs. Van der Elst
spoke and prayed through a
loud speaker. Overhead zoomed
three airplanes carrying stream
ers of protest, and On the street
100 sandwich men paraded with
her banners.
Statistics for the United
States show that only one muir
der in each 100 is expiated on
the gallows, in the electric chair
or in the lethal chamber. Our
murder rate is around 10000 a
year and our execution rate
about 100.
On the other hand, the num-
Der of murders in England and
Wales is less than 200, with
about one in every 10 murderers
going to his or her death for
the crime.
The postwar epidemic of VIC
lent crime in this country put
an abrupt halt to a rapidly
growing public sentiment against
capital punishment. The pres
ent action of Kansas is an indi.
cation of the reverse swing of
the pendulum. Michigan came
very close a few years ago to
restoring the death penalty.
MOOSE AND BLOCK
Soviet Russia, in the early
days of the BolSheviks, figured
that capital punishment had no
place in the communiStic mil
lenium. It was abolished for a
time. But today it is more sure
and more widely used there than
in any other country.
The decapitation of traitors
in Germany is horrifying to
most of us. Yet it is the pun
ishment long prescribed under
German law. Strangely enough,
too, it was once more to be pre-
ferred than hanging. This was
true in England up to the mid
die of the eighteenth century.
when the moose was for the com.
moner and the block for the
nobleman.
In 1850 the fourth Earl Fer.
rers. who had murdered a SER
want, requested that he be he'
headed, but his petition was de-
MED, and he went to death as
a felon by hanging. He was.
however, allowed one conces-
sion. The rope by which he died
was of silk, not hemp.
Copyright. 1898. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
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own factfinding agency. And
that didn't please officials of
that division who consider that
their work is the best.
When the first conferences
on the reciprocal trade policy
were held, Mr.. Peek was absent.
And that didn't please the Spe-
cial adviser on foreign trade.
Whatever the views may be
on Mr.. Peek there is one thing
that can be said about him.
He sincerely believed his own
views on trade and government.
He had devoted time and
money to studying the subjects.
And it was a blow to him when
he was ScOrned.
Copyright, 1885. The Washington Times
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the answer?
I wish you'd
tell me.
It's about
those SERA
p r o j e C t S.
Now, m i n d
y o u, L m
S t 70 n g for
SERA. A ire
mendouS eX-
pertinent for
a n y govern
m e n t. t o
make, but no
o n e W h o
k n o W S the
MACS Mo Hrrnra
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Usually if
a ny Ameri-
can is discov.
cred in a for.
e g n ! a n d
taking photo
G r a p his of
public build
i n G S a n d
works he is
m mediately
escorted t .
h e nearest
iail a nd it
takes conSid-
cradle work
- nNfninnfn
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M a n y times
he W a s in
conflict with
other depart
m e n t s O n
commerce.
Instead of
relying on in
formation Sc
cured by the
Foreign and
u o m e S TIC
C. o m m cree
Divi sion of
t h e c o m
m cree D E.
partment he
ct, I'm his
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Greatest Show On Earth
By Monitor
BIZ John Snure, Jr.

does not need mentioning,
raised his hand toward the press
gallery and made q remark
about "those Shirt-tailed report
erS."
AS usual he directed his re-
marks at a time when he knew
that the objects of his remarks
could not reply. He was in the
midst of a criticism of another
member of Congress whom he
knew was not present and so
took advantage.
There seems to be some doubt
as to what this man, who is
apparently trying to be as
great a pugilistic champion as
Huey P. Long. meant when he
said "shirt-tail reporters"
In his Southern district, in
Texas, in fact, in the summer
when the weather is warm and
the clothes are few, the young
boys in some families are clad
in the shirts of their fathers
or older brothers.
With the long shirts on,
they don't need any pants.
They call the young boys shirt
tails"
George N. Peek, the special
adviser to the President on for
eign trade before that office
was abolished, still maintains
that he is right in his criticism
of the reciprocal trade treaty
policy of the State Department.
Peek told Secretary of State
Cordell Hull that the trade
policy would ruin the United
States by injuring its COM
merce and expects to see the
day when his prediction made
to the idealistic Mr.. Hull will
be fulfilled.
1t was this criticism that
caused abolition OF Peek'S Of
flee, although he continues to
head the eTport-import banks.
Since he first took office,
Peek has repeatedly expressed
his views on foreign trade.
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Are We Really Giving Them
a Break?

This is a true story. You can
cap it with dozens of your own
along the same line. What's
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Army and Navy men are all
stirred up by one of the latest
moves of Secretary of Interior
Harnld l. ICkAS
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-10-05
OCEAN CHATTER

Il hear he lost his money in poker game. What kind of fish is he?'
 "Oh, just poor sucker"
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-10-05
SNAPPY SNAPPER

Mir. Stork-So you can't make your sweetheart believe you are worth a hundred dollars?
 Mir Tortoise-No. Why, I'm worth that much made up into tortoise shell combs to say nothing of soup