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Evening star., 1935-03-13
PLAN RADIO WORKSHOP

A radio workshop for members Of
drama groups in the District will be
held ut the Thomson Community
Center each Friday at 8 pm, be-
ginning this week. The instruction
will be carried on under the super
vision Of Miss Alice Keith, under the
auspices of the Community Center
Department.
The radio workshop will prepare
nrollees in the class for q radio debut
late in May over the Columbia Broad
casting System.
Evening star., 1935-03-13

The makers of these coats have given careful az
ention to the proper proportions and have created
unusually becoming models for the shorter woman.
New ripple collars jabots ribbon taffeta, squirrel,
and kid caracul trimmings, make them very chic.
The materials are crepeS cordovaS and waffle cloths
The colors are black, navy and oxford.
Kanns-Second Floor
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
Federal Penal Colony on
Rat Islands Proposed

COL. c. A. SEOANE of the army sig
~ nal corps has proposed a plan for
the establishment of a federal penal
colony on the Rat islands, off Alaska,
and recommended it to the considera-
ton of Attorney General Cummings.
1t would be so isolated that no guards
would be required and the prisoners
could be left to shift for themselves.
The four Rat islands, near the end
Of the Aleutian group, comprise 1000
square miles-and are more than 1000
miles from the Alaskan mainland, 1000
miles from the nearest United States
point, and more than 1000 miles from
Hawaii. Except for one or two fox
ranches on each, they are uninhabited.
Punishment to the Rat islands
would mean a long good-by without
hope Of pardon, parole, or escape"
Colonel Seoane said. Therein lies the
secret of what is believed would be-
come an effective damper on the crime
wave of today"
The islands, part of the public do
main, are suitable for raising blue
foxes, sheep, and goats, and for fish
ing. They are washed by the warm
Japan current, seldom have snow and
have an average temperature Of 80
in winter and 81 in summer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

One of these witnesses who COM
planned bitterly was Patrick j. Hurley,
secretary of war in the Hoover adj
received 100000 from the Associated
Gas and Electric system in the last
three years, but insisted he was paid
for legal advice only and had done no
lobbying. Hurley was not permitted
to read a prepared statement, and
Blacks intersections and questions so
angered the witness that he rose to
his feet and shouted: Everyone knows
all you gentlemen are good prosecu-
tors! Of course, you don't know what
it is to be fair or just. You try to put
words into witness mouth. Your
questions are all on the type of the
why don't you stop beating your
wife?' query"
Joseph P. Tumulty, who was secre-
tary to President Wilson, also was put
on the stand and was not treated SO
roughly. He, too, admitted receiving
considerable sums from utility con-
Germs, and like Hurley he denied that
he had done any lobbying. Tumulty
testified that he paid former Senator
George H. Moses (Rep.), N. H., $4,000
and would pay another $500 to John
Walsh, brother of the late Senator
Thomas J. Walsh Oem.), Mont Moses
and Walsh, Tumulty said, are attor-
neys and aided in work done for the
utility clients.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
Mussolini and Ethiopian
Emperor Prepare for War

ENGLAND and France were still try
- ing to find the way to avert war
between Italy and Ethiopia, but Pre-
mier Mussolini of Italy was so skep-
teal that he ordered $4,000 more men
to the colors. By the first of October
he will have about a million men in
uniform. Halle Selassie, the Ethiopian
emperor. was reported to have sane
toned the concentration of 10000 of
his troops on Italy's east African from
tiers. The chiefs, it is said, are finding
it increasingly difficult to restrain their
warriors from overt acts that would
surely precipitate warfare.
A report from Adds Ababa said the
emperor was ready to cede n portion
of Ethiopia to Italy in return for
loans from that country to develop
Ethiopia's resources and the granting
of seaport, as was suggested some
time ago by Capt. Anthony Eden of
England.
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brave attempt to save private pension
systems, but gave up when the prom
Use was made that house and senate
committees will try during the recess
to work out method of preserving
such of these as are found worthy.
The measure as passed provides for
old age security; unemployment insur-
ance, and for financial aid to dependent
children, the blind, the crippled, and
to public health agencies. 1t carries
appropriations totaling S94 ,491, 900 for
the fiscal year 1886 as the governments
share of the program. This sum does
not include an authorized grant of
$4,0O0,000 for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1896, and $49,000,O00 for each
subsequent fiscal year to defray the
cost Of administering one project in
the bill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
Farmers Organize Council
to Protect Their Rights


FARMERS who believe that their
L individual rights are being en-
croached upon by the administrations
agricultural policies are offered a
chance to get together by the organi-
cation and incorporation in Chicago of
the Farmers Independent Council of
America. Dan d. Easement, farmer
of Manhattan, Kan, is president of
the body. Stanley F. Morse, South
Caroline farmer and consulting agri-
culturist, is executive vice president
and Chris J.. Abbott, Nebraska stock
man and farmer. and Clyde o. Patter-
son, Illinois Jersey breeder, were in
corporators. DR.. Charles w. Burkett,
agricultural authority of New York
and formerly director of the Kansas
agricultural experiment station, and
L. G.. Tolles, farmer and past master
Of the Connecticut State Grange, are
other vice presidents of the council,
and DR.. E. V. Wilcox, representative
of the Country Gentleman, District of
Columbia, is secretary-treasurer; Fred
L. Crawford, Michigan congress
man and farm owner; E. e. Dorsett,
farmer and past master Pennsylvania
State Grange, and Kurt Greenwald,
farm manager and agricultural engi-
neer, New York, are directors.
''To me there is but one issue,
whether we are going to have a con-
stitutional government or have a dicta-
torial regime" said Charles E. Col
Inns, Colorado cattleman and president
of the American National Live Stock
association, regional vice president of
the new organization.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

always stand to your flag, not only
in good days but even more in the
bad ones. Keep it up when the storm
lashes and clouds the armament"
Deep apprehension still prevails
among Jews in Germany as to what
the future has in store for them. Aft
err Count Won Helldorf, Berlin police
president, had forbidden individual &C
ton against Jews, Wilhelm Prick, min
lister of interior. announced:
1.-THE Jewish question will slowly but
surely be gotten rid of. as the Nazi
program foresees."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

that the Republicans hailed it as a
clear indication that President Roose-
welt would be defeated for reelection
next year.
Representative B. 81. Smell of New
York, minority leader, made speech
about it in the house in which he said !:
"This is the first time the people of
any part of the country have had an
opportunity to pass on the reckless
'and extravagant expenditures of the
administration. They have passed up
on it in very decisive manner. The
election shows the people are begin
ming to think. The handwriting is on
the wall. From now on we will wit
ness similar reflections by the citizenry
of the New Deal program"
Other Republican congressman spoke
in similar vein, but John ]. O'Connor,
New York Tammany Democrat, coun-
tered with the assertion that there was
split in the Democratic party in the
Rhode Island district; while Tom Blan-
ton of Texas shouted shame on Rhode
Island because it had asked more fed
eral aid than almost any other state.
Anti-New Deal Democratic senator's,
like Gerry, Byrd and Tydings, agreed
the election was significant, but from
the White House there was no COM
ment.
Former Senator Fess of Ohio with
surprising frankness expressed the be-
lief that the G. o. P. would have to
wait until 1910 to elect a President.
Voicing the opinion of many, the vet
eran campaigner said: II don't see
how the strongest Republican without
all that money next year can beat the
weakest Democrat with nearly S5,OOO,-
100000 at his disposal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
Hoover Demands Showdown
From the Administration

FoRMER PRESIDENT HERBERT
L HOOVER, travelling from Califor.
mia to New York, stopped in Chicago
long enough to issue challenge to
the Roosevelt administration and a
call on the President for showdown
as to his policy on changing the Con.
stitution. He declared the American
people have right to know what al
terations in the basic law the admin
istration proposes to make.
1.-The time has come" he said, when
these full purposes should be dis.
closed. The people should now be told
openly the specific words of the exact
amendment that these gentlemen want
so that the people can consider and
themselves determine it. That is their
right"
Many observers were of the opin.
ion that this announcement by Mr.
Hoover meant that he is now re-
ceptive candidate for the Republican
nomination in 1886.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
How Social Security
Pension System Works

WHEN the Presidents social Sc
w curity bill was finally enacted in
to law, the senate adopting the confer
ence report already agreed to by the
house, probably many thousands of
men and women all over the country
began figuring on the pensions they
would receive under its terms 1t is
unlikely that one in a thousand has
any clear idea of how the new pro-
grams pension system will work, so
we reprint here neat summary pre-
pared by the Associated Press show
ing its operation as applied to "Bill
Jones':
Suppose young Bill is twenty when
the law goes into effect and makes an
average monthly salary of 500 until
he is sixty-five. He will get monthly
pension. until his death, of S53.75.
"In detail, here is what will happen
to him:
"In the calendar years 1887, 1898,
and 1889 he will pay a salary tax of
] per cent, or a total of $50 for the
three years. In 1910, 1911, 1912 he will
r.
and 1915 the tax will he 2 per cent, or
$40. In 1916 1947, and 194S the tax
will be 21s per cent, or 500. From
1910 to 1881, inclusive, the tax will be
8 per cent, or a total of S1,1SS for
those 33 years.
THUS, in AZ years, Bill Jones will
have paid in S1.440. All the time his
employer will have been matching his
tax payments, so the total paid to the
federal treasury will be $3.50.
''At sixty-five Bill Jones can expect
TO live perhaps 10 years more If he
does, he will get back S6,450.
when Bill Jones dies this is what
will happen:
His average annual salary will be
multiplied by the number of years he
paid taxes. In other words, If he dies
after he has paid taxes for IS years.
$1,000 will be multiplied by 45-giving
a total of $4,000. Arbitrarily. the bill
stipulates that Bill Jones' estate shall
be entitled to 31a per cent of that. or
S1,S90-less any amount he received in
pensions before he died.
"If Jones dies before he gets back
$3.50 in pensions. what he actually
received is deducted from $3.50 and
the remainder paid to his heirs If he
lives until he gets back all of the
$3.50 and more his heirs get nothing.
eff Jones should die before he
reaches sixty-five. his heirs would be
entitled to a payment of 81 per cent
of the total wages on which taxes had
been paid.
For instance, If he died after ten
years. he would have paid taxes on
$4,000. His heirs would be entitled to
81 per cent of that. or S420."
Senator Clark of Missouri made a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
Original COME. of BiIIs

The original copy of bill signed by
the President or passed over his veto
is sent to the Department of State,
where certified copy is made which
is given to the public printer. 1t is
then printed from the certified copy
into form known as slip sheets, and
later is included in the United States
Code of Permanent Laws. The orig
inal copy remains with the Department
Of State.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
Grass Roots Movement Is
Given Permanent Form

D EPUBLICANS of the 10 Midwest
N ern states that participated in the
Grass Roots conference in Springfield,
ILL.,, have made the Grass Roots move
ment a permanent auxiliary of the
party. Harrison E. Spengler of Iowa
is its chairman, Mrs. Leslie Wheeler
of Illinois the vice chairman, and 10
Ferguson of Oklahoma, the secretary.
Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky, not rep
resented at the Springfield meeting,
have been invited to join in the move
ment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

IdChs, uC VIII 81
through the air
with bombs, poison
gas or both. He
certainly will not
march hundreds Of
thousands of men
through swamps.
and over hot sand.
He now has 925, 900
men under arms,
with 100000 Fas-
cist militia ready to
be called, plus 200,-
600 others, born two
years before the
big war started.
Tc cnpoathinn nlcn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
Delicate
Question

stance. That is to say the commission
probably has not condoned sharp prac-
tees in the relationships between pri-
vate business and official agencies.
The action Of the commission in this
instance was with reference to a mo-
ticn Of counsel for the International
Association of Ice Cream Manufac-
turers. The attorneys asked that the
commission strike out of the complaint
against the association three para
graphs which charged association Off
GERS and members with attempting to
urge legislation and local ordinances
"in bad faith" That question, of
course, is very delicate. 1t presents a
collateral question as to whether when
an individual seeks legislation of a
protective character for his own inter
ests or legislation that will aid him
in his business, he has done SO "in
bad faith" Undoubtedly, there NAV
be times when bad faith could be prop-
erly charged. But in DISCUSSING This
phase of the situation in many omar
tiers in Washington, l found the con-
sensus to be that protection of prom
erty can hardly be cataleged as effort
made in bad faith.
Nevertheless, the politicians at the
Capitol take different attitude and
they do not hesitate to follow through
any scent they obtain of information
which. when published, will hit news
paper front pages.
The reason l regard the action of
the Federal Trade commission as no.
ing so significant is that the commits
sion deals with literally thousands of
individual businesses each year. 1t
has Jurisdiction TO order elimination
of unfair trade practices and to expose
just plain cheating in private business
Therefore. the commission may be said
TO have vital influence on the lives
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

by others. But Der
Fuehrer emerged from
his country residence
to make a speech at
Rosenheim in which
he made it clear he
was backing the cur
rent ''housecleaning"
to the limit. He de-
clared the Nazi party
would smash its OPP
ponents, continuing:
Pleading for loyalty
In had fipnoS ho coid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

not winning him any
credit. The house has
all along felt that he
was trying to bully it
into accepting the util-
tiles bill death SEN
tence" clause and has
been CORRESPONDENCE
reSentful. Various wit
nesses before the SEN
ate committee have
felt, seemingly with
reason, that they were
being treated unfairly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

of r h cd e Islam d.
Charles F. Risk, Re-
publican, and deter
mined opponent of the
New Deal, defeated
Antonio Prince, Demo
crat, by nearly $4,000
votes, capturing the
seat in congress which
Francis B. Condor,
Democrat, resigned to
go on the State Su-
preme court. The re-
vprSal xyaS Gu dooiSiyo
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
Cuba. Central Highway

Cuba's Central highway is con-
crete motor road 20.66 feet wide and
705 miles long through the center OF
the island. 1t was begun in 1926 and
completed in 1881 at cost of approx
mately S101, 125,000. There are no
grade crossings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

form it would recon-
mend. First it altered
almost every provision
of the bill passed by
the house and changed
it from a soak the
rich" measure to one
which would soa k
practically every one.
This was done by low
ering personal income
tax exemptions and
starting the surtaX in
oraa COG OF CO 00l in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

stead of $4,000. The latter feature was
proposed by Senator La Toilette and
was adopted to keep him in line. Also,
the inheritance taxes which President
Roosevelt had asked for were elimi-
mated.
Protests against increasing the taxes
on little incomes came Immediately,
from senators, representatives and the
country at large. Senators Borah of
Idaho and Norris of Nebraska were
among the independents who ex-
pressed their disapprovaL. Mr.. Borah
especially was vocal in opposition. He
could not see the justice or the wis
dom of the proposition.
Families with these small incomes
are now paying more than their pro-
portionate share of taxes and at the
same time are facing higher prices for
food, clothes, fuel and rents" he said.
So the committee suddenly reversed
itself abruptly, rejected the La Fol-
lette plan by a vote of to Z, and for
the time being at least saved the lit
tie incomes and perhaps lot of house
members who hope to be reelected.
The bill which the committee voted
to report contains new provisions to
compensate for those eliminated from
the house bill and the estimated rev.
enue is only S1,0O0,OOO less. This is
divided in the senate bill as follows:
Graduated corporation in
come tax ............... 10000, 600
Corporation excess profits
and capital stock taxes $4,000, 900
1ntercorporate dividend taxes 39,000,000
Increased estate taxes with
related gift taxes. ....... 100, 000, 900
Increased surtaxes on in
comes in excess of
100000 ............... 5000, 900
Total -. 1898, 900, 900
The bill thus more closely follows
the demands of President Roosevelt
than the house measure, with the eX-
ceptiOn of inheritance taxes, which the
senate committee eliminated Even
this action was offset by the increase
in the existing estate and gift tax rates,
expected to bring in S100,OO0,O00.
This action by the senate committee
probably means the adjournment Of
congress will be speeded up. The house
is cleaning up it's must" legislation,
the ways and means committee having
voted to report favorably the Guffey
coal bill which would set up little
MIRA" for the bituminous industry. 1t
is generally believed this measure will
not stand test in the Supreme court,
but the administration had demanded
its enactment nevertheless.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
Blacks Methods in Probe
Resented by Pat Hurley

CENATOR HUGO BLACK of Ala
- bama may bring out lot of facts
in his inquiry into lobbying, but his
way of conducting the investigation is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
G. 0. P. Defeats New Dealers
in Rhode Island Election
D EPUBLICA

D EPUBLICAN leaders throughout the
N country were immensely heartened
probably too much so-by the result
of the by-election in the First district
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
Waterfall. In Brazil

There are 37S important waterfalls
in Brazil, only 154 of which have been
roughly measured, and have poten-
tial force of at least 100000 horse
power.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
Senators Back Down on
Soaking" Small Incomes

NOBODY liked the new tax bill
~ that congress was working on,
and the senate finance committee had
hard work making up its mind as to the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Why So Many Men?
Bitterness in Berlin
Frank III. Hitchcock Dead
The Snake Has Rights

Why does Mussolini need so many
men for little Abyssinia? If he at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

At Thomasville, N. c., Rev. Campbell
Holmes, Holy Roller" preacher, al
lowed rattlesnake to bite him as he
preached, "just to show you that God
will take care of me-" There was ex-
element and admiration in the congre-
CATION. Next day his arm was badly
swollen, he was violently ill, death
threatened, but the Holy Roller"
preacher refused medical attention,
The reverend gentleman perhaps for
got that the same great Power that
gave him his beautiful faith also gave
the rattlesnake its powerful poison.
Each creature has its gifts, not safely
ignored.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

Did you buy bonds in the big war
excitement, when little ladies, seated
on elephants, sang patriotic songs and
begged you to give "till it hurts?
One hundred and eighty-five million
dollars worth Of government bonds
are mislaid somewhere, perhaps hid
den in old trunks, in desks, safe-de-
post boxes, by those now dead. The
government would like to get these
past-due bonds and pay for them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

sincere regret of the death of Frank III.
Hitchcock, postmaster general in Pres
ident's Taft's cabinet and at the time
Of his death publisher of the Tucson
Daily Citizen.
Frank Hitchcock, typical, intelligent
American, will be remembered as
first to appreciate the airplane's i'm
portance in connection with distribu-
ton of mail. Twenty-four years ago,
when flying was new, he flew, taking
a pouch of mail with him, and advo-
Gated immediate use Of planes over
impossible stretches of country"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

Berlin reports Increased bitterness
in the war against the Catholic church,
with official posters, eight feet high,
printed in red, scattered through the
city, attacking alleged Catholic oppO-
sitiOn to NaZi rule.
The posters speak of the grating
Center (Catholic) party, working hand
in hand with Bolshevism," and declare
that Catholics, "the eternal enemies
of the reich, wish to destroy the unity
of Germany" The posters are be-
lieved to indicate new and more bitter
attacks on Catholic organizations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

On the edge of the Sacramento river
in California, lady, thirty years old,
appeared with a suitcase. While eight
danced for some time on the edge Of
the water, finally plunged in, crying,
I'm not coming back" and sank in
midstream. That death-preceding dance
is new in suicide.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22
Nazi "Housecleaning" Has
Hitler's Full Support

n DOLE HITLER'S silence during
"A the recently renewed Nazi war;
fare on Jews and Catholics led many
to think the movement was being led
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

One out of every three married cou-
pies in the United States is childless,
news not complimentary to the child
less families. Exceptions are cases in
which nature refuses to send children.
You would not value a chain of steel
with every third link broken, or a
chain of heredity with every third link
missing. This "childless family" news
should make this country revise stupid
laws against immigration, shutting out
men and women willing to have chill
dren, and work for them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

present or expected, back of all this
man power? Even if Japan should
come in, that would only mean a more
complicated air war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-22

Madame Evelyn, who reads the stars,
the future, the crystal globe and the
lines in your hand on the New Jersey
beach, read the Zines" for compound
customer, then sighed and said: T
see only trouble ahead of YOU"
. The client also sighed, and he, says.
Madame Evelyn, stood up and said:
"'You are an excellent fortune teller,
and here's the beginning of the trou-
ble,' and socked me on the jaw, knock
ing me out of my chair"