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Montana labor news., 1936-03-19
IRRESPONSIBLE LEGISLATION

But this item OF expense is pro-
ably one Of the least, The truth is,
there are a thousand ways in which a
legislature will appropriate money for
different political jobs in a two-house
legislature, which are deemed necess-
airy, especially if the members are cleo
ted on a partisan basis. The closing
days OF a legislature in practically every
state in the Union disclose most dis
graceful practices in the matter Of
making laws for the government of
our people. Conference committees
come every few hours; members know
that if a conference bill is defeated
in the late days of a session, it will
mean the complete defeat Of the legis-
lation. The inclination always is then
to vote for the conference report. In
this way, jokers, innumerable get into
our laws. Laws which the people OF
a state want are either ommited en-
tirely or couched in such language
sometimes purposely, that the supreme
court will hold them unconstitutional
Laws which the people want, which
have been passed by one house, are
indefinitely postponed or otherwise de-
feated in the other house, without re-
cord vote.
Thus the tracks OF unworthy legis-
lators are covered up and no public
record made. Legrolling and the shift
ing OF responsibility from one house
to the other is a very common occur
renee. Nothing of this kind could oc-
cur in a one-house legislature. Great
er deliberation would take place, and
yet less time would be consumed if we
take into consideration the time spent
in the two houses and also in the con-
ference committee.
Responsibility always makes a per
son more deliberate, more logical, more
careful. The same individual would be
a much better legislator in a one-house
legislature, where responsibility could
not be shifted and where every official
act must be performed before the eyes
of the public, than in a two-house leg
islature, where all kinds Of opportuni-
ties are offered to shift his response
bility, to share it with others, or to
conceal his official acts from the pub
lie gaze,
Montana labor news., 1936-03-19
BE RIGHT BUT ALSO
Be SAFE

After Peter has dealt you Out a b
flat trumpet and a pair Of wings no
body is going to pay much attention
when you opine. We'll, anyhow I
had the right Of way"
The ferry boat across the Styx IS
crowded with passengers making the
same assertion, = some Indignantly,
some regretfully. You may know the
rules OF the road by heart, Mr.. Motor
ist, but as the old warning sign has it,
Drive carefully, You may meet a fool"
All secondary or feeder roads enter
ing or crossing a primary or main artery
OF travel have or should have stop signs
posted on them. However you cannot
afford to speed blithely along on the
main highway feeling sure that these
warning signs are going to be observed
by everyone. Some restless soul who
thinks he has to save a few seconds
getting %someplace SO that he will have
more time to do nothing after he ar
rives is apt to come charging INTO the
road in front Of you and delay you
both permanently. Sure, it is his
fault but that is small consolation when
the undertaken announces Owing to
the condition OF the departed when we
mopped him up the casket will not be
opened
Be sure you have the right Of way
but don't let some dim wit send you to
glory because you were not alert or
wouldn't give an inch. Drive Death
off the Highways.
Montana Highway Department
Safety Campaign.
Montana labor news., 1936-03-19
WOMEN LOST WAGES WORK
LONGER HOURS IN 1885
THAN IN 1884 REPORT SAYS

WASHINGTON.-(FP) Women
worked longer hours in 1885 and at
hourly wage rates lower than in 1884,
the Women's Bureau OF the U. s.. De-
partment Of Labor reports in its an
nual review.
Hours Of work in manufacturing in
dustries generally were more than 10
per cent longer in September, 1885 than
in September, 1884. This increase was
most marked in those industries chief
ly employing women such as the cloth
ing, textiles, electrical machinery, and
candy industries.
Women's wages were still far lower
than that Of men. In most months
mems wages increased more than wo-
mems and in no month in 1884 or 1885
did Women's wages rise to 90 per cent
of mems.
At the same time practically no new
legislation looking to the protection of
women workers was passed. Although
many state legislatures considered hour
and minimum wage bills for women,
practically no new laws were passed.
Nine states passed some legislation, but
in two Of these states the effect was
to weaken rather than strengthen the
laws already existing. One OF the out
standing examples of advance, cited by
the report, was a 9 hour day and 48
hour week law passed by Connection
to replace its former 10 hour day, SIS
hour week law.
The Women's Bureau also reports
that industrial home work has return
ed in at least industry which had alb
olished it under the NRA codes.
Montana labor news., 1936-03-19

After seeing the way the movies are
barring his book, 1t Can't Happen Here,
from the films, Sinclair Lewis must
fec. that he should have named it You
Never Can Tell.
Montana labor news., 1936-03-19
open. lPitileAs publicity would reign

open. PitileSs publicity would reign
supreme.
Constituents of every member would
know next morning when they read
the papers, or that afternoon when
they heard the radio, just what the
record of their public servant was. 1t
would not be necessary to follow the
action OF the Senate, the House. and
then the conference committee. The
constituents, without any great effort,
would be able to see and understand
every legislative step which took place.
Not only would they be able to punish
the unworthy servant, but they would
also be able to reward the one who
had been faithful. And we should
realize that not only is it important
that we punish public servants who
have failed to do their duty, but we
should be equally anxious to reward
those who have done their duty. With
a one-house legislature the voters
would be able to do this without any
difficulty, whereas it is almost impos-
sible to do either under the two-house
legislative system.
1t is perfectly apparent, therefore,
that instead of one house being a check
upon the other the double-barreled sys-
tenn is a shield for corruption, conceal
ing the record Of unworthy representa-
tives, making it impossible for a criti-
cal public to know just what the re-
cord is. In every two-house legislature
after the close of the session, if we
post the checks and balances we shall
find that the politicians have the checks
and the special interests have the bal
ance.
We must not overlook the fact, also,
that the o~ne-house legislature would
save vast sums of money to the tax
payers. This would be done even
though we increase (Which in most
cases we should do the salary Of the
individual legislator. In many cases
we could double the salary OF the in
dividual legislator and still save large
amounts Of money on the salary item
alone.
Montana labor news., 1936-03-19
EXPERIENCE OF OTHER
COUNTRIES

There is no o reason for a state
to have two branches of its legislature
than there is for a wagon to have five
wheels. The experience Of our neigh
boz to the north demonstrates that the
one-house legislature has given emin-
emit satisfaction. The Dominion Of
Canada contains nine provinces. All
these provinces except one have one
house legislatures. They have found
that they get better laws at less ex-
pense, while the activities of corrupt
lobbyists are cut to the minimum.
The little republic of Finland ha:
Montana labor news., 1936-03-19

been so we'll governed that it is the
only European power that has the fin
ancial ability to meet the installments
of war loans due the American Gov
eminent. Finland has had a o%ne-house
legislation for seventeen years.
Announcement has been made by the
public press that the Government OF
the PHILIPPINE Islands, the newest re-
public Of the world, whose Ship OF
State is being launched upon the Gov
ernmental sea under the auspices and
direction Of the American Govern
ment, is to have a o%ne-house legisla-
ture.
ITO Be Continued Next Week.
Montana labor news., 1936-03-19
HUMANITARIANIsM UP TO DATE

Hitier's Public Health Department
suggests the establishment Of marriage
bureaus where stenilized bachelors can
meet unmarried ONE in the same
condition.
Montana labor news., 1936-03-19
ADVANTAGES OF ONE-HOUSE
LEGISLATURE

Nothing of this kind could happen in
a one-house legislature. There would
be no such thing as shifting respon-
sibility from the House to the Senate,
or from the Senate to the House. There
would be no such thing as shifting re-
sponsibility to a conference committee.
There would be no Importance attach
ed to the election of a Speaker. After
the bill had been introduced and con-
sidered by the committee, after hear
ings had been held, after the subject
had been exhausted in the o%ne-house
legislature, a vote would be taken.
Any amendment which mighs be Of
fered would there be fully discussed and
voted upon. The vote would be in the
Montana labor news., 1936-03-19
Catholics Ask Hearst To Do Own
Dirty Work

please, Nh. Hearst" declares The
Catholic Worker in an open letter to
the newspaper publisher, Catholics
have a tough enough time trying to be
understood. Do not complicate the is
sue more.
Stay on your own side OF the fence
do your own dirty work; work up the
passions of n mob against the other +;
do your best to stir up world confla-
grations; rant and rave about my
country right or wrong support ex-
ploitation of labor support everything
that is evil in the world today, as you
do; but please, please, do not try to
convince the world that Catholics have
any share in your sordid adventures"
The open letter is printed in the jan
uary issue of The Catholic Worker.
Montana labor news., 1936-03-19

Abraham Lincoln and George Wash
ington are discovered by a genealogist
10 have been descended from King Al
fred and Charlemagne.
That won't keep the D. A. R. from
Boosting about them, though.
The Washington times., 1936-12-03
LONDON PAPER
INSISTS THAT
WALLY IS ILL

LONDON, Dec. 8 G.N.SD.-Mrs.
Wallis Simpson has not been
we'll for the past three or four
days." the Press Association was
informed today, and is confined
to her room under a doctors or
ders."
A member of the Simpson
household told the same agency
that Mrs. Simpson has no wish
to make any statement at all con-
cerning reports which have ap-
peared in the newspapers"
A source close to Mrs. Simpson,
however stated that the report Of
her illness is without foundation.
She is not and has not been con-
fined to her room, and, although
she is naturally upset by the turn
of events, it was stated, she is
not bedridden.
The report of her illness per-
sisted. however. The Evening
Star said:
"Mrs. Simpson has been far
from well for several weeks as
q result of nervous indigestion
brought on by worry and the
nervous strain of her present
position.
"Her condition has become
worse during the last few days.
Her friends are urging her to go
to a nursing home"
The Washington times., 1936-12-03
SUICIDE NOTE
TIES TRAFFIC
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page u
with a sister in the 1000 block
of Maryland Ave. N. E. The
woman said she had separated
from her husband, Leroy C. Red
man, and sped to the suicide"
scene.
Meanwhile, Theodore Myer, of
Silver Hill, Md, came driving
over the crowded bridge. His
car was in a collision with a
patrol wagon, which would not
have been there except for the
suicide note. Myer was charged
with reckless driving at the Fifth
Precinct and posted bond of
$500.
At the bridge, Mrs. Redman sug-
gested a visit be made to an apart
ment in the 100 block of F st.
N. E. Obtaining key from the
resident manager, police found
asleep in bed man who described
himself as Leroy C. Redman.
There the matter stands, except
that Capt. Joseph Morgan, of the
Fifth precinct, promises a thor
ough investigation"
The Washington times., 1936-12-03

ton to marry an American lady
who has divorced two husbands.
This proposed marriage would
be a fatal blow to the prestige
of the British monarchy it
would imperil continuance of the
empire.
"The church cannot regard
any man, however exalted his
temporal position, as ChriSt'S
faithful vassal and servant who
enters into a relationship which
the church specifically con-
demnS."
The editorial concluded with the
plea that Edward "at the eleventh
hour sacrifice his own inclinations
! for the peoples good"
Papers Spread Story
Following the sensa ional
break" in the story in the morn
ing papers, when English masses
en- route to work were stunned to
find the streets virtually beflagged
with newspaper placards telling
O0 Vic O4 GI1C11 GA141S "4G11
a beautiful American woman.
The Evening News printed larger
and larger pictures of the King
and Mrs. Simpson as successive
editions rolled off it's presses,
coupling the pictures with a three
column biography and description
of the Baltimore woman.
Today was the first time the
great mass Of people learned about
the romance, and the greatest con-
stitutional crisis in modern history
that it caused. Every subway, bus,
and street car buzzed with excited
comment as wild rumorS spread,
ranging from reports of the gov
ernment'S resignation to Edwards
rumored intention to sacrifice the
throne of the worlds greatest en-
pire for the American woman he so
desperately loves.
Pressure Heavy
Comment and the manner in
which the story was handled, with
nearly all implying that the Kings
private life is threatening the fu-
ture of the British empire, and
with many building up" the heir
preSumptive Duke of York, repre-
sent the greatest pressure ever
brought to bear on a King of Eng
land through the medium of the
press to acquiesce to the wishes of
his ministers.
The trend of editorial comment
and the manner in which news
stories were written were obvi-
ously designed to swing public
opinion to the conviction that
Edward should sacrifice his love
for sake of the empire.
Only One Sympathizes
But the Evening Star, with an
exuberant feeling of sympathy
for the beloved King, takes the
opposite position with the News
Chronicle.
Said the Star:
"The country and empire will
stand in health and strength
If the marriage occurs.
Apart from other cOnSidera-
tiOnS, his subjects throughout
the world would wish him the
greatest happiness in his per-
sOnal relationships. Why should
he be denied the common hap
pineSS Of mankind? We see no
inSuperable reason.
CALLED DISLOYALTY'
"The talk of abdication does
not alarm us, but it is folly
and a form of diSloyaIty to the
The Washington times., 1936-12-03

be Queen Of England and
whether this is a matter to be
decided by the King himself or
by the government as a mouth
piece of public opinion.
"The answer is for the King
to say, like every other man,
who shall be his partner for
life.
"It is for parliament to say
who shall be Queen of this
country and to regulate the sue.
cesSiOn to the throne. If the
King has the right to make his
own decision on the first point.
it is indisputable that he must
fall in with the advice of his re-
spOnsible ministers on a con-
stitutiOnal issue such as that in
vOlved in the second.
MARRIAGES CENSURED
There are many people in
this country who would not de-
sire to see as the Queen of Eng.
land a woman who has pre-
viouSIy been married. There
are SOme-thOugh they must to-
day be extremely few-wOuld
see objection to an American
citizen occupying that high
rank.
THE public would, We think,
wish that he should marry a
woman of his choice, but that
he should do so in his capacity
as Duke of Cornwall. His
wife's position would then be
that of Kings cOnsOrt."
The Times is huffy because
America showed an interest in
the royal romance:
american campaign of pub.
licity, so long and so wisely ig-
The Washington times., 1936-12-03
Liberal Press Backs Monarch
In Desire to Wed 'Wally'

King. Even If. by honOring
Mrs. Simpson with his hand,
the King made her his consort,
the country and empire would
still stand in health and
strength.
"The King is no less a human
being because of his office. He
is as likely as other men to meet
the lady of his choice. and in
these wayS-and no democrat
will lament 1.-THE lady is likely
to be more distinguished by her
personal qualities than her
dynaStic qualifications.
"Such is the case with Mrs.
Simpson, and the King is en-
titled to express his desire to
make her his partner for life."
PRIVATE LIFE OWN
Headed by the Times, the re-
malnder of the press stressed that
the Kings private inclination"
must not be allowed to prevail if
they come into open conflict with
public duty"
The News-Chronicle suggested
that Edward make Mrs. Simpson
his Duchess of Cornwall:
Zone of King Edwards circle
of personal friends is Mrs. Ern.
est Simpson, lady of American
birth, who has been twice mar
ried. 1t is believed that it is
the Kings desire to marry her
in due course.
WALLY QUESTIONABLE"
"The issue raised is whether
this lady is a suitable person to
The Washington times., 1936-12-03
BY KINGSBURY SMITH

LONDON, Dec. 3 G.N.S0.-War
was declared among London'S
chief newspapers today as two
leading liberal journals leaped to
the defense of King Edward in
his determination to marry Mrs.
Wallis Simpson, and strong words
were flung into the fray by the
majority opposition press.
Backing up the News-Chronicle's
plea that the monarch be allowed
to wed the consort of his choice,
"as any other man." the papers
allied Evening Star invited Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin to re-
sign if he does not like the
romance.
Challenge to Baldwin
The Star said:
There may be better prime
ministers. There will be no
better King"
In the most amazing and out
spoken attack on Edwards mar
riage plans yet published. how
ever, the Church Times, the lead
ing Anglo-Catholic n wspaper
warned the King that the church
would not tolerate his marriage
to Mrs. Simpson.
The church organ said:
"If the King marrieS Mrs.
Simpson, the relations between
the church and state must be
fundamentally affected.
"It is with profound sorrow
and dismay that the country has
learned of King Edwards inten-
The Washington times., 1936-12-03

nOred in this country, has now
reached the point at which it
goes far beyond that side of
His Maesty's life which may
justly be held private.
at has even gone to the
length in the last fortnight of
The Washington times., 1936-12-03
Reverse Sneeze

PORTLAND, Ore. G.N.SO.
Guy w. Lang, a carpenter, sneezed
his way into a hospital. While
working in true carpenter fashion
with a mouthful of nailS-Lang
sneezed. One of the nails went
backward instead of forward, and
Lang had to submit to an opera
tion for removal of a nail from
his lung.
The Washington times., 1936-12-03

predicting a marriage incompat-
bile with the throne and an
nouncing Queen Mary'S approx
al of it--suggestionS which may
well seem startling to most of
the Kings subjects in England,
but which are doing infinite
Evening star., 1936-10-28
Convict Thumbs Wrong Side.

MIAMI. Fla. R.-Joe Carey, Ne.
gro, tired Of life at City Prison. So
he took leave, "thumbing" Q ride to
help him along the route. His ride
was on county prison truck. Now
Carey Is working at the county prison
farm.
Evening star., 1936-10-28

Across.
! An interstice.
z Genus of ruminants.
10 Kafir warriors.
IA Resplendent.
Is Corroded.
is Morse goddess.
II Land measure.
i8 Related through males.
20 Driven obliquely as a nail.
81 Wire measure.
% Chinese.
"a Patchwork composition.
IS Bitter.
~ Force: Latin.
% Go astray.
20 Morse god of war.
80 To soak hide.
80 Skim along the water in seaplane.
"a Entity.
IS Province in British India.
So The seat of consciousness.
81 Reliquary.
80 Fleshy.
20 Workshop.
a. Worthless leavings.
43 A city in Finland.
IS Heroic poems.
Is Pen for swine.
~ Sprout.
48 Russian hemp.
20 Noun suffix.
50 Play.
81 Biblical high priest.
50 East Indian trees.
b6 Booths.
SO Seaport in Chile.
90 Note in Guidos scale.
Evening star., 1936-09-11
VALUE Of FEDERAL
DOCUMENTS NOTED
Brookings Institution, How
ever, Comments on Rising
Propaganda Tide.

There has in recent years been an
increasing tendency on the part OF
the Government to publish material
designed to support the projects or
proposed projects Of the administra-
ton in power, according to q report
on Government publications and their
use issued today by the Brookings
Institution.
Despite this tendency, however,
Government publications, ranging
from scientific treatises to innumera-
Bile press releases. have come to con-
stitute a great library, touching al
most every field of human knowledge
and endeavor and probably exceeding
those of any other government or
any commercial publisher in number
and variety, it was reported.
In the report, covering studies made
by DR.. L. F. Schmeckebier, it is point
ed out that many of the Federal
publications are transcripts Of origi-
nal records and constitute primary
source material of the history of Gov
eminent administration and activi-
ties.
. Measure Social Changes.
Other publications, such as annual
reports, contain accounts of execu-
tive officers of the work under their
direction. Numerous volumes present
statistical pictures of conditions and
afford a basis for measuring social
and economic change. An ever-in-
creasing group of publications, largely
q development of the past half CEN
tury, give the results of researches in
IN the social and physical sciences.
Government publications, on the
whole, may be considered authorita-
tive, it is stated in the report, though
they must be judged by the same
standards as commercially printed
books.
Press releases, 1t was stated, have
become of increasing importance.
Even those embodying propaganda
and glittering generalities in support
OF an undertaking likewise have their
value in rejecting the character of
the organization that issues them."
It is reported.
SVuSTcSSiUud1 ncCohu DOCtOIcu.
The person who wishes to find what
was spoken in congressional debates
cannot always trust the bound VOL
tunes of the Congressional Record,
however, it was reported. This is be-
cause the text is revised and con-
densed, and at times many passages
found in the daily Record are missing
from the bound volumes without any
indication of an omission.
In order to enable the public to
make better use of the mass of Gov
eminent publications, the report de-
scribes the guides that have been
provided, indicates the use and limi-
tations Of the indexes, explains the
system Of numbering and titling,
calls attention to outstanding COM
pilations tn many fields, and indi-
Gates how publications may be OBJ
tanned.
Evening star., 1936-09-11

students during the Summer under
the Works Progress Administration
Federal Art Project, oflcials Of the
National Capital Parks announced
today.
The exhibit, which will be open to
the public, will be held from to s
pm. during the coming week, and
Miss Miller will be on hand to ex-
plain the work of her students.
Altogether, 256 were registered for
the course. 140 being children. The
classes were well attended, and the
park authorities said that Russell
Park, District of Columbia director Of
the w. P. A. Federal Art Project, who
Evening star., 1936-09-11
House Moved on Railway.

For the first time in England .
house and all its contents have been
moved by railway. Brooks Hall, Ip-
switch, q red brick mansion In the
Georgian style, has been taken from
Suffolk to Somerset. The dismantled
house, together With outlying houses
and the trees, filled II freight cars.
Brooks Hall has been rebuilt in Som
erset with some modern improve
mentS,
Evening star., 1936-09-11
DRY LEADER TO SPEAK
W. c. T. q. of District to Hold
Lawn Party Tuesday.

The lawn party sponsored by the
District Of Columbia Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union for Tuesday
evening at Emory M. e. Church South
will be addressed by DR.. Everett H.
Ellison, president Of the United Dry
Forces Of the District, and Mrs. Floyd
w. Biddle. president Of the Fedora
tion Of Women's Clubs here.
A special musical program will be
In charge of Mrs. Ethel H. Reed. Mrs.
N. M. Pollock is serving as general
chairman of the event. Officers of
the D. c. w. c. T. U. assisting are:
President, Mrs. Ida w. Ramsay; first
vice president, Mrs. Arthur c. Wat
kins; second vice president, Mrs. Ma.
RE N. Brinley; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. Harry S. Warner; treasurer,
Mrs. Gertrude r. Hoage; recording
secretary, Mrs. Josephine E. Peters,
and assistant recording secretary,
Mrs. Charles Williams.
The hourst are to 10 pm.