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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-05
Not an Accident

SO 1t was far from an accident that
John ]. OConnor, Irish Catholic, prom
inent member OF Tammany Hall, and
potent member of the oligarchy that
rules the house OF representatives, did
the return mud slInging-promsing to
kick Coughln around the streets OF
Washington, and abiding to his profits
from silver speculation.
1t Is true that O'Connor. on second
thought, went before the house anil
said his threat to kick Father Cough
lin was "undlgnihed' and that Il apollo
gize' for the manner In which he re-
ferred to clerical garb.' but he went
on to repeat his charges that Father
Coughlin profited by silver specula-
ton.
O'Connor said he would have kept
his temper had not the priest INDUCED
In personal attack on him with refer
ence to a bill he introduced, which
was vetoed by the President. O'Con-
nor said he could have stood for being
called a tool OF Wall Street and an
assassin'-even on Sunday-unti "he
charged me with being burglar"
The first stories about the lrate Mr.
O'Connor's listening to the radio. and
then dashing Off his wire mpulsively,
seemed in character, and were inter-
esting, but they omitted one very
significant feature Mr.. 0Connor had
q long talk with President Roosevelt
after the radio address and before
sending his telegram inviting the priest
to Washington to be kicked
Conviction among New Dealers. is
that O'Connors various smashes Will
| be very effective In destroying the
nuisance value of Coughin. First, 1t
serves notice that II Coughin Is going
| to be politician he must take as we'll
as give blows They think the effect
| will be rather harmful to Coughllns
present doubling In brass, so to speak.
! There was careful consideration given
| to the words about kicking CoughlIn
! down the street. clerical garb and all
| Obviously 1t would have been rather
untactful for Protestant to have said
that
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-05

WONDERS: II most OF the over
grown lambs Get In front OF jos
Louis during the past year were really
JIttery because OF his punching prowsss
and his we'll press-aoented lighting
facet Or whether they might not have
been In anguish because they knew
their own defects made them pushovers
for any reasonably able cltlzen7
II Jack Dempsey thinks he has been
dlvinely appointed to rescue the white
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-05

race from the Joe
Louis peril and so
must devote his pre-
cious time to q heavy
W eigh elimination
tournament with d
Jim Crow clause? Or
II Jack Dempsey does
not know that the
world probably will go
along just the same II
the clean-living and
capable Joe Louis
does take permanent
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-05
StatcsmAnship

"A statesman should know how to
adv ise the masses"
YES" answered Senator Sorg-
hum, land the masses are very much
like individuals. In order to keep
their friendship, you must find out
what they prefer, and then advise
it."-Washlngton Evening Star.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-05

true Inat thc YANKEES
charge the same prices
as the other clubs and
that they haven't al
ways had the best
tcam7n
"Yes," | told him.
"Bpt, until In = mo-
ment of weakness they
parted with him, they
always had Babe Ruth.
And all you need to
put on . shoW that
will pack them In 10
one guy like"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-05

But the banking gentleman no longer
was listening. Some things are too
much even for one Of his hopeful call
room. He can still be heard shouting
frantically to the clerks to warm up
4 dozen new subtracting machines.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-05

Washlngton.-The "hammer and
saw" man is the target of a very real
drive now under way by the building
trades. He's the little chap. With his
"office under his hat" who hugs lot.
hires half a dozen neighhors. builds
small residence. sells 1t. and then
looks for another Job.
To the building trades that chap Is
Just chIseler He does not pay union
wages. He cuts all the corners. AMI
normally his one item of expense
which Is bigger than 1t should be. is
that, not being too good risk, he
usually pays literally for any money
he borrows to finance his operations.
The hammer and saw" man has
been beneflting enormously from. Fed.
eral Housing administration opera
lions. More often than not loans for
improvements and the construction OF
Individual houses made work for him.
The Individual borrowing cheap money
from the government to finance either
an Improvement or 4 new house sell
dom vent to big contractor. He
went to hammer and saw man.
Which 1. the real explanation for
union labor In general. and the build
Ing trades In particular. going 80
strongly for the PWA type OF hous-
Ing rather than the little individual
loans. So-called "slum clearance
projects don't US hammer and saw
men. They use big contractors, and
big contractors almost Invariably have
to use union labor
Any large operation. whether Of the
slum clearance type or not, moves In
the same direction.
DESPITE the much-talked-about split
In the building trades unions. which
by the way has now been healed
though no one Is quite sure who came
out on top-these particular unions
have been very successful so far In
having their way In turning and di-
yerting government detectives.
Most important OF these was the
early desire to cut labor costs In hous
Ing. In the first government announce
ments these costs were TO be cut In
several ways. One was on the hlgf
cost OF nnancing-stIff interest rates
on mortgages and second trusts. 1t Is
generally conceded that the govern
ment has reduced these costs mate
| rally.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-05
A Sharp Lot, Down Maine

AGimme an all-day sucker" the
lad demanded OF the candy man.
He was handed one.
Looks kind of small" remarked
the youth looking at 1t doubtfully.
"Yeah, the days are shorter
Portland Express
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-05
Smiles
Like to Be Sure They're Wanted

Like to Be Sure They're Wanted
Cant something be done for that
ship In distress?" asked an old lady
at the seaside.
tits all right, nam. We sent a
line to the crew to come ashore, !"
said the surfman.
Old Lady (excltedly)-Good gra-
ciousl Must they have formal In
vitatIon bristol Messenger.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-05
Weeks Supply Of Postum Free

Read the >offer made by the Postum
Company In another part of this pa
per. They will send a full weeks sup
ply OF health giving Postum free to
anyone who writes for it.--Adv.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-05
Secret

"Why don't You like dancing with
George?"
"Oh, George Is all right; but he
won't let his right foot know what
his left one Is doIngl"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-05
Raising the Money

Non-political tax experts In the
Treasury department believe there are
only two ways of raising the amount
of money the United States govern
ment must have In the way of new
taxes, II not Immediately, certainly
after election.
One is by going after the small In
come folks, reducing exemptions and
boosting the rates. The other is by a
general sales tax.
Incidentally they do not agree with
certain prominent New Dealers, who
want to boost corporation Income
taxes on a sliding scale. But 1t must
always be remembered that these ex-
| perts have no power. They just
| advise treasury officials. and, when
called In, the two congressional com
mittees having Jurisdiction over taxes
| finance In the senate and ways anil
means In the house.
At the present moment, these ex-
perts point out, If the United States
were raising all the money 1t Is spend
| Ing by taxation, levies In this country
would be higher than In England per
/ Individual. Which Is rather blow
| to the Idea, so widely advertised here
/ that the British taxpayer groans I'M
| der terrible load, whereas In Amer
lea taxes are pretty light, compare
lively.
1t is perfectly true. they admit. that
such a picture can be drawn with re-
spect to the very small income tax
payers of both countries. People In
that class are hit much harder in Brit
ain than in the United States.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-05
Per Capita Tax

For the year 1885, the tax experts
say, the Pc capita tax In the United
States-adding all taxes, whether fed
eral. state or local-was ISL. In Great
Britain, for the same year, and again
adding all taxes, 1t was sos.
But now for the bad news. For the
same year total governmental expendi-
lures In the United States. again add
Ing In she local expenditures Of states,
counties, towns. etc. we're S135 per
capita. Whereas in Great Britain they
were SLIT.
So that the rate OF governmental
spending in the United States Is SIS
more for every man. woman and chiln
than is the governmental spending la
Britainl
To put 1t another way, the various
government units of Great Britain
we're going lin the red for the year
1898 at the rate of $40 for every
man. woman and child. But the gov
eminent of the United States, plus Its
local governments. wqs going In the
red to the tune OF s54 for every man,
woman and child.
copyright.--WNu Services.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-03-05
Labor Costs Stick

LAUOI AOStS 0llNh
But another element which was to
be reduced was the labor costs. State
ments OF plans were given Wide pub
licity. The Idea was that bricklayers,
carpenters and rlasterers, for In
stance, were paid scales of wages out
of all proportion to work OF similar
skilled mechanics on the theory that
the number of days work they could
get In the course Of year was lin
lied and uncertain. Weather affected
their employment. and one job might
not start as soon as another was fin
ished
The government proposed TO correct
all this by providing steadler work,
and virtually arranging. II not guar
anteeing, given number of days
work every year II approached the
yearly wage" idea so appealing to
some economists.
But the union labor boys did not
take to 1t at all They have been
sabotlng 1t very skillfully. As re-
suit, no one hears any more about 1t
now. Certainly not from any OF the
government housing officials. 1t is con-
slderably deader than MIRA. because
one does not even hear of any little
| local applications OF 1t.
Another menace that the building
trades unions think they have met
successfully SO far Is the pre-fabri-
| Gated house. President Roosevelt was
enormously interested In this. and had
numerous discussions with heads OF
come big corporations. thinking this
was an excellent plan for providing
better homes by the mass production
method. just ms the automobile com
panies have provided cheaper cars.
Helping the labor unions on this
was the inslstence OF all the big com
panles involved on loading down thu
| pre-fahricated houses with their owr
gadgets. with the result that thf
houses were too expensive. But unior
labor has discouraged development Of
this Idea In other ways.
Prediction: Lower interest rates
may be here to stay, but lower labol
costs aren't coming.
Delights Roosevelt
The most delighted man In Wash
ington over the Father coughlIn
Chairman O'Connor controversy i
Franklin D. Roosevelt. For yer,
long time indeed the Detroit priest ha
been getting In the Presidents hair
In the early days Of the administration
Of eeuHae,-Fatthier -ceuqhliH was yer
helpful. But then In the early day
Roosevelt didn't need much help. Tn
4 country seemed to be behind him 10
per cent Even two years after hi
own election, the country increase
the strnnglehold the Democrats had 0
,, Capitol Hill by voting most ur
precedented endorsement for an q
year.
But now Is something else, and tn
President has been growing more an
more irritated at the Coughlln attack
He has realized fully the danger OF tn
attacks from the other extreme-th
conservatives who think the admins
tration Is spendthrift mad. and Is nj
Ing up 4 debt, which will burden chi
dren yet unborn. In fact. he has bee
trimming his sails just bit to met
that attack
| But right along with IL to has
Evening star., 1936-09-27
Slenderizing COverall
BY BARBARA BELL,

r. IRST and foremost as the back
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Note especially the sleeve treat
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Unusual, aren't they? And you'll
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shown. The front panel buttons at
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Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1883 is
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Evening star., 1936-09-27

This 1Ods the sketched de-
sign for the HarDard Tercen-
tenary stamp tohich President
Roosepelt declined to author
ice because "other educational
institutions might appeal for
similar recognition" The COM
memordtiDe tDds proposed by
the Harudrd Stamp Club, in
dorsed by the United States
Senate and favored by hun
dreds OF philateltsts.
Star Stat Photo.
Evening star., 1936-09-27
DECLINE OF LIBERTY
SCORED BY THOMAS
Democrats and Republicans Are
Blamed in Address Before
Chicago Bar Group.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. September 26.-Norman
Thomas held both Republicans and
Democrats responsible today for tol-
Grating what he said was a steady de-
cline Of civil liberty in the United
States.
The Socialist candidate for Presi-
dent, speaking yesterday before the
Chicago Bar Association, ranged from
one end of the country to the other
to present record of injustice
which, he declared, called for q vindi-
cation Of democracy.
Il cite the 'Hoosier Hitlerism' OF
Gov. McNutt Of Indiana" he said
He invented military law without the
military in Sullivan County and late,
at Terre Haute
Il draw your attention to the epi.
demic Of f1oggings and kidnapings In
Florida, with the revival of the Ku-
Klux-Klan there.
In the North we have the Black
Legion
In Eastern Arkansas there is q
veritalbe reign Of terror, NOR
ally indorSed by Senator Joe Robin
son.
Peoria, Ill. is closed to labor and
Socialist organizers"
Thomas also discussed what he
termed the increasing denials of the
right to vote by reason of difficulties
in getting on the ballot"
Evening star., 1936-09-27

ues in the usual ornate style Of de-
sign. The denominations are: Sd,
violet: 10d. lilac rose; 15d. ultra
marine; 3od. yellow green; $50, orange
red. and 5r, gray green.
Curacao has new low-value series
Of plain geometrical design-lc, black
brown; 11zc, dark blue; &c, orange;
2hc, bright green; Sc, rose carmine.
Crown Colony agents are forbidden
by law 70 cooperate with first-day
cover collectors. Therefore a London
department store, owned and operated
by Americans, has advertised facilities
for supplying the service desired in
connection with the issuance OF the
new King Edward VIII empire stamps
next year. Separate sets will be pro-
vided for SO different territorial divi-
sions.
Don Grieve. stamp editor Of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, writes: When
agitation was started for a special
stamp for the Great Lakes Exposition
We were informed that the program
for the year was full and that the Army
and Navy set would require all OF the
time left in the year for their prepara-
tion. Then, without warning. came
the Susan B. Anthony stamp and
rumors Of stamps for Douglass and
Mother Seton"
The yacht represented in the design
Of the new I'd stamp Of Bermuda is
an American craft. It belongs to
Briggs 8. Cunningham Of Saltport,
Conn.
A commemorative stamp for the
sesquicentennial Of the opening OF
the Northwest Territory next year
Is wanted by the Fort Hamilton PHI
latelic Society.
The Albuquerque Philatelic Society
has classified the N. r. A. stamp of
1888 as a propaganda issue.
Otto Korte, specialist in the clamps
OF Central Europe. with Offices in
New York, reports an interesting find.
In q wholesale lot of sheets of Ger
man infiation-period issues ne has
discovered complete pane of 100
copies Of the "Dienstmarke" 10th m
on 30pf orange ofiicial 1923 with the
surcharge missing from the l00:h
stamp. No other rarity of the kind
ever has been announced.
The annual convention Of the
American Philatelic Society opened at
the Hotel Fontenelle, Omaha, Thurs
day. and closes today. Washington
ians attending are Mrs Catherine L.
Manning, philatelic curator, Smith
sonian Institution; Michael L. Eidsness,
jr. associate editor, Stamps Maya
zine; Albert F. Kunze, leader. Washing
Evening star., 1936-09-27

monopoly. and the courts Of law de-
cided in his favor.
The revenue OF the post of1ice was
from the first constantly increasing.
In the year Of the restoration q COM
mittee Of the House Of Commons, after
strict inquiry. had estimated the net
receipt at about 10000 pounds. At
the close Of the reign of Charles the
Second. the net receipt was little
short Of $4,000 pounds; and this was
then thought stupendous sum. The
gross receipt was about 10000 pounds.
The charge for conveying a single let
ter was twopence for 80 miles, and
threepence for a longer distance. The
postage increased in proportion to the
weight Of the packet. At present
u849 a single letter is carried to the
extremity OF Scotland or of Ireland for
q penny: and the monopoly of post
horses has long ceased to exist. Yet
the gross annual receipts Of the de-
partment amount to more than l.
800, 900 pounds and the net receipts
to more than Toe, 900 pounds. 1t is.
therefore, scarcely possible to doubt
that the number Of letters now con-
veyed by mail is 70times the number
which was SO conveyed at the time
Of the accession Of James the Second" :"
The United States Government
again has broken its own regulation
against the reproduction of stamp
designs. In the September number
OF School Life. official organ OF the
Once Of Education, several score
letters and post cards showing stamps
are illustrated. A private publication.
guilty Of the same mistake. would find
itself In trouble with the Secret
Service.
Meanwhile the postmaster general
OF Canada distributes to philatelic
writer's throughout the world copies
Of the Canadian Geographical Jour-
nal for September containing q we'll
written article on Canadian Geog-
raphy and Stamps" by A. Stanley
Deaville, with no less than 81 half
tone representations Of stamps! Ap-
parently. he believes that counter
feiters, nefariously bent on cheating
society. will buy their models at q post
ONCE and not clip them from o
periodical.
Manuel Quezon. president OF the
Philippine Commonwealth, is reported
to have ordered the printing of the
proposed eucharistic congress stamps
delayed. A controversy in Manila
concerning the matter has been re.
ferred to the courts for decision.
To celebrate the Tooth postal fiigh
across the South Atlantic, France viii
bring out 1.50fr, blue, stamp; alst
a lofr. sreenish blue.
Russia's latest issue Is . commemo
rative In tribute to A. N. Dobrolinbov
literary genius. The design shows Z
portrait of the author and the value i
l0k, brown purple.
Persia has . new series Of six val
Evening star., 1936-09-27

sovereign appears older than in the
issues Of 1884 and 1885. Sorrow and
loneliness, it seems, have set their
mark upon his countenance.
SCOTS new standard catalog,
published September 81, includes 81
pages Of new issues, illustrations and
descriptions. Also, as novelty, there
are q number of tentative listings"
of stamps not definitely recognized
Is legitimate productions. The edi-
tors speak Of them as those items
on which. some question has been
raised regarding their status, which
would indicate that the primary pur-
pose of issue was other than Of .
postal nature"
Many newly discovered Confederate
States and various postmasters' pro-
visionals likewise are included. For
the early United States material the
Illustrations Of partial frames have
Evening star., 1936-09-27

ton Stamp Club Of the Air and past
president, Washington Philatelic So
ciety; Robert z. Feilers, superintend-
ent. Stamp Division, Post Once De-
partment. and Mrs. Madeline C..
Nickles.
For the purposes Of history. it must
be mentioned that no official cachet
was either authorized or sponsored by
the Post Once Department for the
g. A. r. national encampment here
last week.
Adolph D.. Fennel, former editor,
The American Philatelist, has Joined
the staff OF Stamps Magazine.
President Roosevelt is an honorary
member of the Philatelic Society OF
Sweden.
A new young peoples stamp club
Is being organized by A. L. Smith and
c. E. Preusser at st. Johns Episcopal
Church. Mt. Rainier. Meetings will
be held on successive Tuesday eve
nings, beginning this week, and all
children are invited to attend.
The Washington Stamp Club of the
Evening star., 1936-09-27

Of DEGREES for the reform of economic
and political conditions. BY this means
the 8-hour day and the 6-day week
in industrial establishments were es-
tablished, as well as woman suffrage;
and secret and even compulsory voting
Of all citizens over 2l years OF
age. The imposition Of export taxes
on interstate and intermunicipal COM
merce, levied by states and cities, was
likewise prohibited, and q progressive
national point Of view established.
Conditions Seen Improving.
Conditions are rapidly improving
in Brazil now," said the Ambassador,
and with the improvement in inter-
American relationships and the en-
largement of our commerce with the
United States and certain European
countries, we are breathing more
easily. Our population and national
wealth are rapidly increasing; the
country is developing its resources,
with the cooperation of large amounts
Of American capital; and We look to
the United States, not merely as to
our largest customer-which absorbs
nearly As per cent of our total for
eign exports, annually, in value-but
are thinking of 1t also as our greatest
friend and democratic exemplar and
ally. I think that the Monroe Doc
trine should now be broadened and
strengthened into . pan-American
doctrine, confirming the ideal of its
founders. As to assuming q share of
responsibility for its defense, in time
OF threat or Of war, Brazil gave full
proof of its attitude in this respect
by its conduct and sacrifices in CO.
operation with the United States dur
ing the World War"
The Buenos Aires Conference" said
DR.. Arahe. in conclusion, will be an
auspicious opportunity to carry some
of our common policies to fuller de-
velopment. In my opinion, the reor-
ganization of the American
Union. in order to include the Domin-
ion of Canada, would be q very desir-
able thing; but Brazil has alway.
opposed in the past the extension oi
its activities into the political aspect
OF inter-American problems, which /.
a matter that has been largely dis
cussed. AS to the fertile idea of 8
customs union between American re.
publics, first broached at the first
pan-American conference. in Wash.
ington in 1890. believe that it car
assume concrete form only when th<
respective countries have attained q
degree of progress sufficient to war.
rant the discussion of the extension
of their economic frontiers. Doubt.
less. 1t would be feasible between Ger.
tain Of the smaller and contiguou.
states. assure you that, when tn,
time comes, Brazil will be ready t.
consider it, We are prepared to d.
everything in our power to further tn,
economic and political afiliations O.
the American states and the consoli
dation Of our great continent unde
the banner Of peace"