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The Washington times., 1936-03-19

humping day and night to dis
tribute them. Armies Of clerks and
battalionS Of specialists are busy
providing courteous answers and
the information requested. where
good faith and legitimate interest
are disclosed.
The governmental tide of mail is
out of all proportion to the in
crease in population, in literacy,
and the improvement in communi-
cations since Lincoln's day. The
curve has gone sharply upward
during the depression years.
Tons of these letters are an
guished and bewildered appeals
for aid; others. flowing in a
steady diurnal stream, are impas-
stoned briefs for some Messianic
theory, offered as the unfailing
cure for all our ills; many thou
sands of them are from eccentrics,
expounding fuzzy theories; a fair
proportion is from simple, sensible
men and women, commenting ra-
tionally on government or policies
or requesting explicit information
about something of Importance to
the writer.
BUSY STAFF
The Department of Agriculture
gets the heaviest bulk of depart
mental mail. Through its various
services-radio talks, bulletins and
information services-it has given
multitudes in the rural regions a
sense of intimate contact with
their Government.
The diligence and patience Of
the department is running down in
formation is amazing. A staff Of
trained specialists is busy answer.
ing questions which have to do
with everyday human problems.
All in all, Uncle Sans daily cor
reSpondence is undoubtedly the one
definite point of contact which the
waxing Colossus of the Govern
ment has with that residual democ-
racy of the founding fathers.
There is grand comedie hui
maine in this flow of letters from
the forgotten man. if one can
view it as do the patient, kindly
scientists. Many Of them are di.
rected merely to "The Govern
ment, Washington" They reach
the proper department and get
thorough attention. Here's one
from the wife of foreign.bo-n
Iowa farmer, received by the De-
partment of Agriculture:
II make my huSban nice
COOS feather bed. We got only
bOrlap sack, and feathers come
out and tickle. Papa has a big
mustash. He must get up at
five to milk and I hear Papa
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lof member of the Federal 1udlcL
ary-a Federal District judge in
the State of Florida.
The defendant in this case was
recently impeached by the House
following a fairly close vote on
the question whether he deserved
impeachment.
This defendant was a Republi.
can when Republican President
nominated him to be a Federal
judge.
His nomination was confirmed
by a Senate majority of whose
members at the time were Re.
publicans.
UNPRECEDENTED
Serving the Senate as its pre-.
siding judge at the trial of this
member of the Federal judiciary
is the Vice President OF the
United States who as Presiden.
of the Senate is required by the
Constitution to preside over the
trial of impeachment cases Just
as the Chief Justice would pre-
side were the President of the
United States to be impeached by
the House and brought before the
high court of the Senate for
trial.
One question raised by the con.
scription of Mr.. Garner as vice
manager of the RooSevelt-Farley
campaign for reelection is whether
while engaged in this wholly
political job, he ought at the same
time to serve the Senate as its
chief justice while the Senate is
meeting as a high court to try the
impeachment of a Federal Judge,
whether of Mr.. Gamers own poll.
tical party or of the opposite poll.
tical party.
If Mr.. Gamers political job as
vice-manager Of the Roosevelt
Farley campaign is of such
urgency that he cannot retire
from that unprecedented role,
the Constitution offers him an
exit that would not imperil the
independence" of the Senate-as
the citadel Of liberty and JUS
tice."
The Constitution provides for
the election of a president pro
tempore in the absence of the
Vice President.
And under the circumstances,
should Mr.. Garner avail himself
| 0f the nrivilepe 0f heinc ahSert
from the Senate until his political
job as vice-manager of the Roose.
velt-Farley reelection campaign is
completed, the Senate could then
determine whether under the Con.
stitution a president pro tempore
is eligible to serve the high court Of
the Senate as presiding judge at
the trial of an inpeached Federal
judge.
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LONG STORY

Representative James M. Mead,
Democrat, of New York, has re-
ceived a letter from one of his
constituents which he believes to
be one of the longest miSsives
ever received by a member of
Congress.
1t is u pages of hand-written
appeal.
A farmer in upper New York
advises Mead in the letter that
he wants his representative in
Congress to get him two cavalry
horses.
He points out that it is i'm
possible for him to cultivate his
120-acre farm without horses but
says that present prices prevent
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10
That is what many great scien-
fists say after they begin facing
life and death-after they begin
asking questions. That is what
you and have said, even though
we are not scientists.
But Louis Pasteur did not say
that. He, who went farther than
anyone had dared to go, did not
say, There is no more, or I
would have found it,"
Instead, he said, "There IS
more and I HAVE found it
THERE is GOD!
Louis Pasteur believed in God.
He believed in God completely,
without the slightest doubt. He
did not think of God as a great
Life Force. He thought of him
as a child thinks Of his father.
would close his eyes and rest his
So, when he was very tired. he
would close his eyes and rest his
face against a little crucifiX he
carried. and the tiredneSs would
60 out of him. and the hurt.
and he would be filled with a
deep peace and rest. For he felt
he KNEW-that he was lean
ing on his Fathers shoulder.
Louis Pasteur believed in God
like that. ,
To me, that is more wonderful
and means more to the world
than his most famous discoveries.
It was a great thing to discover a
cure for the madness of the flesh
but it was a greater thing to
discover a cure for the madness Of
the soul. Louis PaSteur discovered
both.
Then at the last he said never
to-be-forgotten thing. Paul de
Kruif tells of it in his "Microbe
Hunters" Pasteur was 10 years
old-and all the great ones Of
France had gathered to do him
honor. Reverently they watched
his least motion; listened for his
last message.
But when it came, it was not
what they expected. Not some sci
entific revelation for saving the
flesh. Instead, a message for the
soul-for all sick souls-for all
weary, bitter, bewildered spirits
DO NOT LET YOURSELF BE
TAINTED BY A BARREN SKEP-
TICISM" cried Louis Pasteur. And
passed-with his hand in Gods.
Copyright. 1888. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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MARKED MAN


There is a certain member of
the Senate who does not rank
high in the favor of taxicab
operators of the National Capt.
tai.
Their complaint is that he sell
dom uses taxi and when he
does resort to such a vehicle it
is because of bad weather.
But, they point out, he lives
a few blocks over the edge Of
the 2O-cent zone. So. they say
he walks the few blocks to
cab stand.
When a driver sees the Senator
approaching he warns his. as
SociateS:
Here comes"
The drivers lock their cabs and
flee to a nearby restaurant know
ing that if the Senator secures a
cab he will ride to the Capitol
but will not give a tip.
They say the Senator will seek
to gain admittance to the locked
cabs and then enter the restau.
rant to ask the drivers:
care any of you boys working
tOday?"
They invariably reply:
mot one of us is working"
And the peeved Senator Is
forced to walk down the street
until he halls a cab driver who
does not know him.
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lions. 1Qey SeuC ILlS 4duJ &C
recipe. 1t was just what she
wanted, stirring extravagant de-
light and pledge of eternal ale
glance to her generous and &C
commodating Government.
This bureau, incidentally, keeps
UP voluminouS correspondence
with women all over the country.
telling them how to clean or hang
thei" curtains, how to make jelly
or can fruits and vegetables, how
to provide a sound diet and econo-
mize in the preparation Of food,
and how to make the service Of
meals attractive to their husbands.
The Bureau of Animal HuS-
bandry carries on a tremendous
correspondence. The bulk OF this
has to do with important details
of the care, breeding and rearing
of animals, the letters coming from
farmers and stock raisers. There
is revealed, however, a widespread
and alert public interest in the
Sub-human world, and many ear
nest inquiries have to do with
animal behavior and psychology.
Many thousands Of these let
tiers are from children who want
to know this or that about their
dogs. One 12-year-old Indiana
lad wrote in to ask, Can dogs
think? The bureau did a
thorough job on that one. A
kindly old scientist simplified for
the lad the best that has been
written on the intelligence Of
dogs, gave him references and
suggested a few simple expert
mentS.
The bright lad wrote back to
make further inquiries, and the
Government continued the cor
respondence. Here was fine
mind, tremendously stimulated
by contact with the great reser-
voir of specialized intelligence at
Washington.
DEPRESSION
OF course, the pioneers, fight
ing bears and Indians, didn't
write to the Government about
feathers in their moustaches. The
whole question of governmental
coddling" is wide open, and the
taxation burden posed by
staffS of scientists engaged in
feather bed and layer cake in
quirieS will make some old-time
Americans snort with indigna-
ton. That's something for the
editorial column.
But the fact is that ever since
late in the Harding regime,
through the administrations Of
Coolidge and Hoover, Washing
ton has been celebrating its
scientific, technical services, and
its epistolary contacts with the
citizenry have been multiplied
many fold.
The depression has greatly in
creased the correspondence, and
included in this is enough crack
pot" mail to catch the interest
of our leading phychiatrists, if
they ever glance that way.
The right of free access to the
Government and free petition is
pretty deeply intrenched in our
tradition. That featherbed ex-
change with a felicitous outcome
for the moustachioed farmer, at
any rate, shows a tiny residue Of
human betterment. which is per-
haps more than some Of the wider
outreaches Of the New Deal can
show.
Anyway, all this informal letter
writing seems to put the Govern
ment over on the human side Of
the news.
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, 1no.)
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whispering cam
paign a G a i nSt
the measure by
advising t h a t
the measure is
dead.
Advocates, in
cluding Senator
Ernest w. Glib
son (R.) of Yer
mont, CO intend
that the bill has
not been killed,
but on the con-
trary, " t h e y
have just begun
to fight" they
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about it. Put
the thought of
it d e e p into
your own life,
like a strong
medicine. Lay it
close against
the hurt and
bitterness that
has been eating
out your heart.
Always, when
everything else
fails m e, I
clutch at the
memory of that
man, Louis Pas
teur-that great
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market basket
full of letters,
Two secretaries
manned quill
p e ms during
the day and
answered them
all.
Pre- S i d e n t
Roosevelt gets
1000 letters a
day. A Niagara
of letters cas-
cadeS daily into
the various de-
p ar t m e n t S
Great fleets Of
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FIGHT IS ON

Opponents of the Gibson ship
subsidy bill, which is designed to
rehabilitate the American Mer-
chant Marine, have started a
The Washington times., 1936-03-19
MAIL BY THE TON

When Abraham Lincoln was
President, an old Negro arrived at
his office every day with a big
The Washington times., 1936-03-19

The present is the living sum-
total of the whole past.-Carlyle.
If one does not possess what
one loves, one should love what
one haS.-Marmontel.
The Washington times., 1936-03-19
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
do NOT LET YOURSELVES BE TAINTED"

Have you seen Paul MUM play
ng the part of DR.. Louis PaSteur'
# you haven't-go! Go-and think
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The Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, J.

Ihim from purchasing the neces-
sary horse power.
Although his wants could be
clearly outlined in one or two
paragraphs he used 70 pages to
tell Mead his troubles.
The Washington times., 1936-03-19
Words of Wise Men

A mother is a mother still. the
holiest thing alive.-Colertdge.
Men love to wonder and tha1
Is the seed Of our science.-Enf
erson.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-28
PLANTSlJSE 5
MINERALSF0R
DEVELOPMENT
w. A. Franklin Tells How
Different Elements Fos-
ter. Growth
BY w. A. FRANKLIN
Agriculture. Instructor

There are at least eight mineral
elements that are required to
grow crops but as a general rule
the soil is supplied with these ele-
ments in available form with the
exception of nitrogen. phosphoric
acid, potash, and in a few cases
magnesium, calcium, sulphur and
chlorine, and these arc usually
supplied along with other fertiliz-
ers. Our main fertilizers that we
purchase are fertilizers contain
ing nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash. These fertilizers play their
part in the makeup of the plant
in the following manner:
Nitrogen is essential for the
full development of all parts of
the plant. Its special function is
to produce the frame work, such
as leaves, stems, roots, etc. Its
chief function then is to produce
the vegetative part Of the plant
rather than the reproductive por-
ton. If too much nitrogen is used,
too much stalk OF weed develop
ment is produced. Plants of good
size with deep green and we'll de-
veloped leaves do not need nitro
gen, while those with small leaves
having weak, sickly appearance
show the need of nitrogen.
Phosphoric Acid is also essen
tial for the development of all
parts of the plant but it also has
special function, which is to de-
velop seed and fruit. 1t hastens
maturity and helps to produce a
product of a good quality. 1t also
favors the development of a good
root system.
Potash, like nitrogen and phos-
phoric acid, is also important for
the normal development of all
parts of the plant. 1t helps in the
production of seed and fruit. 1t
is probably connected in some
way in the formation of and
transfer. of starches and, sugars in
the plants. If the plants do not
find this nutrient in the soil its
growth will cease. A deficiency
of potash decreases yield and low
ers the resistance. of plants to dis
ease attack. Potash goes to the
development of a good root sys-
tenn which might be considered
the base of the plant.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-28
What S A Farmer
Answer Shows
Many Capacities

Farming is primarily devoted
TO the production of food but
many other functions and opera
IONS are performed on the farm.
Farming, therefore, involves more
than farming. A farmer is: ..
A capitalist who labors;
A patriot who is asked to pro-
duce at loss;
A man who has every element
OF nature to combat every day in
the year;
A man who works eight hours
twice day: ~.
A man who is a. biologist, an
economist, and lot more-ists;
Who gives more and asks less
than any other human being;
Who takes unto himself for his
own sustenance and that of his
FAMILY, those products that other
people will not utilize;
Who is caricatured on the STAGE
and in the daily press, but who
comes nearer taking hold of anv
business and making a go of i
snan Observation-Disclosures alive
land in captivity.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-28

V1ifer Pictures Dust Bowl'S Utter DeS0latio

ken. baby buggy, one tattered
shoe, a frayed broom sticking up
out of the dirt. -.
e., On the wall a grimy calendar
told the story. 1t displayed the
month of April, 1885, That was
the month of the worst storms IN
this area, when the wheat literal
w was blown out of the fields. IN
April, 1885, this farmer gathered
up his belongings and trekkcd
away, defeated. - ;,
In. another abandoned farm
house. we found the .cook-stove
oven full of drifted' silt as fine as
the -four formerly put in it to
make bread. .... 49,. o..
In still another, the dust was
nc deem. as two feet, on. the second
aoor When we walked through it,
fIoury dust sifted down through
cracks in the floor, filling the
rooms below with choking haze,
At. still another abandoned
place, an old auto without wheels,
and a broken-down wagon stood
half-covcred in the yard, while
the wooden windmill clacked and
failed wildly. Not drop of wa
ter came from the dry and rusty
pipe. ,.,..;.
1t is a picture of deso!atlon
that breaks your heart to see.
More than half the people of the
famous Cimarron county area in
Oklahoma have moved away.
, Yet those who remain continue
to hope with good.natured hu-
NOR that seems to defy all nature.
"All we need is a little rain, I"
they say. "Maybe it will come
this year."
STILL CAN JOKE ABOUT 1T
This half-resigned, half-defiant
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-28
ALL COUNTY FARMERS ARE
ASKED TO SEE HOW FEDERAL
PROGRAM WILL HELP THEM
W. A. Franklin Points Out
Soil Building, Not Crop
Reduction, New Admin
istration Aim
BY w. a, FRANKLIN
Agriculture Instructor

IL is to the advantage Of every
farmer in Henderson county to
get 'in on the new farm program
which is taking the place of the
AAA program.
Let me encourage each of you
to investigate what your chances
are of getting some money before
you let this thing pass by. 1t is
one of the best things that has
been started for the farmer and
it is for both the small farmer
and also the large farmer. The
large farmer will probably be able
to receive larger benefits from
this program than the small farm
CT, but at the same time the small
farmer will share benefits accord
ingly.
This program is not rcduc-
ton program but a soil building
and soil conserving program. The
payment that the farmer gets
from the government is small in
consideration to what he actually
gets in comparison to the I'M
provement of the soil.
There will be two kinds of pay
ments-one for not planting soil
depicting crops, such as corn, pO-
tatoes, wheat, or other cash crops ;
the other will be a payment for
planting a soil building or soil
conserving crop. such as clovers,
lespedeza, soy beans, etc.
But before the government will
pay you it will, be necessary for
YOU to do some work to get it,
and this work will only be improv-
ing your. soil conditions. The gov
ernment pays $l.50 per ton for
lining the soil; 81 so, per acre for
turning under peas; $3.50 per
acre for turning under clover; 81
per acre for turning under lespe-
deZa. ct,
There are also other things that
! you can get paid. for. Before any
! farmer can receive payment fol
taking part in this program he
4 must first fill out work sheet
showing how much land he nor,
mally has in cash crops, how much
idle land he. has, and how much il
/ being put in soil building OF sol
conserving crops and other neces
sary data. After he has done Thu
+! his farm will be inspected by pro
gram agents and his claims inves
tigated. If they are found to b.
correct he then will receive hi
check from the government.
| There Is a committee on thi
work in each township. Find gu
who they are and get in toucl
with them. Your county agen
can tell you who they are.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-28
AppalHng Ruin is Viewed BY Reporter
and Camerafnan on 15OO-Mlle Trip
Through Southwest Storms.
Nv FRANK HOUSTON
NEA Service Special Core
spondcnt

LOGAN. n. w.. April %
Completing 150O-milc tour at
tho Dust Bowl Of the southwest,
have seen the March lion shak-
ing his name over that stricken
area i'm the first of what may be
worse dust storm than the ones
which shocked The country last
year.
From Amarillo. Tex. westward
TO Clovis, n. NJ. then nOrthward
into Colorado. eastward again into
Kansas. and down through the
Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle,
an area larger than all New Eng
land. we have seen stage set
for tragedy. Within five days
three dust storms were cncoup-
tered.
The land throughout the Dust
Bowl is in just the right cOndi-
ton to blow away. Frozen hard
throughout rainlcSS winter, it
has now thawcd out and pulvcr-
lied, fine as face powder.
The rising March winds have
already begun to sweep it away,
aud there is every reason to cX-
pcct more disastrous dust storms
than those of 1934-35. Already
the havoc of this springs dust
crS" is pitifully evident.
To drive through this area to-
day is like moving up to the front
line on battlefield. Here is the
skeleton of horse; there one of
COW: there dilapidated wind
mill. an abandoned. cultivation. a
reaper, half-buried in sand and
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-28
BAY STATE TO
BALLOT TODAY
Ex-Gov. Ely Loses His
Fight Against, The New,
Deal There

BOSTON. April %. - (UP).
Massachusetts, voters elect dele
gates to the Democratic and Re-
publican national conventions in
presidential primaries today.
Democrats will select eight del
egates-at-large and two delegates
from the Is Congressional dis
tricts for total of 81 votes at the
national convention at Philadcl-
phia. Delegates-at-large h v c
half a vote each.
Republicans will name four del
egates-at-large, two from Ia dis
tricts and one from one district
for an aggregate of 80 votes at
the national convention at Cleve-
land.
President Roosevelt fascc vitu-
ally no opposition for renomina-
ton among Democratic candidates
for delegates.
ELY QUITS. FIGHT
Former Gov. Joseph B, Ely, New
Deal critic, friend Of Alfred f.
Smith and American Liberty
Lacquer, announced intention of
leading a fight for an unpledged
delegation from Massachusetts.
After the Roosevelt victory in
New Hampshire, however, Ely said
he did not feel justified in asking
friends to compete against state
and federal patronage"
Strong support of the candidacy
Of Gov. Aft NJ. Landon is apparent
among Republicans, eking
places on their party's delegation.
All nominally will be unpledged.
Avowed pro-Landonites are
former Lieutenant Governor Gas
par G. Bacon and State Senator
Henry Parkman, Jr., both of Bos-
ton. Governors Councillor Win
field R. Schuster, East Douglas
textile manufacturer, and several
others.
ADAMS ON COP. SLATE
A "big four" headed by Charles
Francis Adams, former secretary
Of the navy, is the only slate on
the Republican delegate-at-large
column.
Chairman Joseph McGrath of
the Democratic state committee
has filed a. complete official slate
pledged to Mr.. Roosevelt. Candi-
dates for delegates-at-large are
U. S. Sens. David |. Walsh and
Marcus A. Coolidge, Gov. James
M. Curley, McGrath, Mrs. Grace
Hartley Howe, wife of the presi-
dents chief secretary, Rep. Will
liam l. Granfield, Margaret M.
O'Riordan and Elizabeth L. Nc
Namara. >'.".
James Roosevelt, eldest son of
the president, is a candidate for
delegate from the 9th district.
SLATE FACES OPPOSITNION
The "hand-picked" McGrath
slate faces opposition in some dis
tricts by other candidates who IA
vor Mr.. Roosevelt. Many candi-
dates filed nomination papers
with preferences indicated for Mr..
Roosevelt's denomination, but were
forced to scratch" them for lack
of consent by the. President.
Republican delegates may be
governed in their balloting at the
national convention by results of
the primary, preferences. indicated
by Massachusetts, voters.
There are rs candidates for del
egates in the Democratic columns
and So, candidates on the Repubs=
lican nomination list.