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Evening star., 1936-12-04
FARMERS SUBMIT
FA|RDEAL" /" PLAN
Adjustment of Production
Included in Program Laid
Before Government.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Sun-burned and wind-tanned farm
leaders from the wheat belt laid before
the Government today broad pro-
gram for "a fair deal to the farmer"
from seeding to selling.
The plan, which committee of IS
was empowered to advance further"
for a January IS report, included:
Adjustment of production" de-
scribed as similar to the invalidated
agricultural adjustment act.
Crop insurance to guarantee the
farmers yield, with the Government
bearing "a very substantial portion" of
the insurance costs until the farmer
obtains a decree of social security"
An ever-normal granary plan for
storing wheat in bumper crop years
for later sale in lean years. The farm
ers described it as 'efficient warehous-
ing of wheat premium reserves and the
storage of wheat for deferred sale
awaiting demand at fair prices"
Government loans against stored
wheat.
"Provident disposal of burdensome
surpllises.
Soil conservation. under the Agri-
culture Departments present plan.
as a requirement for all farmers join
ing the ever-normal granary system.
M. w. Thatcher, chairman of the
group. said he believed adequate regu-
lation Of production could be provided
without amending the Constitution,
although he added he preferred to
"steer clear" of the constitutional
issue.
Evening star., 1936-12-04
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

d L InOMAS NJ h6NHxs
introducing the Cherokee cock.
Corn whisky. wine from scuppernong
grapes, pineapple Juice and maple
cyrup.
When DR.. william j. Humphreys,
world-renowned meteorologist, start.
ed to make up q menu for an all.
Indian dinner to be served at the
Cosmos Club last night he bumped
hard into the common belief Of an
thropologists that before the white
man traded the red man keg of
firewater for Manhattan Island the
American aboriginal was confirmed
total abstainer. 1t had been agreed
that nothing be served at the dinner
but strictly native American foods
and drinks.
DR.. Humphreys first reasoned that
If the Indian hadn't taken advantage
of his opportunities with so much
good alcoholic raw material at hand
1t was his own hard luck-or good
luck, according to the point Of view.
He proceeded to devise a cocktail out
of materials which were known only
to the red man before the fifteenth
Evening star., 1936-12-04

sonous by the whites. While oysters
long were known as Q food article In
the Old World, they apparently never
were eaten raw before the white men
came in contact with the Indians.
One Atlantic Coast tribe had a. its
folk hero the mythical figure who
first had the courage to eat . raw
oyster. thus showing the way to Q
plentiful supply Of food for his people.
The turkey was exclusively Indian.
The bird was the only domesticated
animal. except the dog, known to
the North American aborisinals. Ons
Of the most interesting articles in
its origin and adoption was the hot
chocolate. The cocoa bean, 1t was
explained at the dinner, was exclu-
sively American and served the Maya
Indians both As drink and as money.
These beans were the common medium
Of exchange, and sometimes were
counterfeited-that Is, the insides
were taken out and the shell filled
with mud. Death was the penalty
for such an offense. The Maya lit
orally could drink up his wages"
Evening star., 1936-12-04

pie that there Is much reason to be.
lieve 1t has been inherited from .
remote antiquity and that they were
running their crude stills when the
soldiers Of Cortez were double-cross-
ing Montezuma. Moreover, there are
unconfirmed reports that q similar
distillation technique with other
grains Is used by Siberian primitives-
20 whisky may have been discovered
and brought to North America by the
ancestors Of the red man long before
the white man ever heard Of 1t.
Simple Distilling Process.
The distilhng process Is simply to
place . clay pot filled with corn
mash over . fire. Fitting into the
mash pot Is . smaller pot, which Is
kept filled with cold water. It Is 20
arranged that the water from the
condensing steam falls back into the
mash while the alcohol runs down
the sides Of the cold water pot into
. special receptacle.
Hitherto 1t had been supposed that
the only alcoholic drink known to the
red man was . kind Of corn beer
Evening star., 1936-12-04

made in Mexico and . form Of wine
made Of q castus fruit.
After cocktails the menu was as
follows: Potato chips, tomato Juice,
raw oysters, tomato with pepper dress
ing. roast turkey, wild rice, cranberry
sauce, tortillas, peanut butter. sue
cotash, sweet potatoes, SQUASH. alli-
gator pear, pineapple. tapioca pud-
ding, hot chocolate, pecan nuts, pop
corn. maple sugar cakes, cigars and
cigarettes.
Not only was the complete dinner
Of Indian origin, it was explained.
but in many cases the articles have
not been improved, and their pro-
duction constitutes Q significant part
Of American agriculture. The Indian
use Of the various food products was
explained as they were reached on
the menu. Both the potato and the
tomato, closely related plants, were
unknown before the discovery Of
America, but 1t Is questionable wheth-
er the red men ever ate the tomato.
It was q decorative plant with the
Aztecs and long was considered poi
Evening star., 1936-12-04
Wolves Kill 20 Sheen,

During . hail and lightning storm
near Mostar. Yugoslavia, . pack Of
frightened wolves fed from the noun
tains and took refuge In q sheepfold.
After the danger was over they killed
10 sheep. In the mountains above
sarajevo . flock Of sheep. sheltering
from torential rain in forest, were
struck by lightning and % killed out
right,
Evening star., 1936-12-04
AI-Indian Cocktail Sh0,us
Redmen We're Not TeetOtalers
Whisky, Vine, Pineapple Juice and
Syrup Combined by Noted Scientist
for Strictly NntiUe Menu.

century. It had the additional ad-
vantage that it was q reversible
cocktail-cordial, according to the pro-
portions Of the ingredients used.
Then DR.. Humphreys discovered
that his Cherokee cocktail probably
wasn't far away from . real Indian
drink after all. Plant explorers re.
ported to him that certain very
primitive Mexican Indians actually are
making corn whisky today by dis
tillation process so primitive and SIM
Evening star., 1936-12-04

for at any time he could steep his
money to get refreshing beverage.
When cocoa was first introduced
into Europe by the Spaniards it met
with enormous opposition, and all
sorts Of detrimental qualities were at
tributed to 1t. Nevertheless the use
spread, 1t was explained. until secret
cocoa drinking became one of the
recognized vices Of the age. It could
only be INDUCED In In low dives, where
the habitues gathered behind locked
doors. for there were very stringent
laws against cocoa bootleggers.
Evening star., 1936-12-04
Seek Brother Of Crash Victim.

Washington police were asked today
10 search for Edgar Harding, Al, an
interior decorator, believed to be
working here, to notify him Of the
death of his brother, Evan Harding. in
an automobile accident near Pitts
burgh. The appeal was made through
the Office of Representative Dunn of
Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1936-12-04
Prosperity "Depresses" Justice.

EVANSVILLE. Ind. December &
@.-Prosperity's return "depresses"
Justice OF the Peace Joseph H. Baker,
he said yesterday.
MY business has dwindled to half
what It was during the depression
years." he explained. with more
money In circulation, more couples
are having their marriages performed
by clergymen.
1T depresses me-"
The Washington times., 1936-11-19
A Necessary Office

Before departing for South America President Roosevelt at
conference indicated that he wanted to make further
study Of public utility regulation in the District before
pointing to Mr. William A. Roberts as Peoples
Counsel.
Such inquiry would of be welcomed by all Wash
ngo particularly by those who opposed the abolition
Of the office of Peoples Counsel.
Any impartial and thorough study Of the question will we
believe convince the President that this office should be main
tained and should be enlarged.
In the meantime, hOWeUer, it is regrettable that the
President has gone off and left the office Uacant for at least
month"; month during Uich several important utit,
matters due for Development.
There to be widespread misunderstanding of what
Mr. Roberts contended when he resigned his post Peoples
Counsel.
There is disposition to believe that he recommended abo-
ton Of the office.
ACTUALLY WHAT MR. ROBERTS ADVOCATED WAS A
STRENGTHENING OF THE OFFICE, ADDING TO 1T AN
1NVESTIGATIONAL STAFF WHICH WOULD INCREASE
ITS SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT.
Indicating his belief to the necessity of this staff he added
that without it the office might be abolished.
This merely meant to gUe emphasis to the
nendaion for strengthening the office should Be
tUsted to make it appear that Mr. Roberts believes the
office he once held is useless.
The Washington times., 1936-11-19

do a thin Edwin C. Hill
about it; nor could Congress, the
States or anybody else. Article
XII of the Constitution is ex-
plicit in it's provision for the
choice of a President by repre-
Sentatives of the voters, rather
than by the voters themselves.
There is no restraint or COM
pulsion in this choice. The definite
requirements are that each State
shall appoint presidential elec-
tors Gin such manner as the leg
islature may direct" The State
is allowed one elector for each Of
it's representatives and senator's.
The electors meet in their
State capitals, formerly on the
first Wednesday in January and
now on December IA, certify their
choice to their secretary of state,
who then certifies it to the Secre'
tary of State of the National Gov
ernment. That is all there is to
it.
UNFETTERED
There is nothing in the ConSti-
tuition about previous commit
ments to parties, candidates or
principles.
Legally and conStitutionally, the
electors are as free to make a
choice as will be this years foot,
ball squads choosing their next
years captain. Why the electoral
College? "You tell 'em," is the
answer, if you go around trying
to crafty your curiosity about
this extraordinary vermiform ap-
pendix of our body polite. No
body knows and nobody cares, SO
far as the big voting mob is con,
cerned.
Senator Norris keeps on trying
to scrap the whole thing as a lot
of expensive fooishnesS. In the
last session of Congress, he came
within two votes of putting
through a constitutional amend
ment to toss it into the junk heap
But it survives and, for certain
reasons, I am inclined to thlnX
that it will keep on with its owliSh
quadrennial make-believe for a
long time to come.
The populace - that is the
voters who pay any attention tc
it-are indulgent to it. The fact
is that we have the direct elec,
tion of our President for the
same reason that the British have
their democracy-old and unwrlt
ten usage as binding as anything
in a written constitution.
The body of electors was first
called a college" in 1800-the
Constitution gives no such desig
nation-and it was in the succeed
ing decades that it settled down
to its present functioning, with
the electors committed by tradi
The Washington times., 1936-11-19

And you would be right. One
is just as rare as the other, but
it has happened. Necessity, as we
learned in the copy book, is a
good incentive for blaming some
thing on the long arm of coinci-
dence.
Which means that the news
papermen covering the White
House are getting a little burned
up and for some reason think
they don't have to take it on the
chin like the men who cover the
Court.
Mr.. Steve Early, the Presidents
own buffer between himself and
the Press with, it is understood,
the sub rosa o. K. from Mr..
Roosevelt, decreed that there
wouldn't be any free telephones
for the men covering the Execu-
tive Mansion. 1t was blow and
thereupon the press associations
and as many papers as could pos
sibly crowd in put in their own
telephones. But taking a mild
day when there are only rs or
100 newspapermen covering a
presidential press conference you
can see just how much chance
all Of the papers had of getting
their flashes out at the same
time.
But the kicks were of no
avail. Mr.. Steve Early it seems
worked on the theory that to
put up a free telephone in the
White House would look like
currying the favor of the Press.
In the Capitol they have about
10 telephones in each press gal
lery. In other Government build
ings they have more. But the
White House, with the exception
of the Supreme Court, is the
only Government institution that
doesn't give away any communi-
cation service.
Which brings us to the second
rare moment. The one about the
Daily Worker and the Wall Street
Journal.
Last week a group of labor lead
ers called at the White House.
The only pay phone in the place
was being used. The Daily Worker
representative tore his hair be-
cause he didn't have an outlet.
Finally he grabbed up a private
one near him and put out his
story. Certainly, it was the phone
of the Wall Street Journal.
It will probably be recorded as
the biggest peace move in history.
President Roosevelt has finally
gotten the lamb and the lion to
The Washington times., 1936-11-19

dance halls.
And we did these things for the
baseSt of all reasons-MONEY.
We sold our birthright of clean,
controlled, self-respecting Ameri-
caniSm for a mess Of money mad
ness.
Then you ask me-"What have
we done that wasn't done in good
faith?"
I'm telling you, madame, that
an alley cat shows more decent
concern for the welfare Of its
young than the average American
parent of our generation-crazed
by the excitement of sudden
wealth-haS shown for these boys
and girls.
What have we done to them?
We have robbed them of those
lovely dreams and enthusiasms
which are natural to youth and
which can never come again. We
have wrecked their standards .
spoiled their chances set up,
in our own disorganized lives,
abominable examples OF hys-
terra, unrestraint, encouragement,
apathy, debauchery.
THEN WE BLAME THE
YOUNGSTERS FOR THEIR
RESTLESSNESS, REBELLION,
LAZINESS, LACK OF RESPECT
OR AMBITION.
THEIR HANDICAP
I hold no brief for lazinesS or
cowardice at any age. But again
the problem comes straight home
to Mama and Papa-Mrs. Ben
herself admits in her letter:
"The reason this generation is
lacking in the virtues of indus
try, courage and reSOurcefUlnesS
is because we OldSterS didn't
train such qualities into them as
our parents did into u.s."
Right! Character doesn't come
ready-made. It is taught; ac-
quired with infinite pains. Our
parents formed our characters at
the cost of their own youth, their
freedom and fun.
But are we, the parents Of to-
day, willing to make that Sacri-
flee? Look at our dance halls,
wayside inns, hotel lounges,
bridge tables, country clubs
filled with idle mothers and
philandering fathers. There's the
answer.
What have we handed the
Younger Generation A ruined
world "A desperate race. q
faith debauched. And We you
and of the older generation
are to blame.
But in spite Of that-in spite
of US-I'm betting the youngsters
will win out yet!
Copyright. 1895, by King Features
Syndicate, InO.)
The Washington times., 1936-11-19
Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROWldnd
BE THANKFUL FOR USEFUL ENEMIES

If you can think Of nothing
else for which to be thankful at
this season of the year, here's a
tip:
Be thankful for your ENEMIES!
They have their uses and virtues!
They may never invite you to
their cocktail parties, their bridge
imbroglioS, or their dull dinner
parties. But neither do they drop
in in the middle Of your busiest
morning and interrupt you just to
tell the latest goSsip-and then ex-
pect to be urged to stay for lunch.
They may say the most scathing
and withering things about you.
But they never ask you, with an
arch look, what became Of that
mice attractive man" who used
to hang around you last summer.
or what you use to keep your hair
that lovely shade. And, best OF
all, they never try to MARRY
YOU OFF,!
Your enemies never send you
roses, or orchids, or jewels at
Christmas. But neither do they
afflict you with the usual heap of
Junk to clutter up your house and
expect you to love them for it.
They never flatter you-but
then, neither do your friends or
your family. Only casual &C
uuaintances do THAT. Or those
who want to make an impression
Oh, yes, be thankful for your
enemies! They may never give
you a booSt-but neither do they
voluntarily offer you unsolicited
The Washington times., 1936-11-19
Greatest Show on Earth
Bu Frank Miller Smith

lie down together and labor and
capital are working hand in hand.
ANOTHER ANGLE
After all, you don't have to feel
too sorry for the II Republican
Senators in the Seventy-fifth Con-
greSs which convenes January 5,
when you take into consideration
how many pies they will have to
put their fingers into when that
august body swings into action.
AS a matter of fact, there will
be so many pies and so few fingers
that some of them will have to
use one finger for three pies and,
in some instances, four or five.
1t all goes to the matter of COM
mittee assignments. 1t would
look on the face of things that the
big question settled November 8
was the fact that the Democrats
still retain the majority on the
committees and are in a better
position to say when and how.
This victory, which was fore
gone conclusion anyway, fades
into inSignificance when you be-
gin to figure on the committees
that have to be built up with the
Republicans.
For instance, there are 33 per.
manent committees in the Senate
and, at the present, 13 special
ones. Now, by a twist of the
wrist and return to sixth grade
arithmetic, you see how many
times the II men are going to
answer "Here!" when a committee
chairman calls the roll.
Take the all important Appro-
priationS Committee. At the last
Congress there were Is Demo
Gratis and eight Republicans on
that committee. You mustn't for.
get that this committee has so
much work to do that every
appropriation bill must have a
subcommittee to look it over.
Under this arrangement each Re-
publican on the committee served
on twice as many subcommit-
tees as the Democrats.
Now look at the setup for
next year. Three Republican
members will not be back
Senator Henry w. Keyes Of
New Hampshire, Senator L. ].
Dickinson of Iowa and Senator
Robert d. Carey of Wyoming.
So three of the remaining II
must serve there.
On the important Banking and
Currency Committee Senator
Carey and the late Senator
James Couzens of Michigan will
be missing. Senator Daniel o.
Hastings of Delaware will be
missing from the Committee on
Expenditures in the Executive
Department.
On the Finance Committee Sen
ator Couzens, Senator Keyes, Sena-
tor Jes1e M. Metcalf of Rhode
Island and Senator Hastings will
not answer the roll call On In
terstate Commerce the posts Of
Senator Couzens, Senator Met
calf and Senator Hastings must
be filled. Military Affairs will
have vacancies caused by the
dropping of Senator Carey, Sena-
tor Dickinson and Senator w.
Warren Barbour Of New Jersey.
And on and on down the list.
Maybe it isn't going to be so
bad being a Republican after all.
It will just turn out that each Re
publican Senator will have more
to do than his Democratic oppo-
nent and he will gradually get big
ger and bigger as the game goes
The Washington times., 1936-11-19

faith? Every generation has new
problems to tackle. Where are
they facing any worse deal than
we their elders, faced in our
time? WE, AND OUR FATHERS,
SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF
PRODUCTION"
Did we? I wonder! We diScov'
cred how to make Things. We
proceeded, joyously, to make mil
lions and millions of 'em, with
enormous profit. But did we stop
to consider the consequences of all
that unplanned, uncontrolled
Making?
THERE WAS THE REAL
PROBLEM OF PRODUCTION
NOT THE ACTUAL MANU-,
FACTURE OF THINGS, BUT
WHAT THOSE THINGS WOULD
DO TO HUMAN LIFE THERE.
AFTER. Did we face THAT prob.
lem. We did NOT.
WE DID THIS
We-NOT OUR CHILDREN
turned WIN 1rdnIlC greco 1TOlu GIle
old, slow, quiet days Of handwork
to the new, swift, "machine-made"
era.
We-NOT OUR CHILDREN
looted the home of its vital, basic
industries; took away the jobs
which gave our grandmothers
their proud place; turned bread.
making, sewing, cleaning, into Big
Business.
We-NOT OUR CHILDREN
put automobiles and guns within
easy reach of restless young hands;
infected youth with the deadly
virus Of speed and violence
We-NOT OUR CHILDREN
unrolled gangster films and sexy
dramas before adolescent eyes.
We-NOT OUR CHILDREN
wrecked all the old ideals of quiet
culture, modesty, chastity-opened
the doors Of our homes to drunken
hoodlums of both sexes-turned
The Washington times., 1936-11-19
By MOntier
By Edwin c. Hill

Hthe exigencieS of snoring up a
working electoral system. The en-
couraging thing is that only to a
trifling degree has the electoral
college thwarted the will of the
of the voterS-only on four oc-
caSions in all our history has it
run afoul of the mass decision.
In 1895, in the contest between
John Adams and Thomas Jeffer-
son, the latter had the 81 votes OF
Virginia. One of these electors
switched to Adams, giving him the
election by II to SO votes of the
Electoral College. In 1876, Tilden
had 4,284,855 of popular vote and
Hayes 4,033,950. The majority of
the electoral votes by States, how
ever, went to Hayes, thus making
him President, although the people
had voted for Tilden.
This, of course, was not due to
the recreance of any elector. 1t
merely happened that Hayes had
the States where the most votes
were-something that could hap
pen any time in a close election.
It was in 1888 that Cleveland,
for the same reason, lost to Har-
riSon, although he had a majority
of $4,000 Of the popular vote. In
1924 there was an Electoral Col
lege jam between jackson, Adams,
Crawford and Clay, which resulted
in advancing Clay to third place
from fourth, where the electorate
had placed him. None Of these in
stances being disastrous, from the
viewpoint of later decades, the
Republic still lives.
PRACTICAL REASONS
For some reason or other all
efforts of the last half century or
more to do away with the college
have met alert and stubborn op-
position in both parties. It seems
puzZling, as the thing doesn't seem
to make a nickel's worth of diff
ference in the outcome of the cleo
ton.
SuSpecting some intensely prac-
tical reason, I asked a practical
politician about it-a presidential
elector who on December ID will
go through that Sheepish panto-
mime up at Albany.
"The heads Of either party
organization would be foolish
to drop the college," he said.
"The presidential electors, some
Of them just old party hacks,
are apt to take the thing
pretty seriously. They get a
little kudOS, and a ride to the
Capital with all their expenses
paid by the State. Encouraged
to think that they are impOr-
tant and that the college is an
important affair, they get out
and wOrk-many of them-and
they make quite State net
work Of party organization.
Furthermore, If you got 3
strong up-and-cOming bunch Of
electors, you have a chance to
snitch a few votes from the
other side, just on personal
grounds. Joe Bush may be q
Republican, but his friend, Bill
Smith, q Democrat, says, Slip
me a vote, Joe; I'm running
for electOr,' and Joe tOSses in
q friendship vote without stop
ping to think that he is voting
for the opposition. There's .
lot Of leakage that way and a
wide-awake, enterprising party
organization will try to get
electors with a strong personal
apreal."
Copyright, 1898. by King Features
0yndicata Ino.)