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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

Guiding all the vast plain between the
Alleghenies and the western continent
tai divide and from near the Canadian
border to the delta of the Mississippi /;
only the Tennessee valley would be
omitted from the plan.
Norris said it was an expansion of
his former plan for a Missouri valley
authority. Flood control would be it's
chief goal, he disclosed, but it also
would direct the development of navi-
CATION, irrigation, hydroelectric power,
soil conservation and reforestation.
Like iva it would be managed by
a three-man directorate. The cost is
not stated. Congress would vote funds
from year to year as the work pro-
crossed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Latest Returns From
Literary Digest Poll

NEW DEALERS speak scornfully
L of the Presidential poll conducted
by the Literary Digest, but everyone
is eager to see what it reveals. The
latest returns show a still further de-
cline in New Deal popularity. Out of
total of 9S7, 15S votes received, ST.
631 answered negatively the question
do you now approve the acts and pol
icies of the Roosevelt New Deal to
date?" This brought the negative per-
centage to the new high figure of 1881
per cent. The last preceding percent
age was $3.50.
Eleven of the thirteen southern
states continued solidly New Deal.
Only Florida and Oklahoma voted
against it. The twelve middle western
farm states continued balloting more
than 8 to against the administration.
The Rocky Mountain states, with
the single exception of Utah, contrib
uted substantial majOrities against the
New Deal, as did four of the six New
England states, which were voting
to 1 against Roosevelt.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09


He pictured an unusually short ses-
sion of congress with appropriation
bills and amendments to existing leg
islation the principal business to be
handled.
In the senator's opinion compro-
mise on the bonus, always politically
veXatious, would be reached and a
presidential veto would be avoided.
Harrison reiterated his opposition to
the Townsend old age pension plan and
said it would make no progress at the
new session.
Many house members agreed with
Harrison as to taxes. 1t wouldn't be
good policy to pass such measures this
session for there will be elections in
435 congressional districts in 1886.
Pat Harrison took crack at the
Liberty league and its legislative pro-
gram offered to congress. The league,
he said. was ready to take over the
legislative and judicial functions" of
the national government and might be
magnanimous enough to take over the
executive branch as well. The sena-
tor called the league "lObby" and de-
scribed its statements as "plutocratic
propaganda"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Uruguay Sewers Relations
With Soviet Russia

N ECLARING that all America is
II menaced with violence by the
Communists. the Uruguayan govern
ment severed relations with the govern
ment of Soviet Russia; Minister Alex
ander Rinkin and his staff were hand
ed their passports, and the Uruguayan
charge daffaires was recalled from
Moscow. The decree, signed by Presi-
dent Gabriel Terra and all members of
the cabinet, asserted that Montevideo
was the headquarters of Communists
who were plotting uprisings in all
the Brazilian charges that the abor-
tive rebellion there in November was
instigated by the Soviet government
and that the Montevideo legation was
its intermediary.
Relations with Russia were broken
on these three formal charges:
1. That the recent congress Of the
Third Internationale in Moscow agreed
to push communistic drive through
out South America, with Communists
lUNOlN6U lnc uihiSliS
2. That the Soviet legation remitted
checks for large sums to unidentified
recipients. providing foundation" for
a presumption that the legation active
~ aided Communist plans.
g. That there was a direct connec-
ton between the Third International
and the Soviet government
DR.. Jose Espalter. Uruguayan for
eign minister, said:
ave have proof that Montevideo was
the center of gigantic Soviet expan-
sionist plot and that Minkin was or
ganizing a revolution in Uruguay for
next February or March.
Uruguay is the only South American
nation that recognized the Soviet Rus
sian government.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
PHONE AND AUTO
AT THE FRONT IN
REMAKING WORLD

The world was a long time in the
making; remaking 1t may be SIM
pier and shorter process. Indeed, it
has already been accomplished, If
the head of the Society of Automo-
tive Engineers is right. 1t would be
hard to deny the contention that the
automobile has wrought changes no
one anticipated a little more than a
generation ago. One significant in
stance Is the spread of population.
Communities that once seemed far
apart are now in close contact. The
tendency toward large centers of
population has thus been acceler-
ated. The suburban area has been
widely extended and made largely
urban. That better living conditions
have followed is obvious enough.
In other respects machinery or its
products have transformed the face
of everyday life. Two other inven-
tons have had as notable effects as
the automobile There are many
now living who can remember the first
typewriter and the first telephone.
Both have been vital factors in tue
business world. The telephone has
annihilated distance even more eff
fectively than the automobile. 1t is
hard even for those who lived be-
fore Bells great invention to realize
how far asunder persons living in the
same town then were. All the new
uses of electricity have carried on
the process of remaking the world.
There is no possibility now THAI
machinery will be undervalued. Per
haps the more immediate problem
is to keep it within control. pure
ly mechanical world would surely
be dehumaniZed. The essentials OK
life are to be found elsewhere
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Alcohol Control Valid,
Saws Federal Judge

FEDERAL JUDGE CHARLES J.
l. BRIGGLE of Peoria, ILL.,, ruled that
the Federal Alcohol Control admins
tration act is constitutional, the deci-
sion being made in a test case brought
by Peoria distillery company. The
alcohol administration closed the dis
tillery, asserting it held no basic per-
nit at the time the old code was out
lawed by the Supreme court. The conI-
pany held it did hold such a permit
and applied for a new one.
Judge Briggle denied the plea for
an injunction to force the administra-
ton temporarily to retract its decision
on the application for basic permit.
In his decision he said:
1.-The former objections to the wrong
full delegation of legislative authority
with reference to the so-called code
provisions now has been obviated by
this act, and while the plaintiffs pO-
sition in some other respects is not
without merit, yet the court is not con-
WINGED that sufficient doubt exists as
to the constitutionality of the act to
warrant the court in granting a tenn
porary Injunction"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
NO UPSETS
The proper treatment
for q bilious child
THREE STEPS
ITO RELIEVING

A NY mother knows the reason
Awhen her child stops playing, eats
little, is hard to manage. Constipation.
But what a pity so few know the
sensible way to set things rightl
The ordinary laxatives, of even
ordinary strength, must be carefully
regulated as to dosage.
A liquid laxative is the answer,
mothers. The answer to all your
worries over constipation. A liquid
can be measured. The dose can be
exactly suited to any age or need.
Just reduce the dose each time, until
the bowels are moving of their own
accord and need no help.
This treatment will succeed with
any child and Nth any adult.
The doctors use liquid laxatives.
Hospitals use the liquid form. If it
is best for their use, it is best for
home use. The liquid laxative most
families use is DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin. Any druggist has it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Mcdonald Quits League
Refugee Position

JAMES G. NJ. MCDONALD, who has
- been high commissioner of the
League of Nations for more than two
years. has resigned that position In
his letter of resignation he urged the
league and all nations to intercede in
a friendly but firm manner with the
German government to protect Jewish
and other non-Aryan residents from In
tolerance. He also advocated similar
action by nonleague nations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Lindbergh's Going May
Lead to Crime Inquiry

nEPARTURE of Col. Charles A.
- Lindbergh with his wife and child
from the United States because of
threats of kidnapers probably will lead
to congressional Investigation of
crime. Senator Pope of Idaho said he
was prepared to introduce resolution
calling for such an inquiry. In the hon.
of making America a safer place in
which to live.
His resolution would authorize an
investigation of local enforcement cor
ditions, primarily to determine If ST.
american Scotland Yard" controIl,d
by the federal government could cor
dinate police agencies successfully.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

vided another way to handle such
purchases.
1t was believed McCarrs ruling
would not affect AAA plans for pur-
chases for diversion purposes and not
for relief distribution. An offer has
been made for purchases of surplus
potatoes from inc 1898 crop, to be d.
verted into industrial channels. Of.
ficials said, however. they did not ex-
pect growers to take advantage of this
offer because of recently advanced
prices for potatoes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

nesses will be ]. p. Morgan and Thorn
as w. Lamont, of Morgan & Co. The
committee plans to try for the enact
ment of broader neutrality legislation.
The Morgan firm, which was fiscal
agent for Great Britain during the
war, has denied emphatically that it
played any part in leading America
into the conflict. Chairman Nye and
other committee members have
thought otherwise
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

surplus farm products
for relief distribution.
He held that the adj
ministration could
not use the 80 per
cent of gross customs
receipts set aside for
the AAA to buy farm
products to be given
to relief clients. In a
/ e tt or to Secretary
Wallace. McCarl said
relic { legislation and
relevant statutes pro-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

kept llllS COuulTy
out of war for a
while, but the cOun-
try that kept Will
son out of war
long er than he
would have stayed
out.
Professor Arnett
says he viii prove,
in a book, that Will
son wanted war in
1916, and was kept
out of it by three
men-Champ Clark,
Congressman Flood
and Claude Kitch-
IN ITO Hnnr
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

Their of that and much
other advanced leg
islation, has prepared
a bill for a Mississip-
pi Valley authority
along the same lines
as the IVA but i'm
mensely greater in
scope. He intends to
introduce the measure
soon in congress. 1t
would embrace more
than half of continent
tal Tinted StataS in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Senate Munitions Probers
TO Hear I. P. Morgan

1Sl committee announced that they
would resume on January their in
vestigation Of whether loans to the
allies helped 20 get the United States
into the World war, and the first wit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

be singing "Peace on
Earth, good will
toward men," Under
the skillful guidance
of Anthony Eden, the
new British foreign
secretary, a soil d
front against Italy was
being built up. There
was no present talk
of further sanctions
against Mussolini, but
it is expected added
DenaltieS will be put
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

greSs gave out the
welcome statement
that no new general
tax legislation would
be pushed through
during this session.
Said he: Il don't look
for it and l don't
think it is in the
realm of possibility"
Adoption of a man.
ufacturer's excise tax
was also out" ac-
zels - HA.,.srnn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Lombard Street in London

Lombard street is London street
which has given its name to the finan-
ss..ai section of the city. From the
Thirteenth century until they were
banished by Queen Elizabeth foreign
merchants, many of whom were from
Lombardy, were established there as
merchants, money lenders and bankers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Ruling by McCarl Hats
PaIief Food Purchase

COMPTROLLER GENERAL J. R.
~ McCARL issued an order that
blocked the plans of the Federal Sur
plus Commodity corporation to buy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

leader of the house.
How deep should we have sunk in
our depression If Woodrow Wilson
had carried out his alleged plan and
started the war one year ahead of
time, in 1916?
How many millions of Americans
would have been killed (they were
places? How many tens of billions
would have been added to the public
debt and the repudiated debts of Eu-
rope?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Mississippi Valley Plan
Of Senator Norris

WITHOUT waiting for a ruling by
w the Supreme court on the valid
ity of the Tennessee Valley authority
act, Senator Norris of Nebraska, IA
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
No New Taxes Soon, Says
Senator Pat Harrison

CENATOR PAT HARRISON of Mis-
~ sissippi, chairman of the senate
finance committee, on his arrival in
Washington for the opening of con-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Chance for European War
Seems to Increase

WAR clouds over Europe were
w growing denser and blacker dur
ing the Christmas holidays when all
the Christian world was supposed to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Not Necessary

One can have high standard OF
living; and still not buy things he
doesn't want.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Justice

Men are always invoking justice,
yet it is justice which should make
them tremble.-Mme. Swetchine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

The archbishop of Canterbury, head
of the official Church of England, has
invited all European Christian commu-
nicants to join in prayer for peace,
with resolutions outlawing all war.
While the archbishop takes that de-
sirable step the British government
works rapidly on 5000 airplanes Of
the fighting kind. Nothing like air.
planes to back up eloquent prayer
for peace.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Edible Food in Deadly Family

Not all members of the nightshade
family are poisonous for the plant
family includes tomatoes, potatoes,
eggplant and peppers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Wilson for Earlier War?
Prayer Plus Planes
New Disease Danger
Ethiopian Victory?

Prof. A. NJ. Arnett of North Carolina
university says it was not Wilson that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Triplett of Jenkins,
KY. who have just received from heav-
en- their third set of triplets, say: 1--WE
are just tickled to death, but imagine
our surprise" Besides nine triplets,
the happy couple have one set of twins,
all eleven living and all fortunate. The
baby born in family that wants ba-
bies is the fortunate child.
For the woman or man who does not
want children, the wise thing is not to
have them-for the children's sake.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

Austria will pay Uncle Sam on ac-
count of debt thirty million schillings,
payment in American paper dollars.
At the current rate of exchange Uncle
Sam will get S5,634,0O0. Our paper
dollars are convenient for Europeans,
for they know, although we do not,
that our dollar is worth 50 cents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

Hitler knows what he wants, tells
the rest of the world, and thus far the
world has let him help himself.
He wanted an end of the Versailles
treaty and got it. He wanted the right
to build strong battle fleet and Eng
land consented.
Now he says he must have an air
force as strong as that of France, and
will proceed to build it. He demands
also the return of all colonies taken
from Germany, and intimates that he
will fight for them if he can't get them
peaceably.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

Thomas w. Lamont, a ]. Pierpont
Morgan & company partner, gives five
hundred thousand dollars to establish
"chair of political economy" at Har-
ward. The money will stay and the
interest will be used. Well invested,
it should pay the chosen professor a
fair salary.
e King Features Syndicate, Inc.
WNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

Uncle Sam has on his hands the
job of preventing the spread of dis
ease throughout the country and it's
importation from abroad.
Doctor Curran, in charge Of insects
for the American Museum of Natural
History, warns New York it nay be
invaded by malaria brought into north
ern New Jersey by CCC camp work
er from the South. The anopheles
mosquito, always present, has been
spreading the germs. He cannot do
that unless he first bites a malaria
carrier.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

Former Governor Alfred E. Smith,
booked for big political talk in Wash
ington, D. c., and invited by Mrs.
Roosevelt to stop at the White House
during his stay in Washington, de-
clines the invitation, explaining that
he will have too big crowd with him.
Politicians do not think that the
only reason. They expect Governor
Smith to "cut loose" and say things
about the administration that would
not come gracefully from a White
House guest
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

Halle Selassie's fighting Gen. Dejaz-
match Hailu Kebede sends cheerful
news to his royal master:
1--WE fought and beat the Italians
from dawn to dusk; 200 Italian white
soldiers, twenty Italian officers, killed.
Cannon, bombs and innumerable bat
teries of machine guns made murder
Gus concert against US, but God pro-
tected your humble Christian soldiers,
and the Lion of judah was victorious"
Philippians persist in their theory
that they are the only Christians in
volved. They say the Italians are
Catholics, therefore not Christians,
which would amuse the italians, If
they had time for amusement.
Rome calls the General Deiazmatch
dispatch customary Ethiopian mac
curacy."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Expect
Hot Debate

Je remembered that when the govern
ment lays an embargo against all ma
tons. at war it takes away possibilities
of tremendous profit This profit ac-
crues to those industries by which sus-
tanning war materials are produced.
Neutrality legislation, therefore, may
prove costly. not as costly as war, per-
haps, but nevertheless a costly action.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

A year ago about this time, congress
enacted a bill which was designed to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
tQolI'i'i22'9 t1S5jjiqsik1
National Topics Interpreted "a T141IA1a4
by William Bruckart 1ITlnIHX
PresB Build Washington. c. 6<p5111nTf

Westinghouse was in the sultry
days of the summer of 1914, 1t will
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

The Treasury, operating on a fiscal
year that runs from July l to June 80,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-13
Unfair Taxation

If the District subcommittee of the Senate Appropri
ations Committee needed facts and figures to justify
toraon of the Federal share of local expenses to the
Bureau of the Budget estimate it find those facts
and figures in the tax survey report of the Washington
Board of Trade.
FIGURES IN THE SURVEY DEMONSTRATE
CONCLUSIVELY WHAT WASHINGTONIANS HAVE
LONG KNOWN AND COMMENDED THAT THEY ARE
CARRYING HEAVY LOCAL TAX BURDEN IN
ORDER THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY
AVOID MEETING A JUST SHARE OF THE COST OF
MAINTAINING THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
The survey completely refutes the charges frequently
made by few Members of Congress that Washington
ans are "tax dodgers and that they have sought to
make the Federal Government pay large share of Dis
tct expenses in order that local residents might pay
taxes lower than in other cities
Although the report of the survey is purely factual
and does not attempt to draw conclusions make rec
ommendations study of it's figures shows clearly that
the so-called permanent population of Washington is
carrying heavy and a growing per capita tax burden
POPULATION IS CARRYING THIS BURDEN BE-
CAUSE OF THE TENDENCY IN RECENT YEARS
TO CURTAIL THE APPROPRIATION OF FEDERAL.
MONEYS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CAPITAL.
It is interesting to note that the per capita burden
here increased by about 100 per cent in eleven years.
greater increase than shown any Of the other forty
cities studied in the survey.
During the eleven years mentioned the Federal Govern
ment cutting its appropriation for the welfare Of the
Federal city at about the same rate.
The report shOws clearly to anyone 1DkO wiH study
it that the residents of Washington should not and
cannot be expected to carry a burden Which should
be shared by the people of the entire countrywide
burden of maintaining National Capital in keep
ing Nth the nations status.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-13
The Right of Petition

The Consttution-yes, the CONSTITUTIONAL provides
that the people shall have the right petition Congress
redress Of wrongs
So what happens in this year of disgrace this year of
tohell with the Constitution?
This happens
William n McNair Mayor of floodruined Pittsburgh rep
rsenng the PEOPLE Of that unfortunate CITY, appears be-
fore the House Ways and Means Committee.
"DOn't tax the shirts off our backs" he pleads.
A policeman called to throw him out That's all
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-13
By Elsie Robinson

The Balancing
Act!

America the wastrels Of the
world demand and get as q
matter of course their place at
the family table.
And what qualification is
needed that they may share
this bounty? What obligation
is impose upon them?
EXACTLY NONE! They need
not be American, nor have any
intention of becoming an Ameri.
can nor have the slightest respect
for the American standard, to
obtain this handout.
To the contrary, they may be
pernicious parasites by every
known tesla vicious threat to
our whole American scheme Of
things-yet still be carried on
the pay roll.
Recently DR.. Clairette P. Arm
strong, clinical psychologist OF
the Domestic Relations Court Of
New York City, presented a few
figures to the Senate Committee
on immigration at Washington,
D. c. For many years DR.. Arm
strong has handled human be-
ingS-has studied the houSekeep-
ing problem Of this home we call
America. And here are a few
of her findings:
In a survey Of Is prisons in
New York State it was found
that So per cent of the criminals
are the offspring Of unsocialized
immigrants. The same fact ap-
plies to all our penitentiaries and
reform schools.
You need not take DR.. Arm
Strong'S word for this, nor mine.
Go into any police court-walk
through any Slum-viSit any
fruitpicking camp or hobo jungle.
Are these the faces that dumped
the tea in Boston harbor? They
are not. But you can bet your
last taxed nickle that they're cut
ting in on the marmalade.
In New York city schools, as