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newly created New Deal ones, there Is
an army Of publicity men, most Of
whom regard themselves as propagand.
lists for the purposes of the New Deal.
Probably nineteen-twentieths Of what
Deal activities comes from these
sources.
Difference Noted.
I ought to add that in my own ex-
perience have found the Department
of Agriculture publicity men freely
willing to give any facts asked for,
to take pains in getting the facts, and
to give them with impeccable accuracy.
This has been true in cases in which
the publicity men must have known the
facts would be used in arguments detri-
mental to the New Deal.
This illustrates the difference be-
tween the former condition and the
present one. Formerly the Govern
ment gave out facts, figures and photo
graphs to those who asked for them.
In the new conception, the army of
publicity men now employed, consider
it their function to get things pub
lished, to flood the press, the radio
and the motion pictures with material
furthering the purposes Of the New
Deal. In addition to material put out
through publication channels, a great
quantity of propaganda is put directly
into the hands of the public. Part
of the technique of Triple-A has been
to put into the hands of farmers great
quantities Of propaganda furtherins
New Deal purposes.
The mere volume and momentum
Of the New Deal propaganda, the
numbers of those engaged in putting it
out, is such that not all the resources
of non-Government agencies of pub
licity can offset 1t. Most Of the facts
and statistics about the New Deal are
in possession of Government offices.
Even with officials willing to give the
facts upon request, the work OF as
sembling and interpreting them is too
formidable.
Destruction Figures Needed.
For example, for adequate public
information about the New Deals
agricultural policies, and fair judg-
ment upon them after three and
half years, it would be desirable to
have a summary of certain figures.
We should have a careful compilation
of the quantities of food which the
New Deal has destroyed, or has paid
farmers not to plant. Then there
should be statement Of the quantity
of food destruction wrought by
drought. This would show whether
drought or the New Deal has been the
major destroyer. Then there should
be an accurate statement Of the star
tlingly large quantities Of food we have
been obliged to import from abroad to
take the place of that which might
have been raised on the American
acres which the New Deal kept idle.
These figures, brought together and
properly interpreted, would compose
Judgment on the New Deals agricyl-
tural policies. But the New Deal is
not apt to put it out. And any one
attempting it from the outside would
need to be an expert and need much
time to do the work. Meanwhile, ap-
parently, the New Deal puts out pho
tographs of which the accuracy is
questioned, photographs which over
emphasize drought as an agency Of
scarcity.
(Copyright. 1850
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These first speeches intended lay the basis Tor
the American way" etc.
speech really the first OF the series rhich Landon
planning different issues 1t covered the tscal aspect
to build up his contrast
personalities Some OF the Democrats
the showed shewd political
knowledge
lately not to say anything IN
might
Ia is confident of reelection
At press conference other day. he reading from
memo sauna another appropriation merit
As that depends largely on uho IS in the
shot the question: BY
hom" hesitate long enough to change
the tone reading he shot back by the Congress-
reading leaned back MS heao ana roo saying
"You nearly caught there
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exposure will be to assume that the
whole picture of Western conditions
has been overdrawn for propaganda
purposes. That assumption will be
correct, provided it does not go too
far. The truth, as often, lies between
| the extremes. There has been serious
| drought in some parts of the West.
| There are, in some sections, hard con-
ditions which call for emergency aid.
But to assume that large parts Of the
West must be permanently aban-
doned, and that considerable numbers
of farmers must be "resettled" else
where by the Government, Is quite
fantastic.
For North Dakota, this Is dry
year and therefore a poor year. Yet
the Fargo Forum prints map Of the
Red River area, a section about four
counties wide and eight counties long,
which this year has produced close to
| 500, 100000 of wealth from the farms.
It has produced s3O,000.O00 worth Of
wheat, s26 100000 worth of dairy
products, Sl2,0O0.000 worth of hogs
and $6,OO0,O0O worth of beef cattle.
Raises Propaganda Suspicion.
Doubtless the underground truth
about this years conditions in the
West will emerge in due course. But
the incident ought not to pass with
out public attention to the use Of
propaganda by the New Deal admin
| istration.
Time was when in every Office OF
every newspaper and periodical, a
Government photograph" had a spe-
| cial standing. They were taken by
bureaus of the Army. the Navy, the
Agriculture, the Interior and other de-
partments. They were taken by the
Government but they were not put out
by the Government. The Government
| took no interest in having them pub
lished. They were there, and publish
ing houses could get them for small
| fee. They were absolutely to be relied
upon. The word Official" attached
to a photograph had the same mean
ing as certified for accuracy. They
shared the sanctity of a Government
coin or bond.
The same was true of official state
ments put out by Government depart
ments. The Department of Agriculture
statements about the conditions of
crops, for example, had the disinter-
ested and authoritative status Of q de-
cision Of the Supreme Court. So far as
know this is still true Of this class
Of statements. But in the Department
Of Agriculture as q whole, and in
other departments, especially the
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Associates Of Father cou0hn report him currently running his
wondering how he to get
Gerald Smith They picture the n1crophone
Dho the
thods of Huey Geads
particularly the assaan Of
Reserve Bank.
Geraids be only matter Of professional
enthusiastically received by Coughn fol-
enthusiastically Coughns
economic dissertations.
explanation situation
the unity Of the Unionists
Also for time recently Unionsts
whether DR. IA
they all that Strengthened out that
the hand with Lemke and
Yet still
be whle ToWnsend UtH Wak
of
hesitant about
the weekly out with or less Lemke
offered the slogan "A vote for Roose
plan slogan neglected
what vote OF would
campaigning technique which Gov Landon following has
private debate political techncians
his primarily with President
Middlesex
Philadelphia
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again under contract with his former
employer. Metro-G -Goldwyn-Mayer.
Mr.. Wodehouse, now a plump man
in his early SOS, once came West and
grew up with the country and now
he Is going to do it again-double-
shooting the Horace Greeley maxim.
At 20, just before the war, he was
scratching gravel in London, getting
$25 or $50 for a story. He came to
New York and right away began ring
ing up $500 story. That was the
beginning of a blaze of literary sue
cess which mounted to a confagra-
ton in England. where his IS books
outsell those Of any other author.
He is a big easy-going man, his top
hair thinning. with old-fashioned
metal-rimmed specs. He enjoys plug
ging typewriter and doing good turns
for young people. Pelham Grenvilie
is his full dress name, but he seldom
uses 1t.
He was a clerk with the Hongkong
and Shanghai Bank in London. Writ
ing juvenile stories for public school
magazines and tossing in quips to the
by the way" column of the now ex-
tinct London Globe, he tapped the
first .out-cropping of his mother lode
Of foolish humor, which has delighted
two continents. He took the helm Of
the "by the way" column. when the
columnist retired. Grub street was too
narrow a thoroughfare for his genius.
His books have been translated into
eight or ten languages and he and his
fascinating "Jeeves" traverse the
worlds highways.
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ing the primary, said one Of his chief
interests in the Senate would be to pro-
vide adequate pensions for the needy
aged. Such pensions, he said, were
desirable for economic, as well as for
social. reasons.
Pledging his support to President
Roosevelt's program. Andrews said he
was definitely an administration
man"
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1876 TYPHOON TOLL,
REPORT FROM KOREA
1854 Homes Demolished OF
Washed Away and More
Than 1850 Boats Sunk.

By the Associated Press.
SEOUL, Korea, August 31.-The
official death list mounted to 1,5l6
persons today as restored communica-
tions brought reports of widespread
destruction during the worst typhoon
in Korea in recent years.
The government announced 1853
persons were missing, 1,183 injured
and 33.254 houses demolished or
washed away in the storm which
dashed the southeastern part Of the
peninsula Thursday and Friday.
More than $500 boats were sunk or
destroyed and railroad roads, bridges
and embankments were damaged.
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NOMINEE VISITS HERE

Charles o. Andrews, nominated by
Florida Democrats this month to sue
ceed the late Senator Trammell, WIS.,
tied Washington yesterday on his way
to Florida from Boston, where he at
tended a meeting Of the American Bar
Association.
The tall, gray-haired circuit Judge
who advocated the Townsend old-age
pension plan in his campaign preced-
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platform Of the Union party-on
which Father Charles E. Coughlin's
Union for Social Justice and DR.
Francis E. Townsend's pension move
ment are supporting Representative
William Lemke, Republican, of North
Dakota. for President-was written
by (William Randolph) Hearst" the
publisher.
The Union party campaign, the
Communist leader declared. was
financed by the same people who
have gathered around Landon and
Col. Frank Knox" the Republican
vice presidential candidate.
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California Is so
preponderant as
10 put California
kn the Roosevelt
eolumn definitely
And de cisively If
the election were
held today.
One hears a
good deal in this
" ic in t y about
the large labor
" o t e in San
Francisco h a S
always been for
the most part
Democi attic. The
1881 1vata
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with the use of
a portable prop
erty" skull Of a
dead steer, or
are 9th e r W 1 S e
"phony." About
the facts UNDER
lying this charge
I have no direct
information. The
newspaper ac-
counts seem con-
vincing.
Assuming the
charge Is WELL
founded, doubt
less the public
reaction to the
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Headline Folk
and What
They Do
P. 6. Wodehouse Signs
Amateur Hollywood
Contract.
Contract,
BY LEMUEL r. PARTON.

BY LEMUEL r. PARTON.
T OLLYWOOD signs P. @. Wode.
IL house for another turn. In
1881 Mr.. Wodehouse was
L 4 quoted as saying it was quite
extraordinary, was it not, that he
should have been paid s104 900, at the
rate Of $4,000 week for just sitting
around and playing a little golf once
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Californians
Leaning to
Roosevelt
G. Q. P. Puts Hope in
Townsend to Wreck
New Deal Lead.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

BY DAVID LAWhENCE.
.AN FRANCISCO, Cal, August
. 31.-Northern California ap-
pears on the surface to be q
- nip and tuck race between Gov.
.andon and President Roosevelt, but
With almost everybody who knows the
politics of the State ready to concede
he Roosevelt strength in Southern
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in a while. Ac-
cording to news
paper reports, he
was the forgot
ten author, i'm
INJURED in an Of
fee with dy-
swatting his only
work or diver
sion. His repre-
sentative here,
William Ste
phens, has made
it clear that his
structures against
Hollywood were
greatly exagger-
atnd and he iS
Evening star., 1936-08-31

In the European tension. rumors.
whispers and propaganda are popping
so fast that a correspondent is like a
shortstop trying to field eight ground
ers at once Stalin's radio war cry is
repudiated, with hint of mystery"
station fouling the air, and a day or
two later a continental newspaper
prints a circumstantial news story Of
Berlins execution of Thea Rasche as
a Russian spy.
Her denial was good news to her
many friends in this country. The
blonde flying fraulein was here, on
and on, from 1927 to 1929.
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Any one who takes the trouble to
compare the two texts will confirm
the impression that Mr.. Landon
dictated the Middlesex speech with
the Roosevelt text in his hand.
The second speech, in a more
noticeable way, was intended to
assert his independence. Nearly
every one caught the proper inter-
pretation of his refusal to go along
with William Randolph Hearst in
the matter of teachers oaths.
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BR0WDER SAYS HEARST
WROTELEMKE PLATFORM
Communist Candidate Charges
Union Party Formed to Put
Landon in White House.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 31.-Earl Brow
der, the Communist party's nominee
for President, said yesterday that
"the function of the Union party Is
to try to guarantee the election" OF
Gov. ALI M. Landon, the Republican
presidential choice.
Browder asserted in q campaign
speech at Riverview Park that the
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Photos Reveal
Influence of
Propaganda
Question of Selling
New Deal by Data,
Is Raised.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

n NEWSPAPERS charge that some
nj widely published photographs,
" alleged to have been put
\ out by New Deal official Gov
ernment agencies to show drought
conditions in the West, were made
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News Behind the News
Union Party Split Seen Joint Transforming Trip Is
Dropped Technique Causes Debate.
BY PAUL MALLON.

PAUL MALLON.
party. coalition
/ coalescng
original joint
i orming trip quietly dropped The coadjutors the Rev
Smith their presidential candidate
Representative Leke to omed the him
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PEANUTS TOO WET

North Carolina Growers Report
Crops Damaged by Rains.
EDENTON, N. c., August 81 LP).-
Peanut growers in this section would
like to borrow some Of the Middle
Vests drought.
Growers report excessive spells OF
rainfall this Summer have hurt the
crop.
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THE opinions OF the wrters on this page are their oon
not necessarily The Stars. Such opinions are pre-
effort giUe all sides OF questions OF
interest to its readers although such opinions be
Trajectory themselves and directly opposed to The
Stars.
Evening star., 1936-08-31

Vaudeville acts are to be filmed in
England exactly as presented on the
stage.
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We, the People
Landon Urged to Name Type Men He Would Have
Conduct Foreign Affairs.
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

HERE public
relations with foreign countries
policies of the Deal in this field the opinion
greatest Justification this connection should
before Inauguration 1933 Roosevelt
brought
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box.
Latest word from headquarters IS
that they may meet on two
speaking occasions during the CAM
paign, but no more. And some
authorities around headquarters
suspect that even these two occa-
sions will never occur.
The main trouble seems to be
that there are too many trumpets
L.
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tive with British Japanese currencies
The good nghbor policy by which atoning for
Of economic political Imperialism
The policy of neutrality toward European affairs
reciprocal
Elementary
the Governor Of Kansas elected President he
the trade
choice.
although
American farmers which behind murky phrase
How about the good neghbo" policy? Landon pro-
restore the old Republican diploacy-he policy
sent American die
chch prolonged occupation of Haiti
time emergency Which alone justified
had passed? The policy hh put the financial
Which supported in
policy which bond
eUeryUhere?
And how about neutrality toward approaching
Gov Landon intend follow the Smson writing
the League Nations other British coalition
he intend Europe
oil the other financial phnagng Coolidge
OF Landon that since
right and that what
for the cnnduc nf Anerica
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about by violating treaties to which
We are party.
President Roosevelt can take
pride in four general diplomatic
policies which this country has de-
veloped since 1888:
/. Our refusal to agree to the
artificial currency sterilization"
desired by the international bank
ers at the time Of the World Eco
nomic Conference, and our de-
valuation of the dollar on cornpeti.
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Will be a 1cho the cold
standard and who looks to London
Or mill 1t be like Hearst nothing for
it but to shoot down reds nd in
We ought the
tell US?
wright Resiter
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;ODyrisht. Resister and Tribune syndicateO
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io0 ''e' ecopyrisht, 1850
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05
MORNING GLORY
DEFYES DROUTH

Bindweed Or morning glory-the
No. l weed pest of the United
States west of the Mississippi
defies drought. A field in south
western Minnesota, badly infested
with bindweed was clean cultivated
regularly during the past summer,
reports L. w. Kephart, weed spe-
cialist of the bureau of plant in
dustry. Just as regularly the bind
weed came on again, although other
vegetation was dead or dormant.
This same vitality of bindweed is
often observed wherever it is a
crop pest.
Bindweed keeps growing despite
cultivation and drought because of
its deep root system, unusually ex-
tensive in proportion to the plant
itself. BindWeed roots, some of
them 25 to 80 feet long, are a store
house of food for the plant and
give it its unusual vitality.
Constant cultivation, however
cutting off the top of the bindweed
at least once a week for at least
two years-eventually will kill it
Experiments by the department OF
agriculture indicate fallow of bind
weed plots is more effective when
here is a fair amount of rainfall.
If the weather is too dry, says KEEP
hart, the bindweed sulks and in
this dormant state grows so slowly
that the killing process is delayed
Cutting the bindweed only oc-
casionally really helps it spread
When weed is cut the root sends
up seveal plants where one grew
before. Leaves allowed to develop
more than or inches replenish
the storehouse in the roots. Abso-
lutely clean cultivation must be
maintained if the bindweed is
eventually to be starved.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05
HARPO MARX
WEEDS FORMER
FOLLIES STAR

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 5. WP)-
Harpo Marx, who spent 10 years in
films chasing blondes, secretly mar
ried Susan Fleming, brunette for
mer Ziegfeld Follies beauty, Sept.
26, he revealed today.
Marx made known the marriage
after sending a telegram to Pres
ident Franklin D. Roosevelt, con-
graduating him on reelection, and
explaining he had kept the we'd
ding secret until after election, "be-
cause I didn't want to crowd you
off the front page
Miss Fleming, whose home is in
New York, has been coupled ro-
mantically with the comedian two
years, although neither admitted an
engagement. They were married by
a justice of the peace in a small
upstate town. Marx said Il can't
remember the name of the place" !"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05

ildS line Oh nVlng 1OfeDearS
ranging from 40 to more than
80 years Of age. Thus the wisdom
and experience gained by four
generations may be imported to
him by those who represent the
unbroken line since prior to 1876.
The baby's mother is the former
Miss Peggy King of GOA Ell Centre
avenue. His paternal grandpar-
ents include Mr.. and Mrs. Fern
King OF Riverside and the mater
nal grandparents are Mr.. and Mrs.
H. H. Rhodes of San Diego.
His paternal great grandparents
are Mrs. Emma King of Riverside
and George Claussen of Colorado.
On the maternal side his great
grandparents are Mr.. and Mrs. M.
c. Falkenbury of Ell Centro and
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude G. Rhodes Of
San Diego.
Besides this imposing array of
ancestors, the baby has two great
grandmotherS Mrs. Mary McIn-
tosh of San Diego and Mrs. T..
Dietz of indianapolis, Ind, making
II living individuals from whom
he has descended.
In spite of the load of respon-
sibility resting upon his plump
pink shoulders, Clark carries off
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05
StrollS Thru Hollywood

low in a narrowing perturbation of
the Meta Syrett novel, Portrait
Of A Rebel"
Audiences, if any, for this film
must be composed Of women. 1t
certainly won't appeal to men, and
if the ladies can bear it let them
never again be called the weaker
SEX"
Hepburn plays daughter of tyr
annical Victorian English father.
She becomes an 18th century
"emancipated woman to the extent
of becoming mother of an illegiti-
mate child, and subsequently edi-
tor of feminist magazine.
The child is born in Italy and is
represented as the daughter of a
sister elizabeth Allen who fol-
lows her husband david Manners)
in death at a convenient moment.
She spends the rest of the picture
Strengthening matters out with Her
bert Marshall, a young diplomat
whose career she nobly forbore to
endanger with the possibility of
her domestic irregularity being dis
covered.
Marshall, Allen, and David crisp
in a Charles Laughtonesque role
perform acceptably, the conclusion
remaining that Hepburn looks bad
among a cast hand-picked to make
her look good. This care is especi-
ally noticeable in the makeup of
Doris Dudley, who plays the child
grown up. Dudley is carefully ar
ranged to look less youthful and
attractive than her mother"
Hepburn overplays so consistent
ly that in less august person it
would be necessary to say her per
formance smacks of fine old sugar
cured ham.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 5. up
Shows of the week
Come and Get It," (Goldwyn-
United Artists.
Although topped by some really
spectacular logging sequences, this
movie version of the Edna Ferber
novel classes as heavy entertain.
ment.
Briefly it's the story of a Wis
consin timber baron edward Arm
old) who neglected his lovelife for
business reasons in his youth, only
to discover when he gets around tc
it some years later that he's ar
old man who missed the boat.
The picture is smoothly produced
and beautifully photographed but
it isn't altogether Ferber and il
does move slowly. 1t should be
remembered however, the Ferbel
novel seemed to go on for long
time after it was finished, and did
some fancy dragging on its oWr
hook.
Arnold's performance easily tops
the cast, although Walter Brennan
in Swedish dialect also catches the
eye. For Frances Farmer, Seattle
youngSter, this dual part is best
yet. She plays first the backWoods
honkytonk entertainer who lost
Arnold'S love, then daughter of the
same woman, who didn't want it.
Probably no motion picture has
ever had a more splendid back
ground than the numbering Sc
quences shot by Dick Rosson's crew
in northern Idaho last winter
great trees falling in snowy sprays
huge logs booming down timber
shoots into ponds, log jams and
ice dynamited.
Sequences are all too short, how
ever. They serve only to establish
Arnold as rising lumberman in
the first reel Or so.
Other performers who contribute
ably are Joel McCrea as Arnold's
son, Mady Christians, Andrea
Leeds, Frank Shields and Mary
Mas. Picture had two directors
first Howard Hawks, then after
Hawks quarrelled with Goldwyn
over technique, William Wyler.
Best scene contains a political
barb: Arnold at breakfast eyes a
newspaper picture of Theodore
Roosevelt waving the "big stick
over timber vandalS," and sulks
"Washington's full of radicals
and We're taxed to DEATH" The
time is 1907.
"a Woman Rebels" (RKO-Ra-
dio).
Katharine Hepburn strikes a new
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-05
Youths Sentenced
To Detention Home

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5. Up)-
-Four youths who attempted a jail
delivery of 20 Juvenile prisoners in
the city Jail today were sentenced
to spend the rest of their minority
at a detention home.
The quartet-James Downey, IT,
John Weber, II, Milton Cook, 16,
and Jack Sampson 16-started a
fake fight in the Jail sentence yard.
While three of the four were scuf-
fling, Sampson waited for the
turnkey and hit him over the head
with a piece of pipe.
H. o. Hartman, turnkey, was
treated at Receiving hospital.