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The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-13

known as one of the most litter
ate in the the union and Mime
sofa is known as one of the most
radical. Before the death of
Senator Huey ''Kingfsh" Long,
and up until the time of Longs
death, the state of Louisiana was
clutched as firmly and surely in
the iron hand of dictatorship as
either Germany, Russia or Italy.
Huey Long was the dictator of
Louisiana. His word was law
there. Officials of the state, even
the governor, were puppets he
manipulated as he chose. The
manner of Longs death is a re-
grettable incident in American
political history, but his death,
itself, caused very little grieving
in national politics. Long was
an unusual phenomenon, politi-
cal product of our times, which
have been those of social unrest
and misery. The political pup
pets of Louisiana have come back
tolife and begun to function in a
more normal manner, now that
the onus of the Long hand has
been removed.
There have been those who
have compared Governor Olson
TO Huey Long. Both have in
-dulged in the spectacular sort of
politics. Olson, like Long, hav-
ing been governor, now de-
Nsires to be senator and use his
talents in national politics. And
like Long, Olson, in entering the
national arena, believes it a good
policy to leave behind him in the
governors chair, Elmer Benson,
as a stooge who will knuckle to
his masters bidding. Through
Benson, Olson, as u. S. senator,
can control Minnesota even more
completely than he has in the
past.
A thought, which though it
may not have sprung from Farm
er-Labor sources has surely been
gleefully fostered by them, and
whichhas received no little consid-
Grafton from Twin City business
men, is that the best way to get
rid of Olson is to elect him sena-
tor and thus get him out of the
state.
The business men, and other
anti Olsonites, think that Olson
will be so occupied with further
ing himself in the national game
that he won't give a boot about
what happens back in Minnesota
for a time, anyway.
A little serious thought, how
ever, shows the fallibility of this
line of reasoning. Olson, though
the key-man of the FL party, is
not the whole works-not yet, at
any rate. There are, besides the
Honorable Floyd, a number of
gentlemen who hold in their
hands the reins of FL power.
tits not the wish of these gentle
men that the Farmer-Labor par
ty concentrate on sending Olson
to the u. S. senate to the hurt
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-13
HIT AND RUN.
By McMann

The Farmer-Labor party dele
gates, meeting in Chicago to form
a national third party, have in
their platform a plank which
calls for CONSUMPTION of all
wealth in the event of war.
The Hennepin County Farmer
Labor association is threatening
to have "abuse of police power
in Minneapolis investigated. The
Hennepin FL association con-
siders the police have been unfair
to labor. This is anything but
the truth. The police have lean
ed backwards in order to be fair
to labor. This threatened inves-
tigation, having no foundation in
truth, proves itself but another
bit of conniving FL politics.
In reference to legalized gam
bling, it would form a new
source of income for the govern
ment, and stem the rising tide of
opinion in favor of soaking the
rich. The national as well as
state governments must have
new income, and agitation is for
getting additional income from
the wealthy. If the millions of
dollars which every year go to
England and Ireland for the
sweepstakes were kept in this
country by permitting American
sweepstakes, and if the govern
ment allowed and placed a tax
on every form of gambling, there
would be formed a source from
which the government could ex-
tract a very large income.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-13
Horses
Horses
Horses
BY McMann

" S~y "sS " fAsSJ sA~~ AANASSS,
roulette, shoot ''craps" (dice, if
you want to be technically, or any
number Of other games in which
he can bet a little money, he
doesn't have to 60 far to look
for it. Now, gambling is against
the law in this state, for some
reason or other $50 many of 'em
we hate to bother enumerating
'em), and so naturally a guy
hides away from the gendarrne
when he illegally risks his money
! on a game of chance. Whenever
the cops stage a raid, the city
usually fattens the poke via the
judge next morning, and mas
much as the city sometimes
makes a goodly sum of money
in this manner, and inasmuch as
there are good many millions
of dollars being wagered in the
games of chance, some would-be
legislators who are running in
the state elections this year, hg-
ure that, since the state is pretty
well broke and can t seem to find
a way to balance the budget, the
best means for the state to get
back to prosperity is by legaliz-
ing gambling and placing a
heavy tax thereon. Legalized
horse racing, with the state reap
ing most of the money through
heavy taxes, is the prime pro-
posal, and the one most likely
to meet with favor, as there is
something bit more dignifed
about betting on a horse than on,
say, a Crap" game. A good
many people are against legal
lied horse racing, and will do all
in their power to defeat any
horse racing legislation which
might be showed through at the.
next meeting of the legislature.
The ones who are against it have
for their argument that such a
measure will encourage gam
bling, which argument, if you
ask us, is a lot Of baloney. For
if a guy wants to gamble, he'll
gamble whether others care to
stop him or not-ih fact, he is.
gambling right now, and the fact,
that it is illegal gambling is not
stopping him one bit.
/ If the state had had legalized'
gambling on the horses, say five
years ago, and added on a heavy
tax, it would not now be in
debt, or very little in debt, any
way. For many and many a mil
lion dollars has left this state for
Chicago and New York, never.
more to return. The state might:
have had its cut of that money
just as well as not. Whether they
legalize gambling or not, there
is and always will be gambling,
that takes millions of dollars
yearly out of Minnesota despite
our agitating puritans.
By legalizing gambling, the,
state could save some of the anna
teur gamblers stable chunk of
money by making gambling hon.
est. It has been proved that the
only honest gambling devices are
those which are under govern
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The Washington times., 1936-02-24

faux pas. And for which I shall
have to pay heavily. But in this
matter of liking people, regardless
of their moral, have always felt
gorgeously justified.
Yes, maybe they did figure far
more often on the Police Blotter
than the Social Register. Still,
darn it, I liked 'em. And it made
me feel good to like 'em. It filled
me with a cheerfulness I never
felt while giving them the Dog
Eye, which as a Respectable Citi-
zen it was my duty to do. It also
made me feel brave and adventur-
some-as If I had discovered a
splendid new dimension Of human
experience. And a new and better
way of living.
OF course, the Bible indorsed
that sort of thing. But you know
how it is with the Bible. All very
well to quote for effect. But as
to putting its battling philosophy
into practice-whoopS, my dearie!
SYMPATHY
Yet no matter how people
warned and scolded-which they
invariably did always felt the
better and richer for liking human
beings. Particularly if it was
some human I shouldn't like. In
deed, I could almost hear God say
though, naturally, in much more
refined language-''Go to it, kid!
Forget all this bitter, sour business
of judging and Suspecting and
take a chance on the Other Eel.
low regardless of his record, as
you'd wish to have him take a
chance on you!"
So you can imagine my delight
when yesterday I came upon a
quotation from Robert Louis Ste
venSon which endorsed my repre-
hensible notions. Naturally, I ad.
mire anyone who agrees with me
on any subject whatsoever. But
that r. L. s. would back this par
ticular theory proved, beyond all
doubt, that he was an authentic
genius.
Sympathy" said he without
any ahems or pish-tushes, sis a
thing to be encouraged, apart
from humane consideration, be-
cause it supplies us with the ma
terials for wisdom. It is probably
more instructive to entertain
The Washington times., 1936-02-24
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

eSneaking kindness for any unpop
ular person than to give way to
perfect raptureS of moral indigna
ton against his abstract vices"
Now that. sez I, is Talking,
Louie. That's q creed for regular
eggs. Goodness with guSto. You
didn't have to sympathize with q
person-pity, love and give him a
boostup in order to save your
measley little soul. After all,
maybe getting-your-Soul-saved
wasn't nearly as important as you
imagine.
But just from purely selfish
conSiderationS-merely to add to
your own strength and wisdom
there was no more profitable
exercise on earth than human
friendlineSS. Putting yourself in
the other fellows ShoeS-trying
to imagine the loneliness and
weakness, the terror and despair
which drove him to do the things
he had done-there was an ad-
venture in spiritual enlighten-
ment that beat a dozen college
courses.
For you couldn't possibly SYM
pathize with the other fellow
without learning far more about
him, and even more about your
self. AS a spiritual purge and
tonic, sympathy was a honey!
ENRICHING
And, by the same token, snooty
indignation was a washout. Who
appointed you to be a divine
cop? Nobody. And where'd
you get the dope to justify all
your shopping and sneering,
meddling and Furnishing? No
where. You just took it upon
yourself because you got q kick
out of doing it.
There's nothing which so
quickly initiates a weak, cowardly,
mean little human being with a
sense of courage and strength,
as putting the bee on some
erring mortal.
But it doesn't, in the long run,
pay. Even if the whole transac-
ton is secret and no one sees you
doing your Daily Kind Deed. 1t
pays far better to be Greeter
than a Gloom. For there's some
thing marvellous about Faith
something that enriches and en-
larges your own life as well as the
Other Fellows if not more so.
You simply can't believe in the
Other Fellows Better Self without
feeling a new confidence in your
own. You can't bank on his cour-
age and kindness and decency with
out feeling that you too are Pretty
Hot Stuff.
So-even as purely selfish
proposition, with no reference
whatever to heavenly haloS and
harps or everlasting Salvation-I
earnestly recommend the practice
Of sympathy. It may at times be
inconvenient, embarrassing, ex-
pensive. But, boy, it puts q song
again in your heart that you
thought you'd lost for keeps. .
and a wallop in your fist. Show
me the money that can buy that
for you!
Copyright. 1885. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-02-24

know perfectly
well that you
feel the same
way yourSelfD.
M ore ov r,
t h o u g h I
couldn't prove
1t, I was sure
that this was
the right way
to feel. This
conclusion could
not possibly ap-
oly to all my re-
actions. Often
I feel in ways
which I know
-. aana~aIakalxy
The Washington times., 1936-02-24

propriationS, re-
ports the money
bill to tn e
H o u S se, that
measure will be
given as favor
able treatment
as was the Army
supply bill.
AS passed by
the House, the
milit ary bill
contained items
totaling $374,-
900, 900, exclu-
Sive Of rivers
and h ar borS
m oney. The
The Washington times., 1936-02-24
SILK HOSE

Among the members of Congress
from New York is one man who is
considered the friend Of the work.
ing man.
Once a railroad man, he has
always taken the part of railroad
employees and defended them and
other members Of the laboring
group in all controversies arising
in the House. His district is COM
posed primarily of working men
and women.
In the next district, the voters
are largely Of the "Silk stocking
group.
Consequently the Representative
from that district Is Of the "Silk
stocking" variety and is generally
considered to be far above the
working man, his problems and
his customs.
The other day, however, the
two Representatives sat side by
side in the House.
The ankles Of the "Silk stock
ing" Representative were clad in
rough woolen hose such as the
workingman might wear.
On the ankles of the working
mans friend" were expensive silk
hose and over them was a pair
of pearl-gray SpatS.
The "silk stocking" Representa-
tive was staying in the House to
work.
On the other hand, the work
ingman'S friend" soon left for q
Today Sojourn in Florida.
The Washington times., 1936-02-24
Words of Wise Men

How patiently you hear him
groan, how glad the case is not
your own.
Tis the will that makes the ac-
ton good or i'll.
Better 60 around than fall into
the ditch.
Loss of sincerity is loss of vital
power.
What is not in a man can not
come out of him Surely.-Goethe.
It is never so difficult to speak
as when we are ashamed Of our
Silence.-La Rochefoucauld.
The Washington times., 1936-02-24

Man has his will but woman
has her way.
What the eye views not the
heart Graves not as well as rueS
not.
There is no going to heaven
in a sedan.
Purchase the next world with
this; you will win both.
Waste is not grandeur.
If there were no fools there
would be no war.
No man can rob us Of our win.
The Washington times., 1936-02-24

tanteS have at
last caught up
with H e n ry
F ord S idea
that the Ian.
GERS, quadrilles
a n d. OF h e r
formal figures
should be reviv-
ed and the edict
is that the old
square dances
are to come
back with the
top hat and
tails.
OF cou RS e ,
The Washington times., 1936-02-24
TRENDS IN DANCES

Dancing teachers tell me that
we are going back to the Gay
Nineties in the ballroom. Accord
ing to their study Of the trends,
the young blades and the debu.
The Washington times., 1936-02-24
ENBLEMS


Many of the Republican mem.
bers Of the House are wearing en-
blems depicting the Horse and
Buggy Days."
It is in an effort to keep up with
the practice of some Democrats
of wearing the emblematic donkey
The Horse and Buggy Days.
emblem first originated in Indian.
apoliS, Ind.
The first of it's kind was
brought to the House by Repre-.
sentative Charles A. Halleck, In
diana Republican.
It might have been more prop
er to have the Representative
from Indianapolis wear the first
button.
The representative from Indian
apolis, however, happens to be
Democratic Louis Ludlow.
The Washington times., 1936-02-24

B English and resort 70 the PEN
nings of the country from which
they or their ancestors came.
In addition, they receive some
missives from Cuba and other
Spanish-Speaking places.
The Library of Congress pre-
vents them from having diff
Guilty.
It's tranSlating service will in
terpret any letter, even though it
is written in Braille, for member
of Congress.
The Washington times., 1936-02-24
YOUR BETTER SELF

I have always admired the vii
lain in a story (G'wan! None of
your self-righteous shifting! You
The Washington times., 1936-02-24
OLD FAVORITES

Ode on Solitude Alexander Pope
Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound
Content to breathe his native air
In his ground.
Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread
Whose flocks supply him with attire;
Whose trees in yield him shade,
In winter fire
Blest who unconcernedy find
Hours days, and years, slide soft away
In health of body, peace of mind,
Quiet by day;
, Sound sleep by night; study and
Together mixed, sweet recreation,
And innocence which most does please,
With meditation.
Thus let live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not stone
Tell where lie.
Ieuders are invted send to the editor their SuggeS-
tions Of tile fGvores among the poems for reprting in
this spGce)
The Washington times., 1936-02-24
Conferences on Leave


By sending to conference the Government employe
leave bills the House will have chance to rescue at
least part of the benefits to the workers which were en-
bodied in the bills passed by the House but which
were vastly curtailed by the Senate.
The conference familiar device to some but not so
familiar to Others consists of committee representing
both the Senate and House which meets to adjust differ
in bills for the purposes after they gone
through the two houses.
The conferees accept any program within the two
extremes of the bills each passed house.
In other words since the bills as passed by the House
provided for thirty days Of annual leave and passed
by the Senate provided for twenyx days. the conferees
could accept any figure between those wo say twenty
eight and in all likelihood the compromise would be
approved by both houses
The conferees who will represent the House on the
leave bills should and undoubtedly will attempt to obtain
from the Senates representatives reasonable adjust
ent of the differences which the Senate put into the
bills after the House had originally passed them.
There is no ground for belieUing that such an
attempt on the part of the representatives of the
House DOuld further endGnger the possibility of
ultimate enactment of the measures
Senator McKellar had his own way with the bills
in the Senate.
He was able to chise away many of the benefits which
would have accrued to the workers under the bills as
passed by the House.
He was able to strike from the bill in its entirety the
provision for compensatory time for overtime although
the Senate Civil Service Committee in its report the
bills declared
"YOur committee unanimously opposes OUer-
time york except in the most Imperative in {.
stances and is FAVORABLE TO SOME FORM
OF COMPENSATION WHEN SUCH OVER
TIME is NECESSARY"
In view of this declaration there should not be any
great difficulty in having the conferees adopt
sonable plan Of compensation for overtime
IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT THE OVERTIME
EVIL. AMONG GOVERNMENT WORKERS IS A
GREAT ONE AND HAS BECOME OF INCREASING
PROPORTIONS IN RECENT YEARS.
Many uOOrkers haze been driven to the point of
exhaustion by sMperiOrs uhO anxious to build
up a record of accomplishment.
The workers themselves have received credit for
the accomplishment and have received compensation
for the work which made the record possible
WE LOOK TO THE HOUSE CONFEREEs TO IN
SIST THAT STEPS BE TAKEN TO ELIMINATE
THIS GREAT INJUSTICE AND WE HOPE THAT
SENATOR MCCLELLAN IN SPIRIT OF FAIRNESS
TO GREAT GROUP OF WORKERS WILL ACCEPT
REASONABLE COMPROMISE.
Be American--Buy American
Low wages are not due solely to the depression which
The Washington times., 1936-02-24
BRIGHT PROSPECTS,

When Representative Glover H.
Cary CD of Kentucky, chairman
Of the subcommittee on Navy ap-
The Washington times., 1936-02-24
THEY'RE READ

In the mails of members Of
Congress are many letters writ
ten in various languages.
The constituents of many Of
them have difficulty writing in
The Washington times., 1936-02-24

Navy estimates submitted by the
Bureau of the Budget total
$549 ,591, ,299.
Reports are that members OF
the Navy subcommittee are in
clined to give the sea Servico the
vast majority Of the money re
queSted.
Included in the bill is the i'm.
portant $4,000. 900 item for plane
construction which probably will
be allowed so that the Navy may
develop its air force as well as its
sea fleet.
It is reported that many mem.
bers are in favor Of permitting
the Navy to recruit thousands Of
additional men so that its en-
listed strength will be increased
far beyond its present limitations.
The Army bill broke peace-time
records.
The Navy will probably equal
the Army record in that regard
this year.
Although the hearings have not
reached the point where amounts
to be appropriated are determined,
there is every indication that men,
berS Of the subcommittee will
make little effort to retrench in
this department Of the Govern.
ment this wear.
A BOOST
Representative j. Joseph Smith
DJ Of Connecticut, is unable to
find fault with the mails as
handled by Postmaster General
James A. Farley's Postoffice De-
partment.
A letter was recently delivered
to Representative Smith although
the only inscription on the en-
velope was:
~. Smith, Connecticut"
When Smith opened the mis-
sive he observed that it was writ
ten in Hebrew but after it had
been translated he learned that
it had been intended for him.
THEY'RE READ
The Washington times., 1936-02-24
Be American--Buy American

Low wages due solely to the depression from which
the United States is emerging
Increases in imports are also largely responsible.
The campaign to "Buy Anerican,' 1Uhich is being
directed by the Made in America Club to induce
sners select products made grOuUn by American
labor, seeks to PROTECT AMERICAN LABOR FROM
FOREIGN LABOR.
Japan other foreign natonsthrough export subsidies
taking the credit risks many Of the shipments of
ufactured goods being dumped in American markets
Consumers the United States repuse them by stand
ing by their and DEMANDING "MADEIN-AMER1CA
LABELS ON ALI. GOODS THEY BUY
The Washington times., 1936-02-24
The Greatest Show On Earth
BY John SIlure, Jr.

~English and resort to the pc
The Washington times., 1936-02-24

, lSneaking kindness for any unpop-
ular person than to give way to
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-03-27

ent to your action in this case. The necessity of electing to office responsible persons who will be guided by the best interests of the town has been made manifest IL k further impressed upon their minds that irresponsible action ere ates unnecessary disturbance. un- iustifiable expense and burdens.
 The students are unanimously back of their superintendent and doing their little best to retain him in office Their position for a referendum at the next election has been signed by 25O or more signatures A fact which repudi- ates any statement that ninety per cent of the citizens desire this change.
 If you rectify this misjudgment the voters will forget the whole matter but otherwise protest will be lodged in channels which will force the legal phase to be settled properly. It will be we'll that you take the matter up with the at torney general who is the attorney for the city in such matters.
 Respectfully yours,
 (Signed)
 LOUIS F. PAUL
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-03-27
WHY THE BEAR SKIN <?

When l landed in Seward last September" said Il. A. Gray some sort of missionary worker, T stat ed was going to stay and haven [ as yet changed my mind. In fact, will make it a little stronger When l die, as my last act of faith i'll God, want to be tied in a bear skin robe and sunk in the middle of Resurrection bay. for it is writ ten, Rev. 20-13. and the sea gave up the dead which were in it
 He did not state whether the bear skin was to go over the bare skin or whether there should be clothing between the bear skin and the pare skin, or Whether-Oh, what's the use? All We really want to know is why the bear skin.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-03-27

An appropriation of s15,0OO as. sures seldoyia of running water Always it has been wells and In the winter with things frozen they have had time of it. The water will be piped from Sheep creek, up 5eldoyia slough, and completion of the work will be the biggest step Seldoyia has taken in progress since the installation of the electric light plant a few years ago.