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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04
News Behind the News
Choices For the Judgeships :. Politics
in Appointments Some Distinctly
LOu Grade -.
Thank yOE please.

WASHINGTON-For an administrator 50
censorious of the supreme court TINS one
record of choices for the lesser feoeral Juose-
ships has been singularly poor. -;
Even though Democratic judges on Tie oi
omit and district benches have been more prone
10 approve New Deal legislation thah Jui!se l9
appointed in Republican years ana aiIlous" ,n s,r
appearance of domination py corpo, ,a~1oils ~ nay
not be so prevalent among them, tne crop III
cludes many who obviously are dlstinetls iess
than top grade and whose appointments reekeo
with politics.
Anyone who has hoped for reform IN @ .le
selection of federal judges will not be thrleo
at the news of a political deal In Wnlcn II Is
planned to make Senator George Mcdill VI
Kansas a circuit court OF Appeals Juage III oios1
to make way in the Senate for Guy L newer
ino commissioner of internal revenue and DEM
ocratic boss of Kansas
All things are possible, and 1t may turn
out that Senator McGill is an excellent man Tor
the job. But there are few senators more op
scl,re and the highest legal post he had helo
prior to election to the Senate in DemocraIlc
year was that of county attorney OF Sedgwick
county, Kansas.
Helvering, who has worked close with jim
Farley will be rewarded for his political eX-
uloits if the deal is finally approved by Roose-
velt Under his leadership the Democrats car
ried Kansas last November to the great oehshV
of both Farley and the president
After Roosevelt had appointed McGill to the
appoint Helvering to the Senate for McGllls
unexpired term and Helvering would run Tor
election in 1898 against the Republican candl-
date-who it has often been suggested, may be
former Gov. Alf M. Landon One reason gwen
for the proposed deal is that Helverlng would
be a far stronger candidate than McGill.
Senator McGill vigorously denies that he
has agreed to any such deal. But if it doesn't
come off there will be and certainly have been
worse ones.
There were some dramatic moments as
union officials quickly grabbed and checked
the list of more than a hundred labor spies
employed by the National Metal Trades AsSo-
citation, as made public by Senator LaFollettes
committee investigating labor espionage and
civil liberties violation.
Trusted union members, even important union
officials, were suddenly exposed One visiting
union chief was here from Kent, O.. where con-
siderable violence occurred in a strike last year.
THAT fellow he exclaimed as he spied
familiar name was the most active man on
our picket line last year. He was always telling
the strikers to go out and use dynamitei'
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04
Other Editors Say
SAD BUT TRUE
(SeIma IrrigatOrl


Isn't it rather sad commentary on the ar
tistic tastes of the American people that the
highest paid individual who worked for living
in the United States in 1885 was Mae West?
We pass over the name of William Randolph
Hearst who heads the list with a salary OF
$500 1000 as he is hardly a member of the
working class" Miss Vests earnings in that
year were S430833 which is certainly enough
to provide her with a comfortable living and
more than compensates her for any expendi-
ture OF energy mental physical. There is
no reason for so grossly overpaying her except
the fact that the public prefers her curves and
yulgarity to real dramatic ability. Her populari-
ty however, is likely to be a passing fancy as
she has little to contribute to the screen except
her obvious sex appeal and those who expect
anything else are always destined to be disap-
pointed.
Several hundred other radio and movie stars
are paid salaries in excess Of $4,000 a year.
Probably as a class, with the possible exception
of executives of large corporations, they form
the highest paid group in the United States.
Compared with the S480833 paid to Mae West
in 1885 the Presidents salary of $4,000 year
is mere pttance. We are not advocating a
S500,000 salary for the President of the United
States but we are satisfied that Mae West is
paid too much. If list were made of the men
and women whose services are of the greatest
value to the country, would hardly include
the names of some of those who get the largest
pay checks in the realms of the radio and the
movies
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04
NOW IT'S OVER,
LET'S HAVE PEACE

Striking maritime workers have agreed
to 90 back to work, after a 95-day ship
ping tieup that cost millions OF dollars,
caused untold damage and brought pfl-
walton and suffering in its wake. Every
one will be glad the strike is over. Busl-
ness can be expected to gain momentum
now that the maritime strike brake has
been loosed. Only a disgruntled few IN
the ranks of labor agitators are not
satisfied.
Agreements to be signed between union
representatives and shipping men pro-
vide that terms of the agreement shall
remain in force until late this year, when
thev are to be renewed for another year
OF all the phrases in the agreement,
this one should be most rigidly enforced.
I.aborers do not want another strike,
shippers do not want another strike
and the public does not want another
strike. =
Further trouble in maritime shipping
would serve only to discredit union la
Dor more, to cripple California industry
and to cause greater loss To those few
who always will attempt to breed labor
strife, both labor and industry should
offer concerted and direct discourage
ment. They are not wanted.
The world is a better place to live
when it is in harmony Both labor labor
and industry will be better off when
there is accord, not discord, in the
ranks.
Now that the strike is over, it is up
to both sides to do all in their power
to see that its tragic cycles are not re-
peated. The public wants some rest
from strife.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04

NEW YORK, Feb. 4-Rudy VAL
ee continues the Wonder Man in the
amusement arena. Once the un-
calmly boy with the trick marcelle,
megaphone and nasal Groom over
whom the nation did not know
whether to jeer or cheer, he is,
records show the most secure per-
former in America today.
And with his artistic growth has
developed an earnest graciousness
that is likely to be pattern for
copy in the entertainment world
for some time to come. There are
practically no diSsenters from the
general enthusiasm for Vallee today.
He is far out front.
For a long time his celebrity hung
on wobbly peg. He was looked
upon as a sort of freak Romeo.
Scarcely anyone thinks of that
anymore. He has shrewdly con-
founded his bitterest critics with
an astonishing versatility. MOI
many Go so many excellent things
so expertly.
The informed say he's already
millionaire Yet he's the hardest
working entertainer before the pub
lie. And with it the most generous
in benefit acceptance. Also he cracks
a copy book maxim by reversing
the formula. He's the Bright Boy
of all work and no play.
Jimmy Walkers face about re-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04

the emergencies of war, we give
them eagerly and quickly. Why
can't We understand that it is
the peacetime emergency which
offers by far the better invest
ment?
This bit of rumination is pro-
voked by the reading of two bits
of literature: first, a current news
paper account of the Ohio-Missis-
sippi floods; second, a dusty old
history of the American Civil War.
The federal government had a
Mississippi river problem on its
hands in the Civil War. The prob
lem was to open the river from
Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico.
Washington promptly decided that
no price was too high to pay.
Huge armies were mobilized,
equipped and sent to the scene.
Whole fleets of steamers were
constructed to fight the opposing
batteries. Enough horses, mules,
and wagons to take half the ma
ton over the Oregon trail were
got together Tugboats, bargeS,
sideWheel steamers, dredgeS, and
every other imaginable kind of
river transport were called into
service.
The armies marched and floun-
dered in the mud. The United
States fleet sailed up from the
Gulf. Battles were fought, sieges
were conducted, roads were built,
canals were dug, temporary cities
were erected, mills and shipyards
were kept busy railroad tracks
were laid, and some thousands of
young Americans gave up their
lives.
In a few years the job was fin
lShed, once and for all. The Fa-
ther OF Waters, as Lincoln put it,
rolled unvexed to the sea again.
The cost had been terrific, but
the thing had been done. The
emergency had been met.
Today we have another emer-
gency. The Father of Waters is
still rolling to the sea, but he is
kicking up a fearful commotion
about it along the way. All in
all, he is actually causing more
suffering, more property loss, and
more disruption of our economic
life than the wartime stoppage
of river traffic caused in 1861.
Suppose we had the habit of
meeting peacetime emergencies as
Wholeheartedly and energetically
as we meet those of war. A great
army of workmen, backed by sup
ply and construction fleets, equip
ped without thought of expense
and backed by every power of
the government, would be put to
work to make the river flood
proof. No matter how long it took
OF how much it cost, an aroused
people would keep them there
until the job was done.
Is the parallel absurd? The val
ley campaign of the Civil War
cost thousands Of lives and scores
of millions Of dollars, created bit
terness that has been three-quar-
ters OF a century healing, and left
the nation with nothing concrete
to show for its investment.
A similar campaign today would
save lives instead of destroying
them, would heal bitterness instead
of creating it-and would return
dollar for dollar, in savings, thru
the years to come.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04
THEY CAN PROCEED
WITH KNOWLEDGE OF APPROVAL

Results of Wednesdays Imperial Irri-
cation District election inspire anew
sense of confidence in the judgment of
the people. Sitting the false from the
true, going unerringly to the heart of
the issues at stake, the voters have given
new impetus to the efforts of the dis
trict board to settle its problems and
meet its opposition with a brave heart.
The voters have placed their stamp
of approval on a business administra-
ton. They have said to their leaders:
1--WE like our program Go ahead with
it,"
The decision may have been more diff
ficult that it has been in the past Al
most every candidate was a high calibre
individual. 1t was not a case of voting
AGAINST any person; it was a case of
voting FOR a program which has been
carried on by a group of men,
Reelection of Evan T. Hewes may
have been tribute to him as a man,
but it was more than that-it was tri-
butte to the popularity of the program
for Wednesdays vote made it beyond
doubt the peoples program. In his re-
election, Mr.. Hewes was given the man.
date of the people to carry on.
And it is fortunate that Mr.. Hewes'
those with whom he has worked so sue
cessfully in the past. Ira Aten, Charles
Morrow, W. E. Young-their policies
have been sustained as the policies of
the public There can be no cloud of
doubt now on their right to pursue the
program which was so heartily approx
ed Wednesday.
Not even reelection of the entire board
of directors, including Mark Rose as
brake on the powerful motor" to use
our own phrase, was as overwhelming
as statement of the public's wishes as
was election of W. A. McFadden as as
sessor-collector and Miss Anna Nc
Manus as treasurer. Their choice prov
ed that the public wants and must have
cooperation, not politics, in district ad-
ministration.
1t is naturally gratifying to this news
paper that the public approved its opln-
ion in electing every candidate it sup
ported That approval, however, was
not because of anything as relatively
unimportant as the support of one IN
dividual. group or organization. 1t was
crvstalization of an overwhelming pub
lie desire for business administration IN
district affairs. People were shown the
facts-and they made up their own
minds.
Answering always to the people, with
their interests always at heart, the I'M
perial Irrigation District board is free
to forge ahead in full knowledge that
its program is the peoples program.
Now it is time to lay aside campaign
bitterness-and get down to work.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04
New York Day By Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

mains pleasing. but constant puz-
zle to those who watched the raz-
zle-dazzle of his mayoralty sky
rocketing and usual dull drop. No
staid suburbanite lives more plac-
idly. Up at 8 and in bed by II
pm. has become his unvarying
routine. Just as quietly he is car
rying on a substantial legal busi-
ness with his office at his pent
house. His capacity is advisory
and he will not appear in court. To
appearances the days of wise cracN
ing and night clubs are far behinSn
The police showed what could be
done with an over-worked nuisance
when given command to oust it,
In a few weeks they have almost
eliminated the car watching racket.
A gyp that fattened ratty breed
Of racketeers by sheer insolence of
bluff. Something now must be done
about the autograph collectors at
first nights. In the beginning they
were harmless enough itching to
rub elbows with celebrities. But
lately they have turned tough.
Sometimes they form flying wedges,
sweep a reluctant victim off his
feel and even snatch personal be-
longingS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04
CHANGES IN PENSIONS
FOR THE AGED

\ Imperial county will pay during the
l937-1939 biennium total of $45,756 as
its 28 per cent of old age security il
present laws remain in force If the laws
are revised as has been suggested at
Sacramento, the county would pay
$I62,894 during the same period. The
difference of S1l7, ,l38 is worth consider
alton by taxpayers here
The proposed law would increase
maximum old age payments from S35
to $50, and reduce the age limit from
65 years To 60 years. The county, under
this proposed new law, would pay 40
per cent Of the total. the state 40 per
1e11. and the federal government 20
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04
HAPPY RELIEF
FROM PAINFUL
BACkACHE
Caused by Tired Kidneyc

Many Of those .gnawing, nagging, painful
backaches people blame on. colds or strains
be relieved when treated in the right way.
The kidneys are Natures chief way Of taking
excess acids and poisonous waste out of the
blood. Most people pass about pints day or
about 3 pounds Of waste
II the l5 mies Of kidney tubes and filters
don't work well. poisonous waste matter stays
In the blood, These poisons may start nagging
backaches, rheumatic pains. lumbago. leg pains,
loss Of pep and energy, getting up nights, swell
ling, puffiness under the eyes, headaches and
dizziness
Don't waiti Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills. used successfully by millions for over 40
10 miles Of kidney tubes flush out poisonous
srsts from the blood. Get Doans Pills.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04

The fad of honeymooning at
Niagara Falls is said TO have been
started by Napoleon Bonaparte's
brother, Jerome. who went there
with his bride in 1903.
\
Chinese children often are
threatened with "a white mans
kiss" when they are naughty.
i3y.t. n 4 r. ~
New York taxi drivers say that
Chinese give the largest tips and
are their best-behaved customers.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04
1 Oh 90 says
1 FRANK WATANABE
IVY BY Ep HOLDEN
EXPLODING BUTTER
BY ED HOLDEN

A news splash say that butter in Ger
MANY are almost extinct. This making
Germany feeling very minimum.
So General Goring he holla at the
World: GUNS INSTEAD OF BUT
TER"
They not able to economical butter
AND guns together, you see.
Money are pretty scant over there.
But they admire butter same as next
fellow. Pretty soon we shall hearing
this: "Oh Unkie Sam will you do some
pity on us. We aint got no butter.
Then Unkie must say: "Of sure y, Just
collecting my England debt-take hall
and 90 go on butter drunk. But what's
use? 1t will all go back in guns, ana
Unkie Sam will get a hunk in the neck
Same as usually.
Thank yOE please.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04
Bruce Cation Says:>>
Peaeetime Emergencies Should Be Met Boldly

If we can ever get to the point
where we are as eager to build
things up as to tear them down.
we ought to be able to iron a lot
of kinks out of this country OF
ours.
For the emergencies of peace,
we give money, time, and energy
very reluctantly and slowly. For
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04
Words of Wisdom

A peace is of the nature of
conquest, for then both parties are
subdued, and neither is the loser
Shakespeare.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04
LOOKING
BACKWARD
What The Press Files
tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years.
TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO
Feb. 4, 1912

Feb. 4, 1912
The county supervisors at their
session today authorized District
Attorney Swing to prepare an
amendment to the county's liquor
ordinance prohibiting the sale of
all drinks containing two percent
alcohol.
Arrangements have been made
for the erection of a $4,000 busi-
ness house at Dixieland, the new
toWnsite on the San Diego and
Arizona railroad west of the West
side canal
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Feb. 4, 1917
j. T. Wight of San Diego was
in town Saturday and conferred
with c. H. Mccain on matters
of a large dairy here.
The story hour at the city Ii
brary will be resumed Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock.
TEN YEARS AGO
Feb. 4, 1927
busting Imperial Valley cantal-
oupes for mildeW control may be
widely used by growers again this
year, arrangements now being un-
der consideration by a large COM
pany to send one of its planes to
the valley.
At the annual meeting of the
executive council OF the dairy de-
partment of the Imperial County
Farm Bureau. held at the office
of the farm advisor recently, was
elected head of the association
for 1927.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04
Today's Horoscope

Persons whose birthday is today
are often noted for their keen
economic sense. They usually are
followers rather than pioneers.
One-Minute Test Answers
l. Below New orleans.
2. SiXty-six
3. Julius Caesar.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04
GRAB BAG
One Minute Test

/. Is the Mississippi a tidal
stream at any part?
2. How many members does the
Roman Catholic College of Cardi-
mails contain at present?
3. Who said, Il came, / saw, I
conquered?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-04
Hints ON Etiauette

Children who are dressed well
at all times acquire poise and con-
fidence in themselves and learn
to appreciate the virtues of clean
illness.
Evening star., 1937-09-17
MILITARY HON0RS
. GIVEN SPOFFORD
Survivor of Battle of Monoc-
acy Buried in "FieId of
the Dead"

The last Union survivor of the
Civil War battle of Monocacy, Md,
Col. Judson Spofford, who died
Tuesday in veterans hospital. which
he built with his own funds at Boise,
Idaho, was buried with full military
honors today in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Spofford was buried in the Field
OF the Dead" the original section of
Arlington Cemetery. Services at the
grave were conducted by Chaplain
Ora j. Cohee.
Spofford fought in the Civil War
as private in Company K, 10th
Vermont Volunteer Infantry, taking
part in many of the major battles of
the Army of the Potomac including
Gettysburg and the fighting around
Richmond
He was one of the emergency army
gathered together by Maj. Gen. Lew
Wallace to delay the advance of Gen.
Jubal Early on Washington in July
1864. The Monocacy fight resulted
and is credited with having delayed
Early day, thereby enabling Union
troops to reach Washington and beat
of the Confederate assault at Fort
Stevens.
Spodord was well known in WASH
hgton, having served here on the
Southern Railway for a number of
years before moving to Idaho. He
attended the reunion of the Grand
Army OF the Potomac here a wear aoo
and accompanied his comrades-in-
arms In a wheel chair in their parade
along Pennsylvania avenue.
Evening star., 1937-09-17
CAPITAL PARKS SCHOLA
WILL MEET ON MONDAY

The second meeting of the Ma
tional Capital Parks Schola Cantorum
will be held Monday evening In the
auditorium Of the old Interior De-
partment Building at Eighteenth and
F streets, it was announced yester-
day. In the future, park officials
said. the soprano and alto sections
will rehearse from to $50 pm.
and the tenor and bass sections from
$50 to 10 pm.
Additions for new applicants will
be held by Arturo Papalardo, director
OF the schola, on Monday evening
from to 10 or at the schola head
quarters, suite 905, 1917 F street.
during ONCE hours. Verdi's Re
Quiem," as well as . number Of classic
and modern songs, will be rendered
ut the coming concert planned by
the park officiak.
Evening star., 1937-09-17

evidence Of financial ability to engage
in the game.
2. Agree to play big stakes to make
the tout va'-Any bet covered-bank
worth while.
3. Have. over five years experience
at gambling.
A considerable amount OF Battisti's
$370,000 went to 4 blond senorA from
the Argentine who fulfilled none Of
these conditions.
A newcomer to the tables, she used
to think that gambling was immoral.
But now, she said, "a voice" COM
manded her to play and led her to the
table, where she sat entranced, while
Evening star., 1937-09-17
Uruguayan Flees Bad Luck
At Biarritz Baccarat Table

and first assistant. Antonio Abecassin.
The gambler declined to say whether
he would return in. time to take the
last hand for a final test of his luck
this season.
The challenge will be renewed next
year, he said. but any one entering
the unlimited game must agree to three
conditions:
/. Deposit large sum of money as
Evening star., 1937-09-17
Er the Associated Press.

Er the Associated Press.
BIARRITZ, France, September IL
Amleto Battisti deserted the "sky's-
the-limit" baccarat table yesterday
and fed the run of bad luck that has
jinxed his 81 100000 revenge coup.
The Uruguayan mathematician who
plays with a system gave up his
place at the table to an assistant
and took train for Paris. Exhausted
and glum, he admitted his bank had
just been breaking even" since Sep
tember /, when he estimated his
losses at 100000 francs, or about
s370,oO0.
I've still got plenty of capital"
he told his assistants, "and the play
goes on
But, Battisti intimated, he is not
happy about the unlimited game,
as he has not been able to entice
the players who took him for
million-dollar ride eight years ago at
the same tables.
The play will continue at the
Casino until the end of the Biarritz
season, about September 20, under
the direction of Battistis close friend
Evening star., 1937-09-17
Sermon Repeated for Sleepers.

In older days clergymen preached
long sermons and demanded more Of
their flock than do those of today.
One such preacher had most of his
audience asleep. but they all woke up
toward the close and got ready for the
closing service when the preacher an
nounced that, as they were all awake,
he would repeat his sermon, hoping
now to be heard!"
Evening star., 1937-09-17
IL DUCE'S SON, BRUNO,
ESCAPES IN CAR CRASH
BY the. Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NAPLES. Italy, September IL
Bruno Mussolini, II Duce's younger
son. escaped uninjured yesterday when
the wheel Of his automobile new OIL
as he drove here to bid brother Wit
torio farewell on trip to the United
States.
Bruno abandoned his wrecked auto
mobile and returned to Rome, where
Evening star., 1937-09-17

"the cards Just seemed to fall into
my hand"
Evening star., 1937-09-17

he borrowed an airplane and few here
IN ample time to see vittorio OF on
the liner Rex with Hal Roach, his
associate In new Italian motion pic
ture venture.