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Evening star., 1937-05-28
White House to Be Scene
Of Party This Evening
HOnOring Fourth Estate
Other Social Activities in Diplomatic and
Official Circles in the Capital Centers
Around Travel.


ME President Roosevelt entertain evening
be members OF the Fourth Estate There will be dancing in
the if the weather permits guests enjoy
south portco, where punch will be served.
Uruguay Richng is New York with Mr.
c. Charone minister of finance expected
apartment Tuesday, Chaone
the guest Mr. Rchng for several Washnton
widely entertained during his here He expected to
sail for Uruguay shortly.
Fotitch Yugoslav Minister daugh-
ter Paula will sail today for Europe where they will spend the
their Yugosavia returning Washington
October IS. The Minister will join them in July.
Mrs Arthur Vandenberg who with Senator Vandenberg
New York City, where she will several days She will return
to her apartment at Wardman the last of the week.
Representative Phil Ferguson their guest at
the Wardman Park Hotel Mrs Fergusons aunt Mrs Mary
Angels Ca Washington yesterday
Representative Ferguson entertained last
night in honor of Mrs Irish in the Colonial of the hotel
There eight guests
expects to Washington day.
SECRETARY legation
Kabeac attending Bach festival in Bethlehem,
Flehary guest at 1912 South Arlington Ridge
road, Virginia Harry Omaha Nebr will
make extended visit.
night Fleharty left York City business
trip, expecting to be away several days
Comdr. and Mrs Wallace among those having
the formal opening of the shoham terrace tomorrow
evening
COL and Mrs Hart Gibson Foster will also entertain at the
terrace opening
Miss Eunice Dessez sister Desez
Marines visiting friends Navy
Yard Norfolk Va.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
Miss ShoWacre
Engaged to Wed

The Rev. and Mrs. Edgar H. Show
acre announce the engagement Of
their daughter, Christiana, to Mr..
Fred L. Alexander, son Of Mrs. Alma
Alexander Of Milesburg, Pa.
Miss Showacre will graduate from
the American University in June. Mr..
Alexander is a graduate Of the Penn
sylvania State College and IS now
teaching at the District Training
School at Laurel.
No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
Presidents Mother
Visited bV Grandson

Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother Of
the President, has as her guests in
New York her grandson, MIR. Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, jr., and Miss Ethel
du Pont, who will be married June 80.
Miss du Pont was bridesmaid for
Miss Ann Ridley Foster at her we'd
ding yesterday to Mr.. Thomas lie
Boutellier, Sd.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
Residential
w Washington
Social News
Mrs. Pilling to Spend
Summer at South
Yarmouth, Mass.

a r RS. JAMES M. P1LLING is
M closing her house at 1928 N
wv street which she has oc-
4 i cupied for several Winters
and will 60 to South Yarmouth on
Cape Cod for the season. She will
not open her Summer home at Char
nian, Pa, where she spent last sea-
son but will remain In the North un-
til the Autumn, returning to the
Georgetown house for the Winter.
Miss Geraldine Chesebro Of Los
Angeles, IS In Washington for several
days stopping with Mr. and Mrs. Mil
ford Springer In their residence on
Sixteenth street, prior to sailing for
Europe. Miss Chesebro's father Is
the city attorney Of Los Angeles.
DR.. George F. Zook, president Of
the American Council on Education,
and Mrs. Zook will close their home
In Wesley Heights the middle Of June
and will sail for Europe where they
will remain until September. They
will first go to Paris, where DR.. Zook
will lecture at the International Edu-
cational Association meetings. Dr..
and Mrs. Zook expect to tour the
Southern part Of France and then 90
to the Scandinavian countries.
Mrs. Louis Murphy. wife Of the
late Senator Murphy OF Iowa, has ar
rived from Dubuque accompanied by
her son, Mr.. Charles Murphy. They
are at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Capt Melville H. Miller and Lieut.
Charles H. Collins Of Phoenix and
Tuscon, Ariz., have arrived in Wash
ington by motor for a two-week visit.
Both Capt. Miller and Lieut.. Collins
served overseas in the World War
Capt Miller Is practicing attorney
and holds position in the legal
branch OF the United States Veterans
Bureau in Arizona. He Is In Washing
ton to visit his father, Mr.. J. Martin
Miller, and sister, Miss Berkeley MI
Ter, in Takoma Park, Md. Capt. Mil
Ter attended school in Washington.
Lieut.. Collins holds position with
the Arizona original branch Of the
Veterans Bureau.
DR.. Delos o. Kinsman Of the Ameri-
can University and Mrs. Kinsman will
leave soon for Europe They will take
the North Cape cruise and return to
their home in Wesley Heights in the
late Summer. Miss Mary Louise
Brown, dean of the American Univer-
sity, will accompany DR.. and Mrs
Kinsman.
Dr. and Mrs. John Paul Earnest will
have as their house guests for the
week end Mrs. Earnest's brother and
sister r-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Sam W.
Hawkins Of Raleigh, N c.. and their
baby daughter Marie. Mrs. Hawkins
was formerly Miss Margaret Thomas
Of Gainesville. Fla.
DR.. Fred Kelly Of the ONCE Of
Education and Mrs. Kelly and their
niece will go to Europe this Summer.
DR.. Kelly will attend the Educational
Association gatherings at Geneva.
Mrs. I. M. Shirk. who makes her
home at the Wardman Park Hotel,
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4 ISIS MARY MERSHON KES-
~ SLER, daughter of Mrs. Kes-
sIer and the late Col. Percy

1O0 MlAfL1 I Mcf<of1ON NED.
M SLER, daughter of Mrs. Kes-
w sIer and the late Col. Percy
Mershon Kessler, and Lieut..
Laurance Hilliard Brownlee, U. S. A.,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Bedell
Brownlee of Woodmere, Long Island,
were married last evening The we'd
ding took place in the chapel at Fort
Myer, Chaplain Ora ]. Cohee, U. S. A.,
ofnciating at o'clock. The quaint
chapel was decorated with white snap
dragons and palms and was lighted by
candle light.
Lieut.. Robert Henry Kessler, q. S.
A., gave his sister in marriage and
she wore robe Of rare old duchesse
and rose point lace. The robe, which
was made over deep ivory satin, was
worn by the brides mother and sister,
Mrs. Pierce A. Agnew. at their we'd
dings. The satin also formed the train
and sleeves. pulled at the shoulders
and long and fitted to the wrists.
Her tulle veil was Of the same shade
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-25

automobile factories. There are .
number of men in Pine county who
have been there and are back on the
farm.
believe the time has nearly come
when some drastic adjustments will
have to be made. l am reminded of
the monkeys on the island with CO.
cOanuts and clam shells. One monkey
conceived the idea that if he would
gather a lot of cOcoanuts he might
later sell them at a profit. After 4
while the other monkeys ran out of
cOcOanuts and went to the big mon
key to get some. Sure he would
let them have some but they would
have to bring him a number of clam
shells. And so the trading went on
till he had all of the cocoanuts and
all of the clam shells. The big mon
key decided he had better get on top
of the pile and watch his belongings
BY this time the other poor monkeys
were getting pretty hungry and began
to gather around. They held a cOun-
ell and decided to tear the pile down
and they did. You may draw your
own conclusions
EARL JAMESON.
Sandstone, Mimi, Feb. Is, 1887.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-25

working couple raising eight children,
supporting them through college and
university. The seven of these chill
dren are married and in important
positions while the eighth is a vet
eran from the World war with broken
health and unmarried. Their mother
| died before any of them became of
age and an aunt stepped in and
helped rear them When their father
died, the aunt was told to get out
and provide for herself. OF course.
that may be an exception but it seems
to me we are educating the children
| not alone away from manual labor as
Gratino said but away from respon-
sibility for home and community. OF
the many university graduates started
on their way from Askov schools,
cannot think of one working in AskOv
for our community's welfare|then
what do we get for our money and
for losing our homes?
We pretend that we have home rule
in our school affairs. Yes, we elect
a board of directors. That is what
the school law says, but | don't know
what they direct except levying taxes
and buying supplies to conform with
the direction of our state school SyS-
TEN and some times we elect teachers
to our school boards.
Teachers in general are not normal
even if they have gone through a
normal school. The specialized school
has thrown tfem out of balance in
that special field. | would no more
elect teacher to the school board
than | would select general for sec
rotary of war
! would so a long way to support
any ambitious child in its endeavor
to acquire learning, but at the same
time, | cannot overlook the historical
fact that those who have struggled
have produced our most efficient
scientists, economists and national
leaders.
| sometimes wonder why our farm
ers don't make an effort to elect COM
mon sense farmers to our school
pr"iu u Hitci dii, La IiCio arc Ii0
best balanced and normal class in our
nation.
GratinO, besides being a scholar.
does possess greater amount of COM
mon sense than most educated people
and | might, contrary to my princi-
piles, vote for GRATING to our school
board. GRATING writes a style that
| wish that | could equal. Thank you.
LUDWIG MOSBEK.
Askov, Mimi, Feb. 25, 1887.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-25
STRIKES, LABOR, CAPITAL
Editor AskOv American:

Editor AskOv American:
In these days there is being q
great deal said in regard to strikes
labor, capital, the supreme court and
many other things that affect our So
cial security. 1t seems that the most
important question is that of labor
and capital as it crops out in strikes
first one place and then another.
Everyone knows that the G. NJ.
strike is probably the most vital and
the most successful. 1t was success
full in more ways than one. In the
first place labor was recognized and
given a larger share of the profits.
Oh, pardon me, perhaps l should not
have mentioned the word profits. IN
the second place capital showed that
it could give and take, and that the
government has a very definite place
in all controversies between the work
ers and the bosses.
No doubt by this time the readers
have decided | am definitely in favor
of the laborer being treated fairly.
Now, | suggest that we travel in our
minds to far away Flint, Mich, and
see what the real conditions are.
The city of Flint is a city of about
10000 people, naturally the major
ity of these people depend on General
Motors for their livelihood. The
average wage per hour for the men,,
working in these factories is approx
mately soc and that for eight hours
per day. The factory rusheS its WORK
to full production and after a few
months has its demands for its prod
ucts all filled and notifies its workers
that there will be a lay-Off to count
the supplies. Do you suppose they
had to lay the men off to count the
parts that were left?
Sometimes it takes a long time TO
count the parts and in the meantime
the workers can't pay his grocery bill
and the payment on the home he
bought from General Motors. 1t
wouldn't have made much difference
whether he rented or bought, ne
couldn't pay. There are those out
here on farms who would like to trade
places with those in the factory.
suggest that these farmers trade
places with some of those men in the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-25
SIT.DOWNERS

We can sympathiZe with the sit
down strikers among the labor ranks
but when it comes to others, such a.
the young sutton who sat down outs Idle
OF the girls apartment, it is diff
ferent matter. First of all the pub
licity given to the affair might have
been better placed if it had been do
mated to free advertising of some
charity affair. and then the thing
was disgusting because it was aprar-
emily staged for the purpose of at
tracing attention from stage promo
tiers. We guess the latter because
there is so much of that type of thing
going on nowadays. The man sat down
and waited for his girl to say yes, but
she of course had to 90 to a distant
radio station to say it. not only to him
but to listeners who would listen to
the silly ending of an overplayed
farce.
No wonder it is so difficult to get
worthwhile things done, when there
are so many of those who play the
public for 'saps." OF course we dim {.
have to read about it; we could have
turned over page of the paper just
as we do the dial of a radio.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-25
RAISE IN INCOME TAX

Editor Askov American:
The opposition to a raise in income
tax inspired by the metropolitan press
is certainly amusing. 1t is a mystery
why any Pine county merchant should
oppose a program so beneficial to the
best interests of $3.50 of the population
of Pine county.
The trend throughout the country
is toward higher rates on income tax.
California and Pennsylvania have bills
to increase corporate income taxes
to flat rate of 1870 which is higher
than the proposed tax except where
the net income exceeds $4,000 land
there were only $50 corporations in
the state which reached the 500, 900
figure last year,. The state of Colo
RADIO has five proposed bills at the
present raising income tax rates:
Maine, Maryland and Oklahoma when
as yet have not had an income tax sys-
tenn now have bills to levy one; state
OF Washington has a proposal for a
constitutional amendment so that they
can levy an income tax.
Well informed students of taxation
advocate such program. The in
come tax as it functions in this state
is of benefit to every school child, ev-
cry school teacher. our whole school
system, it relieved $3.50 of our real
estate and personal property taxpay-
ers of higher local levies.
BEAUFORD JOHNSON.
Pine City, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-25
SUPREME COURT WAS INCREASED
IN LINCOLN'S TIME
Editor ASkOv American:

Editor ASkOv American:
Oceans of bunk and rot have been
written and spoken about Lincoln BY
the reactiOnaries the past few day.
The sum and substance being that
Lincoln, if he were alive today, would
see eye to eye with the reactionarieS
and would be against the New Deal
and in particular against the court
proposals advocated by the President
Let us look into this humbug lit
tie. If | remember correctly Lincoln
was not sure that the supreme court
of his time would approve of the
emancipation act. Two Justices were
then added to the supreme court.
presume the reactiOnaries of that day
packing the court"
One of the most amusing things is
that the reactiOnaries are claiming
to be concerned with the liberty Of
our lips are cracked" All person
has to do generally is to observe who
are against the President and the
masses will have no difficulty TO
come to proper conclusions. The most
reactionary forces and institutions Ill
all the world are fighting the Presi-
dent in his efforts to secure judicial
reform and regulate the courts to
their proper function and sphere of
activity. This can not be done by
timid measures. There is lot of
talk that the constitution should lie
amended. But let me tell you the
reactionaries would concentrate on
the legislatures of enough states to
prevent and delay ratification until
the New Deal legislation would large
ly be nullified by the courts.
Look what happened to the Child
Labor amendment which the reac-
tionary interests of the country are
against. 1t has been batted around
for 20 years. 1t is true that some
amendments were put in effect in a
reasonable length of time, but there
was no organized interest against
them such as there would be against
an amendment curbing the court 5
power to invalidate progressive social
legislation.
A great issue is at stake-the issue
being whether our congress comros ed
of SO senators, 430 representatives and
the president shall rule, or whether
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-25
FOR REAL PEACE

When can there be real peace in the
world? This question has been asked
many. many times during the past
few years. Many plans for world
wide peace have been offered. Le&is-
lation has been sponsored and this is
good for temporary peace. The LeaSue
of Nations failed miSorably in the
ltaly-E t hiopia conquest; the World
Court is no answer. What then can
he done?
The world cannot enjoy wholesome
and voluntary peace until the p5 ople
of the various nations can see that
every other person on earth i livih%
for the same purpoSe-that of enjoy
ing life, liberty and pursuit of happi-
ness. 1t is a large order to get them
t. see that. The Shrewd publicity
agents and propa ganGi;ts of the vari-
Gus Sovernme hts will see to it tha,
the kettle of hatred is stirred. Those
fellows. when turned loose by the in
terests of greed and seltishness, can
rake one hate his own grandmother.
Look what they did in the World war.
They pictured the German as the low
est form of creature inhabiting the
earth. Their stories led almost every
man, woman and child to VOW to fight
that menace" But what did they
tell us the war was for? They told
Us il was a war TO end warS-a war
for democracy. But it was truly Il
war where thousands of young men
left their loved ones in the supreme
sacrifice to the mighty throne of
money: left them that hundreds Of
millionaires might grow along with
the peoples over their graves.
Will we have other wars? Yes, I'M
til the world can be taught true
brotherly love; until the children in
the schools are taught the glories of
peace and brotherly love and not the
wonderful accomplishments of the ar
mics of their nations: until we all can
get rid of our greed and selfishness
This will possibly he a long time in
coming, but we must lean heart and
soul in the teaching of the Bible
where it says, Love thy neighbor as
myself
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-25
HATS OFF TO BARKER

The liberal House under the leader
ship of Harold Barker, has really
spread the work contagion all around
the capitol building. The legislature.
according to several legislators, IS
even working overtime at this COM
paratively early stage of the session.
Speaker Barker announced right after
he was elected Speaker that he would
expect every representative member OF
the House to get right into the hal
ness and he even went so far as r.
limit every other week to trips home;
that is for legislators who would re-
quire loss of time to make the trip.
The result has been gratifying &c
those who like to see their programs
gotten underway early in the session
and thus avoid the danger of a last
minute rush.
The liberal House, even though i.
organized itself, seems to have beer
split recently upon liberal bills, witt!
the result that they have been de-
feated.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-25
FOR BETTER QUALITY
IN EGGS AND POULTRY

Arthur HalverSOn, poultry
raiser and hatcher of Sandstone.
writes the following comment on
the necessity of raising the quail
ity of eggs and poultry and en-
forcing the present laws regulat-
ing traffic in that commodity Mr..
HalversOn's letter follows:
| have been interested in the en-
forcement of our present laws in re-
gard to our egg traffic regulation.
| succeeded to the effect that n
hearing was called for February in
the State Office Building in ST. Paul.
Commissioner of Dairy & Food and
other officials of that department were
present. 1t was frankly admitted that
there existed cause for complaint.
One of the excuses offered was that
the department lacked funds to en-
force the present laws. 1t seems a
shame that the farmer has TO suffer
on account Of the non-enforcement of
the law whether from insufficient
funds or laxity in the department.
| claim the farmer is entitled to
protection in his efforts to produce
quality egg so that his market Is
not ruined by the unlawful traffic
of inedible eggs that now exists with
in our state. When we can stop the
surrounding states from using Mime
sofa as the dumping ground for their
poor eggs, then and not before, will
the farmer of our state realize the
profit that is due him from his poul-
try.
After attending this hearing came
to the conclusion that Big Business
has many ways and means of control
ling laws they cannot altogether null
lily. They sometimes are able to
surround law with conditions which
make it impossible to enforce
Some years ago these conditions did
not exist. If there is lack of funds
as they say to enforce the laws that
already exist why not raise the egg
license to s. instead of 81. But on
the other hand, if there is no desire
of the department to cooperate with
the farmer and give him square
deal, then it is up to the farmers who
keep poultry to demand that the traf-
fic in inedible eggs be stopped.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-25
HISTORY Is REPEATING
Editor Askov American:

Editor Askov American:
Back in 1920 under the Missouri
Act, bred Scott demanded his free
dom on the grounds that his owner
had taken him to Wisconsin, a free
territory, and the supreme court with
Chief Justice fancy Ca tory handed
down the following decision in 1857:
Even a free negro was such a low
creature that he did not even have
courts" That decision shook the ma
ton, and in a famous debate with
Stephen Douglas on the court, Abra-
ham Lincoln said: Somebody has Ia
reverse that decision, since it is made
and we mean to do it peaceably- And
again: IF the policy of the govern
ment upon vital questions affecting
the whole people, is to be irrevocably
fixed by decisions of the supreme
court, the instant they are made. the
people will have ceased to be their
own rulers, having to that extent re-
signed their government into the
hands of that tribunal"
We are again standing on the same
cross-road in regards to the supreme
court, as the nation was back in 1851.
and you all should know what hap
pened after Lincoln was elected pres
ldent in 1860. Now again the how |
goes up to the high heaven by the
same reactionary crowds that dis
played the yellow flower ambulance
last fall, and were fighting Roosevelt
during the campaign to save the Nine
Old Men. How does it come about
that those nine old men are so pre-
clous to the reactiOnary group. Let's
see according to Art Shieds): Justice
Charles Evans Hughes. who is chief.
got there with the help of Standard
Oil and Morgan interests. AS a corpe-
ration lawyer he topped Republican
politicians. He learned that the con-
stitution could be a flexible instru-
ment in the hands of Wall Street.
THE Constitution" as he was later to
say, lis what the judges say it is
New York Life insurance investigation
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the supreme court shall have the final
say so as to what is best for the cOun-
try.
In human progress the end Otter
iustifies the means. This l believe
is the situation now. Something ha:
to be done and done quickly, before
we lose those things acquired the pas,
four years and we are regulated bach
in the realm of industrial chaos II
which the New Deal found us.
S. j. SIMONSEN.
ASkOv, MINI.