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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-03

This is the time of year when
town and rural folk are getting
ready for Winter. Your car is as
important then as now. Give it a
thought. Be forehanded. Stop at
your favorite dealer and let him
drain the Summer-worn oil and
put in Acid-Free Quaker State
Winter Oil. You'll be thankful the
first cold morning.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-03
Charge Communists Active
In Government Offices

What I am wondering is why Mr..
Dies has not sent his investigators
into the very offices of the federal
government, itself. Or, if he has
done that, as it is gossiped about,
then why shield anybody? Why not
turn the spotlight of publicity on the
individuals who want to destroy the
American system, the American
form of government, American ira
dition, the American profit system of
doing business? There has been
much talk in the last several years
about the operations of communists
within the very walls of the govern
ment, men and women who are bor-
ing from within as termites destroy
lumber, and we ought to know the
truth. If they are within the govern
ment, they ought to be exposed and
chased out of the western hernis-
phere; if they are not operating as
is gossiped around, then their names
ought to be cleared. In any event, !
hope the Dies committee goes on
and shows the cancerous nature of
groups that do not believe in our
system, whether they be Russians,
or Germans, or Italians, or British
or what have you.
It has been the favorite device of
the radicals and their henchmen to
characterize any official who at
tacks them as being a subject for
the insane hospitals. Their game
has been to laugh people out of
court whenever an effort was made
to tell Of some of the things the
agitators were doing. Many will re-
call an investigation by a house
committee several years ago where
the witnesses were laughed down
and courageous superintendent of
schools from Gary, Ind, was made
to look foolish because of the
charges he inside. Well, if my opin-
ion be worth anything, the folks
who were the suckers in that play
were the supposedly intelligent
members of congress who made up
the committee. It was they who
fell for a trick of propaganda. Eli
Their that was the case, or the men,
bers of that committee were just
plain dumb
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-03
News Review-----
At Least Fiue Tax Measures
To Get Congressional Hearing
Joseph w. La Bine-

er's gullet was NLRB's denial of
the Republic contention that many
workers should not be reinstated be-
cause they engaged in violence. An
swered NLRB: ''It must be remem-
bered that the acts of which the re-
spondent (Republic) complains were
committed by strikers in the heat
and turmoil of bitter industrial
strife, in which the threat of vio-
lence on the part of, the respondent
against the strikers was ever pres
ent and frequently carried into exc
cution."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-03
BrucI.art,s Washington Digest
BrMckart's Washington Digest
Dies Committee Bares Activities
Of Radical, Communist Groups
Unseen and Malignant Crowths Are Being Bred Into Our
National Life by Agtators Who Seek to Destroy Our
Governments Spread Poison in Ranks of Labor.
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg. Washington, D. C.

WASHINGTON. - "Unless some
thing is done to curb radicalism in
my section, there is going to be an
awful clash and a lot of people are
going to get hurt"
So spoke Fred W. Frahm, super
intendent of police of the city of De-
troit, Mich. And his statement was
under oath, for he was giving testi-
mony before a committee of the
house of representatives, commit
tee charged with exposing to view
the un-American activities of GER
tain groups in this country. 1t was
the statement of a man who is serv-
ing city in an official capacity and
who has gone through 246 sit-down
strikes which he asserted were the
direct result of agitation by the rad
icals to which he referred. He looks
for more in the near future and
added, by way of emphasis, that
these communists and radicals do
not want to seek adjustment of diff
ferences between labor and man.
agement; they want to make trouble
all of the time
Through a number of weeks, the
house committee before which Mr..
Frahm testified, has been taking tes-
timony, gathering evidence, digging
here and there in its effort to un-
cover the activities of subversive
groups and expose them to public
view.
1t has been the contention of the
chairman, Representative Dies of
Texas and some other members of
the committee, that most of us are
not aware of the unseen and malig-
nant growths that are being bred
into our national life. They are out
to destroy our government, to bring
to us the type of thing that has
made Russia famous.
Mr.. Dies is a sincere and honest
legislator, and he is trying to do the
job assigned him, even when sew
eral of his committee members have
sought to balk his efforts. But there
is much more to be done in the di-
rection of exposing radicalism and
the chiseling, cheating, cowardly eff
forts the agitators put forth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-03

fiscal year ends, the U. S. public
debtwill hit $40, 900, 900, 900, compared
with SIG, 800, 100000 in June, 1881.
Forecast: Though ''pump-prim-
ing" will help business, the 1910 budg-
ct will be unbalanced. Only by con-
tinued spending can the administra-
ton hold mass vote for the 1910
election, thereby forestalling the
normal swing to Republicanism. But
it is far more painful to pay than
merely file away the bill, and next
winters congressman will present
at least five new methods of making
John Public pay:
(D A 10 per cent zone shot" in
come tax levy to garner 1858 900, 900
needed for increased armament; ~
a processing tax to pay for the
agriculture departments proposed
domestic dumping program for
crop SURPRISES; 90 removal of tax
exemption from future issues of fed
eral, state and local bonds, also on
official salaries; Cd extension of
social security to include farm la
borers, domestics, bank employees,
seamen, self-employers, etc.; (5)
lowering of income tax exemptions
under $1,000.
Coolest of all concerned with fiscal
affairs has been the man in direct
charge, Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr. Unworried
by mounting gold reserves, he has
chosen not to deny the hope that
next years budget may be bal
anced.
Var
With $4,000 troops, Japan covered
100 miles in nine days, capturing
Canton without dropping a single
bomb. Such peaceful aggression has
hitherto been mheard of in the Chi
nese war, giving rise to charges of
a Cantonese "sellout." British,
whose nearby crown colony of Hong
kong is seriously damaged by the
new japanese conquest, claim the
military governor of Canton be-
trayed his trust for a handsome
fee. Communistic Chinese choose
instead to blame Generalissimo Chi
ang Kai-shek for withdrawing Can
tons crack troops into the Hankow
battle sector.
But these squabbles have become
secondary to China's completely de-
spairing picture. With both Canton
and Hankow in their grab bag, Japs
intend to push on until all Chinese
opposition crumbles. Generalissimo
Chang is ready to resign, and the
brave nations amazing defense is
about to crumble under internal
strife.
Virtually sneering at Great Brit
aims charge of a Cantonese "sell-
out" angry Chinese trace their fast
sinking morale directly to Great
Britain's own "sellout" at Munich,
when it became apparent the British
lion was unwilling to help her Euro
pean neighbors-much less distant
nation.
Labor
Second only to taxation in unpopu.
larity among U. S. industrialists is
the national labor relations board
which last April ordered Republic
Steel to reinstate 5000 workers who
struck in May, 1887. To correct pos
sible technical errors, NLRB quick.
ly withdrew its first order and held
more hearings which critics termed
"star chamber" proceedings. What
NLRB gained by its second FIVE
month hearing is mystery, since &
new Enthusiastically the same
was handed down recently. The
result may be an important test o.
NLRB's power, for Republic Stee
has already filed an appeal with the
U. S. circuit court of appeals. Wha
stuck in many an impartial observ
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-03
Regarded Honey Bee Ill Omen

The Indian regarded the n>&ey
bee as an i'll omen: "Too much like
white man."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-03
Politics

In an organization the size of
WPA, corruption will creep in re-
CARELESS of who holds the reins.
Systematically pecking away at New
Deal prestige for three years, cor
ruption has again raised its ugly
head at the crucial election time.
In New Jersey, where Fascist-like
Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City
is the Democratic party's head man,
indictments have been returned
against 16 corporations and 80 per-
sons. The charge: conspiracy to
defraud WPA of $3.50, 900 in purchase
of sand and stone.
But a much more distasteful case
has arisen in New Mexico, where
crusading grand jury returned in
dictments against 73 persons
charged with making political cap
ital of WPA. Behind this wicked
picture stands Democratic Sen.
Dennis Chavez, who, like every 9TH
er senator, has wangled every pos
sible cent of WPA cash for his home
state. New Mexico's indictments
naturally do not touch Senator Cha
vez, but they strike very close to
home. Among indictees are his sis
ter, his son-in-law and his cousin.
The charge: use of threat and in
timidation against WPA employees,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-03
Domestic

The new wage-hour law affecting
the lives of some 100000 people
engaged in interstate commerce in
dustries, has gone into effect with
much less buster and coercion than
the Inflated NRA. Placing a floor
(25 cents an hour) under wages, and
a ceiling GA a week. over hours, the
act brings pay raises to $50, 900 peo-
pie, with shorter hours for 5000
more. Responsible for the acts
smooth inauguration has been Ad-
ministrator Elmer F. Andrews,
whose slow-moving policy has left
many employers puzzled over their
compliance requirements, but has
nevertheless been a potent force in
encouraging peace between govern.
ment and business. Since NRA was
outlawed because it attempted to
regulate intrastate as well as inter-
state commerce, the administration
hopes each state will formulate its
own fair labor act, thereby making
the national-state program COM
plete. But wage-hour regulation is
due for headaches before its numer-
Gus "bugs" are removed. At Austin,
Texas, where several thousand low
salaried pecan shelters were thrown
out of work, and In Puerto Rico,
where 10000 more workers were
ousted, laborers wondered if low
wages weren't better than none.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-03

M ANAGER EDWARD JOHN
1Nl SONS musical autarchy at the
Metropolitan comes along slowly,
and we aren't yet quite unsteady
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-11-03

self : sustaining
For the opening
of its new sea-
son, the Met an
nounced II new
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-07
Climbing Pixies Peak
Harroq0ing Experience,
So Mr.: Peace Reports

highway distance up the mountain ;.
10 miles, so that for each six miles
Instance you are elevated one mile,
The roads are barely wide enough for
cars TO pass each other and there is
no pretense of any protecting rail.
mere are perhaps fifty hair-raising
halrpin turns in the road, and | mean
halrpin turns. If any one saws Fixes
Peak is the highest point in Amer
lea, don't argue with him. Let him
have it.
On the way up, about 5000 feet
from the top, we came to a little
store and several small houses. Hero
we rested. Everybody walks around
taking inventory of himself. / saw two
OF of our crowd smelling snellins
salts and looking very uncertain, on+
lady had Mysteries and was crying
She wanted to go up farther and she
didn't want to go up farther. She fl
nally did not go. From this point up.
a road mileage of ten miles, aut1,
mobile races will be held this sur.
mer, racing against time. This road
is not so good as the road below and
the curves are sharper. EVERYWHERE
a tourist goes he sees Flank fools.
The prize for the biggest fool in this;
race will be $4,000.
Also over this same route this sum
mer will be held running graces. We
saw two men nearly naked practicing.
They wore cloths over their mouths.
Whether these cloths hold oxygen or
not | do not know. They were both
very strong looking men. The prize
for the winner will be $500. This
money in each case is raised by the
Chamber of Commerce at Colorado
Springs, large city at the foot Of
the mountain.
When we reached the top, snow
was slightly falling. Snow was lying
around and in some places three feet
deep. Each one of us again took in
ventory of himself I tried out my
knees and felt somewhat dizzy. One
man was leaning against a car smell
ing salty and saying absolutely moth
ing. One lady in our party tainted
dead away. Her husband rushed up to
pick her up, but the taxi drivers push
ed him away. They said if he exert
ed himself he would faint away and
then they would have two patients
on their hands. Two of the drivers
formed a saddle with their hands, put
the lady in it, and carried her to our
car. She sat up all right when we
had descended the mountain about
half way. When I got back to the
train, a man was in my berth. He had
tried to go up the mountain, got half
way up, got sick, returned to train
and got in the first berth, number
one mine. This same man got a shave |
in Juarez, Mexico. His barber was
from Louisburg, North Carolina.
More tomorrow.
S. T. PEACE.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-07

at least one occasion except the "baby'
of the court, Justice A. A. F. Seawell,
who was only recently named and
Justice Winborne.
Hele's the record of dissents:
Justices Barnhill Is; Clarkson IA;
w. A. Devin 10; Chief Justice w. P.
Stacy 9; Winborne 8; Michael Schenck
6; George w. Conner (deceased) 3:
Seawell 2.
Lone dissents numbered IA, with
the dissenters scoring as follows:
Clarkson 5; Devin 3, BarnhiH 2, Stacy
2, Schenck 1 and Conner l.
There were even two justice dis
sents" as follows (no two justices dis
senting together on more than one
occasion): Stacy Winborne, Clarkson-
Common; Schenck-Barnhill; Devin-
Barnhill; Winborne- Barnhill; Seawell-
Barnhill; Clarkson-Barnhill.
The 13 four three decisions found
the following minority groups:
Stacy-Barnhill-W inborne 3; Devin-
Barnhill-Winborne 2; Stacy Clarkson-
Schenck; Stacy-Devin Barnhill; Stacy
Clarkson-Winborne; Clarkson Sche-
nck- Connor; Clarkson-Barnhill- Sea
well; EXTRAORDINARILY
It was noticeable that of the eight
times Justice Winborne dissented he
was in agreement with Justice Barn
hill. Only twice was the Winborne
view in disagreement with the Barn
hill one. Justice Barnhill dissented
nine times when Winborne was in
agreement with the majority. In other
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-07
O|SSENTS ARE FEW
IN SUPREME COURT
Only "a In State Tribunal
Out of 473 Cases Actu-
ally Ruled On

Raleigh, July 7---During it's fall and
spring terms "a full years work.
North Cardinals Supreme Court hand
ed down a total of 473 opinions, and
in all but 81 of them all justices who
participated were in unanimous agree
mental least to the point where none
felt impelled to write dissent from
the majority of his colleagues.
Only 13 times in these 473 cases
was the majority opinion the prevail
ing one by 4 to count; but there
were just enough of these narrow
soueaAs to remind observers of the
much talked of "a decisions of the
United States Supreme Court.
An analysis of the dissents, how
ever. fails to reveal any division of
the North Carolina court into rival
groups of economic or judicial views
nothing like the split of the "Nine
Old Men" into Liberals and Conser-
natives. ~ -
The nearest thing to clique
shown by the analysis is the irlclina-
ton of Justice Wallace Winborne to
go along with Justice M V. BArnhill
when the Rocky Mount judge finds
himself at variance with his fellow
justices. III
incidentally, Judge Barnhill proved
the greatest dissenter of the court,
with a total of Is occasions on which
he found himself unable to go along
with the reasoning of the majority
This topped by one the dissenting
record of the courts oldest member
both in years and service, Justice
Heriot Clarkson, who put in the rec
ords II dissents. Judge Clarkson
stood alone in opposition to the rest
of the court more often than any one
else, with five lone challenges to the
logic of the prevailing views.
Every justice dissented alone on
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-07

words these two justices, named to
the court at the same time saw eye
for eye with each other on 1852 occa-
siops out of possible 473 which is
agreeing on the law with much near
er unanimity than is usually possible
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-07

The annual rings of growth seen on
the cross-section of tree is so clear
because there is an alienation OF
summer wood and autumn wood diff
fering in texture.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-07

for two lawyers to attain.
Practically all the. dissenting opir-
ions were written in civil cases, of
which there were 397. Criminal APP
peals numbered only 76 during the
two terms.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-07

y Carl Wipler hand T. w.
because he wanted to get out Of the guard Wer
r. OF Detroit cut off his right hand
romeo said the youth told them joined the national guard
month After went
like the thought fighting They couldn't
sign. took this way
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Retirement SOUGHT
FOR OLD FIRE ENGINE

Honorable retirement for Q firs en-
gine which some Of them as boys
chased 20 years ago is being sought
by members Of the Conduit Road Citi-
zens' Association.
In the good old days 1t was one Of
the flashiest and fastest things In
Washington, and even the most fleet
footed lad was far behind when 1t
pulled up to fire. Today, however,
it is a different STORY, according to
members Of the association, Who claim
that the old hose wagon and booster
pump stationed at Engine Co. No. 20
Is lucky to get to q fire at all.
The engine in question IS about 20
years old, Charles E. 8. Rich, presi-
dent Of the association, said It has q
four-cylinder La France motor, one Of
the earliest types Of motor to replace
the horse-drawn engines, and was
placed In operation at the time when
that famous trio Of fire horses-Bar-
ney, Gene and Tom-were In their
heyday.
Ellis r. King, secretary Of the asso-
citation, said the old pump wagon
so antiquated that it has solid rubber
tires and what is even more unsual in
these days, right-hand drive-runs
into difficulties every time the big
brass fire gong sounds on in the sta
ton house at Reservoir and Conduit
roads. One Of the main dificulties is
that it can't pull hills with any degree
Of ease, he said.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
STANTON PARK-Peabody Schoo'

STANTON PARK-Peabody School
8 pm.
WEST ND-Kidder Hall, s22
Twentieth street NV, 8 pm.
Tuesday, January IL.
BURLEITH-Gordon Junior High
School. 8 pm.
NORTH 'RANDLE COMMUNITY
North Randle Portable School, 8 pm.
RANDLE HIGHLANDS Mechanics
Hall, 2407 Minnesota avenue Sc, 8
pm.
SUMMIT PARK-East Washington
Heights Baptist Church, pm.
Wednesday, January IL.
CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS CLEVE-
LAND PARK-Parish Hall, st. Adams
Church. pm.
RHODE ISLAND AVENUE-Wood-
ridge branch, Public Library, SPIN.
Thursday, January 13.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK
Hurst Hall. American University, 8 p IN
CONGRESS HEIGHTS - Congress
Heights School. 8 pm.
WASHINGTONIANS- Brighton Ho-
tel, 8 pm.
Friday, January Ia.
BRIGHTWOOD-Paul Junior High
School, pm.
Saturday, January Is.
FEDERATION-Board room, Dis
trict Building, pm.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
PLEDGE Of SAFETY
ASKEDBY CITIZENS
Chevy Chase Gardens Group
Distributing Forms in Its
Own Campaign.

To reduce accidents and insure the
safety Of children and others In its
vicinity. the Chevy Chase Gardens
Citizens Association, headed by Judge
Carman A. Newcomb, has launched a
permanent safety campaign.
Members of the area are circulating
a pledge which, they feel, will be a
means Of definite assurance Of CO.
operation between the citizens and
the police.
Pledge for Merchants.
Another pledge, holding the mer-
chants responsible for the careful
driving of business vehicles by their
employees, is also being circulated.
The pledge to be signed by the
members reads as follows:
In consideration of the Chevy
Chase Garden Citizens Association
initiating and conducting a per-
manent campaign to insure the
safety Of children and others on the
streets of our community and in
further consideration Of my neigh.
bors signing similar pledges, and
the benefits will receive from such
campaign;
I hereby promise and pledge
myself and members Of my house.
hold to cooperate with the asso-
ciation by;
/. Driving carefully and at a
moderate rate of speed at all times.
2. Keeping my car in gear de-
scending hills.
3. At no time operating my car
faster than Is miles per hour with
in the territory Of the association.
Lookout for Children.
4. Keeping constantly on the
lookout for small children and
other pedestrians.
S. Reporting any instances Of
careless, reckless or dangerous
driving within the territory of the
association to the PRESIDENT Of the
association or the Safety Commit
tee, and II it Is determined that
the facts warrant 1t, swearing out
q warrant for the arrest of the
guilty individual.
In the event that should violate
this pledge, I expect and hereby
direct any two of my neighbors or
co-pledgees to report the violation
to the association and the Mont
gomery County police, and If the
facts justify it, swear out war
rant for my arrest.
It is my desire to express my
opinion that any store or business
house that refuses to cooperate
and allows its trucks to be oper-
ated In our community in such .
manner as to endanger the chill
dren and other pedestrians, Is not
entitled to the patronage Of the
residents Of our community.
Evening star., 1938-01-09

ceived hearty indorsement Of nine Of
the organizations.
Other accomplishments, with q
smaller score in opposition or ap-
proval, discloses i've organizations re-
questing re-establishment of the ONCE
OF peoples counsel and four for local
residents for District jobs.
Principal support of An underpsss
at Dupont Circle comes from the Du-
pont Circle Citizens Association, while
the construction of the new Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Bridge has the indorse-
ment of the entire Southeast section,
including 10! citizens associations and
the Southeast Business Mems Associ-
alton. The subsequent naming of the
bridge in honor of John Philip Sousa
has received the approval Of the So
ciety of Natives and the Southeast and
Washington Highlands Citizens Asso-
Citations.
Approval Of the present system of
electing Board of Education members
by District court judges has been voted
by eight of the associations and pres
ervation of the old Stephen Decatur
house on Jackson place NV. has been
asked by 10 Of the organizations.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
TO ACT ON BILLS
Northeast Slate for Tomorrow

Northeast Slate for Tomorrow
Night Announced.
Several bills pending in Congress
will be discussed at meeting of the
Northeast Citizens Association to-
morrow at pm. In the Ludlow
School, it was announced by the Sec
retayy, Joseph Notes.
Among the bills expected to be acted
upon are:
Regulating the sale Of narcotic
drugs in the District, limiting the
number Of taxicabs, revising the small
loan law and Strengthening drst-
degree murder law.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
the next meeting of the association on

the next meeting Of the association on
January II.
Mrs. r. E. Snodgrass, who enter
tanned with several vocal solos, was
asked to organize glee club among
the mothers. It also was announced
that the class Of Miss L. Waters, grade
ga, will give q play at the meeting
and an address on What Shall We
Expect of Our Children" will be de-
Nvered by Willard w. Beatty, director
Of the education division Of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs.
The room mothers also voted to raise
funds by getting Questionnaires dlled
out by housewives.