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Evening star., 1938-07-24
SIXTH RACE-EVENING TINE,
LONG WAVE, MISS HOLLY

EVENING TINE has been knock.
Ing at the door Of victory and ap-
pears to have found the right spot.
She has the foot to run with all the
pace and should be in the thick Of
contention throughout. LONG
WAVE has been threatening for
some time. She figures best for the
place. MISS HOLLYWOOD rates
. chance.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
Race Selections
Copyright, A. P. WirephOto
Arlington fHeavy).

RdCC OClCCtlOnS
Arlington tHeavy).
By the Louisville Times
l-Temulac. Steel Heels. Sally T.
2-Wilda, Erla. Miss Saxon.
3-Bomber, Colonel Ed, Plea.
+Shining Heels, Dixieland, Bustle.
5-Mr. Deins, Madison, Detroit Bull.
al Au Feu, Her Reign, Cardinals.
7-Brandon Prince. Mr.. Mack, Almac.
8-Carl B.. Silver Fleet. Oh Dolly.
Best bet-shining Heels.
Arlington.
BY the Chicago Daily News.
Sun Plume, Steel Heels, Temulac.
2-Wilda, Contrast, Agnes Knight.
3-Colonel Ed. Bomber, Plea.
+Dixieland. Lady Flash. Ostrogoth.
@Detroit Bull. Mr.. Deins, Madison.
s-Her Reign. Grey Streak, Cardinals
7-Rockrim. Boiling Point. Mr.. Mack.
8-Hearty, St, Jensensund, Bahadur.
Best bet-Dixieland.
Rockingham (Slsv).
By the Louisville Times.
l-Funderburg. Apprehend. Frederick.
2-Whippercrscker. Ramus, Bright
Bird.
3-Ferdinand. Little Demon, Maelonz
Room Service, Frozen Mask. NIGHT
Chase
Sum Antioch, Upside Down
Whooper.
e-Miss Hollywood. Consider Me
Pytchley.
TELLING You, Happy Flag, Vita
min B.
'Leonard Wilson, Drawing Danger
TraRgat.
Best bet-Funderburg.
Consensus At Rockingham.
By the Associated Press.
l-Frederick, Currants, Funderburg.
Garden Message, Bright Bird
Whippercracker
3-Little Demon. Ferdinand. Maelong,
Room Service, Feedman, Time In
terval.
5-Sun Antioch. Whooper, Nipantuck.
6-Evening Time, Parallel. Long Wave.
7-Wrought Iron, Bold General, Make
It.
'One Chance. Jinx. Braving Danger.
Best bet-Room Service.
Saratoga Fast.
~ the Louisville Times
Forever Green, Gingo Rex, DR..
Whinny.
Little Marty. Sumatra, York Miller
3-Miss Apprehension, Happy Code,
Scally Gal.
Ariel Toy, Maeline. Teddy's Queen.
5-Airf1ame, Mower, THANKSGIVING.
6-Encore, Sun Time. Consul.
Twice, More Pep, Departed.
Best bet-Airfiame.
Consensus at Saratoga. {
By the Associated Preas.
DIR. Whinny, Co-Pilot, Greentree
entry.
Little Marty, sumatra. Big March.
a-Rust. Happy Code, Idle Miss.
@Belair-Wheatley entry, Heather
Broom. Widener entry.
5-Thanksgiving, Airhame. Mower.
|Encore. Be Quaint, Great Union.
later On, More Pep. Twice.
Best bet - Belair- Wheatley entry,
fourth race.
Thistle Down (Fast).
By the Louisville Times.
1-Animate, Miss Spider, Cosmic Ray.
2-Imperial Boots, Bon Buddy, Nor
cry.
3-Neat Play, Nopalosa Porte, Odessa
Agnes.
Bill Donoehue, Surprise Box, Alice
Highland.
5-Genuine Sport, Chinese Red, Lady
Orchid.
eSpurlin, Mr.. Grief, Miss Bonnie.
Our Justice, Credulous, Mr.. Quick.
@Stumptown, Arnolds Actor, LAC
Ha-Carolyn.
Best bet-Bnl Donoghue.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
EIGHTH RACE-BRIGHT MEL
ODY, LEONARD WILSON,
ONE CHANCE.

BRIGHT MELODY has been q
useful sort around New England
and again has the winning edge.
II able to get to the front the Hildur
mare Ii capable Of outrunning
these from end to end. LEONARD
WILSON has the speed to make
her presence felt throughout. ONE
CHANCE figures 70 share the purse.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
EVENTH E-MAKEIT,
BOLD GENERAL, DOCTOR

MAKEIT, a consistent sort. has
only to improve slightly to lead this
group to the wire. Judicious rat
ing may mean victory today. BOLD
GENERAL closed smartly in his
last race to take second. He should
be no worse here. DOCTOR c. N.
is apt to run one Of his good races
with these.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15

restrictions by banks, Mr.. Eccles
hinted that their failure to follow
this plan would result in government
credit agencies. Summing up state
ments by Lubin, Henderson and Ec-
cles, observers saw that govern
ment's efforts for business revival
are still far from clear.
Business: More tangible and op-
timistic is the reform program of
U. S. industry, heartened by the
current economic upturn and will
ing to make peace with government.
Meeting in New York, the National
Association of Manufacturers key
noted for "co-operation-to make
America click" Its points: Cd
peace with labor; 90 acceptance of
social responsibility; CD acceptance
of regulation, in general theory; "a
end unemployment; 90 please the
consumer with higher quality, lower
costs and public-minded policies.
Business requests to government:
Cd Wagner act modification: (2)
limitation of armament expenditures
to avert unnecessary diversion of
funds; 90 no encoura cement of for
eign trade at cost to domestic in
duStry.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15
Bruckart's Washington Digest
Official Title Does Strange
Things to Mentalities of Men
Government by Men Instead of by Law Seems to Be the
Rule; Undue Power Is Given Into Hands of
Bureaucrats; Congress Should Take Heed.
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service National Press Bldg, Washington, d. C.

any power vested in the department
of justice for control of advertising.
l should regret it very much if
congress ever had passed law CIV
ing authority for any agency Of gov
ernment to do more than prosecute
advertisers who use dishonest state
ments. That is to say, if the ad-
vertiSing statements are crooked,
punishment ought to follow. If the
advertising is honest, what business
has government horning into it?
The reason feel so keenly about
this sort of thing is that it is a
trend in government, from the ma
tional government on down the line,
to do things indirectly-to do many
things without genuine authority of
law. We as a nation always have
supported the theory of rule by the
majority. We have legislative bod
ies-the congress, the state assem-
blies, the city councils and so on
to enact the will of the majority
into law. But in the motor case and
in dozens of others which could be
mentioned, the public official with
the boss" complex takes things
into his own hands and usually gets
away with his perfdy.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15
One concession mriies another.

tumultous campaign for three
French possessions which Mussolini
covets: the African territory of Tu-
nisia, the island of Corsica and the
Franco-Italian border city of Nice.
Later came rebirth of demands
for French-owned Djibouti, which
would give Ethiopia an ocean outlet.
Frances answer has been firm
negative, but this can hardly be
construed as final. There is every
indication that the Djibouti claim
will be granted, since France was
ready to make this surrender last
summer What complicates the sit
uation is the friendship" pact
which Frances ally-Great Britain
has just instituted with Italy, Al
though this treaty respects terri
torial status quo in the Mediterrane-
an, Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain is going to Rome next month
with an apparent blank check to
appease Mussolini as he sees fit. If
Mr.. Chamberlain approves Italy's
new demands, France will be left
helpless.
Only hope in an otherwise befud-
died situation is that Germany may
break with Italy After helping Hit
ler reach into the European grab
bag for new territories, Italy is be-
ginning to wonder where her share
is coming from. But Germany, hap
py over her new non-aggression
treaty with France, may ask Musso-
lini to look elsewhere for new colo
nies. The new crisis certainly
proves no more than what sane OBJ
servers have maintained since last
spring: that France and Britain
merely whet the Italo-German ap-
petite each time they offer a con-
cession.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15

WASHINGTON.-It is a strange
thing what an official title will cause
many men and women to do. 1t is
equally strange what many OF them
will attempt to do under the gulse OF
the official sanction which they
usurp at every opportunity. l do
not intend to include all public Off
cials but l dare say that everyone
who reads these lines can look about
him and discover in his midst or
recall others who, as soon as they
began wearing a title, developed
big head" got "puffed up" and
otherwise assumed high-and-
mighty attitude. The characteris-
tics may show in thousand-and-
one different ways, and we all are
more or less familiar with them.
Few persons probably would need
to be concerned if the circumstance
involved only this outward appear
ance. l am sure l wouldn't care
whether some official believed him
self to be son of the sun-god and,
therefore, counted himself great.
But when the mental attitude of
that official begins manifesting it.
self as it so often does by usurpa-
ton of improper and illegal power;
when he regards himself as judge
and jury, as well as prosecutor, then
it seems to me that a halt ought to
be called.
All of the above observations are
made just as a prelude to discussion
of recent action by the department
of justice. More accurately, it
should be said the action was by
Professor Thurmond Arnold who
has great pride in his ability as a
trust buster. He also frequently has
let it be known-with due modesty,
of course-that he possesses knowl-
edge in many fields. His career as
university professor obviously fit
ted him with great understanding of
problems and practices of business
men, Mr.. Arnold has not yet under
taken to solve the difficulties of ag-
riculture, but reckon that is only a
question of time.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15
Congress Might Well Take
Notice of These Conditions

Having seen what can happen
when men, instead of laws, consti-
tute the authority for government,
it seems to me that congress might
we'll take notice. 1t has given birth
to children in the form of countless
regulations that are running around
the land like so many thousand
legged monsters. Why, / wonder,
does not congress take look at
what has sprung from its own fam
lily of laws. To grow facetious for
moment: congress probably would
find trouble with its own ''in-laWs,"
as we'll as private persons whose
mothers-in-law have been charac-
terized in story.
l have wondered many times
whether more than a very small
number of farmers ever understood
the AAA contracts, and the regula-
tions to which those contracts re-
ferred. Examination of the terms
gave me little inkling of how thor
Oughly the SlgnerS were bound, al
though, as AAA officials often ex-
planned, the provisions were plainly
printed. That fact, however, never
has altered a really bad situation.
None of us can be expert in all
things. We, therefore, are more or
less at the mercy of the individuals
who are clothed with the power of
office and who relegate to them
selves additional power because
they know those against whom it is
used frequently have no understand
ing of the whole situation. Thus,
reiterate, it appears to be time for
congress to review its own work and
make government understandable.
6 Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15
Indictment Used as Club
OUer Auto Corporations

But, again, am not SO much con-
cerned with Mr. Arnold's own esti-
mate of Mr. Arnold, but with the
results flowing from that officials
acts.
The act that brings on this dis
cussion was involved in what is
known as a consent decree. The
department of justice obtained
grand jury indictment of some of
tie larger automobile manufactur-
ing corporations and their officials
under antitrust statutes. The
charges involved the use, by the
companies, of what were described
as monopolistic practices in the
financing of new cars sold to in
stallment buyers. Each of the larg-
er companies, as l understand it,
owns a subsidiary corporation to
which a retail dealer can sell the
notes he takes when the buyer of a
car wants to pay for the vehicle over
a period of year or longer.
l do not know the intricate ma
ture of the scheme, and there may
have been many grounds for the in
dictment. Indeed, l think a grand
jury would not have returned an in
dictment unless its members saw
something that was not proper. But
when the department of justice had
the indictment, it used it as a club.
It's officials, under Mr.. Arnold S
guidance, are reported to have said
to the motor magnates, in effect:
now, if you admit certain of these
charges and agree to stop the prac-
tees, and if you will agree to COM
ply with certain other conditions
which we lay down, we will not
prosecute, criminally. So, the mo-
tor companies apparently elected to
agree and avoid further prosecution.
Thus, there came about decree by
the consent of the accused.
In the first place, l can not be-
Geve there is any legal right in our
laws for the consent decree. 1t has
been used a long time, but it seems
to me that it contains very danger
GUS elements. 1t ought to be stopped
and there ought be no indictments
brought unless there is an inten-
ton to carry the battle clear
through. There ought to be either
a conviction or an acquittal.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15
France

In his widely quoted "Mein
Kampf," Adolf Hitler AYERS that
once a nation shows signs Of weak
ening, its enemies should seize the
opportunity to press every demand.
This year he has followed that pol
icy successfully in Austria, Czecho-
slovakia, Great Britain and France.
Now his Fascist cohort, Italy, is u.s.
ing the same tactics against France.
First French capitulation to Italy
was the recent recognition Of Mus
solini's conquest in Ethiopia. This
was followed closely by French in
ternal strife, when the radical Popu-
lar Front attempted to defeat Pre-
mier Edouard Daladier's drastic re-
form program. In the midst of this
turmoil, it was strategic for Italy's
chamber of deputies to launch
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15
Weekly News AnaIySiS-
Italy Follo,us Hitler Technique
To TrOunce Weakened France
BY Joseph w. La Bine-

ton; business thought it rested in
less regulation. Not until last year,
when an unexpected recession
slapped convalescing industry in the
face, did both government and busi-
ness decide it was time to face the
problem with less bias and more
objectivity. BY the end of 1888 this
new attitude is finding expression at
Washington and on the U. S. busi-
ness front, though mutual agree
ment is still far from realization.
Washington: Governments efforts
currently center around the $500, 900
temporary national economic COM
mittee, which has just opened two
year hearing under Wyoming's Sen.
Joseph c. O'Mahoney. Though busi-
ness has feared the quiz will de-
generate into a witch hunt and
anti-monopoly drive (since the JUS
tice departments trust buster, Thur
man Arnold, is a committee men,
ber) Mr.. O'Mahoney has given as
surances that this group seeks only
economic facts"
Facts" presented thus far, by
the labor departments DR.. Isador
Lubin and one-time WPA Economist
Leon Henderson, purported merely
to give background but ended with
expressions of opinion which failed
to harmonic.
DR.. Lubin's report: That the 1929
38 depression cost the U. S. $113,-
000, 600, 900 in national income, plus
S119, 900, 900, 900 in wages, $40, ,000,-
000, 900 in stockholder dividends,
S38, 900. 000,00 in farm income and
43, ABS, 900 in man hours Of work.
Though industry can be stepped up
more important to improve the
standard of living, since u. S. popu-
lation is reaching stationary stage.
Durable goods industries should be
stimulated to boost the average in
come by $3.50 per year.
Mr.. Henderson's report: Growth
of U. S. economic activity has been
halted, and even a return to 1925
peak (Which Mr.. Henderson be-
lieves should be regarded as a low
base, not a peak) would leave 1000
900 unemployed. Unlike DR.. Lubin,
who believes insufficient purchasing
power is the cause of our ills, Mr..
Henderson places responsibility on
lessening of competition. True com
petition, he believes. could not al
low wage increases at time when
! millions are unemployed.
Even as Messrs Lubin and Hen
derson were speaking, Chairman
Mariner S. Eccles of the federal
reserve system was offering New
York bankers another U. S. idea on
business. One reason for 1879 set
back, he said, was a sharp with
drawal of government spending.
which throttled consumer buying
power. Pumping for looser credit
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15
Colorado Town
Revives Ritual
OfLog Burning

DALMER LAKE, COLO.-Resi-
dents of this high-perched town
on the great Divide celebrate their
modern Christmas in an old-fash-
ioned way, by burning the tradi-
tional yule log
Each year the log is secretly
cut, notched and tied with hempen
cord, hidden among the trees and
rocks awaiting the finder to whom
goes the honor of dragging it into
town.
Last year for the first time
Palmer Lake burned its yule log
in the town hall, where local fire.
men built huge stone fireplace
wide enough to accommodate a
four-foot log Previously the cele-
bration was held in a private
home where fewer guests could be
accommodated.
The hunt for the yule log starts
at l p. m, when all participants
are summoned by bugle to meet
in front of the hall.
The yule log has colorful his
tory. In Scandinavia, where Thor,
the god of thunder, was wor-
SHIPPED, great log fires were built
along the rocky shores both at
midsummer and mid-winter in
order to propitiate him for his
rumbling wrath.
When the early fathers substi-
tuted the feast Of the Nativity for
that of Mithra, the Persian sun
god who was worshiped on De.
cember Is in early Rome, a diff
ferent note crept in. Yule-tide be-
came a time for feuds to cease.
In England, before the Reforma-
ton, bringing in the yule log was
an important part of the Christ
mas festivities. The community
usually gathered in the hall of the
lord of the manor, where the log
was kindled with due ceremony
and all partook in the Wassail cup.
a sweet cider favored with fruits
and spices.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15
Undue PoUer Is GiUen
Into Hands of Bureaucrots

Congress, itself, is to blame many
times for putting undue power into
the hands of bureaucrats. There is
seldom any law passed by congress
that does not include a provision
which authorizes an executive agen-
cy, administering the statute, to
promulgate regulations for carrying
out the laws intent. Those regula
tions, needless to say, have the force
and effect of law, and thus con-
gress has delegated power about
which the individual representatives
and senators know nothing.
On the other hand, except for the
trait that 1 have been discussing
one so boldly evident in Mr.. Arnold
those regulations could be drawn
in nearly every instance to give
individuals all of the freedom need
ed to transact business, instead Of
piling one restriction upon another.
doubt very much that any one per-
son in the whole United States
knows all of the restrictions-the
dos and the don 'ts-that comprise
the law of the nation today. No one
knows them because it would re-
quire an entire lifetime of an indi-
vidual to obtain them and read
them. And before he had read very
many, there would be a new crops
there would be changes in those he
had read, and there would be new
laws with new regulations.
We have heard much in late years
about government by men rather
than government by law. Well, we
have it in this country in big way.
1t is not as bad, of course, as in the
case of Hitler or Mussolini or Stain.
When those brothers want to change
law, they change it by decree.
They may go through the formality
| of a ratification" by set Of
stooges some time, but the stooges
were selected as yes-men long in
advance
Everyone has read of the Jewish
atrocities in Germany, but the mon
strosity, itself, overshadowed the
fact that during all of the purge,
there was one decree-law after an
other being issued from Hitler's
headquarters. Each time somebody
found loophole or the officials dis
covered a previous decree did not
accomplish all that was desired, out
would pop a new decree.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15
Arnold Assumes Dictation
OUer Auto Advertising

In the case of the motor manufac-
turers, however, Mr.. Arnold's deter
mination to make things over has
come to the surface to an even
greater extent than heretofore, even
with Mr.. Arnold. For Mr.. Arnold
has decided that the motor compa-
nies have been spending too much
money for advertising their prod
ucts. In spending so much money
for advertising, Mr.. Arnold opines
that they are thereby creating
monopoly. In other words, as
trust buster, Mr.. Arnold figures that
he can become boss of the normal
practice of business advertising. 1t
can be construed no other way.
l have looked into the question
from a number of angles and have
consulted with numerous individuals
who know their law better than l
6nCw mine. Nowhere have found
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15
Early Mailing Helps Postmon
Aroid Problem of Yule Rush
Public Always Waits Until
Last Minute Despite
fearful Pleas.

If Christmas mailerS didn't wait
until the last minute with their
cards and packages, post office Of
ficials predict the annual Yule rush
would be minimized immensely. But
despite fearful pleas each Decem-
Der, the bulk of holiday mail falls
into post offices, less than seven
days before Christmas. What the
public really fears, say officials, is
that their gifts will be delivered too
soon before Christmas. AS a result
all too many gifts don't arrive un-
til after Christmas! Mail early, "
is the plea of the heavily burdened
poStmen below.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15
Domestic

Last spring the New York legis-
lature passed a bill which potential
ly effects every citizen in the U. S.
Reducing from 6 to 5 per cent the
interest which life insurance COM
panies may charge on policy loans,
the Piper-O Brien bill has necessi-
tated nationwide revision of inter-
est rates because insurance COM
panies cannot charge different rates
in different states.
Upshot is that most companies
are boosting their premium charges
from 10 to 20 per cent on policies
written after January /, although
many firms made the change De-
cember l. Policies in effect be-
fore the readjustment will not be af-
fected, but in addition to lower in
terest rate and higher premiums,
the following additional revisions
will be made on most new policies:
ID reduction of guaranteed interest
rates to benefciaries; 90 lower in
terest rates on dividends left with
companies; CD increased pre-
niums on endowment annuity poll
cies; (D withdrawal or substantial
change in certain types of con-
tracts.
By reducing policy loan interest
charges from to per cent, in
surance firms will lose annual rev.
4nue totaling $50, 100000. Other fac
jors necessitating higher premiums
include the difficulty of finding sat-
sfactory capital markets, and the
small amount of new financing now
)eing done.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15
Christmas Wreath King
Started as Shoemaker

WINSLOW MILLS, MAINE
Thrown out of work when a shoe
factory closed last year, Mervin
Flanders came back to his home
town and set himself up as the
leader of Names Christmas decora-
ton business. Flanders success sto-
ry started with a ball of string.
some barrel hoops, some spruce,
boughs and a little ambition. Now
he's perfected a gadget that speeds
up the matchmaking process by
ten times. Shoemaking, he says,
can't compare to the wreath busi-
ness.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-15
People

The name Of Masaryk, famous in
Czechoslovakian history since Thorn
as C. Masaryk founded the nation
20 years ago, will leave that nations
0fficialdom forever on January /.
Jan Masaryk, son of the Czech ia
ther" and minister to Great Britain
for ID years, has announced his re-
tirement in protest to his countrys
capitulation to Germany.