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Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
News Behind the News
= Two Pacific Fleets

WASHINGTON.-1ne newly announced naval
policy calls for a battle fleet big enough to pro-
tect both coasts simultaneously. But the tIeet
will be kept in just one ocean-the Pacltc.
What Admiral Leahy referred to as "a long
standing policy TO maintain single fleet IN one
ocean" still stands The policy is long stand
inc" only to the extent that dates back to 1882
when it was masSed in the Pacific during the
Manchuran unpleaSantneSS.
The gesture was designed to give force to
Secretary of State Stimsons stern attitude
against japanese aggression, which collapsed
when England left him holding the bag.
The proposed s8OOOOOOoO naval expansion
program won't be enough to assure simultaneous
protection in both Atlantic and Pacific, accord
ing to previous statements by Leahy. SO the
fundamental naval policy announced by Chalr-
man Vinson of the House Naval Affairs Commit
tee-with administration approval apparently
will require an even bigger program.
But the present fleet is admittedly ample for
protection of the West Coast. Alaska, Hawaii and
the Panama Canal Hence bigger navy will
mean force in the Pacific which will be defi-
nitely more than ample in that area. Yet no
is proposing a navy which would be any
where big enough TO wage an aggressive war.
Chairman Wilson'S statement followed by
Secretary Hull'S assurances, was designed to
placate isolationst and pacifist forces which
have been bedeviling the administration III
Congress by demanding to know what its for
eign policy really is. A fleet big enough to pro-
tect both coasts sounds good because it fits in
with the iSoatoniSt. Stay-home ldea-Which,
however. is not the administration foreign policy,
even though that the intended implication.
The objeCtive-"to protect our insular
possessions" (Which include Samoa, 26OO miles
out beyond Hawaii. and to protect our COM
merce and citizens abroad'-leave plenty of
scope for naval action far from American shores.
But the real mile-wide loophole is the asser-
ton that it is fundamental naval policy to
insure our national integrity and to support our
national policies Since national policies re-
main underlined except that Hull says present
policy is somewhere between extreme internation-
alsm and extreme isolation, therell be plenty
more hollering on that point.
Much sarcastic comment has been ended
and probably even more averted by the decision
that Elliott Roosevelt will be unable to entertain
present or prospective customers with victuals
at the White House.
Elliott who is head of the Hearst broadcasting
chain and has been organizing a firm to repre-
sent broadcasting stations in their dealings with
advertising agencies and others in New York
had invited a group of broadCasters to dine
with him inside those sacred portals But he
withdrew the invitation. explaining that he
would have to leave Washington in the after
noon.
The nature of Elliot's important engagement
elsewhere hasn't been disclosed and suspicion
high that the party was called off because
someone in high position decided it was a bit
too much.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
Famous Sayings -
Editorials and Comment
THURSDAY FEBRUARY "a 1885
JUST FOOLISHNESS> says England

IT is interesting Shelton executive
chairman of National Bank of Angeles
newspapers nations look the United States
our economic troubles and leadership"
recently before joint meeting of Imperial
Valley Rotary kindly furnished the Post-Pess
copy editorial the London Sphere Captoned
JUST FOOLISHNESS." the editorial said:
United States contains cent of the worlds and
per population. normally 48 cent Of
per of its rubber,
70 cent of its silk Sc cent of its
coal 42 of its ron At cent of its and 60
per crude petroleum.
operates per the worlds telephone
telegraph facilities of the motor
the railroads 1t produces 10
the wheat and cotton SO cent of the
copper the lead and coal
the globe
The United possesses almost $OOOOOO0OO gold
nearly half of the worlds metal 1t has twohirds of
civilizations banking The purchasing the
people
much larger than that the than billion Asacs.
Responsible leadership which
into prosperity destitute
looking the soemnly declare that the
methods by which ought to be
political individual initiative and supervision.
There only characterize that
damn fooistness"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24

Pity the poor mayor of Madras
Indian city of q million persons
and capital of Madras Presidency
on the Bay of Bengal.
Although j. Sivashanmugan Pill
lai is the highest ranking official
of the city, many of his clerks
won't handle documents he has
signed, or pay him ordinary cour-
tesies. Many of his fellow officials
won't sit with him in conference.
Although it is his duty to inspect
the city, there are certain streets
down which he cannot walk, many
wells from which he cannot drink,
hundreds of doors which he cannot
enter.
Certain families who associate
with him are liable to periods of
puniShments during which shop
keepers may not sell them goods,
BARRIERS may not shave them, mail
men may not deliver their mail,
carriers may not take them water
and school teachers must not al
low their children within school
buildings.
He was elected after a l0-year
campaign by India's great Gandhi,
but the wisdom of such cam
paign and victory is doubted by
even Gandhis friends. For in the
minds of million people of India
the very touch of an untouchable
is considered the touch of mlSfor-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
Bruce Cation Says
: The UntouehabIe' Mayor of Madras
.ernriSe

tune for any enterprise.
Lepers. thieves and beggars may
use Madras broad Kings Highway,
but Mayor Pillai is barred from
stepping a foot upon it. He is de-
spised and ostracized by the castes
above him and there are no castles
below him.
Gandhi has fought a CeaseleSS
battle to break down the Indian
caste system which condemns mil
lions of its people by the sole acci
dent of birth to an abject poverty
and misery each generation. The
untouchable cannot leave his caste
and cannot rise above it. There he
lives, there he dies.
The election of Mayor Pillai is
GandhiS first wedge into the caste
system. All the break has done
thus far is to bring scorn upon the
head of Madras and acute suffer-
ing to the mayor, who can never
lose consciousness Of his own class
humility.
But Gandhi is not working for
today, nor tomorrow. Centuries
built up the caste system in India
and it won't be torn down in mere
years. Gandhi disciples who follow
will see the untouchables rise to
the level of other humans, Gandhi
believes, as he strives for India.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
Other Editors Say
POLICE TORTURE IN INDIA
Christian Science MOnitor)


The Government of the Puniab in India has
taken wise course in publishing authoritative
particulars of a most regrettable case Of misbe
havior by certain subordinate police officials in
that province.
The case was brought to light by the Punjab
Chief Court. 1t where this responsible
tribunal had found it necessary to set aside a
murder conviction of a lower court on the ground
that the accused-an Indian-had acted in
sef-defenSe to protect himself from torture
inflicted by the police"
The case has attracted much attention in
India where doubt has been suggested in nation
alist quarters as to the adequacy of the measures
taken to bring those guilty to justice The Punjab
such allegations and also recalls that so lately
as May. 1886 it published order re-affrm-
ing its view in the strongest terms that NAL
practices by the police must be eradicated and
that it was determined to take all measures
possible for this purpose
The case is of kind which constitutes
major difficulty for every administrator in the
Orient. This is because, lamentable such
malpracticcs everywhere, their i'll effects are
multiplied many times over when the victims
belong TO races which have not yet reached the
fun standards of western civilization
Whether their occurrence be more frequent
is one part of the world than in another does
not affect the fact that in every case they are
a blot upon the fair name of the locality where
they happen. The authorities in India deserve
credit for the energy they have shown in
deavoring to stamp them out completely
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
MEMS PROBLEMS
AND MEMS FOOuSHNESS

Three men were critically stabbed
Wednesday moaning near Holtville be-
cause they couldn't agree on who should
harvest a field Of carrots.
Every man is born with spark of
downright fooliShness i'm his makeup.
Some of them control it most of the
time; others are controlled by it most
of the time.
The group in the Holtville carrot
field did not control il. Can you imagine
anything more utterly foolish than be-
ing stabbed in fight over a carrot?
Yet it is amazing how many human
beings do things just as foolish. Not
only as Individuals but as groups. Some
times it seems that mans inability to
cope with his own problems in a straight
forward manner is the greatest argu-
ment against the idea that the human
race Is natures most finished product.
What is the common-SenSe thing to do?
I'm the Holtvillc carrot field, it would
have been for the labOrers TO say:
There's no use killing one another be-
cause we all want to harvest the same
row Of carrots. Let's get together and
decide this thing peacefully. even if we
have 10 call in a third party and abide
by his decision.
Or wouldn't it be the same thing to
do for husband and wife, employer and
employe, friend and enemy, to agree that
maybe there is some little merit to the
other fellows arguent. and to seek COM
nonsense settlement of mutual prob
lens? For that matter, isn't that the
sensible way for nations to settle their
problems?
Or IS that expecting too much of ma
ture's most blessed product-man?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
AMERICA SPEAKS
(OUT OF TURIN

If there is any United States cabinet
officer who should not speak on foreign
affairs, it would seem to be the secre-
tary of interior. If ever there was a
speech which should not have been made,
il was the speech of Secretary of Inte-
rior Harold L. Ickes in a radio broad
cast TO England.
The Hon Ickes can shuck off his cabi-
net robes all he wants to and declare
yehemently that he speaks not as an
official but as a private citizen, but he
very we'll knows that nobody is going
to forget for one instant his official
status And when his speech is the first
in series entitled. America Speaks"
the very title lends semblance of Off
cial sanction at least to the ears of the
English listeners.
Nobody would obiect-although it is
probable fewer would listen-if IckeS
spoke in behalf of America to bring a
message Of good will to the rest of the
world. literally mixed with hope for
international peace. There is plenty
room for objection, however. when Ickes
or any other cabinet officer, officially
or unofficially. launches a bitter verbal
attack against other governments with
which this nation is ostensibly on good
terms (The nations in this instance were
Italy and Germany, with Japan inciud-
ed by fairly clear inference)
lckes is very good secretary of in
terror He has performed outstanding
service for his country in that capacity.
He knows his job about as well as any
one who has ever held it.
Fer the sake Of Mr.. Ickes himself,
for the sake Of the administration aud
for the sake Of American diplomacy, il
is deyoutely TO be hoped that he con-
fines himself in the future to the Job he
does so well, leaving incendiary speeches
10 soap box orators and foreign policy
10 the President.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
DISTRICT
REPORT
CONTINUED
(2Ist InStallmcnt)

1t is therefore evident that until
flood control works Of adequate size
are constructed on the Gila river
below its last large tributary, there
will be necessity for maintenance
OF substantial levees in Mexico
from Pilot Knob to the Cocopah
mountains. Even after such a flood
control reservoir may be provided
on Gila river, some provision will
need to be maze to prevent levees
becoming imperative.
The cost of levee maintenance i'll
recent years has decreased to a
nominal amount. and no large ex-
penditure may be required for many
years. However no assurance can
be given that a critical situation
may not develop any year, and
reserves should be established to
meet such a contingency.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24


paper comics or advertising illus
trationS. The last of the lizards
answering in their devoirs to art
for arts sake.
Particularly do the faithful re-
sent the spread of nut night clubs
and other foody fallerooS that
have supplanted so many quiet
waffle parlors and coffee shops.
And made their world slightly
honky-ton Now and then a rare
and mellow patriarch will be found
amoung them.
An oldSter with white muStach-
los, goatee. corduroys and bere He
usually bears the sobriquet of Pop
pa and his venerable eyes glow
when he comes upon some ambi-
tious canvas that shows promise.
Immediately he will beg the en-
bryo painter to leave to nom
commercial ideaelS.
True story: y young man well
known in New York business cir
ClcS was recently given the gate
llOlll d JOD lie Iltlu Dlllp years,
without explanation from his boss.
Confused and hurt, he made the
mistake of telling prospective en-
plOyerS that he was sacked because
his boss was crazy, and was thus
turned down on job after job for
which he was ably qualified. On
the verge of a nervous crack-up.
he ran away from things and is
still away, SO his friends have not
been able to tell him he was right.
His boss did 60 crazy last week.
Nancy Hoyt talented writer and
sister of the equally talented poe
tess. ElinOr Wylie, and something
OF literary mad-cap is greatly
Interested in bird cages although
She has no interest in birds. She
thinks they are somehow amusing.
Not long ago she made a bird cage
Tor a friend, a bride, and in place
Of the perch dangled a wedding
ring through which she had drawn
q well balanced sardine. Kinda
hilariously goofy when you think
about it!
Draft dodger George Jean Ma
than lives in perpetual terror of
drafts. He will quit a theatre. res
taurant or private dinner pronto
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
DISTRICT POWER
SYSTEM

Almost from the conception of
the All American canal, the dis
position to be made of the poten-
tial hydroelectric power has been
the subject of controversy in I'M
perial Valley. Distribution of elec-
trical energy in this region was
pioneered by Southern Sierras
power company. Until May 1886
this company enjoyed a virtual
monopoly, but since then Imperial
Irrigation district has been gener-
ating power at a dieSel-electric
plant in Brawley and has actively
competed with the power company
for the BraWley market.
At an election held on June 16.
1887. the directors Of the district
were authorized and instructed to
execute contracts with the public
Works Administration and with
the Rural Electrification Admins
tration of the United States, which
provided for the construction of
a hydroelectric plant on All Amer
ican canal, for enlargement OF the
diesel plant at BraWley. and for
transmission and distribution lines
throughout the Imperial Valley.
Contracts have been awarded for
the actual construction of some
of these works, and the district
expects to be in general competi-
ton with the power company with
in another year
In an effort to forestall competi-
ton for the limited market avail
able. the power company made an
offer to the district on May 5,
1887 which is quoted below. Sub
sequently, a modification of this
offer was made which VIC feel
should be disrcgarded.
Go BE Continued
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24

flaming zealotS
who have studi-
ed at Julien'S and
hope to get back
to Boul Mich
when economic
skies clear
These are the
last of the mod
ern rebels deplor-
ing commercial
ism and Stoutly
damning THEN
fellows who sue
cumbed to the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
WELL | Il
Tell
says
Bob Burns

have found that the older
people get, the palmer they talk.
l blush when l think of some of
the. articles | use'ta write on the
Press Argus back home when
was a boy. | was lust tryin' to
show off with a lot'a big words.
One time when we had a flood
back there. | wrote The storm
King hured his torn and tum-
bled torrent over the ruins of the
broken and dismembercd cdi-
flee" Today l would just simply
say The flood washed away Bill
Spradlcy'S barn"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
One Minnie Test Answevs

/ Nathan Straus, Of New York
2. The house Of commons has
most legislative authority in Great
Britain. The house of lords merely
has a limited power Of veto.
:. Massachusetts,, Virginia,
Pennsylvania and kentucky.
broken and dismembcrcd cdificc
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
The Grab Baq
Dne-NIinutr Test

/ Who IS chef Of The U. S.
housing authority?
2. In what body is the lcgisla-
tive power Of Great Bruain vest
ed?
3. Which Of the states in the
United States arc officially called
commonwealth"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24

Elbows on the dining table are
absolutely ok. according to most
informed experts in upper brack-
ct behaviourism. Although there
a sycho-physiological law that
with elbows on the table hands
have to get busy and do something
they shouldn't. Both Emily Post
and Margery Wilson closed the
discussion with the dictum: Ell
bows on the table are all right. 1t
seems less stiff" A spy tells me
that at recent dinner Emily Post
who had her elbows so adjusted
most of the time was constantly
tweaking an off ear and Margery
Wilson, who peddleS charm and
poise, was alternately twirling a
note book and feeling her face.
A night of complete Illustration
in accomplishing sleep brought me
to the finish line with this mumbo
jumbo: Twinkle, twinkle little star
How | wonder what you are. I am
sick of Girl Meets Boy, When the
girl is Myrna 10y.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
Hints on Etiquette

The courtesy which prevails at
the dinner table and in the living
room should prevail also upon the
highway.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
Photographs

Bells are rung in certain pas
sage5 OF the Alps mountains to
warn. travellers Of approaching
storms.
The drumfish, found in the Gulf
Of Mexico. is capable of crushing
oyster shells with its teeth.
The year 1897 established an all
time life expectancy of GOT years
for policyholders Of a large New
York life insurance company.
Napoleon was afflicted with aelu-
rophobia, disease whichcause
persons TO fear cats.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
TODAY s IIOrOScOne

Some persons whose birthday oc-
ours today are inclined to overesti-
mate their successes and TO mini
mize their defeats They are known
as free takers.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
New York Day by Day

NEW YORK, Feb. "a There
are still a few candle-lit attic
studios in Greenwich Village where
the soul-hungry continue to starye
for PRINCIPLES Still q number of
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
Words of Wisdom

The least of the chief causes of
war Is actual injustice .-Elihu
Root.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24
Thoughts for the Day -

And Samson said. With the jawbonc OF an ass
heaps upon heaps with the jaw Of an ass have
slain thousand men.-Judges 1916
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24

YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
Until You've read the Ads
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-24

the slightest wisp of breeze
Also he works in an unventilatcd
office and adds to the muggincsS
by putting fierce black cigars.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
Stalking Tomatoes
Is Recommended.
The adyisability of stalking 4

The advisability Of stalking tomato
plants in the home garden, instead
OF allowing them to lie on the ground.
is conclusively shown in records Of
comparative paintings at large seed
breeding institute.
While the yield per plant Is some
what greater when plants are allowed
to spread, the total yield per field is
no greater because the staked plants
may be grown closer together. This
advantage is emphasized by the much
finer quality of fruits yielded by the
staked plants. Not only are they
more free of bruises and rot spots.
but their flavor and texture is better.
Institute experts recommend stalking
of tomatoes also because it permits
the growing of several low, fast
growing crops such as radish ard
lettuce along with the slower-maturing
tomato.
1t is necessary, of course, to train
and trim staked plants. Only two or
three stems should be trained up, and
in the trimming of stems care must be
taken not to trim off those with
fruiting clusters. Caution in watering
is also recommended by the institute
scientists. Too much water discour-
ages fruiting. Artificial watering
should be done thoroughly, but at
long intervals.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
Moderation in Care
OF Garden Advised.

{ 1ARDENS, like humans, cannot
stand too much of a good thing.
Watering. fertilizing, cultivating. seed
planting and other garden activities
should be done in moderation to insure
garden success, according to experts.
Excessively heavy planting of seeds
results in deformed roots, poorly
formed plants. Thinning of seedlings
costs valuable time.
Too much watering Of tomatoes and
pepper and other vegetables results in
decreased yield of fruits. Excessive
watering of most flowers will cause
decreased production of blooms With
occasional rains, garden with good
soil may need only one or two artificial
waterings over an entire season.
Excessive application of fertilizer
will also tend to reduce the yield of
flowers and fruits. However, leafy
crops, such as lettuce and cabbage,
will stand heavier applications than
crops grown for their fruits, although
even here fertilizing can be overdone.
Overenthusiastic cultivation often
is hard on the gardener as well as the
plants. Hoeing should be necessary
only every week or 10 days, to keep
weeds down. The value Of constant
cultivation for mulching purposes, to
conserve moisture, is questioned by
many experts. Some claim that mois-
ture is retained and absorbed as eff
ciently by sunmulched soil as 1t is by
soil with q good dust mulch.
Evening star., 1938-07-23
Some Trees Acid>Loving
Good Plan to Test Conditions
Before Applying Alkali.

may cause them to fail, regardless of
other conditions.
Most Of the richer soils, particularly
those fertilized by rotting vegetation
such as that commonly found on the
forest floor, are acid. We can see,
from these facts, that lime should,
as a general policy, be used with
caution on shade trees, and then only
when the soil has been tested and
found to be so strongly acid that its
use is necessary. In such cases. lime
Is of value only when it can be mixed
with the soil in moderate quantities,
and to a considerable depth.
Tannic acid, sulphate and aluminium
are the chemicals most widely used
in the acidifying of soil. The amount
necessary for any positive results de-
pends, however, on number of factors.
These include the original reaction
and type of the soil, the plants or
trees growing in it, and even the aka
Unity OF the water used to sprinkle it.
You should always remember that
natural reactions, one way or another
OF the soil, are the results Of conditions
present throughout a large part of its
volume, and are not easily or per-
manently changed. Changing these
reactions is of definite value before
transplanting or introducing new
plants or trees. Otherwise, the soil
is very apt to be about right for what
ever is growing in it.