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The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Says Boake Carter

present in a shocking number of Americans Of
young ages
According to the survey, at the age Of 20,
about 80 persons out of every 1000 of that
age have a chronic disease; at age 40, more
than 200; at 60, about $50; more than 500 Of
every 1000 at the age Of 80
StdtiSticS on Deaths
A LMOST one-half Of the deaths from chronic
"A disease occur before the age of IS. Forty1six
per cent occur between the ages of 1854. Yet
this is the period of life in which virile and pro-
ductive man and womanhood is supposed to be
at its best Where does business get off at this
rate?
Chronic disease is more Of a problem of the
so-called productive years than an old-age prob
lem In other words, there is more chronic dis
ease among the people we see in factories, mills
offices and elsewhere than, say, among the in
mates of an old mems home.
Rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, neuritiS, lumbago
and chronic Rheumatism rates the most cases,
approximately 100000. These ailments cause
nearly 10O0OOOOO days lost per year in work or
usual activity. Heart diseases rank first in the
cause of deaths, second in the number of cases.
third in the number of days lost.
Mr. Roosevelt declares, among other things
that one of his many aims is to provide every
body with more leisure. If he is successful then
it would seem that We shall spend it in hospitals
and sanitariums working for the greatest gift Of
Maker to mankind-health.
Copyright Ledger syndcate)
(Bodke Cnrter's opinions are his otDn and not
necessarily those of The Washington TinleSO
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Equality For All

EMPLOYERS with a social
~ conscience are now assured
by the wages and hours law that
they will no longer be compelled
to conform to the standards of
competitors with blunted social
senSibilitieS. The law does not
curtail competitive action. It
only determines the manner in
which competition shall take
place. It seeks to create a Situa-
ton in which the ideals If the
better rather than those of the
worst employers shall prevail.
It Incorporates into law stand
ards which, even though &C.
ceptable to the majority, could
not be put into effect without
governmental authority as long
as a handful of men in any
given industry refused to con-
form to them. It aims to eStab-
HSh by law a plane of competi-
ton far above that which could
be maintained in the absence Of
government edict,
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Health Surrey Disclosures

Health Surrey Disclosures
THESE are facts discovered by the National
4 Health Survey. under the United States
Public Health Service, to be dealt with in the
National Health Conference this month in Wash
ington.
We have been insulting old age. Half the per-
sons for whom chronic ailments were reported
are less than IS years old.
Yet another startling fact revealed is that
chronic disease appears at early ages. 1t is true
that the ratio of chronic invalids rises suddenly
after the age of so, but it appears that chronic
disease, as differentiated from inValidiSm, is
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

much to do with determining
policies. One of those most
prominently mentioned in. this
column has spoken to the PreSi-
dent only once in his life; an
other has seen the President
twice In the past three years.
It would be no exaggeration to
say that the so-called inner cir
Gle of economists has no more
effect upon Administration
policies than any equal number
Of responsible business men, leg
islatorS, Government officials,
or labor leaders who are con-
stantly calling upon the Presi-
dent and seeking to advise him
on matters Of state,
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Just Like Children

WoNEN are like children who are just learn
" ing to walk, with their new freedom but
believe me, as each year goes by, they are walk
ing quicker and quicker and, when they once
get together and start running, the men had bet
ter look out for themselves.
When man is left to bring up family Of
children, he always hollers for help but does o
woman? No, indeed, she goes out and gets her
little job and keeps that family together, sends
the children to school and will slave her hands
to the bone with'no whining and no whimpering
When you realize the tortures and the danger
this game little girl of IL went through diving
into that icy water, when you think Of the bur-
dens that women have to bear, you realize how
fundamentally fine and great they are under
meath their seemingly frail appearance.
This so well expressed to me what women face
all through life: how truly wonderful they are
and how fast they have progressed since the
first days of their freedom.
"And you? But what is death or life to you?
Only weapon in the hand of faith
To cleave a way for companies yet unborn,
To far freedom you will never share"
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

more leisure in which to en-
joy these advantages
It comes as a stunning
shock to learn that chronic
diseases, permanent disabili-
ties, defects of vision or hear
ing affect at least 23,00O,0
persons in the United States
one out of every six.
And, if this dismaying fact
were not enough, almost l.
100000, 900 days are lost from
work per year because Of
these conditions.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

far below that of the majority of
business and industry. Many an
employer has been obliged to
yield to rules of business con-
duct he despises. He has been
forced to live a dual existence.
Despite indignation at the en-
ployment of children, long hours
Of labor, and low wages, he has
been compelled to pursue such
practices because of the pres
sure of competition from en-
ployers who lack a sense of social
responsibility.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

When I read articles like the
following: "a little girl IL
years old dives into the river
and saves her tiny brothers
and sisters from a submerged
automobile, while grown-up
men on the bank look on" it
makes me realize that the pos
sibility Of a woman ending up
in the White House, or in fact
getting control of and running
most anything she puts her
mind on, seems very likely
after the heroic act Of this
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
By ISADoR LUBIN
Commissioners Of Labor Statistics

NOR many months this and other columns have been
l. rampant with implications that the Roosevelt Ad-
mnistraton through many of its advisers" seeking
direct the activities of industry, to control markets. to
place judgments Of competitive markets by Centralized
planning" by Government. This column has gone so
far to team up the Administration advisers into op
posing groups competing for the Presidents ear-those
who have faith in competitive enterprise and those who
want to suppen free economic system with Government
direction.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

an Admins
tration lad
Wis er !" is
s o m e t h ing
that most of
us in official
Washin G ton
cannot un-
d RS t a n d.
The fact is
that the econ
omiStS whose
n a m e s are
b a n d 1 e d
about as "ad-
viSerS'' rarely
see the PreSi-
dent or have
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Coffee for Troops

TOKYO. July 10 G.N.SO.-The
Brazil Coffee Company here has
offered the Navy Ministry as
many sacks Of coffee as it can
use for distribution among Off
GERS and men at the China front.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Annual Outing

ROCKVILLE, Md, July 19.
The twelfth annual outing of the
Rockville Chamber of Commerce
will be held at Bay Ridge, Md,
next Thursday,
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

When you consider how many thousands and
thousands of years women have been practically
nothing but slaves and that they have only had
their freedom for a short space of time, it is a
wonder to me they use it as wisely and as well
as they do.
Women are fundamentally much quicker
thinkers than men, They act on their intuition
or lunches" OF course not having become COM
pletely used to their freedom, will admit they
are apt to go to extremes at times. AS rule.
they are not as steady as men and sometimes
they let their personal feelings and their jeal-
ousies obscure the real thing they are driving for.
Now the ladies have always been accused Of
being great gossips, but in any mems club in the
country you will hear more real gossip, more
harm done to regulations in serious way, than
in half dozen women's clubs you might go into
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
My Say

THERE has been much speculation and talk
about whether eventually woman would or
could be President of the United States.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
"But''. -

WHEN we think of the funds eventually neces-
w sary for social security
When we hear that machines are causing more
and more lost hours of work
When we hear about all the advantages our
modern civilization has given us
When we hear Mr.. Roosevelt promising us
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
The News Behind
The News

Men in public life often believe their vesos are inoccu-
rGey irddeauGtey presented in the press particularly
IN columns such this one, and they haze chance to
back. Isador Lbi, sOidey knon and respected
head of the Labor Department Bureau of Labor Statistics
answers back IN the foloUing guest column and tells
WhGt is behind Administration policy as he sees It,
PAUL MALLON.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

are added to favorable indica-
tions given by June data, they
have some real Importance.
The figures for June strongly
suggest the bottom of the de-
preston has been reached, and
show signs of recovery ahead.
Two points should be borne
In mind in reading5the COM
mentS you see in the papers.
First, the comparisons with
20 year ago." are worse than
meaningless. Less than a
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Store Sales AdUance

Store Sales AdUdnce
ENNALLY. the department store sales for the
L country as a whole gained in June. This
reflects in part the greater optimism in rural
sections, where the outlook is for large crops at
fair prices.
On the other hand, factory employment in
New York State declined more than seasonally
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Copper Stocks Vital

Copper Stocks Vital E.,
TT should also be noted domestic stocks Of cop
l. per declined in June, which is an important
symptom of readjustment
This will be aided by the gain in building activ-
ity indicated in building permits. These showed
morethan-seasonal increase in June. While New
York returns played heavy part, and declines
occurred in the Mountain States, New England
and Pacific Coast areas, the total outside New
York was up.
Lumber production has accordingly increased,
notably in the Pacific Northwest and IN the
Southern pine mills.
Shoe and textile production have definitely
turned up in way that suggests a cyclical re-
covery.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
World of Finance By Lewis Haney

below its normal relation to steel production, and
this usually means that bottom is near.
Steel production itself has held in narrow,
sideways path so long that the recent rebound
warrants hope of sustained upturn
This hope is confirmed by machine tool orders.
My adjusted index Of such orders shows fairly
sharp rise for June, considering the season. The
orders are stin "spotty" and foreign business is
nearly half of the total, but the upturn shows
better feeling about the future.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

year ago, business activity was Prof. Lewis Haney
high. Why then, worry about its being lower
now? Very soon the decline of year ago will
naturally make comparisons seem more favor
able even if there were to be no change from
now on.
The only important fact is that business is
now doing better than seasonal expectations.
The other point is that signs of a cyclical
''bottom" are apparent, and that to considera-
bic extent, recovery can come in spite Of the New
Deal policies. A striking fact about the Roose-
velt depression has been that it kept on and broke
all records for sharpness Of decline, despite the
things done in Washington to stimulate business.
Steel Industry Steady
TNHE IRON and steel industry gives strong evi-
dence of touching bottom. For months, the
output of pig iron as been out of line with steel
ingot production This maladjustment has now
been corrected. Pig iron production in June fell
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

NEW YORK, July 18.-Recent weekly business
~ statistics and current business news items
point upward. Since these straws in the wind
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

WOMEN may be petty in some things. but
they certainly will go through fire and water
to. They bear the children, they suffer the palms.
they run the homes (Which is heartbreaking
and monotonous job, and, when it comes right
down to it, behind every successful man in history
there has always been woman who has been
responsible for his greatness-or his wickedness
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

WHY every Government econ
w omist who has any ideas Of
his own should be assumed to be
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-03
ABOUT TIMBER CUTTING

Editor ASkov American:
In my letter to this newspaper last
week my meaning was not clear as
to the cutting of the timber to create
employment. My idea is to cut all
of the old timber and also what will
bring the highest price. There are
standing a lot of old trees that are
too old and under them stand small
spruce and balsam. If the old trees
stand there they will in time either
kill or cripple the small trees. Then
you have nothing. On the other
hand you give employment and save
the small trees.
We are using in this community
200 cords for fuel each year and that
can be the lowest grade. We sell it
so low that we get rid of it to clean
the timber. The better grade is
easy to sell and what we lose on the
lower grade we can make up on the
better grade. At the same time we
clean up the timber stand and fur
niSh employment for the future.
ADOLPH ANDERSON.
Kingsdale, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-03
A Democracy

A timely discussion was presented
in a newspaper recently in regards
to what is democracy. In this
time of world and economic strife
when so many schools of thought
are being presented, it is certainly
necessary to know exactly what a
democracy is.
Webster says that a democracy
is "a government by the people
through elected representatives"
That is a thorough definition and
sounds good, but many democracies
have fallen just because the people
themselves took the attitude of let
ting George do it." 1t seems that
the average person thinks that the
government will be run the way the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" want to run
it anyway and therefore stays away
from the polls on election day.
A true democracy is one where all
of the people take their voting fran
chise seriously and see to it that they
have proper representation in their
legislative halls.
Make and keep our country true
democracy by concerted and pro-
gressive action at the polls and in
our everyday life.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-03
Used Car Week Set
To Begin March 5

A national drive to sweep the
American automobile industry out
of the current recession and stimulate
American business generally was an
nounced here today by Alvan Macau-
ley, speaking for every American
automobile manufacturer and the ma
TONS $4,000 automobile dealers.
The campaign, to be known as
National Used Car Exchange Week"
and scheduled for March to IL, is
an outgrowth of recent conferences
at the White House between Presi-
dent Roosevelt and leaders of the
automobile industry, Mr.. Macauley
said. The President has been adj
vised of plans for the campaign,
which is the first cooperative effort
ever undertaken in which all Amer
lean automobile manufacturers have
taken part
To support the campaign, Mr..
Macauley announced, the manufac-
turers will spend S1,25O,O00 in news
paper, radio and outdoor advertising
and in other promotional channels.
Two-thirds of the advertising bud
get will be spent in newspapers
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-03
CHARLES A LINDBERGH, SR.,
A REAL CONGRESSMAN
litOr AskOV American:

Editor ASkov American:
In our search for real congressman,
why do we here in Minnesota have
to go to CALIFORNIA; VoorhiS; NebraS-
ka's Binderup; North Dakota's Lemke
and Burdick; Texas Patman and 9TH
ers, to find in Congress real students
of the nations economic ills, and who
have the courage to offer common
sense remedies that are simple enough
for any one to understand?
It does not take a brilliant mind
to see the absolute fallacies of our
Monetary System and the Fiscal Pol
icies of our government.
In my search for real representa-
tives in Congress from Minnesota,
have to go back to Charles A. Lind
bergh, Sr., who in 1908, almost single
handed, defeated the bill known as
the Bankers Reserve Act" and who
fought valiantly, but in vain, against
the same bill in 1913 when it was
passed under the deceptive name of
the Federal Reserve Bank Act"
Most of us know now what this,
the greatest and most deceitful of all
financial conspiracies has done to the
toiling masses, and still our members
in Congress sit idly by and pay no
heed to its predatory operations.
S. o. SANDERSON.
Rochester, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-03

people live that way? I doubt it. For
some 80 years have wandered
around different towns and cities.
Even in little towns of about 200 peo-
pie, there are usually three or four
cliques at odds with each other. The
more you try to pacify them the
more they will fight. The best thing
is usually to leave them alone and
let them fight it out. If we adopt
the cooperative commonwealth peace
won't be assured; people will 60 right
on fighting and beating each other.
S. j. SIMONSEN.
Pease, Mimi, Feb. rs, 1888.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-03
BLUEPRINT OF DICTATORSHIP
(St. Paul DiSpatch)

The Hill-Sheppard bill of the last
Congress has become, with a few
inconsequential notifications, the
May Sheppard bill of the present SEES
sion. Mistitled as bill ''to take
the profits out of war; it is actually
a blueprint of Fascist dictatorship as
complete as the Roosevelt architects
dare to make it-and they are in
trepid men.
AS far as profits are concerned
the bill is an empty mockery. 1t
merely provides that after war has
been declared consideration shall be
given to what measures might be
passed to limit profits. If any poten-
tial war profiteer fears that this clause
will result in reductions in the flow
of gravy, let him remember 1917 and
1918 and be treasured But let him
look more closely at the clauses which
give the President, on declaration of
war, absolute power to control the
industry and commerce of the nation
through licenses, shipment priorities,
price-fiXing DEGREES and the like.
Other clauses operate to give the
Chief Executive and Commander-in-
Chief of the Army and Navy unre-
stricted military control over labor
and agriculture as well, and provide
ill-concealed methods for authoritar-
ian suppression of free speech and
press. Such is the bill approved by
the House Military Affairs committee
yesterday and scheduled for discus
sion on the floor next Monday.
Ordinarily the japanese parliament
could not be posed as an appropriate
example for the United States Con-
gress to follow On past occasions,
in fact, it has been intimated in this
column that the Toxic Diet is moth
ing but rubber stamp, jellyfsh
complete nonentity as far as for
mutation of or influence on govern
ment policy is concerned. For those
reflections an apology is herewith
extended; the revolt in the japanese
Diet the other day against the gov
ernment's national mobilization bill
"a counterpart of the May-Sheppard
bill-amply demonstrates their falls
ity.
The Congress could not do better
than to initiate its Japanese analogue
by offering strenuous resistance tC
the blueprint of dictatorship which
the administration is endeavoring to
put over on the American people.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-03
DOUBTS NON-PROFIT SYSTEM

Editor ASkOV American.
After about 20 years of social ex-
pertinent throughout the world, it
is possible to differentate and elm
mate those things that experience has
shown won't work, for the simple
reason that they don't fit in with
reality. Undoubtedly, many things
advanced by the Socialist party are
here to stay and have already been
accepted by the capitalist regime;
more is to follow. Yet, the profit mo-
tive is still the main incentive for
work and endeavor, the idea of re-
ward and advancement for good work
is still the dominating force driving
things onward.
An old tale runs about as follows:
can Indian and a white man went
out hunting, the Indian shot three
ducks and the white man three crows,
after the hunt the white man said
now chief we are brothers, let us
divide our bag-I will do the divid-
ing, we will lay the birds in pile
and divide them equally, now duck
for me and a crow for you, another
crow for you and duck for me,
a crow for you and duck for me,
and that divides the bag; now isn't
that fair?" Generally, if you leave
the dividing to the other fellow he
will take what is best and leave
you nothing, except what he does not
want
Supposing we abandon the profit
motive and adopt the production-for-
use motive, who is to make the divis-
ion of the pool? That is where the
hitch comes in. The fellow who does
the dividing will always get the best
of it; those on top will want to stay
on top, even if they have to kill the
other fellow. The production-for-uSe
theory sounds right, but who is going
to do the dirty work? Who is to
divide the jobs, etc. Everybody will
want the good jobs and nobody the
poor ones, all these things will have
to be decided by some one.
The idea of everybody living in
peace and harmony is fine, but will
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-03
Cooperate For Peace

Secretary of State Cordell Hull told
Congress recently that a widespread
adoption of policy of economic CO.
operation and maintenance of inter-
national law afforded the only peace
full way out of troubled world con-
ditions."
Mr.. Hull went on to say, To-day
we see in many countries nothing ex-
cept the most trouble-breeding meth
DDS of trading, and wild runaway
races in ornaments.
''We see no plan pointing toward
the restoration of conditions of peace
and economic we'll being for the peO-