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"Hopin' foh de best" said Uncle Eben,
lis to be Encouraged, excep' in de case OF
q bad singer or tiresome talker."
Evening star., 1938-01-07

@. What position does w. j. Cameron
hold in the Ford Motor Co.?-V. H.
A. He Is attached to Henry Ford's Of =
flee. He has no title and no department.
Evening star., 1938-01-07


that the President would go twice to
the Senate in succession for a new men,
ber OF the court is considered doubtful.
Should the President determine to give
no consideration to geographic lines, he
might pick Assistant Attorney General
Robert H. Jackson of New York for the
sutherland vacancy. 1t has been rumored,
however, that the President has other
ideas about Mr.. jackson and his politi-
cal future. 1t has been said that the
Chief Executive would be pleased to have
jackson elected Governor of New York
and to the presidency two years later.
There has been such an uproar against
Jackson, however, since his two speeches,
regarded as attacks upon business, there
may be serious doubt as to his avail
ability for these political offices.
4
The victory of representative Lister
Hill In the Alabama primary for the
Democratic nomination for Senator to
succeed Hugo L. Black, now associate
justice OF the Supreme Court, Is giving
some OF the Democratic members of the
House from the South something to
think about. Mr.. Hill is a thorough
going supporter of the wages and hours
bill, and voted against It's recommittal
at the special session of Congress in
December, and did all he could to get
the House to pass the measure.
1t was the opposition of many of the
Southern members of Congress which
caused the defeat Of the measure. Now
they are wondering what their own con-
stituents have In store for them when
the primaries roll around this spring
and summer. Apparently Mr.. Hills ad-
vocacy OF the wages and hours bill did
not hurt him bit. He ran way ahead
Of his principal opponent in the recent
senatorial primary-former Senator
Evening star., 1938-01-07

Jud Tunkins says an outlaw is subject
to hard discipline. He may defy the
police, but never his own gang.
Evening star., 1938-01-07
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN,

@. What is the average price Of dolls?
L. S.
A. Most dolls are priced from 81 TO IS.
Many are sold for less, and dolls can
be purchased at all prices between IS
and $40.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
NOT AS BAD
AS SOME PEOPLE THINK

Business, said President Roosevelt in
one of the rare interviews when he per-
mltted reporters To quote him directly.
is not as bad as some people think, and
is getting better.
1t is good to hear the nations chief
executive speak in such a vein. 1t leaves
only slight gap between him and the
economic and financial experts who have
declared for months past that there is
no natural reason for any business recess
sion in the country-but natural re-
sources, national wealth and industrial
production, as well as the country'S credit
structure, are geared at present to pros
perity instead of to recession.
And those who believe that as Wall
Street goes, so goes the nations buSi-
ness, cannot help agreeing with the Pres
ident - since congress adjourned. The
nations markets have shown decided
strengthen some instances almost a
phenomenal pickup-since United States
lawmakers left Washington to go home
and fight their campaign battles.
We sincerely hope the President is
right-for the good of the nation. If he
is, perhaps it will not be necessary for
the entire huge sum appropriated by con-
gress for a new recovery drive"
If he is right. then the nation can heed
the warning the President himself issued
on March 10, 1888, when he said:
For three long years the federal gov
ernment has been on the road toward
bankruptcy =. Too often in recent his
tory liberal governments have been wreck
ed on rocks of loose fiscal policy. We
must avoid this danger
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
THIS GHOST
SHOULD BE LAID
OVAL Street IournaN

(Wall Street JournaD
In his letter to Senator Vandenberp.
the chairman of the Federal Reserve
board thus characterized printing-press
initiation:
When the government prints money
someone has to pay for what it buvs.
production does not increase and in the
exchange of goods some groups in the
population must bear the cost of uneom-
penSated acquisitions by the Government.
Who pays III the first instance depends
upon the circumstances. but ultimately
II Is paid for by those least able to bear
the cost. For initiation inevitably fol-
lows this course and the burden of infla-
ton, through loss of buying power of
money, falls heaviest on the poor. who
spend all their earnings to meet the cost
OF living. It is far cheaper and more
equitable to pay for government expend-
lures out OF taxes, to which contributions
are IN accordance with ability to pay
than to pay for them by initiation, which
destroys the value of the pay envelope.
the savings account and the insurance
policy.
All unquestionably true. But Chairman
Eccles says of printing press initiation
is also substantially true of "devalua
ton.' The purpose of devauation is the
same as the effect of the printing press
initiation, namely, the increasing of COM
modify prices, and it is the increase in
commodity prices that ultimately works
the deviltry he describes. COin-clipping-
for devaluation is only polite name for
it-has been from time immemorial an
approved method by which governments
have seized property without compensa-
ton. Coupled with deficit financing it
need not directly affect prices so long
as deficits are met by open borrowing.
1t Is when open borrowing is no longer
feasible that devaluation merges into
actual printing press initiation. But the
devlltry begins as soon as it affects
prices of commodities and to resort to
devaluation for the purpose of increas-
ing prices IS to resort to that deviltry.
Chairman Eccles' remarks should quiet
the apprehensions of the foreign money
centers over the possibility of further
devaluation by the United States. 1t is
hardly conceivable that our Government
is likely to adopt a policy which one of
its leading officials has so forcibly con-
demned-especially when there is not
the smallest indication that il is mediat-
ing anything of the kind.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
THE KIND OF CONTROL
THAT REALLY WORKS

Cooperation of Imperial Valley can
taloupe growers in blowing under one
third of their remaining crop, and the
resultant sharp upsWing in demand and
prices, demonstrates in performance how
industry can govern itself to the best
advantage of both its employers and en-
ployes.
The valley growers deserve the COM
munity's highest compliments for their
spirit of cooperation, because through it
they turned what might have been a
financial shambles into a decent season
and good cantaloupe season has its
echoes in every line of business in this
valley. AT the same time, however. the
growers demonstrated that rigid govern
ment control is not necessary to pull
any one line of business out of danger.
Cooperation, not control, is the keynote.
Governmental agencies in this county
cooperated 100 per cent with the can
taloupe growers. Results might not have
been so good if, instead of cooperation,
the governmental groups had attempted
downright control
If all lines of business followed the
example set by the valley cantaloupe
men, eScheWing cut-throat methods and
slick tactics in favor of honest effort to
cooperate for the benefit of all, business
would not be nearly So vulnerable to at
tack by opposition theorists and politi-
cal opportunsts.
Voluntary destruction of one-third of
the cantaloupe crop had several results
but most important of these was that it
kept the growers and shippers out of the
red. By doing SO it made possible good
wages for their employees and, in natural
consequence, increased business for val
ley establishments.
Other business might very well take
notes of the results obtained from cooper
alton in this particular field.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24

wages and hours. a recoyerv-relier
act under unrestricted White House
control and monopoly Investigation
which will be directed by Roosevelt
rather than Congress-those were
the chief demonstrations that q
previously anti-New Deal Congre5s
had changed its spots.
Vice President John Garner. VINO
opposes spending and wants to WicId
power in nominating the Demo
cratic candidate Of 1910 became
the head Of a nucleus Of conserva-
tive senators who hope to end con-
troll Of the party by New Dealers.
Senator Pat Harrison as chair
man Of the Senate Finance Com
mittee killed vitually the last YES
tige Of New Deal tax schemes d
rected at sociaI-economic control.
Chairman John J. OConnor o.
the House Rules Committee led the
anti-reorganization bill fight ana
received full credit for its death.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler star
red as the most effective opponent
OF the New Deal in the upper House.
Congressman Maury Maverick star
red in the House by blasting to
death the May bill which would
have set up a military economic
dictatorship upon declaration Of
war.
The anti-lynching bill filibuster
harangue Of Senator Allen J. El-
lender Of Louisiana lasted 30 hours
and spread over II days, five Of
which were in succession. One day
Ellendar spoke eight hours.
Honorable mention goes TO the
man IN the House gal
lery who-probably the first time
it had been done in history-an-
swered a congressman back.
Art is free! You can't regiment
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24

try. The idea was an instant sue
cess.
Not only that bue the public
wanted to read the scrap books as
we'll as hear them. He told a Chi
cago publisher about the letters
the publisher grabbed the idea.
Tony Wons has sold 100000 copies
of his scrap books.
He went back to Kenosha a few
years ago Some of the boys he
worked with are still there. They're
grown men now, and they loaf and
idle their time away in just about
the same way they did when he
worked there.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
News Behind
the News
Time a Tame Cat
Conservative BOOs

WASHINGTON. - The Seventy
fifth Congress marched into its re
cent five-month session like a lion
and crept out like a tame pussy.
Hailed generally by conservatives
in winter and early spring as d
band Of heroes valiantly bulwarking
American institutions against White
House ambitions toward dictator
ship, the boys went home amid
cat-calls and Kisses from the SAM
conserYatives-who now insist that
they turned out to be just a herd
of understanding. through-thc-
hoop-jumpers after all.
Looking backward, these seem
to be the sessions high spots:
President Roosevelt's recovery Of
power on Capitol Hill late in the
session after Congress previously
had killed his Supreme Court plan.
buried his wage-hour bill, routed
him on the tax front and wrecked
his reorganization program.
New Deal primary victories in
Alabama. Florida and Oregon, plus
realization that Roosevelt WASH I
slipping as much in popular
strength as his enemies had hoped
and knowledge that the admins
tration sought reprisals against anti
New Deal members up for renomi-
nation, appear 10 have contributed
10 the change.
Final administration victories on
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
Famous Sayings
Bruce Cation Says
= Taking the Surplus Out of Suits

With the decision to buy $10.-
100000 worth of already
tured clothing, now unsold and in
stock, and distribute it free to peo-
pie who can't aford to buy, a di-
Stinct new step is taken to meet
the present relief situation.
Exactly what the implications of
this policy might be, and what
might be its eventual outcome, no
body can say certainly. Few peo-
pie realize to how great an extent
the government has already gone
into the clothing business The
National Association of Retail
Clothiers and FurniShers declares
that more than 10000 WPA units
are making clothing, and that
more than 1O0,000O00 garments
have been produced. The Federal
Surplus Commodities Corporation
has been buying the materials and
giving them to WPA to make into
clothing
This cotton and wool has, of
course, been bought and used up,
not simply bought and stored to
overhang the market and depress
prices, which is one of the advan-
tages of the plan quite aside from
the necessity of clothing those who
have no decent clothing and can
not buy any under relief or WPA
wages
Whether this tremendous work
has definitely hit retail sales, it is
hard to say, though of course it is
impossible to guarantee that not a
single piece went to a person who
might have bought it otherwise, or
who perhaps feigned need and
sold the garment.
Certainly, if increased indefinite
ly, this vast industry" would
come to a point where it was
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
COURT UPHOLD.S
RIGHT TO WORK
(Nogales Herald)

tNogaleS Herald)
The Michigan Supreme Court has held
constitutional an act prohibiting indivi-
duals or groups from ''molestng a work
er IN the lawful pursuit Of his vocation. -
The ruling came when the court affirm
ed the lower court conviction of a United
Automobile Workers regional director
who was ordered to pay "a 500 fine and
$50 costs or serve ninety days in jail
because an employe was barred from
his work. The employe and eleven others
were prevented by pickets from going
to work
The union regional director argued
that he was not in the group of picket
who halted the workers, but the high
court declared that he "was a principal
in said offense as one who 'procures,
counsels, aids or abets in the commits
sion of an offense"
Our statute makes no distinction be-
tween the representative Of a labor union
and an individual" the opinion said. "The
right of labor to strike is, of course. not
affected by the statute under considera-
ton. Yet its terms are sufficiently broad
TO prevent individual interference with
the right TO work"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
You re Telling Me --
BY WILLIAM RIFT

A SOUTHERN CHURCH is per
mltting its member to attend Sun
day services wearing beach clothes
However, we understand, the par
lshloncrS must bring their own
sun-tan lamps.
Europeans, we read, have re-
used TO become enthusiastic over
swing music. We can't figure out
Why-it's a lot easier to listen to
than war rumors.
Now that the governments gold
is buried in Kentucky and West
Point is to hold the nations silver,
zadok Dumbkopf thinks this town
should put in a bid for Uncle
Sans surplus pennies.
No greater courage hath man
than thistle was the first fell
low in town to wear white linen
suit this spring.
A genuine celebrity is a person
who can get his picture in the
papers simply by telling reporters
he "has something to say.
Japan not only greatly increases
her army but added 10000 civil
employees last year. If
the Mikado doesn't watch out he's
liable to run out of taxpayers.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24

tn summer vacation.
Mrs. Charles HuniCk and son
Earl of Holtville spent the week in
1nglcwocd where they attended tn
wedding of Mrs. HmiCk's niece
Mrs. Charles . SiCerist spent
Thursday visiting at the home of
Mrs Hans Thames.
Mrs. Fern Cary and daughter
Wilma Fay visited at Lhc home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ionnic Horton of FL
Ccnsro, Friday
Mr.. and Mrs, A L. Bcrnshouse
had as their dinner guests Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. J L. Warne ands
family of BraWey and Vernon
Mariner Of ontario
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Bcrushous&
had as their guests recently Mr.
q. H. Mccain and Miss Hazel
Whitney OF Glendale.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24

The second child, a boy namec
Tony. thirteen years old. had II
90 TO work in the sock department
of a knitting factory. The sock
came from the machines wrong.
side out. on a short pole. Some o.
the men worked 50 fast that thcil
faces could hardly be seen behint
their hands which were flying ur
and down. The boys work was tc
grasp the socks, give them quick
JERK upward, turning them right
SIDE out
He worked ten hours a day turn
Ing socks at $3.50 a week.
While working in the factory
Tony got an idea which changed
the whole course Of his lie. Just
one idea! But one idea, if it is
good enough, will change your life.
too
This idea was to make good use
of his spare time. During noon
the factory workers had a whole
hour to do as they pleased. Tho
other boys loafed and played. Tony
studied.
And right there he began to pull
away from the others. At night
he went to q business college.
Pretty soon me knew enough to
enter Valparaiso College. VALPARAISO.
Indiana. Work Study. That was
his life.
Time passed, then suddenly war
swept down on America and held
this country in It's iron grip. When
il Was over, Tony was in q veterans
hospital il Arizona.
He still clung to the idea he had
srasped at the knitting miII-to
make the most Of his spare time.
But now could a sick soldier make
anything out Of his spare time,
fiat on his back in a hospital?
Well, Tony Wons did.
He started scrap book Of the
things he read and liked. Day
after day he clipped, pasted, filed,
and indexed.
He began to get better. In nine
months he was out.
But what could he do now? He
mad a good voice. Radio That
was it. He went to a station in
Chicago, and told them he wanted
TO read from his scrap books. The
manager didn't think much of it,
but ne decided to give the idea a
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
Alamo-Verd Folk
Entertain Friends
At Dinner Party
ALAMO-VERDE NOTES

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cary enter
tanned relatives from Holtville at
dinner Sunday. They were Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Weeks and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. B f.. Weeks
Earl Mcbride of Meoland was al
SO a dinner guest at the Cary
home.
Mrs. d. Mckenzie, Mrs. G E.
Tuttle and Mrs r. w. Williams of
Alamo attended the birthday party
in honor of Mrs H. o. LangstOn
at the home of Mrs. Davie Vencill
of Holtville, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs r. w. Williams.
Mrs E. R. Maring and children
Margaret, Billy and Edwin spent
Fatheis Day visiting at the of Mr..
and Mrs. Norman Brodie and fam
lily of Holtvillc
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurel Ferguson
called at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Duncan Mckenzie Saturday
evening.
Mrs. II B. Ross and son Charles
returned home Friday morning af-
te visiting for the past five weeks
in Illinois.
lone Cary enjoyed dinner Sun
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Isaac Mcbride of Meloland.
Mr.. and Mrs A w. Cary had as
their guests recently Mrs. j. F..
Richey and daughter Doris, Mr..
and Mrs. Verde Freeman and Mr.
and Mrs. A. C Freeman.
Ms Jerry Rice and children Dick
and Nancy mctored to Ocean
Beach recently They will spend
the summer vacation there
Mrs. L. G Hawk left Friday for
Live Oaks where she will spend the
summer. Her daughter Miss Helen
Hawk, who has been attending
UC.L A will join her there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Baker OF Ell
Centre spent Sunday evening visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. d Mckenzie.
Mrs. George Mellor and children
Charles and Pearl motored to Po-
mona Friday where they will spend
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24

competing with possible 'leslti-
mate" markets for clothing. The
whole trick seems to be to determ-
inc as accurately as possible that
point, and stop there.
But now, for the first time, the
government goes farther and buys
up tremendous stocks OF mems,
Womcn's and childrcn'S clothing
which have been already manufac-
tured These also will be given
away free to the needy
The same benefits accrue, thb
same dangers follow. The cloth, the
manufactured goods, are taken
Off the shelves, making way for
new They will be used-wornout
which is what they were intend
ed for, and not lie on shelves to
hang over tagging market. The
clean shelves open the way for the
clothing factories to manufacture
more clothes-which means more
wages in circulation, more cloth
used. This is all to the good.
Only at the point where some of
those suits begin to get into the
hands of those who could have af-
forded to buy, or who acquire only
to resell, is there a competition
with private business which wants
worrying about
The trick, again is to dcterm-
inc that point, watch for it, and
stop there.
This vigilance becomes all the
more necessary when you think
that the government is also plan
ming on buying 3l500 tons of dried
prunes, 100000 cases of grapefruit
juice, and perhaps even enough
wheat to cut down somewhat the
tremendous surplus that looms.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24

than So a week
for each member
of the family.
T h G fathers S
last name was
WOns, a Polish
W ord meaning
WhiskerS.
One clay the
f a t n er ca m e
home from work
early. Wasn't feel
ing well he said.
In a week, he was
dead.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

a Polish family in Kenosha, Wis
consin, was having hard time
making a living. The father, a
tailor, earned $22 a week. There
We're six children. This meant less
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
Grab Baq
OnG.-Minute Test

Ont4-Nllutc lest
l When was the Battle of Bun
ker Hill fought?
2. Who administers the oath of
office to a US president-elect?
B. Who wrote Rhapsody in
Blue?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
Barbs --

A couple in Texas recently got
married by telephone Now if
they'll just keep things that way
they'll probably live happily for
ever after.
Comes "A story of German
woOdwOrker who wears two arti-
ficiaI legs and an artificial arm Of
his own manufacture. A self-madc
man
A monkey who arrived here from
Europe the othc day was immcdi-
ately deported He had threatened
to lecture.
Within 20 years, according to a
statistician, there will be no horses
in England. That tittering you
hear can probably be traced to the
fox holes.
A mc.orist looked down the
other day to find an adder beside
him. In less time than it takes to
tell, the two had changed posi-
tions, and the man was beside
himself.
Roosevelt has designed a five
room house, and Ford has won a
place on school board. There's
couple of boys worth watching.
The Cleveland pastor who ad
Vised youth that for the proper
preparation for life the vital
senses" were appreciation, humor,
inquiry, and awe forgot the most
important one, Common sense,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24

are and literature believed Sira-
Vicn Of New York.
Why can't you?" beloved the
man in the gallery, who wa
promptly tossed out amid laughter
and applause.
Although Mr.. Roosevelt is hay
ing trouble finding someone who
wants the American ambassador
ship at Moscow there's no ques
ton that Ambassador and Nine.
Troyanoysky are enjoying them
selves in Washington.
One day you see the TroyanoY
skys at a nearby race track and a
day or two later you see them at
an American League baseball game
And few evenings later you spot
them coming out Of a downtown
movie house, then strolling slowly
down F street and gazing into each
shop window.
A visitor to Troyanovsky's office
recently heard the ambassador talk
ing on the telephone.
Yes sir!" the envoy from the
US.SR. was exclaiming with some
glee, I'VE won in the last inningn
He was talking about the Wash
ing baseball team.
Tommy Corcoran correctly credit
ed with ghost-writing many
speeches for Mr.. Roosevelt and 9TH
er New Deal luminaries, has had
book out Of the RFC library for
some time. It's a small volume call
ed "Washington's Farewell Ad-
dress.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24

news items by round the worlo
telephone.
Argentina, with more than 25,OOO
miles of railroads, is first among
Latin American nations in tbs re-
pect.
Twelve per cent Of first admis-
sions to US. mental hospitals are
persons between the ages of Is and
%.
Medical graduates in the United
States for 1936-'37 numbered 5,377,
OF whom 238 were women.
A statue Of Lady GCdiva will re-
place a war tank in the square of
Coventry, England.
1t costs the U. S. army more
than 100000 a year to touch off
military salutes.
Inc taSclSt grand council OF
Italy, controlled by Premier Benito
Mussolini, has the power of select
ing the successor to King Victor
Emmanuel
Rest taken before physical ex-
ertion is much more valuable than
rest taken aftcrward, recent scien-
tific studies indicate.
Italy has the lowest per capita
meat consumption in Europe
merely IS pounds annually.
In 1890, when the first US. CEN
Us was taken, the population was
:, 3,929214.