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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
Bruckmfs Washington Digest
President Irked by Ceorgia's
Refusal to Alter Constitution
State Will Get No More Money From Federal Government
Possibilities of Staggering Burdens of Taxation
Pointed Out by Hoover and Byrd
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg, Washington, d. G.

WASHINGTON. - The state of
Georgia has a provision in its state
constitution that effectively prevents
an accumulation of state debt. 1t is
one of the few states having such
a constitutional inhibition of that
kind. But the fact that such a pro-
vision exists in Georgia suddenly
has become momentous in the eyes
and minds of the New Dealers,
headed by the President, himself.
Because it is in the news, however,
Mr.. Roosevelt's criticism of the pro-
vision forces a review of the facts
and implications flowing from that
charter provision.
Mr.. Roosevelt said recently while
sojourning at Warm Springs, Ga,
as he does frequently, that Georgia
will get no more federal money.
His particular peeve at Georgia re-
suited from the fact that the state
has not amended its constitution to
permit it to borrow directly from
agencies of the federal government
as most other states have done
with federal money flowing like
streams at flood. The President was
Disguised with Georgia's attitude;
hence, the federal government is all
through with giving the state more
money.
Of course, it is only my opinion
the opinion of only one observer
but it nevertheless strikes me that
in years to come, the citizens of
many states will have cause to re-
greet the absence of such provisions
from their respective state constitu-
tons. It is only a question of time.
Politicians and over-zealous advo-
Gates of improvements" and the
like have been rushing to the fed
eral feed trough in droves, carrying
away checks. They have borrowed
billions from the national govern
ment; they have received grants or
gifts of other billions for the coun-
try as a whole on condition that
they put up additional funds to
match or equal the federal gift, and
they, in consequence, now are load
ed down with debt. So, I say there
will be cause for regret that so few
states have the same provision as
Georgia has when the time comes
for payment. There must be taxa
ton if the debts are paid, or there
must be that awful thing, repudia-
ton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
Presidents Statement May
Be CIeuer Political MoUe

I am in no position to know wheth-
er the failure of Georgia to obey the
Roosevelt command entered into the
discourse that has since become an
issue. Nor am well enough &C
quainted with New Deal plans to say
whether the President has taken his
first step for 1910 convention dele
gates in this way. It is possible,
obviously, that the Warm Springs
statement may be a clever politi-
cal move. Think of it this way: by
starting row, the President posi-
bly, could be laying the groundwork
for uniting the anti-George forces.
If they are united and fighting, it is
within the realm of possibilities that
they could take the Georgia delega-
ton out of Senator Georges con-
troll in 1910. That would be a great
victory for the radical element Of
the Democratic party.
Then, too, the Warm Springs dec
laration may be designed to have an
effect on the forthcoming congress.
think it goes without saying that
the new congress is going to be
very much different than that which
it supplants. For one thing, there
will be less-very much less-mon-
ey voted for the administration to
use as it sees fit. There will be a
bloody battle before congress again
writes out blank checks for Hopkins
or Harold Ickes to use. It is likely,
indeed, that there will be some rath-
er rigorous investigations of things
already done under the blank check
appropriations of money. If the in
vestigations are thorough, there will
be stencil rise from the committee
room where the job is done. Thus,
if Mr.. Roosevelt hopes, by the Warm
Springs statement, to awaken a
fresh thirst for money among local
politicians throughout the country,
it may be a piece of clever politics.
Whatever the purpose of the criti-
cism of the Georgia prohibition
against borrowing, it can not alter
the fundamentals of the situation.
Georgia, as state, is better off. It
will be far better off 10 years from
now when the country has sorted out
the good things of the New Deal and
put them to proper use. It's citizens
will be happier and less burdened
with taxation at time when the
people of Pennsylvania, for exam
pie, are using profane language
about paying for needless and USE
less improvements" - state Of
mind they surely will reach as soon
as they have forgotten the mouth
ings of politicians and have begun
to pay through the nose.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
Must Be Additional
Taxation, or Repudiatio7

Former President Hoover has had
much to say about the waste that
has been going on, and has coupled
those observations with the possibil-
tiles of staggering burdens of taxa
ton. So has Sen. Harry Byrd, Dem
ocrat, of Virginia. Mr.. Hoover's
criticisms have been laughed off by
the administration here because Mr..
Hoover is a Republican. Senator
Byrd's jibes have been pooh-poohed
because he has insisted on sound
government and has been frequently
anti-New Deal. But Mr.. Hoover and
Senator Byrd each have stressed a
little noted phase of potentialities
inherent in the situation. They have
talked about moral codes.
Now, it appears, as said above,
there must be additional taxation to
meet these loans whether from the
federal government or from private
borrowers) or there must be repudi-
alton. Reputation is simply and
plainly refusal to pay a debt. Re-
fusal to pay an honest debt makes
deadbeats.
In the light of these facts, want
to make a little prediction. I am
going to predict that there will be
movements in many states within
10 years to have the federal govern
ment relinquish its claims against
those states; to have congress pass
legislation that will say to the states,
in effect, "Just tear up the papers
and we will tear up your notes and
bonds and forget about the whole
thing" Politicians of the unsavory,
demagogic type will leap onto such
a thought and shout from the house
tops of every community in the state
that the federal government-that
great and rich government-ought
to forego collection. They will have
all kinds of arguments why it ought
to be done, but their real reason
for doing so will be to obtain votes
for their own election to office. They
will be saying to the people that il
will not be reputation if the fed
eral government says it does not
desire to collect; yet, it is my con-
tention that such proceedings will
be thoroughly dishonest. It will be
exactly the same as if the state had
said: I won't pay.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08

which organized the bulk of steel
plants, was defeated 1000 to 400
in one American Rolling Mill labor
election.
If proft-sharing could be extend
ed, most U. S. industrialists believe
employees would be better salts
fed, employment would become less
fiuctuant, and our national financial
picture would be improved. In
Washington, a senate finance SUBJ
committee investigating the plan
was recently told it would be "an
unbeatable defense of the capital
istic system"
Members of this committee are
Michigan's Sen. Arthur Vandenberg
and Iowa's Sen. Clyde Herring.
Their purpose is to unearth facts
about proft-sharing merits and find
methods of expanding it. The long
range ambition is to make the work
ing man more prosperous and more
able to bear a share of the U. S. tax
load. Thus, by splitting it's profits,
industry would help itself by win
ming more equitable division of
tax burden.
But an expansion of profit-sharing
must come either voluntarily or
through government insistence, and
voluntary adoption of the plan by
industry would be long, discour-
aging battle of coaxing and educa-
ton. Though neither committee
member yet advocates it, both Sem
ators Vandenberg and Herring have
been feeling out sentiment on an
incentive taxation" plan. Under it
the government would give tax cred
its to profit-sharing concerns, mean
while penalizing non-conforming
firms. Tax credits might be given
on employers social security pay
ments, though the mere mention of
such tampering with social security
has already aroused protest from
administration sources.
Most of the committees wit
nesses have gone on record oppos-
ing the incentive taxi because it
would impose either reward or pen
atty for an employers decision on
a matter which should be entirely
voluntary. Loudest supporter has
been Walter D. Fuller, president of
the Curtis Publishing company, who
wants more liberal tax treatment
to stimulate unemployment. He
also thinks industrial plant expan-
sion will follow if employers are al
lowed to charge off more on depre-
citation than at present thereby en-
couraging early replacement of pres
ent obsolete equipment.
Labor's opinion has been ex-
pressed by William Green, presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, who naturally favors profit
sharing provided it does not tend
to replace collective bargaining.
This issue may be the battle-ground
on which proft-sharing plans rise
or fall, since collective bargaining
is based on compulsion rather than
cooperation. Before adopting the
profit-sharing principle, many indus
trialists would demand that the
threatening club of organized labor
be removed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
New Dresses for HOLIDAYS

ness at the sides, fullness all
round, like a dirndl, or fullness
concentrated in front, as the pic
ture shows it. Then fasten the
belt around your middle, creating
soft, bloused line above! The
shirred shoulders and square
neckline are just as fattering and
smart as they can be! For this,
choose silk crepe, velvet or thin
wool.
Girdle-and-Panel-in-One Dress.
Of course that midriff section
isn't really a girdle-it just looks
like one, and the way it is ex-
tended into the front skirt panel
simply makes the pounds melt
from your appearance. This is a
beautifully slenderizing dress, and
so elegant-looking, designed with
such good taste! 1t fits beautiful
ly. Gathers above the middle Sec
ton and below the shoulder give
just the right amount of fullness
to the bodice front. You'll feel so
grand, and look so slim, if you
make this of velvet, wool broad
cloth, satin or silk crepe.
The Patterns.
No. 1647 is designed for sizes II,
IA, 16, Is, 20 and 40. Size Il re-
quires Az yards of 39-inch ma
terial.
No. 1884 is designed for sizes So,
38, 40, AZ, A, 46, 48, so and 50.
With long sleeves, size 38 requires
yards of 39-inch material. With
short sleeves, AS yards; IA yards
of trimming.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920,
I'll W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill.
Price of patterns, Is cents Tin
coins) each.
Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
Observation-Disclosures Dress.
Lad Hate the Heats
Without Eating Heats

An English foreman in a GER
tain factory is in the habit of get
ting an apprentice to heat his
lunch for him. The other day he
called a new boy.
go downstairs and eat up my
lunch for me-" he ordered.
The boy obeyed with alacrity.
Later the foreman came down.
where's my lunch?" he asked.
''The boy, in amazement, said:
"You said eat it up and l did. "
81 didn't tell you to heat ii
up" roared the irate foreman. 81
told you to eat it up"
"Well, didn't heat it up" main
tanned the lad, stoutly; 81 ate il
cold"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
Trend
Ho,U the ,Uind Is bIotUiiug

PROPA EDUCATION - DR..
Morris Meister of New York
urges science teachers to become
"propagandists for democracy"
by educating students to ''hate
war because it is unscientific."
AT HOME-Construction indus
trialists expect 1889 to be best
BODYBUILDING year since 1929,
with residential construction hit
ting a possible peak of $780,
$1,000.
SIGN OF TIMES Each Chi
cagoan, on the average, spends
$50 a year for liquor and 20 cents
on higher forms of music.
SWING INDICATED - The
big apple, Lambeth walk and jit-
terbug jigs are used in Denver
physical education classes be-
cause they "teach student
rhythm and the social grace and
give him exercise"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08

back to the days when the barber
was professional man and ranked
up with surgeons and doctors. His
shop was the favorite resort for men
about town.
On the barber shop walls hung
lutes, viols and other music-makers.
Gentlemen patrons, awaiting their
turns, took down these instruments
and sang together. This, then, is
the origin of the barber shop quar-
tette," as well as of the spirit of good
will that still prompts BARRIERS to
tell jokes to their customers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
Politics

Americas political pendulum
swings periodically from conserva-
tism to liberalism and back again.
Coolidge-Hoover conservatism was
followed by Roosevelt liberalism,
but the return swing to conserva-
tism that started last November 8
is more apt to stop in the middle OF
the road, than to veer violently back
to rock-ribbed Republicanism.
Washington observers, who claim
President Roosevelt has discarded
middle-road New Dealers in favor
of "left-wingers" like Solicitor Gen.
Robert H. Jackson and WPA Ad-
ministrator Harry Hopkins, predict
the President must either abandon
this policy or lose the support of
Postmaster Gen. James ]. Farley.
The Presidents answer will come
when he names a successor to At
tcrney Gen. Homer S. Cummings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08

THESE two designs bring you
L brand new fashions for mid
season dresses you'll thoroughly
enjoy wearing to all the luncheons
and festive afternoons of the holi-
days. They're so easy and simple
to do that you can finish them in
plenty of time. Choose truly lovely
materials, in colors that make you
happy and fatter your eyes-you
can be extravagant about the fab
rics, when you save by making
your own with these patterns (de-
tailed sew chart included with
each).
Drape-As-You-Please Dress.
This is not only new-it's the
very newest, a real sensation, and
so easy to make! 1t is made with
a straight back and bias cut front
that you can wear with the full
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
How Women
i'm Their 4O's
Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for woman during her
change usually from SO to So, who fears
she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries
about hot flashes, loss Of pep, dizzy spells,
upset nerves and moody spells.
Get more fresh air, 8 hrs. sleep and If you
need good general system tonic take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
especially for tComen. 1t helps Nature build
up physical resistance, thus helps give more
vivacity to enjoy life and assist calming
jittery nerves and disturbing symptoms that
often accompany change Of life. WE'LL
WORTH TRYING!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08

HIS Christmas it is not just the
children who will receive dolls
as gifts. Doll collecting is becom-
ing a popular hobby for grown
ups. The most valued dolls are
of whatever materials may be at
hand and reflect the individuality
of the person who made them.
Rag babies of all kinds have an
important place in such collec-
ton. You will enjoy making the
one shown here. Book 2 offered
herewith also offers many sugges-
tons for making and dressing
dolls from scraps of materials.
If you want to make the stock
ing doll, clip these directions and
keep them as this doll is not in
either of the books offered here.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
International

One day lis years ago, President
James Monroe stuck out his chin
against the ''holy alliance" then
threatening the world in general and
South America in particular. His
statement: "We could not view an
interposition for depressing them
(the Spanish-American republics) or
controlling in any other manner
their destiny, by any European pow
er, in any other light than as man.
Hesitation of an unfriendly DISPOSE
ton toward the United States"
In the century that followed, the
U. S. has chung tenaciously to its
Monroe doctrine, sometimes blush
ing guiltily at charges of dollar
diplomacy in South America. But
in 1888 there has arisen threat far
greater than the holy alliance,
namely, the Fascist-Nazi trium-
virate of Germany, Italy and japan.
How far these nations have pene-
trated into South America is debata-
BILE, but few observers deny the
threat. Though the triunvirate may
have no territorial ambitions in Pan
America, it is significant that Nazi-
Fascist foreign trade success runs
hand in hand with political success.
Diplomat and commercial salesman
are often one and the same person.
U. S. weapons to fight this ag-
gression are trade agreements, a
Pan-American league of nations"
and co-ordinated Western hemi-
sphere defense. To offer these weap-
ons, a u. S. delegation is attending
the eighth Pan-American conference
in Lima, Peru, which opens stra-
logically at a time when American
nations are anxious to air their trou-
bles. Notably included in the u. S.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08

furious to children by investigators.
A report of facts and conclusions
based upon testimony adduced at
conferences and public hearings at
which employers, workers and
health and safety experts may be
heard.
A proposed finding and order,
which is to be made final only after
further public hearings.
PRONUNCIATION of the final order in
the federal register.
Rehearing on petition setting forth
desired changes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
In Spirit Of Love

You will find as you look back
upon your life that the moments
that stand out, the moments when
you have really lived, are the mo-
ments when you have done things
in spirit of love.-Henry Drum
mond.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
Full Hearings Promised
Under Child Labor Law

WASHINGTON. - No determine
ton of hazardous occupations under
the child labor provisions of the fair
labor standards act of 1888 will be
made without careful investigation,
Katharine F. Lenroot, chief of the
children's- bureau, announced.
Miss Lenroot issued a regulation
setting forth the preliminary steps
to be taken before any occupation
may be declared hazardous or in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
Barber Shop Spirit Goes
Back to Early Surgery

The ancient and honorable right
of a barber to nick shave custo-
mer on the chin has been upheld in
the Orient. In India, a man sued
for damages because of such a cut.
The barber, it was charged, had
told the man a funny story. The
man jiggled while laughing, got cut.
But he failed to collect the dam
ages.
All this barber shop spirit goes
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
Labor

LABOR
Throughout the u are about
$500 manufacturing firms who
share profits or managerial respon-
sibility with employees. Proctor &
Gamble workers contribute 3 per
cent of their wages against a 5 to
Is per cent contribution by the man.
agement (based on seniority and
from this fund employees buy stock.
Mccormick g. Co., Baltimore inn
porters, not only share profits but
organize workers to help run the
business under multiple manage
ment" plan.
Such firms, whose number is in
creasing yearly, generally have lit
tie labor trouble. Example: the
American Rolling Mill company of
Middletown, Ohio, has never expert
enced a labor disagreement in its
38 years of operation. Even c. /. O.,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
President on Wrong Track
In Lonbasfing Georgia

When Mr.. Roosevelt was giving
the people of Georgia a tongue-lash-
ing, therefore, believe he was on
the wrong track. He was lambast-
ing them for continuing to run their
affairs on a sound basis, for con-
tinuing to avoid subservience to the
national government, and for refus-
ing to surrender completely the
rights of sovereign state. For, be
it known, there are very few easier
ways to force a state or county or
city or other subdivision of govern
ment to become "bossed' by the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
Tobacco Smoke Weighed

A single cigarette gives off smoke
that seems to contain lot of solid
matter. Investigations made by re-
search engineers of the Westing-
house Electric and Manufacturing
company into basic conditions af-
fecting air conditioning reveal that
the visible part of the smoke pro-
duced by burning one complete Gig
arctic weighs 0.0885 grams or only
0.O031 ounces. It takes 321 cigarettes
to produce enough smoke to weigh
one ounce.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08

group is Alfred M. Landon, 1886
Republican presidential nominee,
which indicates that political par
ties are willing to confine their OPP
position to domestic affairs when
Western hemisphere security is in
volved.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
has already memerized his propos-
ais, but his presentation will be
staged so deliberately that South
American nations themselves will
voice the plans. Reason: If the
u. S. were to take outright lead in
defending the Western hemisphere,
the dollar diplomacy" charge
would again appear. That Mr.. Hull
will succeed in solidifying Pan
America is conceded by most OBJ
servers, who recall that in 1888 he
injected an incredible spirit of opti-
mism into the forlorn Montevideo
conference.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
Foreign

Snugly ensconced in his Bavarian
mountain aerie at Berchtesgaden,
Adolf Hitler can await Christmas
morning knowing his stocking will
be full. Established in 1888 as the
master of Europe, Der Fuehrer is
now able to sit back and watch the
spoils of his diplomatic and military
conquests mount throughout Eu-
rope. Among the latest spoils:
(D Little Czechoslovakia, reduced
to vassaldom, has agreed to let Ger-
many build two canals and a super
highway across her, connecting Ger
many proper with Austria via a new
short route. Both canals Zone on
the Moldau, the other on the Oder)
will join with the Danube river and
furnish an unbroken waterway from
the North and Baltic seas to the
Black sea. Thus will Hitler's eco
nomic grip on central Europe be
strengthened.
(2) With Great Britain definitely
frightened, Hitler has won a peace
treaty with Britain's ally, France,
whereby a barrier is erected be-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08
Religion

The near-fatal heart attack which
seized Pope Plus XI recently leads
persons close to the Vatican to be-
ieve he will soon issue an encyclical
on world issues, reafirming his pro-
nounced stand against armed con-
f1icts, Germany's Jewish persecu-
ton and communism. The pope is
believed anxious to make such a
restatement Immediately because
he is convinced another heart at
tack may prove fatal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-08

EDITORS NoTE-When opinions are
expressed in these columns. they are those
of the news analyst. and NOT necessarily
of the newspaper.