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RELIEF SINCE 1885

Chart shOtCs appropriations since 1895
compared tUith the netU request lat tOp).
Pending appropriation represents only
original budget request, tOhiLe figures for
previous three years represent original
request plus monies poted later to meet
emergencies.
fiscal year, of which s., AIT ,OO0, 900
would go for WPA. Tacitly, there
fore, he spanked reform measures
proposed by South Cardinals Sen.
James ]. Byrnes and Virginia's Rep.
Clifton Woodrum, making it plain
that he wants WPA kept intact and
moreover is opposed to Republican
plans for decentralizing relief.
High points in the message: (D
continued high volume unemploy-
ment is due largely to 100000 an
nual influx of new workers; (2) relief
needs will remain high until the
U. S., like the rest of the world, has
undergone ga process of readjust-
ment, particularly in connection
with production and distribution of
goods" 60 retainance of present
formula on federal-state division of
WPA costs OOPS per cent by the
states) is essential; az the new gov
eminent reorganization plan will re-
suit in WPA economizing, whereas
return of relief to the states would
result in "inefficiency and confusion
through lack of coordination and
uniformity
Though $1,477 900, 900 for 1939-40
WPA relief is far from a high-water
mark (see CHART, congressional his
torials recall that for the past three
years deficiency appropriations have
been needed to fill WPA's empty cof-
fers before years end. Carefully
making no accusations, they never
theless reflect that next year is cleo
ton year, when smart politicians
will know better than to slash re-
lief rolls for economy's sake.
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DEFENSE
Chin Up and Out

Best indication of u. S. reaction to
Adolf Hitler's Reichstag speech has
been Washington's rush to strength
en- both military and economic de-
tense, theoretically against any ag-
gressor but obviously against the
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo entente. Sample
moves:
Economic. Nevada's Sen. Key
Pittman boldly offered a bill per-
hitting the President to block Amer
lean shipments to Japan or any 9TH
er violator of the nine-power treaty.
Plainly designed to rush a decision
on U. S. neutrality policy, the bill
brought quick answer that Japan
would be forced" to strengthen it's
bonds with Germany and Italy if
congress passed the bill.
Army. Secretary of War Harry
Woodring offered a bill to hasten
retirement of average and unfit off,
GERS, because ''we are the only pow
er which has not recognized the need
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Britain and Communistic Russia
discovered both their geese might
be cooked unless they got together.
If Der Fuehrer's conciliatory re-
fusal of President Roosevelt's peace
plea broke the European tension, its
stern reassertion of German deter
mination did not allow lesser nations
to forget that tension. Russia, Brit
ain and France FASTENED their triple
entente as the foundation for con-
tinent-wide network of lesser pacts.
The Soviet wooed Poland, Rumania
and Turkey. Britain also wooed Tur-
key, hoping to cement Bulgaria, Ru-
mania and Greece in Balkan en-
tente. In the Battles, Poland re-
asserted its determination to stave
off German demands on Danzig and
pressed mutual defense negotiations
with Finland, Esthonia, Latvia and
Lithuania. Members of the new tri-
pie entente would agree to protect
Europe's four neutral states, Bel
GUM, Switzerland, Holland and Den
mark.
The biggest certainty In European
diplomacy appears to be French
British military aid against Germa-
ny if the Reich presses its demands
against Poland. The second biggest
certainty is that Russia will also
aid Poland, the latter nation being
another that was Jared by Hitler's
speech into such fright that animos-
ity toward the Soviet is forgotten.
Thus the Reichstag speech has
served as boomerang, Fastening
the "encirclement" which Herr Hit
Ter fears and hates. History may
therefore mark April % as the day
Germany carried a good thing too
far, and the day anti-Nazi Europe
began barking back.
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for younger men in command"
Next fall, it was announced, aging
Gen. Malin Craig will be succeeded
as chief of staff by 58-year-old Brig.
Gen. George Catlett Marshall. Mean
while a door closed behind the vast
arms expansion program as orders
were issued to keep secret the num-
Der of war planes ordered and de-
ivered, and to discharge all aliens
working in private plants which fill
munitions orders.
Navy. Engineering, ordnance and
construction repair departments
may be merged in one of several
navy department streamlining
moves. Other naval developments !:
CD Maritime Commission Chairman
Emory S. Land asked more power to
requisition or purchase ships for ma
tional defense; (2) about 100000
was asked to recondition five over
age battleships; 60 agitation began
for $5,000,000 naval air research
station at March field, Calf.
Transportation. President Roose-
welt recommended 26,700 miles of
new national highways to care for
growing peacetime traffic and meet
defense requirements. The plan S
essence: Five east-west and seven
north-south arterials would be built,
free from the tolls proposed under
an earlier super-highway plan.
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PHILIPPINES:
Problem. Child

Less than a decade has passed
since the u. S. fought Philippine
independence demands, but tables
have way of turning. Given con-
gressional assurance of early free
dom, Philippine President Manuel
Quezon hardly had time to exult be-
fore Japan turned imperialistlc,
staggered into China and began
grabbing off every piece of unpro-
tected real estate within Aslatlc
waters. Since Japs already hold
strong commercial position in Ma
Mia, moreover since even a double
strength U. S. Pacific fleet might
not be able to hold the islands
against sudden attack, many Amer
leans believe their nation should
leave the Philippines before getting
involved in war. Added impetus
is given by U. S. agriculture's re-
sentiment over concessions to Fill
pino sugar.
Sensing that the U. S. was anxious
to pull stakes, Manuel Quezon last
year appealed to President Roose-.
welt and won an administrations
sponsored proposal calling for polit-
ical independence in 1916, the %
per cent tariff being increased by
5 per cent a year until wholly eff
fective in 1861. Since President
Quezon will not be able to attend
hearings this year, the bill is being
tabled until next session. When he
does arrive, Mr.. Quezon will be Of
fered an even stronger deal which
members of the Senate committee
on territories and insular posses
sions have already accepted unani-
mously, albeit secretly. The deal:
If Filipinos will cut political ties
with the U. S. in 1912, current Is per
cent tariff rates will continue until
1916 as under the administration bill.
Then rates will jump 10 per cent
annually until the U. S. washes its
hands of the whole affair in 1858.
Still officially unannounced, the
substitute bill (suggested by Mary
lands Sen. Willard E. Tydings) has
been hushed for fear Japan may
sail into Manila Immediately, con-
fident the U. S. does not care to
defend the harbor Admiral Dewey
stormed so heroically in 1898.
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Bruckarts Washington Digest
Government Reorganization Plan
Fails to Merge Similar Agencies
Presidential Plan Will Perpetuate All Agencies Created
In Last Ten Years; Taxpayer Will Save Little
From Proposed Consolidation Move
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service National Press Bldg, Washington D. C..

WASHINGTON.-As I have often
observed in these columns, our fed
eral government is such huge oc-
topus that it is difficult for one in
dividual to gain correct perspec-
tive of the machinery. That is to
say it is mighty hard to sit down,
thumb through the list and say
which agencies are worthwhile and
which are just another set of jobs.
The thing is incomprehensible.
And so it is that when Mr.. Roose-
welt, exercising powers for reorgani-
cation of the government given him
by the last congress, submitted
"plan No. /" the other day, few
there were who grasped the scope
of the move. Equally, it is true
that few persons were able, even
after study, to point out all of the
good points and all of the bad points,
so complex is plan No. /. believe,
however, after talking with many
authorities, it should be said that
there are both good and bad points,
and nobody ought to be so silly as
to deny the statement.
The Presidents executive order
has established three new major
units of government. They are the
federal security agency, the fed
eral works agency and the federal
loan agency. Into these three groups
it is proposed to bring some 20
boards, bureaus and commissions,
some great, some unimportant, but
most of which, in the last few years,
have been dangling at loose ends.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11
AVIATION:
Success Story

Eighteen years ago drugstore
clerk named Jack Frye began
spending part of his $25-a-week sal
airy learning to fly. Handy at the
throttle, he soon became transport
pilot and naval reserve officer. But
Jack Frye yearned to try the bust,
ness end of aviation. In 1880 he and
Paul Richter, whom he had taught
to fly, got their fingers in big-time
aviation by merging Aero Corpora
ton of California with fast-growing
Transcontinental and Western air.
lines. BY 1884 Jack Frye had be-
come TWAS president, and by this
spring his firm was flying 33 twin
motored ships over $3.50 route miles
between New York and Los Angeles.
Aided by Paul Richter and several
unidentified associates, the one-time
drugstore clerk bought an estimat-
ed $4,000 shares of TWA stock from
New York's Lehman Brothers and
Chicago Financier John D. Hertz,
finding himself major owner of one
of the nations major airlines. Only
parallel is the case of Capt. Eddie
Rickenbacker, World war ace who
last year bought Eastern airlines.
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Security Agency Is
Plans Hot Potato

The federal security agency, if we
have to have such stuff, is the hot
potato of the whole collection in plan
No. /. Into that group, there will be
placed the social security board, the
national youth administration, the
Civilian Conservation corps, the
United States employment service,
the public health service and the
office of education. Just why such
things as the public health service
and the Office of education should
be tossed into that madhouse, no
one seems to know.
Under the reorganization act, con-
gress has go days in which to ex-
anime the Presidents plan, and ap-
prove or disapprove. That is to say,
congress must vote a resolution of
disapproval within two months, or
the plan becomes operative. There
isn't the slightest chance that it will
be rejected. One reason the proposal
will not be rejected, if there was
ever any chance of it, is that one
of the Republican members of the
house played dumb. Representative
Taber of New York could not wait;
he introduced a resolution of re-
lection on the day following submis-
sion of the plan No. l, and he has
just as much chance of accomplish
ing his purpose as a SNOWFALL has
in the neither regions.
/ do not infer that the Presidents
proposal ought to be rejected. That
might be the conclusion after experts
have gone through it with fine
toothed comb. On the surface, how
ever, Mr.. Taber provided no basis
of prestige for the Republicans by
his act, nor did he demonstrate his
value as national legislator. AS for
Republican tactics, especially on
such matters as government reor-
ganization, they ought to distinguish
between issues and making noise.
have a suspicion that Mr.. Taber's
resolution was as much welcomed
by Democratic Leader Rayburn as
it was disliked by. the Republican
side of the house. Certainly, it will
provide a measure of Democratic
solidarity
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11
PEOPLE
In the Army No,u

In 1915 handsome, 18-year-old An
thony Eden joined the British army,
became its youngest captain and
won the military cross for gallantry.
Today, at Al, he is regarded as Brit
aims coming man of politics, like
ly successor to Prime Minister Ne
vile Chamberlain. DESERVING par
lament for the moment, he has
joined the London Rangers regiment
for "freshener" course, thus slim
ulating British military interest. As
signed to the rank of major, which
he won in the war, Mr.. Eden re-
fused command of battalion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11
Big Bills

The bureau of engraving and
printing prints bills of $500,000 de-
nomination and $1,000,000 denom-
ination for large government
financial transactions and for
large private financial transac-
tons. These bills may not be con-
sidered as legal currency because
they are not printed for that pur-
pose. The largest bill in circulation
as legal United States currency is
the $4,000 bill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11
Nights Is Days Long!

The nights on the moon are 354
to 355 hours long, says the editor of
the science fiction magazine, Fan
tastic Adventure. Earth lovers
like to sit and look at the moon,
according to the magazine, but we
wonder if they realize how the earth
would look if they were on the
moon? They'd find moon" shin
ing down on them which would look
almost Is times the size of the sun!
Nor would that moon ever setl On
Moon nights are 354 hours long.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11

Capture spring with this mar
cissus chair set. 1t will freshen
up your chairs. Or if it's a scarf
you need, use the chair back for
scarf ends. Pattern 1857 contains
charts and directions for making
set; materials required; illustra-
ton of stitches.
Send Is cents in coins for this
pattern to The Sewing Circle, Nee
dlecraft Dept, 80 Eighth Avenue,
New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, adj
dress and pattern number plainly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11

cultural economics think that it will
not. They believe that production of
rayon and other synthetic fbers will
increase, but less rapidly than in
recent years. They believe that ray
on is approaching a limit of ex-
pansion.
Despite the inroads of rayon into
such important uses for cotton as
dress fabrics, underwear, and ho-
siery, world cotton consumption in
creased during the postwar period
from IT, million bales in 1920-21 to
nearly % million in 1898.
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Uncle MilD
I'll
Says: -
A Limit to Tact

Be careful that the tact you
practice doesn't develop into plain
deceit.
If craftsmanship sells you
something you don't want, all
craftsmanship suffers.
To be free from the maddening
crowd requires ingenuity and a
lot of money.
People may be childish, but the
innocence of a child generally is
lacking.
1t Drags Him Down
A man doesn't improve his own
reputation by spelling somebody
else's.
Experience is all very well,
but it rObs us of many thrills.
Don't get angry and say things
then your anger won't be no
ticed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11

WASHINGTON. - DR.. Amos E.
Taylor, finance expert of the COM
merce department, said the bulk Of
the 81 1864, 000, 600 of foreign gold and
silver which came into the United
States last year was sent to pay for
American merchandise.
In his annual compilation of the
balance of international pay
ments," DR.. Taylor said American
merchandise exports exceeded i'm
ports in 1898 by 81, 1873, 600, 900. After
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11

rotary to ex-Premier David Lloyd
George, the marques became a
British Colonel House" and has
remained in close advisory posi-
tons under subsequent McDon-
aid and Chamberlain regimes. He
advocated treaty politics" as
against power politics" Ameri-
cans will find him an advocate of
Britain's resuming token war
debt payments. Bachelor, twice
an earl, once viscount and four
times baron, he gained his til
ties in 1880 by Inheritance from a
distant cousin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11

deducting American payments to
foreign steamship companies and
other service payments, foreigners
still owed the United States $685.
100000 for merchandise and serv-
ices.
In addition, foreigners made $780,
100000 of capital investments in
America for which they shipped
gold, leaving an unexplained item OF
Sass, 5000 which foreigners paid
the United States.
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Believe Rayon Near
Limit of Expansion

Nearly 1000, 900, 900 pounds of ray
on were produced in the world in
1888. This was roughly the equiva-
lent of about As million bales of
cotton. Twenty years ago the pro-
duction of rayon was only 33 ,000, 900
pounds, or the equivalent of about
10000 bales of cotton.
Will rayon production continue to
increase at this rapid rate? Cotton
specialists of the bureau of agri-
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RELIEF
Election Coming Up

minded congress has sought means
of returning relief to the states,
thereby destroying WPA, slashing
federal appropriations and making
the U. S. only a money allocator and
general overseer. Until late April
President Roosevelt had commented
on the new program no more than
to endorse a ban on politics-in-relief.
Then, however, he asked congress
for a $1,723, 100000 appropriation to
meet relief needs during the 1939-40
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11

comes arnbaSSa-
dor to the U. S.
A charter men,
Der of Lady As
tors allegedly
pro-Nazi "Clive-
den set, ;" he be-
gan advocating
appeasement in
1884 by urging
elementary JUS
tice" for Hitler
via negotiation.
As wartime ser
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Beer

The United States is the greatest
beer producing country in the world,
according to latest available figures.
This country produces 1,402, 1882, $50
gallons a year, with Germany sec
ond at 1,050, 300, $50. Great Britain
is third with 949. sO4, $50 gallons. To-
tai world production is estimated at
more than five billion gallons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11
BOLIVIA:
Democratic Dictator

Forbears of Bolivia's 35-year-old
President German Busch came from
the country which supplied his bap-
tismal name, but for two genera
tons Busches have been loyal Bo-
ivians. In 1885 German Busch
emerged from the Gran Chaco war
with Paraguay to find his country's
government in horrible shape.
Friendly to labor and business,
Boosting strong Catholic support,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11

HE title of this particular article
= may well be the effective slogan
of the modern world and the end of
war if the words of DR.. Robert A.
Not Too Proud, be taken at
But Too Scared their face val
To Go to War ue. Addressing
dinner of the
Merchants association in New York
recently, the famous physicist said !:
cit was the fear of the bomb
ing of London and Paris that
prevented the beginning of an.
other World war last September.
The peoples of all countries, in
Guiding the relationships, are
coming more and more to the
realization that such another
war can only bring death and
destruction to everybody - the
end of civilization, not the world
domination which the demagog-
ic leader promises"
All Greek mathematicians to the
contrary, DR.. Millikan believes that
Achilles will overtake the turtle.
That is, f1eet-footed science has just
about caught up with human stupid
ity, in spite of the latter's long head
start, and, with its command of new
energies will romp on by into the
"world of tomorrow" where there
will be no war or rumors of war.
DR.. Millikan is possibly the
worlds most persistent cham
piOn of the social salvation in
herent in scientific advance,
and believes that his runner will
break the tape ahead of enter
national wickedness, stupidity
and folly" He believes that ma
chimes make jobs, rather than
destroy them, and that the only
way out is straight ahead.
Every once in a while he para
chutes down from the stratosphere
companionship Of Einstein, Planck,
Heisenberg ct al, to bring message
to the market place-always hope
full, and usually a roundhouse swing
at the demagogues and meddlers
who cramp the scientists style.
He leaves wide open zone of Di-
vine Intervention if anything goes
wrong in the laboratories.
A Nobel prize winner, chairman
Of the executive council of the Cali
fornia Institute of Technology, DR..
Millikan is an active liaison between
the lay and scientific worlds, assur-
ing both that everything will come
out all right. Garnering many med
ais and prizes, enjoying world fame,
he would have a lot to lose in a
world crack-up. But his optimism
is doubtless no mere "wishful think
ing"
Released by Consolidated News Features.
WNU Service.
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NEW YORK.-In the village of
l ' Woodbury., KY, the son of
Czecho-Slovakian immigrant was
commended by his teachers for his
excellent draw
Churned Butter ings of ships at
And Latin; Nou sea. He had
Cburns Oceons never seen any
big ships, but
liked them and had a good idea of
what they looked like. Today, tool
ing the United States fleet of around
300 ships down into the Pacific, Adj
miral Claude Charles Bloch has con-
verified his youthful artistic urge into
a vast and precise knowledge of
ships and their neutrality-suspicious.
larly fighting ships.
Erect, ruddy and vigorous,
quietly emphatic, the 60-year-Old
cOmmander-in-chief of the feet
is rarely spotlighted parsonage
OF tremendous responsibilities
technical, naval and administra-
tive-as he quietly moves from
Norfolk, not only his vast array
of battle wagons, but $4,000 Off
GERS and men, nearly 1000
planes and all the gear neces-
sary for maintenance, operation,
communications and fighting re-
quirementS.
On July 3, 1898, not long out of
Annapolis, he was an ensign on the
Iowa when Cervera's squadron of
Spanish warships made its historic
dash from Santiago harbor and was
destroyed by Admiral SIMPSONS
blocking forces. He was cited for
"meritorious service" in rescuing
Spaniards from burning ships of Adj
miral Cervera's squadron. In the
World war, he commanded the
transport Plattsburg and won the
navy cross for distinguished service.
During his AZ years service on land
and sea, he has held many high
posts in the navy.
As a boy, the churning was
his household chOre. His broth
ers, now Louisville physicians,
recall that he used to study his
Latin book while churning and
that he paced the "amo, amas,
amat" to the beat of the plung-
er. They leased him about that
and always found him ready for
fight if the provOcation was
sufficient. AT any rate, studious,
reticent and artistic. he followed
his bOyhood dream over far
seas.
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EUROPE
boomerang

Viewed in retrospect, the biggest
results of Adolf Hitler's infamous
Reichstag speech took place before
that speech was ever made. In that
frantic week of anticipation when
war seemed more imminent than
any time in 20 years, jittery nations
found courage to choose sides, COM
NIT themselves and forget tradition
al animosities. Sample: Democratic