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Evening star., 1939-08-01
Personal Liberty

The American Federation of Scien-
tif1c Astrologers has just come out
with some information hot from the
heavens about Uranus. These gen.
tlemen claim that the founding of
jamestown, the War of Independ-
ence and the Civil War all occurred
during Uranian cycles - whatever
they may be, and that the planet
makes hobby of running American
affairs. This serves to take a big
load off the other planets, leaves
Mars free to concentrate on Europe,
and furnishes far and away the best
alibi for the New Deal ever invented.
The astrologers say that Uranus is
about to conjoin with Saturn and
Jupiter and take over the task of i'm
proving individual freedom in the
United States. 1t is not entirely
clear to the lay mind what is meant
by "conjoin," but it would seem to
imply that they have teamed up
temporarily into a sort of makeshift
infleld which will prevent the escape
Of individual freedom and return it
where 1t belongs
The average personal freedom fan,
however, will not be able to escape
the conviction that they are playing
too deep. Uranus, down at short, is
about billion, seven hundred mil
lion miles away, and the others only
few million miles closer. Until
strong evidence to the contrary is
produced, wise Americans will still
try to get to the Office on time, and
at home carefully avoid letting their
wives catch them spilling ashes on
the parlor carpet.
Evening star., 1939-08-01

closing days of this present session, the
measure was slipped through.
Most of these secretaries motor to their
home States, and carrying from one to
three paying passengers, the trip is made
at no cost or at negligible expense Thus,
the secretaries are now In possession of
virtual salary increases ranging up to
and beyond s400 year.
These secretaries claim they must make
these trips at great personal sacrifice.
A very few of them are required to re-
turn to their home States to work during
the recess Of Congress, and those who are
undoubtedly knew of this requirement
before accepting their positions. The
majority go home to bask in the luxury
OF three to four months vacation on
pay. None of these $1,000 secretaries
was drafted to his present position, and
undoubtedly few could command even a
comparable salary in any other work.
These secretaries claim that other
Government employees receive travel pay.
This statement is receptive and mis-
leading in the extreme. Government
employees on official business receive
only travel authorizations" and the
railroad companies, upon presentation
to the Government of these authorize
tlons, receive the cash equivalent. Gov
ernment employees on official business
must account to the Government for
every minute of their time, and do not
receive travel authorization or paw for
vacations. If official trips are made in
the Government employees own car, he
must account for each mile to show it
was necessarily Travelled in the conduct
OF Government business, and further
more-and the point which the secre-
taries apparently deliberately fail to
point out-in no event can such mileage
payment exceed the actual railroad fare,
which is 3 cents per mile.
Can any secretary now justify his
claim that he should be paid not only for
vacation travel but at the exorbitant
rate Of cents per mile? And has. this
secretaries special privilege lobby fol-
lowed the procedure of registering with
the proper department as required of
other lobbies that would influence legis-
lation for their own interests on Capitol
Hill? II not, why not?
"A VOTELEss TAXPAYER"
July 20.
Evening star., 1939-08-01

sought in the new alignment of the
recreation department through i'm
proved facilities at the grounds now
In use, more adequate supervisory
personnel, and adaptation of the
programs to the needs of the child's
leisure.
The whole problem Of traffic acci-
dents involving children has been
beclouded frequently by debate
based on erroneous conclusions. Mr..
Barrett's survey shows the accident
rate Is fairly constant throughout
the year regardless of periods of va
cation from school. It shows that
more than twice as many children
are injured disobeying other safety
rules as through playing in the street.
And that the latter practice is largely
unnecessary, particularly in thickly
populated neighborhoods, because of
the nearness of supervised play
grounds Surprising as it may seem,
the frequency of accidents decreases
as the distance from Fairgrounds
increases. This one point serves as
a warning to those who may Jump at
conclusions, and as a lesson to those
planning the city's recreational pro-
gram. For the accidents do not
occur because Of the nearness of the
play center. The center has been
placed In that location to be as near
as possible to the concentration of
child population. And the children
injured, particularly those playing
In the street, were in danger mainly
because the play facilities were not
interesting enough to attract them
of the street.
The revision of the program, the
plan to adopt system of safety in
struction with the aid of the police,
and the extension of the depart
ment's contacts with the home and
the adults of the community are in
telllgent and progressive steps. They
Will give new meaning to the primary
purpose Of the city's recreational
program, and If, as by-product,
they reduce the number of accidents
to children, the program will more
than justify itself.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Two Views of Lewis
Attack on Garner.

To the Editor of The Star:
Never before in the history of the
Congress of the United States was there
a greater exhibition of incorporate
abuse of the privilege as a witness
before committee than the attack made
by John L. Lewis on the Vice President
of the United States; and the most
amazing part of the performance was
that no member of the committee re-
buked him, but on the contrary, Mrs.
Norton, its chairman, thanked him for
Townsend was prosecuted and convicted
for an offense that was praiseworthy in
comparison with the utterances and
conduct of Lewis. 1t put him beneath
the brusher of noblemen's clothes, and
its only effect will be boomerang 1t
should and probably will disgust the type
of men who make up the rank and file of
the c. I. O., for there must be among
them some sense of fair play and decency.
His following and dupes must be
dull-witted lot, as by the strikes he has
instigated he has caused them to lose
hundreds of millions of dollars in wages
without compensating results On the
contrary by the sit-down strikes, a
technique taken from the Communists,
business recovery has been retarded,
keeping thousands out of employment,
and almost irreparable injury has been
done the industries of the Nation, and
the good will and sympathy of the pub
liz have hpeo rom plet elv O lior, ota5 Tho
people are long-suffering, but realizing,
as they are beginning to do, that Lewis
and his G.. I. o. are destructive force
in our social, economic and political life,
they will be no longer tolerated. but con-
demned and outlawed as enemies of
the general welfare
ALEXANDER S. LANIER.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
July 20.
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Garnercrats may we'll deeply re-
sent" Mr.. Lewis honest lashing of Gar
ner, because Mr. Lewis speech sounded
the death knell to reaction in our
Congress. The Garnercrats claim that
Lewis speech will give about 100000
more votes to Garner. This may be
so, but let me assure you that as the
result Of Mr. Lewis speech Garner loses
more than 100000 votes. Organized
and unorganized labor throughout the
country will once more follow the advice
of the good, courageous labor leader.
There will not be an intelligent worker
in America who will cast his vote for
reactionary Garner. We know that it
was Garner who smashed up and is
bent on smashing up all the progressive
measures Of organized labor and the
New Deal. Three cheers for John l..
Lewis, the good, courageous, sincere Or
ganizer Of the best union in America,
the c. I. O..
JOHN T. MARSHALL.
Evening star., 1939-08-01

Being trapped Is an animal terror
seldom met by humans in its purest
form.
Probably no man can ever know the
depth of woe which comes to the trapped
small beast.
Something primitive, of the slime
from which all life sprang, sense Of
fear which grips every fiber Of the being.
1t may be that the being trapped in
a space, or in room, is an even greater
calamity, in the animal mind and heart,
than being held mercilessly by the foot.
Who knows?
We could only ask ourself this question,
after discovering the squirrel in the
garage, and noting what he did to try to
get out.
A festive squirrel, with a very white
stomach
He was, indeed, a gay rodent, one
with more than the usual amount OF
squirrel happiness in the sheer JOY OF
being alive
He would sit almost all day long at
the bird feeding station, and almost
every day, rain or shine, consuming
sunfiower seeds.
1t was far stretch from this festive
figure, bumped up among the birds. to
the furtive animal which, in its despair,
had nearly gnawed through the 2-inch
garage door overnight
Cannily, the animal had selected the
place at the top where the bolt comes
through.
Even human mind could have done
little better, In a way.
1t was true that the squirrel could
not have unbolted the door, but had he
been able to gnaw through, he might
have been able to keep at it until the
hole had become large enough for him
to jump out.
In his despair, evidently, he had tried
around the frame of the window, but
had given this up for the door.
regular pile of shavings had gath
cred on the floor
One piece of wood, gnawed completely
of, as if hacked off with a hatchet,
was about 6 inches long, and perhaps
as much as three-eighths of an inch
thick at the largest place.
This no doubt had slivered off, as the
rodent put those needle-sharp teeth to
work
There have been instances in Wash
ington in which squirrels got down into
closed house through the chimney, but
could not find their way back again
In such cases they had nearly eaten
the framework Of windows and doors
away.
One had been tempted to regard these
stories of squirrel depreciation as some
what overdrawn, but on looking at what
one rodent had done in one night it was
Easy to believe them now.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Sofety Program

The traffic safety studies made by
Recreation Director Lewis R. Barrett
in connection with the Capitals ex-
panded and co-ordinated playground
system provide material for serious
thought, particularly on the part Of
parents. The conclusions drawn by
MIR. Barrett from these studies and
the remedial measures recommended
give promise of utilization of Wash
ington's play facilities which will be
more adequate, not only in their
lesser role as an aid to traffic safety,
but primarily as a provision for
recreation.
The traffic study definitely indi-
Gates that the number of play
grounds and their accessibility is Of
less importance than their power
to attract the children from playing
In the streets. This end is to be
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Tribute Paid to
Mrs. Pickett.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
I was saddened by the news of Mrs.
Sallie v. Pickett's death in The Star,
and may add to one of the writer's
in your column tribute to my dear
friend, Miss Sallie." I think Mrs.
Pickett was one of the most wonderful
characters I ever had the pleasure of
knowing. When Judge Kincheloe and
went to Washington in 1914 from
Kentucky one of the first persons I met
was Miss Sallie" She was so kind and
gentle, 50 understanding of younger
woman and a stranger in official life
that she stands out as a symbol of in
dividuality and rare conception of kind
ness.
I have never failed to go visit her
when I was in Washington since my
moving to New York, and I'm so glad.
Washington has lost rare soul.
shall always have loving memories
of her
MRS. LAURA KINCHELOE,
July 30. Annapolis, Md.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
July 80.
Position On Senate
Secretaries Defended.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Iwould like one more word in response
to the reply of a congressional secretary
to my letter on the mileage bill.
The history of this legislation would
probably prove enlightening as we'll as
interesting. For some time the afore-
mentioned secretaries lobbied intensively
for an increase in their $500 salary.
Distressed conditions over the country
apparently deferred favorable action on
such measure despite pressure from the
secretaries lobby. The straight salary
increase bill was then discarded and
measure, disguised as mileage bill, was
substituted therefor. Quietly, and In the
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Needy VS.. Needy

The Murray amendment to the
lending-spending bill, to halt layoff
of all those who have been on w. P.
A. for eighteen months or more,
unquestionably would avert hardship
for thousands of relief workers in
that category.
But, at the same time, it would
dim the hopes of thousands of other
unfortunate individuals on waiting
lists, who were looking forward to the
eighteen-month provision in the Re-
lief Act, already passed, to give them
a chance to work.
1t presents a problem not easy to
decide. If a legislator fastens his
attention on the 650,000 who would
have to be dropped under the
eighteen month rule, natural SYM
pathy is aroused On the other side
of the scales, however, stand an esti-
mated 10000 for whom w. P. A. has
not been able to provide. They have
been waiting from day to day. hoping
to be called to work, and the primary
justification for the new rule was
that it made that call more likely.
The original provision, enacted a
month ago, may have been too
sweeping in one respect, namely that
1t required the layoff of persons with
that length of service, at least for
thirty days, even where project
operations might suffer.
But the Murray amendment goes
so far in the other direction of cir
cumscribing the layoffs that it is
doubtful whether it would open up
any appreciable number of oppor-
tunities for those who have had no
work in recent months.
The amendment starts out by stat
ing that those certified as in need
of jobs for three months or more
shall have preference over those who
have actually had employment con-
tinuously for eighteen months or
more. 1t then provides, however,
THAT this shall not result in the
discharge of a person employed on
works projects where he has made
reasonable effort to find suitable pri-
vate employment, nor where project
operations would suffer from his
discharge, nor where unusual hard
ship would result from such dis
charge"
This places wide discretion in the
hands of w. P. A. officials to deter
mine when person has made rea-
sonable effort to find private en-
ployment, and when unusual hard
ship would result from layoff.
Since the relief laws already pro-
vide that no person in need who
refuses suitable private employment
shall be kept on, it may be assumed
that those who have been on for
eighteen months or longer have no
private job to which they can turn
The proposed layoff, therefore, is al
most certain to involve the element
of hardship to some degree in every
case.
The question the House should
keep in mind in considering the
amendment is the amount of hard
ship that may already have existed
for long time in the homes of the
thousands on the waiting list, unless
they have been able to obtain some
direct relief or private charity.
1t is a problem of trying to make
the available appropriation help as
many as possible of those in need.
Perhaps the House, or the confer
ees of both branches, will be able to
work out some compromise rule that
will weigh the degree of hardship
involved in a layof against the
hardship that would result from
keeping on the waiting list those
who have already been waiting three
months or more.
Evening star., 1939-08-01

Europeans-and even residents Of
the Western Hemisphere-reading
the daily headlines and hearing the
daily broadcasts, are inclined to scoff
at Damocles as man who was really
sitting pretty"
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enlist in his service better men than
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TUESDAY August /, 1889
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-13
COOP STORES
FORM ASSN.

An association of cooperative stores
was recently formed by the directors
| of the Opheim, Richland and Nashua
co-operatives stores. S. A. Hinerman
was elected temporary chairman and
Chester Kinsey of Opheim was elected
temporary secretary. The purpose of
the organization was to pool bargain
ing power, widen scope of informa-
ton of and about cooperative educa-
ton in buying and selling.
While only the cooperative stores
of Valley county were present at the
organization meeting, invitations are
extended to all of the cooperative
stores in this part of the state and to
all interested persons, to attend the
next meeting of the association, at
which time permanent officers will be
elected and bylaws drawn up and
adopted.
S. A. Hinerman of Larslan was au-
thorized to attend the convention OF
the cooperative business enterprises
at st. Paul, Mimi, representing this
Any community interested in start
ing cooperative store is invited to
send representative to the next
of this association, as aid
in establishing more such stores, is
one of the aims of this association.
The next meeting date will be adj
vertised in time for those wishing to
attend to do so. Write Chester Kin
5ey at Opheim for further informa-
ion
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-13
Federal Trade Com,
Blows Up "6%2o"
C. NJ. Financing

Orders to cease and desist from use
of the words six percent" or the
symbol 1870" in connection with the
|installment payment plan of purchas
ing automobiles have been issued by
the Federal Trade Commission against
General Motors Corporation, Detroit
and its subsidiaries, including General
Motors Acceptance Corporation, and
against Ford Motor Company, Dear
born, Mich.
Findings of the Commission are that
in the fall of 1885 General Motors,
through it's various subsidiaries, an
nounced a plan of financing the pur-
chase of several brands of motor We
hicles manufactured and distributed
by it on a deferred or installment
payment plan which was referred to
and described as the 1870" or "six per-
cent" plan This plan was first ad-
vertised by General Motors through
its subsidiary General Motors Accept
ance Corporation in an advertisement
in newspapers in October,
1885. The initial advertisement was
in part as follows:
"GMAC
General Motors Acceptance Corp.
Reduces Time Payment Costs
On New Cars
With a new $50 Plan
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-13
JURY FINDS MAYOR
MAVERICK INNOCENT

SAN ANTONIO. = (FP) - The dis
trict court has refused to convict
Mayor Maury Maverick for alleged
conspiracy to pay poll taxes for mem
bers of the init. Ladies Garment
Workers Union (unaffiliated) The
not guilty verdict was cheered by
court spectators.
The verdict of jury of IL business
men followed a week of hearings
clfmaxed by the liberal mayors ap-
pearance ON the stand to testify that
the entire case was "a political smear"
in an effort to remove him as a factor
in local, state and national politics.
Maxwell Burkett, former ILGWU
attorney and chief witness against the
mayor, was out to "get" Maverick for
an alleged political doublecross, three
witnesses testified. They were Cliff
Potter, his wife, and H. L. Ferguson,
deputy sheriff.
High spot of the testimony came
when Howard LeBaron, an NLRB
trial examiner, told how Burkett said
that he could arrange with the dis
trict attorney to "fix' the jury COM
to make sure of grand jury
that would indict the mayor.
"The best way to get rid of Nav
erick," LeBaron quoted Burkett as
saying, twill be to play along with
the old crowd. The best way will be
to get him indicted on poll tax
charges"
Maverick is an ardent booster of
The new deal and of the president.
On several occasions he has made
scathing remarks against Vice Pres.
John N Garner.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-13
Injunction Sought
TO Enforce 8-HOur
Shift in A. C.. M.

| BUTTE. = OPP AN injunction to
force the Anaconda Copper Co. to
comply with state law providing
for an S-hour -to-collar day has
been sought in suit filed by the
init. Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter
Workers (CIO).
The company refused to grant this
in its recently-signed contract, claim
ling that the work day started when
| the miner reached the scene of his
work underground and ended when he
left it. The collar is the entrance to
the mine.
Actually the miner spends from an
hour to an hour and a half to and
from his underground work, the union
points out. This time is spent wait
ing for the lift to descend into the
shaft, walking from the lift to the
scene of his work at the start of the
shift, returning to the shaft and wait
ing for the lift to go up at the end
of the shift.
Thousands of men are employed
and the last to reach the lift have
the longest to wait. In addition the
miners cannot come up for lunch but
must eat in the Understanding
mines.
If the union wins its suit, the COM
pany will be forced to pay overtime
because the miners will be working
more than the legal 42-hour week il
the time spent by the miner going
to and from the scene of his under |
ground work is included in the work |
day.