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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04
President Gets Plain Mad
The Way Things Are Going

It might be proper at this time to
call attention to another phase of
the situation here, although it can
hardly be said to be a part of the
circumstance that I have been dis
cussing. Lately, Mr.. Roosevelt has
had his Clutch up" so to speak,
and has not minced words. For ex-
ample, he called in Lyle Wilson,
head of the United Press bureau
here, and denounced Mr.. Wilson and
his organization for sending out dis
patches which the President said
were untrue. These dispatches, or
one, particularly, told of a purport-
ed split between Mr.. Roosevelt and
the able and patient Secretary Hull
of the Department of State. Their
differences were reported to be over
the Presidents policy on neutrality.
Anyway, the incident wound up with
the President taking the almost I'M
precedented action of issuing pub
lie statement accusing the United
Press of Justification of the facts.
This series of incidents came
after many reports were in circula-
ton at the Capitol that Mr.. Roose-
welt was mad about the way things
were going. Whether these reports
were true or false, they were seized
upon by Republicans and by the
Democrats who no longer want any
part of Roosevelt policy. They
were spread in the most fanciful
fashion and there was no opportu-
nifty overlooked by which those old
meanies around the congress could
add to the Presidents discontinue.
OF course, all of this is a part of
the great game of politics.
(Released by Western Newspaper union.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04

said Secretary Hudson would ask
Germany to disarm in exchange for
large British loan to transform her
industry from war basis to a peace
basis-to hammer her sword into a
pillow share. Germany's war-lost col
onies would either be returned or
internationalized The reported loan:
1000, 000, 900 pounds. A few days lat
er London papers discovered Mr..
Hudson actually had made unofficial
loan proposals to Herr Wohltat. For
eign office, London newspapers and
Commons Immediately howled for
his resignation.
Siren of Berlin. With French-Pol-
ish-British solidarity apparently an
actually, there is every indication
Germany is ''testing the atmos-
phere' with one thing in mind-fur-
Their appeasement. One government
spokesman said Berlin 'rejects a
warlike solution to the Danzig
problem, thereby inviting peace con-
versations. Nothing is definite, only
the time-tested REPRESENTATIVES,
WaQC- anu -IIlCIS-WlA NC PCoCC AOA-
mula which has never failed Der
Fuehrer yet.
Philadelphia Plan. From it's Wash
ington bureau, the Philadelphia In
quirer published mysterious news of
a fve-power plan which had leaked
from diplomatic circles. The plan:
Britain, France, Germany, Italy and
Poland would get Is years of peace
by ID returning Danzig to Germany
but leaving it free port; (2) put
ting Italy on the Suez canal board;
(3) neutralize African territory OPP
posite Gibraltar; az guarantee all
existing frontiers; (5) limit armies
to 800, 900. Within "a hours every
nation concerned had denied the
rumor and gone back to its mid-sun-
mer grumbling.
Denials notwithstanding, rumors
would not float with such utter aban-
don without some inspiration. Inter-
national observers took them as a
good omen of peace conversations,
but shook. their heads in fear of
more British appeasement.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04

poisonous Republican upsufge of
recent. weeks would rise to new
heights, in $780,. Expecting the 40
additional seats they need for a
house majority hoping for 16 new
senate seats to make themselves q
formidable minority, Republicans
had the ,nnakings of a, persuasive
argument ! against the Presidents
third-term ambitions. For if this
happens, neither Mr.. Roosevelt nor
any other New Deal President could
do much.
Equally important was what had
already been done, not only by Re-
publicans but conservative Demo-
Gratis who found strength in coali-
ton. The record Of one weeks in
surgence: s'1 60 - -
Labor Board. New Jerseys Rep.
Mary +. Norton got out Of her sick
bed to swallow bad medicine.
Strongest foe of the bill offered by
Virginia's Rep. Howard w. Smith
to investigate the national labor, re-
lations board, she examined the rec
ord and found Mr.. Smith had never
cast a. vote in favor of organized
labor. Thus, when the house voted
253 to 1876 to probe NLRB and (by
custon) to place Representative
Smith in charge, she felt justified in
charging that he was the last man
in the world to pass on labor legisla-
ton or problems" New Deal poison
here is that NLRB's alleged short
comings pub1icized this summer and
next winter will focus attention on
the White House. ~
Hatch Bill. Passed by both SEN
ate and house, the "clean politics"
measure Of New Mexico's SEN. Carl
M. Hatch is designed to keep relief
out of political hands, and vice
versa. Far more significant is that
portion which forbids federal office
holders from participating in ma
tional political conventions. Since
400 jobholders attended the 1882 G..
0. p. pow-wow, and considerably
more the 1886 Democratic conven-
ton, it is obviously the custom for
experimentation swheelhorses to
write platforms and make nominal
tions. Thus the, New Deal will suf-
fer at next years. Democratic con-
vention because Mr.. Rooseyelt's best
supporters may be absent I4a SO.
Logan Bill. Passed quietly by the
senate, this measure gave federal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04
Trend
Ho,p the fuind Is blooming

HotU the tUind is bL0tUi1g i.
REVENUE-U. S. tax collec-
tions for fiscal year 1938-39 to-
tailed $5,181, 573,9 1852 against S.
658, 1884 the previous year, a
decrease of SAT-, 191, 1851. Biggest
drop: Income taxes, which de-
creased $434, 1863, 1855.
Observation-Disclosures Asso-
citation of Clothing Designers
forecasts gaudy clothes for men
next spring, with daytime suit
hues ranging from taupe to ma
room. Trousers are expected to
be narrower, showing contours
(and defects) of the male leg.
BUSINESS-Retail trade has
taken its expected midsummer
slump but wholesale buying con-
tinues at high level, an indica-
ton of good business expectations
during the autumn months.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04

1929. The census bureau hopes to
verify its bunch that few U. S. cit
les are reproducing themselves.
Internal Migration. Depression
brought big population shifts as peo-
pie sought new jobs in new places.
Not only will the 1910 residence be
checked against 1855, but the bu-
reau will specifically check an away
from-the-farm movement.
Education. Replacing the custom
airy illiteracy question will be one
asking the highest grade of school
completed, since illiteracy's prob
lem is rapidly disappearing. u
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04

I Meanwhile Japan's economy-al-
ready sorely pressed by the long war
in China-suffers from an unprece-
dented drouth in central and south
ern areas; threatening the all-im-
portant rice crop and causing a
shortage Of hydroe1ectric power. The
electricity shortage is especially Sc
rious because Japan needs power
for her speedup program of key in
dustries. And funds ordinarily 60
ing for war purposes must be used
for farm relief.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04
Many Things That Annoyed
NeW Deal Faction of Party

Reduction of the WPA fund total
early in the spring, while small,
was just another annoying mosquito
bite on the New Dealers legs. The
voting of furloughs for WPA work.
ers who have had IS months of con-
tinuous checks was disliked by and
was thoroughly distasteful to the
New Deal faction of the party.
Nor did Mr.. Roosevelt want to see
congress change the tax laws. Sem
ator Harrison of Mississippi, togeth-
er with Undersecretary Haynes of
the treasury, worked out the law
that was passed. 1t eliminated the
principal schemes for reform that
the New Dealers had sponsored in
the days when congress was COM
pletely subservient to the White
House. It is to be noted just here,
too, that these tax changes had the
support of Chairman Doughton of
the house ways and means commit
tee, who had been a dependable
"yes man" for the President, up to
that time.
Changes that were made in the So
cial security laws were never ac-
ceptable to the inner circle of New
Dealers who constitute the Presi-
dents principal advisors. But,
again, congress showed its teeth in
only snarl.
The senate foreign relations COM
mittee gave the administration
something more than name-calling,
however, on the question of neutral
ity legislation. This, of course, fol-
lowed real spanking by the house.
The house, it will be recalled, took
the administrators neutrality pro-
gram and butchered it right out
where all could see what was going
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04
EUROPE:
Wohltat and DOue

Sailing across the English chan
mel one hot July day were Ger
many's DR.. Helmuth Wohltat and
the Spectre of Peace. Headed for
conversations with Britain's r. S.
Hudson, secretary for overseas
trade, the man who cemented Ru-
mania's pact with Germany last
spring needed only to wink his eye
before European peace rumors be-
gan sprouting like wild oats:
Positive Plan. First ruinor came
from s'reliable informant who
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04
Bruckarts Washington Digest
Shaping Of National Policies
influenced by Work Of Congress
Party Defecons Defeats and Victories Of President Have
Important Place in Picture; Growing Split in
Democratic Party Blamed on Roosevelt
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg. Washington, D. G.

be just as free to take away from
the President as it was to give pow
ers to him before the party breach.
In between the extremes Just
mentioned, and particularly within
the current session of congress,
there have been unmistakable signs
OF congressional domination. / do
not mean to say that the Democrat
ic wheelhorses in congress have
thrown the President overheard.
They have chosen to chisel away his
strength; they have avoided knock
down and drag-out battles as much
as possible, unless the issues were
paramount. Their strategy plainly
has been to build strength for them
selves in their own districts and in
their own states rather slowly. The
whole thing amounts to a program
of education of the voters who few
brief years ago were hailing Mr..
Roosevelt as the national savior.
believe the work has gone so far
now that most of the Democrats in
congress have considerable support
in their home Fairgrounds.
To elaborate on the generalities
which have been stated above,
may cite such things as the house
determination to continue the WPA
notwithstanding New Deal
ers did not want. Additional funds
were voted for continuation of the
investigation of un-American activi-
ties, headed by Representative Dies
of Texas-a program openly at
tackled by the New Dealers. The
constant threats of congressional in
vestigation of the labor relations
board and the federal communica-
tons commission are two other
things which the inner circle of New
Dealers are moving heaven and
earth to prevent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04
CONGRESS-:
Get Out of To,un

AS congress neared terms end,
Franklin Roosevelt sat at his Hyde
Park cottage with Democratic
Chairman James Farley, talking
and thinking. He could afford to dc
both, also to wish congress would
get out of Washington in hurry.
Reason: The New Deal was being
ground underfoot unceremoniously
and Unfortunately in a manner
that BODIED ill for any 1910 campaign
plans the President might have.
Moreover, everything indicated the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04

blow at agencies created since 1888.
Result: Administration and execu-
tive power would be badly crimped.
Though last-minute senate reconsid-
GRAFTON was possible, the bill was a
cinch to pass if it reached the house.
Lending. Labeled by critics the
"pump-priming bill of 1885," the
Presidents pet $4,000, 900, 900 lend
ing program fell to $2,490, 000, 900
passing through the senate banking
committee where Federal Loan Adj
ministrator Jesse Jones became so
exuberant in his praise for the bill
that his tongue slipped. When he
told the committee Reconstruction
Finance corporation could handle
the program two years with its pres
ent borrowing authority, smart Re-
publicans jumped into the breach
with a suggestion: Why, then, should
congress bother legislating an en-
tire new program when the same
purpose could be accomplished by
giving RFC a few new loan powers?
In a sense this proved a Godsend;
such action would put a hasty end
to the last major measure still be-
fore congress. That done, the Presi-
dents friends could get out of town
until next winter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04
DOMESTIC:
Nose Count

On August Is someone in st. JOS
eph or Marshall county, Indiana,
will hear knock on his door. The
1910 census will be under way, test
ed at cost of $4,000 prior to the
most complete statistical inventory
of the, nations resources ever at
tempted. Not until April will the
official count be made by 140, 1000
enlamerators working two weeks in
urban centers and four weeks in
rural areas. But from preliminary
Indiana surveys the department of
commerce will pick key questions.
No. / aim of the 1910 census is
to check social trends. Since the
depression changed social and eco
homie status of most U. S. citizens,
special emphasis will be placed on
the following points:
Employment. Status of every citi-
zen over IA years of age during the
week of March 24-30 will be checked,
answering queries of many federal
agencies.
Fertility. Great changes in repro
duction rates among regions and in
social classes have taken place since
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04

In preliminary discussions at To-
kyo, British Ambassador Sir Robert
Leslie Craigie recognized the neces-
sity Of extraordinary Japanese de-
fensive measures in China, and
abandoned Britain's program Of aid
to China, marking an about-face of
British policy in the Far East that
win pave the way for ultimate Jap
domination of all China and expul-
sion of British (and probably other
western nations') commercial inter-
ests there.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04
MISCELLANY:
Recall Recalled

In Michigan, 80-year-old Gov.
Luren D. Dickinson added radio
speech to his earlier warning about
sin and high life evils, then took his
critics by surprise to endorse heart
lily a recall petition circulated by
Detroit Republican John B. Corliss
Jr. The petition was Withdrawn. /
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04
All Equal
PHOTOGRAPHY

Andrew Carnegie was once
asked which he considered the
most important factor in industry
labor, capital, or brains. With
out hesitation Mr.. Carnegie re-
piled: (Which is the most impor-
tant leg on three-legged stool?"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH ". LaBINE
Late-Term Congressional Bolt
Looks Like Foretaste of 1910;
COP. Expect Victory in House

opinions
analyst
dbyW Western Newspa rUnon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04

Observation-Disclosures one exam
ines political situations and ma
neuvers, there is nearly always a
tendency to overestimate the impor-
lance of the current activity. That
Is to say, an action or a policy just
completed is generally likely to be
given an appraisal that exaggerates
its significance. Political plans, on
the contrary, ought to be looked
upon in the mass. This is especially
true of national politics which, of
course, involves the national party
and voting strength.
For these reasons, there seems to
be need for review of the first ses-
sion of the seventy-sixth congress.
The things that have happened, the
party defections and party realign-
ments, temporary defeats for the
President and balancing victories
for him and his political philosophy,
all should be analysed. The result
of all of these things is the impor-
tant bit of history. It is important
because it has direct bearing on
the 1910 political campaign and vot-
ing. It is more valuable to see the
shaping of national policies at this
time than usual because of the eff
forts being made to put forward
President Roosevelt for a precedent
breaking third term in the White
House.
Most every one has been aware,
since 1886, that split in Democrat
ic party strength has been growing.
Mr.. Roosevelt, himself, led the way
and was perhaps the main cause of
the present wide breach. 1t will be
remembered how he sought to
purge" the Democratic party of
Senators George of Georgia; Smith,
of South Carolina; Tydings, of
Maryland; and Representative
O'Connor of New York. He failed
on all except the New York repre-
sentative. So there were three
senior members of the United
States able, openly, to battle Mr..
Roosevelt's policies. Around these
three have since collected all of
those Democrats who fear radical
leadership in the party; who fear a
Roosevelt third term and who are
determined to restore party control
to those who have been responsible
for long line of party successes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04

Jap Ambassador to Russia Shi-
genori Togo (shown with wife),
shadow boxes in Moscow with
touchy issue. Jap and Soviet troops
are fighting bitterly on, the Outer
Monaghan Manchukuoan border,
while closer home Tokyo refuses to
pay fines assessed against Jap coal
and oil concessions operating on the
Russ portion of Sakhalin island.
Warships and troops stand ready for
an emergency. j. Neither nation will
give an inch. IS
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04
Old-Line Democrats Succeed
In Building 1910 Platform

There has been much written and
spoken about maneuvers under
meath, and what the results of these
maneuvers are. I am inclined to
the opinion, however, that only now
after seven months of the first ses-
sion of the seventy-sixth congress
are we able to evaluate them prop
erly. The various acts of congress,
the various attitudes and defeats
and victories can now be placed in
the basket. When they are shaken
up, it strikes me that the old line
Democrats have succeeded in build
ing what amounts to a national
Democratic platform for 1910. And
that platform can reasonably be
said to be one upon which no real
New Dealer can run for the presi-
dency next year.
Perhaps, the statement of Senator
Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania evalu-
ates the circumstance better than
can do. Guffey, New Dealer, closer
associate of the President than Mr..
Roosevelt sometimes desired, as
serted in a recent radio address that
Mr.. Roosevelt ''has had no term in
the White House at all, for his work
was destroyed by the Supreme court
in the first term and was wrecked
by tories in the second years."
When one places the seething
mass of legislation, bureaucracy
and propaganda under micro
scope, Mr.. Guffey undoubtedly is
correct-if the view is from the
New Deal angle, alone. The wild
reforms proposed by the brain trust
of the first term were knocked down
by the Supreme court. Further at
tempts to rebuild America were
slowed down by congress, little by
little, until the current session of
congress has been telling the Presi-
dent what to do in a great many
instances. Thus, it can be said, the
President remade the Supreme
court to his liking, but he lost
congress, and it is well to remember
just here that the Supreme court
decides only questions that are
brought before it. If congress does
not enact questionable laws, the
highest court does not get a chance
to hold them constitutional.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-08-04
Congress Takes Back Posver
Delegated to Mr.. Roosevelt

It becomes less difficult, there
fore, to sit back now and use hind
sight. We see, practically from the
time of the purge" how congress
began to take back powers it dele
gated to Mr.. Roosevelt in the hectic
days of 1888 and 1884. A bite here
and a bite there. The pinnacle was
reached when the senate kicked out
the Presidents power to devalue the
dollar and took away the right to
buy silver with repulsive and dis
gushing subsidy. Of course, after a
brief lapse, those powers were given
back to the President, but there is
significance in that fact. It showed
that when congress is ready, it will
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
80 Miles
Off Palm Beach

Just 80 miles from Palm
Beach it takes about an hour to
fly here in a Sikorsky piloted
by Buzz" Shonnard. who is
lord and master of the Walker
Cay Club. He leased this island
from the British government a
year or so ago, and with the
help of his wife, Betty, has put
together about as neat a vaca-
ton plant as you'll want to find.
A huge clubhouse accommo-
dates around 3 guests III wings
that shoot off a main lounge.
One end is replete with a we'll
stocked bar; the other opens
onto a wide veranda where you
get a swell view of the ocean.
Luncheon is served outdoors on
this terrace, and off another
side of the club is large swim
ming pool, and another terrace.
1 know boss, that fishing is
one of your favorite hobbies, so
I'll make you green with envy
by telling you that they catch
blue and white marlin, giant
tuna, and at night we went out
under a starlit sky to bait a few
shark.
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
Flies Cause
Many Complaints

used to tell the people, par
+icnlarly the mothers, that they they
had to be careful to keep Ines
away from the baby. and any
thing the baby ate or toucheo'
In fact, to impress it on them'
7 often told them that II theS
could keep flies entirely under
control, their child wouldn
have summer cholera at all, NOW
that may seem like a pretVS
broad statement, but I DO DE-
lieve that if we didn't have ines
that diarrhea would diminish
to the vanishing point.
Of course, summer cnoleFa
isn't the only cause OF vomiting
and diarrhea. Mothers must re-
member that when the baby Is
still young, his digestive tract Is
easily upset by very mild dls-
frrbances. You know, when ne
began to walk, his steps were
pretty tottering. His dlgesIiVe
system is much the same "aeii
he bgeins to use it. ,,,+
Perhaps the most trequenI
cause of an upset in the stomach
or bowels of a baby is the onset
of an infection. For instance
when an adult contracts a colo
he doesn't feel like eating When
your baby develops a severe
cold, he goes farther than that'
He takes the food he is given
but because there is infection
In his system, his digestion is
upset, so he develops vomltms
or diarrhea-sometimes ooth'
The Washington times., 1939-01-18
Preserve Polish
Of Fine Furniture

The makers of modern furnl-
ture 60 to much trouble and
expense to reproduce in the bet
ter pieces as nearly as possible
the polish that makes antique
furniture such a JOY to the
owner. It is up to you and
your dust cloth to keep and
deepen that polish.
Take care then how and with
what you dust it. Rough dust
cloths and those that have be-
come gritty through ingrained
dust and dirt particles can do
much to mar the shining sur
face of your new furniture.
Choose cloths with a soft and
pliable texture and wash them
thoroughly at least once a week
in hot water in which you have
stirred up a generous amount
of suds.
Besides the daily busting with
a clean soft cloth, occasional
wiping with a cloth wrung out
of mild soapsuds followed by
a rundown with furniture polish
will preserve the soft sheen of
your furniture through the
years.