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Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29

We have been talking in astron-
omic figures for some years, $45,-
OOO00O,000 national debts, $4000,-
600 900 budgets, and the like. Now
with the war on in Europe, millions
pour out on the unproductive earth
every day, and no one is alarmed
or shocked.
But while we're talking in big
figures, let's talk for a moment of
the biggest figure of all-$20O0 000,-
100000.
Two hundred billion dollars! That
is the loss to the national income
during the depression, according to
a report just submitted to President
Roosevelt by the National Resources
Committee. That is the cost to
the American people of the idleness
of men and machines resulting from
our inability to use to the full our
vast resources during the past 10
years.
In other words, had we been able
to contrive ways of employing all
our idle workers, ways of keeping
all our machines spinning at full
speed, this breath-taking sum would
have been added to the national
income.
Beside that figure, the national
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29

WASHINGTON.-The Wage and
Hour Administration will get
tough, efficient, and thoroughly
liberal boss when and if Col
Philip Fleming of the army en-
gineer corps replaces Elmer F. An
dreWs as it's administrator.
News of the administrators plan
to hand the job to Col. Fleming
started two contradictory interpre-
tations going around the capital.
Some people figured that the
White House was taking cognizance
of the current rumors of poor en-
forcement of the wage-hour law
and was putting tough guy in to
make things hum; some thought
that Andrews had stepped on the
toes of the influential southern
cotton bloc" and others, and was
being replaced as a species of busi-
ness-appeasement strategy.
Whatever may be the case about
the first Interpretation, it seems
tolerably certain that the second
one is all wet.
Colonel Fleming worked under
Rexford Tugwell in the old Re-
settlement Administration, and
Tugwell thought he was aces. He
was Secretary IckeS' right-hand
man in PWA, and Ickes swears by
him. Men who have worked with
him in both organizations insist
he is the last man in the world to
put into a job if a little calculated
punch h-pulling is what is wanted.
Administrator Andrews has had
his troubles in the wage-hour post,
and it is only fair to say that most
of them were not of his own max
ing.
He had to spend his first months
getting his outfit organized and
putting on an educational CAM
paign. Complaints about violations
of the act piled up until, early
this summer, there were some $4,000
on file. Only in the last two months
has he been able to hire enough
Investigators and legal assistants
to handle these complaints, and
even then he had to start from
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29

side OF the case has some weak
points, admit them frankly; ad-
nit them before your opponent even
mentions them. That will impress
a judge or a jury with your hon
esty, your fairness. That policy
will cause them to respect your
character and your testimony.
Years ago when I was much
younger than I am now, I tried
lying occasionally. 1t seldom work.
ed 1t usually got me into trouble
So l stopped lying; and 1 have
found from long experiecne that
telling the truth is the best policy
no matter how tight spot you are
in. Suppose, for example, you are
guilty of some act that is indefen-
sible, something you are heartily
ashamed of. Don't wait until some
one else condemns you. Beat the
other person to it. Condemn your
self Confess your mistake. Admit
that you deserve a horse whipping
and the the other persons pardon.
That kind of frankneSs and re-
pentance-if it is straight from the
heart-will help you more than
all the lying in Liberia.
Ebert Hubbard once said Hon
esty is the best policy" 1t is, be-
lieve me. I have tried both ways.
John Gunther in his book, In
side Asia relates the following
story:
"One or the German officers who
was training Chang Kai-Shek's
bodyguard, rebuked a private for
stealing a peach. The detachment
had been marching through an Or
chard. The private killed himself
that night. He had been disciplined
publicly, in the presence of others
of his race, and by a white man;
the loss of face was so great that
he had to commit suicide, though
suicide is very rare among the Chi
nese people"
When it is necessary for you to
call someone's attention to his mis-
takes, what is your method? Do you
follow the German army officers
way of doing it in public? If you
do, you will embarrass the person
you are correcting. You will hu-
initiate him and make him depise
you. In addition, you may embar-
rass the others present, who wit
ness your bungling methods of re-
proof And many people will feel
sorry for you, or have contempt
for you, because you display such
poor judgement. In other words,
when criticizing an employee,
child, a husband or a wife in front
of other people, it merits you pity,
hatred, rebellion. 1t will never get
you anything whatever that you
may want. Think Of that the next
time you are tempted to correct
a child or an employee, in front
OF others.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

scratch and train his men as he
went along.
The worst of it is over, now.
Half of the $4,000 complaints have
been weeded out as invalid; the
remainder are being disposed OF
faster than new ones are coming
in, and the prospects are that the
administration will have caught up
with itself by winter.
Nevertheless, there has been
some substance to the reports that
the wage-hour division was not
functioning properly. There has
been some internal dissension, and
there have been instances of lack
of cooperation.
On his record. Colonel Fleming
is a good man to handle a situation
like that, too. AS its executive
officer he helped organize PWA;
a year later he became its deputy
administrator.
In the spring OF 1888, he was
detached and sent to take charge
of the famous Passamaquoddy tide
harnessing project; as an engineer
and an organizer he did a superb
job there, whatever may be the
verdict as to the value of the
'Quoddy project itself.
A little later he was loaned to
Tugwell, whose Resettlement Ad-
ministration was having trouble in
it's construction division. Materials
weren't being delivered promptly
building jobs weren't going smooth
ly, plans weren't turning out right
Fleming Strengthened out the mess
and co-ordinated all the RSA's
architectural and engineering prof.
ectS.
The general verdict is that the
wage-hour law will get enforced
right up to the hilt when the colonel
gets his hands on it.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

Welders: Work to be done at rate
prescribed for craft performing
operation to which Welding Is
incidental.
The foregoing schedule of per
diem wages is based on a working
day of eight go hours. The hourly
wage rate prescribed hereinabove
is the per diem rate divided by the
aforementioned number of hours
constituting a working day. Rates
for legal holidays and overtime shall
be one and one-half Qh) times
the above rates. The holidays for
which overtime is payable are as
follows and only as follows: New
Years Day, Washington's Birthday.
Decoration Day, Fourth of July,
Labor Day, Admission Day, Armis-
tice Day, Thanksgiving, and Christ
mas.
It shall be mandatory upon the
contractor to whom the contract
is awarded, and upon any sub
contractor under him to pay not
less than the said specified rates
to all laborers, workmen and me-
chanics employed by them in the
execution of the contract.
Notice is also hereby given that
all bidders may submit with their
bids, sworn statement of their
financial responsibility, technical
ability and experience. Such sworn
statement may be required to be
furnished before award is made to
any particular bidder
Each bid shall be made out on
form to be obtained at the office
of the Board of Directors of the
District at Ell Centre, California;
shall be accompanied by certi-
fled or cashiers check, or bid
bond, for not less than five (5)
per cent of the amount of the bid
made payable to the order of the
Treasurer of Imperial Irrigation
District, Ell Centro, California; shall
be sealed and filed with the Board
of Directors of Imperial Irrigation
District, Ell Centro, California, on
or before October 20, 1889, at 10
o'clock AM. and will be opened
and publicly read aloud at or about
10 o'clock AM. of that day in the
office of the Board.
The aforementioned check or
bond shall be given as guarantee
that the bidder will enter into the
contract if awarded to him and will
be declared forfeited if the success
full bidder refuses to enter into
said contract after being request
ed so to do by the Board of Di-
rectors of Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict.
The Board of Directors of the
District reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids or waive any
informality in a bid.
No bidder may withdraw his bid
for a period of sixty 600 days
after the date set for the opening
thereof.
Dated September %, 1899.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
Imperial Irrigation District.
/ By w. w. GOODSON,
.. 20. 9, l3. Secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT
Ell Centre, California
IMPERIAL VALLEY POWER
pRnUECT
Specifications No. "a
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

SpeclflCatlOnS NO. "a
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Directors of Imperial Ir-
rigation District will receive bids
for the construction of a 33,000-volt
transmission line to Plaster City,
located about twenty 600 miles
west of Ell Centro, and two sub
stations, which will include furnish
ing labor and certain materials
necessary for the construction of
the transmission line and sub
stations; each bid to be in ac-
cordance with Plans, Detail Specifi-
cations and other contract docu-
ments comprising Specifications NO.
"a, now on file at the office of the
Board of Directors of Imperial r.
rigation District at Ell Centre, Cali
fornia, where they may be examin-
ed and copies obtained upon deposit
of $500 per set, which deposit will
be refunded upon the return of
such copies in good condition with
in five days after the bids are
opened.
The principal items of work in
volved are as follows:
Constructing twenty 600 miles
of No. 40 A.CSR. conductor
transmission line;
Installing three go air-break
line sectionalizing switches;
and
Constructing one Cd switching,
and one Cd step-down sub
station
Bidders attention is called to the
fact that the work to be done is a
part of a power project to be fin
anced by Loan and Grant to the
District from the Public Works Ad-
ministration (PWA Docket No.
Calf. 1088-P-D), and the award of
the contract will be contingent upon
securing funds from such source.
Bidders are hereby notified that
pursuant to the statutes of the
State of California, or local law
thereto applicable, the Board of
Diectors of Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict has ascertained the general
prevailing rate of per diem wages
and rates for legal holiday and
overtime work in the locality in
which the work is to be performed.
The prevailing rates so determin-
ed are as follows:
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29

ton. He declared
t h a t lyin g in
court was short
sighted and stu
pid. For every
case that is won
by a pack of lies
said Mr.. White,
ten cases are
lost" His advice
is to be frank
and tell the whole
truth. If your
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29
TOday's Horoscope

If those whose birthdays are to-
day can avoid quarreling and steer
clear of some deception, theirs will
be a fortunate year. They will gain
through elders. The child born to-
day will have a happy disposition,
be bright and sociable, also very
artistic and musical, but somewhat
too fond of luxury.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29
Hints on Etiquette

If a man receives a letter of in
PRODUCTION from another man, he
should call him on the phone and
invite him to his home for dinner
to his club, hotel or other place
where he may entertain him, if
it is at all possible; if not he should
write and explain why he cannot
do so.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29
Barbs-

Railroads can be sure the gov
ernment will help them keep run
ming until after 1910, for as yet
there are no observation platforms
on buses from which candidates
can speak.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29

Now Governor Dickinson tells us
modern dancing is leading our
younger generation to sin. We just
knew there was something worse
than war to worry about these
days.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29

A federal writer's project reports
there are several precious metals
under Manhattan's surface. Sub
way panhandlers will probably
doubt this.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

One-Minute Test
/. What Dutch governor of an
American colony had a wooden leg?
2. In what country is Mount Ev-
crest?
3. Who is now the attorney gen.
eral of the United States?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29

State officials, who aren't get
ting much sleep these nights have
nothing on us, what with the neigh
boris radio blaring all nighht with
bulletins on the European situa-
tion.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29
Words of Wisdom

The force, the mass of charac-
ter, mind, heart or soul that man
can put into any work, is the most
important factor in that work.
A. p. Peabody.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29
CARNEGIE

Does it pay to tell lies in court?
Will lying help you to win your
case before a judge or jury? I re-
Gently heard B. H. White, an ad-
miralty LAWYER. discuss that QueS-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29

An Indiana man says he is look
ing for wife who must be under
26, good looking, good cook, and
have $4,000. Brother, who isn't!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29

The problem must be faced, not
by the cocaine-s stimulation of war
or even a war boom, but in its
basic aspects.
The National Resources Commit
tee admits quite frankly that it
doesn't know how to get this ma
chinery going and these men to
work. But neither does anybody
else.
The basic thing to remember is
that we must never lose sight of
this fundamental lock barring the
door to our future, and never for
a moment cease trying to find the
key.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29
Thouqhts for the Day

And We shall do no work in that day: for it is
a day of atonement to make an atonement for yoa
before the Lord your God-Leviticus 242S
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
While Were Talking in Big Figures

debt looks small, and the cost of
the World War could have been
quickly absorbed.
OF course any such estimate OF
lost national income is a pretty
theoretical thing. Neither machines
nor men ever run without waste
under any conceivable system of
government. All this figure does
is to point out to us rather con-
vincingly our central problem. We
must, whatever else happens, find
ways of increasing that production,
and decreasing that unemployment.
We cannot forever continue to run
a fine eight-cylinder engine on five
cylinders and not expect strains
and backfires.
Several of the countries of Europe
have solved the problem by putting
everything under military Dictator
ship, thus increasing the national
production, all right, but dumping
it right back into destructive war
preparations, and now war itself.
That works for time, but there
is no future in it. Wars end. And
when they end, back comes the
problem, stronger than ever, OF
attempting to continue in peaceful,
productive activity the pace set by
the delirium of war time.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29
Photographs

Both aluminium and gold are
malleable metals. However, when
they combine they form an alloy
that is non-malleable
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29

SELL farm pi ,duce through
Post Press Want Ads!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29

The mess kit used by George
Washington during the Revolution
ary war was made of peWterWare.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29

The average speed at which blind
persons read Braille is 80 words
minute Persons with sight average
200 to 500 words per minute.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29
ne-Minute Test Answers

|. Peter Stuyvesant.
2. India.
3. Frank Murphy of Michigan.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-29

debt looks small, and the cost OF
the World War could have been
quickly absorbed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28
Parker Delivers
Address To Club;
No Successor Yet

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elpsl sgeassf Wednesday after
noua ri . meeting of the Tacoma
EnginsxFs' club. held al Hotel
winthrup
Tho spssksr asserted that chief
- American engineering societies
in America, are the four foundsr
organizations vita headquarters IN
New rork CITY. They include the
American Society o. Mechanical
Engineers. tbs American Institute
Of Mining and hstsllargy. the
American soesety Of Civil kngt-
neess and the American Institute
of electrical knxsnsers.
Parker sAid that besides work
ing for better engineering stan
darsis and practices. the societies
are exsrting every effort 10 I'M
prove eursicula Of engineering
schools throughout the nation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28
Suspect Seeking
Only S. S. Number

An itinerant, who went to the
federal building Thursday 10 In
quire about procedure 10 obtain .
social security number. was ques-
toned as a Mattson kidnap sus-
pect. 1t was revealed by U. s. Mar
shal A. J. Gritty.
Wearing a heavy. dark beard and
attired In old clothes, the man en-
tered the building elevator and
went to the third floor.
Chitty spied him and after ques-
tioning him. permitted the man TO
go on his way.
1T turned out" Chitty explain
ed. that he was just an itinerant
looking for work. He said he
arrived in Tacoma recently and
had experienced difficulty in OBJ
tanning work because he lacked .
social security number. He want
ed Information on how to get Q
number.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28
MRS. HETTIE DEYTON
FUNERAL ON FRIDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Hettie
c. Deyton. n. mother OF Col.
Charles d. Deyton of Fort Lewis,
who died Wednesday at her sons
home, will be held Friday at 4:30
p. m. from the Buckley-King chapel
Chaplain Reagan of Fort Lewis
will officiste, and the body viii be
sent to Green Mountain. N. c., for
burial.
Mrs. Deyton. who had been re-
siding with her son since December
OF last year, was native of Spruce
Pine, N. C., and a member OF the
Methodist church.
Other than Col. Deyton, she
leaves two sons. Luther Carol
Deyton OF Green Mountain. n. c..
and DIR. John w. Deyton of Ashe-
vile, N. C.; a daughter. Mrs. D. II.
Flynn of Caldwell w. Va; two
brothers, I. d. and. Robert d. Rowe
OF Delta. o.. and eight grandchil-
dren.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28

ADMINISTRATIONS proposed neu
t-whsneser the president. or con-
grezs by concurrent resolution.
finds the existence OF a state Of
war between foreign states. the
president shall issue proclama-
ton naming the states involved.
7-whenevcr such q PROCLAMATION
has been issued. II shall imme-
diately become unlawful for any
American vessels TO carry passen-
gers OF any articles or materials
to any state named. A penalty Of
$4,000 fine or five years impris-
onment. or both. would be imposed
on violators. In addition. before
any goods can be shipped In bellig-
erent vessels. title shall have been
transferred to some foreign govern
ment. agency or corporation.
3-whenever the president feels IL
necessary for the protection OF
u. 5. citizens. he shall issue proc
lamstion defining combat areas.
after which il shall be unlawful for
any u. S. citizen or vessel to pro-
coed into or through such areas
Shipowners would be liable to a
$4,000 fine, five years in Jail. or
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28
SAYS RUSS OCPU
STOLE j. s. MAIL

WARRINGTON David II. Dub
ro~sky. former head Of the Russian
Red Cross. charged before the Dies
committee Wednesday that Soviet
secret agents arranged To steal
mail In this country while the ink
was scarcely dry on the 1898 treaty
by which the United States recog-
nized the Soviet government
Dubrowsky said an agent of the
oGPU or Soviet secret police was
sent to his office as an assistant
Immediately after the recognition
In November. 1888. He named the
agent as Jacob Sterngluss, who he
said was former OGPU agent in
Afghanistan and was without any
previous experience in Red Cross
work.
Dubrowsky said he protested to
Boris Skvirsky, then counselor of
the Soviet embassy, but that
Skvirsky said:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28
NEUTRALITY ACT
FORUMS TOPIC

A discussion involving ths pro-
posed snxnsinssni 70 thu neutrality
&C, viii feature the weekly meet
ing ~ the Tacoma Chamber Of
Casnmsres forum 10 bs held Mon
DAY noon AZ Hotel winthrop.
speakers ~ili Include Attorney.
~ y. heixgsr. l. 1. Thompson
and s. A. Csgiiarsil and Dr. !. Rem
wick Mccullough. pastor Of First
Presbyterian church.
Richard W. Mccain. program
chairman, said questions may BE-
asked Of speakers A. b. Comfort
win preside.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28

State Allotments 10
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28
1910 COUNTY
BUDGET READY


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The cash eArry-oyer viii take care
Of both amply. the commissioners
reported.
Final adoption Of the 1910 budget
must be accomplished by midnight
next Friday.