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Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28
MAYBE THE OLD CHAP
WOULDN'T LIKE IT

Stark disilusionment may be in store
for the prehistoric age if science ad-
vances bit farther In Russia scien-
lists have revived living organisms dat
ing back 10000 years after their sleep
of centuries in frozen soil. Suppose they
did the same thing with cave man,
who, somehow, had gotten himself frozen
in his heyday back in those Paleolithic
rdays?
It's pretty easy to tell what our reac-
tion to such an individual would be- We'd
put him in worlds fair
But what would his reaction to us be?
Such a poor innocent who had lived
| by his wits and his club all his days
would undoubtedly suffer from an ad-
vanced stage of jaw strain from gaping
at civilizations mechanical wonders. In
an automobile factory he'd probably
think he'd been swallowed by a giant
lizard, and the apparition of an airplane
would most certainly send him scurry-
ing for cover with a prayer to his pre-
historic gods.
But give the fellow few years to get
used to the fact that he cannot club an
other man over the head because he does
Mt like the set of the other mans whis-
kers, teach him to read the papers, and
bring him to understand the worlds
geographic boundaries. Chances are he
would be more puzzled than ever
He couldn't understand why he, him
self, would be executed if he killed an
enemy, yet entire nations can spread hav-
oc, death and destruction without ever
penalty and without much reason. For
that matter, nobody has ever been able
really to explain it.
He would find it hard to understand.
too, how thousands of persons can be
so near starvation in world overflow
ing with provisions. 1t might tax his
brain bit to find that laborer in many
places must join labor union and pay
dues for the privilege of working.
But, most of all, this ancient Alley
| Oop would be likely TO wonder why they
call ii civilization when il is SO much
more trouble 70 live than it used TO be,
when death by violence has become
ematter of mass production. when peo-
pie worry themselves to death because
they haven't as nice radio as the family
next door. and when one man in one coun-
try is able to tell millions what to think.
how TO act and what to do.
What would his reaction be?
Ho'd probably be very glad to go back
to his Paleolithic sleep.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28
IA PARDON FOR
WARREN BILLINGS

Governor Olson will be doing no more
than what Is right if he pardons Warren
X. Billings. He has said he will if he
can, legally.
Billings was proved guilty along with
Tom Mooney of taking part in the San
francisco Preparedness Day bombing.
Every possible effort was made to prove
that he was not guilty, and still the
proof of bis guilt held good. Court after
court reviewed the case, and each found
that there was no reason 20 believe any,
thing other than that the convicted men
were guilty.
The reviews, of course, were in the
Mooney case. But they applied equally
to the Billings case.
Mooney, we believe was guilty. Yet
he was pardoned by Governor Olson.
That is why we believe Billings, too,
should be pardoned 1t would be wrong,
as matter of principle, to keep Billings
in prison and allow Mooney. described at
the time of his trial as ringleader in the
bombing to go free
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

WASHINGTON. - One of the
most important angles to the greal
third term problem has been al
most entirely overlooked. so far
1t is, simply, that President Roose-
velt needs new major issue.
The third term handicap in itself
it is understood doesn't particularly
worry him. He is said to feel that
he could be reelected in spite of
it-IF he had some strong, COM
pelling and dramatic issue to take
before the electorate.
So far no such issue has de-
veloped. A new spending CAM
paign. a new lending campaign, an
aggressive foreign policy-all have
been tested out cautiously this
spring and none has rung the
bell And the one apparently safe
bet is that if the President does
defy the no third term tradition
he will do ii with something lot
more exciting than mere II am
running ON my record
There arc indications that the
New Deal is slowly feeling its
way toward more direct and
elaborate attack than has yet been
made on The whole depression
unemployment problem = toward
something which could be present.
ed as permanent recovery pro-
gram, and which would be con-
siderably broader than anything
which the New Deal has tried
Something of this kind is said
to have been looked for from the
Temporary National Economic
Committee investigation. 1t hasn't
appeared; Senator O'Mahoney is
proceeding slowly and with pains
taking thoroughnesS, and although
he is unearthing a lot of useful
information, he emphatically has
not handed the President made
to-order issue for 1910.
Meanwhile there are certain
straWs in the wind.
The most significant was the re-
cent Cleveland speech of Attorney
General Frank Murphy. who called
for "blueprints' for a reconstruct
ed economic system" declaring the
nations problems could be solved if
business men, engineers. industrial
lists, economists and the representa-
tives Of the people would sit down
10 gethcr 10 work cut such blue
prints.
I'VE do not want government to
run BUSINESS he said. I'VE only
want business to run itself-with
any help from the government that
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

have? Well, she had two mos
valuable possessions, worth much
more than money. She had cour
age and she had determination.
By taking out a penny here anf
a penny there. she had saved VI
s45. knowing this was not enougl
she went to the bank to borrow
$500. The bank official was as
toniShed. What! borrowing money
to go to Europe. He'd never heard
of so ridiculous suggestion.
She went to a loan company
Turned down. Went to other banks
and finally got three of them to
loan her 5000 altogether. That was
fine, Now she could start. She
bought her ticket, and arranged
to have her children taken care of
Some of them being grown. this
was easily managed.
And then. the day before she was
going to start, the doctor said she
was going to have another child!
She had set her heart on this
trip. 1t was the ambition of a
lifetime She decided to go, any
way
She arrived, finally, in Ireland.
travelling alone, not knowing
soul She stayed there two weeks,
then went to Scotland, and Eng
land Next to France, Holland.
Belgium, and finally to Germany.
She could speak no language but
fplN ri eli
up. She did a lot of sight seeing
and lived in fairly good hotels and
ate fairly good meals. But she
Travelled third class; tough. of
course: but she got there just as
fast as the people in the first class
Usually, in cities, TO save money.
she walked. but occasionally she
rode in taxlcabS Her health had
not been coed when she left but
due TO walking it began to i'm
prove.
ht last she started home. She
tipped five dollars each way ON the
boat. Upon arriving at home she
had spent, exclusive of passage
s187 from the time she left New
York until her return 10 New
York.
Four months after she got home
she gave birth TO a son. As soon
as she was able she started in tc
pay off the money she had borrow
ed. She says she has now paid
every cent.
And now what do you think she
is going to dc? She is going abroad
againl A spirit like that will al |
ways go abroad; will always see the |
world; will always get ahead. She
VIII have to raise the money again;
but she'll do it, You can't keep a
person like that down.
So If you are planning a va
cation this summer, and see only
the obstacles in front of you, think |
OF Ella Fowlks,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28
BIG CHISELERS
IN THE RELIEF PEN
(Orange NeWs)

An exchange comments on relief CHS
cling in this wise: "A great cry is going
up all over the country about relief chis-
elers. Needy people are inclined to be
bit greedy because they know how hare
it is to get relief. 1t would not be sur
prising if all the relief offices have
attempted to get little more than the
regulation dole. Nearly every one in
all walks of life makes some attempt to
lay up something for rainy day 1t
is human nature to want to get ahead.
1t is not surprising, we say if a relief
client now and then tries to get an extra
bag of beans or maybe little more than
his usual cash allowance. These chisel-
ers are only small fry The loot they get
away with is a mere drop in the tub of
public relief costs. The important chis-
cling is being done at the other side of
the tub. The name of United States
senator was brought into the trial of
35 persons trafficking in WPA jobs for
political purposes. Dozens of such cases
are coming to the surface all over the
country"
And this brings to mind the truth that
it is all right to clamp down on the
needy persons who attempt to get more
than their share of the public dole But
the urgent thing is to tell the crooks in
the country's prisons to move over and
make room for the political crooks who
are getting away with the important
money that disappears in the process of
administering relief.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

may be necessary-in way that
will provide for the good of ALL
Now the interesting thing about
this is that in that speech Mr.
Murphy consciously or other
wie) was edging right over into
the territory occupied by an inter-
esting group known as the Amer
ican Association for Economic
Freedom. The association. made
up of churchmen, educators. and
publicistS. is polishing up a most
elaborate and far reaching indus
trial reconstruction bill for pres
entation to congress.
This bill would do lots of things.
1t would have the government take
over the investment banking field
1t would set up national plan
ming board to develop an industrial
program which would set all major
industries working at capacity un-
der a far reaching government sub
sidy program. 1t would provide for
federal licenses of all corporations.
1t would in short. offer the most
sweeping and spectacular program
vet brought forward.
A good many New Dealers, in
and out of Congress, have had
look at this bill In his Cleveland
speech Mr.. Murphy talked along
the same line that the association
follows.
And there is some reason to be-
lieve that the New Dealers would
like to see the associations plan
sent up as a trial balloon. 1t rep
resents the sort of thing the New
Deal is cropping toward. 1t would
not be exactly amazing to see it
given a New Deal boost sometime
soon.
Headlines Well Never Read: Mes
senger boy makes 1040 Olympic
team as sprinter.
Most of us wouldn't regret 60
ing back to that gentle period
known as the horse-and- buggy days
if we didn't, at the same time, have
tc swap the corner filling station
for a livery stable.
Simile: AS unpopular as last
months popular tune.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

Changing her mind the last min
ute. a California girl sent out re-
call cards to 400 persons invited to
her wedding Think of how many
dollars must have been wasted in
rent on full-dress suitsl
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28
SPEAKING
OF ISOLATION
(Illinois State JournaD

Publicists interested in having the
United States take hand in European
politics indulge in sarcastic references
to voters who resist their saleS-talk.
'lsolationist' is employed as one term
OF derision.
The idea sought to be conveyed is that
refusal TO engage in the international
political game will put Uncle Sam in
the wallflower class. Unless he takes
sides. he will lose prestige in the world
markets, they say. Moreover, he will
suffer for want of cultural contacts"
Expressing contempt for the "isola-
tionist' is akin TO deriding the man down
the street who enjoys distinction because
he attends strictly to his own business
1t amounts to condemnation of most
admirable quality.
Refusing TO engage in the quarrels of
others is bit old-fashioned, but the
practice has much to commend it to ma
tions as we'll as to individuals. The neu-
trial in war may not make glamorous
figure while the fireworks are under way,
but he is quite useful when the wreck
age mus. be repaired. Civilization has
been rescued again and again by those
who kept their heads when war fever
was epidemic.
Countries that keep out of controver-
sizes which are not of their own making,
do not isolate themselves. They COM
mand respect because of their restraint,
and in every age they have been leaders
for the betterment of humankind The
noise and glamor of arms are pitiful
when compared with the nobility of un-
demonstrative common-sense
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28
Grab BAG
One-Minute Test

|. What islands. located off the
coast of France, are noted for their
cows?
2 With what does the science
of numismatics deal?
3. What is the female of a moose
called?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28
Totfay's Horoscope

Today's birthday children may
look forward to a fortunate year.
Benefits will come to them through
dealing with authorities, or through
engineering. The child born on
this date will be forceful and cour-
ageous. A tendency to extrava-
gance must be combatted. Such a
person will excel at games and ath-
leticS.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

Their Maiesties' ship. en- route
home to England passed through a
large field of icebergs 1t was the
only cool reception they encounter
ed on the entire trip.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

Mussolini has speeded up the
Rome to- Adds Ababa air service.
Now all he has to do is find GUS
toners willing to make the trip to
sun-baked. desolate Ethiopia.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28
You re Telling Me- Barbs-

DR.. Dafoe says he doesn't spank
the auints, and the situation can
be appreciated. HOW would the
doctors hand feel after one day
with five children?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

The japanese army has pene-
trated SO far into China that the
mikado, according to the man al
the next oesk, is contemplating
sending out searching parties.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

Al Foster, L. A. youth arrested for
threatening man who came between
him and his girl-"It was Spring and |
was in love and had taken two drinks"
(Porterville Recorder)
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

Wealth doesn't mean everything
Proof? Well, who were the worlds
wealthiest men during the lifetime
of William Shakespeare, Michel
angelo and Christopher Columbus?
Neither do We
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

Each night, we read. the New
York worlds fair shoots off $500
pieces of fireworks. Gosh. they're
going to have hard time making
the Fourth of July mean something
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

Average June bride, according TO
statistics requires $208 for her
trousseau. Which wouldn't be SO
bad if she didn't refuse to wear the
same clothes month or so later
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

West Burchett ST.
Glendale. Calf.
Just about a
year ago now. she
wanted to 90 to
Europe, but sho
didn't have the
money. On top of
this she was thu
mother of Sevel
children. No mon
ey; seven chill
di'en. What pos
sibilities did she
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

In a recently published detective
novel the writer killed off all the
characters. Swell-this guarantees
the reader there will be no sequel.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

At a Worcester, Mass. meeting,
members of a turkey growers as
sociation dined on roast beef. May
be they didn't want TO bite the bird
that's feeding them.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

Perspiration is considered by
Egyptians as a sign of health. Over
here it's sign of prosperity.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

Playboy's lament: Might club
check room girls may not be
magicians, but they certainly pluck
a lot of dimes out of the same
hat"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28
Hints on Etiquette

In parking your car at the picnic
grounds. see that you do not make
it difficult for the fellow next to
you to leave. if he desires to do so
before you.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28
Dale


EC you want to go abroad this
sumarer, but think you can't af-
fcrd it? Vel. let me tell you how
one woman faced that problem
&C IS Mrs. Ella FoWlks. of 2l7-A
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28
Words of Wisdom

States are not made, nor patched;
they grow: grow through centuries
of Dain.-John Masefield.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

One-Minute Test Answehs
|. Alderney. Guernsey and Jersey
2. With coins and medals.
3. A COW.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

Sun spots will reappear in 1914
Even Sol occasionally goes in for
polka dots.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

There's just one thing the public
would like to know about the farm
situation. If there is line be-
tween drouth and flood conditions,
when does it ever come, and
Where2
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28
Thoughts for the Day

But he that shall endure unto the end, the same
shall be saved.-Matthew 24:l3.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28
Photographs

Science has never been able to
grow odorless onions.
More than 200 kinds of plants
and animals are eaten by game
ducks of the United States and
Canada, according to the United
States department of agriculture
researchers.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

MEMBER
American Newspaper
rubIishers'
Association
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-28

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and get them to subscribe to
either the Post or Press, or if
they already take one of these
papers, persuade them to pay
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renewal.
Evening star., 1939-10-12

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Evening star., 1939-10-12

says we ought to get into this war,
to make it short war, or a long
war. isn't worthy of being called an
American"
II do not say" Senator Burke re-
joined. that we should get into this
war, but it is true that the shorter
the war is in Europe, the less chance
there is that we'll get into it."
Last speaker of the day was Sen
ator White, Republican, of Maine,
who had been counted in admin
istratioa polls as favoring repeal,
but who told the Senate he was re-
serving judgment to see the bill in
final form.
King Speaks for Repeal.
Senator King spoke in behalf of
arms embargo repeal in a radio
address last night. He pointed out
he had opposed enactment of the
Neutrality Act in 1887, and added:
THE embargo is not a neutral
measure. 1t repeals in part the in
ternational law of neutrality. It is
not the duty of neutrals to keep an
even balance between both belliger-
ents. If equal opportunity is afforded
to belligerents, the exactions of neu-
trails are met.
THE important question before us
is to determine what we are willing
to sacrifice in the hope of escaping
being drawn into the conflict"
Evening star., 1939-10-12

California, and Borah, Republican,
Of Idaho, principal opponents of en-
barge repeal, also were working on
the compromise shipping clause
Senator Borah expressed the belief
all Pacific shipping could be per-
mitted.
Yesterdays floor debate saw two
leaders in the fight against the
Roosevelt court bill two years ago
take opposite sides in the embargo
scrap. They were Senators Burke
Democrat, of Nebraska, and Clark,
Democrat, of Missouri. Both spoke
before galleries crowded with tour
lists.
Senator Burke, replying to the
Missourian's contention that many
advocates of repeal felt it was a
safe choosing of Sides" declared he
saw mo justification on any ground
for permitting law to stand that
favors Hitler"
Aid Seen for Germany.
by hampering the allies in their
prosecution of the war" he said
the embargo favors Germany to the
certain extent of prolonging the
war for many months, if not years" "
He conceded that repeal of the
embargo would certainly favor
Great Britain and France" and 90
far toward insuring victory for them
in shortened war.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of
Montana. a repeal opponent, inter-
rupted to observe that the man who
Evening star., 1939-10-12
Storm WosWorse Than Runnors,
DC. Passengers on Iroquois Say

passengers, Mr.. Broderick motioned
to his hip and admitted:
II got a nice one here. But most
of the time held onto everything
in sight,.
Both Mr.. Broderick and Mr.. Clark
had visited relatives in Ireland.
Had Cot in Pantry.
Another factor in the voyage
which seemed to trouble Mr.. Brod-
erick was the fact that he had signed
up for cabin transportation and
landed in IAN abandoned pantry
with nothing in 1t but a cot."
He displayed a signed statement
by two of his fellow passengers re-
lating in detail his discomforture.
Peter Henderson, gymnastics in
structor at the House of Representa-
tives gymnasium, and Mrs. Hender-
son made a Photographic record of
their voyage. They had gone abroad
to visit his parents in Sweden Short
ly before the war broke out.
The Hendersons arrived in WASH
ington early this morning but did
not go to their apartment at 4l2
First street Sc. until later in the
day.
Expected to return to Washington
this afternoon was Harrison H. D.
Walker of 2016 r street NV,
member of the staff of the National
Geographic Magazine.
Mr.. Walker, who had been in Ire
land for two months gathering ma
terial for story, agreed that the
submarine scare came as a sort of
anti-climax in statement for the
Associated Press in New York last
night.
Among the other Washingtonians
on the ship were Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
tin j. Walsh, 2311 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV; Thomas Flood, 32l7
Seventh street NE, and Michael S.
Browne, 1904 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, none of whom had returned
to town this morning,