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Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
Mr.. WALLACE
PHILOSOPHERS
(Wall Street JOurnaD

1t takes a nimble mind to follow Sec
retary Wallace without stumbling when
he philosophers over the American
sceSe. In San Francisco the other day
he discussed pressure groups" There
is no sense in deploring their existence
he said, because they have existed from
the beginning of the nation and "are a
component part of democracy" No pres
sure group can Successfully abuse its
power at the expense of the general well
fare-it may succeed for a while but it
cannot succeed for very long if our de-
mocracy is functioning properly"
We gather that a component part of
democracy cannot knife the general well
fare very long if democracy is on the job
That sounds all right; we seem to re-
member that in geometry the part can
not be greater than the whole and per-
haps that is true also in social organiza-
tiOn.
But here is where our slow wit STUN
bleS. Mr.. Wallace charges pressure
groups with having carried the erection
of interstate trade barriers to absurd
lengths So evilly has the component
part of democracy performed in this field
that M. Wallace considers three methods
of repairing its damage. One, the
expansion of federal authority over in
terstate commerce, he finds, would be
expensive and require much legal activi-
ty"-that's out. The states could get
together and enact uniform laws but
that idea is "hopelessly optimistic" so
it's out, too, Joint federal-state action,
leach supplementing and reinforcing
the other" is the solution. To us, this
also sounds rather hopelessly optimistic,
but Mr.. Wallace declares that it "offers
the most hope"
SO, the moral is that pressure groups
are all right because we may still hope
to BATTLE them, if only we avoid the false
step of opposing mere hopeless optimism
to their triumphant pessimism. We trust
that we have now caught up with Mr..
Wallace.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
WERE STILL NEIGHBORS
IN IMPERIAL COUNTY

If Imperial county were a metropolitan
district where you can live a lifetime in
one house without ever knowing who your
next-door neighbors are, this weeks re-
grettable attack on District ATTORNEY Ell
mer w Heald by Ham-and-Egg pension
campaigners might have succeeded.
But Imperial county is not a metropo-
Titan district; to the contrary, it is an
agricultural community where people
know one another pretty intimately,
either by sight or reputation.
1t is pretty hard to make anyone who
who knows drawing, plainspoken Elmer
Heald believe that = as the Ham-Egg
throw-away sheet expressed it-he is
the spearhead in "a movement of today's
anti-Christ forces to nail to their cross
of gold modern disciple of the teach
ings of Jesus Christ
And a majority of the people in I'M
perial county do know Elmer Heald.
The district attorney makes mistakes,
just as we all do. But any mistakes
Elmer Heald has made in his office have
been made on the side of the unfortunate
persons he is called upon to prosecute,
not on the side Of any imaginary "mon-
ster of greed. In this instance, he made
no mistake. The facts are these:
The county board of supervisors and
the county grand jury set out to investi-
gate the possibility that persons not en-
titled to vote will attempt to do so at
the special election Nov Z. Through
Heald's office, subpoenaes were issued to
several persons, among them Lee A.
Scott, head of Ham-Eggs organization in
the county, and Philip w. Knights, lead
er of the anti-Ham-Egg forces in the
county.
Then the Ham-Eggers jumped the gun.
They issued broadside-printed in Los
Angeles Ham Eggs headquarters, and
probably written there too, Judging from
the tone of it-lambasting Heald and all
the powers that be for calling Scott be-
fore the grand jury. The Ham-Eggers
called it an effort to intimidate voters.
1t would have been just as logical for
the anti Ham Eggers to do the same
thing. After ALL their leader, too, was
called before the grand jury. (Of course
the Ham-Eggers did not mention this in
their broadside)
The district attorney, the grand jury
and the board of supervisors would be
derelict in their duty if they ignored the
possibility that an effort may be made
to stuff the ballot Nov 7. They would,
in fact, be violating their oaths of office.
We refuse to believe that the more
conservative of Ham-and-Egg support
ers in Imperial county had anything to
do with the attack on Heald Most of
them are, we believe, sound supporters
of constitutional authority-and none of
these would like to see the ballot boxes
stuffed on Nov. T. That is what the
county is trying to prevent.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

gether with the fact that the mer-
chantmen are armed-was cited
by the German government as jus
tifying her policy of torpedoing
without and without regard for
nationality.
For. said the Germans, if a mer-
chant flag flying the American flag
might turn out to be an armed Brit
ish vessel with a naval gun crew
aboard, it was too risky for the sub
marine commander to come to the
surface and go through the cuSto-
mary procedure of search and seiz-
ure.
The American government protest
ed repeatedly to the British gov
ernment against this forgery of
the flag" as Senator Tobey calls it,
but without the slightest success.
For one thing, the British replied
that there was nothing illegal about
it-for there was no law on the
American statute books which for
bade foreign ship to fly the AM
erican flag as a ruse of war.
Senator Tobey's point now is that
by putting law on the books and
providing penalties for its viola
ton, the United States has solid
ground under its feet in protesting
any misuse of the flag in the pres
ent war.
I'VE have no protection at all
now." he says. I'VE should have a
statute to set forth the enormity
of the offense and we should back
it up with proper penalties"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02

WASHINGTON.-When President
Roosevelt issued his order closing
American ports to belligerent sub
marines. he did not make the order
broad enough to cover armed mer-
chant ships. This omission he ex-
planned by saying that submarines
and armed merchant ships could
no more be Jumped together than
pears and apples
However, when Congress wrote
the resolution under which the Pre-
sident issued his order, the two were
Jumped together like this;
Whenever. during any war in
which the United States is neutral,
the President shall find that special
restrictions placed on the use of the
ports and territorial waters of the
United States by the submarines or
armed merchant vessels of for
eign state will serve to maintain
peace between the United States
and foreign states it shall
thereafter be unlawful for any such
submarine or armed merchant yes
sci to enter a port or territorial wa
ters of the United States or to de-
part therefrom E"
From the isolationiSt group whose
fight from the beginning has been
based on the feeling that the pre-
sent administrator is strongly pro-
ally in its policieS-comes sharply
pointed comment on the President S
order
"All the submarines are German,
and all the armed merchant ships
are British" says Senator Downey
caustically.
An armed merchant ship is as
much a ship of war as a subma-
rine," says Senator Tobey. "They
may say it is armed for defensive
purposes. but it can quickly enough
become offensive if it spots a sub
marine If we are to be really neu-
trail we should treat both sides
alike"
Despairing of any chance to get
the ruling reversed, Senator Tobey
pushed through his amendment
which ne says prevents misuse of
the American flag by merchant
ships of belligerent nations.
During the World War, a COM
mon ruse by British merchantmen
was to fly the American flag when
crossing submarine zones.
This ruse was suggested to Brit
ish ship captains by the British
government; and that fact-to-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
Famous Sayings
Willis Thorntons Editorial on:
America is Seen Through New Eyes

when I die, I will tell the dead
about it."
1t was an incredulous, happy old
lady speaking-and she was talking
about America. She had been
brought from her village home in
Romania by her son, who had lived
in the United States for some time.
It was her first visit to this coun-
try.
The things she saw and marveled
at when she reached this shore
we're the things most citizens see
every day. They were little things,
most of them-but all integral parts
of a land that is still comparatively
rich and free. On a drive through
the country, she was struck by the
dairy herds on American farms
the unbelievable size OF the full
udders. Cows are not so productive
in her homeland.
To this little lady, America is the
most remarkable place in the world.
She couldn't get over the fact that
she could travel for several hun
oreds of miles, across state lines,
without once showing a passport.
How often do the citizens of this
country stop to think what that
means? Americans travel thousands
of miles across the continent with
out once being stopped for iden-
tification, unless they run afoul the
traffic regulations somewhere.
Americans don't stop often
enough to count their blessings.
They accept all the details of their
lives as part of their heritage. Yes,
they are part of American heritage
automobiles, telephones, electric
lights, radio, healthy cattle, free
dom of interstate passage, oppor-
tunity to become successful. They
belong to America, and the citizens
here have become used to them
They have become so much part
of the general acceptance of things
that no one ever stops to reflect
over them.
What about the houseS?-there
aren't any fences around them
And where do the watchdogs stay?'
Leaving houses unprotected while
their owners slept seemed to hei
like over-reliance on the virtue OF
humanity. She is learning now
that houses don't get robbed in this
country-most houses don't, at least
1t might do lot of people some
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
FINNISH-SWEDISH LINK
(ChrlStlan Science MonitOr)

Preparation of Finland's fleet to trans
port soldiers and munitions to the Aaland
Islands should these be threatened by
Russia is another sign of the determina-
tion of the Scandinavian neutrals to de-
fend their neutrality with arms if need
be. During the Czechoslovakian crisis in
1886 both Finland and Sweden were re-
ported ready to act together to defend
the Aaland Islands.
The Importance of these islands arises
from their strategic position in the Bal
tic, halfway between Finland and Swed-
en-. After the World War the League
of Nations decreed that-though they
were inhabited by Swedish-speaking peo-
pie and had belonged to Sweden until
Russia acquired them in 1909 - they
should be neutralized under League pro-
lection. For years this produced what has
been described as vacuum in the Baltic
naval situation, problem which for
both Finland and Sweden became more
serious with the decline of League pres
tige. In the event of war belligerent
could land troops, fortify the islands, and
thus menace neighboring countries.
Finland felt this possibility keenly
1t approached Sweden, and these two
countries agreed upon fortification of
the islands and the training of the in
habitants to defend themselves. This
decision made news early in 1899, the
year in which the eventuality of such
concern to Finland and Sweden was to
materialize. A move by Finland to de-
fend the islands may we'll be a signal
FOR Sweden to take similar action.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
THE CITY OF FLINT

1t has been suggested in the house of
representatives that the United States
should recall its ambassador to Russia
because of the way that nation snubbed
Uncle Sam in the matter of the American
freighter, City of Flint.
1t would be foolish for this nation to
let the City of Flint incident get under
It's skin to that extent. We want no war
We want no involvement in Europe. We
recognize that Americans trading in Eu-
rope in these days do so at their own risk
Then why get all upset over such an in
cident?
1t would be much better to file the
matter under future reference. SO that
we may know what to expect next time
and so that we shall know how to an
swer next time Russia asks favor.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02

ana pTODdDly WOulu lld'c VI SCu CoSii
buyer to make an additional pur-
chase; perhaps he would have put
etching exhibits in the windows.
This young man decided to strike
at something more fundamental:
he would make his customers want
his product.
This young mans name was Ray
Dumont.
He decided to arouse the interest
of the people of Wichita in base
ball: and to stage state tourna-
ment in Kansas. 1t was big or
der, and it proved to be harder to
put over than he had thought be-
forehand. But at last he was able
to interest 16 teams throughout the
state. The tournament was mod
erately successful: 1t played to 5000
people. But the town had become
baseball conscious, and the people
came to the store to buy equipment.
Then Ray Dumont had a still big
ger vision. He reasoned that if a
tournament could be successful in
one state, it could be successful in
other states. He engaged a secretary
and started to work in earnest. He
organized the National Semi-Pro-
fesional Baseball Congress, and saw
to it that the annual tournament
would be played each year at Wich-
ita. OF course business doomed. In
stead of waiting for customers TO
come in, he had gone out and
brought them in.
1t developed that he had an abil-
ity for organization. In fact, he dis
covered all kinds of abilities he
hadn't known he possessed. Of
course they had been latent all
along.
This business which he had start
ed behind counter began to grow
like a Kansas sunflower. It became
the sensation of the semi-profes-
sional baseball world. His name was
on everyone's lips. Not only did he
organize every state in the union,
but he aroused interest in Mexico
and Puerto Rico. People from all
over the United States poured into
Wichita to see the big tournament.
This year he brought 10000 people
TO Wichita. He organized it on such
skillful basis that last year he
paid $4,000 in prize money to the
teams. Next year, 1910, the games
will be international; that is. in
Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.
And how old do you think he is?
Thirty-tWol
OF course, he no longer works in
the store; he is now a national fig
ure. What Ray Dumont did proved
TO be the very fundamental of sales
manship; he aroused desire. He was
not content with trying TO sell after
the customers got into the store.
He enticed that person into the
store! Why don't you try that prin-
ciple? It's absolutely sound. It's
fundamental Make the people want
TO come in; make them want TO buy
Do that and the world is your oys-
er on half shell.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02

good to shut their eyes for mo-
ment and open them again-on a
new America, country they never
saw before because they we're too
close to it. Count your blessings,
the little ones as well as the big
ones. They belong to American life
today, but they didn't always. They
had to be fought for.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
You re Telling Me-

The days are getting shorter and
gloomier but the mornings are
brighter-it being wheat cake and
country sausage season.
Folks in Norway must have mar
velous ears. Every day or so we read
of Norwegians hearing a battle at
sea that hasn't happened.
The ladies are all for the govern
ment census of 1910 as long as it
sticks to counting noses and not
describing them.
Hitler should get married, sug-
gests a noted Englishwoman. And
SO, no doubt, carry the war right
into his home.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02

N a t u + a IL Y h G
wanted to make
a success of his
department, and
looked around to
find a way to in
crease sales. What
would the aver
age clerk have
done to increase
sales? He un-
doubtedly would
have been polite;
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
Barbs-

Coach of badly beaten footoah
team claimed it was a moral VIC
tory" His statement sounded ex-
actly like a European government
communique.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
Dale
CARNEGIE

In 1881, a clerk working in the
Goldsmith Book and Stationery
store in Wichita, Kansas, did so
well that he was given charge of the
sporting goods department
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02

Mussolini wants to be a peace
maker. But who would agree TO the
selection of a referee who has al
ready placed bet on the other
side?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
thoughts for the Day

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay innocent
person And all the people shall say, Amen.-Deuter-
onomy 27:25.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-02
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Rare Stamps Valued
Al Quarter Million
Shown al Dinner
Washington PhiIote|ic
Society Observes Its
33d Anniversary
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

by JAMES WALDO FAWCE11.
Celebrating a third of a century
Of continuous activity, members Of
the Washington Philatelic Society.
oldest stamp collectors organization
in the District of Columbia, met at
a banquet at the Hotel Carlton,
Sixteenth street NV, last night.
The occasion was made notable
by the exhibition of United States
rarities valued at approximately a
quarter of million dollars, shown
by Philip H. Ward, jr., charter
member of the society, now resi-
dent of Philadelphia.
Mr.. Ward displayed, among other
treasures, copies of the postn4asters
PROFESSIONALS of Brattleboro, VT. and
Baltimore; the largest block Of the
scent 1847 issue eXtant: the 1851
series in superb blocks of four: the
1857 series complete in the same
form; the 1861 (August) series in
singles: blocks of the BLACK Jack"
of 1866; the grilled stamps of the
period following the Civil War COM
plete in blocks; the 1861 COM
memoratives complete with the in
verted center errors; the largest
known block of the 1-cent 1869; the
Bank Note issues complete; the 1893
Columbian commemorative in mint
blocks of four; complete sets Of the
bureau issues from 1893 to 1900: the
Pan-American inverts; whole sheets
of priceless revenues, and the first
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society. who read a greeting from
President Roosevelt and messages
from Fred j. Melville, London, T.
Russell Hungerford and Willard O.
Wylie.
Among members and friends at
tending the banquet were: Mr.. and
Mrs Philip Simms Warren, Mrs. c. H.
Roach. Mrs. Virginia Warren Brooks,
Miss EdWardina and Miss Mary A.
Warren. Mr.. and Mrs. David D.
Caldwell, Mr.. and Mrs. Alden H.
Whitney, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward B.
Martin, DR.. Ellis Haworth, John r.
Ewell, Mr.. and Mrs. John K. Hedler,
Alvin R. Meissner, Miss Irene M
Pistorio. Sol Glass, Richard H.
Thompson, Arthur E. Owen, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Bocorselski, DR.. Mel
vile G. Skinner, Theodore E. Forbes,
Lars Eidsness, David H. Davenport,
Miss Claire ballard Fawcett, Col
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crime Hanley Of 323 East Capitol
street, the local victor. The largest
contingent is scheduled to arrive &C
$40 am. tomorrow and will be met
at Union Station by Mrs. Roscoe c.
O'Byrne Of Brookville, Ind, national
chairman of the Good Citizenship
Pilgrimage Committee.
The girls are to register at pill
grimage headquarters in the Black
stone Hotel and will be guests TO-.
morrow night at q party in the home
Of Mrs. Thomas H. Seay, national
vice chairman, where they are to BE-
received by Mrs. Henry M. Robert,
IT,, president general of the D. A. r.
Following a day Of sightseeing
the pilgrims are to be addressed
Saturday night by Representative
Edith Nourse Rogers Of Massachu-
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American issues for the Philippine
Islands complete in blocks.

American issues for the Philippine
Islands complete in blocks.
A feature of the program was the
presentation of the second Michael
L. Eidsness, jr., silver plate to H. M.
Southgate, president OF the Bureau
Issues Association. The award was
announced by Mrs. Catherine L.
Manning, philatelic curator of the
Smithsonian Institution and chair
man of the committee of judges, and
the trophy was handed to Mr..
Southgate by Mrs. Anne Eidsness
Gale, sister Of the late founder Of
the philatelic agency.
Harry B. Cation was POSTMASTER.
Other speakers included Alvin w.
Hall, director of the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing; Harry F.
Dunkhorst, q charter member who
paid tribute to departed friends;
Morton O. Cooper, president Of the
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sets. Church services at st. Thomas
Episcopal Church and luncheon in
the Mayfiower Hotel are scheduled
for Sunday. Visits to Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery and Mount Vernon
also will be made.
The Senate, House Of Represents
tives, White House and United States
Supreme Court are to occupy the
visitors attention Monday.
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G. R. Bowmon Funeral
Services Tomorrow

GERMANTOWN, Nd, April 49,
Charles r. Bowman, II, member Of
the firm Of Bowman Bros, for many
years millers at this place, died
Tuesday at his home after q long
illness.
He Is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Clara G. Bowman; son, William A.
Bowman, Washington; a daughter,
Mrs. Herbert c. King. Germantown;
a sister. Miss Emma Bowman, &C.
dar Grove, Nd. and a brother, L.
R. Bowman, Arlington, Va.
The funeral will take place to-
morrow at 2 pm. from the Upper
Seneca Baptist Church, Cedar
Grove. with burial in the church
cemetery. The Rev. Claude Bru-
baker, pastor, will conduct the serv-
ices.
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Horace Drake Dies
After Months Illness

Horace F. J. Drake, jr., II, retired
safe deposit box custodian of the
Union Trust Co., died yesterday at
his home, 657 Hamilton street NV,
after a months illness.
A native of Elizabeth, N. j., he
came here in 1883 and for more than
Is years worked for the trust COM
pany. He leaves a sister, Miss
Lillian Drake, and brother, Wallie
T. Drake, both Of this city.
Funeral services will be held at
7:30 pm. tomorrow In Chambers
funeral home and burial will be IN
Evergreen Cemetery 1t Elizabeth,
N, j,