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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-28
Bruckarfs Washington Digest
Bruckats Washington Digest
Closing Session of Congress
To Set Stage for 1910 Campaign
Proposals to Aid Party in Power Sure to Appear; Effort
Will Be Made to Make Money Bills Political Focus;
Trade Treaties Expected to Draw Fire.
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service National Press Bldg, Washington, d. c.

WASHINGTON.-It is generally
possible to forecast in broad out
line what will happen in the session
OF a congress that winds up a Sec
ond term of an eight-year national
administration. That broad outline
Will include the annual appropria-
tons for running the government,
the promotion of several legisla-
tive proposals designed to aid the
political party in power when its
presidential nominee gets out on the
hustlngS, and much talk by rep
resentatives and senators. Con-
gress, and Washington dateline,
make fine springboards, and the pol
iticians who are Gin" make full use
of the opportunity.
Since the last session of congress
in the Roosevelt administration is
upon us, it seems that a prediction
on several phases is indicated.
l. The coming session is going to
be longer than some of the politi-
clans would like. Contrary to the
average of such sessions, the nation
al legislators are likely to be here
until almost the middle of June.
The length of the sitting probably
will be determined by the dates of
the Democratic and Republican ma
tional conventions, and there is ev-
cry reason to believe these will be
later than usual.
2. Appropriation bills will occupy
a great deal of the time in the early
weeks of the session, as usual.
But contrary to rDhat has
been the situation respect
ing the money bills, there is
going to be determined
effort to make them the
center of an issue, a politi-
cal focus.
Tangled up with the appropria-
ton bills this year will be delicate
question involving the national debt
because President Roosevelt is GO
ing to put up to congress the ques-
ton of increasing the present nation
al debt limit from As billions to so
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had been filed with NLRB the strik-
ing union (now c. I. o. aff1liate)
represented a minority.
But his biggest mistake was in
suggesting to Boston department
store handling Berkshire products
that "any stand you might adopt
would be listened to with the great
est respect by the Berkshire COM
pany." That, charged the commit
tee, constituted an attempted boy
colt sponsored by an NLRB men,
Der.
At such an embarrassing moment
in the Wagner acts young life, c.
I. O.'s John Lewis chose to make
his own recommendations for
amendments at the next congress
sional session. The suggestion:
Criminal penalties for violators of
the act.
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AGRICULTURE:
Certificates

There were plenty of signs that
the administrations campaign to
make its farm program self-fnanc-
ing will take shape in a processing
tax - provided congress approves.
Meeting in Washington ''to study
something for the President" were
Secretaries Morgenthau and Wal
lace, Federal Reserve Chairman Ec-
cles, Budget Director Smith and 9TH
er fiscal bigwigs. When they parted
it was learned the certificate plan"
had been discussed. Its gist: A
processing tax in new dress (the last
one was thrown out by the Supreme
court in 1856 it would consist of
parity payments paid to the farmer
directly by the professor, who in
turn will pass them on to the con-
sumner directly. Reason: The U. S.
needs more money next year for
defense, hence must find source of
income without boosting taxes in a
campaign year.
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berto GUAM stuck to his post. The
German minister charged him with
a fragrant violation of international
law for not giving Graf Spec
enough time to repair her damage.
The Nazis even planned to demand
PREPARATIONS for the ship. Taking no
chances, Uruguay promptly arrest
ed four of the crewmen and charged
them with blowing up the ship.
A few hours later 1000 other crew.
men, having launched to nearby
Buenos Aires, were informed by Ar
gentina for the rest of the war.
AS for Germany, the Spec Incl
dent reduced her complement of
capital ships to four. Next day,
Britain reported sinking a 6,000-ton
Nazi cruiser.
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SOME FORECASTS

Next session of congress will be
longer than politicians would
like.
Republicans will seek big do
mestic issue.
Roosevelt will ask so billion
debt limit.
Garner will be on watch for
New Deal fumbles.
Senator Wheeler may join
contest for delegates.
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RATES DOWN-At Washington

RATES DOWN-At Washington
the interstate commerce commits
sion ruled there is nothing un-
lawful about reduced rates for
trainload shipments, thus revers-
ing its former policy.
DEBT UP-Also at Washington,
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau was quoted as testi-
flying he favored raising the pub
lie debt limit from $45, 900, 900, 900
to $50, 600, 100000.
EXPORTS DOWN-November
U. S. exports were $287, 1000, 900
against 1923, 10000 in October,
$12, 900, 900 of the drop being ac-
counted for in blockaded ship
ments to Germany.
DIES UP-A Gallup poll showed
rs per cent of the U. S. still
favoring continuation of the Dies
un-Americanism investigation,
though presidential criticism has
caused a 4 per cent decline the
past six weeks.
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heve to be conservative trend in the
country as whole. The best evil
dence of this is the great strength
admittedly shown for the Democrat
ic presidential aspirations of Vice
President Jack Garner.
There UiU be other cam
didacies that must be Uo-
tered and fed Uith artif-
cial stinnulants.
It looks like Sen. Burton Wheeler
of Montana may jump out one of
these days to contest for delegates to
the Democratic convention against
Mr.. Garner. Each man will have
his partisans, as will Paul McNutt,
former Indiana governor, who holds
himself in the spotlight through be-
ing social security administrator.
But make no mistake about the vice
presidents ability to break up New
Deal plays, if I may use football
term.
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In accordance with his suggestions,
the minister of popular culture or
ganized the Estate Musicale Italiana
to carry out the idea, which was
put into effect in 1888. The results
have exceeded all expectations.
During the past summer, accord
ing to the Rome Weekly News, there
have been altogether 621 perform
ances of plays and operas at 101
centers, Witnessed by 2,202, 400 spec
tators. Last year the performances
numbered 444 at Sc centers and the
spectators 1865, 900.
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WASHINGTON. = While Finland
was reported negotiating for the
purchase in this country of large
supplies of war materials, Presi-
dent Roosevelt said that he does not
expect any relaxation in the policy
against government loans for war
purposes.
The 100000 credit to Finland
by the Export-Import bank and the
Reconstruction Finance corporation
was for foodstuffs and other articles
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POLITICS.:
announcement

Il UiH accept the nomination for Presi-
dent. ,0iH make no effort to control any
delegates. The people should decide. The
candidate should be selected at primaries
and conventions as propided by laio, and
1 sincerely trust that all Democrats ,oiiI
participate in them"
In these A words the sage of
Uvalde, Texas, whom John Lewis
once called ''labor-baiting, poker
playing, whisky-drinking, evil old
man." tossed his hat in the 1910
presidential ring. Then:
"This is the best time of the year. l like
to sleep out in the open in siis kind OF
heather"
With that, John Nance Garner, at
II pretty old man to be coveting
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for civilian purposes, the President
recalled.
1t is reported that Finland has
substantial cash balances in this
country with which to purchase war
supplies.
The administration has withheld
application of the neutrality act to
the war between Russia and Fin
land, which automatically would
prevent any further extension Of
credit to Finland.
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Schisr, Within Democratic
Porty Due for Finish Fight

6. Lastly, there is the politics of
the picture. This new session will
be somewhat different than the or
binary run of "last" sessions be-
cause of the schism within the Dem
ocratic, or majority, party. Real
Democrats are determined to get
control of the party back in their
hands; New Dealers, who have been
running the show with increasing
power to themselves until lately, are
faced with what many observers be-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-28
Proposal to Create Second
Budget Sure to DrdtD Fire

3. National defense-expansion Of
the army and the navy-obviously
will get attention and here, again,
the question of taxation appears.
Mr.. Roosevelt has suggested to
some of the senate and house lead
ers that there should be a separate
listing of these expenditures and
separate tax to pay for them. That
is to say, the President is thinking,
at least, of creating second, and
distinct, budget covering such out
lays of money just as he has re-
sorted, heretofore, to the use OF
separate budget listings for "regu-
lar" and emergency expendi-
lures.
4. Another controversial PROPOSE
ton will be the Presidents proposal
to extend the life of the reciprocal
trade treaty program. If one ex-
poets fire from the trick budget
plan, there is likely to be found
no-man's land, filed with gases of
the latest poison, hand grenades and
machine gun strafng, between those
who favor and those who oppose ex-
tension of the trade treaties.
5. In addition to the trade treaty
program and tied to it in a fashion
that makes skein of tangled yarn
appear simple of solution, is the
widespread demand that congress
revise the general agricultural pro-
gram. Many farmers and farm or
CARNATIONS, as well as numerous
politicians, are chasing Secretary
Wallace and bureau farmers and
farmerettes, in full cry. They are
demanding changes and Mr.. Wal
lace is resisting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-28

Lovely is as lovely does and
goodness knows this crocheted
medallion does things for any
room, even though it's the very
A B c of crochet. Try it and see!
Pattern 1859 contains directions
for making medallion; illustra-
tions of it and of stitches; mate
rails required; photograph of me-
dallion.
Send Is cents in coins for this
pattern to The Sewing Circle, Nee
dlecraft Dept, 80 Eighth Ave,
New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, adj
dress and pattern number plainly.
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billions. And it must not be over
looked that the question of national
revenue-taxation- bound to fig
ure in this controversy because the
national treasury has been in the
red-more spending than receipts
in the seven years of E1r. Roose-
velt's administration and two years
of Mr.. Hoover's administration.
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Music for Multitude
Is Provided in Italy

ROME. = Scattered throughout
Italy, in almost every city, are large
open spaces within the ruins of me-
dieval castles of the still more an
cient remains of Greek and Roman
amphitheaters, temples and public
parks.
1t occurred to Premier Mussolini
that these sites offered an admir-
able opportunity to stage open-air
performances of operas and plays.
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Northern Var

Still playing to a full house was
the Finnish-Russian war, in which
the Soviet was taking a terrific lick
ing both in manpower and prestige.
For the first time, U. S. newsmen
like United Press Webb Miller and
Chicago Daily Netos' Leland Stowe
visited the Karelian front and saw
Finnish troops resting snugly in
their warm trenches while the Rus
slams stormed away like madmen
across the river, wasting ammuni-
ton and getting nowhere. Soviet
tanks were disabled by the score,
running against snow-covered boul-
ders or being blasted by anti-tank
guns. In the north the Firms re-
ported they had encircled two Rus
sian forces of 10000 men each.
Spec
Pan America awoke suddenly to
discover its neutrality zone" (see
map was Intellectual. Before she
dashed for the safety of Montevideo
harbor in Uruguay, the Nazi pocket
battleship Graf Spec had almost
been blasted to pieces by three Brit
ish cruisers. One of them, Exeter,
was so badly damaged she headed
for Britain's falkland base in the
south Atlantic, also within the neu-
trality zone. (Although Britain won
the engagement, Germany lost few
er men, Three days later, her T.
hour Uruguayan permit having ex-
pired, Graf Spec headed for open
sea where British ships waited like
lions for the kill. Suddenly she ex-
ploded, four-inch steel plates bulg-
ing like paper sacks. Graf Spec
went to the bottom, her skipper
having chosen to scuttle her in the
face of hopeless odds.
Back at Montevideo a storm was
brewing, but Foreign Minister Al
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-28
LABOR:
Bad Business

First witness before the house
committee investigating the Nation
al Labor Relations board was DR..
William Leiserson, NLRB member,
whose testimony actually keynoted
the hearing. Its gist: That DR..
Leiserson has been minority men,
Der, conservative and opposed to
Members Edwin L. Smith and War
rem Madden, whose agents had been
impartial" and had used "tactics
one might expect from the (Rus-
sian) o. C. P. u"
Called to the stand, Boardsman
Smith found himself in hot water
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quered. Next day, however, the
wars biggest air battle took place
over Helgoland Blight, the Nazis
claiming "a British ships were
downed. London admitted seven
losses and claimed Germany had
lost II.
British boast-of-the-week: How
her tiny submarine Ursula had pene-
trated the mine-infested mouth of
the Elbe to sink Koln class cruiser
at her anchorage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-28
Probe
China Buys Planes

LOS ANGELES.-The Ryan Aero
nautical company of San Diego has
concluded contract with the Re-
public of China, aggregating $780,
Asst, for so training planes.
The order is understood to call for
delivery within eight months of 48
primary two-place training ships at
cost of $375, 1876, and two single
place pursuit trainers at a cost of
$21 $50. The rest of the order con-
sists of eight spare engines and
parts, it is understood.
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trying to ex-
plain his ac-
tons during
labor trouble
at the Berk-
shire Knit
ting Mills,
Reading, Pa.
First he adj
mitted "ex-
tr a lie G al"
action in try
ing to medi-
ate a strike
b e f o r e
n h q u q q G
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-28
Safer Safety Glass

A new, more resilient, Illuminated
plate glass has been perfected hav-
ing four times the shatter-resistance
of present types at normal tempera-
lures and 10 times the strength at
zero, according to the Franklin in
stitute in Philadelphia.
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r o l a n d,
CZechoslova-
kia and Aus
tria C cannot
be restored if
there is to be
peace. And
by charging
the Russian
p a ct w a S
forced" on
Germ any,
Italy admits
that the So
Wet h a S
merely hean
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-28
Theirs but to Do

TUo English boys iOho Dere pals
Joined the army together and, like so
many Others, pere finding ii difficult to
understand phat the drill instructor
barked at them.
When the instructor gape an extra-in-
polUed order, AT whispered:
SIRE, Bill, ,ohat did e say?"
~Ain't got the least idea," replied Bill,
"but t0e'ue' got to do il"
A naturalist says there's a fish
that washes its young. How in the
world does it manage to dry
them?
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THE WARS:
Plot?

Her disrepute sharply heightened
when the League of Nations ex-
PEELED Russia, the German Reich
got some solace when Italian For
eign Minister Galeazzo Ciano made
an unusual announcement of his ma
tons foreign policy. European
diplomacy is now clear as mud, with
Germany's ally, Italy, aiding Fin
land to fight Russia, who is also
Germany's ally.
But Ciano's speech indicated the
picture may soon clear. Only point
of difference between Rome and
Berlin was Germany's method of
settling" the Danzig-Polish dispute,
in the course of which Herr Hitler
agreed that Italy should remain out
of the European war. AS for the
Reich's friendship with Russia,
Ciano charged Britain and France
forced this solution on Hitler. This,
possibly, is the key to future Ger
manhattan collaboration.
Italy is still loyal to Berlin in
every way, and still maintains that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-28
Old Texas Relic

A rusted steel shoe recently found
in Texas is believed to have been
part of coat of mail worn by
Spanish explorer in the Sixteenth
century.
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viii Result in Shaping
Policies for Campaign

The presidential candidates. will
make themselves felt likewise in the
decisions which will be taken by
congress on various of the other
questions that I enumerated at the
outset of this discussion. And when
I say presidential candidates." /
speak broadly of all of them, wheth-
er the aspirants be in, or out of,
congress. It is to be remembered
that the current session will re-
suit as much in shaping of policies
to be fought out in the campaign of
1910 as in determining which of the
men shall be selected by the re-
spective party conventions.
Consider for example, the Roose-
welt proposal for continuation of the
trade treaties. Or, take the ques-
ton of continued heavy spending
and the resulting debt that is being
piled up for future generations to
pay, on which Mr.. Roosevelt lately
challenged Senator Taft to show how
the budget can be balanced in two
years. Or, examine the general ag-
ricultural problem. Any one or all
of these may make or break the eff
forts of those now in the field.
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the White House, went into his house
and changed clothes. A few min
utes later he had gone hunting.
Nobody in Washington was sur
prised by the announcement at first,
but over the weekend those A
words received considerable study.
Points of interest:
/. Unlike other Democratic hope
fuls, Garner did not offer to step
aside if President Roosevelt decid-
ed to run again.
2. He promised to make no effort
to control delegates, indicating he
would be hard man to deal with
in the convention hall. Jack Gar
ner presumably refuses to enter into
any trades.
3. He said nothing about public
questions, which left the impression
that he agrees with the President
on many New Deal detectives. On
the other hand, this might only be
a mark of politeness.
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Western Var

Almost as a repercussion to the
Graf Spec incident (see belo,U) the
western front saw its first direct
artillery duel over the Rhine. This
was purposeless, because the Rhine
was so flooded that troops could not
cross. In another sector hand-to-
hand fighting was reported, while
the French sought Nazi spies alleg-
eddy dropped by parachute.
Biggest news developed from Brit
aims new aerial patrol, developed to
combat the Nazi mine-laying cam
paign. On three successive nights
royal air force planes raided Ger
man seaplane bases, after which the
air ministry said it tentatively be-
ieved" the mine menace was con-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-28
Right Bait

"You must have used a lot of
patience to catch so many fish"
"No-WormS."
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used as a tool to bring pressure on
France and Britain. Can it be that
the axis may now force peace on the
allies as the price for keeping Rus
STA out of Europe?
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH ". LaBINE
Opening of Gamers Campaign
Fails to Stir Political Circles;
New Nazi-ItaIian Plot Hinted

EDITORS NOTEWhen opinions expressed these columns they
the of this
dbyW nNewspa Union
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-28
Now and Then

Now and Then
''Is this village lighted by cleo
tricity?"
''Only when there's a thunder
Storm"
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MISCELLANY:
Ambassador to President

Back home from Washington to
the republic of Panama went Am
bassador DR.. Augusta S. Boyd, first
vice president of his country, to as
sumo the post vacated by death of
59-year-old DR.. Juan Demostenes
Arosemena, president.
Purge
q At Istanbul, Turkish officials
clamped down on Nazi propagan-
dists, ordering expulsion of 107 Ger
mans charged with suspicious activ-
tiles.
Indictment
q At Washington, the justice de-
partment won indictments against a
Russian magazine distribution firm
and three of its officers, charged
with distributing printed material of
a political and propagandous nature.
Embarrassment
q Fearful of meeting the represent
alive of an enemy power, many en-
voys stayed away from the smallest
and most tension-shot diplomatic re-
ception the White House has seen in
many years.
Probe
q President Roosevelt ordered the
tariff commission to find out wheth-
er large amounts of foreign wheat
particularly Canadian are being
imported to compete with the u. S.
product. One reason for the probe:
For several weeks American wheat
has sold at about 80 cents a bushel
above Canadian quotations.
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Motorists Haze
Not Yet Found
The Golden Key

with Jane Adams at Hull House,
the pioneer social settlement. They
were devoted and unselfsh, but,
when I looked around the Hull House
neighborhood several years ago,
nothing seemed to have changed
much.
Mr.. Taylor's son, Wayne c.
Taylor, grew up in this shadow
of misery, and now moves into
a sort of pantograph enlarge
ment of the same. He is en-
route to Finland, to study and
organize relief there. The social
settlement theory, as bravely
expounded and lived by the
elder Mr.. Taylor and Jane Ad-
dams, was that call men are
brothers," and, if fortunate citi-
zens will live in neighbOrly in
tercOurse with the unfortunate,
ga little Ieaven will leaven the
whole lump"
The younger Mr.. Taylor, catching
step with his times, was a realist
who believed that the way ahead
lay in understanding of basic eco
nomic forces and in the application
of progressive and enlightened tech
niques of government. He became
special adviser to President Roose-
welt on foreign trade; assistant adj
ministrator of the AAA; vice presi-
dent of the Export-Import bank of
Washington; assistant secretary of
the treasury. He withdrew from
the last-named Office last February,
dissenting from what he considered
the treasury department policy of
shaping money procedure to foreign
policy.
Like the Hull House melio-
riSts, it would seem that the
economist innovators and reno
vatOrs have not yet found the
golden key. A comparison of
notes by father and son as to
what's wrong with West Madi-
son street, Europe and in-be-
tween points, and what to do
about it, would, am sure, be in
teresting.
Mr.. Taylor was graduated from
Yale in 1916, served in the World
war, and was engaged in the bank
ing and brokerage business in Chi
cago before going to Washington in
1888.
IT WOULD be hard to say whether
L big, swart, dead-pan Col. Fulgen-
clio Batista, Cuba's power man,
headed in from right or left. Posi-
p.,:.:.yE bly, power is
OfPower Men with all such
vators, n d
their political orientation is merely
academic. A year ago, the news
scouts were reporting that Batista
was swinging right. The news today
is that the Cuban Communist party
is backing him for election to the
presidency.
Also news is the mere fact
that they are having a presiden-
tial election in Cuba. Batista
was cane-rustler, barber, ditch
digger, brakeman, soldier and
stenographer, before he seized
Cuba with the fight of Presi-
dent Machado. He is of Cuban,
Indian, Chilean origin, with
Mongoloid features and big
muscles.
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