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Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27
JOHN BOETTI6ER
HELPS MR.. GARNER

If John Garner wants to run Tor pres
ident i'm 1910 on the Democratic ticket,
which is doubtful John BOettiger OF
Seattle, son-in-law of President Roose-
welt, has given him a pretty good boost
by way Of a starter. Boettiger didn't in
tend to, but a presidents son-in-law who
talks too much very often helps some
body he doesn't intend to help.
Boettiger's boost for Garner came in
an article supposedly answering Elliott
Roosevelt, political black sheep of the
presidents family, after Elliott COM
mented that Garner is in the drivers
seat for 1910. Boettiger achieved an edi
torial boomerang when he criticized Gar
ner as a politician who, while he may be
driving, is going in the wrong direction
on the wrong road.
Garner, according to Boettiger, is too
old fashioned to grasp the new order in
this world of ours e. E. The world goes
by Cactus Jack and he just can't catch
up
Boettiger, we believe, tipped his hand
a bit too much when he declared:
WED like him lot better if he stood
for the New Deal and backed up the
president like he used to do
Garner, fortnight old campaigner who
has never pretended to be anything else
by his very unpretentious behaviour He
proved himself rot entirely a politician
when he split with Roosevelt over basic
economic beliefs. In doing so, he re-
NAMED true to his own beliefs-he re-
fused to pretend. Thus far it has not
appeared that he lost any friends by
reason of his action.
Garner may be headed the wrong way,
as Boettiger says, but if he is an awful
lot of other people are travelling with
him
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27
TRAINING YOUTHS
FOR VACANT JOBS

What may be one of the greatest for
ward steps ever taken in educational
matters is reflected in the survey which
will begin in Imperial Valley this week
to determine where boy and girl gradu-
ates of Central junior college will best
fit into the economic life of the cOmmu-
nifty.
One of the severest criticisms of the
educational system has been that it fills
the heads of young people with a lot
oiinteresting Of but not very useful infor-
nation, then turns them loose to find
job for which they have not one iota
Of training.
As Superintendent Guy Weakley ex-
planned it, the survey here will deter
mine the exact amount of business oppor-
tunities for young people in the southern
half of Imperial Valley, with an eye
to revising the school curriculum to pro-
vide training which will fit young men
and women for the opportunities.
In other words, the eventual goal is
to train youth for the jobs as they exist
instead of training them helter-skelter
and later expecting them to find jobs
which fit their miscellaneous training.
Any business man who has tried to
hire young people here to fill many jobs
knows that it is extremely difficult to
find one who can step into a position and
demonstrate capability. No one expects
a young man or woman, freshly out of
school, to discharge any job as efficient
ly as an experienced worker. That is
not the point The point is that so few
show any aptitude for the work set be-
fore them, or any promise of becoming
valuable employees.
Young people have hard time finding
work these days, but SO do employers
have a hard time finding young people
ambitious, intelligent and capable enough
to do the work offered them.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27
WORKlN FOR THE
GUVMENT

christian Science MomtOr)
One out of every nine Americans who
has a job is on the pay roll of some
branch of government, federal, state or
local, according to figures obtained by
the National Municipal League from
study of income by the United States
Census Bureau. And this is not counting
those on relief projects. Among 100000
public employees, approximately one
third are federal employees, One-third
are engaged in education and one-third
are engaged in state and municipal jobs
1t is recognized that the average citi-
zen constantly expects governmental
agencies to do more and more for him,
from finding markets for his goods to
seeing that he does not get short meas
ure at the filling station. But there is
still grave reason to doubt the efficacy
of government operation in producing
and distributing the ordinary necessities
of life. However necessary and praise
worthy they may be in their sphere, one
can hardly subsist on the services of the
traffic policeman, the factory inspector,
the court clerk and even the college
professor.
The number Of public employees ac-
cording to the census bureau report has
increased 17.5 per cent since 1929, while
the number in private employment is
81 per cent lower than then. How far
would this trend have to 90 before the
people of the United States would be in
the situation of the inhabitants of that
mythical island who made their living
by taking in each others washing?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27
4 NUISANCE TAX
FOR NEVADA

Editors Note: This editorial, from
the Nevada State Journal of Reno, IS
regarded as interesting because the Cali
forna state legislature is currently con-
sidering a state tax on cigarettes)
Nevada State JournaD
The one-cent tax on clgaretS voted by
the legislature is a nuisance tax OF the
worst sort and if Governor Carville We
toes the bill now lying on his desk 1t
would please the majority of NevadanS.
Those sponsoring the bill made out
pretty picture, saying 1t would raise
badly needed revenue. a total OF about
$4,000 has been claimed for the cigaret
tax but this is an incorrect estimate. The
current law brings in about $4,000
year. and when the new bill becomes
legal. the original measure is invalid. In
other words. the new bill will bring in
about $1,000, the difference between the
present $4,000 and the estimated S32,
000
However. in other states burdened
with cigaret taxes it has been found that
sales drop about 40 per cent. This drop
is. in a large measure, blamed on bootleg
cigsIrets, and if Nevada imposes her
new nuisance tax we may as we'll be pre-
pared to witness an influx of untaXed
cigarets from California. Too, Nevada
now sells many cigarets to Utah, which
has a cigaret tax. These sales will be
lost.
In addition, it is estimated that about
200 men will lose jobs because of the
decrease in tobacco sales. This will mean
a loss of about $4,000 year in income
for Nevada.
Nevada boasts of her One Sound
State, her taXless features. This new
81 4ln
cigaret tax will be nothing more than
a sales tax And it will be the opening
wedge for more taxes.
Will Governor CarviIle uphold his
pledge to spike additional taxes? Neva-
dams hope he will veto this nuisance
which will bring in practically no reve-
nue..
1t will hurt the state far more than it
will help.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27

WASHINGTON. - In weighing
the chances for peace between the
American Federation of Labor and
the Congress of Industrial Organ
izations, don't pay too much atten-
ton to the things the rival leaders
say or to the reports that come
out of the conference room. Con-
slider instead the pressures Whlch
the conferees are working under.
First is the pressure from the
rank and file of both organizations.
1t is evidenced by the fact that let
terS and kilograms from labor union
locals, totaling 100000 members,
have been received at the White
House and the Labor Department
since the peace conference was an
nounced. Most of these messages
read about like this:
"If there's anything you can do
to make that conference succeed
please do it with our blessing
We're sick and tired of this fight.
Next there is the pressure from
the White House. President RooSe-
velt initiated this conference and
for political reasons alone, If for no
other-he cannot afford to have 1t
fail. In his open letters to the rival
camps calling for the conference
there was faint but unmistakable
hint that if the conferees failed to
workout a truce the administration
would step In.
Just what the administration
might do, or how 1t would go about
it, is anybody's guess. But a man
who took an active part in the
negotiation which led up to the con-
ference tells me he has no doubt
that the White House will step in
decisively, if necessary.
Third there is a pressure which
may be described as part of the
country's general Swing to the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27

For we must look about us un-
der every stone, lest an orator bite
us.
Already this warning was an OLD
and popular proverb when Aristo-
phanes put it in play 40 years be-
fore Christ.
But is it just as true today as
it was then. We are all in con-
stant danger of being bitten by
orators
Never before i'll the history OF
the world has it been SO import
ant that the great mass of plain
people in the world should think.
For in their hands today lies the
future.
No government today, be it par
ty dictatorship, republic, limit
ed monarchy, can afford to rule
in the face of the opposition OF the
great mass Of its people. Dictator
ships thrive today, not against the
will of the people, but by direct
ing that will.
Thus every American ought TO
remember, in connection with any
thing he reads, but especially IN
connection with anything he hears,
Walt Whitmans plea to RESIST
much, obey little!' For it Is the
spoken word that breaks down most
easily his resistance and by bat
tering down the rampant OF the
thinking mind, opens the flood
gates of instinct to the tides OF
passion.
The spoken word has a soothing
magic. and many a flannel-mouth-
ed Windbag can get a hearing III
a hall whose words if reduced to
cold type later can be seen to be
arrogant nonsense and empty
rhetoric.
Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" has
no more illuminating passage than
that in which he describes his own
oratorical technique. For instance
Hitler reduced to such a fine point
the art of whipping up thoughtless
passion in his audiences, that he
never held his agitational meet
ings during the day.
IN the morning and even dur
ing the day mems will power re-
volts with highest energy against
an attempt at being forced under
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27
Willis Thornton's Editorial On
' in the Evening They Sueeumb More Easily

another's will and anothers opin-
ion," he wrote. "In the evening,
however, they succumb most easily
to the dominating force of a
stronger will
Now that is where the writer is
at a disadvantage. What he writes
the reader may read in his own
home, unstirred by music and BAN
ners and at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing, after a bad night, at that,
Yet 1t is handicap which the
written word gladly accepts. For
even in world hagridden by hyS-
terra, much needed are people who
are willing to read, consider and
think. Even now there are all too
many who will jump to their hind
legs at the first sound of per-
suasive voice, and cry out an
obedient and unthinking Hoo
ray!'
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 2970
LAVERNE II. WERNING.


LAVERNE II. WERNING,
Deceased.
Notice IS hereby given by the
Undersigned Neil A. Werning, -
administrator of the estate of La
Verne H. Werning, deceased, to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased,
that within six months after the
first publication of this notice they
either file them with the necessary
vouchers in the office of the Clerk
+ the Superior Court of the StaCU
Of California, in and for the County
OF Imperial. or exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers TO the said
Neil A. Werning as administrator
Of said estate, at the office of
Childers & Roberts, 207 Bank Of
America Building, FL Centro, Cali
fornia, the same being the place
for the transaction of the business
Of the said estate in the County
Of Imperial. State Of California.
Dated at Ell Centro, California,
this 9th day of March, 1899.
NEIL A. WERNING,
Administrator Of the Estate of
LAVERNE H. WERNING,
Deceased
M, 6 l3 20 n,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
APPOINTED FOR PROVING
WILL AND HEARING APPLI.
CATION FOR LETTERS TESLA
MENTARY.

In The Superior Court of The State
of California, in and fer The
County of Imperial
In the Matter of the Estate Of
CALVIN w. DICKERMAN,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that petit
ton for probate of the will OF Cal
vim w. Dickerman. deceased, and
for the issuance to Earl Dickerman
of letters of administration with
the will annexed, has been filed in
this court, and that the 7th day Of
April, 1889, at two o'clock PM, OF
said day at the courtroom of said
court, at the Courthouse in the
City of El Centro, County of I'm
perial, State of California, has been
set for the hearing Of said petition,
when and where any person inter
ested may appear and contest the
same, and show cause, If any they
have, why said petition should not
be granted.
Dated March 25th, 1899.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY ELEANOR McGIRK,
Deputy Clerk.
Clarence B. Smith, Attorney for
Petitioner. M 27--A, g incl.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

right" -,
It is reflected in Congress, where
the clamor to amend the Wagner
Act is steadily rising. 1t is re-
Elected less spectacularly, but pos
siblv more Importantly, in the state
legislatures, where a huge total OF
restrictive bills await action. Sucn
bills have been introduced IN IL
states so far this year.
These range all the way from
o bill requiring the incorporation
of labor unions, pending III ONO,
to one pending in South carolina
which would impose 90 per cent
tax on dues collections of foreign"
labor unions. A bill pending In
Utah would prohibit any form of
boycott and put stringent restrlc-
tions on picketing.
A proposed Michigan law would
prohibit influencing" any individu-
al in either joining a union or ex-
ercising the right to work. A pend
inc Minnesota bill would declare
the signing of a closed shop con-
tract an unfair labor practice on
the part of the employer.
But the ground was explored
pretty carefully before the call for
this conference was sounded. Sec
retary of Labor Frances Perkins
prepared the way last fall in a
couple of speeches which urged
harmony. The favorable response
within the labor movement encour-
aged her to 60 even farther in her
annual report, issued little later,
in which she declared: IF the two
groups cannot presently make a
general peace between them they
will at least have to make a truce, ~
A definite, allthe-Way -doWn-the-
line settlement is not expected now.
What is looked for is simple
truce-possibly nothing more than
a mutual agreement on legislative
matters. and a mutual agreement
to stop "raiding" by and in rival
unions.
If that could be achieved, the
tremendously complex task of work
ing out all the details for united
labor movement could come later
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27
Barbs-

When a Bethany, Mo. high
school student proposed swing
band, not enough kids turned out
to make sOne up. Now, there's the
place to send son and daughter 10
school
This is the time of year Mother
wonders whether it's spring fever
or whether Junior is just acting
normal when he runs" errandS.
The poorer speaker you are, says
Dale Carnegie, the more room for
improvement. Yes, and the more
room in the hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27

more necessary for a girl?
If anybody should know the prob
lens Of girls, its Joseph r. SEWER
for he's taught and managed them
for 30 years In addition to being
the President OF Fassifern, he has
summer camp for girls. Camp
Greystone. in the North Carolina
mountains.
I asked DR.. Sewer if he taught
a Southern drawl as a part of his
course, and he said. mo. Charm
is deeper than a manner of speech.
Naturally many of our girls have
what is called the Southern ac-
cent but we have Northern girls
who haven't any at all, and they're
equally pleasing as our Southern
girls"
Here they are, girls, just as you
would get them in the classroom
at FaSSifern:
l. Interest yourself in others in
stead of trying to interest others
in you. The great secret of charm
is in thinking of the other person
2. Don't monopolize the conver-
sation. Draw cut other members
of the company present. Remember,
that every person has an ego he
wishes to express.
3. Do not expect constant praise
The girl who invariably tries to
draw praise soon grows tiresome
If she wishes to make a good i'm
preston it would be far better to
praise the other person. To be lib
eral with praise if it is sincere, will
lead toward making a dozen friends
where the praise-seeker makes one
4. Listen respectfully to the op-
inions of others. Do not make light
Of them because you do not agree
with them. Besides the other per-
son may be right
). Cultivate a skill which will
give pleasure TO others BY skill
is meant, habits which will influ-
ence and serve other people. Fol
example, the girl who can play tbs
piano or tennis, or is clever in other
entertaining ways, is likely TO be
CN-lS4utACQ iIlOlC tIlol llldl4 bIlS
girl who does none Of these things
Singing, story telling, making quick
caricatures of those present, and
fortune telling, will add to the
amusement of a group, In other
words. the girl who docs some
thing" is mere charming than the
girl who sits back, contributing
nothing.
6. If you feel a person is lonely
talk to him, serve him tea. There
are many ways in which you can
give attention and create happiness
Above all, says Dr.. Sewer, give
up the idea that charm consists OF
beautiful clothes, an accent, a
smile. It's deeper and far more
fundamental!
Since these qualifications are
sometimes not stressed in the home
DR.. Sewer is providing F'assiferr
girls with an asset that will serve
them long after their diplomas may
have crumbled into dust, an asset
they often will find of far greater
value than all the book-lcarning
that NAV come their way.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27

School for Girls,
in Henderson
Vile, North Car
olina.
A course on
h ow to b e
c h arm in 6 is
among the reg
ular curriculum
of this popular
girls school.
How sensible. In
all the world is
there anything
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27
Famous Sayings
You re Telling Ne.

Cincinnati Reds, doped to win the
National League pennant, are held
to one hit, no runs by New York
Yankees in an exhibition game.
Sounds like a preview of the world
series.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27
Dale
Carnegie

Here are six specific rules that
will help every girl to make her
self more charming These rules
were given me by DR.. Joseph r.
Serier President of the FaSsifern
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27

Members of caravans in the Sa-
hara desert sometimes bury the
flat loaves Of bread in a marked
place in the sand for hungry cara
vans that may follow. Mystic
signs on the loaves give the news.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27

One of the first things taught
journalism students is dictator-led
countries, no doubt, is how to wear
muzzle comfortably
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27

The federal park service plans to
preserve pioneer structures which
are still to be found in Great Smoky
Mountain National park in Tennes-
see and North Carolina.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27

Rhinoceroses, we read, like to be
petted. What With-a ball bat?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27


Sounds like a preview of the world
series.
One OF the first things taught
journalism students is dictator led
countries, no doubt, is how to wear
a muzzle comfortably.
Rhinoceroses, we read, like to be
petted. What with-a ball bat?
The pen is mightier than the
sword but recent European devel-
opments indicate that the 'ansch-
luss' beats them both.
There are now less than 700 griz-
ely bears in the United States. just
another shortage we'll just have to
make the best of.
Thomas jefferson, says a politi-
clan, will remain forever in our
hearts. Now that he's on the new
nickels we hope he stays in our
pockets, too.
British hotels seek dishes which
guests won't steal for souvenirs.
They might try having them made
of this new invisible glass.
The word "pigmy' once was a
Greek measure of a short length,
the distance being from elbow to
knuckleS.
Montana. in turning down a
quick divorce bill, demonstrates
that the state cares not a whit
about seeing movie stars in person.
Would it be reasonable to suspect
that Hitler's favorite month is
March?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27

The pen is mightier than the
sword but recent European devel-
opments indicate that the "ansch-
lusS" beats them both.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27

In Arabia a husbands failure TO
keep his wife supplied with coffee
has been considered legal grounds
for divorce.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27
Photographs

Around S350,0OOOOO is due TO
physicians for unpaid bills in the
United States
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-27

There are now less than 700 griz-
zly bears in the United States. Just
another shortage we'll just have to
make the best of.
Evening star., 1939-09-20
Civilians Told Sfrenqth
OF Hawaiian Defenses

Hawaiian defenses may seem in
adequate to the tourist, but they
would be effective In case of attack
in war, Gideon A. Lyon, associate
editor of The Evening Star, told
Civitan Club members yesterday at
their weekly meeting at the May
flower Hotel.
Mr.. Lyon, who recently spent more
than five months in Hawaii, said
the island is well manned with
powerful guns, which are located at
strategic points. The range OF these
guns it, he said, greater than that of
an attacking navy. The positions
Of enemy navies can be relayed to
shore gun crews by the use of range
finders on airplanes which can fly
high enough to be immune to naval
fire. Then Pearl Harbor, large
enough for the United States At
lantic and Pacific Fleets, provides 4
base for naval operations, he said.
Hawaii is important in location,
Mr.. Lyon said, because If enemy
navies attack the United States
Hawaii can be part of a pincer
movement with the enemy caught
between two, adversaries.
Mr.. Lyon said he thinks that In
the event of war the Jananese, who
constitute 81 per cent of Hawaii's
population, may remain loyal to the
United States, no matter what ma
Evening star., 1939-09-20
Roosevelt Plans New
Labor Unity Plea
To A. Il. Meetinq
Request Expected to
Ask Aid on Problems
Arising From War
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt may send a
new appeal to organized labor next
month to end its long controversy
and presented a united front on do
mestic problems arising from war
in Europe.
1t is expected the appeal will be
contained in message he will dis
patch to the American Federation
of Labor convention opening in Gin
cinnati October 2.
The President declined to disclose
at his press conference yesterday
what his message would contain, but
Daniel j. Tobin, head of the A. F..
OF L. Teamsters' Union, indicated
it would be fresh call for unity
between the A. F.. OF L. and C. 10.
After Mr.. Tobin and Secretary
OF Labor Perkins had conferred with
Mr.. Roosevelt the labor leader told
neWspapermen he supposed the
Presidents message would TASK that
labor get together now that war is
in Europe"
Mr.. Tobin went on to say the
President was anxious that there
be no strikes at this time and
evinced interest when told what
unrest" now existed in labor ranks.
A year ago the President appealed
for a cessation of the A. F.. of L.
c. I. o. rivalry and induced the
rival labor camps to begin negotia-
tiOnS last March. These were hrokan
of in the spring during negotiations
for new union wage agreement in
the soft coal industry.
Evening star., 1939-09-20

NEW YORK.-ANNABELLA BACK WITH DAUGHTER-Movie
Actress Annabella and her daughter urat
arrived at Port Washington yesterday via Lisbon
Portugal the American Clipper Annabea Europe
to get the child by her previous marriage Mura French
A.. P WrephOtO
Evening star., 1939-09-20
'ExiIed' for Hell HitIers'

LANCASTER, Pa, Sept. 20 (P.-A
man caught scrawling swastikas and
Hell Hitlers" on tomato baskets on
a railroad loading platform was an
exile from Lancaster today. Police
escorted him out Of town.
Evening star., 1939-09-20
BY JOSEPH s. EDGERTON.

Should France and Britain succeed
in cracking the German Siegfried
Line on the Rhine River front either
at the Belfort Gap, near the Swiss
border, or near the center of the
French front at the historical "Lor-
raine Gateway" Europe may begin
to see something like 4 modern
Evening star., 1939-09-20
FoIger Will Speak

Representative A. D. Folger, ma
tional committeeman from North
Carolina, will speak this evening at
meeting of the North Carolina
Democratic Club at the Raleigh
Hotel, it was announced yesterday.