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The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
Speech Sought to Court
FAVOR With Retailers

There is another reason, apparent
to some observers, why the speech
that sought to court favor with the
retail dealers should be thought of
in terms of year hence. 1t will
be remembered that the annual
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States was held
here only two weeks in advance of
the speech which is the subject of
so much discussion. Now, never
have thought that the Chamber of
Commerce represents very much of
the country's sentiment. 1t is made
up, of course, of business interests
that are representative, but as
matter of cold fact it is dominated
and managed and directed by the
really big business of the nation.
Thus, it speaks the big business
viewpoint to the extreme, and like
wise in these columns before that
the Chamber of Commerce usually
can kill off projected legislation by
the simple expedient of supporting
it.
But the recent chamber meeting
took no notice of Mr.. Roosevelt be-
yond damning his program and pol
icies lock, stock and barrel. The
President, it seems, took advantage
of the opportunity to tell the retail
ers about his innermost thoughts as
an offset to the vials of poison scat
tered about by the big business rep
resentatives. He reasserted his
views on every point to which the
chamber had taken opposition and
about which there had been fight
ing speeches made. I suppose it
ones sense of humor could be suf-
fciently detached from the gravity
of the situation, they could describe
the circumstance as similar to two
small boys who were sticking out
their tongues at each other as proof
of their anger.
A third factor might be brought
into the picture. You will recall
that it was only a week or so prior
to Mr.. Roosevelts speech that he
spent an afternoon in conference
with some of the legislative leaders.
Among them was Senator Pat Har-
rison, the old-line Mississippi Demo-
crat, who occupies the post OF chair
man of the powerful senate COM
mittee on finance. That is the COM
mittee which handles tax legisla-
ton in the senate. Included in the
conference also was Chairman
Doughton, of the house committee
on ways and means, also tax COM
mittee.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08

reached a new low. When Albania
protested its seizure by Italy, the
secretary forgot TO circulate its
SOS among signatories. There was
no reprimand, and at its May meet
ing Mr.. Avenol prevented Russia's
ambassador to Great Britain, Ivan
Maisky, from reading letter of
protest against CZecho-Slovakia's
seizure. At the same time he got
the council to postpone any discus
sion of Albania until next Septem-
Der.
However, even as the League
grows more decadent under Avenol
leadership, hope rises for rebirth
of its collaboration machinery. New
er word-mincer, Soviet Russia has
enough dislike for powder-puff di-
plomacy to force Britain and France
the Leagues other two leaders
into rejuvenating Geneva's halls un-
der the new Observation-Disclosures
mutual aid pact. First hopeful sign
is the new treaty's goal of preserv-
ing European peace. Second sign:
1t has been commune to the
League and will possibly operate un-
der the League covenant. But a
prerequisite to any such rebirth
would be the retirement Of Mr.. Ave
mol, whose job rests secure so long
as the in-Halifax-Hoare-
Simon quartet rules Britain.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
Bruckarts Washington Digest
President Restates All New
Deal Theories and Convictions
Retail Federation Speech Seen His Political Philos-
ophy for 1910 Campagn Insists Continued
Spending; Would Hold Down Business Profits.
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg. WASHINGTON D. C.

WASHINGTON.-As the days 60
by, it appears more and more that
President Roosevelt's speech before
the American Retail federation
here, May %, amounts to declara-
ton of greatest political impor-
tance. It may be, indeed, that the
Chief Executives pronouncements
before the retail merchants that
night will eventuate as the corner
stone of his political philosophy for
the campaign of 1910.
In Mr.. RooSevelt'S speech before
the retail businessmen, it will be re-
called upon examination that he re-
stated virtually all of the New Deal
theories and convictions. That was
important. But more important
was the emphasis with which he Of
fered, in new language, the general
assertion that there will be no back
tracking. More important to the
country, as a whole, was his de-
termined adherence to the principle
of virtually unlimited government
spending, because his renewed in
sistence in that direction came at
time when there is considerable
fear that the country faces further
initiation of its currency.
There seems to be quite a gen.
eral agreement that the retail
speech should be examined in the
light of 1940 AS far as l can learn,
that is the view taken by New Deal
ers, by old line Democrats, who are
antagonistic to spending policies Of
the last five years, and by cautious
Republican observers who are anx-
iously looking for signs indicating
whether Mr.. Roosevelt, himself, will
seek third term in the office OF
President. While the views of the
three segments converge, their rea-
sons differ. The New Dealers who
want Mr.. Roosevelt to run for a
third term desire to consider the
speech as preliminary statement,
a charting of the future course; the
old line Democrats who desire to
get the party back in Democratic
hands, rather than in the hands of
the radical wing, entertain fears
which force consideration of 1910,
and the Republicans secretly are
hoping that Mr.. Roosevelt will try
to break the third term precedent.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08

that Kuhn participated in Hitler's
Munich putsch in 1923, has or
ganized ga active Bund branches
and has done nothing to merit con-
fidence of the u. S., critics looked
suspiciously (though probably un-
fairly) at the two men responsible
for his arrest. New York's Mayor
Fiorella LaGuardia might have re-
allied his many Jewish constituents
would relish any anti-Nazi move.
New York District Attorney Thom-
as E. Dewey, potential G.. o. P.
presidential candidate, could expect
excellent publicity from the case.
Said Mr.. Dewey: The indictment
shows Kuhn is just a common
thief" Answered Fuehrer Kuhn;
Its a lot of nonsense"
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
CHILE:
Next?

II the u. S. wants solidarity
among Pan-American nations, she
must pay for it. Such is the view
of South and Central American coun-
tries who could get all the trade con-
cessions they want from bartering
Italy and Germany if Washington
did not play ball. Last November,
Cuba's Dictator Fulgencio Batista
visited President Roosevelt. A few
days later handsome concessions
were announced. This spring Bra
zirs Foreign Minister Oswaldo
Arahna came a-visiting, also win
ming concessions. Next came Mica
ragua's President-Dictator Anasta-
sio Somoza, who went away with
S2,000,000 in credits. A few days
later from far-away Santiago came
the announcement that a Chilean
economic commission will visit
Washington in July seeking a loan
and commercial credits. Far from
being gifts, however, u. S. finan-
cial arrangements with Pan-Ameri-
can nations decrease American de-
tendency on European and Asiatic
nations and often provide new out
lets for domestic surpluses.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08

ron, raisins, and nuts with the "a
cup of flour which was reserved and
add to the cake mixture. Add vanil-
la. Bake 35 to 40 minutes in mod
crate oven $3.50 degrees FahrenheiD.
Chocolate Silver Cake.
"a cup butter
112 cups granulated sugar
234 cups cake flour
teaspoons baking powder
IA teaspoon salt
l cup milk
/ teaspoon vanilla extract
egg whites
Cream the butter, add the sugar
and beat we'll. Sift the -four, baking
powder and salt, and add alternately
with the milk and vanilla. Beat the
egg whites until stiff and fold into
cake. Bake in two layers in mod
crate oven 1865 degrees FahrenheiD
IS to 80 minutes. Top with choco-
late butter icing.
Cocoa Cake.
X cup butter
l cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
cups cake flour
tablespoons cocoa
"a teaspoon salt
112 teaspoons baking powder
" teaspoon soda
l cup sour milk
teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream the butter and add the sug-
ar slowly. Separate eggs, beat yolks
and add. Sift the dry ingredients
and add alternately with the sour
milk and vanilla. Beat the egg
whites until stiff and fold in care
fully. Bake in two layers in mod
crate oven 1865 degrees Fahrenheit
for 25 to 80 minutes, or as loaf
cake Cat $50 degrees Fahrenheit
for 40 to As minutes.
A New Chocolate Cake.
4 ounces bitter chocolate
"a cup butter
IL cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
2A cups flour
IA teaspoon salt
teaspoons baking powder
l cup milk
l teaspoon vanilla extract
NTo1+ 4ba chocolate over Uarrro IVA
ter. Cream the butter and add
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
Determined Business Profits
Must Be Held to Minimum

When Mr.. Roosevelt said in his
speech, therefore, that he would de-
mand only that the present distribu-
ton of tax levies and rates should
remain the same, he was answer
ing Senator Harrison's group. In
other words, the President has
budged from the position and view
point he long has held only to the
extent that he now says he will
not quibble about details; he wants
corporations to bear as much tax
as heretofore and he will insist upon
it. He is determined that business
profits must be held to the minimum
and there are indications that he
will carry such fight to the coun-
try" !,
Regardless of the tax question
and the over regulation to which so
many government agencies are ad-
dicted in dealing with business, Mr..
Roosevelt expressed his whole
thought in one sentence:
"You can not expect this admin
istration to alter the principles and
the objectives for which we have
struggled the last six years.
That declaration encompasses in
one sentence germs of great trouble
for the Democratic party. Some OBJ
servers here described it as stub
born statement. 1t is known, of
course, that Mr.. Roosevelt can be
positively bull-headed in his deter
mination when he wishes. Because
of this trait, therefore, some of the
old line Democrats again are fear
full of a wide open split in the party.
The President laid the greatest
stress on federal spending, and he
made the rather startling statement
that there can be no balanced bud
get either this year or next. Which
can mean only that there must be
more borrowing by the government
which now is paying an annual in
terest charge of more than $1,000
100000 on the public debt that is
well over $40, 900, 900, 900. In defense
of this condition-there has been an
increase of more than $40, 900, 600, 900
since Mr.. Roosevelt took Office
the President asserted there should
be no particular concern about the
debt or the interest. What of it, he
said, in effect; if there is that in
terest to be paid by our children.
it will be paid to our children.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08

Primary emphasis in the new pro-
gram will be on capital ships, is
such battlewagons already being in
service. On the way are two more,
the 35,O00-ton North Carolina and
Washington. About to be started are
the South Dakota, Indiana, Massa-
chusetts and Alabama. Two more,
As, ,OO0-tonners and larger than any,
thing afloat, will be started under
current appropriations. None Of the
eight battleships will be ready be-
fore 1945 or 1916.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
COMING UP

JUNE 15-Justice Edgar j.
Lauer of New York Supreme
court, whose wife was convicted
and sentenced for smuggling, to
resign.
JUNE Is - Semi-annual war
debt payments due. Last Decem-
Der IA, of Is governments owing
S2,O51, ,7O7,24 (of which $780,
489, ,906 was in arrears), only Fin
land paid in full as usual, $780,
935. Hungary made part pay
ment of $9,828.16.
JUNE I7-Commander Donald
B. Macmillan to sail from Booth
bay Harbor, Maine, on eighteenth
scientific expedition into arctic.
JUNE 23-Paul v. McNutt, U.
S. high commissioner to Philip
pines and former Indiana COVER
nor, to arrive at San Francisco
and open campaign for Demo
cratic presidential nomination.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
Harrison Tells President
Tax Revision Is Necessary

No further review of that confer
ence is necessary than to relate how
Mr.. Harrison told the President
there must be tax revision in order
to lift and readjust some of the
unfair taxes on business, and he
said there would be tax legislation
in this session of congress. Chair
man Doughton appeared to join in
rather timidly, but I believe it is
not going to be important whether
the Doughton heart is with Harri-
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
BUSINESS:
MiddLenldn

Favorite butt Of pro-chain store
and pro-co-operative movements has
been the wholesaler, who in popular
notion is excess baggage in the U. S.
distribution system. If the middle
man could be eliminated, many be-
heve, bar of soap or pound of cof-
fee would cost John Public substan-
tally less.
To test this theory, New York's
Twentieth Century Fund broke down
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08

son or with Roosevelt. The fighting
Pat Harrison is going to obtain some
tax legislation if it is possible, and
Mr.. Roosevelt will have an oppor-
tunity to veto the bin if he likes.
SO, in his speech, Mr.. Roosevelt
took a sideswipe at the proponents
of tax changes. Their reasons for
demanding tax revision, you see,
are based upon a belief that busi-
ness will not go ahead until govern
ment gives more consideration to
the burden that is on business. Sen
ator Harrison, along with many
other old line Democrats, feels that
business can not re-employ workers
as long as taxes are unevenly dis
tributed. That is to say, the Mis-
sissippi senator is seeking ways by
which business will take on work.
erS and the federal treasury will be
free from the enormous appropria-
tions for relief spending.
With reference to the Harrison
position, however, it should be said
here that congress has shown doz-
en- yellow streaks about cutting
down in spending. 1t started out
talking economy in big way. 1t
acted, however, by way of voting
money out of the treasury wherev-
er new method for spending it
was proposed. The individual rep
resentative and senator. excepting
those boldly aligned with Senator
Harrison, displayed the usual cow
ardice of political more interested
in holding his ten-thousand dollar
job than in serving his country.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
Trend

HOtC the tUInd is bLOiCing -.
ARMAMENT - Soviet Russia
has ordered a so per cent in
crease in her 1889 national de-
fense budget to keep abreast of
Germany and Italy. Approximate
additional cost: $4,000, ,000,0 600.
RUBBER-J. M. Slattery. Fisk
tire executive. predicts so per
cent increase in world rubber
consumption during next 10
years. Items: Sponge cushions
and mattresses, cushions for rail-
road tracks, traffic markers,
flooring. furniture, packaging
materials, plastics and latex gar
ments.
GASOLINE-In 1888, U. S. gas
oline consumption was l per cent
above the previous year, although
motor vehicle registra tons were
l per cent less than 1887.
JEWS-A new Berlin ghetto de-
cree places still more drastic re-
strictions on areas to be inhabit-
ed by mon -Aryans."
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
CERMANY:
Ole Man RiUer

Prussian army men are notorious
ly scrupulous about detail and lax
about fundamental principles. In
1914 they made certain that every
soldiers equipment was precise, yet
overlooked French stubbornness. In
1888 they built amazingly perfect
Notifications along the Rhine river,
yet forgot that every 10 to Is years
the stream is subject to abnormal
floods Result: Unexpectedly one
night a few days after Adolf Hitler
visited the Lines lines, German SOL
diers fed their Notifications in the
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08


Fold in the beaten whites of the
eggs. Bake as loaf cake in mod
crate oven $3.50 degrees Fahrenheit
for 35 to 40 minutes.
Old Spice Wonder.
" cup butter
l cup brown sugar
eggs
cups cake -four
IL teaspoon soda
IA teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
l teaspoon cinnamon
" teaspoon nutmeg
! teaspoon allspice
"a cup sour milk
" cup citron
/ cup raisins
cup nut meats
l teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream butter, add sugar and
cream thoroughly. Add eggs (well
beaten). Mix and sift together all
dry ingredients, except "a cup of
flour. Add flour mixture and sour
milk alternately, beginning with the
-four mixture. Beat well. Flour cit
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08

face of rising flood waters. A few
days later news leaked out that
great stock of ammunition was lost
and that the forts must be entirely
rebuilt.
More fortunate were Frenchmen
on the Rhine's other bank, who dis
covered their fortress engineers had
anticipated the seven-foot rise.
Results of the inundation: Cd Ger
many will probably be stalemated
against aggression until next fall,
knowing the world knows Of her vi
tai weakness along the Rhine; CD
France began pondering how to pro-
duce artificial floods in the Rhine,
paralyzing the Reich's first line Of
defense in case of war.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
Get This New Cook Book.

OF course you can bake, and Flea
nor Howe has shared her secrets of
successful baking, together with her
best-ever set of over 125 new and
different, yet practical and inexpen-
sive, baking recipes with you in this
book. Send 10 cents in coin to Flea
nor Howe, 919 North Michigan Ave,
Chicago, and get postage prepaid
copy of Better Baking"
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08

lCdlly W see
whether or not it
has a rim which
extends above
the accurate cup
measure? If it
has a rim, do you
measure the in
gradients just to
this point accu-
rately, or clear to
the top inaccu-
rately?
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08


-four, salt, baking powder, and add
alternately with the milk and ex-
tract, beginning with the flour mix
ture. Beat egg whites until they
are stiff, and fold into cake. Bake in
two eight-inch layers in a moderate
oven 1865 degrees FahrenheiD for
about 30 minutes.
Chocolate Gingerbread.
25 cup shortening
/ cup brown sugar
2 ounces chocolate (melteO
2 eggs
125 cups pastry flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ginger
"a teaspoon cloves
"a teaspoon salt
IL cup nuts (broken)
2s cup milk
Cream the shortening and add the
brown sugar very slowly, making
sure all Jumps are removed. Add
the chocolate which has been melted
over warm water, and the eggs, well
beaten. Sift the dry ingredients and
add alternately with the milk. Add
the nuts, broken in small pieces.
Bake as loaf cake in moderate
oven $3.50 degrees FahrenheiD 80
minutes. Serve with whipped cream.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
NAVY:
Statistics

Significant and fearsome is U. S.
peacetime naval construction pro-
gram bigger than any in history.
With a $773, 900, 600 building appro-
priation on its hands, with IA ves-
sells already underway, and with %
new contracts about to be let, the
fleets current status is something
like this:
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08

mix thoroughly.
Mix and sift all
dry ingredients
and add alter
nately with the
milk and extract,
beginning a n d
ending with the
f1ollr mixture
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08

the sugar, slowly,
beating vigorous
ly. Beat the yolks
of the eggs until
thick and add to
the sugar and
Add the melted
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
the s38, 500, 900, 900 which U. S. cc

the S3S, 500, 900, 900 which U. S. con-
sumers paid in distribution costs for
their merchandise during the peak
year in 1929. Individual figures and
percentages of the distribution cost:
Wholesalers E. Q8%) S 1000, 900, 900
Retailers ...... $3.50 12,6OO, 900, 900
Manufacturers (24S6) 9,100, 900, 900
Transportation $3.50 $500, 900, 900
Miscellaneous 2%) 1000, 1000, 900
Basic conclusions were that whole
salers did not earn excessive profits
in 1929 groceries, 1.3 per cent; con-
fectioneries, % per cent; dry goods,
2.7 per cent?, and that they remain
an essential link in the distribution
machine
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08

Do you always sift the -four once
just before measuring?
Do you use fine granulated sugar
when making cakes? There is diff
ference, you know.
Do you cream the shortening and
mix the cake with a beating mo-
ton, not a stirring motion?
Do you level off the teaspoon
measures of baking powder, salt or
soda with knife SO as to be sure
they, too, are accurate?
Do you start the oven 10 to Is
minutes in advance SO it will be uni
formly hot before the cake is placed
in it?
Do you use a small, inexpensive
oven thermometer for securing ac-
curate oven temperatures if your
range has no oven heat-control?
These are some of the chief fac
tors, careful attention to which helps
to spell success in cake baking. Try
them out in the group of favorite
cake recipes given below. l think
you will like them and the recipes
too.
Lemon Cake.
II cup butter
l cup granulated sugar
eggs
134 cups cake -four
21a teaspoons baking powder
"a teaspoon salt
2s cup milk
l teaspoon lemon extract
Cream butter and add sugar grad
ually. Add well-beaten egg yolks and
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH ". LaBINE
See Hope for League Rebirth
Under New Russ-British Pact;
Must Get Rid of AvenOl First

expressed in these
by West New
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
Of Course You Can Bake

II didn't have good luck with my
cake baking today" You and l have
both heard homemakers say just
that-reason enough perhaps for our
getting right down to cases today
and finding odt just what it is that
makes for good luck-or bad luck
as the case may be in this cake
baking business.
OF course it really isn't case Of
luck at all, for the right proportions
of the right ingredients combined in
the right way and baked at the right
oven temperature eliminate luck en-
tirely and assure baking success not
sometimes but always.
Information Please.
OF course you own a measuring
cup but have you looked at it crit
4n
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-06-08
Information Please.

OF course you own a measuring
Up but have you looked at it crit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08

Nearly every woman" she said
"haS done some rent-hunting In her
time and II 1t has been done recently
she knows how difficult 1t Is to fine
a reasonable rent. The ones that
are suitable are not reasonable anc
the ones that are reasonable are
not fit for human habitation.
Nearly every large city In the
country has this problem to dea.
with sooner or later. Some Of
them have accepted slum clear
ance program that works foui
ways. 1t cleans up the blighteo
district, provides better houses
gives men and women work, and
increases the value OF surrounding
properties The Republicans
and the Democrats in this cleo
ton are silent on this progressive
measure as on all others, and
the present board OF aldermen
rejected a proposed plan without
even suggesting another II
may be too late to do anything, but
John Ring and my fellow Socialists
on the board Of aldermen will give
every cooperation to the local hous-
ing authority and want them to con-
tinue their efforts to bring slum
clearance and low cost housing tc
Waterbury"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
DEMOCRATS PLAN
EAST END RALLY
Parade to Precede Gather.
ing at Mill Plain Grange
Hall Friday

Democrats from all voting districts
in the East End and adjacent areas
will gather at Grange hall in Mill
Plain Friday night for what Is ex-
pected to be one OF the most success
full rallies Of the current campaign
Vincent A. Scully, mayoralty nom.-
nee, and other candidates on the
Democratic ticket will be the prin-
cipal speakers.
The rally will be preceded by a
parade, In which several bands will
march. The parade win form near
Hamilton park following a reception
to the Democratic candidates at the
home Of Mrs. George Corcoran, 1O1
Idylwood avenue.
The parade route will be Idylwood
avenue to East Main street, to Frost
road, to Woodland avenue, to Meri-
den road, to Grange hall.
The bands will offer music at the
rally, and there will be program OF
entertainment featuring Miss Anne
Egan.
All voting districts in the East End,
including those taking in Mill Plain,
Fairlawn Manor, East Farms. Reid
vile, Bouley Manor and Woodtick
will be represented at the rally.
In addition to the Democratic
candidates. the speaking program
will include addresses by several
prominent members of the party who
reside in the East End.