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Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08
ABIDE BY WISHES
OF THE MAJORITY

There should be no doubt i'm anyone'S
mind today how the people of California
feel about the Ham-and-Eggs pension
scheme
They don't like it. They don't want it.
They have said 50 two times now. That
should be enough
Chances are it will not be enough
for the promoters who make exception
ally good livings out of the pennies taken
by old people who have been sold" on
dream of obtaining thirty dollars a
week for life for nothing These promo
tiers will keep their scheme alive just as
long as the pennies keep rolling in to
total up thousands of dollars. 1t is the
way they make their lving-and a
mighty good one they have made out of
it, too.
If the promoters dropped their scheme
now, they have to go to work-or live on
the interest of the money they have al
ready received. 1t is easy to understand
why they wish to keep the issue before
the people-and keep their own jobs at
the head of the most bizarre pressure
group in the history Of California.
1t is easy to understand, yes. 1t is
unfair, however, to the old people who
need their pennies for groceries and
other necessities. Yet so long as these
old people are willing to contribute to
the support of the plans sponsors, just
so long will the sponsors continue to
agitate for the passage of their illogical,
unsound, something -for-nothing scheme.
Twice the plan has been put to a vote.
Twice it has been voted down. Already
its total cost to the state and business
has run into the millions. Promoters of
the scheme will, unless stopped, run the
cost into additional millions.
The only people who can stop them
are the ones who contribute the hundreds
of thousands of pennies that swell the
Golfers Of the promoters. The only way
they can stop the promoters is to stop
the pennies. This is no "work of love-
by the promoters. They are highly paid
for their efforts. If they weren't, the
chances are their efforts would stop.
The voice of California's voters has
been heard In order now is plea to
the aged of the state to abide by the deci-
sion. The sooner they do SO, the sooner
all of the people can work out sound,
logical, workable pension program to pre-
vent hardship and suffering.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08

The school system in this country
has gone a long way since the days
of the raw-boned, fossilized school
master who ruled with a stern
countenance and a hickory stick.
Nowadays, the pupils have almost
as much to say about the running
of the classroom as the teachers
themselves-in some things at
least
For most normal small fry, school
will never be quite as much fun
as sandlot baseball or hop-scotch.
But education in the lower grades
is a lot easier to take these days
than it was 80 or 40 years ago.
More important, youngsters in pub
lie schools are getting a rough idea
of what democracy means. The
word is beginning to mean more
to them than just something they
find in their history books.
To find out how far democracy
in education has gone. the Edu-
cational Policies committee of the
American Education Association is
conducting a survey among public
schools in the United States. The
results of this study will be used
to advance still further the teach
ing of democracy in a practical
comprehensive way.
There was time, not very long
ago, when the schools total con-
tribution toward building patriotic
citizens was to teach youngsters
the Americans creed, the Star
Spangled Banner" and the Pledge
to the Flag. If that didn't make
good Americans out of them, it
was generally conceded there wasn't
much hope.
1t has only been with the intro
duction of streamlined educational
systems that children were given
shot at this thing called democra-
cy. They were permitted to Or
ganize clubs, elect their own Off
GERS, frame their. own rules of con-
duct. Safety cadets were elected
and finally student councils were
formed. These councils, when they
are properly set up. give elementary
and high school students about as
generous part in the management
of the school as can be safely
given without having the pupils
vote themselves a permanent vaca-
ton.
The Education Associations COM
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08
NO RELEASE
fWall Street JournaD

So far from offering this country any
thing like an effortless solution of the
grave problems in which the depression
and the legalistic experimentation of
recent years have involved it, the war in
Europe only warns us that the weak
spots i'm our economic structure have
become so much the more dangerous.
Unemployment among millions, halting
and uneven recovery in great industries,
a huge body Of idle private capital and
national treasury still compelled to bor-
row several billions of dollars annually
these and other evils remain to engage
our sober thought the more imperiously,
now that half the world is in turmoil.
That was the gist of an address by
Fred l. Kent before the Seattle conven-
ton of the American Bankers Associa-
ton. To call it timely admonition is
to understate the case. We may be CRATE
ful to heaven that no such blight OF the
spirit, no such hurricane of bloodshed,
and misery as afflicts the peoples of
Europe has descended upon US or is like
~ to, but it would be folly to forget that
we have still TO put our own house in tol-
cradle oder.
Nor can we suppose that events across
the water which SO distract our atten-
ton from the state of things at home
will really help US to cope with our do
mestic difficulties The war will lift
our trade and industry for time, but it
is also leading US toward another time
of painful reconstruction in the broken
means by which alone the race can live
on a constantly narrowing earth. 1t is
not too soon now to prepare ourselves
for that day, considering that by so do
ing we can also better our present condi-
ton. The war has given us some new
problems but it has not much changed
those we had and have.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
S u nj, M o N s

SUM M ONS
No. 1913
In The Superior Court of The State
of California, i'm and for The
County of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
ADELAIDE ELLITHORPE, ct al,
Defendants.
The People of The State OF Cali
fornia Send Greetings to:
ADELAIDE ELLITHORPE, RUTH
ELLITHORPE WILKINSON, OS-
CAR TILLEY, JANE DOE TILLEY,
his wife, r. j. OTTO, r. j. RICE,
JOHN r. SLIMMON, MARGARET
j. SLIMMON, also known as MAR
GARET SLIMMON, JOHN DOE,
JANE DOE, RICHARD ROE, JOHN
DOE COMPANY, a Corporation,
RICHARD ROE COMPANY, a Co
partnership, and j. DOE as Ad-
ministrator or Administrative OF
the Estate of r. Roe, Deceased,
Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
pear and answer the Complaint In
an action entitled IS above brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State OF
California, within ten days after the
service on you of this Summons-if
served within this county; or with
in thirty days if served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
it will apply TO the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal OF the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State OF Cali
fornia, this 9th day OF August, 1899.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAI) County Clerk
BY CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk.
O. 1s 25-N. / 8 Is % Sd. @ l3 20
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08
IF THEY TAKE RISKS,
THEY TAKE CONSEQUENCES

The effort OF at least one American
steamship company to transfer its yes
sells to foreign registry in order to evade
terms Of the new United States neutrality
law should result in one hard and fast
decision by the people of this country:
If the ship owners take risks IN the
war zones, in violation of the spirit of
this nations laws, let them also take
the consequences without expecting SYM
pathy, help or even much attention in
this country.
The neutrality law is intended to keep
American ships out of war zones. If any
American ship, by subterfuge or other
wise, does enter the war zones, it does
so as a law violator-a viOlator OF the
spirit if not the wording Of law.
The American people should, if Amer
can ships are transferred to foreign reg
istry, cease to regard them as American
ships They automatically become ships
which we have no more than an aca-
iemic interest. What happens to them
no business of ours.
Regardless Of the registry Of these
,hips, no citizen Of this country should
De allowed to sail on any ship going into
var zones, except in cases Of extreme
necessity We want no American lives
ost TO submarine or gunboat warfare.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

has done a neat job of finding mo-
ney where none apparently exist
ed
First of all, it was discovered that
something like $l2,000,000 was avail
able at Farm Security Administra-
ton.
At the beginning of this fiscal
year, FSA earmarked $l8,000,000 for
grantS-in-aid to distressed farm
ers: approximately twothirds of this
money remained unspent, as the
big call for grants comes around
the first of the year. 1t was decided
that this money could be used for
drouth relief Immediately, and that
a deficiency appropriation could be
had in January.
Next, it was recalled that the bud
get bureau had $9,000,000 in FSA
money which was being held in re-
serve and which, under the Presi-
dents economy proclamation. was
to be turned back to the treasury
unless some emergency arose. The
drouth situation was officially dub
y
COO thus became available.
Then it was found that the Dis
aster Loan Corporation had $20,000.-
600 on hand. This corporation is a
subsidiary of the RFC, and hence
it can't make its funds directly
available to the FSA people. Con-
ferences are now under way, how
ever. to work out some system
whereby this money can be used
in the drouth area. and it is expect
ed that some arrangement will be
decided on in few days.
Lastly, the Federal Surplus Com
modities corporation was able to
make food grants for the most ur-
gent cases.
Now by Finding" this money to
meet the crisis, the administration
was able to do two things:
First, it was able to Stave off the
rising demand that Congress re-
main in session to appropriate mo-
ney for the drouth relief and Sec
ond. it was able to swing several
votes for the neutrality bill by
agreeing to take care Of suffering
constituents promptly.
In moving to erase the 4l-Vote
majority which last spring wrote
an embargo into the Bloom bill,
those two maneuverS were appar-
emily Of decisive Importance.
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08

WASHINGTON.-The fine ora
tory let loose during debate over
the neutrality bill probably helped
the administration to get its mea-
sure approved.
But il always helps to have lit
tie straight, old-fashioned political
pressure too. and when the mea-
sure got to the House of Represen-
tativeS that pressure was not lack
ing.
Two things proved especially
useful as sources of pressure: the
l940 census. and the 1899 drouth.
First the census.
The headquarters staff here in
Washington. under whose direction
the census will be taken. is under
civil service and there is no patron
age to be had. But the temporary
staff. under which the field work is
to be done, is not under civil SER
vice. 1t will consist of approximately
10000 people.
For the census. the nation has
been divided into l03 areas which
are further Subdivided into a total
OF 500 districts. The district super
visors will choose the 10000 enum-
orators: and during the last couple
OF weeks it has been made clear
that a congressman who refused
to go along with the administration
on the neutrality matter was going
to have a hard time exercising any
voice in that selection
On top OF that, there was the
drouth. A short time ago a num-
Der of congressman and senators
formed an unofficial committee to
seek immediate action for drouth
relief. The sum of S50,000000 was
mentioned as being the least that
would meet the situation, and it
was agreed that the S50,000000 had
to be forthcoming pretty speedily.
Since then the administration
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08
THE TWO-TERM TRADITION
FOR PRESIDENTS
(New York World-Telegram)


The additional reason now advanced
in favor of third term is that Mr.. Roose-
yelt is the man the country must have
10 guide us through the war situation.
So long as the war continues that will
be the chief argument used in behalf of
Il third term ...
If. in fact, Mr. Roosevelt were recog-
nized as the only man equipped to steer
Us through the present storms, he would
by this time have received blank check
from the country as evidence. The con-
trary has occurred There is not the un-
questioning dependence upon his leader
ship that is implied by the argument that
he is indispensable TO direct our foreign
policy =.
Protection for democracy lies not in
making the presidential office powerlesS
and sterile, but in retaining in the hands
of the people the power to change the
occupant The two-term tradition is an
infinitely greater protection to democ-
racy than any Legislative hamstringng
of the executive ever can be. In this
period, when democracy has to watch
Its step, it seems more essential than
ever before to preserve intact this protec-
tive tradition.
Only in the midst of our participation
in critical war could there be any sub
stantial case for abandoning the two
term tradition, and we would want to
hear a good deal of argument on that.
Certainly in period of neutrality such
as this, the emergency is not sufficient
to call for any scrapping of democracy's
No. l safeguard. And we say that be-
lieving that Mr.. Roosevelt has been not
a perfect president but a great one.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

NOTICE TO ASSESSMENT tTAx)
PAYERS IMPERIAL IRRIGA-
TON DISTRICT ASSESSMENT
FOR 1899 NOW DUE
OFFICE OF ASSESSOR AND COL
LECTOR OF IMPERIAL IRRI-
CATION DISTRICT, NOVEM-
BER l, 1899.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that | have received the assessment
books for the year 1889 and that
the assessment for that year is now
due and payable. The Directors of
the Imperial Irrigation District
have determined by resolution that
the said assessment shall be pay
able in two installments.
Pursuant to law and the said res
olution the said assessment levied
within the said District is due and
payable on the first day of Noyem-
ber, 1899. The first installment
thereof (one-half of said assess
menU will become delinquent at six
t60O o'clock PM, on the last
Monday in December, 1899, and un-
less paid prior to that time. ten
QO3S) per cent will be added there
to. The second installment of said
assessment the remaining one-half
of the entire assessmenU will be-
come delinquent at six (6:0O o.
clock PM, on the last Monday in
June, 1910, and unless paid prior
to that time, five go per cent
will be added thereto.
Said assessment will be received
at the office of the Assessor and
Collector of the said Imperial IT.
rigation District located at l43
South Sixth Street Masonic Tenn
pie Building) in the City of FL
Centro County of Imperial, State
of California, every day from the
date of this notice holidays ex-
cepted) during legal business hours.
w. A. McFADDEN,
N. 8 IS Assessor Collector.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08
Barbs :

Ministers and teachers are SAID
to live longer than persons In other
professions. Out of every l,000
clergymen, "a exceed the age OF 80.
Telephones are used for trans
mission of orders for trains oper-
ating over 1921 miles of rail
road in the United States, com
pared with 86, 709 miles over which
When crows have gathering IN
a field a lookout or sentinel al
ways is on guard to give alarm II
danger nearS.
Someone has just come out with
Il furter"--turkey on Il roll
with cranberry sauce just TO
prove the inventive spirit is not
yet dead in this country.
1t requires a lot more skill TO
drop pamphlets over Berlin than
to drop bombs. as anyone who has
ever tried to toss a playing card
into a hat can testify.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08
Famous Sayings
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
Democracy a Part of School Curriculum

mittee, after it has completed lts
research, will select a few repre-
sentative schools and will expert
ment with even more progressive
ideas in the matter of student de-
mocracy
These youngsters, unlike their
forbears, are going to grow up
with the idea that democracy means
more than just casting a vote Tor
president every four years. They
are getting so used to having
voice in the affairs about them
that they won't be able to get rid
of the habit when they become
full-fledged citizens. They are
learning not only the meaning oil
democracy but of Communism ana
Fascism as well-and how to tell
all of them apart.
Flag waving isn't enough, and re-
citing the Americans creed doesn't
necessarily make good citizen,
But getting democracy mixed IN
with readin' writin' and 'rithmetic
will probably show results in the
future management of this country.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08

Commons costs
the English tax
payer about seven
dollars. During
one session of
Parliament, Col
onel Harry Day
is alleged to have
asked 879 queS-
tions which cost
the taxpayers OF
England over six
thousand dollars.
. s. H. lAtXit
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08
You re Telling Me-

What football really needs is some
new alibis for coaches of losing
teams.
Now that the automobile has
been virtually perfected what we'd
like science to do is invent some
new parking palces.
Add SMILES: AS shaky as a foot
ball team which discovers Notre
Dame, Michigan, Southern Califor-
mia and Tennessee on its schedule
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN AND FOR THE COUNTY Of
IMPERIAL
SUMMONS
GRACE WILHOIT, Plaintiff.
VS..
PHILIP WILHOIT, Defendant.
LEE NUFFER, Attorney for
Plaintiff.
The People of the State Of Cali
fornia send Greetings to PHILIP
WILHOIT, Defendant.
You are Hereby Directed to Ap-
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State
of California, within ten days after
the service on you of this Sum-
mons-if served within this county;
or within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract,
or she will apply to the Court for
any other relief demanded in the
Complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 18th day of September,
1899.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
tSeaD County Clerk.
BY ELEANOR McG,IRK,
Deputy Clerk.
Is 20-27: o 4-11-13-25; N l-8-15)
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08
Dale
CARNEGIE

The Manchester Guardian. one of
the worlds most distinguished
newspapers, has figured out that
each question asked by a member
of Parliament in the House of
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-08

If YOU are III business. why uoii
YOU figure out the dollars you are
wasting every week? For example
if YOU are a salesman, remember
that the only time you can earn
money. is the time you spend IN
teryiewing prospects who can buy
YOUR commodity. Why not flgure
out how much time you are wasting
in the office every day?
One of the highest paid life in
surance salesmen (Franklin Bett-
ger) rarely goes near his office. Mr..
Bettger commutes to Philadelphia,
and when he lands in the Broad
Street station, he is only one block
from his office: yet he often goes
to a telephone booth in the station
and spends an hour or two there
making phone calls. He knows that
if he goes to his office, he will spend
another hour or two there doing
things that his secretary could do
Figure out how much time you are
losing by talking politics and win
ming arguments that won't matter
anyway
Shortly after the World War,
was in Paris helping Sir Ross Smith
prepare an illustrated lecture on
the story of the first flight ever
made from England to Australia
a flight which won him fifty thous-
and dollars and knighthood; and
made him the Lindbergh Of Eng
land and Australia. Sir Ross and
went to a shop in Paris that sold
lantern slides of various countries
he had flown over. After looking
over slides for couple of hours,
the proprietor of the shop lost his
self-control and exploded with a
volley of French words. In the
midst of all this French, which was
Greek TO me, he shouted time is
money 1t was probably the only
English phrase he knew. Yes, time
is money in any language 1t is more
than money 1t is life itself. SO If
you need money, don't waste the
stuff it is made Of.
The Frenchman's method was
not good business, we will admit, but
he undoubtedly was quoting what
had proved to be, to him, the most
important business axiom.
William 3. Pettus, president OF
College of Chinese Studies, Peking,
recently told me that Every nation
and every race regards itself as
superior TO all others; and all of
them are justified in that claim be-
cause each race and each nation
has its points of superiority. Unless
each individual has feeling of su-
periority in some respect, he lacks
that essential which we call self
respect. Unless we recognize that
each nation, each race, and each
individual has a feeling of superior
ity and a right 10 that feeling; un-
less we recognize that and treat
each Individual accordingly, we
won't make much progress in per-
sonal relations, business relations,
or international relations"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-01-19
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manufacturers for the American pot
terry market. "No other organization
has as yet gone as far as we have in
this direction" declared the speaker
Pointing out that the Brotherhood
has meant a great deal to the COM
munity by bringing decent wages to
the workers who spend their money
here. He cited the strike record and
declared it is no accident that COM
mon sense has prevailed to make the
record such splendid one.
He next hit the attempt of south
erners to beat down wages while sell
ing their goods in the north where
good wages enable the workers to pay
high prices.
"To any labor official who really
believes in this truly American move
ment," he announced, "there is moth
ing Of so much value as sitting around
table to work out all problems
Stating that too much Government
supervision is never a good thing, he
reminded the audience that all the die
tators have been common people given
too much power. Not only are their
lands without trade unions, but there
is no freedom, not even freedom to
worship God according to the dictates
of the individuals conscience. "We can
certainly be glad" he stated, "that we
live in the U. S. A."
We have a rich heritage in this
community, he said, but it takes two
to make bargain. "Our employers
have been fair in their dealings and
they should receive credit"
Ending his remarks by touching on
foreign competition, President Duffy
stated the "Buy American" drive
started here some thirteen months ago
had spread throughout the country
with fine success.
On a recent trip to New York, he
declared, custom officials had report
ed that not more than 25 per cent of
the usual japanese imports came into
this country this year for Christmas
trade.
In spite of the fact that this COM
munty depends entirely on the pot
terry industry which needs more as
sistance than any other in the fight
against foreign competition, he de-
clared, many local merchants think it
unfair to ask them not to sell foreign
made goods. They have shown a spirit
Of unwillingness to cooperate, even to
sending clerks to the basement to tear
identifying tags from foreign mer-
chandise.
President Duffy praised Lion Judge
Harry Brokaw for his many fine poems
concerning the pottery trade.
Albert McLain presided over the
luncheon.