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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24

EStO . . . VObtB ttOstS VttseOHt tss
ed an effort to remove patronage
from the hands Of congress. Though
the senate supported the Byrd-Glass
contention "a to 8, it appeared Presi-
dent Roosevelt was only beginning
an effort to discredit his congress
sional foes by overriding their NOM
nations for choice political jobs.
AS the rebels prepared to throw
out Wisconsin's allegedly red-tinted
Thomas r. Amlie, White House in
terstate commerce commission
nominee, several other startling APP
pointments were announced. A slap
at Ohio's Sen Vic Donahey was the
naming of Herschel w. Arant, Ohio
States law school dean, to the cir
cult court Of appeals. Next came
Philadelphia's Francis Biddle, also
named an appellate Judge over OBJ
jections Of Pennsylvania devout
New Dealer, Sen. Joseph F. CUT
fey. This was also a blow at John
Lewis c. I. o., because the Guffey
nominee Judge Michael A. Mus
manno of Pittsburgh is an ardent
pro-Lewis man. In New York the
President appointed a Republican
federal Judge, and in Philadelphia
he gave another judgeship to Harry
e. Kaldoner, whose legal experience
was limited before he joined the
cabinet of ex-Gov. George H. Earle
in 1884. These were but few sam
pie Presidential appointments that
ruff1ed congressional nerves.
Legislation. Though Democratic
house majority leaders have accept
ed a modified form of government
reorganization defeated last year,,
and though the Presidents $751;, 000,-
600 extra defense appropriation will
probably pass, White House-con-
gress friendship ends there. AL
ready eliminated is a 500, DOC, 900
appropriation for IVA at Gilberts-
vile, Ky. The Presidents request
for a new start on Florida's ship
canal and the Passamaquoddy tidal
project is doomed. While rebel
1ious senate foreign affairs commit
tee threatens to publicize all its fu-
tlire hearings (as brake on secret
administration plans) the Export
Import bank has been restrained
from. making large credit loans to
foreign nations. This will forestall
embarrassment over unofficial al
dances.,...,s q. - ~ g.-s
While social, security's reserve
fund is. under fire (because the u. S.
borrows all reserve fl1nds) the New
Deals vast relief program is en-
dangered by a growing COMPRESSION
al economy bloc. The Presidents
demand for restoration of $50, 000,-
600 Topped off his deficiency relief
appropriation is now sidetracked in
favor of long range welfare study.
Virginia's Rep. Clifton A. Woodrum
has asked cut in next years relief
budget to 81, 0.0O0, 900 (half the
Presidents request) and assign
ment of relief control to congress
sional hands. But relief will prob
ably, be settled by adoption Of the
bill designed by South Cardinals
Sen. James r. Byrnes, following
last years senate inquiry.
Miscellaneous. Anti-White House
sentiment took voice in continuation
Of the house committee to investi-
gate iinlAmericanism, under which
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24

Asia
Three hundred miles southwest of
Hong Kong and directly in Britain's
communication path lies tiny but
important Hainan island, generally
considered within Frances sphere
Of influence. What both France and
Britain have long feared is Jap
anese seizure of Hainan, despite a
1887 agreement that Tokyo would
stay out so long as France blocked
munition traffic to China via French
Indo-C China. But japan has now
violated that agreement, occupying
Haihan on a Temporary" basis so
long as military necessity demands.
Most observers fear that military
necessity" will demand permanent
occupation.
Significant is the fact that France
has just rejected Japan's ambassa-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24
Bruckarts Washington Digest
Age-Old Fight Between President
And Senate in Vicious Revival
Current Squabble Involving Senators Glass and Byrd,
Invited by President Himself Mr. Roosevelts Attempt
To Discipline Senate Serious Political Mistake.
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg, Washington D. c.

ment. 1t Is going to continue to ex-
ist because of the form of our gov
eminent, its system of checks and
balances, and it will exist as long
as our system Of political parties OBJ
tains.
Colby and without bias, it must
be said that each side to the battle
predicates its conclusions and con-
ception of its rights upon a thirst for
more power. Mr.. Roosevelt, as
President, conceives that he should
be boss; the senators, as representa-
tives of sovereign states, conceive
that they are the elected represents
atives and they are not going to
have a single individual, even
though 1t be the President Of the
United States, dehorn them Of the
strength that an election by popular
vote gives them.
Moreover, the President must do
political knitting. He must keep the
weave as free of knots as is posi-
BILE. In the case of the present in
cumbent, it is quite apparent that he
desires to be complete boss of his
political structure. He had taste
indeed, a full meal-of it for five
years when subservient congress
vastly earned the sobriquet of rub
Der stamps. imagine that he liked
it; anyone would, if that person is
really human. When some of his
rubber stamps became blurred and
did not print clearly what he said
they should print, Mr.. Roosevelt,
like any other ruthless politician,
was going to get rid of them. He
tried that in the purge" during the
last campaign, and failed. Many
persons are sure that the present
flame is intended to destroy this
type of opposition.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24

WASHINGTON - Through nearly
all of our nations history, there
has been continuing controversy
concerning the respective rights and
prerogatives of the President of the
United States and the senate. It
has alternately smouldered and
burst into flame. 1t has been char
acterized by vicious outbursts from
one side or the other at various
times and it has made or destroyed
the political fortunes Of great
many men.
Washington has been RECALLED with
fresh revival of the controversy in
the last several weeks. The funda-
mental differences are the same as
they always have been. There are,
however, new names and new faces
and obviously the political fortunes
of individuals who have entered
upon the public stage in recent years
are bound up in the boiling kettle.
Like the earlier embitterments over
these rights, this one will prove
nothing in the way Of a tangible
solution.
The current fight must be said to
have been invited by President
Roosevelt. Perhaps, his course Of
action was urged by some Of the
elmer CIRCLE" which so often has
wrongly advised him lately, men
who do not know politics and who
ignore political history-but the fact
remains. that the President carried
the fight to the senate, and there
are more than a few observers who
expect that he will come off bad
loser.
Mr.. Roosevelt, as ! have reported
in these columns earlier, was insist
ing upon his own selection for po-
litical appointments where the sena-
tors from particular state were
not receiving his smiles. The pro-
cedure was not pleasant but there
was no sensational outcry from the
senators concerned until the nomi-
nation of Judge Floyd Roberts, to
United States district judgeship, was
sent to the senate. Mr.. Roberts
was picked without consultation
even over others recommended
with Senators Glass and Byrd Of
Virginia. It proved to be the signal
for a riot.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24
Pan america


Protesting Mexican appropriation
of American-owned oil lands, Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull has de-
manded compensation. Meanwhile
a false belief has arisen in Mexico
City that President Roosevelt SYM
pathizes with the revolutionary re-
gime of President Lazaro Cardenas.
Far from sympathetic, Mr.. Roose-
welt recently called Mexican ambas-
sador DR.. Don Francisco Castillo
Najera to the White House for a
seminar on international good taste.
The lesson: That sovereign Mexico
can appropriate but must also make
compensation. AS Senior Najera
carried this protest home, U. S. oil
men were heartened into offering
President Cardenas a settlement
proposal: Oil lands would be re-
turned, title and profits then di-
vided on $3.50 basis between gov
eminent and oil companies.
But news from Mexico City made
it clear this offer would be rejected.
In addition to a 1900, 900 agree
ment signed last December to bar
ter oil for German machinery,
President Cardenas has just an
nounced two new barter contracts
involving approximately $4,000, 000,-
600 in Mexican oil and Nazi manu-.
featured protects.
That Senior Cardenas is smugly
satisfied with his progress was evil
denced by the remark of his chief
political aid, Luis Rodriguez, made
to visiting Col. Fulgencio Batista,
Cuban strong man: "When the
President found the foreign COM
panies refusing to obey the gov
ernment's orders in court, he gave
the stern order to appropriate the
oil companies. We show it to you
as an authentic victory Of the revo-
luton, as an example to you.''
Whether Strong Man Batista
would accept the example remains
to be seen, but Mexico already has
one Latin-American ally in this
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24
weekly News Analysis - = -
White House Congress Hostility
May Mean 3rd Party for 1910
BY Joseph w. In Bine-
by Joseph w. LIN Bine-

Texas Martin Dies received $780,
900 and carte blanche to explode
all the bombshells he wished. Pend
ing are impeachment proceedings
against Madame Secretary Of La
Dor Frances Perkins, charged with
harboring Alien Harry Bridges, al
legedly communistic west coast c.
/. o. leader.
Significance. Since the President
and congress seem to be heading
down opposite paths, the best guess
holds that Mr.. Roosevelt is DELHI
erately inviting a split in Democrat
ic ranks leading to formation of a
third party for 1910. But Labor's
Nonpartisan league &C. I. o. must
be a bulwark of that party, and the
anti-C. I. o. slur contained in Judge
Musmanno's rejection fails to jibe
with these plans. Moreover most
debated presidential appointments
have been judicial, practically val
ueless from political viewpoint.
But party-smashing need follow no
definite course; damaged feelings
could easily be patched up in time
for a third party campaign in 1910
or 1914. .. aFa
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24

dor to Paris. Still more significant
is the one-two-three sequence in
which Hainan's occupation followed
Barcelona's fall, just as Canton's
occupation last September followed
the Munich settlement. Each time
democracies capitulate in the west,
Tokyo capitalizes on Hitler-Musso-
lini triumphs to nip at the Franco
British far eastern position.
In typical Japanese fashion, Hal
mans occupation is a poker-faced,
self-righteous trick that dares Brit
ain, France and the U. S. to re-
taliate. BY Chinese, who see their
nation falling apart bit by bit, the
move is greeted with mixed emo
ton. The hoped-for consequence is
a lifting of Frances ban on arms
shipments through Indo-C China.
But from his headquarters in far
western Chungching, Chinese Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai shek
incurred Hainan's fall as the "be-
ginning of Japanese domination in
the Pacific. !" Predictingth heavy con-
sequences for the U. S., France and
Britain, General Chang not only
saw broken communication lines
between Hong Kong, Singapore and
Australia, but also threat to U. S.
and British naval bases at Hawaii
and Singapore.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24
Advisers Reckoned Not
With Senatorial Courtesy

After the manner of senate pro-
cedure, Senators Glass and Byrd
rose in their places in the senate
and pronounced Judge Roberts
personally offensive" to them.
That was enough. The senate, as 1t
has done so many times before,
promptly rejected the Roberts NOM
nation by the terrific jolt of ~ to 9.
It was such slap that even the
Virginia senators were surprised at
its overwhelming character. It
surely made the fact abundantly
clear that Mr.. Roosevelt could not
get away with his theory namely,
that a President can pick nominees
without ''the advice and consent of
the senate" as the Constitution spec
ifies. But it did not have that effect.
And here was where the President
made a great political mistake. He
sought to discipline the senate by
publication of letter to Judge Rob-
erts in explanation of the senate's
action. He scored Senator Glass and
he tarred Senator Byrd. They were
almost guilty Of conduct lrnbecoming
gentlemen.
It was rumored that the strategy
of the elmer circle" was to have
Mr.. Roosevelt smear the two sena-
tors and thus create a serious defec-
ton in their own political machines
in their native Virginia-which any,
one acquainted with Virginia poll
tics will tell you is much easier
said than done. It was reported
even that Mr.. Roosevelt would send
UP another name without consulting
the two senators and if that were
rejected to send up still others.
That, believed the elmer CIRCLE"
would slowly force disintegration Of
the Glass-Byrd support.
But the President and his un-
trained political advisers reckoned
not with senatorial courtesy. Now,
senatorial courtesy Is an intangible
thing. No one ever has been able
to define or describe it. One simply
has to say that'it exists and let time
prove the statement. The proof al
ways can be found, and the action
of the senate on the Roberts nomi-
nation, and since, certainly seems to
demonstrate that the senators will
fight for their rights, or what they
believe to be their rights, on col
lective basis. Each sticks by the
others; none knows when he may
need the same kind of help.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24

EDITORS NoTE--Whe opinions are
expressed in these columns, they are those
Of the news analyst, and not necessarily
Of the newspaper.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24
Miscellany

Announced, by Secretary of the
Treasury Henry Morgenthau, a
12,0O0, 900 profit since January 80,
1884, for the highly secret $780,
600, 900 sterilization fund.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24
Senate ls Thoroughly
Enbiffered at Roosevelt

Thus, after several weeks Of this
flashing back and forth-because
Senators Glass and Byrd did not fail
to tell the country what they thought
Of Mr.. Roosevelt's action--we find
the senate thoroughly embittered at
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Roosevelt
saying, repeatedly, that the senate
is trying to usurp the powers Of the
Chief Executive. As ! said, that
fundamental difference has existed
since the formation Of our govern
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24

pleasant game. Travelling through
Bolivia, Correspondent John T.
Whitaker Of the Chicago Daily
News found that nations oil deal
ings make Mexico's appropriations
look like child's play. Specific ex-
ample was Bolivian seizure of ST.
000,0 900 in Standard Oil properties
early in 1887 on a trumped-up fraud
charge.
Judiciary
A rare privilege is that of the u. S.
President who can appoint four SUI
preme court judges. Already Frank
lin Roosevelt has named Hugo
Black, Stanley Reed and Felix
Frankfurter, liberals like himself.
Next win come appointment Of a
new liberal to succeed liberal JUS
tice Louis J. Brandeis, retired at full
pay to help his fellow Jews and en-
joy old age. Expected is an appoint
ment from the middle west, now rep
resented only by Minnesota's Pierce
Butler. Since many plainsmen felt
short-changed last December when
Mr.. Roosevelt appointed Justice
Frankfurter, an easterner, middle
west appointment is considered in
n.,x,,hon+
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24
People
International

Secretary of State Cordell Hull
stepped to a microphone the night
before congress went to work on
President Roosevelt's enlarged de-
tense program. BY the time he
left, the world had learned how
Americas No. / diplomat and
tradesman feels about war: He
sympathizes with the White House.
After offering the standard de-
tense argument that it is nations
sacred duty to arm when the
specter of major war ''haunts the
world" Mr.. Hull staged two sur
prises. The first, unusual for dip
lomat, was rejection of proposals
that the U. S. call disarmament
conference. Next surprise was a
common sensical explanation that
arms conferences mean nothing
when the basic causes underlying
war are economic. These, he said,
must be wiped out as a prerequisite.
Father Of the governments cur
rent reciprocal trade program and
an outspoken opponent of the Ger
man barter trade plan fSee PAN
AMERICA, Cordell Hull may have
been limiting for U. S. lead in
plans to settle the worlds ills via
the economic conference route.
Since this could only mean zap
basement as practiced by Brit
ish Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain, most observers thought Mr..
Hull was not advocating an econom-
ic conference, but was instead adj
vertising the merits of reciprocal
trade treaties as cure.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-02-24
Religion

Last August President Roosevelt
proposed the intergovernmental ref
ugee committee which subsequently
elected American George Rublee its
chairman. After almost six months
of disheartening effort, Mr.. Rublee
handed the committee his resigna-
ton and the net result of an almost
single-handed battle. The result:
A temporary plan for taking care
of Germany's unwanted Jews,
wheedled from Reichsfuehrer Hit
Ter. Points: ~ German Jews
could return to their jobs until the
committee solves its problem; (2)
Young German Jews can emigrate
provided they arrange to finance
later emigration of kinsmen; (3)
older Jews would be protected until
emigration is completed; az emf
grating Jews could borrow from q
trust fund.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-23

except lOomen 1Cjth too
WideLy spaced eyes.
4 A central part lengthens
Z the face and accents the
nose.
= Never draw the hair down
} diagOnally from a central
part or you will look old
ladyish.
AIlOayS lift 1t at the
temples.
[ Drawing the hair down
, diagonally from side
part gives a harsh, unbe-
coming line to any face.
= Hard, set waves are not
J flattering 10 anybody.
q Large or heavy features
. need loose waves with no
curls.
= Thin faces need soft,
J fluffy coiffures.
~ Brows plucked TO a thin
~ line make the eyes look
small and the face flat
and eXpressionless.
II Unless the brows do
IL something out rageOus
like growing across the
nose. pluck none but the
struggling hairs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-23
Time to Change
Your Hair STYLE

The time to change your COLI
fure is when you catch yourself
saying or thinking that no other
hairstyle possibly could be half
as becoming to you" said a Fifth
avenue hairdresser.
It's sign you've let your self
get into a rut," he continued "A
rut that you ought to get out Of
as quickly as possible. And the
ideal way is to try different Golf
fure the next time you have your
hair done, then wear it that way
for three weeks even though you
don't like it at first. If you still
don't like it at the end of three
weeks. try another or 60 back TO
the original, but at least give
yourself fair trial at something.
new"
A cosmetic expert in the same
salon had similar ideas.
IF you have worn the same
shade of powder for more than
three years. it's high time you
changed. Or at least made a care
full test to see whether the old
shade really is right for your COM
plexion. Skin tones change more
rapidly than the majority seem TO
think. Three years is more than
long enough TO stick to one shade
without trying others or testing
the old carefully by powdering
only one side of your face, then
eXa mining both closely
THE same applies to lipstick.
It's a mistake to ignore new
shades that might be more be-
coming than the old. Furthermore,
a new lipstick has been known
to do a great deal for dropping
spirits"
Another bad idea is to go shop
ing for cosmetics on a day when
Your spirits are pretty low and
you really don't care how you
look then or week from then.
You're likely to end up with the
same old shades when q newer
shade or two might have been
better. Or worse yet. with an arm
full of various treatments you
never will use. You may buy any,
thing suggested just because you
know you look dreadful and feel
that perhaps jar or two of this
and that will solve everything.
Nothing is more disheartening
than TO discover that the array Of
items you bought to cure a salIow
condition aren't a bit useful be-
cause your skin isn't sallow and
hasn't been since the unpleasant
day you didn't feel well and went
shopping just the same.
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ANSWERS TEST QUESTIONS

Below are the answers TO test
questions printed on the editorial
page.
/. No; it is an alloy of copper,
zinc and nickel.
2. A modern musical instrument
which produces sounds resembling
those of the organ.
5. Every base runner advances
one base
4. A Rocky Mountain range
which extends through Wyoming
and Colorado.
S. L. s. government ships.
6. II is fixed by law as the first
Monday in September.
Z. Quakers.
s. China
9. In-ter'-ment: not in -ter-ment.
10. Benjamin Franklin.