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Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

industrial strife. For one, she be
lieyes a labor contract should pro-
vide that no dispute arising aufils
the life of the contract should DC
Grounds for a strike or a lockout
instead. it should provide means Tor
settling such disputes - most OF
which. she remarks, are minor mat
ters.
But. of course diSagreements III
the negotiation of contracts Will
continue to occur. and they Will
lead to strikes or lockouts. what
then.
Then the government has its
chance To conciliate the two fac
tions and provide way for them
TO get together This job, says Miss
Perkins, is really an art. The con-
ciliator has no set OF rules to go
by. 'he doesn't sit down and tell
the parties what to do, pass judg-
ment on one side or the other, or
make any finding of fact WhatSo-
ever.
He simply brings the parties to-
gether, helps them tc find COM
mon meeting ground. suggests ways
in which their difficulties can be
harmonized. But he only suggests
he has no power to compel, and he
shouldn't have it.
Should there be some means OF
preventing strikes and lockouts by
law? Should there. in other words
be compulsory arbitration of labor
disputes?
mutually exclusive says Miss Per-
kinS. arbitration that simply
means Il submit my problems to
you voluntarily and ask you to ar
bitrate it Compulsion means that
the government takes both parties
by the neck. 1t wouldn't be arbi-
tration: it would be Wagefixine
and hour fixing by the government
"I think that's a little hazardous
for a nice free democracy like
ours, where we do what we please
and discipline ourselves to respect
our neighbors rights
Miss Perkins feels that the null
tiplicity of labor disputes of the
last few years simply proves that
collective bargaining is like mar
riage-the first few years are the
hardest. Neither capital nor labor
yet knows its true relationship to
the other; their manners, SO tt
speak. aren't properly adjusted yet
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07
50 THE TAXPAYERS
MUST GO ON PAYING

The state assembly has turned down
a bill which would have saved California
taxpayers thousands of dollars every
four years if it had been approved. 1t
would, Furthermore, have prevented a
great deal of evaporation on the part
of voters, and false hopes on the part
of deluded persons
The bill would have provided that,
having been twice defeated as initiative
proposals on the ballot any measures
offered for further vote must first be
submitted to the legislature.
In effect the bill would have barred
such recurring brainstorms as the single
tax and the ham-and-egg pension plan
from the ballot unless the legislature
thought there was sufficient reason TO
put them to a vote for the third, fourth,
fifth, etc, time.
Such proposals bearing the unfaltering
sign of public disapproval, should not
be allowed to go on costing the taXpay
ers money year after year. The bill de-
feated in the assembly seemed to offer
the most democratic method of common
sense handling for such propositions.
For the sake Of the taxpayers pocket
books, it is TO be hoped that the legisla-
ture later reconsiders its stand.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07
THE TIDE SETS
TOWARD NEVADA
[ Pacific Rural PreSS)

Go East, young man
And no passing on the turns, because
the traffic to Nevada is bound to be
heavy
Perhaps you read recently that Gov
ernor Ted Cawille and the Nevada Leg
islature had cut the state tax rate from
73 to 5S cents.
Mayhap you. too, thought there must
be catch in il.
In these days of diving deficits and
soaring tax rates it sounded too good to
be true.
But on check-up it turns out to be all
wool and statewide.
Nevada is a proud state with no debt,
a surplus in the treasury, an assessed
value which has recently been reduced
$5,000,000. and they don't make up for
it with a lot Of nuisance taxes.
The state has no sales tax, no income
tax, no gift or inheritance taxes.
We listened for state officials to
squawk about recent economies which
made this 20 per cent cut in taxes pos
sible, but here is what one of them writes
us:
THE beauty of it all is that no state
department is hurt too badly-spending
is we'll directed for the good of the state.
We are simply cutting our clothing in
accord with our pattern.
And that 'clothing' is not particular
~ skimpy In fact nothing could proper
ly be skimpy in this state which is laid
out on a big scale, with more than a
square mile of land for each of the
100000 citizens of the state
The highways of the state are pretty
good. The university has 100 students
140 of them taking agriculture. In every
list of average income per farm, Nevada
stands at the top of the states, and it is
also tops in wages paid for farm labor.
Nevada had the first county in the
United States to achieve 100 per cent
membership in characterization
the Farm Bureau.
While the Dust Bowl has been empty
ing its charity patients into California's
lap, Nevada has been receiving a steady
influx of people who bring worldly goods
and capital and seek a place to live and
die without continually being chased by
a tax Indian with a tomahaWk and a
scalping knife.
Nevada has had considerable unfavor-
able publicity because it treats its gam
bling and divorce problems with more
frankness and openess than other states,
and puts them on toll basis rather than
vorable publicity for the frankness with
which it also treats its tax problems.
From the hammock under his mort
gagged vine and fig tree Senor California
salutes Nobleman Nevada
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07

there Without something deIlnlte
in mind
And then James J. Hill came in
came with his flowing beard and
his iron eye His will was iron,
too. for he had started from Moth
ihg and had driven himself to the
top. There was saying III rail-
road circles that he was as hard
as one of his steel rails,
Hill came Immediately to the
point. He wanted Willard to leave
the road he was with and join him
as operating ce-president of the
Burlington. president He Of
fered him $4,000 a year, plus a
bonus of 100000. 1t was princely;
the offer of a lifetime.
But there was a catch. Hill had
the reputation of being hard to
get along with. He quaueled with
his men. drove them too hard--and
then tossed them out.
Willard did some quick think
ing. He decided to face the issue
squarely, and settle that point now.
He told Mr.. Hill frankly he had
heard he was a hard task master,
with a hot temper. and that he
was afraid he could not get along
with him.
Hill was astoniShed. No one had
ever talked to him that way But
he appreciated the honesty. Then
Willard performed a master stroke
in handling people. They were
standing at a window looking down
on the street Willard talked in
simple terms.
My Hill" he said, IF | want
ed to crcss that street down there
I could do it in my way and make
success of it. But I don't know
how you would cross it, whether
you'd turn right or left, or hesi-
tate. or go straight across. If
worked for you, you would want
me 10 cross streets exactly as you
do. We'll I can cross them, but
can't cross them precisely as you
do
Hill thought moment. That
NdS CICd4 JllllhIl8 dllu ldlF Ciluih-
ing. Thcg shook hands. The deal
Was made. Willard accepted Hills
offer. Hill liked Willard from that
day on and never told him how to
cross a street. All Hill asked was
that Willard get on the other side.
At last an even better offer came
to willard He told Hill that he
was going to leave. Hill was so
upset that he offered to merge two
railroads and make him president
of them But Mr.. Willard had
made his decision. and moved on
to the Baltimore & Ohio road.
where he is now president.
This is splendid example of
handlingI a person before trouble
instead of afterward. He did it
while he was in position to do
it instead of waiting until he was
working for Hill and could not
talk freely and frankly.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07
Willis Thorntons Editorial on:
That German Lard Deal Up Again

which have been forced to accept
them.
Every large scale deal proposed
With Germany meets vocal opposl-
ton from groups who see nothing
wrong in leftiSt Mexico selling oil
to Germany, Or in Communist Rus
sia being Germany's best customer.
Such people are quite willing to see
left-Wing countries regard German
trade as a business matter, while
insisting that the United States re-
gard it as an ideogical Or sentimen-
tai matter There doesn't seem to
be much sense in that.
The whole essence of any such
deal with Germany is a matter of
smart trading. Certainly it is silly
to sit here holding greedily TO great
surpluseS of lard, wheat and cotton
which We do not have wit enough to
distribute to our own people, and
yet to veto on sentimental ground
any plan to send it to countries
which badly need it,
The great thing is: what do VIC
take in exchange? Certainly there
is no point in exporting surplus
lard to help the farmers and pack
ers if goods are taken in exchange
which means less work for Ameri-
can artisans. If we can arrange to
swap this lard for raw materials
or goods either not produced in the
United States, or not produced in
sufficient quantity, then it would
seem a good place to let the ma
tural forces or trade function.
Peace and goodwill certainly lie
along the highroad toward wider
and more normal trade relations,
not along the by-path winding be-
tween narrow nationalisms aud ar
tificial barriers,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07
BUSINESS GOOD BECAUSE
HITLER SAYS so
(FreSno Bee

Nora Vain in her book Reaching for
the Stars, tells of German woman
shopkeeper who was asked question
concerning the state of business. She
replied: "Bad-practically none-existent." ;"
The author recounts that a 15 year old
boy overheard the remark and reported
it to his youth group. From there it
reached the high command.
The punishment? Every working day
for six weeks the offending shopkeeper
was forced to present herself at the
ward office Of the party promptly at 8
am. Opening the door, she was forced
to say Hell Hitler" giving the Nazi
salute. Advancing to the officials desk
the hand was raised again in the Nazi
salute and held there during the recita-
tion of "lieil Hitler! Business is good
today"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07

the prospect of some sort of a
German deal for American lard OF
Which there IS z surplus. keeps CON-
ing up Probably some means will
be found to carry this through
eventually. for despite nationaliStic
feeling despite tariffs, despite ex-
Grange difficulties, it is natural
Germany desperately needs lard
and all kinds OF fats Large stocks
of lard are hanging over the Ameri-
can market, depressing the price tc
the detriment of the farmer and
packer. Eventually some way will be
found to do something ABOUT it.
Last February it was widely III
.nCred, so strongly as TO cause price
dislocations in the Chicago lard
markets. that American cooperative
associations were working on such
a deal perhaps preparing to take
ienceWire or other farm supplies III
return on a barter basis. This was
soon denied by the central organl-
cations OF the Us. co-operatiYcS.
This TIME it is supposed to be
large packers, operating under aus
pces OF the Institute Of American
Meat Packers. who are taking the
lead The only question seems to
be: what can Germany supply in
exchange for the lard which will
not be highly competitive with pro-
ducts of American industry?
Harmonicas and Tyrolean hats
would not seem to offer much
scope for a trading basis.
Acceptance of Ask marks seems
cut OF the question, for the United
States has officially vetoed any
traffic in this trick trading med
ium which mas brought SO much
gfiel 10 other American countries
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07
Photographs

Lake Of the Eye, in Ireland, Gov
ers ABOUT 40 acres, but it disap-
peared overnight in the early 18OOs
and again in 1888
Korean Women's hats are tent
shaped, and large enough so that
upon occasion they may be used
as baskets.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07
Words of Wisdom

Imagination, where it is truly
creative, is a faculty not quail
ity its seat is in the higher rea-
son, and it is efficient only as the
servant of the will. Imagination
as too often understood. is merely
fantasy-the image making power
common to all who have the gift OF
dreamS.-J. r. Lowell.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07
Hints on Etiaucttc

The best man looks after the
bridegroom at the wedding; he
takes charge of the ring, giving
it to the groom at the proper mo-
ment. He pays the clergyman, and
takes charge of any tips incidental
to the couples going away. Ec is.
of course, provided with funds by
the groom
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07

He had hung a
railroad across
I II c continent;
he had made
men and he had
broken them
and now this
very moment, he
was outsidei
AIr. Willard
had to collect
llinself. He knew
that Hill would
not have come
,,,atl,i,, r3ofinita
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07
Grab Bag
Onc-Minute Test

|. What is Japan's monetary
unit?
2. What is the name of one of
the segments forming the surface
of a pineapple?
3. Who was the sculptor of the
statue The Thinker?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07
Dale
II n


One day Daniel Willard, famous
railroad man. was told that James
J. Hill was outside
James J. Hill The Empire Build
er. The greatest name in railroads.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07
You re Telling Me- Barbs

Native New Workers have made
an odd discovery since their worlds
fair has opened They're related
to virtually the entire United
States!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07
TOday'S Horoscope

AS far as business goes those
who are celebrating their birth
days on this date may look for
ward to a year of exceeding pros
perity. They will gain promotion
Influences at work, however. dc not
promise such a favorable outlook
for romance. Their love affairs
may be somewhat involved and arc
likely to cause grief. The child
born on this date likewise may Suf-
fer from a broken romance. His
Or her business or professional af-
fairs will prosper and he will be
most fortunate in these respects
He will be refined, artistic and
intellectual.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07

Two louisiana co-eds engaged in
a chocolate pie duel. Cardinal r1ile
in that kind of a fight: Keep
your mouth open.
Bob Burns has a new baby son.
Just in time to keep him from
running out of stories about his
kin-folks.
Spain is giving Hitler oranges.
We're waiting, though, for the ma
ton with courage enough to give
him a raspberry.
This years spelling champion
came from Worcester, Mass. Any
body who lives in a town, whose
spelling and pronunciation differ
like that, ought 10 be good.
MuSsolini is lavish i'll his praise
of Ttaly's military-mannered Wom-
en-. italian men probably don't see
anything SO good about it.
Few women in the United States
pay more than $4 for their hats.
a recent survey revealed. Forty
per cent cost less than So.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07

Maybe the real reason Europeans
may not stage another war Is that
they Just remember you can't ilsht
one without cooties.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07

It's tough work being a pessi-
mist. First off. you've got TO be
thoroughly disappointed in your
self.
If the moon is not made of green
cheese, it must be swiss. Astronom-
ers have just reported they have
discovered 10000 holes in its sur
face.
What's become of all those gents
who. back in 1882, said all they
wanted was light wines and beer?
The man at the next desk says
his plans for a spring vacation have
been njpped in the budget.
Europe Faces Crisis says an
eight-column headline. Gosh, is this
a brand new one - or just last
weeks, warmed over?
The Yosemite National park mas
$50 square miles OF mountainous
country without roads, nothing but
trails. with wild life abundant.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07
thoughts for the Day

For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised. lie
also IS 10 be feared above all gods-I Chronicles 1928
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07

One Minute Test Answers
/. The yen.
2. A pip.
3. AuguStc Rodin.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-07

MEMBER
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Publishers
Association
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Only IS Employees to UseStote's
$1,000 900 Annapolis Building

the major departments to the cap
ital, contending Baltimore is more
accessible to all sections of Mary
land.
Million-D Dollar Mausoleum.
1t also appeared to bear out the
forecast of observers in legislative
halls, who predicted two years ago
when the State Assembly provided
funds for the building, that the
structure would be a "million-do
lar mausoleum."
Constructed to accommodate sew
eral hundred workers, the building
actually will have ample room for
the rs employees of the II depart
mentS. {.
Only large departments to be
moved from Baltimore are the State
Conservation Commission and the
State Racing Commission. The 9TH
ers are the Auditing Department,
Bureau of Mines, Office of the Budget
Director, Board of Hair Dressers and
Beauty Culturists, Board of Funeral
Directors, Parole and Probation De-
partment and the Board of Correc-
ton.
Transferred to the new building
along with the departments from
(see ANNAPOLIS, Page A-95
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Dutch Await Inquiry
Into Responsibility

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 18 (P1-
Netherlands officials and citizens,
shocked by the sinking of the liner
Simon Bolivar, tonight awaited an
inquiry into the responsibility for
the placing of the mine which sent
the vessel to the North Sea bottom.
The Simon Bolivar was the fifth
Netherlands vessel lost since the
start of the war.
There was no immediate comment
on the British admiralty charge that
the mine was laid in neutral ship
ping channel by the Germans with.
out notifying neutral ships.
Officials of the Royal Netherlands
Steamship Co. said the list of pas
sengers and crew would not be avail
able until tomorrow. They declined
to estimate the number aboard.
Among the passengers were
Netherlands citizens travelling to the
West Indies, British citizens bound
for Barbados and Trinidad and
German refugees en- route to Chile.
The Netherlands minister in Lon
don reported to The Hague that
about 100 of the 26O survivors were
injured, about so seriously.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
BY a Stan Correspondent of The Star.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Nov. 18.-An-
napolis boasts magnificent $780,
900 State Office building today, but
the nominal center OF Maryland
government apparently will con-
tinue to be Baltimore.
Only comparatively small group
of employes-75-will occupy the
spacious brick Colonial structure
erected for the primary purpose of
bringing back to the capital the
departments which for years have
made their headquarters in Bal
timore.
1t was learned today the Board
of Public Works has ordered only
nine of the many State depart
ments now renting space in Balti-
more to move into the new build
ing, seven of them being relatively
small units.
Two other agencies already 10
Gated in Annapolis will transfer
their operations to the new struc-
ture, making total of IL de-
partments that are to use the build
ing. ...-,-.ss. .s'.
The plan made known by the
Board Of Public Works today repre-
sents Z victory for those who pro-
tested violently against returning
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Wage Issue Only Bar
To Immediate Peace
In Chrys|er Strike
Negotiotors Hopeful
As New Meeting Is
Called for Today
By the Associated Press.

DETROIT, Nov. ia wage is
sue" thwarted an immediate agree
ment to settle the Chrysler labor
problem tonight but negotiations,
adjourned until tomorrow. remained
in the most hopeful state of any
time since the 44-day impasse began.
Federal Mediator James F.. Dewey
and officials of the corporation and
c. I. O.-United Automobile Workers
halted conferences at II pm, agree
ing to meet again at 2 pm. tomor-
row, amid indications that peace was
near and that 100. 900 idle men might
soon return to work.
Everything is settled except the
wage issue" Mr.. Dewey said The
union made proposition which was
not acceptable to the corporation.
The proposal was discussed at some
length. but we did not reach any
conclusion"
Progress Is Reported.
Mr.. Dewey, who did not make
known details of this issue, said it
would be discussed tomorrow. The
TACT that sunday negotiations were
scheduled was believed further evi-
dence that terms of agreement were
in sight
Corporation sources said that, in
event of settlement by tomorrow.
some Chrysler workers would be
called back to duty Monday and in
increasing numbers in succeeding
days, with operations regaining a
normal stage by the end of the week.
Richard T. Frankensteen, Chrysler
director for the U. A. VIC. I. O.,
announced after adjournment of the
negotiations that I'VE made good
progress tonight and we look for
further progress tomorrow"
Basic Issues Settled.
Previous to the night session. first
such in the six weeks of negotiations,
Mr.. Dewey had said a tentative
understanding had been reached
on almost all matters except those
involving money"
Mr.. Dewey's reference to money
matters was taken to mean a gen.
(See STRIKE, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Chest Workers Uroed
To Renewed Efforts
As Drive Nears End
Three Days Are Left and
Third of 100000 Goal
Is Still to Be Ruised

With the end of the Community
Chest campaign only three days
away and third of the $4,000 900
goal still to be raised, campaign
leaders directed desperate appeals
to their volunteers today.
I'VE dare not fail" Chauncey G.
Parker. jr.. campaign chairman,
declared. "A moral mandate has
been laid upon us not to say the
task is done until our goal is
reached"
He explained that he spoke for
representatives of Chest agencies
who cannot visualize a coming
year with less help for those in need
than the minimum provided this
past year"
I'VE all know" he said. "the great
need that exists and we all know
that the s2,OO0,0OO goal is the bare
minimum-the lowest sum that the
conscience of the community can
consider.
We know too that the money is
here-that it remains only for us to
reach and convince the generous
hearted givers of Washington.
I say to you all-workers, givers
and receivers-that we dare not
and will not stop until our goal is
reached"
The Units Percentages.
With Wednesday marking the Of
fetal end of the campaign, the
Chest volunteers have raised only
81 per cent of their goal. BY units,
the percentages of quota stand at
1881 per cent for Government;
56.34 per cent for Group Solicita-
tion; 67.3 per cent for Metropolitan;
7087 per cent for Advance Gifts;
ISee CHEST paua A-QA