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Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
OPENING THE DOOR
TOWARD BOND REFUNDING

When Governor Culbert L. Olson this
week signed Bill 113 at Sacramento, he
made it possible for the Imperial lrrlga-
| ton District to refinance the S15,O00,OOO
bonded debt which has become an UNI
bearable burden to Imperial Valleys
credit structure.
He made it possible:
/. For district and friendly bOndhold-
ers legally to approve refunding plan
acceptable to both groups.
2. For the California Districts Secur-
i tiles Commission to place its stamp OF
approval on such a plan once II Is agreed
| to by district and bondholders.
3. For the people of the irrigation
district to approve at a special election
the refunding plan.
| a. For the district, with consent OF at
least 81 per cent of the bondholders, to
file a petition in federal court asking
approval there of the plan.
5. For the federal court to approve
constitutonality of the refunding plan
after at least &c 2-3 of the bondholders
have agreed to 1t.
When these steps have been taken,
presented here, the refunding program
will be in full force-and it is reasonable
to suppose that Imperial Valley once
again will be in the sunlight OF pros
perity.
Gov. OlsOn's signature did not actually
authorize these steps; they are the ones
legally required before any bond pro-
gram can be fully effective. The sig
nature did, however, remove an obstacle
standing in the way of approval by
district and friendly bondholders of a
refunding program which puts ceiling
on assessments which the district must
levy. Heretofore the district has had to
levy for specific amounts to cover prln-
cipal and interest payments, and such
a levy has at times forced the assess
ment rate so high that farmers have been
unable to pay 1t.
Under a refunding plan such as that
now proposed, district assessments could
never be forced above a reasonable level.
The work of obtaining approval of
majority of bondholders to such pro-
gram is now under way. 1t is no small
lob. i'm the face Of concerted opposition
by small but strong group of recalcl-
trant security owners. In this task the
districts board of directors deserves the
help and support of every person in the
valley.
Meanwhile, the valley will watch with
absorbing interest progress of the re-
funding program as it hurdles the five
remaining obstacles listed above. 1t is
our prayer that these obstacles may be
overcome in the shortest possible time
for the good of everyone in this district.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Mr.. HOPKINS DISCOVERS
THE INTEREST OF BUSINESS

Harry Hopkins, newly appointed secre-
tary of commerce, comments with the air
of one making a surprising discovery
that the National Business Advisory
Council is a very objective group of
men who seemed . to be tremendously
interested in what happens in this coun-
try and in a reasonable relation between
the government and industry
That has been true all along. 1t is
shame Hopkins and other New Dealers
did not make the discovery years ago,
instead Of doubling the sincerity of men
who by their own efforts and ability
have shown themselves capable of exer-
cising good judgment. Now, perhaps,
business will again be recognized as nee
essary to American life.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

WASHNGTON.-This is suu
posed to be the big winter OF ap-
peasement. when the New Deal
lion and business lamb lie down
together in sweet friendship. The
President has made pleasant
speeches. and the word has gone
out that Congress henceforth will
be its own boss.
But you need to look no farther
than the Presidents recent ap-
poinments TO see that the New
Deal is as aggressive as ever-and
POSSIBLY even less compromising.
In his last half-dozen nominal
tions to key government positions,
President Roosevelt has named
staunch Liberalism most cases,
stalwart New Dealers. Far from
retreating he is still attacking.
Here is the current list. Read it
and see how it contradicts a wide
spread impression that the New
Deal is pulling in its horns:
Attorney general eX-Gov.
Frank Murphy of Michigan.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Willis Thorntons Editorial On:
Pioneers, Social and Mechanical

fields. One of the purposes of the
foundation will be to train as many
of them as possible TO build OPP
crate, and service the new machin-
cry.
The pioneers of century ago
were those who thrust out into
the wilderness to hack out a living
with AK and rifle. The pioneers
of today are the John and Mack
Rusts, who are willing to expert
ment and take a chance on new
ways of doing things, new ways OF
living in a mechanical, inter-de-
pendent world.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

be q singer, put tnere WASH Hull
chance. The family was poor, ana
unable to give him a musical eou-
cation. His father was cabinet
maker in Italy Giovanni himself
was the eldest of fourteen children.
Nothing interested the boy but
music. He sang as he. worked at
his trade of cabinetmaking side
bv side with his father The town
where they live was small. SO the
family raked up enough money 10
send young Giovanni to Milan. >.
He was happy. He believed he
could thrill people with the music
deep down inside him that cried
out for expression. He believed he
could conquer the musical world
He did. TWO years after he arrlv-
ed in Milan, he made his debut on
the operate stage in VerdIs Ell
mani. People shouted and tossed
their hats in the air
He continued to study. Six years
passed He was good. He was
excellent.
Then came the word that the
brilliant Arturo ToScanini was COM
ing to Italy to look for talent to
take back to the Metropolitan. what
an opportunity Young Martinelli
made up his mind that ToScaninl
was going to take him back. He
decided to sing a part that he knew
would appeal to Toscanini-the role
of Dick Johnson in Girl OF The
Golden West" That dealt with
America Toscanini would approve;
he would hire him.
Martinelli studied with feverish
intensity. He threw himself into
the part until he lived it. After
rehearsal he would sit for some
moments before he was able to come
out of the part. so vivid was it to
him. Sometimes the stagehandS
spoke to him. and he did not hear
them, for he was still Dick John
son.
The great event was to take plice
in Rome. The day came. Mar
tinelli walked out. knees trembling.
Then he got hold of himself again
dlle UtCdlHc LUX JOllllSOll. ho llt
sang he knew he had never done
SO we'll before.
When it was over, Toscanini sent
for him.
IT can't take you to America.
You're a greenhorn."
Toscanini had expected Martinelli
to "go temperamental," but he had
mt. Instead of arguing with Tos-
canini and insulting him, Martinelli
did the unusual, the generous, the
superb thing; he complimented the
great maestro. Toscanini was pleas
ed. He agreed to hear Martinelli
again.
Two years later, Martinelli was
singing for Toscanini at the Met
ropolitan.
Sure he had ability, but he had
something else almost as important
as ability he had the art of pleas
ing people.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

The brothers John and Mack
Rust, inventors of a leading me-
chanical cotton picker, are pioneers
not only in the world of machinery
but in the world of men.
They are among the first inven-
tors to face squarely the social
effects of their invention, and to
try to shape those effects SO they
will be good.
For inventors, as for everybody
else, life gets more complex. Once
it was enough for Nobel to invent
dynamite or Wright to invent the
airplane. Now the world asks not
only How good is it?" but also,
What are you going to do with
it?" Inventors must work on social
as we'll as mathematical equations.
The Rust brothers have tried to
do it. At the same time that they
announced plans to build a factory
to turn out 1000 mechanical pick
ers a year, they also announced the
Rust Foundation. Through that
they plan to devote most of the
profits of their invention to helping
protect displaced pickers from hard
ship. and raise their standards of
living.
Their own income is to be not
larger than 10 times that of their
loWest-paid employe the Rust
brothers announced. The rest of
the profits are to go to the foun-
dation to achieve things like this
To promote schools, libraries and
hospitals.
To publish books. periodicals. Tc
run radio stations and otherwise
disseminate information.
To help individuals to raise theil
standards of living, and to cooper
ate with other organizations work.
ing toward the same general ends
There have been objections to tst
cotton picker because it will dis
place labor, John Rust admitted
But as the pickerS are the poorest.
paid people in America" he think!
he is doing them favor to FREE
them from back breaking toll in tht
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Horoscope for Sunday

The child born on this date will
be gifted in musical or artistic lines.
They may, however, have the tradi-
tional temperament" attributed to
the artist, and be quick-tempered
critical and hard to please. He or
she will be successful in the theater
During the year starting today sue
cess may come to him through a
member of the opposite sex. There
is some danger of quarrels and ar
guments. Check any tendency to-
ward extravaganza.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
One-Minute Test Answers

!. The boundary between Penn
eylvania ON one side and Maryland
and part of West Virginia on the
other. 1t Was surveyed between
1853 and 1867 by jeremiah Mason
and Charles Dixon, hence the name.
g The name given to a form of
poetry written without meter or
rhyme, and usually without regular
stanzaS.
3. Anyone who is legally married
a second time.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
LyIe {. Wilson
On ForeignP Policy

WASHINGTON, Feb. l. (UP)-
Despite divergent interpretations of
President RooseveltS foreign policy,
there was every indication today
that the administration would con-
tinue TO cooperate with European
democracies seeking to buy fighting
planes on the American market.
President Roosevelt restated his
foreign policy yesterday i'll four
points. No point conflicted with
continued cooperation with pOten-
tial customers for Americana made
planes SO long as they pay cash.
On the contrary. he said there
had been no change III his foreign
policy and would be none. Chairman
Key Pittman, D., New. OF the SEN
ate foreign relations committee,
chosen by the president to convey
his press conference remarks to the
senate. subsequently issued state
ment which said that an equal
balancing of military power in
Europe was the only bulwark
against world war.
Mrs. Roosevelt's newspaper col
umn. My Day defended plane
sales to France, saying that France
was a natural customer for Ameri-
can fighting planes because she
could produce only 100 craft
month while Germany was build
ing 1000
The published statements that he
had told senate military affairs
committeeman the American de-
fense line now was on the Rhine
or in France, Mr.. Roosevelt char
acterized "a deliberate lie He told
his press conference he did not
doubt the statement had been made
to reporters by some person pro-
Tossing to know what had transplr-
cd at the committee conference
and suggested that newspapermen
produce the boob" who had misled
them.
But confusion about what has
been said in the secret conference
continues to prevail here because
senators themselves disagree on
what they heard and on the extent
TO which Mr.. RooseVelt's policy re-
statement covered the ground gone
over while the committee was at
the White House Tuesday. A can
yass of committee members obtain
ed conflicting versions, some OF
which still contained references to
France and Great Britain.
The president and group OF
senators were headed toward show
down on foreign policy and pub
licitv of secret discussion of arma-
ments sales to European demo-
cracieS.
Sen. H. Styles Bridges, R. N. H,
demanded that members of the SEN
ate military affairs committee be
freed to tell their version OF their
secret discussion with the president.
Il am absolutely opposed to any
more secret meetings Bridges said
Il say lift the lid on secrecy.
II attended the meeting with the
president. 1 have been bound and
feel I am now bound to secrecy.
But if the president can tell his
version OF what was said at the
. meeting, members of the military
affairs committee should have the
right to give their versions
Other interested senators spoke
similarly but were reluctant to per-
nit use of their names.
The showdown may come Monday
when the senate next meets or 1t
may be delayed until Friday after
the senate military affairs commit
tee again considers publishing testi-
mony relating to special considera-
ton given a French air mission
seeking TO buy American fighting
planes for cash.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Today's Horoscope

The child born today will not be
easy to rear because he or she will
be stubborn, very determined to
gain his own way, and tenacious OF
purpose. He or she will also be self
Willed and ambitious, will usually
be successful, however, probably be-
cause of these traits. The year to
come will bring an upheaval and
sudden surprise. An inheritance will
bring financial gain.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Words of Wisdom

Most controversies would soon be
ended, if those engaged III them
would first accurately define their
terms, and then adhere to their
efinitionS.-Tryon Edwards.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Hints on Etiquette

Polite young men usually thank a
girl for a dance, and she merely
mods and smiles in return.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

thing, it m a y
mean the diff
Terence between
success and fail
ure. Let me tell
you about Clio
vanni Martinez
iii, world famous
tenor of the
Metropolitan op-
era in New York .
He told ii to me
himself.
He wanted to
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

One Minute Test
|. Where is the Mason and DIX
on line?
2. What is free verse?
3. What is a digamist?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Barbs-


Predictions are that the mosquito
navy" of the Philippines will be
strong. If it's anything like that
bunch at the lake last summer it
will be unconquerable.
Fire broke out three doors from
a movie house showing the follow
ing double bill: Too Hot TO Handle"
and Speed to Burn. What will
the publicity boys think Of next?
Coffee has been added to the list
Of foodstuffs to be rationed TO the
public by the German government.
II they try that with a certain other
beverage, comes the reyolutionl
A cold bath stimulates mental re-
action. The mere thought of one
prompts many people TO think o:
q dozen reasons why they can't
stand the shock
President Dykstra Of University
Of Wisconsin says, "On every hand
are witch doctors and their pana-
ceas.' And up 10 now, they don't
seem TO know witch is witch.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

A new and mysterious blight is killing
off the sponges in the Bahamas, and
perhaps ways can be found to spread it
to the taverns and bars.-San Francisco
Chronicle
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Dale
Carnegie

Have you learned to quell your
anger and refrain from splitting
back an answer that would make
the other fellows hair curl?
If Vnl can do that VerV simple
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

Secretary of commerce - Harry
Hopkins. former WPA administra-
tor.
Supreme Court justice Felix
Frankfurter.
Labor Relations Board - Donald
Wakefield Smith.
Tennessee Valley Authority -
ex-senator James f. Pope OF
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commits
Congressman Thomas r.
Amlie of Wisconsin.
Three of these appointments -
those of Murphy, Hopkins and
Frankfurter-have been confirmed
by the Senate. The other threee
have not been acted on yet. Much
opposition to the Smith appoint
ment has developed, leading to
rumors that the appointment may
be Withdrawn. 1t is also probable
that there will be fireworks over
Amlies appointment.
Amlie was one of the most pro-
nounced left-wingerS in Congress.
He was a member of the Wisconsin
Progressive party, but was COM
monty looked upon as being con-
siderably TO the left OF the LaFol-
lettes. He once sponsored a con-
stitutional amendment which would
have given Congress power TO set
I'd federal agencies authorized to
condemn. buy and operate banks
and industries. On another occa-
sion he introduced a bill which
would have set up a 40 year plan"
for American business.
If the business world thought
Mr.. Hopkins a bit of a wild man
for the commerce job, and looked
upon Mr.. Murphy as somewhat
radical for the attorney general
ship. its feelings on seeing Mr..
Amlie put on the body that han
dies the country's railroad prob
lem may be imagined.
You've heard about the mile Of
dimes" stunt by which l0-cent
contributions for the war on in
fantile paralysis are collected?
They set up a table on the side
walk: on the table are series OF
grooves. You're invited to put a
dime in one of the grooves. When
all the grooves have been filled
four times, mile of dimes
measuring edge to edge) has been
collected Total value, at II dimes
to the foot, $9276.
Anyhow, it seems lots of people
still insist on sending their dimes
direct to the President. During the
last few days, the cash room of
the Treasury Department has been
getting about $500 worth Of dimes
from the White House daily.
The White House sends the
simply depositing them in the anti
infantile paralysis fund account so
that the coins may be examined
for counterfeits. So far, no bum
money has turned up. After being
checked over by the Treasury peo-
pie, of course, the dimes go to the
hank
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

A Pennsylvania man who was ar
rested for driving an automobile
while intoxicated later was pinched
for driving a horse and buggy reck-
lessly. The family had better put
away the perambulator.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

TODAY'S QUIZ: Can a woman
who goes to sleep in the back seat
be arrested for careless driving?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
thoughts for the Day

The Lord rewarded according to my righteousness
according to the ceanneSs Of my hands hath he
recompensed neil Samuel 22:2l.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
Photographs

Half the weight of a bird con-
sists of the muscles that move it's
wings.
French Somaliland in Africa has
an area of $3.50 square miles and
the population in 1886 was 45,461
It's capital is Jibuti its port on the
Gulf of Alden.
Trees in Iceland are dwarfs, the
tallest tree seldom exceeding six
feet in height.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

A University of Kansas professor
says a cycle of hot weather is re-
sponsible for the growth of dicta-
tors. Come zero!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05
You re Telling Me-

Germany is short raw materials
says a European correspondent. II
sounds incredible.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

Now that Columbia university is
offering a course in fishing, one of
the excuses for playing hockey has
been removed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

The Louisiana legislator who
wants to make the game of bridge a
crime probably has tender shinS.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

Great Britain is spending approx
imately $7OOOOO,O0O a year on her
air force. A plane and fancy figure.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-05

BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
Evening star., 1939-07-21

McNutts last official acts at Manila
was to approve arrangements for
settlement of some 10000 German
Jews on the Island of Mindanoa
Advance explorations determined
that assured economic opportuni-
ties exist for such an influx. which
Is cordially welcomed by the Com
monwealth authorities. An expert
mental immigration of 500 refugees
last winter and spring has pro-
duced satisfactory results.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Washington Observations
Congress ScondoIous Treatment Of District
Is Being Brought ForcefuIIy Before U.S.

instant that if the District had two
or three members of the House Of
Representatives and two senatorial
seats-with corresponding strength
in the electoral college-House and
Senate would quibble for weeks on
end whether the Federal lump sum
contribution TO the District budget
should be $5,O0O,OO0 or $6,5OO,0OO?
They would not, just as they did
not quibble over putting the United
States Treasury another $1,000 0O0,-
600 in the red last May by voting the
farmers a dole of that gigantic
amount. Agriculture votes. The
District doesn't. That tells the story.
X X
without Representation. Tyranny"
The stories going out to the press
Of the Nation, depicting the igno-
minious treatment of the District by
Congress. are designed to mobilize
public opinion in the one direction
promising relief from this un-
American situation. They inform
people-in many parts of the coun-
try the fact isn't realiZed-that
nearly three-quarters of a million
laW-abiding, liberty loving, taxpay-
ing American citizens lack the fun
damental rights possessed by the
inhabitants of Hawaii, the Philip
pines, Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands-namely. representative gov
ernment. News of the Districts
Milo &c IaSin,,nI To To
lar support for a constitutional
amendment giving national repre-
sentation to Washingtonians. With
its own spOkeSmen in Congress, with
voice IN the selection of President
and Vice President, the District
would be in position to assert itself,
demand fair play in the fiscal field,
and at least have voice in the
enactment of taxes which 1t must
pav-a voice now denied although
the District of Columbia contribu-
ton to Federal income exceeds that
of each of "a individual States and
is greater than the combined con-
tributions of nine States. The
American people are being remind
ed. in other words. that taxation
without representation is still tyr
amy, and that it is in vogue, of all
places. within the shadow Of the
Washington Monument and the
dome of the Capitol.
Many Splendid Members.
Generalities about Congress. like
all generalitieS are not altogether
fair. On Capitol Hill are scores of
men and women who are not mere
time e-serverS-who. in famous
House of Commons wisecrack. are
not intoxicated by the exuberance
of their own verbosity take
the legislative career seriously and
who are not obsessed by any anti
District of Columbia complex AS a
matter of fact. the District has al
ways Jared we'll at the hands of the
biggest men in Congress and public
life It's misfortune is that its affairs
so often fall into the hands OF the
lesser men.
Refugees for the Philippines.
Apropos President Roosevelt's
summoning for a September con-
ference of the Intergovernmental
Committee for Political Refugees,
one of former High Commissioner
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Presidents Son to Soil

NAHANT. Mass, July 21 tP.-
Taking a six-week leave of absence
from the Boston department store
where he has been employed since
graduating from Harvard last year,
John Roosevelt, youngest son of the
President. said today he and his
wife. the former Anne Lindsay Clark,
would sail from New York next week
for five-week vacation in Europe.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
New York foreign Policy Suspected

1e illness OF Chairman McReynod of Tennessee had left
charge OF the House committee
the 18th New
Moreover
wisdom attitude of hostities
an peoplenow in 19l6tend
become the catsaW for European diplomatic rgues racial
British utteranes
behgerence
the British pledges to Poland be made
The Magnot Lines
the west while air operations the west would have be
disposed Mr. Chamberlains
diplomacy while go their
themselves
Polish in
Evening star., 1939-07-21

from the statute
books, the de-
bate over neu-
trality has at
least h a d the
g oOd effect of
clarifying the
lss ue for the
m a n in tho
S t r e e t." The
gain is far from
enough to COM
pensate for the
encourageme n t
given the aggres-
sor nations by
the retention OF
tl1
Evening star., 1939-07-21

scene seldom, If
ever. presented
to them before.
1t concerns the
raw and rotten
deal which the
d l S fra nchised
District of Co.
lumbia receives
I rO M Congress.
Washington cor
respondents and
cOlumnlStS, I n e
eyes and ears of
the cOun t ry,
more or less con-
ce edlY are
Evening star., 1939-07-21

be which McNary replied
press McNary Barley
the meeting broke
Throughout the for the brief Hull Borah nterude
the friendly jolly At the Presi
the rebos talking friends he Garner
close,
~ America nc
Evening star., 1939-07-21


administering a
Federal statute
affecting EN- =
ployers and en-
ployes. Mr.. An
drews by virtue
of his expert
ence with the
wage and hour
law developed
certain conVlc-
ion S as TO
changes t n a t
should be made.
He not only ad-
yocated Su C h
chances in the