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Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20
THE RADICALS
CAN'T UNDERSTAND

ne Martin Dies committee investigat-
ing un-American activities is as strange
IN the eyes of radicals as would he an
investigating agency from another plan
ct. The exponents of alien isms Just cant
understand the committee. and when YOU
consider their peculiar mental quirks.
you can't blame them.
The more loudly and bitterly a man
attacks tasclsm. the more loudly and
heartily he is cheered by Communists.
The more severely and critically man
attacks Communism. the more enthusias-
tlcally he is cheered by Fascists.
Communists seem to believe that man
who abhors Fascism must sympathize
with Communism, and Fascists seem to
believe that anyone who detests Com
manlsm must support Fascism.
NO wonder they cannot understand the
Dies committee, which has its purely
American scalping knife out for both
Communists and Fascists.
When the Dies group first began its
hearings, you may remember, its barbs
were directed against Fascist influences
in the United States. The left wing
groups = Communistically inclined :
cheered long and heartily This was a
committee to their liking
Then the Dies committee switched to
an investigation of Communistic influ-
ences in the United States The cheers
died suddenly, and gave way to screams
of anger The Communists were in a
bad spot, however. They couldn't call
the Dies committee "Fascstic", because
the committee had shown considerable
hostility to Fascism.
Now the pressure is on again, this
time directed at the Fascistc pro-Nazi
group led by Fritz Kuhn. This time there
is no cheering from the Communist ranks,
however. Only puzzled silenee-and fur
tive scurrying to build up defense III case
the committee again turns to the left
wingers.
The thing the Communists and Fas-
cists cannot understand is that Ameri-
canism has no room for either of their
radical doctrines. We want no govern
ment in which the individual is made a
slave to government, as he is under either
Fascism or Communism.
The Dies committee has the radicals
puzzled because it recognizes the fact
that an un-American radical is not neces-
sariy a subscriber to the beliefs of Marx
or the edicts of Hitler, but that he may
be either
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20
AUGUST Business in U.S..
10 Per Cent Above Normal

BABSON PARK. Mass, Aug. 10
August business IS fairly good. 1t
is 10 per cent above a year ago
and at the highest level for any
August in ten years, excepting only
1886 and 1887. 1t is trifle quieter
than it was a month ago. but it
is we'll above the low point for
1899. Most encouraging point about
the current recovery is the fact
that business is really making
money.
Earnings of over 300 companies,
which represent real cross-section
of American industry, trade and
transportation. were 80 per cent
higher in the first six months of
1899 than in the same period of
1888. The profits of a few compan-
les reached new all time highs
while the profit margin of the
average concern was good OF
course there are some sick" COM
panies that are still using plenty
of red ink. Fewer businesses,
however, have been going under
the auctioneer's hammer this sum-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20
A HEALTHY CONDITION

Ell Centrans, who depend upon the
prosperity Of their community for their
own prosperity, should have been con-
siderably heartened by brief story in
the paper the other day. 1t reported that
tax delinquencies in Ell Centro in the
1889 fiscal year amounted to only asa
per cent. This was the lowest Delinquent
cy in many years.
sDelinquencies in 1878 amounted to
5.92 per cent, in 1867 they were 7.58
per cent, in 1886 the figure was 10
per cent, and it was Is per cent in 1884
35.
In other words, tax delinquencies here
during the last fiscal year were about
as low as they ever get in any communi-
ty The fact should stand as an unan-
swerable argument to those who complain
about the condition of business. Tax de-
linquencies mount when business is bad.
They decrease when business is good.
Surely there are few barometers any
more truthful.
Business may not be at the peak OF
a boom, but in FL Centre at least it Is
sufficiently good to prevent the delin-
quencies that go with a slump. If the
trend continues into the current fiscal
year, we shall see minor boom in Ell
Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Dissects the News

The A. F. of L. and the C. I. O.
are supposed to be vitality inter-
ested in the work of the Senate
civil liberties committee. Some
time ago both organization went
on record in favor of continuance
of its famous investigation into the
activities of the Associated Farm
ers in California. But neither out
fit did anything in particular to
help the committee when help was
needed.
That was in the closing days of
the session, when the Schwellen-
bach resolution to extend the COM
mittee's life was about to come
up for action.
The resolution lay in the Sem
ate's audit and control subcom-
mittee, headed by Senator Byrnes.
who was not entirely sold on the
proposition. Just when he got
ready to give it green light,
John L. Lewis made his famous
"eyil old man" outburst at Gar
ner, and almost Jared Byrnes into
killing the thing altogether.
A week later, Byrnes' committee
brought the bill to the floor. The
fate the bill would meet was very
much in doubt, and Schwellenbach
contacted A. F.. of l.. and C. I. O.
leaders and told them that now
was the time TO speak up If they
wanted the LaFollette investiga-
ton to continue.
Neither organization bothered to
say the word about it. The C. l.
o. is in SO bad around the Senate
that its silence didn't hurt much,
but the A. F. of L. carries a lot
of weight. The bill finally got
through, but the labor organiza-
tions weren't the ones who did the
pushing.
One thing that did help was
Senator Cotton Ed Smiths impas-
stoned speech against the bill
Missouris Senator Clark announced
that he had originally been pretty
doubtful about the bill, but that
after hearing Smith speak against
IL he was convinced that he ought
to vote for 1t.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20
A SWITCH
TO COOPERATION?
(Christian Science MOnitof)

Canada's unsolved railroad problem Is
costing Canadians about million dollars
week That is the approximate deficit
being piled up weekly by the publicly
owned Canadian National Railways, ac-
cording to figures gathered from the Min
istrv of Transport.
But how to meet the situation? Can
ada's two great railway systems-one
publicly owned, the other privately owned
admittedly duplicate each others SER
vices at numerous points. From purely
economic point of view uniflcatlon OF
services would seem to have much in its
favor. But it seems impossible to lit
the question out of its political back
ground and historical setting. II business
presses for railroad reform, there are al
WAYS the labor unions and the farmers
who see their Jobs and railroad services
in danger of curtailment under unifica-
ton. And if unification comes, say the
stockholders of the profitable. privately
owned road who is to run the unified
systems?
The two systems have tried for several
wears to remedy an uneconomlc sltua-
ton by voluntary cooperation. But say
ings have been disappointing when COM
pared with expectations Perhaps some
thing will come of the suggestion that
nonpolitical board of five be set up to
enforce cooperation Perhaps Federal
elections in September may bring in
government that will dare to cut this
Gordian knot. Certainly it is knot which
if not united comparatively may have to
be cut unceremoniously at some later
date
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20

for many months.
The new locks, when competed,
will be understood to be for the use
of U. S. naval vessels in general
with such exceptions as the military
authorities might make. In time OF
crisis, none but U. S. naval ships
would probably be allowed IN them
at all That would eliminate the
chance of blowing up vessel ana
blocking them. OF course the new
locks, while close enough to the
old ones to be protected by many
of the same aerial defenses, would
be far enough off to require two
very lucky attacks to close the
Canal rather than one. Every coun-
try in the two Americas may feel
safer when this job is done.
But in addition, the Nicaraguan
plan has not been abandoned. A
commission of eight experts is on
the way to that country to survey
a moderate-draft canal and par,
allel highway system for that coun-
try. This survey results from re-
cent conversations between Presi-
dent Somoza and President Roosez
velt at the White House.
This would not be, at least i'm
mediately, a deep-draft canal that
would handle the largest vessels,
but it might afford some shallow
draft transit at comparatively small
expense, and the beginning of what
might later be made into a second
Isthmian waterway.
Ali the American nations, and
especially, of course, the United
States. thus show that they are
alert to the problem of hemisphere
defense, and that they do not pro-
pose to neglect them while the world
continues in its present jittery'
condition.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20

and she flashes out across the Ice
even before ten thousand spectators
she is at ease.
Sonia has discovered what MIL
ions of others have discovered:
that fear is born of thinking and
inaction; and that courage Is born
of action. So, If you want to de-
velop courage, do the thing you
fear to do and keep on doing 1t
until you get a record of success
full experiences behind you. That
is the quickest and surest way
ever yet discovered to conquer
fear.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20
Editorials and Comment
SUNDAY, AUGUST 90 1889
POLITICS IN RELIEF
(Oroville Mercury-Register)

H. Dewey Anderson. who as relief ad-
ministrator of state relief was distrusted
by good many because of radical ten
denotes. appears greater after his resig
nation. Anderson, resigning in protest
against the mixing of partisan politics
with relief, may have done great deal to
stop the practice.
Naturally, with Anderson going up in
our estimation. Governor Olson goes
down. for it was due to him that politics
was being played with the administration
of our relief funds Anderson was his
friend, an dhe couldn't stand for 1t.
Those who were not the Governors
friends will be less charitable than An
derSon.
1T is my profound conviction said
Anderson in his letter of resignation,
that introduction OF the political spolls
system into SRA will have far-reachlng
damaging effect on federal cooperation
and assistance.
Certainly Anderson is right there, but
more important still is the fact that the
governor apparently has been using his
appointiVe power to fatten his own pollt-
cal nest, while placing those in control
who are less interested in efficient ad-
ministration of funds for the poor than
they are in the political future OF the
man who appointed them.
Anderson leads US to believe that the
governor is using relief funds from US
taxpayers to build up political machine.
No one will like that and the statement
from Anderson will have far-reachlng
political effect, quite contrary from that
for which the governor was seeking.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20

WASHINGTON. = Wage Hour
Administrator Elmer F.. Andrews
is wrestling with the problems of a
school master these days.
In its closing hours. Congress
voted deficiency appropriation
of sl,200000 for the Wage Hour
Division, and it is all to be spent
on law enforcement-th division
now finding itself with 10000 un-
answered complaints of violations
on its hands.
With this money, Andrews will
be able to increase his force of
inspectors to 500 and his litigation
force to 40 lawyers But one trou-
bic is that an inspector in this kind
of work isn't much good until he
has had some training. and An
drews is going to have to start his
own schools to apply the training.
There will be four of them-in
New York, Atlanta-and they'll be
in operation by the first of Sep
tember. New inspectors will spend
about 10 days on their schooling
listening to lectures and getting
general instructions, with older in
spectors as their eachers-before
they go out on the road
The new inspectors are being
chosen from the list at the Civil
Service Commission offices, where
the applicants took their examin-
tions. Before going to school, most
of the inspectors will be sent out
for field work in company with older
inspectors, so that they can get
a first-hand glimpse of the job be-
fore they start studying about it.
It is no secret that the Wage
Hour Division feels nightly relieved
over passage of the deficiency ap-
preparation. 1t looked, for a time.
as if the money would be denied,
and officers of the division pre-
dicted that the entire law would
collapse Of its own weight If the
money were not forthcoming. The
compliance record has not been
good so far. and they we're afraid
that if it got much worse all chance
of ever enforcing the law would be
zone.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
Safeguarding U. S. Lifeline Begins at Once

It Is good to learn that the con-
struction of the third set of locks
of the Panama Canal is to begin
at once.
More and more it is apparent that
the Canal Zone is the jugular vein
of the United States. In any new
Munichs" that might be attempted
in South America, the Canal Is
vital. In any quick shift of naval
force from east to west, or west
to east coasts, the Canal Is vital.
No pains ought to be spared to
make it secure. A new military road
into Panama, new air fields, new
compliments of troops, and other
defense measures are to be pro-
vided as fast as possible.
When the Panama Canal was
opened in 1914 1t was not only a
wonder of the modern world, but
its facilities were considered ample.
Today even those marvellous locks,
which operate with such precision,
are barely big enough. The great
British battleship Hood, passing
through the Canal, overhung the
edges of the locks, and even knock
ed off a few lanp-posts in making
the transit. Bigger ships are to
come.
So purely from the standpoint of
facilities, the new locks will be a
good thing. But there is another
aspect. In this day Of undeclared
wars, it is generally presumed that
the first notice the United States
would have of war on it by any
other country would come in the
form of an attack without warning
on the Canal. This could come
either by air, or by the blowing up
in the locks of foreign ship max
ing the transit. Either, If luckily
carried out might block the Canal
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20

The other day at the Dutch
Treat Club, in New York, I sat be-
side Berton Braley, the poet. He
told me he had written and had
published 10000 poems. I surprised
him by opening my wallet and
pulling out the, following one. He
said it had been copied by hundreds
of newspapers and magazines and
that it apparently grows more pop
ular each year.
SUCCESS!
IT'S doing your job the best you
can,
And being just to your fellow
man;
It's making money, but holding
friends,
And staying true to your aims
and ends;
It's forgiving how and learning
why,
And looking forward and think
ing high;
And dreaming a little and do
ing much;
It's keeping always In closest
touch
With what is finest In word and
deed.
It's being thorough, yet making
speed
It's daring blithely the field OF
chance
While making labor brave ro-
nance;
It's going on forward despite
defeat
And fighting staunchly, but
keeping sweet.
It's being clean and it's playing
fair;
It's laughing lightly at Dame
Despair;
It's looking up at the stars
above
And drinking deeply of life and
love;
It's struggling on with the will
to win,
But taking loss with cheerful
grin;
It's sharing sorrow, and work,
and mirth,
And making better this good
old earth;
It's serving, striving through
strain and stress.
It's doing your noblest-that's
SUCCESS
-Berton BfaIey.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20
mer than last.
BENEFITS WIDESPREAD

BENEFITS WIDESPREAD
The beneficial effects OF these
good profits are not limited to en-
ployers and executives alone. Their
benefits mushroom out into all
classes of the population. Secur-
ity holders, for instance, are find
ing bigger checks in their dividend
envelopes this August than year
ago. An impressive list of con-
Germs have recently decided that
stockholders should be rewarded
for their patience during the past
year by paying bigger dividends
this summer. This news Is eSpec-
tally important to merchants be-
cause relatively the buying power
of investors has been hit the hard
est of all groups. IN the twelve
months from July 1897 to July 1888
investor income plummeted more
than 80 per cent.
Investors are not the only ones
who are smiling over the good prof
it reports coming out in the daily
papers. Wage and salary workers
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20

in Madison Square
Garden or before
some other large
a n d impressive
audience, she Is
seldom at, ease,
She Is nervous,
frightened a n d
tense, during the
period preceding
the performance
But the moment
the music starte
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20

We would really like to know what
actually happened in the recent fight
between the Japanese and the Soviets in
Manchukuo A controlled press oper-
ates in the countries involved and their
stories are made to suit-each vastly
Gifferent.-Aameda Times-Star.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20
TOday's Horoscope

TOday's Horoscope
Today's influences point to pros
perity in business affairs for those
whose natal day is on this date.
Disputes, law and extravaganza
should be avoided, however, and
financial troubles will befall one
feminine member of the family. A
child born today will be of an in
dependent spirit, energetic, prac-
tical, original, intuitive and gifted
with excellent business abilities, ex,-
pecially where a sound artistic sense
Is of value.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20
You cure re Telling Me-

Fifteen hundred seek to join Ad-
miral Byrd's Antarctic expedition
news item. We, too, would like to
get away from these heat waves.
The Four Aces are again national
contract bridge champs. Four aces
should be tops-in any game.
Politicians probably frOwn on
those new streamlined homes.
They have no facilities for front
porch campaigns. \
Astronomers continue to insist
that there is plant life on Mars.
But the darn old planet got away
again before we could discover Just
how good were the crops.
Explorer insists it was the irish
who discovered this continent. We
get 1.-THE United States O'Americal
Austrian nObleman says the
Hapsburg family will oust Hitler
In five years. So far, this Is the
biggest bubble blown this year.
Two Michigan wrens attacked and
killed a four-foot snake, accordine
to dispatch. They must have read
about little Yugoslavia defying both
Germany and Italy.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20

have found the pressure for wage
cuts letting up. Payrolls are % per
cent greater than last year. In fact,
in the last few weeks, have heard
of wages being upped in 262 COM
panies in "a separate industries.
I have not heard about any de-
creases; but companies ordinarily
do not advertize their cuts. Better
profits are also being mirrored in
higher strike totals as workers be-
gin asking for more money. There
are 179 labor flare-upS this month,
compared with $50 last month and
only 81 a year ago.
Three Major Reasons
There are three major reasons
for these good earnings reports
The first one l have already men
tioned-business is fairly good. Sec
ond reason is that costs have been
cut to the bone by improved effici-
ency of workers and machines. The
average person does not realize it.,
but the progress which America Is
making with labor-saving machines
is truly astounding. The labor union
activity Of the last few years has
forced concerns to install machinery
that will do the work of hundreds
of workers at a fraction of the
cost. Despite low retail prices, the
full effects of this trend are now
finally being shown in company
reports.
The third major cause of good
profits is the low cost of raw mate
rials. Despite recent stiffening
prices of industrial commodities
have been drifting along at the
lowest level in five years. Price
weakness is usually considered a
bad sign-but without reason. His
tory shows that prosperity and low
prices go hand in hand. Cheap
raw materials mean retail price
tags can be kept low, sales can
be boosted, factories can be ex-
panded, jobs can be increased. Five
years of trying vainly to create re-
covery by initiating prices should
prove to everyone that high prices
ultimately bring depression, not
prosperity.
Buying Power Holds Up
AS result of good earnings, there
are more people working now than
any time since February 1888. Mean
while 1899 crops are turning out
well. Prices are off but cash in
come for farmers in 1889 will be
about as good as in 1888 So as
the situation stands today, inves-
tors have a little more money to
spend; there are more wage work.
ers employed and their pay envel-
opes are fatter; and, finally, farm
cash income is holding steady.
The natural result of all this Is
setup in retail sales. In spite
of the usual July-August dullness,
cash registers have been changing
vigorously all summer. Sales are
averaging five to ten per cent
ahead of year ago throughout
the continent. Newspaper advertis-
ing Image is higher, travel on the
highways is greater, traffic on the
railroads Is heavier, use of electric
ity is at new alltime peak, tour
ist spending is breaking all records.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20

The latest from Paris Is a hat
called "the toothache," because it
has a band under the chin. After
getting a good look at it, one is
more inclined to call II "the pain
in the neck"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20
Words of Wisdom

Words of Wisdom
II those who are the enemies cf
innocent amusements had the d.
rection OF the world, they would
take away the spring and youth,
the former from the year, thes r
ter from human life.-Balzac. -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20
Dale
Carnegie

If you want to conquer fear and
develop courage, get busy. Do the
thing you fear to do. Sonia Henie
confided to me that while she is
waiting to give an exhibition dance
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20
Grab Bao-
- tlFf 4ft444 q
One-Minute Test

One Minute Test
l. What motto in English appears
on the Lincoln penny. ~
2. Who is Robert Frost? =
3. What major league baseball
team is known as the Browns? 4
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20
Hints on Etiquette

II you wish to make pleasing
impression upon strangers, do not
try to impress people with your
Importance. Nothing is more quickly
resented.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20

One-Minute Test Answers
l. I'm God we Trust"
2. He is contemporary Ameri-
can poet. = '
3, The st. Louis team of the
American league.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20

MEMBER
American Newspaper
Publishers
Associat tion
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20

The Four Aces are again national
contract bridge champs. Four aces
should be tops-in any game
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-20

Explorer insists it was the Irish
who discovered this continent. We
get 1.-THE United States O,America,