davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
In Its Final Stages

The compromise CONSUMPTION bill
that was finally approved by the
Senate and House cOnfereeS yeSter-
day and which is before the Senate
today for conclusive action is a we'll
rounded measure which, while not
perfect, would go far toward insur-
ing the security of the United States
IN these times of extraordinary dan
ger. 1t is an improvement over the
respective versions of the bill previ-
ouSly adopted by the Senate and the
House. Although it falls far short
of the eighteen to- iXty-four regis
tratlon provision of the original
Burke WadSWorth bill, it would pro-
vide a larger reservoir OF potential
man power than the Senate had ap-
proved, would discard the wait until
after election day before starting IN
ductlOn' amendment introduced by
Representative Fish and would afford
a necessary and logical means Of
forcing recalcitrant arms manufac-
turerS TO cooperate in supplying
vital materiel for the Army and Navy
in such an emergency as now exists.
While the SO-Called draft indus
try clause might better have been
treated as separate legislation, the
psychological advantage of incOr-
poratlng such a provision in a bill
tor consumption OF men is not TO be
overlooked. The confereeS, as was
to have been expected, struggled
long and earnestly with this drastic
phase of the bill, for there were wide
differences between the language OF
the RuSSell-Overton amendment in
dorsed by the Senate and that of
the modified Smith amendment
adopted by the House. In the end,
the Senate plan for outright con-
demnation and purchase by the Gov
eminent of plants and other facili-
ties" whose owners INSTRUCTED
national defense production was
shelVed in favor of the House re-
quirement that certain Weu-defined
properties for production of arms
and equipment be leased for the
duration. The power to take over
defense plants could be exercised by
the President only IF the public ne
ceSSity is immediate and the emer-
gency in the public service is i'm
peratiVe." Private owners would
have the right to appeal TO the courts
to decide what is just compensation
for the use of their properties. In
all probability the President would
not be called upon to resort to this
compulSion, as experience with a
similar statute during the first World
War showed that the mere existence
of such a law is sufficient to bring
would-be industrial "slackerS' into
line.
All in all, the confereeS demon
strated by their report that they
were more fully cognizant of the
perils which beset the country and
more fortnight and courageous in
seeking to combat them than were
many of their colleagues in the
House and Senate when this legisla-
ton was under debate there. Prompt
adoption of the conference report by
both of those bodies would bring this
memorable legislative chapter to an
impressive and splendid climax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
In Praise of
The POst-Dispatch.
To the EditOr nf The Star.

The POst-DiSpatch.
To the Editor of The Star:
l feel called upon to defend the ST..
Louis Dispatch, one of America s
few iterate newspapers, from the attack
recently printed on your editorial page,
written by one Ralph Peters There is
more to the question than meets the eye.
Mr.. Peters cites the recent defeat of
the Post-Dispatchs election slate as evil
dence that Missourians utterly disregard
the Post-Dispatch. His assertion may be
true, but if it is, 50 much the worse for
Mlssourians. The primary election to
which he refers had only one issue Is
Missouri to reinstate Pendergastism and
to create new Missouri machine Ii. e.,
the Dlckman st. Louis machine), or Is
1t to keep its recently hard-wcn gains
and have decent government or a
change.
Result: Every candidate, except one
or two minor officials, nominated was
either a Pendergast man of long and
man. State Senator Allen McReynolds
honest ana scholarly, was defeated by
Saloon Commissioner Laughing Larry"
McDaniels, a Dickman man. Present
Junior Senator from Missouri, who made
the classic statement, Il refuse to desert
sinking ship" when Pendergast was
finally indicted after years of dishonesty
in Kansas City, was renominated for
Senator against Gov. Lloyd Stark, who
put Pendergast where he belonged. OF
a slate Of judges recommended by st.
Louis and Missouri bar associations, Mis-
sourians ignored all but very few,
nominating those who were safe for
Dickman.
1t is true that voting Missourians
Qess than two-thirds of them went to
the polls ignored the candidates recon-
mended by the Post-Dispatch. But YOU
can draw your own conclusions about
what Missourians have done to them
selves because they did ignore the Post
Dispatch. If Reader Peters is entirely
honest in his conclusions he will have
to admit that Missouri would be an
infinitely better governed State If 1t did
not ignore the Post-Dispatch.
IN fact, Missouri has been badly gov
erned, paradise for bribery and cor
ruption, since the days of Lincoln Stef-
fens' famous investigations. The st.
Louis Post-Dispatch has always fought
for decent government in Missouri-and
has almost invariably lost. One would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
How Questions
Are Answered

The incoming letters are opened.
stamped with date, and given to ths
assignment desk. Here they are read
and distributed to the researchers &C
cording to type of inquiry. The answers
are not known offhand, but have to be
searched for When the research work
is done and the replies have been typed,
the letters are read at the editorial DESC
for accuracy, then sent to the depart
ment of outgoing mail. Join the hosts
of people who use The Stars Informal
tion Service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Uriter, although the use OF
q pSeudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
q U1etU TO condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. Haskin.

A reader can get the dns1Uer to any
question OF fact by tUrtttng The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HdSktn. director, Washington,
D. c. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
@. What was the per capita cost ~f
sending American troops to the war zone
on British ships?-C. D. S.
A. The average cost Of transportation
Of United States troops to Europe from
the date of the agreement between the
British government and the United
States Government up to and including
December Is, 1918, was about $50 per
capita.
@. Where Is the largest vineyard in
the world?-H j. M
A. 1t is one at Guasti, in Southern
California, consisting of 5000 acres.
@. Are many people killed by light
nlng?-T. B. K.
A. Four hundred people are killed and
more than a thousand injured by light
ming in the United States in an average
year.
@. Please give the number Of cigarettes
that have been manufactured SO far
this year.-W G..
A. Cigarette production in the United
States up to July 81 amounted to 1O5,-
1922 ,927 ,442, the largest seven-month total
on record.
@. What is the origin of the state
motto Of Michigan?-M. D. S.
A. The motto Of Michigan is Isl
Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circum-
spice a Latin phrase signifying, IF
you seek a pleasant peninsula, look
around you" 1t is said to have been
suggested to Lewis Cass, Michigan's Sec
ond Territorial Governor, by the mural
inscription on the north door of ST.
Pauls Cathedral in London. The Isl
M0numentum Requiris Circumspice,"
meaning IF you require a monument,
look around YOU" This inscription COM
memorates the architect, Sir Christopher
Wren, and refers TO the cathedral itself,
his genius.
@. On what composition is The
Breeze and I" based?-M. OD.
A. The popular song is adapted from
"Andalucia," by Ernesto Lecuona.
@. Why are there seven red and six
white stripes in the flag, when there are
seven white and six red stripes in the
shield?-C. D. E.
A. If there were seven white stripes,
the outer ones would be white. which at
a distance would not be clearly visible.
The outer stripes are therefore red. This
difficulty is not valid in the case Of
the shield
@. What are the leading industries in
| Alaska IN T E
A. The three leading industries. in
| order of importance. are fishing and the
canning of fish, mining and fur trapping.
@. Please explain the political express
sion dark horse. e. S. P.
A. This term is applied to one who is
not regarded seriously as a presidential
candidate in the beginning of the con-.
vention but suddenly develops astound-
ing strength, which eliminates in his
nomination. james Knox Polk is con-
sidered as the first dark horse" having
/ been nominated by the Democrats in
| 1874. after ex-President Van Buren, led
in the early balloting Polk was subse-
| quently elected President over Henry
! Clay. Other notable dark horses" who
have attained the presidency were:
Pierce. Democrat. in 1852; Garfield, Re-
| publican, in 1880. The nomination and
election Of Harding in 1920 by the Re
! publicans may also be considered as a
dark horse" nomination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13

Here is a new version of question
and answer: When is a political
speech not a political speech? When
a White House secretary says it is
not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13

If shippers will heed warnings from
both German and American sources,
they will not be able to use that old
excuse, II zigged when should have
Jagged"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13

There are fourteen different
springs at Vichy, France, but, alas,
Just at present, no Hope springs
eternal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Every School Child
Needs This Dictionary

Young people can only learn to under
stand and express ideas by knowing
words and their meanings. Our modern
Webster Dictionary and Word Book is
an up-to-date, authoritative publication
of 10000 words in common use. 1t in
cludes special supplements containing
new words, standard authorizations for
eign words and phrases, common errors,
curious word origins, words derived from
persons and places, short words, long
words and official guide to compounding.
Contains 1872 pages of text. Printed on
Bible paper and bound in pliable imita-
ton leather. An amazing value offered
to you by your favorite newspaper. To
secure your copy inclose Is cents in coin,
wrapped in this clipping.
Name
Street
City
State r
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13

. The Associated Press is excluslvely entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited TO 1t or not otherwise credited ~ this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights OF publication OF special dispat ches
herein also are reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Member Of the Associated Press.

Entered as second-class matter post once,
Washington. D. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13

@. Are many people killed by light
nlng?-T. B. K.
A. Four hundred people are killed and
more than thousand injured by light
ming in the United States in an average
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13

@. Where Is the largest vineyard in
the world?-H. J. M.
A. 1t is one at Guasti, in Southern
California, consisting of 5000 acres.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13

A reader can get the ansuer to any
question OF fact by tUrittng The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HdSkin. director, Washington,
D. C. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Explains Meat Tenderizing
BY Ultra Violet Light.

September 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13

ment. In the past five years factory
consumption Of all fats and oils has
increased 10000 900 pounds Cotton oil
use has dropped 100000 pounds"
The soy bean is largely to blame for
this. Here is a new oil that completes
with lard, and it is rising from land
that was cut out of corn so that there
might be less lard.
walter A. Wilcox in the Iowa Farm
Economist writes that roughly we may
say that a corn belt acre will produce
1872 pounds of edible soy oil as compared
with rs pounds of lard from the hogs it
would support in corn. The inference
is that the corn belt is producing more
edible fats than ever, which nullifies
completely the A. A. A. detectives Of
curtailment
The cotton growers figured this out
long ago They don't like it a little
bit. They have watched the cotton
program keep their cotton-oil production
down and the peanut program keep them
from using idle cotton acres for an
other cash crop, and at the same time
they have watched the Midwest corn
and hog programs permit lard produc-
ton to come 10 again and idle corn
acres 60 into a new cash crop that pro-
duces new competition for cotton oil"
So you see that while trying to help
some people Mr.. Wallace has injured
others, Read his speeches and see If he
admits ever having made a mistake in
the cotton program.
For the reasons mentioned, I am not
particularly enthused about the A. A. A.
programs. c. e. GERBERICH.
Evart, Mich>
September ..
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-29

Register to vote-TODAY!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-29
mo Riders

months the sparrng matches have been 90
ing daily in the United States Congress- Members who
hail from districts where organized labor represents large
and militant voting strength have been feeling the prod
their constituencies stirring them oppose
legislation that might adversely affect the interests of labor
and have made effors to beneficial leg
aon for the class they represent Similarly the members
the agricultural districts discovering that the farmers
through their organizations becoming mtanty demand
ing.
For the representatives of these the
ganzed labor bodies and the organized farmers
the favorable situation imaginable because these
constantly at oggerheads each considered the other
enemy They had still not realized the elementary fact
that their interests that the expoters of
exploited the other.
Recently, most terrible condition The
farmer has discovered that the aborer his market and he
wants the aborer to be we'll paid that he buy of
The farmers products The aborer wants the
for his products that the purchase
the there only place where each of these classes
farmer and labor get increase what they have
getting and that from the toll exacted by those who
lave been exploiting both of them And this makes things
have been playing against the other It's actually
getting it's sinecure to be congressman section
where there quite large numbers of each of these
aborers And that's generally lot of
districts in country.
So the fights have been waged Not new beneficial
legislation has been passed. but somehow another the
ganzed farmers and organized labor working by
managed to keep it being
watched quite Closely and great losses have been taken by
either of the groups
But that senators and anxious
the farmers and laborers should be
soons who are GOING
pull all the tricks out of the bag and
the interests of the producers One of the tricks
employed riders tackled amendments to some
less unrelated piece of legislation which of rout
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-29
|FBIDopedPrisoners
To Get Confessions,
Robinson Charges

DENVER. - OPP - Agents of the
FBI doped striking smelter workers
to extort confessions of a dynamite
plot, declared Pres Reid Robinson of
the Init. Union of Mine Mill G. Smell
ter Workers (CIO).
Pledging fight to the finish for
vindication Of the 20 unionists seized
by ]. Edgar Hoover's men in Polk
county, Tennessee, Robinson said the
strikers were given some kind Of mar
cotic that left them with such severe
headaches and so violently i'll that a
doctor had to be summoned for one
of them while he was being tortured
into 'confessing'"
Other methods used by the Omen,
to force confessions of dynamiting
IVA power lines during the recent
strike against Tennessee Copper Corp,
included threats against the mems
families, alternate freezing and roast
ing treatment, and forcing the victims
to sit straight for hours on high stools.
1--WE expect to make the FBI agents
guilty of thees inhuman practices an
swer for their violation of civil rights"
said Robinson. 1--WE are against dyna-
hitting and all other forms of vio-
lence. We are also against the gun
rule prevailing in Polk county under
the domination of the Tennessee Cop
per Corp.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-29

College Summer
Sessions Opens

MENA, Ark.-(FP)-Com
College, southwestern labor school,
opens its annual summer school on
the campus in the southern Ozarks
near Mena July 4. The s48 fee for
the 8-week session includes tuition,
board room, laundry and campus rec
reation. Students are expected to put
in 20 hours work a week.
Besides the regular courses in labor
problems, American labor history,
mimeo technic, art for workers, eco
nomics, ETC., number of guest lee
turers will continue the tradition OF
discussion of former years.
Leading off will be Managing Editor
Carl Haessler of Federated Press, the
labor news service, who begins week
of lecturers on international affairs,
Monday, July 8. Because of the war
in Europe the lecturers are of unusual
timeliness.
Other lecturers to follow in success
sive weeks are Malcolm Dobbs, How
ard Lee, David and Virginia Erdnan,
Jack McMichael, Charles Johnson and
Kenneth Leslie.
For information on what to bring
and how to get there write the Secre-
tary, Commonwealth College, Mena,
Ark.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-29
The Democratic Convention

To the thoughtful observer of the democratic state
ton last the question many the
gates satisfied with the result many felt
steam roller tactics carried out represented desirable
method of accomplishing political end how felt that
their desires to convention managed that it would
bear embance of democratic consideration of minor
ties left them nothing but feeling of having been hwared
feeling of rebellion and bitterness.
AS example of refined ralroading"
of the acts of those dominating the convention deserve to be
placed in the prize winning class To impartial observer
the failure of the chairman take slightest those
who their feet demanding recognition opposition
motion made and seconded putting question
calling it carried in spite of clamor against which made
practically impossible to hear the chairman though
shouting at the top of his voice. all this made for pretty
sorry exhibition of what be done by political machine
the sdenes and in the galleries convention sat
and of them state employees who should
have been their respective jobs but who spent the
day there; not only looking but voting with the delegates
For while the governor was present and he must have
noticed the of the state employees of them
his appoinees but he apparently complaint
why should he? Did not the stooge controlled convention
endorse his administration, with opponent
campaign in the chair who overrode objections
the log rolling and denied every right OPP
posed actions and demanded roll delegates
which would have made it impossible the vacaoning
horde of state employees and their wives and relatives to
vote
Some of you farmers who sunrise to dark and
about how going your should
tend of these conventions and look the ordy
employ by vote to render you You
would find most of them there with
they might render you the highly paid job which you
elected them, but deeply being of
the gang the machine in which they cogs willing
all you would get from them would be condescendng
notice. handshake and perhaps slap the back; not
prompted by real friendship but hope that you will
them again they may forget your
another two four six length of the term of
the office they seek And they'll surely forget youunt
the next election
This state political machine is Pigment of the magma
1t is tangible, functionng entity with poll
tcians who for years had their in the public trough
directing it. In this state it has attained where
arrogance defiance of parliamentary
practice and of the laws of the state.
a hold the In the coming primaries you
determine whether will have governor, opposed
these practices. You will decide this question definitely
your for the head your govern
Will you vote for Kathan and the elimination
of this political corruption? Or will you vote for Ayers
Iamey by this convention brothers
the operation of the political machine?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-29
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
DON'T FORGET THE SMITHS
By Samuel Grafton
New York Post)

One of the leading journals day insists buy
Bermuda but This tit urged) will only supply
funds to the Allies avoiding the question of credits but will
also give naval base and extend defenses.
From the water lady coumnist sends the clear
call that the Republican party should candidate
Mr. Roosevelt and that Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Wke snce
they Europe should the ticket
Another journal remarks that if Mr.. Roosevelt had not
spent money relief unemployed we would
have spend defense Apparently
the unemployed or defend them, but not both.
This is what like ideas The people are grouped on the
hillside in dark moment their lifted to the Skies wait
ing for the word that clarifies, the word that leads
Obviously it for this crowd of people (Which every
coumnst dmy the top of his ypewrter that
all the heavy thinking going 1t is for the people see
elevate Mr. Wilke and Defend but not feed the country
But who are these people? They not columnsts.
They just people Hundreds of thousands to
be graduated from high school in month"; and look for jobs
try to make honest connection washing dishes in fra
erny house to get through college Hundreds of thousands
about be graduated college, and perhaps
will comfort them to have piece of Bermuda in their vest
pockets as they walk the street Or perhaps it will not
I find don't have to guess I know who some of these
people can show typical American family in detail.
This family $631 about $13 week. TT
spends $705 unfortunately and thus goes into the
hole the of STA per year. by making loans getting
credit at the store spending its savings only afford
to spend 1894 per year on food about $3.50 per week. and
$138 rent (about $3.50 month"; spends only $120
per week clothes.
This family hovers the edge of malnutron disease
pay only so cents week for medical dental
not enough. minor emergency collapse and dis
aster for the family life.
might call this family Smith, Jones any of hundred
for it represents exactly half of population
is than TYPICAL is legion is IS 100000 persons
The plight of this lower half is outlined in the May of
the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social
Science in statistics prepared by the National Resources
mittee and offered in article by Mr. Wroe Anderson
The plight of this family will continue no matter what
happens Europe Perhaps focused group
clearly would have fever and better hyserca
ideas. We cannot duck the issue This great undigested
lump of misery is inside ourselves.
The book doesn't say whether this family Bermuda
1t could probably So. for pair of pants.