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Evening star., 1940-02-10
Carolina Democrats
Cheer Senator Lees
Draft Roosevelt
Move to Stop President
Loid to Foes Feurs
Of Reelection

A small but potent political tea
pot began to bubble, boil and steam
last night in the heat of Senator
Josh Lees oratory in behalf of
third term for President Roosevelt.
The fiery response of the audi
ence which listened to the Okla
homa Democrat suffered no dimin-
ishment from the fact that most of
those present were members of the
North Carolina Democratic Club
and quite few owed their jobs to
the New Deal.
An audience of 300 or 400 rose
and cheered themselves hoarse when
Senator Lee concluded his remarks
with the declaration: Now is the
time to raise the Roosevelt banner
for 1940!"
Prosperity Through Barn Door,"
The Senator pulled no punches
from the start. He made it clear
that he was a Democrat. like his
father and grandfather before him
and declared: Good times must
begin at the grass roots. When
prosperity comes back to America, it
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Natures Children
Harris Woodpecker
(Dryobates v. harrisi)

yours and are busily engaged In
consuming them. The small ex-
cavations made in the bark to draw
them out are not unsightly.
We find Harris woodpecker along
the Pacific Coast from Alaska to
Northern California. Its habits diff
fer little from those of its cousin,
the hairy woodpecker. Their glossy
blue-black crown Is relieved by the
white over the eye, and the mark
ings Of white on the black wings are
distinctive. The nasal tufts as we'll
as the bib are also white. The band
OF scarlet on the hindhead is nearly
always interrupted in the center
part by the continuance of the black
OF the crown. The immaculate white
OF the under parts is enhanced by
the black spots to be found deco
rating small sections near the throat
and toward the tips of the wings.
Usually the nest is in dead tree.
The parents are capable of locating
some of the best houses for rent as
they wed early in the spring and
have their young family we'll along
before some of the other birds set up
housekeeping.
The mattress is made, according
to the best families in woodpecker
traditions, Of clean white chips.
There are four to six white eggs.
They. too, are according to family
tradition and are glossy and abso-
lutely free from any marking. Since
they are laid in dark room some
distance from the exit, they can
easily be seen if you use fash
light. However, this is not to be
done except for research purposes.
as the birds may feel they are not
safe and may desert their eggs.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Loans on Insurance
Pay Companies
Highest Returns
S. {. c. Submits Report
On 192o-193o Period to
Aid T. N. E. c. Study

Insurance policyholders who OBJ
tanned loans on them from the
companies paid the highest returns
of any investments made by these
corporations during the decade
from 1929 to 1899, according to a
report compiled by the Securities
and Exchange Commission and
sent to the Temporary National
Economic Committee today. The
report covers figures from 26 COM
panies in the United States, each
having assets in excess of $125,-
100000.
The report is entirely factual
and contains no conclusions or rec
concentrations. 1t was announced
that the data was assembled to
aid the committee in its hearings.
Cash Holdings Increase.
The average rate of income from
policy loans was 5.79 per cent. The
commission pointed out that the
sharp increases in cash and in
holdings of United States Govern
ment bonds over the l0-year period
reflect some aspects of the insur-
ance investment problem! 1t re-
ported that cash was more than
six times greater at the close of
1888 than at the end of 1929. jump
ing from $102 100000 to $665 ,0O0,-
600.
While mortgage investments of
the companies declined in the dec
ade, real estate holdings moved
sharply upward, which, the report
said, reflected a large amount of
foreclosures.
Ordinary Life Sales Down.
The report said that sales of Or
binary life insurance, as indicated
by the first-year premium, de-
creased from 100000 of first
year premium income in 1929 to
1924 100000 in 1898. During the
1O-year period the companies ex-
perienced loss of surplus of $409,-
100000 from the operations of the
disability benefit provisions of or
dinary life policies, but realized a
gain of s5S000,00O from the acci-
dental death benefit provisions.
During the 10-year period total
of s4,50O00O was paid to policy
holders IN dividends while stock
holders received s82,OOOO00. Divi-
dends paid policyholders in 1888
were s435 100000, as against $501.-
100000 in 1929. Nearly half of the
dividends paid policyholders dur
ing 1888 were disbursed by the two
largest companies.
Evening star., 1940-02-10

to staying at home than most birds
and they have a decided economical
Importance. If you have woodpeck-
ers in your neighborhood, make up
your mind they are being good
neighbors by policing your trees.
Free your thought of the idea that
the drumming you hear on the
trunk of your tree is harming it.
There are wood-boring grubs under
the bark, hibernating insects, or
pupae, that have taken up their
abode on your property. Woodpeck-
ers know how to locate these foes of
Evening star., 1940-02-10

churches, arenas, auditoriums and
other places of public assembly as
we'll as multiple-family dwellings.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15
IT IS HIGH TIME
TO SET UP BUDGET
tWall Street Journal)

Whatever happens. in the present ses-
sion. to Senator Harrisons proposal to
set up a Joint House-Senate committee
on the budget, it will have compelled
public attention to the fact that the pro-
cedure by which Congress handles the
national spending. Neither can enforce
been Shockingiy loose. AS things are.
neither the President nor Congress it
self eXerts effective control over the
national spending. Neither can enfoece
any logical or prudent relation between
income and outgo. This condition long
antedates the New Deal, though the
economic dislocations of the past decade
have rendered the absence of real budget
control more dangerous than it has often
been in the country's history.
In outline, Senator Harrison's plan is
to create a joint committee composed
of members of the four House and Sen
ate committees on appropriations and
revenue. to which composite body the
Presidents budget message would be
referred That body would then draft
a budget bill in which prospective reve-
nue. for given fiscal year would be
estimated and item-by-item expenditures
fixed. House and Senate would then be
called upon to consider the budget as
whole, to alter specific amounts to be APP
propriated as either body saw fit and
perhaps to send conflicting budget bills
to conference for reconciliation. But III
the end both chambers would pass upon
a total expenditure for a given year and
necessarily sanction an estimated mar
gin between income and outgO. Congress
would thus knowingly and deliberately
accept responsibility for a deficit, If
such were the result of its appropria
tions. Under amended House and Sen
ate rules presumably the several appro-
priation bills could not go beyond the
limits established for them by the adopt
ed budget The rules could be suspended,
but only by two-thirds vote and the
chamber so acting would have to obtain
the concurrence of the other.
At bottom Senator Harrisons pro-
posal is simple enough He asks = as
others have asked-only that the gov
eminent plan the uses Of its tax revenues
intelligently and then stick to its plan.
1t is high time.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15
AfBER
BUT IT'S STILL THE
SAME OLD SKIN GAME

Battered by two shattering defeats at
the hands of California voters, but still
the nations greatest cash register rack
ct, the Ham-and-Eggs pension plan Is
back in new finery.
This time it proposes to give all over so
pension of $50 instead of $50 week.
More than that, it angles for the Single
tax vote by proposing to do away with
all other taxation by levying three
per cent gross income tax. AS further
inducement to new votes 1t did not get
the last two times, the plan specifically
eXempts church property from taxation
and just as specifically grants to labor
the right to strike. Ut does seem bit
queer, at that, that a pension plan should
be concerned with strikes.)
Under all its new clothing, the Ham
and-Eggs plan is the same old chiseler,
cadging for votes among pressure groups,
lambasting farmers, merchants and in
dustrial leaders alike, defending those
who defend communism and communists,
and generally making play to the
grandstand of the privileged.
And now, as last year, the plan offers
those very underprivileged persons moth
ing but glowing promises and--in the
end-bitter disappointment.
The -and-Egrs plan, which has
ceased to be the Thirty Thursday pro-
posal and instead has become the "Twen-
ty-now'' scheme, lives up TO predictions
in its latest reappearance When it was
defeated for the second time last sum-
mer, it was predicted in these columns
that it would be back again-because it
was too good a thing for its promoters
to be allowed by them to die. 1t brings
in too many pennies, nickles and dimes
from old folks to be showed overheard
after mere two defeats. So it is back
again.
And so now It's promoters will lure
in new pennies, nickles and dimes by
shouting that the plan has been so re-
vised that ii is certain of being passed.
If there is anything farther from GER
tainty, it will be found in the fairy tales,
not in everyday life.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15
RUNNING AWAY NO
SOLUTION FOR PROBLEMS

Twenty five persons, representing
seven families are on their way to an
island in the Bahamas where they hope
to establish their own small community
and get away from various drawbacks
of civilization, such as the high cost OF
living and unsettled world conditions
Their plan is one the like of. which
many of us have dreamed about from
time to time-an island where the wor-
ries and vexations of civilization cannot
intrude. Unfortunately, like so many
dreams, it is not entirely practicable.
You cannot escape problems by running
away from them New ones-and worse
ones-crop up. The chances are ten to
one that the little community in the Ba-
hamas will find strife within itself, not
peace Jealousies will intrude hurt feel
ings will be magnified, squabbles will
grow into major issues.
There is only one sure way to do away
with problems, whether they are of civil
ization's making or the fault of an in
dividual. That Is to meet them, conquer
them, and forget them. Progress is built
on such a foundation. Ruin is built on
attempts to run away.
Look about you. The people who have
succeeded. and the people who have
found measure Of happiness, are those
who face their problems and overcome
them. The ones who have failed are the
ones who ran aWay-or tried TO.
Problems arise from individuals. They
cannot be left behind They can be faced,
fought out and conquered.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15
Paul Cook Named
CaIipatria Scout
Committee Head

Paul Cook, principal of Calipatria
city schools, was elected chairman
OF the Calipatria district scout COM
nlttee and council vice president
at meeting OF the Calipatria group
Friday night, according to Hugh
Wilcox, scout executive.
Fred Young was elected vice.
chairman; Charles Huey, district
scout commissioner and Franklin
Garret was chosen field scout conf
missioner.
The committee announced that a
court of honor for the Brawley,
Westmorland and Calipatria dis
tricts would be scheduled in West
morland on Feb. Is. Another court
Of honor will be held in Calipatria
Oil May 26.
The group also discussed plan
TO extend the scout and clubbing
programs to include transient camps
in BraWley and Calipatria.
Those who attended the meeting
were:
Franklin Garrett, Charles Huey
Ross Huffman, c. j. Moniz, Harry
Martin, Bill Kenny, Hugh Wilcox.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15

Both the general death rate and
the infant mortality rate in the
United States hit new lows in 1888.
The figures for that year are
the latest which have been COM
piled. How the nations health was
rated last year will not be known
for some time. But of one thing
Americans can be certain-both
immediate health and prospects OF
longevity look a good deal better
on this side of the Atlantic ocean
than they do on the European side
Tie general death rate in 1888
was 1915 per 1000 as compared with
11.2 in 1887. The previous low re-
cord was set in 1888 when the rate
was 1877. The infant morality rate
in 1888 was 500 per 1000, the
lowest in American history. The
rate in 1886 was ST. in 1884 it
was go, and the average rate be-
tween 1921 and 1925 ives IA.
Few European countries would
care to scan their health statistics
during the past couple of years
when the peril of war kept them
concentrating on methods of end
ing not sustaining life. 1t is pro-
bable that, in most of these coun-
tries, the necessity for concentrat-
ing on the military machine will
put a considerable dent in records
of health advancement.
Americans should be proud that
conditions III this country make il
possible for scientists to proceed
with their humanitarian works.
They are still free to work in
their laboratories along lines they
have chosen. They are not COM
PEELED TO bend their talents toward
finding new processes to destroy,
new formulac for war.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15
Willis Thomtons Editorial On:
The Hea!thiest Side of the Atlantic

Their job of saving humanity
has not yet become a futile farce.
Their work is not a profanity of
life They do not need TO save lives
so that the products of other scien-
fists and inventors can snuff out
those lives on battlefieldS. Amerl-
can scientists are too busy with
the art OF life to bother with the
arts of death. Nothing they do will
be wasted as long as the rank and
file of us keep conditions that way.
Americans have reason to feel
satisfied with their lot. But to feel
too secure about heath is to invite
retrogression. The battle to pre-
serve life does not belong alone
to the scientists. They can point
the way, but they can succeed In
their missions only when the peo-
pie they are trying to help are
willing to cooperate.
Dr.. Thomas Parran, surgeon gen.
eral Of the United States, said re-
Gently: ut should always be borne
in mind that the general mortality
rate is a national average in which
are obScurcd significantly high
rates among certain groups OF
the population and in certain To-
calitieS.
Despite the steady inroads that
have been made against disease,
much remains to be done. No one
realizes that better than the medi-
cal profession. Constant attempts
are being made to broaden the
scope of medical benefits. Persis-
tent campaigns are fostered to in
still in people respect for preven-
tative methods. Americans are not
willing TO relax this fight against
death. They are not willing to
substitute for it the battle against
life,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15

WASHINGTON. Resentment
over Great Britain's blockade
tactics against American shipping
is coming to the surface in Con-
gres5, and will boil over soon
Here's why:
A lot of British vessels
earring American goods have been
taken into British ports to be
examined for contraband. Some tly
the American flag, some don't.
Often they are found free of con-
traband and allowed to proceed;
even so, a delay Of two or three
weeks takes place, a delay costly
to the American shipper.
British shipping interests keep
tabs on American exporters who
have goods aboard such vessels,
and after each delay circularize
them TO point out advantages of
shippings in British shipS-no de-
lay, prompt clearance, and so on,
according to Washington reports.
Coming on the heels of an ex-
pensive and irritating hold up,
such sales talk is apt to be effec-
tive.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15
Among
Our Yesterdays

It's a sad day mates.
Today? Nc. but it was a sad
day 20 years ago on Jan. Is.
Rheumy eyes wept and many red
nose turned blue. Because, as the
files of The Press proclaimed:
National Prohibition goes into
effect tonight
The story continued:
John Barleycorn, who has been
a citizen Of our land for 10 these
many years, expires at midnight,
Inasmuch as his death has been
predicted in advance, in many OF
the large centers friends are pre-
pairing to be present at the funeral.
Tomorrow, theoretically, the
country Will be as dry as the Sa-
nara desert, or the Imperial Valley
desert, if you wish.
They shunted a large amount
OF booze across the line into Mex
icali today and there will be no
parched throats there for some
time to come
Another story continued:
"A certain amount of bootlcgg-
ing was expected
The familiar dtty: There,
little barroom, don't you cry, you'll
be a drug store bye and byer' has
not proved true =.
Most saloons have been trans
formed into restaurants or candy
stores.
Another little wire story on the
subject of booze was from Spring
field, Mass. where:
THE city library removed from
its shelves volumes dealing with
manufacture of alcoholic liquors.
A rare piece of forethought.
But there were TO be other &C
tiyities besides mourning, for the
w. c. T. U. announced in an ad-
vertisement that they would hold a
Jubilee next day. The program in
cluded
Reading of the 18th amendment
by Reverand Palmer.
Something rather startling ap-
peared in the fifth column of the
paper that day under the head
line Bridge Party 1t concerned
a party given by Mesdames E. r.
Simon, L. c. House and Don Bit
Ter at the Barbara Worth hotel
and the last paragraph read.
The Meszzine fifloor was very
beautifully decorated with sweet
peas and added greatly to the
spirit of The event"
COne of those old fashioned things
that went out with the spinnet and
the stereoplcan, no doubt
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15


York University, Washington Square
of the Occupational Index, New
East New York City, is the person
in charge of this work and he viii
send you a booklet containing the
necessary information for twenty
five cents the actual cost OF pro-
Quoting it,
This organization has published
what they call IAN appraisal and
abstract of the available literature
on the occupation of office machine
operator" Long. but clear. They
have digested and tabulated the
work of Is Investigators in this
field. boiled it all down into brief
report that you ought to see II you
want to get a Job running a ma
chine in an office, I'll give you
some brief samples of what 1t
brings out
Wages. Eyerybodys interested III
wages! This is what it says:
The beginner as an office ma
chine operator may earn as little
as $40 a Week--SometlmeS even
less. Relatively few companies pay
as much as $40 weekly to ineXperl-
enced operators. Increases in sal
ary come with increased efficiency.
Experienced operators may earn
between $40 and $45 weekly. The
average is probably about $25. In
exceptional cases. relatively high
salaries are paid operators who are
unusually efficient. Earnings vary
also with the compleXity of the ma
chimes. Some are more difficult to
operate than others. 1t is natural
that the pay of operators of the
more complicated machines Is
greater than that of those who op-
crate the simpler ones
Now you'll want to know your
chances
Among the advantages ascribed
to office machine operation as an
occupation, the usual cleanliness
airiness, and general pleasantneSs
Of modern business offices is per-
haps most frequently mentioned.
The work is of a routine nature
requires relatively little concentra-
ton, and may be entirely dismissed
from the mind after business
hours. In most offices, many op-
portunities are available for pleas
ant social contacts with other en-
ployees.
"On the other hand the routine
which some persons find attractive
may prove most distasteful to
others of more nervous disposition,
who require occasional change and
variety In their daily activities AS
has already been remarked, oppor-
tunities for advancement are COM
paratively small, and this is felt by
many to be a serious disadvantage
Eye-strain is not uncommon among
office workers, and the lack of
physical exercise, unless compen-
stated for after working hours, may
increase susceptibility to certain
diseases"
This study has resulted in pro-
viding further information as to
how smart you should be to make
a success running a machine IN an
office. 1t is believed that your in
telligence quotient should not fall
below 100.
Education: Most employers pre-
fer high school graduates.
So there it is, boiled down infor-
nation for quarter
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15
THE ART. OF
FINE LYING
New York Sum

Some pretty tall tales were submit
ted to the Burlington Liars club of Bur
lington, Wis, at its recent annual con-
test for the biggest lie. The winning
yarn and some other choice ones were,
of course, gems OF ingenious and elabor-
ate fabrication. They were, no doubt,
masterpieces of their kind.
But these contestants make altogether
TOO hard work of lying. After all, the
biggest lies are told in good faith every
day with no racking of the brain or
straining of the imagination. They are
born with glibness and dispatch. For
instance, when Bill says to George:
That's all right, old man, glad to lend
you that ten-spot," it would seem that
the pinnacle of good, sound lying had
been reached Or when Mrs. Jones, who
is already up to her neck in work, says
to Mrs. Smith: "Of course, my dear, III
be delighted to bake half dozen cakes
for the bazaar tomorrow" even the most
innocent of human beings must know
that Mrs. Jones is telling a whopper
In comparison with those stock lies,
which few are not guilty of occasionally,
the product Of the Burlington Liars club
becomes the unvarnished truth.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15
PROPOSE EXPORT BAN
TO PENALIZE SEIZURES

CONGRESSMAN Melvin Mas, Min
nesota Republican, is about to in
troduce a bill which would stop
export of war materials from the
United States to any nation that
INDUCED in illegal seizure or un-
reasonable holding Of American
ships, interfered with American
mails or did anything at all to
American imports
That, of course, wouldn't Jlbe
with the administration help-the
allies policy, and the bill will pro-
badly get frowned on. But the
temper OF Congress is such that
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15
TOday's Horoscope

An elderly relative will bring
gain to those whose birthday is on
this date A woman also proves
sincere friend some time during
the next year. If young they Will
court and marry to advantage the
child born today will be cautious and
deliberate; also grave in speech and
action, faithful and dependable.
Success is assured If such one
enter the legal profession.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

it is likely to get serious consid-
Grafton.
MADAM
STEPS IN LINE OF FIRE
There's a big mystery in final
disposal Of the Harry Bridges de-
portation case.
Bridges case was heard by
Dean Lands, acting as special
eXiminer for the Labor Depart
ment. Lands handed in a ruling
which cleared Bridges. The ruling
went to Secretary of Labor Per-
kins, who is authorized either TO
accept the finding and cancel the
warrant against Bridges, or to
overrule the finding and oder
Bridges deported.
assuming that Madam Secre-
tary was going to turn Bridges
loose, the politically astute thing
would have been to do it immed-
lately after Lands finding came
TO her desk. Bridges is so well
equipped with enemies that there
would have been an uproar, but
Lands would have been the CEN
tral figure in it.
But the thing stayed on Secre-
tary Perkins desk. Now, if she
accepts the Lands finding and
cancels the warrant, it is Miss
Perkins who will have to stand
whatever cussing develops.
FORESEE CHANGE
IN LABOR BOARD
Keep your eye on those reports
that the President is going to
appoint j. Warren Madden of the
Labor Board TO federal judge
ship. If they pan out, the Presi-
dent will have To name new
man To the Labor Board.
If he does, you can safely bet
it will be someone who thinks
along the lines Of Board Member
William NJ. Leiserson,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15

pun C h ] n G m a
chine, and SO on?
Well, I can tell
you where you can
get the latest in
formation on the
subject. and ii
will cost you only
a quarter. An
drew Carnegie
left a grant on
his will for the
study of just such
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-15
Words of Wisdom

Politeness is to goodness what
words are to thought. 1t tells not
only on the manners, but on the
mind and the heart; it renders
the feelings, the opinions, the words
moderate and gentle.-Joubert.