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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY, MARCH Is

Adverse planetary aspects are
active today which should be
employed with caution wherever
any important matter is in
yolyed. Mars is in powerful
sway and Neptune presages ma
val maneuvers of importance.
Sinister portents affect labor
and encourage cooperation with
persons in power, financially
and politically.
Heart and Home: Women
should pursue routine affairs
today. Their place is in the
backgro und as Kaleidoscope
world events are recorded. The
CONFORMATION stimulates agrees
tive action on the part of per-
sons In authority. Sensational
news will cause apprehension in
families whose members are in
the United States army or navy.
Violence on land and sea is pre-
saged for Russia and Germany.
Business Affairs: American
merchants and manufacturers
will profit normally through the
spring which will be favorable to
trade and commerce. The seers
counsel economy for all, since
the waste of foreign wars will
affect the financial structure of
every nation. whether neutral or
engaged in conflict.
National Issues: Agricultural
problems will cause bitter con-
troversies among lawmakers.
Good crops for the coming sea-
son are prognosticated. but food
will rise in prices as exports in
crease. Starvation in China and
suffering from malnutrition in
Germany will arouse sympathy
critical Of neutrality limitations.
international Affairs: Secret
negotiations among foes will re-
suit in sudden moves Of amazing
surprise. inflicting fsr-reaching
loss of life. There is sign that
warns of grave conflict in which
the great number Of casualties
will work potential revolutionary
power for the people who are
pawns in the horrible game OF
wholesale bloodshed. Uprisings
In cities and assertions from
armies controlled by dictators
are prognosticated.
Persons whose birthdate II is
have the augury of a year Of
advancement They should be-
ware Of nerve strain. Accidents
In the course of journeys are
presaged for many.
Children born on this day may
be reserved and serious. They
are likely 10 be independent in
their views and tenacious IN
their opinions. Success in artis-
tic careers is indicated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
Is Ii a Breather Between Booms?

What looked like sensiby gradual pickup in business
soon after the began. slowed up apprecaby after
Christmas.
Most of the boom had been inventory buying. Except
Tor the psychological influence exered by the Europe
not directly responsible for better business conditions
here.
But If the really gets going this spring then what?
The allies going goods And if they need sup
plies they will turn first to the United States
Confidence in the impending expansion of American
business is voiced by the Annalst national business
xine Despite the opportunities for profits, the Annalst
is not happy about the Forthcoming boo The hangover
the magazine fears will be circulating the prosperity
will be intense.
The allies, it must be remembered, have substantial
funds available for purchase Of supplies in this country II
these funds spent every person the country will feel
the effects of the resultant upswng business There will
time when the money is Under the terms of
the Johnson aot nation indebted to the United States
result of the last war; may obtain credit here.
If the act is enforced buying will have to stop abruptly
States will be faced with great temptation. To avert
recession may be started to extend credit first
slowly and then unreservedy to France and Britain The
immediate effect will be pleasant Factories will continue
to produce and prosperity will be prolonged.
But il this happen the ultimate result would be
sordd from economic point of view than
that of the last postwar The debts would be
piled on top of the old And trying to collect would be
even more futile than it has been since 1920.
We shall have to tread cautiously in the months to
come. We've got to keep asking ourselves, when we're
tempted, What will it be like 20 years from now"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
The MIGRANT Problem Grows

The 0kies not just people who live in book that
makes people shudder Nor is theirs problem confined to
California.
Today every community has them. Florida is becom-
ing acutey Of type of gypsy farmer who in
every winter to pluck what he of the lucrative fruit
trade and leaves in the spring In Cleveland recently
reported that 1000 migrants being maintained the
relief rolls while hundreds of others being sent back
to their homes rapidly that be DONE New York
state has been forced to exile thousands of such families
in recent to prevent its Stun conditions from be-
coming more acute.
his Wishes will pull down the general standard of
living
The time has come when a congressional investigation
such that suggested by Representative John H. Toan
Dem. Caf), may do a lot of good
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

all the food supply and there
are 22,000,000 trade unionists.
about two-fifths of the worlds
total membership. VIII Mr..
Pearsall please explain this?
l cannot help but think the
much talked of Soviet Dictator
ship is a popular myth.
Readers of The Times may
not know that Stain is not and
never has been the official head
of the Soviet government. Isn't
1t possible that Stain gets the
blame for all the trouble, be-
cause his name is easier to spell
and remember than those of
Kalinen, Molotov, Veroskilov and
others? WEBSTER ROGERS.
BUILDING COSTS
Editor The Times: / believe
that Bert Russell in letter pub
lished in your paper the other
day has put his finger on one
item of unnecessary cost in
building homes without at the
same time stating the complete
facts in the case.
In his argument that much
OF the extra cost is due TO the
unnecessary presence of super
yisors in the shape of sub-con-
tractors he states that builder
who knew his business could hire
mechanics direct from the union
hall and thus pay out only the
direct wage cost instead of GO
ing through numerous sub-con-
tractors and paying them their
profit for hiring and supervising
fees.
wonder IL Mr.. Russell has
ever tried to hire an electrician
or plumber direct from the
union hall. II he does attempt
to do so he will find that he
will be told that the union does
not furnish labor direct to par
ties who wish to employ them
and pay the union scale. That he
must instead arrange for his
work to be done through some
electrical shop or plumbing shop.
Why should the unions or the
house builder be compelled to
carry the extra costs Of ar
rsngements such as these which
save been written into labor
agreements between employers
and the unions
Maybe you are on the right
track, Russell. All the right
can't be on one side. Maybe
between us we can uncover
other conditions which. correct
ed. will help bring the solution
] believe we are both working
for-lower costs of home build
ing and stimulated employment.
N r. JOHNSON.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of
these test questions Turn to
the Woman's page for the an
swers.
i. Where will the Democratic
and Republican national conven-
tons be held this year?
2. Who painted the Sistine
Madonna?
5. Do ROSTERS ever crow at
night?
4. Do harbor pilots board
bsttleships and steer them into
port the same as merchant YES
selsg
5. What worldwide orgsniza-
ton was founded by General
William Booth.
s. In magnetism. do like poles
repel or attract.
!. What does the Latin term
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16

When Roosevelt announced
his intention Of naming the
Michigan man as attorney gen.
eral. he did 50 in the presence
Of Jackson. The president ex-
planned to Murphy that it was
only an interim appointment"
pending arrangements TO shift
him to the war department. and
that the eventual occupant Of
the post would be Jackson.
Therefore. Roosevelt added. the
new A. C. should do everything
possible TO build up Bob. Muir
ply, who then figured with the
New Yorker as a presidential
possibility. naturally resented the
situation, and kept Bob under
his thumb during his incum-
bency. jackson, who has fine
temper under his polite and pol
lished exterior, burned inwardly
at the series of snubs.
That explains. in part, why
jackson fired the Murphy men,
age as soon as he took office
why he dismissed the Detroit
indictments instigated by the su-
preme court member-why he
insists on reviewing all Murphy
judicial recommendation - and
why, to Murphy's horror, he de-
mands that FBI agents be
placed under civil service. The
last is the greatest blow of all,
for both Murphy and J. Edgar
Hoover have stubbornly resisted
such move. But F.D.R. is
standing by Bob, his 1910 favor
lite even over Cordell Hull.
A comic criss crossing Of
wires has complicated Senator
Green's proposal for senate
investigation of wire tapping.
AhS pdNhoboSc stOty 10 thoe hiiS
senatorial sleuths cannot decide
which set of wire tappers they
want to tap.
The Rhode Island senator in
PRODUCED his resolution because
of a politico-legal feud between
the Democrats and Republicans
in his state. It seems that Re-
publican Attorney General Louis
Jackson tapped the telephone
wires of Tom Mccoy. Demo-
cratic mayor of Pawtucket. and
obtained numerous indictments
for alleged election law viola
tons, mostly Democrats. Mean
while, it was revealed that Bruce
Bielaski's private d elective
agency had been listening in on
the attorney generals telephone
talks. Who hired Bielaski, a
former FBI agent, has not yet
been determined. But Rhode
Island Democrats hope that they
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
YOUR HEALTH
BY DIR. NORRIS FISHBEIN

In many country districts of
the United States there is a
superstition about crows that
runs like this: Ones unlucky,
two's lucky; three is health,
four is wealth; five is sickness,
six is DEATH"
There are innumerable SUPER
stitions about birds-some ia
vorable and others associated
with trouble. The crow has al
ways been considered a bird of
i'll omen.
Most abominable and unlucky
bird of all, however, is the owl.
When its hoarse and dismal
voice is heard, it is believed to
be heralding the approach of
some dire calamity or some ter
rible thing. In his writings.
Chaucer, the ancient English
poet, mentioned the superstition
that the boot of the owl was
invariably associated with death.
Likewise, the bowling of a dog
late at night is also said to
herald the approach of death.
There is no explanation for
these beliefs except the fact that
the boot of the owl or the howl
ing of the dog in the stiffness of
the night have certainly an
ominous sound. Shakespeare, in
Henry the Sixth" said:
THE owl shriek'd at thy birth,
an evil sign.
The night-crow cry'd aboding
luckless time,
Dogs how'd and hideous
tempest shook down trees"
In an endeavor to explain the
phenomenon, a British writer as
early as 170s said, I'VE cannot
determine, but it's probably that
out of sense of sorrow for the
sickness or absence of his mas
ter or the like. that creature
may be so disturbed"
The notion that animals can
scent the approach of death still
prevails strongly among many
people. 1t is known that dogs
or horses, approaching a dead
body. even at some distance. will
show signs of apprehension or
terror; yet this is not any evil
dence that they can anticipate
death. II is merely that the
sense OF smell is so strongly
developed in these animals.
One skeptic said that it was
not remarkable that anyone
should die after the continued
bowling of a dog. II was re-
msrkable that so many people
should live after listening to it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16

can turn up stuff that VIII
smear Gov. William II. Wander
bilt and the COP machine.
The idea appealed to Senator
Wheeler. who was once indicted
by the d. OF J. on trumped-up
charges in retaliation for his
senate investigation of the Harry
Daugherty regime. AS chairman
of the interstate commerce COM
mittee. Burt obtained unanimous
approval and a request for s25.-
600 for expenses. But the Mon
tana senator wants to invests
gate charges that several fed
eral agencies have been tapping
phones even since the system
was outlswed by the supreme
court. He is more concerned
over violations nearer the capi-
tai than Rhode Island, to the
distress of Senator Green.
The Roosevelt administration
evaporation over British trade
practices has been sharpened by
the sudden discovery that John
Bull has virtually obtained a
corner on production in a key
industry here - machine tools.
1t reveals wildly Britain's deter
mination to hold her normal
peacetime commerce at the ex-
pense of neutrals, especially the
United States.
The British have swamped
American machine tool manu-
facturers with such a flood Of
orders that they are virtually
unable to handle a growing do
nestle demand. Paying higher
prices and bonuses. foreign or
ders naturally command prefer
ence. The greatest volume Of
these exports are for equipping
England's airplane plants, they
are operating full blast, despite
the reinforcement of American
built ships. Meanwhile, Britain's
own vast machine tool industry
is whirring at high gear to facili-
tate manufacture of articles
John Bull sells around the world
in competition with our prod
ucts. 1t explains the failure Of
our foreign commerce to expand
as anticipated on the wars out
break.
Another source of irritation is
Britain's resort to cut rates and
barter, which makes a strong
appeal TO nations which cannot
obtain American dollars. The
system hits our farmers as we'll
as our industrialists, for the
goods accepted in payment by
London are foodstuffs which
would otherwise be bought in
the American market.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
Father Abraham's Cure
For Hard Times
Hits at Spenders
And Time MASTERS
1910 Has Same Economic
Problem as 1888
And Treats Remedy
In Same Old Way

MOST interesting contribution
to come to this desk in a long
time is copy of 1.-The Guilt
yator," tional agricultural
magazine published in Albany,
N. Y, and dated November,
1888. Reading its more than
one hundred year old pages
serves to more firmly establish
the thought expressed by the
prophet that there is nothing
new under the sun.
Certain members of congress
were protesting against the ex-
travagance which had raised the
national budget from s15,330,-
444 in 1924 to s3e,164.745 in
1887. Certainly no government
could survive such wanton ex-
trsvagance.
There was then. as now. con-
tinual complaint about the in
creasing tax burden. People
were asking how they ever
would be able to pay them. The
subject was discussed at town
meetings and other gatherings.
At one of the community auc-
tons while waiting for the sale
to open, according to a COM
munication addressed to The
Cultivator readers, the question
was put up TO the town philoso-
pher known as Father Abraham,
like this:
pray. Father Abraham,
what think you of the times:
Will not these heavy taxes
quite ruin the country: How
shall we ever he able 10 pay
them: What would you ad-
wise us To do ."
To the crowd gathered around
him. Father Abraham proceeded
to expound theory. in the ex-
preston of which he often
quoted from Poor Richard"
Friends, said he. taxes are.
indeed. very heavy and. If those
laid on by the government were
the only ones we had TO pay,
We might more easily discharge
them; but we have many others,
and much more grievious 10
some of us.
we are taxed twice as
much by our idleness, three
times as much by our pride,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
BANNING Political Pressure

There plenty of evidence last summer that the
Hatch bill wasn't piece of legislation entirely welcome
among those federal elective officials who counting
a bit on help from the boys in government jobs.
The Hatch BILL to extend the provisions of the
original and to bar all state employees paid partly with
tough fight.
However the battle the Hatch bill out, the
desrabity of to protect government job
holders from becoming the pawns of political bosses is
apparent Political control welded through federal agencies
doesn't do the cause Of democracy any good.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention IN this col
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer Onis initials
will be published when requested
Mr.. Fixit: Can You please tell
me where I may obtain . COM
plete set Of the 1910 census
questions G. y. y.
The questions are not avail
able 10 the public yet and are
not likely to be until April 1,
when the census actually starts.
The Census bureau in the Rust
building has copies Of the ques-
tons for training its staff. but
only for that purpose now.
Mr.. FixIt: WIN you please tell
me N n person has TO be totally
blind TO draw q state blind PEN
sion: OROyILLE.
II the degree OF blindness Is
20-200 by tests used. the person
Is eligible for aid to the blind
from that point of view. He also
must be eligible by economic
need.
MIR. Fixit: Il II legal for m
Insurance company 20 raise Its
rates on . life Insurance policy
after = person has had II for
nine or ten years? A. VI. r.
That would depend entirely
upon terms of the insurance pol
Icy. II you think something
Illegal has been done, you should
get an attorney to look over the
policy and advise you.
Mr.. Fixit: l am 10 years old.
I want TO 70 TO South America.
VIII q South American boat give
me job and where can 70 TO
get H.? 1 want 10 try my luck
In Chile or Argentina. I am
healthy and strong and VIII work
for nothing ~ long n I get there.
+. o. c.
Ships going to South America
are not, with very few excep-
tons, South American owned.
To get job on one under United
States flag you would have to
deal through the Sailors Union
of the Pacific. Americans are
not permitted to ship on foreign
boats. Perhaps you'd better talk
TO the Argentine and Chilean
consuls in Seattle about the OPP
portunities for young men In
their countries. You will find
the consul for Argentina in the
Colman building: for Chile in the
Green building, 4th and Pike.
Mr.. Fixit: What / should like
10 know Is the name of the COM
pany which makes a rubber hair
curler known rs the "Goody"
cushion hair roller, and their
their business address.
MRS. q. r. c.
Try II. Goodman 4 Sons, Inc,
26 Exchange Place. Jersey City.
N. J.
Mr.. Fixit: VIII you tell me
what Mrs. Roosevelt does with
the money she gets for broad
casting. NJ. w.
An inquiry about that a year
or two ago showed she uses
what is necessary to pay her
travelling expenses and distrib-
utes the remainder among vari-
Gus charities.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
URGES INSTRUCTION ON
VOTING MACHINE USE

Editor, The Times: As a pre-
cinct committeeman have been
in a position TO observe TO some
extent the limited knowledge
possessed by the voters as TO the
operation OF the voting machine
when there is "sticker' cam
didste.
believe that in order 10 as
sure ourselves Of the true demo-
cratic rights of the ballot. we
should insist that a series OF pub
lie classes in the operation of
the machine be established, to-
gether with lectures and demon
STATIONS in tsbulating the vote.
MILFORD d. PAYNE.
706 So. D st
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
AFT MANY YEARS
By E. T. SHORT

and four times as much by
our folly; and from these
taxes the commissioners can
not ease or deliver us by
abatement. However, let us
hearken to good advice, and
something may be done for
u.s."
The crowd by this time must
have been interested, for Father
Abraham continued to philoso-
phize, quoting freely from Poor
Richard:
1T would be thought hard
government that would tax its
people one-tenth Of their time,
but idleness taxes many of us
much more. Sloth, like rust,
consumes faster than labor
wears. Sloth makes all
things difficult but labor all
easy; and he that riseth late
must trot all day and scarce can
overtake his business at night.
$50 what signifies wishing
and hoping for better times:
We may make these times
better IL we better ourselves.
There are no gains without
pains.
III we are industrious we shah
never starve for at the
working mans house hunger
looks in but dares not enter;
nor will the bailiff or the con-
stable enter. for industry pays
debts while despair increases
them If you were a servant,
would you not be ashamed that
a good master should catch you
idle? Are you not, your own
master? Then be ashamed TO
catch yourself idle when there
is so much to be done for your
self and your family and your
country.
so much for industry, friends,
and attention to ones own BUSH
ness: but to these we must add
frugality if We would make our
industry more certainly success
ful II you would be wealthy.
think Of saving as well as get
ting -.
Away, then, with your
expensive foIlies. and you viii
not then have 90 much cause
TO complain Of hard times
and heavy taxes"
The writer closed the eon-
munication with this:
Thus the old man ended his
harangue. The people heard II,
and approved the doctrine; and.
Immediately practised the eon-'
trary. Just as If it had been a
common sermon. for the auction
opened and they began to buy
extravagantly."
The century old picture Is not
unfamiliar today; neither Is the
remedy for hard times, nor the
manner in which the people re-
ceived the message.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
RUSSIAN POLITICAL
DIVISION AND HISTORY

DIVISION AND HISTORY
Editor, The Times: In Mr..
Pesrsall's reply OF March s. he
accuses me OF not having read
any history since 1918 except
the distortions in the Daily
Worker" / have never been
subscriber to the Daily Work.
er" and do not see copy OF it
once in six months.
I have, however. been a
reader of Soviet Russia Today"
and shall give a few election
figures from it regarding the
charge which has been repeated
with monotonous regularity.
namely, that Russia is under
dictatorship by a minority of
Stalinists and that all acts car
ried out by them is for the pur-
pose of stamping out opposi-
ton.
Had Pearsall read enough his
tory, he would know the split
between the Stalinists and Trot-
skyites started long before the
revolution. During that period
the rift was patched up by
Lenin, but trouble broke out
again over the reconstruction
policy before his death.
The opposition led by Trotsky
was out voted and after Lenin's
death, entered upon a campaign
of assassination, sabotage and
treason. Leaders Zinovien. Ka-
meniev, Buckarin and others
were warned by the government.
They promised to desist. but
continued their nefarious activi-
ties and were finally halted by
the firing squad.
The following figures are from
the February issue of Soviet
Russia Today" Until they have
been contradicted, shall accept
them as correct.
In the recent election OF
deputies to the local Soviets
s2.sl2.237 votes were cast from
a registered total OF 93,547. 7s7.
A total of 1881, 0os deputies
We're elected. 20 per cent of
which We're not communists.
have not heard any OF these
deputies were kept from taking
office.
Compare this with Italy and
Germany where none but the
Nazi and Fascist party can vote
or hold office. Or with France.
which recently expelled all its
Communist deputies from the
chamber. Is there any other
country which can show such
large percentage of the people
voting7 Martin Dius. the great
exponent OF democracy and
enemy of relationships. was
elected by fine percentage of
the adult population of his dis
trict.
Now II the 20 per cent are
being dictated TO by the 80 per
cent, one naturally wonders why
they do not do something about
it: or why 90 per cent OF the
adult population takes the
trouble TO vote at all. The Red
army is drawn directly from the
people and it has the guns in its
hands. Is 1t possible Stain and
his associates could bribe any
considerable portion Of this
huge army Why doesn't the
army overthrow Staling
In Italy and Germany the
trade unions and co-operstives
have been destroyed In Russia
the corporations produce nearly
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16

other officials looked on, gaso-
line was drained from other
ships on the line. The pilot then
took off, completely missed the
route to New York and, flying
in the wrong direction. landed
on a small farm in southern
Maryland.