Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-13
nluHARY HIGHWAY,
MEXICO 10 RAlQAllA

0&X1CO 10 HANA4A
THE PRECEDENT has asked Con-,
GFess for "a. 900 900 for he purposa
q building . military highway from
tie southern boundary q Mexico 4
intended - . defense measure.
A year ago. . young man called
On me, saying be and his wife vers
planning IN automobile trip from
the northern border Of Mexico
through to Colombia. For the past
three months they have been At
tempting that trip and have pro
creased n far a. southern Mica
ragua. Following such trails, and
an occasional short piece Of road,
n can be found, they report prog
ress ranging from one-haH to seven
miles . day for the days they At
tempt to travel through the Central
American jungles.
They may be able to get through
to the Canal after another three or
four months, but It il doubtful Il
they can 60 from there to the Colon
bian border.
That Is the country Of the San Bias
Indians and few white men have
ever penetrated Il for any distance.
The Indians do not take kindly to
the whites.
An acquaintance Of some years
ago, Captain Fitzmorris. an English
soldier Of fortune, was one Of the
few white men acceptable to the
San Bias Indians. He had been
made a blood member Of the tribe
and lived with them for . number
Of years following the close Of the
last World war.
Fitzmorris fought for England
when his native country was At war.
big or little, in any part Of the
world. II it was not at war, he
hunted up wars in other countries II
possible. When he could not find
one in which he could participate,
he would 60 to the San Bias coun-
try and live with the Indians. He
wore the Victoria cross, with two
bars, earned, Of course, In the serv-
ice Of England.
It is what learned from Captain
Fitzmorris Of the San Bias country
that causes me to question the abil-
ity Of the intrepid young couple to
make their way through It to the
Colombian border.
LONG REACH OF MAD MAN
TnH1NUEC ETCUuNyn WHY Act
SOME Is YEARS AGO I spent a
few pleasant days in the little New
foundland fishing village Of Placen-
tia, located at the head Of Placentia
bay on the southeast coast Of the
fog enshrouded island. In its mod
est way, it was an attractive place,
consisting of some II to is snow
white cottages, with the bluest Of
blue trimmings, a Methodist church
and a small store specializing in
ship chambers supplies. To the
north and west of the village there
was but the unbroken wilderness Of
stunted timber, valuable only as
pulp wood.
Today the little village of Placen-
tia is gone. Its white and blue cot
tages and its little church have fall
en- victims to the war preparations
of the United States. Where it
stood, this nation is today erecting
buildings that will house, not a
simple fisher folk, but the officers
and men of an American naval sta
ton to aid in the protection Of the
world against the Mad Man Of
Europe.
GOVERNMENT ALSO DUBIOUS
IF BY EXECUTIVE ORDER
WE FEEL bit sorry for the peo-
pie Of any nation from which comes
an announcement Of government
by Decree" We think Of it as an
other country moving toward q die
tatorship, another people losing their
liberties. We thank God we are not
in that boat.
There is not much difference BE-
tween government by decree" and
government by executive order. -
A violation of an executive order
can send one to jail As quickly and
certainly as violation Of a decree,
and to a considerable extent, we
Americans are governed by "execu-
tive ORDERS
President Roosevelt or, with his
authority, the heads Of well over
100 departments or bureaus, have
issued executive orders" on an Az
erage Of much more than one each
day for more than the past eight
years. The vast majority Of Ameri-
can citizens know nothing Of what
these orders are. They are not de-
bated in congress. They are seldom
reported in the newspapers. Law
yers cannot keep up with them. They
are laws that cannot be found In
the law books. They cover a. many
subjects as there are executive or
ders."
For example: Should any retail
grocery man sell n much ~ 100
pounds Of sugar to any one customer
and fail to report that sale, with the
name Of the customer, 10 the secre-
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