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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-10-07

WE an believe IN democracy
w democracy operated through
representative government Why
u t. then, that IN . land whore
evsrybody proclsims his devotion
to It, representative government II
whitening before our eyesf
The bureaucrat II blamed for
this. But he u not the cause. He
- the effect. The seat Of the
trouble lies far deeper.
! Our whole political system 10
based on the principle Of local self.
government. But two forces have
been destroying this principle.
One 10 the demand Of the people
Tor the federal government to in.
tervene In problems Of every com.
munity and every class. The
other Is the ever-growing practice
of passing all these problems on
to the government in Washington.
The last war gave this . big push.
The postwar d%islocation hurried It.
The Great Depression raised 1t to
avalanche proportions. The pres.
ent war is completing the Job.
Every town and state. every trade
association and trade union. every
class and group and desperate mi.
nority brings its problems to
Washington. And Washington Is
gladly accepting that responsible.
ity.
But Congress II made up solely
Of mere human beings. And Nature
has not endowed any group Of
human beings with the sweep and
grasp of intelligence necessary to
handle the multitude of federal and
local problems dumped upon
Washington.
Not being able to handle the i'm.
possible burden itself. Congress Of
necessity creates bureaus and
passes on the overload to the
bureaucrats. By bureaucrats I do
not mean those government EN-.
ployes once called civil servants"
because they were employed to
serve" the government and ex-
ecute the laws OF Congress. I re-
fer to the bureau chief and his
squadrons Of counselors and econ.
omists and specialists. I am not
criticizing them but the system.
They issue what are called "di-
rectives," which actually have the
force Of law. One bureaucrat in
the Securities and Exchange Com.
mission said recently: I'VE do
make the law. This order super
sedes any laws opposed to It."
Actually the bulk of what in effect
are our general laws are now being
made not by Congress but by bu.
reaucracies.
This is not a new thing. 1t was
under way 80 years ago when I
entered Congress. I made a speech
in the House warning Of 1t in 1923
and again in 1882. I am not dis
cussing the concentration of fed.
eral power which has been made
in order to fight the war. The
present picture is merely the nat.
ural development of our policies
over several decades. It is a pro.
cedure as old Is tyranny. But 1t
cannot exist in a democracy, be.
cause where it exists government
inescapably ceases to be a de.
mocracy.
The essence Of democracy is that
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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-10-07
DID YOU KNOW THAT =

Slowing down before applying
the brakes when approaching an
intersection makes tires wear
longer.
A pound Of fat Is needed for
production of three bags used
by soldiers to carry gas masks.
Evening star., 1943-04-14
BY the Associated Press.

HOLLISTER. Calf. April 14.-A
Navy patrol blimp crashed west of
Hcllister early today spilling out its
crew of nine. and then bounded of
the low coastal hills, coming to rest
a complete wreck-about II miles
away.
The pilot and co-pilot were in
jured and the others shaken up.
The Navy said the pilot, 1t. q. g.
Robert M Mcbride of Tennessee
was cut about the face and that the
co-pilot Ensign Don Haslett of Oak
land, Calf, suffered a broken leg
The blimp was finally found abou,
200 yards off the highway 80 miles
southeast of San Francisco.
The sheriff's ONCE said the blimr
evidently hit hilltop in the dark
virtually tearing off the cabin. The
airship, filled with non-explosive
helium gas, did not burn.
The office reported it received its
first word of the wreck at 1888 am.
relayed apparently by crewmar
who had reached a farmhouse
Seven minutes later, the first two
men of the ship were picked up by
State highway patrol car at Chit
tenden Junction, II miles west oi
Hollister.
As other stragglers began appear.
ing, the 18th Naval District at Sar
Francisco issued flash report
identifying the missing blimp as 8
Navy craft and stating none Of it:
crew was killed. one severely in.
jured and three less seriously hurt
Later the San Benito County sher-
ifs office reported an additiona
crewmen had been injured.
Evening star., 1943-04-14
Nee Cormock Hits SpongIer
On Fourth Term PIedoe
3v the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
House Majority Leader Mccormack
last night accused Republican Ma
tional Chairman Harrison E. Span
gler of bitter partisan politics" for
attempting to obtain positive assur-
ance that President Roosevelt will
not seek fourth term"
He well knows. or ought to know,
that the worst thing in war that
could happen to our country would
be for the President to make any an
nouncements in relation to l944," Mr.
Mccormack said.
His statement was the latest in an
exchange which began when Post
master General Walker, chairman of
the Democratic National Commit
tee, suggested late 1914 national con-
ventions and a short campaign. Mr.
Spangler then sought Mr.. Walker S
assurance against fourth term
for Mr.. Roosevelt, and Mr.. Walker,
commenting later at press confer
ence on the Republican move, de-
clared, This is no time for politics
Let us get on with the war"
Mr.. Mccormack said Mr.. Spangler
knew that if President Roosevelt
were to announce he was not a can
didate that the result would be that
he would impair his position in Con-
gress and elsewhere as our war
leader"
Evening star., 1943-04-14
IS Baltimore Firemen
Burned in Acid Plant Blaze
BY the Associated Press


BALTIMORE, April 14.-Fighting
a f1ve-alarm fire started by the ex-
plosion Of a sulphuric acid vat.
approximately rs tremen suffered
acid burns at Curtis Bay chemical
plant yesterday.
A vat on the top level OF the
Standard Wholesale Phosphate Co 3
distilling tower exploded and sui
phuric acid dripped from rafters,
walls and ceiling. Firemen wore gas
masks, but acid fell on their hands.
necks and faces.
The roof Of the tower was torn
OH by the explosion and burning
material showered over the nearby
area. starting minor fires on a rail.
road bridge and In another building.
Sparks also set off a fire in a pile
OF Stag and sulphur.
Employees fought the flames, which.
shot 30 feet from the top of the
tower, until firemen arrived. The
fire started, employees said. when
sparks from burning lead ignited the
sulphur dust on walls and floors OF
the building. N
Evening star., 1943-04-14
Army Finds 'Cistern Twin
For 22-Year-0Id Sister
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
BRADENTOWN, Fla, April IA
The "c!stern twin" of Mrs. Dick
Catron, who hasn't seen him since
shortly after they were found as
infants abandoned in a well. was To-
Gated yesterday by the Army.
It was quite job of checking. but
the Drew Field public relations
office at Tampa tagged Pvt. William
Allen Hamilton at Camp Braden-
ton, an Army Signal Corps installa-
ton.
The twins were recovered from a
well at Omaha in 1920. They were
taken to a hospital. For want Of a
better name, attendants called them
Betty and Jimmy Wells. Later they
were adopted by different families.
Mrs. Catron. whose home is at
Twin Falls, Idaho, now is at Rock
port, Mo-. with her foster mother,
Mrs. Arch Shurigar. She is ex-
pected to come here for a reunion
with her brother. They are %
years old.
Army authorities entered the
search when Mrs. Catron recently
had word that her brother was in
the Army, supposedly in Florida.
But they got OF on the wrong track,
looking for Jimmy Wells. Finally a
recheck brought the new name. A
soldier remembered seeing it on a
transfer order.
Pvt. Hamilton wasn't surprised by
official word that his sister was
seeking him. A letter from her that
has been going the rounds of camps
had Just reached him.
Evening star., 1943-04-14
H. N. Bitner 10 Direct
WPB Publishing Division
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Harry NJ. Bitner, Pittsburgh pub
Usher, has been appointed deputy
director of the War Production
Boards Printing and Publishing Di-
vision, Director William G.. Chand-
Ter announced today.
Mr.. Bitner. who has served as a
special consultant to Mr.. Chandler
since March 8, now will take over
supervision of newspaper and maga-
zine problems, in cooperation with
Walter J. Risley, jr.. administrator
of the Magazine Section, and Mat
thew G. Sullivan, chief of the News
paper Section Deputy Director
E. W. Palmer will continue to have
general supervision of all printing
and publishing problems.
Mr. Bitner is On leave of absence
from his various commercial and
private business connections, in
cluding the Pitt Publishing Co..
publisher of the Pittsburgh Sun
Telegraph, of which he is president,
publisher and director; the Times
Publishing Co., publisher of the
Detroit Times, of which he is vice
president and director: the Ameri-
can Weekly, Inc: the Hearst Publ
cations, Inc. and the Hearst Con-
solidated Publications, Inc.
Evening star., 1943-04-14

the Rev. A. w. Cormack. Of the Gen.
eral Conference of Seventh Day Ad-
ventists.
C. T. Hurley s32 Taylor street
NE, said buying bonds is duty
required "of every citizen"
Buy for Victory.
Patrolman Arthur B. Gernhofer,
attached to No. 13 Precinct. termed
war bonds "the best investment in
the world today. The most compel
ling reason my wife and l are buy
ing bonds is to help win the war.
It's the best reason I know"
Mrs. Betty Crocker, 3149 Mt. Pleas
ant street NV, is a telephone eX-
change operator at the New Medical
Building. Il have son in the Army.
Buying bonds helps to give our fight
ing men the things they need. All
of us should give up pleasures to
help our country"
Mrs Raymond C. Baade, 1906
Branch avenue Sc, not only works
in the Treasury Department but has
charge of bond sales in her division.
Buying bonds is the least thing we
who stay at home can do. I have
an uncle, As. who fought in the last
war and enlisted in this one. That
gives me an added reason to buy
bonds"
Hopes to Speed Victory.
Mrs. Charles F. Castle, 1900 Oates
street NE, has a baby son whose
future she desires to protect. Her
husband is an aviation mechanic at
Boiling Field. Our hope and prayer
Is to get the war over with as quickly
as possible. 1t is a duty and privi-
lege to buy bonds. We are helping
now, and. we'll have something of
value when the war is over"
A middle-aged woman whose hus-
band has been overseas for a year
said financial circumstances prevent
her from doing all she wants to do
Il feel strongly about buying bonds.
I am with the AWVC Motor Corps,
and my daughter is a Red Cross
nurses aide We rnust win this war,
and all must do something to help"
A woman clerk in an insurance
Office said she had to concentrate
on my taxes .. later hope to have
the money to buy bonds, because it
Is a definite saving"
Evening star., 1943-04-14
Jailed Merchant Protests
Removal Of Cell Telephone
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
ATLANTA. April 14.-A prisoner
awaiting third trial on a murder
charge asked the Georgia Public
Service Commission yesterday to
prevent removal of a telephone from
his Jail cell lest his juke box business
be ruined.
Already turned down by United
States District Court on a request
for a permanent injunction. the
prtsoner-businessman contended the
telephone company would be violat-
ing commission regulations if it
removed the phone.
Commission Chairman Walter
Mcdonald said the prisoner, 'Eurus
Cady, declared he had been a sub
scriber to service Of the Douglas
'GaD Telephone Co for years, that
he had paid his bills and also had
put up deposit to cover future
charges of service to his cell in the
Coffee County Jail.
Mr.. Mcdonald said the commits
sion agreed to conduct a hearing
April q to determine whether it
should order the company to show
cause why it should not continue
service to the Douglas Jail cell.
Federal Judge A. B. Lovett had
ruled that no Federal question was
involved, but had granted a stay
against removal of the telephone
until Thursday.
Evening star., 1943-04-14
Lee Greatest Strategist
OF u. s., Freeman Saws
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CAMP LEE, Va, April 14.-Gen.
Robert E. Lee was the greatest
strategist in American military his
tory, DR.. Douglas S. Freeman, Rich
mond editor and Lee biographer,
sa,d yesterday at Lee mural dedi-
cation ceremonies in the Oficers
Recreation Center here.
DR. Freeman called Gen. Lee "a
great reconciler of men" who knew
how to bring individuals together.
Americas modern army of 10000, 900
men. he said, likewise will have to
wo-k together as one team and yet
retain those marks of individuality
that are typically American.
Dr. Freeman described the at
tributes of Lees generals who ap-
pear with him on the mural. which
was painted by Sergt. Paul Szabady.
The work was unveiled by Mai. Gen.
James E. Edmonds, commanding Of
f1cer at Camp Lee. who introduced
DR.. Freeman,
Evening star., 1943-04-14
Poll Shows D. C.. Residents
Anxious to Buy War Bonds
Support for Boys on Fighting Fronts and
Assurance of Future Inspire Purchases

Uncle Sam must get $42 600, ,000
from Washington residents in the
war bond drive He wants this sum
to come out of current earnings, not
savings.
How, then, does Mr.. Average Citi-
zen feel about it? And more i'm
portant. what is he going to do about
it? How does the housewife, guard
ing the family purse, sum up the
situation?
Seeking an answer to these queS-
tions, reporter selected names at
random from the telephone book
and began making calls
I'VE want our country to stay the
way it is. We want to instill de-
cency. law and order in our children.
That's why my husband and I are
buying bonds, and why our three
children buy War Stamps each
week remarked Mrs. Harry Grant
ell, 1920 Good Hope road Sc.
Backs Up Boys"
w. H GemmiN, 1896 Meridian
place NV, is home again after a
stay in local hospital. I'VE should
back up our boys with everything
we've got. I'm a full -blooded Amer
lean, and buying bonds is one way
of doing something about it"
James Jones, 1928 Fourteenth
street NV, said he would start buy
ing bonds. 1T is a help to our coun-
try, and help to the Individual"
George A. Cassidy, jr., attorney,
is making speeches for the War Bond
Committee. L couldn't talk con-
vincingly on the subject unless
believed in it. Those who can't fight
can buy bonds. 1t is all a matter of
patriotism"
Two In Air Forces.
''It is so important to get the war
finished, make our country safe and
get the world back where it be-
longs" said a wife and mother who
explained why she is buying War
Bonds. Her husband and son are
serving in the Army Air Forces. She
did not want her name used. She
is not only buying bonds, but asks
all her friends to do so.
Three of us, my two daughters
and myself. want to help our coun-
try in its hour of crisis remarked
Evening star., 1943-04-14

making on the fighting
fronts.
Remember: They give
their lives-we are only
asked to lend our money.
Only you know how much
you can lend. Don't wait for
some one to come around
and ask you to do your part.
Do 1t now. Do 1t gladly.
Do it to the utmost of your
capacity.
Do it knowing that how
much you do will determine
to an extent how quickly we
win this war. The District of
Columbia's quota is so, ,000.-
coo. OF this the public viii
be asked to subscribe $42,-
600. .0OO, the remainder to be
purchased By the banks
Evening star., 1943-04-14
! Decd, IS Missing,
d Sofe in Torpedoine
BY the Associated Press.


BOSTON. April 14.-Fifteen men,
bers Of the crew Of a medium sized
United States merchant vessel
which was torpedoed and sunk by
an enemy submarine early in
February IN the North Atlantic are
listed as missing and one Is known
to have lost his life. the LIST Naval
District announced yesterday.
Twenty-three members Of the
crew reached Boston en- route to
another port, the Navy revealed.
The vessel foundered 4 few min
utes after the torpedoing and the
survivors abandoned ship In Z life
boat and on . raft. About two
hours later they were rescued BY .
British corvette which took them
to . European port where they were
Transferred to . vessel bound for
The Unfted etatss.
Evening star., 1943-04-14
COP Moves 10 Send
Congress Delegates
To Food Conference
Proposal by Bradley
Coils for Full Press
Coveruqe of Sessions

A Republican-sponsored move
for creation of a special congress
sional committee to attend the
United Nations food conference
and to provide for fuller press
reporting of the sessions opening
May 18 at Hot Springs, Va, was
under way today in Congress.
Representative Bradley, Repub-
ican, of Michigan filed a concurrent
resolution yesterday, to be followed
in the Senate by one from Senator
Ferguson. Republican, of Michigan.
authorizing the special committee
and calling for coverage in normal
fashion, subject to reasonable
censorship" by the three major press
associations.
The move received the indorse-
ment Of House Minority Leader
Martin. who said all such confer
ences on postwar economic planning
should include delegates from Con-
gress. He also backed the proposal
that the conference be open to re-
porters.
Landon Voices Protest.
In New York, ALI NJ Landon. 1886
Republican presidential nominee
last night protested any "blackout
Of information on matters vitality
affecting the public in the forth
coming parley.
mot only should the press be per-
mitted to attend these conferences, y
he said, but there should be no such
conferences held without congress
sional representatives in attendance
both from the minority and the
majority" ..,s a.
At st. Paul, Gov. Harold E. Stas-
sen. of Minnesota, sent a telegram
to President Roosevelt, urging that
the press be allowed to attend both
the food parley and the refugee con-
ference starting next Monday at
Bermuda. Gov. StaSsen said it was
his firm opinion the best hope of
the active participation of this coun-
try in world organization and world
leadership will come from giving the
American people the greatest pos
sible news, both good and bad, both
encouraging and discouraging, re-
garding these problems.
Martin Issues Statement.
Mr.. Martin issued the following
statement:
THE food conference in Virginia,
the (refugee) conference in Bermuda
and every conference held for the
purpose of reaching important agree
ments upon our ecoromic life, should
include representatives from Con-
gress. And this representation should
include members from both political
parties.
Legislation will undoubtedly en-
anate as a result of the conferences
and the members of Congress should
have the opportunity of getting their
information first hand
THE war is peoples war. and
the peace must be peoples peace
The representatives to the Congress
represent the people, and they should
sit in at these economic con-
ferences."
Under announced plans of the
State Department. newspapermen
may attend opening and closing
sessions of the food conference. but
! not immediate committee and tech
nical sessions.
Evening star., 1943-04-14
SpaneIer Charges
Congress Is Target
OF New Deal Smear
COP Choirmun Tells
Women Millions Are Spent
On Propaganda Machine
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CONCORD, N. H.. April l4.-Har-
rison E. Spangler, chairman of the
Republican National Committee, as
serted here today that a propaganda
machine had been built up by the
New Deal through "the\ hiring of
thousands of experts in this fieiG
and the spending of millions of dol
lars" and that this country had
seen character assassination-the
smear-made an almost accepted
form of political activity"
And today let me tell you that
this un-American deviltry is being
aimed right at the heart of the Con-
gress Of the United States" he de-
clared in an address before the
Women's Republican Club of New
Hampshire.
That propaganda Spangler
added, lis designed to undermine
the confidence of the American peo-
pie in their rejuvenated Congress.
1t Is designed to force Congress back
into the role of rubberstamp in
domestic affairs. And, going fur
ther it is aimed at giving the Presi-
dent Of the United States blank
check in foreign affair" -"
The COP chairman asserted what
the American people demanded was
that "the war in which their sons
are fighting and for which they are
making the most exacting sacri-
fees. should not, must not be used
for the perversion of the American
system of government and Ameri-
can economic processes"
Saying that 1914 was coming
Spangler referred to the Repub-
lican party as "the party of hope
and added:
THE fourth-term lightning rod
raised SO brazenly a few weeks ago
by the New Deal henchmen is be-
ginning already to tarnish and
wabble."
Evening star., 1943-04-14
General Trades
Epithets With
u. S. Serqeont
" the Associated Press

by tne ASSoClateo Press,
CAIRO. April 14-Sergt. Worden
r. Lowell of Maiden. Mass, United
States Army photographer, was
scurrying along in a jeep to catch
up with an advanced unit OF the
British 9Th Army In the Gabes area
He asked group of soldiers in
battle dress for direction. Instead of
answering, one of the soldiers asked
him why he wanted to know.
I was In helluva rush and In no
mood to carry on a conversation, ="
Lowell related. Il told him so very
plainly"
They snapped few personal re-
marks and the soldier walked away.
That fellow must be a sergeant
the way he talked to me-" Lowell re-
marked to a British photographer
nearby.
'fOh. no." said the Briton, that's
Gen. Montgomery.