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Washington.—Time after time since
President Roosevelt entered the White
House, many observ-
ers have insisted
that he had reached
a crossroads and
that on those occasions he necessar-
fly had to choose between the right
and the left. They contended with con-
siderable justification that he either
had to be conservative or radical. But
somehow the President arranged to fol-
low both roads at once. At least that
conclusion has been reached by those
who classify themselves as liberals.
Now, observers are saying again
that the President has reached the
crossroads and must choose between
the right and the left. With the con-
vening of congress there has come for-
ward the usval number—perhaps 1
should say more than the usual num.
ber—of proposals for radical or con-
servative legislation as the case may
be. There are dozens, almost hundreds,
of bills advocating nostrums and crack-
pot ideas which cannot possibly do
more than take up time and keep the
government printing office busy at the
expense of the taxpayers in printing
the bills themselves. There are in all
of this mess as well many pleces of
worthwhile legislation as well as the
proposals bearing earmarks of draft-
ing under White House guidance.
In addition there are close to six
dozen presidential appointments upon
which the senate must act. Some of
these names are of individuals of
known radical tendencies. Some others
are recognized as equally conservative,
It will be the senate's job to pass upon
these nominations which, some obsery-
ers insist, represent perhaps the widest
variation in economic views that has
ever been sent to the Capitol for con-
firmation of appointment.
AS a corollary for this confused state,
there are the growing differences of
opinion, based on presidential policy
proposals, as to whether the govern-
ment should attempt to provide relief
through work as Mr. Roosevelt desires
or should tura to a plain, unadulter-
ated dole, There is the demand from
the White House for legislation put-
ting the federal government further
Again at
Crossroads
pansion of publicly owned power facil
ities and the question of liquidating or
continuing te expand such programs as
that of loans to home owners and ex
tension of NRA.
Summed up, it would appear, superfi-
cially at least, that Mr. Roosevelt is
definitely at the crossroads. I am told
by legislative leaders, however. that
the administration program thus far
advanced again does not commit Mr.
Roosevelt definitely to follow either the
radical or conservative pathways. They
point out that there is an unusual ad-
mixture of two schools of economic
thought represented in legislation bear-
ing presidential approval and their
thought seemed to be that Mr. Roose.
velt will avoid being forced into either
camp at this time.
» . .
It has been most interesting to ob-
serve the fluctuation temperature
; among the various
More Action New Dealers. Prior
to the last election
Than Results?
they were very low
in spirit. Many of them were saying,
in private at least, that Mr. Roosevelt
was getting eut of hand as far as they
were concerned and was turning cer.
tainly toward the conservative school
of thought. At the same time among
conservative members of the admin-
istration and in congress and to a con
siderable extent among business lead.
ers, there was a growing feeling that
they had witnessed the phenomena of
having their own ears pinned back Just
when they thought they were on the
upgrade,
Following this change of trends
‘along comes the mass of White House
legislation, some of which pleases the
New Dealers and some of which pleases
the conservatives. Each finds fault
with that portion of the program that
is reasonably satisfactory to the other,
This contrariety of opinion extends
into the ranks of members of the house
and senate. Consequently, the question
to which the observers are now seek-
ing an answer is whether Majority
Leader Robinson in the senate and the
Democratic wheel-horses In the house
are going to be able to keep their tre
mendous numbers In line. Thus far,
there has been no word from the ma.
Jority leaders either in the house or
the senate Indicating any doubt on
their part that the administration whip
will fail to drive recalcitrant members
into the proper alleys. Unblased ob
servers are taking the position, how-
ever, that time alone will tell. And
it may be added with some emphasis
that If the wild horses break loose
from the hitching post once, the cur
rent session of congress may provide
much more action than results.
. . »
Present plans of the Republican lead-
ership, If there are enough Republicans
left to make their
Soldiers’ presence felt, indi.
Lobby Strong cate that the Demo
cratic commanders
need not expect any help from that
quarter in pulling hot chestnuts out
of the fire. For example, I understand
that the soldiers’ bonus question will
be used by the Republicans as a sort
of prod with which to disturb the ma.
Jority party. It seems definite that the
bouse senate will pass legislation
of
It may not be a program for full pay-
ment of the sum that is not due until
1945, but the pressure is so strong that
some action will be forthcoming.
If Mr. Roosevelt sticks to his guns
and vetoes any bonus legislation ex-
cepting that proposing to care for the
destitute ex-soldiers, sailors and ma-
rines, there is enough strength in con-
gress to pass the legislation over his
veto. The soldiers’ lobby is strong: of
that there can be no doubt. The mem-
bers will be thinking of their political
future, not Mr. Roosevelt's, when the
question is put before them. Then is
when the Republican minority could be
of distinct help to the administration
but, apparently, that is just the thing
the Republican minority is not going
to do.
The administration is now examin-
Ing various avenues of a possible com-
promise on the bonus payments and
it is through this course that a hope
exists on the part of administration
leaders to avoid the showdown men-
tioned above. Knowing that it cannot
count on the Republican minority for
any help to carry through its plans,
the administration may make some
concessions to the bonus advocates,
These most certainly will be made un-
less a count of noses by the leadership
shows a little later that the support.
ers of a full bonus payment can be
whipped—and right now that is gener-
ally considered by observers as being
Impossible,
Here again the views of radicals
and conservatives clash. There will
be some radicals supporting the bonus
payment in order to force the Presi-
dent into a position where he must
inflate the currency futther. That
group thinks inflation of the currency
will boost prices and provide the nec-
essary hypodermic injection to get us
out of the depression. Opposed to
these are a considerable number of
house and senate members who fear
inflation and its results like they fear
the poison fangs of a rattlesnake So,
when the bonus question is joined as
an issue it seems to me we will see an
interesting exposition of how politics
makes strange bedfellows,
- * *
President Roosevelt is about to open
up the federal treasury for loans to
cities to provide
Federal funds for construc.
of municipal
light and power
plants. He bas announced definitely
that he favors this procedure and,
therefore, in effect has invited cities
te join the march on Washington for
more federal loans.
The newest development in the ad
ministration program of loaning money
here and there seems to have resulted
in repercussions of a more important
nature than ebjections voiced to oth-
er types of federal loans. Here In
Washington considerable discussion
has developed as to the wisdom of this
policy and this has been followed by
speculation as to the ultimate end of
a program eof this kind. Opinion
throughout the country apparently has
not been definitely crystallized yet bur
from all indications it appears we are
due to hear much debate on the new.
est New Deal idea.
Objectors to the program of provid
ing loans to cities for construction of
municipal light and power plants in.
sist that Mr. Roosevelt has taken the
longest step toward state socialism
thus far to be made a part of his New
Deal. They contend that Mr. Roose.
velit has gone beyond his recovery pro
gram and has embarked upon a plan
representing part and parcel of his
scheme for public ownership of all in.
dustries Impressed with a public In
terest through service of a monopolis
tic character,
Opponents also argue that the Pres
ident is placing privately owned Indus
tries under a severe handicap by fore.
ing them to compete with what should
be private Industry but what actually
-is their own government.
In some quarters also | hear expres.
sions of a fear that if any substantial
number of cities borrow federal money
to build their own light and power
plants, the federal government will
have expanded to that extent its dom
ination over those cities. Through
loans to banks, to agriculture and to
many other lines, federal influence dally
is being exerted upon the private life
of the country until, some observers
declare, states, counties and muniel
palities are gradually sinking Into ob.
livion Insofar as their own self-gov.
ernment is concerned,
On the other hand, such advocates
of public ownership as Senator Nor.
Roosevelt's decision to proceed along
public ownership lines, Senator Norris
believes Mr. Roosevelt has authority
now under public works and recovery
owned light and power plants about any
place he pleases, The Nebraska sen.
ator, It will be remembered, was the
spearhead of the movement that re.
sulted In creation of the Tennessee
Valley authority and the program for
development of electrical energy from
the Muscle Shoals dams in the Ten
nessee river. Already, privately dwned
light and power companies in many
sections contiguous to the Tennessee
river plant have been virtually forced
to sell thelr properties to the TVA.
©. Western Newrpaver Union.
Let Our Motto Be
GOOD HEALTH
BY DR. LLOYD ARNOLD
Professor of Bacteriology and Preventive
Medicine, University of 11linois,
College of Medicine.
HEARTS OF THE TEN-TO-
TWENTY.-YEAR GROUP
| young people show up remarkably well
in the mortality
tables of heart dis.
ease, Of every hun-
dred persons who
die of heart dis
ease only two are
in the second dec-
ade of life. These
are the statistics
for Illinois, and
they hold true for
the country gen-
erally.
This does not
mean that no atten-
tion need be paid to
the physical condition of the hearts of
this group—the emotional flutterings
of the heart common to this period are
of course beyond the scope of this ar-
ticle. jut physically this decade is
the most important in the life history
of the heart. It is so very easy to do
damage to this organ in the adolescent
Years—damage that is not particularly
felt then, but that will later manifest
itself as serious heart disease,
If a boy or girl can go through the
adolescent years without impairing the
health of the cardiac region through
either infections or overstraining, then
he or she has a very good chance of
not becoming a “heart case” later on.
The adolescent years are the heart's
growth period. It begins growing
when a child Is twelve or thirteen years
old; in some children it starts growing
even earlier, iy the time the boy or
girl is twenty, the size of the heart has
increased two and one-half timel
At the same time that the heart is
growing, the bones and muscles are
also growing. In quite a few young
people, the growth Is so rapid between
the ages of twelve and fifteen that the
body seems out of proportion—it looks
gangling, and the youth {s awkward
and clumsy ; he has poor posture and a
slovenly gait. His or her body fea-
tures are taking on the distinctive pat-
tern they will carry through life
Inside the body just as important
changes and growths are going on.
The sex glands are developing, and
the heart, liver, kidneys and other or
gans are assuming thelr different pat.
terns. If we could look throngh the
skin, we would see that the insides of
bodies differ from each other just as
much as the outsides do. The pattern
of ene person's heart or kidneys is as
certain to show weakness in early life
as the pattern of another person's eyes
is certain to require glasses at an early
age. The shape of the heart In a child
will follow the family pattern as often
as the shape of his nose will
jut whether the pattern of the heart
is weak strong, there is an In
creased burden on It during the grow-
ing period, as great, If greater,
than there Is In adult life, for. remem
ber, the body attains its growth at
about sixteen years, while the heart
does not attain its growth until four
years later. Sports and physical activ.
ity are very good for
healthy young person,
ous exercise can
known as “athlete's heart”
or
nol
the
but too stren-
develop what is
jearns how to live with it in his Inter
years. But parents should insist that
the grueling physical training
often accompanies participation
competitive sports,
track and rowing, should be done only
under the supervision of competent
coaches
The injury done the heart by infec
tious diseases Is far more frequent
such
ey
te
The heart beats normally
a minute, After each beat it has a
ceding moment of work. So when a
the heart while the disease is in prog
several days after recovering from a
disease, Every ome has heard of chil
These fatalities result because the
endure the extra strain,
In the states in the Great Lakes
in adolescent girls
usually very intelligent, making high
grades, and they are usually thin and
nervous. They have rapid pulses.
| should not engage in hard play.
| should be active and frolicsome us they
pass through the period from childhood
to physical maturity. When young
people are healthy and do not overtax
themselves In competitive sports dur.
ing too long a space of time, they come
out of the adolescent period with
strong hearts. ?
But guard against exercising too
soon after recovering from an infec
tious disease, or any condition that
causes a rapid pulse. The heart may
receive permanent injury,
© Wentorn Newspaper Union.
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“Oh, my G
tre!"
That was the first response of a |
winner In the Irish Sweepstakes lot
tery when told that
by $150,000,
~(-~now Conrad cap re |
she was richer |
“Conrad” is her Wushand. a laborer '
for a chemleal company. Their name |
Is Lenz, and they were married when |
they came over from
gether 32 years ago.
dren and
worked
Germany to-
They have chil
“He
life,”
now
grandchildren,
hard all his
$0 happy that
has
KO
“I'm
rest."
she
SHAys,
can
he
We may be impelled to the thought
that being the wife of a laborer,
bringing up a family on a laborer's
wage, was not exactly a cinch, either, |
There must have been a good many
things Mrs. Lenz might have wished
for In those 82 years, that $150.000 |
could bring her now. But her only
thought is that “Conrad can retire”
Another winner was Angie Graffeo, |
a girl working in n factory us a dress
operator, She And
what her “I'm
going to take my |
stepfather on a and
875.000).
thought?
mother
won
first
my
was
and
trip to Europe,
build a house for them!”
Perhaps the accusation ls
we lend
in the lives of those we
true that
women “contingent lives”
that we live
for,
woolen
care
knows
usual
Certainly to who
one
there is noth un
hoot
thought
fryer
Dg
about the wife who
ine woul
0
first of what her good fort
mean to her husband, or ti
ter whose jos
it would do for her parents.
was In terms
i
Does anybody
Are you
sacrifice | ipreciated, and t}
i "
fee] sorry
for them?
whether their
how they might be
fillment of drea
Then
really
the
CArs
ms for
ler If ti
conside
wk
od |
jewels ar
* realization of her
the
Or the daugh
frond —
reed irom
need
to labor in his old age
ter who thought f
would her
rut her
of her parents
richer if
v the at
tainment of ti luxuries and
life be ily
her new fortune meant +f
pleas
ures which
often
confuse with
1 don't
pitied because
those they love
be
of |
believe omen
think
For despite the bad |
are
to
they first
repute of the thought for its fre.
it is true that there is no richer joy,
or ful
which
filment In this life than that
we love,
©. Bell Byn
f adie
nte WNU Bervice.
Canadian Stonehenge
Indications of similarity in primi
have been
covered in every continent, and it i
tive religious cnlts dis
New some of the
relies of dead
world contains
most ancient
civilizations,
find Is
A recent archeologica
reported from Canada, A
with a friend in the Whitesheet for
est preserve 100 miles east of Win.
nipeg, when they stumbled on a Ku
ered area which they compare with
They found a
of large upright stones and mony.
ments In weird formation covering
an area of several mncres, which are
thought to have erected by
members of a snake cult of Cree or
number
been
Chipewayan Indians many centuries
ago.~London Tit-Bits,
Time
Most of us think of Time the
as
Years that are to come
reason we
Thix is the
Time now,
It makes little difference what we
are going to some time, but it
does matter what we are doing now.
Grit,
lose out, is
ao
Hado’t Time
Why did that
standing at the
half an hour?
Wife-—She sald she hadn't time to
come in.
Husband
keep
woman
you door for
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when in Philadelphia!
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Filbert Streets
Al outride rooms
“ell rooms with
hath — oll rooms
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CAN'T SLEEP WELL!
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THE WAY THIS
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GOING o
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Street,
“BSN'T IT amazing how coffee
can affect a man like Jack?"
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coffee affects lots of grown-ups
give "em indiges-
‘em awake.”
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your first week's supply of
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