a » STi Growing Cannon Fodder. ANTA MONICA, CALIF.— To produce this crop takes time and planning. First your veterans must grow past fighting age because those who survive the horrors of one war never willingly enlist for another. Meanwhile be sure the women have been bearing children, since chil- dren are the seed corn of your future sowing. As the newer gen- eration grows up dose it on the old reliable P. P. P. formula — parades, pomp, propaganda. Bands and guns and flag - wavings, murderous preachments and manufactured pa- triotism: they all help to fertilize against the ultimate harvesting. Befuddle the first-born on dreams of drunken glory. Teach him the neighbor over the way is an enemy who must some day be crushed without mercy. Make him believe his country’s destiny demands re- Irvin S. Cobb losses, widened boundaries writ in blood. have a nation ripened for ruin, a sons to the slaughter. It's a slow crop, but a sure one, and highly tlers and power-mad dictators, to profiteers and financial hijackers. about 20 years since the last time the world cut its own throat. * * * Two-Faced Politicians, tician who swaps worthless promises before election for the public’s confidence—and its votes— reminds him of Janus. Janus was a god with two faces, and the an- cients finally got so they couldn’t trust either one of them. But it took them a long time to catch on. Might 1 be pardoned for thinking of a homelier simile? I'm thinking you slumber and carries off some- thing of value. it—nothing like that. changes with you, you being asleep at the time. confers on you a His but, in return, couple of dead cactus stalks. I figure he's part Scotch. And the profits resulting from his chronic officeholder now flourishing in our midst. * » * This Man Dewey. WEEN the Republicans get out the hound-dawgs to run down their 1940 nominee, they might search in the tall timbers of Man- hattan island. kin to the great admiral deeds crackled at Manila one May day morning like the lightnings on Mount Sinai. He comes of old Yankee stock. He hails from a de- batable state, Michigan; lives in a pivotal state, New York. his mid-thirties, foulest, securest nests of labor rack- eteers and vice racketeers in Amer- ica. He married a sweet Texas girl, as southern as they make 'em. Her grand-uncle was Jeff Davis. My daddy was Jeff Davis’ relative, too. And this young Dewey trained for grand opera. Speaking of this charm thing, think of a President who'd wind up his fireside radio chats sing- ing “Home on the Range.” Yes, sir, the G. O. P. might go farther and fare worse. * * - Nordic Supremacy. R ECENT events bring to mind a little story of some years back when night-riding patriots in an Arkansas county felt called on, as a sacred duty imposed upon all true Caucasians, to put the Black broth- er in his place; said place, in at least one instance, being a colored cemetery. Also, there had been a flood of notices to vacate sent through the mail to members of the African race, followed by unpleasant sur- prise parties did the recipients fail to heed the gentle warning. So the community was getting more Nordic by the hour and the sound of the Anglo-saxophone was heard oft in the stilly night. That's the scene and the plot. Now for the sketch: Pelagria Perkins meets Hook- worm Hostetter on Main street: “Hooky,” says Pelagria, “effen you wuz to git a letter frum dese here w’ite shirts, whut would you do?” “Me!” says Hookworm. “Boy, I'd finish readin’ it on the train.” IRVIN 8. COBB Copyright ~WNU Service. ATIONA Washington.—Supporters of the New Deal, as well as its opponents, are watching a New new experiment Experiment by President Roosevelt with more than passing interest. They are watching this experiment be- cause of various circumstances, in- cluding obviously its political phases, for they realize that the President has stepped out into a hitherto untrod field, unplowed ground, in this new experiment. Chiefly because it is something entirely new and not because any one yet can tell what is going to happen, I want to report this week on the President's plan to have his eldest son, James, his No. 1 sec- retary, serve as a clearing house between the Chief Executive and some eighteen or more government agencies. Roosevelt, the younger, has been designated by the Presi- dent to sit down once each week with heads of each of the enumerat- ed agencies and talk over their can help solve, co-ordinate the work decide units of government may be matters It is a big order. But Jimmy, at least physically, be- cause he stands something like six He is twenty-nine The audiences at the White House and the agency heads who have sat through the conferences seem well pleased. At least, there has been no criticism yet, no signs of jealousy or indications of dis- sent among those who are called upon to take up their problems with the young secretary to the President. In fact, I have heard in only a few places a revival of the years ago when the ‘‘Roosevelt for King'' game was in its heyday, and Jimmy was laughingly labeled as the crown prince. Thus, the plan surely seems to have started off most auspiciously. But as I said, what success, what trials and tribu- lations, await it, no one can say. » » » Undoubtedly, President Roosevelt . much to be said in Much in its favor. It has, Its Favor of course, many possibilities of against having the White House secretariat determine policy Yet, at this time, signs and portents of trouble. First, let us recognize that the of- fice of President of the United States is a man-killing job. There is noth- ing like it anywhere else in the world. There are not too many men of work and worry that is contin- of the nation. There is no way possible for him to escape it. Vaca- tions? Sleep? Absence from Wash- ington? Not a chance. The work ery minute out of his twenty-four hour day. Thus, if there is any way that burden, it ought to be done. No ues around the President's neck. On the other hand, this is a de- mocracy. In the opinion of many persons, there already is too much power lodged in the hands of in- dividuals who were not elected, but were appointed, to office. The President has vast power and he has to unload it somewhere into the hands of those he appoints. Never- theless, throughout the federal gov- ernment scores of men and wom- en exercise very great authority over your life and mine who were personally selected by the Presi- dent—for whom none of us voted when we voted for a presidential nominee. Result: red tape, rules and regulations, do's and don'ts ga- lore, until we hardly know whether we can eat our food without trans- gressing or failing to comply with some federal regulation. All of that is by way of saying that by implementing the relation- ship between the President and men and women whom he has appoint- ed to office through the insertion of an added wheel of authority, there lie potential changes in all of these governmental policies. And there lies the possibility of changes being made, for better or for worse, without the President having knowl- edge of them. What of the personal side—the feelings of the officials who have to deal with a young man who can speak, to some extent at least, for his father, the President? As I said earlier, thus far none of the con- b iii JUuL 1 %i ferees have given any indication of disturbed feelings. They may never have any thoughts along this line. Yet, I venture this observation: if they don't resent having the Presi- dent's son tell them what to do, or not to do’ at some time or other, | the officials concerned will be unlike most other human beings. » * » The Department of Agriculture is | quite pessimistic about the business | . outlook for next | Business year. In a series | Outlook of reports, analyz | ing general condi- | tions, which the department issued the other day, it made no effort to conceal its belief that there is some- | thing wrong in the business situa- tion far beyond the recent violent decline in the quotations of the stock markets, These reports and conclusions | take on considerably more weight when it is recalled that several | other agencies of the government, notably Secretary Roper of the De- partment of Commerce, have sought vainly to make it appear that business is ‘‘good.”” At the same time, I think attention ought to be drawn to the fact that Secretary Wallace of the Department of Agri- culture is striving to have congress pass legislation to aid the farmer. It is just possible that he thinks his objectives can be achieved more | easily if the congressmen are made to believe that general business and | agriculture are taking a real tail- | spin. That is the politics of the situation, but business reports spread on the pages of newspapers seem to show that a bad slump lies ahead. Recently, I wrote in these columns how business was as spotted as » leopard; that some firms were making more money than ever be. fore, and how some others were getting by only because the volume was large and faced difficulties if the volume declined. The Agricul ture department statements, based now on facts and figures, show even a worse picture than I described several months ago. They indicate strongly that 1938 is to be consid- erably lower in the level of business than 1937, and that spells trouble. For example, the agriculture statement predicts that there will be "a less favorable demand for farm products’ in 1938 than in 1937. Home domestic demands are down and appear likely to stay down, and the export market holds no hope for an increase. Emphasizing the upon general business conditions, the department statement explained there was no certainty as to the length of time the present slump will continue. It added that “pros- pects are against a sufficiently ear- ly and vigorous rise in 1038 to bring the average of industrial activity and of consumer incomes up to that of 1937." But from the standpoint of the . by the department Picture Made Worse points out how there has been =» rise in production costs of crops and er in the face, are more of these in- creases, adding: “Along with the higher wage rates, farmers apparently will have to pay somewhat higher prices for farm machinery, automobiles, build- ing materials, equipment and sup- plies. On the other hand, the prices of feed and seed will be substan tially lower next spring than a year earlier.” The department did not go into detail in explaining these increases in production costs and increases in prices for things the farmer buys. It should have given facts and fig- ures on these for they are basic and the picture is incomplete without them. Everyone knows, of course, that farm labor wants more money for its work and has been getting more in the last two or three years. De- | partment of Labor statistics show | this, and they show as well how | much additional labor is receiving in its pay checks from industry. The automobile industry which has been organized by John L. Lewis and his C. I. O. labor group has been forced to pay much higher wages and naturally those wages have been added into the cost of the automo- bile which any one buys. The automobile industry was only an illustration. The same is true all along the line. The truth of the matter is that fed- eral taxes which have been con- ceived by the President's brain trust professors and applied without stint or limit to industry are upsetting the whole agricultural as well as the whole business structure of the | country. The load of taxes, together | with a lot of queer-looking and cock- | eyed regulations, have continually increased the cost of production of everything from black-eyed peas to locomotives. © Western Newspaper Union. IXRRIAARAA REAR ARAAR STAR DUST Movie « Radio * * %%% By VIRGINIA VALE h%k% FF -SCREEN romance is having a big influence these days in casting pictures. Para- mount has given a three-year contract to John Barrymore and his wife, Elaine Barrie, and will feature them together in a 2020 20 2 2 2 2 2 2 220 26 0 2 ob ob ob 2 Making pictures with Mr. Barrymore Some days he was three hours late showing up for work, and some- times he disappeared for days. When he did arrive on time, likely as not he would make such caustic remarks to his fellow players that their nerves were practically shat- tered. Marriage to the young and ambitious Miss Barrie has changed all that. She has made him settle down to work in earnest. wen At last the quarrel between Fred- die Bartholomew and Metro-Gold- wynMayer has been settled and Freddie will soon re- turn to work. Under the new agreement he will get two thou- sand dollars a week for forty weeks, and three thousand weekly for six weeks of personal appear- ances. Also he gets a dollar a week ad- ditional for pocket money. He'll need it with a twenty-five thousand dollar bill owed for law- yer's fees. * ng “ Freddie Bartholomew en One ¢f your tried and true friends of radio, whom you may not know by name, has just made a great success on the New York stage—but he is still on the air. It is Clay- ton Collier. You have known him as master of ceremonies for both the Leo Reisman and Eddy Duchin bands, hero of the “Pretty Kitty Kelly” sketch, and chief doctor in the story of “Girl Interne.” With all his rushing about from radio re- hearsals to stage performances, he never seems to be in a hurry, is always quite unruflled and casual in manner, We A mysterious Mr. Gallagher flew into New York and began escorting Janet Gaynor to theaters and night clubs, but the Twentieth Century- Fox publicity department wasn't fooled for a minute. They knew it was Tyrone Power all the time, and made him come out from under his assumed name and attend a huge cocktail party in his honor, There are big plans ahead for young Mr. Power. He will play Disraeli. — the lead in “Radio City Revels" op- posite Milton Berle, the air comie. Her discovery is into pictures. defeated, R. K. O scout saw her and signed her up. She had been frying to get into his office in Hollywood fox three years! pie, Just the other day Warren Newell, a laborer at the Universal studios, wiped out the dis- grace of ten years ago when he was discharged from a minor league base- ball team for drop- ping a fiyball in a crucial point in the ninth inning. He made a real catch! Alice Faye, catching her heel in the hem of her dress, toppled over a sixteen-foot ledge and would have landed on theater seats below if Mr. Newell hadn't rushed to the rescue and caught her just in time. a in Miniature o 1405 presents a house frock with the heart to Sew-Your- And lastly it presents a frock something usually confined Ideal for Home. Sew-Your-Own always has had a soft spot in its heart for the the Fireside, she who and bakes and sews and Today's wish. The collar is in contrast, saw tooth edging piped to Of course, it's easy to run- up and practically no trouble at Better make two! A Doll—a Dress. The little lady in the center, above, knows her heart's in the right place because Mommy put it there. Dolly Dimples is her swell little playmate and her sated maichn your Mommy to send for Pattern 1203 and you'll have a great big Yes siree! Her Heart Unattached. You will find Miss Svelt Seven- Your-Own design, gives her real Pattern 1405 is designed for | yards of 35-inch material plus % yard contrasting. Pattern 1203 is designed for sizes 2, 3, 4, and § years. Size 3 requires 1% yards of 35-inch ma- terial for the child's dress. The } doll's body, medium size, requires | 8% yard of 35-inch material. The | doli’s dress, medium size, re- quires 2; yard of 35 or 38-inch | material. One hank of wool is required for doll's hair. Pattern 1377 is designed for i sizes M4 to 20 (32 to 44 bust). Bize i18 requires 2% yards of 54-inch material. The topper in contrast { requires 3 yard of 39-inch ma- { terial. | Send your order to The Sewing {Circle Pattern Dept, 247 W. { Forty-third street, New York, IN. Y. Price of patterns, 15 cents | (in coins) each. New Patiern Book. {| Send 15 cents for the Barbara {Bell Fall and Winter Pattern Book. Make yourself attractive, practical and becoming clothes, | selecting designs from the Bare bara Bell well-planned, easy-to- make patterns. © Bell Syndicate. —~WNU Service, - snl Give some thought to the Laxative you take Constipation Is not to be trified with, When you need a laxative, you need a good one, Black-Draught is purely vegeta- ble, reliable. It does not upset the | stomach but acts on the lower bowel, relieving constipation. When you need a laxative take purely vegetable BLACK-DRAUGHT A GOOD LAXATIVE
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