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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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Movie « Radio
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%%% 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
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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.
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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.
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in Miniature
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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,
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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