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CARTER FIELD
President Roosevelt’s pro-
Finnish attitude upsets New
Deal critics . . . Copper still
holds the reciprocal trade
agreement with Chile... Wise
old Republican politicians are
undecided on Dewey's candi-
dacy for the presidential nom-
ination.
WASHINGTON.—President Roose-
velt’s slap at Soviet Russia for in-
vading Finland, plus his proposal to
help the Finns with their own debt
payments to Uncle ,
Sam, is flabbergast-
ing the bitterest of
New Deal critics.
Actually Roosevelt
now has the ball,
running towards the
anti - Communist
goal line, while the
conservatives and
patriots who have
been winning senti-
ment against the v
New Deal because The President
of its pinkish tinge and its implied
hookup with Moscow objectives, de-
serting their posts a grim, opposing
tackles, are converted into a cheer-
ing squad, urging the President to
even greater efforts against the So-
viets.
It is one of the most extraordi-
nary reverse plays in the history
of politics, especially as it comes on
the eve of a presidential campaign
in which the main issue will be
whether the New Deal shall be con-
tinued by Roosevelt himself or some-
one satisfactory to him. Various
side plays add to this strange situ-
ation. For example, Sen. Arthur H.
Vandenberg of Michigan, who op-
posed repeal of the arms, embargo
to keep the United States out of for-
eign entanglements, is now demand-
ing that Roosevelt break relations
with Stalin, recall the United States
ambassador to Moscow, and, by in-
ference at least, take a step to-
wards war.
Roosevelt's delighted comment at
a press conference—that the critics
of the United States foreign policies
are Soviet and Nazi leaders plus a
small number of statesmen in the
United States — shows the New
Deal's satisfaction over develop-
ments which virtually have both
teams playing op ‘‘Quarterback”
Roosevelt's side.
Reversal of Form Has
Benefited Roosevelt
The nearest comparison in politi-
cal history was Woodrow Wilson on
foreign policy. Elected on a “kept
us out of war” issue in November,
1916, he asked congress to declare
war the following April. But that
case is really not comparable for
the simple reason that the election
intervened between the two hap-
penings. = This reversal of form
which has benefited Roosevelt so
amazingly has occurred before the
selection of a single delegate to the
national conventions which hope to
name his successor.
The men who criticized the Presi-
dent so bitterly just a few months
ago for wanting to take .a step—
embargo repeal-—which they insist-
ed would endanger the neutrality of
the United States are now urging
Roosevelt to go further with his un-
neutrality as between Russia and
Finland. They want him to slap
Russia down. The whole thing puts
quite a few of the high-ranking Re-
publican leaders in a very silly po-
sition indeed.
To appreciate the full significance
of the development, however, it
must be remembered that there had
been two tremendous build-ups in
this country affecting details of the
whole development. Most important
was the growing conservative re-
sentment about the alleged ‘‘Reds’’
and ‘‘Communists’’ in the Roosevelt
administration. It was these left-
wingers who were blamed for the
“purge’’ against senators who op-
posed the President on the Supreme
court issue.
Copper Holds Reciprocal
Trade Agreement With Chile
Only the well-known and highly
successful stubbornness of Secre-
tary Cordell Hull lies in the way of
quietly dropping overboard the pro-
posed copper item in the pending
reciprocal trade agreement with
Chile.
Actually there would be a larger
bloc of senators enraged by a re-
duction in the duty on coppef than
almost any other one product. Most
of the copper producing states are
small in population, but each of
them has two senators, and they
include most of the states- from
Michigan, where it is very impor-
tant, west to the Pacific.
To complicate the situation fur-
ther, there is already a good deal
of indignation in the mountain states
of the West against the administra-
tion because of the use of Argen-
tine canned beef for the navy.
In fact so impolitic is the. sug-
gestion—on the eve of a presidential
campaign—to reduce the duty on
copper by 50 per cent that there are
those who say the whole thing was
a smoke screen. The logic of these
observers is that if there were a lot
of talk about copper, and then the
red metal were left out, there might
be less opposition to the remainder
of the agreement than if so much
effort had not been used in fighting
the copper cut.
Feeling on copper on Capitol Hill
is the stronger because it was the
plain understanding of congress,
when the law authorizing the recip-
rocal trade agreements was passed,
that the so-called ‘excise’ duties
should not be affected. This is 1nade
clear in the committee reports at
the time, but congressmen are now
very sorry they did not take the
precaution to write the prohikition
directly into the law. nia
So-Called Excise Tax on Tg
Oil Has Been Cut in Half
Already one of the so-called ex-
cise taxes—that on oil—has been
cut in half in a reciprocal treaty
—though there is a little humor
there in that Venezuela, which was
supposed to be the big beneficiary,
promptly increased its export tax
by just that much. The net re-
sult of this, so far as imports by the
United States of Venezuelan oil are
concerned, is that the treasury at
Caracas now gets the money which
hitherto went into the treasury at
Washington, while the delivered
price of Venezuelan oil at United
States ports, after payment of du-
ty, remains the same.
But copper is a horse of another
color entirely. It so happens that
about 40 per cent of the known
copper reserves of the world are in
Chile, and that the biggest mine
there also happens to be the world’s
No. 1 low-cost mine. Whereas many
of the copper mines inside the
American tariff wall happen to be
high-cost producers. Thus the cop-
per mine owners, and workers as
well, are considerably excited about
what may happen.
It was the tremendous political
strength of this copper bloc in con-
gress which really put over the log-
rolling excise taxes on the top of
the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill.
Technically Cordell Hull is well
within his rights in regarding these
‘“‘excise’” taxes as
tariff duties. They
are nothing else, de-
spite the incorrect
labeling of the im-
post. And, as a tar-
iff duty, it is a
“trade barrier”
within the meaning
of Cordell Hull's
policy of removing
obstructions to in-
nd ternational trade,
Cordell Hull and within the
meaning of the law which authorized
the reciprocal trade agreements.
Republican Politicians
Are Pretty Desperate
Is it possible for Thomas E. Dew-
ey to win enough support from ele-
ments now opposing him to land the
Republican nomination for presi-
dent? The answer to that is a very
positive ‘Yes, but.” For no one can
say at this moment that he will not,
and no one can say that he will.
If you listen to conversation
among the group most determined-
ly against him—the big campaign
contributors—you might be sure that
he could not possibly bring them
into camp. If you believe that, the
whole story is told. It will not be
possible for Dewey to win enough
politicians to his banner—enough of
the men who will actually control del-
egates after the first few ballots at
the Republican convention—unless
he first wins over at least some of
the big campaign contributors who
now are strongly against him.
But conversations with a few of
the wise old politicians who have
visited Washington ' since Dewey
made his Minneapolis speech con-
vince this writer that the door is
not closed.
To get the picture clearly you
must realize that the Republican pol-
iticians are pretty desperate. If
they should think, six months from
now, that Dewey was the man most
likely to win of all the candidates
before the Republican convention,
the objections they are voicing now
would melt away like a morning
mist before a strong sun.
Long Since G. O. P. Leaders
Had President That Suited
It has been a long time since the
Republican politicians had in the
White House a President who really
suited them. Herbert Hoover didn’t
even please them on patronage,
much less as a leader. Calvin Coo-
lidge was highly satisfactory, but it
must be remembered that the Re-
publican leaders didn’t really pick
Coolidge. He was forced on them
by a rank and file ground swell at
the Chicago convention after Har-
ding had been nominated for Presi-
dent and the leaders, in that fa-
mous smoke-filled room, had chosen
Irvine L. Lenroot for vice president.
William Howard Taft was highly
unsatisfactory. He paved the way
for the Bull Moose split, and eight
years away from the pie counter.
Theodore Roosevelt provoked new
headaches for the Republican lead-
ers every few days during his
entire administration.
So William McKinley was the last
President actually chosen by the Re-
publican leadership who pleased
them after he reached the White
House.
So if Dewey should run like a
bear cat in a few presidential pri-
maries, knocking off some of the
other leading contenders by hand-
some tnajorities and thus proving
that he was the most likely man
to win the election, the politicians
would be willing to forget all about
his youth and various other objec-
tions.
(Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.)
UNION PRESS COURIER
Thursday, December 28, 1939
VEGETABLE SALAD BOWL
‘V’ Stands for Vegetables
Vegetables are not apt to be prime
favorites with men; practically ev-
ery man’ has a
little black list of
his own—vegeta-
bles he just will
not accept gra-
ciously. Father is
apt to be as chary
of spinach and
other vegetables
as his own eight-year-old, and to
look upon salads as mere woman’s
nonsense! It isn’t strange, if Jun-
ior, who adores his Dad, begins to
proclaim his likes and dislikes in
no uncertain terms. Like father,
like son! So coax father to keep his,
““I-don’t-likes’’ to himself—at meal
time.
But there are salads and vegeta-
bles that father really enjoys. You’ll
find suggestions in my booklet,
“Feeding Father,” for preparing
them, and recipes, too, for his fa-
vorite meat dishes and desserts.
But to get back to vegetables,
have you ever wondered why the
very people who love to nibble on a
raw carrot, fresh from the garden,
are the ones who need to be coaxed
to eat them once they're ‘cooked?
You'll find one solution to the prob-
lem of getting Dad and Junior to
eat their carrots, right there. Why
not serve them crisp, raw carrot
sticks for a vegetable? Or make a
crisp, colorful salad by combining
shredded raw carrots and shredded
raw beets with the tender young
leaves of raw spinach? Mix lightly
with sour cream salad dressing or
french dressing, and serve from a
salad bowl so that the boys may
help themselves.
Perhaps just changing the meth-
ods of preparing and serving them is
all you need to do to arouse family
interest in vegetables. Here are
some recipes that are just a bit out-
of-the-ordinary—recipes I think your
family will enjoy.
Onions Baked in Tomatoes.
(Serves 4 or 5)
2% cups canned tomatoes
1% bay leaf
3 teaspoon salt
2 cloves
13 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
6 onions (small)
Combine tomatoes and seasonings
and cook for 10 minutes. Then re-
move bay leaf
and cloves. Melt
butter, blend in
the flour, and add
to tomato mix-
ture. Cook, stir-
ring constantly,
until mixture
thickens. Peel on-
ions, place in a casserole and add
tomato mixture. Cover and bake
in a moderately hot oven (370 de-
grees) for 1 hour.
Golden Potatoes.
Pare potatoes and cut into cubes. |
Add sliced raw carrots, using about
equal amounts of potatoes and car-
rots. Cook in boiling, salted wa-
ter. Drain and set over a low flame
for a few minutes to dry out. Force
through a potato ricer or mash thor-
oughly. Add hot milk and beat un-
til the potatoes -are light and fluffy.
Add a tablespoon or two of butter
ind season to taste.
Pennsylvania Dutch Spinach.
(Serves 4-5)
4 slices bacon (diced)
3 tablespoons flour
1% cups water
2 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons vinegar
1 egg yolk (beaten)
14 teaspoon dry mustard
1% teaspoon salt
Few grains pepper
4 cups raw spinach (chopped)
2 hard cooked eggs
Cook bacon until crisp. Remove
from the pan. Add flour to bacon
fat and stir until smooth. Mix wa-
ter, sugar and vinegar and add to
the flour mixture; cook until thick. |
Combine beaten egg yolk and sea-
(See Recipes Below)
We're Sorry
In a recent article on home-
made bread which appeared in
this column, the recipe for Yeast
Bread should be corrected to
read ‘‘seven to eight cups bread
flour.”
soning and stir into the first mixture.
Cook for about 2 minutes over a
very low flame, stirring constantly.
Combine hot sauce, cooked bacon
and chopped raw spinach. Serve
warm, garnished with slices of hard
cooked egg.
Lima Beans en Casserole.
1 pound lima beans, dry
1% cup brown sugar
Y teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons onion (minced)
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
1 tablespoon vinegar
2 cups water
1 pound pork sausage
Cook beans in boiling water ap-
proximately 1 hour—or until nearly
tender. Pour in
baking casserole.
Meantime, place
sugar, salt, on-
ion, prepared
mustard, vinegar
and water in
saucepan and
bring to boiling
point. Pour this heated mixture over
the beans. Make sausage up into
small>eakes and place on the beans.
Bake approximately 45 minutes in
a moderate oven (350 degrees).
French Fried Asparagus Tips.
Cooked asparagus tips (short
and thick variety)
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
% cup soft bread crumbs (very
fine)
15 teaspoon salt
Fat for deep fat frying
Drain asparagus. Beat egg and
add water to it. Dip the drained
asparagus in beaten egg. Roll as-
paragus tips in bread crumbs—pat-
ting them on so as to cover aspara-
gus tips thoroughly. Place care-
fully in a deep fat frying basket and
fry in fat heated to 370 degrees.
Fry until tips are golden brown;
drain on unglazed paper. Serve very
hot.
Busy Day Salad.
(Serves 5)
1 cup cooked beets (diced)
1 cup cooked carrots (diced)
14 cup green peas (cooked)
1 cup cauliflower flowerets
(cooked or raw)
3 tablespoons sweet pickle
(minced)
1 teaspoon onion (minced)
Ys teaspoon salt
15 teaspoon pepper
Mayonnaise dressing.
Drain the vegetables thoroughly
and mix lightly. Add pickles, onion
and seasoning. Serve from lettuce
lined bowl with mayonnaise dress-
ing. .
Send for Copy of ‘Feeding Father.’
For just 10 cents in coin you can
add to your kitchen library, this
very practical and clever book.
You’ll find in it recipes for quivery
custard pie, for spare ribs with ap-
ple stuffing, for oyster stew, and rec-
ipes for all the other good ‘“home-
style” dishes that men like.
To get your copy of this cook book
now, send 10 cents in coin to “Feed-
ing Father,” care of Eleanor Howe,
919 North Michigan Avenue, Chica-
go, Illinois.
About this time of year the
family supply of jams and jel-
lies runs very low and we begin
to hoard the few remaining jars.
Next week Eleanor Howe will
give you some of her favorite
recipes for mid-winter jams and
marmalades, which can be pre-
pared right now, to supplement
your stock. She’ll give you, too,
a recipe or two for delicious hot
breads to serve with them.
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A gay winged chair for the youngster
GOOD deal has been said
about children having to live
in a giant’s world where all the
furniture is made for grown-ups.
Furniture stores are now selling
chairs; tables; beds and dressers
made for children. Here are all
the dimensions needed for making
a child’s chair at home. It is of
l-inch material and the sketch
shows clearly how it is screwed
together after the pieces have
been sawed according to the
measurements given. The chair
is painted deep blue; the back,
seat cushions and full skirt are of
red and blue cotton print with blue
bindings. All dimensions for the
cushions and skirt are also given
in the sketch.
NOTE: If you enjoy making
what you want from next to noth-
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full of information for making
useful things. Books No. 1, 2
and 3 contain a fascinating array,
of things to make for the home.
Mrs. Spears has made three pat-
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10 cents each. Quilt block pat-
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ASK ME
ANOTHER
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects
The Questions
1. Can you write 600 in Roman
humerals?
2. Is the income of the Presi-
dent taxable?
3. Who cut the Gordian Knot?
4. Which of our wars was known
as Mr. Madison’s war?
5. Which is the middle verse of
the Bible?
6. Which woman has had more
statues erected to her memory
than any other woman?
7. Which race is increasing its
population the fastest?
8. Do plants grow more at night
than during the day?
9. Which is the correct quota-
tion: “Far from the maddening
crowd,” or “Far from the mad-
ding crowd’?
10. What per cent of the world’s
population is still governed by
monarchs?
The Answers
1. BC.
2. His salary as President is not.
Any other income he may have,
is.
3. Alexander the Great.
4. The War of 1812.
5. The eighth verse of the 118th
Psalm.
6. Joan of Arc.
7. The white races of the world
are doubling their populations ev-
ery 80 years, the yellow and brown
races every 60 years and the black
races every 40 years.
History’s Biggest Bang
The blowing up of the volcanic
island of Krakatoa, in August,
1883, provided the biggest explo-
sion in history. Two-thirds of the
island ‘‘went west,”” and the ca-
tastrophe caused huge waves that
traveled half round the earth. The
air disturbance was also terrific,
and scientists estimate that air
waves went seven times round
the world. The sea rose 50 feet,
and rushed up the beaches of Java
and Sumatra, destroying 300 vil-
lages and drowning over 30,000
people.
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8. Although trees and other
green plants require light to devel-
op, virtually all of their growth
takes place at night. Those in
dark or shaded places grow faster
than those exposed to brighter
light.
9. “Far from the madding
crowd,” from Gray's Elegy.
10. Despite the widespread change
in the governments since the
World war, eight hundred million
persons, or 40 per cent of the en-
tire population of the globe, still
are governed by kings, queens,
emperors and other monarchs.
Prosecutor Had Grounds
For Objection, It Appears
Counsel for the defense was
cross-examining the witness, a
lovely blonde with big blue eyes.
“Where were you,” he thun-
dered, ‘on Monday night!”’
The blonde smiled sweetly.
“Out for a run in a car.”
“And where were you,” bel-
lowed counsel, ‘‘on Tuesday night?’?
“Out for a run in a car.”
Counsel leaned closer.
‘““And what,”” he said, ‘‘are you
doing tomorrow night?’’
Prosecuting counsel leaped to
his feet.
‘Your Honor,” he protested, “I
object to that question.”
“And why do you object?”
“Because I asked her first!”
How To Relieve
Bronchitis
Bronchitis, acute or chronic, is an
Inflammatory condition of the mu=
cous membranes lining the bronchial
tubes. Creomulsion goes right to the
seat of the trouble to loosen germs
laden phlegm, increase secretionand
aid nature to soothe and heal raw,
tender, inflamed bronchial mucous
membranes. Tell your druggist to sell
you a bottle of Creomulsion with the
unde ding that you are to like
the way it quickly allays the cough
or you are to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Are Women Better
Shoppers than Men =
GRANTING a woman’s reputation for wise buying, let's trace the
methods by which she has earned it. Where does she find out about
the advantages and details of electrical refrigeration? What tells her
how to keep the whole household clean — rugs, floors, bathroom
tiling — and have energy left over for golf and parties? How does
she learn about new and delicious entrees and desserts that surprise
and delight her family? Where does she discover those subtleties
of dress and make-up that a man appreciates but never understands?
Why, she reads the advertisements. She is a consistent, thought-
ful reader of advertisements, because she has found that she can
believe them —and profit thereby. Overlooking the advertisements
would be depriving herself of data continuously useful in her job
of Purchasing Agent to the Family.
For that matter, watch a wise man buy a car or a suit or an instr-
ance policy. Nota bad shopper himself! He reads advertisements, too!