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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE
Late-Term Congressional Bolt
Looks Like Foretaste of 1940;
G. 0. P. Expect Victory in House
(EDITOR’S NOTE—When opinion* are expressed in these columns, they
are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
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CONGRESS:
Get Out of Town
As congress neared term's end,
Franklin Roosevelt sat at his Hyde
Park cottage with Democratic
Chairman James Farley, talking
and thinking. He could afford to do
both, also to wish congress would
get out of Washington in a hurry.
Reason: The New Deal was being
ground underfoot unceremoniously
and indiscriminately in a manner
that boded ill for any 1940 campaign
plans the President might have.
Moreover, everything indicated the
MARY NORTON
She might have stayed abed.
poisonous Republican upsurge of
recent weeks would rise to new
heights in 1940. Expecting the 49
additional seats they need for a
house majority, hoping for 16 new
senate seats to make themselves a
formidable minority, Republicans
had the makings of a persuasive
argument against the President’s
third-term ambitions. For if this
happens, neither Mr. Roosevelt nor
any other New Deal President could
do much.
Equally important was what had
already been done, not only by Re
publicans but conservative Demo
crats who found strength in coali
tion. The record of one week’s in
surgence:
Labor Board. New Jersey’s Rep.
Mary T. Norton got out of her sick
bed to swallow bad medicine.
Strongest foe of the bill offered by
Virginia’s Rep. Howard W. Smith
to investigate the national labor re
lations board, she examined the rec
ord and found Mr. Smith had never
cast a vote in favor of organized
labor. Thus, when the house voted
253 to 135 to probe NLRB and (by
cystom) to place Representative
Smith in charge, she felt justified in
charging that he was “the last man
in the world to pass on labor legisla
tion or problems.” New Deal poison
here is that NLRB’s alleged short
comings publicized this summer and
next winter will focus attention on
the White House.
Hatch Bill. Passed by both sen
ate and house, the “clean politics”
measure of New Mexico’s Sen. Carl
M. Hatch is designed to keep relief
out of political hands, and vice
versa. Far more significant is that
portion which forbids federal office
holders from participating in na
tional political conventions. Since
400 jobholders attended the 1932 G.
O. P. pow-wow, and considerably
more the 1936 Democratic conven
tion, it is obviously the custom for
pro-administration wheelhorses to
write platforms and make nomina
tions. Thus the New Deal will suf
fer at next year’s Democratic con
vention because Mr. Roosevelt’s best
supporters may be absent.
Logan Bill. Passed quietly by the
senate, this measure gave federal
courts power to review acts of all
federal quasi-judicial bureaus (like
NLRB), striking the most severe
Japan’s Victory
In preliminary discussions at To
kyo, British Ambassador Sir Robert
Leslie Craigie recognized the neces
sity of extraordinary Japanese de
fensive measures in China, and
abandoned Britain’s program of aid
to China, marking an about-face of
British policy in the Far East that
will pave the way for ultimate Jap
domination of all China and expul
sion of British (and probably other
western nations’) commercial inter
ests there.
blow at agencies created since 1933.
Result: Administration and execu
tive power would be badly crimped.
Though last-minute senate reconsid
eration was possible, the bill was a
cinch to pass if it reached the house.
Lending. Labeled by critics the
“pump-priming bill of 1939,” the
President’s pet $2,800,000,000 lend
ing program fell to $2,490,000,000
passing through the senate banking
committee where Federal Loan Ad
ministrator Jesse Jones became so
exuberant in his praise for the bill
that his tongue slipped. When he
told the committee Reconstruction
Finance corporation could handle
the program two years with its pres
ent borrowing authority, smart Re
publicans jumped into the breach
with a suggestion: Why, then, should
congress bother legislating an en
tire new program when the same
purpose could be accomplished by
giving RFC a few new loan powers?
In a sense this proved a Godsend;
such action would put a hasty end
to the last major measure still be
fore congress. That done, the Presi
dent’s friends could get out of towij
until next winter.
DOMESTIC:
Nose Count
On August 15 someone in St. Jos
eph or Marshall county, Indiana,
will hear a knock on his door. The
1940 census will be under way, test*
ed at a cost of $20,000 prior to the
most complete statistical inventory
of the nation’s resources ever at
tempted. Not until April will the
official count be made by 140,000
enumerators working two weeks in
urban centers and four weeks in
rural areas. But from preliminary
Indiana surveys the department of
commerce will pick key questions.
No. 1 aim of the 1940 census is
to check social trends. Since the
depression changed social and eco
nomic status of most U. S. citizens,
special emphasis will be placed on
the following points:
Employment. Status of every citi
zen over 14 years of age during the
week of March 24-30 will be checked,
answering queries of many federal
agencies.
Fertility. Great changes in repro
duction rates among regions and in
social classes have taken place since
CENSUS CHECKER AT WORK
She’ll record social trends.
1929. The census bureau hopes .to
verify its hunch that few U. S. cit
ies are reproducing themselves.
Internal Migration. Depression
brought big population shifts as peo
ple sought new jobs in new places.
Not only will the 1940 residence be
checked against 1935’5, but the bu
reau will specifically check an away
from-the-farm movement.
Education. Replacing the custom
ary illiteracy question will be one
asking the highest grade of school
completed, since illiteracy’s prob
lem is rapidly disappearing.
MISCELLANY:
Recall Recalled
In Michigan, 80-year-old Gov.
Luren D. Dickinson added a radio
speech to his earlier warning about
sin and high life evils, then took his
critics by surprise to endorse heart
ily a recall petition circulated by
Detroit Republican John B. Corliss
Jr. The petition was withdrawn.
. . . Her Sorrow
Meanwhile Japan’s economy—al
ready sorely pressed by the long war
in China—suffers from an unprece
dented drouth in central and south
ern areas, threatening the all-im
portant rice crop and causing a
shortage of hydroelectric power. The
electricity shortage is especially se
rious because Japan needs power
for her speedup program of key in
dustries. And funds ordinarily go
ing for war purposes must be used
for farm relipf.
BAKER COUNTY NEWS
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
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Lesson for August 6
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
ELIJAH: A LIFE OF COURAGE
LESSON TEXT—I Kings 18:30-39.
GOLDEN TEXT—The Lord is far from
the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of
the righteous.—Proverbs 15:29.
“Let courage rise with danger.”
Such is the plea of Webb’s great
hymn, “Stand Up for Jesus.” Chris
tianity in our day calls for cou
rageous men and women.
Courage should be distinguished
from such related things as bravery,
valor, or bravado. Bravado is an
affectation of a reckless bravery
which surely has no place in Chris
tian life and activity. Valor is
associated with daring and vigorous
action, for example, in battle. To
be brave means to meet a challenge
with confidence and resolution. To
be courageous means to steadily
meet perils of which one is deeply
conscious, doing so because of the
call of duty. Courage holds a deep
er and nobler meaning than the
other words, carrying with it the
idea of moral strength and, in the
case of the Christian, faith in God
as one devoted to His cause.
Elijah was courageous, and he
stands before our Christian youth to
day as an example of that godly
courage which
I. Works in the Open (v. 30).
Men whose deeds are evil love the
darkness rather than the light. God
does not work in the dark. All of
His workings are in the open sun
light. Every one is welcome to
“come near” and see what is done.
Elijah knew God and he acted like
God’s man. What a tragedy it is
that not all of God’s servants have
followed his example. If we had
the open and above-board dealings
of Elijah in the affairs of our
churches, we might see more of the
fire and power of his ministry.
Certain it is that the administra
tion of church affairs which has
to be carried out in hidden corners
by whispered conversations and by
secret manipulations behind the
scenes, is not God’s work at all, it
is the work of man. .
11. Asks No Favors (w. 33-35).
Elijah rebuilt the altar himself.
He asked no help of the unbelieving
prophets of Baal or of apostate Is
rael. How old-fashioned he seems
in this day when so much stress is
laid on a false unity of the faiths,
and there is so much solicitation
and acceptance by the Church of
the help of unbelievers in financing
the supposed work of God.
Note also that Elijah invited his
enemies to make the answer to his
prayer more difficult by pouring
water on the sacrifice. This was
not an act of bravado, it was for the
purpose of demonstrating that there
was no fraud. He was willing that
the enemies of the truth should
make the demonstration more dif
ficult if that would be to God’s glory.
There is a delightful old-fashioned
flavor about that act, too, in these
days when men are frequently will
ing to compromise with unbelief and
even with sin in order that the work
of the Church may be carried on
without too much difficulty. Here
again we have an explanation of
the lack of spiritual power in our
times.
111. Honors God, Not Man (vv,
30-32, 36-37).
A man of bravery wants recogni
tion for himself, while the coura
geous man asks only that the cause
for which he fights shall be success
ful. Elijah had long since demon
strated that he was absolutely fear
less, and sought no favor or glory
(read the entire story). Now in the
tenseness of this moment, he care
fully rebuilds the altar of the true
God (v. 30), makes it a testimony
of unity to a divided Israel (v. 31),
and he does it all in the name of
the Lord (v. 32).
His prayer (vv. 36, 37) is a pro
foundly simple expression of a com
plete faith in the true God and His
power on the part of a man who
recognized himself as being only the
divine servant. He made no plea
that God would vindicate him or his
ministry, but he did plead that the
name of the Lord should be honored
in the midst of an unbelieving
people.
IV. Brings Eternal Results (w.
38, 39).
“The fire of the Lord fell.” The
lying prophets of heathendom were
routed. Many recognized Jehovah
as the true God. While Israel did
riot long remember the lesson
learned here, the story has contin
ued as a testimony that will
strengthen the people of God as long
as time continues.
In God’s Treasury
Treat the weakest and the worst
with reverence, for, like yourself,
they are the temples of the living
Goa.
Abides Forever
The world passes away and the
lust of it, but he Liat doeth the will
of God abides forever.—l John 2, 17.
Attractive Holiness
The holiness of Christ did not awe
men away from Him, nor repel
them. It inspired them with hcpe.
ADVENTURERS’ CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI
“Another Molly Pitcher"
Hello, everybody:
Today’s soul-stirring tale of a brave little mother who was
deathly afraid of guns, but afraid of nothing at all when corpora
tion hirelings tried to grab a piece, of her home, is the Battle of
Monmouth all over again.
You remember, or do you, how in that important engagement
at Freehold, N. J., away back on June 28,1778, Molly Pitcher took
the place of her husband, John C. Hays, an artilleryman, after he
was wounded, and served his gun, thus preventing its capture by
the British. That’s a yarn that every red-blooded American gets
a kick out of every time he reads it!
It is mighty comforting, I want to tell you, to know there are
Molly Pitchers in every generation, stepping forward fearlessly
to take the places of their men when necessary. Just such a
woman is today’s distinguished adventurer.
Mept Mrs. John Doolin, of Lemont, 111., who did a good job
at writing her story, one that makes you feel all warm, and
proud of our womanhood. They call women the weaker sex.
O yeah? Just put their backs to the wall. If you want the
proof, read how Mrs. Doolin, single-handed, whipped a rather high
handed corporation that seemed to be trying to put over a fast one.
Not long after a railroad came through the village of Lemont,
where the Doolins had their home, there were a number of acci
dents on a sharp curve close to the Doolin property. The com
pany wanted to straighten the line by putting it across the
Doolin yard. Surveyors staked out the new right of way; workers
appeared and began digging. John Doolin ordered them off.
Then he took the first train to Chicago and there consulted his
good friend, Attorney Alexander Sullivan.
Actions of Company Held Illegal by Attorney.
Mr. Sullivan told him the company had no right to put its line on
Doolin property without permission. But, he continued (and here’s the
catch), if the company succeeded in erecting the poles and stringing
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Her finger was on the trigger and she was all set to pull it.
the power wire, the only thing Doolin could do would be to go to court.
John Doolin didn’t have any money to pay for long years of litigation so
he beat it for home, resolved to keep the company off his premises.
There, sticking up in the lawn, was a nice new pole that had
befen put up while he was in the city.
John sawed the pole half way through. Then he borrowed a
rifle and ammunition from a neighbor.
A few days later, on a bright June morning in 1903, a policeman
appeared with a warrant charging John Doolin with destroying public
property. Joljn marched away with the law, leaving three children cry
ing, a wife on the verge of it.
No sooner was John Doolin out of sight than a crew of workmen
swarmed on the place and be^an digging so furiously you would think
they were being paid a dollar a shovelfull. Was little Mrs. Doolin going
to let them get away with it? Up to the attic she hurried. There, for
getting she shivered at the veyy sight of a firearm, she took from the
wall a shotgun that had hung undisturbed for many years.
With her children clinging to her and crying again, she
opened the window shutters, and rested the ancient fowling piece
on the sill. Then, in a cold fury, she called down to the working
men:
“Throw down your tools or I’ll shoot!”
They stopped working and began to kid her.
Foreman Orders Men to Take Gun From Her.
Then one bully, who appeared to be the foreman, ordered: “Come
on, guys, let’s go up and take it away from her.” Mrs. Doolin leaned
a little farther out of the window and lifted the rusty shotgun.
“The first man who takes a step toward my house gets shot,” she
called. “Now all of you drop your tools or I’ll start shooting.”
And boys and girls, Mrs. Doolin meant exactly what she said.
She was a determined mother, protecting her home and babies
in the absence of her husband. Os course, she thought the gun
wasn’t loaded, but her finger was on the trigger and she was all
set to pull it if any one of those men made a move in the di
rection of the house. But their tools went down.
The workmen sensed this was real drama, not a comedy, and they
became sober. One spoke up to say the company had sent them there
to rush up a couple of poles. Plucky Mrs. Doolin then explained to them
that they were on her property, that the company had not asked per
mission to use it nor offered to pay for it.
Well, sir, when those men got the low down on the proposi
tion they took off their hats and cheered. “You win, lady, you’re
a game guy,” they told her. “We aren’t doing any more digging
until you get a square deal.”
With that they picked up their tools and went to town. Mrs. Doolin
had won her battle, but would the men be back tomorrow? Would the
company have her arrested for threatening its workmen? And what had
become “of her husband?
Officials Refuse to Prosecute Doolin.
Pondering these questions, Mrs. Doolin went to the door and
was overjoyed to see her husband coming up the walk. He hadn’t
been in jail at all. The policeman had taken him before a justice
of the peace, but no one in the courtroom was willing to prosecute
him. He thought he understood why he had been taken away
on a charge no one would press when Mrs. Doolin told him the
men had been back. But when she told him how she had pointed
the shotgun at them and really intended to pull the trigger, he
felt a little faint. For that old gun was loaded!
Well, there was one thing about the old-fashioned corporation, it
always knew when it was licked. The very next morning the worries
of the Doolin family were over. Right after breakfast two suave lawyers
called to say how sorry they were it had happened. There had been
a mistake. The company was willing to pay a good price for the land.
And they paid, right on the line, thanks to the little woman who didn’t
know when she was licked.
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Odd Book Operations
Some unusual operations are per
formed on ancient books and manu
scripts in a special laboratory at
Moscow. Two thousand Chinese
scrolls taken there for treatment
were moldy and partly stuck togeth
er, and of fragile paper. An elec
trical table was made for them, and
by charging them to a high poten
tial with static electricity they were
opened up successfully.
Turkish Chroriie Ore
Chrome ore, source of chromium,
is important among the mineral re
sources of modern Turkey. Discov
ered in 1848 by J. Lawrence Smith,
an American, the history of its ex
ploitation was indefinite until the
rise of the present government. Un
der the vigorous action of the Repub
lican regime, production has grown
from practically nothing in 1923 to
over 200,090 tons in 1933
Smart New Fashions
For Now and Later
HERE’S a charming new pat
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pretty sleeveless dress, with a
jacket that transforms it into the
nicest kind of street suit. It’s de
lightfully simple and cool—very
easy to make, with flattering frills
as the only trimming. Chiffon,
georgette, silk print, flat crepe and
linen are smart materials for this
fashion.
There’s a place in every girl’s
life for the smart little play suit
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Gingham, pique, linen and broad
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No. 1784 is designed for sizes 14,
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without nap for dress and jacket
with three-quarter sleeves; 2%
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nap.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1324,
211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111.
Price of patterns, 15 cents (in
coins) each.
(Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.)
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Decisive Spirit
When a firm decisive spirit is
recognized, it is curious to see
how the space clears around a
man and leaves him room and
freedom.—John Foster.
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