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m<9nday! September i«. 1940
News
THEd'f
By Paul Mal lon
VT/ABHINGTON—While some of
^ his friends and All of his en-
emies thought Wllllcie's opposition
to the first industrial confiscation
proposal was a political mistake. It
if now Just as universally apparent
he made the most beneficial error
of the campaign so far. Here is
rhat happened after his lone-
voiced protest.
When he spoke out. the senate
was adopting the Overton-Russell
' provision allowing the government
to take ownership of any plant or
facility ’ if the owner did not
accept a government contract. The
word "facility” was so broad it
• seemed to cover everything includ-
ing the implements of free speech
—press and radio. The unfortunate
language furthermore would have
given the government permanent
ownership of seized plants.
Business might not have been
hurt as much as has been pop-
ularly supposed. In fact busine.-s
was not Interested. None of the
legislative representatives of busi-
ness here backed Willkie up. An
owner of seized property would get
FLOOD WALL
Walter Winched '
On Broadway
•Trill* Mi'll R«|1iitfr*il. r*pyrlrtlt. Hit. Pally Mlrrnrl
>11 MOS or A r.IRL FRIDAY
Dear Mr. W.: Remember the pretty stewardess who (nt all that
attention in the papers swallominR her kev? The inside that she fool-
ishly did it to Ret someone on that plane to feel sorrv losers' tiff. etc.
Poor thing may lose her Job over it... That defendant Bishop in the trial
of those 17 in Brooklyn faces deportation....Rudv Vallee and Franciac*
Sima the Conover beauty are more --—-—
uian a veiepnorir conversation.
Tell* chums thev mav marry...
Leif Erickson si 111 Is Edit h At-
water's Man Who Comes to Din-
ner...The clerks at the Old Fed-
eral BldJt ought* be a little more
patient with these folks who want
to be citizens Complaint* have
come in saying these chaps are
very short with the foreigners
scream at them and scare them
half to death...Mv Teller has an
answer for hecklers who needle him
about wearing a Roosevelt button.
He says: "Wanna take 8 to 5?"
Owen A Parker who clicked «*
big at Mother Kelly's In Florida j
take over The Torch Club on 32nd
Street tonight...Two feature syn-
dicates are soon to have a shake-
up. dropping plenty. Not King Fea-
tures.. El Morocco reopens on the
26th...The one so-named In Lon-
don has changed ita handle to The
Stork Club.’*
The Treasury Dep't and tai men
have a wonderful stunt to trap tax
evaders who gamble heavily at the '
tracks and who report not being 1
able to pay...Those suspected hava (
their photos taken by hidden can-
did cameras (usually in back of a
coat lapel!.. Especially those who
buy tickets at the |S0 and 5100
windows ... Incidentally. 8 Feld-
man. now awaiting trial on an-
other Federal matter was "snap-
ped ' at the $100 windows In Miami
—it's part of the government s ev*.
idence.
so nice. You see. I have hrd th*
pleasure of having all the Harrl-
man children here'...Mr? H. a
bit embarra.^ed. explained: “But I
am not one of THE Harrlmans"...
"Oh!" was the sehoolmarm's evi-
dence of disappointment as she bit
her hps...“I happen." stUettoed
Mr? Harnman “to be a Whitney!*•
...Oulp. Swoon Blackout!...! sup-
pose you know that Hitler is said
to have warned Mussolini r.ot to
sink any British ships in the Medi-
terranean that Hitler has sunk in
the North Sea.
Sam II Harris was relieving hi
box officer over ai he Music B t
when a >ee<i 1 • \n.;u m wa.k'A'
up. put a half dollar on the coun-
ter. and asked for an orchestra
pew...’ Not " giggled producer Sam
"for fifty cents!"...“Aw come on
be a sport " was the retort. “I got-
ta sit in that plush sometime!'*...
The Ashland drug store on Madi-on
near 32nd S’ reel according to a
customer has this sign displaced
above the soda counter: “Roosevelt
or Willkie MeNary or Wallace.
Wincheli or Bern’* May the best
man win. God Bless America'"...
Understand Mr Joison's invest-
ment in his new hit “Hold On To
Your Ha**" totals $82 000 You
credited Lon oT that rast with the
superb Mexican dancing lnstend
of George Church...La Martini-
que’s re-openini was also btr.
Georgie Tapps and Carlos Raimi*
are immense.
BROWNSVILLE PUBLIC HOUSING
*“■ HOSE who viuit the recently completed and almost
1 wholly occupied USHA-Brownsville low rent
housing project on Fourteenth Street Southeast are
completely taken with the orderly rows of substantial-
ly constructed buildings. Six blocks contain a total
of fifty buildings most of them being two family
buildings and some for four families.
Well-matured palm trees have been set out along
the private and public streets that serve the project.
The grounds have been landscaped and as weather
permits shrubbery and flowers are going into the
vista. Undoubtedly Buena Vida as the project
is known is to be one of the most attractive resi-
dential sections to be found anywhere in South
Texas. Already a total of 142 families are living in
the project leaving only seven more to be occu-
pied. Applications for these are already in.
A visitor to the project is quite intrigued by what
he sees from the streets. Every window observed
seems to be neatly curtained. A closer glimpse into
the interior reveals neatly furnished and arranged
living rooms and comfortable bedrooms. 1 he
project's streets are well lighted at night. Children
invariably neatly dressed are playing about just as
children do in other neighborhoods. Certainly . if
there is extreme poverty in Brownsville it is not re-
vealed by what one sees outside the buildings in
Buena Vida.
Unfortunately a large percentage of the people
for whose benefit the United States low-rent hous-
ing is intended are unable to take advantage of the
facilities offered. An investigation of those families
removed from the area now occupied by the hous-
ing project probably will show that few of them for
one reason or another availed themselves of the hous-
ing opportunities offered. Many of these people
rented a small plot of ground in the area at a couple
of dollars a month built and occupied such struc-
tures as they could afford. On moving out of the
area they merely rented similar space elsewhere and
built the same structures again.
Despite the low rent in the housing project
about 52.25 per room per month including utilities
many of these people cannot afford the cost. Their
housing problem remains the same that it has always
been.
Another 250-unit project or projects will not
solve the living problems of these people even though
the rent is onlv 52.25 per room per month.
What will the USHA and the Brownsville Hous-
ing Authoritv do about them?
full value under the law.
The real defects lay in other
directions. First there was a pros-
pect the government would have
to assume permanent ownership of
plants it did not know how to
operate and didn t really want. A
whole new vista of passible state
socialism was opened up merely to
get at the problem of handling
| rnpatriotic recalcitrants. The lan-
guage was so loose and faulty fur-
ther. as to lay open a way for a
political-minded authority to pun-
ish his enemies and reward his
friends Possibility of the govern-
ment taking over lading plants of
friends at a cost to the taxpayers
was not eliminated. The door to
graft was not sealed.
It was soon realized in the house
that the senate had done a bad
job of legislating. It had gone in
over Its head. Rep. Smith. Con-
necticut. hit upon the much bet-
ter plan provided in the 1918 law
Plants could be commandeered for
five years. This eliminated the
permanent state socialization vista.
Then the conference of both
houses further modified the change
and required that the secretaries
of navy’ and war must certify be-
fore a plant Is taken over that
tne circumstances require the ex-
ercise of that power. This put a
damper on the prospects of po-
litical abuse by widening the re-
sponsibility for them.
The final result was w’hat seems
to be a fnirly good plan to handle
(the termites without taking up the
' floor of the business structure. It
is satisfactory all around both to
New Dealers and Republicans—
largely because Willkie spok« over
the heads of his party lmemen.
I'THF EX-LAWYER In the White
| House himself was responsible
: for eliminating the republican
amendment which would have re-
quired a state of ’’immediate pub-
lic necessity” before the confisca-
tion processes could be operative.
The amendment was pushed into
the bill by Republican Senator Aus-
tin of Vermont. It sounded all
light to the eoncressmen who let
it slip bv. but Mr. Roosevelt ap-
parently thought it would require
him to declare a state of national
emergency and he did not want to
be so hampered.
Word was so parsed to demo-
cratic conferees and Senatr.r Min-
ton forced the amendment out of
the bill Now’ FDR can confiscate
• in furthe~ance of the objects” of
the draft bill. He Is given broader
powers than anyone previously
thought he had.
HTHE 21-35 age limit in the draft
j 1 was not fixed bv arithmetical
I process or casually. The house
[wanted 21 to 45. The senate agreed
I to go as far as 40. and this would
have been the agrepable limit ex-
cept for the war department. The
generals told the house and sen-
ate conferees that the onlv reason
tor a 4> limit wa« to get in the
AFF veterans so they could help
train new recruits The 40 limit
would not catch veterans so there
was reallv no good reason for not
taking a 35 top. The 21-35 spread
represented the ace limits for vol-
unteers in the army.
LIERCULES powder exnrsinn
1 1 ruined one of the only three
-vtwder producing plants work'ng
in the United S’ates The rate of
production in this mast essential
defense material has not hern sat-
isfactory to the war department.
Stocks on hand now would onlv
permit the guns of this nation to
) fire four and one half hours a
month at the rate at w hich powder
has been u«-eri bv leading Euopean
nations since the start of the war.
_
I hear the reported dissension
backstage at the George Jessel
personal appearance tour is due to
seven girls and one man—the lone
lad being George hisself. Seems
the g’ammer gals all adore him.
and if he pats one on the head
the others threaten to pack their
bags Tor Holly wood...* The Bakers
Wife ' film (ain't it sinful though?)
makes the audience laugh when a
special announcement is screened
directly after it ends You know. I
suppose that Dorothv Thompson
gave the picture her blessing with
a rave notice.. Well after you've
s*t through all the sinfulness by
Ralmu’a wayward wife the screen
flashes: “Souvenir booklets mav be
nad for 25 cents containing pho-
tos of Raimu and Dorothy Thomp-
son’!.. Tee. h*e.
The Montreal Repertory Thea-
tre p^opiC phoned wondering if
you could be their guest at a war
benefit on the 21st.. That a a Sat-
urday night mister. Better send a
wire...I’ve always wondered where
those conga lines in night clubs
lead to...Well tn one Miami snot
they lead them right into a dice
house next door. VTiat an idea'
Montes and Fernandeg. the Rain-
bow Room dancers are delightful.
But thev must bust up because she
wants to continue at the Met
Opera House .. Andy Anderson'*
molder varn “Kill One. Kill Two
which Is going big. got his atmo-
sphere writing it during his spara
time at r rear desk in tlwA-sso-
elated Press “morcue .. Wi lson
Woodside's story: About the two
Italians meeting on a street in
Rome “How are vou?'* asked the
first ..“Better thank you.’ said
the o»her...* Better'* said the
first..."Ye*.’’ was the retort “bet-'
ter than next year!"
Heard a swell hit o' romedr that
wasn't rehearsed Mrs. Averill
Harrlman brought her child to a
new private school run hv a veddv
ritgv person “Ah!" ah'd the up-
pittv sonety page reader. “thLs Is
-j
Answers
■
Questions
RY FREDERIC J. HASKl.N
A reader can get the answer *o
any ques’ion of fact bv writ-
ing The Briansvtlle Herald In-
formation Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin. Director Washington.
D. C. Please enclose three (3)
eenti for red*
Q—flow long after George Wash-
ington's death did the Capital of the
l nited Stairs move to the District
of Columbia ’ II I. I*.
A—George Washington dird on
December 14 1799. and the Capital
was moved from Philadelphia on
June 11 1300.
Q—Is Daniel Defoe's “Robinson
Crusoe” based on another story? R.
(. B.
A—The story was founded on
Dampiers “Voyage Round the
World” 116971 the adventures ol
Alexander Selkirk a Scottish sailor
and other sources.
Q—Will the exhibition buildings
at Rome be permanent? I- T.
A—The structures which are now
bring built for the exhibition in
1942 will all be permanent Even the
large hotels which are being pro-
vided for visitors have been so de-
signed that they must be converted
into family apartments at the close
of the exhibition.
Why was the Lake of the Woods
area included within the northern
boundary of the Cnited States? L.
N. S.
A—The inclusion of the Lake of
the Woods projection an area of
nearly 124 square miles north of the
49th parallel inside the bmindarv
of the United States resulted from
the use of inaccurate maps by the
makers of the treaties of 1783 and
1818.
OUR COUNTRY
Much exritrmcnt over at tVMf \.
Seems that James Roosevelt's ftlm.
"Pastor Hall.” opens at the Glob*
next week and Mrs Roosevelt hts
mama had agreed to speak about
it mrr | and
8 30 . .Couldn't be cleared. hr t-V
ever beraise the romrr.erete
that time is bought by F’
Roosevelt •.. The preview of Zan-
tick's "Great Profile* with Barry-
more indicates bitr business.. Mat-
tv Fox. v-p of Universal Films
who Just sl2ned Carol Bruce. ha«
been taktng her dancing nightlv ft>
see th»t she gets enough exerrise
no doubt.. Recently we reported a
•roup in the i' ~ i d tart
a "Hate Fnclsnd’” campaign. yes-
terday's Trib front-p eed: "Steu-
ben Bocietr Head Forming Club to
Expose British in U. S ’*
tools Ktier the famed Hollr-
wood economist and lawyer has %
book due next month called • Think-
ing On Your Feet " Of 'one gue *»
he sets forth: "He nius* be a phil-
i osopher who disguise; his profund-
ity in slang in order not to appear
pre*t i • > ■ .
cloo-she! Everet* Marshall and
his 4th bride are being adult about
r.. Li vs* at the smart bava I ■ a
new "glass of beer in a bottle *•
.Started in the midwest Goes big
• tth the ladles.. Stage mag will
have a section devoted to candid-
cameraddicts. shots taken bv fam*
mi' people The title -The W< u
Turns'—clever.. Is thLs Pieces V
tor Britain s counter-attacks 4 1
Berlin ton terrible1 "Brit
knegs”...VeriwelI...Your W «
KecTe quoted Monday- ‘Wlllii
thinks it Ls high time FDR been
a postage stamp'" brought ti
phone rail from Harriet r; Wa:
of Syracuse: “That.” nlftled
Walsh •'mieht be the only way
can be licked!”
—Yoor C.irl Friday
• STORIES *
IN STAMPS
Portugal's Famous r
Navigators Honored
PORTUGAL'S Golden Age the
Era of Discoveries is recalled
by the stamp above second pair of
a series of eight commemorating
the 800th anniversary of the
founding of the nation. The Dis-
coverers' stamp depicts the mari-
time heroes climbing to the star*
before a modernized prow of an
early caravel.
Portugal attained maritime
greatness during the period from
1415 to 1540. Wise rulers par-
ticularly Prince Henry the Navi-
gator. aided and encouraged-ex-
ploration.
While Columbus and Cabot
sought a westward route to India
Vasco da Gama sailed around
Africa reached India and returned
with cargo that sold for 80 time*
the cost of the voyage. Other ex-
plorers touched Cape Verde Tan-
gier. Senegal the Azores. Guinea
and Congo developed the nation-^
colonial possessions. A* one timdf
Lisbon was the world's greatest
commercial center.
Portugal lacked factories *M
England and the Netherlands » *A
able to cut off the nation's supply
of export goods. This and 6®
years of Spanish rule produced
Portugal's decline as a maritime
power.
Seventh of 24 article* on "Our (
Country." written exclusively for 1 -
NEA Sendee and The Browns-
ville H°rald by the nations most
lamous authors.
• • •
BV PHILIP WYLIE
Author of “The Murderer In-
visible" “The Rig Ones Get
Away" ete.
A nation Is no different from an
individual Its nature Is a com-
posite of human natures whether
its pohcie*; are expressed by one
man or by all. People associated
.n states cannot long maintain
cither subhuman or superhuman
appearances. In a restless effort to
make a better world mankind
has often tried
to invent and
impose upon
himself a ‘‘gov-
ernment" superior
to himself. Such
boot-st rap lifting
has ended inevit-
ably in failure
bet a use of the
nature of us all.
We have hlth
lissatlsfied. His new forward step
-the machine—has given him so
nuch so quickly and with such a
angle of illogical distribution that
t has made him variously smug
pell bound. submerged and rie.s-
>erate. Some men have decided
nachinery is a god and invented
:nnimtmt I foi Its universal wor-
hip. The Nazis have iconized wi-
nce itno devil-worship and set
n.t to destroy with it They have
.o better plan for individuals than
oral subjugation to their tool*. In
tmerira people have continued to
eep man's character in command
»f his material. The mast inef-
ectual experiment of the New
leal the mast passionate protest
f the reactionary are both in
use nee. expressions of that one.
ingle hur. an wav of life. To ask
mrselves now for a statement of
the American case ’ is to show
ome absorption of the poisons
tetng force-fed to us There has
lever been any other case for
nan than democracy.
In that clear certainly we will
naintain ourselves. Since it is
user to seize lunatics than to
mild barricades against them we
dll establish upon the land that
s ours not merely a fortress but
i great base from which to strike
very mania at its source Human
t-ason has not vet prevailed there-
ore our arms must. We will give
o this effort our brains our
ilood. our treasure because to do
o i? to conduct with dignity ’he
rainful process of our evoiut on
nd to achieve one further step in
ealizing mans unshakable self-
onfidence.
Jonathan Daniels sounds a
warning to tho*e who hear only
ronfu«ion in America in the
nest article of this series on
“Our Country.*
crio Kur- • a in-
stinctively and
^ now we can show '
m scientifically that !
Philip to tn harmony \
W .'lie with nn environ-
ment each individual must be
able to exercise certain biological
functions He must have a pur- '
pose that is not out of reach of '
his particular capacities He must
constantly struggle toward that ■
purpose. He must be free to make
his own choices. Such freedom can
come only from an intrepid in-
spection of all motives lofty and
base cerebral and animal. Those
are the elemental conditions for
one man and thus for many. They j
form the basis of our Constitution.
Many nations have now gone
mad for the same reasons that 1
drive individuals crazv: frustra-
tion. defeat avarice. vengeance
©elusions of grandeur and so on
Fascism and Communism are
not "revolutions” They are escapes
—the same •escapes" which rob
individuals of their reason by not
taking into consideration all the
actualities of human living. Fas-
cism Is an attempt to compel
economic order from a minority
down. Communism to compel it
from the masses up. But man does
not live by economics alone.
The duped radicals among our
youths and the pension-salivating
morons among our old people
naively Imagine that man can be
lcgraltfd into being someone else.
So do many other reckless nitwits.
But every attempt to outlaw a
frailty of the human species or
to administer a synthetic virtue
into it. has run through lm- !
memorial phases of enthusiasm. '
dictatorial "enforcement.” and
debacle We remain neither black
nor white left nor right but an
evolving breed that is at once
both altruistic and competitive.
In these terrible weeks we dim-
ly see why most of mankind is so
Barbs
Now they’re making neckties out
of glass. Soon they’ll be typing the
sales girls in case a customer needs
a blood transfusion on the spot.
Sees all. hears all. all nose seems
nn apt description of many a
Broadway columnist.
• • •
Just because a man's wife was fat
carried no weight with a San Fran-
cisco Judge who refused to allow a
divorce on grounds of obesity.
Nearly 80 steels and irons each
having a different chemical com-
poMton are included in the stain-
less steel family.
RAILROAD COMMISSION CHANGES
IT begins to appear that Jerry Sadler of the Texas
Railroad Commission doesn’t savor the prospect of
| Fitting at the same table with Olin Culberson whom
ho helped kick out of a railroad commission utilities
job or else he has a laudable desire to enter the na-
tion's flying service. Culberson it will be recalled
was head of the gas utilities commission prior to
Sadler’s election as a cotnmissioner. Sadler joined
by Commissioner Smith succeeded in booting ( ulber-
Fon out of his place. And Culberson won a seat on the
commission in the recent primary. Now reports are
current in Austin that Sadler may enter the army air
service.
There are also reports that Commissioner Ernest
O. Thompson may also retire from the commission to
take a Texas National Guard job as colonel of the
111th Quartermaster Regiment. Colonel Thompson
was a machine gun captain in the N\ orld \N ar.
If both C olonel Thompson and Snuff-Dipping
Jerry Sadler quit the commission Texas will have
a hundred per cent new railroad commission next
year.
I Views of Other Papers
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By Willlarr Ferguson
WAVeS :=•
OF AN OPEN <SEA
ONCE ROLLED
OVER WHAT NOW
ARE THE
Hs&nesr
OF THE
ROCKY
/MOUNTAINS.
NATIONAL
PARKS
fNJ THE UNITED STATES
COVER AN AREA '
GREATER THAN
THAT OF ALL
SOUTH CAROLlNAl
ANSWER: Wrong. An old belief but gelatine actually is made
from the hard bone and connective tissues of food animals.
NEXT- Tree-climbing fl*h.
Q—Who Invrnted osteopathy? A.
S. R.
A—In 1864 when three of the
children of Andrew Taylor Still died
of spinal meningitis he devised tne
treatment known as os*eopathy. In
1387. he settled in Kirk ville. Mis-
■ouri. and developed a large prac-
tice. Five years later he opened
the American School of Osteopathy
at Kirks ville
t RID I **tter Edition
of the New Testament
The Brownsville Herald is able to
i ofler such a volume with a mass of
‘upplemen’arv material such as har-
monv of the gospel* great period* of
Bible history and a specially prepared
section giving the names of tree*
waters mountains musical lnstru- 1
ment« and birds that are named In
rhe Bible It elves manv Important
fact* *uch a* the longest book and the
shortest verse Thl* new kind of New
Testament with all the woru* spoken
hv Our Lord printed in red. contain*
254 page* printed on th'n Btble pa-
per and la ljound In a flexible black
cover Anv reader ran secure a copy
for *he mere cost and handling charge
of 20 cent*.
—L'M Thl* Coupon-
Information Bnrean
The Brownsville Herald
Frederic J. Haskln. Director.
Uashinrton. D C
I enclose herewith TWENTY
CENTS In cotn (carefully wrapped
In paper' for a copy of the NEW
TESTAMENT.
i
Name
Street or Rural Route
City.
State
(Mall to Washington. D C)
So They Say
Those who have carried on Into
graduate study include 10 times
as large a proport on of radicals
as those who have barely finished
the eighth grade.
—Pnf. Goodwin Watson. Colum-
bia.
• • •
I have mv doubts whether Trot-
sky wa« murdered in Mexico at
the instigation of Stalin as is
widely assumed. The Naris could
have wished it.
—Charles Benedict in the Maga-
?ine of Wall Street.
• • •
This is the moment and the
United States i.« thr for us
i to revive again the faith and power
of freedom
—Frank Kingdon In the Survey
Graphic.
Two chancels one above the
other are contained in a church
at Compton. Surrey England
A NEW WORLD
It's here—a new part of the
English language and practically
certain to appear in the diction-
aries before long: Quisling noun
meaning traitor; to quisle verb
meaning to betrav; quisling ad-
jective. meaning treacherous
OT course it Is the name con-
verted to la' guage use. of the arch-
traitor of the present European
conflict. Colonel Quisling who sold
his country. Norway to the Nazis.
Thus It Joins the interesting gal-
axy of Enrlish words which were
originally proper names:
Sandwich for the Earl of Sand-
wich; derbv (either the race or the
hat* for the Earl of Derby who
originated them; bumsides <or
sideburns» for the Civil War gen-
eral who wore them: macadam
and mackintosh for the Scotsmen
who invented them; gerrymander.
for Governor Gerrv of Massachus-
etts. under whose regime voting dis-
tricts were first manipulated In
that manner; lvndh. for Judge
Charles Lynch of Virginia whose
methods were extra-legal: guillo-
tine. both the noun and the verb
for Dr. Cmllotine. the inventor of
that Instrument of death <and in-
cidentally its first victim>; brough-
am and victoria for Lord Brough-
am and Queen Victorta. who popu-
larised these vehicles—and many
others
History has strange wavs of per-
petuating events. The incorpora-
tion of his name into a language
will no doubt perpetuate the In-
famy of Quisling into generations
which otherwise might have for-
gotten it A more condign retribu-
tion it would h* hard to envisage
—Kansas city 8tar.
Liquor War Brings Prices To The New Low In New York Making It Possible For Even The Tightest To Get Tighter.
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