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THE WEST NEWS
1940 Congress Sets the Stage
For Executive-Legislative Battle
Both Republican and Democratic Congressional Members
Are Ready for Tussle Over President Roose-
velt’s Budget and Spending Plans.
Kathleen Norris Says:
Hands Off the Men and Women Who
Were Your Children
IB*II Syndicate— WNII S*rvfc*.i
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press
Bldg., Washington. D. C.
WASHINGTON. - Congress soon
trill have completed the seoond
month of its 1940 meeting and the
most significant thing to come out
of the session is a situation contain-
ing all of the elements necessary for
another good battle between the
legislative and executive branches
of the government.
It is much too early to enter a
forecast that President Roosevelt
and his opponents—Democrats and
Republicans—will come to grips.
But a slip of even small caliber on
the President's part would throw
him into the path of a substantial
section of the congressional mem-
bership. That is exactly what some
of the opponents hope will happen.
It is, conceivably, a thing which Mr.
Roosevelt and the New Dealers hope
will be avoided.
The condition stems from Mr.
Roosevelt’s budget message. As I
reported to’you ear-
ly in January, the
President's budget
declarations sound-
ed real. A good
many folks suggest-
ed, however, that
these pronounce-
ments had come at
the very beginning
of the session and
predicted a change
in the scenery be-
fore the end. Those
observers appeared
to feel that the
President was playing a bit of
politics with the general subject of
economy—spending.
But congress, generally, decided
to take the President at his word.
"If,” they appeared to be saying,
"the President really wants econ-
omy; if he wants to reduce govern-
ment spending, boy, oh! boy, we will
be with him in a big way.”
So it has come to pass that the
President’s own proposal conceiv-
ably can throw him into a place
where plainly he does not wish to be,
at least from a political standpoint.
Heretofore, it will be recalled, there
have been frequent declarations for
reduction in government spending
and each time it has been overcome
by backdoor operations of New
Dealers.
President
Roosevelt
Economy-Minded Legislators
Dominate Scene
As far as the play has progressed
on the open stage, the economy-
minded members of the house and
the senate appear to dominate the
scene. They have cut deeply into
several of the President's pet proj-
ects. They have cut, or have pro-
posed to cut, deeply into the Presi-
dent's program for national defense
for which Mr. Roosevelt had ideas
costing billions as against former
years when the cost of army and
navy development was measured in
hundreds of millions. Moreover,
the legislators have shown courage
in nicking agricultural spending for
a good many millions, and that hurt
Secretary Wallace and his crew.
Now all of this has been going on
when the “inner circle” of New
Dealers still are clamoring for con-
tinuation of the fun they have been
having in spending taxpayers’
money. There is some doubt, too,
that Mr. Roosevelt has changed over
completely.
Attention might be called in this
connection to the fact that, in the
national budget itself, Mr. Roosevelt
left numerous avenues of escape
from what appeared to be a definite
commitment towards retrenchment
as stated in the budget message.
Secretary Wallace touched off the
match on one of these. Mr. Roose-
velt said the agriculture appropria-
tions had been squeezed down by
the budget bureau to the very limit.
If the funds were sufficient, accord-
ing to che President, there had to
be a continuation of good business.
A good many of the folks m the de-
partment of agriculture have been
saying both publicly and privately
that the volume of business is going
to slide off during the late winter
and spring. Thus, rasre money win
be needed.
Wallace Wants Share
Of Government Spending
In the complaint* by Secretary
Wallace is another Upoff. The sec-
retary feels that there is no logic in
cutting the total expenses of $he gov-
ernment completely out of his share
of the swag. He fads to understand
STAGE IS SET
While William Bruckart feels it
is a hit too early to make a def-
inite forecast that the President
ana congress will come to blown
wtr governmental items like the
irmaniy, waste, and
be feels that congress
set the stage for such a battle.
Mfe| the President doesn’t
such a battle but his oppo-
don i mind, sai ~
why the cuts have not been made
proportionately in amounts of esti-
mates for other agencies of govern-
ment. I think he has his teeth in
T OS ANGELES.-Frank Friach
will be headed this way soon,
bringing the Pirates out here to
train, making his comeback as a
btg-league manager after a year’s
absence from the lists.
Just before I left New Terk I sat
around with Frank one night and
among the things ire talked about
were the days he broke la with the
Giants under John MeGraw. It was
20 years ago that Frank first wont
to a training eamp hot he remem-
bers it all clearly. This is a good
break for the young players who
will report to him at the Pirate
eamp—just as it was for the rookies
who came up under him when he
managed the Cardinals.
You see, with 20 years of success
as a player and manager behind
him he hasn’t forgotten when ho
was a rookie and had to fight for a
Job. He remembers that he, too,
was a prey to all the misgivings that
assail a kid when he finds himself
tussling for a job with smarter,
more experienced rivals.
He Had Been Around
SECRETARY WALLACE
something, there; but why pass over
this point to suggest that if and
when the congressional enthusiasm
for economy wanes it will be easier
to vote money for the agriculture
program than for any other. It is
just plain good politics. I imagine
many members of the house and the
senate feel that way, too. They be-
lieve they can always find justifica-
tion for voting money to farmers.
While none can say definitely what
goes on in the President's mind, !
there are many who believe Mr. ,
Roosevelt would have preferred to I
see congress raise the present debt
limit from $45,000,000,000 to $50,000,-
000.000, rather than take him so se- i
riously on the suggested reduction 1
in spending. It seems logical. He j
offered three propositions in his mes- I
sage: retrenchment in expenditures,
raising the debt limit, and laying
new taxes.
Now, most anybody knows that 1
congress will do ve^ little about
new taxes in an election year. That
left a choice between the curtail- .
ment of spending and raising the
debt limit. The debt limit is more
than just a sore spot. It is prac-
tically a carbuncle on the neck of
congress, because there are so |
many thousands of letters coming
in as a warning against getting the |
nation further into debt. Nothing
was left, therefore, but the program
that would reduce available funds
for the fun-loving spenders.
These things present a picture
which seems to show that the Presi-
dent’s strategy may have failed.
That is to say, he may have expect-
ed that congress would take the
proposition of raising the debt limit
as the easiest way out of its dilem-
ma. It is sheer conjecture, of
course; yet it has a basis in any
sound analysis of what has hap-
pened.
President Is Missing
Economy ‘Soand Waves'
"To begin with, I was lucky,” he
said. ”1 joined the Giants in June
of 1919 and spent the rest of the sea-
son with them. I broke into quite
a few games as a pinch hitter or
runner or as a replacement for Lar-
ry Doyle at second base and I was
under fire in an important series.
That was the six-game series—three
successive double-headers—with the
Reds at the Polo Grounds that real-
ly clinched the pennant for the
/then she answers ihe phone. Mother says, “// ift the Brown hoy toll him roa
can go to the movie; and 1/ its Allan, /or pity’i take, don’t gush at him."
uiat real-
for the V toi
_ ' O to
FRANK FRISCH
Reds.
Undoubtedly, however, the Presi-
dent's advisors have failed to catch
the sound waves that are reaching
congress from “back home.” There
is a tremendously heavy mail on the
subject of waste and.spending and
debt, arriving in congressional of-
fices. This reaction is highly im-
portant. It reveals something more
than just a desire on the part of
many voters to see the government
spending brought within bounds. It
discloses. I believe, quite a definite
trend away from New Deal ideals,
because somehow, there is a grow-
ing conviction in many sections of
the country that it is the reforms
that are costing money.
This word from home has resulted
thus far in offsetting the great pres-
sure of various groups who are
vociferous in their demands for
more money. We had a flock of
young voters—the American Youth
Congress—around town ten days
ago, and their leaders were unani-
mous in their calls for more money.
They were as wen trained as any
college cheering section that I ever
have seen. Of course, they may
aria out yet, but at the moment
they are not winning much support
for added money.
As of this tone, then, congress
surely has gone forward in a most
determined fashion to cut off some
of the excess spending. It has re-
sisted pressure thus far. The battle
lines are well formed—thua tar.
But, as I said at ths beginning
one cannot predict with finality con-
cerning the course cd congressional
temper when primaries arc getting
closer.
The things to watch for are these:
as time goes on and ths days of
toe session become fewer, win there
he a lot of messages from ths Presi-
dent, asking a few hundred thou-
saade hers, a few millions for ever
there, a hundred-odd million foe
something else? Such as these were
sot included in toe budget. They
wifl be an extra, " *
« toe circus pres says.
Doyle played the first two
games, I played the next two and
then he went back.
”So I had some experience and
had been around long enough to
know MeGraw and the ball club by
the time I got to San Antonio in the
spring of 1929. But 1 still didn’t
know what H was all about.
“No young ball player can learn
much in less than one full season.
Looking back now, it seems to me
that it was a long time before I
learned anything. All I had on my
side at San Antonio that spring
were speed and willingness. J didn 1
know how to play for hitters, but I
usually could get in front of the ball
and knock it down with my chest
and pick it up and throw the hitter
out. Somebody said about Pepper
Martin a few years ago that if his
chest held out he would make a
good third baseman. That’s what I
said about myself long before that
Moved to Third Base
“You see, MeGraw switched mi,
to third base that spring. I had
played sbo. tstop at Fordham and
broken in with the Giants as a sub'
stitute for Doyle st second, but dur-
ing the winter Heinie Zimmerman,
our third baseman, had been re-
leased, so Mac moved me to third.
“One of the first things he did was
to tell me te threw away ths glove I
had and order n new one. My old
glove wasn’t much bigger than a
kid glove—a little, thin thing with
no pocket in it, bat Mac get a glove
for aae with which I could at least
knock the bail down, and that gave
me seme protection.
“Then he worked with me every
day. He taught me how to make
my moves—when to play in, back,
or half way—how to break for a
ball—how to get it away with the
least possible delay. There were
days when I couldn't seem to do
anything right and I’d worry and
fret, but he never lost patience with
me. He not only gave me lessons
in how to play third base but he also
taught me how to work with a young
ball player.
“What’a the main difference in
conditions as the rookies find them
nowadays and u they were when
you camo up, Frank?" I asked.
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
OMET1ME before this year gets
too old it might be a good idea
try to stop living your chil-
dren’s lives for them.
Not for the children'e sake, pri-
marily, though for that, too. But
lor your own sake, you young moth-
era and older mothers and grand-
mothers, it is worth while to sit
down for a few minutes, and seri-
ously consider just what your rela-
tionship with the younger generation
really ia.
Begin by remembering what YOU
thought of the grown-ups, when you
were 18 and 20 and 25. You loved
them and were grateful to them for
years of kindness and care—and you
wanted to get them and their timid,
old-fashioned ideas out of the way
as rapidly as possible, and begin the
glorious business of living your own
life.
There comes a moment in the life
of every girl of 15 or 16 when her
mother says something like this to
her:
"That’* the telephone, Joan. And
if it’s the Browrn boy you tell him
that you can go to the movie, but
you have to ceme straight home
afterward, and if it’s Allan for pity’s
sake don’t gush at him as if he were
the only boy in the world, and stop
chewing that gum!”
There comes a time in the life of
every boy of 17 or 19 when his moth-
er says something like tl^p to him:
“I cannot understand what you
like about that Tom; he isn't the
sort of friend I like you to have at
all. He’s nice enough, but so ordi-
nary! Now if you do go out tonight
I want you to be back here by 11;
you’re making far too much fuss
about this silly club of yours, any-
way, you’ll be off after something
else in a few weeks. And be sure
to telephone and ask that nice Baker
girl to go with you to the dance.
Her mother is president of our club
and she's really a lovely girl, only
shy and quiet.”
It Makes Na Impression.
Both ton and daughter listen, and
say, “Yes, mom," respectfully, end
go their ways no more impressed by
all the maternal fussing than are the
sparrows in the garden bushes.
They know, if mother and dad
don’t, that the rules that form their
characters and will guide their con-
duct through life are far more fun-
damental than anything that mother
can call from the kitchen or dad
shout from upstairs. What they have
of self-control, fineness, courage
with which to meet life, wisdom in
choosing amusements and occupa-
tions, was given them kmg before
they reached their present ages.
They are a man and a woman at
18 and 19, and in their secret hearts
they are merely annoyed or bored
by parental control. The girl who
has had a good, gentle, intelligent
mother hack of tor for ail tor II
years will keep her heart at home,
entertain there, to proud to have
tor friends share her own life. The
girl whose parents have themselves
had small interest in home, have
taken no pains to create a harmoni-
DANGER—KEEP OUT
ft An attempt to stop living your chil-
dren's lives /or them is u-orth trying,
in the opinion of Kathleen Norris.
ft She feels that far loo many parents
lake too active en interest in the affairs
of the younger generation.
ft Such an interest not only makes ths
young people more dependent but in
soma cases the effect it equally bad
upon the parents themselves.
ft Lives ere more successful, character
is stronger, when children follow fun-
damental rules of good behavior rather
than paying strict attention to hetty
words shouted di
the stairs or out
the doorway and es youth goes out
lor its enjoyment.
ft Carrying a mother’s passion for
child management straight on into
their children’s married lives is e dan-
gerous mistake.
ft laving ne's men life is one’s mui
way—that is one of the most entiling
privileges and shining goals of living
el all. ’
lis, now seven years old. Bud would
have liked other children, I know,
but Gladys has made herself a regu-
lar martyr for having had one. He
still praises her and pets her for
going through that ordeal, 'for his
sake.'
. ou* *tni0*Phcr* there, have not stud-
come up taster and, although they
just a fellow looking for a job. _ ... . . ^__.
J "5 possible minute, and perhaps breaks
*7" tod to make your own way . ^ h„rt ^ Ufe in the
and get to know the other fellows as mgcm
test you could. Nowadays they take gome mother, carry their passion
agswttsssi
to home. doto this Des Moines woman, whose
‘T east say that anybody aver letter lies on my desk this morn-
wes disagreeable to aw whoa I iag.
broke ia—I came after foe period “My only son made an
ia which Am aider players -irsalirii’f ' unwise marriage,” she writes
speak to the rookies aad abased ** handsome, cod her family
them awav from the aiate to hetttoe »*U-«&-dc, but ate is a col<1, selfish,
thULr.!?* terd girl, and the miseries I have
p score, so weay m ewer pray- for my affectionate, gentle
*” !““* , „ “** toy only a mother can know' But
when 1 beetle to. the real tragedy is their child, Pbyl-
Seldom Sees Granddaughter.
"Little Phyllia has a colored girl
for a nurse, and even when she was
quite a baby aht would be banished
by her mother to the nurse's compa-
ny ; rules were rules and hours were
hours, and no matter how much
spoiling Bud lavished on his wife,
the baby was not to be spoiled. She
ia an exquisite child, but I almost
never see her. If I offer to take tor
for a Saturday there ia always some
other plan, and Gladys thanks me
and hangs up the telephone and
that’s that.
“Bud's wife spends much too
much money, is very extravagant,
drags him to parties when he should
to sleeping, refuse, social connec-
tions that would be valuable to his
business, and altogether does all she
can to wreck his life. And I have
to stand by and see ail my hope, for
him disappointed, see him mining
other high ponibUitie. that might
have been his, all for this woman.
No, there is no quarrel between us,
but if he ever quotes to her my oc-
casional—my very rare—advice to
him, she must know perfectly well
what I think of her.”
1 wouldn't quote this letter if it
were not typical of many. To this
dissatisfied mother and many an-
other I can say only that no one of
us, no matter how clever, can form
the slightest idea of what happiness
or unhappiness, what hopes or fears
compose our children's lives. Bud
may to completely happy with his
Gladys. Gladys may secretly adore
tor small child, and only put cm the
stem indifferent manner to madden
Bud’s everlastingly fussy mother.
Discipline may be the thing that
will give little Phyllis a fine unself-
ish character as she grows up.
Mather Should Keep Out.
Only time will bring the answer.
But the one thing that loving, fear-
ful, jealous motherhood won’t allow
is time. Bud belonged entirely to
his mother for a few happy years;
she is not strong enough nor wise
enough to admit that those yean
are gone By criticism and inter-
ference she has lest whatever influ-
ence the might have had upon Glad-
ys, and destroyed whatever affec-
tion might have grown
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS
Carving iamb roasts is much
easier if they have been boned and
tied before cooking.
• • •
Tarnished egg spoons can bo
quickly cleaned by washing with
a rag dipped in salt.'
Threading certains on to their
rods again after washing is diffi-
cult—and if they are thin the blunt
end of the rod may teaf them.
Avoid this by fitting a smooth
thimble over the end of the rod be-
fore threading.
• • •
Sew several thicknesses of old
turkish towel together for hot dish
or pot holders.
• •
Save soap straps, all of them.
Put into a pan and cover with
cold water; simmer until every bit)
is melted and the liquid is clear.
Put in a jar and keep near sink.
It will set into a jelly.
• • •
French fried potatoes will be>
more crisp if allowed to stand inj
cold water for half an hour be-
fore frying.
• • •
To keep pisao keys from turning
yellow, expose them to light daily.
To clean a clock, saturate nj
piece of absorbent cotton about as,
large as a hen’s egg with kerosene
oil and place it in the bottom.
Close the door and let the cotton
remain for three or four days.
Then take it out and swing the.
pendulum. Unless something ia.
broken, the clock will go all right,
as the fumes from the oil clean*
the works.
^SATISFACTION^
'headquarters*
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Ferry's Seem are de-
pendable. They come
up to your expecta-
tions. Buy from your
dealer’s display today.
It’aconvenient! Actual
color photographs on
packets help you plan
your garden.
»m
a* sins
An Open Fire
There ia nothing like an open
fire—the whole process of making
it, poking it, mending it—to com-
fort the soul of man. There is
nothing more friendly than an
open fire.—David Grayson.
Oeomulskm i
auas it goea right to t
» to loosen germ
tncreais sserstkn and aid nature to
No matter how many medicine! yen
toll your druggist toi
Creomulrion at
vm J
CREOMULSION
fur Coughs, Cheat Colds, Inwehtiia
•J
By lb* Golden Rule
Only the Gulden Rule will bring
in the Age of Gold.—Frances E.
Willard.
-T
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The world never knows its grsat
men till it buries them.
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What she ought to do now is KEEP
OUT. Let them atone. And if she
really yearns to be a good grand-
mother to some small girl, let her
pick tost child from an
and do for her
like to to
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