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TH K I1K A V ER T O N R E V I E W -\V«M>klv N o w n A i u i I v n ìs - , G.O.P. Keeps Election Promise Droits New Pension Measures Jewish Children Await Adoption by British Families i KDITOR'S N O T E — I T » « o e io io o j a r t e t p r e a r é la th ese c a lu m a i th ey a r t those •» the hews i b i > » a»« mot mece s s e n te at the n ew sesp er. Congress As the U. S becom es a nation of older m en and women (caused by declining b irth ra te ) fed eral-state su p p o rt of the indigent aged is no longer a political football bu t has em erged as an acu te problem re co g nized by D em o crats and R ep u b li ca n s alike. The p resen t social se cu rity setup w as a New D eal in spiration. but 1937's recession proved even this revolutionary step w as insufficient. This m onth al m ost every con g ressm an converging on W ashington c a rrie s a new plan in his portfolio, foreshadow ing the m ost heated b a ttle to confront the seventy-sixth congress. M any R epublicans would like to forget that 40 of th e ir 81 new m e m b ers w ere elected this y e a r on p ro m ises to support the Tow nsend m e a s u re or brin g th e pension issue to a vote. B ut one who refu ses to fo r get, and who will undoubtedly fire the opening gun in next m o n th 's pen sion arg u m en t, is M assach u setts' Rep. Allen T. T read w ay . R anking m in o rity m e m b e r of the house w ays and m eans com m ittee, he will e m b a rr a s s his political p a rtisa n s by of ferin g a resolution for h ea rin g s on Town send ism. When pension a rg u m e n ts a re sift ed down, W ashington o b serv ers e x p ect T ow nsendism to drop from the picture, to be followed by a clear- cut D em ocrat-vs-R epublican d eb a te on how social secu rity sh all be am ended. In this a rg u m e n t the m o st su rp risin g fea tu re m a y be R e publican supp o rt of a $30-a-month fed eral old age contribution, fe a tu r ing a 60-year age lim it as a g a in st th e present lim it of 65 y e a rs. If sta te s' could equal the $30 fed e ra l contribution, pensioneers would then receiv e $60 a m onth. W here the fed eral g o vernm ent could raise $30 a m onth, or w here states could ra ise even less, is a m oot problem . T h ere a re cu rre n tly 1.656.700 persons on pension rolls, costing the U. S. about $238,500.000 fo r the fiscal y ea r. S tates pay $250.129.000. T his gives each of the 1.656.700 in d ig en t an a v e ra g e of $19. If all eligible persons w ere added to the rolls, the n u m b e r would sw ell to m o re th an 3,000.000. Since the U. S. is a lre a d y using social secu rity pay ro ll ta x e s as fa s t as they com e in, and since m ost sta te s a re unable to ra ise th e ir $15 m onthly sh a re for e ach pension, any p lan s to in crea se p ay m en ts m u st be p reced ed by plans for financing the sy stem . While R epublicans a re atte m p tin g to iron out th e ir pension p ro g ra m , th e ad m in istra tio n p re p a re s to offer congress a sw eeping plan for re v is ing the p resen t old age in su ran ce sy stem . P ro b ab le re co m m en d a tions: (1) M onthly p ay m en ts to widows and dependent children of w orkers covered by social secu rity , plus $200 MASSACHUSETTS’ TREADWAY , Promises will nol be forgotten. fu n eral expenses to fam ilies of "co v e re d ” w orkers who die b efo re 65. (2) P aym ents to wives and d ep en d e n t children of m en who h av e r e tire d a t 65, b u t whose m onthly in com e under social secu rity is in su f ficient. (3) S tartin g old age p ay m en ts J a n u a ry 1, 1940. instead of Ja n u a ry 1. 1942. (4) Im m ediate inclusion in social secu rity of 2.600,000 seam en, bank em ployees, ch a rita b le and religious w orkers; inclusion in 1941 of 8,000,- 000 farm and dom estic w orkers. (5) Provision for paym ents of $10 m ore each m onth to m a rrie d m en th a n to single men. E u ro p e The long-cherished hope th a t G re a t B ritain would eventually d is co v er the futility of P rim e M inister N eville C h am b erlain 's d icta to r " a p p e a se m e n t” policy is a t last b earin g fru it. F aced with a new series of crises. M r. C ham berlain is p re su m ably being forced to re v erse his stand o r resign. Most significant w as the d in n er a t Lord Stanley B ald w in's home, attended by King G eorge VI and a group of right-w ing Labor leaders, all strenuous oppo nents of the C h am b erlain govern m ent. E ven as the king broke b read with this crew , an o th e r anti-C ham berlain ANTHONY EDEN Mr. Chamberlain s successor .* F W H 0 ’S T NEWS lly .1 «»sopii W . La ISino- le a d e r w as en ro u te to th e U. S. w here he leveled veiled c ritic ism a t the m a n whose cab in e t he left in a n g er. A nthony E den, one-tim e fo r eign m in ister, told the N ational A s sociation of M an u fa c tu re rs th a t de m o cracies m u st re s ist "fa lse co m p lac e n c y " in view ing in te rn a tio n a l perils, th a t “ the su rv iv a l of d em o c ra c y m u st depend on th e faith w hich it in sp ires . . . th e resu lts w hich it can ach ie v e ." W ithin a few d ay s th e long-aw ait ed re su lts of Mr. C h a m b e rla in 's M u n ich "p e a c e ” tre a ty b ecam e d e sp airin g ly a p p a re n t on th re e fronts, m ak in g the p rim e m in iste r realize ! arm o p ic s TRIMMING CATTLE HOOFS MADE EASY Device Permits Shaping of Foot While on Ground. w e e k By LEMUEL F. PARTON YORK. — In the p re-w ar ^ ' y e a rs, about the only sure- enough n ew sp ap er m an who cov ere d E u ro p e w as H enri S. De Blow- itz. the B ohem i V . S. Scrib es an who b e cam e a F re n c h m a n S e t P a ce fo r and scooped the British B oys w orld w ith the full te x t of the tre a ty at the con feren ce of B erlin, a t th e end of the F ra n c o -P ru ssia n w ar. Although he did th is for th e London T im es. E n g lish jo u rn a lists — d istin ctly th at, ra th e r th an n ew sp ap er m an — seem ed to think it w a sn 't quite c ric k e t and they w ent on w earing spats, c a rry in g canes, and dodging leg-work. I re m e m b e r citing to an E n g lish friend the De Blowitz book, published posthum ously in 1903. in w hich he told how he got th a t b eat on the tre a ty —an excitin g n ew sp a p e r y a m if th e re e v e r w as one. "B it of a ro tte r, d o n 't you th in k ? " said the E nglish m an . After the war, the English cor respondents started shaking a leg, but. with all this Chauvin ism loose in the world, we may boast that it was the American lads who set the pace. One press association and a few of our new spapers sent over to the big war som e news beagles who began retrieving stories right under the nose of the morning coat scribes. They've been get ting better all the tim e, and one of the bell-ringers is Frank Smothers of the Chicago Daily News, the tenth correspondent to be bounced out of Italy for faithful reporting in the last year. Mr. S m o th ers w as a fast-step p ing and fast-th in k in g re p o rte r in C hi cago for nine y e a rs before he w ent to the O rient, a s c o rresp o n d en t for the C hicago D aily News and the Boston T ra n sc rip t. He w as close in when the Ja p a n e s e m a d e th e ir first g ra b for China and pegged hom e som e of the b est sto rie s from th a t b e a t. In Italy , he m ad e a sim ila r reco rd . A keen analyst, as well as news-getter, he is one of a num ber of American foreign corre spondents who have told the sto ry of world catastrophe faster and better than any others at any place or tim e. He grew up in R oseville. 111., and finished at the University of W isconsin, aft er two years at Northwestern. He is 37 years old. he m u st e ith e r tu rn about-face (if it is not too la te ' or resig n to be fol lowed by Lord B aldw in or M r. E den: M emel. D etached from G e rm a n E a st P ru s sia by the V ersailles tr e a ty, la te r ceded to L ith u an ia, th is 943-square-m ile te rrito ry on the B al tic is b eing abso rb ed b ack into the R eich w ithout con su ltatio n w ith—or p ro te st fro m —the four g u a ra n to rs of the M em el sta tu te (B ritain , F ra n c e , Italy and J a p a n ). U sing “ S udeten" m ethods, G e rm an y first provoked M em elites to cry for autonom y. F o l lowing a victorious p leb iscite cam e the cry for "a n s c h lu ss” (union) with the R eich. A lthough H itler a n nounced a fte r the M unich tre a ty th a t he h ad no m o re E u ro p ean te r rito ria l claim s, no one doubts his ag en ts a re behind th e M em el coup. Ukraine. While w orld atten tio n h as been focused on th e F ran co -Ital- ian c risis (see below l H itler has q uietly b u t effectively begun a g ita tion to r his p ro je c te d U kraine r e public, to be c a rv e d out of P oland and R ussia. A N azi-inspired a u to n om y m ove in th e P olish U kraine, the first step, is b eing co rre la te d w ith a c tiv ity of G e rm a n a g en ts in E O R G E R U B L EE . 70 y e a rs old. the R u ssian U k rain e. The la tte r is b e se t w ith a thousand plans step is especially well tim ed, since m e a g e r re p o rts out of Moscow in for tak in g c a re of E u ro p ean politi d ic a te th e Soviet rep u b lic is w eak cal refugees, as he h ead s the A m eri- can efforts in ened by in te rn a l strife. N ot con te n t to stop there. H itler has opened G e o rg e R u b le e this h u m an e un- His negotiations w ith P e rs ia and Af- V e t o f D e lic a te d ertak in g . | g h a n ista n fo r G e rm a n exploitation N e g o tia tio n s ,ame rcsts uP°n h i s ach ie v e of oil and w heat lands. In the B al kans, Ju g o slav ia h a s p ra c tic a lly r e m en ts as an in te rn a tio n a l law yer, nounced the little e n ten te to follow of the firm of C ovington. B urling & pro-N azi P re m ie r M ilan Stoyadino- R ublee, of W ashington. He w as a stro n g su p p o rte r and ally of the late vich. F ra n c e . No o b serv er believes the R o b ert L a F o llette. Whenever they have had oil recen t F ren ch -G erm an tre a ty is trouble anywhere in the Western w orth anything, b ecau se the R eich hem isphere, they have sent for h as ac tu a lly in c re a se d a n ti-F ren c h Mr. Rublee. He has straight a c tiv ity since it w as signed. F ra n c e ened out snarls over oil rights h as a llian ces with P oland and R u s in Colombia, M exico and other sia, both of w hich h av e been ig countries. He was a friend and nored in G e rm a n y 's U k rain ian associate of the late Dwight W. driv e. F ra n c e d o m in ates the little Morrow and helped him settle enten te, w hich H itle r h as d efeated a number of oil and banking in Ju g o sla v ia and is u n d erm in in g in argum ents in M exico. o th er B alkan co u n tries. And—m ost im p o rta n t—F ra n c e re se n ts G e rm a He is a n a tiv e of M adison, Wis., n y ’s su p p o rt of Ita lia n d e m an d s for and an alu m n u s of th e H a rv a rd law T unisia, C orsica, N ice and Savoy. school. He b egan the p ra c tic e of C u rre n t opinion holds th a t F ra n c e law at C hicago. will su rp ris e G e rm a n y and Ita ly w ith a stro n g and u n ex p ected re - 1 'T 'H E R E w as a new s sto ry the sista n c e to th ese te r rito ria l d e oth er d ay about a th w arted a r t m an d s. In the end. how ever, Ita ly ist, who c a m e thro u g h and had a m a y g et p a rtia l co n tro l o v er the gloriou* revenge on his th w a rte rs. Suez c a n a l and a sh a re in F re n c h The F in e A rts S om aliland, offering an o utlet to the F l u n k e d A r tis t S u b stitu tes asso sea fro m E thiopia. ciation, in b e E v e n s T h in g s h a lf of te a c h e rs W i t h B o p p e r s In tern a tio n a l flunked by the Any sh ift in w orld m ilita ry pow er New York b o ard of ex a m in e rs, gives is in v a ria b ly followed by econom ic an exhibition by w hich th e public changes. One of th ese is w orld is to ju d g e w h eth er the b o ard tra d e , in which G re a t B ritain finds bopped th em unjustly. A m ong the h e r position th re a te n e d by a g g re s ex h ib ito rs is M ax W eber, d is sive G erm an y . T ak in g a thoroughly tinguished a rtis t, re p re se n te d in the rev o lu tio n a ry position, E ngland has M etro p o litan m u seu m , who w as now bro ad en ed h e r g o v ern m en t am ong those flunked by the board. tra d e in su ran ce plan to sa fe g u a rd W ith his p ic tu re goes a note to the ex p o rts of m a te ria ls o rd in arily r e b o ard in w hich M r. W eber tells w hat fused as poor risk s. B eginning J a n he thinks of it and cites his su c u a ry 1, th e ex p o rt c re d its d e p a rt cess a s "p ro o f of th e ir inco m p e m e n t m a y in cu r liab ilitie s up to te n c e .” $375.000,000 in stead of the p re se n t Mr. Weber, a native of Rus $250,000,000. To co v er sp ecial risk sia, here at the age of 10, w as a item s, an o th e r $50.000,000 h as been modernist, so far out of bounds se t aside. The la tte r policy, inci that the academ icians would d en tally , will fa c ilita te sh ip m en t of turn in a riot call whenever any w ar goods to C hina. body mentioned his nam e. He has been marked up m ore by I t this ag g ressiv e B ritish position the critics probably than any has caused G e rm a n y any w or other man in Am erica. ry, B erlin can rejo ice in a $17,000,- 000 b a rte r d eal w ith M exico, u n d er The tu rn in M r. W eber’s fortunes w hich she will buy oil in exchange c a m e in 1925, when a d iscern in g for m a n u fa c tu re d item s. In this New York Sun c ritic , am ong o th case, G erm a n y ’s g ain is B rita in 's e rs, piped h im up as a thoroughly loss, since London h a s alm o st co m co m p eten t a rtis t. His p ic tu re s sell. pletely sev ered d ip lo m atic and tra d e He h as a nice hom e a t G reat Neck, relatio n s w ith M exico o v er ex p ro L o ig Island. p riatio n of B ritish-ow ned oil lands. • C o n s o lid a te d N e w s F e a tu re s. G W NU S e rv ic e . By Dr G eo rg « - K T a y l o r . F u tv n s to n D .itr y m .m N o w J e i o*y C o lle g e of A g r i c u l t u r e ' W N U S e r v ic e M odem eq u ip m en t and im proved technique have greatly reduced the h a zard s and difficulties of hoof trim m ing and p ro p er c a re of the feet of d a iry anim als. It has alw ays been especially d if ficult to trim the feet on older bulls. T hrow ing an an im al by m ean s of ropes is diffieult and th ere is d a n g er of injuring the anim al. T here is a new device equipped with long handles w hich p e rm it plenty of lev erag e. The cutting edge is slightly curved and set a t an angle th a t will p e rm it easy trim m in g and shaping the hoof while the foot is restin g on the ground in a n o rm al m an n er. Both the sides as well as the toes can be shaped as d esired in a m inim um of tim e and effort. The anim al should be placed on level ground or p referab ly on a cem e n t floor in o r d e r th a t the hoof will co n tac t the ground in a n o rm al standing posi tion. Two hundred G erm an-JewLh refugee children are a* happy as they ran be unc' r the prr cut qlrrutn- slan ers. Pictured at the Dovrreourl hay holiday cam p, Harwich. England, shortly after llirlr recent arrival from Germ any, thry await adoption by Hrllish fam ilies. They range In age from 13 to 17 years. "Bar* Is Popular Spot in Hollywood's Monkey Town If the hoof is rolled or turned over on the sides o r toes, it m ay be nec essa ry to sh ap e the bottom of the hoof in addition. A sh a rp p a ir of snippers and a b lack sm ith knife m ay be used for this purpose. It is co m p arativ ely easy to pick up the front feet for trim m in g but handling the hind feet is m o re difficult. C ording the hind leg ju s t above the hock with a sm all d ia m e te r rope will m ak e the task of picking up the hind feet m uch e a sie r When the rope is tightly draw n the leg soon becom es num b and m uch e a sie r to handle. If the an im al s ta rts to fight when the cord is first placed around the leg, p erm it the an im al to step around a few m inutes before at- tem p tin g to ra ise the hoof from the ground. Good Grading Bench Is Aid to Poultry Farmer The grading and packing of eggs is a p leasan t task on the poultry farm equipped with a g rad in g bench, an egg scale and egg candler. Many fa rm s have egg scales and candlers. but it is su rp risin g how few have grading benches. W ithout this im p o rtan t piece of equipm ent, notes a w riter in the P hiladelphia Inquirer, egg grad in g and packing is a back-breaking p ra c tic e which is not conducive to efficient work. A convenient and easily constructed bench can be m ade, how ever, at very little expense. The table top should be six feet long. 26 inches wide an d 25 inches from the floor. The height will d e pend on the size of the person doing the grading. No bars or cages obstruct the view of visitors at Hollywood's .Monkey Island, whrre 53$ m onkeys. Im ported from India, hold open lo u se every day. Henrath the artificial mountains on (he "tropical Island," the monkrys have their "dorm itories," with spreial heating devices. Around (hr Island Is a 15-foot moat, con taining clear, rlrculating water. The Monkry club bar is a popular rrndrivous for John Monk. From ¡New York to Florida via Canoe BADMINTON CHAMP Its height should be such th a t the top of an egg case placed on the table will be a t the w aistline of the o p erato r. A shelf 12 inches wide and 24 inches above the top of the bench would be very handy for scales, fill ers, nails and o th er a rtic le s. Floor for Pig Pen P lank floors of any kind a re not recom m ended for p iggeries due to the fact th a t it is difficult to keep such floors in a sa n ita ry condition. The best flooring m a te ria l for pig geries is concrete, though a sleeping bed in one co rn er of the pen is usually covered with planks as such a bed is w a rm e r th an a co ncrete su rface for the pigs to lie on, a d vises an au th o rity in the M ontreal H erald. B irch or o th er h ard wood planks would be satisfa c to ry for use for sleeping beds on co n crete pro vided they a re kept d ry , but if al lowed to get w et. pine, c e d a r or o 'h e r lu m b er from coniferous trees would be b etter. Slips in Caponizing Frank Murphy, with a typical Irish grin, threw away h'.s m an after arriving in Miami, F la., after a 1,500-mile trip from New York via the inland water route. The three-m onths’ trip cost him jtd, and w as made in an 18-foot canoe equipped with a four-foot mast and three square yards of sail. In addition to other badminton honors, Mrs. Del llarkhiiff of Seattle Is the present national eham pionship title holder. For her eom ing tours In defense of her titles in Spokane, I.os Angeles and New York, she will travel 10,000 m iles, MODERN TRAVELER Arctic Priest Takes Church With Him C aponizing is usually acco m plished by the use of a fine wire sn a re or forceps, of w hich th ere a re a n u m b er of types, including one using an elec tric c u rre n t. The op eratio n itself is one re q u irin g p ra c tice and skill to avoid the produc tion of "s lip s ,” or incom plete re m ovals of the org an s and the conse q uent failu re to secu re the w anted resu lts in the grow th and c h a ra c te r of the bird. A c e rta in p ercen tag e of slips is to be expected, even a t the hands of skilled o p e ra to rs and the losses thus suffered m ust be ch arg ed to production costs. The operation is best learn ed by w atch ing a good o p e ra to r and p racticin g upon a dead bird. Record Lamb Crop The larg est lam b cro p on record w as rep o rted by the U nited S tates b u reau of a g ric u ltu ra l econom ics when the 1938 crop w as estim a te d a t 32.221.000 head. T his y e a r’s pro duction is about 5 p e r c en t la rg e r th an in 1937, about two m illion head or nearly 7 per c en t g re a te r than the five y e a r (1933-1937) av erag e, and 606.000 head la rg e r th an the previous reco rd cro p of 1931. The in crease from la s t y e a r w as a resu lt of the la rg e r crop In the West. A very modern m iss Is Beverly Anne llarnehurg, four-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Karnehurg nf Boston, who recently hoarded an Am erican Airlines plane for San Antonio whrre she visited her grandmothrr. Completely equippeu with an altar, this nrw Fokker am phibian plane will carry Reverend Paul Schulte hack to the Arctic, where h.- is known as the "F lying P riest.” Long a m issionary In the north country. Father Schulte returned to the United States to purchase the new plane. Nee R em ains of Prehistoric City R em ains of a prehistoric lake city m ay be seen in the w aters near G eneva, Switzerland.
