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G.O.P. Keeps Election Promise
Droits New Pension Measures
Jewish Children Await Adoption by British Families
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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 .*
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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
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TRIMMING CATTLE
HOOFS MADE EASY
Device Permits Shaping of
Foot While on Ground.
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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
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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.