Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 20 March 1936 — Page 2

THE POST-DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1936.

“F. D.” Accounts for Stewardship; Reports Results Under “New Deal” Government Helps Railroads Pay Back Interest; Farmers’ Income Boosted 50 Per Cent; Work Done to Assist Needy.

Back row, left to right 1 -—John R. Hancock, Fairmount (Grant county). Earl Brown, Indianapolis, Arthur Stevenson, Roachdale (Putnam county. Front row, left to right—Mrs. I. A. Nunamaker, Scottburg; Os-

c;u Longridge, Indianapolis. When Gov. Paul V'. McNutt re-, turns to Texas this coming sum

me; to participate in commemora live services to the memory of ! I Masters, who a hundred years ago helped the Texans wrest the state from Mexico, he will be greeted and entertained by several hundred native Indianans. The commemorative services are a part of the Texas Centennial Exposition’s tribute to its heroes who paved the way for the establishment of the

nation’s largest commonwealth. The Indiana State club was or-

ganized in Dallas 12 years ago. Besides its social features it was dedicated to the alleviation of fellow Indianans found in distress. Fortunately it has been found that Hoosiers are self sustaining and each Christmas the hundreds of baskets filled with good things to

eat have been diverted to the needy of the community, other than people from Indiana. It was George W. Fulton of Terre Haute who brought a company of strapping young Hoosiers to Texas -to assist in driving Mexican rule from Texas soil. His name and those of his company will be carved on the marble walls of the Hall of Heroes in the Texas Hall of State. The exposition opens June 6 and runs through to Nov. 29. Earl Brown, Indianapolis, is president of the Indiana State club. Mrs. R. P. Vivian, Silvertown, vice president and I. A. Nunamaker, Scottsburg, is secretarytreasurer. Indiana Day at the exposition w'ill be in charge of the

club.

'The Office of President Also Entitled to Respect

“No small company of fellow-cii-izens is contending that wild, irresponsible and cheap criticism of the Supreme Court should not be tolerated,” remarks the ultra conservative Charlotte Observer in a leading editorial which con-

tihes. in part:

“This class is outraged that this great, dignified, august and re, versed institution should be questioned in any of its decisions. It is especially galling that the slightest insinuations should be uttered

ion, such a form of slander should not be condoned and this newspaper is in agreement wdth that

view.

“It is equally the view of The Observer that the office of president should also command the same respect. And it is with poor grace that some who so stoutly defend the Supreme Court from, unjust and unwarranted assaults of the thoughtless should themselves be guilty of the same form of disrespect toward the institution of the Presidency. No end of cheap, bitter, tawdry, slurring remarks are heard concerning the Presi-

dent.

“It is no unusual experience to

hear his honesty impugned, the integrity of his motives assailed — to hear that - he is no better than a political weathervane, catching every popular wind that blows and changing positions with the flow of every popular fancy. It runs to the extreme limit of personal abuse. “This manner of attack is vicious and reprehensible no matter from what source it emanates. It

becomes all the more magnified in

impugning the m^tivei^ of the able I its distastefulness when i^ originmeiV of the judiciary 5 . In tlidir opiiti'- ates ffpom^meb ‘whd, in the next

I breath, lament the common criticisms leveled against the Supreme | Court. “We have no favorites in this equaltion. What we do have is a jealousy for the established institutions of government, the Supreme Court no more than the Presidency. They are on an even footing in this respect. The one is no more entitled to the. reverent regard of the people than the other. And the one, as an institution of government established, set up by the processes of our common democracy and essential to a perpetual republic, is just as much entitled to popular respect and reverance as the other.”

Old Guard Complacently Uses Landon As Pawn to Banish Borah in Three States

Continuing merrily the use of Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas as a political pawn to stop the rising tide of Borah sentiment, the Rebublican Old Guard boast they have the Idahoan headed off already in New York, New Jersey and Ohio. Borah himself precipitated the battle with his plea to the Republicans of Ohio for primary endorsement. On the same date Ed D. Schorr, GOP state chairman, told the Associated Press at Columbus: “I'll have to think about this before I make any comment. The committee had planned a favorite-son of unihstructed d e 1 e g a t i o n.” Two weeks later former Congressman Varl G. Bachmann, of W. Va., Borah widwest manager, exposed the “hideous Standpat strategy.” He charged that “the machinery of the State Central committee is being used for Gov. Landon in an effort to control the primary.” He referred to Schorr’s curt decision to “poll” the 3,000 county and precinct committeemen and “workers” and his assertiion only two or three days after he had started the “poll” to this effect: “The early returns show the Kansas governor is leading in Ohio by more than two to one; Col. Frank Knox is running third and Sen. Borah is third.”. He was “polling” them by telegraph, he said. Bachmann and other Borah leaders indignantly attributed this “strategy” to Walter Brown of Toledo, GOP national committeeman ’and Mr. Hoover’s postmaster general. “Brown’s efforts to use Landon against the popular choice of Sen. Borah is a violation and abuse of the powers entrusted to the state committee,” declared Bachmann. “I fail to see how Landon can possibly permit himself to be used as a pawn by these disgraceful methods of Brown and Schorr.” The same tactics were used in New York state two days later. Congressman Ham Fish, who designates himself as No. 1 Borah manager, and also Walter J. Mahoney of Buffalo, president of the Association of New York State Young Republican clubs, had been promised by' the Old Guard they would be delegates to the Clevland conventiion. Both were present and renewing demands but neither was chosen. Maloney’s protest was brief but vibrant. He said: “It is much more important to me to remain in the good graces of the members of my own generation than to sit silently by and permit

the march of the Old Guard brigade to run over us.” Whereupon Fish, according to the New York newspapers, “literally leaped” and denounced the “well oiled steam roller of poignant memory. There is no Young Republican on the list of delegates you have just named,” he shouted at the staid and smiling Old Guardsters, “no veteran, none under 50 years of age, no representative whatever of the liberal element. All represent the same thing—silk stockings, wealth and special privilege. The Republican party has not won a victory in New York state under this leadership in 20 years. If you think you can carry the state with such leadership now, then you’re crazy.” A little later Fish again addressed the GOP state organization.; “Nicholas Murray Butler, with whom I disagree on almost every thing, told the truth when he saic the Republican party can go out ol business ‘just as easy as the Whi£ party.’ I will work for whatevei candidate is nominated, but I warn to point out that the Republican party in this state is at the lowest ebb in years, because we have been following a rule or ruin leadership.’ Plans for combatting Borah witt Landon in other states were mak in progress. Former Senator am former Ambassador Walter Edge declared in Washington that “a study of conditions in New Jersey shows Gov. Landon is strongly fav ered there. Our good friend Borah perhaps has done the party a favoi by opposing the uninstructed delegate plan. I understand a clear majority of New Jersey Republican county chairmen have indicated their strong preference for Landon.” He added that he was hurrying home to participate in further conferences, with the admitted purpose of “heading yff Borah in Jer-

sey.”

o FOOLING TEACHER The teacher was questioning the children about their ages. Teacher—How old were you on your last birthday? Small boy—Seven, ma’am. Teacher—How old will you be on your next birthday? Small boy—Nine, ma’am. Teacher—Nonsense. If you were seven on your last birthday, how can yum be nine on your next? Small boy—Well, you see. teacher. I’m eiight today,

President Roosevelt gave an account of his stewardship during the, first 35 months of the New Deal. Through the National Emergency council was issued a 50,000-word statement which portrayed in coldulooded, factual style, without comment, the accomplishments of the administration’s program for economic recovery and reconstruction. The formidable document is declared to be the most comprehensive statistical analysis ever issued on the operations of government and their effect upon the peo-

ple.

Covers Entire Field Under Id general headings are covered the whole range of the New Deal program relating to agriculture, labor and industry, fiscal affairs, government and private; housing, power, transportation, communications, relief and “othei

activities.”

Obviously, a complete review of the statement is impossible by a publication such as Labor, but a few segments will illustrate the vast scope and importance of the ground covered. Two facts are outstanding in the chapter devoted to transportation —that the railroads were hard hit and were the especial objects of the government’s solicitude and help, but that railroad workers were even worse hurt, without sim ilar efforts being put forth to soft-

en the blow.

Rail Jobs Halved Railroad employment, is is shown, declined from 2,023,000 in 1920 to 1,008,000 in 1934, with the low point reached in 1933, when only 700,000 workers were on car-

rier payrolls.

Stated another way, in 1920 there were near nine empoyes to every mile of railroad operated, while in 1934 there were less than half the number. The -carriers as a whole are de-

|clared to have done better than break even during every year of ithe depression. They earned a proitit over all expenses on the “fair ivakmof their ,properties” and even I ec ^ 10 hiin (he Severest years had something

tb afrpJy.to faxejd charges.;,-!; !'• • In additiion, they received gov-

ernment loans just short of $600,000,000 to pay interest on bonds

and for equipment. F-armers’ Benefits

Tables given to show tne degree of success achieved in efforts to increase the purchasing power oi farmers reveeal that their gross income m 1935 was $8,110,00,000, an increase of $2,275,000,000 dver 193z, the last year of the Hoover admin-

istration.

After deduction production expenses, farmers’ income in 1932 was placed at $4,377,207,000, while in 1935 it had climbed to $6,900,000,000, a gain of more than 50 per cent. Many other phases of the farm program are treated at length, including foreclosures, in which a reduction of more than 50 per cent is claimed. Factories Share Gains The survey found that factory manufacturing was about 50 per cent higher in 1935 than in 1933; that factory payrolls jumped about 50 per cent in 1935, but were still about 35 per cent below the 1929

high.

Several million workers have been re-employed in industry and agriculture, but the number of jobless is still appallingly large, the report admits. Meanwhile, it is claimed, the administration has gone to extraordinary lengths to mitigate the suffer, mg and privation of the idle. -Between the third quarter of 1933 and the end of 1935 the total spent for direct relief is estimated at $3,607,197,492. Slightly more than 3,000,000 families were on relief at the beginning of this year, a decrease of 1,000,000 during the last

year.

More Homes Needed The report emphasizes that one of the nation’s most pressing needs is more homes. During the next 10 years, it says, at least 500,000 dwellings should be constructed annually. The big obstacle to realization of this program, it was pointed out, is the low incomes of those needing homes. The report cites various efforts made to help home-owners facing foreclosure and to place mortgages on a long-time repayment plan at a mw rate of interest. For these purposes $4,500,000,000 has been made available, of which $3,00,000,000 aas been loaned. Not a Complete “Flop” Government housing activities have not been the complete “fop" generally believed, the report insists. Completed, under construction or ready to start are some 5 slum clearance and low-cost housing projects which will contain more than 100,000 rooms, the report reveals. The total cost of this work will be about $115,000,000. Of course, even the authors of the report wouldl probably concede this is only a “drop in the bucket.” Another popurar illusion shattered is that Dr. Rexford G. Tugwell’s resettlement administration is a “washout,’ ’as New Deal critics delight in charging. Few government officials, the report emphasizes, have as many irons in the fire as Tugwell* He is caring for 402,863 needy rural families which are being rehabilitated through grants an loans and expects to have at least 350,000 of these families self-supporting before the end of this month.

Aided in Many Ways Thousands of farmers have been aided through the payment of their taxes, purchases of live stock and seed loans and grants. - ’ Tugwell is also working on a program to provide homes for 11,000 rural families, nearly 2,000 having been completed and occupi-

ed.

A bewildering array or statistics on public debt boils down to these

interesting facts;

When Roosevelt took office Uncle Sam owed $20,991,640,520 and was paying $719,225,989 in yearly

interest charges.

On November 30 last the debt had been increased to $28,482,013,190, and the interest charge to

$733,247,867.

Saving on Interest

not interest been reduced from 3.4 lo 2.5 per cent, Uncle Sam would now be paying $242,721,891 more

to bond-holders.

Debts owing this country by foreign nations—and which will probably never be repaaid—are es-

timated ^ $13,561,000,000.

In 1934 there were fewer failures in licensed banks than in any other

previous year, the report says.

fortunate disaster through gross carelessness. Courtesy is not a sign of weakness; it is a sign of character and wisdom, and the ability to be foresighted and obliging. The sea captain doesn’t unnecessarily take chances when they can be avoided, but he willingly risks his life and his ship to prevent an accident or aid another vessel in distress. But automobile drivers willfully risk their own lives as well as the lives of others, for no good reason at all; it does not make sense. If ordinary rules of common sense and courtesy were followed in driving (unwritten laws), accidents wmuld be caused by freak circumstances. o —— Show Youngsters What to Do

Among children of school age no disease takes as many lives as accidents. These accidents occur at an age when there has not yet been time for habit to gain as-

However, the report stresses, had j-cendency over conduct. Most ed-

HINTS

ucational authorities recognize that a child can be educated to behavior safe for himself and for others. Safety education in the elementary schools has made great strides both in development and

results.

Three methods, says the education division of the National Safety council, are being used most suc-

Selected Receipts from Leading Diet Kitchens Just the thing for the afternoon tea or to serve with deserts eaten with a spoon. Sponge Drops

(3 eggs)

1-3 cup Swans Down cake flour.

Dash oF salt

1 egg and 2 egg yolks

2 egg whites

1-3 cup powdered sugar 1-4 teaspoon vanilla

1 tablespoon melted butter Sift flour once, measure, add

salt and fit together four times. Combine egg and egg yolks and beat until thick and lemon-color-ed. Beat egg whites stiff, add

cessfully in teaching of safety in I sugar gradually and continue beat-

Good Traffic Rules

There is an unwritten law of the sea that is followed religiously— namely, the desire to save life. Why can’t we have the same high pur-

pose on land?

Such voluntary action is always based on necessity. Life-saving in automobile traffic is now as important as life-saving in sea traffic. Such rules as the following adhered to with sincerity, would

save life a hundred-fold.

1. Before making a turn, get in traffic lane nearest desired dir-

„ fir" 'a

rear vision mirrdrlhj J|or

something beside Hooking for traffic officers—watch cars behind you. 3. Never take chances in passing and do not crowd the right-of-way. Saving seconds is no excuse for causing' one unnecessary

risk of life.

4. Learn the feel of the car on the road, like the captain does his ship. Study the action of the car on the dry pavement, wc pavement, gravel road and icy road. Even the highest ability is not one hundred per cent perfect in driv-

ing.

5. Take driving serious'ly you are probably no smarter than the last person whose neck was broken on a windshield. The smartest men (supposedly) meet with un-

the schools. “First, the teaching of safety in actual situations where the need for it is apparent. Second, the injection of the subject matter of safety into the regular subjects of the curriculum. This provides opportunity for children to follow interests which lead into the more general aspects for safety, thereby greatly adding to their fund of information. Third, the organization of extra-curricular activities such as junior safety councils, schoolboy patrols and the safety clubs. These activities present an opportunity for the child to apply his knowledge to the benefit of others, thus assuring definite civic re-

sponsibilities.”

The result of this work is that since 1922 accidental deaths of children have decreased in every category except traffic accidents, while adult deaths have increased sharply. -If is estimitteil that ‘sa^eUy education! is saving the lives'? bf 8,50(1' children a year. A movement to expend this educational program to the incorporation of good driving courses into the curriculums of the high schools has been gaining strength for several years. A number of states have already instituted sufch courses and a number of others, as well as counties and communities, are ready to inaugurate them. This movement deserves unqualified backing and encouragement. If our youths can really be made responsible users of the streets and highways, then we can look forward to gradually supplanting the adult motoring population of today which is responsible for the deaths of 36,000 persons annually.

ing until mixture stands in peaks. Fold in egg-yolk and mixture and vanilla. Add flour, j folding in carefully; then fold in butter. Drop from teaspoon on ungreased paper. Bake in moderate oven (375 degrees F.) 12 minutes. Makes 2 1-2 dozen sponge drops. Serve for tea or to accompany

desserts.

Something New Serve this Chinese dish to your guests and note their pleasure. This dainty as well as many others may be prepared by the modern housewife whose emergency shelf contains a number of LaChoy products. Egg Foo Yong

10 eggs

1 cup shredded onion 2 cups LaChop sprouts 1 cup finely roasted or boiled cold meat of any kind, or shrimp, lobster, crabmeai or tuna fish. Drain all juice off the sprouts (this; is : very ; important) Mix thoroughly with meat and onion. Beat the*-eggs slightly and add to the mixture, a Divide into equal parts by usinj^ p, soup ladle of three-quarterscup Rapacity. Pour gradually into a f^ung pan containing one-half 0 f very ^ot fat. when one side is browned, turn over and brown the other. Gravy:—Thicken the quantity needed of good soup stock "with corn starch and brown wiith LaChop brown or soy sauce. Add salt and pepper to suit your taste. Serve hot over egg foo yong.

Once upon a time a man by the name of Big Business was bathing in the Financial Sea. He was having a joyous time until a dangerous undertow, known as the Hoover Administration, came along. He was swept off his feet and carried out into deep water.

He was helpless to save himself.

“Help me! Help me else I’ll perish,” shouted Big Business as he began to sink. “Do anything! Act quick and save me,” he cried in desperation. He directed his appeal to a new life guard, President Roosevelt, who had just been elected. Without losing a moment, Life Guard Roosevelt seized Big Business as he was going down for the last time. The Life Guard grasped the drowning man by

the hair and started dragging him toward shore.

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“Oh, you’ve saved my life,” gasped grateful Big Business as he was being towed to shore. But once upon solid ground and out of danger, Big Business suddenly changed his attitude toward his heroic rescue^. Forgetting that he had been spared from death^be turned angrily upon U^e President. “But you pulled my hair,” shrieked Big Business with a sneer. “I don’t like you.”

The President was amazed. Hadn’t he headed Big Business’ cries for help and saved them from destruction? Now Big’ Business was his bitterest enemy. “Thank heavens, there are only a few people as ungrateful as Big Business,” he said to himself. And still keeping faith in humanity, the President rushed to other? sinking in

Hoover undertow who were calling to him for help.

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Whether it is ragout de mouton in France, bredee in South Africa, or plain* Irish stew in Dublin, around the world, savory, homely lamb stew is a favorite dish of all nations. And with good reason! A lamb stew is economical; a wide variety of vegetables c-mbines pleasantly with lamb; the dish is rich in flavor and high in food value; and it may be made just as handsome as one’s inagimaton dictates. Stews with a Cosmopolitan Flavor Perhaps you will find inspiration for more frequent lamb stews from these recipes for stews of different nations taken from the collection of Inez S. Willson, home economist. Ragout d’ Agneau (French) 3 pounds breast of lamb 1 cup of boiling water or stock 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flous 1 onion 1 small carrot 1 stalk celery Bouquet garni (parsley, thyme, bayleaf) 1 egg yolk 1 tablespoon cream 1-2 cup spinach puree Juice of one lemon Salt and pepper Trim the meat and cut into tw r o inch squares. Heat the butter in a stew pan and cook the celery, onion and carrot, sliced, for 15 minutes, but do not brown. Sprinkle in the flour, stir and cook three or four minutes. Then add the boioling stock, salt, pepper and bouquet garni and stir until smooth. Put in the meat, cover closely, and simmer very gently for about one and one-half hours. Meanwhile cook the spinach, put through a fine sieve, and season to taste. Mix with the juice of 1 lemon. When meat is done pile onto a hot. dish. Strain the sauce in which it was cooked into another stew pan, and add the spinach puree. When nearly boioling put in the egg yolk and cream which were previously mixed together. Stir until the sauce thickens; pour over meat. Syrian Stew cups raw lamb, cut into cubes tablespoons lard tablespoons flour cups string beans onions cups tomatoes Salt Water Dredge the meat with flour and brown it in the fat. Put all the ingredients in a stew ban, scraping Horn the frying pan all the flour and fat. Add barely enough water to cover. Cover closely and simmer gently until the meat is tender. Carbonada (Uruguay) Fry 1 or 2.onions in olive oil and •vhen golden brown, add a little finely chopped pafsley, celery, with tomato sauce and stock to cover, cooking until tender. Then add iamb cut in ?ubdium-8iz*d cubes.

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Cover closely and simmer gently. When the meat is neaerly done, add potatoes, cut in small cubes, and 1 cup rice. Do not stir the stew while the rice is cooking, shake the stew pan to keep from sticking, adding stock or water, as necessary. The stew should be fairly dry. Serve on a hot platter, garnished with parsley. o BASEfBALLICY SPEAKING She was a bright girl and her efccoft;- who was also her intended, was delighted to find how quickly she grasped the points of the game. She got on so well that he ventured a light witticism on the subject. “Baseball reminds of the household,” he remarked, “there’s the I*late, the batter, the fowls, the flies, etc.” “And it reminds me of marriiage”

she retorted. “First the diamond where they are engaged, then the struggles and the hits, then the men going out, and finally the difficulty in getting home.” SHOP°T ALK Chaty—Oh, he’s so romantic. When he addresses me he always calls me “Fair Lady.” Catty—Force of habit, my dear. UeV rr-street car conductor. o LITTLE BY LITTLE An emigrant .was preparing to leave his native land to try his luck abroad. An acquaintance inquired casually; “What are you g">ing to do when you arrive in America?” “Oh, take up land.” “Much?” ' “Only a shovelful at a time.”

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