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THURSDAY MARCH 5, 1^36 STALIN, WAR AND OUR NEUTRALITY OTALIN talks of war. Os "two focal points’of danger—one on the Far East in the zone of Japan and the; other in Europe in the zone of Germany.” Os menacing dangers compared to which the ‘Ttalian-Ethiopian conflict is an episode.” Os Russia’s intention to attack if Japan wedges Into Outer Mongolia. Os a Hitler "who can not dispense with threats even when he speaks peace.” Os two enemies, one to the East and one to the West. Os “it,” which "may come unexpectedly” since "nowadays wars are not declared. They simply start.” Never was an interview more direct and specific than that which Stalin gave to Roy W. Howard in Moscow. None of the confusing and cautious language which so frequently hides the real meaning of what is said on such occasions. Throughout, in his discussion of war and peace, Japan and Hitler, capitalism, Communism, Socialism and Russian-American relations, Stalin made himself clear. So we know from the highest authority in a nation of more than 170 million people, a nation strong In its military and feverishly growing stronger, that the prospect of war is being contemplated not as a possibility, but as a probability. And what Stalin says adds to the rapidly mounting accumulation of evidence that another world conflict is in the offing. The assassinations in Japan, the growing power of the militarist faction there, the white paper issued in London yesterday on Great Britain’s new rearmament program, dispatches telling of the gloomy prophecies of European statesmen, the jittery condition of the mind of Europe’s man-in-the-street, stories of how the “haves” of the world are lining up belligerently against the "have nots,” all those details merely add to the picture. In the meantime —what do we do? We pass a half-baited neutrality act and turn to other things. tt tt tt TS it not significant that Premier Mussolini, the •*- most active war lord in the world today, gave to that neutrality law his benign approval, in a statement issued only yesterday? The law forbids the sale of arms to belligerents. It forbids the lending of money to belligerents. It authorizes the President, at his discretion, to withdraw the protection of the United States government from Americans traveling on vessels flying a belligerent’s flag. But it does not forbid, or even limit, the building up of a synthetically prosperous American trade in war materials other than arms, and the development thereby of an economic stake in other people’s war. And therein lies the danger of a repetition of what happened to us from 1914 to that fateful day in April, 1917. Even if we had a comprehensive neutrality we still might no:, be able to keep out. But we should have a bettei chance. Yet why talk of additional legislation? This is election year, and neutrality a verboten subject. We ll have to try to get along with the law' we have. We’ll have too try, if the break does come, to keep from being jockeyed, as we were 20 years ago, into favoritism toward one side. We hope our good resolutions will not be put to test.

TEMPORARY TAXES TODAY let’s talk about the $517,000,000 in proposed temporary taxes. This is the amount needed to straighten out the government’s budget for this fiscal year providing the Treasury with the revenue it failed to get because the Supreme Court voided processing taxes. A part of this sum the Administration proposes to raise by a so-called ‘'windfall tax,” to take from processors money which they collected from consumers but didn't pass on to the government. This, we • believe, is. just taxation. The remainder of the $517,000,000, the President suggested in his tax message, might be raised by processing taxes on agricultural products, spread over tuo or three years. If there were no other way of raising the money, such a proposal might be accepted complacently. But since there are other ways, it is pertinent to ask if this disguised sales tax is the best. The old processing taxes were sales taxes, it is true. But they were levied only against the commodities whose production was controlled, and for which benefits were paid to farmers. They had the Virtue of making each commodity pay its own way in the farm program. But the proposed new processing taxes have not that virtue. They would be smaler, but would be levied against a wider list of farm commodities, in’uding those which have not been helped by the farm program. Thus thev become discriminatory taxes. Nor should we be lulled by the adjective ‘‘temporary.” For temporary taxes —especially those of the invisible, ‘‘painless” variety, as these new processing levies would be—have a very bad habit of becoming permanent. The so-called luxury or nuisance taxes were put on the books in 1932 for a “temporary period” of two years. Secretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills asked for them "to balance the budget." But the budget was still not balanced in 1934, so the nuisance taxes were extended for one more year. And in 1935. they were extended for two more years. And in 1937, we'll probably hear a request for further extension. Far belter, we believe, that this same money be raised bv a courageous income tax, such as Senator La Foilette proposes, broadening the base so as to bring in a large number of new income taxpayers, and graduating the rate from the bottom upward. Such a tax would he visible and painful and much more apt to be temporary. WHY NOT? e-pHE RFC owns about a billion dollars worth of capital notes, debentures and preferred stock of private banks situated all over the country—all of which the RFC had believed were exempt from state and local taxation. But the Supreme Court ruled that the holdings were taxable, since Congress had • failed to specify otherwise. So the. RFC asked Congress to make the tax exemption specific. The Senate complied. But the House refused, saying in effect that the RFC’s bank

holdings should be subject to the same taxation as similar holdings privately owned. And why not? True, the RFC invested in bank securities not to make a profit but merely to provide new capital to make the banks sounder institutions. Yet in doing so, the RFC entered into the business of being a bank for banks. And when the government goes into business, why shouldn't it be subject to the same tax liabilities as would be assessed against any similar privately owned corporation? Frequently, we of this newspaper have defended public ownership and operation of utilities. A great many such plants have proved their worth, by providing the people with electricity, gas and water at cheaper rates than charged by comparable private concerns. But we have admitted that when any such plant fails to set of! in its bookkeeping entries an item commensurate with the tax bill a privately owmed plant would have to pay, the rates charged by that public plant can in no true sense be described as "yardstick rates.” tt a THE whole proposition of exemptions and favoritism is repugnant to our Republic’s ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities. Our governments—Federal, state and local—borrow' money by selling bonds which are tax exempt and the income from which is tax exempt. This enables the governments to borrow' money at interest rai.es lower than rates prevailing in private money markets, and thereby encourages the governments to borrow beyond their means. As it works out, one man engaged in buziness with risks may realize an income of $50,000 and another, without any risk whatever, may realize the same income from government securities. The first man has to pay a sizeable tax bill, and the second pays no tax whatever. That is not fair. a a tt CONGRESSMEN do not pay state income taxes on the SIO,OOO salaries they receive from the Federal government, and state officials do not pay Federal income taxes on the salaries they receive from the states. Yet common citizens have to pay income taxes to both governments. The principle of law that one government can not tax what flows from another, without consent of the other, has been carried so far that the Supreme Court has held a state government could not tax the oil drilled on an Indian’s land, because the .Indian was a ward of the Federal government, and that the Federal government could not tax the income of a corporation derived from oil drilled on state school land, because school children were wards of the state. The postal system is the largest and most successful example of the government in business. Yet no one knows whether in the net it operates at a profit or a loss. Other governmental departments “frank” their mail. The system pays out tremendous subsidies to ocean and air carriers, and newspapers are delivered practically free of charge in the county of publication. U tt tt MORE familiar inconsistencies are those that arise from legislation which pressure groups lobby through state legislatures and city councils. A college fraternity may own a mansion exempt from taxation, w'hile a college boarding house next door is subject to taxes. Lodges and churches have their properties taken off the rolls, all of which adds to the tax burden of properties remaining on the rolls. Instead of a system of equal rights for all, we are building up a system of special privilege for those who can get it. Those who can’t, pay the bill. And as a concluding observation on the proposition that the property of one government be exempt from taxes of other units, we offer this: There has been considerable talk of the Federal government taking over the railroads. A great many states, cities and counties get a large part of their tax revenue from railroads. What will happen to the budgets of those local units if the government steps in and takes all railroad properties off the tax rolls?

A WOMAN’S VIEWPOINT By Mrs. Walter Ferguson “WTTOMEN who take no interest in politics and * * have no opinions about governmental affairs are a menace to democracy,” says Dr. Helen Dwight Reed of Buffalo. But -why confine the charge to women? Democracy is menaced far more by men who take no interest in politics. In that respect both sexes are guilty, but because of their experience and their greater power the men are the more culpable. A little sojourn in any state capital where you can observe the inner political workings, or a little nosing into Washington affairs, will convince you of one thing. Men, in the main, are concerned chiefly with using their government. A good deal of their patriotism is a cloaK for self-exploitation. Their party is a ladder up which they hope to mount to personal glory. In short, they love their country for what they can get out of it. Those other men who sincerely are trying to give honest service to national matters are constantly at the mercy of hordes of politicians who go to any lengths to persuade them to betray those who have elected them. The only persons who can remedy this condition, and it is certainly serious, are those who are out of politics entirely—the voters. And unfortunately they are too busy with other things to bother. Women in groups, I should say, are now doing much more than men to get at the truth about national affairs. While there is room for improvement, feminine organizations take a keener interest in government policies than masculine ones. I speak, of course, of organizations and individuals who have nothing to gain by such interest except decent government for themselves. From the look of things, we need a citizens’ defense committee to save us from our politicians. We need it a great deal more than we need a large Army and a powerful Navy. Before we give the boys military training why not give them an education in real citizenship? Teach them to vote intelligently first, and perhaps they won't have to fight later. FROM THE RECORD EP. HOFFMAN (R., Mich.): Why after the killing of 6.00C.000 pigs should the government spend 59478 to dr in a piggery on Winter-st in Waltham, Mass.? a a a Rep. Rich (R., Pa.): Mr. Chairman, we now have up for consideration the agricultural appropriation bill. Rep. Keller (D., 111.): Where are we going to get the money? Rep. Rich: I do not think there is a member of the House who can answer the question. a a m Rep. McCormack (D., Mass.): I do not undertake iOay that I know everything or know anything, but I simply express my own opinion— Rep. Rich (R., Pa.): Let Mr. Keller talk—he knows everything. Rep. Keller <D.. 111.): Sure, I do, for your benefit. I am giving you what you need if you will only heed 1U *

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Squaring the Circle With THE HOOSIER EDITOR

THE last thing that happened before the House went into session this morning was that the clock got out of order Two janitors had to carry a lon® ladder and crawl up it to get it fi;:ed . . . meanwhile the corridors of the Statehouse were full of “lost sheep” ... I started to count them but got so sleepy I had to quit . . . reason they are lost is because , the corridor lunch stand has been removed. . . . One Representative went around filching chairs from the press box and giving them to lady members of his constituency. . . . Every one seemed to be talking without saying anything. . . . It’s a better show, this getting the legislative wheels of government under way, than the theater people have yet thought up. tt St tt THEY say that the current game craze, Monopoly, which has swept the East and Middli* West and is now Pacific Coast-bound, was born in Indianapolis. It wasn’t. But it spent some of the best years of its life here, and after much small talk with a lot of people, this column is now ready to g.ve you an account—more accurate than the recent one appearing in a national magazine. In 1930, Dan Layman, son of Dr. Daniel Layman, brought the game home from Williams College, where he was a student and where he reported it had been played with home-made utensils as early as 1924. He fooled around with it, and made some boards and gave a few to his friends, changing the rules a good deal from those he had learned in the East. Finally, the Electronic Laboratories, 122 V 7. New York-st, decided to put it o’ production basis and merchandisf . It was called Monopoly. In 1932 the company sent shipments to Detroit, Indianapolis, and other merchants. It did all right. e tt tt IN 1933 a fellow named Darrow started fooling around and experimenting with the game in Germantown, Pa. He called his Monopoly, too. In the meantime the Indianapolis people changed the name to Finance. Said that people got mad when they heard the word “monopoly” during the depression and wouldn’t touch the game. Darrow got a patent on the game in December, 1935, but persons who claim to be informed on such things say that the copyright was invalid. Then Parker Bros., a firm which makes a great many games, started putting it out and advertising it and it went ' /er with a bang. Department stores in Chicago and New York reported sales as high as 1000 a day during last Christmas season. tt tt tt NOT long ago the local company settled for a pretty good sum with Parker Bros, for its common law interest in the game, inasmuch as it was the first to manufacture and merchandise it. The game first was patented by a Miss McGee about 1907 under the name of Landscape. She allowed; her patent to run out. In 1924 she 1 made a few changes and patented it again under her married name of Phillips, and called it the Landlord’s game. She lived in the East. But Dr. Scott Nearing, the Com- j munist, says that he and his broth- | ers and sisters played it as early j as 1901 with boards and utensils j they made themselves. No one seems to know who invented it. There now are 15 or 20 games founded on the same principle. tt a tt WILLIAM HUBER, foi many years manager of the game and toy department of Charles Mayer & Cos., says it’s a bigger game for higher stakes than any of them to try to figure out how they’ll go. He pointed out that there’s a game called Camelot that’s beer, going pretty well for the last two years. But he said it hung around on the shelves for 40 years before that and didn’t sell at all. Reason: They changed the name to Chivalry. Nine out of ten games that reach the market are complete flops, he said. But there is parchessi, which has bee non the market for nearly 70 years and is still a good, steady seller. There are now parchessi clubs in the country, just like there are bridge clubs.

tt n n ANY fellow,” guesses Mr. Huber, “who has time to think invents a game.” But Mr. Huber doesn’t. Doesn't even play them, except pinochle. When his boys were growing up. though, he bought them an electric train. He'd seen them at the store for so long and had always wanted to play with them. When he got one home, he did. TODAY’S SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ ANOTHER 25 years will see most of the major discomforts of present-day life eliminated with homes built along new lines lighted in new 7 ways and heated in new w 7 ays. This is the consensus of a group of industrial leaders whose opinions upon a variety of subjects have been collected by the National Machine Tool Builders’ Association. William B. Stout, president of Stout Engineering Laboratories, predicts that the home of the future will be air-cooled in summer as w r eil as heated in the winter and that sound-proof insulation will keep out all outside noises. City dwellers will be relieved of the noise of city streets of neighbors’ radios and the lommon jitteriness caused by these and other noises will be unknown, he says. The circulation of washed air through the house will eliminate most of the present drudgery of dusting and cleaning while automatic laundry equipment w 7 ill further reduce the burden of household management. Raymond Loewy, products designer, believes that the most important contributions of the next 25 years will be improvements in dependability. He looks forward to shower baths that won’t suddenly turn from warm to scalding, automobile windshields that won't become covered with frost, better razors, and railroad trains that will stop witnout waking up all the pullman passengers with a sudden jerk.

‘THE UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL!’

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The Hoosier Forum 1 disapprove of u'hat you say, bat I ivill defend to the death your right to say it. — Voltaire.

(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns, relioious controversies excluded. Make uour letters short, so all can have a chance. Limit them to 250 words or less. Your letter must be sinned, but names will be withheld on reaucst.) tt a tt SEES REASON FOR YOUNG TO BE AFRAID By Hiram Lackey Your editorial praising the expediency of Owen D. Young cries out for the “other side.” Justice demands that the hidden motive be revealed. Mr. Young is afraid that Republicans and Democrats will get angry enough in this campaign to start telling the actual truth about each other. Since his own power and that of his friends rest on a foundation of newspaper falsehoods, he has good reason to be afraid. In your plea for moderation, remember this: Our country needs action. Men act from their feelings, not from reason or logic, except as thinking affects their feelings or emotions. If you and Mr. Young were in positions where your greatest rewards would result from your stating facts in terms of reality, you would have emphasized that the danger is in political orators who speak their perjudices springing from selfish interests. You would welcome the help of Father Coughlin in exposing those who would distort fafcts. You would develop the courage to publish both side of the controversy. We need to regain the virile spirit of Patrick Henry. This is the

Watch Your Health

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN INTRODUCTION of liver, or liver extract, into the diet, and use of extracts of the stomach wall, have served to restore to normal the blood of many persons suffering from pernicious anemia. There are two varieties of anemia—pernicious anemia, which comes from failure of the body to provide certain essential substances associated with development of the blood; and secondary anema, which follows all sorts of degenerative and infectious diseases. Before the liver and stomach wall treatment was discovered, pernicious anemia was considered fatal. Now, with use of liver, or extracts of liver, as the doctor prescribes, the disease is well in hand. Os course, the doctor must study the blood count regularly, to see that the liver diet has the desired effect. And w r ith the liver must go other substances to provide bulk, including all the necessary proteins, fats, carbohydrates, mineral salts, vitamins. a a a HERE is an outline of diet for anaemic persons. Notice that liver is the first item, but this may not be part of the regular diet, since it may be taken in the form of the liver preparation that I have mentioned. 1. Liver (calf, beef or chicken)

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Inclose a 3-cent stamp for reply when addressing any question of fact or information to The Indianapolis Times Washington Service Bureau. 1013 13thit, N. W., Washington. D. C. Legal and medical advice can not be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. Q —For what do the letters A. S. C. after the name of a motion picture photographer stand? A—They signify that the person is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. Q—Did Jean Arthur play the dual role of “Jane Matthews” and “Emma” in the motion picture “Diamond Jim”? A—Yes. Q —How many states have villages, towns, or cities called Greenville? A—The United States Postal Guide lists one in each of the following states: Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Kentucky, Maine. Michigan, Mississippi. Missouri. New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Caiolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

foundation on which liberty, justice ~nd prosperity are built. Why should you condemn the use of the strong phrase, “shackled liberties,” unless it were used in the interest of error? i'ou will favor us by urging Presidentt Roosevelt to choose stronger language. In short, we demand that American production be managed in the interest of the people as a whole, and not to gratify a few legalized thieves. tt tt tt FINDS HAGOOD PENALTY FULLY JUSTIFIED By E. B. Chenoweth, Seymour Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood was justly penalized. He was called upon and permitted “to speak-their mind and judgment freely in answering questions asked them in hearing.” Army regulations prevent officers from criticising or praising their superiors. His vitriolic and loose tongue, at least by implication, criticised the President, who is Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy. Not to discipline would license every officer and every enlisted man to say wlfat he pleased. This would absolutely foster trouble and destroy discipline. It is absolutely impossible to have a democratic Army. This has teen proved by practically every country in the world. Furthermore, there is no justification in trying to make political capital by saying the order was “not routine form but actuated by executive pique.” The order was phrased exactly as all other of the kind are. It is time some action is taken to

and kidneys (lamb), freshly cooked. At least one-quarter pound, preferably one-half pound (cooked weight). Cook without fat; broil, bake, boil, mince, or prepare in soup. 2. Fruits (preferably fresh), especially peaches, apricots, pineapple, strawberries, oranges and grapefruit —about one pound. Eat raisins freely. 3. Red muscle meat, trimmed free of fat, freshly cooked; one-quarter pound or more. Beef heart desirable. 4. Vegetables containing 1 to 10 per cent carbohydrates, preferably fresh, cooked or raw; not less than three-fourths of a pound. Lettuce, spinach, asparagus, cabbage and tomatoes especially desired. 5. Fats restricted, not more than three ounces. Avoid cheese, bacon, fried foods. Allow little cream and butter and not more than one egg daily. Use mineral oil for salad dressings. 6. Avoid grossly sweet foods; use sugar sparingly. 7. Add starchy foods, as cereals, potatoes, breads, to suit desires, but not to exclusion of previous requirements. Starchy foods, such as crusty or dextrinated wholewheat toast, are desirable. 8. Milk should be limited to onehalf pint, or one glass. 9. Avoid excess salt. 10. Tea and coffee as desired.

Q—How old is James J. Walker, former mayor of New York, and what was the maiden name of his present wife? A—He is 54. Mrs. Walker’s maiden name was Betty Compton. Q —Where was Premier Benito Mussolini born? A—Predappio, near Forli, Italy. Q—When did silk stockings first come into general use? A—lt is not definitely known. In the Seventh Century leather leg protectors were worn, and velvet and fabric stockings were common long before wool and silk were introduced. Knitted worsted stockings were first made in 1565 by William Rycer of London. Qu:< 7 .- Elizabeth found silk stockings a necessity and brought them into general use. Q —How many city blocks does Rockefeller Center occupy in New York City? A—Three city blocks from 48th to 51st-sts, between sth and 6thavs. t

stop disrespect for constituted authority. Every day or two someone with shallow convulsions of the cerebrum, some disgruntled sorehead, publicly refers to the National Guardsmen as “scab herders, tin soldiers,” etc. It is believed there is some regulation or law preventing this. When free speech reaches the stage that it leads to the disrespect of superiors who are only carrying out their sworn duty, it is time that their unbridled tongues be muzzled by some one, even though they be called a political tyrant. a a a READER HAS KIND WORD FOR NATIONAL GUARD By Another Guardsman H. B. Howe, you are not the only person that’s been in the fourth grade. I was too, but when I was in the fourth grade I saw a lot of those guardsmen march off to France and many of them didn’t return. From what I gathered from your article appearing in this column Feb. 22, the National Guard is used for one purpose only: To the poor people. But it is not. What do you think goes to take over prison riots, floods, cyclones, earthquakes when things get serious, the "Camp Fire Girls? I’ve been in the Guard 11 years and proud of it, because it has taught me to respect the rights of others and law and order. I also have been a working man for 14 years. Wculd you make such statements about the city police, sheriffs, regular Army and state police, so why pan the Guard? Maybe you can tell Lieut. Roesinger who is responsible for conditions. I would rather have a single track mind that ran straight ahead than one that runs in a circle. BLUE JAY BY JOSEPHINE DUKE MOTLEY What is so fine on a winter day As the wild, sharp call of a young blue jay Perched on some limb of a nearby tree? It tinges the heart with lustrous glee. And if you are wont to pass him by, Ignoring his shrill scream and plaintive cry, So will you miss the beauty in strife, And glean but the drab and the chill from life.

SIDE GLANCES

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“It’s very simple. If we can tolerate the Baxters, they introduce us to the Ashleys, and we should be able to meet the Harringtons through them.”

MARCH 5, 1936

Vagabond from Indiana ERNIE PYLE

OCALA. Fla.. March s.—You remember about the Panama Canal. How it turned out to be as great a battle for the doctors as for I the engineers. You know how Panama has gone down in history as a great feat of sanitation. How they had to clean up the yellow fever peril before they [ could dig the big ditch. Well, the Florida Canal isn’t quite the same, but don’t think there isn’t a health and sanitation problem. The canal builders have a special division called “Medical and Sanitation,” to take care of it. An Arms' doctor, Capt. H. J. Banton, is in ! charge. They don’t have yellow fever this far north. But they have malaria. In 1934 malaria killed 28 people in this county alone. a tt a THE route of the Florida Canal in many places is nothing but a swamp. In summer, it is filthy with mosquitoes. The engineers must crack this nut, or their men i will all be down with malaria. So oil is being sprayed on the swamps. Later, they’ll drain as many swamps as they can. They 11 j dig ditches out of some of them. In ! others, the undergrowth is so thick they can’t dig, so they’ll dynamite ditches. They did that in Panama. Next summer, if tne oiling and draining doesn't solve the problem, they may have to scatter poison over the swamps from airplanes. All living quarters are tightly screened. a tt a AS work spreads, the canal route will be divided into areas, at least half a dozen of them. Each area will have a physician and a sanitary officer, and about 20 work- | men. It’s my guess that in two years the mile-wide strip across Florida will be as healthy as anv ; place in the world. They don't expect trouble from heat prostrations. People don’t have | heat prostration down here, they Isay. It’s in places like St. Louis, where it’s very cold in winter and | very hot in summer, that people ; pass out from the heat. Anyhow, a ] few calcium tablets a day (or even j simple tablets of salt and sugar) will j keep down heat prostrations. tt tt a 1 ASKED them about snakes. And it turned out they're really wori rying about snakes. The country is thick with them. I Big ones, too. They killed a rattler the other day seven feet long and five inches thick. Snakes don’t bother on the excavations. This land has already been cleared, and anyhow, the machinery scares them away. It's the clearing parties, and the surveyors, who have snake trouble. There are 800 men in the clearing parties, and they all carry snake-bite kits. If a man is bitten, he grabs the tourniquet out of his kit, and twists it around his arm or leg. Then he takes the little pointed razor blade out of his kit, and slits a cross over the wound. Then he takes the sucI tion pump, and pumps out the blood as fast as he can. Then they rush him to the nearest camp hospital, and give him antivenin serum. Only two men have been bitten so far. Both by mocassins, while working waist deep in water. Both men lived. tt tt tt THERE is no antidote for the coral snake. They’re so beauI tiful, too. Very small, and with alternate red. yellow and black stripes running around their j bodies. They killed 25 coral snakes while I building Camp Roosevelt. If a coral snake bites you, you’re dead in 15 minutes. There is only one rather chimerical chance. That is: if you were bit on the tip of a finger, and you had a hatchet in ; the other hand, and within two or j three seconds chopped off your whole finger—then, you might have a slight chance of living. Other- | w'ise, good-by. The 6600 workmen are all under a strict safety program. They have a record now of only one lostj time accident in every million manhours of work. DAILY THOUGHT And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and there | shall be no more death, neither i sorrow, nor crying, neither shall I there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.— Revelations, 21:4. EARTH had no sorrow that heaven can not heal.—Moore.

By George Clark