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LOOK OUT, SAM! 11 EDITORIAL PAGE Government Should Can Keep Aid Graft Probe iNation Out Of War SMsratiwuJ that certiiH; The lart sent tc the of the Francisco po- president cf neutrality orulutioni. Intent of irhlch to a "pay-off through which'. keep the United SUtet from protectioa tfven houses oJ pros-Doming involved in another devll't titutlcn that city recently of war now being prepared made by John V. Lewis, United in tbe Old World chancellories. States internal revenue collector.

powers aie given the preel asserted that the 1nforma: dent to prohibit thlpaient tion had been obtained through in- arms and ammunitions to any bel ccrae tax records on file in of- llgerent; to forbid American cltl- fl c(i 'tens traveling in the zone of oper- An4 he ny those records and to curtail, if not ban, the paid, andothtrth' extension private credit! to detail, indicating a widespread powers. tern of police graft and extortion in the Bay City. Such a mess of corruption de- nundi en exposure that will cleanse the San Francisco of the and guilty parties to jail. But the difficulty in the far hat been the refusal of Lewii to divulge the facts which he claims he has In his possession. He says he cannot legally do this without permission of the Internal revenue commissioner in Washlng- Thii action plainly traceable to our experience as a nation In the World War, particularly the fact that the huge credits which thi Allies secured here, as well as the enormous they put out for American had wedded us financially to their cnuse that practically inevitable that sooner or lattr we should be fight- Ing for them.

And should another general war break out, there will arise anew clamor against any such restrlc- ton, being subject to a heavy fine gbould he do so. In this he is correct. But the tions as are proposed In tht neutrality resolution. The Itch for profits will break out like a rssh In Iflnancln! and Industrial circles. We allows him to secure written per- mission from the commissioner It can be shown the public interest or general welfare can be ways has been a legitimate bunl- by revealing tbe facts to the proper authorllles.

That permission should be requested and it should be granted forthwith. Lewis not only should be permitted to testify before the San Francltco Grand Jury; should be compelled lo do so. And the government at Washington should supply that compulsion, And, anyway, why thoulO America reject so splendid an op- lortunily lo enrich herself at the expense of the foreigner? Against thai sort of pressure no good now will be of any avail unless the American people themselves stand firm In their termination to keep the peace, no matter what tho cost In Immediate profits or even a hectic prosperity. The siren voices will be heard. And will lake great resolution to withstand them.

But that we shall keep such resolution Intact Is our one strong defense against those who again would make us the foolish monkey lo pull Iho chcslnuls out of the fire for European Imperialists. Winant Appointment Generally Approved The nppolntmcnl of John G. Wlnanl, former Republican governor of New Hampshire, as chairman of Iho social security board, which will administer the social security act, just enacted by congress, does credit to President Roosevelt During his three terms as gov' crnor, he gave the old New Eng- The processes of the melting slalo a.n administration slml- The public intercut lies In Bd-U to tin bottom of Ibis situation. Certainly the federal government with its new fervor for ferreting out lawbreakers of every kind urn variety and putting gangsters and racketeers behind the bars, should lend every assistance to the San Francisco law enforcement officials in their efforts to reach and punish those who have been unfaithful to their trusts ns police officers. False Notion Of Foreigner Exploded Once It was quite the fashion to lay the blame for the inordinately high crime rate in tho United States to the foreign born.

bailor -me Jike converting Clarenc, tlced recently a and goes to bed at night the San eviderce have we that the San Ijoaquin Valley was an Inland sea? Let me aay that the record thousands of wells that have been sunk in the San Joaquln and also the Sacramento Valley show Charlea Thorley along the of avenues. He wax a orUt and a i 13 aint the Mrene eeidenttal a a ith smudge commerce. But one itemed to esent provided the most epec- Lcular panache. On a i tablet on a de of The uildlng is a rec- rd of his geneol py. He a om a distinguished line that once; a survey stake set by the United wned the triangular plot that Survey at the northwest nee a rural shaven sward but Is i corner of my ranch) the well drill ow busy Times Square.

It de-1 brought up parts of what was un- cended In successive inheritances I mistakably a log, and although him. I those could be crushed in But Thorley loved flowen and your lingers like so much cheese, olor and hi, band-box shop showed wood, outlet I ecelve flo 1 rama In Itself, with such e'xpert- --From Tim York Dye's Effect On Skin Is Shown popularly were supposed to brew the poisons that produced murder, robbery and other major crimes. To those who have continued to cherish such notions the findings of Professor William F. Ogburn of lar In Rplrit and purpose to that of Governor Hiram W. Johnson in California a quarter of a century ago.

His accomplishments were such that ho has been mentioned as a the University of Chicago wlll'poBsiblo candidate for the presl- come as something of a shock. clcncy if the more liberal element controls the next Republican Na- tioniil Convention. Statistical studies conducted by him over a period of years show cities with a large percentage of foreign born actually have less crime than those with a large na- lant for three reauons: live born population. Ogburn also found that thickly populated eastern centers have a crime rate only a little more than half that of the comparatively thinly jiopulatert West IJY Dll. MOKIIIS I'lSHBEIN Killtor, of (ho American Medical Association, nnd of Hy- gcln, Ilio Health Magazine Tho skin occasionally becomes exceedingly sensitive to certain dye suhiilnnccH.

The result la nn eruption or Irritation which a a every i skin comes In contact i any- i containing Ihe dye. iklns are Ben- Killvo lo soap, WR- tcr, heat, friction, and similar Irritants. It Is possible to find oul whelher tho skin is sensitive to such a a what is called the patch test However, this test cannot he mndc without some understanding of medical technlo melhods. In Iho pRlch lest a lilllo of Ihe subslnnco which Is supposed lo be bringing about the eruption is ap plied to the skin for Iwcnty-fou lioura. Thereafter the skin will be found exceedingly irritated al thi spot, where the application wa, made.

Tho substance most commonly causing irritation in dyed hair, fur and similar substances is a dy preparation called paraphcnylendia mine or one of its oxidation pro ducts. Jn a thousand routine teal made by one Invesligalor, 4 pe of tlio people tested wer Witmnt's appointment Is Impor- lown lo bc scnsi Uve to- lhls sub First, il insures adinlnlstralion of the new law by a board in sympa- stance. Whereas fur ami hair are mos frequently dyed with paraplicnylci di.imine, other dyes mny be uae thy with its fundamental aims fabrics. there is a sons i i to a ilyeri fabric. Hie docto purposes.

Second, II promises that jinrtisnn politics will be barred from the board's activities. The News Behind The News Copyright, McClure Newspaper Syndicate M'ASHINGTON By Kay Tucker ECCLES Although Mariner S. Icclcs was installed as governor of ic federal reserve bonrd aa a Now ical banking wizard, the youngster rom Utah does not alt any too se- uroly on his financial throne. He as antagonized so ninny Influential eople that neither his reappolnt- ncnt nor his confirmation Is cer- ain. Eccles and Secretary Morgenthau re not so friendly as they used to e.

The banking community is sus- Iclous of his radical Ideas as em- odied In his personal draft of the anklng bill. Powerful Carter Glass as warned the president to ccn- or Ecclca' pronouncements, and lie governor was noticeably qulcs- enl during Iho final stages of the anking bill hatlle. Now Ecclea has taken on new inemles. Elderly associates on the raard brand him aa a czar. Foi weeks he did not callaboarc meeting, although weekly gather- ngs always have been customary also served notice thai he make all appointments in he future.

Word of trite Interna: lissentton has reached the treasury and the White House. KNOCK-OUT--Mr. Glass pulled lis punches when Eccles' name was up for confirmation the las lime. Bui the senator from Vir ginia Is rapidly losing his patience He burns up at claims the Eccle philosophy prevailed over his idea; In the framing of the new bank bill the other side of the White -louse fence. gets an indication of Hie fact the limitntion of the eruption.

For instance, in case the dye Is associated with a dross or frock, eruption will be found limited As a matter of fact, our Third, It will give the board a ic cr and the arms, born population, for the most prestige such as the frock is in contact with is vastly better behaved than the have been denied had the of iie skin not knocked out'the Glass Is fortified with informa tlon to the effect thai Eccles ha not disposed of his banking Intel csts, as required by law. Scnatorla associates promised to support hirr If lie placed substantial cvidcnc on this score In the official record But his informants, mostly wester; bankers, liad asked him to kee. their names out of It and he com plied. He may try to Introduc i data by other means nex time. The senate has been touch on this point since the days of Andrew W.

Mellon. The senator maintains that he vanquished Eccles in the revision jof Uic reserve system. He feels een revealed as the recipients from private power companl loth are estimated to have ma ortuncs from their legal servlc New York Day By Day Bjr O. a McINlTU PUBLIC THINKS to etot a puWU .21 Will In 141 riiht lo cut down to that ABOUTG10LOOY QF THB JOAQUHCj A preacher told me the other day often gets up in the morning despairing of the deacons. The parable that I like tht best is the one about the multitude that loafs and fishes.

I started out in life on theory that the world had an opening for ess was It accomplished. He was a mong the first of the boulevar- with mud and lime lers, his lapel with the inevl- able rose. On his promenade dally at 5 P. M. he was a miracle of sartorial prlghtllness.

He was absolutely Irst to exploit colored shirts with olored collars to match. His full ark malaccas are now sought by ane collectors. He was the last the dilettantes. lllttl viu 6 i by the strata encountered in boring and fcuRd jt--r the hole that both valleys were at one am 'ting along in yeara inland seas fed from the PaclfiCj an(J have na(J ma ny troubles, but Ocean through the Golden Gate. mo5 them never happened.

On my ranch, nine miles south, CARL HAUBROCK. lot Hanford, I had an artesian well! Frssno Calif (sunk some 700 feet, and at a Aujrust M( 1935. nearly 300 feet is fifty below sea level, according; to, MQB LAW jg THOUGHT TO BE BAD BUSINESS Editor of The Bee--Sir: I would ask this man, who signs himself J. applauding the treatment hose two men at Santa Rosa received at the hands of cut-throat vigilantes, to come forth with his 'ull name as most of us would know who speaks. According to his statement.

If they were Innocent, a grave-injus- was done. He also states that no one has suggested such a possibility. Not an Injustice has been done, but a rank crime has been com- milled. And there are plenty of people who do not believe In that kind of law enforcement I am assuming J. P.

Ii for law and order, but not from the way those parti could be crushed in your fingers like so much cheese, hand'boi" srToD was! 'et grain showed signs of wood, hit expressions To making it quite evident that wood bl rom ThorTev was had been deposed by a If. with exnert- clent flood which had at the same time covered it up or fubmerged It is a well established fact in the realm of geology that valleys the world over are caused by erosion. A most notable evidence in California Is the Imperial Valley caused by the silt carried down the great Colorado River, gathered bj the upper tributaries of that stream and deposited In the Gulf of California and finally filling up tha' body of water with debris until I is one of the richest ngricultura Incidentally, the walking slick Is ne TM if in th the corona of eclipse. The smart sec ''TM 3 ln the lf not ln th it would seem, does not go with the times. Even that super dandy of journalism, Lucius Beebe, ias shucked down to a whlte-knob- led, after-dark ebony.

Two strict- cane shops have locked up and called It a day. Another reason for the blight is the trek of the actor, most consistent cane carrier of all, to Hollywood. Also thai gold leaded variety the chairman of does not blend with shrink- ng dividends. On the other hand, I am told a somewhat fancy vest to swing Into style this Fall. It Is to he of gray suiting, the sky gray of the pigeon's breast, and worn with solid brown, blue and black suiting.

It's n. Prince of Wales Idea and also exploited by Jack Whiting, the American actor, wowing them In a London musical. Still another hot-zlggedy In delicate toning will be trousers just a shade or so lighter than the coat. he olgns Riverdale. Aug.

28, 1935. O. KANAWYER, world. Another Instance wt can cite Is ilorro Bay, which Is gradually filing up by erosion and wind-blown sand to the extent that so much dry or near dry land Is appearing filings have been made In some Instances for a lltle to such holdings. LONG'S FILIBUSTER WINS COMMENDATION Editor of The Bee--Sir: Senator Long's filibuster, against the third deficiency appropriation bill does not involve the elements of the bill carrying benefits to The Missouri and Red Rivers aged, crippled children and moth have carried so much silt that, even in our generation, the United States Government has found It necessary to dredge and construct jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River to keep the channel open to navigation and even In the memory of the writer, in visiting recently places acquainted with twenty years ago, we notice little valleys formed since then of noticeable extent.

Old Nature never rests nor gets tired. Hanford, August 29, 1935. There are few dashes of the bizarre In men's habiliments any more. Nearly all the flashy dressers are gone. Or have become sedate.

The sort un- NEW YOEK By McMiillin MORE--Wall Street Is awaltln" ie details of Ihe treasury's final onverskm of Fourth Liberty flth exceptional interesl. The last 1,250,000,000 of this issue has been ailed for paymcnl on October 15th nd announcement of an exchange fferlng Is expected within a few veeka, The recent unsettled condl- lon of the market for federal bonds makes future treasury policy a matter of vital concern to nvncrs of government securities as veil as to dealers. The corporate bond market will also be affected. Insiders rale the treasury respon- ible for the unusually cheap money which have prevailed for so ong. By forcing up bank reserves I has created an enormous rcaer- oir of funds crying for Investment.

This excess of demand for securities over supply is the principa why it has been possible to float bonds and notes at such low rates of interest--rates which have meant large savings to the government. Now the question Is whether --with all the, high coupon bonds safely converted--Secretary Mor- will continue to try to keep money rates down and bond prices up, or whether he will here- ifler leave the bond market to seek Us own level uninfluenced by treasury Intervention. Predictions are about evenly divided in informed quarters--though the recent action of the bond market appears to Indicate that Mor- Rcr.thau Is not as concerned about its fluclualons as he used lo be. If FRANK E. HOWE, My conjecture Is that the filibuster was designed to avoid, as much as possible, the dangers that appropriations Incur when placed In hands of a dictatorship.

We are going to have to some foundation back of large appropriations that inevitably involve our future safety. Sacramento, August 31, 1935. OZEN GUNN, ashamcdly sporllng pearl derbies, one button overcoats, lavender- topped shoes, dinky bowlers and the like. Such aa Raymond Hitchcock, Tommy Gray, Flo Zlegfeld. Jimmy Walker, Duke Cross, Frank Fay and Charlie Somervllle.

Most correctly dressed newspaper man since Richard Harding Davis is Edwin C. Hill. Also the most expensively clnd. He has the figure and patronizes only the letter tailors, haberdashers and lootmakers long before he was In 'Ihe big money." He Is not showy jut fits that apt pllrase of the 'ashion writers, "smartly turned out." Michael Arlen continues the niftiest dresser among novelists on cither side of the Atlantic, with Cosmo Hamilton a runner-up. THINKS NIGHT RIDERS EXHIBIT COWARDICE Editor of The Bee--Sir: In your Public Thinks Column recently you published a letter from a person who signed his name J.

P. This correspondent had the nerve to refer to your editorial as tripe. Well, it Is time to put i stop to atlacks on people for their political iclicfs by masked thugs. Personally, if a masked gang were to visit me the chances arc hat my land would not need any 'erlillzer for a long time, for I cer- ainly would protect myself, if I had to shoot down the mob to do It. These cowardly attacks on people at night must cease or else we will lave to elect officers who will see that the laws are enforced.

It Is only cowards who would be guilts of attacking innocent people under cover of darkness, These night raiders are on a par OWN SOME LAND (From Aitkin, Republican) Of lale we have heard of innumerable limes how it is wise always lo invest in bonds--especially government bonds--instead of land. Invariably that i or heory of economies tends to make us mad as a hatter. It may prove mighty remunerative and safe ta ucky individuals for the present-- lut carried to its ultimate end, where will it land us? Assuredly, is Ihe beginning of Socialism, If nothing else. There Is something nherenlly lacking in the person who does not yearn to earn a strip of soil of his own, even if it Is only the part of the city block with a lawn and garden patch that his louse stands on. Behind that mo- is the essential patriotism that inderlies, "This ia my own, my na- land," It Is something that can i-eally be loved--not like a paper 5ond that has no intrinsic value all.

with the Ku Klux Klan. The Fat Men's Shop on lowci Third Avenue has catered to its limited clientele for some twenty years. Here the broad-beamed boys can find suits, hats, socks, shirts and shoes without disrupting the entire establishment The clerks so no one may be embarrassed, are of whopping dimensions, suggesting Frank Mclntyre and Willie Gerdes. and wear over-sized articles themselves. In the neighborhood the other evening I watched the entrance fifteen minutes.

Ini that time three waddling era came out with purchases. A freak twist of the depression has been the easy survival of Ihe loniesl haberdasheries. Some have nol even reduced clerking forces. These botiques are not for those who think they are cutting a caper buying two pairs of paja- Placervllle, August 31, 1935. FRED COX, the treasury quits supporting its! mas a f- wh ck or own securities it won't be long be- "zen lots.

They are for the don l- for corporations have to pay more for the bonds they sell. RECORD-- The wisest New York sources prophesy that the new conversion esy will be for a shorter native American populnlion. Many of them accept the duties term than the last-- in order to mcnl go.ic to eomc hack sllch sucn or obscure social worker. No better man could have tho pro cote uiose pioicc (Oioukier stnijis, will be found of citizenship far more seriously: ML-II-H JIKIU the irrititinn is due to and adhere to the American tradl-isoleclcd for this important job a i in the stockings, hatband.j^ 1 ,5 two principal ideas--central control avoid tho necessity of raising the use of the banking acencv ou 011 rate whlch would be tanta- Instrument for nconomic lo a confession of weakness. Bankers and other students! The best bet Is that holders of the remaining Fourth Liberties will of patriotism with far more'former Governor Winant.

reverence. glm-fs, or sonic similar article! inf apparel, it will be found TE 1 A dvl Coum-il Is inlcent with be given the option of exchanging them either for bonds at per maturity of from Blind Shooting Is em there has been no sign of sure Its acceptability. Ho has even withheld them ipromises several months ago. Very Often Tragic ir.e ar.imr.ir no'iy. Denver nK.np, icjr.ucci to inc -pAIN i i a of incl iileil a ci.iid at point of origin the scheme, lv Modesto.

Sunshine am throu; on and killed a ci.i'nl at point of origin of the scheme, there.JX Modesto. Sunshine and'" 1 1 wl Ht oti 1h( 'V" 1 avln i --btit'thev'put subtle and stremiou play. a.e 100.000 such quickiv following i If conRrcss to limit PHILOSOPHIC REVIEW OF AMERICAN HISTORY Edllor of The Bee--Sir: Theri is much talk in the news of differ ent countries' possessions. You can tell an American possession from a British possession, for, if It i American, Asiatics own everything but the post offices. This is not caused by lack of courage in the Americans.

If you 'don't think Americans are courageous, you should walch Ihem eat sardines, pie and Ice cream at a picnic. Of course, some of our American ancestors had trouble with their necks. They had knots behind their ears when they fell through the floor, but even at that the country used to be, full of tender consciences and calloused hands; now it is full of calloused consciences and lender hands. Adversity made our ancestors great, but it waa licking adversity made them great. Why.

an old ing shirts, two dozen of mine took his misfortune arish customers, such as Tony iddle. He buys, I hear, fifty eve- 00 ties, twelve dozen inset mono- rammed handkerchiefs and 100 airs of silk sox at a crack. That's aberdnshing! like a man. He blamed it all on his wife. Some of these old-timers were great.

My grandfather lived to EVERY OKE A 'B0CK PASSER' (From The. Springfield, Advance Press) To-day nobody ever blames himself for his injuries. Somebody Is to blame. If the wind blows down a house and some one is injured, he doesn't blame the elements. Neither does he consider himself negligent.

He blames the house owner for owning such a weak structure. In every motor car accident it is always the other fellow 1 fault. Workmen injured on the job can usually find a way to pin the blame on the boss. Even guests don't hesitate to sue their hosts, if the accident arises out of a motor car accident. In Ihe old days people accepled their misfortunes and refused compensation.

To-day they demand damages. POSITIVE (From The Pathfinder) "Now that you are through college, what are you going to do?" one of his relatives asked. "I shall study medicine and become a great surgeon," replied the youth. "The medical profession is pretty crowded already, isn't it?" ventured the relative. "Can't help that," snapped tht youth.

"I shall study medicine, and those who are already in the profession will have to take their chances, that's all!" THE WORLD AT ITS WORST By GLUYAS WILLIAMS you I'hoot a rifle. etccrs quick to take a-'li It not onlv is important for you the public's gullibility, to know the moving object you are The rnllnppe of 1'nf fr.ci-a-dime c.t if but what imiy mcicly another i i i i a be btyorid. you 4 nf the ar.cicnt th'it i but which your buiiet may reach, jcanaot get something for uninjured. I i I I Ar. Cor-ldtr this possibility ihe next the fad fell into the of M.

Miiu-V jumped "from court attacks on TVA, the pro-. if he gets do I tan i i-ji tit-; wing lax, the holding comnnny believe he will be reluctant 0 6 blockade a pron.tsing boulevard to Conservative lawyers are not thcjdoniestic recovery, only ones engaged in fighting the! OIUCIXAI, (Fv-in Tlu- n1c tfc-t-t-t -IIIVP (- firul school New Deal. Some of the Tllfc niSOKAtEFt.J, 1'AKT i who helped to place; (Ficm The Minneapolis Jomnal) i.e. The t.roblcn-.= Kocsevcll In the White Howe-: It is no ufcprare to so on relief. hilt his answers Huice Kn-mer nf Montana ami Ar- The disci are in original suit Icsch.ejvthur.

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