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Home Owned, Controlled and Edited jjllttOrtal Of tl? Qaklattllt ffirifafflg Oakland, California, March 27, 1935 THE OTHER WORK RELIEF BUILDING COULD INCL UDE ECONOMIC COAST DEFENSES "Manufacturers of Nation Told of Industrial Advantages of Oakland and Alameda County WASHINGTON DAYBOOK. FELLOW By payrolls and profits and, as they do so, our The nation oveiv there is large amount of capital awaiting to be released. Industry' HER.B UrtrP LU I Ad Schuster retail trade registers a gain of 8.2 per cent over the previous year. Total expenditures of projects in this area are approximately 140 million dollars with a contribu Did you' ever see an angry man with flower In his hat" a stormy countenance under Springtime WASHINGTON, March STJTh Administration'! victory Ml tha McCarran "prevailing yrtgtr amendment to the five-bUlloo-dol-lar work-relief bill place th harassed Democratic leadership of th.4 bloom? tion of weekly payrolls in excess of $150,000. Mr.

Parf inkle was anxious to benate on top once more These are facts made possible because of celebrate the arrival of the vernal 4 I I 1 1 I 1- Vi. Robinson of Arkansas, Darn! iv season anu provuncu cratic floor bosa, and Byrne opinion, the whole task was left to him, harbor and rail facilities, climate and labor "What Is the matter with the conditions. They support the area's invita poets?" he demanded. Each year at this time your column- simply drips tion to those manufacturers and others who contemplate establishing main or branch fac Spring! Something has to be done.1 l.1Trt..i. J- Wild I.

UU JfUU douui rus cmex ant, were face to face th most critical test of their leader ship thus far oft the MfcCarraa amendment Had it prevailed tha result might have been disastrous to the Admin istration's' legislative program. The work-relief bill is the first major proposal submitted to Congress by the President despite the fact that' the session is almost three months old. tories or warehouses. been toeing the" mark, listening for the signal which neans that times are propitious for investment and This is particularly true in the durable goods field. Factory owners need, new machinery and tools; industry would establish plants in new areas.

lA potential flood of the kind, the experts say, cannot be dammed much longer. Once Ijhe move gets under way it will bt cumulative. In timely manner Oakland is patting before the country its advantages for industrial expansion and location of warehouses. It in-. vites attention to this Eastbay area on the remarkable showing achieved during the years of depression; on its figures of progress and stability; its situation and its background.

There is point in calling the notice of East and Middle West to some facts with which we may be familiar. Last year, at a time when a story of the kind was unusual in other wen, our nero repiiea moaesuy, "I have, er, written a poem." And The Eastbay with its solid background has here It Is: Cheerily, cheerily, Spring is here remained the industrial center of the West, calling here of nationally known With a hey-nonny-nonney, and Oh my DEAR! products who survey the whole" field and The thin bird cheeps In the tall oak tree, place their stamp of approval upon this city. With a. ho-derry-derry and a gra- With every indication that the time ap clous me! A defeat would have been eocQy, not only in loss of prestige for the Administration but also in the probable effect it would have had on the remainder the President's legislative prograjh. Toodle-oodle, tocdle toot-Here comes Pan with his proaches when industry can no longer afford to withhold development plans, and with the settlement of issues which" have made for green twig flute Dangers Ahead Pan, with dryads nine or ten And.

pug-nosed gnomes from i national uncertainty, there should be a re sumption of activities. Oakland and Ala shady glen medi County, with so much to offer, show Toodle-oodle, toodle toot Here comes pan with his sections, twenty-eight new industries came here to make the home. the industrialists Jiere established reveal encouraging upward trends in volume of production, their wisdom in placing their convincing sta twig flute! tistics before the land. Zum, zum, zum, And a distant beat from a kettle drum; two ojher lieutenants, twenty enlisted men Lift your knees In elfin prance" LOOKS LIKE A ROW. Once more the broad field of encompassed in national policies has of the Army, and Dr.

Favy, an explorer, and Buy some cheescloth, join the dance! AT THE moment the Democratio high command is jubilant and confident that the storm has been successfully weathered and from now on there'll be much smoothef sailing. At the same time, however, all are aware of the dangers which lie ahead. There were 19 Democratic Senators who resisted all pressure and voted for the McCarran amendment That many recalcitrants within the ranks stand as a very definite threat to the Administration and may up set carefully made plans at any time. The economic security bill, NRA legislation which is yet to be writ ten, the public utility bill dealing with holding companies and tha ship subsidy measure are yet to be considered. Stiff fights are In prospect on each one of these bills.

established his Winter quarters on Lady For two Winters: they made To festive lamb and sportive cow brought Out contradictions and occasioned Franklin Bay, PoW. vn1imMi nrtsprvntinns reaching 83 degrees Toodle-oodle, Oh, my dear, v. Take my word that Spring Is net omciai quarreling witn another. What minutes in. ana aegrees minuies herel suits Secretary Wallace, for instance: mav Irk the farthest north ud to that time.

From a "And that is only the beginning," 'U T.i" iv. x. Li-t. TnA said Mr. Parfinkle, "I can read you oeweHujr iLK.es aim mine man once me mgii jjuiui uumwuuu "iu mcjr i fifteen more pages, If you insist" President has had to restore quiet in.

his unbroken stretch of ice All other news this Items dims, official family. When this story was brought back, long The Culbertsons now play the Sims. Both Confident "Tobacco Queen Resents Pipe down. 7 Right now it is Daniel C. Roper, Secretary ago, it made good reading.

There was more. of Commerce, who rises to object. He does The party, because of shortage of food, was not like the plan of Relief Administrator forced to start south in boats which Hopkins to put unemployed city people on they soon had to abandon. Spring of 1884 Remember When Department EADERS of the Administration -Li in both Houses, however, face the future with a great deal of confidence. Victory on the work, relief proposal has strengthened their morale tremendously.

Sir: One of family picnic the farms. Writing in Country Home the found all supplies exhausted and the account grounds, as many win recall, was Cnmmtrce Sprwtarv mv: savs. "There came A time of indescribable nice Blair Park near Mountain our "Those who live by agriculture have plenty misery and acute suffering." Greely and six fcrne? we" wSd'S theAVS They are frahk to es pecially those charged with leader 'of troubles as" it is. Fanners are carrvinc companions were found, barely alive, by a Sunday afternoon to witness the as I ship in the Senate, that there h' been a revival of independence THE FORUM censiwi of a great big, 'plump balloon. And after it had.

sailed and sailed clear up into the sky, the their full share 6f the national burden. It is relief party which arrived in June, 1884. They unfair and unwise to push upon them as fur- had their records and instruments in order acrobat who went along seemed Capitol Hill. From now on they expect to see each House take a real hand in the framing of legislation. The day when Congress docilely swallowed all suggestions sent up ther competitors those who for the time being and with them great collections of specimens.

like a little fly. Once while we cannot be employed in other callinps. I see The medal of honor does no more than gazed with bated breath It flew Into from the 'White 'House Is passed, ther Is much of Wholesome type in every Oakland community section of common interest. Fact it does, not relish the limelight: loves to occupy some inconspicuous corner somewhere, keep its modest no permanent soundness in using the soil express that admiration which all who know merely as a dump for the urban unemployed; the story of exploration have held for the His parachute drifted to Medan's they say. The editor The Tribune dit-claims responsibility for opinions and statements expressed in this column.

Contributions should bn held to one hundred and fifty words. No contributions will be It is not that members of Con URGES SUPPORT TO PATMAN BILL To Editor Tribune: As a veteran of the World War and a member of Post 1010 V. F. W. as well as a past commander of the American Legion, I want to add this word of endorsement to H.

R. No. 1, the Patman bill for adjusted com gress have abandoned the no real security In a wideseparation of the Greely who went north before there were '7 The tali Tee light to itself. Wherever one finds', tops- that were abounding there, acceptable unless accompanied by With ladder, ropes and other things dent. Rather it means Congress has made up its mind that from now on it will demand more consideration from the White House than it has had in the past.

The old "rub this type one greatly admires it. Type of which I write is the type that has consideration for the other they finally got him down, but in highly specialized industrial worker and his wings, radios and modern devices. job, and no assurance that if the tide for the moment runs or is forced that way, the people OPEN HOUSE. thus misplaced will stick." Berkeley has had several "open house" the name and address of the which, if desired, will bi withheld from publication. stead of a nice neat acrobat, he looked like a tousled clown.

He pensation as against the Vinson bill, better known as "The Bankers' ber stamp charge so frequentlr had a scratch upon his nose, his Bonus-" em hurled at Senators and Represe In my many contacts with vet tatives apparently has them fed So it is said another major dispute about days at its' City Hall and each has seen a hair was full of dust, they carried national, policy is starting in Washington, larger number of citizens visit the place and Ji" ln stage than to devote my life to making a creditable 200 for them and myself a permanent home. tM a a I a 1 I it Approximately $300,000 has al ABOUT wnue secretary Koper may object to the waicn xne wneeis oi municipal machinery go clara cowell. eran of all wars and listening to their expressions of want, permit me to state that I find them like the majority of the rest of their fellow citizens, in favor of those measures which represent progress. Federal encouragement of th barlr to th around. fK I I I.

NEW YORK farm movement, he wUl have to admit diffi- there was any idea at first that this FnSt iwK 1 1 i i An I 1 A. i i i I ready been spent in improvements such as roads, trails, fences, shrubs, trees, water and lawns. A noted authority, says, "On today's market that property is worth $275,000 cash." The greatest protection to The kind of progress that the common man may have a little fairer. fellow. This kind consideration must come out of love for our fellowman.

Only that way does it reveal spirit human sympathy, deep concern. This spirit is not rare as one think It be. However, too much its opposite Is In the world. Unselfish souls of considerate type are beautiful charm, are eternal! DON MORTON. Oakland, March 23.

THOUGHTS ON A TREATY To Editor Tribune: today's Forum, March 22, Aubrey Jones reminds us that "President Woodrow Wilson did not obligate the United States signatory to the Versailles Peace Treaty with CEOKGF IUCKIA. cuiues in stopping a irena. i inere IS iarge wouia ae a rouune ceremony, opporiunny t. ppiegaie. ai Aitos tnc Ur.4.

ii.i..-1. Uftl, -Aci-' man wh drives the school bus is share in this abundance of plenty, iuirii.ooiuii wiai wic puitkiea nave 1 ui naj yuaij George Fulride. Down in Moun where- the many go hungry and the taxpayer is the two-year trial plan, without obligation, then, the bettered the lot of the farmer and this has dissipated lor the city, with charts and dem- tain view, R. w. Thrower has a turned' many minds to the When men onstrations, dramatizes its story andives the jTpcSaude' Garfto'baufa naked when the properly planned economy with today's possible family income (according to the latest reports of our authorities) reau oi Demg paia ior cunaumg crops juid visuors miormauon ana enienainmeni.

in me superior court purchase of the property at $250,000, spread over 20 years. The San Diego Zoological Society director says, "If there were no real returns from zoos, cities like New York, St. Louis and Washing 6 7 Educational note: Student at with the present plant capacity production of $5000 per year. This point their steps toward the wide spaces and year that it is being continued lor two days Brown university ate 20 doughnuts in 18 minutes. on this occasion.

This evening and tomor would be theirs and in a ten-year building period it is said this could let the Cabinet and other officials dispute. ton, D. would not be spending be raised to $10,000. row evening at the City Hall the, exhibits Campus Grass concluding, 1 respecuuiiy urge Tree shadows-follow me around will be open and tomorrow afternoon there 1VTEW YORK, March fail-7 ure of a famous old theatrical warehouse, scenery and propi of a thousand and one hits of other days are stored, brought to light a fascinating and mysteriou cargo of mystical equipment. Hardeen, the magician, was called down by representatives of the company to inspect eight trunks stored years ago by his brother, the lata Harry Houdini.

Bewildered, Hardeen went down. In spite of canvas coverings, they were dusty and cobwebbed. Ha opened them and there was revealed to his astonished gaze an assortment of equipment such as he had never, beheld. A majority, of this repre sented tricks Houdini had perfected never Hardeen, a master magician himself, could not fathom them. Upon being permitted to see them, other magicians were support for adjusted compensation via the Patman Bill H.

R. No. 1, as a meaiis loward that end and is to be a police demonstration. giving the veteran a fairer break. EL CERRITO CELEBRATES.

Cxermany." It is well to remember that Wooodrow Wilson did everything in his power tc force the United States Senate to concur Jn signing that treaty and Wilson must stand forever before the bar of history as one of four old men who drew up that treaty and forced it upon Germany. Then' he ipeaks of a separate peace "less onerous on "Germany than were those of the many signed (Versailles) pne. If there is any IT IS "TRIBUTE" NOW. At one time many foreign nations acknowledged that they owed us debts. Then they questioned ability to pay, announced they could not pay, and, In some instances, declared that the "issue is dead." It has been assumed they consider the sums as owed, but E.

O. CORSON, Berkeley, March 21. hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to operate them and millions to build and develop them." San Diego is about to spend $336,000 to complete their zoo plan; Stockton contemplates spending $200,000 dollars to establish a zoo and recreational garden, and San Francisco is purchasing 69racres adjoining their zoo for $364,000. These three points make it imperative to put this plan intb immediate (1) fair plan of purchase, (2) use pf Federal funds for public good, (3) 1 improvement Reason why El Cerrito has been going in for ten-gallon hats and beards lately is to WOULD GIVE UNCLE A DIRIGIBLE Whene'er I sit tpon the ground To write a sonnet. Such homage I do not approve, I have to move and move and move Dog-gone it! The sun then hides beneath a cloud And I am cold as in a shroud, Confound itl Dog fleas are-Jumping in the grass These pesky fleas, alack, alas! I'll never write that sonnet.

-S. I. E. be disclosed with celebration there tonight To Editor and for four days. cannot or will not pay.

If the cost of a new dirigible TVi nlnrs lin "tfhne Wild hna'tiirnid would be and there historical merit separate treaty it certainly should not go to Mr iitIi For the first time now we hear the amounts back its calendars to Forty-Nine and ordered and humane housing of our animals was $1,999,909.00 of this amount on hand, would you donate, the other mentlonwi "trihtita" Artv.n- wuuuruw Wilson DUl to me united just as mystified. Their Secrets, ap- -parently, lie with Houdini in grave. carnival. El Cerrito will have a miners If, States Senate and chiefly to Senator financial editor of the London Morning Post, Hiram W. Johnson.

dollar? Arrive at your answer and stick to that answer before reading Complex Those who admire Wilson should SIDNEY A. SNOW, Oakland, March 22, CONSIDERATE TYPE NOT RARE To- tdiiof'TrWunet''' another line of this. a parade, queen, floats, trophies, drills, concessions and no end of fun. There isn't any latchstring the door, is open. Now there any douht about has written in Foreign Affairs that "it was common knowledge, soon after the war, that the United States had laid Europe under "Lower Temperature to Introduce Spring." Heading.

We have with us today, a-choo, achoo. We have the answer of at least 75 per cent noid their tongue in silent shame when they see the 'whirlwind of threatened war over the world today the sowing of the wind in that unjust and inhumane Treaty of the people of. the entire State of California. This would more than One may find, if one will search, with us today, a-choo, but what's the use? tribute and that the amount was colossal." of Versailles, t)f which- Wilson-was A picture Is brought Tup 1 of a "mbhey-lade'n a new ship and presenting it to the United States Government In tribute tq Fifteen yean ago Hitler was a 7-- NEXT" THE PACIFIC." It would be hard, to cite more concrete evidence of the immense strides of civil aviation in America since paper hanger. Now he tears ud Uncle Sam dashing over, to Europe and forcing gold down the throats of the financially JIMKHS SEDGAR a.

quest wnat it nas done Dy letting Cantor pretty nine treaties. Colonel Lindbergh spanned the Atlantic than the nia.be the home of the "Macon," something of which this State could 'THE verities of backstage life Radio City are complex, but all who there are the envy of the rest of the back-stage world. Technicians in-other theaterMiaV to strain--at heavy shifting weighty, awkward scenery, but at Music Hall the technicians merely yawn jand press buttons. There are buttons for everything, for raising or lowering the curtains, for shifting the huge horns that stand behind the screen when a picture is on, for the most incidental things. Another unusual fact about tha staging of those shows is that no cues are ever given vocally, such as "Come oh, Jo, you're on." All cues co-author.

If Germany is today justified and entirely within her rights in refusing to be bound by that treaty as suggested by Aubrey Jones, I ask him Was she ever justified in accepting it. C. ROY MILLER. Oakland, March 23. would not write of traeedv And yet sometimes I must.

nungry. They owe us nothing, there are no debts, and they have a feeling of resentment because we heaped coin upon them. Ameri matter-of-fact announcement that Pan American Aif-waysMs to begin construction of operating bases early next month for an 8500-mile airway across the Pacific from California to China. The comparatively frail LIFE Look at it any bid way you will, The Middle West said, "dost And Nature said "I dust." NATTY DUDDS. Life is merely the thing we make it, cans who know that Mr.

"Kiddy does not landplane has been replaced by the giant flying boat able to fly at 150 miles an hour for a range of 3000 This is the truth about good or ill; speak for his nation or Europe, cannot fail be justly proud of, a dirigible built by the people of California for Its Nation. The only part which the United States Government would be asked to play in the building of the new dirigible be to permit its postoffices in the respective cities and Towns of this to be the collecting medium f6i 5this huge purpose. In this, way no percentage of the amount donated would be miles, with from twelve to twenty passengers plus a It all. depends on the way we take it. crew of six and a mail or express cargo.

IF WISHES WERE HORSES To Editor There has been4i temporary abatement of answers from Town- to look upon his phraseology as odd, as if we were being blamed by debtors for coming Worse than liquor can money be The creation of the Pacific-operating bases them are by music. borne are uttenTT-uined by selves Is an undertaking fraught with romance. They are to: rise in the course of ninety days at Honolulu, Others may struggle in poverty to tneir aid Curiously enough, girls of th ballet are all exactly 5feet, 1 inch in Spring Dress heavens!" wailed the earth and stared with a frown At the tattered hem of her Winter gown, "I must get some new clothes, or I feel I surely will lose all of Tny 'sA' appeal'." So she stretched her loom to the sky again. And bravely and gracefully glorify it. at Midway Island, now a mere cable station; at Wilkes Island in the Wake group, just a tiny dot In the neignt.

mat is an iron-ciaa gpeemja. sendeers to realists, that we "don't want them to get what they deserve," and so on. How can they-make it a question of "wanting" required for overhead or headquarters rentals. canon, ana you won pe nirea twp, OUT OF PAST. broad sea uninjiabited.

ioctholliteft errturics -tlurinf; you are a fraction over or under this Life is not of a month or year, Get the "ball rolling, and put out Many ships have sailed, steamed and flown figure. But you do not have to be Worth not merely one triumph your posters, make your Nation as which they have been at Guam, at Manila, whence the line continues to China, where the Air-ways system already operates 3000 miles of key lines. A chartered steamship of 15.000 tons is to carry 6000 splendid. to the North since Greely made his'vovaee when it is a question of If wishes were horses, I wouldn't, hesitate a moment to give two horses to every person over 60, or beautiful. The Rockettes, however, must be pretty and must vary from 5 feet, 6 inches to 5 feet, 8 inches.

Many, and strange are the pitfalls proud of you as you were of it when you cquld boast of the world's larg And threaded it quickly with silver rain: At one time two men claimed discovery of here Till fame and the struggle for it 50 'for all that. The evasion that est dirigible having your State as its home. W. THROWER, Scattered id schowered for days, and stormfd for a week' tons of heterogeneous cargo, seventy-four men in a construction crew and forty-four technicians of the airline to the 'stepping-stones which will link our West Coast with the Far East some time this Summer Mountain View, March 23. the proposed tax is not on sales, but "transactions" do they really not see that 2 per cent on each While her rainbow shuttled swift HPHE belief that 42nd Street and- Broadway is the.

center of the hide and seek; In about four days flying time. are ended. ,1 Ltick can fatten the purse in a day, But luck won't teach us a thing worth' learning. Wisdom is something which day by day, We have to gain for ourselves by And she wove her a gown of shim yn the remote islands white frame buildines. nre.

THE PLAN FOR PARK AND ZOO To Editor Tribune: mering green. fabricated, will spring up; cower houses, windmills. world that if you '-stand there everyone you know will pass by-no longer holds water. The truth is, transaction means 10, 20, 50 per cent on the final For the 'pu-pose of the' total effect on the Nation, we can disregard the medium of exchange ($200 a Then she cried, "Now. I've some docks, radio stations and mess halls.

Thev will be thing fit to be seen! New York is (ibw so decentralized tne role, airplanes and dirigibles have floated over it, the South Pole has been found, arid a world has lost that high interest and excitement which were present in the days when! 'the tends of the globe were under swirling clpuds of mystery. Out. of 4i4story. of more, than fifty years steps Major General Adolphus E. Greely to accept a medal from his Government.

He is past 90 and says he does not expect to live for more than two or three years and is "happy to receive this recognition." You just wait until I'm completely siocKea completely with furniture, tools, supplies and articles of recreation for the men who will man these lonely outposts; The list of goods to be left on them aressea month or what you will), and look at the real wealth, If a that the old 42nd Street and Broad-, way at George M. Cohan has disA. appeared. fl ranges from electric refrigerators to Dr. Eliot's five- small is to consume enor I'm sure the world will be duly impressed!" GRACE GRAHAM MINARD.

Indeed, there is no central poinr foot shelf of books; from coal to playing-cards; from 1000-gallon fuel tanks to papers of pins. mously more than, they have, those additional goods will, have to be to which everyone is attracted. Spread fan-wise over the city, the "allure" centers continue to be be earning. On sweet and bitter we all must sup. By joy.

and sorrow we all are tested, And our lives are judged ih the summing, up By. the growth we've made and jthe passions bestcd. The good may be bad. and the bad be good, For it all depends on the way we take it. 10 tnese havens the clipper shiDs of the line will I have read with joy the many articles in favor of my plan to develop a zoo, without an increase in taxes, 6n the property known as the "Durant Estate." I 'have also gone to a few people who registered a protest.

In every case the protest, came from people who did not know of my plan or the advantages to business and. local and out-of-town visitors. I. am not interested in the actual salg. ojl.thisroperty the city, In the last i months I have spoken to 15,625 members of 125 organiza wing, after training flights already carried out in produced by the rest of us.

That is, prosperity for them but not for us. Total prosperity is the- consumption of increased goods by all of us. What we don't need are. the Atlantic have been repeated and extended in the broader water, They will be guided by radio direction findersf developed for such service, which have a range of 1800 miles. Like the merchant dinners nf sieged, but only by habitues.

second Street is' thedrinking street at night In the afternoon the cocktail crowd drifts pver to the fashionable bars -r the Ritz, the Roosevelt, the Sherry-Netherland, the Vanderbilt, the Waldorf, the Park Back to Clean Start --jRastus' lawyer was informing him on the legal status his matrl-mopial relationship land his chances for a divorce "Mistah 'Johnson, I has discovered I can1 get yo' divorce on the grounds that yo'. marrriage ain't legaj on account of her father, he had no license to carry gun." Jude. plans" that are not planned at all, So is bestowed a belated honor on one who, in his retirement, has been all but away fronv the world. He was Lieuterianf Greely in August ef 1881 when he headed a party of but an understanding -of -i funda And life itself, when it's undelstood. Becomes at the last just what we make it.

(Copyright. 1938, far Hm Mhm.) mentals. f-J. CHIPPING, F. Ch.

Oakland, March H. old days, they will, carry the American flag to the Fa-Est ai-peetlirndlWitli an expert handling which can hardly fail to trQUse agali the admiration of the worldNew York Time, fc tions at my own expense. I cannot do more for the people of this city I Lane. Forty-fifth Street is the ter street-of-bita..