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PAGE FOUR ALTON EVENW0 TELEGRAPH ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Published by Alton Telegraph Printing Company P. a Managing Editor Entered as matter at the at 111., ot Congron, March 8, 18W. MKMBBJH Ot rUK AWtUVUkTBD IDe Associates enciuslveljr etlUUed to for DuDUcation ol ail dispatches credited II at not endiua to papar, ana to local published neretn. ferns by oanter. oartMr.

Br Mai) la Alton OlsttMl Mr rtai Dally 6 riofths Slim) Dally, ont Milt Alton DWWot DM feat f7.au Dally, 8 mootltt ITtnSnths Dally, ont moetu Advertising-nates ana contract uiwrmatjon ion at uw business oftlw, 111 East Broadway. UL. National Advertising Wart-HoUday New Koih. Chicago. Oetrolt A Probe of Polls Senator Nyc (R-ND) has introduced legislation requiring the disclosure of steps taken in the conduct of polls of public opinion.

His measure would apply to the publication of polls in any magazine or newspaper circulated in interstate commerce. It would require statements showing the number of persons polled or voting in the various states or regions. What reasons behind Nye's proposed legislation have not been explained, but a good guess would be that Nye wants to assure true polls on the war question. His move is worth considerable thought, however, disregarding the war question entirely. In recent years, polls of alleged public opinion been conducted on a large scale.

The merit of individual polls is a matter of opinion. No legal cross-check by (say) a firm of auditors or investigators has been deemed necessary as proof. For example, auditing firm could check phone bills and other records ito determine the number of persons called and the number of persons employed to get a poll of opinion. Investigators could check lists of names, selecting a number at random, and determine if thcsa persons had been called and what; their answers were. The question might be raised as to why one should be so particular in the truth of polls, from the viewpoint that polls are, after all, a matter of belief or The fact is, polls have an effect definitely on public opinion and therefore affect the welfare of the nation in the last analysis.

One major magazine poll hot so long ago was overwhelmingly in favor of 'a candidate who was defeated. The poll was wrong. It was circulated widely enough to be called a national publication of If such a widely-read poll as the one just cited could have bW so far off the track, is it not possible that other polls could be? Returning 1 fp demonstrate the uses of w'idely read poll showed that a mfmfcer of persons favor intervention in the European war, Another poll at the same time showed just the opposite. Could it be that methods of'gathering polls of opinion have considerable effect on the opinions? If can vary to opposite extremes, they, may be either useless as measuring sticks for opinion or they may arouse suspicion. "A check-up on poll-gathering methods would clear up matters in a hurry.

The Neivspaper's Right The Supreme Court of Missouri has invalidated contempt proceedings against the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and in so doing defined and broadened the right of a newspaper to criticise the official conduct of a judge in connection with a concluded case. No one claims for a newspaper the right to publish anything prejudicial to proper trial of any indeed, newspapers arc careful to avoid such action. But why a judge who, after all, is an elected public official, should escape the trial of public opinion just because he. occupies a judicial position never has been clear.

Because the courts should, have the respect of the people, because the courts have been established to achieve justice for the people, is all the more reason why a court should be open to fair consideration of its acts. This is not an attempt to reserve to newspapers the right to review judicial is the task of the legal minds of the appellate courts; nor is it claimed the newspapers have the right to consider the legal learning, the judicial temperament, or the judgment of jurists. The honest judge decides cases according to his best knowledge and judgment; and proper review of his application of the law and the facts is provided by law in higher courts established for that purpose. The, right of a newspaper to review the.officia conduct of a a case has been concluded one in the best American tradition. A judge, after all, is responsible to the people who pay him, who elect him, and whose servant he is.

And a newspaper that represents the public is performing its duty when it takes cognizance of such acts. The newspaper that erw, that would persecute, will suffer proper the bar of public opinion The Missouri Supreme Court's decision is a welcome one. It means that judges of the courts are not safe from the criticism that their acts may warrant. Election to the bench is no elevation to a pinnacle beyond the reach of just judgment. Nor is it a license for official arrogance.

And the competent holiest judge of court is the first to agree. The Missouri Supreme Court has spoken, eloquently effectively. Stork on Vacation? The itptk, after establishing record after record in Alton, has slowed up. In April, the number of birth regulations was 101, while in May the total dropped to If. January the registrations totaled 121.

The stork have taken an early vacation; or has to go in for national defense? Muuolioi'i private quit. Oh, well, the puce hain't been doing muck dictating lately, anyJT: Revision of Many Wagner Provisions Necessary for Labor (Oorrrliht. By LawretMW) By DAVID LAWRENCE WASHINGTON, June officers of the United States Army who are running the North American Aviation Co. plant on the West Coast had tetter be careful or they will find themselves mak- ng trouble for the company some day with the National Labor Relations Board. Published reports show that the army dismissed some of the strike eaders and troublemakers.

This Is not permissible or any employer and may mean that back pay will lave to be given to the strikers who are dismissed. Theoretically the aviation plant and organization not government property. Neither Is the army really occupying the role of management because, according to official word here, the War Department is merely the "custodian" of the property. This makes the army's position analogous to that of a receiver in a corporation. It Is true the government itself does not have to ibey the Wagner law, having been specifically ex- impted, but it Is a technical question whether the aviation workers are actually workers for the government at the North American plant or for the private employers.

The payrolls are presumably hose of a private corporation. But It does seem awkward for the United States army to be able to do things which the ordinary employer cannot do. All employers should have same privilege If they are working on defense contracts. Will the army's aictlon subject the employer some day to arbitrary charges and suits because of what the army has done in behalf of the employer this week In handling the strike? Clearly the use of force directly or Indirectly to Interfere with the collective bargaining process Is a violation of the Wagner law. The fact that national defense is involved does not change the law.

There Is no statute which authorizes the army to operate a plant hi behalf of an employer merely he has become involved in a labor dispute, broad ground that continued operation is necessary In the public Interest may Justify morally seizure of the property, but It would hardly justify egally a disregard of the provisions of the Wagner act. Some day the employes who are fired may have a case for back pay because the employer will be alleged to have conspired to bring the army Into the dcture to prevent the normal negotiations and trlke process from being used. This may seem like an extreme application of the existing law but the ault is with Congress which refuses to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from writing whatever It pleases Into the Wagner act. Employers today can find themselves In a fix as a result of the so-called "unfair labor practice strike doctrine" often applied by the labor board. In the case of a strike caused or prolonged by practices determined to be "unfair labor practices," reln- itatement is usually ordered and back pay must be made as a rule from the date of the employer's displace new employes, and ers on their request down to the time the ward issues an order for reinstatement When there Is discrimination in the selection of workers to refill jobs, there are severe' penalties Involving payments of back wages.

Reports from Los Angeles are not clear as to Just what the reasons were either for refusing to allow certain workers to return or for the dismissal of some who did return but who were supposedly guilty of "insubordination." The army officers will have to learn that there Is no such device permitted as "insubordination" or the dismissal of a "trouble maker." This sort of thing Is particularly protected by the labor board supposedly under the powers of the Wagner act and, what Is more, the Labor Board now is the sole judge of these matters. Review by a court Is limited only to broad questions of law and not to questions of fact. If the Labor Board by Its "findings" says a worker was wrongly dismissed for Insubordination related to strikes or labor matters, that ends It, The employer may offer plenty of evidence to the contrary but the Labor "Board can Ignore It and, as is revealed in Judge Stephens' dissenting opinion In the Bethlehem'case, both the Labor Board examiner and counsel often disregard evidence and put their own bias Into the "findings" which are subsequently upheld by the board Itself and usually held by the New Deal Supreme Court as not subject to review at The army officers at North American aviation plant certainly are the envy many employers for there Is no doubt many a company manager who would like to dismiss Communists and others plainly related to subversive activity but under the Wagner Law and Labor Board rulings the employer Is guilty almost before the evidence starts being taken, Most employers give it up in despair. The consequence is the kind of labor trouble the nation Is now experiencing. Revision if not repeal of many Wagner act provisions would seem to be the logical solution to the problem.

(Reproduction Rights Reserved) So They There has been no surrender of the Dutch government and there has been no Alex- nnder Louden, Netherlands minister to the U. S. Your task Is to put an end to the demanding spirit Petain of the "New French State." Certainly the average business executive is too ambitious for his own good Edgra V. Allen of the famous Mayo Clinic. Man and the governments of man have stuka- dlved Into paganism, have strafed the Ten Commandments, and have bombed the Sermon from the Spellman, New York.

This no time to waste Eddie Rlckenbacker. There If no reason why we can't undersell them (the Germans) in important mass-production products provived we maintain, a low Bernard Baruch, War Industries Board chairman, 1018. There to moral In wars that, In the long run, stronger than Any William J. Donovan. GLANCES trCalbnMi BY NEA SamCE.

WC. T. M. MO. Off "Poor pop! His back is as straight as your brother's, but he doesn't realize how he bulges in front I' MERRY ROUND BEttSTifttO By pPEW PEARSON and ROBERT S.

ALLEN 0efi of Prict Rise May Mean Auto Curtailment WASHINGTON, June When the auto makers (with the exception of General Motors) thumbed their noses at Price -Administrator Leon Henderson and boosted prices, they fanned up more trouble for themselves than they ever imagined. Possibly they started what Britain long ago the curtailment of auto production. For War Department chiefs Immediately advised- the White Sofise that it the auto moguls willing to cooperate with the'gbvi' ernment In the control of prices, then it was time the government stepped in to curtail production, which should have -been long ago. Army and navy heads long have been sour about the fact that the OPM ordered only a 20 percent reduction of auto output. They wanted a reduction of at least percent Recent admissions that a serious steel shortage Is in the offing have added point to this demand.

Next to defense, the auto industry is the chief consumer of Steel; also of alloys, which are of supreme Importance in making tanks, planes and other arms. A confidential army memorandum to the President reported nearly 200 specific Instances in which companies could not promise to deliver urgent defense orders In less than eight to 15 months, because of heavy auto industry commitments. This memorandum flatly asserted that the only way to obtain the huge amounts of steel required for pipeline, freight car and ship con structlon is to cut down the amount going into automobiles. Otherwise, it was declared impossible to meet the production schedules set by the President. NOTE: Ambassador Winant expressed astonishment to Roosevelt at the hig'i level of production the auto industry is being allowed to maintain.

He stated that Britain long ago geared private auto output to defense needs. Steel Priorities Proposed solution of this bottleneck is mandatory steel priorities, now possible under the newly- enacted Priorities Act. The auto industry would get only a proportional share of the metal left over after allocations had been made for all defense needs. Defense orders would not have to wait their turn. Instead, steel output would be apportioned arbitrarily on the basis of defense requirements first; the rest divided among consumer industries.

Incidentally, this last allocation would be in the hands of Henderson, no lover of the auto makers. Under such controls It Is possible that auto output would be slashed by as much as 75 percent. There are some defense chiefs who contend that if a cut of this size had been made three months ago, there would bo no steel shortage now. Capitol Chaff Naval officers 'are casting a covetous eye at Vincent Aster's luxury yacht, the Nourmahal, upon which Roosevelt used to take fish- Ing cruises. They would add it to the Atlantic fleet, replacing the battleship Wyoming, is to become an airplane carrier.

New radio broadcast on health sponsored weekly by the Woman's National Emergency Committee will feature speakers LaQuardla, Paul McNutt and Dr. Thomas Parran. At 10:30 every Friday night, it will emphasize the lesson the Brit- lih learned, that proper food and health are even more important )n wartime. The White House is elated over a test poll showing Representative Lyndon Johnson New Deal candidate in the Texas special Senate'electionj: leading the field by a decisive margin. Gov.

"Pass the biscuits" O'Daniel by 2 to 1, even in the rural districts where is strongest, with Representative Martin Dies trailing a poor fourth. French Ships In U. S. It is not supposed to be known, but the State Department recently OK'd a proposal; from a Vichy government to send several 'reneh ships now to Africa carrying to the The State. Department figured that if the ships were sent, it might win over Weygand and secure aid for the British, The British also OK'd the deal, providing the French sent an equal number of bottoms back to the U.

S. A. However, the Maritime Commission put its foot down. It absolutely, refused to permit French ships to leave American waters. They are still here.

The Maritime Commission is made up of and business men, but perhaps they had watched State Department diplomacy with Vichy. Perhaps they remembered Colonel Bill Donovan's useless: trip to woo General Weygand; the shiploads of food sent, to woo Vichy; the fact that French military supplies in Syria were to help the Germans against the British in some State Department officials now admit that the worst the United States made was ever to recognize the Vichy Government of Marshal Petain. Charles Kellogg, head of the Edison Electric Institute, is getting the axe as One Dollar Man charged with finding surplus poW' er for defense''industries. Kellogg vigorously opposed Roosevelt's many public power projects, but more recently has been forced to admit that Roosevelt didn't build enough of them The French news agency Havas-Telemondial is getting the squeeze from the State Department for dissemination of alleged Axis propaganda. The State Department, which controls French' frozen funds, Is shutting them off to Havas Ben Cohen has spurned the job of SEChairman will return to London instead Social tongues are wagging because Cohen was invited to dinner the other day without his Brain Trust partner, Tom Corcoran.

Presidential Kisi The nation will remember the President's last fireside chat for its historic proclamation of "unlimited but brunette Ann GlUls, Columbia Broadcasting's special event expert, will remember it for a far different reason. Just before President went on the air someone told him Ann was to be married. He summoned the young lady from a labyrinth of radio apparatus being set up to carry his address all over the world. "Ann," said the President It true that you. planning to take the matrimonial leap?" Mr.

President, that Is correct" "Ann, band down here." And, the Pjresldeht kissed Mlu GU1U with a resounding smack. (Copyright, 1941, by United Feat- rue Syndicate, Inc.) 125 Years Ago In and About Alton Jam 1916 ptobate Judge J. P. Streuber announced to the county board today that he would resign the 'probate Judgeshlp. Mayor Edmund Beall of Alton was" being urfced to become a candidate for congress.

Therrwaa.a strong possibility that he would run for the Republican nomination, the winner of which was virtually conceded election. Vane Stllwell experienced a disappointment in trying out his "air-propelled" boat In the Mississippi. Stllwell's Idea was that the boat could be made to run at great speed by having a-propeller turning in the air like an airplane propeller. An experiment la the river on June, 11 demonstrated that the pro- peller would make the boat move, but Stllwell's rudder equipment was such that the boat could not be 'controlled. W.

C. Cooper, of Moro bought a new automobile from H. H. Unterbrlnk of Alton and said that he would learn to drive the car himself. Mrs.

Ai! it Whitelaw; tyrs. Carrlnger; Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Manning and: Mrs. Hoffman, all of Wood River, were la Alton drumming up Interest in a Wood River July 4 picnic, the largest effort evetj undertaken by the Wood River Woman's Club.

A slight difference of opinion occurred at a meet- Ing of the county board; when two lists of judges and clerks of election were submitted for Alton. One list was handed In by Supervisor U. S. Nixon, the other by Assistant Supervisor F. C.

Bailey, who Was backed by other assistant supervisors. The board accepted the list, turned In by Laying of the cornerstone of. the now Baptist church at Jersieyvllle. was postponed because of a delay In work, which failed to bring the building to a state needed for the ceremony. The Rev.

F. H. Austermann, pastor of the Grace Methodist Episcopal church, was elected of the Alton Ministerial A music recital was given June 10 at Alpha Zeta hM at Shurtleff college, with the following taking part: Leona Magulre, Violet Lmna Smalley, Eileen pick, and Elizabeth Johri McGinnis Luclen B. Cooplnger and Paul Zerwekh, all of Alton, were ready to take the next Illinois bar McGinnis and' Cop- ptoger had graduated from Washington University, while Zerwekh graduated at Ann Arbor, Mich. McGinnis planned to enter the law office of his Alton cigar makers union elected the following officers: Adolph Mohr, president; Frank A.

J. J. Grossheim', secretary-treasurer arid custodian of the union label; William Mahl, Geprge Mook and Oscar Dick, board of auditors; William Mohr, Henry Berry and John Corrlgan, trustees, William Mohr, sergeant-at-arms. Roasting ears shipped from Louisiana were being sold for 60 cents a dozen. 50 Years Ago- fit and About Alton had resigned as commercial of the Bluff Line to accept general St.

Louis, Kennet Southern Railroad Owned by Si Louis capitalists. He had been the managing position serving for about HERETIC yOUR. HEALTH TWMcCOY PUBLICATIONS, WtUSHSlSOfTViE FAST WAY TO-HEAiW All question! regarding asaitii WO Diet will bo answered. Large, self- addressed, itamped muit Ot enclosed. Write un side ol paper only.

Letters must not exceed 150 words. Address McCoy Health Service. 1151 West Sixth Street, Caitf. as a A. manager ol the Bluff Line.

nouttced plans for that road to make its heactauan? ers in Alton In the near future Fisher was taming his own office here, and said the office of B. Costello, train dispatcher, was to be hiovej here at once, followed later by offices of other of. flclala, With- the receiver, Fisher was attempting work out arrangements to complete extension of tiie road Into both St. Louis and Springfield. Jacob Serlng toad sold to Andrew Frctz the r0 erty known as Washington Garden, consideration being announced as $1300.

Fretz planned improved ments to make It more popular as a place and summer gatherings. Cards were out for the marriage of William Zerwlck and Bessie Forst, the wedding to bej an evening event in First Presbyterian wick' was agent here of Consolidated Tank Line Co. The bride-elect was the daughter of Mrs. Rosa Fortt of 1007 East Third street. An enjoyable reception and dancing party had been given at the George! Burnside residence in Upper Alton.

John (Nan) Copplnger, 12-year-old son of J. W. Coppinger had suffered a severe injury to hit! head when he fell from tree when picking cher-! rles at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Thomai i Biggins, 903 State street. Directors ot the two building association! met on the same night, Germania Association loaning $2300, the Piasa, $3300.

Clerk- Brandewlede had sued a license to William A. Buchnun and'Miss Katie M. Jacobs of LaMothe, Mo. Jo: Smith, a Glass works employe, was notified of death at'Chester of his 17-year-old son, William. North'Alton fire department planned a July 4 picnic and dance in the park, with fire works as an attrac-1 vonDamm Meyer had purchased of Kid Kuhl 'a halt interest in Kuhl's soda factory at 210 Ridge street, and was to take an active part business.

Examinations for entrance to Princeton given' at Wyman, Institute by Prof. Jackson Taking the tests were Leroy Valliant and Guy ren, pUpUs 6f 'the Institute, and Leigh Wyman ol St. Louis. Miss Judd of St. Louis was guest of Mrs.

A. M. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs.

Edward Levis had gone to Chlcag to visit their son, John Levls: John Drummond wa home from military school In Poughkeepsie, N. Denny Roper" had gone to Penver, near which place he planned to' engage In stock raising. ions trtUCUUUIC A reader can the answer to any question ni fact bjr writing Alton Evening Telegraph Information Bureau, Haskln, Director, Washington, U. O. Please enclose three (S) eents for reply.

Impromptu Mad-off dele- to thf Aswrjcan Federation VITAMINS FOB HEALTH Only a few years agoi little was known of the vitamins, and only In the last few years have scientists been able to isolate these food factors which are so necessary to health. It is not so very long ago that those who emphasized the Important part which diet plays in health and in disease were ridiculed and laughed at. recent discoveries have changed the picture and, as Oliver Gqldsmith said; "Those who came to scoff remained to Many of the bitterest antagonists to the nutritional or body fuel idea In the prevention and treatment of disease, have become its most ardent advocates. While the vitamins which are: of the greatest Importance and have been isolated, research chemists are still probing into the mysteries of other food and nutrition factors, and each discovery is another step toward a complete understanding of Nature. Vitamins A and appear to occur-in close association.

Vitamin A promotes growth and vitamin aids in the formation of bones and teeth, and is a preventive of rickets. These two vitamins are not destroyed by heat and pre therefore retained in cooked food. Vitamins and are easily destroyed by heat, especially vitamin C. The absence of vitamin from the dietary leads to nervous disorders, digestive disturbances and this vitamin Is abundantly found In whole grain. For many years this column has advocated the use of wholemeal in bread-making and for general use instead of refined white flour which has practically no vitamin content.

At this time, both the British and American governments have ruled that' while bread should have, Vitamin and the mineral salts Iron and calcium added to make up for the loss of these essentials, in milling. I still advocate the use of the whole meal, and can see little sense in removing these essential food factors, and then adding them synthetically. However the Step Is a great step forward for the eater of white bread who always thought the whole meal eater was a food crank. Vitamin Is abundantly found in the fresh citrus fruits and especially in oranges, Being easily by heat, there Is usually less of this vitamin In the canned fruit juices, if these have been subjected to heat for their preservation. The whole subject of vitamins is Intensely interesting, and I invite my readers to send for Dr.

Frank McCoy's article entitled "LIST OF VITAMINS'' which describes vitamins and their uses at length, Just address your request to the McCoy Health Service, enclosing a large sqlf-addreued envelope and 5-centa in looae stamps, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS QUESTION: Mrs. N. M. night ago we had an argument as to what an Illusion and an hallucination. Would you tell Us what difference there Is any?" ANSWER: When an Individual something that does not exist In fact, It an hallucination.

This may appear in the field ofTany of the senses, smell, touch and sd on, and technically It an Impression for which there no An Illusion on the other if when there's some foundatlorj for the experience, For examptejo mUttake a tree stump for a man is an Illusion, and confers practUe Illusions for a living. On the other hand, an alcoholic rats and snakes which haw no exigence In this to Q. For whom is the-Mann Act namtu? A. J. K.

I A. Mann Act was passed by Congress in: through the efforts of James Robert Mann (18 1922), a Republican member of the House of sentatives from 1897 until his death. Q. Is there any State which has the carnation for its flower 1 M. R.

D. A. The State flower 1 Ohio Is the scarlet carnation. Q. Who discovered Victoria Falls? F.

L- T. This large cataract in South Africa was dU-J covered by Livingstone in 1855. and named by him 1 honor of England's Queen. Q. What paintings were presented.to St Joseph'! Cathedral at Bardstown, Kentucky, by Louis Phillpj pe? G.

H. A. Eight paintings, now In St. Joseph's Proti Cathedral at Bardstown, given to Bishop Benedict Joseph builder and first bishop of the Cathedral by Louis Philippe, afterwards King oil the French, and by-Francis King of the Sicilies. They represent "The Flaying of St.

omew" by Rubens; "Descent of the Holy Van Eyck; "The Winged St. "St. Peter Chains, 1 and ''St. John the Baptist," by Van "The Coronation In Heaven of the Mother of Murlllo; "The Annunciation," Van Eyck; and "Teacr ing the Boys," artist unknown. Q.

How much doejthVu. S. S. North Caroling weigh? A. The North Carolina weighs 35,000 tons the time of her launching, she was the largest ever built in American ship yards.

Q. Who wrote! the song "School Days" A. Days" is by Will D. Cobb and Edwards. It was published In 1907.

Q. Is correct tp printed cards of pathy? G. M. A. It is not correct to send a printed cart sympathy, In social relationships, may be construed as evidence of economy of time i of effort should be avoided, 1 Q.

When were glass bottles made bearing picture of George Washington and General iay C. D. E. A. The'duart size blpwn glass bottle, in color, bearing draped bust of Washington one with "Father of Our Co with tht fcaped festof Tnvlor other sl'de was made of Philadelphia.

with inscription, 1848, by the Dyottvllle What to the name "oTthe animal that lay! eggs and mUkT T. S. L. A. Both traltan nourish their young with milk, duckbill and the porcupi" 8 8.