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UMrnttt. 1M. 04 With the World in Its Present Condition LaFollctte Committee May Get Funds to Extend Investigations Request for Additional 8100,000 Due for Showdown Before End of Congress Session Editorial Opinions The Liquor Book Brattleboro Reformer1 While we are unable to find much in the disputed temperance only well under way, municipal officials have found one interesting thing about city smoke. Cleveland is a city of great mills, blast furnaces, chemical But these werent the worst smoke offenders, the surveyors found. Such plants, keen to get the last bit of heat out of the fuel they burn, usually employ experts to see that its done.

Result: little smoke. The worst offenders are apartment bouses and small factories. These contributed far more than their share to the 100,000,000 pounds of soot that is dumped into the laps of Clevelanders every year. While this problem is acute only in larger cities, there are few cities of any size at all that are not troubled to some extent, and they might follow with special interest the results obtained in cities like Cleveland, SL Louis, New York, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, and Chicago, which are putting up an active fight Washington Merry-Go-Round By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen WASHINGTON There is a long chance that President Roosevelt will return the visit of the British King and Queen next fall.

Many ifs are attached to this possibility and nothing may come of it. No President ever has made such a trip, as much as Roosevelt loves to kick over precedents, this is one that can't be broken lightly. The memory of Woodrow Wilson's unhappy experience still is too fresh in the mind of the country. The wartime President journeyed to Europe under entirely different circumstances, but with world conditions what they are, a presidential junket even for social purposes would be certain to arouse suspicions as to what was behind it. Certainly the axis powers would view the trip with deep misgivings and charge ulterior motives; In the end the Presidents decision will depend on a combination of factors: The state of Europe, public sentiment at home, business trends and political developments.

Whether he goes or not, however, it Is significant that Roosevelt has discussed the idea with intimates manifested the liveliest interest in the venture. It appeals strongly to all his highly developed Instinct for drama. Even though it may remain only a dream it is a glamorous one that he will mull over in many a secret moment. Overworked Secretary The President of the United States is a powerful person, but he is no different than any other boss when it comes to trouble with a temperamental clerical staff. The other morning as Steve Early, overworked White House secretary, was holding his daily conference with newsmen, his phone rang sharply and Steve shouted to his secretary in an outer office, Take care of that.

A moment later she dashed in saying, It's the President, he wants to talk to you." Tell him Im not in, snapped Steve. The girl departed but was back in another moment. The President says he wants to talk to you, she said, and for you to drop whatever you are doing and to get on the phone. Scowling, Steve picked up the receiver, said grumpily, Yes." Roosevelts Next Speech FDR. will make what promises to be his most important economic speech of the year on May 22 at a convention of the American Retail Federation.

Behind that date Is this: Roosevelt declined an Invitation from the United States Qhamber of Commerce and expects that organization, as usual, to start throwing brickbats at his fiscal and spending policies. The Chamber of Commerce crowd is plenty sore that the President refused to address them. Roosevelt decided to make his big speech before the retailers largely because the federation has a progressive and forward-looking record. It backed social security and other New Deal legislation, and. of course, is mainly interested In promoting consumer purchasing power.

Tommy Corcoran and Harry Hopkins secretly investigated the federation and recommended that the chief accept the invitation. As a result, Roosevelt phoned Louis E. Kirsteln, who as an official of Filenes of Boston is the boss of son John Roosevelt, also chairman of the federation's board, that he would accept. That was about 3 p. m.

on April 14, and by 4:30, when the word got around. Sears Roebucks General Robert Wood, who is adviser to Harry Hopkins, and Senator O'Mahoncy also accepted invitations. G. O. P.

House Leader Joe Martin also will speak, on Problems That Persist. It will be one of his rare outside speeches. Hopkins will speak if his health permits. The American Retail Federation is made up of 200,000 retailers, and this will be its first convention. Theme of the meeting will be the relationship of the retailer to national policy.

In his speech, Roosevelt expects to reveal his current attitude toward business. Mysterious Corcoran In arranging for Roosevelt's speech before the American Retail Federation. Tom Corcoran phoned one of its officials and told him to come over and discuss the plans in advance. Tommy went into a long explanation of how to locate him at the RFC Building. I'll be in room number 1017, he said, the name Of 'Mr.

Talley, Assistant to Directors Special Assistant will be on the door. Bang your fist on the door several times and wait a minute until I say, Go to hell. Then knock louder three more times and I'll let you in. This system was carried out and it worked. Telephone Diplomacy One stock which should not suffer from the war scare is A.

T. and T. For the telephone company is profiting from modern streamlined diplomacy. Roosevelt confers with his European ambassadors two and three times a day, while the State Department telephones constantly to Europe and South America. Mexican Ambassador Castillo Najera called Mexico City several times a day during the recent oil controversy discussions.

The rate, $13.50 for three minutes. When Brazilian Foreign Minister Aranha was here last month, he conferred with Stale Department officials in the morning, then called President Vargas in Rio to report at length. The rate, $21 for three minutes. Argentine Ambassador Espil phones his foreign office in Buenos Aires frequently, at the same rate. Diplomatic and government officials pay the same rate as any subscriber, less the Federal tax.

(Copyright, 1939 The Wagner-Rogers Immigration Bill By Dorothy Thompson The world situation. Senator Robert F. Wagner and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers are responsible for the' introduction into Congress of one of the most intelligent pieces of immigration legislation ever framed in this country. Our previous legislation has been only vaguely selective. Our quotas are- established by a mathematical compulation.

But this bill would admit to the United States immigrants of an age group which is precisely the one for which there is a definite need, and the organizations supporting it are prepared to take care of every one of the immigrants, so that nothing will be left to chance. It is, therefore, the first planned immigration which we have ever had and the revolutionary crisis in the world is responsible for it. Bills Provisions The bill would permit a maximum of twenty thousand children refugees under the age of fourteen to enter this country over two years time and outside the quota, provided that the child welfare agencies which are organized in every state of this Union are prepared to find a home for each individual child. The little immigrants would be selected by the American Friends Service Committee, the organization of the Quakers, whose humanity coupled with hard common sense has given them an amazing prestige in every country in the world. The child welfare agencies, who have already raised a revolving fund of a quarter of a million dollars, have no doubt on the basis of surveys already made that they can place these children with foster able to care for them and educate them until they can earn a living.

The refugee problem is a world problem and the United States realized months ago that something constructive must be done about it in an intergovernmental fashion if it wag not to add increasingly to world chaos. That was why the United States government initiated the Evian Conference, which Jed to the setting up of a permanent intergovernmental committee. We are dealing with one of the greatest mass migrations in history and a migration caused not by economic depression nor by natural catastrophes but by artificial political measures. The Wagner-Rogers bill is a very small contribution to a solution of a tiny segment of this problem which is now being dealt with by the British, French, Scandinavian and Dutch government as well as by our own. But it is a contribution which makes a great deal of sense, both from the humanitarian and from the practical viewpoint.

For years the vital statisticians of this country have been pointing out that the falling birth rate is a cause for conern. This nation, occupying the better part of a whole continent, and containing only a hundred find thirty million people, is rapidly ceasing to have an expanding population, will soon have a stable one, and after that may be expected to decline unless there is fresh immigration. Average Age Higher The average age of the population is increasing, and under the new old-age pension legislation a large burden will have to be borne by the young. It is also a very great question whether this halt in the expansion of the population is not responsible for many of our economic ills since the number of people newly requiring the essentials of life is diminishing. Children under fourteen, therefore, fall into the age group which is most desirable for immigation, according to the vital statistic.

And coming to this country at an impressionable age to be taken immediately into American families, the assimilation which usually takes two or three generations will be accomplished in one. Furthermore, the children available come from a much better background than much of our previous immigration. In the past the citizenship of this country has been augmented by people who were unable to earn a living in their own homelands. The families of these children have had enough health, competence and general ability to support themselves, and are would-be immigrants wholly because of political conditions artificially imposed. Many of these children have been orphaned of half-orphaned by the German revolution.

Others have devoted parents who are willing to give up their children to foster parents in a distant country only because those children have no chance to grow up to be normal human beings where they are. The testimony on this point at the hearing now going on in Washington from people who have been in Germany and former Austria is impressive and unanswerable. Not All Jewish Contrary to popular opinion, these children are by no means all Jewish. If the bill passes, it is the intention of the committee to select children from various racial and religi-gious categories so as to get a balanced ratio and to select them all with a particular view to their health and intelligence. There are Catholic children, Protestant children, Jewish children and others officially classified under the German Nuremberg laws as non-Aryan, although they may be only a quarter Jewish and have been brought up as Christiana for generations.

The Austrian children, and particularly the Viennese children, are the products of one of the best systems of education which I have ever been familiar with. Since they are to be placed in American homes, the American Friends Service Committee which will make the selection will be forced to pay special attention to the kind of human material they are taking. And because the whole project is planned from start to finish, the children can be placed in the most desirable areas from a population viewpoint. They will be scattered through all the states. That they will find homes is I think unquestionable, in view of the fact that there are in this country at any moment far more homes desirous1 of taking children than there are children to fill the demand, This fact will be vouched for by any of the adoption agencies.

Also, the experience of the child welfare agencies in placing American children from Institutions or disrupted families In foster homes has been highly encouraging. The home is carefully selected In the first place, and the child is followed up for five years. In 98 per cent of cases the adjustment between the child and the family is completed satisfactorily; and those children start out by being social cases and present certainly as many, if not more, problems than will these Immigrant children who are perfectly normal and have been brought up in a perfectly normal environment as far as their own homes are concerned. The abnormality Is in the political and social environment. I see no conceivable reason, even from the most hard-boiled standpoint, why this bill should not be passed.

Hundreds of social agencies are guaranteeing that these children will grow up in normal condition and not be public charges. (Copyright, 1939) Chamberlains Latest Move Puzzles World Contradictory Course Of Premier Marked By Nazi Envoy Return By Milton Bronner LONDON Britains sudden and unexpected decision to send its ambassador back to Berlin, whence he was dramatically called home after Hitler's lightning seizure of Czechoslovakia, only throws another spotlight on the tortuous, often contradictory role Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has played on the stage of recent European diplomacy. Last fall he scrapped Europe's system of common security via mutual assistance pacts in favor of "appeasement of the dictators. Then he scrapped appeasement" in favor of a "Stop-Hitler movement Now he has apparently resurrected appeasement, the first step being the return of Britains ambassador to Germany. History alone will decide whether by doing all this, Chamberlain has been a clear-sighted, super-wise statesman or, as his critics declare, a doddering, frightened old Tory.

In America many think he ought to give way to a younger, braver and more vigorous man. They think he should never have gone to Munich last September to palaver with Hitler and Mussolini. Or, if he went, that he should have talked turkey to the dictators even at the very grave risk of war. They think he rather went hat in hand a new pose for a representative of the hitherto proud British lion. They believe he is so weak that things have gone from bad to worse in Europe since last fall.

They are convinced that all the dictators have a good snicker every time his name is mentioned. Iron Backbone The other day this writer discussed this subject with a very famous foreigner, who knows Chamberlain well, has had many occasions to probe his mind and to see him in action. His considered, objective picture of him was: That man has as much good Iron backbone as the whola plucky British public put together. Now that Is a different portrait than the one the cartoonists draw of the old umbrella man. The way my informant saw It was: His position and actions are very much like those of your President Wilson.

What be meant Is pretty obvious. although Chamberlain and Wilson came from very different backgrounds. Confronted with the war fn Europe, Wilson tried to keep out of it. When American ships wers sunk, he wrote notes to Germany, to the disgust of many patriots. Words he spoke were torn out of their context and his famous too proud to fight made many people at home and abroad say he was a coward.

But Wilson knew his countrymen. They were not ready to send their sons to battle In Europe. When that memorable April day in 1917 chine and when Wilson said at last that patience and fore-bearance were at an end and the country must fight Germany, he had the whole United States back of him. The feeling was that when this patient man said so, it must be so. Loathes War Chamberain is confronted with a menacing situation in Europe.

Like Wilson he loathes the very idea of a horrible destructive world war. Just as Wilson wrote notes to Germany, Chamberlain conveyed oral notes by journeying to Godes-burg and Munich to talk to Hitler. Moreover he knew Britain was not in a mood to fight for the Czechs and also that It Was not prepared to fight. It would have been like Chamberlain himself tackling Joe Louis. Chamberlain saved the peace then.

He has gone on trying to save the peace. He has won the trust of his people just as Wilson did. The result was that when he announced England would defend Poland, if it were attacked, ail Britain applauded, If he has to take Britain into the dreadful ordeal of war, he will have the whole nation at his back irrespective of parties just as Wilson had. Thq British like him because he is safe and sane and sound. They know he will do all he can to keep the country out of war.

They also feel that if war comes, he will do all that is possible to win that war. Mind Your Manners TiSr YOUR knowledge of correct social usage by answering the following Questions, then checking against the autborUa-tiuc answers below; 1. When you eat in a restaurant, should you wipe the silver on your napkin before using it? 2. When you have finished eating should you push back your plate? 3. Should one drink when there is food in his mouth? 4.

Is it now considered good manners to dunk? 5. If it i necessary to use your handkerchief at the table, should you apologize? What would you do if You are served bacon at break-fast (a) Eat it with a fork? (b) Pick it up with you fingers? Answers 1. No. 2. No.

3. No. 4. No. 5.

No. It is better not to call tten.ion to it. Best What Would You Do?" solution (a). (Copyright, 1939) The Aldermen Speak The Aldermen have spoken. The vital questions of whether Burlington is to have 101 new model dwelling units and whether the city is to undergo a comprehensive mop-up of its slum houses will be set before the people in a special elec- tion on May 12.

The Aldermen might have decided this issue entirely on their own responsibility but they concluded, sagely enough, that since the housing and slum clearance projects would be the publics own twin babies it is manifestly up to the public to say the word about them. The Board's action in approving an election of such importance to the city is a graphic reminder of the vagaries of fate which seem to characterize most vital civic projects. At one point, it seemed, all was lost. The 1939 reconsidering Legislature" tossed the Enabling Act on the floor and danced on it. Then certain Burlingtonians got busy.

The reconsidering Legislature reconsidered and the measure was saved. The issue at stake in the forthcoming election is not one to be decided on high moral grounds. It is too easy to take the position that "of course there should be a slum clean-up; assuredly we must have new dwelling units. Property owners whose buildings would be affected will have a great deal to say about the practical workings of such a measure, and their words must be carefully heeded. Linked generally to the "mop-up," of course, is the housing project.

This would carry a $489,000 Federal grant, and would Involve the public in no direct expense. The buildings, however, would be tax exempt for 60 years, and the city fathers may be pardoned for dropping a few salt tears over the prospect of gaining no revenue from them for more than half a But this and other factors are now up to the public. The Aldermen have spoken. Now their ears ara cocked for the answer of their constituency. Getting I Jp Steam Given a bare breathing-space between European crises, American business seems in a fair way to get on Its feet Report for the first quarter show definitely that money is being made, business volume is better than in 1938.

Here are a flock of first-quarter business reports noted more or less at random from the pages of financial journals ond corporation report: Retail sales of new cars and trucks in the first 10 days of April are 46 per cent ahead of the same period of 1938 the first quarter is 58 per cent ahead, A big tractor company reports $100,000 more profit for the first quarter of 1939 than in 1938. A nation-wide building-supply house made $125,000 in the first quarter against a loss of a quarter-million in 1938 the first four railroads to report indicate a big improvement in traffic in' March as compared to January and February aUto tire companies unanimously report mbre sales than last year, and one big one which took a whacking loss in 1938 is out of the red for the first quarter of 1939 the biggest electrical equipment firm reports orders five per cent over 1938, and made correspondingly more money. 1 Air line travel is 25 per cent above that of 1938s first quarter. In fact, the aggregate profits of the first 66 industrial companies reporting for the first quarter of 1939 show combined net income of $41,799,456 as compared with in 1938, an advance of almost 40 per cent The motor industry led the way up out of the depression of 1933; today it leads again, and wails only for followers. American Telephone, for instance, has said it will spend $320,000,000 on new plant.

The Class 1 railroads have this year put in service almost 1000 more new freight cars than last year. Gradually the thought is dawning in the United States; the European crisis is a chronic crisis. You might almost say that Europe is now governed by crises. The whole world cant simply sit back and hold Us breath just because Europe is having a crisis. Life has to go on, and business has to go on, crisis or no crisis.

American business is, we believe, gradually realizing this, and is preparing to dig in and scratch once again. Nobody any longer expects a phenomenal boom this year. But every sign now points to a gradual up-grade that will mark substantial progress beyond the late but not much lamented 1938. Hove a Smoke? Yes, whether you like it or not, is the most probable answer. Most cities provide an automatic answer.

The average city-dweller is smoked like a herring whether or not he personally is devoted to Lady Nicotine. A great many cities never get around to doing anything about it. Cleveland is one that ia trying. Already, though a eurvey is book to support the claim It encourages social drinking, we readily agree that it has no place in Vermont's public schools. At the same time it doesn't appear to be much of a menace for, we understand, the schools have not generally used it.

Alcohol in Moderation and Excess, a thin volume published in Virginia and sold to the number of 3,000 copies to the state liquor board, will never affect many school children one way or the other. Any who peruse it beyond page 2 will be prodigies. In the first place, it is written in a vocabulary far over the heads of grammar school children. Probably it Is too technical for high school students even and the rank and file of college students certainly would need to read it with a dictionary. Ill the second place, it is so crammed with errors in spelling and grammar that it is not a fit example of English writing to put before anyone.

As for its alleged encouragement of drinking, the passage most favorable to alcohol that we can find and it is almost the only passage at all favorable is the following: Alcohol produces a feeling of euphoria, a sense of relief from fatigue and' the cares of life, an increase in self-appreciation and self-satisfaction, a feeling of increased physical and mental ability, a relief from restraint. These effects may occasionally be of distinct advantage in these modern days of high powered stress and strain. AnyT substance which offers such actions is a potential habit former, and so is the case with alcohol. While normal Individuals might, upon repeated use of alcohol in excess, develop the habit, most of the habiteus, (sic) it is felt, are recruited from the ranks of those with an Unstable nervous makeup who frequently find in alcohol a surcease from their unhappy state. This book sets forth that alcohol used in moderation, meaning occasional consumption of one ounce of spirits such as whisky or one bottle of beer, does no harm, mental or physical, to the average person This is reasonable and if nobody ever drank any more, liquor wouldn't be much of a problem.

Renewing1 Forests 'St. Albans Messenger Tlie state forest service reports that orders for trees for reforesting are being received daily and in increasing numbers at the nursery. The aggregate quantity of trees already ordered and awaiting proper weather for shipment is 450.000. The species include red pine, white pine, Scotch pine, and white spruce. This would appear to indicate an increasing interest In and appreciation of the practical beneflls of reforestation, which the state service has been promoting and, encouraging for several years.

It is possible, too, that the destructive effect of last fall's hurricane in forest and timber areas may have stirred many communities and individuals to a realization that depleted woodlands must be replanted and destroyed trees replaced as an economic necessity. At any reforestation has been actively pursued, during the past few years. It is significant that several municipalities are extensively engaged in the effort to renew our forests, as well as individual land owners, among the communities planning plantings this season being Marshfield. Bennington, Hardwick, and Stowe. With Arbor day coming soon there is offered a very appropriate time to undertake reforestry, and the forest service reports that It has ample quantities available of the varieties mentioned above.

ciated Farmers. It was no surprise, therefore, when the Department of Justice recently issued the following statement: Hundreds of complaints have been received at the Department of Justice regarding the alleged Illegal activities of the- Associated Farmers, an organization operating in several states on the West Coast. "In view of this fact Bates Booth, special assistant to the attorney general, assigned to the Civil Liberties Unit of the criminal division, has been directed to proceed to the West Coast to make appropriate Inquires so that the department may better determine what policy should be pursued in the matter." Booth's investigation may take several weeks, and his report to the department probably will not be submitted until some time next month. (Copyright, 1939) Roughage Diet Recommended For Constipation By Dr. Morris Fishbein Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association, and of Hygcia, the Health Magazine As we grow older, in many Instances, the bowels fail to act with the stimulation of ordinary food.

There is a tendency to require large amounts of rough bulky food with a considerable content of indigestible residue in order to secure regular action of the bowel. If there is present any chronic inflammation of the tissues, a diet with roughage is forbidden since this will tend to make the inflammation worse. Frequently it Is desirable to take lubricant material, such as mineral oil, along with the bulky material to make the mass pass more easily along the intestinal tract. Recent years have seen the development of foods containing large amounts of bran especially designed for this purpose. Many people, however, dislike to eat bran as such.

Because bran is given primarily on account of the Indigestible residue, it is possible to obtain similar effects by varying the diet. For this purpose Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and turnips are especially recommended. Fruits, raw, and slewed, are useful. The breads and cereals chosen for such a diet Include muffins made of bran, whole wheat bread, the whole grain cereals, and ginger bread. The diets are also supplemented with butter, buttermilk, cream, and acidophilous milk for those who prefer such materials.

Cheese is not included diets of this type because its effect is of a different character. It is customary to aid the development of bulk by gas-forming sugars, particularly milk sugar and molasses. Sugars can also be derived from honey. The person who Is taking a diet with a considerable amount of bulk should also have plenty of water because dryness will make the material much more irritating. Thus it is apparent that there are many ways of modifying the diet to increase its bulk and to overcome the type of constipation due to lack of bulk or roughage in the diet.

By careful trial everyone can determine for himself the materials most useful to him. By Bruce Catton (Dally News Washington Correspondent) WASHINGTON The Associated Farmers of California may be the instrument for extending the La-Follette Civil Liberties Committee and enabling it to investigate the Associated Farmers. The committees Investigations had been expected to close this soring for lack of funds. A formal move to provide the committee $109,000 additional has been made by Senators Schwellen-bach and Downey, and is due for a showdown before this session ends. The partially-completed investigation of the Associated Farmers by the committee, already a famous case, may lead to continuation of the committee beyond its expected time.

The National Grange, the C. I. the A. F. of L.

and the Associated Farmers itself are backing the demand that the investigation be completed. When it was revealed here a few v'eeks ago that such an investigation was partly completed, the Associated Farmers sent to both California Senators a request that they be given a chanre to be heard. This request is presented by Schwellenbach and Downey as one reason for extending the committees life. Thus if the committee is extended and the Associated Farmers is thoroughly investigated, the organization will itself be partly responsible. Plugging For Continuance Neither Senator LaFollette nor Senator Thomas, who have borne the brunt of the committee's work for three years, has felt free to ask additional funds or extension tor the committee, because when a deficiency appropriation was voted last year to enable It to complete certain unfinished work, it had been tacitly understood that the committee would go out of existence this spring.

Now others, including the proposed investigatee itself, are carrying the ball for extension. Right now the resolution Is In custody of the Senate committee on audit and control. Whether it is favorably reported will probably depend largely on the vigor with which those who have demanded completion of the Association Farmers investigation press their case. If the A. F.

of L. and the C. I. for instance, make it clear that they arc vitally interested in the investigation, the resolution has an excellent chance of passage; if they dont it does not. Investigators for the LaFollette committee spent a good deal of time in California and compiled a good deal of material about the Associated Fanners activities in the field of agricultural labor.

The committee itself was unable to hold open hearings based upon this preliminary spade work because of lack of money. Uutil recently, it was expected that a digest of this preliminary material would be presented and that that would be the end of it. Now. however, there is the chance of a radical change which would return the committee to the fray equipped with ample funds. From Another Angle Meanwhile, the Associated Farmers is coming under scrutiny from an enitrely different angle.

When the subject of investigation of the organization was first broached it was pointed out that tre newly-constituted Civil Liberties Unit of the Department of Justice had been set up to inquire into precisely the kind of charges that have been made against the Asso And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of Cod. Luke 4:4. We know, and, what is better, we feel inwardly, that religion is the basis of civil society, ond the course of all good and of all comfort. Burke,.