anaheim-gazette 1932-06-09

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ESTABLISHED 1870 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR $2.00 SIX MONTHS $1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. DISCIPLINE IN CONGRESS In an interview with a New York Times correspondent, Speaker John Garner, of the National House of Representatives, in explaining the present theory used in governing the House, is quoted as stating that the days of the Speaker-czars are over, and as asking the question, "If the House is not permitted to work its will, what is there left of representative government?" In view of the pitiful plight which the House has found itself in on frequent occasions during the speakership of Mr. Garner it might be well to ask what is left of representative government, anyhow? Certainly with Mr. Garner having lost complete control of his majority on occasions, with the members of the House running wild, kicking holes through the legislative program and emasculating the constructive legislation brought before it, we have had anything but representative government. The theory of representative government is that the members of Congress and the Senate are delegates of the people, sent to Washington to express in legislation the will of the people. Yet we doubt whether even Mr. Garner would assert that the things which have gone on in Congress during the past few weeks because of a lack of majority leadership, have expressed the will of the people or had anything to do with representative government. What seems to be overlooked is the fact that in the United States popular government is expressed through political parties, and when a party has a working majority in Congress it has a responsibility for carrying out the will of people as entrusted to it through the elections. In order that the will of the people The theory of representative government is that the members of Congress and the Senate are delegates of the people, sent to Washington to express in legislation the will of the people. Yet we doubt whether even Mr. Garner would assert that the things which have gone on in Congress during the past few weeks because of a lack of majority leadership, have expressed the will of the people or had anything to do with representative government. What seems to be overlooked is the fact that in the United States popular government is expressed through political parties, and when a party has a working majority in Congress it has a responsibility for carrying out the will of people as entrusted to it through the elections. In order that the will of the people be thus expressed there must be some party discipline and party organization in Congress. This can only be brought about through strong leadership, call it czardom or what you please. In running wild because of lack of firm direction Congress is not expressing the will of the people nor is it exemplifying the principles of representative government. During the past several administrations when the Republicans had a working majority in the House and during the Wilson administration, when the Democrats had a House majority, there was no running amuck. There was strong, heady leaderships and things were accomplished. It is barely possible that a little czardom on the part of Mr. Garner at this time would add to rather than detract from the possibilities of representative government. It is not merely a question of meaning well, of intending to do the right thing. What is needed is getting the right thing done, and that usually takes discipline and efficient organization. STAY ON THE JOB, CONGRESS Somebody whose familiarity with figures is on a larger scale than ours has estimated that the uncertainty as to what Congress is going to do about taxes and economics is costing the people of the United States a hundred million dollars a day. It isn’t costing us, personally, that much, but we would feel relieved, as everybody else would, if we could get something definite out of Washington as a guide whereby to chart our business course for the future. Any decision is better than no decision. The nation has been kept in suspense too long already. We know of some and hear of many more industries and business enterprises which are merely marking time until they find out what the tax bill is going to be like. If it puts on one kind of a tax, they will have to do business this way; if it is another sort of tax, then they’ll have to do it another way. Meantime, it is only the part of prudence for business men so situated to sit tight and do nothing, rather than take a chance of doing the wrong thing. We hear that the bankers are complaining that there is not enough demand for business loans for productive enterprises to enable them to lend out safely the money they are holding. We are afraid there won’t be much of a demand until business knows where it is at with respect of taxes. Our observation is that Congress is showing a pretty good spirit, considering that this is a presidential year and most of the members are usually concerned more with the elections than they are with the public welfare. Many of them, in both houses, actually seem to be trying to represent the people who sent them to Washington. This is refreshing and hopeful, and we think the good work ought not to be interrupted by an adjournment merely to take in the Presidential conventions. Among the men was the late C. W. Street Journal. One day in Boston he was sick in New York before he died. I hurred home I reached his hotel given up all idea of he was telephoning and having a glorious He had been ever, so that the session. When his secrecy we talked about D.C. He told me two a man who accumulated house on Fifth A window-sill, and said joy myself.” But which has been woken and, being sudden After only a few m The second story a noted surgeon. capital for a slight increase in anesthetic was not understand it. He discovered that tion was decided up for the worst. Shaw away her jewels, anderty. The surgeon said I shall never operate parations the patient cares so little about makes all preparations surgeon can have th Barron said that age and faith meet long they will live. I believe that want to live; that heart stops. Monk love of study is all eternal in us; all able machine which and more into decay. None of us can but there are many many places I want the old heart and k so, I trust, will you enough demand for business loans for productive enterprises to enable them to lend out safely the money they are holding. We are afraid there won't be much of a demand until business knows where it is at with respect of taxes. Our observation is that Congress is showing a pretty good spirit, considering that this is a presidential year and most of the members are usually concerned more with the elections than they are with the public welfare. Many of them, in both houses, actually seem to be trying to represent the people who sent them to Washington. This is refreshing and hopeful, and we think the good work ought not to be interrupted by an adjournment merely to take in the Presidential conventions. We want Congress to finish its work at one sitting, without taking time out for play. If it can't get a constructive program completed before the conventions, let it stick in Washington until it can. We are tired of losing our share of that hundred millions a day that delay is costing us, and we think we are speaking for everybody in our part of the country in saying that it will do more harm than good to his chances for reelection for any member of either house to do anything more to drag the session out into the Summer. Folks are getting peevish and there's no telling what they might do if things don't come to a head pretty soon. OUR COMPLIMENTS TO AMELIA There have been some flying "stunts" since Col. Lindbergh make his great solo flight to Paris just five years ago, which looked to non-flyers like sheer foolhardiness. Lots of people who hadn't taken the pains to really master the art of flying have taken their lives in their hands, and many have lost them, seeking for glory to which they were not entitled. Amelia Earhart Putnam, the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic, knew exactly what she was about. It is not for nothing that the English have nicknamed her "Lady Lindy." She has the same cool-headed judgment that Col. Lindbergh has, and went through a course of training in practical flying almost as strenuous as he did, before starting out on her dangerous flight. She had everything but the Lindbergh luck. Instead of behaving as it should, her engine began to make trouble when she was only four hours out. We liked her remark that she flew low after that because she would rather be drowned than burned to death. Instead of fair weather and a following wind, she ran into storms and a wind that blew her off her course so far that it was only luck that she didn't miss Ireland entirely. Amelia Putnam' success will doubtless start many other young women to take up flying. That is all to the good. Fifty years from now the young man or the young woman who doesn't know how to fly will be as rare as the one today who doesn't know how to drive a car. ANAHEIM GAZETTE Jimmy's an Olympic Hope Jimmy Owen, 17, high school sprinter of Maplewood, Mo., made a new national interscholastic record for the 100-yard dash by covering the distance in 9 7-10 seconds. His stride, left foot to left foot, is 18 feet. THE WAY OF LIFE By BRUCE BARTON WHY MEN DIE Among the men whose friendship I enjoyed was the late C. W. Barron, owner of the Wall Street Journal. One day in Boston I received a message that he was sick in New York and wished to see me before he died. I hurred home by the fastest train, but when THE FAMILY DOCTOR By JOHN JOSEPH GAINES, M. D. FROM THE WORK BENCH A stout lady came in complaining of hemorrhoids. She weighed 190, which was not bad, considering she was five feet ten in height. Age, 52. Blood pressure, 135-70. Past health record good, except a very distressing constipation. Here was a case of "lazy colon" to begin with. I removed the offenders from the rectum; WHY MEN DIE Among the men whose friendship I enjoyed was the late C. W. Barron, owner of the Wall Street Journal. One day in Boston I received a message that he was sick in New York and wished to see me before he died. I hurred home by the fastest train, but when I reached his hotel I discovered that he had given up all idea of dying. He was in bed, but he was telephoning, dictating, receiving visitors, and having a glorious time. He had been close enough to eternity, however, so that the experience left a deep impression. When his secretary went out of the room, we talked about Death. He told me two stories. The first was about a man who accumulated a large fortune, built a house on Fifth Avenue, put his feet on the window-sill, and said: "Now, I am going to enjoy myself." But he was like a watch spring which has been wound up tight for a long time, and, being suddenly released, snaps in pieces. After only a few months of idleness he died. The second story had been told to Barron by a noted surgeon. A woman, taken to the hospital for a slight operation, died almost before the anesthetic was applied. The surgeon could not understand it. On looking into her history, he discovered that from the minute the operation was decided upon she had begun to prepare for the worst. She had made her will, given away her jewels, and divided her personal property. The surgeon said: "That taught me a lesson, I shall never operate until I find out what preparations the patient has made. If any person cares so little about holding on to life that he makes all preparations to let go, then some other surgeon can have the job." Barron said that by the degree of their courage and faith men themselves determine how long they will live. I believe that is true—that those live who want to live; that when interest ceases, the heart stops. Montesquieu remarked that "the love of study is almost the sole passion that is eternal in us; all the others fail as this miserable machine which sustains them falls more and more into decay." None of us can escape the process of decay, but there are many things I want to learn, so many places I want to see, that I hope to fool the old heart and kidneys for quite a while. And so, I trust, will you. An oil portrait of former President Coolidge is to be hung in the White House. Needless to love of study is almost the sole passion that is eternal in us; all the others fail as this miserable machine which sustains them falls more and more into decay." None of us can escape the process of decay, but there are many things I want to learn, so many places I want to see, that I hope to fool the old heart and kidneys for quite a while. And so, I trust, will you. An oil portrait of former President Coolidge is to be hung in the White House. Needless to say the artist would not try to make a speaking likeness. It is our opinion that the Pulitzer prize this year ought to go to the man who doesn’t have a program for ending the depression. Somehow or other those attacks of Speaker John Garner on President Hoover sound more like cough drops than verbal bombshells. It costs the country $2,490 for every hour that the Senate is in session, which indicates that Hooey Long may turn out to be the most expensive luxury the country has had in a long time. YA WANTA HELP ME PAINT OUR FENCE BUD? SURE - WHAT COLOR YA GONNA PAINT IT? RED WHY DONT YA PAINT IT BLUE? CAUSE MY DAD SAYS ALMOST EVERYTHING THESE DAYS IS IN THE RED OBSERVATIONS AS PLAIN AS TWO AND TWO MAKE FOUR Here is one of the main disturbing factors in the economic world: The purchasing power of the American dollar is inflated. And the price of commodities is deflated. For instance, four years ago, the producer of essentials sold a certain amount of the necessities of life for a dollar. Today, to get that dollar, owing to the deflation, he would have to produce three times that amount. And likewise the dollar four years ago bought a certain amount of those commodities. Today, that same dollar buys three times the amount. The remedy for this is to get more money into circulation; and likewise curtail production—stop overproduction. Here would be a good time to stabilize silver and get more dollars circulating. The hoarding of money causes a shortage of the circulating medium. That in turn inflates the dollar. For sake of argument, you borrowed one thousand dollars from a bank four years ago. Today it is three times harder to borrow that one thousand dollars. Four years ago the producer raised commodities that he sold for one thousand dollars. Today he has to raise three times that amount to get that thousand dollars. TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH The trouble with congress is there are too many men there pulling in opposite directions. Some of the boys are some pumpkins in their old home towns, but when they get up in front they flounder around and don't amount to much. The big shots try to rule the roost, but there are too many strings to the bow and when all try to play them it creates an awful discord, and gives the folks back home a headache. And then those lobbyists! Oh, goodness gracious! They ought to be run off the lot. SLAPPED ON WRIST (NAUGHTY) The senator who said harsh things about the president and who created quite a furor, has had all his postoffices taken away from him. TOPSY TURVEY Two sisters in the amusement sector, once famous, now declare they are flat broke and have gone into voluntary bankruptcy. (Sad story). SLAPPED ON WRIST (NAUGHTY) The senator who said harsh things about the president and who created quite a furor, has had all his postoffices taken away from him. TOPSY TURVEY Two sisters in the amusement sector, once famous, now declare they are flat broke and have gone into voluntary bankruptcy. (Sad story). BOUNCE ME AROUND, BABY Two strange young women, in hitch-hike regalia, went into a cafe and asked the head waiter to cash a $17.50 check. Said the waiter: "Why pick on me, I am a hard working man with a wife and four kids." LOAD AROUND THEIR NECKS Some folks say if the German government has to pay those war debts, it would be an awful weight for the future generations to carry. But listen, who started that shindy. THE TRESPASSER A bozo goes up to a well known man about town and asks for a small allotment of change to eat on. Said the man: "Say, get on the other side of the street — I'm working this side." H-M-M! H-M-M! SAY, THAT'S GOOD STUFF When you buy a wine brick you are cautioned not to allow it to remain in water after five days—because it would then be wine. (In retrospect—you know, after buying the brick it was put in a jug of water and it was forgotten until a month had passed). EVERYTHING IS LOVELY AND THE GOOSE HANGS HIGH Some of the new members in the House let fly a lot of harsh things and inuendo and found fault like the dickens; but when the big shots choosed up sides the debt holiday was approved and then all hands and the cook went home to meet Santa Claus and the wife. STARTED SOMETHING BUT DIDN'T FINISH THE JOB Some of the boys in the House kicked up an awful mess about that moratorium; but it seems they ran out of gas. CAN'T MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR: If a feller owes you a hundred bucks and is flat broke, what would you do or go into the red ink and wait. WHO SAID THERE ISN'T A SANTA In another county there awhile ago a wealthy man, who was acquitted by a jury, gave them a swell party. Well, of all things! If that gets to be a habit the D. A. might as well punch the clock and call it a day. NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T It is said a comedian in the amusement sector went into voluntary bankruptcy there awhile back, and just the other day it was said in the paper that he just signed up a new contract for $10,000 a week. WHO SAID THERE ISN'T A SANTA In another county there awhile ago a wealthy man, who was acquitted by a jury, gave them a swell party. Well, of all things! If that gets to be a habit the D. A. might as well punch the clock and call it a day. NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T It is said a comedian in the amusement sector went into voluntary bankruptcy there awhile back, and just the other day it was said in the paper that he just signed up a new contract for $10,000 a week. TAKE ANOTHER HITCH IN YOUR BELTS, BOYS Just about when they were going to give 40,000,000 bushels of wheat to charity, a man in high hall legislation ups and says: "Nothing doing." It appears the board changed its mind, or something. SO LONG, FELLERS! After three weeks of watchful waiting about the most important thing accomplished by the high-up solons was to refuse to cut down the Christmas recess. YOU SAID IT Say, who is ipse dixit? Well, now, you know he is a full cousin to Citizen Fixit. Come on, fellers, lets get through with this thing while the iron is hot. AHEM! YOU SEE, IT'S JUST LIKE THIS. (AHEM!) When an international banker was testifying before a senate committee, he remarked, modestly, that, he believed, regarding those war payments, private debts should be paid first. SAY. THIS GAL WOULD BE A BEAR AT A NECKING PARTY Back in an eastern city when the agents raided a booze joint the wife of the man accused, rared around something fierce; she bit one of the cops on the nose and another on the leg and was reaching for an ear when she was subdued. LOCKING STABLE AFTER HORSE IS GONE A senator introduced a resolution in Congress demanding inquiry into the causes of the depression and particularly what caused that big stock crash in 1929. HEY, YOU, MISTER, SNAP OUT OF IT Down Oklahoma way a school teacher was awarded a judgment of $1200 against the school superintendent, for libel, when he criticized the teacher because she wore pajamas in her front yard and drank soda pop at the corner drugstore.