anaheim-gazette 1932-06-23

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. PENSIONS Out of all of the discussion of veterans' relief and bonus proposals some interesting and useful facts have emerged. They are worthy, it seems to us, of serious study. Take, for example, the fact that in the great war the United States had less than four and a half million men mobilized on both sides of the Atlantic and had a casualty list of only 360,300 killed and wounded, but in this year's veterans' relief bill we have appropriated $1,072,064,527. That is 26.1 percent of our total national expenditures for the year. Now contrast those figures with those of the other nations that had many times our number of men mobilized and proportionately much larger casualty lists. Germany had 13,000,000 men under arms, France 8,410,000, Great Britain 6,600,000 and Italy 5,615,000. Out of those 33,-625,000 men the casualty lists of those four nations, dead and wounded amounted to 16,331,862, or almost 50 percent. Those were the people who were hardest hit by the war, and they might be expected to be carrying a far heavier burden in the way of relief for the injured and support of the families of the killed, than we, with our comparatively trifling percentage of casualties. But on the contrary, the total amount provided for pensions by all four of those nations combined is smaller than ours alone, only $830,077,360. Veterans' relief constitutes only 5.8 percent of British expenditures and only 17.5 percent of the French budget. We have been advised of the activities of the National Economy League, whose slogan is "millions for the war disabled and Those were the people who were hardest hit by the war, and they might be expected to be carrying a far heavier burden in the way of relief for the injured and support of the families of the killed, than we, with our comparatively trifling percentage of casualties. But on the contrary, the total amount provided for pensions by all four of those nations combined is smaller than ours alone, only $830,077,360. Veterans' relief constitutes only 5.8 percent of British expeditures and only 17.5 percent of the French budget. We have been advised of the activities of the National Economy League, whose slogan is "millions for the war disabled and not one cent for political pensions." Archibald B. Roosevelt is secretary of the National Economy League. Mr. Roosevelt was one of the four sons of Theodore Roosevelt who served in the World War. One of his brothers was killed and he himself is a war casualty. When he, representing a group of veterans and other citizens, presents a petition to the President and Congress for elimination of expenditures for war veterans who are not in fact suffering from disabilities incurred in service, and estimates that that would save the taxpayers of the United states $450,000,000 a year, at least what he says is entitled to a respectful hearing. We do not think that any necessary relief should be denied to any former soldier, sailor or marine who was actually disabled as a result of his war service. We do believe it is time to call a halt on paying out the peoples' money indiscriminately to able bodied men merely because they happened once to wear Uncle Sam's uniform. HUMAN NATURE DOESN'T CHANGE We hear a good many people remarking that the younger generation has no manners, that the boys and girls of today are rapidly sliding down to perdition and that things were so much better when these complaining individuals themselves were young. We seem to remember having heard old folks talk in a similar strain when we were young. We are strongly inclined to believe that the bad manners and worse morals of youth have always been a subject of complaint by their parents and grandparents from King Solomon's time, and perhaps farther back than that. Our belief is strengthened by recently seeing a letter written in 1795 by an English woman who said among other things: "Our manners become more licentious, our men are indifferent, our women bold and assuming. The pertness of fifteen is allowed to give her opinion on all subjects. She awes into silence her superlors and understanding, for who can wish to hold an argument with a flippant tongue? But a more serious consideration is the hideous undress of the present day, for to be perfectly fashionable is to be half naked." In the same letter elderly women were criticised for restoring to cosmetics in the effort to make themselves look younger. We have heard people around here talk about how disgusting it is for a woman old enough to be a grandmother to try to look like a flapper. Regardless of whether it is disgusting or not, our point is that it is nothing new. A hundred and thirty-seven years ago people were saying the same things. One thing is certain. That is, that each generation has to learn its own way about and find its own way of living. In other words, codes of manners and behavior generally are good only... In the same letter elderly women were criticised for restoring to cosmetics in the effort to make themselves look younger. We have heard people around here talk about how disgusting it is for a woman old enough to be a grandmother to try to look like a flapper. Regardless of whether it is disgusting or not, our point is that it is nothing new. A hundred and thirty-seven years ago people were saying the same things. One thing is certain. That is, that each generation has to learn its own way about and find its own way of living. In other words, codes of manners and behavior generally are good only for the generation that subscribes to them. And when we consider that half of the people of the United States are under twenty-six years old, it seems to us the young folks have about as much right to decide such things for themselves as the older ones have to prescribe for them. MONETARY INFLATION Political theories which seem hopelessly out of date in prosperous times have a way of coming back in the full vigor of youth when the troubles of prolonged depression come to vex people. For example: there is the question of monetary inflation. When things are going good and business is humming, the thought of inflation sends cold chills down the back of the average student of political economy. But when business is in what seems like a hopeless rut, and commodity prices are deflated, we begin to hear talk about inflation of the currency, and all sorts of schemes are offered from the printing of large amounts of fiat money to the free and unlimited coinage of silver at some artificial ratio, preferably sixteen to one. The present depression has raised up a new school of currency inflationists who tell us that unless something is done to stop the deadly deflation which now seems to be gripping the world there will be a real economic catrasrophe. Most of us will agree that deflation has gone beyond reasonable limits and ought to be stopped, but there will be serious disagreement with the theory that this can be done by some fanciful scheme of monetary inflation. Most of us will agree with the economists who believe that what is needed now to stabilize values is not monetary inflation, but a sane balancing of budgets, federal, state, and individual, a reduction of public expenditures, especially where these are unproductive, a dampener on extravagance, a sane easing of credit facilities—all of which will better serve to restore the public confidence so sadly needed than the adoption of an inflationary program which might get out of control and so eventually make the remedy far worse than the disease. Somebody is asking for a coal commission to help the coal industry. Didn’t they see what happened when the Farm Board started out to help the farmer? Use Typewriters in Regular School Work Through the Typewriter Educational Research Bureau of New York more than 2,000 typewriters were lent to fifty schools in twelve cities, and the result, described in a report by Dr. Ben D. Wood of Columbia University and Dr. Frank N. Freeman of the University of Chicago. "An Experimental Study of the Educational Influence of the Typewriter in the Elementary School Classroom, indicates that children take to the typewriter readily, that it speeds up school work and has no bad effect on penmanship. THE FAMILY DOCTOR BY JOHN JOSEPH GAINES, M. D. WHY PEOPLE LOSE CONFIDENCE Situated as I am, at a health resort, I meet folks from all over our land. I listen to their reasons for leaving the home physician, and find out why many employ quacks, just to get "stung." Many times I fear that is is our fault that quackery flourishes; WE DRIVE OUR PATRONS AWAY FROM US. Here are some reasons why the patient left the home doctor, as I take from my notes: "My home doctor didn't examine me as I thought he'd ought to." "My doctor told me there was nothing the matter with me but 'nerves.'" "He just wouldn't examine my kidneys—and I knew the seat of my trouble was there." "Doc didn't do nothin' for me but prescribe an' I got tired of that; didn't do me no good." "He just didn't seem to understand my case." "After the hard times set in I couldn't keep up my payments, and Doctor just seemed to lose interest." "My doctor ain't a liver doctor—and I know it's my liver." "O, I got to readin' about this doctor that don't operate; he described my case to a dot. I paid him $250 in advance, but I ain't no better yet; he says it will take a long time." These are typical answers. I wonder if we honest physicians ever stop to think that it may be OUR FAULT that we sometimes lose our patronage? The meanest patient that you have, Doctor, is entitled to the very best that is in you. If you give him that and he still is disloyal and disobedient, the quicker the quack gets him the better. Evidently President Von Hindenburg regards Adolf Hitler in the same light as a dose of castor oil. If you have to go through with it, it is better to take it at once and have it over THE WAY OF LIFE BY BRUCE BARTON SAVING FACE A friend was telling me Big Business China No man ever is discharged there, he said. If it becomes necessary to remove an employee the boss arranges to have a friend tip him off. The next morning the doomed man appears in the boss' office. "My uncle in the most remote province of the Chung River is very ill," he explains. "It is necessary that I should go to attend him." The boss assumes an expression of distress. "Why, to reach the Chung River and minister to your uncle and then return will require more than two years," he protests. "Nevertheless, I must go." "Noble fellow," says the boss, embracing him. "Do your duty, and though your journey keep you away for years, have no fear. Your place will be kept open for you." The next morning and every morning thereafter the two meet in the street, but there is no embarrassment, no sense of inferiority on the part of the ex-employee. Face has been saved. I remember one of the first men for whom I worked in New York, and one of the wisest I have ever known. He called me in one day and said: "I want you to think up some way by which X can be prompted to resign." I was astonished. "After he resigns," my boss continued, "I think I can help him to find a more congenial place. But he's no good where he is. "I always try to be very careful in these cases," he explained. "I don't want it written on my tombstone that I ever dealt a blow to a man's self-confidence." This employer was almost as wise as the Chinese. As our civilization and our business grow older we all shall learn some of the mature wisdom of those older people. They know there are things in life more important than efficiency and production and quotas and charts. They know that the human soul is more important, and that all the operations of life be OUR FAULT that we sometimes lose our patronage? The meanest patient that you have, Doctor, is entitled to the very best that is in you. If you give him that and he still is disloyal and disobedient, the quicker the quack gets him the better. Evidently President Von Hindenburg regards Adolf Hitler in the same light as a dose of castor oil. If you have to go through with it, it is better to take it at once and have it over with. The peaceful return to constitutional government has created more confidence in business circles of Argentina. I always try to be very careful in these cases," he explained. "I don't want it written on my tombstone that I ever dealt a blow to a man's self-confidence." This employer was almost as wise as the Chinese. As our civilization and our business grow older we all shall learn some of the mature wisdom of these older people. They know there are things in life more important than efficiency and production and quotas and charts. They know that the human soul is more important, and that all the operations of life should be conducted so as to increase its dignity and self respect. Said Mencius, the ancient Chinaman: "The people are of the highest importance; the gods come second; the sovereign is of lesser weight." OBSERVATIONS YUMPING YIMMINNY A guy came over from a neighboring town to help bring in the new year. He had it in for electric fans and busted up several of them. As the fans were above his head he had to jump up to catch them, which leads to the conclusion that the bootlegger sold him the squirrel brand of cheer. THREE STRIKES AND OUT A feller out for a joyous time hit three parked cars in a row while weaving up street in his flivver. The cop got him on the last lap and severely criticized him for playing billiards on the street. CAUSE AND EFFECT A man sent his wife to the doctor for advice. The doctor sent in a bill for $1000. The man went to his lawyer for advice as to whether or not he should pay the bill. The lawyer sent him a bill for $2000. GETTING DOWN TO BRASS TACKS Some of the economic experts incline to the notion that cutting down wages will cause people to get back to normalcy, or something like that. TWO SOULS WITH BUT A SINGLE THOUGHT A love sick swain and a blushing young lady hunted up a justice of the peace and announced their intention of getting married. After the brief ceremony the man ups and says, "owing to the depression you will kindly put this on the ice." Okay! The couple must have been madly in love. TO BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT Jack Dempsey several months ago started out to stage a comeback in the prize fighting sector. Some of the sport writers said he couldn't do it. Jack went out on a barnstorming tour and no time at all knocked out 102 men. Still the sport writers said it was out of the question—he could not come back. It seems some of the pencil pusher's guesses are about as certain as the weather predictions or a movie actor's marriage. TO BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT Jack Dempsey several months ago started out to stage a comeback in the prize fighting sector. Some of the sport writers said he couldn't do it. Jack went out on a barnstorming tour and no time at all knocked out 102 men. Still the sport writers said it was out of the question—he could not come back. It seems some of the pencil pusher's guesses are about as certain as the weather predictions or a movie actor's marriage. OCH, OH! Teacher—Why is a congressman's salary $833 1-3 a month? Pupil—I dunno, except to make the big boss do a lot of figuring; but why do they put the figure "8" in front? AND IF YOU NEVER COME BACK IT'LL BE SOON ENOUGH Nineteen thirty one sort of slipped out between two suns; but yet again nobody seemed to care, except the croakers. A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD SMELL JUST AS SWEET Whether giving that surplus wheat in the bulging bins is a hole or not, it will taste just as good to the hungry people who are surely in need of bread. (If the millers will grind it for them.) THE DRAG CLICKED When a well known actress, in one of the plays, took a long inhale from a cigarette and then blew the smoke through the nostrils, if you looked closely, you should have noticed that she had a glassy eyes. FATHER, DEAR FATHER, IS BACK ON THE SPOT Ten nights in a barroom has been rejuvenated and is seen roundabout; and it gets a feller to wondering if its a knock or a boost for the animated amendment. COW — SOW — HEN Back in Minnesota the farmers have mastered the farm problem by raising their own food, besides going in for diversified products. In other words they don't put all their eggs in one basket. SMALL TOWN STUFF Ten nights in a barroom as portrayed in a recent offering in the amusement sector could easily be classed as a hick village performance compared to the present day racket. A LIFE SAVER AND NO FOOLIN' What is termed as the Reconstruction Finance corporation, which may extend a maximum of two billion dollars in credit to banks, insurance companies, railroads and industrial corporations is in operation to help matters out financially and restore confidence, and it has pulled up the roots of that depression thing that caused so much trouble and headaches. And the congress, which is democratic, is to be heartily congratulated for enacting A LIFE SAVER, AND NO FOOLIN' What is termed as the Reconstruction Finance corporation, which may extend a maximum of two billion dollars in credit to banks, insurance companies, railroads and industrial corporations is in operation to help matters out financially and restore confidence, and it has pulled up the roots of that depression thing that caused so much trouble and headaches. And the congress, which is democratic, is to be heartily congratulated for enacting this measure into law which everybody believes and hopes will strengthen the weakened spots in the economic structure. LIGHT ON THE TRIGGER Just to show that policemen must be up-to-date, in a big town in another county, they are showing the cops how to shoot from the hip. YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER, BUT YOU CANNOT MAKE HIM DRINK The president wrote out a good prescription; but it remains to be seen whether or not the congress will have it filled. PENT UP FEELINGS When congress convened there awhile back some of the democrats unlunged something fierce. It was just nine months since they had a chance to throw the verbal brickbats and some of the boys got the bug out of their systems. If they keep up the wind jamming for the rest of the session in all probability the meeting will be a howling success. GOSH, FELLER, WHATTA THIRST A wife sued her hubby for divorce, alleged among other bric-a-brac, that he consumed three quarts of Scotch a day. What-a-man! JUST OFF THE HIP If they go in for taxing luxuries how about the feller who uses cloves to disguise his breath after taking a snifter. M-m-m! M-m-m! Where'd you get it! One good result of the depression is that more people are preferring to read the Bible rather than the high pressure vacation literature. Governor Roosevelt will fight Jouett Shouse as permanent chairman of the Democratic convention, according to press reports. The disciples of Jefferson seem to be getting started at the old custom of clawing one another earlier than usual this year.