anaheim-gazette 1936-06-25

ANAHEIM GAZETTE Established 1870 Orange County's Oldest Newspaper HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher 1887-1935 The Anaheim Gazette has been owned and edited by the same family since 1875. Published every Thursday at 259 East Center Street, Anaheim, Calif. MRS. HENRY KUCHEL — THEODORE B. KUCHEL Editors and Publishers TAKE YOUR PICK The point of view taken upon Tuesday evening by the distinguished Senator from Kentucky, Alben Barkely, Keynoter at the Democratic convention, presents to the electorate the problem of which 'three long years' will, this year, be taken by it as the basis upon which its vote will be cast. Taking his cue from Republican keynoter Frederick Steiwer, United States Senator from Washington, Senator Barkely reviewed his own conception, in blistering English, of the three long and most atrocious years in American political history. They were, of course, the years from 1929 to 1932, the period in which Charlie Michaelson's 'smear Hoover' campaign climbed to new heights in bitter denunciation of the then chief executive. The Senator, speaking in his most convincing fashion, proved himself to be of worth in summing up the evidence in the manner most beneficial to his client, the New Deal administration. Similarly to his keynote speech in 1932, he spent considerable time in recalling what he considered wrong with Mr. Hoover's administration. Indeed, he spent a few moments in castigation of Republicans for failing to re-nominate Mr. Hoover, so that—some may well believe—the effectiveness of Mr. Michaelson's work in the last campaign could be repeated in the present one. Argument and debate in this campaign must adhere to the issues presented. And perhaps one of those issues is which 'three long years' will be the issue. In no sense has the Republican party attempted to go back; whatever the merits or the demerits of the Hoover administration, the GOP chose to follow the banner of the progressive Kansas, budget- Indeed, he spent a few moments in castigation of Republicans for failing to re-nominate Mr. Hoover, so that—some may well believe—the effectiveness of Mr. Michaelson's work in the last campaign could be repeated in the present one. Argument and debate in this campaign must adhere to the issues presented. And perhaps one of those issues is which 'three long years' will be the issue. In no sense has the Republican party attempted to go back; whatever the merits or the demerits of the Hoover administration, the GOP chose to follow the banner of the progressive Kansas, budget-balancing, governor, Alf M. Landon. That very move, it would seem, eliminates the issue of Hoover vs. Roosevelt. The issue centers around the 'three long Years' of the New Deal, on the one hand, and around a new-born, vigorous, and youthful Republican party and its nominees, upon the other. It is a question of whether this country is going to follow a path of law and order, yes, and of preservation of fundamental American liberty, or whether it is not. The President of the United States has candidly stated, upon one occasion, that no constitutional scruple, however convincing or conclusive, should stand in the way of enacting his alphabetical program of regimentation. Landon would cleave to the fundamental lines of the republic as laid down in the federal Constitution. The basis for choice this fall rests upon the past; whoever is elected to the presidency will guide the government for four years in the future. And that basis is the three years of Roosevelt or else the past governorship of Landon. COMPLIMENTS DUE A word of praise should, indeed, be uttered for two of Orange county's pioneers, County Clerk J. M. Backs, and County Assessor James Sleeper. They have given much time, as the heads of the Orange County Old Timers' Association, to make its annual picnic, to be held this Sunday at Irvine Park, a success. The original choice of the pioneers in settling here was a wise one, indeed, for no county in the state possesses more beauty, more opportunity, or more downright liveability than our own. In great measure, it was the work of our older citizens which developed this district, and which provided the solid foundation upon which it rests today. They carried the torch which lighted the way. A tribute to them, in the form of this annual get-together, is peculiarly fitting. And, at the same time a tribute is fitting to two of our older public servants who have taken their time to render the occasion successful. A tribute to them, in the form of this annual get-together, is peculiarly fitting. And, at the same time a tribute is fitting to two of our older public servants who have taken their time to render the occasion successful. Always TELEPHONE first Before you start on that summer trip, call ahead. Resorts and hotels welcome an opportunity to have waiting for you just the accommodations you desire. Telephoning gives you an opportunity to discuss matters. It may save you time, miles, disappointment. Just Call BUSINESS OFFICE 217 N. LEMON ST., ANAHEIM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE COMPANY Anaheim 2101 Porters rushed forward to an extensive assortment of gage from the car as the o'gulished, haughty grande dame forty-odd years. At the top of the gang Captain Nicholls, florid and stood pulling at his blouse fidgeting as he went through last-minute rehearsal of his coming speech. "Permit me, Your Highness began, as the golden-haired swept into view. 'I am Captain Nicholls. It is with the deep pleasure . . .' "We, too, feel great plea Captain," replied the Princess smiling serenely as she placed hand to her chest. "What—uh, thank you." good captain was not to be off the track. "My ship is home Your Highness, by the present Princess Olga of Sweden. It is the deepest . . .." He broke off reporters and cameramen gate round and shouted: "Here, No pictures! No pictures!" "Why no pictures?" inquired Princess, mildly surprised. "My picture in the papers. I see. They say, 'Who is they answer, 'Princess Olga Sweden.' So, if they like me like Svenden." Slipping here through the Captain's arm turning to the photographer added with a charming smile are ready." "What about this?" one recalled whispered to another as he pointed to the Princess' dowager companion whose back was toward ANAHEIM GAZETTE DON'T DISTURB UNTIL AUGUST TICK TOCK TICK TOCK OLD TIME POLITICAL PRECEDENT IMUST HAVE BEEN ASLEEP! EARLY CAMPAIGN START OF THE GOP. WASHINGTON SNAP-SHOOT The National Capital has put on its thinking took it less than two catch up with what the Court really did when dated the New York State mum wage law for which usually takes much longer. When the decision handed down, cries of hop-up—from men called newspapermen to commute they had even had a read the decision, much about it. "Alas!" they call Supreme Court says that the federal nor state government can function in that field. But now the froth is down, and the thinking is It appears, to the surprise that it was not the Supreme but the Constitution which the "no man's land." Court, it develops, was preting the Constitution. That discovery surprises who went to the trouble why the Constitution is that "no man's land." What they found by a book of our nation's history: The United States was by a group of pioneers lived under the oppressive regime which controls every activity. That relied to tell them what they think, as well as what they and should not do. With that in mind, the found, the men who our government and our Constitution sought to safeguards against an all-regime. They thought CHAPTER 1 The limousine was as long as a night. Glittering with polish trimmings and manned by a her and footman, it swept along a quay at Le Havre and came to taken stop in front of the gangway of the S. S. Avignon. Your Highness!" exclaimed an official of the steamship company, he sprang forward to open the door of the car. First to be revealed from within the luxurious depths was a regal creature swathed in enough inner furs to have melted three behind her came a distinguished, haughty grande dame of odd years. Porters rushed forward to take extensive assortment of bags from the car as the official led the impressive little parade and up the gangway. In the following the porters, was a ward of reporters and photo-others. "I am Lady Gertrude Allwyn lady-in-waiting and companion to Her Highness," answered the latter austerely as she turned toward them. "Thank you," muttered the reporter. Then to Her Highness he called: "By the way, Princess, where are you going?" "Ve go to Holloywood," Olga answered him with the pleasant disdain of a thoroughbred filly in a race track paddock. "To see the stars?" kidded the reporter. "No—to be the star," was the surprising answer. "Ve go to make a picture." "You're going to act in a picture?" the newshound scribbled wildly. "Ve have a contract," The Princess answered with simple dignity. "The contract says ve act." She shrugged. "Ve say nothing." While this interview continued an entirely different scene was being enacted in the Royal Suite of "Forced to do what?" King demanded harshly. The Assistant Purser did not answer. Instead he drew himself up as stiffly as a ramrod and stared straight ahead. King and Benton also stared and beheld the Princess Olga, Lady Gertrude, the Chief Pursur, and in the background, the menage of porters. "Ve are rather crowded—no?" inquired Her Highness as Mandini and Benton stared at her in thunderstruck admiration. "I'll attend to that, Princess," King answered quickly. Whirling on the defenseless Benton he hissed: "Get this straight, Benton. There's been a mistake—this suite belongs to the Princess. The more you object the tougher it'll be on you. Now—get out before I throw you out." "Whaaat?" quavered his friend. "Out!" thundered Mandini, forcing the other through the door. Then to the Princess he explained: "I reserved the suite before I knew that Your Highness was to be by a group of pioneers lived under the oppressive regime which controlled every activity. That required to tell them what they think, as well as what they should not do. With that in mind, they found, the men who owned our government and we Constitution sought to safeguard against an all-regime. They thought they put those safe-guards in original Constitution, which came effective on March. But in September of year, the records showed men decided the safeguards not strong enough. Composed 10 constitutionalaments which were ratified elated in effect on March. These protected the freedom of speech, relaxed the press; of trial by jurate property; of security warrantable search and And the last two amendments. "The enumeration institution, of certain riot not be construed to deparage others RETAIN THE PEOPLE. The president delegated to the United States Constitution, nor proclaimed it to the states, are reserved states respectively OR PEOPLE." Thus the Supreme Court was protecting a decree created "every man's which every man's from guaranteed. The realization of had several reactions. Native Pettengill of India number of others, for advocated that the Cons amended to let the star wages and hours. So wanted to give that confederal government. Organized labor reprised had been among those "Woe is me!" and while Constitutional amendment upon further thought, were not so sure. In went out of their way size that they wanted haste slowly. They re-remained among other things, that a thing was on the stand it would be there to stay while one administrator use such a law to establish hour-week, another might same authority to fix... Behind her came a distinguished, haughty grande dame of odd years. Porters rushed forward to take extensive assortment of bags from the car as the official led the impressive little parade and up the gangway. In the following the porters, was a band of reporters and photographers. At the top of the gang plank in Nicholls, florid and fussy, pulling at his blouse and sitting as he went through a minute rehearsal of his wel-ing speech. Permit me, Your Highness," he said, as the golden-haired vision met into view. "I am Captain Nicholls. It is with the deepest of pure . . . He too, feel great pleasure, again," replied the Princess, singing serenely as she placed her hand to her chest. What—uh, thank you." The captain was not to be thrown on the track. "My ship is honored, Your Highness, by the presence of Princess Olga of Sweden. It is with deepest . . ." He broke off the porters and cameramen gathered and shouted: "Here, here! pictures! No pictures!" Why no pictures?" inquired the access, mildly surprised. "I like picture in the papers. People They say, 'Who is that?' My answer, 'Princess Olga of Den.' So, if they like me, they Swenden." Slipping her hand through the Captain's arm and going to the photographers she held with a charming smile; "Ve ready." What about this?" one reporter interrupted to another as he pointed out the Princess' dowager companion whose back was toward them. "No—to be the star," was the surprising answer. "Ve go to make a picture." "You're going to act in a picture?" the newshound scribbled wildly. "Ve have a contract," The Princess answered with simple dignity. "The contract says ve act." She shrugged. "Ve say nothing." While this interview continued an entirely different scene was being enacted in the Royal Suite of the S. S. Avignon. Actors in this drama were King Mandini, a dark, handsome young man cast in the role of villian; Benton, his aide, henchman and stooge, a well-fed individual who couldn't decide whether to be annoyed or not; an anxiously protesting Assistant Purser and a hovering cabin boy. "You are making it very difficult Mr. Mandini," pleaded the Purser. "The Princess, will be here any moment." "Then throw the Princess out," replied the King. "Tell her I reserved the royal suite first." "But can't you understand, sir?" The Purser was frantic. "I will transfer you to a cabin every bit as good. There has been a mistake. There is royalty aboard—and this suite is for royalty!" "Listen, cluck," snarled Mandini as he stopped unpacking his trunk. "In my own quiet way I'm royalty myself. There isn't a concertina player in the world can top me—King Mandini's concertina band is known all over Europe. I'm not bragging—I'm telling you. And I'm also telling you that for five years I've planned on spreading the flash with the royal suite—and now I'm in it." He turned back to his unpacking. "Tell that to your bucktoothed princess. "Sir, if you insist upon staying here, I shall be forced to . . ." Woe is me! and with Constitutional amendments upon further thought, were not so sure. In went out of their way size that they wanted hastily slowly. They re-remember among other things, that a thing was on the stage it would be there to stay while one administration use such a law to establish hour-week, another might same authority to fix week. A fourth group includes Borah of Idaho and of Oregon. They remembrance although the New York was invalidated, a Constitution should not be ended until attempts were present the law in and on other words, they must be some way off on the subject of wages without impinging upon rogatives preserved to in the Constitution. The Path to ... SLENDERN No Rigid Diet No Strenuous Exercises A Scientific Reducer SE KOV Scientifically returns to its normal proportions A healthful, easy method grace to your movement gest to your life. MRS. M. R. O'R 149 N. Lemon St. WASHINGTON SNAP-SHOTS The National Capital seems to have put on its thinking cap. It took it less than two weeks to catch up with what the Supreme Court really did when it invalidated the New York State minimum wage law for women. It usually takes much longer. When the decision was first handed down, cries of horror went up—from men called upon by newspapermen to comment before they had even had a chance to read the decision, much less think about it. "Alas!" they cried. "The Supreme Court says that neither the federal nor state governments can function in that field." But now the froth is settling down, and the thinking has begun. It appears, to the surprise of many, that it was not the Supreme Court but the Constitution which created the "no man's land." And the Court, it develops, was just interpreting the Constitution. That discovery surprised some who went to the trouble to find out why the Constitution established that "no man's land." Here is what they found by a brief study of our nation's history: The United States was founded by a group of pioneers who had lived under the oppression of a regime which controlled their every activity. That regime even tried to tell them what they should think, as well as what they should and should not do. With that in mind, the students found, the men who established our government and wrote our Constitution sought to establish safeguards against an all-powerful regime. They thought they had THE FARMER'S CORNER EDITOR'S NOTE: — This is the first of a series of articles by Ralph H. Taylor, farm leader and governmental observer, tracing the tremendous increases in governmental expenditures during recent years, analyzing causes and debating the exceedingly vital question of "Things to Come"! The Agricultural Council of California, which Mr. Taylor represents, consists of the leading farm cooperatives of the state and is non-partisan and non-political. The articles are not intended as a criticism of any administration, past or present, but are designed to make the individual taxpayer recognize that he must give the ultimate answer to the query: "Where Do We Go From Here—In Governmental Expenditures?" H. G. Wells, in his challenging play, "Things to Come," conceives of the destruction of modern-day civilization by a mad succession of devastating wars—and a throwback to primitive conditions of the dark ages! In the final act, to be sure, a new age of science brings peace and a phenomenal happy ending—with lovers even reaching the moon, by means of Mr. Wells' ingenuity and his crowning achievement of a "space gun" which shatters distance and charts an airways through the heavens. But wars, unfortunately, are not the only threat to modern-day civilization and the human family. Fantastic though it may seem, on first consideration, the over-expansion of government—with new structures topping old structures, and with the whole colossal frame- Both in thinking, and in practice, the people and their governments—national, state and local—have drifted far from the Lincoln concept of government. But, to keep true perspective, it must also be taken into consideration that the nation's manner of living has changed as radically as its government during the intervening years. California taxpayers, if they have come to the realization that the business of government is just as vital to their personal welfare as their individual businesses and individual problems, owe it themselves and their families, as well as their government, to review the growth of government dispassionately; to ponder it "cause and effect"; to admit their individual responsibility, and then get down to fundamentals as to the future. To illustrate the magnitude of present-day government, as compared to the comparatively simple structure of bygone days, California's governmental expenditures for the 64 years from 1850 to 1914 (state, county and city) totaled $414,542,000! And California's budgeted expenditures for the current two-year period (1935-37) will reach the stupendous total of $430,971,000—or some $18,000,000 more than the total for the 64 years from the state's admission to statehood to the outbreak of the World War! It is entirely inadequate to condemn present-day government as extravagant. Undoubtedly there has been much extravagance and much duplication and waste. But extravagance accounts for only a small fraction of the increase. The major questions to be answered by a group of pioneers who had lived under the oppression of a regime which controlled their every activity. That regime even tried to tell them what they should think, as well as what they should and should not do. With that in mind, the students found, the men who established our government and wrote our Constitution sought to establish safeguards against all-powerful regime. They thought they had put those safe-guards into the original Constitution, which became effective on March 4, 1789. But in September of the same year, the records showed, these men decided the safeguards were not strong enough. Congress proposed 10 constitutional amendments which were ratified and declared in effect on March 4, 1791. These protected the rights of freedom of speech, religion, and the press; of trial by jury, of private property; of security from unwarrantable search and seizure. And the last two amendments said: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others RETAINED BY THE PEOPLE. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively OR TO THE PEOPLE." Thus the Supreme Court simply was protecting a deliberately created "every man's land," in which every man's freedom was guaranteed. The realization of these facts had several reactions. Representative Pettengill of Indiana, and a number of others, for instance, advocated that the Constitution be amended to let the state control wages and hours. Some others wanted to give that control to the federal government. Organized labor representatives had been among those who cried "Woe is me!" and who urged a Constitutional amendment. But upon further thought, they, too, were not so sure. In fact they went out of their way to emphasize that they wanted to "make haste slowly." They remembered, among other things, that once such a thing was on the statute books, it would be there to stay; and that while one administration might use such a law to establish a 30-hour-week, another might use the same authority to fix a 54-hour-moon, by means of Mr. Wells' ingenuity and his crowning achievement of a "space gun" which shatters distance and charts an airways through the heavens. But wars, unfortunately, are not the only threat to modern-day civilization and the human family. Fantastic though it may seem, on first consideration, the over-expansion of government—with new structures topping old structures, and with the whole colossal framework reaching the point where it may topple over of its own weight—is almost as great a threat to society as even the super-wars imagined by H. G. Wells. And neither science, nor Mr. Wells' ingenuity, can provide the solution. In the final analysis, American citizens and taxpayers—and to bring the problem home, California citizens and taxpayers—must provide the solution. Nor is it a job which can be handled by merely cutting here and there—no matter how drastic the cuts. Eventually, California taxpayers, and taxpayers generally, must determine the legitimate objectives and functions of government—determining, in broad fashion, WHAT PROBLEMS ARE GOVERNMENT'S, AND WHAT PROBLEMS BELONG TO THE INDIVIDUAL. Abraham Lincoln made such a definition for his age, declaring: "The legitimate object of government is to do for a community whatever needs to be done, but what the people cannot do at all or as well for themselves in their separate and individual capacities." It is entirely inadequate to condemn present-day government as extravagant. Undoubtedly there has been much extravagance and much duplication and waste. But extravagance accounts for only a small fraction of the increase. The major questions to be answered are: “What services have we added to government to bring this tremendous increase in overhead?” “What obligations has government assumed which were formerly obligations of the individual?” Entirely apart from extravagance, which can be eliminated by public vigilance, "What are our actual governmental needs?" "Are we denying our families common necessities to buy governmental luxuries?" Or, "Is the present complex governmental structure a necessity of our complex civilization?" 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They remarked that although the New York state law was invalidated, a Constitutional amendment should not be advocated until attempts were made to present the law in another form. In other words, they said, there must be some way of legislating on the subject of wages and hours without impinging upon the pre-regatives preserved to the people in the Constitution. The Path to SLENDERNESS No Rigid Diet No Strenuous Exercises A Scientific Reducer SEKOV Scientifically returns your figure to its normal proportions. It is a healthful, easy method that tends grace to your movements and new gest to your life. MRS. M. R. O'BRIEN 149 N. Lemon St. Phone 3415 New Orleans Hours Closer by Santa Fe's New Train in Much Faster Time All Cars Air-Conditioned ONLY TWO NIGHTS ENROUTE ... Standard and Tourist Pullmans and Chair Cars to Houston and New Orleans, with quick connection to Galveston. Note the following Schedule: No. 10 ... The Navajo Lv. 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