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NATIONAL PRESS BLDG. WASHINGTON. D.C.
Washington.—The American Liberty
tongue has laid aside its swaddling
clothes and has
Liberty League put on long pants
Steps Out m the fie,d of Pa
tties. Although
ewnparatively new as a group
and promoted consistently as non
partisan, the league can now be said
to have plunged headlong into the po-
Stical warfare. If its first big rally can
stand as a criterion, its influence is
due to be felt in an important way in
the forthcoming national elections.
I This rally that really marked the
'league’s campaign debut was a pic
turesque thing. It was picturesque
first because of the time and the place
and the very nature of the thing and
the manner of approach to the voters
of the country but it was more pic
turesque and more important as well
because the headline speaker was Al
fred E. Smith, one time Democratic can
didate for the Presidency, and by all
odds the most colorful and pungent
speaker of the present day. It was a
dinner of more than 2,000 persons—
from every state in the Union —and it
■was held in exactly the same rooms of
the Mayflower hotel here'where two
weeks earlier President Roosevelt had
addressed about the same number of
persons at the Jackson day SSO-a-plate
dinner. As a further note of interest,
attention might be called to the fact
that the meeting was presided over by
Borden Burr, a lifelong Alabama Dem
ocrat, and the other speakers were Dr.
Neal Carothers, a Southern Democrat,
long head of the economics depart
ment of Lehigh university in Pennsyl
vania, and former Federal Judge
Charles I. Dawson of Louisville, Ky„
a Republican.
I referred above to Mr. Smith as be
ing a colorful speaker, and from all
of the comments I have heard, it seems
to be the consensus that never has he
Justified the description better than in
his league speech. He was introduced
by Mr. Burr as “A1 Smith of Amer
ica,” and proceeded to assure his audi
ence that included millions listening
by radio that he placed patriotism
above party, that he was a candidate
for no office under the sun. that he
had no ax to grind and that such
critical shots as he might take were
without , personal animosity for any
one. But he did not pull his punches
when he pilloried the New Deal and
he showed no mercy when he drew
the deadly parallel between the Demo
cratic platform of 1932 and the policies
which Mr. Roosevelt had carried
through. I believe it may be said that
he reached the peak of his speech
when he laid on the speaker’s stand
copies of the Democratic platform of
1932 and the Socialist platform of the
same year and in his best East side
twang he challenged anyone to deny
that Mr. Roosevelt had been elected
on a Democratic ticket and had car
ried out the Socialist promises.
The President’s “breathing spell” ut
terance, his message to congress on
the state of the Union, his staff of ad
visers, his monetary policies formed
other meaty subjects which the former
governor of New York picked to pieces
In his own inimitable way. He begged
congress to assert itself again and
quoted from the Bible in his plea it
should return to the father’s house
and be again one of the three branches
of the federal government. He said It
took courage for a lifelong Democrat
to say the things he was saying, but
there is no gainsaying he displayed
what it took.
Through the speech was Mr. Smith’s
chosen theme that a great danger lies
ahead, a danger that the New Deal
will destroy everything which he held
had made America the outstanding na
tion that it is. He accused the Presi
dent of having arrayed class against
class and asserted that what the na
tion faces is the most gigantic tax bur
den ever known. To this he added
that It will not be the rich who will
pay, nor the poor, but “that vast army
of Individuals with incomes from a
hundred dollars a month to five thou
sand dollars a year.”
Finally, in conclusion, Mr. Smith
said:
"Let me give this solemn warning:
There can be only one capital, Wash
ington or Moscow.
"There can be only one atmosphere
of government, the clear, pure fresh
air of free America, or the foul breath
of communistic Russia. There can be
only one flag, the Star and Stripes, or
the flag of the godless union of the
Soviets. There can be only one na
tional anthem, ’The Star-Spangled
Banner’ or The Internationale,’
there can be only one victor. If our
Constitution wins, we win. But if
the Constitution —stop, stop there—the
Constitution cannot lose.”
• • •
But what of the significance of the
league dinner and the Smith speech?
Prior to the din-
The Smith ner, the league's ex-
Walkout ecutlve council met
in secret. Whether
It committed the league to a definite
stand was not formally announced, yet
surely there are grounds upon which
to base a statement that it means to
support candidates and platforms on
the conservative side.
With equal emphasis, it can be said
that Mr. Smith has walked out on that
section of the Democratic party that
sticks by Mr. Roosevelt He said it
was a choice either to "put on the
mantle of hypocrisy or we can take a
walk.” He explained it probably
would be the latter course. And
frankly it seems with the personal
following that he has, a walkout by
Mr. Smith cannot be described as oth
erwise than serious to the party from
which that group Is defected. It has
all of the earmarks of an Interesting
political situation.
Immediately after Mr. Smith had
spoken, quite a few Democrats in con
gress fired back at him and in defense
of the New Deal. Men like Represent
ative Doughton of North Carolina, a
Democratic wheelhorse as chairman
of the powerful ways and means com
mittee; Speaker Byrnes, and a flock
of others. They Insisted generally that
the Smith barrage was more helpful to
the Democrats than campaign
speeches they themselves could make.
Administration leaders in the execu
tive departments are beginning to fire
also, but they are smart enough to let
the enthusiasm aroused by the speech
die down before they attempt to upset
arguments advanced by Mr. Smith.
I have no doubt, from the signs even
now cropping up, that an effort will be
made in congress to discredit the
league. It looks like Senator Black,
Alabama Democrat and chairman of
the senate lobby committee, probably
will dig into the league’s files to show
how it was financed to a large extent
by such wealthy men as the Duponts,
among others. Such an investigation
likewise will carry an undercurrent of
a movement to do away with political
influence of such men as John J.
Raskob, former Democratic national
chairman, a league director, and Jouett
Shouse, former executive chairman of
the Democratic national committee
and the league president. If that fight
gets started it will be a mudslinging
beauty.
So, summarized, the picture result
ing from the league's dinner is that of
a major feud, as well as a major polit
ical movement, because there is a real
ly bitter fight between personalities in
sight as well as the possibilities of a
third party movement.
In the situation as it now stands,
however, the Republican party holds
the key. Smith and his following and
the league membership generally can
be counted in definite opposition to
the New Deal and most all of its
works only on condition that a candi
date and a platform, viewed by them
as sound, are put forward by the Re
publicans. If the Republicans turn too
far to the radical side in their efforts
to match the Democratic position
(which necessarily must be in support
of everything the President has done),
then, there is likely to be a third par
ty, which would make predictions of
the outcome worthless.
• * •
Congress frequently goes off on a
tangent in which it will set about ex
posing this or that
Digging or the other among
Up Secrets the practices of pri
vate business. In the
last several years it has been particu
larly active In exposing to public view
secrets of corporations and individual
representatives and senators have
blown off much steam concerning sal
aries paid business executives and they
have directed criticism at private busi
ness as well for some of its other ex
penditures.
A few years ago Senator Norris of
Nebraska, among others, spoke at
great length in criticism of our gov
ernment’s diplomatic service because
of the salaries paid and the expendi
tures allowed for operation of our for
eign diplomatic offices. The Norris at
tack apparently did considerable dam
age to the diplomatic service because
it made many capable men fearful of
entering that field where highly
trained men are necessary.
But all of the time during which
criticisms have been leveled at private
business on account of salaries paid
business executives and because of
other expenses, the senate Itself has
been going ahead from year to year
using taxpayers’ money to suit Its own
purposes. For instance, Col. Edwin A.
Halsey, secretary of the senate, lately
has made public his annual report cov
ering senate operations and it shows
that the taxpayers’ money to the ex
tent of $3,296,852 had been spent for
maintenance of that one branch of
congress. There are 96 senators, each
of whom has an office staff; there are
some 30-odd committees in operation,
each with a staff, and there is the reg
ular senate organization with a large
personnel. Consequently, salaries alone
take np a considerable chunk of the
total outlay, but Colonel Halsey's re
port disclosed that general “contin
gent expenses” of the senate had eaten
up $701,000. Included in this total of
“contingent expenses” was an item of
$236,000 for the cost of senate investi
gations in the last year. Almost half
of this amount was used by the muni
tions investigation committee headed
1 by Senator Nye, Republican of North
1 Dakota, who lately was made the sub
ject of criticism on the senate floor
because of his committee’s attitude.
I -e Western Newspaper Union.
MIDLAND JOURNAL.. RISING SUN, MD.
HOSS?>RE
#btt}©DAY
/ DR. JAMES W. BARTON
Tlk About 9
Menace of Overweight
JfKTO NORMAL condition ha*
occurred more frequently
among my diabetic patients than
has obesity (overweight).”
I am quoting Dr. Elliott P. Jos
lin, Boston, the outstanding au
thority on diabetes.
Life Insurance companies are very
strict In their consideration of permit
ting overweights to take out Insurance,
as they have found that so many of
of them later develop
■B diabetes. In fact they
have found that In ex
amining applicants for
Insurance as many as
20 per cent already
are showing sugar In
the urine. “The av
erage diabetic man or
woman has been great
ly overweight. Over
weight Is due to over
eating. What Is added
_ _ . to the waist line is
Or. Barton. ]ife I|ne „
Dr. Chas. H. Mayo says: “Men fifty
years old and fifty pounds overweight
are much more likely to have cancer
than the normal. This means then
that eating or overeating Is a factor
in causing cancer because half the
cases of cancer are found In the stom
ach and intestines.”
“To sum it up, the overweights have
a higher death rate. At fifty years of
’ age an excess weight of 55 pounds ln-
I creases the death rate by 50 per cent.”
I am quoting from “How to Live” by
Prof. Irving Fisher and Dr. Lyman
Fisk.
However, overweights have more
than the death rate to consider; they
must think of thorr everyday life —
their chances for good health, their
ability to get around easily, their re
sistance to ailments, their mental abil
ity or grip.
Some Famed Light Eaters.
Famous men whose brains keep clear
till the end are usually light eaters
who from early years of experiment
ing have found out Just what agrees
with them and are satisfied wtih this
amount and variety of food. Chauncey
Depew attended dinners and banquets
three or four times a week for years,
but always looked over the menu and
ate only the foods he knew gave him
the nourishment he required.
Thos. A. Edison came of a long-lived
family who for generations had learned
to eat what they knew their bodies
required and no more. Thus in an in
terview some years ago Edison said:
“The body is only a piece of machinery
and every practical man knows that to
get good work out of a machine and
keep it in repair at the same time one
must know how to take care of It.
Now, If you have a 100-horsepower en
gine and a boiler big enough to drive
it, no wise engineer will fire that boiler
to full capacity when he only wishes
to take eight horsepower out of his
engine. If he does, he sooner or later
burns the grate-bars out of his fire-box.
But that is just what the majority are
doing; burning up 100 horsepower of
fuel in their bodies and taking out eight
horsepower of work. Is it any wonder
that the boiler flues and the arteries
get clogged up, that the pipes burst,
causing apoplexy?”
Truth About the Stomach.
As you know, early man lived out
doors, used the great bulk of muscle
covering his body, had a natural ap
petite and “filled” his stomach when
he obtained food because he did not
know just when he would get his next
meal. Thus Nature supplied him with
a stomach that would hold enough food
to fill his needs for a whole day or
more.
Today we have these same huge
muscles covering our bodies and have
the same large stomach, but we do not
live outdoors, do not work these huge
muscles and so do not need more than
about half the food that was needed
by early man. Yet because we have
the same big stomach and get the kinds
of food we like, many of us thought
lessly think we have to fill this big
stomach three times a day.
Remember, then, that we need some
of all the different kinds of food daily,
that is (a) meat, eggs or fish (b)
cream, butter or other fat, (c) vege
tables, both starchy and leafy, (d) min
erals and (e) water. But if we want
to be at our best mentally and physi
! cally we eat Just the amounts of these
foods that will keep us strong without
increasing our weight above normal.
• * •
Relaxation and Sleep
So much has been written about the
value of sleep that many nervous Indi
viduals worry themselves Into sleep
lessness. They fear dire ailments or
even insanity if they don’t get a cer
tain number of hours of sleep each
night
Now while nothing can take the
place of real sleep, with every muscle
relaxed, It has been found that If an
individual is unable to sleep but can
relax body and mind to a point almost
approaching sleep he can attain as
high as 80 per cent of the value of
sleep. It is estimated that two hours’
sleep in the 24 will keep anyone alive,
so that with complete relaxation for
four hours and say four hours’ sleep
you might be fully capable of doing
your work.
Enough outdoor exercise, without
overdoing it, brings on a "natural
need” for sleep that is better than any
other method of Inducing sleep.
e-WNU Service.
All Ground II
/he House \wi\
lodine stains may be removed from
white cotton or linen If Stains are
soaked in a solution of ammonia and
water, a teaspoon of ammonia to a
pint of water.
* • *
Always use canned pineapple in
gelatin mixtures. If fresh pineapple
is used the mixture will not congeal.
• • •
If fruit cake becomes very hard
it can be wrapped in a cloth saturat
ed with orange or spiced peach Juice
and stored in an air-tight box.
• • *
If cake is very hard It can be
made into a delicious pudding by
steaming 30 minutes in double boiler,
and serving hot with any desired
sauce —hard, creamy, foamy or fruit.
• * *
When maple sirup becomes cloudy
set it over the fire until it bolls, then
take it off the fire and let cool.
* * *
Don’t beat fudge as soon as it is
taken from the fire. You will find it
will be much creamier if first put
into a cold bowl, and then beaten.
* •
Twine will tie bundles much tight
er and will not slip when knots are
made if it is dampened before using.
* * *
Never set cut flowers in a draft.
If you do you will find they will soon
wilt
• * •
A few bright colored flower pots,
with a narcissus bulb planted in
each, set on the window sill in the
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thor every time he peruses him; be
sides that he naturally wears himself
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living room will, when the bulbs
blossom, give color and decoration
to the room.
' * • •
If woolen stockings shrink while
washing, put them through the wa
ter again and while still wet put
them on a stocking stretcher.
* * *
Place a hot water bottle in the
clothes basket when hanging out and
taking in clothes in cold weather. It
will keep the hands warm.
© Associated Newspapers.—WNU Service.
Here’s Very Fast Way
to “Alkalize”
Acid-Indigestion Away
Amazingly Fast Relief Now JMm |
from “Acid Indigestion” Over-
Indulgence ; Nausea ,
and Upsets
IF you want really quick relief frequent sufferer from “add
from an upset or painful stomach,” use Phillips’ Milk of
stomach condition —arising from Magnesia SO minutes after meals.
acidity following over-eating, You’ll forget you have a stomach!
smoking, mixtures of foods or When you buy, see that any
stimulants just try this; box or bottle you accept is clear-
Take—2 teaspoonfuls of Phil- ly marked “Genuine Phillips’
lips’ Milk of Magnesia in a Milk of Magnesia.”
full glass of water. OR 2
Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia j— ————.
Tablete, the exact equivalent S|GNS WmCH OFTEN
of the liquid form.
This acts almost immediately to ,NDICATE ‘‘ ACID STOMACH "
alkalize the excess acid in the pain after eatins sleeplessness
stomach. Neutralizes the acids fieiins OF weakness indigestion
that cause headaches nausea N,USEA MOUTH ACIDITY
tnat cause headaches, nausea, loss OF appetite soub stomach
and indigestion pains. You feel frequent HEADACHES
results at once.
Try it AND —if you are a
Opportunity May Knock, but
More Likely She’ll Pass By
It Is a dangerous thing to wait for
opportunities until it becomes a
habit. Energy and Inclination for
hard work ooze out in the waiting.
Opportunity becomes invisible to
those who are doing nothing, or look
ing somewhere else for it.
It is the great worker, the mao
who Is alert for chances, that see*
them. —0. S. Marden.

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