The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1936 Page: 2 of 8
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Launch Talmadge's Presidential Boom—
Offers Landon to Republicans—'Bonus
Bill Passed Over Roosevelt's Veto.
iy EDWARD W.- PICKARD
6 Western Newspaper Union.
THOUSAND op more "gnuii
Democrats, representing IT
and border states—though
were Georgians—assem-
bled In Macon, Ga,
and wltb wild yells
launched the boOm of
Got. Eugene Talmadge
for the Democratic
Presidential nomina-
tion. {They adopted a
motion asking him to
ran as a constitutional
Democrat who Is op-
posing what they called
the ^theorists, crack-
pots, brain trusters and
• T*«,n*aBe professors" of the
New Deal. Talmadge, though highly
elated, declined to comment or to make
any announcement at the time.
The platform adopted by the meet-
ing called for preservation of the Con-
stitution, of state sovereignty and of
the American form of government It
. accused President Roosevelt of aban-
doning faith In the Constitution and
«s of Thomas Jefferson and
of "repudiating, abandoning, and side-
tracking" the platform on which he
waa elected In 1932. It said:
"We do not regard the occupant of
. ..the White House as a Democrat.
"He has broken the pledge of our
party and violated the platforta' of
1932.
"We here today affirm our faith In
that doctrine."
It la not easy yet to estimate the
possible results of the Talmadge move-
ment The administration "leaders re-
fuse to take the Georgia governor
seriously or to admit that he can im-
peril their control of any of the south-
on states. - • —
TLe situation in the South is fur-
ther complicated by the sudden death
I. -— 9t Gov. O. K. Allen of houisiana. He
was the devoted and complaisant ad-
herent of Quey Long and had been
selected to fill out the unexpired term
of the late senator. Lieutenant Gov-
ernor Noe succeeded to the governor^
V ship. but who will now be the leader
of the Long forces was not Immediate-
ly determined.
I|f
HAT is known as the Bankhead-
Jones bill for soil conservation,
the administration's substitute for the
AAA. was g)ven the hesitant approval
of the senate agricultural committee
by a vote of 15 to 2, although Chair-
man Klllson D. Smith of South Carolina
said lie "personally hnd some doubts"
as to its,, constitutionality. The meas-
ure would enable the secretary of ag
rlculiure to remove M.tKMUHHl acres
from cultivation and give him even;
wider powers than he had under the
AAA If was evidently headed for a
hot debate on the senate floor.
Secretary Wallace let It be known
that officials of the Agriculture, Treas-
ury and Justice departments were co-
operating In an effort to collect for the
government the $2()0,tH)0.000 ordered
returned to processors b.v the Supreme
court, but he gave no details of the
—'* plan: In referring to this court order
in a radio talk, Mr. Wallace went far
. ther In criticism of the Supreme court
. than has any other official of the ad-
A |nlnlstration. He declared It was "the
tops* 'gfgantl* legalise^ *|eal In his-
tory*'' rWpfesehtatlvr'Arreif T. Tread"
way of Massachusetts asserted on the
Boor of the house that "any otllcla)' who
will make a statement of that nature
about the Supreme court ought to be
Impeached." Mr. Wallace may not
have heard the last of this.
KANSAS Republican state commit-
tee members, the Kansas Day club
and many party leaders from the Mis-
souri valley region, celebrating Foun-
ders' day In Topeka,
presented to the coun-
ty Gov. Alf Landon
of Kansas as their
choice for the Repub-
lican Presidential nom-
ination. In a speech
to the banqueters the
governor told what he
hoped to do for the
nation if he were nom-
inated and elected.
Refraining from "sub-
stituting epithets for «ov. Landon
arguments," he offered a program for
ending federal extravagance and re-
storing prosperity.
Baplying to the query "What would
yon do?" Mr. Landon proposed relief
for agriculture through a-soil conser-
saving
merely that of pro-
for further dispense-
>f AAA checks.
> governor pledged himself to old
He recommended exten-
Improvement of civil service,
itlon by the federal gov-.
ilaliy trained minds aa
In Kansas—"to col-
to administer theories."
recommendation of
In three succinct par-
his budget bai-
ts
The Harrison compromise bonua bill
that went through the senate and house
easily, was vetoed by President Roose-
velt The house immediately and en-
thusiaatlcally repassed the measure.
The senate waa a little more deliber-
ate, but within three daya it too. had
overridden the disapproval of the Chief
Executive, and the bill was made law.
The vote In the senate was 76 to 19.
In the house it bad been 824 to 61.
It wa§ a notable fact that , all the
senators—95 In number, for Huey
Long's successor has not yet taken his
seat—were present and voting. Notable,
but not strange when one remembers
this is an election year. Fifty-seven
Democrats, 16 Republicans and 3 Rad-
icals—La. Foltette of Wisconsin, Shlp-
steadand Benson of Minnesota—voted
for the bill, while 12 Democrats and
7 Republicans voted against it
The galleries were filled and there
was wild cheering when the vote was
announced. Republican senators amused
themselves and the spectators by twit-
ting the Democrats on their failure to
stand by their chief, the most voluble
of the twitters being Senator Hastings
of Delaware.
Informed of the vote, President
Roosevelt at once ordered government
departments to prepare for payment of
the bonus certificates as quickly as
accuracy will permit Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau said that the
payment would be the most difficult
mechanical task the treasury had faced
In Its history. He said the treasury
would need $2,500,000 and the veter-
ans' administration $5,000,000 to In-
crease the force to take care of the
job. More than seven million interest
calculations will be necessary.
««TI7E CAN either take on the man-
v tie of hypocrisy, or we can
take a walk; and we'll probably_do
The" latter."
—These words of Al-
fred E. Smith In bis
speech at the Ameri-
can Liberty league
dinner In Washington
were perhaps the most
Interesting and signifi-
cant of his utterances
on that occnslon, for
he professed to be
speaking for "the dis-
ciples of Jefferson.
Jackson and Cleve
land", and concerning
their action In the Democratic national
convention next June when the dele-
gates are asked to Indorse the doings
of the Roosevelt administration. There
could be no misunderstanding Smith's
meaning, and he must now be cortJ
sidered the leader of the conserva-
tive Democrats in their revolt against
the policies of the New Dealers.^ The
concern of the administration Dem-
ocrats is now as to how extensive will
be the bolt; and whether the conserva-
tives will put up their own .ticket, sup
port the Republican nominee or mere-
ly stay away from the polls. Of course
In any case the Republican cause will
be aided materially, unless the guesses
of Its leaders' are all wrong.
New Denl Democrats were quite nn-
dlsmayed by the Smith speech, which
they declared was weak and ineffective
They announced that Majority Leader
Joseph T. Robinson of the sennte
would driver., the of&c\*lttepjy }a s
radio address.
Mr. Smith In his Liberty lengue
speech-never once named President
Roosevelt but he specifically put on
that gentleman the full blame for repu-
diation of most of the planks in the
Democratic platform of 1932, which he
declared was the best ever put forth In
this country
Senator Robinson's reply to A1
Smith's speech consisted In the main of
quotations from previous utterances by
Smith in which he advocated a course
quite as radical as that pursued by the
New Dealers In combating the depres-
sion. He Jeered at the New Yorker
for abandoning the streets of the west
side for the palaces of Park avenue
and trading his brown derby for a silk
topper, and denounced him as a de-
serter In the face of the enemy.
By WILLIAM C. UTLEY
ONE of every twenty of you who
read tills will be killed or in-
jured in a motor vehicle acci-
dent within the next flvq, years.
This* is based upon the fact that one
person out of every hundred was so
killed or injured in 1934 and ,1935.
Further conclusions would" "Indicate
that unless you are above |tbe average
in safety, onefout of four cif you will
be j Injured within 25 years, and one
out of five within 20 years.
Unless something Is tdone about
ttl . . .
Something Is being done about It
I and there Is not a person in the United
States who Is not Invited, even urged,
to do his share In protecting his own
life and the lives of 125,000,000 other
Americans. But first, a little more
about the problem America faces . . .
Despite early Indications that prom-
ised Improvement In accident preven-
tion, the year 1935 closed with the
ghastly toll of deaths In motor vehicle
accidents soaring to a new all-time
mark. There were 36,400 trafflc deaths,
as compared with 36,101 for the pre-
vious year, 1934. From" 1933 to 1934
these deaths—hideous, painful, messy
deaths, most of them—Increased '15
per cent ,
Snuffs Out Lives at Start.
In the last three years mor^f"than
10,000 children less than fifteen years
of age went to their untimely deaths
in traffic accidents—thousands more
will-never play ball, dance, write, read,
or be able to pursue successfully the
happiness that Is every American's
right, because they have been crip-
pled or blinded of cnuelly-tut up.
What may come as a surprise to
some is that fatal niotor nccidents In
rural districts lead those in the cities
by a wide margin. In 1934, 60 per cent
of all such fatalities occurred In the
rural districts, and the figure swelled
to 63 per cent in 1935.
What to do about it? Perhaps we
might take a lesson from the railroads.
In the early days they were called
"instrumentalities of the devil him-
self." Wreck after wreck—ghastly
and deadly—threatened the very life
of the roads. They had to do some-
thing.
They did. They set a definite goal
of safety; of lives saved, which they
were determined to reach. They in-
stalled better roiling stock, better road-
al Smith
A CTIVITIES of the Townsend old age
** pension advocates are proving
most annoying to many congressmen,
and It Is likely they will be Investigated.
A resolution for such an Inquiry was in-
troduced by, Representative Jasper
Bell of Missouri, Democrat It charged
that for several years "individuals and
groups" have "conceived and promoted
numerous schemes under the pretext
. . of-obtatolng penslous for tft* agftd and
needy" Troti~TEaTnow "aevera 1 groups
of fraudulent promoters are enriching
themselves by working the so-called
pension plan racket"
IF PLANS announced In St Louis by
H leaders of world Jewry are carried
oat, there la to be another exodus, this
time from Germany where the Jewa
are greatly oppressed by the Hitler*
ltes. Sir Herbert Samuel, eminent
British Jsw, attending the national
council sf Jewish fsdsratlona and wel-
fare funds, aaid a definite method
would be formulated soon to provide
for the gradual emigration of at least
of the German reich's estimat-
W.000 JOwish population The on-
financed by s fund
raised by English
. . • 'M
THE CROSBTTON REVIEW
Drive to Save
Sir 3
: V-' Z
CITIES
RURAL
•♦21 2} !6 JI •;« 21 II) II Ji 1) 14 li
How cities and rural highways com-
pare in fatal traffic accidents;-
ways. Improved personnel and safety
devices. They educated their employ-
ees. They reached it. What that goal
was, mathematically, is purposely left
out, because it doesn't matter. What
does matter is that the railroads es-
tablished a definite objective and re-
fused to give up until it was attained.
America has under way today just
such a campaign to reach a definite
objective. The war to save lives start-
ed January 1, and it is being conduct-
ed by the National Safety Council,
with the co-operation of industries and
federal, 'state; ^©ui>ty-and «Wy g vem-<
ments.
Would Save 38,030 Lives.
A
This is a war to SAVE lives, not to
destroy them. If it gets the co-oper-
ation of the American people, It will
save 38,000. The definite goal is a re-
duction of 35 per cent In motor ve-
hicle deaths by the end of 1040.
In the National Safety Council's cam-
paign 36,400 motor deaths, the total for
1935, Is taken as "par." During the
first year of the drive (the present
year) the goal is a reduction of 7 per
cent In the number of these deaths,
an actual saving of 2,548 lives, leav-
ing a total of 33,852 deaths for the
year 1930.
"The records of many cities and
states during the past year Justifies
the belief that the goal can be ob-
tained," says a report of the Council.
"If a dozen states can reduce their
fatalities all the way from 7 to 23 per
cent In a year when the average was
going up, as It was last year, other
states should be able to effect sub-
stantial reductions by using the same
Intelligent accident' prevention meth-
ods." ; ' ..... ....... ,
Igftd and- - f the cii
The "tools" for accident prevention
are at hand, as will be shown. One
Trf ttie chief proRems "fating suclT a
drive Is organization In areas of scat-
tered population. It Is not so difficult
to cement and unify the interest Of
civic organizations where there are
large masses of people, as there are
in the cities. «But-lt~ls In rural dis-
tricts that 63' per cent of the fatal
accidents occur. True, much of the
corrective work for these districts cun
be administered from state capitals,
but in the final, analysis the reaching
of the^goal lies with the Individual.
An Educational Campaign.
For the very reason thdt It IS In-
dividual acceptance which can1 make
or break the campaign, It will be large-
ly an educational one. It will be lo-
calized for each state, and for virtual-
ly each city wointslnlng co-operation
Smashups on rural highways caused 63 per cent of the 36,400 traffic deaths
during 1935. Below a typical accident scino are shown W. W. Cameron (left),
managing director of the National Safety Council, and Dr. C. H. Watson, presi-
dent, signing resolution starting campaign to cut fatal motor vehicle accidents
35 per cent by 1940. \
with public officials, traffic safety lead-
ers, safety groups, educational heads,
civic organizations and Individuals.
It is planned to co-ordinate much of
the "existing safety effort along lines
which will make that effort perma-
nent and consistent, rather than spas-
modic.
New ways of appealing to the In-
dividual motorist, to arouse a sense
of responsibility and sportsmanship,
are being sought. State-wide school
programs are being started, ©rganiza-.
tions, under the leadership of the Na-
tional Safety Council, will urge the
adoption of uniform laws, including
standard drivers' license legislation,
and adequate administration of law-
enforcing bodies. They will attempt
to standardize accident reports, pro-
vide for more complete statistics and
their interpretation. One of the im-
portant steps will be to make avail-
able to the country at large the engi-
neering and educational technique of
the states and cities now doing out-
standing work.
The National Safety Council will
place eight field men in key points of
the United States to co-ordinate the
work. Booklets, written in popular
style and explaining the methods of
successful campaigns along engineer-
ing, enforcement and educational lines,
will be prepared for nationwide*-dw
tfibution. Services to newspapers will
be improved and expanded. Co-oper-
ation will be maintained with the Gen-
eral Federation of Women's Clubs, the
National Congress of Parents and
Teachers, and the International Asso-
ciation of Chiefs of Police.
Only Five States Still Out.
As this is written 43 states and the
District of Columbia have "endorsed
the campaign and pledged their whole-
hearted support."'' Executives of the
fatawities
ooUiMorv uHth,
PEDESTRl
OTHER
MOTOR VEHICLE
j FIXED OBJECT
OTHER VEHICLE
COLLISION-♦
Deaths caused by various types of
motor vehicle accidents in cities and
on rural highways.
National Safety Council expect to have
all 48 states behind the drive within
the next few weeks.
Some of the things already accom
pllshed by the drive, even In Its pres-
ent Infancy, make an Imposing list:
In Maine, the system of standard
accident reporting Is being promoted.
■L-itovernor * WWww*trtXfos8, of Con
nectlcut, has appointed a "Committee
of Seventeen" to carry on a sjifety
crusade.
A bill has been Introduced In the
New„.York legislature to create a
"Board of Safety First."
Arnold H. Vey, Traffic Engineer In
the New Jersey departmeut of motor
vehicles, has Just submitted proposed
constitutions and by-laws for the New
Jersey Safety Council.
Governor, At"B, Chandler, of Ken
tttcKy has delegated the adjutant gen
eral to formulate a statewide safety
program.
Indlann has started a *100,000 WPA
safety campaign, i 'sJ
N. Y. A. Asaiati In Michigan.
Governor F. D. Fltsgentld, ot Mich
lgan. has appointed a State Safety
Council and plans are under way foi
the expenditure of $40,000 in National
Youth Administration funds to con
duct a safety project.
A state safety director is to be ap
pointed immediately in Wisconsin.
The newly organized Iowa Safetj
Council is already making consider-
able headway.
Safety Director Asher Frank, ol
Floriida, recently conducted a two-day
state-wide safety conference.
A . permanent state safety commis-
sion- is being formed In Oklahoma,
growing out of,-® "three months' high
way safety campaign.
A state safety director ha9 been ap
pointed in Nebraska.
New Mexko plans a state-wide safe-
ty conference.
California, Massachusetts, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, Illinois, Minnesota,
Kansas, and other states are at work
on safety programs.
Save 2,548 lives this year; 38,000
in the years 1
It can be done. In the formal reso-
lution, signed by Dr. C. H. Watson,
president, and W. W. Cameron, man-
aging (director, the National Safety
Council "Invites the co-operation of in-
terested organizations and agencies to
the end that during the five-year pro-
gram at least 38,<KM) lives shall be
saved and the killing and maiming of
little children and all our people shall
cease upon the highways."
The campaign should not only save
lives; it should^ materially decrease the
number of injuries. More than a quar-
ter of a piiilion persons last year es-
caped witfr their lives from traffic ac-
cidents. ijiit bore the marks of Injury.
More than 150,000, however, will be
crippled to the end of their days.
Suggestions From Harvard.
Doctor Miller McClintock of Harvard
university says accidents are caused by
four tyues of conflicts on the highways,
regardless of speed (whicfi affects only
Jlie. -severity of th£ accidents They,
are:
1. Overlaps In the paths of ap-
proaching vehicles—head-on collisions,
etc. j
2. Overlaps between the moving ve-
hicle and objects at side of road—im-
pact with parked cars, bridge abut-
ments, etc
3. Intersection accidents.
4. "Internal stream conflict" due to
the difference in speeds of vehicles
moving in same direction.
Overcoming the Difficulties.
The proper highway would over-
come all four of these basic difficulties,
says Doctor McClintock. its require*
uients would be:
1. Physical separation of the two
streams of traffic moving in opposite
directions. The new roads with park-
ways down the middle meet this re-
quirement.
2. Traffic lanes reserved for moving
vehicles only. There would be no
parking.
3. No grade crossings for any type
of intersectional traffic.
4. Sufficient number of lanes for the
segregation of fast and slow vehicles
and provision for
on lanes.
Of more Immediate Importance are
the clarification and enforcement of ex-
isting safety codes, especially as they
concern the Individual who Is not like-
ly to be working directly with one of
the organizations engaged In the cam-
paign.
"The battle Can be won," gays Mr.
Cameron, "if every person will take it
upon himself to drive carefully, keep*
lg his eyes on the road and hla mind
on his driving; obey the law and sup-
port law-enforcement officials; main-
tain a safe speed at all timea; keep
his car in a safe condition; observe
the right* of pedeatrlans and children;
be courteoua and aportamanlike, and
set a good example to othera/'
That's ,the challenge. If a op to the
individual. "
• Wwtora t i' Tani.
Cactus in Ethiopia Cams
From Somewhere far America
American barbed wlte manufac-
turers are said to bo refusing or-
ders from the belligerent powers in
Africa. But something from Amer-
ica, almost aa wicked, waa at the-
front long before Romana and Bthl-
ops began taking pot-shots and
spear-Jabs at each ether. Oactua l*
figuring In news pictures from the-
Ethiopian war xone. Machine-gun
nests are shown flanked or half."
camouflaged by huge plants of flaty
Jointed prickly pear bristling .
spines—menacing alike to Italiani
uniforms and Ethiopian chammas*
not to mention the legs and arms
beneath them.
All true species of cactus are of"
American origin. The prickly plants
were unknown in the Old world be-
fore the voyages of Columbus. But
once cacti were introduced front.
Mexico and South America they be-
came established all around the Med-
iterranean shores In amazingly quick
time, and from there they spread
throughout the dry lowlands of
northeast Africa and southern Asia,
udtil now they seem normal, native
parts of the landscape. <
We'll No Gie Ower Just Yet ;
a Bittite, Is Spirit of Scot
I am about knocked Out of time
now; a miserable, snuffling, shiver-
ing, fever-stricken, nlght-mare-rldden. ,
knee Jotterlng, hoast-hoast-hoastLni;
shadow and remains of man. But
we'll no gie ower Just yet a blttie.
We've seen waur; and dod, men. It's
my belief that we'll see better.
THE DOCTORS
ARE RIGHT
Women should take only
liquid, laxatives
Many believe any laxative they
might tike only makes constipation
worse. And that isn't true.
Do what doctors do to relieve
this condition. Doctors use liquid
THRU STEPS
1C0IUTIBCTIM
HiiHI
A cleansing dose today; a smaller
quantity tomorrow; less each time,
until bowels need no help at all.
laxatives, and keep reducing the
dose until the bowels need no help
at all.
Reduced dosage is the secret of
aiding Nature in restoring regularity.
You must,use a.little less laxative
each time, and that's why your laxa-
tive should be in liquid form. A liquid
dose can be regulated to the drop.
The liquid laxative generally used
is Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It
contains senna and cascara — both
natural laxatives that form no habit
even with children. Syrup Pepsin is
the nicest tasting, nicest acting laxa-
tive you ever tried.
—— Nor Even One
No household is big epough foi
two selfish people.
Beware Coughs
from, common colds
That Hang On
No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold or bronchial irritation, you can
set reiter ereomtflstoa.
Serious trouble may be brewing and
you cannot afford to take a chance
with anything less than Creomnl-
sion, which goes right to the seat
of the trouble to aid nature to
soothe and heal the Inflamed mem-
branes as the germ-laden phlegm
Is loosened and expelled.
Even if other remedies have
failed, don't be discouraged, your
druggist is authorized to guarantee
Creomulslon and to refund your
money if you are not satisfied with
results from the very first bottle.
(Qet Creomulslon right now. (AdrJi
Blind to the Present
Why do most people speak of hap-
piness In retrospect?
Found!
My Ideal Remedy for
head all
"Though I have tried ftjl good'
remedies Capudine sulla me
best. It Is quick and gentle."
Quickest because It Is liquid—
its ingredients are alreadr die-
solved. For headache, neuralgic
ache*—period io pains.
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