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By Carter Field *
famous Washington correspond! nt
Washington. — There is more to
flie uneasiness of certain high labor
officials to government fixing of
minimum wages than is being made
known. What some of them think
about it down in their heart* would
not arouse any enthusiasm if itated
in plain English. It would not be
good politics, and in politics a man
who has become a labor leader is
apt to know his way around.
One objection is stated frankly, j
They are afraid that if the govern
ment fixes a minimum wage it will
tend to become the standard wage.
A good deal of publicity has been
given to this. But most of it is just
talk. A good many workers suspect
that the social security payroll taxes
are more menacing to pay ad
vances than any governmental edict
that not less than a certain amount
can be paid for a definite Job in a
definite place.
Every once in a while there is a
hint that the fixing of wages is a
matter which should be left to col
lective bargaining. That comes pret
ty close to being the heart of the
real objection. The same danger
was realized by labor leaders dur
ing the NRA regime. Obviously if
the government should eventually
control all working conditions, parti
cularly hours and wages, the Im
portance of union labor leader*
would shrink considerably. There
might even come a time when work
ers would doubt the wisdom of hav
ing highly paid union officials with
liberal expense accounts. The gov
ernment would be doing the job that
the unions set out to do and have
been doing.
There was a small contingent of
the original brain trust which saw
this very clearly, and welcomed the
day when It would mature. They
wanted all power lodged In the fed
eral government. This line of
thought never triumphed. The time
was not ripe for it.
Moreover the election was ap
proaching and the administration
did not know then that it could
lave been re-elected even If all the
abor unions had been just as strong
ly opposed to it as they were in
tavor of it.
See Danger There
But the dangerous germ of
bought is still there. The admlni
itration intends to march on its ef
forts to straighten out the waving up
wd down curve of business booms
and depressions. It Intends to con
rol business more and more, es
>ecially in the matter of plant ex
pansions.
With the regulation of wages and
lours, not a part of the program
'or the present session of congress,
Ihe regulation of business comes
closer. Sooner or later may come
mother move. It has not even been
tinted, so far, but as a matter of
'act it has lots of udvocates, somo
if them inside the New Deal breust
works.
For If governmental control Is
jo be exercised over business in
trder to avoid hectic booms and
floomy depressions—with the idea
tekig to keep the curve of prosper
ty in a straight line, with no ups
ind downs—it will become impor
ant not to have cessations of work
luo to labor troubles. They are apt
o play hob not only with produc
Ion—bearing in mind that the goal
)f the New Deal is to hnve pro
iuctlon geared down to the capa
city of the market to consume—
jut with government revenues.
The millions of tuxes paid to the
’ederul government out of the an
lual profits of the steel corporation,
or exnmple, and out of personal
neomes derived from dividends
rom that company, might conceiv
»bly disappear entirely for one year
lue to strikes which might turn the
jlack ink figures of that company
nto red.
All of which has labor leaders a
ittle perturbed as they see the start
nade on government regulation of
wages.
Dhio in Congress
The Ohio delegation Is an interest
ng example of whut is happening
o the President on the Supreme
court enlargement bill, and on in
iurgency in general. It is typical of
nost of the delegations from states
which are normally Republican, and
it present have heavy Democratic
najorlties in the Cupitol Hill con
ingents.
Ohio now has 22 Democrats and
inly 2 Republicans In the house,
ilthough if there is such a thing any
norc as a "normal” majority the
Iuckcye state should have about
COO.000 Republicans.
A month ago a confidential poll
was taken of these 22 Ohio Demo
crats. It showed 13 of them were
igainst the President on the Su
iretne court issue, and only i) with
ilm. But Just a few days ago the
'2 Democrats were again polled,
ind this time there were 15 against
he President and only 7 for him!
This does not mean that the two
gentlemen who originally favored
he President and later decided they
vould have to vote against him,
tad changed their own opinions
ibout the merits or demerits of the
till. It meuna that they had changed
heir minds about what was the
.lifer thing for them to do.
The point is that most of the Ohio
Democrats have discovered, to their
awn satisfaction, that a majority of
the voters in their districts are
against the court packing bill; but
that a majority of the Democrats
in their district are for the Presi
dent
Thus they are between the devil
and the deep blue sea. If they vote
against the President, they are like
ly to be knocked off in the prima
ries by a New Dealer who charges
them with having betrayed the
cause of liberalism, fought our lead
er, and generally acted in a traitor
ous fashion. This, especially as the
Farley machine is apt to be very
efficient in the primaries.
Would Hurt Chances
But if they vote for the President
on the court bill, then their chances
in the general election are very
poor indeed. Their danger there is
that the general sentiment in the
entire district, among Republicans
as well as Democrats, would beat
them.
If Roosevelt himself were running
in 1036 the situation would be dif
ferent. The President, they still be
lieve firmly, is simply magical as
a vote getter. People would in
many Instances vote the straight
ticket, and thus the Democratic
candidates for congress would be
pulled through In most of the dis
tricts the President carried.
But the President is not running.
So they are frightened. They want
to keep their (10.000 Jobs. They
like the perquisites, the feeling of
importance. Their wives like the
social life of the capital. They do
not wont to be retired. Most of them,
as a matter of fact, could not earn
anything like so much money at
home.
So they are doing their best to
avoid either danger. They do not
want this measure voted on in the
House. And just because so many
of them do not want it voted on, it
probably will not be.
They want the bill to stay in the
senate until after the election next
year, or until present Interest In It
dies away.
But if they do have to vote
against the President, the same
political logic will lead them to
vote for a great many more New
Deal measures than perhaps they
otherwise would. It would not do
to put themselves forward as too
strongly against the President. That
is not good politics. So the President
may be triumphant after all!
To Rejuvenate G. O. P.
There is a movement on to re
juvenate the Republican party. So
far the move is rather shrouded in
mystery, but a man very prominent
in the last campaign until he was
virtually shelved by Chairman John
D. M. Hamilton was in Washington
a few days ugo explaining to some
senators he knew whut he was try
ing to do in aiding the movement.
The main point of the idea, it
seems, is to organize a large num
ber of huge Republican clubs, start
ing in the big cities. When cam
paign time approaches the idea
would be for the young Republicans
in these clubs to work together, in
the vurious congressional districts
and also in the states, for district
and state at large delegates to the
Republican National convention.
Assuming success in this, the
idea then would be for them to take
over control of the O. O. P. or
ganization at that time, and make it
a live force In the country once
more.
There is at least one shrewd idea
in the plan, however impractical
it may appear to be. This is that
the backers are In agreement that
they must not try to foist any choice
they may develop as to the candi
date for the presidency.
Not Like Old Day*
It’s very different from the good
old days, when there were bosses
that were bosses. It is Just a little
bit Interesting, since the death of the
last of them. J. Henry Roraback of
Connecticut, a few weeks back, that
some of the young Republicans are
wishing the party had a few lenders
who had the brains and strategy of
the old group headed by Boies Pen
rose, even if they do think the new
party ought to be a little more
liberal.
There seems to be no personali
ties particularly in the new move
ment, which is Just as well at this
stuge, but there arc quite a few
gentlemen whose names arc anath
ema. Head and front of this last is
Herbert C. Hoover. A close runner
up, for no other reason apparently
than that his name Is considered
bad medicine politically, is Ogden
L. Mills of New York, Hoover’s
Secretary of the Treasury and gen
erally branded as an arch conserv
ative.
It goes without saying that John
D. M. Hamilton docs not rate very
high with the organizers of this
movement If he did they would not
be planning so comprehensive a
campaign to steal the organization.
If they could iniluence Hamilton to
do what they want, the movement
would not be necessary. Or, to put
it another way, Hamilton would be
leading it.
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v Cambridge University^
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The Senate House, Cambridge.
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Waahlngton, D. C—WNU Rervlca.
MANY American college
men, old and young, find
odd contrasts between uni
versity life in the United
States and that of ancient Cam
bridge. These differences are plain
in discipline, in daily life, in the
relations between faculty and un
dergraduates (never “students" at
Cambridge), and in certain cus
toms peculiar to this venerable seat
of learning.
There is little about the dingy rail
road station at Cambridge to sug
gest that somewhere thereabouts
stands a great university town.
A policeman of whom you ask
your way to "The University” of
fers no help; he cannot, simply be
cause there are so many colleges
here, each in Itself a little univer
sity. However, after driving into
town along a wide thoroughfare
which your taxi man tells you had
been in ancient times a highway
used by Romgn soldiers, you finally
arrive at St. John's college which
you are to enter.
Because John Harvard, principal
founder of the famous American
center of learning which bears his
name, was educated at Cambridge,
this university holds a special in
terest for people in the United
States.
John Harvard entered Emmanuel
college in 1627. In an old leather
book there you see his signature,
and a notation that he paid a ten
shilling matriculation fee.
Now a tablet is set up in the
chapel at Emmanuel to his mem
ory; and last year Cambridge in
England observed with sympathetic
interest the movement in Cam
bridge, Massachusetts, to celebrate
the 300th anniversary of the found
ing of Harvard college.
Each Cambridge college is a sep
arate entity. Each has its own chap
el. lecture rooms and assembly hall,
but most of the space is devoted to
residential quarters.
This independence has been char
acteristic of Cambridge from its
earliest days. It dates from the
foundations established by religious
orders, such as the Dominicans and
the Carmelites, most of which be
long to the first part of the Thir
teenth century. It continued with
the foundation of the colleges, the
first of which was Peterhouse, es
tablished in 1284. The majority of
the others followed in the Four
teenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth cen
turies, though Selwyn was founded
as recently as 1882.
finally Admitted Women.
Cambridge long held out against
the admission of women students,
nnd, though it was obliged at last
to surrender and welcome the two
girls’ colleges, Newham and Gir
ton, more than sixty years ago, it
still, unlike Oxford, does not allow
women to take actual degrees.
The ‘‘undergraduettes’’ attend lec
tures, both university and college,
with the undergraduates, and take
the same "honors” examinations
(they are not allowed to take the
easier "pass” examinations), but if
successful their reward is merely
a "title to a degree.”
Every college has its own staff
of tutors and its own endowments
which, together with the fees from
its student members, provide for
its upkeep. In many cases the col
leges have acquired much landed
property.
From the beginning it is im
pressed on the student that the loy
alty of the individual is first to his
college. It is by no means un
common for the members of a fam
ily to send their sons to one partic
ular college, generation after gen
eration. But in the background there
remains the Alma Mater, the Uni
versity itself. To the initiated it
is your college that you mention
first; to the stranger, if asked, you
announce yourself as a Cambridge
man.
The university, like a college, is a
corporate body with its own en
dowments supplemented by contri
butions from the colleges and the
government. It also has its own lec
ture halls and research laborato
ries and it alone appoints the pro
fessors, who are the elite among
the "dons," or faculty members.
While the ultimate governing au
thority is the senate, which consists
of those who havo taken the degree
of master of arts, the executive au
thority is vested in the chancellor,
elected by the senate, who is now
always a prominent national figure.
In practice, however, his duties
are performed by the resident vice
chancellor, who is invariably the
head of one of the colleges.
Gowns Arc Important.
This division of the university's
life into colleges is seen in the dif
ferences in the gowns, which all
undergraduates must possess. These
are curiously abbreviat' d garments,
a survival of the clerk1' uniform of
the Middle ages; but the forms of
each college have distinctive fea
tures, such as the three small velvet
chevrons on the sleeves of those of
St. John’s.
Normally the gowns are black,
but those of Caius (pronounced
"Keys”) are blue witl. black fac
ings, those of Trinity a darker blue.
They, and their accompanying
square mortar-board caps, are often
in the most decrepit state, since
a tattered gown or a crushed cap
is regarded as a sign of seniority;
hence, "freshers," as the first-year
undergraduates are called, fre
quently indulge in an orgy ot near
destruction to acquire this outward
mark of seniority. This procedure
can prove expensive. It may in
volve the purchase of an entire new
outfit to secure the approval of out
raged authority.
Gowns are worn when attending
lectures, or when dining in college
hall, which is the one occasion when
the members of a college meet to
gether, a certain number of nights
each week, whether they wish to or
not.
Gowns must also be worn on the
streets after dusk, and woe betide
the unfortunate undergraduate who
encounters a proctor when not in
this garb. It is an equally heinous
sin if he be found smoking in the
streets, even when he is properly
attired. These are two of the of
fenses against the dignity of the
university for which the proctors,
who have charge of university dis
cipline, are on the lookout.
A proctor, to the undergraduate,
is on impressive and fear-inspiring
being not only because of the moral
weight of the authority behind him
but also because he is always sup
ported by two "bulldogs” or "bull
ers.” These robust college porters,
in spite of silk hats and formal
black suits which they are obliged
to wear, are often surprisingly agile
in their pursuit of a delinquent un
dergraduate.
Process of Discipline.
But when a capture is effected,
proper formalities must be ob
served.
“Sir,” says the buffer, polite but
puffing, "the proctor would like to
speak to you for a moment.”
And when you are brought before
the majesty of authority, the con
versation is equally courteous.
"Sfr, I regret to see that you are
not properly dressed; I should be
glad if you would call on me in
the morning.”
Your name is noted in a book,
and when in a spirit of due re
pentance the visit is made the next
day, you are fined. If you are a
bachelor of arts the fine is larger,
for surely years of descretion, ac
companied by the right to wear a
longer gown and a proper tassel on
the cap, must be expected to bring
a proper respect for the laws of
the university. Offenses committed
on Sunday also involve a double
penalty. No offender escapes. It is
on record that King George VI
smoked what was probably the most
expensive cigarette of his life dur
ing his undergraduate days at Cam
bridge.
Friendly rivalry among the col
leges is shown in the wide variety of
sports jackets, or "blazers." They
appear in all colors and combina
tions of colors, and may denote not
only membership in some particular
college but also some athletic
achievement, such as membership
in the cricket eleven or the Rugby
football team.
Most coveted is the pale blue
blazer which only those who have
represented the university in ath
letics are entitled to wear. For the
remainder of their lives these for
tunate ones will be remembered as
Cambridge "blues.” There are “half
blues” for the less arduous sports,
such as shooting, or even chess!
"Blazers” owe their very name
to Cambridge, for this was the term
quite naturally applied to the scar
let coats which the Lady Margaret
Boat club, of St. John’s college,
adopted as its uniform.
Sports in general hold a high
place in life at Cambridge. Rugby
and association football—known as
"rugger” and "soccer"—are pop
ular in the winter, while in sum
mer cricket and tennis take their j
turn. But the sport of sports at
Cambridge is rowing.
Thermometer in Shade, Sun
A thermometer shows a higher
reading in the sun than in the shade
because it absorbs solar radiation.
A thermometer in the shade gives
more nearly the true temperature
of the air, but is exposed to radia
tion from surrounding objects. Most
thermometers used by weather bu
reaus are sheltered and protected
from radiation, while permitting the
air to circulate freely atout them.
'Jhwihd about
Summer Influenza.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF.—
In this favored land we are
now starting to celebrate the
customary seasonal rite of
having our summer influenza.
Summer influenza is distinguished
from winter influenza by the faet
that the former does
not set in until Sep
tember, thereby
providing intervals
for spring and fall
to slip in between.
The symptoms re
main practically the
seme. The eyes wa
ter copiously, but
the nose runs sec
ond. The head stops
up thoroughly, thus
providing proof of
the fallacy of the old
Irvin Cobb
adage—all sinus fail in dry weather.
The patient barks like a trained
seal, but the difference here is that
the seal stops barking if you toss
him a hunk of raw fish.
One could go on at length, but
it’s difficult to continue a writing
Job when you’re using a nasal in
halent to punctuate with and have
a taste in your mouth like moth
balls smothered in creosote dress
ing.
• » •
The Art of Cussing.
MY OLD chum Burgess Johnson,
once an editor but now a col
lege professor, tells a credulous
bunch of advertising men that Mark
Twain was the champion all-time
all-American cusser—could cuss five
solid minutes without repeating him
self.
Pardon me, Burgess, but Mark
Twain never did any such thing.
Once I heard him at his out-cussing
est best—denouncing a publisher
who had offended him. He swore
for five minutes all right, but over
and over again he used the same
few familiar oaths which the Eng
lish-speaking race always have
used. He didn’t introduce a new or
an original one.
I studied the art of cussing, both
by note and by ear, under such gift
ed masters of profanity as southern
steamboat mates, New York news
paper men, London cab drivers,
western mule whackers and north
woods timber choppers.
With my hand on my heart I
solemnly affirm that not one of these
alleged experts ever employed any
save the dependable age-seasoned
standbys, to wit, seven adjectives,
two strong nouns, one ultrastrong
noun and one compound phrase—
the commonest of all.
• • •
Romance for King Zog.
FOR about the fifth time comes a
plaintive plea from Albania, one
of those remote little border countries
of eastern Europe where every now
and then peace threatens to break
out. They have a king over there.
At least they had a king at the time
of going to press with this dispatch.
His name is King Zog. This is neith
er a typographical error nor a
vaudeville gag. The name positively
is Zog, and radio comedians may
make the most of it.
For many months he has been
paging the world for a wife. The
qualifications call for the lady to
have $5,000,000. His majesty would
also like for her to turn Moham
medan, but the main requirement
is that $5,000,000 bank roll.
California’s Coastline.
WHILE It’s quite a roomy coast
line, California has at present
only one coastline. This is a source
of mortification to patriotic native
sons, Florida having two such, one
on either side, besides a dampish
area in the middle known as the
Everglades.
Still, in a way, California’s silvery
strand continues to excel. Within
easy speeding distance we have at
least one beach resort where, when
Palm Springs folds up on account
of the heat, many of our artistic
colony go to relax. So wholeheart
edly do some go in for this that oft
en you may stand oil a quarter of a
mile and hear them relaxing.
Occasionally a relaxationist re
laxes so completely that it takes
weeks for him to get over it. His
friends leave him at the seaside only
to gather at the bedside.
• • •
The Changing World.
IT WAS Susan B. Anthony who
dedicated her life to the cause of
emancipation for her sex. But it
was her grandniece who lately at
tained the headlines by suggesting
that, with the addition of a buckle
here and a ribbon there, a nightie
would make a suitable evening
gown for almost any occasion.
Thus do we sec how from one gen
eration on to another is handed
down the flame of genius and serv
ice to womankind.
But. although the inspired sugges
tion is already weeks old, there still
are no signs that it is finding ad
vocates among the queen bees of
the cultural hive. Maybe the rea
son is that a belle of the Hollywood
artistic group would feel so osten
tatiously overdressed if she wore
a full-fashioned nightie to a social
function.
IRVIN S. COBB.
O—WNU Service.
Modern-to-the-Minute
_ ■' —
A S RIGHT as rain, and as cool
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Each is simple to make, pleasant
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this summer. Sew - Your - Own
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ute, and therefore is anxious and
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A Two Piecer for Chic.
If he tells you you’re just a nice
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Snappy for Sports.
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and feel perfectly confident in any
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£ A General Quiz
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MiwBiiifiififimniiBiimi
1. How many active volcanoes
are there in the world?
2. How much gold has been
taken out of Alaska?
3. What i3 the longest telephone
call that can be made within the
borders of the United States?
4. Is streamlining of railroad
trains a recent development?
5. What country is the largest
user of radium?
6. What city was known as the
city of wooden chimneys?
Answers
1. There are between sixty and
seventy in active operation.
2. Since the discovery of gold in
Alaska, in 1880, the territory has
produced more than $434,765,000
in gold, with nearly two-thirds of
this from placer mines.
3. The longest possible telephone
I call in the United States is from
Eastport, Me., to Bay, Calif., a
distance of 2,947 airline miles.
4. Streamlining of railway trains
to increase speed is generally re
garded as a recent development,
but in 1900 a streamlined “Adams
Windsplitter” train on the Balti
more and Ohio attained a speed
of 85 miles an hour in tests.
5. The United States is the
world’s largest consumer of ra
dium. During the last fifteen
years, this country has imported
$10,000,000 worth of the mineral
element.
6. In the middle of the Eight
eenth century Suffolk, Va., had a
building boom, and, due to the
scarcity of brick, built many
chimneys of wood, and became
famous as the city of wooden
chimneys.
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Great Courage
It is in great danger that we
see great courage.—Regnard.
To Get Rid of Acid
and Poisonous W aste
Your kidneys help to keep you well
hy constantly filtering waste matter
from the blood. If your kidneys get
functionally disordered and fail to
remove excess impurities, there may be
poisoning of the whole system and
body-wide distress.
Burning, scanty or too frequent uri
nation may be a warning of some kidney
or bladder disturbance.
You may suffer nagging backache,
persistent headache, attacks of dizziness,
getting up nights, swelling, puffiness
under the eyes—feel weak, nervous, all
played out.
In such cases it is better to rely on a
medicine that has won country-wide
acclaim than on something less favor
ably known. Use Doan’s Pills. A multi
tude of grateful people recommend
Doan's. Ask your neighbor]