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y \ | / * J yfy", C-r^J i Thursday, December, 5, 1985 r ' , " V • >vv®1 ^ * " * * * # * *> ^ r A 4* * ' v % • ^ " " ' ' • ' "sr .- r.:-"i-' *g| • ' ~ * #a«w4ev-^ ^ g . A * <* , , *"' il ** -• j# *"*• ^ •?•• , / y> ' %Jr' f; ^ #u \\: . * **„ i ,.L« .. ..* .>/. > .^: \t*r, >.+. . *.J ' . " McHKKXT FUUMDKAUDl W»v "0 0 (I () ;Ct3 P?M CD Washington , Letter y-."' --By-- ^ National Editorial Ajsodattea Washington, December 4 -- Sigris of Congressional activity are noted in the meetings of the House Qommittee on i be introduced.,at the next session call and the hearings printed in time for reading when the bill reaches a vote. The committees have found considerable demand for economies and fulfillment of the Utopian slogan "balance the budget." The betting is to the effect that many years will elapse before the Federal government regulates' its expenditures tb revenue. In addition to prepared estimates from the executive branches of the government the committees must be on the alert for new authorizations proposed by their colleagues. Already notice has been given that bills will Appropriations here this week. This vanguard of 39 legislators consisting of 28/ Democrats and 11 Republicans has one of the toughest jobs allotted to the lawmakers. Many pride themselves as "watch dogs of the Treasury" and try to beat off all raiders from official or public life. Through their hands pass the demands for enormous Federal expenditures now running into many billions Operating through small sub-committees; the mg for two billions in a mammoth ernment purchases of their , products or services. Oddly enough, the government through the coal commission possesses the power to fix prices and allocate production of soft coal--|L procedure which anti-trust laws prohibit when attempted by private enterprise. The Supreme Court may, of course, upset this scheme in event they decree the Guffey act is unconstitutional. President Roosevelt's speeches arei studied carefully these days in an effort to determine the trend of legislation. The arguments he advances regarding policies of the Administr* tion are providing a background for building of private hollies by the &a" 1 his annual message to the' Congress* to •v.x; tional government reliever- the housing shortage. The little birds petting on political fences bring tiding s of new extensions of Federal control over industries. While the soft coal industry is staging judicial tests of the Guffey Coal The budget message % the first of formal reports which will reach Con gress . after New Year's Day. The annual message delivered either in person or writing will contain an outline of the New Deal's objectives. It is anticipated that the specific sug^es.- Act, government forces are quietly , tions will be limited and that the Chief preparing to place petroleum and natural gas in their embrace because flouse Appropriations group finds its these commodities ane competing fuels viytth the Spreading Advent of Hosi-racing, These Same Women Are Cheerfully Taking Father's Money Out to the Local Track and Trustfully Trying to Run T^o Dollars Up to a Small Fortune,'. ^ LADIES AT THE RACE TRACK . v By FRANK CONDOM FOR a long, long time, you were forbidden to do almost any-' thing In this precious country of ours, the spirit of reform flas In the saddle, the bluenoses were it the steering wheel and life was Jjfetty gray for people with liberal ,flews. Now everything Is changed *nd you can do as you please and are the released and famished citizens hnv- J|g fun! They are indeed. Take horse ifcclng. Not long ago, horse racing was ^ •cowled at arid looked upon pretty generally as _a cardinal sin. You were • forbidden to make wagers on the horses as they loped around the track, tout recently the law-givers switched Over. State after state has legalized hoss-raclng, and what is more important, wagering en., the galloping betarks. Instantly new vistas opened op to the long-starved Americanos, who love to gamble, the same as the British, the French and the Dutch, and the opening tracks brought forth a brand new class, an unsuspected group of ^peculators, that you might call the fillet woirien folk, or the ladies who Used to stay at home. It turns out they are hearty gamblers, and nobody knew it. Now. then, In those days before hossraclng came bnck so joyously, the ordinary American housewife didn't do «mch betting, as there was no place for her to gamble respectably. The toig cities had their racing ladies and feminine gamblers, to be sure, but they -belonged to a different social layer and the homestaying women used to read of them in amazement So far •is they were concerned themselves, they didn't even know they, too, were gamblers at heart. They thought they •were mothers or Housewives, or whatever it said in the city directory. r~r With the spreading advent of hoss - racing, these same women are cheerfully taking father's money out to the • local track and trustfully trying to run two dollars up to a small fortune. And It may be a good thing that so many Hew tracks are flourishing In so many states, for the jaded housewives have it length found a happy and exciting way of spending the afternoon. If examined, it will be seen that there Is Ho sense whatever In the methods or Systems by which these Inexperienced dames bet on. the horses. " They are not the hard-faced veterans of the track. They are not th® emotionless Pittsburgh Phils of the betting ring. They know nothing at all about records or Information sheets, but are rapidly learning. Up to now. they are a pop-eyed crowd of guileless and enthusiastic Imbeciles, betting Small sums on the running horses, and astonishing as It may seem, they oft- _tn win, to their dwn delight and_ the boredom of others In the family, who ;§ow must listen to. the tales of triumph and disaster, In the old days, it was father and his golf. He came home evenings from the golf course, and even the cook could tell how he had fared In his joustlngs •With the boys by merely looking at him It was a bit tiresome to mamma and -the boys, but those days are ended. Mamma Is now speaking at dinner, having either made or lost $8 at the track that afternoon, while father was, winning the daily bread at his office It is mother who relates with shining eyes how she had $2 on the nose, the nose belonging to Flying Fishcake, who galloped in second by a whisker, and if he had only galloped In first, mother would have enriched the family by 22 bucks, gold clause money. It now takes the old lady about "40 minutes to describe properly the thrilling fiscal items of the afternoon, and every one seems interested, except father. If those states that have not as yet legalized racing proceed to legalize racing, then we may as well give np the """ghost, for the home-staying female population of our sainted land Is al most certain to step right into the game. We have always depended upon the sterling character of our worn en-folk, but It appears that their weak spot is gambling, and especially on horses running. They are ail Innate speculators, though millions of them conceal the vice beneath a cloak of Austerity, and the less they know about any given racket, the heartier they whirl in and tak» •». crack it HARRY HUNT DIES Harry Hunt, husband of the late ' Laura E., father of Frank, Sadie, Und Harry; brother of Albert, Frank, Walter and Mrs. Charles Sutherland, "<ied at his home at 4743 Congress St., • Uhicago, Saturday. Funeral services Were held Monday at 2 p. m. at the home, with interment at Oakridge. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner of Bound Lake spent Sunday with Mr. •nd Mre. Peter M. Scbewfer and fam- Take, for example, the church-mouse home-keeper out here In Los AngeleS, who has been recently making small sums 'of money betting on the ponies at the new Santa Anita track, wagering her money only on rainy days, or with the track heavy. I have met the ladly, so I am not making this op. Before hoss-raclng, she had never gambled at all, except for a rare fling at the roulette wheel at Agua Oallente, maybe once every two years. She had never seen a horse race until Santa Anita dawned upon a delighted populace, and then she began operations In a small, modest way, saying nothing to anyone, asking no odds, seeking no special Information, working out her own fortunes. She won, too, not large sums, but sufficient to keep her excited. New England is historically supposed to be the stern and rock-bound part of the nation, with all the sturdy virtues, tight as the Scotch, Independent, wary about money matters, steady going arid thrifty, the residents going in strong for savings banks and the quiet life. Well, they opened up a new track near Boston last summer, and the "hardheaded Puritans almost trampled each other to death, trying to get in. The daily attendance looked like the first German army. The dally take was something preposterous and dumb-, founded the owners. The dally betting looked like what France owea and won't p$y. Answer? Wen, the people -of Net* England haven't had opportunity to bet on anything but crack-spitting for the last 90 years, and the old libido rushed to the surface, causing the money to flow like water. Even grandmother, whose last bet was a box of candy on the Confederate Army, Is removing currency from the kitchen Jar and hot-footing out to tke bangtails. There is an ancient race track say* ing, but the housewives of today never heard of It--"a horse player always dies broke." That is as sound and true a statement as the other wise crack about death and taxes, but it gives no pause in these light-hearted times for here you have a generation that was almost verboten clear off the merry-go-round and can now do anything it pleases, up to standing on the head. Look at Indiana. There Is a spectacle-- good, old, Indiana state, where Booth Tarkington and George Ado used to live in an elder day. Just a short time back, Indiana had all the blue-nose laws and you would scarcely dare kiss your wife without a license from the governor. During prohibition, If the sheriff caught you with a black bottle, he hanged you and sent your family to Siberia. Liquor all over the place, race tracks, dog tracks, deer tracks, bear tracks and I believe they Issue yon a six months' license to shoot persona you don't approve of. I confidently ex-: pect that In the near future, Indiana will be going in brazenly for coct fighting, bull-fighting, duelling, pelotte, gambado, kantikoy," greasy pole, kiss in the rln'g, what's my thought, crambo, skittles, halma, nine men's morris and snip-snap-snorem. To return to hoss-raclng and Its astounding effect upon our home-loving womenfolk, the ladies have always adored roulette, craps, black-jack and chuck-a-luck, all games wherein the customer has no more chance than butter In the oven. The trouble was, they never had opportunities, for a real lady caqnot walk into n mere gambling Joint, with rough men everywhere. So the dames were forced to be content with their inhibitions, submerged desires, frozen appetites and such, until horse-racing loomed, and suddenly became as respectable and widespread as influenza. Thus it is that father cannot get hold of the morning paper any more, as mother Is engrossed in today's entries, trying to figure out whether Leapt Ing Lipstick will have a chance to show in the third race. Downtown in the business offices, the stenographers chip into a pool 25 cents a race. In the suburbs, the bridge-plaving dames chave set aside their cards and are out at the track, and so there is a genuine problem facing the fathers, breadwinners and heads of families In this broad nation-^how far to let the women go^with this new freedom--and no doubt the family heads will solve it as skillfully and thoroughly as they have solved all the othfer serious financial problems of the last six years. A.Frank Condon.--WNT7 ftorvte*. problems multiplied with the new assortment' of alphabetical agencies demanding money foY current and future needs. The deficiency appropriation bill authorizing the expenditure of one hundred millions, which encountered the Huey Long filibuster in the" Senate in August, must be revised to care for the expense accounts accumulated during the last four months. Conscientious solons go through the departmental estimates with a fine comb and a pruning knife. It is a notorious lfact that) estimates submitted from bureau chiefs to the Budget officers are deliberately in M. E. CHURCH ! You are invited to attend services at the M. E. church every Sunday. > Sunday school, 10 a. m. Morning worship, 11 a. m. Epworth League, 7:30 p. m. at the parsonage. Choir practice, Thursday, 7:30 p. B. The choir will give a cantata en-> titled "Christmas Visions" at Christ^ mas time. •--- Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Walkup and her mother, Mrs. Anna Mollohan, Ridgefield, visited Mends here Sunday. The tentative policy of the Coal Commission is" to regulate or. restrict the utilization of these fuels so that demand for bituminous coal will revive employment and increase prices. The Executive will follow his usual custom of sending numerous special messages to boys on Capitol Hill. The Southern contingent were concerned ever his: utterances at Atlanta last week because of the implications on politics in the South. The Middle; West expects something of the kind consumers of oil and natural gas, who when Mr. Roosevelt receives his honhave benefited from lower costs particularly in areas adjacent to oil and gas fields in the Middle and South Western states, may soon feel the effects of the proposed policy. Already the Federal agencies are demanding compliance with the Guffey coal code through a form of coercion. Railways which may haul mail and automobile companies which flated with the expectancy of deflation ; sell equipment to the government are at the hands of Senate and House asked to forget cheaper sources of Committees. The departmental and energy and burn more soft coal to bureau executives are quizzed by the put miners and others back to work, sub-committees behind closed doors The alternative is an embargo on govorary degree at Notre Dame December 9. Legislators cherish the hope that the . Administration will keep its pledge for a short session by curbing requests for new and novel laws. 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