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Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1936

SPAIN AND THE AMERICAS MORROW, the Inter-American Conference for the Preservation of Peace will meet at Buenos Aires. Tomorrow, unless the history of the past five months suddenly goes into reverse, we shall be reading of new horrors in Spain. blowing one another to ‘bits—another day of blood and terror in which neither mothers nor wives not children nor the aged will be spared. '

We therefore take the liberty of suggesting t to the PanAmerican conference that it do something to end the orgy of slaughter now shocking the civilized world, inured though it is to war, ’

: Spain always has been, and remains, particularly close to the hearts of the inhabitants of the New World. Her history and the history of practically every nation in this hemisphere have been closely intertwined. Her flag has flown in North, Central and South America and throughout ‘the Caribbean. In 18 of the 21 republics represented at Buenos Aires, Spanish is the mother tongue. In two others Es ~Brazil and Haiti—Portuguese and French respectively ~ are the official languages and so, like Spanish, are of Latin ~ origin. And a vast area of the United States—Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah and parts of - Colorado, Wyoming, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana— once knew the melodious speech of Castile.

Surely, if any human plea today could have any effect on the leaders of Spain, an appeal from the 230,000,000 people of the New World should have it. Certainly nowhere else on the face of the globe has she so many, or more loyal, or more disinterested friends.

‘This, of course, is no bid for physical intervention. ~ There is too much of that already. Too many of Spain’s neighbors are meddling in what is, and should remain, a { strictly family feud. Hers is the right, and hers alone, to determine the kind of government that shall rule at Madrid. We do believe, however, that joint action, sympathetically undertaken by the two Americas in session at Buenos Aires, and addressed alike to both sides of the quarrel, might at least serve to temper the excesses of which Lefts and Rights seem equally guilty. — Perhaps the Pan-American republics might find a way to offer their good offices with a view to pacifying Spain. For, unless all signs fail, neither Fascist nor Loyalist victory is going to restore calm. Too much factional heat has ‘been engendered to permit hot Spanish blood to cool from . one day to another. ~The nations of the New World have no selfish ax to grind. They have nothing to gain save the satisfaction of aiding a ‘country to which all of us feel a deep attachment —that and the knowledge that perhaps they may be serving the whole tottering cause of world peace.

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LONELY, BUT RIGHT . HARLES A. GILMAN of Brunswick, Me., one of the eight Republican presidential electors chosen on Nov. ~ 3, deserves a vote of thanks. He makes it certain that ~ President. Roosevelt will not win a unanimous victory in the electoral college. ‘Thoughtless enthusiasts have been urging the eitors of Maine and Vermont to fall into line with those of the 46 other states. |Adoption of that suggestion would be un-

fortunate, It would deprive majorities in the two states.

of the right tothave their wishes respected and recorded. It would cheat the Republican Party of a needed morsel of comfort. ‘And it would establish a bad precedent. For though presidential electors are free agents, bound by no law to vote as their states do, the custom by which they obey the instructions of the majority or plurality in each state is a safeguard of democracy. Once broken ‘with comparative harmlessness, it might be violated harmfully another time.

Mr. Gilman, for one, says he has no intention of

reaking that custom. He will vote for Landon and Knox, and so, it may be hoped, will his four colleagues from Maine and the three from Vermont.

~ SIGN HERE INSTEAD of being a dog tag it turns out to be just an application blank. The blanks are coming through now via the postoffice and must be signed and returned by Dec. 5 for employes to qualify for the old-age benefits under the Social Security Act. If it were not. for that strange and wonderful thing

called the signature, maybe a dog tag or a brand of some

ort would be necessary if this business were to. be done— r any other business. Like fresh air the signature is accepted as a matter of course, but we would be in almost

much trouble without. it as if air were abolished. No.

e's imagination is big enough to conceive the full extent the chaos that would occur if the individuality of hand-

iting’ were suddenly to disappear and all of us should

‘writing alike. Its individuality is ‘more certain than the color of the 28 or the hair or the contour of the face or the body, for se can change, :

? HAPPY OF ‘EM " one ‘million years ago today (or thereabouts) the

‘race was born, according to an estimate just ‘10 e Jy Dr. Hplimut de Terra of Yale. Year one, he | —so atl Dur- |

cents a

Blood brothers will put in another day of

care to,’

NOW BE CAREFUL

ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE Dizzy sPeust

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Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler Holds That John Weismuller's Art and Unofficial Acts Be Separate and Latter Private.

EW YORK, Nov. 30.—A touching document is Johnny Weismuller’s appeal to his public to disbelieve that he struck a man foul in the brawl at the Stork Club. But it assumes that an actor, if we are to consider him such, carries a public responsibility for

his private conduct. This would put Mr. Weismiller

in the position of any Senator, judge or local superintendent of sewers and. that womld be unwise. from the standpoint of both art and ‘. . politics. On Weismuller’s part it should be held that his art and his unofficial acts are separate. He should reserve the right to stay up late, drink, gamble and neglect his home on his own time i he should

It is only when he SWings from limb to limb on a property grape-

. vine, uttering simian chirps and | depicting nobility in every. curve . of his torso that Mr. Weismuller . | is accountable to his (public.-I : might add that, according to my . taste, the madle abdoinén, even in " perfection, is not the highest mode + of dramatic expression and ‘that, as one who has

Mr. Pegler

studied baboonery at the wrestling matches, I chal lenge his version of the language of the missing link. But if it be that on the strength of these gifts Mr. Weismpller acquires the status of a- public .leader that can hardly be regarded as a happy sign.. True, the citizens have sometimes elected to high office men ‘who were more authentic baboons without acting than Mr. Weismuller is in his dramatic character. Many a city council and legislature has borne a striking resemblance to the monkey house but the people in their inscrutable wisdom chose these men to govern

their affairs for better or worse and Shere is no:

arguing with the election returns, ’ » -8 ”

ET, the struggle to improve is always. going on

and the simian character. of the public official is gradually fading, We seemed to be going .along rather well except, perhaps, in California and Chicago, where the politicians cling to the familiar and stubbornly beloved type when Weismuller revealed that a man who studiously imitates the ape-man is

conscious of a personal following among the people 2] te on ar mae Lo: hoe

I have a feeling that if people must follow an

“actor as personal -devotees they might better select for their idol one who imitates the highest type of -

man rather than one that swings on a grapevine at-

tired in a somewhat. irrelevant. diaper and in a

tongue he learned at the zoo. 8 8 * UT I wish Mr. Weismuller had been the one who socked a man foul in the night club, because the art of the drama exists largely in the ability of the

-actor to conceal his true character and assume a

totally different one when he is working. Mr. Weis-

muller is chivalrous and noble on the screen, but I.

could better admire his work if I were sure that in private life he was a cad,-a cur and a coward, given to dissolute habits, bad tompany and evil behavior. If he is personally fine and true, incapable of dirty work and the soul of chivalry, as I.gather from his excited appeal fo his public, then it is mo histrionic feat for him the screen. It rather lets me down because I was in the habit of thinking ¥ Johnny Weismuller along with Booth. \

Should

gave those. against whom -he had {0 - | enforce the: provisions of, the ap-

to depict those qualities on:

The Hoosier Forum

1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it—Voltaire.

LATE B. P. KINGSBURY HONORED .BY WRITER By Leo M. Rappaport May I be permitted to use your columns to pay a tribute to the memory of B. P. Kingsbury, who has just died, and who.was in charge of the Chain Store Division of the Gross Income Tax Department of the State of Indiana?

It is not unusual for a public official to be criticised ‘by those who may be in disagreement with him in their various .transactions, but I have always believed that such an official should likewise receive praise when he is deserving of it.

Fortunately, I had the opportun-

ae ity on several occasions to express to

Mr. Kingsbury personally my appreciation for his unwavering courtconsideration he

plicable tax law. -

the department has lost a most officlent and kindly co-worker, and the pile a “faithtul servant. : un 2 SEES NEED FOR MORE

| JULES JUSSERANDS 1By W. P. 8. In Washington's world-famous ne

Rock Créek Park, President Roosevelt- dedicated a memorial to the late - French Ambassador Jean

-} Adrien Jules Jusserand. ge!

Coming on the heels of ‘the rededication of the Statue of Liberty in New York Bay, gift of the people of France to the people of America, the Jusserand Memorial may, in a small way, be regarded as a response from the people of America to the people of France. For in every sense of the word the

French call a trait d'union, or link, connecting. the great republic of Europe .and our own. No foreign

better. None ever - translated -us more faithfully to the people. of his own land or his own country -to us. For 22 years—from 1902 to 1924—

among us and he always contended that, America shared his heart with the country of his birth. That to which the great Frenchman devoted his life—an ever bet= ter understanding between the world’s great liberty-loving peoples —can not be over-estimated, especially in this day and time. Re "WEIR SUCCESSFUL IN HOBBY RELIEF : . By Reader

to Ernest Tener Weir of Weirton. Although a bitter enemy of labor unionism ahtl the New Deal, he is an intelligent capitalist who made money right through the depression. | Like Henry Ford -he cuts prices,

ééonomic picture. He houses his ‘workers in America’s largest unin-

General fh) Johnson Says —

Wea of Japan, and Geman. Both h ntialy Miitary Nations » § 2

Through Mr. Kingsbuty’s death,

late - French envoy was what the |

diplomat ever understood Americans |-

- Certain’ things must be credited

‘raises wages and watches the larger |.

carporated «ity, a model of modern To riches il

(Times venders are invited to express their views in these columns, religious controversies excluded. Make your letter short, so all ‘can have a chance. Letters must be signed, but names will be ‘withheld on request.)

conveniences, and he believes in jobless insurance, old-age pensions and other benevolences. He doesn’t take his program from the three others ‘of the steel empire's - Big Four. So when he. talks on wages he is worth listening to. “I can not subscribe, » he said of United State’s Steél’s recent proposal, “to the theory of ‘chaining wages to living cost, because if carried. to its natural:conclusion this arrangement would halt future’ advances in standards :0f living. "In the past 40 years we have’ witnessed a great and-general improvement. in living standards. Many things have |° contributed fo this, but funhdamentally the improvement has been due to. a steady and. favorable ‘spread’ between wages and living costs.

““As I see it, any attempt to per-

{| manently establish ‘the living cost

index as the sole barometer for wage

NOVEMBER'S: SECRET

"BY F. F. MACDONALD : Who thinks November void of

charm— Noveraber— fails to undérstand; Who knows her pain and sharp \ alarm— .- Her terror of thie winds cruel hand

That seeks to strip. ‘her r Vairent gay From lithe ‘ brown limbs and bounteous’ breast, 'Neath sullen skies—funereal gray In Winter's devastating quest?

In = darkened maods—November weeps— Despairing-—desolate—and glum; overwrought-she softly sleeps

Quite

And dreams. of brighter days to}

_ come.

She * wakes triumphant, with “a

smile— Retrieves lost beauty in the sun; And shares with faithful friends the

while “Autumnal fruits—brown nuts— and. fun.

Despite ‘November's somber: ‘ways; She ne'r could too. unlovely be, Nor, Lf, 10 yield rare golden days— rn Swpumers: child is

DAILY THOUGHT

or he seeth that wise men. die, likewise ‘the fool and the brutish person : perish, and leave their wealth to. othérs—Psalm 49:10.

Lethon 2 thou art , poor: oo or: like an ass, whose hack with

‘flowed.

adjustments would tend to retard the continued increase in real buying power which has been and should be the goal of all industry.”

This elderly autocrat says his hobby is “finding out what makes the industrial world tick.” On this subject he appears to be practicing ‘his hobby successfully. ” » # NO BATTLES IN MANILA, EX-SOLDIER SAYS By Orville B, Wood * It seems to be:-a controversy between veterans as to who 'is who. As I am not a veteran of any wars, but have been called a camp follower, I would like to know how a man who served in time of peace in the United States can decorate -himself with a badge of a war vet-

eran and ‘make people beleve he exp

served in ‘war.

.As to..the Philippines, I sailed from Seattle on a transport loaded with horses and mules ‘for our Army. I landed in Manila Dec. 14, 1899, and took a job in the quartermaster’s :. department as. a mill‘wright. - I stayed there until September, 1904. I know what was go~ ing on during my stay. We had martial law. In April, 1901, soldiers were being. relieved from police duty and being replaced by regular metropolitan -policemen. The majority of . the troops were gone home. Civil government took charge July 4, 1901, and. Manila became an open city - Tor every one. School teachers, missionaries and carpet-

.baggers were flocking in, as the insurrection was over. Whatever bat--

tles were fought in Manila were in places where John Barleycorn

5 8 =»

‘POLICEMAN 1S TRAFFIC

HAZARD, TAXPAYER SAYS By Taxpayer One of Indianapolis’ traffic haz-

ards is the traffic policeman who

stands at the corner of Senate-av and Maryland-st from 4: 30 to 5:30 each day. Motorists never understand his signals, for he blows his‘ whistle constantly as if he were playing a tune. I almost had an accident myself the other night because 1 could not understand what he meant; others have been more in danger than I, 2 8 » ENVISIONS LEWIS AT HEAD OF U. 8. LABOR By Jimmy Cafouros In the game being played by William Green and John L. Lewis for the control of labor, Mr. Lewis seems to hold a winning hand. Whether or not the motives of the men are as altruistic. anid as honest as they would have us believe, labor seems to stand a better chance, under the Lewis set-up. ‘ "A fair forecast would be Lewis at the head of: labor - In the United States.

a The Washingion Merry- Go- Round.

‘By Heywood * Broun

: “would die, psychically,

The caliber of Harvard football was such that ‘we® were all compelled to die many deaths: ‘We looked:

It Seems to Me |

Interprets. Mr. Lippmann's. Novel . Definition ‘of U.S. Democragy in A Perfectly ‘Friendly’

NEW YORK, Nov. 80.—I read Walter Lippmann’s column every other day, but, of course, I don’t always agree with him. However, he has just enunciated ‘a novel definition of democracy concerning which [ feel that I can act as a friendly interpreter.

Mr. Lippmann is fearful of what he calls. ~the. dictatorship of the majority.” In other words, Maine and Vermont have spoken, and it behooves” the" 46

other states to listen to these Ting. ing. voices.

To many. people this paint of.

view might not make very. much

sense, but. it must be remembered.

that, among countless ather things, Mr. Lippmann is a Harvard. man, and all who have.gone to. Cambridge are curiously. conditioned in one respect. I do not recall that Walter ever appeared on.the sidelines with a megaphone to urge us to give nine long “Rahs!” and. put

“Team! Team!” at the.end of, it,

But -then, as well as .now, Mr. Lippmann- had a: nice caustesy in in the matter of conformity. He, too for the. dean. sold team.

Mr: Broun

to the Yale game for solace and resurrection; for in that contest Harvard had a constant edge because: of the traditional interpretation of the result. The two teams would meet, and when the final’ whistle blew the score would read, “Yale 12 and Haryard 0.” It might even be “Yale 28° and Harvard 0: fo the outlander it might seem as if Yale had won, but that was not our way at Harvard. We did nét Believe in the dictatorship of the majority, This was’ x Joona], victory for us. 8 8a fo Ra HEN Mr. Lippmann speaks in horrified ascents about the dictatorship of the majority hé refers; of course, to the will of the people. As far as the: Supreme Court goes, even a five-to-four verdict is the still, small voice of God and the essence of true’ “So: mocracy. Here I think his logic slips & ‘little, : He would not only protect but enshrine the ebnservative minority in the electorate, Why ‘shouldn’t he-do as much to prevent the overriding of the liberal bloc: on: the high bench? Indeed, I would be more fully persuaded it: Wilber Lippman ‘would become a- loser lover all along. the e. f

F this arrangement only had beén adopted betaré: the last election, Landon could have become cos" executive by the simple process of saying on election eve, “I'm out to take a licking.” John D, M. Hamilton: spoiled all that by insisting as late as midnight of the voting day that his side was’ out. for high. Lippmann would waive the requirements and claim concessions. on the ground that the Republican hand read Seven,

orga ah?

five, four, three, two of varying suits. *~ °

To be sure, Mr. Lippmann: is fond of using. ‘the arbitrary figures of 51 and 49 per cent | dealing with

the problem of Majority and mitariy rule. _Moreqver; :

he? pois. forwad 8 fon when he assumes. heli Bmpioge ri Mn fi for one definite side against another. otnethncs the court speaks for itself alone, and certainly the thé

is that cases are decided on the letter of the hepry gardless of ‘popular opisyon, Sher majority so,

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Bs Dre Pesarcon wud Riboit § Allen ASHINGTON,

Nov. 30—The greatest accom-

t Roose belleves wich a pack would bs i American pesdce peace. ud 1n-

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