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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15, 1937

IT MUST NOT HAPPEN AGAIN

WHETHER or not the United States Government will write “closed” after the Panay incident appears to depend largely on the nature of Japan's assurances that a similar “blunder” will not happen again. : “Blunder” is the term the Japanese have for it. And blunder it was—of the very first water. Unfortunately, however, that it was also an accident is far less certain. And therein lies the gravity of the tragic occurrence. Again and again, as the American note to Tokyo points out, “Japan’s armed forces have violated the rights of the United States, have seriously endangered the lives of Amer.ican nationals and have destroyed American property.” Over and over, it continues, the Japanese have admitted the facts, expressed regrets and given assurance that it would not happen again. Yet it does happen again—the last time to the Panay and other American vessels laden with refugees and in a spot where they had “an uncontested and incontestable right” to be. : Moreover, it is observed, the Japanese authorities knew they were there and why they were there. All of which smacks disagreeably of a to-hell-with-everybody spirit among Japan's armed forces. Cabled reports indicate the order of the day was to strafe everything on the river, again suggesting that the Japanese commanders did not care very much what happened to the foreigners. If they got hurt, why, regrets would be forthcoming and that would be that. : ; We do not for a moment believe Japan's civilian population thinks in any such terms as these. We do not think Premier Konoye does. Nor Foreign Minister Hirota. But, unfortunately, these seem to have little control over the

Japanese militarists. The Minister of War and the Minister of the Navy-are responsible only to the Emperor, and he accepts their advice.

The third and last point in the American demands on |

Tokyo, therefore, assumes a crucial importance. That point is, that definite and specific steps be taken to avert future tragedies of the sort in question. :

RAISE JUVENILE COURT STANDARDS

RGANIZATION of a committee on reform of the Marion County Juvenile Court has focused attention on the need for improving the handling of juvenile cases. As was pointed out by representatives of civic, social and other ‘groups who ‘formed the committee, improvement of social services is linked directly with the standards of Juvenile Court. And there is widespread local public sentiment fer raising these standards. The announced aim of this county-wide Juvenile Court Committee is “to co-operate with the major political parties in selecting qualified and competent candidates for Juvenile Court judge in the spring primaries of 1938.” The committee is “neither for nor against any individual as such, but very much for the best Juvenile Court that can be had.” Marion County deserves a higher grade Juvenile Court. Citizens should co-operate with the committee in an effort to make the Court’s personnel, methods and equipment rank with the best in the country. :

WHY NOT A REAL LAW? HEN the hitter general debate finally ends, the House ° will start voting on proposed amendments to the Wage-Hour Bill. There is one amendment which we hope will be given serious consideration. It is a complete substitute for the pending bill, and is sponsored by the American Federation of Labor. It would eliminate all delegation of powers by Congress and would fix the minimum wage at a flat 40 cents an hour and the maximum work-week at a flat 40 hours.

It would eliminate all administrative bureaucracy, and

would leave enforcement of the law to the Justice Department and the various U. S. district attorneys.

We suspect that Congress has not yet conducted a !

sufficiently exhaustive investigation to delermine whether a 40-40 standard is too high or too low, whether the standard should be rigid for the country as a whole or whether differentials should be allowed between the North and the South and between large and small communities. But if Congress isn’t well enough informed to determine such policies, what assurances has the country that a Federal bureaucracy would be any better qualified to pass judgment? If Congress isn’t well enough informed to legislate specific labor standards, why shouldn’t it inform itself before it legislates at all on this subject? Congress can pass the law but it can’t pass the buck. Therefore we think Congress should take its time and pass a real wage-hour law, one that will establish the highest possible labor standard as the legal right of American workers, not one that will leave that standard to the whim of a Government bureau. | Ai

DIPLOMACY’S LOSS s : T E resignation of William E. Dodd as Ambassador to oe oo many must be counted a heavy loss to the ‘Government Fw p TY Enda ha

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have been reasonable doubts of late as to the s of Dr, Dodd’s being persona grata to the Nazi Party. ere can be no doubt whatever as to his being a man hom: his country might be proud, a rugged American end ofigAmericans abroad, a ripe scholar whose head as tiirned by titles and position. uring the last four years in Germany at least one. voice of democracy remained unsuppressed, and that was Ambassador Dodd's. He was a Jeffersonian Democrat. He

his opinion was called for.

: i a ar lip-service to fascism or kept silent when :

he ways of diplomacy very possibly may seem to de-*

‘mand a less outspoken Jeffersonian in Germany. Certainly there is many an American diplomat who could be better ared from the service. Dr. Dodd should be assured that BR - . 2 i 3

- hang in closets and between events

-the President, and from the time of that

Fair Enough

By Westbrook: Pegler

Full Dress Suit Flatters Our Ego ‘Even if It Flattens Our Comfort; Columnist Calls It Just a Harness.

ASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The full dress suit which is compulsory at the Gridiron dinners in Washington, is unquestionably the most expensive male costume outside the military and diplomatic uniformed

ranks. It costs as much as $200, although it is possible to buy ready-mades for $50. Buf the point is that unless a man is an actor, a cabinet member, of a night club rounder, to whom the full

dress suit is a professional uniform, he wears it tao seldom to get his ioney’s worth. | It is not uncommon for a man to buy 'a dress suit for one special event and never have occa= sion to wear it again, and the bureau of standards has ascertained that the average number of wearings is just a fraction over three at an ayerage cost of $35 per wear= ing. . The rest of the time dress suits

men ouigrow them and mislay the: nvidenial equipments, such “i the Mr. Pegler Ww. ie with the snapper in the back, the pearl thi for the middle of the shirtfront and the rt Jinks Then all of a sudden there comes a heavy date at which the subject feels he must be present lest it be thought that he cannot afford a dress suit, and there is greai confusion marked by cries of “Where is that pearl thing for the middle of my shirtfront?” and Took Low these pants have shrunk!” : f there is time the pants can be let out from behind, where the tailors usually leave ‘some overlap for expansion, but if the subject waits until the last minute to inspect his equipment he chokes himself into the pants until he sits down at the table Whose oe — = go J couple of top buttons and i s napkin. Th SOV p e suit is really Just a 2 2 o

M=Y say they do not like to dress up in this costume, and, they don’t, because the fear of losing or forgetting something essential until after the stores are closed makes for nervous indigestion and destroys all the pleasure. But after they are dressed up ‘they Hae x ia Se 35 joay be seen in the way they - their tails and give themselve, -do-you-do a ‘the mirrors, g 8 Vie Hiow-deeyol 2 coat is an uneasy garment because it & Dave pay Side Pockets. - man goes to put bg Se or something an himself, “Hey, where is my side pocket?” 4 pete Zn = 2 2 TT social power of the dress suit is a strange mystery. It is a suit of clothes deliberately designed! to be of no practical use, and the accoutrements that go with it are rank foolishness and vanity. Yet at a (ress suit occasion the man who has one is socially acceptable and the man without one is untouchable, even though everyone knows that in personal qualities, such as honor, ability and all, the

. values are exactly the reverse,

Ard Aleck Troyanovsky, Soviet Ambassador, wears one ¢n formal occasions, but Earl Browder, the boss Communist in this country, refuses to wear full dress, fe aby the pound that it is the uniform of e capitalist enemy forces in the war of masses against the classes. of te

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REGISTRATION FEE FOR TAX FREE BONDS URGED By S. H. L. ‘The Court decision barring taxa-

Congress from requiring registration of ownership annually and a registration fee. If automobiles can be legally registered annually with a fee for registration, so can bonds and stocks. Here is a source of revenue for the Federal Government that would yield five billion dollars annually if the fee were 50 cents per $100 face value of the stock or bond. You cannot -tax the pauper, so get it from those who own and can afford the tax. Here is the best source to balance the budget. Re Le : POINTS OUT DIFFICULTIES © IN HOME CONSTRUCTION By Bert Wilhelm Somebody said that there were five million used cars standing on parking lots in these United States, waiting for a buyet. Another man said that in every city, buildings that might be remodeled into low rental apartments, were being wrecked to make room for more parking lots. A man that looked like a real estate man said the original price paid for any one of these cars, would have made an acceptable down payment on a moderate price house. : Someone has said that we are three million homes short in the U. 8S. A. No mention was made of being short one-half million house trailers and 50,000 houseboats.

How to Acquire Homes

It was also pointed out that our greatest house shortage is homes for those in the lower bracket of income. To be more specific, moderate Price homes in the $4000 to $5000 class.

homes could be acquired by the lower income group in the easiest manner. All you have to do is to pay 10 per cent of the cost of the house and lot and sign the mortgage. Incidentally, if you are beyond a certain age, you might be required to have your children and grandchildren as cosigners. The minor item the home-owner is called upon to do, is to make 360 monthly payments to the mortgage bank; make 60 semiannual payments to the tax collector; make 10 payments to the fire insurance company, and 30 annual payments of $100 for upkeep and public improveMent, and this fine home will be S.

tion of tax free bonds does not stop |.

It is pointed out that this class of

After reciting what the other fellow said, I will say this: I have been ' a lifelong Democrat, but this hous-

ing program is like putting a 44-

General Hugh Johnson Says—

| . "Tommy the Cork,’ Faithful Aid of President, Is the Perfect Yes-Man;.

TASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—This is a piece about ' Mr. Thomas Corcoran—or as the President puts it—"“Tommy the Cork”—by grace of a superlative brain, a pleasing personality, and the resulting aver = he Gomnander of the Faithful, Grand €r o astonis a hing caliphate of Bagdad on Eyerybody who has observed at first hand Washington necromancy since March 1933, 2 Shou We radical left wing of the New Deal. It is known who prepare the business-baiting bombshe and radical skyrockets. But it is a very era, and ‘much more difficult matter to trace the mistakes which have almost ruined . recovery from these intellectual sources to their actual explosions. Somelow, hey become Administration policies. fore ! ge n into bills, and put beQf course, in every:

i “sells # 3 now scheme ceases to be an abstract idea .

Mr. Corcoran has been active in drafting He: in statutory form, because he is fr utized as the battering ram to for mn ringmaster of the whole show. . : 8 8 8

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caliber shell into a 22-caliber gun. It simply “don’t make sense.” . Under the present setup of our Federal housing, the man that can qualify for a Federal loan, needs no help. He can borrow as much without it. home, cannot qualify. If any housing plan is ever made workable or helpful, the basic wage of $1 per hour and a 44-hour week, must be established. If not, an arrangement must be made to finance a home, ranging from $1000 to $1500 in price, then this home must be built on small acreage where taxes are low and a man can help himself with a garden. The rate of interest should not exceed 3 per cent, and the loan should be paid back over a period of 10 years. Otherwise, the man in the low income brackets, being unable to secure a home, will buy a house trailer and

spend his life dodging taxes and

paying for public improvements. 8 ® 2 ] URGES ONE BIG REPUBLIC AS BEST NATIONAL FAMILY

By Daniel Francis Clancy One of our politicians—I think it was Mr. Landon—recently said «what we most need in America is a new yardstick—a yardstick to measure the ability and the ac-

MY PRAYER By WANDA MITCHELL

Oh, Lord, give. me more strength each day To help a soul along life’s way; To do for some a worthy deed— Someone in great distress and need; To care for the sick and give food to the poor; Not to turn the beggar away from

the door; | To strive to live better in all that

I do; : Living and working, dear Lord, for

you. - :

" DAILY THOUGHT Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also were tempted, and were ‘destroyed of serpents, —I Corinthians 10:9.

O realize God's presence is the one -soverign remedy against temptation.—Fenelon.

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‘TAMFORD, Conn, Dec. 15—~Forty-nine years

complishments, as well as the good intentions of public officials.” My dear sir, a six-inch rule will do. I agree with Mr. Pegler—it is high time we forget states and state rights and become One Big Republic. Pointed out to a friend of mine— a patriot and loyal Democrat—that Lucky Luciano and Albert Marinelli were delegates to the . 1932 Democratic national convention in Chi-

be they were honest then.” You know, he may be right at that— then. Someday one of these inquiring radio reporters is going to contact H. L. Mencken by mistake. 28 8 BELIEVES LINDBERGH GETS TOO MUCH PUBLICITY By J. H, Wilson, Pittsboro It seems that your Forum is an outlet for pent up personal thoughts. Here is one that I feel should not be self-contained. Recently your front page carried stories of the return of the Lindberghs and their wish of no publicity. It is the opinion of the writer that Lindbergh has always been a publicity seeker and has seen that the surest way to get it is to go about it like he is hiding, knowing

full well that a lot of reporters will |

follow him and report his every action and rehash a lot that the public would be glad to never hear again. : . No misunderstanding please, my peeve is not with the Colonel. If he wishes to live in England, let him live there, we got along for about two years nicely without him and I believe I speak for a majority of the public. I say that we don’t care about whether he comes, goes Or stays. There is so much that might have been printed; for instance, the, return of the President, the fight in Congress, the A. F. of L. and C. I. O. activities, and local happenings. If Lindbergh wishes secrecy, let him have it. Anyway he has had too much, publicity already and the American public ¢an forget him without any loss. y

2 2 8 FINDS GEN. JOHNSON’S

COMMENTS TIRESOME

By S. L. Hugh Johnson's bellicose billingsgate and unsupported charges against everything connected with Roosevelt since he was disconnected, gets tiresome, I have verified some of his charges after lengthy research, but too often he seems to take his cue from cartoons of reactionary newspapers. i

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‘By Pearson & Allen

ED R., Realizing Billion Is Too Little for Relief, Delays Message; White House Newsman Gets Ribbing.

VV ASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The bad news on the 1938 relief appropriation will not be included in the regular budget to be sent to Congress Jan. 3. The President has decided to follow last winter's course and withhold rélief estimates for a special message in March. Two reasons are behind this: ; First, to allow time for the development of backhome mands for jobless aid. With employment rolls mounting “steadily, state and local - authorities, who are bearing the brunt of the clamor for relief, will -'soon be turning the screws on their Senators and Congressnien to loosen Federal purse-strings, thus offsetting the pressure for economy and budget balancing. ‘Second, Mr. Roosevelt ‘is still uncertain as to how much relief money to ask for. In October, when he started working on the new budget, he tentatively fixed the WPA item at one billion dollars, a five hundred million dollar slash under this year’s appropriation. But much has happened in the last two months: ens Unemployment is 25 to 50 per cent greater than at this time last year. 5 The President and his inner .. council are agreed that his orige * inal figure now is out of the ques tion. But he wants the spurring for more money to come from outside Administration quarters. In other words Mr. Roosevelt is playing a waiting game.

Drew Pearson

Robert Allen . 2 wu 8 N Greatest practical joker in Washington is youthful Jay Jerome Williams, publisher of the “Parade .of Youth.” One of: Williams’ jokes is to call up the White House and ask for “Wee Willie” or “Junior.” -~, i aia a. : (HE White House operator, at first mystified, has learned that this means William Hassett, exveteran newsman, now one of the press secretaries to the President. : La © On occasion, Mr. Williams has called Mr. Hassett, imitating the voice of the President, or again in a very British voice, to ask him to dine with His Excellency the British Ambassador. Result: Mr. Hassetf is always a little suspicious of telephone calls fromalleged high officials. hs : Pri : One night his phone rang and & voice said: , “Mr. Hassett, this is Franklin Roosevelt, and: I called to tell you that you really should take a vaca=tion.” 3 Hassett was just about to shoot back with “How would you like to jump in the lake, Jay Williams,” when he realized that it actually was the Presidént speaking. : : ; ; Continuing, the President told him that he knew Hassett had been in Washington all summer, that he appreciated his hard work, but that he ought to get away for a little rest. : 5

According fo Heywood Broun—

Columnist Makes Social Grade at Last as Member of L. N. O.S. CG. Believes in Taking Advantage of It and High-Hatting Plebeians.

-| Spivins had to be liquidated

secondary contacts with a man sitting so close to the center of such a network as this, that it isn’t hard to know pretty accurately what goes on. *'L'think Mr. Corcoran is an almost perfect example of a man who gives his heart and soul to a magnetic leader and thereafter carries on in a highly idealized edition of the perfect chief of staff. = | His is not to question why, his is only to do

die. There is a trait of this intense loyalty in many I Tat aT ibis iniense loyalty .

I have. roundly criticized some of Mr. Corcoran’s Br ucts like the terrible original Wages-and-Hours

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yourself.” I don't more: accurately expre . Corcoran

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the Cork” some evening that Henata j i, Tommy

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passed and in that time I never received a college degree, attained an elective political office, or achieved any community - honor whatsoever. Things looked pretty black. ; : Newspaper comrades such as Swope, Woollcott and Adams became doctors of philosophy, literature -and law :

An old radio buddy, Bruce Barton, who used to be on my General Electric program, got elected to Con.gress. A girl who was. in the chorus of “Shoot the Works” received honorable mention in the -All-Arizona Bathing Beauty Contest. A lad at whom I used to scream “Copy,” was voted the fifth most successful ‘scenario writer in' Hollywood. : : :

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‘to the last district convention of the Grand Jury indicted Aunt Fifi. dh : $f xe io the ranks, unhonored and unor a decoration with when the morn-

> , UT 1 remained in 1) sung with never a medal

- Imagine my surprise and pleasiire

| ing’s’ mail informed me that I was invited by the:

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Stamford Community Christmas tion Commitbe one “of a limited number of special guests

D. C. should provide thosé of us whém nonor with green brassards and the red initials L. IN.

than that, my | with the

or else. Naturally I hope that the phrase’ “limited number” will be rigorously defined in regard to us special guests. : ” The Stamford Community Christmas Decoration Committee itself consists of a mere handful of public spirited citizens. There are only 58 members, begin

‘ning with “Belmont, Gus,” and ending with “Woitke,

Miss Clara.” °° i 8 s ” 3 hy “ - AM as democratic as the next fellow, I hope, but if they attempt to put anything more than a couple of hundred special guests into the bus, one member of

the limited number will refuse to ride. Pa Stamford isn’t such a big town. As a guest itis not. within my privilege to: attempt. to run the show, but there shouldn't be any objections to a few canstructive suggestions. The cavalcade should be routed in such a way as to pass the homes of various prominent citizens who failed, for one reason or. Aer, fo get invited. ' Before each such house we should stop for a minute to sing a Christmas carol, and then give

the occupants a fish horn salute as we shout, “You

didn't make it.” : :

Hatbands would be unseasonable, but the 8. C.C. it delights to

0. 8. G. standing, of course, for Limited Number: of Special Guests. - And before we quit the Yacht Club we should organize : 2 assail my e YO; & W, 1 8

In the days to come when friends

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