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And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself.—St. Matthew 22:39.
Humble love, and not proud science, keeps the door
were going to try to get back all the way to 1920.
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| CATTON'S COMMENT ’
e BY BRUCE CATTON ‘
You must give Idaho’s tall Senator Borah credit
for one thing, at least; he has taken the Republican
presidential nominaticn for 1936 out of the smoke
filed room and tossed it into the open where the
pecple can get at it
For a time it looked as if certain party leaders,
in their eagerness to get back to the good old days,
were going to try to get pack all the way ot 1920.
You may recall what happened in that year. Wood,
Lowden and Johnson came to the convention with
their pockets full of delegates and proceeded to kill
one another off. Then, just as Harry Daugherty had
predicted, the boys who run things met in a hotell
room, which since politicians like their cigars, was
as full of smoke as the old tradition demanded—and
put over Warren G. Hardng, who had not even been
able to win a solid delegation from his own state
in the pre-convention balloting.
The fruits of Mr. Harding's elevation to the White
House are still a matter of painful memory.
“ Phere were disquieting signs of late that the same
sort of thing might happen again in 1936. Political
bosses were doing their utmost to avoid open con
tests for delegates at the polls, They were urging
the development of “favorite son” candidacies wher-
ever possible,
The idea apparently was to bring together as large
‘a group of possible delegates whose commitment to
this, that, or the other candidate reflected no solid
publicly expressed wish of the voters backs home.
/I that could be done, the electorate could be pre
mgpnted with a candidate about whom it had had no
Zhanca to speak its iaind. ¥
Along comes Senator Borah, at this point, to knock
this scheme endwise. The senator seems to have
the old-fashioned idea that a pre-convention fight
for delegates ought to be a real fight, with every
body in there leveling; and if he has anything to
‘say about it, that is the kind of fight there will be.
All this is one of the most healthful developments
in recent American @olities,
_ The coming campaign may well hinge largely on
the question of old-fashioned democracy versus cen
tralized executive power in the federal govrnment.
It would be odd indeed if the candidate who took the
side of democracy in this argument should himself
be a person chosen hy the highly undemocratic meth
od of the smnke-filled room.
"He won't be, if Senator Borah can help it. If the
Republican candldate can be a man whose candidacy
has been approved before the convention by the
party’s rank and file, we shall have taken a long
_m,;fliward sounder, saner politics,
Little Labor Lost
‘%fi During the last year the U. 8, Labor Department’s
ggoncmation service was called upon, or offered its
“services voluntarily, in 1007 cases es - industrial trou
‘ple—strikes, threatened strikes, lockouts, jurisdic
tional disputes, and so on., In 749 of these cases—
just less than 75 per cent-it' brought about peace
“ful adjustments. Ak e %
. Here is a record of which the service can be proud.
Those 749 adjustments’ represent' a distinct gain to
the community as a whale, as well as to its individ
ual elements of employerg and employees,
- Any industflal dispute which® reaches an open
break means a loss to the cammunity; a. loss in time,
in wages, in profits and in goods.
.To head off three-fourths of such breaks before
* theyseach the loss-making stage is to render a gen
| mine ser¥ivg to the country as a whole, as well as
m partiesnspnediately concermed. ¢
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f{y;fl?m papers’ recently recorded M»@\asa of the
s;m}"l:l‘iun in Youngstown, Ohio, who ga\‘vé—i%;‘;;
"year-old son a toy gun for Christmas. The lad -
~ed with this, liked it, and went rummaging around”
“for something better,
m:ah* father’'s bureau drawer he found a real re
_yolver;. and then hauled it out and plugged father
in the hand, inflicting a painful and crippling wound.
;'f"’g)robably is a good object leszon about the
_unwisdpm of giving children toy guns; but it seems
.t ous it is even more eloquent about the unwisdom
_©of keeping real guns in the house at all
‘f i‘,{"fiv 1; does the ordinary citizen need of a revolver
.anyway? The chance that he will ever need to make
legitimate use of it are microscopic.
~ Simply heving the thing around the place is a
TZe hazard brings death er injury to scores
Df pitizzns every year—and it is a hazard which no
',‘v needs to take.
Example to Children
~ A new public school building in Long Beach, Calif,,
was nqned after Robert E. Lee, some months ago;
‘and the Long Beach board of education got a flare
‘back recently when various private citizens protested
‘mgainst this means of honoring the memory of a
“rebel.”, .
‘. Half a century ago such protests would have beén
Joud and lusty, and the board of education undoubt
edly would have heeded them;. but today they are
‘little more than curiosities,
‘ The reason is that as the bitterness of fratricidal
‘war has died down, northerners have been able to
‘see more and more clearly that the character and
‘knightly manhood of Lee constitute one of the coun
try’s most precious possessions.
i Lee didn’t start the war. That was done by hot
heads and politiciars, morth and south. He fought
for the right as he saw it, accepted defeat like a
man, and left a shining example of the nobility
‘human nature is capable of. Not a bad figure for
‘gehool children to contempiate, is it?
“TRADE AT HOME” CAMPAIGN
~ The Banner-Herald notes with interest
the inauguration of a ‘“trade at home”
campaign by the Chamber of Commerce.
‘The plan has been a ‘“hobby” with this
newspaper for several decades, and now
that the Chamber of Commerce is to
adopt the movement as a special feature
for its 1936 program, we heartily extend
our support of the campaign.
As~*has been stated by Secretary Wier,
“thousands of dollarg are spent with mer
chants in other cities.” That is true. If our
people realized the great injustice that is
being done the home merchants, we be
lieve that they would cease trading in
other cities and spend their money here..
No town or city can hope to grow and
prosper without the support of the local
people. The merchants of Athens carry
complete and varied stocks; with the
quality and grades of merchandise the
equal in value of the stocks carried by
merchants in other cities. The prices on
merchandise here, of the same quality,
are lower than are the prices charged
elsewhere. Besides the expense of auto-l
mobile, bus or railroad transportation,
dinners and incidental expenses, runs the‘
cost up for shoppers considerably higher
than the cost of the same merchandise
purchased in Athens,
The Chamber of Commerce is to be con
gratulated on the movement to establish
here an organization that will encourage
our people to trade at home. Consumers
of merchandise should cooperate fully
with the merchants and with the Cham-{
ber of Commerce in bringing about a bet
ter understanding of conditions and the
necessity for all citizens working in har
mony and cooperating for the welfare of
the community. ok |
If the Chamber of Commerce accom
plishes no other feature of its 1936 pro
gram than that of getting our people “to
trade at home”, it will have rendered a
service to Athens that will prove of in«
estimable value.
PRESIDENT’S BIRTHDAY BALL
The appointment of Luther W. Nelson
as general chairman of the local commit
tee for the “Birthday Ba!l for the Presi
dent” will meet with general approval on
the part of the people of this community.
The-purpose of the ball is to create
funds with which to combat the disease of
and to provide local treatment and rehabil
itation for infantile paralysis sufferers.
This menace has shown a decided in
\crease throughout the country during the
past year. In some sections, the people
‘have experienced a real epidemic, espec
\ially among children, who seem to be
prone to the disease more so than adults.
The receipts from more than 5,000
communities in whizh Birthday Balls for
the President were held, netted the foun
dation in 1934-35 over two million dol
lars. The interest nas grown in these
balls and the national committee is look
ing forward to the returns for 1936 to
break former records .
Chairman Nelson is arranging for the
appointment of various committees that
will be charged with the responsibility of
lthe conduct of the ball which will be held
on the evening of January 30, in Wood
| ruff Hall.
NUMBER OF LYNCHINGS INCREASE
In 1984, the number of lynchings was
15; the number in 1933 was 12, but in
1985, the number reached 20, which
show an increase for the past year. Prac
tically all of the lynchings occurring last
year were committed in the southern
states. California, however, having one.
A majority of the lynchings were due
to the crime of rape and to the delays and
bickerings of the courts. Mob violence
cannot be justified nor can the action of
the officers and the courts in failing to de
tect, arrest and try the members of mobs.
In some instances, alleged members of mobs
have been arrested and tried in the courts,
but few convictions have resulted. To
the laxity of the laws and their enforce-
Iment by the courts is due, in a great meas
‘ure, the deplorable condition existing
throughout the country.
LEGALIZING “MERCY KILLINGS”
, A Boston physician recently made it
'known that he had practiced “mercy kill
lings” on a number of his patients, That
is, patients who were incurable and death
would relieve them from their suffering.
Another case of equal interest is announ
'ced from Rhode Island where a practical
nyurse admitted that she was guilty of
such eonduct or crimes. The practice ap
pears &%@Ve grown popular in some sec
tions of the' country, and it Las been sug
gested that sugh deaths be legalized by
the enactment of‘saqtl laws by legislatures
of the various states.” ‘One condition, how
ever, is suggested that befora such deaths
are permitted, the request mugtgome
from close relatives and the sufferer B¢
lieved from his or her misery by a reputa
ble physician. All of which may be a so
cial reform worthy of consideration, but
it is one that opens a way for abuses of
criminal character. '
The neutron, ‘“‘atomic brick,” brought
into prominence by Prof. James Chad
wick, Cambridge, Eng., is composed of an
electron, the negative particle .or unit of
matter and electricity, and a proton, a
unit of positive charge,
New York City has a greater popula
tion than that of nine states combined:
Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Nevada, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island,
South Dakota, and Wyoming.
The oldest map in the world is said to
have been found in excavations about 200
miles north of Babylon. It was buried
under 20 feet of earth, and plctured the
layout of a rich man’s estate. |
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BEGIN HERE TODAY
Against the wishes of her
grandmother, aristocratic Mrs.
Williard Cameron, Dana West
brook marrieg Dr. Scott Stanley
struggling young physician,
Before her marriage, she had
broken with wealthy Ronald
Moore, Dana’s half-sister, Nan
¢y, is in love with Reonald, but
hides her feelings, knowing he
loves Dana.
Both Mrs. Cameron and Paula
Long, who has loved Scott for
yoars, hope' the marriage will
not last. .
Paula, a patient of Scott’s, is
always calling him and manag
ing vo see him at parties. Dana
has become aware of Paula’s
infatuation for her husband.
Scott, deeply in love with his
wife, is uncomfortable cver the
situation.
One stormy night Paula’s
housekeeper calls Scott, telling
him Paula is ill. Scott goes to
sae her and stays away all
night. Dana, not knowing Paula
had attempted suicide, goes to
her grandmother. Mrs. Camer
on determines to do all she can
to make the separation perm
anent,
Next day Scott is called upon
to perform a dangerous opera
tion. He returns home with a
heavy heart, realizing Dana is
not there to share in his
triumph.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXXIV
Dana was sure her heart had
died that night Scott had gone
to Paula’s home and stayed there
while she counted minutes by its
heavy beating. Counted minutes
that lengthened to hours.
At four she had got up and dress
ed. Then she called a taxi and
gave the driver her grandmother's
address.
Yes, her heart had died when
Scott had flaunted hig infatuation
for Paula, leaving her alone that
stormy night. Her heart had not
come alive since; a month had
passed and Scott had neither called
her or tried to see her.
~ Lawyers might term what she
had done “desertion,” but Dana
never doubted that Scott knew she
had left him because he had stay
ed at Paula’s all night. Any wom
an who had any self-respect would
have done the same thing. And if
Scott had had any explanation to
offer he would have pleaded with
her to come back to him. He
hadn’t—which was proof that he
didn’t want her.
Aunt Ellen entered her niece’s
room. She sajd, “My dear, you
aren't happy. Isn't there some
thing that can be done about it?”
“No, Aunt Ellen.” There was a
sob in Dana’'s voice. "
“Let me write to Scott,” her
aunt pleaded.
"“No, no!” Danas voice rose ve
hemently. Then she wag sobbing
in Aunt Ellen’s arms. When she
was quieter, she poured her trou
bies into the sympathetic ear. She
told things she had vowed she
would never tell anyone, but tell
ing them to one who was go dear
and understanding and dependable
was like whispering them to her
self., Dana knew without binding
her to secrecy, that Aunt Ellen
would never break the confidence.
And it was comforting to hear her
gentle, sympathizing voice saying
things Dana wanted so terribly to
believe but couldn’t. }
“It wasn't anything I did,” Dana
insisted. “I loved Scott so :auch,
and he knew that. I didn’t mina
doing without .all the silly things
a lot of girls want: I didn’t mind
cooking and doing dishes. It was
fun. Because, no matter what went
wrong, Scott never complained.
He didn't expeect things of me. He
helped a lot—not puttering around
but really helping. And he weork
ed so hard at the office—” Dana’s
voice broke.
“Then why,” Aunt Ellen asked
bewildered, “why did you leave
him?”
“It was something outside all
that. Something I suppose he
couldn’t help.” Dana's miserable
eyes met her aunt’s. \
“You mean — a woman!” Aunt
Ellen could scarcely say the word.
It had a fearfully indelicate sound.
-“Yes,” Dana answered.
“You are sure?’ Her aunt’s voice
was shocked.
i "“Yes, You see I was a sneak
and checked up.on him.”
“But are you sure?’ It was al
most impossible for Aunt Ellen to
accept this dreadful explanation,
remembering the happy faces of
her niece and Scott the day they
married. Otiy a year ago — and
E@re was na telling her about
some other woman.,
i “And then she went away,” Dana
whispered. “About three days aft
er—after I found out about it she
left town. It is all very muysterl
ous. ‘She didn’t tell anyone where
she wag going. Just disappeared,
and her apartment was closed. But
of course I knew why she left.
Maybe she thought I'd take the
role of an avenging wife. Or may
be she just wanted to get out of
town until it all blew dwer.”
Aunt Ellen had decided, ‘lt was
that Long girl then.” She was the
oone her sister had said Scott should
have married in the first place. If
he had, this child wouldn’t be sit
ting here looking like a little ghost.
It might have heen Dbetter for
Dana to have pretended she didn't
know what was going on. In the
old days women pretended they
"didn't know about their husbands'
‘philanermgs. They just acted as
‘though they didn’t know and kept
on living with their husbands.
But young girls today, with so
much fire and spirit, demanded
fair play. When they didn’t get
it they struck back. Dana haa
struck at Scott and the blow had
rebounded, wounding her sorely.
“My dear,” Aunt Ellen protest
ed, “you can't go on this way.
You've been here a month now,
and you haven't been out of the
house. Don’t you think you could
take a walk? Or go to a movie?”
“T couldn’t go to a movie,” Dana
said. “I couldn't stand it.”” Then,
as she saw the troubled look on
her aunt's face deepen, she said
gallantly, “But I will go for a walk.
I hate to face people, though I
know it’s silly. But it's horrible to
feel people are speculating about
you, looking at you and wondering
and saying ‘There’s Dana Stanley-
Well, she and Scott have hit the
rocksg already'.”
| Aunt Ellen nodded. “They prob
ably will say those things. But yovu
]must be brave and face the musle
IYou can’t become a recluse because
you and Scott couldn’t live togeth~
er. After a while people will for
get. It's a good thing most of us
have such short memories.”
Dana said, “It's a nice day. Fresh
and sunshinny, though a little
windy. I'll enjoy getting out.” She
said it for her aunt’s benefit and
lsaw Annt Ellen’s face brighten.
Dana was scarcely out of sight
when the doorbell rang. A mom
ent later Sarah plodded up the
stairs, her eyes bulging.
“It’s Mister Ronnie,” she said.
“He's askin’ for Miss Dana.”
Aunt Ellen fluttered down. With
“her, sister and Nancy both away,
she didn’t know what she would
say to the young man. It dldn't‘
seem decent, exactly, for him to
be inquiring for Dana when the
child was still married. Still she'd
have to give him some sort of an
swer. Young, people did the most
amazing things. Aunt Ellen knew
she must be careful, because her
sister would be furious if this par
ticular young man was offended.
“Dana’s out walking,” Aunt Ellen
said vaguely. She added (and the
devil himself must have been prom
pting her,) “Shé went south. She
can’t be sp very far away because
she only left a few minutes ago.”
Ronnie thanked her and left.
“I couldn't help it,' Aunt Ellen
told herself. “Maybe a nice brisk
drive would ‘cheer Dana up a lit
tle.” :
Dana’s feet were taking her along
a familiar way. It was the same
walk she had taken the aftgrnoon
she had heen caught in the de
luge and Scott-had come running
after her. Bvery step wag filled
with memories. This was the street
where - Scott had lived then. His
house stoed at the end of the block.
She had almost reached the car
standing in-+fri ..t ¢ Scolt’s house
tefore a 2 reccgniged it. It was
‘Scott’s ear. ' Dana put out a hand
‘and touched. it. Suddenly she was
‘shaken by sobs, blinded by tears.
~ She opened’ the door and climbed
in. Sinking back against the seat,
'she gave up to desolation. She
'would sit here and wait. When
Scott came out she would tell him
what was in her heart. She would
tell him she couldn’t go on with
\out him, ask what had become of
‘the love he had once had for her.
| Suddenly fear gripped her. What
if Paula had not gone away as
people said? What if she had tak
en over Seott's house? Perhaps
the tenants ‘had given it up ana
Paula had come here, Kknowing
that someday she would be its mis
tress,
The story that Paula had left
town had been so vague. Nobody
knew where she had gone. But if
Paula should appear with Scott
and find her weeping her heart
out it would be the final blow —
the one thing Dana couldn’t en
dure. She slipped out of the car,
and turned her face homeward.
A moment later Scott came out
of the house. He glanced down
the street, and his heart leaped
wildly. That was Dana, not more
than a block away. She was walk
ing slowly,
Scott hesitated a moment. Then
he started walking rapidly toward
the distant figure.'
(To be continued.)
CHILD'S PLAY
DES MOINES — (#) — Assist
ant Attorney General Claire Ham
ilton, out to show' the boys that
only sissies ride a sled “belly bus
ter” style, rode one down a hill
standing up. But not all the way
down the hill. A bandaged knee
and a cane were added to the
counsellor’s sartorial effect.
APPOINTMENTS MADE
ATLANTA —— (# — Governor
Talmadge Wednesday announced
appointment of Elliott Dunwoody
of Macon to succeed himself as =
member of the state board of the
examination and registration of
architects and of C. H. Peacock of
Canton to succeed Clyéde E. Mc-
Dorman, formerly of Athens on the
state board of examiners of em
balmers.
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A NEW YEAR’S REVIEW OF EUROPE
DICTATORS AND MILITARISTS HOLD
SWAY ABROAD IN DAWN OF 1936
By MILTON BRONNER
Européan Manager of NEA Service
LONDON -— From the stand
point of the peace-loving demo
crat, who believes in the rule of
the plain people and who hopes
for a cessation Prom wars and
threats of wars, the year 1936 in
Europe looms as one of the most
hopeless since the World War
erGed in 1918,
Demiocracy, in Furope, will be
fighting with its back to the wall.
In Germany and Italy, the hol
of the dictators, Hitler and Mus
solini, has been tightened rather
than loosened. In Austria, Hun
gary, Portugal, Bugaria and Ru
mania, as the new year arrives,
the common folk have little to say
ahout their governments. In one
forza or another they have so
called “strong’”’| governments
which means governments in
which democracy’s voice has been
stilled.
(iir2ece, which for some years
has been a republic, enters 1936
with King George restored to his
throne—although, to do the re
turned ruler justice, he is trying
desperately hard to make of
Greece a constitutional monarchy
aftcr the model of Great Brtain,
'The iron dictatorslip exercised by
King Alexander of Yugoslavia be
fore his assassination has been
silghtly modified and to that ex
tent is a gain for democratic rule.
Most Aryan Lands Are Socialistic
T'he countries, which still stand
out as islands where the voice of
the people rules, are Great Britain,
Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and
Ireland, the Scandinavian states,
Belgium, FHolland, Switzerland
and Czechoslovakia. Tt is a sin
gular commentary that while the
Germans under Hitler are stress
ing the so-called Aryan argument
and tightening the Nazi grip on
Teuati ria, the most Aryan coun
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tries of Europe—Denmark, Nor
way . and Sweden—have so far re
jected cictatorships that they are
all now under Socialist govera
mento.
Even aside from the war Italy
and Ethiopia are waging, there is
also little encouragement in Eu
rope for the hater of war. Not
only have all the attempts 1o
reach some degree of disarma
ment through the League of Ni.+
tions failed utterly, but Europe
has steadily all through 1935, be
come more and more an armed
camp so that the conditions are
rapidly approximating tho-e
which preceded the terrible expio
sion of 1914, which began the
World War.
Not only did all the attempts of
the League of Nations disarma
n ent commission fail, but all otn
er - attempts to lessen armaments
have proved abortive, largely dne
to the fact that Hitler's Germany
during 1935 made scraps of pa
per of the Versailles Treaty., Last
March Germany calmly announced
to the world that it refused to be
bound any longer by the provi
sions of the peace treaty. It an
nounced it was going to have a
large army, that it was going to
reintroduce conscription and that
it was, likewise, going to have a
very big air force. There was no
nation or combination of nations
ready to take up the defi thus
huried by Germany. Instead they
acquiesced in what was to be an
accomplished fact.
There were several reactions,
Practically every nation in Eu
rope, even smaller ones like Hol
land, Denmark, and Sweden, be
gan to increase their armaments.
The bigger nations have appro
priated vast sums to increase their
armies and air forces. And most
siartling of all, Great Britain sud
dendly announced te a suprised
world that it had concluded a
naval pact with Germany, where
by the latter pledged itself to re
trict its navy to 35 per cent ihe
strength of the British navy in all
categories of ships.
In the last half of December the
delegates of United States, Eng
land, Japan, France and Tialy
met in London to frame a new
naval pact almed at reduction of
fleets, but nobody believed it
would accomplish anything. The
whole world is to be involved once
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1936.
more in 1936 in the costly and
dangerous race to armaments on
land, sea and air.
Stresa Coalition Broken by Britain
In April representatives of Eng
land, France and Italy met at
Stresa and condemned the one
sided repudiation of treaties by
Germany. It was thought [these
powerful nations would form one
great group to restrain Germany,
but events soon pulled them
apart. In October, Italy began its
war on Ethiopia. Great Britain
utterly ‘condemned this war and
Premier Laval of France gave lip
service to this dcondempation,
while at the same time secretly
bearing aid and comfort to Italy.
The’ reason for this was that early
in January Laval and Mussolini
had signed a peace pact, ending
the long friction between France
and Italy. The result of this was
that the war in East Africa went
on and as the year ended, France
pulled England into an offer to
Italy which gave the latter far
more than its armies have won in
battle.
The only great service the
League of Nations had to its ecred
it in 1935 was the peaceful solu
tion of the highly dangerous Saar
problem. Under the auspices of
the League and with soldiers sent
from England, Sweden and Italy
to guarantee a free vote, the peo
ple of the Saar in January held a
plebiscite in which it was over
whelmingly decided that they
should return to German rule.
Second only importance to the
new-found friendship between
France and Italy was the action
last May when France and Soviet
Russia agreed upon a peace and
mutual ‘military defense pact,
quickly followed by a similar one
between Russia and Czechoslova
kia. The Franco-Russian pact
has not been formally ratified
“WELCOME!
by the French Parliament and the
Germans ‘have been handing out
clive branches to the *rench in
the endeavor to bloeck the Rus
sian angle.
1935 Was Epochal Year
For Britain, Too
The year 1935 has been very
important in British history. In
the first place, beginning last
May 6, and going on for some
weeks, all Britain was en fete in
honor of the silver anniversary of
the reign of King George Fifth.
It was the occasion for an extra
ordinary show of affection and
loyalty to a sovereign who, better
than any living royal person, has
shown he knows how to reign
over a thoroughly democratic
country. The vyear, too, saw the
enactment of a bill, after a long
and bitter fight, which is fraught
with greater consequences than
any passed by any parliamentary
body in many years. It was the
famous Indian bill which gave
representative democratic govern
ment to the 350,000,000 people of
India. In mid-November Britain
had a nation-wide election for a
new House of Commons, resulting
in a smashing victory for the Na
tional government, under Stanley
Baldwin as Prime Minister, and
meaning that in all probability he
would rule the country for five
years. %
In Germany, Adolf Hitler and
his Nazis fastened their hold on
the government and showed it by
their continued repressive actions
against the Jews, the Catholics
and the independent Protestant
preachers who resented the at
tempt to Nazify the church.
Notables Eliminated
From Public Scene
Nineteen thirty-five was also
notable because of the disappear
ance of some great public fig
ures by resignation, by political
defeat and by death. In Czecho
slovakia, President T. G. Mas
aryk, the George Washington of
his - country, resigned in. mid-
December because of the increas
ing weight of his 85 years. 3
In Great Britain, Ramsay Mac-
Donald, who had headed the first
National government, failed of re
election to the House of Com
mons in the election of November
14 last. He was given back his
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