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PAGE FOUR Published by— PUBLIC OPINION, INC. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY at 302 EAST BRYAN STREET Cor. Lincoln Entered as Second Class Matter July 23. 1935 at the Post Ottice at Savannah, Georgia SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year 7.50 Six Months 3.75 Three Months .................. ...... ..... 1.95 One Month ..... ......... ........ ...... .65 One Week .15 ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION FROST. LANDIS & KOHN National Advertising Representatives Chicago New York Detroit Atlanta Subscribers to: Transradio Press • International Illustrated News • Central Press Ass’n. Gilreath Press Service - Newspaper Feature, Inc. • King Features Stanton Advertising Service • World Wide Pictures AMERICAN POLITICS. The convening of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland tomorrow brings us face-to-face with the fact that ‘‘Presidential election year” is here with both its mud-slinging and praise-packed drama. The lives of the nominees from their cradle days to their present status will undergo the microscopic «ye of the nation at large as the populus seeks to discover the most minute flaws in a candidate’s make-up. The Republicans unleash their full fury in their opening of the 1936 campaign. No one knows their candidate at this date, and it can be said by both parties that the men selected to carry the torch for either the Democrats or Republicans will certainly be the most select for the tasks allotted to them. American politics with all of its ballyhoo and intrigue is known perhaps the world over as a glamorous game which has captured the fancy of a group of men numbering in the thous ands whose every thought and whim narrows down to the age old study of putting their choice in front of the public. We have a very simple style of political maneuver which seems to be made to order for the quick acting, fast moving type of politics which reigns in this country. Some of the world’s most famous men have had their home and training in America, and those men who have had the world at their feet in all types of life, either industrial or political, can, in most instances be traced to their so-called dabbling in either the Republican or Democratic schools of political thought. Cleveland, is, at the present time, the mecca for all G. 0. P. aspirants whose thoughts may revolve around small jobs, or large ones, or for the idea of being helpful in having their can didate chosen for a job, which will be instrumental in having the United States still reign as the queen of world politics and have her occupy in a fuller sense, the niche she now holds. Let’s hope that the present convention with its bright array of political talent who have been assembled from these forty eight states will continue to move in the same fashion and with the same zeal which has so marked its continued; success in other years. Whether you be Democrat or whether you be Republican', we have to admit that ours ig the best, method of naming the most logical aspirant for our nation’s political head. OUR READERS* FORUM Editor The Daily Times: Three St. Louis Judges who handle 50,000 traffic violations annually agree upon these as the most fre quent causes of automobile accidents: First: The impatient driver. Second: The careless pedestrian. Third: The driver who insists on being at the head of the pack. Fourth: The driver who will hot signal. Fifth: The bluffing road hog. Sixth: The double-parker. Seventh: The driver who will not dim his lights. Eighth: The driver who turns in the middle of the street. Ninth: The driver who weaves in and out of traffic. Tenth: The horn blower. Feeling sure that if you print this letter we both will be helping the cause of “Safe and Sane" driving I am sending it to you. INTERESTED. Editor Daily Times: What was the matter with Alex ander Hamilton’s original idea of an electoral college to choose a president for the United States of America. And why would it not be a good sub stitute for the present so-called demo cratic form of government. I think that this idea, applied to NOT—In the News ••• * * * COPYRIGHT, CENTRA L PRESS ASSOCIATION IN THIS day of new-fangled theories of oh lid training and educa tion, the precocious youngster la no rarity. The unusual today is the child who is brilliant but hasn’t the propensity to display his premature talents unsolicited. ' A youngster who hasn’t this re straining ability Is six-year-old Bar* bara, who resides in Detroit with her parents. Barbara is one of those smart kids who appears cute to every one but her parents. She lacks no devotion or love from her mother and father, and they take pride in her exceptional intelligence, but they have found that encouragement has made her disrespectful and impu dent. • • * THE OTHER day Barbara was be ing very noisy and boisterous while playing with a neighbor’s child. Re peated reprimands from her father failed to curb the clatter, and father was considerably aggravated. “Oh”! he sighed, “what would I give for a minute's peace and quiett” Whereupon Barbara Immediately atcpped her play and became silent. She could be seen moving her lips as if counting to herself. Then she turned to her father. \ all public offices, would eliminate i much of the time and money now ’ .wasted in trying to give the people ■ of this country what they imagine is a "voice in the government.” Actually they are being bluffed and cajoled into endorsing politicians to repres -1 ent them who are both incompetent, and what’s worse, insincere. AN AMERICAN. Editor, Savannah Daily Times: Through the columns of your good newspaper, I wish to express my opin ion and the opinions of hundreds of other Savannahians, as to the good features of Sunda ybaseball in our fair city. There are in our city approximate -1 ly 3,000 or more ardent baseball fans. This number would be increased dou ble If those who are handicaped by having to work have the opportunity to attend Sunday baseball. The reve nues derived from these games would be equally divided among different businesses whereas at present only a chosen few reap the profits of Sun day businesses. Other cities as large or larger than Savannah have! Sun day baaetall, and flr|i that their prof its increase doubly. WHY CAN’T WE HAVE SUNDAY BASEBALL? A FEMALE FAN. "Well, what will you give? I’ve Just given you a minute's quiet!” • * • »* •ON ANOTHER occasion Barbara was being scolded by her mother for some infringement of rules set up for her. Mother told her that unless she became a good girl mother was going to leave her and never see her again. “What would you do if mother went away and never came back?” Barbara was asked. Barbara was quick to retort. “Oh,” sha answered carelessly, “I’d get me another mother—and make it a good-looking one this time. • • * A RESTAURANT in Monroe. Mich., is exceptionally explicit In a warning to Its guests. A sign over the check rooms says: “Keep your Checks! "VOID If lost!" You don’t say? * * • WE LIKE this little verse: Hearts, like doors, open with ease To very, very little keys. And don’t forget that two of these Are “I thank you”, and “If you please”, ;\Y: THE THUNDERING HERD! —WASHINGTON AT A GLANCE— SUPREME COURT ISSUE , Hoped For By Republicans DELAYED BY DEMOCRATS " a ■ WASHINGTON, June B— The ques tion whether or not the federal su preme court’s power should be cur tailed clearly will not be .fought over duting the national campaign just beginning. The Republicans would like to have the issue raised, with their party on the negative side of it, because their managerial group believes that a majority of Americans are opposed to a stricter limitation of judicial author ity. However, they can’t make it an issue, with themselves on the nega tive side, unless the Democrats come out affirmatively. And the Democrats are too crafty to commit themselves. President Roosevelt exidently agrees with the Republicans that a proposal to hamstring the "nine men" would, be unpopular. Consequently, much to the G. O. P’s annoyance, he discreetly refrains from declaring for such a policy. * * * Delay Sought It would seem as if the New Deal ers MUST w'ant the supreme court’s power further restricted. SCOTTS SCRAPBOOK by R. J. SCOTT ' 1 ” J iul j .i . OF ARMS DE.PICTIM<V STREAM OF WATER. RUNS iNIoTHE. HOLLOWED bOU)MON "THRONE, A END OFTtiE LOC - THt WEIGHT WATERTiPS NATIVE, AND INSCRIPTIONS T*lE Lo<* UP AND 'THE WAHer RuNs Otff, T&US IN NArfiVE. LAN<TUACE ALLOWING THE LoC To PALL , POuNDlNdj THECRAUH _ AND FRENCH IN THE MORTAR -—— COPYRIGHT. 191$. CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION. 6* I, SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1938 1 T*« court has knocked their leg islative program into pretty much of a cocked hat, by Riding so many of its essential features unconstitu tional. Yet it is understandable that the administration may prefer, to wait until it is safely in office again, for another four years, before pre cipitating a doubtful struggle. There are even radicals, like Sen ator George W. Norris (a Republi can but a New Dealer), who argue that the showdown should be delayed until after next November. • * * Rule Can Be Modified The supreme court’s rule can be modified in four different fashions. 1. It can be done by a constitution al amendment—a slow process, re quiring two-thirds vote 6 in each house of congress, with affirmation by three-quarters of the states’ legisla tures. 2. It can be done by a general con vention to amend the constitution. There never has been one since the original constitution’s adoption, nor is (Hie likely. 3. Congress can, by legislative act, regardless of the court’s wishes, in orease the number of justices, en abling the president to make enough New Deal appointments to outvote the anti-New Deal justices. That is not a probability, either. • • • Then-,-Nat 4 '** ■* *'■ 4. Os the “niite "old' mess” “on the federal bench six are VERY bid. 1 If President Roosevelt is re-elected it is reasonable to assume that there will be several deaths or retirements within the next four yean, and it will be simple to fill their seats with New Dealers. But the oldest of the nine, and therefore the most precarious of the liberal outfit, is Justice Louis D. Brandeis. If he drops out, the like liest candidate to follow him is Sena tor Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas. Any liberal tyho reckons that Senator Robinson will be a supreme court liberal certainly is an optimist. * * * Will It Liberalize? The query, then, is: Suppose the administration really gets a chance to liberalize the su preme bench!—will it do it? Os the 10 best selling novels pub lished in the U. S. in the last 60 years, Gens Stration-Porter wrote four. -WORLD AT A GLANCE PLATFORM PROBLEMS With Many of ’the Planks Double-Edged WORSE THAN USUAL B(y LESLIE EICHEL (Central Press Staff Writer) CLEVELAND, June 8. —It has been said that nobody reads party plat forms. The Republicans this year wish that were quite true. They have difficulty over a platform. Some months ago the Republicans were denouncing President Roosevelt for departing from the Democratic platform. They probably regret now that they have made a sacred insti tution of party platforms. There are many embarrassing ques tions to which there are no answers. The Republican party—tradition ally the party of business—must ap‘ peal also to fanner and to worker to win. Thus the task is to insert plat form planks that will be general enough to be all inclusive yet satisfy. That would be easy enough (for a politician with any knowledge of language) if the three component elements were not inquisitive—and insistent. * * * A Few Planks An attack on government spending will be okay—provided no specific in stances are cited. For when one gets to specific instances, a Republican congressman is as loathe to cut off appropriations for his district as is a Democratic congressman. Upholding the supreme court’s pow er probably is safe enough if the plank is general—but it may not be wise to be too specific on this, either. If the Republican party gets into power, it does notdesire too much of this states’ right business. The Re- MyNew York By James Aswell (Copyright, 1936. Central Press Asso ciation) NEW YORK, June B.— Few who have not lived here for years realize the difficulties in store for the san guine New Yorker who undertakes the chore of finding himself a plot of ground in the remote fastnesses of Westchester or Long Island or Jersey, upon which he can relax and feel like a landed squire in the heat of the dog days. In any ordinary city everybody knows, after a few years residence, the location and advantages of the nearby commuting zones. For ex ample, when I lived in Washington, D. C., I knew 1 perfectly well that' it was possible to flee to Alexandria; V*., la one, direction, and* .£<*■ Silver Spring,dMd., In the other, and escape the fetid airs of Capitol Hill. lr I : had been an adult in' those <Mys, with a family, it would have ,Jfceen, the simplest thing in the worldto choose a few acres of verdure in one direction or the other and know precisely what I was getting. Manhattanites, however, face a dilemma well-nigh pa.st solution. Where to go? The average New York er has been into the country perhaps a half-dozen times in as many tears. He has seen a single environment each time; either the mansion of a friend with far more money than he has and hence in a community where the value —or price—of land is away over his head; or he has visited some one with a cottage in on? of those real estate developments replete with community center, club house, com mon toothbrush and even, for all I know, a tribal yell- When he sets about finding a place for himself he knows he has a job of eight or ten years’ duration on his hands. It is no good to go cruising about the neighboring suburbia in his automobile, in the hope that he will find just the little hillside plot or vine-clad cottage of his dreams. If he spies either, investigation soon brings out that the land is part of the Croton Reservoir tract and the property of the state, and the cot tage is the caretaker’s lodge on the thousand-acre tract of a General Mo tors vice president. He has another alternative. He can place himself in the hands of a real estate salesman, or a series of them. We embraced this device, I re member, about the middle of second summer of search. Now nine-tenths of the real estate agents In the nearby Wildwood—at least those catering to the dreams of New Yorkers hunting a haven—are women. They fiftyish wear hiking shoes, multicolored Bohemian sport blouses, wield eight-inch cigarette holders and keep cats. These good ladies will actually try to sell or rent you a country plaoe on the grounds that several ninth-rate New York writers live nearby—when you have come all the way out there to escape writers -and the heat. There are the classified advertise ments. These are fun to read—they are, indeed, the only section of a newspaper tha professional newspa permen can read year in and year out to the grave with the pristine de light of cubhood—but they have not, so far, helped me find a modest coun try seat. The poetic ones, beginning something like this—“A ducky-wucky cottage fanned by cunning breezes, a little dream by the side of the road” —invariably turn out to be unin habitable by anyone save editorial writers for “The Nation.” And the ones which read like veritable bar gains turn out either to have been sold yesterday or to be located 300 miles away by bua, oamel train and ferry. It is discouraging—or was. I have just made up my mind to forget all about buying a nook in the country. Perhaps we didn’t really want one after all. Instead, we’re just going to keep looking. For four or five years longer, anyhow. You spend as much time in the open air that way as you would with a place of your own, and it is much, much cheaper. A publican party always has been the party of federal power. Besides, some shrewd farm and labor lawyers have been reading the constitution and they now say that Article 111, Sec tion 2 of the constitution limits the original jurisdiction of tha supreme court to maters involving ambassa dors and states. In other cases, the supreme court "shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the congress shall make.” There may be a demand for con gress to make certain regulations. In fact, the demand may become an is sue in regions vitally needed for vic tory. Thus, a supreme court plank also has a double edge. Agriculture Some substitute for the AAA must be found. That is the chief order to the platform of Kansas, out in the lead for the presidential nomination, has been consulting with many per sons, Including men who would be called “brain-trusters” on the other side of the fence —and; if his plank prevails, it is believed that the Re publicans will come through on this question satisfactorily. Pensions—lnflation Old age pensions present a ticklish question. Nobody, not even a Borah, favors indorsing a Townsend plan. Yet, to prevent the folly of a Town send plan, indorsement of a federal security act similar to the one passed by the Democratic administration is essential. Indeed, the majority of voters seem to believe the New Deal ers have not gone far enough on this. The Republicans, desiring to be the solid, conservative party, do not want to go further than the Demooratts. Yet, even the furtherest left is not far enough left to bring in the Townsendites. Tied up with the Townsendites are the Coughlin inflationists. The Re publican party, of all parties, mufft oppose inflation, any sort, otherwise it has no reason for existence. But in Senator William E. Boraji of Idaho, if he remains within the party fold, the Republican party has the nearest to an inflationist of any presidential possibility. And, worse, the Republic ans cannot afford to lose this infla tionist following, which extends not only through the northwestern farm states but into such dense industrial states as Michigan, Ohio and Penn sylvania. Yet party leaders undoubt edly will decide to risk this loss. There is a reason for this surmise. It must be remembered that Fa ther Coughlin is a sllverite and his denunciation of the "dictatorship” in Washington is based on the standpat attitude of President Roosevelt against ’change in the monetary policy. The (Republicans are very much with Roosevelt on this one item a. traditional Republican policy. After all—the men who are putting 'up the, funds for the Republican party ask—where will the inflation ist* go, with both the major parties ■for "sound money?” • * • Centralisation There probably will be r.o great hullaballoo over centralization. The “danger of centralization” may be a good talking point—it undoubtedly does go in well with dictatorship— but in the back of their heads the Republicans are not worried much concerning centralization, if they are to get into power. Large corporations do not desire centralization, for states are not as capable of regulat ing them as is a powerful central government. The Republicans, how ever, will be “sane” (they say) if they get into power. Which means, "hon est business may go ahead without in terference.” Senator Borah has stirred up the monopoly issue with his continued shouts. He asserts that the Roosevelt administration has permitted the growth of monopoly—and what are the Republicans do about it.” Well —maybe this is the age of monopoly. Anyway, we’re keeping the government out of business. We are against dictatorship. . . . That’s the view. Then, there are the social ques tions. And they seem the most difficult of all. The Grab Bag One-Minute Test 1. What is an idiosyncrasy? 2. Give the antonoym of the word cynonym. 3. With what science does the neb ular hypothesis deal? Words of Wisdom There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.—Goethe. Hints on Etiquette Brevity is the essence of & courte bus telephone - conversation, especial ly when the call is being made from a. public telephne booth. Today’s Horoscope Persons whose birthdays are today tend to have pure desires and have a love of justice, but sometimes are dis couraged by their failure to accom plish their 'desires. They should learn to concentrate their force and energy. One-Minute Test Answers 1. A physical or mehtal peculiarity of constitution or temperament. 2. Antonym. 3. Astronomy. It is a theory ad vanced to account for the origin of the solar system. Why Go to a River Rank? “If there is one thing that I en joy more than another,” said Spru cer, “It la to get to the rivar bank and lie about fishing.” "Why, I fail to see the necessity for your going to the banks of the river to do that,” remarked Mrs. Sprucer, quietly. Today is the Day By CLARK KINNAIRD Copyright, 1936, for this Newspa per by Central Press .Association Monday, June 8; St van 17, 6696 in Jewish calendar. National holi day in Rumania. Full moon. Za diac sign: Gemini. Birthstone; pearl. * * * NOTABLE NATIVITIES Frank Lloy Wright, b. 1860, world famous American architect. . . . Robert F. Wagner, b. 1877, senator from New York. ♦ * * TODAY’S YESTERDAYS June 8, 632 A. D.—Mohammed died, aged 62, in the house of his ninth wife, Ayesha, at Modina, hav ing founded a religion that was to grow to have 300,000,000 adherents. To Mohammed we owe our race horses and coffee. He founded the blood-lines from which all “thorough breds” horses of today are descended. And legend has it that coffee first became widely known and popular after it was given to Mohammed as a medicine when he was 111. Years, perhaps generations before, an Arab ian - goat-herdsman had noted that when his animals ate the berries of a plant that grew upon the hill sides, they became stimulated and skittish. He hmself chewed the ber ry and felt its effects, and in time he dried te berries that he might «1- joy their tonic effeets the -year around. 15 Years Ago Today—lce cream, an American improvement on Euro pean ices, came to popular public attention. It was advertised for the first time by A. Hall, the New York er who was first to manufacture it commercially, after it had been a novel refreshment among the aristo crats for several years. * ♦ * 25 Years Ago Today—A burglary was committed in a loft building in New York City. Only a few dol lars worth of linens were stolen, but it was an historic crime. The bur glar, Charles Crispi, was the first man to be convicted in the United States on fingerprint evidence. The jury in Crispi’s trial didn’t want to believe that persons cor Id be identified by fingerprints until the massed fingerprints of the jurymen were separated and identif'vd by Lieut. Joseph Faurot, of the New York police department, who had trapped Crispi. * * * June 8 Among State Histories: 75 years ago today—Tennessee seceded from the Union by popular vote . . , 1917—Maj. John J. Pershing arrived abroad to lead the American Expedi tionary Force . . . Five years age today—Body of Starr Faithfull, beau tiful artist model, found afloat at Long Beach, N. Y., in a murder mys tery still unsolved. * * * FIRST WORLD WAR DAY BY DAY 20 Years Ago Today—Russians re captured their fortress city from the Germans, who had held it nearly a year. This was the first major achieve ment in the offensive begun on the sth. As Liddell Hart remarks, "it had such an astonishing initial suc cess as to revive enthusiastic dreams of the irresistible Russian "steam roller,” that was perhaps the great est and most dangerous myth of the war. Instead, its ultimate achieve ment was to sound Russia’s death knell. Paradoxical In its consequen ces, it was still more so in its course —an epitome of the delusive objec tives, of the blunders leading to suc cess, and the successes leading to downfall, which marked perhaps tha * most erratic war in history." When the Germans started the Verdun attack they figured Russia was too crippled from the crushing Mackensen offensive of 1915 to be a menace. The enemy’s surprisingly rapid, but superficial recovery en abled it to dislocate German plans for 1916. The Czar’s high command was planning a major offensive for July when Italians, struggling to stave off the Austrian offensive in the Trentino, appealed to their Rus sian ally to prevent Austrians releas ing forces from the eastern front for Trentino. So Brusilov meved against the Austro-German forces on such short notice that there was no con centration of forces or preparation to warn the enemy of his intentions. Consequently his attack took the enemy by complete surprise and the front crumbled like a piece of toast. The first day 40,000 prisoners were taken at Luck, and within a few days more than 200.000 prisoners were In Russian hands across the Strypa. With both flanks collapsed. Austro- German forces were in danger of a route, but Russian reserves had been concentrated In the north for tha offensive and oould not be moved south quickly enough to deliver the coup-de-main. Russia’* military staff had neglected in the year* before ths war to build up lateral railways (Te be continued) You're Telling Me? WE ARB SLOWLY but surely be coming civilised. You never meet any one any more who thinks "I should worry” and “So’s your old man” are witty remarks. * * * What is so rare a* a day In June—in which there la no po litical convention convening? • • • When a writer tails you ha believes in "art for art’s sake” it’s a pretty good bet he hasn’t sold any stories lately. • * * Eating your words wouldn’t be so bad if you hadn’t also to swallow your pride as a desert. • • • The British probably will b# very proud of their new naval base, planned at Oape Town, Africa. They’ve a right to be— since they are paying the bill, and what a bill 1 '