Judge — September 6, 1930 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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~~ The Russian Menace on several ye. ward Russia rs our attitude to- been unenlight- ened but on the whole harmless to our own interests. But now we a beginning to indulg become dange eC in antics that may srous. There is, fore rte, the Congres- sional committee headed by that great statesman, the Hon. Ham Fish. It made a pilgrimage to the summer camp of the “reds” to investigate the horrid rumor that children there were being taught not to say “please.” be- politeness is a vice of the bour- geoisie. T cause y cam away, it seems, at the campers don’t wear much clothing and that the camps had no flagpoles. mu can laugh that off more easily than you can the campaign announced by Matt Woll, vice-president of the A. F. of L., to bring about a general argo on alk trade with Russia. rtunately the administration —re- versed its too-hasty decision to exelude the pulpwood cargoes. But that affair was only a hint of what is likely to happen again and again. We are passing into a new phase with reference to Russia. That old bugaboo, Soviet propaganda against our political institutions, is about played out. Walter Duranty, of the conservative New York Times and the ablest correspondent in Moscow, wrote recently, “Personally, I consider that the ‘Communist menace’ in America is preposterous nonsense, and to allow it to interfere with business is well nigh criminal imbecility.” with two principal impressions—t ag struggle between Russi. nd America has become ceonomic and competitive, and it is being brought out into the open now, ater than ours and three times our area. She has natural resources and a cli- mate to match ours. She is well launched on her tremendous Five-Year Plan, which may well be the most im- portant thing going on in the world Its slogan, blazoned on posters Russia has a population. gr JUDGE throughout Russia, is thi take and surpass Americ Dr. George S. Counts of Columbia University, who traveled six thousand miles through Russia in a Ford ear, and who is perhaps as thoroughly in- formed about the Five-Year Plan as anybod ‘0 over- in America, says, “Russia is making one of the greatest concerted attempts in history to get ideas from other countries, but it is not going to modify or make concessions in its fun- damental principles. ‘These prinei- ples are not necessarily antagonistic toward the rest of the world. Theo- retically, I sce no reason why the two systems of government could not work side by side. . . “The industry of the country will be taxed to the uttermost for some time to come to provide for the native populatio: After that situation is met, Russia might become a serious rival in the world market, but our statesmen seem to have no interest in world markets.” In the long meantime, however, Russia needs to buy from us many things in vast quantities. Our busi- ness men, more practical than our statesmen, have been getting along with her very well. During the pres- nt summer the Soviet government has placed orders in the ted States for more than $40,000,000 worth of farm machinery, including tractors. Ralph Budd, president of the Great North- ern, was over there this summer ad- vising about the Americanization of the railroads—with American equip- ment. If we won't recognize the Soviet Republic, the least our government n do is to put no stupid hurdles in the way of business. c The Prima Donna Is the opera bouffe of world affairs our country is the prima donna. We expect the spotlight, the most nfortable quarters and the biggest slice of the box-office receipts. We pout. We make faces at the others in 13 the cast. When we come to rehearsals n the day of nce arrives, we don't we miss our cues and wl the perfor show up at all. These sour remarks are apropos of that perennial, the World Court situa tion, We have not yet ratified th protocol which was ‘especially — pre pared, with the advice of Elihu Root, to meet the cavilling of our Senators Now we cannot possibly enter the Court until a year hence, when the Assembly meets again, It is no excuse for us that only thir- teen of the fifty-six nations have approved the protocol, b cally all of the others « cause practi ‘© simply wait ing for us. As of course they ought to do for the prima donna, 8 e tave the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant,” the nm long used by our diplomats in signing let ters, has been dropped by official or der. They now say only, “Respectfully yours.” State Department letters, for- merly signed with just a shade less of palaver, “I am, Sir, your obedient servant,” now conclude with a snappy ' truly yours.” This is all sen- enough and in line with other efforts of the Hoover administration to simplify the business of govern- ment. But we wonder why a hard working consul in a sun-baked foreign port has to say “Respectfully” while a swivel-chair underling in the lofty halls of the State Department can get by with “Very truly.” These fine dis- tinctions in snootiness escape us. sible Femininity Notes. No. 2 A El Paso editor offered, in print, to bet that no woman in the city could keep silent for ten hours. Some twenty or more women did it. One led their subscriptions to his newspapers He remarked, “I was talking when [ ought to have been listening”—a con- trition which the editorial writer ex- periences all too often, hundred and thirteen others cane RILW. comicbooks.com