Judge — April 4, 1931 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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The Approach to Russia ncaLLY Russia is still dyna- mite. Amer PES, €X= porters, importers, bankers, edu- cators and economists aren't afraid to ate with the Soviets. But Jet our government make even a gesture und there's a hullabaloo. The other day, for example, it was announced that the State Department would make a special study of Russian af- fairs. Almost immediately it became ecessary for the White House, as the New York Herald Tribune stated it, to put to rest fears lest the U utes adopt a poli ding to re nition.” And the York T reassured its readers that the Presi- dent had no intention of changing his mind about Russia. We just. plain don't believe this. Mr. Hoover's mind is too intelligent not to be subject to change in the light of facts. tary Stimson and Assistant ers are certain to turn up facts ut will show the pr: 1 disadvan- attitude. Of late we have grown up consider- ably in our conception of foreign rela- tions. Dwight Morrow set us right in Mexico. Reuben Clark straightened out the Monroe doctrine. Mr. Hoover is recalling the marines from Nic ragua, All through Latin-America we are in better odor, and in Europe our recent statesmanship has been reason- ibly expert. The last r is Russia, and steadily we are moving toward recognition of the government which has held its own there for thir- teen years. But eal ex tages of our present ally sore spot anyone who knows what politi- igencies are cannot help but sympathize with the statesmen who have to handle the job. Ham Fish ind Matt Woll can still make a lot of noise. Many people’s nerves can sti be shaken by the “red menace notion prevails that recognition will le ight to revolution here. Nonsense that gets a powerful hold on a country susceptible to propaganda and never sure of itself. Those who really understand the roots of America, the essential soundness of our foundations, have no such fears. Eloquent Silence Dv Morrow is as eloquent in silence as he is in full ery. He t through the last session of the Senate without ever making a speech, introducing bill or even asking « nd voted, A newcomer,” he says, “must first learn the rules of the game.” But the a mer in the Senate lates that he has to make a showing in the eves of the folks at home, and the amiable elders permit and encourage him. No complaints been heard from Senator Morrow's constituents. They know that his greatest useful- ness is in conference and negotiation, They confidently expect that in the next Congress he will be given” com- mittee assignments more important than he had in the last. They also know that he will not always be mute on the floor of the Senate, that in good time he will contribute to the debates in “the greatest deliberative body in the world.” And meanwhile they ap- preciate the restraint of a man who won't talk until he knows his ground. This is Education WwW are the marks of an edu- cated person? The question is as ancient as the monasteries and as fresh as the latest slang. ‘The replies are as varied as the catalog of a home extension department. Nicholas Mur- y Butler gave his version the other ry «oT evidences of an edu said, are five: question. He just listened leu- newe Precision in speech, od manners. The habit of reflection. The power of growth. Possession of the ability to do. ich is the framework,” he “which may be filled in by scholar- ship, by literary power, by mechar cal skill, by professional zeal and ca- 13 pacity, by business competence or by social and political leadership.” And, finally, “the amount of learning gleaned in any one particular field need not be very great.” We could wish that he had gone on to clabo- rate that point. Diversity of interests, making for richness of experience, might be offered as the proof of thor- ough education. Some of the most scholarly men alive are the least edu- cated. We have friends who could 1 Edison questionnaire, get their facts never pass on who simply cannot cht, who are never quite sure what to believe, who cheerfully argue hoth sides of a question and do not realize it, and who will never make a very good living—but who are never theless about the best-cducated people we know. They get more fun out cf more different things, they entertain more ideas in the course of a day, and they are never bored, not even with themselves—or with us. It takes real education to make folks like that. “Temperate Lawlessness” K ANSAS may not enforce her “blue laws” but she means to keep itly a bill to repeal these s was introduced in the It was deliberately killed vote of 86 to Here again is an answer to those who argue that a Jaw should be en- forced so long as it remains on the nd that the only alternative is il. What to do when bonehead egislators refuse to repeal laws that are obviously out of tune with the time: As Raymond Moley, Profes- sor of Public Law at Columbia, says, “the world would be an_ intolerable place in which to live if all laws were enforced and observed. An attempt at general enforcement would lead to a general prayer for more lawlessness so that life would be a bit more en- joyable.” And he strikes off a good phrase when he tells us that what we need for the maintenance of order is “temperate lawlessness.” R. J. WV. comicbooks.com