Judge — June 13, 1931 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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Eee tle eee Dodging the Debt Issue ext week about $112,000,000 will be paid into our national treasury by various foreign na- That will bring up to $236,- 062,000 the sums they have paid in the past year on the war debts. It brings up to over a billion and a half the total paid sinee the fundin ments, And ions to go before off in 1984, Z, tions. ree- there are billions and it is all worked Professor J. W. Angell, in a report to the I n Policy Association, says “the American people have been quick to grasp the economic aspects of the intergovernmental payment sit- We doubt it. T conomic ispect was bluntly stated a while ago hy a leading American banker, Albert HOW He said: “I am firmly convinced it would be good business for our government to initiate uation.” duction in the debts at this time.” If the American people had even half grasped that fact, the — politicians wouldn't be so afraid of the issue. But note what happened at the mect- ng of the International Chamber of Commerce. Foreign delegates, natu- rally enough, wanted the Chamber to on record in favor of debt reduc- tion, Hard-headed American business men and bankers privately believed that it should do so. But pressure from the administration forced them to dodge and compromise. A reso- lution, drawn by the Ameri dele- tion after trotti k and forth to the White House, asserted that the integrity of international ob- ligations is fundamental, and then ichieved this tion of quali marvelous cong! ving phrases servance of this essential principle, however, is not inconsistent with an impartial examination of the effects of these obligations on international trade, if warranted by changed ecc The best this does is to leave the door ajar for entry to further conference. But if “changed ceonomic conditions” do not warrant nomic conditions.” this a re-examination when will they? After It 1 be taken for granted that our gove ment will start nothing until after the 8th of November. 14 The ques- tion is whether something isn’t likely to start in Germany long before that. If so, it will catch up with a public mind unprepared for the mark-down that is bound to eventually. A. good politician edu- cates his public for the inevitable. 8 « uy does a left ham make a better sandwich than a right ham? Onc of our scouts reports that an eating house in very moment, rlection, of course. drastic come ‘exas has issued a pamphlet in which the ancient riddle is solved thus: When a hog seratehes his right side he does it with his right foot. When he wants to scratch his left side he rubs it up against a tree or some- thi So the right ham becomes more muscular and less tender than the left. “One way to prove this,” says.the Texas savant, “is to wateh on the hoof.” We believe it, we But who v explain why scratches with his Are there no left-footed hogs? Iways right? Skimping Life school commencements in York City this month the will only miniature For twenty-five years past as been more than a foot The The explanation is. that the traditional sheepskin when framed takes up too much area on the narrow wall of the modern apartment. graduates diplomas. the diplom: wide and nearly half a yard | new one is six by cight inches. By such minor innovations do we observe how the congestion of the city constricts our living. the Love seats in hospitable davenport. itics instead of the old home cooking. Marriage delayed by the scarcity of places for court- ship. Less family life because we can’t all sit comfortably in the same 13 stead of shelves. Pee-wee golf, pee-wee minds. The less spacious the physical life, the less breadth and depth remains in the mental life. The very bigness of our cities may be making us a petty people. Repeal Is Slow Work Is Connecticut the lower branch of the I lature has been counted as a bulwark for the drys. But the other day it voted in favor of putting before the people a referendum on the question of repealing prohibition, Fol- lowing is the form of the new amend ment which Congress would be asked to submit to the Stat Article XX—Article XVIIL of the amendments to this Constit tion is hereby repealed. The power to regulate or to prohibit the manufacture, trans- portation of intoxicating liquors is reserved to the several States. The Congress shall the power to regulate the sale or transportation of intoxicating liq- uors in interstate commerce in a manner not to abridge or deny the powers herein reserved to the several States. That looks like business. nobody assume that much is ¢ happen soon. ticnce. sale or have But let ing to These things take pa- For example, the people of Connecticut won't even have to vote on this until the State election in November, 1933, And only ten atures out of the forty- session at all in’ 192 a chance be in earliest year in’ whi action would be taken by the States } any would be 1933. And does anybody expect any action from Congress until after the election? The next Congress we elect will not be in session until after most of the State legislatures have adjourned, not to meet again until 1935, Slow work. The drys have us where they want us. ROIW, comicbooks.com