Judge — February 27, 1932 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE JUDGE ON Never Again hat omay have occurred in China by the time this page appears, it is of course impos- to guess at the moment of writ ing, All the more reason for putting to press while still uncertain of events ind still free of hysteria this declara- tion: editor, will not lend its support, for what little that may be worth, to any war now or at any time. Too recently we have had it beaten into our brains that vengeance is but the fool’s reply to insult, that blood spilled cannot be wiped out by spilling a hundred times while under its present more blood, that not only does war settle would bring to ruin, even for the victors, all that men cherish. nothing, but a war now The Issues of 1932 WwW: announce herewith the first of the winners in our letter contest on the following “What should be the coming Presidential prohibition?” Fifteen prizes were of- fered. The writers of the best letters receive two-year subscriptions to Jrvoe, The writers of the ten next hest letters receiv ear subserip- question: issues in’ the campaign—other than five one: tions to Jupce. The winning letters will appear on this during the next several weeks—not necessarily in the order of merit, except that the five which win two-vear subscriptions, will ippear first. From Julius Reich of New York t is about time that the Federal Government did something for us in- stead ¢ “There is no better time than now for our Unele to us. n to exercise real, practical paternalism, not by offering us more advice, not by presenting us with duct, or by meting out severe punishment for in- fractions of his rules. “Now is the time for eur paternal more rules of ¢ istic government at Washington to lend a helping hand to. its wards, whom it attempts to ¢ and tect. “It can do this by seeing to it that every able-bodied man in these United States is employed at all times. If such an end can be other way, let it be assured by means of unemployment insurance, “There are several ways in which a stat istant employment can be achieved, once it becomes a part of this government's policy to keep all its citizens gainfully occupied. “Whatever form this assurance against unemployment 1 take. the fact remains that there is, and always should be, work for every pro achieved in’ no of ¢ insurance or “Neither should it be necessary to create a war in order to supp one with a every job, nor should wartime necessity be. the only raising billions. incentive for Such billions could now be used for work of construction instead of destruction; there is cnough need for such work.” From C. M. Price of Ottawa, Can- “EL beg to submit) herewith five planks for the party platform. All hands and the cook will now turn out with horsehide gloves and heavy over- ills to handle them. “No. 1 plank is the lame-duck the way for the heavy stuff, “No, plank is sound but full of knots, and bristles with rusty old nails. abolition of the session, ‘This will clear It is the readjustment of war debts. Question: What cash value has been assigned to the services rendered by Great Britain, France and Italy for holding the line from the time the United States entered the Great War until her troops took over a substan- tial sector of that line? Post the an swer on the credit side and consider the account closed. ‘o. 3 plank consists of the aboli tion of nuisance taxes and intricate customs tariffs. To balance the budget. substitute increased income taxes, paying particular attention to the higher incomes. Dinge the High Hats. —_—= ae “No. + plank is the general over- haul of all existing legislation with the object of serapping the junk and simplifying what little remains, ‘This plank may prove to be a whole lum- ber yard. “No. 5 plank is the chief concern of th t majority of the popula tion, namely, unemployment, its: im- mediate relief ultimate cure. Desperate conditions require strong remedies. “Let the party an’ be greatest: good to the greatest ber.” ‘The num- More Noble Experiments [st year, 16,178 laws 4 passed in this land of free-wheed- Congress handed us 3 new The rest came from the State legislatures. The total cost of the sessions which did this magnificent job was about $10,000,000. The cost of trying to enforce the new laws can’t be estimated. Nor can the cost to the citizen trying to evade them. We haven't seen y statistics on the number of laws repealed last year. —h. JL W. new were ling. ones. comicbooks.com