Judge — June 4, 1932 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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Memorial Day Thoughts opos of the complexities of the A disarmament conference, Salva- dor de Madariaga of the ish delegation tells this story: The animals met to discuss dis armament. The lion looked the eayle in the eye and said, “We must abol- ish talons.” The eagle looked him full in the eye and said, “We must volish claws.” Then the bear said, at's abolish everything except uni- versal embraces.” It is in such eynical spirit that the world still debates the details and avoids the main issue—which is making yood on the pledge to repudiate warfare utterly We heard the other day of a reso- lution adopted by the Ohio Pastors’ Convention, which ought to be given wide publicity. It read: “We will never again netion or par’ ate in any war. We will not use our ‘ooms or pulpits as recruiting stations. We deplore the making military service, science, a test of citi military training in quirement After war starts, or period of propagan started, even tion of inst con- nship, and college a re- during the that gets it churchmen find it almost impossible to stand against public hysteria. The time to declare yourself is during peace. Get com- mitted then and you'll have more courage to hold out when trouble com This the olutist posi- tion, which Einstein and other lead- s of war-resistance are now urging It is a much stronger position than that of conscientious objection, which finds special reasons for opposing a war. It says flatly, with perfect simplicity, “We will have nothing JUDGE JUDGE on whatsoever to do with any war.” No room there for the fine-spun technicalities of the diplomats and the dragooning of the militarists D.A.R.-K.K.K. He dear old D.A.R. is still at it. When they arrived at Washing- ton last month for their annual jamboree, some susceptible reporter sent out a prediction that they we going to “swing to a milder policy But when the barrage of badges had passed over and the smoke of the powder puffs had cleared away, an amused nation found the following pronunciamento nailed up: Denunciation of “subversive” in- fluences, No recognition of Russia No reduction of appropriations for army and navy. Enthusic training camps. Drastic and further restriction of immigration. Deportation of all aliens not sa fully employed. We are used to most of this stuff. But the last choice bit of hundred- per-centism gave us the best chuckle We foster a huge industrial tem, call on the world to send us che labor to help us run it, let the system yo smash and throw them out of jobs, and then propose to throw them out of the country. But what's the use of arguing about it with these women who have forgotten their own origin? They are, as we have said before, the Daughters of the American Retrogression. Or one might combine their ini tials with those of another notorious tion and say that they stand D.A.R.-K.K.K. Age. For- support of military our Dt Kno tunately, that aye has been a bric one, its damage not very great ani its end in sight. Barter BY has been coming back a a result of the depression. Ip small towns where money is scarce: farmers have been swapping the produce for yoods with local mer chants, as in ancient tim Th most striking instance was in the heart of the world’s mo center New York. At the annual exhibi tion of The Society of Independent Artists, paintings were offered anc accepted in trade for dental services medical care, clothing and rent. Each recurring instance of thi kind shows how far we have bec driven off the course of smooth eco nomic progress. Dentists idle, do tors idle, apartments cant, artist with no commissions. he list coul: be prolonged to include a thousanc i And what they all nee: is simply a system that will enabk ach to do his own work in exchany: for the work that he urgently want to do for him, Incidentally, a good 1932 comes out of a small western town Cash money was so scarce in that town that the local authorities issue: tokens made of wood, to facilitat the exchange of yoods. Coin col lectors heard of it and began to bu up the wooden money. The result was that this town’s twenty-five cent piece jumped in value to half a do! lar. At last reports the wooder money was rapidly passing into th numismatie collections, and the litt! town was amply supplied with silve coins, R. J. W. story comicbooks.com