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Show UINTAII BASIN RECORD Scenes and Persons in the Current News The GRAPHIC BIBLE LEWIS BROWNE By McClure Ncwipaper Syndicate. WNTJSerefc. wm... Washington. As the full meaning of the platforms of the two major party con-Tw- o sinks in. Platforms certain very definite conclusions cannot be avoided. In each instance, the two old political organisations have moved into virgin territory, entirely new fields. In the case of the Republicans, their Cleveland convention completely reorganized their party leadership and placed the responsibility in the hands of younger men, casting onto the ash heap along with the old guard leaders, many of the old time conservative ideas. In the case of the Democrats, their Philadelphia convention virtually created a new party. They went further toward the radical side than they have ever gone before. In no spirit of criticism, it must be said that the Philadelphia convention really gave birth to a New Deal party, as such. The one diing they kept was the Democratic label. The theme song of the Republican platform was molded out of the fabric that is part and parcel of the younger generations as distinguished from the attitude given birth and promoted and protected by the Penroses, the Lodges, the Smoots and others of that texture. This is to say that the Republican convention, for the first time in many years, has moved its campaign pronouncements out onto something approximating a moral plan, or at least the evidence is they have attempted to do so. The Democrats, having had ten days between the Republican convention and their own in which to study the Republican document and improve upon it, went considerably beyond their opponents in the language they used. They have made an appeal to the voters of the nation that surely will attract many thousands of voters to the support of Mr. Roosevelt. On the other hand, the Philadelphia convention proceeded to cast aside many traditions, many principles, which old line Democrats, who love the Jeffersonian theory, regard as their political bible, and they may antagonize that segment of the old party by so doing. To state the proposition in another way, many observers and political analysts hold that while the Democratic platform contains fewer contradictions than does the Republican pronouncement and that, on the whole, it is a much better written platform, they have leaned so far to the radical side that they are leaving conservative Democrats and old guard Republicans only one place to go to the Republican candidate. This develops because, in the first instance, the old guard Republicans obviously cannot embrace a Democratic platform which they regard as too liberal and they have no choice but the Republicans . The conservative Democrats will have the cl'oice to make. They can go to the New Deal party or they can remain as old line Democrats and swallow their pride of party affiliation long enough to support the Republican, Governor Landon. ventions One may look back over the doings at Philadelphia and recognize that the meeting under was thoroughly controlled Orders That Washington. was natural because tlie party in power obviously has all of the important federal offices filled with its own men. The convention included among its delegates about 64 per cent of federal office the then, Naturally, meeting was going to perform as ordered. That explains better than any way 1 know how the 104 year-ols rule was so easily abrogated. That rule has been a sore spot in conventions for years. It has many times been the direct cause of bitter convention battles and has bred scores ot bitter personal animosities. It vas none (he less intei esting, however, to see the Philadelphia delegates toss out principles of the Democratic party with such utter abandon. I am convinced that the Democrats have not seen the end of the tv rule yet, There is every indication that it will arise again when the next quadrennial meeting is held There are plenty of Democrats who believe that the requue-men- t from rolder-delegate- two-third- s of a vote of of all shall be recorded for the delegates rnan selected as the party's Presidential nominee is a protective measure. But when the convention two-third- voted out the two-third- s rule, it took the Democratic party out of the hands of the South. It seems to me that the Southerners cannot be blamed for des filing to maintain that rule This is their position: through ell of the recent elections, the Democratic nominee has begun his campaign with the assurance that 11, 12 or 13 st'tis in the South would give linn their electoral vote, lie could com entrate, hcefore, on the Nil di and tiie West The old Ltm suutiw i uers have held that two-third- since they always supplied from 100 to 140 electoral votes upon which the Democratic nominee could build, they ought to have something to say about his nomination, about the type of man selected. The rule gave them a veto power and they have used it many times. Now, unless the old line Democrats again gain control of the party, the South will no longer be able to sit as the umpire in deciding the type of character of the man who will bear their party label in campaigns. The question may arise in many minds as to how the rule came to be discarded so easily. Earlier in this report to you, I mentioned that 64 per cent of the delegates to Philadelphia w'ere federal office holders or party leaders selected by the Roosevelt patronage dispens1 Scene at the Democratic National convention in Philadelphia which renominated President Rooseers. The presence of those office 2 velt. Further outbreaks of violence in Jerusalem result in fatal wounding of an Arab school teacher. holders and party leaders who have been bound to the Roosevelt 3 James A. Farley, chairman of the Democratic .National committee, opening the convention. administration in one way or another constitutes the answer. There CHERRY QUEEN were enough of them in the Southern delegations to constitute a balance of power on close votes in state delegation caucuses. Hence we witnessed a good many Southern states voting to abrogate the rule over protests of some of their own numbers. two-thir- Thousands at National Glider Meet two-thir- There is another circumstance about the Philadelphia convention that I believe war-rants mention. It Quote have Sne unJefferson noticed generally but just 160 years after Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence, the Philadelphia convention of the Democratic party copied from the immortal Declaration the famous phrase: "We hold these truths to be t. It was a of the bold move on the New Dealers to lift part that Jeffersonian expression and to place it among the many new theories and new ideals which they advance under the banner of what was the Jeffersonian party. Some observers point out that this action may invite comparison between the political ideals of Thomas Jefferson and Franklin D. Roosevelt because surely there is much more in the Declaration of Independence, than the simple expression that certain truths are Miss Ardis Manney, Thousands of spectators gathered for National Glider week at Elmira, N. Y., sponsored by the Soaring Society of America. In this group are, left to right, Youston Sekella, president of the Elmira Gliding club; Dr. Earl Lange of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, contest manager; Larry Lawrence (in rear), secretary; Jack Summers, United States Chamber nf Commerce inspector; Charles Gale, official timer; and Franklin J. Iszard, director of the Soaring Society of America. Riggs Is Clay Court Tennis Champ self-evide- In these days when the world, as as the American nation, is sorely troubled and Talk disturbed, those About Peace Americans who are convinced that isolation may ruin our country, can find Little satisfaction either in the Democratic or Republican platforms. This may not seem important until one looks back over the last two decades. Examination of what has happened in that time is sufficient to demonstrate the significance of this isolationist trend by both major political parties. The Republican plank on foreign affairs has little to say and what it says is chiefly negative. The plank drafted by the Roosevelt administration and adopted by the Philadelphia convention is as nebulous as the milky way. Each platform talks about peace but it is decidedly doubtful that either platform has offered a genuine way to obtain or maintain peace. s It was only natural that should restate their opposition to the League of Nations. It was likewise only natural that the Democratic plank on foreign affairs should be full of glittering generalities because it is yet to be remembered that the late Woodrow Wilson has countless followers in the New Deal party who hold the conviction that the League of Nasupport, tions, with American would solve most world problems. It is obvious, therefore, that the Democrats could not commit the party either to League adherence or Except for the party split over the old Wilsonian policies which ideals stood as a ghost in the background in the Philadelphia convention, one might have expected more definite declarations (torn the Philadelphia conclave. For example, the Roosevelt administration has sponsored reciprocal trade agreements. It has broadened American foreign policy in many other ways but some leader in the group that drafted the 1936 platform was smart enough to realize that a declaration on interne tionalism that was too strong would have brought about a vicious outburst at PhilaIn consequence, almost delphia nothing of a tangible character was forthcoming. Therefore, to summing up, I think it must be concluded that both platforms have been drawn to i peal to Americans os isolationists. Likewise, it occuis to me that the interpretation of their promises and plans nnd foicign policies by the two contending candidates will be the moie mtei esting as tlie campaigns proceed. seventeen-year-ol- d University of Chicago brunette from Northport, Mich., has been selected queen of the National Cherry festival at Traverse City, Mich. She is studying to be a librarian but will assume a lighter role at the Michigan fete. Rep. William Lemke of North Dakota Seeks Presidency well Representative William Lemke of North Dakota, who is a candidate for the Presidency, is being supported by the newly organized Union party. Father the,Re-publican- Western Nww spacer Union. Robert Riggs of Los Angeles, snapped in action during the match, reveals the forehand drive with which he upset Frankie Parker to win the national clay court tennis championship in straight sets in Chicago. He then came back to share in. the doubles title. thousands of Judeans In the despoiled land the very dregs of the population. A man of fine character named Gedaliab was appointed governor over them, and he tried with all his might to give the poor wretches some sort of government. But a rascally adventurer arose, assassinated the noble Geda-llaand tried to organize a fresh revolt against Babylonia. Dreading the certain consequences, the more energetic of the population straightway fled from the land, forcibly taking the old prophet Jeremiah with them. They escaped to Egypt and settled down in the cities of Migdol and Tahpanhes, which were commercial centers situated on the main caravan route going to Mesopotamia. Others of the fugitives settled In Memphis, while still others went far np the Nile to Elephantine. And thus the Jews, as erstwhile shepherd people, now perforce became traders. But with the vast change from pastoral life in the hills of Judah to commercial life in the market places of Egypt, there came an equally vast change In the whole outlook of the people. They began to fall away from the religion of their forefathers, and took to the religion of the heathen people around them. Soon they began to cultivate the manners and vices of the Egyptians. The last recorded words of Jeremiah are a bitter attack on his fellow Jews in Egypt for their apostasy; and, according to tradition, the heroic old prophet wms beaten to death for uttering them. It is significant that when the inhabitants of Israel were deported they disappeared as a separate people. But 150 years later, when the far fewer inhabitants of Judah were deported, not alone did they disappear, but on the contrary they became even more distinctively a separate people and lived. And that seems to have been due altogether to the prophets of Judah who had preached and been persecuted for their preaching. In those 150 years preceding Judahs deportation, the prophets had managed to breathe into the tiny nation a spirit which served to make it quite indestructible. For Judah did not go into exile feeling that Its sufferings were accidental. It is Important to realize just how tiny Judah actually was, for then the miracle of its survival becomes even more Impressive. After the catastrophe that occurred in 586, the inhabitants of Judah were left divided Into three main fragments. First there was the dispirited remnant left behind in Palestine poor, benighted peasants who were harried constantly by wild tribes from the desert. Then there were the fugitives w'ho had congregated in scattered settlements in Egypt. Finally there was the community of exiles in Babylon. But all three groups together probably would not have sufficed to d Amerpeople an ordinary ican city like Paterson, N. J.t or Des Moines, Iowa. Their total number could not have been much more than a hundred and twenty-fiv- e to a hundred and fifty thousand about half as many Jews as there are today In the city of Chicago alone. And yet that little nation, dispersed across the Orient, tossed about in the welter of empires like a cork In a furious whirlpool, managed to live on and come out triumphant. The story of that survival Is largely the story of the handful that was dragged off to Babylon. And not even of all that handful, for many of those Jews deserted and took to the gods of the conquerors. Babylon was a mighty city whose outer wall was 50 miles in length, and so thick that four chariots could drive on it nbrenst. In it were mighty temples adorned with' Jewels nnd preelous metals, nnd vast palaces brilliant with colored bricks and tiles. THE fair-size- Charles E. Coughlin, radio priest of Detroit, is the leading sponsor of Lemkes candidacy. Stratosphere Flyers Get Mackey Trophy For their achievement in flying into the stratosphere to the highest altitude ever attained by man )5 feet). Coots. Albert W. Stevens and Orvol A. Anderson were presented with the coveted Clarence II. Mackey trophy. Left to right: Captain Anderson. Charles F. Horner, president of the National Aeronautical association, Captain Stevens and Major General Oscar Wcstover, who made the presentation. (72,3 The Colony in Egypt JTlie Life of the Exiles all the exiles were swept BUT not their feet by the grandeur of Babylon and Us gods. The majority went the way of all majorities, but an heroic minority stood Its ground nnd refused to he stampeded. Of course, the temptnflon to be satisfied with tilings In Babylon was almost irresistible. The exiles were not scattered throughout the empire, but settled together on the banks of one of tlio ca nals in this region of Babylonia. Recently discovered inscription Inform us that the specific was the Kabaru, which ran esstl ard fr.m th.e city Babylon to the ancient shrine of Nippur, waters flowed through as fertilefig region as was to be found anv; where in the Orient. The dwelt in the village along thisJejl, in the huddled little village,1 which had been built on low mud mounds to escape the spring floods. Probably a goodly proportion of the exiles took to trading, for the canals which intersected this re-gion In every direction were used as much for commerce as irriga-i tion. The prophet Ezekiel, who was the spiritual adviser of the exiles, describes the place as a land of traffic, a city of merchants, a fruit-- i ful soil, beside many waters." j The Jews were allowed every opi portunity of making themselW comfortable in their new homej They were unhindered by their com querors and allowed to manage their private affairs as they pleased. Chances were given j to those who desired wealth and station, for King Nebuchadrezzar Babylonia who not undeservedly was called the Great put no bh stacle in their way. He had destroyed the kingdom of Judah not out of any hatred fof the Jews but simply because th existence of that kingdom had men aced his hold on Palestine. lies could not afford to lose Palest fne" for It was the one open approach from Egypt and therefore was M most vital region on the westertl frontier of the Babylonian empire Now, however, that Palestine tag safe, Nebuchadrezzar wished thf defeated and exiled men of .TudaS all the good in the world. An rapidly many of them began ' tl j get It. But always there were the leg who could not be at ease in Bubyf Ionia. They hated this sti mgl land, for it was not their own.) !i was unclean to them. And long ingly they thought only of the'litj tie hills whence they had been taken. In their minds those hills who ineffably lovely, and the Bid once trod them seemed im Like beggars measurably great. around a fire, the exiles waiped their hearts with tales of past glow les, with glowing stories which (hey elaborated about Moses, and David, J j and Solomon. Many of the exiles grew rich and forgot altogether the humble land whence they had come. But ,th rest plodded along in aching home' sickness. They could not sacrifice to God In Babylon, for that would have meant a violation of theif Holy Law which recognized Jeru salem as the only proper place fot sacrifice. The best they could do was to devote one day of the week, the Sabbath, to undivided thcaghf of their God. Perhaps on that day they prayed and fasted in llttll that is, assemblies synagogues -- their faces turned yearningly toAnd piteously ward Jerusalem. tbt they begged for the coming of ( , of their redemption. day And at last the day of redomp tion seemed about to dawn. A pen tin empire was arising in the East, Fahy Persian. the of Cyrus, empire Ionia semed certain to fall, for K!u Nebuchadrezzar was long dead lint a weakling sat on the throne. Few erlsh whispering went on In the lit nt tie settlement of the exiles, t i then loud and heroic agitation, a kin G In B. Cyrus, 538 nally the new empire of Persia, capture Babylon and the power of Assfrij f was destroyed forever, tin Now Cyrus was a despot of one a and sort, most enlightened his first acts after he conquer fl Babylon was to grant permission the Jewish exiles to return, If - ra anceso desired, to their own I homeland. took exiles the of not all But ref of Cyrus decree. The the tear to hard too It found selves away from the shopsin homes they had established unclean land, and they remaps them behind. Perhaps some of consldel I en resented the decree, l' it a reflection on their Pubto citizenship. They refused at Jwla of themselves any moro wms that 'I'1) J nns; their bonst were 100 per rent Babyloniau Even most of those who ted freely that they wt ll!'T' Jl! in FT? . spiritual strangers In4, lai even they did not stirj, en,r , e gave money nnd of free moral enema ngeimntilhl " who few daring souls ready to go back. , 11 |