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Show yMx o Hollywood "Rifts" and "Probes" BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. Out her, our two favorite fa-vorite headlines are "Rift" and "Probe," one signifying that some ideal marriage between be-tween movie stars has begun to split at the seams and the other that some functionary has been in office long enough for the professional investigators investi-gators to start investigating. In between, somebody is either trying to put Sister Aimee McPher- son in a hole or get Tom Mooney out of Jail. So far, neither undertaking has succeeded, but folks keep right on trying. Last month. It was Sister Almee's turn. This month it's Tom Mooney's. But when other sources of news fail, it's fine to be able X ajfalvltfiti in mini to fall back on good Irvin S. Cobb old reliable "Rift" and dependable, stanch eld "Probe." Poor Lo's Renaissance. THE government says the surviving surviv-ing Indians are actually increasing in-creasing in number. I started to add that this proves the Indians are holding their own, but, since we've left them very little of their own to hold, I stayed my hand. The Navahoes always have been the most independent and aloof of all the tribesmen. For the most part, they continue to live a nomadic ex- istence, following their ancient be liefs and ceremonials, refusing to be caged In towns, yet numerically and in material possessions, they outgrow any other tribe. Can it be that the white man's culture, which we so jealously strive to cram down the gullets of red people and black and brown and yellow, isn't always what the victims need? But, of course, to say that is practically prac-tically to admit our civilization might have a few tiny flaws in it whereas we know it to be the one perfect creation of man, and for proof point to its crowning achievement, achieve-ment, the late World war. The Spoils System. 'TpHIS isn't a criticism. It's a timid - little prediction based on all the political experience that the past yields to us: Pledges of curtailment In govern- menial expenditures, as emanating eman-ating from White House sources, are undoubtedly sincere. But Andy Jackson or whoever it was first coined the line, expressed the correct idea when he said that to the victor belonged the spoils and not to let them spoil too long either. So it shouldn't surprise anybody or deeply shock anybody, except the few G. O. P. boys still scattered I through congress, if Pennsylvania and Missouri and certain other states should go right on getting plenty out of the treasury for continued con-tinued relief work on behalf of Senator Sen-ator Guffey and Mr. Pendergast and such-like benefactors of the human race. Not that the ins are any greedier greed-ier than the outs; they've merely improved in sagacity since the days nrhan .11 Mnw 1 when nearly all the smart wolves seemed to be Republicans and nearly near-ly all the half-witted sheep seemed to be Democrats. But Passamaquoddy might as well make up its mind to being sort of neglected from now on. Maine, she ain't been actin' right. France's Inconsistency. FRANCE has just lent a vast sum to Poland, and Poland, it is admitted, will use the money to increase its war strength. If Poland should repudiate the debt and default de-fault on the interest, a howl will go up from "La Belle France" that'll ring around the world. But of course, it will continue to remain an evidence of soulless greed for Uncle Sam even to inti- VrtofA 4Klf TfO It A tytfrfrtt . l at aa, mate that France might pay us a little something on account against the enormous amount she owes us for borrowed money which she has used to build up her army and also, it would appear, to pass along to Poland so that Poland may build up hers. If consistency be a jewel, France is practically out of jewelry. IRVIN S. COBB WNU Service. |