Show POLITICIANS POLITICIANS' ONE of oJ the gravest of governmental ills is F the holding of public office by men deficient deficient de deficient de- de in political training and experience In American politics polIties it is customary to pre presume presume pre pre- sume that men who know how to get votes also know how to administer a city or state Voters have bave later found to their sorrow that this does not always hold In an effort to place capable men in of of- of in fice-in Spain a branch of the liberal con coalition party there has established established established in Madrid a school for politicians for forthe forthe forthe the instruction of aspiring city councilmen The problem of electing men qualified to hold public office is not as simple as it seems It has concerned philosophers through the ages Plato Plato urged that men men be prepared for it The only one in this country so far as we know who has agitated for a method such as Plato urged is Will Vill Durant the writer He suggests that a a. school for po political po- po training analogous to that just founded found found- e ed i in Madrid be established here to be owned and operated by the government Graduates of the academy the equipped and winnowed best of them would be the themen themen themen men put up for public office Then the voters voters voters vot vot- ers could take their pick That in substance is the scheme It seem seems ver veri improbable that the results of such elections could be as sorry as some of those we have had in the past |