Show J 3 r I j. j R Rebuke for Pa Pardon on Policy THE REBUKE delivered to the cH city commission commis- commis 4 1 sion Thursday by the traffic safe safety commit comini tt t- t t tee tc c of the city's cHy comb combined ned civic or organizations ought ht t to convince Mayor Marcus and Commissioners Commis Commis- Knight h anc and ami Goggin Gogin that they arc out 0 of ot step on the drunken driving question Like s 's Lee and Keys Keyser r should f feel el abundantly fortified In in the the- position they have taken with regard to granting pardons to the most menacing type o of traffic laws law violator the highways The mayor and the public safety commis commis- abner step out of office the first of the coming 5 year ar and Mayor-elect Mayor Erwin and Commissioner- Commissioner eject eject M Murdoch w will take their places in the city government The new officials will be bewell well ad advised ad- ad if they take to heart the expressions in the committees committee's letter It voices the overwhelm overwhelm- lug ing opinions of the community No court of course is called upon to heed public sentiment For judges the law and the t testimony are all sufficient It would be a dangerous dan- dan f rous thing if they went beyond these Nevertheless Nevertheless Never Never- there must be some personal satisfaction for Judge J James mes W. W McKinney of the district Bench to know that there is widespread ap- ap of his his' manner of dealing with appealed traffic cases Long since he established the rule o of of bearing down on duly convicted traffic off of- of f who bring groundless appeals into his He has adhered to this precedent and a at t n. n rio no time haS there been any outcry ag against i it t until the mayor upon the information imparted t to tb him by two reputable attorneys assailed i it 4 as un American As to this the public is minded to say Skip it If he were under any compulsion t to take judicial notice of the i ions ns of the pair of unnamed lawyers and the r Judge McKinney undoubtedly would be able to sustain his position both upon the law and nd common sense I The traffic sa safety committee earns carns tom corn and support for or its vigorous protest protes t lodged with the city commission I Ii I II |