Show Prevailing Opinions I Comment of the he merican Press Prell Japan Vulnerable There has hu been far too much hysteria among certain citizens of ot this country countr Jap plans plana of ot conquest It has haa been equaled by hysteria among Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese ness who have taken the talk of these best people l seriously Why not Face the facts Japan has haa noth- noth to gain and everything to Jose Joae by undertaking B. B a war wat with the United States It would mean sacrificing sac sac- her Asiatic plans and running running running run run- ning the tho risk of ot Russian inter v We Ve likewise have nothing noth noth- ing lug to gain and much to lose Jose by fighting Japan for any purpose i lAve ve self e. e While building up our navy to the strength allowed by the treaty which h continues throughout this this' year we shall be s sensible if we we re res resolve re- re s solve alve lye thereafter not to make the first move in an armament race It is Japan not the United States that is vulnerable is It will be time enough to plan for tor a a. larger navy avy when begin building Jo long swords Detroit Detroit r News New If Man Is th the Weaker Sex Dr Edgar V. V Allen Alien of at the Mayo Maya clinic at Rochester Minn asserts asserts as as- sert that man not man not woman woman woman-is is the weaker sex Maybe in some lome quarters quarter that will be regarded as asa as asa a compliment to women but the scientists aro are going to keep harpIng harp harp- Ing on that one ono string until men believe it then women women l look Ibok ok out If If man is the tho tho weaker sex li he will reason why should he hay have to go out In the world and take home hOnie the bacon r If It there must be a neighborhood fight why should he take the black ey eye If there then should be a war why should he be the one to shoulder the gun Kun and march away in hobnailed ill fitting shoes hoes T Why should hauld he be be bo put in the where he would have to advertise he no longer would be responsible for the debts debu of BO some no woman Why should he assume responsibility for payments pay poy- menU ments on the family mot motor r car the interest on the tho home loan the taxes If It he is of the weaker sex ex and Industrious Investigators are trying try try- lag InK to prove pron it why shouldn't h hi simply imply throw throw his hat Int into th the sir air dance a hornpipe and shout t to the th stronger strong sex Hop op to it sisters its all youra yours Why not Well the best beat reason in the world The pride that lies has been built bulIt up through centuries of ot ml misguided beU belief t that he h. WU wu was the stronger therefore the natural natural nat net ural protector of woman woman I will hold him fast fut on down through the future centuries dumbly striving ing to keep up apPear appearances and arid save his his' fac face He may gradually Uy learn that he ho holds a poor hand that It Is made up chiefly of ot deuces and treys trey but he be will try tryo to o play it on on out He may learn eventually that the on one woman women woman he ie knows know best has h him bested In ev every way but buthen hell he'll figure re t that thatis is isa a a. freak manifestation and go on believing g that that of course woman is 15 the weaker sex aex If It men were more like women they would have tumbled to the truth long Jon ago Jo but men men seldom talk about their wives with other ther me men Kansas City Star Constitutional Judgments The Wisconsin aln State Slate Journal believes believes' there is even even a more more potent potent po po- tent reason than Mr advances for placing th the jurisdiction june juris diction with the supreme court on constitutional questions A q quick lck judgment could be obtained through tb the procedure as a. to the constitutionality of ot any law chal Much of the c confusion that is now wrought through T a fl final decision declaring a a law Jaw un unconstitutional Unconstitutional un- un constitutional nal could be avoided by an an original action In rj e Unit United ed States Statu supreme cou court cout t. t The difficulty that will b be experienced r ence In Inthe the unscrambling of ot the Ui theA A A A act ct is a sufficient tC argument argument ment merit In support of the necessity of ot immediate judgments judgment as u to the validity of ot the legislation I in which the constitutionality of ot laws is in Issue With original jurisdiction in the supreme court a a. judgment nt could be obtained within 30 days days' as to the tue constitutionality or invalidity invalid Invalid- ity of an act that is II challenged Detroit News New Skeptical All told Mr has nu accumulated ac ac- ac- ac cumulated d a big quota of aversions aver aver- ver- ver lori on his journey through life lite but Guffey is his reigning hymn of t hate now that Andrew Mellon has hu drifted l into to comparative ob ob- ob- ob Mr Pin Pinchot hot says that relief in Pennsylvania lla as administered adminis by W V Y P p. A has hat touched apogees apogee or perigees of corruption has rhu has surpassed anything in that line Une which the Keystone state tate has known If It that is a factual verdict ver van dict diet affairs must truly be terrible for in the long annals from Matt Quay to the Golden Primary Pennsylvania has baa seen acen about bout all the angles grades trajectories and corruption Inthe in Jn inthe the terrain of ot T r spoils St. St Louis Post California's s 's Ele Electoral toral Vote The presidential election of ot 1936 1938 may or ormay may not turn on the electoral site elec toral tonal votes of ot California But California is one of ot the states of ot the west the Roosevelt Democrats are counting on carrying Its loss night might prove a severe evere blow to lo them There are other Bother states in which the Democratic party is having its It factional differences today among th them m Ohio and Colorado Unless these thue strains strain of ot discord c can n be harmonized in the next nine months the claims of Chairman James A. A Fancy Farley of ot the Democratic national committee are likely to be bel discounted Washington Star Advice e to the President There There seem eem to b. b b men and women wo wo women men who voted for R Roosevelt In 1932 who favor tAvor the objectives of ot the new deal and who expect on n the whole to be voting for lor Roosevelt Roose velt next ext N November vember but who are are increasingly irritated ted and at t times genuinely d disturbed tur ed by Incidents at Washington which ae seem m to them reflective of ot an tempered ill dictatorial and even vindictive spirit It may be worth the administrations administration's administrations administration's ad ad- ministrations ministration's best belt efforts to prevent prevent prevent pre pre- pre pre- vent such luch Incidents from being magnified The beat best prevention is not to let them occur Spring Springfield ng- ng field Republican Deferred Maintenance Costly Local governments watchful lest expenditures exceed Income thus creating financial lal deficits should beware of ot another kind of oC deficit accumulated deficit accumulated maintenance and replacement needs warns Frank W. W Herring executive director director di di director rector of ot the Joint Secretariat of ot otI of ot Municipal Municipal Municipal I i the American Society pal Engineers and t the e International International International Association of ot Public Works Officials Writing in the January issue of the Public Works Engineers' Engineers News New Letter bulletin of ot tho the secretariat sec eec Mr Herring says say that In many American communities the accumulated deficit of ot maintenance maintenance main main- and replacement represents tents cents a situation of extreme has haz ard Streets bridges sewers water systems public buildings and many other highly prized and indispensable physical facilities of ot community life are slowly but surely going to pot he com corn ments f Not long ago a a- a metropolitan a-metropolitan city of oC more than a million population population lation laUon reported that its Iii rate of replacing worn o out t streets w was ws but a fraction traction of ot the rate at which they were wearing out Within the past month another me metropolis polis let iet I t it be known wn that city property prop erty of all kinds has been wasting away durin during th the thO past four years year Smaller communities are an In lri the same boat Funds available for the preservation atlon of ot the value alue of existIng existing existing exist exist- ing public prope property ly are entirely Inadequate Inadequate In In- adequate for tor the purpose Cities and counties may avoid vold Immediate financial embarrassment embarrassment embarrass embarrass- ment by cutting down on their funds for maintenance and re replacement replacement replacement re- re placement he points out but Unless unless un un- less Jeu they are prepared ultimately to abandon the properties they are arc arenow arenow now neglecting the rub will come come when complete replacement be becomes becomes be- be comes comel necessary When financial survival alone atone was a Ire pressing pressing- problem a year or two ago Mr Herring says drastic emergency measures were justified The 1 ind indefinite d continuance of ot such measures measures' is suicidal It Is essential that the thed d deficits In maintenance and re replacement replacement xe- xe placement that have accumulated during the emergency years year be wiped out at the earliest possible moment If It continued much lon longer long long- er present levels of expenditure for this purpose e will sp U havoc f for r the American community ft |