Show L Prevailing Opinions 1 Comment of the tho American Press Hitler on the Olympic Games That fine old sportsman Adolf Hitler makes the following statement statement state state- state state- ment in the official Olympic games publication An honorable and fair struggle gle awakens the best virtues in man It does not separate on tho the contrary it binds the contestants contestants contestants contest contest- ants together in mutual understanding understanding under under- standing and equal respect It all serves to strengthen the bonds of freedom between nations For this reason may the Olympic flame never die out Germanys Germany's oppressed minorities can alwa always s 's remember that der fuehrer believes in good sports sports- manship He has even been known to give his helpless opponents a generous choice between suicide I and assassination by his gangsters gang gang- Could sportsmanship go further fur fur- ther ther Philadelphia Record Justice by the Column The Tho administration of criminal law In the United States was once called by Chief Justice Taft a 0 disgrace to civilization A partial clue as to why this is isso isso isso so may be found in a statement made Sunday by the district attorney attorney attorney at at- torney in charge of the Wendel Vendel case In Brooklyn I expect an important arrest within 2 24 hours It will be an eight-column eight story too Tho The district attorney for Kings county New York seems to measure meas meas- ure nrc the tho importance of criminal cases by the number of columns of publicity they will bring him An column eight story obviously will be worth much more to him than a one-column one story when he comes up for tor reelection or runs rUM for tor a judgeship And while there are exceptions that may be he said to be the t typical point of view of district attorneys all over the country As long as these important cogs in the wheel of justice are elected they must seek votes And In doing that they play politics politics poli poli- tics a and d court publicity Criminal law Jaw enforcement in inthe inthe inthe the United States will continue continuo to tobe tobe tobo be bo a until the method of choosing district attorneys is changed changed or or care is taken to elect district attorneys who will place public interest above personal am am- Detroit Detroit Free Press l Landon a Shining Mark Marie Governor Landon's backers for forthe forthe forthe the presidential nomination arc are surprised and perhaps perhaps' a little alarmed by the evidence that some other candidates and several Republican managers arc are attempting attempt attempt- ing to form a combination against him That always happens when one man in the race seems to have taken a strong lead To combine forces against him i may be readily planned but some sonic someone one will have to to be combined I upon and who Is he be It is hard to conceive of Senator Borah and Colonel Knox working harmoniously harmoniously together and it is certain that neither would favor the nomi nomination nation of the other Tho The customary customary customary custo custo- mary strategy if it is followed at Cleveland would be to bring about a long deadlock and then un- un blanket a dark horse in the stable and introduce him to the leaders in the smoke filled room long after midnight This might seem a good re recipe ipe and it sometimes has been for choosing an inferior man as candidate It certainly was so in 1920 Today there are some cynics who Intimate Intimate intimate Inti Inti- mate that the talk of an Lan anti don combination simply means that some powerful Republican leaders are arc trying t to extract prom prom- front from the ho m Kansas governor which he has thus far consIstently consistently consistently consist consIst- make New New York Times primes The Two-Thirds Two Rule I The presidents president's declaration that the Democratic national convention convention convention con con- is likely t to dr drop p the tho two two- thirds rule following Farleys Farley's similar announcement is probably probably probably ably another trial balloon FarIcy Farley Far Far- ley Icy Is in complete completo control of ot the Democratic national committee and will be of the convention he could drop the tho rule if it he wanted to without consulting anybody If It the announcement meets with too much rank and file protest however however how how- ever the scheme is likely to be dropped since it does docs not really matter in this convention It If it is dropped it will be because the president and Farley Fancy are hatching something for Los Los Angeles Times |