Show I P Pre Prevailing re V a i I i n g Opinions 0 pin ion s I Comment of the American Press Scie Science e Not Pan Panacea cea A sensible e and timely note was sounded at tho the meeting of tho the National Academy o of Sciences at New York by Pr President Frank R. R Lillie LUlie He reminded his hearers that even science is not a 8 panacea for all aU the problems of the nation America has been disposed to place its trust in science science science-espe- espe especially the physical sciences D During Dur Dur- r- r fug ing the tho World war we were we sure suro that American inventive genius would think of something overnight over over- night to put the submarines out put of business We are arc still tm waiting for some new invention and the tho new industry that will spring sprin from it to put everybody to wor work also overnight On the other hand we have never thought much of the We social s sciences President LillIe finds scientific research Invaluable in inthe inthe inthe the social sciences We ought to know what the unemployment problem is before we try to pre prescribe prescribe prescribe pre pre- scribe for It But ev even n research only points the tho way It isn't a cure Science as Dr Lillie Lillic says has has' its Ils limitations Even with all aU the tho aids that science can can give giveand giveand and and all should be gladly received man man must work out his own political social and economic problems problems' with something more t than an comes from the labor laboratory tory or a 8 brain trust San San Francisco Chronicle Corpor Corporations and Labor do unsound corporation taxes chiefly hurt Obviously those who arc are most dependent on the corporations for their income It is a popular notion o of which politicians frequently take advantage advantage advantage tage that these are arc the tho ho stock- stock holders But even even the most casual casual cas- cas cas 1 ual nat examination shows that the greatest beneficiary Is labor Jabor In 1934 4 the tho General Motors Motors- corporation corporation corpora corpora- U tion 1 paid out nearly four times as much in wag wages wags s and salaries as asit asit asit it did in dividends Even in 1929 moro more than four tour times as m much ch u money went to labor for the United United Unit Unit- ed cd States Steel corporation as asto asto asto to stockholders while in 1935 35 times as much went to labor as asto asto asto to stockholders The distribution of income af affected affected af- af by these great corporations corporations corporations corpora corpora- is probably typical In the estimates published by the United States department of commerce for 1934 out of a total national income of labor is c credited with a total income of All of this did not come from froni corporations but a agre gre great part of it did As compared with only 25 was wasp p paid Id out by the corporations in that year in dividends and even this payment was in excess of their earnings The greatest losers by a tax on corporations th that t dr drastically pe penalizes penalizes penalizes pe- pe them for reinvesting their own earnings In ex extensions of plant and that threatens to leave them without adequate reserves to keep above bove water waler in ih times of depression will be American workers New York Times Judges Have Their Trials Suppose you were a Judge judg sItting sitting sitting sit sIt- ting in a federal court And tAnd a 8 I lawyer whom you OU had known intimately for tor years and who had just pleaded guilty to embezzling 1591 1591 from a World War veteran stood before you for sentence What would be bo your feelings Tho The court expressed its feelings in these words It is hard for tor me mo to impose sentence in this case I have known you since you first started law practice and we have been together socially politically and legally However you have violated violated vio yb- the ethics of f the profession by defrauding an insane man And then Judge Inch sent his his' friend up the river for a year and anda a day DetroIt Detroit Free Press Note on n the Pr Progress gre s of Civilization tion Dr James JamesS S. S Plant speaking before before before be be- fore tho the American Psychiatric association A very fair proportion of the worlds world's work is la done happily and efficiently by the higher grades of feeble We have long since found that the production worker is the life lifeblood lifeblood lifeblood blood of industry and that with proper training th the high-grade high mental defective makes the very best of the pr production workers The depression has increased the difficulty of ot employment but we may be sure that as the wheels of industry again merrily spin the minded feeble mi d will no longer be be on the rolls of relief organizations Which will presumably presumably pre pre- have their hands full with normal men and women who dont don't according to Dr Plant make such good production workers Philadelphia Record Mr Borah's Boraks C Canvass Republicans should be grateful to Mr Borah for helping them to effect cUed tho the cleanup they know must be bo made The election of Borah pledged delegates In Wisconsin Wis Vis and d down Illinois was obviously an appreciation of ot t the e opportunity the senator has given Contrariwise any ny rejection of Mr Borah in favor of delegates delegates delegates dele- dele gates only shouts a 8 repetition of ot the of oC party manipulation and reaction On a clear cat cut issue the Idaho senator polled a vote that should awaken Republican leaders to their opportunity and This is the most stimulating J po political po- po influence that has hns been loosed il in America for years Ro Rochester hesle Times Fortunate indeed is the th child who learns to enjoy reading readIng- car card car full fulls' fulls selected books I |