| Show I Prevailing p re Comment L L of f the e American Opinions eE p Press 0 ns I Beauties of Despotism Few people supposed that the actual sentiment of the German erman people was vas reflected in the returns returns returns re re turns from the plebiscite held re recently recently recently re- re for tor the purpose of ot impressing impress impress- ing lug the world with the popularity of Herr Hitler in The chorus of ot approval was too close to unanimity to be anything except phoney And now a correspondent of ot the Manchester Guardian after an Investigation in investigation In- In says there is no doubt that the election returns were badly falsified He explains that the new rt reign of terror instituted by the nazi overlords is a result of what they learned about feeling in inthe inthe the reich by counting the ballots It is quite likely that there would haVe hav been a majority for Herr Hitler in a free election but there certainly would have been a strong minority against him perhaps perhaps per per- haps as much as 30 or 40 per percent percents cents cent says the correspondent The elections were proclaimed to the world as an almost unanimous vote for Herr Hitler but the German German German Ger Ger- man authorities are arc not at all satisfied for the number of spoilt ballots there was no way of voting voting vot vot- ing against Hitler except by spoil ing tho the ballot papers was enor enor- inous The writer in the Guardian g gc-es gc es eson on to say that in order to produce produce pro pro- duce the tho 98 per cent majority I which the German ministry of propaganda had decided upon be before before be- be fore the elections were held most of the spoilt ballots were counted count count- ed as u ayes To correct the falling failing off ot- and maintain the prestige of Hitler r. r the tho country now has been turned over to a plague of ot spies and agents provocateurs who see that malcontents are disciplined with beatings tortures and Imprisonment imprisonment im Im- and who are under orders to consider as suspicious persons in need of watching all who often listen in to foreign radio stations those who often leave their homes in the evenings evenings eve eve- those who often otten receive visitors And OlAnd continues the correspondent corre corre- prisoners who do not confess to the charges brought against them by the police are arc habitually beaten a third degree touch there Detroit Free Press Ambulance phasing Chasing Revives An industry that that is outside the law and yet depends on it for tor a living is having a remarkable If short lived boom It is the Ignoble Ignoble ig ignoble Ig- Ig noble trade of ambulance chasing chasing chasing chas chas- ing which involves perjury fraud much hard swearing and the co cooperation cooperation cooperation co- co operation of ot a number of persons for its successful working In a way this illicit occupation is a sort of index of the degree to which easy casy money is available available avail avail- able at the time When it is plentiful and the appalling alternative alternative alternative alter alter- native of ot having to work seems remote ambulance chasing declines declines de de- de- de clines dines when things are tighter the number of suits for personal injuries real or fictitious Increases in increases increases In- In creases amazingly Counsel learned in the law but unhampered by scruples who specialize specialize specialize in this branch of their profession profession profession pro pro- bring these actions on a contingent ba basis ls which means that the litigant pays no retainer but contracts to turn over to his lawyer part of an any damages re recovered re- re covered sometimes covered sometimes as al much as 50 0 per cent This sort of practice is very extensive Accident cases arc are of two sorts suits for damages because of real injuries and fake Cake actions in which the plaintiff and all the witnesses swear falsely The latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter require careful drilling to avoid a misstep which might have serious consequences but a re remarkable remarkable xe- xe technique has been per per- Clients in genuine accident accident accident acci acci- dent cases are procured sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times on recommendation of ot a n policeman at the scene or of a hospital who may have found that a lawyer has not been unmindful ot of previous favors favo In addition there are the professional proCessional profession proCession a al chasers who have their own channels of or information and who have conferred on themselves the polite appellation of settlement workers New York Herald- Herald Tribune Goth Gotham's ms m's Gr Grammar A New v York CIt City adult education education tion survey s shows hows that within the area cannot read or write the English language And to anyone who has ever resided in the big city for tor any length of time it must bo be apparent that a n. large number cannot even 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