Show I Prevailing Opinions ns I Comment of the American Press Press- Press Press- A World N R A 7 Men of good will who dream of a warless world will find some hope in the work of the the too little publicized international labor office office office of of- fice at Geneva which the United States wisely joined two years ago There at Geneva 62 c countries are striving to remove the main causes of war by raising living standards among the worlds world's masses and b building an eventual society of nations on the solid ground of economic justice Their method is to work through treaties or conventions on hours wages conditions social insurance and other reforms to bring all industrial countries more closely into step as as' they struggle toward the goal of a world labor standard The treaties of course cannot bind the governments government's leg leg- They can only pledge the nations nation's best efforts So far there are 49 treaties in operation of which America is interested in only five now pending for r ratification ratification cation before congress Of these five the mos most important is one re relating relating relating re- re lating to the universal hour 40 f Week week ek Only through an equitable or organization organization organization or- or of the worlds world's economic life can peace and justice and freedom be made secure says Director Harold Butler of the I. I IL L. L O. O It should be part of our good neighbor policy to work more actively actively actively ac ac- ac- ac in ia common effort at Geneva San Sn San Francisco News Nazism Cant Can't Endure Critics Even art theatrical and literary criticism are now totalitarian in Germany Joseph Goebbels Goebbels Goebbels Goeb- Goeb bels minister of culture and propaganda propaganda propaganda prop prop- decrees th that t there shall be no critic but the government Thus everything is artistic If it Goebbels says so so and inartistic if Hitler does not like it Thus says Goebbels art is to be promoted in Germany In other words writers actors and painters who propagandize for nazism are to tobe tobe be subsidized and all others sup sup- pressed And if the subsidized d. d J l j g r a t artists do it badly no critic is to say so First it was liberty that was suppressed Then it was Christianity Christianity Christianity Chris Chris- that was Then it was truth that was dragooned Now it is beauty that is drilled to the goose step You may neither act think aspire nor feel in Hit Hit- except under orders And this in the year o of our Lord 1936 San 1936 San San Francisco Chronicle Stop Parole Abuses It is a shallow defense of the parole system to say that its abuses are in large part the result of inability o of too few supervisors supervisors supervisors super super- visors to keep track of too m many ny people on parole It is entirely proper to emphasize emphasize emphasize size the fact that facilities for adequate parole supervision are lacking According to a report by the Prison Association of New York the nation has h s only parole parol officers to supervise parolees parolees parolees pa pa- an average of one officer for every paroled persons The principle of parole Is good It is fundamental to any humane humane hu hu- hu- hu mane marie conception of justice that a aman aman aman man whose rehabilitation Is so complete that he can resume a normal place in society should have that opportunity But a parole system that turns criminals loose Joose is not good and nothing can ever be said in de defense de- de tense of it to justify the abuses for which it is responsible A challenging indictment of the parole system is found in New York City in the case case of Tough Tony Carious Free on parole after spending eight of his thirty years behind bars Carious is now returning to custody on ona a charge of murd murder r to which he is reported to have con con- Clearly such a man should never have been paroled no matter matter mat mat- ter how many parole officers might have been available to do dog his steps The travesty on justice is be beyond beyond beyond be- be yond belief when it is known that criminals of this type are re released released re- re leased without adequate super super- vision But supervision Is not the answer answer an an- to the problem presented by Tony He reported regular regularly regu regu- lar y to the parole bo board rd whose business it was to know what he was doing He was a bandit and he was wa working at his trade Prison bars and nothing else will supervise that kind of man New New York American J Ji i l j |