| Show I L Pre Prevailing V acL Comment I L ing of the American Opinions Press Press- Press Press- Sn ion s Eires Eire's Good Sense Since she practically won her Independence and changed her name from Ireland to Eire that once turbulent and distressful isle has turned out to be a model of reasonable adjustments in handling handling han han- dung her internal politics In the election to the presidency by acclamation acclamation acclamation ac ac- ac- ac of Dr Douglas Hyde she has taken another step forward forward forward for for- ward on the road to national har har- mony Eamon de Valeras Valera's Fianna Fail Fall Failand Failand Falland and the opposition Fine Gael named a common candidate for president and his acceptance makes the country's choice practically practically unanimous More remarkable still Dr Hyde Is not a politician but a historian poet retired university professor president of the Gaelic league and the son of a Protestant clergy clergy- man He wears no party label He is just all Irish and highly conservative Irish at that The outcome comes close to be ing ideal ideal for for Ireland Whether such an experiment would be good for the United States is another matter Los Los Angeles Times Times' Another Crusade California will vote upon an in initiative in- in measure this fall to reg regu late labor unions if Ifa ia a housewives ho crusade headed by Mrs Edwin Selvin formerly of Seattle and now of Los Angeles is successful Mrs Selvin was one of the leaders leaders lead lead- ers era in the movement in Inthis this state two years ago which ted led Mayor John F. F Dore of Seattle to refer to them as perfumed fur clad hussies hus hus- sies With the announcement that they propose to end labor racketeering and price-fixing price monopolies monopolies mo mo- Mrs Selvin has formed f t t I r i an organization known as Women Wom Worn en of the Pacific The proposed initiative calls for incorporation of labor unions and the banning of strikes except for wages hours and working conditions conditions conditions condi condi- and the banning of picketIng picketing picket picket- ing except in connection with a strike k a n e Spokesman Re view Never Say Die Six weeks ago General Pershing Pershing Pershing Per- Per shing the only surviving commander commander com coin mander in chief of a great power in the World war was supposed to be dying in Arizona with a rheumatic affection poIsoning poisoning poi poI- and heart trouble Theother Theother The Theother other day at the age of 77 71 he attended attended at at- tended the wedding of his son in New York Never say die Six or seven years ago the worlds world's economic system was said to be Je in a hopeless condition But it is with us still and 1 if war can be avoided the system with much needed improvements should continue continue con con- S for many more years Never S say say die die International law never looked as sick as it does today and peace and justice appear only as dons But other black periods in inthe inthe S the long history of human affairs have given place to brighter days and so it may be again Never say S die S Religion RelIgion faith faith in goodness and God God is is not as as prevalent as it used to be Whole nations have turned S away from the church and adopted adopt adopt- SS S ed materialistic conceptions o of life But that Is not a new but an repeated oft experience The world has been plunged to much lower depths In other areas areas In S these times the peoples of the earth generally li speaking have truer ethical standards standards' than in any period of the past pastA A handful of misguided despots are responsible for most of the evil tendencies we see at work S There is no occasion for despair While there is life there is hope A use the attitude attitude attitude atti atti- tude would be as culpable as superficial superficial superficial su su- su- su optimism Toronto Toronto Daily Star S ii S |
