| Show I I P r e V L Opinions Opinions' i. i 0 n s Comment e t of the American Press An Election Mandate Professor Raymond Moley's re remark remark remark re- re mark that the results of Tuesdays Tuesdays Tuesday's Tuesdays Tuesday's Tues Tues- days day's election embodied a popular popular popular lar verdict verdict of business not guilty strikes us as a happy gen gen- Granting the verdict implied in it of course is the mandate that the government from now on gives business an even break This means if it means anything the early amendment of the Wagner Wagner Wag Wag- ner ncr act to make it a way two-way measure For it is this law as written and administered that has furnished the government wit with its chief weapon for harrying harrying harry harry- ing and humbling business and that more than any other official agency has been responsible forthe forthe for forthe the labor strife and the consequent consequent consequent conse conse- quent timidity of business which precipitated the depression No other than Mr Donald former N R A administrator has hast t said recently I dont don't see how we can have a permanent economic economic economic eco eco- stability unless the Wagner Wagner Wag Wag- ner ncr act is changed not only to tu help labor but also to help management management management man man- in securing more certainty certainty certainty in industrial operations Now that the electorate has spoken shall we get action Notwithstanding Notwithstanding Notwithstanding Not Not- withstanding Senator Wagners Wagner's reelection the chances would seeni seem to favor it unless the president president president dent is w willing to risk a continuance continuance continuance ance of the conditions that defeated defeated defeated de de- de- de Governor Murphy of Michigan and transformed most of the industrial east into opposition opposition opposition op op- op- op position territory May we suggest suggest suggest sug sug- gest to him for his own good that he get immediately busy with the problem before the initiative is taken from his hands hands New New NewYork York Herald They Dont Don't Own the Language A British M. 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P from Oxford i is all in a dither for fear King George may learn to talk United States during his visit to this country He might do worse than follow the example of his subjects subjects subjects sub sub- who according to all accounts accounts ac RC- ac- ac counts are rapidly espousing American as she is spoke Plenty of words and expressions expressions sniffed at by our British cousins as Americanisms are good sound old English which they have discarded As for slang the English output is as great as the American The slang of today when it deserves to live becomes the good usage of tomorrow An American can travel from one end of this country to the theother theother theother other and experience no trouble in understanding the sectional dialects A Londoner in the rural parts of Yorkshire or Lancashire often feels the need for an in in- in The notion that the English are the officially appointed guardians of the language was exploded exploded exploded ex ex- ex- ex long ago And when Punch can satirize the Oxford accent accent accent ac ac- ac- ac cent as a modern barbarism it itis itis itis is evident th that t the intelligent English are sufficiently aware of their own linguistic faults Ox Ox- of course dont don't count Philadelphia Inquirer The Secret of Success An eminent physician suggests that an oversized ganglion may be the secret of success success- an abdominal brain that pumps blood where it is needed in a hur hur- ry It makes for quick energy and later in life for too high blood pressure A few weeks ago another eminent eminent eminent emi emi- nent physician suggested that gastric ulcers might be the secret of success those success those whose systems are so geared that they produced this disturbance also produced a great energy output Last winter we read about another another another an an- other theory The secret of success success suc sue cess lay in having a mild neurosis neurosis neurosis neu neu- rosis which made you worry so that you worked hard Thinking it all over we have devised our own theory The se secret secret secret se- se cret of success is not to waste time trying to discover the secret of success York NewYork York New Post The Publics Public's Veto Power The the blow-below-the-belt technique technique technique tech tech- of politicians who cater to racial or religious prejudices and pander to special groups is generally generally generally gen gen- the last desperate gesture of office seekers to gain a victory at the polls In a free country you cant can't arrest arrest arrest ar ar- ar- ar rest a politician for fanning race feelings or for making tall promises promises promises prom prom- he has no intention of fulfilling fulfilling ful ful- filling The only weapon against him is that provided by the ballot bal bal- lot lot and and the X mark that he does not get By using that weapon the public that refuses to swallow oratorical hogwash can exercise a potent veto power on the candidates candidate's candidates candidate's candidates candidate's can can- aims and policies a veto that cannot be overridden Minneapolis Star I It If Wasn't a Suicide Mandate Tuesdays Tuesday's national election re returns returns returns re- re turns may reasonably be interpreted interpreted interpreted inter inter- as a mandate to wipe out the abuses especially abuses especially the political political cal abuses abuses in in W V P A and relief But those returns cannot be in intelligently intelligently intelligently in- in construed as a demand for wiping out W V P A or for wiping wiping wip wip- ing out relief or above all for wiping out purchasing power New York Post |
