Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-12-15 | Page 8 | Views of the Nation's Press

I Views of f the Nations Nation's Press Senator Elmer Thomas told newspapermen in Oklahoma city Friday Friday that the reason he will continue to support Stephen Chandler for federal judge of the western district of Oklahoma is because Chandler was the chief contributor to the senators senator's senators senator's senators senator's sen sen- ator's 1938 campaign fund Chandler an Oklahoma city at attorney attorney attorney at- at torney has never been approved by the department of justice In politics you have to be loyal to people who are loyal to you the senator stated with commendable candor You may not like it but there is nothing else you can do unless you can change the system It will of course be bc argued that judges not only of the federal federal federal fed fed- eral district courts but even of the circuit courts of appeal and the supreme court have commonly commonly commonly com com- been selected on a patronage patronage patronage pat pat- basis Certainly Senator Thomas has invented nothing new But if Mr Chandler deserves deserves deserves de de- de- de serves a life job at public expense expense expense ex ex- ex- ex pense paying a year just because he gave Senator Thomas Thomasa a couple of thousand dollars then it appears perfectly clear that the judgeship was for for or sale Moreover if it is obtained ined it will be quite a bargain and should tend to stimulate contributions contributions contributions contri contri- from other ambitious people when Senator Thomas' Thomas next campaign rolls around A an year ago ex congress man was sentenced to Jail for selling an appointment to An An- His colleagues clucked their tongues i in pious indignation indignation tion at this evidence of moral turpitude Well would it have been all right if the boy had merely contributed the money to the congressman's campaign fund Tulsa fund Tulsa Okla Tribune Dr Albert writing from that mecca of hypochondriacs hypochondriacs hypochondriacs Los Angeles advises the stomach of every everyone one of us is on the bum We are dying off says the good doctor because because because be be- cause our ancestors would not and we will not stop guzzling rich rare and racy foods and deadly cocktails His advice mind you is to get back to crackers ers and milk and soda to burned bacon and dry halibut It doesn't seem to help he war warns s to just think were we're all right The germ is there passed along by careless ancestors and it will surely get getus us if we dont don't watch out American food may be rich richand richand richand and rare and racy and a cocktail cocktail cocktail cock cock- tail may be deadly but we take leave lea to doubt that Dr blanket indictment is going to scare America into a nation of cracker eaters Prolongation Prolongation Pro Pro- of life on such dismal dismal dis dis- dismal mal sub European rations just Isn't worth the price The average average average aver aver- age mortal will prefer five years of rich rare and racy eating and drinking to 20 years of Chicago Chicago Sun