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Show led by drover Cleveland one hundred hun-dred years later in his famous aphorism: "A pubhc offlcs is a public trust" A good beginning In the campaign cam-paign to take the profit out of politics would be to indoctrinate our youth in schools and colleges with the idea that governmental activities are for public use and not for private aggrandizement. A second step toward this end Is to put ths whole civil service of the country, national, state and city, on a strictly competitive basis, ba-sis, doing, away forever with the corrupting doctrine that "to the victor belongs the spoils." When the professional politician can no longer promise "Jobs" (which so often means "Jobbery") to his incompetent followers, his occupation will automatically be destroyed Los Angeles Examiner. Exami-ner. Film Criiis ' Appointment of a receiver for three British film companies and the revelation that the British film industry, as a whole, lost $10,000,000 last year probably marks the beginning of the end of another attempt to oust Hollywood Holly-wood from ths post of world film capital. This should not engender over-confidence: over-confidence: if Hollywood gets too cocky some rival may yet take its measure, but for ths tlms being be-ing it may reat secure. Competition, Competi-tion, which Is the life of trade, ia also the life of the motion picture business, and so far it has always acted to spur Hollywood to fresh efforts; and Hollywood has profited profit-ed from ths new Ideas, developments develop-ments and talent that have been produced elsewhere, by taking them over and going ens or more better. The British film Industry msy pull through its crisis, but If It does it probably will not be t.-cause t.-cause of proposed government supervision. su-pervision. British bureaucracy ia abler than the average, but it remains to be shown it can run the film business. The industry can ataad considerable nepotism, but government regulation would ruin il Los Angeles Times, Just Folks ty tdget A. Guest AFTER SHAKING HANDS There is a world I call my own, and strangely It expands, Ivs seen Its population grow by merely shaking hands. -Whenever I am introduced to ons unknown before There always follows In his trail at least a hundred more. For once hs lives as one I know behind him comes a throng Of loved ones, friends and snemies who follow him along. I find whene'er I meet a man, though them I may not see, I meet his wife and children small; I meet his family; I meet his uncles and his aunts, his neighbors and his foes. And shall in some way be concerned con-cerned with all his Joys and woes. For all that touches him henceforth hence-forth of high repute or low Must chaa-e my life, too, since be is one I knew. Suppose his boy should rise te fame, think you I'd not be glad Te read the tale-ef his success and boast: "I knew his dad"? If tragedy should come to him, would I not auffer, too, Te think so sad a time should fall upon a man I knew? Once having shaken hands with hinv for pleasure or for paia. Forever after I must share bis every loss and gala. (Copyright, 1M7, Xdgar A. GuesO |