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Show army pursuit planes with their radio removed. Into each would climb the party standard bearer and his running mate to be pilot and copilot a plane apiece for each party in the race. At a sig- -nal all would take off, circle the Washington monument to remind them of the man- who could have been king of the United States, but said he-would he-would rather be right and be president; they fly a straight course northward and circle the statue of Liberty to remind them of another important principle; finally, turn about and head back to Washington. From the cockpit as they neared their starting point they could see from right to left the White House, the capital and the supreme court building also reminders and symbols of things basic. So what? So the first plane to make a happy three-point landing would win the race, which, would be a lot nicer way to win a race than by trying to see which party could throw the most mud the farthest. An Idea Worth Considering OUT of Moscow come th news that the mighty commissars are hailing the first and second pole vaulting hops of th two huge soviet monoplanes as an impressive gain for communism. commu-nism. Now maybe there is th germ of an idea. Who is there who would not wish like all get out that he could forget that Jim Farley proved himself a true prophet at the outset of the last campaign when he forecast that it would be very dirty? If he had said filthy be would not have been far wrong. But everyone knows all about that already and wants to hear no more. So why not go from the ridiculous to the sublime and see .what we can get out of this Russian notion? After the nominees are all chosen by the various vari-ous parties to make the race in 1940 suppose they should assemble at the Washington airport if the capital hat one by that time. There would be lined up on tba field an adequate number of |