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So each fall fallwlien fallwHen ' , wlien when the season seasonended seasonended cnded ended , she wentreJolcmg wentrejoicing went "rejoicing rejoicing " reJolcmg rejoicing b a c khome kr khome k r | home to BrIdgeport BridgeportConn BridgeportConnNobody , , Conn ConnNobody Nobody ever knew knewthe ' the date of depar depar- departure depary departure departure - . y ture the next spr10g spring spr10gThere springThere springThere There was no more morebustle morebustle morebustle bustle about w1Oter- w1Oter winter- winter w1Oterquarters winterquarters winter-quarters winter quarters - quarters on t thatmorning hat hatmornmg h a t tmorning mornmg morning than for forweeks forweeks forweeks weeks past . . i iBut But always , whenthe when irvm Irvin S . , Cobb the Cobbthe handlers en- en entered entered en entered - tered the "bull bull " barn " to lead forth forththe forththe forththe the herd , they found Helen hun hun- hunkered hunkered . - kered down on her volummous voluminous volummoushaunches voluminoushaunches voluminoushaunches haunches , which , under that vasweight vas vasvelght vast vastweight < \ weight \velght velght , spread out like llke cake batter batteron batteron batteron on a hot griddle Shelould She would \lould lould \ be beuttermg beuttering beuttering uttermg uttering shrill sobs of defiance And Andneither Andneither Andneither neither prodding nor honeyed words wordscould wordscould wordscould could budge her . So they'd theyd ' wrap chains around her herand herand herand and two of her mates would hitch hitchon hitchon hitchon on and drag her bodily , she still on onher onher onher her rubbery ! flanks lanks , aboard a wait walt- walt wait- waltmg waiting waiting - ing mg car . She'd Shed ' quit weeping weepmg thenand then thenand thenand and wipe her snout and accept what whatfate whatfate whatfate fate sent her . So please don't dont ' come telling telllOg me methat methat methat that the sit down strike is a new newnotIon newnotion newnotion notIon or that somebody in Europe Europefirst Europefirst Europefirst first thought it up Thirty years ago agoI agoI agoI I sav/ sav saw savmy / my lady elephant friend fnend , Hel Hel- Helen Helen - . en , putting puttmg on one , all by her four- four fourton fourton four-ton four ton - ton self sel ! selfTaxes . . . Taxes Tares Ta cs and More Taxes . BUST JUST when everybody is takmg taking takmgcomfort takingcomfort takingcomfort comfort from the yodelled prom pram- pram prom- pramIses promises promises - ises of that happy optimist , ChaIr- ChaIr ChaIrman Chairman Chair-4man Chair 4man - man Harnson HarrIson of the senate finance financecommittee financecommittee financecommittee committee , that the government governmentwin governmentwill governmentwill win will be able to get by for 1937 with with- without without without - out asking askmg this congress to boost boosttaxes boosttaxes boosttaxes taxes , what happens ? Why , in a most annoying annoymg way wayGovernor , Governor Eccles of the federal re reserve reserve reserve serve board keeps proclaiming procl31mmg that thatto , to make treasury receipts come comeanywhere comeanywhere comeanywhere anywhere near meeting meetmg treasury treasurydisbursements treasurydisbursements treasurydisbursements disbursements throughout the year yearhe's yearhes , he's hes ' afraid it's its ' going gomg to be neces necessary necessary necessary sary to raise the rates on mcomes incomes mcomesand incomesand incomesand and profits higher than ever . And meanwhile state governors governorsand governorsand governorsand and civic authorities scream wIth wIthagony withagony withagony agony at the bare prospect of any anyreductions anyreductions anyreductions reductions in m Uncle Sam's Sams ' allot allotments allotments allotments ments for local projects projectsA A balanced budget would seem to tobe tobe tobe be like Santa Claus , somethmg something somethmgeverybody somethingeverybody somethingeverybody everybody talks about but nobodyever nobodyever nobody nobodyever ever expects to see . * . . , Self-Determination Self Determination Self-Determmation Determmation - . SORMERLY FORMERL FORMERLY Y the states J jealously jealouslyguarded jealouslyguarded alously alouslyguarded guarded their sovereign per per- perqUIsites perquisites perquisites - quisites O"1ce-but O"1ce O1ce but O'ice-but O'ice Oice Once " ' - - but that v/as v as was / so solong solong solong long ago many have almost forgot forgotten forgotten forgotten ten It-they It they it - they fought among them themsclves themselves themselves sclves selves one of the bloodiest CiV civil civilwars civilwars wars m in history over the issue of ofstates ofstates ofstates states ' fightsNow rightsNow rights fights rightsNow Now we see them complacently complacentlyI complacentlysurrendermg complacentlysurrendering complacentlysurrendering I surrendermg surrendering to federal bureaus bureausthose bureausthose bureausthose those ancient prIvileges-and prIvileges and privileges - and may may- mayI maybe maybe maybe - I be , after all , that's thats ' the proper thmg thing thmgto thingto thingto to do , if 1f m centralized authority les lies lesthe liesthe ! liesthe the hope of pre preserving ervrng a rep.lbhcan replbhcan repablican rep.lbhcanform repablicanform repjblicanform . form of governmentStIll governmentStill government governmentStill Still , oneonders one \ wonders \\onders onders \ what English English- Englishmen Englishmen Englishmen - men would do under like Ilhe circum ClTcum- ClTcum ClTcumstances circumstances - stances , since smce Englishmen are fussy fussyabout fussyabout fussyabout about their inheritance of self sel ! de- de determmatlon determination de determination - - termination termmatlon . Perhaps the distinc dlstmc- dlstmc dlstmchon distinction - tion hon is thisIn this " ' In democracies there exists the thefalse thefalse thefalse false theory that all nIl men are born bornfree bornfree bornfree free and equal So the EnglIshman EnglIshmaninsists Englishmaninsists Englishmaninsists insists on having his freedom , which whichis conciete ete and laughs at atth atthe atths IS a conCl thing thmg , th the idea of equality . Whereas , the theAmerIcan theAmerican theAmerican AmerIcan abandons his mdlvldual individual mdlvldualfreedom individualfreedom individualfreedom freedom provided he may cling clmg to tothe tothe tothe the fetish of equably equality equality- equalityYankee . - Yankee tweedledee tweedledec and BrItlsn British BrItlsntwcedlcdum Britishtweedledum Britishtweedledum twcedlcdum tweedledum may be brothers under underthe underthe underthe the skin sk1O , but they have different dlfIerent dlfIerentskm differentskin differentskin skin skm diseasesS diseases . S . . The Parole Racket Racket.TT RacketTT . IT IS astonishing astomsh1Og but seemmgly seemingly seemmglytrue seeminglytrue seemingly1 true that , of five young gang gang- gangsters gangsters . - red handed l.Il lIl in . l.Ila ina ina sters recently caught a criminal cnmmal operation , not a smgle single smgleone singleone singleone Is Isthere isthere one was a convict out on parole there no way to bar rank amateurs amateursfrom amateursfrom amateursfrom for prior priorexpeuence priorexperience priorexpeiience from a pi piofession ofesslOn calling c311mg expeuence experience and nnd proper bachground background backgroundAnd backgroundAnd ? And can it be that the various pa- pa parole pa 113 parole ' - Dot not DottUlnlOg notturning nottuinmg are role rolc boards over the union tUlnlOg turning loose qualified practItJoncrs practitioners practitionersfast practItJoncrsfast de demand demend demand with the fast enough to keep up mand mend " ? 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