Show I NOTES AND AND COMMENTS COl B By Frank Franl Connor n I MITCHELL AND CAPONE I ISaid Said the Editor of the Churchman Churchman Churchman Church Church- I man The arrest of Charles E. E EI Mitchell former chairman of the I National City bank has had a al I wholesome effect on the public II mind There was widespread fe fer r I that he would never be called to account Americans having not without some reason come to feel fecI that higher ups can escape the I I punishment which is generally I I handed out to those of lesser po- po I I It was commonly said after the I I exposure of Mr Mitchells Mitchell's shocking shocking shock shock- shock shock-j ing manipulations If he isn't punished Al Capone ought to be be pardoned I Norman Thomas said the United States owed Capone an apology after the work of Mitchell and Kreuger I IA IA A Wisconsin wit suggests that j the burglar alarms be moved from I the outside of the banks to the I inside and quotes President LinI Lincoln Lin Lin- I coIn coln as saying I Oil have two enemies enemies ene ene- mies mice to tb fight the rebel in front and the banker in the rear and of the two the rebel is more hon hon- But then one must not be too hard on the bankers Not NotI I all of them are Mitchells The emphasis on beer took the mind of the people away from thought of the need for bread and the I present tirade against crooked t I bankers is probably taking our our minds away from the needed attention attention at at- some other form of piracy piracy piracy pira pira- i at-i cy ought to be getting less the indignation Mitchell and I birds of the same feather have aroused aroused a- a roused will have a wholesome effect effect effect ef ef- ef- ef I a-I as the Editor of the Churchman Churchman Churchman Church Church- man states tes I ITHE THE ATTACK ON EDUCATION Henry Ohl OhI Jr President of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor Labor La- La La-I La bor has this to say about the attack attack at- at j at-j tack on education A OIA monster who cones comes in robes of chastity I I I has the suavity of the confidence i iman man the cunning of Lucifer the I I assurance of Ananias but the bearing of a scholar scholar scholar-an an educated I Frankenstein born from the wedlock wedlock wed wed- wed wed-I lock of soulless materialism and and profit greed and reared in the cradle of popular indifference These are harsh words but when one recalls what is at stake and the measures being taken against education justified they appear I CHILD LABOR LABO I President Roosevelt will soon put 2 men at work Some of the money paid them will come comeI from funds originally destined for forI use in the west I cannot but regard regard re- re gard this measure as a rob Peter to pay Paul proposition It will very likely destroy or hinder the earning capacity of a large number number num num- ber her of western people probably pro ably as many as will be provided with employment The problem of unemployment is not being faced squarely It will not be faced squarely until I child labor is abolished The abolition abolition abolition ab ab- ab- ab of this abuse of childhood d would put ten times as many back to work as President Roosevelt plans to care for in his emergency measure without the cost of a cent to the federal government |