Show 4 r Monday Morning- - r Ijc Issued -- fait ®Fibtm- £akc "Established April 15 Writer Lauds Murphy for Prosecutions -i 1&71 verj morning by Salt Lake Tribuna Publishing Company c clTT-- V is a member ol ths Associated Press The Associated Press Is exclustvelr entitled to the reproduction ol all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local new published herein A The Tribun Vss (or Salt Lake City Utah Monday Morning August 21 Salt £akc £!)C a Dictator Reflections oj By Manning D ’s should be substituted” The little family row in South Salt Lake will have served a useful purpose however if it leads to a careful study of the entire system of administering justice in our small towns and rural places and if the legislature legalizes the appropriate remedies Danzig Helpless Pawn In the European Chess Game The “free” city of Danzig as it is paradoxically called has suddenly become the focal point of peace This ancient metropolis about the size of Denver Colo has been for some time the helpless pawn in the international game of power politics Each day brings us news of “inci eased tension” while at the same time the commentators assure us Germany would lose should she undertake to annex this onetime German town As part of the allied plan to dismember the German empire article 102 of the treaty of Versailles created the “Town of Dan zig” with the surrounding territory as a “free” city and placed it under the protection of the League of Nations Since 3920 it has been administered by a high commissioner The area of Danzig is about 754 square miles with a population of about 425000 Its constitution provides for a volkstag or diet of 72 members elected for four years and a senate The predominantly nazi nature of Danzig's parliament is Illustrated by the elections of 1935 which resulted as follows: national socialists 43 12 social democrats center 10 communists 2 German nationalists 3 Poles 2 Under the terms of the peace treaty however Danzig and Poland form a single customs territory Since January 1 1922 the Polish-Germcustoms frontier has extended to the sea: that is to say while Danzig is a “free” city it is nevertheless a unit of the Polish customs administration It is of course the fear of the Poles that in the threatened annexation of Danzig by Germany this vital economic artery will be severed As Marshal Edward Sinigly- -' Rydz the Polish “strong man” recently assured his countrymen Danzig “constitutes the lungs of our national economic life” Herr Albert Forster the nazi district leader in Danzig has repeatedly announced Germany’s intention: namely the city’s outright incorporation in the reich The - Polish conditions foe the Danzig settlement on the other hand have been frequently announced by Foreign Minister Josef Beck These are: Danzig to remain a free city neither Polish nor German control by the League of Nations to be abolished and “a common Polish-Germa- n guarantee of independence” substituted therefor Polish economic interests at the mouth of the Vistula and in Danzig’s ports to be safeguarded by customs and traffic arrangements modeled along the present lines What the outcome of the present European stalemate will be is wholly a matter of conjecture The outlook however is poor It is to be hoped however that the demands of justice can be met without resort to arms and all the ghastly consequences which might thus ensue ic One Party Issue Definitely Drawn an -- Administering Justice In Small Towns and Rural Places current controversy between the town board of South Salt Lake and Justice of the Peace Herman Gygi of the same community regarding the latter’s policies r i in suspending sentences and imposing fines raises a vital question affecting local government throughout this entue commonwealth The system under which Justice of the s Peace Gygi now operates is more typical of the one still in vogue in practically all towns and rural places in this end other states It is a decadent survival of an archaic system which was once ideally suited to the nature and tempo of English life of the 16th century and later adapted to the colonial conditions of our own country in the 18th century The plan of appointing a local layman with or without (usually without) any knowledge of the law was invented to meet the needs of a homogeneous isolated community in a day when a trial judge could not travel his circuit often because of the poor condition of the roads One of the most pernicious phases of this system is the fee system by which justices of the peace are still lemunerated In certain communities in this country many local justices have exploited their victims In some sections too town marshals and justices of tiie peace have acted in collusion so fligiantly as to amount to a racket This has been nntablv true in the case of actual or alleged traffic violations by motorists passing through the Village in other states Thp abuse of the fee system has led to statutory limitation for assessing fees a practice well illustrated by the laws of our own state Title 28 of the revised statutes of Utah for 1933 for instance contains what to an intelligent schoolboy upon first reading must appear as a ludicrous catalog of charges fixing limits to the fees charged by any local justice of the peace e Here will be found a list of some items for which a justice of the peace may charge for his administration of justice These range all the way from 10 cents “for swearing each witness” to three dollars a day “for holding inquests” 10 cents “for filing each paper” 50 cents for “entering - final judgment” etc — As the Wickersham commission concluded in 1931 in its report on criminal procedure “With modern conditions of transportation there is no need of a magistrate at every man’s back door Wherever it (the fee system of compensation) lemains it ought to be abolished and magistiates with salaries Bnd a modern organization into a unified court two-scor- well-know- r V s i ur! vi ut New York Highlights By Charles B Driscoll YORK— Diary: NEW Captain Dennis y O'Brien and son Taul out for a stroll stop In for a neighborly call Some talk of the Lottie Ljnton plagiarism case which the O’Brien law firm won for the authors and then of North Brookfield I find Mass where the captain grew up that most men when they lose a cuff link or a dime forget to look in the cuff of the trouser leg which silently catches so many light objects How many times men have been driven to distraction by that kind of accident! Ray Harney a neighboring young man bungs his dog Erin again to isit But Captain Kidd is jealous of the attention paid the isitor and shows anugly mood Erin as tall rs his master when he rears on his hind legs demonstrates his trick of cutting in on a dancing couple Luncheon at the sidewalk cafe of the old Brevoort on lower Fifth avenue where din-ei- s and luncheis hase been numerous throughout the summer More of these Parisian cool spots on sidewalks have been oper- n ating this summer than heretofore and have done well Soft lights Rnd the screen of shrubbery between the street and the cafe give the place just the touch of semiprivacy the American customer likes Returning acatlonists report that Professor Wheeler Loomis of the University of Illinois turned out to be the best skipper of small sailboats at Martha's Ylnevnrd this season Visual Distortion The tall green tower of the MoGtaw-Hil- l on West 4 2d sheet takes on a strange visual distortion when viewed at certain angles in sunlight Walking along 42d or any neighboring street look up at the tower from a distance of two or three blocks and you will he willung to wager that It is all out of alignment The distortion Is of the soit one sees m comic strip towers and the observer has a haul time convincing himself that the architect hasn t been playing weird jokes with his materials The McGraw-Hil- l building was one of the last skyscrapers completed befoie the of the great building boom It Introduced some new features and remains today nbout the most modernistic of the city's tail towers The steel W'ork Instead of being hidden by brick cuitaln wails Is exposed and makes up most of the exterior suiface It is painted a Despite (or perhaps bemuse of) Its extreme architecture this has been one of the most successful of all the boom era beehives always close to 100 per cent In occupancy building eol-lap- n Cool Rendezvous silent rnoue house air conditioned with wide well upholstered chairs ought to do well in midtown Manhattan So many tired wayfarers seek out the cool movies on hot days for an afternoon nap that there should be a large potential clientele among them for the kind of house I’m speaking of Tom Stix says he always looks for a particularly bad mown on hot afternoons so he won’t have to stay awake 1 the piciure is boresnme and not too noisy he usually manages to get In 40 or more winks A Copyright 1939 i publican administrations Indeed the depat tment’s only periods in recent memory were tinder George W In the Taft administration and Harlan Fiske Stone In the time of Coolidge while few attorney generals have been so amiablv political as Homer S2 Cummings who served Roosevelt as justice before Murphy came Wlck-ersha- m McNaught Syndicate Inc Recalls Names Many New Faces Frank Murphy succeeded Cunnings at a time especially propitious for a new kind of justice riepaitment The department had been political because the new deal shared the unwillingness of all administrations to deny favois to powerful political supporters When Frank Murphy was appointed however the president and his new dealers had already Involved thpmselves In their bitter struggle with the practical men of their party There was no reason to grant favors In truth the temptation was to mete out punishments Thus Is was feasible for Murphy to reorganize the justice department as in any case he would have wanted to There have already been many Intimations of what he was up to It may now he said that his work of reorganization Is complete The best test of Murphy's extraordithoroughness nary numher of npw faces in the top departmental posts O John Rogge assistant attorney general In charge of the criminal division Samuel O Clark assistant attorney general in charge of tax cases Francis Shea in charge of claims Norman M Lit-tf- ll in charge of the land division— these are perhaps the most important of the new men although there are so many that it Is hard to mention any holdovers besides J Edgar Hoover Solicitor General Robert II Jack-so- n and Thurman W Arnold Novel Departure father-and-snnl- The t For some time past the people have been wondering what partisan politics were coming to mean The old line designations Republican and Democratic have been torn by various and sundry conflicts both within and without the parties Some people thought the ultimate would be a tightly drawn line between liberals and conservatives Tarty leaders however were not so quick to accept these designations Some ofxthe old line Democrats are not ready to accept the new deal dictum as the last word of the party Today there is no doubting the nature of the party domination but it also is evident that not all of the Democrats are ready to subscribe to this doctrine Republicans too have had their difficulties No more than the Democrats have theya”been able to lay down a program acceptable to the 'entire membership So it is that there is still some doubt concerning the direction of the Republican party although the campaign is less than a year away There is only one spot on the horizon which gives promise of becoming a cut and dried issue Whether we will have Thanksgiving as usual after the fashion of the American traditiqn or whether we will advance the date in accordance with the desire of President Roosevelt seems to be the only issue which is really congealing A casual poll of 25 governors mostly Democrats at least acquiesced in the plan of President Roosevelt The governors of 14 states mostly Republicans voted to leave well enough alone And there you have the only clear-cu- t political issue of the present day Nothing-els- e has been reduced to so definite a basis in the party ambitions In so far as clear-cparty lines are concerned it is the only issue now before the electorate Of course it is apparent that a few of the governors have not been contacted or at least they have not committed themselves Possibly they represent a balance of power being classified for the moment as those who cannot see that it makes much difference and those who are cynical over prospects and fear there may be no reason for celebrating the day either early or late Without exception the new men at the justice department are members of the new deal group and many of then) began their Washington careers as 'clients of Thomas G Corcoran's celebrated amateur employment agency They are energetic imbued with a firm distaste for practical politicians of any smt and vastly excited hy the task before them Already Ihey are beginning to be known hv their fruits A Chicago gambler famous for his political contributions was indicted shortly before Annenherg The Louisiana ring once the beneficiaries of the “second Louisiana purchase” are now homg hounded hy the relentless Rogge And so it goes The changes at the justice department manifest themselves In many other wavs such ns Murphy's effort to clean up the judiciary and get better judges and his drive against organized cnpie But the depat assaults on the politicians s and the politician's arc really more significant being a complete departure fiom ancient g fat-cat- practice They should not he taken ns wholly pure and fine in purpose Both the Pender gust and Annenherg cases for example were really prepared In the legal division of the treasury And if motives are to he Investigated it Is always well to remember that going after the politicians even the Llemocrnhc politicians is going nftor the encmv from the new deal point of view Indeed the new dealers who also hope that Murphy will give Dewey pretty stiff ornpel it ion are ftank in saving that one of the finest results of the justice department's reorganization will he (he destruction of many who might oppose the president In the convention Nevertheless theie is no use looking gift horses in the mouth If the country cannot have a nonpolitical justice dcpaitmcnt unless the president and Ins lieutenants fall out with their party leaders It may he well to give thanks for the falling out The only thing to watch for now Is a sudden leniency towards such party leaders as may be Induced by threats of awful judgments to see things the president's and Ins lieutenants' wfly 1910 Released by North American Newspaper Alliance Inc In Defense Judge:- - "You admit that jou diove over this man tilth a loaded truck Well what have you to sav In defense''" Defendant: "I didn t know It was loaded"— II a r v a r d Lampoon Kent There may be as has been suggested Democratic politicians sufficiently timid to be alarmed by Mr Roosevelt's belligerent message to the Young Democrats in Pittsburgh threatening to bolt or "take a walk” if the party nominates in 1940 someone of whom he does not approve And there may be others who construe the resolutions adopted and the speeches made as indicative of widespread party sentiment to keep Mr Roosevelt In the White House after next year But such are not the views of men experienced In politics nor of most po- On the litical observers contrary the note sounded by the president the personnel of thej principal speakers and the influence behind the convention combine to strengthen the belief that the new deal’s political hand is played out and the game is practically Frank R Kent over Concerning the Pittsburgh gathering one of the usually well informed “inner circle” journalists wrote while the sessions were being held that for weeks Mr Tommy Corcoran the White House “Wonder Boy” had been pulling the wires behind the scenes so as to set the stage and insure success for the While House slate C — The tax evasion indictment of Moses L Annenberg who probably America's largest cash Income and ran speak as an equal to Agha Khan himself makes this a good moment for a report on the department of justice Since Frank Murphy was named attorney genet al the large building with the facade has undergone an Invisible hut revolutionary transformation Because tempering the wind to the fat lamb Is one of the most Important branches of practical politics the justice department’s political flavor has usually been only slightly less rank than that of the post office This has been true in progressive Democratic as well as in conservative Re- 1939 Roosevelt Threat To Bolt Called Sign of Weakness By Frank R Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintirer By WASHINGTON 1939 August 21 Tribunc- - As to the speakers it Is only necessary to recall their names— Guffey Pepper McNutt Kelly and Barkley— to appreciate that in addition to having been carefully for the occasion every one of them had his own personal and political reasons for fervent beating of the Roosevelt drum These things were enough to discount the allegedly spontaneous character of the proceedings but they did not constitute the most convincing reason for feeling that new deal politics is In a soggy state That was supplied by Mr Roosevelt himself ityfus threat to bolt As the politicians Both political say thdt was the "pay-off- " experience and political psychology are in complete accord on this subject of bolting Either the act or the threat is a sign of weakness not of strength It is the device not of the dominant element but of the defeated Political history contains no instance where the threat to bolt was successful in promoting a candidacy or in dominating a The most formidable threat of convention the kind was in 1912 when Theodore Roosevelt following his threat with the actual bolt hand-picke- d ft0 e V''' J - I-'-'' I L-C- ' -- ' - THE PUBLIC FORUM Old Ag Pension Head Answers Forum Letter to letter of Will R Holmes in the morning press of Aug 12 1939: The committee of the old age organization were the real found- ers and roailthors of the Maw pension bill whiih was itself absolutely based on need I quote from section 3: "Each applicant and recipient under this act shall be considered needy” And again from a letter from the Salt Lake county director of welfare Sharon Hatch dated July 19 1939 “You can rest assured that the source of information given on the cases cited in your recent Editor Tribune: Replying -- s-X ' ---- type of wrong and he voted to make it more rigid and offensive I challenge you to prove one instance where I or the organization ever advocated $15 00 or $60 00 or urged pensions on any basis other than need The statements Mr Holmes are questionable and the old folks have a right to ask why an administration opponent in 1937 secured appointment on the world’s fair board in 1939 e Pension Utah State and Assistance Organization Paul II Allred Chairman Fangs of Fascism Seen by Reader Editor Tribune: The cut in re- lief is the fangs of fascism now being sunk into the flesh of the dispossessed of the land Fascism is a republican form of socialism or prolonging hours for workers on short pay the “stretch out and speed up” system for workers thtur henchmen proclaiming that all workers are provided for a system of low wage slavery a will be held strictly confidential I will have these cases investigated immediately” In a prelegislative talk I cited to Mr Holmes a case where an aged lady had been denied because of an account in a bank that went broke 12 years ago and five acres of land that could not be sold at any price Mr Holmes promised to fight to correct this super-capitalis- Senator From Sandpits Great wits are sute to madness allied and thin partitions do their bounds divide —Dry-de- n ‘Do you transpose telephone numbers unconsciously? And do you road things Into headline's that aren't there? I do And It s very annoy ing But it docsn t mean that you've gone a bit balmy in the crumpet necessarily After all the chief difference between the nuttv and is that those who are just (he former will draw a correct conclusion from a wrong premise while the latter chaws the wrong conclusion fiom a correct premise A case in point is the one where a nut who cut off a guy's head and hid it while the guy was asleep and then waited to see what he would sav when he awakened and found his noodle missing was in the right in the first so-s- o that Ham Park Tregnant with passions gone and done Drowned in the deepest fen But when you come out of a dream my boy Cherish the memory still As only the bob of a restless buoy Or a beacon upon a hill k — E Leslie Spaulding 1933 Line-boo- Notes On the Cuff Department There have been those who have criticized the first lady's numerous activities— her riailv column and other things I never have I didn't see that any of the things she had done and was doing cast any reflection upon her exalted position But now I do admit a sigh of regret nt least when I hear her acting as guest conductress of a commercial radio program W'hat pi ice dignity? a man would he surprised to find such nil allot In things since he fell asleep— but he was a hit out of line in imagining the fellow could awaken at all after his head was cut off But don’t get alarmed if you are subject to such minor mental quirks ns transposing figures or words Such tilings are duck soup to a psychologist All you have to do is to think hack and try to lememher what happened in your enily life that might have been scared into your subconscious mind If you discover It every tiling will he You won't hunky-dorstop transposing tilings but you will II he know why you do and you Arrangements had been made for parking the automobiles used to carry the Sigma Chi visitors around the city while they attended the luncheon But apgiven in their honor parently they wer "sealed” as far as some of the traffic offuets were concerned For as one car wheeled into line on North Temple street a “kiddie-kar- ” traffic cop came alongside and arrogantly demanded' "Who told you you could pnrk here”” I solved my pioblern that wav I thought hack and asked if there was anv thing that 1 or my family did that had scared me silly And I remcm-bcie- d that mv folks vveie nluays So it was just signing things like adding two and two for me to deduce that that was the reason I read the headline "Whiter Notes Signs” ns "Writer Signs " ally thought— y relieved niv-se- Out of Dreams When you walk out of a dream my lad Never again le' look hnppv or he Make it a it one-wa- v buck it sad traik For dreams are precious know mv son 'They come not ever again you gigantic capitalistic combine that starves workers and enlarges huge profits Should fascism succeed in es- tablishing itself in America a will democratic government crumble and a republican substituted of monarchial form of power vested in -- the few This will eventually lead to serfdom for workers race hatreds exclusive class rule and property rights will continue to be sacred Studying the history of democ- racy It is found that it is a form of government representing "the people’s cause” as a whole and that the means of production should be owned by all the people and that the workers should share equally in all production Up to the present time the nation has been sailing under false colors proclaiming democracy which does not exist Democracy is yet to be in action in America The conservative forces realize this fact and fear that the workers will one day demand their literal birthright of a free democracy Olive Carroll Raises Question On Traction Rates Editor Tribune: On August 2 the traction company which operates the public buses in Salt Lake City gave to the public a statement that in 1938 it sold 60000 daily rides at a daily operating cost of $3000 or at a cost of 5 rents per ride which included wages prices for fuel anil materials taxes and depreciation on its bus charges at $240 per day Computed at the fare of 8 3 rents per ride 60000 rides brings $5000 per day which is $2000 net abeeve an operating outlay of $3000 which for a year of 365 davs computes to $730000 w'hlch is interest at 73 per cent on I do not know the rate for charging depreciation taken by the traction company and allowed by the public service commission but taken at 10 per cent this annual depreciation charge vvouMRave been computed upon an official bus Investment of $876000 I wonder if these facts and their necessary implications are within the consciousness of our beloved public service commission? Samud Russell or-de- is "The niv gave us permission I suppose" replied the driver meekly as the guests looked on in surprise "What city?” snapped the cop arid then left ahr uptly "Just a tomh of badge fever” explained the driver apologetic- lf Notes v- Our Readers by Old-Ag- letter liL: I'vtfc-- A reader w riles: “Anent your item in Saturday's column where you recite that the Navajo Indians In Initiating a politician Into their tribe sprinkled him with corn meal: "This brings to mind that when a hoy many yeais ago on nn Illinois farm the men who became fouled with filth would sprinkle corn meal on the top of a hot stove and hold their hands In the smoke to remove offensive odots "f would like to know whether the Navaiox copied this idea of fumigation from farm hand m Illinois or did the farm hands get the Idea fiom the Indians Anv how its n good fumigation agent -- J I’ M” The State of The Nation By Olin Miller An eminent physician savs that most headaches suffered by Americans do not originate in any organic physical trouble but that they are caused by unwelcome unnecessary guests noises the prospect of unpleasant tasks depression woiry insomnia and insults The many annoyances Incident to living in the fast tempo of a modern nge give us a pain In the neck which soon moves up one story and becomes a headache Wetry to keep up with the Joneses simultaneously binning up the road in hot pursuit of happiness the while we try to keep at least three jumps alicml of the sheriff And what do we get for our strenuous exertions? A thionir headache Is the game worth Well it's your life and your head such as it Is Squill Berlins sns: "Tli' older a fi Her gits th' mo' his mommy an’ Imagination gits mixed" Distributed by Esquire Featuies repudiated the regular Republican ticket and elected the Democratic candidate The most a bolter can hope to accomplish is the election of the opposition party ticket ” and the defeat of the dominant faction of his own To bolt or to threaten a bolt is as exclusively associated with a frustrated candidacy or a futile faction as filibustering is associated with the minority For the dominant candidate or group to threaten a bolt or for the majority In any legislative body to threaten a filibuster just does not make sense Not Surprised However In this case it should not be surprising to those w'ho have more or less closely followed developments of the past six months Exactly this attitude on the part of the president was forecast last spring by Solicitor General Robert Jackson and it has been emphasized since by various political and journalistic spokesmen of the administration And since congress adjourned every statement emanating from the White House and the whole tone of the new deal publicity has been defeatist and defensive As one cynical and experienced commentator somewhat inelegantly expressed it— “they have begun to bleat and to bellyache” When they reach that stage in politics their day has passed Only the undiscerning will be fooled or scared by the threats Copyright 1939 by the Baltimore Sun Christopher Bitlopp Says: The flashlight is a modern invention that turns darkness into light by a mere press of If the mere press of the thumb the thumb does not dispel darkness there is probahly Persomething wrong with your flashlight haps the batteries have worn out Or it may be the bulb Or then the flashlight may he suffering the result of having been dropped into a lake pond river bucket or other body of water In such a case it is well to consult the nearest electrician making your way to him through impenetrable darkness Then as likely as not the electrician will explain that the trouble Is not with the flashlight but with you because you have not screwed it up tight enough Although the output of flashlights Is great it has not yet caught up with the population Consequently the number of flashlights In existence is not equal to the number of persons in need of them This accounts for the fact that in nine cases out of ten when you look lor your flashlight you will discove-- r that someone has taken it But since flashlights are difficult to Identify you will find It liard to recover your own For the same reason It Is simpler and reasonably safe to take somebody else's Quite as bnd as the flashlight which will not light at all is the flashlight which is too weak for its task and confuses you by describing a dark mysterious circle where light ought to be It is unpleasant when by its own dim rays what you take to be a wide open space pioves to be the edge of a chair with resultant repercussions on your shins A flashlight 'hat gives off a brilliant light and is to be found where you left it and when you want It Is one of the wonders of the modern age of Invention But this happy combination of circumstances is so rare that for the most part you will wish that in place 'of a flashlight you had a nice lantern fueled with nothing more than kerosene Christopher Billopp Oft the Record Qwosso (Mich) is looking forward to Its Tom Dewey a local boy who made New - York good fHorlteson War: A process of acquiring new land for surplus populations who are slain in the war Maybe we put up wllh congress because it feel's so good when It stops revival' of the ridiculous A threatened hobble skirt moes a New Yolk clothes stylist to sav something should be done Presumably she should take steps while she can i |