Show QUOTES 1 COMMENTS ON CU CURRENT TOPICS BY NATIONAL characters OPERATION cooperation CO ESSENTIAL by NORMAN IL DAVIS ambassador Amb anador at larga THE HE operation cooperation co of japan with the other great naval powers of the world having special interests ond and responsibilities in the pacific and far east Is essential to the maintenance of peace in fact to strive through international co opera tion to preserve peace and lessen lesen the burden of armaments Is in the interest of every power and a worthy mission for any power the loss of so important a power as japan from a general accord would naturally be deplored hut but we should not be unduly disturbed by tile lie present apparent deadlock or engage in loose talk of an impending naval race the fleets of the principal naval powers remain strictly limited by the present treaties until january 1 1937 the london treaty has in fact run only two thirds of its course it if each people sincerely rules out of its consciousness all thought of a aggression ar easlon and through its actions gives its partners to in the treaty system convincing evidence of its pacific purposes then there Is no reason why during the lie period which remains an accommodation which maintains and even strengthens the sense of security of all cannot become an accomplished fact EMPLOYEE representation by PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT AT THE present time the labor 1 IL board is not only functioning to prevent discrimination against P employees and otherwise to carry out the purposes of its creation but it Is 13 engaged also in the very tin important work of holding elections whereby through secret ballot under government supervision slon all employees are being given a full fill and fair opportunity to designate their representatives choosing them either as individuals or as representatives of a labor organization the result of these elections must be to provide for the first time conclusive evidence of how and by whom the employees desire to be r represented ep under these circumstances it would seem that any organization of employees in this industry or any or organization aniza claiming to represent such employees would avail itself fully of the opportunity port unity to establish tile the authentic character of its representation CRIME NEWS I 1 by PAUL BELLAMY editor of 0 cleveland plain dealer I 1 REGARD the publication of crime news as one of the primary obligations of a newspaper arising out of its mission to ampro improve ve society I 1 believe that we shall not make a better society on the hush bush hush bush method I 1 think that there Is ample evidence to indicate that only when the general public becomes thoroughly acquainted with the evils existing in the body politic whether aels arising out of crime or any other cause will the public act effectively to abate such evils RELIEF NOT WAN WANTED TED by HARRY L L HOPKINS federal relief relict administrator ephe HE present system includes JL halt on work relief and halt half on direct relief the most expensive way Is to put them to work it is very easy tor for people especially those of us in welfare to say that the easiest alty way to take care of those people Is to let them wall walk up to a commissary a and nd dont let them have cash that doctrine Is 13 about as vicious it a thing as I 1 have heard in my life the idea of treating 2000 XO people that way I 1 As far as I 1 am concerned ill have none of it I 1 have seen enough of 0 it and I 1 want to see no more of it INDUSTRY IN WAR by GEORGE H DERN secretary ot of war the experience of tills this FROM nation as well as others the war department is forced to tile the conclusion that in the event of war the major portion of our war supplies must be produced by private industry it might prove suicidal to try to depend upon government owned plants alone in time of war if history means any thing private industry onder ander civilian management but ua under suitable g government ov control would still haie hae to bv be our main rel reliance lance EFFORT NOT IN VAIN by LINCOLN ELLSWORTH antarctic explorer HE RE are some men who are THERE aborn born to champion lost causes and I 1 am one perhaps for I 1 shall not give up but for tills this year the time has passed for a flight hl lit so we shall put the airplane polar olar star on board the wyatt earp earn as soon as the weather permits I 1 still the effort has not been in vain for far we had our fight over the unknown and many features have been added to tile the maps and besides we bring back a valuable collection of fossils front from regions thou ht to possess only snow and I 1 ite le |