Show what bb I I thinks chit d about Reducing Reducing- Auto Fatalities CANTA MONICA CALIF SANTA hide hide- hideous hideous hideous I Being revolted by our ous record of mortality result- result resulting resulting resulting ing from mad as what decent citizen is not nota gentleman writes in some a a pertinent recommendations lIe He suggests laws providing in ad ad- addition addition addition to such other penalties as may follow loll ow a con con- conviction conviction conviction for lor drunk driving or criminal criminal- criminally 4 ly reckless driving or run hit-and-run driving driving driving ing that the convict convict- convicted ed party shall lose r his license for five years and that his automobile be sold sold and the proceeds used for the vic vie victims victim's victims victim's I a tims tim's s heirs as the case may be Irvin rvin S. S Cobb Whilst were we're on the subject of the disgrace which costs America more lives every month than are being destroyed in inthe inthe inthe the Spanish civil war in any month I heres here's another little notion That a flagrant offender or a chronic offender shall be given a jail sentence without the option of paying a fine the only alternative from jail being his or her willing willing- willingness ness to be handcuffed and chained before the public gaze through a period of hours or days at the scene of the accident for which he or she was responsible That ought to make some con con- converts converts verts to the crusade for prudent driving dont don't you think a S S Windsors Windsor's Musical I Proclivities T word is that the duke of I LATEST L- L Windsor has taken up accor accor- accordion accordion accordion dion playing m ion in a serious way after first toying with the deadly saxo saxo- saxophone saxophone saxophone phone and then doing some intensive intensive intensive sive bagpipe Obviously the I duke is in a fair way to estrange those who until now have faith faith- faithfully faithfully faithfully I fully supported him through his re re- recent recent re- re recent cent harrowing experiences Even loyalty can be pushed just so far Or maybe he has a lot of close friends who are deaf Or maybe Mrs Simpson is practicing practicing practicing wearing earmuffs Or maybe she can wean him on ona ona ona a mouth organ organ organ-a a comparatively in inoffensive in- in inoffensive inoffensive offensive instrument Or he may just up and reform of his own accord Or something Lets Let's not be too hasty in our judgments S s Jefferson and SECRETARY ICKES is sort of op- op opposed opposed opposed posed to naming the projected great national auditorium in Wash Wash- Washington Washington Washington ington after Thomas Jefferson be be- because because because cause it is proposed to hold sport sport- sporting sporting sporting ing events there when the building is not being used for public gath gath- He invites us to imagine the feelings of Jefferson upon look look- looking looking looking ing down on boxing matches or such like on goings-on under that roof Well lets let's carry the thing fur fur- further further further ther Can anybody imagine im gine Jeffer JefTer- Jefferson son imagining a Secretary Ickes S S Madame Madame- Perkins' Perkins Ambitions MAYBE NI T A its it's not wise to add those new departments to the Presidential Presidential Presidential cabinet right now True Madame Perkins shows a patriotic willingness willingness-or or shall we say deter deter- determination not not only to look after her own portfolio but to snatch up such responsibilities as her fellow- fellow secretaries are so careless as to leave out of nights Still its it's expecting an awful lot lotof lotof lotof of one weak woman that she should relieve two more members of their responsibilities duties and author author- authority authority authority ity when the task of trying to take takeover takeover takeover over the other nine present jobs be be- besides besides besides sides her own already has taxed her ber strength severely And besides theres there's annoying talk that congress may actually oppose the madame's latest little suggestion that she be made practically the supreme pow pow- power er in all labor disputes But she needn't worry about that Whoever heard of guinea pigs defy defy- defying defying ing a lady tamer lion-tamer The Floods Flood's Aftermath WITH the slackening of o 0 the tor tor- vv Y rents the peak of drama out of the scene but bUl the tragedy less spectacular but nevertheless des des- desperate desperate desperate lingers on the on-the the tragedy of destitution and ruin and sickness For the rebuilding of wrecked homes the rehabilitation of morale it is necessary necess that through the Red RedCross Red I Cross we give and keep on giving giving- and I reckon we will We W j always have I But there are certain things we need not give the victims for these j be b things thing they never lose and never I will will theIr their courage and their sense of humor We I can still laugh at our I personal misfortunes even while the I world at large weeps for them I guess gue s for our race that's the main saving grace IRVINS IRVIN S. 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