Show THE ANSWER IS UP TO YOU when the final figures are made up it will very possibly be found that the automobile accident record of 1936 was the worst in in our motoring history from froin the standpoint of injuries and property damage am as well as fatalities will 1937 further improve that record the answer is up to the millions who drive cars and walk our streets and highways we make our cars mechanically safer and accidents increase we apply the most advanced engineering in knowledge to the problems of highway construction and accidents increase we stiffen our traffie traffic laws and accidents increase it is a telling commentary on our driving habits that the worst accidents involve car cars in good condition operating on first class highways I 1 under tinder excellent weather conditions inot not worn out wrecks driving on ley icy pavement in a storm there is a percentage ot of drives who habitually exaggerate the safety factor and the annual cost is lives and hundreds of millions of dollars in property destruction the driver who steps on it who weaves through congested traffic who di dis taina stains traffic signals who regards pedestrian as a nuisance nui ince since to be run oft off the reels this d iver is responsible tor for mass manslaughter on an unprecedented cicalo will the american people continue to countenance his ravages national political interest has naturally been focused on oil washington during the past year As aa a result local governments have come in for only a modicum ot of attention in 1937 however local politics will be of vital otal importance during january no less than 43 state legislatures isla Ista tures will con convene vine before these legislatures will ba many highly important questions one of those questions is that of relief federal appropriations tor for tills purpose are gradually bilig bi i g red reduced need and tre mendon doin pressure will be brought on stated to appropriate funds to supplant the lost federal dollars only a handful ot of states have y yet e t passed laws to bring their citizens completely under tinder the social security r act in the bulk of states such laws will be up tor for debate and considerable sid erable disen dissension slon Is in prospect eit Fuit furthermore liermore in practically every state local problems of more than ordinary significance will lie be I 1 an issue the question of public economy and taxation Is looming larger every day and the collection and disbursement of public funds is being more closely scrutinized in at least one state california revision of the state constitution is considered thus during the next month or two more of the political news in your newspapers will be given to state activities long debated has been the proposal that the president of the united states should be restricted by law to but a single term of six years duration prime argument in favor of the Drop proposal osal is that under tinder present conditions dit ions presidents are virtually virtual lv forced to build political fences during in their first term in an effort to assure their reelection reelect lon the single term would stop that long established practice A bill to pave the way for a constitutional amendment making the proposal the law of the land will probably be introduced in the con gress |