Show what Ss bb cabi about thinks reducing educing Il auto fatalities ANTA MONICA NICA CALIF SANTA S being revolted by our hide ous record of mortality result ing from mad as what decent citizen is not a gentleman writes in some pertinent recommendations he suggests laws providing in addition to such other penalties as may follow a conviction for drunk driving or criminally reckless driving or hit and run driving that the convict ed d party shall lose e his bis license for five years and that his automobile be sold and the proceeds used for the victims heirs as the he case may be irvin s cobb whilst were we re on the subject of the disgrace which costs america more lives every month than are being destroyed in the spanish civil war in any month heres 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 willingness 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 converts to the crusade tor for prudent driving dont you think windsors Wind sors musical proclivities T LATEST word is that the duke of LJ windsor has taken up accordion playing in a serious way after first toying with the deadly saxophone pho i ne and then doing some intensive bagpipe to obviously the duke is in a fair way to estrange those who until now have faithfully supported him through his recent 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 wearing earmuffs ear muffs or maybe she can wean him on a mouth organ a comparatively inoffensive instrument or he may just up and reform of his own accord or something lets not be too hasty in our judgments 0 jefferson and ickes SECRETARY ICKES is sort of op posed to naming the projected great national auditorium in washington after thomas jefferson because it is proposed to hold sporting events there when the building is not being used for public gatherings i he invites us to imagine the feelings of jefferson upon looking down on boxing matches or suchlike such like goings on under that root roof well lets carry the thing further can anybody imagine jefferson imagining a secretary ickes pals madame perkins ambitions M A its not wise to add those ii new departments to the presidential cabinet right now true madame perkins shows a patriotic willingness or shall w we e say determination mi nation not only to look after her own portfolio but to snatch up such responsibilities as her fellow secretaries are so careless as to leave out of nights still its expecting an awful lot of one weak woman that she should relieve two more members of their responsibilities duties and authority when the task of trying to take over the other nine present jobs besides her own already has taxed her strength severely and besides theres annoying talk that congress may actually oppose the madame a latest little suggestion that she be made practically the supreme power in all labor disputes but she worry about that whoever heard of guinea pigs defying a lady lion tamer the floods aftermath W WITH ITH the slackening 0 of the torrents the peak of drama out of the scene but the tragedy less spectacular but nevertheless desperate lingers on the tragedy ot of destitution and ruin and sickness for the rebuilding of wrecked homes the rehabilitation of morale it is necessary that through the red cross we give and keep on giving and I 1 reckon we will W we always have but there are certain things we need not give the victims for these be things they never lose and never will the their ir courage and I 1 their sense of humor we can still laugh at our personal misfortunes even while the world at large weeps for them I 1 guess for our race the main saving grace IRVIN S COBB 6 0 western newspaper union |