New Britain herald., 1929-02-02
THE OBSERVER


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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
G. O. =. Iss~s - Ysasth 1
aaa Away assn the @Riag"
In the selection Of Attorney Harry
Ginsburg ~ chairman ct the repub-
lican tswn ootnmittee. the party hsa
recognised . worker who has bssn
devoted. - IT, saccsss for ssveFal
years It has s,so hesn acknowledged
that youth viii be served. the new
chairman bsi1g one OF the young
ct men ever - hold that once.
Attorney 0tpsburx II popular IN
many circles He has bsen actite In
athletics. " popular In the younger
social set and sajoys high standing
among his associates at the bar.
During his hfe in New Britain -
and that includes nearly the entire
span Of his, years-he has made
many friends-
In some respects the republican
party. by choosing Ginsburg u
chairman. has made . radical
change In policy. Heretofore tho Of.
fec has been entrusted only to men
who werc regarded ~ being mem.
beers Of the holy sanctum sanctorum
OF republican politics. men who
were linked strongly to financial Of
industrial lite. The history OF the
party In New Britain reveals Close
contact between the chaiFmen and
the Interests" While Chairman
0insburg In by no means isolated
from tho influential leaders Of thu
party, his sphere has not been ex.
actly In the circles Of leaders who
have gone before him. His prede.
ceasors have been regarded u
stand patters'' and "reactionarics'
while he has pursued his way dis
sociatod from the little group that
has determined party policies.
Chairman Ginsburg should b
able to harmonixe all factions and
viewpoints In the party. He has 4
way OF winning his point without
giving offense Or Of conceding 4
point without appearing to surren
der. Tho younger element in thu
party has great confidence in hi,
ability to keep the rank and file ir
fighting spirit.
I1sese Success Experts
seem To Re Out Of Step
We have always supposed (fron
reading the magazine articles abou
boys who were honest and worked
hard and became rich) that the wa!
to advance In the world was to picl
the right line of work and thel
plug, plug, plug as you worked VI
from office boy to president Of ths
board. But it seeps We have beer
wrong.
Down in Memphis the police chieI
has told his men that the first one
who shoots q bandit will be pro-
NOTED. or course. to revert to slang
this might be called plug. plui
plug" method, but We think 1t bes
not to make a crack like that. j
seems very peculiar method O.
promotion.
1t might seem to put a premium
on craftsmanship. but this Ii no
entirely true, for poor shOotc
might easily win the advancement
II he met gunman who presente,
q huge target, while q sharpshoot
err might easily miss his chanc
through spying tiny fellow cou
Pile OF blocks away. We suspec
that the best way to carry out tn
chiefs orders would be for a patrol
man to shoot his superior officer
thereby killing two birds with on
bullet by getting rid of probab.
bandit" and creating a vacancy 70
himself to step into. One might cve'
shoot anybody one CHANGED to NEE
on the street. for if one looked deep
ly enough u crooked blOtch OH tn
deceased's record could be found.
Coach Cassidy here at the Hiz
school has another weird methnl
To decide who should be basketball
captain. he had an examination. an
the winner was to be captain. W
suppose the tests were purely AGA
demic. but why shouldn't they b
enlarged in scope so az to includ
foul-shooting. jumping. long shot
dribbling, bowling to the gallery, an
making up alibix for defeats?
II these new methods becon
more and more used. We wonds
where the thing will end. We pr
sumo the army would soon he ger
eralled by either a sharpshooter {
4 hiker and the navy have char
mel swimmer for an admiral. tn
lawyer who made tho fro'
page oftenest would become a judg
and tho doctor who advised the mo-
operations would be made head {
the hospital. Babe Ruth would ST
persede Judge Lands. while knu'
Rockne would lose his Job to tt
first man to score touchdown fl
dear old Notre Dame.
| Oh. there's no end to the poss
bilities! You might throw a who
Office staff into prize ring and /
the winner Of the battle royal b.
come manager. Or you could lit
them up against the wall and gi'
the position to the one who WI
most successful In lodging the tom;
toes you threw at them. Decis!t
could also be reached by dice. poke
and parchesi. Or all might be II
fected with typhoid germs, and Il
one who lived the longest would
treated with z curative serum Al
No Doubt Of til
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