Evening star., 1933-03-24
SHAW OPENS GUNS
0N.ARR|VAL IN j. s.
British Playwright. on First
Trip to America, Dis
cusses Everything.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24-George
Bernard Shaw, the 77-year-old British
playwright, arrived en- the American
mainland today for the first time with
the abrupt announcement that ne
knew more of America than its In
habitants."
He told a mass Of interviewers and
cameramen that Americans elected their
public officials because the candidates
had their pictures taken with baby In
their arms
During discussion Of the Tom
Mooney case Mooney was convicted OF
participation in the Preparedness DAY
parade bombing at San Francisco in
1916 Shaw stated Americans were
romanticists in their treatment OF the
whole criminal system"
Romantic About Prisons.
"You Americans can get romantic
about 20 to 80 years in prison, he SAID,
butts to q man in prison 6 months IS
terrible. I hesitate to express an opln-
ion regarding Moon-v. Generally, l
would say to bury man alive in vault
for II years is extremely foolish. am
a foreigner and as such would not
criticize your courts or police. But II
Mooney is not fit to live. have the cour-
age to shoot him 1t would be great
relief to me if the Governor of your
State would pardon Mooney. He has
unfortunately, been made a political
mark, and 1 would like to go to see
him. but my interference would only
harm him"
The United States. he charged. was a
happy nation.
"A sick man is given chlcrofcrm for
an operation but in your crowded cities
when a m9n gets sick from excessive
hours of labor he takes alcohol
Il am a teetotaler. but can't expect
the United States to come up to my
standards. I dent like it, I don't
need it."
Happy When Dead.
. Are there any happy people?' as
questioner asked.
Yes. there are, in the cemeteries,
suppose"
But have you found any happy living
pecp.e?"
yet"
IT dent know how Hitler will turn
out" he answered a questioner. "The
whole German people are in state
Of suspense and chaos. They are trying
out Hitler like you are trying out Mr.
Roosevelt. In four years will be abe
to tell you about them
Sparring with a questioner. Shaw de-
clared, I'VE couldn't get anywhere with
out Dictator
mo one is responsible. otherwise
Don't fear dictator. Make him
responsible and fix it so you can get
rid of him if he goes wrong
Shaw accused the American people
OF giving no thought to the qualifica-
items of their Off "ials
WHY" he SAID. 1T was Rcosevelt's
babv. that get him elected"
But Rcoeevelt had no baby" an
interviewer said.
Serious Problem.
well. that's serious. then whose baby
was it that Roosevelt was photographed
with?'
Other shavianisms:
"Lenin was the greatest man since
George Washington"
If women and the working class
won't save us nothing will. The
proletariat Is the only card We have
left"
six or seven civilizations have
progressed to our plane and then col
lapsed to the grass. Man as a political
animal is not capable of solving prob
lens created by himself"
Periodically we have brilliant at
temptS at suicide. such as we started
in 1914, but 1 am not greatly excited
about another war Immediately"
Il first read about democracy so
years ago. 1 am hardly up to date
enough on it now to talk"
Shaw today was to go to San Simeon
as the guest of William Randolph
Hearst, publisher, before joining his
ship at San Pedro to continue round
the-world cruise. He came here from
Mrs. Shaw Shy.
While Shaw faced the limelight, Mrs.
Shaw, prim but pleasant. kept some
what further back than the back
ground.
She accompanied her distinguished
playwright husband from the dining
salon to their cabin last night as Shaw
prepared to go on to the conference
with some three score reporters and
photographers.
You still insist on staying away?"
the tall, bearded man said to the slight
woman, in her dress of quiet wine
color, beside him.
"Oh! Absolutely" she replied 1T
doesn't bother you, you know. You go
right up there and I'll wait here in the
cabin until it's all oyer"
One cameraman, as they parted,
asked Mrs. Shaw to pose for a picture.
Mr. Shaw photographs very well. "
she replied with smile-and closed the
cabin door.