Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-01-12

Gavin Coolidge Is dead in the prime
Of life. Every American deeply regrets
his loss, and sympathizes sincerely
with his widow and his son.
They will find comfort in the record
that Mr.. Coolidge leaves behind him
q record of public service that has put
every American in his debt.
Calvin Coolidge was distinctly al
American President. His views on
Europe's debts were expressed, &C
cording to his custom, in few words
"They borrowed the money, didn't
they?"
He was interested, as President, in
the welfare of America, and in nothing
else, allowing foreign countries tc
worry about their own troubles.
He knew that the voters had moi
elected him to look after any country
or any people outside the boundaries
OF the united states.
Mr.. Coolidge's sudden death has de.
prived the American people of what
might and should have been long years
Of useful work. Fortunately, his death
Of heart trouble, aggravated undoubt.
eddy by the tragic loss of his son, can.
not wipe out the memory OF his past
services. They are part Of the good
record of United States Government.
Our noble country begins the new
year with a report on Recent So.
cial Trends" solemnly handed in BY
q Research Committee, supposed to
indicate what we have been doing,
and whittier we are drifting, filling
sixteen hundred pages.
One gem of purest ray serene"
showing that what we need in shis
country is submissive flower class
that will bow down to its betters, will
delight you. Here it is:
Modern life is everywhere compli.
Gated. but especially so in the United
States, where immigration from many
lands, rapid mobility within the coun.
try itself, the lack of established
classes or castles to act as a brake on
social changes, the tendency to seize
upon new types of machines, rich nat.
ural resources and vast driving power
have hurried us dizzily away from the
days of the frontier into a whirl OF
modernisms which almost passes be-
Lief"
You will travel far before you find
any more choice bit of snobbishness
than that. We haven't any "estab
lished classes" made UP of Americans
that take OFF their caps, or pull the
forelock when they see black coat,
We have men from Poland and else.
where that have built skyscrapers, in.
stead Of being content to live in log
cabins. We have changed "dizzily,"
from nothing at all to our modern
civilization, and that Is what is the
matter with us.
There should be another commission
to report that the Declaration of Inde
pendence should never have been
signed, since it wiped out established
classes or castles, to act as a brake on
social changes" and that Jefferson
should have been put in Jail for writ.
ing that all men are created equal.
The land that our "best minds" de.
scribe as "half-mad, topsy-turvy Rus.
STA" does things that seem strange to
best minds"
The Soviet court sentences to death
by shooting three of the most impor.
tant officials of the Communist party.
They will be dead when you read this,
probably. They didn't commit muir.
der. but were guilty of treason" in CON.
nection with grain production and dis.
tribution. In other words, they made
1t hard for the poor to get bread. diff.
cult for the country to prosper.
Those queer people do not execute
ordinary murderers. They put them
in Jail.
They execute you If you engage in
grain speculation or sabotage, which
makes bread scarce, more expensive
Possibly the angels also are "topsy.
turvy" and agree with the Russian
Government that to deprive millions,
including women and children, of bread
IL as serious crime as depriving one
individual Of his life.
Grand Duke Cyril of Russia dreams
dreams, sees visions and expects to
sit on the Romanoff throne some day,
He says "the national conscience IL
gaining strength in Russia" and, sol.
EMMY. Russian soldiers, l address
you'll" then calls on Russia's army and
navy to bring back the Cars. The
gentleman doesn't know the Russian
army and navy.
II a Car comes back, which is prob.
able, 1t will not be one Of the old tyne,
but rather something new like Napo.
xrr1, a.. Il.