Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-24
This Week
By ARTHUR BRIsBANE
Six Months, S Presidents
Mrs. Roosevelt on War
Ii Is Constitutional
The Judgment of God

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The Judgment of God
Carlos Mendieta, new President
of Cuba. is the fifth President with.
In the last six months. Sixty years
old, Mendieta succeeds the youth
full Carlos Hevia, who started his
Presidential term last Monday and
did not last long. Various revolu-
lions In Cuba have been largely
the work of young men, including
students. enthusiastic promoters OF
a youth" movement.
But to keep a government going,
after youth establishes 1t, expert
ence appears to be needed. The
new President Mendieta has been
battling in Cuban politics for forty
years.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt says
war is utter futillty and deadly
stupidity" In her opinion, ANYONE
who thinks must think of the next
wal as he would Of suicide, but
most people don't think"
Mrs. Roosevelt's observation on
thinking is even important
than her condemnation of war. II
people really did think, that would
settle wal questions.
President Roosevelt Is glad to
learn from MI. Cummings, United
States attorney general, that his
monetary plan for a less expensive
dollar and more expensive gold Is
constitutional. II is constitutional,
also. for the government to take
any gold that citizens may have and
pay them at the old twenty-dollar-
announce price. 1t Is perhaps adj
visable for congress to pass a law
endorsing the money plan and the
attorney generals decision. The
Constitution says something about
coniscation without due process
of law" Legislation by congress
will fix that.
Mohammed Hessein, an Arab, as
you will guess. told the judge he
was not lying, and to prove 1t he
would place his tongue on a red hot
iron. His tongue would not be
burned, proving hat he had told
the truth.
This revival of the ancient "judg-
ment of God" was rejected by
Judge Ferguson. Once such tests,
also combats between plaintiff and
defendant, were almost universal.
A man accused of robbing the
widow and orphan could challenge
his accuser to mortal combat. If
he won he was innocent. The ac-
cuser, If old or crippled. might ap.
point a substitute to fight for him.
Ladies accused of being no bet
ter than they should be were invit-
ed to walk barefoot over red-hot
plowshares. If their feet were not
burned they were innocent. In at
least one case a lady, of consider
able charm, walked on the plow-
shares with perfect success and
was declared innocent. The plow-
shares had been painted red, not
heated.
Mr.. Brodnax of the United States
secret service reports great activ-
ity among manufacturers of coun-
terfeit money. They sell imitation
money at 40 to 20 cents on the dol
lar, and many are distributing It
Detectives even found one lady
with counterfeit bills hidden In her
shoe.
An intelligent counterfeiter sell
ing dollars at 40 to 20 cents should
hurry and get rid Of his stock be
fore Uncle Sam begins selling rea.
dollars cheaper than the counter
feiter can manufacture and dis
tribute them.
During the war conscripted mil
lions were subjected to "intelligenc,
tests" and you learned with anxiet,
that the adult American has al
average intelligence of a twelve
year-old child.
Now, to cheer you, the bureau o
education says that Is a mistake
Only about 100000 adult Ameri
cans have twelve-year-old Intelli
gence, not many more than enough
to cover all those who think the.
understand money and know wha
the government ought to do about II
Forty million adult American
have seventeen-year-old intelligence
100000 average about twenty
three-year-old intelligence.
There is no real intelligence
standard, and as we are all onl
10000 years from the late Ston
age, what we call highest lntellI
gence" will seem amusingly ie
norant a few millions years hence
Margaret Sanger, her specialt
birth control, which in this countr
a be taught legally only to tn