Milford chronicle., 1936-06-19


four years the
Puerto Ricans viii
be used to having
some independence
and we'll be used
to having none at - -
all. AS a Demo Ir,in cohh
cratic champion,
I'd come right back by pointing out
that, since Puerto Rico would starve
to death anyhow under a Repnb-
nean administration, congress Iner-
cifully was taking steps to let the
people down there get accustomed,
by degrees, to the starvation process.
Meanderlng Revenue Program.
THE members Of the senate
4 dhanee cOmmittee-pOor thlngsl
seem to be going forward with
the new revenue program the same
way a land crab makes headway-
by travelling backward. At last ac-
counts they were so snarled I'D in
figures and language that any min
ute the rescue party was expected
to rush in with bush-hoOks and
chop them loose.
However. out Of the epileptic
seizure into which these unfortu-
hate patriots have been enmeshed,
one concrete fact has emerged.
There viii be a slight exemption Of
dues on the. profits Of corporations
making less than $4,000 a year.
This will be great boon for trunk
stores down by the depot, brokerage.
firms handling sec6nd.nan1 faiaoad
tunnels and dealers In BUTTERFLIES.
New Socialist Argument.
THE trouble with being a Social
4 ist Is that, no matter what YOU
start to debate. you always wind
up on the Tom Mooney case. Or
at least, such was the situation IN
til recently. Now, for any Socialist
ic argument on any subject from
German measles TO the Great Wall
Of China, there is a new climax.
fbe tenants of a bronx Apast.'
meut house. mostly radicals, held a
meeting. and, In accordance With
the beat radical traditions, drew up
resolutions demanding that the
do this and that. Hav-
Ing read the fiery protest, the super
lntendent addressed the gathering:
"Now aboudt not ledding nobody
hang out washing in the railways
that's reasonable. start begin
ming that reform right away.
"Und as to keeping CARRIAGES on
he front IRE escape-vell, w nOdt9
But, say, vOt do you suckers ux-
Dect me do abOudt the ScottsbOrO
,OysT
Sauce for the Goose.
a bricklayer feels upset
wv and llcks his wife that's tenn
'er and he gets $50 or 30 days. But
7hen . flicker star goes on sim
lar tantrum and wrecks an expen-
I've set. that's artistic tempera-
leut and the studio gives her some
liver fox furs to calm her nerves.
Thus It goes. II couple in, say,
eoria. break up. why, then.
Duple In Peoria have roken np.
ut II the same thing occurs in Hol-
wood, It invariably is featured as
"nuptial rift"
A lad in Kansas takes his girl to
e Olde New Era eatery for dinner
nd what with the blue plate spe-
ais and the tip. the transaction
mounts to $3.50. but otherwise
Gates no special excitement either
cally Or throughout the nation.
Il the same thing happen 70
iuple Of the least conspicuous Of
e movie colony, and 20 -Clumnists
int their way to the wire.
Choosing a New "suddha.H
'ROM the forbidden kingdom OF
Tibet-although goodness knows
ey never had any trouble Keeping
} out-comes word that after
o years search a new '1ivinR
Iddhan has been discovered. How
er. we already have our own
and Hammer. the name being Joe
uis.
You may quarrel with the Town
idiies' bookkeeping, with. their
y Of handling the contributed
aes Of thousands Of trusting old
rs. With their failure to explain
ere they're going to get the hil-
ns TO pay those gaudy pensions
how the provisions Of the dis
Dutlon are to be enforced. but at
ST the leaders are too proud 10
ianger their social Positions by
Dg caught chit-chafilng With
of congressman.
IRWIN 8. coee