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4 TtlePhene CIENTRAL 3355 SUESRIPTION $2 PER YEAR SINGLE, COPIES 5 CENTS AU communications and contributions intended for publi- caioii muet bear. the narne and address of the author, not necessarly for publication, but for our files. Such matériel mue reach thé editor by 'Tuesday, noon to bc in Came for thé current issue. CO4NGRATULATIONS! Wî1,heETr£ LIFE believes that it will be, joilnedu- hy every riglit thinking citizen of the village, in sincere congratulations to those whose efforts have brouglht about a coalition of dominant groups and hus, avoided a contest in the April election of Village officials. It is a- situation that this publication has earnestly sought to develop. The amiazing thing is hat it lias been so long delayed. Credit must iiifairness be divided. Concessions bv both sidesý were necessary, in order that a compromnise admittedly of vast benefit to .Che village might be reached.* Some of these were l)erhaps not easy to make. Leaders of the ad- ministration party did not have much reason to fear the outcome of a con test. Evidently con- viniced hat the Harmony Convenion has flot, and does not now, constituC a political faction, and bas îo intention of degenerating into one, these leaders put aside A thought of personal pride and, the glory of victorv and joined the, ýHarmony Convention ini a great civic service chat contains withîn itself enough of glor% for ai and to spare. Not the least of niany advantages to corne from Cthis joint action will. it is hoped, be an ac- ceptarnce of, the dictum Chat county and state.> politiks have~ no place ini the shaping of village poli.cies, the choice of candidates for local of- lices or the conduct of municipal elections. Poli- tical practices in the larger units of government are not conducive to the best interests of a coin- munity such as ours and shoûld be sternly re- pulsed whenever e-ffort is made to, inject them inopurely local .affairs. Manyý unpleasant. and regretta ble cam paigns have been waged.iii the psuon aufacturied issues. In most instances his bas been due to smnall groups becomning incelised at some action of elected officiais and attempting to correct real or fancied wrongs by means of an opposition ticket. to intornm the voters of the. necessity of going t( the poilis and voting "Yes" on the proposition tc l)rollihit the sale of liquor in the village. The ques. tion will appear upôn a "little ballot," a fact thai inust bc eniphasized ini order that it be not overL On April 10, the date of *the general. primar% election, voters resident -in thoseparts of Newi Trier Cownýishiip outside the limits of any incor- I)orated village. will also.vote on the exclusion of saloons. As a protection to the villages plan]$ shouldalo & made to ge t these, voters to thîe poilis. 0f approxirnately 250 qualified, voters ini these territori> es.. 149 signed the, petition for 'a referendu.m on the question of liquor sales., Every Citizen should constitute himself a con1- mittee of one - in an endeavor, to Induce . 'oters Co go Co the poilis and participate ini the referendum. 3 3 t ONE YEAR The first year'of the Roosevelt administration has been compleied. It lias been, a year of hectic action. Ne~w policies have been approved and enacted into law without an opportunity for dis- cussion by the people or even by congress. Un- exampled peace ime power has been accorded the executive by a subservient congress-to sucli an extent, indeed, ChatCe lgsa1e rnho gov erfment 'has become practicallyneedless, ex-, cept for voting purposes. Some mieasures were no doubt good, others bad. Practically aIl were so-called emergency mneasures, claimned to bc necessary in order Chat economic and industrial recovery might be ac- complished, and therefore. requir e ime to dei-' onstrate their value. Much emphasis was put upon the assurance Chat these ineasures, almost wholly reçpugnant to American ideas and ideals,. were only temporary, and would be withdrawn ivhen the objective* was achieved. Within the space of. a. few months, however, the administra- tion ,mid- bas undergone a change. It is now proclaimed that these radical departures from established American. principles- of government- are to bepermanent and'IChat Miarch.4, 1933, is Co be regarded as marking the birth of the new. order and-thie deathi of the old, During the entire period of the presidentia'l Alleging that it is "nothing but uncoueli and clumsy eroticisi" a Vienna newspaper has dle- manded that a certain, film starring Mae West be suppressed ini that city. Just think of that! And riglit after she had invited thbe editor to "Comne !II a l see me sometime."' On a recent starry night 10,000 crows were slaughteried as they slept peacefully in their .okeyý near, Ashla* d, I., That is the firste knew thât there were any crows left, We thought the republicans ate them ail in 1932. Probablv hecause, it is not. apiropos, theato Çof President Roosevelt-in'. firing 'Mr. Farlev from his jol) as chairman of the democratic national comlmittee (Oh, Yeah?)_ re- minds us of.-the ciever little. trick employed .b.y a promin- i eût depariment store Co smooth the fur* of irate, eus-. tomers When Mrs. Phat- rnirse; roiled and boiling mad, came into the store demand- ing satisfaction for some er- ror of delivery or other crime attributable Co bonieheaded- nes.,. she would be escorted by an affable employe to the manager ofChe deýpartment of complaints. Upon hearing ber squawk the said manager would vocaily grovel at ber feet, accepting full responsibility, in be- haif of the store, for an act of .gross negligence which, he assured her, was unpardonable. If ibis. faiied Co pacify ber, and she insisted upon having somebody's blood, thé manager would Pick up' the elephone and ask to have Mr. Smith sent .,to his desk at once. When Mr. -Smith arrived what he got was plenty. After running out of mean things to say, the, manager would wind UP with:, "Now, Stnith,i;.we çan no, longer have. our: good customers, annoyed, by the deficiencies, of your intelligence. Go down Co the office and get your,,money. You're fired. Anddon't 'ever corne back."l Upon whichi Mr. Smith would go back to his post and continue with his duties until it became necessary to ire himn again to appease soNne other diszriuntled lady. if e ver, of the mevinages wnseae 1JWre wijIUte1n0 con- *Village offices, and consequently no0 ag- campaigns, apathy presents the greatest reported o h fave gi to return to Chicagc Chat he may flot b hint Chat the "musi Civic Opera housse. prommie nt citizen of Lguest of Greece, is the fight and decided ýce the music. In order ,ointed we proffer the flot be played ini the "You ain't seen notliin' yet,"l said "Crackdown- et"o jOhn-Son, boss of the NRA. We do wish these public personages would use better English or keep off the air. What the "Crackdowner" should have said is: "OYou hain't seen nothin .yet.," TeE PiNArrot0REPORTrEI. *leavei f rom In i