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Uc&,rsgo Uperf - 1016-lo18 WILLOUOHBY 1 owFma SUUSRWTON$2 PER Yuiut SINCLE COPTES 5 CENTS Ail communications snd contributions intcnded for pubir;- catiosumuât bear -thrmne sud addremm of the suthor, flot sooeatil forpublicaion, but for our files. Such material mwast.reàçh the editor by Tuesday-noon te. be in time for PBRMANENT REGISTRATION The Illinois League of Womnen. V.oters is active- ly supporing a prqposedmeasure iii the state legsue providing, for the permnanent registra- tionof voters. This biut is attracting much, atten- tion, and Wiuning" the support of many orggniza- tions, among whicbh are the Leaguts of Wonmen Voters of the north Shore, affiliated with tbe state organization. The purpose of the..measure is tô eliminate the cost of frequent registration s and cut down the expense of conducting the election mnachinery of the state. Under it the names -and addresses of qualified voters would bt eorded in a d4spiate fling system, one set to remlain perrnanently in the bande of cou.nty election officiais, the other to be sent to the election precincts when elections are heMd. Under the provisions of this plan it would flot be necessary for a voter te register more than once while residi.ng in a given precinct. Registrations bave been in the past a means of providing patronage for the. political bigbups, and the proposed bill will ot likely be favored by tbem. Therefore it is advisable for taxpayers to put bebind ital tbe influence possible. NTurrYOUR I3LESSINGS Like a boy engaged in coasting on a snow-cov- *ered hill, who has to walk as far as be rides and upgrade at that, the thermoineter bas been alter- nately rising and dropping for the past two weeks, bringing many expressions of discontent when zero and below was reacbed. To those inclined to complain it might be helpful to remember that while in this section sudden changes do come, awe care t to pay for RALPH CHURCH SPEAKS t lIna.speech before the House of Representg- 1 tivýes-,Sitting as: a committee of the whole, on, January .24, Ralph E. Church, Representative In -Congr.ees from the 1Oth Illinoisdistrict, made an impaseioned plea againet, the, total abdication of ite legisiative powers y the flouse of Repre senta- tives. The occasion was consideration of. "Emerg- ency Relief Appropriation. Act of 1935,"ý granting- to the President a fundof $4,88,OO,OOO0 for the relief of unemployment through !a public worke priogram, with no restrictions wbatever as to how or.where the money ie to be spent.- Mr. Church had moved that the' committee re- port the. resolution back to -the Hou.se with tbe recommendation tbat the resolving. clause be. stricken out, (in other words, that the measure be killed). Speaking to bis motion, which was loet, Mr. Church said: "~Mr. Chairman, there la ho member of this !tOUM More flnxiGttwffmanl I 'to ronMd relief ffôhi the hardship attributable to wtde-spread uneul- ployment.' 1 would vote for any sane mea$ure for relief for our people. 1 eannot ln, ail conscience, however, vote for any bill lslch flot only is a di- rect abdication by Congres. of lis own responsi- bilitie8 and rightful duties but also allows a bian- ket appropriation of $4,880,00,000, together with dangerous legisiative and judiclal control over the spendlng of sme. "My criticism le unot of the executive depart- ment of the United States, nor of any cabinet juember, nor of auy person or corporation as a governmentai &gency to whom this * resolution would delegate tbe powers of Congress to iegis- late. "My erlticism la of the Congres. ttseIf that a.bdl- catos Its duties andi shirks its personal rsoni bilittes, And partieuiarly when It does this lu the face of the Suprehie court decisions,ý as lintii. re- cent ohl case. "Mfr. Chairman, this. measure wll go dowu ln the annais of hlstory as a blank-cieck resolution, wbereby Congress defiultely aibdicates as a legis- lative body, reprosontative of the people. >.'This abdication by Congres., this refusai by Cougress to, establish a definite and definable pro- gram» for which each meipber would be respon- sibie to his constituents and oni the nature and continuanceo f which ail Industry could consis- tently count, le thse main cause today of the feari andi uncertaintyregardlng recovery lu thsîs coun-ý That Missouri hen that laid an egg bearing the inscription "Here my Word 35," anid:whic:h stirred up a wave of religions. fervor, ýat least proved that. ail theeggs are not in Louisiana. "Bruno Raves,". reads the big scare 'head in Monlday's evening palper. Well, wbo wouldn't rave with 140 pounds'of concentrated ,feroéity pumping, questions from al points, of- the; compas s, s nar- Iing, s n eer i ng, cajoling,. shouting, w iîp p i ng out charges ôf guilt, déception, ~ v fraud,. philandering, :plain ly- ing and perjury. A, pretty :> duel ht was, with aý man's life the stake, the object venge- ance for the world's most brutal murder of an innocent babe. Attorney-General Wil- entz went about his job in a wvorkmanlike manner, weav- ir.g about the stoiid Haa3pt- marin strande of, evidence that. brought him 50O near the chair that one could almoat hear the crackle of the juice. But the barder Mr. Wllentz tried to break the défendant down the craftier be became in hie answers, the oftener he flung tô the jury- the 'Simple sentence "I am innocent." or "I ncyer kidnaped a baby.» But the wearing down process neyer abated for a minute, and Hauptmann linally became confused, uttered contradictions and plead foi, more time i which to frame hie replies. What je to be the outconie? It may be known by now, for tbe contest was re- sumed Tuesday to continue for no one knows how long. Oscar, a hermit dog, is reported tg be' the mother of a"litter, of puppies. Maybe. Strange thinge are happening these days. 0*m ji 15, anaA'meI stamps, how far w ,TwK PHA'NTox RmiTx% Srv- t*'i ef. v gave: set?. ,ture one