The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 14, 1937, Page 6

THE BISMA The Bismarck Tribune! An Independent Newspaper j THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER a (Established 1873) ‘State, City and County Official Newspaper Cae e cc eeec ee ee ee eee ee ee eee ee eranad Published daily Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- quarek, HM. D, and entered at the porvoffice at Bipmarck as second class mal) Mrs. Stella 1. Manp President and Treasurer Archie O. Johnson Pres. and Gen'l Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Kenneth W. Simons Secretary and Editor Canada, per year .. utaide of North Dekote, per Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press 1* exclusively entitied to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to 1t or not othérwise credited in this Newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Must It Be ‘Mister’? One queer little quirk of American speech habits came to light recently during the prolonged discussion over the seating of Supreme Court Justice Black. We refer to the habit of speaking of a member of the high court as “Mister Justice” 80-and-so. Just why we should be developing this habit is not quite clear. We don’t use it with the judges of any lower court. We don’t, for instance, say “Mr. Police Judge O’Brien”; or, to rise a step higher, we don’t speak of “Mr. Federal Court Judge McNott.” Only when we reach the rarefied air of the supreme | court do we tack on the “mister.” The whole thing, probably, is a borrowing from the Eng- lish custom, and arises no doubt from our desire to make the Behind Scenes | Washington By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Washington, Oct. 14—Par-sight Republican politicians, who couldn't keep their minds off 1940 even if they tried, cast frequent side giances at Thomas E. Dewey of New York. pect’ prosecutor who has be 8 prosecut up vice and other rackets in York City. He is now district attorney of New York on the good Re for the governorship, timber being as aoarce as it is, and nearly any Repub- high court look as dignified as possible—for when we Amer- icans try to put on the dog we automatically go British. But can’t we respect the court’s dignity enough without adding the “mister”? Outreading the’ Boss The clerk and the stenographer usually do a good deal more reading than the boss does, if a survey conducted by the Pro- gressive Education association is correct. Dr. Ralph Tyler of Ohio State university, head of the survey committee, reported that clerk and typist outread their bosses, but that they go in for a different type of literature. The young man clerk is apt to revel in mystery and adventure stories; the feminine stenog goes for romances and “confession” stories. ‘The boss, who gets his nose in a book far less frequently than they do, is more likely to pick up books on social or economic problems, All of which would. seem to prove that the young employe has more spare time on his or her hands than the boss has. Maybe it proves that the boss has a greater intellectual curi- osity than his underlings. Or—just possibly—maybe it proves nothing at all. The Safest Ride Railroad passenger traffic has been coming back in the last few years. Part of this is due to lower fares and part of it to the new equipment and faster schedules which the railroads have been adopting. But a good share must be attributed to the fact that travel by train is by far the safest form of travel in existence, Sate 3 As a sample, consider this fact: during the first six months of 1937, not one passenger on any railroad in the United States loat his life in a train accident. Impressive as that record is, it becomes even more so when you realize that the railroads carried nearly 247,000,000 passengers in that time. Neither air traffic nor auto traffic can present comparable figures. Such a safety record speaks volumes for the efficiency of modern railroad operation—and is an excellent indication that the railroads will continue to be our greatest mass trans- portation agency. A Vote on War Reports from Washington say that a determined campaign for a constitutional amendment prohibiting a declaration of war without a nation-wide referendum will be made when congress ---mext convenes. Here is a proposition that takes on especial importance be- caus of the apparent reversal in our foreign policy implied by Mr. Roosevelt's Chicago speech. The great objection to a co-operative foreign policy has been the fear that our government might get jockeyed into a obvious. crate sume third there. is subject, | position where it would feel obliged to declare war. A consti- tutional provision making a declaration of war dependent on a| of ; national referendum might meet that fear. The people might be willing to let the-government play a more active part in for- eign problems if they knew that no declaration of war could be made without their direct and specific approval. Transplanted Furore It probably is an. astute move that the motion picture high command is making, in planning to hold its gaudy, semi-hyster- ical “world premieres” of motion pictures in other cities than Holly wood. ___ Seattle gets the first one, with movie stars, formal dress, flood lights, microphone, and all the rest of the trimmings lined up for the opening of the picture, “The Barrier,” on Oct, 29. Later on, other films will “open” in various other cities, with the same splurge in each case. As a means of publicity, and as a device to bring the fans into contact with the stars, all of this will probably be extremely effective. And yet—well, somehow, this kind of thing has always seemed typically Hollywood. It is the sort of thing to be expected of that surprising and fantastic place. Will it go 80 well in soberer, less-movieized cities? A Century of Co-eds The American co-oed celebrates her 100th birthday this month, It was just a century ago that Oberlin college set a precedent by admitting women students to its halls on the same basis as men. The reason for this then sensational step, according to a statment from the college's founders, was “the elevation of the female character by bringing within reach of the misjudged and neglected sex all the instructive privileges which hitherto have unreasonably distinguished the leading sex from theirs.” During the suéceeding century, the idea of co-education has Bpread to a majority of American colleges and universities. The “misjudged and neglected sex” is neither misjudged nor | ; | Reglected nowadays—and the Oberlin anniversary is‘a signifi- 1 faut milestone in its progress. 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