——— (RH | TheDallasPost ESTABLISHED 1889 TELEPHONE DALLAS 300 A LiBERAL, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PusBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING AT THE DALLAS PosT PLANT LEHMAN AVENUE, DALLAS, PA. By THE DaLLAs Post, INC. : FIOWARD RISLEY ....cccclovsireevierereses aris General Manager FloweLL REES ....... ; ... Managing Editor TRUMAN STEWART Mechanical Superintendent The Dallas Post is on sale at the local news stands. Subscription ‘price by mail $2.00 payable in advance. Single copies five cents each. ; Entered as second-class matter at the Dallas Post Office. THE DALLAS POST is a yeuthfur weekly rural-suburban news- paper, owned, edited and operated by young men interested in the de- welopment of the great rural-suburban region of Luzerne County and in ¢he attainment of the highest ideals of journalism. THE T is truly “more than a newspaper, it is a community institution.” Congress shall make no law ¥ * abridging the freedom of<speech, or ®f Press.—From the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Subscription, $2.00 Per Year (Payable in Advance). Subscribers who send us changes of addvess are requested to include both new and old addresses when they submit their notice of change. fom A THOUGHT FOR THIS WEEK One of the best methods of rendering study agree able is to live with able men, and to suffer all those pangs of inferiority which the want of knowledge always inflicts. - SYDNEY SMITH Convention Post-Mortem The atmosphere at Cleveland last week was vastly dif- ferent from the doleful spirit which blanketed the Republi- ean convention four years ago. Then, even though banks were crashing like houses of cards and breadlines were stretching to alarming lengths, the G. O. P. confidently re- fused to change its complexion and agreed meekly to the dictates of the traditional leaders. The major accomplish- ment at this year’s convention was the defeat of the reac- tionary elements who were largely responsible for the low spot struck by the Republicans in 1932. £ Undoubtedly the Republican party is having its biggest, and perhaps its last chance, this year. If its candidates lose to Roosevelt again there will be a tremendous demand dur- ing the next four years for a new major party, made up of progressive Republicans and disgruntled Democrats. Such a party might bring about the permanent extinction of the ‘42. O. P. \ The Republicans selected the best slate available. Gov- syfoot, as the Old Guard would have him, he seems to be en- tirely sincere and the forces he leads blow through the Re- —-gpublican party like a breath of fresh air. Knox is an even more colorful character. The slate may not be as strong as it might have been had the G. O. P. followed the suggestion ito nominate an outstanding young Democrat for vice-presi- dent but it is certainly an honest one, standing upon its own merits. In its new national chairman, John Hamilton, the Re- publican Party also has a political leader of the new school. If Hamilton, under Landon’s leadership, can succeed in im- amediately reorganizing the party, it will have an even chance to win. Without that reorganization, without a ~ ¢leansing process which will remove the reactionary leader- ship, it cannot win. Unfortunately, the platform is not as strong as the candidates. Had the Republicans listened more attentively to Governor Landon the party would have had a platform of which it could well have been proud. As it is the princi- ples adopted are vague and far from satisfactory to think- ing voters, It has retained too much of the narrowness of _ the reactionary elements. : Perhaps Governor Landon will overcome this weakness by supplementing the platform with personal pledges which must do this if he intends to convince the independent vot- ers, upon whom his victory or defeat depends. All in all, the hopes for the future of the Republican Party rest upon Governor Landon. If his progressive ideals could only permeate the Luzerne County Republican organi- zation and purge it of the influences which have directed its activities so long the rebirth of the G. O. P. would be a reality here, too. - = Ta Policies Among The New Dealers It could be expected that the Democrats would profit Joy the political example set by their Republican predeces- sors in Luzerne Caunty but it is disappointing to find that the professed New Dealers hereabouts are subscribing to such mean tactics so enthusiastically. By now there need be little doubt that workers on gov- ernment projects are paying, in one way or another, for their jobs. Politics of the rankest kind is permeating relief projects. President Roosevelt cannot, of course, be held re- - sponsible for what his supporters in Luzerne County do, ‘but it' seems that the Administration might do something to cleanse itself of some of the political leeches who are ex- posing it to public criticism. There can be no question that some relief projects are mecessary. There is no question that some of the men who ‘head such projects, even in Luzerne County, are of the fin- Flagrant abuses prevalent in this section. For every vote that is bought there are two silent votes waiting for the call of a leader who will place humanity above politics, patriotism above self-advantage, sportsman- ship ahead of vengefulness. Some day those silent votes are going to end the expensive graft of political patronage. ernor Landon has a splendid record, he has declined to pus-' will clarify and strengthen the Republican program. He est type. It is difficult to understand why they permit the WASHINGTON LETTER The National Capital seems to have | put on its thinking cap. It took it less than two weeks to catch up with what the Supreme Court really did when it invalidated the New York State min- imum wage law for women. It usually takes much longer. A * bw When the decision was first handed down, cries of horror went up—from men called upon by newspapermen to comment before they had even had a chance to read the decision, much less think about it. “Alas!” they cried. “The Supreme Court says that neither the federal nor state governments can function in that field.” $$ % 3 But now the froth is settling down, and the thinking has begun. It appears to the surprise of many, that it was not the Supreme Court but the Constitu- tion which created the “no man’s land.” And the Court, it develops, was just interpreting the Constitution. * * * That discovery surprised some who went to the trouble to find out why the Constitution established that “no man’s land.” Here is what they found by a brief study of our nation’s his- tory: * * * The United States was founded by a group of pioneers who had lived under the oppression of a regime which con- trolled their every activity. That re- gime even tried to tell them what they should think, as well as what they should and should not do. LA * ¥ With that in mind, the students found, the men who established .our government and wrote our Constitu- tion sought to establish safeguards against an all-powerful regime. They thought they had put those safe-guards into the original Constitution, which became effective on March 4, 1789. * * But in September of the same year, the records showed, these men decided the safeguards were not strong enough. Congress proposed 10 constitutional amendments which were ratified and declared in effect on March 5, 1791. These protected the rights of freedom of speech, religion, and the press; of trial by jury, of private property; of security from unwarrantable search and seizure. And the last two amend- ments said: -° ss * = “The enumeration in the Constitu- tion, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others RETAINED BY THE PEOPLE. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohi- bited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, OR TO THE PEOPLE.” ® eo * Thus the Supreme Court simply was protecting a deliberately created “ev- ery man’s land”, in which every man’s freedom was guaranteed. * * * The realization of these facts had several reactions. Representative Pet- tengill of Indiana, and a number of others, for instance; advocated that the Constitution be amended to let the states control wages and hours. Some others wanted to give that control to the federal government. « * @® Organized labor representatives had been among those who cried “Woe is me!” and who urged a Constitutional amendment. But upon further thought, they, too, were not so sure. In fact they went out of their way to emphasize that they wanted to “make haste slowly.” They remembered, among other things, that once such a thing was on the statute books, it would be there to stay; and that while one ad- ministration might use such a law to establish a 30-hour-week, another might use the same authority to fix a 54-hour-week. * » A fourth group included Senators Borah of Idaho and Steiwer of Ore- gon. They remarked that although the New York state law was invalidated, a’ Constitutional amendment should not be advocated until attempts were made to present the law in another form. In other words, they said, there must be some way of legislating on the subject of wages and hours without imping- ing upon the prerogatives preserved to the people in the Constitution. —¢ Editorials + Letters To The Editor - Comment = Discussion THE GREAT AMERICAN KNIFE-THROWER “Pe Zz zzz 22 he 7 Rives - Matthews Mr. Matthews Reflects Upon The Lack Of Originality Among Those To Whom Origin- ality Is A Prime Requirement; Notes On A Want Ad. AN EDITOR I know needed an assis- tant. So he advertised for a Young Writer. To his horror, he discovered there are 1500 unemployed Young Writers hereabouts. wR Manfully he attempted the grim task of reading 1500 letters begging for a chance to work for him. The hand- written ones he soon found were too much for his eyes. So most of these ® were never read. So, too, were the over long letters, and the badly typed letters, and the ones that listed under ability to think: “I am a graduate of Philips Andover and Yale University.” After the first hundred or so, my friend gave up, sent out an SOS to an employment agency and within two days he had just the man he wanted. Never again, says he( will he advertise for an employe. It takes too much time to find grain in chaff. # wm x Yet good jobs continue to be ad- vertised in the Times, and some people must continue to qualify for them with skillfully worded letters of application. Unfortunately I've never seen such successful letters. I wish I had. But I have seen 1500 unsuccessful letters. They were written, mind you, by peo- ple who claim to be Young Writers. I have these letters before me, and I quote some of them here, not in a spirit of ridicule, but to show, by the mis- takes of others, some of the pitfalls the job-hunter-by-mail can avoid. $ 8 e (1) I am answering your advertise~ ment offering an unusual opportunity to an aspiring young writer in the hope that you will grant me an interview. To write you my qualifications and ambitions would seem in cold type like a very bad case of inflated ego. | am a college graduate and feel that [ am qualified to meet your demands. The long hours and the salary are second- ary to an opportunity that will permit me to gratify my only desire, that of entering the writing field. = =x = (2) Now that you have received and rejected thousands of replies to your advertisement in today’s Times, here is one that will awaken you—if you are alert enough. The confidence with which I answer is not so much due to a need for the position, but is inspired by its almost miraculous simi- larity to the kind of position I should describe if I were asked what kind of employment I desired. x = * (3) Rather than ponder endlessly over the stacks of manuscript'l have, I'll copy out a little from this mom- ing’s work: He took up her hand hang- ing loosely at her side. It lay limp and cold in his. He let it fall again. He tried to look in her eyes and put into his impossible to voice apologies, re- grets, explanations. It wouldn't do. She appeared frozen, so strongly hurt that placation seemed impossible. He could not remain still. He walked about. He felt a terrible irritation, searching for some vocalization. His body, his throat, was tight. Inside an sut-thrusting force that tugged at the nerves for not having outlet. It was amazingly uncomfortable, this thing. It was like being pressed down under water and struggling to reach the sur- face and be able to breathe, and he pushed down, and struggle, and he kept down, and yearn for the air. (4) Twenty dollars worth of sheep- skin, a year ago last June, set most of us so agog we expected every local publisher to fire their editors and send for us. But we quickly got the idea that it wouldn’t do to sit around and wait; so we folded the sheepskin, with Columbia’s and the Columbia School of Journalism’s best names on it, and proceeded to bang into every news- paper and magazine office from Ban- gor to Roanoke. ss 5 & (5) Your advertisement stresses ability—and that’s what I have! If you knew me well, and I hope you will sometime soon, you would know that my statements are backed up by proof (in this case the opinion of experts at columbia University) and that I am frank and sincere. And what innate gualities could bt %more* helpful in writing? Why, none at all! SS 8 3 (6) I adorn myself with the name Writer. The basis for this lies in the innumerable compositions which have flowed from my pen. Articles on mark- eting and management, austere and packed by statistics and research, or the opposite extreme, creative work of the most intense emotional outbursts. a = ow (7) It has occurred to me that an enterprising magazine could use a person of my caliber. Cd (8) While at college I earned var- sity letters in both football and bas- ketball, thereby developing stamina sufficient to qualify me for long hours and strenuous work. My newspaper work at college consisted of reporting on athletic events and writing a col- umn. 3 3 » (9) I am taking the responsibility of writing you, due to the fact that my son is at present in town regarding an- other position. He is twenty-one, with fine record, and can give you good re- ferences. He graduated from Tenafly High two years ago, but, due to eco- nomic conditions, was not fortunate enough to go to college. He has been in a bank for twe years working all kinds of hours, uncomplaining, but, seeing no future, decided to quit two weeks ago. A menclosing some articles written by him, and one from the schol paper. The writing is not so beautiful but were scribbled in off mo-~ ments. He will not be pleased at my answering your-ad, but under the ex- isting circumstances, believe it is un- derstandable. Hoping to hear from you, Truly Yours...... * » * (10) Unfortunately, or perhaps it may be fortunate, I cannot offer any college degree, I am only a high school “ graduate. My age is twenty-three years and I am a Protestant. * % % (11) Gentlemen or Ladies, (no pre- ference), a young man a year above your age limitation, physically and mentally far above average, is answer- ing your advertisement which appeared in this morning’s Times. He has had a varied business training ranging down the scale from associate editor of a weekly trade publication to that of a gardener. Changing business fortunes, due solely to the economic depression, rather sharpen an innate alertness, it might be added. He has always stood firmly on his own feet and has done all his own thinking which, per se, makes it the most rational of all. Hard work and long hours would be quite | welcome to him as he has Faousuly 2 Mod, encountered these twin bugabears i his business travels. * * (12) May I state at the outset that [ am a youth 24 yrs. of age? And now for my application. As an application I know it to be unorthodox. But why be conventional when I know that to state truly by capabilities I must be otherwise. First I shall say whether I have any love for writing. I think so. The word “writer” vibrates with a cer- tain life for me. Writing and authers have interested me ever since I started reading. When I was a boy I used to select stories by the author’s rather than by the title as most de when immature. The different maga- zines, especially those devoted to au- thorship, have caused my appreciation of writing to rise incessantly. I like the New York Times and revel in its icon-~ oclastic editorials. I like its book re- views, its presentation of the news, and I think that journalism is a great pro- fession. Why shouldn’t I? Kipling, one of my favorites, was a journalist. None can deny the prolificness of his work. Besides reading the Times for complete news of the world I find it conserva- tive, yet decidedly out-spoken. The Herald-Traveler, in Boston, is also quite forward in its editorials, and who * could forget Hearst's Boston Amerie can? I like to read novels. I respect” and stand more in awe of an author than I do a President, a Dictator, a King or a Fascist leader. * * * THIS MONTH the colleges will turn out thousands more of them. Many of them will have degrees in journalism. All of them will face the world bright- eyed, full of hope, and then will clut« ter up the Monday morning mails, an- swering Help Wanted ads. Little do they know what competition lies ahead. A Motorist's Prayer Grant me a steady hand and watchful eye, That no man shall be hurt when I pass by. Though gavest life, and I pray no act of mine May take away or mar that gift of thine. Shelter those, dear Lord, who bear me company, From the evils of fire and all calamity. Teach me to use my car for others’ need, Nor miss through love of speed The beauties of thy world; that thus I may. With joy and courtesy go my way. name,
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