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Nem aismvterial muat reacla editor. by Tuesday vaon. Cousributionas shoidd bear cahor's. wom. rtqired orrejerersce and, n<t nceail or publication. On another page of'this news-magazine1 will1 be found a w'arning to motorists, to sign their driver's. license, cards on the reverse side.Tis warning was suggested *by a police officiaI who believes- in giving motorists a ".break" by letting themn know, *the requirements of the Illinois traffic code, ïnstead of punishing thein for violation, of n new. provisions of which they are totally ignorant. Ey calling attention to one pro- vision of which probably not one out of a 1wndred mtorists i. aware, he la perforx- ing a real service. * The driver's license card itself is decep- tive. A photostat of the operator's signa- ture appears on the face. On the reverse side are blanks for a record of the opera- tor's convictions of violations, and the sig- nature of the judge. At the left of the space for record of convictions is a line, and be- neath it, réeacing from bottoin to top, are the words, "Signature of operator'" There is nothing on the card to indicate that the signature is requireci, or that the, space is for something apart froxn the conviction' record. One must read the traffic code to learn that the signature is a requirement- or pay a couple of dollars to some magis- * trate for the information. Sign your yard and béat the gamne-if it be a gaine. "It is essential that a national appeal for' the upbuiing of the character of our in- stitutions be stimulated lest people begin to lose-hope agnd faith in dern-ocracy itself., "We -often say that incompetence and saine token encourage publie men to betray their convictions for the selfish purpôse of merely continuing thernselves in public office?," The editor then goes on tosay that there were three groups in the senate-those-who wanted.to see the: President's power to alter the value of the dollar. abolished; those who did not care about this. provi- sion but ýwanted: to see a higher price. paid for. domestie silver,- and those who did not want to authorize. a higher price for silver. but, wished to see 'the President's power to -alter the ýgold, contentý of the dollar retained. Two. of these*giroups, he states,. were, Wifl- ing to surrender -th eir convictions to get votes from each other. which he infers was dishonest, adding: "When one group. in effet, bought votes froin the other in typical trading or log- rolling fashion, sornething snapped. It was the" greatest sinrgle supprt thademeeiaey cari boast-Character." 1It is interesting to note that Mr. Law-. rence was impartial. He flayed Republicans and Democrats alike. Getting Io the. Source With appropriations for the fiscal, year 1939 totaling $9,250,000,000, the Congress of' the United States is seeking means forrais- ing its income by additional taxation, the thought of reducing expènditures neyer, ap- parently, having corne to it. So, it is re- ported, some members of that august body are proposing to reduce the exemptions on, income taxes from $2,500 to $1,200 for heads of families, and fromn S1,000 to $500 for sin- gle persons. The reason given for this. proposed addi- tional dip into the meager incomes of mil- lions of breadwinners is that it will make them tax conscious and arouse their wrath to a point where they .will make effective_ protest, and thus eventually bring a sub- Illinois and Pennsylvania are both attempting to get relief workers to work for their money. Think of it! After almost seven years of educa- ting themh to take the money. without working. In spite of a firm détermination to reach the bottom, of this column without any reférence to national polities, a glance over the edge, shows thatthe bottom. is, stili a long way down. So at this point in the journey w e mention the fact -thbat Vice-President John N. Garner, who is reputed to, know his way about in the under- brush of polities, has toss5ed his hat. into the ring for. top place in 1940. A great: many people, moStly tepublicans, have wished that hewere occupying that position for the last six yeats or more. We believe, in fuaiy but the practice of *some folks of hoarding fireworks to be. touched *off at intervals for three or four, tveeks after the Fourth of July is a littie too much. They should be taught how to spend. quickly. More than ail the resort literature and travel propaganda reaching this office, the pictures by John McCutcbhÔôi iead our' mid away fror its' accustomed duties, and the physical being to the wide open spaces. With a few scant strokes of his rnagicàl brush lie makes distant scenes more alluring than can a million words from the pen of the ad. icarpenters. It's a cruel, cruel gift,' making of a usually combfortable office a prison, escape from which must dépend upon a calendar date, and not upon overweening desire.,1Have a heart, John, and hold it for another month or so. Earl Browder, who. as you may or .may not know, is head of the Communist party in this country, is boomi nng the President for a third term.. Earl evidently thinks he knows on which side his and his party's bread is buttered. *The President is reported to. be casting sheep's eyes at a couple of senators whom he failed to purge last year. No. doubt going on the old theory, "If you can't ick 'ern, jne 'em." A California.youth of 15 hid his sweetheart. also 15 in the ýrumble of hiý car, awaiting op- portunity to elopé. Then a littie tattletale of 1l peaèhed on them, and now they are in the hands of the juvenile court. Just fu.rther proof that If you haven't kept your1 alimony payments .Up to date,, better do some tail scratching. Women will start serving on juries in Septenber.