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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1935 major political par 'HEY! WHERE'S MY Daily "Beagle I If I May Say So By AK TIM POLLOCK I I FRIDAY. DECFMBER 13. I PRESTOS GOODFEL1.0W IESTER. CLTl-ELAN- 1CKERT. 4RTHU; t.rj 1 marttn a wftraucr.

Mnaglnj Editor main omces. Btnd C.au The Case for Bennett Field. Never hnve the argument for the designation of Bennett Field as the Eastern terminus ot the air mail been so lmpre.sf.nelv presented they were yesterday bv the committee hearted by Grover A. Whaler, the special rehearing ot the rase granted by Postmaster General Farley. One after the other the arguments that have been raised against the Flatbush airport were exploded.

Mr Whalen answered the charge Inaccessibility by pointing out that there are tour available modes of transportation connecting the field and various central ixtints in the city: subway, seaplane ferry, auto-mottfe mt ttSttmS. By aenp-Vww to ilw rrrp a- the foot of East Thirty-first Street. Manhattan, ts a flight ot but six minutes, and from there to the Manhattan main postoffice it is ten minutes more by truck, making a total 8 erase transit time from field to postoffice of rot over sixteen minutes. The rlatm of additional expense Involved was shattered by pointing out thai the estimate increased cost of between $45 000 and $125,000 a year would be more than offset by the new business which would unquestionably be developed. Dock Commissioner Mc-Kenzie aiso pointed out that the city in its new contract with the Transcontinental and Western Air Lines guaranteed to reimburse the of a Flatbush.

The facilities at Floyd Bennett could not be improved on. with its crisscross of lour long concrete landing strips, magnificent passenger terminal and eight up-to-date fireproof hangars. Furthermore, the field is completely unobstructed for three miles la all directions and is blessed with such ideal werther conditions that frequently planes have been able to land there without c.itlii ii: a land.ng at tli at Newark. It idted also at the Floyd Benne tits an investment $7.000 000. soon lai improvements ui la Wished 1928 ai Assistant Secreta $3,000,000.

of Commerce in charge of aeronautics Thus created through the solicitation of the Government, it has since been so highly regarded as to be made base by both the Navy and Commerce Designating the Flatbush airport need not be taken as an anti-Newark move, as arrangements could be made to continue delivery there of all mail destined to New Jersey Bu'. it seems to us impossible tb dispute the uialienable right of such a meat center of business and population as New York to a p.ate on the air mail map of the TJmu It To Improve the Public S-rin Provision lor the establishment at Harva University of a Graduate School of Pub Administration through a gift of 12.000,000 Lucius Nathan Littatier. glove manufactui and former member of Oongresi should impetus to the movement recently sponsoi bv the Commission of Inqtnrv on Public Set ire Personnel appointed bv the Social Sciei i Cour 1 for ii nti.v and id the Lntareal if public without regard to the aai I rtlau politic. Executive budget! nave beer, reduced, the system of awarding ni contrail ha been Improved, reform iw nts have both directly red the powe hence brought I ral of the highest positions in our foreign service are now occupied by such career men who have worked their wa up through the various ranks, and there is constantly increasing number ot young men entering that service with the ambition of making it their life work The example of Great Britain this regard has frequent!) and appropriately been cited. One of the most highlv regarded careers for promising vouiiK Englishmen is the public service.

The public lias become more and more aroused against the costliness to the community of corruption and waste In public office. An even more insidious cause of our governmental troubles is plain Incompetence. This should not. of course, be taken as a reflection on the many capable and conscientious public servants among the vast number ot Federal State and local employes. Hie ni etttrjr raising of the standards of these services is not something that can be accomplished in a short time.

It will probably require ears. To assure it the constant impact of an aroused and Intelligent public opinion is required. An example of this new approach is the policy being generally followed by the LaQttaxdia administration In filling many municipal positions by men qualified bv experience and character, regardless of their party affiliations. There is no question that the time-honored "spoils system" must bj tod ined these new objectives are to be We cat- think of no concrete move more likel5 '0 help bring about the ideal of improved service visioned by the commission appointed by the Social Science Research Oum il than the establishment of the graduate schoi'l Harvard made possible by Mr. Littauei generous benefaction.

Dean of Restaurateurs. career of over fifty-five years to the Irani business was brought to an end by ieath of Eugene Tollner, one of the ers of Gage fe Tollner's, from a heart Wednesday night. 81nce Seth Bradford took over the establishment in 1921 Mr. er had continued as general manager, spite of his eighty-five years he actively on the Job to the very end. Tollner bridged the gap between the old tlyn the little independent city, with Its lavor, with its ferries and horse cars and lghts and all the rest and the modern tlyn oi today, with its subways and auto- -ciapers and great industries and teeming population.

He played host to and counted among his friends such noted figures of those far-off days as Henry Ward Beech.fT Mayor Gaynor and Theodore Tilton. just as in his last years he was known and respected by prominent members of the Bench and Bar, business executives and the political leaders of today. Such human contacts are the joy of the restaurateur, and ny.heir number and quality Mr. Tollner was indeed fortunate. He will be missed by that wide circle who regarded themselves as his friends as Minneapolis's Shame.

In the cold-blooded assassination of Walter Liggett puMisher of the Midwest American, the city Minneapolis is faced with the second murder mystery in a little over a year the victim of which was a newspaperman noted for fearless crusades against the underworld. It will be recalled that Howard Guilford, former editor of the Saturday Press and the Pink Sheet, was shot to death by gunmen who were never located by the authorities Guilford, too. had Riven a great deal of space In his papers to attacks on gambling and vice and was Involved in the famous case of the Minnesota suppression law which was held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the Un i 8tate less had made him a ip time. Only recently a statutory charge ol n-year-old girls, upon an acquittal after eom-enue to St. Paul on the not obtain a fair trial in ho had become a bit -Olson, with whom he pelhng a change oi ground that he could Minneapolis.

Liggett. once been closely allien openly charged the proceeding was a "political frameup." he was cleared he hari been demanding Impeachment of the Governor. At the of that trial Liggett was albo beaten up, edly by underworld enemies. I.ingett, who witnessed the murder of were leaders oi a ring dominates the bling business of Minneapolis lad been the target of rpcent newspaper by the milttaat publisher. om availanle information ihe Liggett 3er, following cloaely on fhe Guilford carries a serious reflection on con-existing in Minneapolis.

Because of expected will to leal up the affair and bring rera to book. In fact he has already an outrage and offered the assls-e State Bureau of criminal Investi- Lhe hunt for ihe assassin. gat Prexhlenl Mendieta's Resignation! Although the political situation in Cuba is emiuaed it is believed that the resig-nstio President Carlos Mendieta hat paved thi waj 'or i peaceful general election under thi Formula worked out by president Harold called to idviM the government In this pi ergenej The election night oi Secre-tatfi Jose A Rarnet as Provisional Pr" intU thr election in -January should further dear the atmosphere. Mendieta in statement pxplain-i retin nej I pointed out thai his remain-, log In power was being used as an excuse for i rtfuaal ol some politics! parties to par- onld that pa It ri Hizreet pint i side ami removing the doubt existing in soiui quarters whether well founded or not- as to hu Impartiality tn the existing political I i NCE UPON A TIME, though it is hard eve, there were theaters In Any number of them. Theaters al which vou could aee play.

Plays with actors them. Actors living, breathing, lalkuig and acting. All the finest actors in the country could be seen here. Brooklyn was a "show town But no more That was before the depression. The best of the actors and the plays began to come less frequently even before the depression before the movies moved in everywhere and began to talk like a man.

A good deal of theater history was created in Brooklyn in the years past Now we have nothing; only memories. The theaters have gone. The Majestic Theater was the most reluctant to close up, doing so only last Winter. Now something unusual is happening. It opens again next Monday evening.

And it has a big show for the reopening. George White's "Scandals." You would expect all Brooklyn to run ravenously to the Majestic to see this first big theatrical entertainment to come here in long, dark months. And as a matter of fact it is actually said that there are long lines at the box office right now buying seats for Mr. White's "Scandals next week. What does this mean, If anything? Does it mean that we are to have "the theater" once more in Brooklyn' It will be a pleasant thing if it does.

Whatever it is to mean depends, of course, on Brooklyn itself If Brooklyn wants to see plays at its own fireside it can have them. They are not easy to get fn these days; but if we want them they can be got. For the producers of plays still want money, since that Is their reason for producing, and if there is money for them here in Brooklyn they will come and get it. "Scandals" will be something In the nature of a test. It has to begin with a good name.

George White has put together In the past any number of popular shows. This one has been traveling about for eight weeks, getting Itself into proper shape to make Its debut In Manhattan. It should be as good as It can be. At least it Is no fledgling, untried, hurriedly thrown together makeshift. It has reached its maturity.

It is as good as It will be when It gets across the river to Broadway. If ever it is worth seeing It is now. But most of all it opens up a theater again In Brooklyn-a theater eager to remain open and be a good provider. nnHE DEPRESSION IS, MAYBE, over now and things can be different. We can get more new plays and we can get good plays not so hew from Manhattan.

In Philadelphia and Boston and Baltimore and Washington the theater begins to revive a little. We should be able to revive even more quickly, living near the center of the activities of the stage. Do we want to revive? Or have we now acquired the habit of going to Manhattan for our theatrical entertainment and become unwilling to enjoy it at home? Nobody knows. But it does clear that we can have Letters From leader Believes School Standards of Today Are Lower Than in 1900 Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle: A recent letter to The Eagle contest the statement that free colleges are nonessential. The writer thinks the man who made the statement is a rich man who can afford to send his children to pay schools.

Is the question about the education of children? Young men and women entering college are not children He thinks Brooklyn should feel honored in having a free college. Very few cities are so honored or so burdened; but other cities have very superior for children. In my humble opinion schools are below the standard of 1900. when I graduated from gTammar school Mv daughter graduated last year from a pay college into the world where married teachers can work night and day. while the young women find work In humble places.

The city rtthnot afford to place them to schools to do the teaching for which they have been trained, M. 8. the Supreme Court nn manti Trial Called Unfair1 i'i Daily Eagle: horial of today regarding the isp ou refer to the decision of Hiup has arrived to speak out. 'ions raised in my mind by no sense been answered by The only purposi ol the coffep ln inflame the pubin and prejudice make the conviction easier than warrantpd 3. why the commendation oi testimony oi the aged Hockmu need do Is make it known that there Is still a public here and money.

Producers prefer to open their new plays farther away from New York than Brooklyn liking to keep them as much a secret as possible from Broadway. But if there money in it? That's a different matter. They don't like particularly to send their Broadway successes to Brooklyn for a week when their runs are over, not expecting much oi that last week in Brooklyn. But ii It while'' lyhow, Eagle Readers are not. At lie trial Mr.

Lindbergh made a positive identification of Hauptmann's voice on the witness stand. Later in the trial he Is reported as having leaned forward and said after hearing Hauptmann on the stand, "Now I am sure There are no vagaries or varieties I of identification, and I do not think it irrelevant in view of the fact that justice mot Hauptmann's life) Is at stake to suggest that Mr Lindbergh should clarify the situation created by these npws dispatches. REGINALD BASS. Brooklyn Dec il, Confident Present Administration Will Improve Trade Situation Editor Rmnkhv Daily Eagle: The writer has read with keen interest your article under the caption of "Importations From Japan which appeared in vour Issue of ntelhgent and highlv should be ropied bv the i order that and that when it is distinctly there should be no agitation aiions from a particular coun-so hen an absolute boycott of ltimately mean a loss of our 1 of ir surplus and keep employed, st as many sound and 1st the low tariff as remelv high tariff. It ic aim ol om Govern-ippy medium whereby eral would not suffer of low-priced foreign time permit sufficient is to hold our foreign and rade, and such being rapidly jjprrnht.

Brooklyn Daily fkj REVIEW CTRRIE the house they live in. although If is mortgaged to the rooftrpp. He can't wait until he gets his $200 a month under the Tnwnsenri Plan or $5,000 under the late Huey Long's Share-the-Wenlth Plan So he badgers his slavej of a daughter out of half a dollar and forth, leaving behind prhnes Of the agonies of sou he has passed through here, therp. everywhere The anxious daughter and the no-arrount son have a few hours of fright, but Mr. Bnde-water had no intention ol committing suicide 8allnas way Malnva no from nodes coffee I rom We will import i shellac silk or i ei 'tn India Ther chocolate Iror Africa or South America Clusively American no.

fun )nen and leather. Incidentally, of course, wiu "stj American." too. What it the isi il i mg to i us-tomers who cannot pay? And Guatemala sells us no coflee it will have no ay to get the American dollars to pav for our automobiles, Our exports ol cotton, tobacco wheal uno-mobiles, machinery, Iron and steel products oil. copper, po'-k. lard, tires, ooal and lumber stop We on It can be done America is one oi the thi countries the world thai con do it i others are China and Ri is i Ul, ever, are too intelligent bo win i oo it.

other countries can do It, And would It only by going withoul largi in ol I thing which we most deslri and some ol the markets on winch we mo pe It can be done-but wh do 11 All Set to Go. history the empire.1 London-- The nm rped to Btrengthei tl Bi PASSED IN By GEORGE MR. BOOTH TARKINGTON, In "Mr. White, The Red Barn, Hell and Bride- 1 water." four stories properly called peculiar." with a preface which ponders the purpose of life, turns hi back upon the puerile perplexities of ppnrod and the magnificent Ambersons to address himself to serious purpose. Thus, at the outset, there is George Watkms who always wishes he had other than what he has; Frank Thompson, who brags about only his own; the bachelor who wouldn't marry lest he spoil an ideal; Cousin Mary who had what she really wanted and which was constantly terrifying her and the ditch-digger, who is in a songful mood because, as he puts it, "That's nice mud.

Mud. Same as you and me." None of these is able to tell his questioner, however, why we are here. "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave It. Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all ts vanity," one may read from Ecclesiastes XII, 7-8, or from the 12S pages thus submitted by Mr. Tarkington, to remind us that king and pauper, duchess and drudge must know that not only the path ol glory but also the straight and narrow lead but to the grave.

Perhaps it is Just as well that the last story leaves the reader a little cheered up, for all that its humor is pretty ghastly. nnHE first concerns Governor Oolding. ept- cure, man of affairs, big shot In the community, and the strange get-together he had with his old friend Merry White, the bon vivnnt who turned up. on a diet of everything The burden of the tale is pessimistic, and the warning issued by White to his old friend is to be on guard against the contemplation of immortality. The second is the tale of "The World in the Barn" and how Loom Pallafrey defied wile and child to paint the picture of an embryonic world.

How his wife, keeping their bodies and souls together by spading in her truck garden and selling vegetables to the Summer residents at Cobble Reef, slaved to make something of their daughter Sally. And how Sallv fell In love with Lem Begley how the mother appealed to the writer to persuade her husband to let folks look at his picture in the barn for a dollar a head and how he failed Mrs Pallafrey had her way. but not a you might guess, and in the end Sally was to be the star of "Moths and Flesh Mr. Loom had said, "Even the weakest of the gods isn't weak enough to blame anybody for anything T-iHE third story concerns the strange things whlrh happened to George Boiling after the hot Sunday noon when he had over-eaten, and in a mood of trucuienc.e refused to try to make Lidu and Rollo trot off to the minister to have their baby baptized. It Is the most opaque parable of the lot, for all Its simple title, "Hell." Part of George's hell was to find hlmselt peeking Into women dressing rooms In the dress depart ment of a big store.

And bells were alwayR ringing at odd hours loo And Charlie Scott was alwavs following him around, with "twinkling eves. "Bridewater's Half Dollar which conclude-the booklet, comes closer to the render. He can get on relief because nil daughter owns.