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Extension of remarks of Hon. Emanual Celler, of
New York, in the House of Representatives, Wednesday,
January 25, 1928.
Mr. Celler. Mr. Speaker, the flunking by the prohi
tion force of the examinations offered by the Civil Ser
vice Commission has struck confusion in the “dry” ranks.
The poor showing made by the prohibition snoopers is in
dicative of their ignorance. More than three-fourths of
them taking the the tests failed dismally. Small wonder
that prohibition enforcement has been a stench in the
nostrils of good citizenry' Ignorance is the handmaiden
of other crimes. That is why they retain gunmen and
crooks in the service.
Senator Brookhart’s bill to retain or congeal in the
service these crass, stolid, and venal agents is unthink
able. At last civil service will let in some light and bring
some intelligent men into the work.
Heywood Broun, in the Morning World, says:
The prohibition agents who flunked their examinations ought to be re
instated. In this matter I line up with the drys. Plenty of good people flunk.
Examinations should not be overemphasized. And perhaps the civil service
officials took the snoopers at a disadvantage when they came to write their
papers. Maybe they placed them on the honor system.
However, if there is to be another examination, I
suggest the following questions:
What isi the best way to satisfy an itching palm?
How many times may you “shake down” a bootlegger?
What kind of a bird is a stool pigeon?
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How ridiculous is the fourth amendment?
Is “sacredness of the home” as extinct as the dodo?
WTiat is cheating cheaters?
Should local police be permitted to interfere with your game of graft?
Are “Tom and Jerry” good fellows?
Is an oyster cocktail lawful ?
Is a “punch” permitted?
Is “sherry cobbler” a shoemaker?
Is “rummy” a good game?
May one sing “Drink to me only with thine eyes”?
Is a cotton gin as good as Gordon gin?
Should a prohibition agent whine when a hijacker double crosses him?
Can you buy a nightcap in the 5 and 10 ?
Is the silver flask a “badge of society”?
How much may one take for “their stomach’s sake”?
WTiy does money talk in a “speak easy”?
May one have a “stick” in a golf bag?
How near is “nearbeer”?
A Nebraska university student was asked by his
sweetie whether a screen hook should be fastened to the
screen or to the door-frame. He concluded that there
shouldn’t be any hook at all on her door. We thought all
the time there was a catch to it somewhere.
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TEX RICKARD HIS EYE
Editorially speaking the Seattle P. 1
I. has the following to say about Wal-; |
ter Clegliorn, Seldovia pugilist, and |
of other well known Alaskans.
Walter Cleghorn, <pugilist’s first |
Eskimo battler, vs. Battling Larson, 11
durable Dane. That’s Tex Rickard’s |
dream. In Cleghorn Tex sees a youth 1
of color. A fistic youngster from the 11
icy and snowy wastes that Tex once 1
knew. A battler to take his place |
with Otta Von Porat, Norwegian; 1
Paulino Agendun, the basque wood- j |
chopper; Knute Hansen, a Nordic j |
from Minnesota, or is it Wisconsin? |
! And then there is Rogerto Roberti |
from the land of Mussolini, another |
j companion for Walter.
The fact that Cleghorn is an Aleut 11
i Indian from the Aleutian Peninsula, 1
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l born at Seldovia, makes no difference I
to Tex. He wants an Eskimo, and he’ll |
have one.
It was Capt. Austin E. Lathrop, |
motion picture magnate of Alaska, 1
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mining man, sourdough, who brought I
word of Tex’s interest in Cleghorn. |
Lathrop, while in the East, visited |
Tex, whom he knew when Rickard |
was a sawdust miner in the Nome bar. 1
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rooms. The Captain says that Tex is |
watching Walter and told Lathrop |
that, if the youth was just average, 1
he could make him a monew earner f
in Gotham.
Rickard was first told of Cleghorn f
by A. H. McDonald, in charge of the |
Alaska Steamship company’s bus- f
iness in the Far North. McDonald
chatted with with the promoter while
in Chicago for the Dempsey* Tunney
fight. And in the talk of pioneer days
in Seward’s Folly, the talk turned to
Cleghorn.
Lathrop and McDonald have post
poned their return home in order to
see a citizen of their adopted land in
! action. And perhaps to report to Rick
iard of the youth’s ability.
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Lodges throughout the country. It is not a
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It lays bare the terrible gangster reign in our
great cities, showing the way gangs hold their
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How men are framed by the gang’s leader to
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