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ELLA CINDERS Voice From the Past -By Bill Conseiman and Charlie Plumb

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"They Say-"

Political Gossip from

Our National

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By HUGH S. JOHNSON. New York City — Something

ought vigorously to be done by the public hangman about the word •"ideology." I don't know much about words but somehow there got into our language two vari­eties — one Anglo-Saxon and the other more or less Latin. For ex­ample you can say spit, or if you are more high-brow you can say expectoration. You can say sweat or you can say perspiration. You can say stink—oh what's the use? This conversation could get very vulgar.

I know all the proper criticisms

against our heritage of the short vigorous Germanic words. But the Xing James version of the Bible and of the prayer book happens to be about 90 per cent full of them. The tense vigorous prose and poetry of Mr. Kipling is com­posed of them almost exclusively. Our language of the law is larded with the other kind. But our lan­guage of the streets is almost ex­clusively Anglo-Saxon and not

' - Latin, If you want to call a man a son-of-a-gun, you go back to your real mother-tongue.

I could start here and prove it to you, but the column would probably not get by the censor. Our native language is vigorous but not sweet.

Don't Need "Totalitarian.* For example, take the word

•totalitarian" to describe the des­potic states. We don't need and I think we don't want a word like that. It is enough to substitute for the word "ideology" the word "plan," or "idea" or "thought."

I t sufficiently describes a dicta­torship to say a "gang boss." You don't have to call Mr. Hitler or Mr. Mussolini a totalitarian. Isn't it enough to call him the Big Shot or the-Boss? Wouldn't we know pre­cisely what that meant?

Another Washington word that •ught to go through our wringer j !•—"But definitely." I t means that any particular situation is beyond discussion. That Harry Hopkins,! for example, has become the real j white-haired boy in the white j colonial cottage with green shut-ters on Pennsylvania Avenue—that Tommy Corcoran is just the court Jester and not out of touch with Supreme authority—or any other guess. When you say, "But defi­nitely," that sort of fixes it. "But definitely" means it's the real Mc­Coy and not a rumor.

Sacrifice Three Words. These words, "Ideology," "totali­

tarian" and "but definitely," need something done to them in the in­terest of humanity. Of themselves, X dare say, they are innocent enough but, as part of the Wash­ington patter, they ought to be

eliminated or sent to the dry-cleaner.

I have served in the Capital City before, during and after the war. It was always an echoing gallery, not only of gossip, scandal, silly stuff, but worse. But never has it held a candle to the dangerous kind of small talk that goes on today.

I suppose the words I have been discussing are perfectly good Eng­lish—rhetorically and grammatical­ly. But if they could be edited out of the Capital language apd were never to be heard again, I think the air would flow a little more easily and I am sure that more people would be pleased—"ideol­ogy," "totalitarian," "but definite­ly." Is it too much to ask? It would be a very slight sacrifice at the hands of the speakers. There are so many other words. But for every important speaker, there are hundreds of listeners. Think of the net arithmetical gain. (Copyright, 1938, United Feature Syndicate)

Cedillo's American Agent Registers at Washington

Washington {JP)—The Mexican rebel leader, Gen. Saturnino Cedil-lo, who is now in hiding following the collapse of his revolution, has an agent in the United States, ac­cording to a registration made at the State Department yesterday under the law requiring registra­tion of agents of foreign princi­pals.

He is Douglas L. Cullison, whose office address was listed as 61 Broadway, New York City, and his residence as 2138 California Street, N.W., Washington.

Cullison registered as the agent of the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, which he called a soverign state, and General Cedillo, who he said was a farmer.

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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pine and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Pine recently visited in Troy.

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bulson of Clums Corners called on relatives here on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Staples of Hoosick Falls were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pine.

Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Lane were guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Philpott of South West Hoosick.

Mrs. Mary Bulson and Mrs. Myr-tie Powers spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bulson of Hoo­sick Falls.

Several of the young couples from here visited Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Knapp of North Adams on Friday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. William Martyn and eon, Harold, of Hoosick Falls were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Aner Bulson.

Mr. and Mrs. Duane Manchester of Groveside and Mrs. Jane Her-rington spent last Thursday with Mrs. Emma Carpenter.

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