TH E MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1931 ............ ...... . .......... . ... . . .... - Published every morning except Monday during the University year by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of the Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re- ublication of all news dispatches credited ' it or not otherwise credited in, this paper. and tl?,c local news published herein. Entered at the Post Office at Anm Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Postmaster General. Subscription by carrier, $4.00; b mail, $4.50 Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business, 21214. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR RICHARD L. TOBIN News Editor................. ..David M. Nichol Editorial Director....... .......................Beach a onger, Jr. City Editor ....................................Carl Forsythe Sports Editor..............................Sheldon C. Fullerton Women's Editor........................... Margaret M. Thompson Screen Reflections.......................... Bertram J. Askwith Assistant News Editor...........................Robert L. Pierce When the trial first came up in Judge Wilker son's court, two months ago, Capone pleaded A New Yor< guilty with the understanding that the prosecu-W r tion had already seen fit to have his term set at two and a half years. It was then that Wilkerson at Large issued his now famous declaration that one cannot bargain with a federal court. Capone lawyers im- mediately switched the plea to "not guilty" and the By Mark Barron trial had to be postponed until now. NEW YORK-When that feelin What will happen when the decision is handed of idle languor creeps upon one guilty, a difficult thing for most juries to do, the when there is desire to do nothini chances are that a lengthy term will be handed except linger peacefully and watel out and the case appealed to a higher court. The the world go by-well, New York future will have to take care of itself. has a haven for such moments. We, however, are confident of a fair trial. Wil- kerson has achieved an enviable reputation as an It is such a moment when on honest judge and with him on the bench society dozes upon the front porch of the village grocery store, using a water- will, at least, get an even break. It is a pity, how- melon as a pillow and with tiltec ever, that municipal and state judges aren't the hat shielding your eyes from the same. All over the United States, the situation is sun. one. Only in few instances can consistent fair and. In Paris one sits for hours at honest trials be laid to a judge. Unhappily, Amer- sidewalk cafe, sipping apertifs and ican justice in local jurisprudence has not been wondering about the parade of hu- able to keep apace with the federal bench. manity sweeping by in a never end- To get back to the trial itself, should Capone be ing panorama. finally sentenced, the death knell of gangdom will New York has no front porches, have been rung. Gangsters and racketeers, intent nor sidewalk cafes nor patios. But, on destruction and cheating; will face a barrier in it does have Ffth avenue on Sun- the federal government, local government might day afternoon. even tighten up and people will not lose all confi- It is there a person finds the one dence in our system of administering justice. More hour in the week when this city important still, gangdom will not be on the ele- checks its pace, strolling illy by the vated glorified plane it once was and with the dis- luxurious shops and contemplating ccuragement of the system, safety and peace will the stream of cosmopolitan hu- again reign in American metropoli. manity a sit flows gently along. All America and even the world is looking to Like Quiet Waters Chicago to see what will happen to democracy's Sunday afternoon is like a placid greatest menace. It is truly a crisis, a battle to hidden pool where troubled waters the death between law and barbarism. gain a moment's rest before thun- I ig e. NEW SOFT HATS ,.n Chenile and Botei c McKIN