Pennsylvania Scandal Cited. A
It is claimed that the enormous ex
penditures revealed in the Pennsylva
nia senator!*! contest, and which re
main to be revealed In the Illinois pri
mary of last April, are only symptoms
of the general evil of the primary sys
tem- Intended as a device to over
throw the party "boss,'’ the primary
has enthroned him as never before, j
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Capt.H. D. Campbell
Is Marine Claimant
For Schiff Trophy
- Capt. H. ,D. Campbell has been
put forward by the Marine Corps
as Its candidate for the Herbert
Schiff Memorial trophy for the
greatest number of hours in the
air without a serious' accident.
Capt. Campbell, who is stationed
at San Diego, has to his credit for
the year ending Juhe 39, 1956,' a
flying 'time of 839 hours and 50
minutes without accident.
Over a period, of about five
years he has never bad a crash;
with 2,404 hours and flO minutes
in the air.
The trophy is awarded annually
to NaVy and Marine Corps avia
tion personnel, and .was donated ;
by the family of a naval reserv
ist, killed in a flying accident three
Chairman Knight outlined the situa
tion today when he sett®:
"Most of us hailed the primary as
the. end of the political boss. We saw
the people controlling their-own elec
tions and selecting high-grade offi
cials. What we did not see* is that,
people in general do not care\ffbout
politics, and one kind of official suite
them about as well as another.
