POLITICS ON PARADE

Mr. C. P. Rollins says in an advertising publication that the "Congressional Record" should have a new title page, and Representative John J. Boylan advocates enlivening the tedious columns with photographs, cartoons, and comic strips. These prophets of modern journalism realize that with a few modifications the utterances of American's leaders might be read as eagerly as "True Story" and "Film Fun."

The simultaneous expression of a crying necessity by two men so well qualified to discover what is wrong with representative government make it imperative that the whole format be altered. Bold-face headlines by Hearst, brilliant quips by the staff of Time and of the New Yorker, light talks by Bruce Barton, and sketches by Peter Arno would all help put the "Record" on the newsstands. And finally a Dorothy Dix column would minister to the heart of gold that beats beneath the rough senatorial exterior.

The metamorphosis could be carried still farther. An Addition or a Steele might be found, who would describe with impunity the most delightful and intriguing political scandals under cover of fictitious names. If all these innovations still did not increase the circulation, Congressmen would be persuaded to contribute anonymously the true stories of their lives, and the paper would become "The Confessional Record."