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PXGE THREE
Sun s Associate Editor '
Disagrees-He's for F. R.
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(Editor's Note: A few week ago the Baltimore Sun, directs by
Prank Kent, decided to oppose Roosevelt. Gerald W. Johnson, associate
editor of the paper, disagreed with, she decision, and in the following con
vincing article gives ils reasons):
I am for Roosevelt.
The Sun has declared that it can
not support him, and has stated Its
reasons. They seem to me wholly
Inadequate, because they omit all ref
erence to the greatest service that
Roosevelt has rendered to the coun
try, to-wit, the Introduction of In
telligence Into the conduct . of the
country's affairs.
I am not against Land on, I am for
Roosevelt. ,
The governor of Kansas seems to
be a very decent citizen. Doubtless
he Is a good administrator. Cer
tainly he has exhibited a certain ap
preciation of some things the Roose
velt administration has done and has
intimated -that he will continue them
If he Is elected. But he has uttered
no word that evidences an under
standing of Roosevelt's great achieve
ment, which is the establishment of
contact between statecraft and real
ity. I am not for Roosevelt the man, I
am for Roosevelt the statesman.
I am for Roosevelt precisely be
cause I, like the Sun, believe in a
free competitive system under capi
talism governed democratically. I be
lieve that Roosevelt Is the great bul
wark of capitalism, conservatism and
democracy. .
The most dreadful failure of which
any form of government can be
guilty is simply to lose touch with
reality, because out of this failure
all Imaginable forms of evil grow.
Every empire that has crashed has
come down primarily because Its
rulers didn't know what was going
on In the world and were incapable
of learning.
That was the catastrophic failure
of the Hardlng-Coolldge-Hoover re
gime. Have we forgotten how Cool
ldge and his man Mellon repeatedly
assured us that all was well at the
very moment when we were plunging
toward the edge of the abyss? They
were probably sincere enough; they
simply didnt know what was going
on.
Then, when the crash came, they
were Incapable of learning., We had
to sweat through four years of de
pression under Hoover, although
every single thing that Roosevelt has
done -might Just as well have been
done years earlier. The banking sit
uation might have been cleaned up
In 1930 or 1931 Just as well as In
1933. The public works program
might have been started years earlier.
The problem of social security might
have been tackled long ago. Some
thing Intelligent might have been
about the tariff while Cordeil Hull
wee still merely a congressman.
I say that these things might have
been done, but in truth they couldn t
have been done, because Washington
at that time had not the brains and
the courage necessary to do them.
The politicians then in power could
not think, or act, or even feel
otherwise than In the old traditional,
polltcal way, -
I am for Roosevelt because he,
alone, demonstrated that he knew
what It was all about.
Any man not an utter fool knowa
that new conditions demand new
methods; but a great many men whs
are far from being fools are not
aware that the conditions are new.
With all respect, I am bound to say
that the Sun Itself Is guilty of ig
noring this factor. It says:
"Let us restore and preserve
the system which produces In
abundance the wealth with which
we support the fortunate and
unfortunate alike."
L Nobody can quarrel with that, but
that isn't the question at all. The
very system which produces wealth
has failed calamitously to distribute
wealth. The New Deal, far from in
terfering, with the system which pro
duces, apparently has stimulated It;
at any rate, production for the month
of July was 108 per cent of tho aver
age for the same month In 1924 -'26.
Since It had dropped, under the old
regime, to about 65, It Is pretty clear
that the New Deal has not prevented
the resumption of production. .
Has It, then facilitated distribu
tion, except by the violent means of
distributing through taxation? I do
not know. I doubt that anybody
knows, as yet. But X do know that
It has brought all Its energies to
bear on the problem; and I do know
that none of the old, purely political
minded regimes had made any ef
fective effort to solve this problem.
Yet I am convinced that this, and
not the problem of production, is
the one that we must solve, or suf
fer disruption of our economic life
Indefinitely.
I do not believe that tills question
is susceptible of solution by any of
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Izlng a group of "vigilantes" In 17
eastern states "to assure a fair
count of the vote on election day."
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the old formulae because it contains
some entirely new factors. Yet I do
not believe that the sort of politcians
who were In power from 1921 to 1933
are capable of applying anything but
the old formulae. It Isn't a ques
tion of honesty. They are Just too
set in their ways.
. Will Landon, if he in elected, sur
round himself with men who are as
sharply aware of what la going on
in the world and as little trammeled
by political traditionalism as the
men close to Roosevelt? Why expect
It? A president,, no matter how hon
est, cannot utterly Ignore his debts
to the men who supported him, and
Landon is supported by every politi
cal traditionalist in the country.
Democratic as well as Republican.
He is bound to bring back to Wash
ington at least a few of the Fess
Doak type. He will be lucky if he
escapes bringing in one of two of the
Fall-Denby type. Why take the risk?
I am for Roosevelt because he I
not extravagant.
Extravagance is spending money
without getting anything worth
while for it. Hoover's farm board
was a gross extravagance, because It
spent money on a hopeless project.
The RFC was extragavant. because it
spent money attacking the depression
without making a dent in it.
During the war the country spent
(30,000,000.000 in a year and a half,
and all it got in return was 360,000
corpses and a lot of bad notes. Since
1933 that is to say In twice the same
time the New Deal has spent a
third as much and for it we have
thousands of miles of roada and
streets, countless school nouses,
bridges, dams, canals, power .plants,
forests, sewer and water mains. But,
above it ell, we have avoided getting
a lot of corpses. Troops are not
fighting milk farmera In the Middle
Wert as they were Jusij before Hoover
went out. That fire, instead of
spreading, has been quenched, and
quenching it was worth all the
money if we had received none of
the public benefits. ,
199 YEARS IN PEN
CHICAGO, Oct. 32. (UP) A
criminal court jury last night fixed
at 199 years' Imprisonment the pun
ishment of Roland Munroe, 15-year
old "queer" youth who beat to death
Mrs. Agnes Roffeis, 65, for approxi
mately 8 worth of cheap Jewelry.
The Jury, which was not asked by
the state to return a death penalty,
brought in Its verdict in a little lees
than three hours.
Munroe, who appeared impassive
during the brief trial, showed no
emotion when the verdict was read.
As court bailiffs polled the Jury on
its verdict, Munroe grinned at each
Juror but made no comment. He sat
In his chair during the whole pro
ceeding.
Judge John Prustalskl announced
he would hear arguments on motion
for a new trial November 6.
Only three witnesses testified for
the 15-year old boy, who confessed
that he beat to death Mrs. Agnes
Roffeis with tier own gold headed
cane and a small hammer when she
called him into her apartment for a
chat the night of August 29. All
stressed that Roland was "queer.' ,
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Mrs. Annie Smith, 31, Moth
er Of Ten, Is Dark Horse
Entrant Prospective
.Mother Seriously III.
TORONTO, Ont., Oct. 22. (UP)
A "dark horse" entrant was discov
ered today in the stork race which
started October 31, 1926. on tho
death of wealthy Charles Vance
Millar,, and ends In 10 more days,
Mrs. Annie Smith. 31, mother of
10 children and previously unmen
tloned as contender for the $750,000
prize, established in Millar's will, has
registered the births of nine children
born since Millar's death, the Toronto
Star said in a copyrighted story.
Would Divide Prize
The Star said Mrs. Smith and her
fireman husband. Alfred, were op-.
posed to the race until the paper
Interviewed them. Both agreed the
prize should be divided among the
first 10 mothers with the largest
number of children born during the
last 10 years. I
Mrs. Smith said her husband, 35, a!
Canadian war veteran and a mem
ber of the Toronto fire department 1
for 17 years, would continue his Job
should she win. Their only ambition, I
she said, Is to visit England.
Meanwhile, among other contest
ants In the race a prospective mother
was in critical condition, the 18th j
child of another was seriously 111
and a third said she would not dl-1
vide the $750,000 prize should she I
win.
Mrs. Arthur H. Timleck said the !
illness of her six-month old baby,
Blanche, who Is suffering from in-;
testlnal influenza, has made heri
'forget all about the Millar biiRlnes." ;
The child was given a blood trans- j
fusion with her father as donor.
Mother Very 111 !
Mrs. Qua Orajiiano, mother of nine '
and expecting another before the
deadline October 31. may not live to1
finish the race, it was learned. Suf
fering from "debilitation" brought on
by the strain of childbirth, she also
was receiving blood transfusions.
Mrs. Matthew Kenny, apparent
leader in the race, announced flatly
that if she won with 13 of her 17
children born within the 10 contest
years, she would not divide the
money.
Mrs. Timleck, 37, mother of 17
children with 14 living, claims 10
eligible for the fortune awaiting the
winner. She has long been active in
an effort to have other competing
mothers agree to divide the prise
money on a sliding scale.
Pear Market
Yesterday
NEW YORK, Oct. 31. (AP-USDA)
Pears: 11 car, arrived, 3 Califor
nia, 6 Oregon, 7 Washington unload
ed: 34 cars on track. California Co
mice, 744 boxes 3.653.B0, average
283. Oregon Bases, 320 boxes extra
fancy 2.102.8S, average 2.38; 387
boxes fancy 2.00 (3 2.70. average W.37;
3624 boxes No 1, S2.00ff2.80, average
$2.32. Cornice, 200 boxes $2.15st2.40.
average 82.20. Washington Flemish,
2307 boxes extra fancy 1. 452. 15.
average 1.87; 123 boxes fancy 1.30
1 .85, "averago 1.62. Anjous. 360
boxes extra fancy 93.10tft3.00, average
3.44; 360 boxes fancy ,2.052.80;
average 82.20; 684 boxes unclassified
$1.85(ji 2,15, averago $1.09. Boscs. BtU
boxes fancy 81. 07 ij 2.30, average $1.95.
CHICAGO, Oct. 31. (AP-USDA)
Pears: Five Oregon, 3 Washington,
1 California arrived. 13 cars on track.
7 cars sold; California Bartletts. 676
boxes $1.85(32.65, average $2.10. Ore
gon Boscs, 1440 boxes extra fancy
$1.95(32.65 average $2.35. Qolden
Boscs, 744 boxes No. 1. $2.10ft2.70,
average $2.38. Washington Boscs.
564 boxes extra fancy $1.B5 2.58, av
erage $2.12; 156 boxes fancy $1.76
2.50, average $2,lg.
200 SHEEP KILLED BY
EATING ORCHARD WEED
WENATCHEE, Wash., Oct, 22.
(UP) More than 200 sheep being
driven from Wenatchee national for
est grazing grounds to Yakima and
Qulncy, died last "night after grazing
in an orchard near Orondo,
The sheep were believed to have
eaten some poisonous weed. The
death of the animals puzzled' sheep
men who called a chemist to analyze
the stomachs of some of the animals.
More sheep wero dying .according to
a late report.
LEMKE CONFIDENT WILL
BE ELECTED PRESIDENT
PASCO, Wash.. Oct. 23. (UP) -William
Lemke, union nominee for
the presidency, spoke Hiere today, and
stated that he would he the next
president of the United States. He
said the only wasted votes would be
those case for Roosevelt or Landon.
In his optimistic prediction he
further added that he had "more
friends in the house of representa
tives than Landon and Roosevelt put
together."
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NURSE LOSES LIFE
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 22. (AP)
A 36-year-old trained nurse, Mrs.
Margaret Thaanum, today iook a mys
terious walk on a three-inch lede
outside her third-story hotel window
and plunged to her deoth.
John C, Boldt, sitting at the win
dow of a nearby apartment building,
saw the woman crawl from her open
window, walk slowly along the nar
row led go and fall when she at
tempted to return.
Walter Thaanum, her husband, was
unable to give a motive for a pos
sible suicide. He Insisted his wife
was happy over their reunion upon
his return from a trip to Alaskan
waters with the coast guard.
Thaanum was across the street buy
ing sandwiches when his wife fell.
COAST DOPE RING PAIR
ARRESTED IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 22. (UP)
Treasury operatives last night cap
tured two alleged leaders of on ex
tensive Pacific coast dope ring and
confiscated a large quantity of mor
phine in a down-town apartment.
The agents reported they found a
if
GLENN O.
TAYLOR
Republican Candidate for
REPRESENTATIVE
Experienced Capable
Paid adv. Itepuhltran
County 'Central Com.
large quantity of dope secreted In
the apartment. The men were
weighing and preparing doses of mor
phine when the agents sutprlsed
them, the officers asserted.
The men taken into cuatory gave
their names as Harry Ogle. 55, and
Clyde Lee. 38. Ogle, declared to be
an ex-convict dope peddler oy the
officers, is known to department men
as "Handsome Harry.
SIri, Pedigree Pact
ROME, Oct. 22. (UP) The repre
sentatives of 17 nations today for
mally signed an International con
ventionfor the unification of meth
ods of keeping the pedigrees of cattle,
horses, pigs and aheep. The cere
mony, at the- International Institute
of Agriculture, was designed to pro
mote inter-nation trade in livestock.
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NEWS FLASH!
25 Winners In One Week
Forget to Sign Their Names
Many people, in their hurry to mail
in their entries In Your Lucky Strike
"Swecpitiket," hive forgotten to
lign their nunea. In one week alone
25 winners did not receive their
pntei because we didn't know to
whom to send them.
Have you entered yet? Have you
woo youTdellcious Lucky Strikes?
There's music on the air. Tune in
"Your Hit Parade"-Wednesday
and Saturday evenings. Listen, judge
nd compere the tunes then try
Your Lucky Strike "Sweepstakes."
And don't forget to sign your name.
I And Ifyou're not already smoking
Luckies, buy pack today. Maybe
you've been missing something.
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