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Speech Professor
Prepares Hints
For Candidate
Cleveland, O. (U.R) George
B. Simon, speech professor and
a 25-year veteran In public elo
cution here at Fenn College, has
listened to, and watched, the
major White House contenders
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for 1952 and has issued the fol
lowing criticisms and sugges
tions: President Truman Is advised to
stop "woodchopping" with both
arms. He should learn to read
without making so many mis
takes. "I heard Mr. Truman make 13
mistakes in one short speech he
was reading," Professor Simon
said.
The chief executive also has a
"monotonous delivery," the pro
fessor added.
As an example, the professor
said the President could an
nounce that "all income taxes
will be abolished first of next
month and make it sound hum
drum." Calls Taft Too Haipy
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio
has good volume and dynamics
but possesses a raspy voice, Si
mon contends, and he should
practice less impatience and in
sistence. "Taft lacks courtesy when ex
cited because of his concern for
issues," the speech analyst said.
"During question periods, he is
apt to give speeches instead of
answers."
.Fine oratory and good use of
rhetorical and psychological de
vices are credited to Gen. Doug
las MacArthur. However, Prof.
Simon thinks the five-star com
mander should stop jutting his
jaw and thrusting his head for
ward and subdue his demon
strated tendency toward the
"mastcr-of-all" impression.
"He becomes too dramatic, at
times," Simon said, "as with his
'old soldiers never die, just fade
away' conclusion. He didn't fade
away. If he had, his talk might
have rivaled Lincoln's Gettys
burg address."
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
another Republican contender,
has a persuasive voice, Simon
said, and is a good reader. How
ever, he advises the general to
be a little less calm, try not to
be so crisp and practice some
effective gestures before hitting
the campaign trails.
Sen. Estcs Kefauver, the tall,
crime-probing Tennessean, fum
bles too much, doesn't gesture
enough, Is too cold and impas
sive and doesn't move around
enough, Simon said,
Generally, Prof. Simon gives
the speaking laurels to Gen. Mac-
Arthur, whose oratorical effec
tiveness he puts almost on a par
with thnt of the late President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Burglary Starts
String of Events
Milwaukee (U.R) Patrol
man William Klippel noticed a
window had been smashed at a
service station at 2 a.m.
Inside he spotted a man. He
waited until the man began
climbing back out through the
broken window, the said:
"Stick 'em up!"
That produced a great many
things. First of all, the burglary
suspect, Selh L. Greene, 31,
fainted.
Klippel hailed a passerby and
told him to call for a police pa
trol wagon. Meanwhile, he tried
to revive the faint-hearted
Greene.
The eager citizen who respend
ed to Klippel's call raced to the
corner and turned In a fire alarm.
Realizing his mistake, the citizen
located the police call box and
shouted into the mouthpiece that
"a policeman needs help."
In response to the two calls,
the air soon was filled with
sirens. Two squad cars, a motor
cycle, five fire engines, a rescue
squad and a battalion fire chief
all screeched up to the servlre
station to find Klippel calmly
leaning against a gas pump.
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