Springville Herald | 1946-12-26 | Page 4 | An Obituary on the New Deal

paragon, it fattened with gluttonous greed upon the people peo-ple s patriotic stupidity. Humanitarian, crackpot and spendthrift, it squandered the patrimony of our fathers and mortgaged the futures of our grandchildren. Conceived in political sin, fathered by alien ologies and isms, reared in luxury and corruption, the New Deal died an ignominous and suicidal death. It became its own assassin. It now goes to its last reward with none to sing its praise, none to weep over its remains or to cover its silent carcass with flowers. Behold the old corpse of the most extravagant and expensive ex-pensive ogre of the ages. May it find its final resting place a purgatory of fire and brimstone. Earth to earth, dust to dust, ashes to ashes-and may there be no resurrection. Gulfport (Mississippi) Dixie Guide (Independent) Says: AN OBITUARY ON THE NEW DEAL There lies the New Deal, an old friend dead but not forgotten. Born of uncertain parentage, in the depths of depression, the illegitimate and promising offspring enjoyed abnormal development. Grotesque of body, warped in soul and deranged in mind, it possessed all the virtues of the Blue Eagle all the attributes of the delightful and oderiferous skunk. Neither mammal, fish nor fowl, it was blessed with the bray of the jack and slit tongue of the serpent, with which it charmed the masses into complacent insecurity. Democratic freak, Republican monstrosity, political