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Show UINTAII BASIN RECORD The yre Fighting Freedoms Cause Men at Work Bruckart s Washington Digest Latest Blasts of Political Oratory Are Devoid of Substantial Facts WHOS figured out that the annual interest on this debt is about $1,100,000,000 a year. And thus, according to the calculations, each man, woman and child in the United States is paying almost $8.50 per year in interest Going further, if there is a family of five, that familys share of the interest on the national debt is roughly $42.50 a year, or a little more than three dollars a month. Now, most of the speeches contained a few plain and simple facts like that Most of them hit around the mark. But not a single one of the speeches laid down a real barrage of facts. They failed miserably to apply the facts to the affairs of the individual voter. So, even though the Republican orators did not ask me for advice, I am going to offer some: if they really want to restore this nation to its native, conservative way of doing things, they will tell the factual story of the New Deal and its theories and dreams. And the voters ought to ask for facts instead of general statements! In these conclusions, I believe Honest Abe likely would agree. Taft Challenges President's Handling of Budget Senator Taft lately got right close to specific statements when he challenged President Roosevelt on the question of balancing the budget. He took many of the federal agencies that have come into being under the WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON Features WNU Service.) TEW YORK. In war, both the IN Poles and the Russians seem to (Consolidated suffer from incurable romance. The Poles clung to their picturesque airy, against Russ, Like Poles, all the hard- Cling to Horses boiled mili-inWith III Results tary adviceand Europe, their horses made beautiful targets for machine-gu- n bullets. The Russians in the latest emergency sent in, not a strategist in modem war, but their most romantic cavalry general, Marshal Simion M. Budenny, and reports of disaster follow swiftThree national leaders whose independence efforts have made news around the world: Left: Mohandas ly. News stories chalk up another Gandhi, Indian independence leader, whose demands for autonomy from Great Britain have increased since dismal failure, in the generals the British request for Indian support in the war. Center: Manuel Quezon, president of the Philippine latest assault on the Mannerheim islands, who told the national assembly it must choose now between permanent subservience to the United line. States or an insecure independence in 1946. Right: Ignace Jan Paderewski, famed pianist and former preIn the late summer of 1919, when with headquarters in France. mier of Poland, who has been named president of Poland-in-exilthe cables brought the news that the Bolsheviks were whipped and in flight, and that the White Russian Denikin held all of southern Russia, Budenny galloped through the steppes, recruiting his army of wild horsemen. He was a Cossack, from 7 the Don region, gaudily appareled, iff;. V mousand with a huge f 1 in the tache that flared magnificently i V"" ", wind. His little bands of I grew into a huge cavalry army. ; I 1 ' S I It swept back, not only Denikin, but his ally, Wrangel and stopped the Poles until the French came to their k vy'-Ae, Airplanes End Starvation for 50,000 Wild Ducks :irfp V;! 77 : h hi 7 h4f -ff ,-fV- Mi flag-wave- V 7. These speeches, to which I have referred, included, of course, resounding statements by five or six of the men who aspire to be the Republican presidential nominee. There were Senators Taft of Ohio, of and Michigan, Vandenberg Bridges of New Hampshire, and district New Yorks racket-bustinattorney, Thomas E. Dewey, Governor Bricker of Ohio, Republican Leader Martin of the house of representatives, and former President Herbert Hoover. Anyone who heard the speeches or read them must have come to the same conclusion that I reached. The days oratory, with the possible exception of Mr. Hoovers speech, was as deg void of good sub- stantial facts as a frog is of feathers. There was outburst after outburst of bitter criticism, reference after reference to New Deal failures, repetition upon repetition of charges of waste and assertions of danger to our national welfare. All of these things were said, with the usual pounding of the table and slapping of hips. But the Republican orators either forgot their facts or neglected to use them in tire excitement of the occasion. What I am seeking to say is that no campaign is worth much in any political battle unless the attacking forces base their charges in the simple facts that individuals understand. Generalities mean nothing any more. President Roosevelt has been the greatest generalizer of all history, and the folks have been digging up some of his earlier general statements to ask about them. Such presentation of attack or. defense leads definitely to a lack of confidence on the part of the voters. I referred above to Mr. Hoover's Let us take one section of speech. it as an illustration of what I mean Mr. Hoover about generalities. talked about the $15,000,000,000 national debt. lie went further. He REPUBLICAN FIELD-DA- Republican politicians who used Lincoln's Birthday as an occasion to fill the air with speech-makinfailed to stick to the real facts says William Bruckart, Attempting to streamline Honest Abe us a national figure, as ti e Democrats have done to Jackson, they failed to prove that the G. O. P. is sticking to Lincoln's philosophy. An-ire- Y x - free-boot-e- i - aid. The general was enshrined in legend. He became the hero of folk tales and songs throughout the land his wife, too, who rode and fought with him. Lenin later put him in command of all the Russian cavalry. He is a man of extraordinary energy. Proletarians, to horse! was his rallying cry, as he became one of the countrys main inciters of patriotic enthusiasm. He had all Russia thinking or at any rate feeling that the answer to all its troubles was in getting everybody on horseback. 7 a SENATOR ROBERT TAFT New Deal alphabet and pointed out the cost of each and how little worthwhile he believed them to be. It was something Mr. Roosevelt could not answer without resorting to generalities. The Senator, however, has slipped away again from the channel he appeared ready to paddle. Like the rest of the candidates on the Republican side, he is no longer using the ammunition available. These references to the necessity for the use cf facts recalls how thoroughly the National Labor Relations board has been discredited by a special house committee which is Investigating the funny looking activities of the board. Thus far, the investigation has had very little in the way of sensational statements except those from the record of the board, itself. Its own papers, its own writings, the exchanges between its own members and staff workers has served to show better than volumes of argument what ridiculous policies the narrow-mindeofficials and employees have inflicted upon an unsuspecting public. Why? These were facts. Another illustration: the administration is determined to gain congressional approval for another three-yea- r extension of its right to negotiate trade treaties. Now, there is no doubt that the trade treaties help in some places and hurt very much in others. But I sat in the house ways and means committee room one day listening to administration testimony in support of its extension. request for the three-yea- r The witnesses, all government officials that day, had the facts. It is true that they used those facts to show what they wanted to demonstrate. They were careful that the sordid side of the story was not told. They failed also to break down the facts to individual application, but they pieced together a story that was understandable. It was effective and opposition was difficult because the opposition was not equipped with a complete record. On the story thus built up, it is likely the extension will be voted. I have observed the activities of the Republican national committee for some months. It has flopped completely in the most obvious of its jobs, presentation of factual information to the country about what the New Deal has been doing. Day utter day, delivery boys bring copies of speeches to my office, and clay after day, I look vainly for facts. ! do nut mean to say there are no facts at all; I do insist, however, that there are heaps of opinion that convinces none whereas the facts underlying those opinions would have important weight. Census Chieftain yr ihe glor athl trap ;mar tang Ti 1 pen circular showing many addition:: novelties which may be made a: home. A host of bright birds pattern Z90C3, 15 cents. end cedi live coni your the mai tion you: wit. Life-si- :, outlines and realistic painting sup gestions for eight familiar bird: are given. Can you identify them' There? the woodpecker, scarlet tanager, indigo bur.: ing, towhee, oriole, bobolink an; blue jay. Scraps of plywood an: jig or coping saw will make pleasant work of these feathered friends. On this same pattern you as: receive outlines and instruction for the delightful rustic bir house. Different-size- d opening! for various birds make this house adaptable to the birds of you1 choice. Send Order to: Aunt Martha Kansas City, Mo. Box 166-- Re j T1 nati red-head- the is t whii lathi !;ng FOOD FOR THOUGHT lie who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and fears, is more than a king.-Milt- Nothing is more on. dangerous than a friend without discretion ; even a prudent enemy is preferable. La Fontaine. The destiny assigned to every map is suited to him, and suits him to himself. Marcus Aur- se elius. Didst thou never hear that thinu ill got had ever bad success? Shakespeare. He only half dies who leaves of himself in his sons. Goldoni. an image horse-breedin- d Commander-in-chie- f of 150,000 census takers is William Lane Austin, whose army will compile essential facts about 132,000,000 Americans, 3,000,000 business firms, homes and 7,000,000 farms Senator Lister Hill of Alabama pins a Bankhead for President button on the lapel of Senator John H. 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Joe McCarthy, manager of the world champion New York Yankees, lays aside baseball deductions for a snow shovel at his BufTalo, N. Y home. McCarthy is busy laying plans for the spring training season. m special ingredients, with cooling menthol, a great aid In helping soothe sandpaper throat!'' Mr. Wright in those days. He was an aesthete, fastidious in dress, a postgraduate of many European salons, a distinguished art critic and a precisionist of ideas, to whom a primrose by the rivers brim was a simple primulacea and nothingmore. I began to feel the altitude, and one day dived out of a window. It was not until several years later that I learned Mr. Wright had done the same and, convalescing, had become S. S. Van Dine, authoring bellringing murder-mysterstories to the end of his days. Somewhat similar is Dr. Rudolf Kagers ambidextrous life as a philosopher and writer of detective stories. As he is hired by the New York Worlds fair they may need to have a philosopher around by next spring it Is revealed that this Kurt Steel who has been keeping us awake nights with Judas IncorporatCrooked Shadows, ed, and the like, is none other than Dr. Kager, associate professor of philosophy at New York university. At the fair he will work as a philosopher rather than as a detective, pulling together a lot of educational loose ends and ravclings which, it seemed, got into a somewhat untidy state last summer. His detective stories started as an anodyne for a feeling of loneliness in the groves of Acadome-- as in the case of Mr. Wright. In 1930, he had prepared his doctors thesis on "The Growth of F. H. Bradleys Logic," and had climbed where few or none could follow. He was all fagged out, and any word made him shut his eyes and duck. A friend suggested tiiat lie bang out a murder iing that came into his head. "Murder of a Dead Manthol Cough Drops l, Seeing Myself I have never seen a greak monster or miracle in the wo;than myself. Montaigne. -, Dont Aggravate Gas Bloating y story-nnyU- Man was his first workout. The publishers yelled for mure. extra-curricul- that LUDENS 5 have been tall two-doll- banner in garden becomes reality when cutout hobby is combined He married a famous actress of the Mali theater in Moscow, and their joint histrionics have continued to thrill the Russians. He has maing tained a farm and encouraged his countrymen to do the same, evidently on the theory that a good horse and a good proletarian slogan would make any Russian unconquerable. multi-lingua- fo.i. mai ache Author of Thrills enough tor I I coll min 1925. Prof DoulU. a. Philosopher and A T wid letic years ago, this writer shared an apartment with the late Willard Huntington Wright. If the Empire State building were an i lete has !ar VI ANY X cial den' u, Bankhead Pledges Support to Bankhead I (Be: emi He was a peasant, without schoolAnd there is no available recing. O' i ord of his having had any training or experience in mechanized warMore than 50,000 wild ducks were saved from starvation when Illinois sportsmen distributed six tons fare. He was a private in the of grain from the air along the Illinois river in the LaSalle region. The feed was distributed by the airwar and a petty officer in Top: Some of the hundreds of ducks already dead from star- the early stages of the World war. sloughs and back waters. planes in 111., airport. Bottom: Loading shelled corn in the plane at the LaSalie-Pervation. His wife, said to have been the best rifle shot in Russia, killed herself accidentally while cleaning a gun, in Russo-Japane- that with tremendous popularity our readers, for it brings the op. portunity of combining pleasure and profit. 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They concentrated on February 12 just as their arch rivals concentrate annually on Andrew Jacksons birthday for ballyhoo and money raising. Honest Abe received many, many His services to his fine tributes. country were told by good orators and bad. The tributes were justly deserved. But I could not help wondering, as I read page after page of these speeches, just how Abe Lincoln would feel about some of the things that were said, some of the national policies that were advocated, some of the solutions that were offered for national .problems. It may have been just my imagination, but I thought Honest Abe was a bit restless as his great statue sits out its unending days in the vast memorial on the banks of the Potomac riveT. The memorial is so arranged that Honest Abe gazes through daylight and darkness at a vista that includes the tall and imposing monument to George Washington and, beyond, to the capitol of the United States. The things that have been going on beneath the capitol dome and the things that were said by Republican and represented as being Lincolnian, it seems to me, have been quite sufficient to make the Lincoln eyes heavier, to make the lines of his stoney face deeper. Just as the Democrats, last month failed to convince very many people that Jackson would do as the New Dealers have done, so the Republican orators failed to prove they are sticking to Lincolns traditional philosophy. The tragedy is that each major party is attempting to streamline a national figure, and the result obviously is that neither Jackson nor Lincoln has been presented to the newer voters in the light of the genuine services which they rendered their country. feh A 'a 1 Mi li'tic fir. i wH If your GAS BLOATING le eonstipauon, get the DOUBLE AC'i'K'Y AcUerika. 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