Show CANDY STICK GOVERNMENT Wendell Willkie coined a phrase the other day which may well live long after this political campaign has become history He criticised what he called candy stick government as the cause of Frances France's downfall He said they had adopted the candy stick theory of government When a achild achild achild child cries you give him a piece of candy and try to quiet him That's good and its it's worth remembering not only in relation to the downfall downfall down down- fall of France but in relation to the problem of the survival of any democracy The greatest weakness of democratic government is that it may become a soft government government-a a government in which crying pressure groups must continually continually contin contino be pacified in which government largesse replaces work and sacrifice in which crying Instead of effort wins the candy stick of ease and comfort If there is a fifth column latent in our land it will find expression first in the chaos of mob disorder out of which dictatorship springs Francis Biddle solicitor general of the U. U S. S There is a fine line between being too aggressive aggressive ag ago ag- ag and being confident of your own I ability Mrs Franklin D. D Roosevelt |