Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-10-23 | Page 6 | Views of the Press

Views of the Press Bruce Bartons Barton's offer to wager Secretary Wallace 1000 that Hitler would Jike like to see see Mr Roosevelt elected Instead of Mr Willkie is all that was needed to demonstrate th thE Inherent ab- ab ab absurdity absurdity of making Hitler's supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed preferences In this matter an issue in an American cam cam- Of what possible value is Hitler's judgment to us whichever way it runs The American people are better equipped than Hitler to decide what is best for this country New York Times Ten states have barred Communist Communist Communist Com Com- parties from pl places ces on the November 5 election ballot In exactly half hall of the states the theban theban theban ban was put on beca because se the Communist party favors overthrow overthrow overthrow over over- throw of 01 the American form of government which government which sounds like a very substantial reason At any rate the communists are not doing so well just now in these United States States end and that's as it should be Los Los Angeles Herald- Herald Express Timely indeed is the drive by the National Organization for Decency under Catholic church auspices to wipe obscene periodicals periodicals periodicals peri peri- off San Francisco news news- stands Even casual observation observation reveals the need of an effort along this line Closer inspection uncovers unbelievably shocking g types types- of magazines some designed primarily to in intrigue intrigue intrigue in- in children of e elementary and high school age San San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco News Taken together these bases constitute a mighty chain which dominates the entire eastern seaboard seaboard sea sea- board of the Americas Vision a continent safeguarded not by byone byone byone one Gibraltar but by more than thana a dozen Then perhaps you will sense the magnitude of the job of defending this hemisphere and the magnitude of the vision and courage which inspired President Roosevelt to lead us in undertaking it Philadelphia Record This country is today confronted confront confront- ed by one of the greatest dangers that have ever confronted a democracy That danger is is-a is a packed electorate The machine that is being used to swing the election for the new deal is the coercive coercive W P A A. A a n national political political po po- octopus with strangling tentacles reaching into every city town and hamlet in the country San San Francisco Examiner ner