Salt Lake Telegram | 1950-11-01 | Page 10 | Voice of the People

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE By Telegram Readers Will They All Remember After Votes Are Counted Editor Telegram Will they all nil remember after next Nov 7 what they promise today One acre of performance worth whole world of promise The curse upon political life at present not so much what is unlawful as what is un un- un- un scrupulous The decline of national character character character char char- acter is serious politics politics politics poli poli- tics we say as if politics is isa a to cast our excuses into That old threadbare counsel You will be wanting wanting wanting want want- ing favors from the government go some day is like throwing to toman toman toman man who fell overboard from ship on high sea a cake ce of soap and telling him to wash himself ashore Common among our present- present day lawmakers are those in public life prove false to their convictions thinking one thing and voting another Our greatest danger is not from Russia but from ourselves and renewal of clear conscience in our official family our only hope In the Declaration of Independence Independence Inde Inde- the signers finished up their revolutionary re document with the declaration We Ve pledge our lives our fortunes and most important of all our sacred honor Democracy is direct self-government self over all people for all people and sooner politicians learn that they cannot cannot cannot can can- not buy all people the sooner will the United States of America America America Amer Amer- ica be what George Washington intended them to be Da David vid McBride