Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-05-03 | Page 17 | Starts Campaign for President at Age of 12

Starts Camp Campaign ign for President at Age of 1 12 r g ys I y yG j 4 G fr I I t C Ct t s ss s 1 The country needs another Lincoln says Milton and he hasset hasset has hasset set out to fill that need If he succeeds hell he'll be president in 1948 By PHILIP J. J SINNOTT N NEA EA Service Writer Write SAN FRANCISCO May i. i Pre Pre Presenting Presenting a presidential candidate of ot 1948 Milton 1948 Milton R. R aged 12 His Ills politics Independent His platform And And- Milton Is already well along with his campaign In behalf of a local campaign for a Lincoln memorial memorial memorial mem mem- orial he has addressed Boy Scout troops Camp Fire Girls and even city officials and luncheon clubs He plans to keep right tight on speaking too too too-on on through ugh high school and college and after that In his tice of ot law preliminary to moving into the White House for tor an eight- eight year tenancy Campaigning for president Is no easy task no matter how young oung a aman aman man is when he tackles it Opposition Opposition tion or discouragement comes from sources right close to home sometimes some some- times In Milton's case calle its it's brother Eugene Eugene Eugene Eu Eu- gene one year younger and Milton's Mil Mil- Milton's tons ton's inseparable companion Eugene Eugene Eugene Eu Eu- gene has no white house ambitions doesn't even figure on a cabinet cabine place with Milton Hes He's set to b ba ba be bea e a mechanical engineer engineer but but he can and does propound some mighty serious questions for the future statesman We Ve ought to have an army navy and air force second to none non as a defensive measure says Milton Yes but wheres where's the money coming coming from breaks in Eugene First he wanted to be a fireman fireman fire fire- man then he wanted to be Tom Mix Eugene explained In a a. whis whis- per But Dut seriously is Milton preparing Long an admirer of Lincoln the boy has gathered every picture of Lincoln he can find collected read and saved every book or article about Lincoln that he sees Long ago I thought the country needed another Lincoln Milton explain ex ex- plains plain And in time I thought 1 I could study and become that president president dent Its Us a laudable ambition and even if It nothing comes of it it the boy has been carried through adolescence adolescence adolescence adol adol- with thoughts says his mother Mrs J. J H. H lIes Hes just an average boy in school schoolwork schoolwork schoolwork work but he is well beyond his years in his knowledge of ot world affairs af affairs affairs af- af fairs and national events He is the fourth of our five children and as long as he has a definite purpose in his youth we are going to encourage en- en encourage encourage en en- courage him in every evely way that does not make him egotistical or does not get him away practical things The White House urge seizes every boy for a 0 little while at some time Ume in his youth but Milton didn't get an incipient am nm- He lie feels he is cut out forthe for forthe forthe the Job and hes he's doing all of his studying with a view to making himself perfect for tor the place