Show NUMBER ONE public friend carl C countryman again wants to be president of the united states with true political ebullience he has dubbed himself american public friend number one and adopted a monolithic slogan countryman for his countrymen his countrymen for countryman that this near pal tongue twister is intended to strike sparks of devotion from the flinty hearts of american voters is apparent in countryman s frank statement that my campaign must be ton fori over whelming publicity and an appeal to the imagination of the american people I 1 have a lot ot of evl evi dence that my slogan countryman for his countrymen his coun thymen for country man Is doing the trick countryman Is not a myth he is not a hoax himself nor is he trying to perpetrate a hoax through his presidency cam laign he ile is just a man getting along in years now who Is serving the sincere belief that he could do better in the white house than the political figureheads in vogue countryman opposes communism I 1 want no part nor dealings deaf ings with the communist usurpers who rep resent but a small fragment of the great russian people countryman opposes the military draft the draft is a subterfuge of incompetence I 1 favor making universal military training so antrae tive that it will be universal or approximately so countryman s name will appear on no primary election ballots the gain inherent in such a course will not justify the necessary expends ture of tune time and money countryman likes john bricker of ohio if I 1 cannot get the nomina tion I 1 am all tor for bricker I 1 should like to have the ticket countryman and bricker but if it not then bricker and countryman lb there Is a truism which holds that universally present in the heart ol 01 every man is the belief that he could play hamlet and run a newspaper countryman brings that deeply felt human motivation to the height of true nobility for in his heart Is the crowning belief that he also could be a good president |