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Show Sen. Elbert D. Thomas Presented Political Talk To Packed House The Wadsworth Theatre was packed to near capacity last Friday Fri-day evening when the Washington county Democratic committee presented pre-sented U.' S. Senator Elbert D. Thomas, whose address was followed fol-lowed by a free picture show. Noted in the audience were 92 year old Hyrum Leany and his wife, and many former U. of U. students. Preceding Senator Thomas, Commissioner N. R. Frei, Waldon Ballard and Evan J. Woodbury and Representative E. S. Gardner spoke. Mr. Frei made the official introduction of Senator Thomas, who included in his address the fundamental principles of Democracy, Democ-racy, the listing of seven indispensable indis-pensable presidents of the United States, and the explained the laws by Congress in behalf of the service ser-vice men. Indispensible presidents for the vital periods of U. S. history named by Senator Thomas included includ-ed George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Abra-ham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Franklirt D. Roosevelt. He challenged the audience aud-ience to name other truly great presidents of this nation and outlined out-lined the facts which made each of these presidents indispensible to his particular period. Each of these presidents in his turn has been classed as dictators, said Mr. Thomas, and each has been pro-( pro-( Continued on Supplement) Senator Thomas (Continued from first page) claimed truly great because he had the courage to stand for what he believed was right and the power to evision the future of the Nation and to give his all for the ideals which have promoted her greatness in times of war as well as peace. Senator Thomas refuted the accusation ac-cusation that he had voted against again-st the bill in behalf of the service men, admitting that he had formulated, form-ulated, presented and defended the measure which is now a law, and which provides for the mustering out of servicemen with enough pay to return to their chosen locations, lo-cations, where those who desire may have four years of education or loans to help them set up in business or agriculture or before returning they may purchase a jeep and tour Europe if they choose, as many soldiers of World War One wanted to do. These are merely some of the plans worked out to help rehabilitate the men and women who have been giving their all, he explained. He stated further that the cost of educating one million service men for four years would amount merely to the cost today of two days of war prosecution maintaining maintain-ing that those who have served are entirely deserving of these privileges even at greater cost. |