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Show Above rAe j,. ii .-j HULLAIAl56 y LYTLE HULL Wishful Mental Ramies (T. American . history prior to -1 World War II only three other soldiers can be said to have been the equal of George Washington in military mili-tary ability. They were Lee, Grant and Stonewall Jackson. Time will rank the great of our last war. But as a pure, unadulterated patriot, no citizen of this nation or probably of any other can be classed with the "Father of his Country." As every school-child school-child knows, he refused even to listen to those who would have crowned him king of the new nation. He declined also to accept ac-cept the Presidency for a third term thereby setting a precedent prece-dent which was never to be broken until those who surrounded sur-rounded our late President persuaded per-suaded him that under the leadership lead-ership of one man only could the Nation hope to survive. Congress Con-gress can be thanked for performing per-forming its duty with regard to any future little conceits of this nature. , We can't expect patriots like Washington every generation, but once in a century or so it would be so pleasant to reproduce the type: We did It in Lincoln! How wonderful wonder-ful if Mr. Truman had been another. We could well use a Washington or a Lincoln In these troubled times. Mr. Truman loves his country. We all do except those who prefer Russia. Rus-sia. But from our Presidents' we expect more than from the ordinary citizen; and many of us had hoped that his "State of the Union," and later messages, would place him upon a pedestal of patriotism if not of good politics. But they followed the old political vote-getting line to the letter replete with noble but unsound resolutions and garnished with the customary soak-the-rich sauce. How sad for those who dream impossible dreams about politicians. But maybe it's all for the best, for had he cast aside all political maneuvering man-euvering and spoken in terms of "My Country First, Last and Always," he would have been returned to office regardless of any other breaks which he might make before election day; and what we need in Washington is a complete change of metabolism. We'll need one after a long siege of Republicans tool The worst curse Joe Stalin could put upon us is that one party remain too long in power. He should know even better than wel |