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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Sally Sez stmt Mum National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart -f 1""" .... III. . JIII...I i i . I . ' ' 1. , ' " -yCH'y .tiii.i,Vy.ir.' tTWOCy - rl tat I IT!n.ttti'TT rfTvi H rn.rf K .v. 1 rpirr m I- " i ' m ' ar , ar m m m m m m m 1 ai -r m r m bi If rfll Nicolet's Mectinq with the Wmnebaqoes at Green Bail . mv-WM5U CAffcer the Painting by t.W.Deminq m the W.won.m HistoiwlSecteW OW Fori Mackinac (Q aAC. I jll ofltheHUlcfHistorq'' negation Co. ly ELMO SCOTT WATSON I entals Marco Polo had written about several J . :0W Fori Mackinac MtheHUlcfHistorq'' ly ELMO SCOTT WATSON UBIXO the last Presidential campaign v beard a great deal about tne rorgottea Man," even though no one tetua to have known exactly who kt wis and why he was forgotten. This summer tardy honors are to be paid to a real "forgotten man," one whose name and whose right to fame have been allowed to remain In obscurity for a mutter of 300 years! He was Jean Nlrolet a French courier de bols, Indian Interpreter tnd exulorcr. the iliscnvprer of Lake JB tad the first white mnn tn visit the itstes of Michigan and Wisconsin. In t latter fact, It would seem appro- I' either or hnth it rhnaa atnroa hnd M Perpetuate his nm tn at leant one Em, counties or rivers. But you will It mtta- In i.nl.i n.li namo. FW that a Nlrolet tablet was dedicated uac uiand In Michigan by the Mackinac ?Ut Park I .... vuuiiiii-siiMi auu iuo aiiiuiKau P commission on July 13. 1915, and that pwmiin State Historical society at Mad-pi Mad-pi painting by Edwin Wlllard Demlng M Nlcolefs meeting with the Wlnneba- luKlhorM nf firnun tin . t.. r. Iths who had the best reason for r"i mm. rf.1yl of this year marks the begln-l begln-l tercentennial celebration of the state r" "a week of July 1 to 8 will be Pat Mrnlot u,...i .. ...... j .v un aiutkinuc ismuu eant, sponsored by the Michigan , 8 Amerlrun Revolution. Daugh- l"e oncnigan Historical com- win nam k..i i . . .. r - in iK iug name out or the ii into hih it i,., i . . .. i, ... ,i een ioi ior inree sw anil inuir. i.i... . - 'i i uer Known not only to mat state but to all Americans as born in ('herhourg. France, about f . w religious zeal nrt ...v...ai,...n n ?"w,m,nK Ow're for adventure." rurally led i,m tn c . . . , dominion, ,r . Z " .u'l"u" " M ntt I.. fviiHiiiic anu in already had Institute . polir-, nf ttn r.VnU"K f0llHwer9 t0 the Indians uiw KHln ' k"ftwlage of the lan-, lan-, m81 cuuntr' n woodlore of the "meUeTin' A,onQn on the Isle 'withe in J ,"UWa r,ver- Her ne l! o i".K f" nne f them 'ted frS ,WC0U,,trymaD- Be" rofmeiri hew,,sn,nd0 one of an aols and Konq"ln8 who Journeyed lt laiUonaT gnUttte(l tnporary peace S r'"' lhft A1Konqulns, Nlco-' Nlco-' hj Chn,..r . or "Ine yenrs. He was ! Ior trln . 1 "na ,nructed to P of those hi i ' ,he WP8,ern wilderness Ither K..7! uu,tant Western , nor h.,. . " " f 'too, u,us' ""d who Journeyed f killed- ti,, . . i - people might b the Ori entals Marco Polo had written about several centuries before and that In finding tneni, me long-sought new route to China might be discovered discov-ered That was why Nlcolet carried with him "a superb robe of Chinese damask, embroidered all over with flowers and Diras. ' ue wiis vv to make a proper appearance on meeting me Chinese mandarins. x?ir.ir toft ThrMi Rivers. Que.. July 1. 1K54, In company with three Jesuits. Fathers Brebeuf. Daniel and Davost. who were accoinpauju.B a w a r u.,r,n nn their wav home from their U HI ill VI w v.. w annual trading visit to Quebec. He traveled with them to the Isles des Allumettes wnere ne un- i tn, o im with his friends, the Algon- aulns. Uter he Joined the Jesuits at Ihonatlria. where he assembled a party i wU..-.. and embarked In a frail canoe ror n.s jour... Into the West. i.-tn i ni-o Huron, the party Journeyed up f.-. ,ivr tn what Is now Sault Ste. Marie, returned south, then proceeded west through the Straits of Mackinac and paauiea oui u Michigan, which was known then and for many years afterward as fte Lake of the Illinois. Con- . ... 1.1- Trwtl.n Mnnilfl tlnulng southward Mcoiei ami m i" entered Green bay and near the head of that body of water he found the people he had been sent to find the wmneDagoes blows with the Hurons, allies of the French, and with whom he bad been charged to negotiate a peace. "When he nenred the Winnebago town, he sent n mpRsemrer ahead to announce his coming, and, having put on his gorgeous robe, followed him on the scene," writes William Henry Johnson In "French Pathfinders In Norm Amenta. re. did a circus, making Its grand entry Into a village vil-lage In all the glory of gilded chariots and brass bnnd, Inspire deeper awe man uns ...-ih ...-ih hi a flnmlnz robe and a pair of plslols. which he fired continually. His pale face, the first the Wlnnenagocs "u them a sense of something unearthly. The squaws and children fled into the woods, shrieking that It was a manltou (spirit) armed with thunder and lightning. The warriors, however. sUhmI their ground bravely and later entertained him with a feast of one hundred and twenty beaver. .... if wiint did not succeed In opening relations with Cathay and CIpango (China and Japan), he did something else that entitles him to be commemorated among the Pathfinders. He ascended Fox river to Its headwaters, crossed the little divide that separates the waters flowing .L. ini,.. frr.m (hns Hiai emniy uuu MHO IIIH Knio ... n, Gulf of Mexico, and launched his canoe on the Wisconsin, first white man, so rar as who' floated on one of the upper tributaries of the mighty river." Nlcolet made such a favorable l.npreaslon on the Wlnnebagoes that he was able to negotiate a treaty with them by wnicn mey B" ;" tlir furs to the French fosti W the St Law rence. He also won the friendship of the Mns-coutlns, Mns-coutlns, spent the winter with them and 1 ret urned to Quebec In 1035 to report to Chnmplnln of his adventures In the west. Bight years after this historic Journey. Mco-. Mco-. ' . .h m the SL Uwrence river. S "h . "a M . U.. Clef . f tn. among the Indians was pi" - ... . . nf hla time. inai or any ouwr . " , tk.t enii,i In 1042 word reached Quebec that a Sokokl TVicq All Helped Make Historq at Mackinac Indian was about to be put to death by the Algonqulns. The Sokokls were allies of the Iroquois Iro-quois and Nlcolet knew that If the Algonquin killed the captive that It meant a renewal of the bloody strife between the Algonqulns and the Iroquois. It was then late In October and Ice was forming In the river. Nlcolet hastened aboard a shallop, making for SlUery. A squall etniok the boat, overturning It and throwing Nlcolet, a friurwi mul the crew into the Icy water. One by one they went down. Only Nlcolet and one other were left Then, chilled by the bitter cold and exhausted In his vain attempt to reach shore, Nlcolet called to his friend: "Make for the shore, IeChavlgny; you can swim. Bid good-by to my wife and children chil-dren ; I am going to God." A moment later he disappeared forever. "Nlcolet was not a great explorer like Cham-plaln," Cham-plaln," declared Father Campbell, who spoke at the dedication of the Nlcolet tablet on the island lu liHo, "not a picturesque governor like Fronte-nac; Fronte-nac; or even a successful discoverer like Mar quette; nor a martyr like tne uevoiea jesuu missionaries who followed the Nlcolet train Into the Northwest. Brebeuf, Jogues. Panlel and Uar--ouii inr canonized by the Church of Rome, "He was simply an Imllan imerpri'ier ana ex--i... nanniini ii selfish ambition or surround ings calculated to destroy every noble ambition, who proved beneath so plain an exienor w 09 a man whose virtues may be proposed to the youth of our country as an example and an Inspiration." In-spiration." In his tribute to Nlcolet another :i'ent churchman church-man Right Kev. Bishop Frank A. O'Brien, has said- "Under the banner of the Cross he went forward. He led his chosen bands tnrougn wuus unknown. Nlcolet was Intrepid, unafraid, majestic majes-tic and courageous." Certainly such a person deserves a l-eUer fate than to be a "forgotten man" In American history his-tory and one of the purposes of the pageant that Is nelng given In northern Michigan is to pay him a richly deserved, though belated, tribute. trib-ute. But he Is not the only historic figure who k m.,.rlaltMt ilnrlns the week, for the III lie iuv;iimi-v " whole thrilling story of the Straits scttlements-Mnckinac, scttlements-Mnckinac, Sault Ste. Marie and St. knace-ls to be depicted by 300 costumed performers. . it... i.ni rta nf hft. Included In the episodes or sides the arrival of Nlcolet, are the coming of the Jesuit missionaries; the em of the -Jollet. La Salle and TontI; the rule of Cadillac Cadil-lac at Mlchllllmackinac (the original name of the place) ; the British regime and the famous massacre there during Pontine war; the contest con-test between the British and the Anirica for possession of this strategic H . during the Revolution ant! again during the Wnr of 1812 and the beginning of the Amer'can fur trade under John Jacob Astor. For all of these are links In the chain of Mackinac's history which began on 300 years ago with the coming of that forgotten forgot-ten man" who Is now being bonoredJea Nlcolet, the Frenchman, "intrepid, maJeaUc, u ft) tr Wutwa wppr ' - Washington. Prior to and since adjournment of the second session of the Roose-Where Roose-Where I New velt congress, I Deal Headed?havMe t0 co!' lect for these columns col-umns a composite picture of opinion opin-ion among our lawmakers as to where this New Deal in government Is headed. Oftlmea I have report ed here that I was unable to comprehend com-prehend many phases of the New Deal because there has been so much confusion. It has been kaleidoscopic In its character from the start, but there have been Indications Indi-cations that a second session of congress con-gress and Presidential messages would serve to clarify the situation. situa-tion. Such, however, has not been the case, Insofar as my humble ability to understand It Is concerned. con-cerned. To demonstrate more clearly what I mean, let me relate that I have sought the views of a great many members of congress and, with one or two exceptions, the replies re-plies to my questions were tHvlde4 Into two classes. If the representative representa-tive or senator was a devout administration ad-ministration supporter, the answer was that we are headed for greater human hannlness on the basis of a planned natldnal life. If the one to whom the questions, were directed were a Republican or a Democrat Demo-crat who Is unwilling to swallow academic theories In accordance with the doctor's prescription, the answer almost Invariably was: "I don't know." Many of them expressed ex-pressed the belief that there was merit In much of the New Deal program, pro-gram, but its ultimate end was a matter which they declare they could not now foresee. I also have examined again many of the letters that I have received from readers of these columns since the New Deal came Into operation, but they fail to provide a consensus consen-sus as to whether the writers of them have formed conclusions as to direction. - It Is to be recalled further that Mr. Roosevelt, In submitting legislative legis-lative proposals to either of the two sessions of congress, has said with absolute frankness that his program, then being offered, contained con-tained experimental features. With equal frankness and courage, he stated that If the experiments failed, he would be among the first to admit the fact. Such was his attitude regarding the gigantic agricultural ag-ricultural adjustment program with all his various policies for limitation limita-tion of production and enforced control con-trol of surplus. But since the President has not said yet that any of these have failed, It can only be conceded that he Is satisfied with the progress being made. Opponents of the New Deal and doubting Thomases are pointing the finger of scorn more and more to these experiments, and I am Informed In-formed by observers who have been visiting various sections of the country that there Is dissatisfaction In considerable volume concerning the results thus far accomplished. From Industrial communities and the areas where the bulk of the In come taxes are collected by the government I hear the question: "Who Is going to pay for all this?" There can be no doubt that this nuestlon of "who Is going to pay" will become paramount at a later date than It Is now. But the leaders of the New Deal have gone no further to this date than to say that a restored prosperity will make the payments easy. And the truth of this statement, of course, cannot be disputed. Many observers In Washington had thought when the President insisted in-sisted on senate Fail to Pin confirmation of T ,.; his nomination of Tugwell 1rofessor Tug. well to be undersecretary of agriculture,- there would be an exposition exposi-tion of the New Deal objectives. Such, however, was not the case. Of course, the senate committee hearing where Professor Tugwell was Questioned turned out to be an abortive thing, but still It had been expected there would be something that would add to the sum or pub lic understanding of the destination sought. Senator Smith of South Carolina. Democratic chairman of the committee and a staunch opponent op-ponent of Professor Tugwell, tried to pin the professor down to statements state-ments that would Indicate what the so-called head of the brain trust thought. the government is doing respecting re-specting agriculture. So did Senator Sen-ator Byrd, a Virginia Democrat Neither succeeded. Professor Tugwell was surprised at the questlous asked him. He thought the committee ought to take his "word" without reservation. He assured the senators of his unqunll tied support of the Constitution of the United States, but afterward observers here voiced their Inability Inabil-ity to reconcile that assertion with the professor's earlier writings to the effect that he could not under stand "the unreasoning, almost hysterical hys-terical attachment of some Americans Ameri-cans for the Constitution." Notwithstanding Not-withstanding this, the committee went right ahead and voted fa vorable report to the senate on the professor's nomination. Several Washington correspondents asserted assert-ed In dispatches to their newspapers, newspa-pers, however, that administration whips had been cracking close to the backs of numerous senators. It was quite apparent throughout the hearing on the professor's nomination nom-ination that many of the Democrats and, of course, all of the Republicans Republic-ans were anxious to gain a better understanding of the New Deal objective. ob-jective. In that effort, they failed to get to first base. Mr. Tugwell advocated a planned national economy econ-omy up to a certain point, but I was told by senators after the hearing hear-ing that! they did not know what that point was. 4 -1 U wJjtr!LJ Whr W fct thr ftk iMp la. Thtir cm4 'tor rM m "ht", Wte Wxterm ptopl bur " Cum "what it Ultra w"t rot". LETS FATRONIZR HOME INDUSTRY Another trend, or some think It Is a trend, that Is evident in the management man-agement of affairs Ignore by President Critic, "oosevelt Is an apparent willingness willing-ness on the part of the White House ta pay less aud less attention to critics. That Is, ninny observers lately have culled attention to an Indication that Mr. Roosevelt Is willing to Ignore more and more of the attacks on his administration. He Is not the-type, -of course w!m will make a face at his critics. He Is a master politician, and keen politicians never do such things. But when one examines the statements state-ments and Information that Is passed out from the White House In these days and those forthcoming, forthcom-ing, say, six months ago, the present-day grist Is much more. If not entirely, free from "answers" to critics. And this Is hnppenlng In a period when there Is obviously very much more criticism than In the earlier days of the administration. Let me supply a basis of comparison: com-parison: When the airmail contracts con-tracts were cancelled, Col. Charles Lindbergh sent a telegram to the President, complaining about the act. The colonel's air transportation transporta-tion company made the message public before It was laid on the President's dpsk, or so Stephen Karly, one of the President's secretaries, sec-retaries, said. After the message appeared In the newspapers, Mr, Early spoke at length to the newspaper news-paper correspondents about tbe colonel's "discourtesy' In making the message public Some six months later, Clarence Darrow, the Chicago attorney, and the board of review of NRA affairs which he headed, let loose a blast on NRA that constituted a most vitriolic criticism of this phase of the New Deal. The President, himself, has said almost nothing abont the Darrow Dar-row board criticism. True, General Gener-al Johnson replied In his usual bombastic bom-bastic way, but that was General Johnson and not the White House. Criticism has been made In congress con-gress of the Agricultural Adjustment Adjust-ment administration. Attacks on this have come also from the outside. out-side. But there has been no reply from the President, the top of the administration. Money policies have been under attack, as have been some of the relief measures which seem to some to hint of government-owned government-owned factories soon. These attacks at-tacks have been allowed, however, to spend themselves In the thin air. The President is going to Hawaii for vacation. That fact, of course. Is generally Writer known. But there ft Is one feature of Vert uut rlp that has not been generally circulated. Arrangements Ar-rangements for the trip cH fnr virtual vir-tual elimination of news corre spondents from the picture of the President's vacation. That Is almost al-most without precedent. Washington Washing-ton correspondents are walling and gnashing teeth all over the place, because that would be a gorgeous trip for those assigned to write news about the President. Usually, fifteen or twenty writers accompany the President everywhere he travels. trav-els. It Irks the correspondents, personally, per-sonally, but It seems to be Irking some of the great newspnpers more because they are taking the view that It constitutes censorship by the President The arrangements for the Ha waiian trip are a little hard to un- derstand. They appear to be a right-about face on the part of tne administration. This writer has been In Washington almost twenty years and never In that time have the facilities made available for the correspondents at tho White House been greater than nnder Mr. Roosevelt's Roose-velt's direction. He has courted a friendly press at all times. Everything Every-thing that was necessary for the newspaper writers was theirs to command. Now, however, the President Is traveling on a naval cruiser, and he does not even have his own secre-tarles secre-tarles with hltn. 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