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Show A REPUBLICAN J00W1ERANG Nothing so forcibly reveals tho des. pornto situation at tho Kcpubllcnn N'a. I tlonal Campaign Headiiuarteis as their attempt to discredit President Wilson's Mexican policy by a "Movlo" picture directed by a pardoned convict whoso i Idea of u "thrill" Is a sccno showing ( nuns being ravished nnd whoso eon. coptlon of patriotism Is tho President ulscop at his desk. Hut nftor till tho principal is responsible respon-sible for this agent. Hal Held wns on. ly trying to cam the $35,000 npprop. rlntcd by the Hepubllcnn National Comlttco for a film which now stinks so loud they don't want to get will. In smelling dlsanco of It. Ann tno excuse themselves by saying they never nev-er know It would bo so rotten! Tho point Is thls-lt wasn't too rotten If they could get nwny with It. They were caught In tho act of trying t "put it over." They were caught la the act of trying to deny responsibility responsibil-ity for it. Does anyono bellowi that Hal Held went ahead with tho faked film boforo ho had had his sconnrlo 0. K.'d by vomcono In authority at Kopubllcan Houdnunrtors? Rvorctt Colby's in. doraemont. "It's a corker." I sufficient suffi-cient proof of this. That It was In oxecrnblo tasto or even trcasonablo what was thnt to this crowd which hns nothing to spend but money 1 'ho whole sordid affair Is a fit parallel to the Kum, Roman, ism ami Rebellion campaign which proved such a boomerang to tho pnr. ties that staited lt. What can you expect of n party which campaigns on nbuso vllliflca. Hon, slander, Innuendo, nnd lies? Wo tgree with tho llrooklyn Knglo in won. doring "if there was anything In this film that was not moro than suggested by Col. Roosevelt In his many attacks tipon tho President's Mexican policy? He has proclaimed President Wilson lesponslblo for the conditions that ho dcscilbed. Others havo dono tho same In view of this, why should the playwright be blamed for ndnpt. lag them nteilnl to his medium? Can It be thnt the villlflors ot tho President hud to see those things on tho Bcroon boforo realizing how truly desplcnblo this roim of attack appears to most people?" The exposure of tho character of this pun Id film should, says tho Kvo. nlug World, provo a sharp lesson to Republican campaign lenders. "Tho whole nffalr puts n stigma upon Ro. publican campaign methods." o |