Show GRASSROOTS G G. O O. O P. P More Interested in n Goats Geals Than Integrity By Wright A. A Patterson THOSE THOSE REPUBLICANS who are 1 looked to as directors of the 1952 battle of the ballots have decreed decreed decreed de de- de- de creed that the issue on which the gun big oratory will br bri charged will be that of legal and moral honesty and integrity in the operations operations opera opera- of the government It is Is' Isa a noble issue but it is not one that will attract or change votes otes in the quantities that are needed There is but bat little personal Interest in the fact that a white house bouse stenographer stenographer stenographer received as a present a mink coat or that a presidential clerk was given free hotel accommodations accommodations ac ac- ac In Florida or that deep freeze units where handed out to several favored individuals by General Vaughn or that others othes had free Cree cameras cameras cam cam- eras free vacation trips There is a greater A of Americans who by the cc of industry and thrift have accumulated accumulated two or more goats than there are those who have only one or less and those with two or more nore object to following the so so- MA ot OF preachment of dividing with those who have less Self preservation is INFANTILE the first law of n na nature nature na- na PARALYSES ture and those with two or more goats are not to the socialistic trend JANUARY 31 31 2 of the nation and the present tion Attacking that trend toward the left the threat of socialism will change far more votes than will legal and moral honesty and Integrity integrity integ Integ- rity in government because it has hasa a personal application the he promise to retain the old an and tried and proven American profit Th Then en too go government veri ment s spending ending the thing that calls for lor more ta taxes ta es which all must pay ay can be a big vote Setter getter eS especially with the government govern govern- government ment running into the red with each Passing month and ami government debts increasing at an alarming rate Such Stick things are of oJ greater moment to the general run mn of American voters than Is who gets a fur coat and ad other presents pres tnt or r who goes to prison for lor embezzlement embezzlement em em- m- m 01 of government funds lunds But orating about the need for legal and moral honesty and Int Integrity Integrity Integ Integ- g- g rity in government can be bt a powerful pow erful appeal for turning the rascals rascal out especially for those who believe believe be be- lieve In such honesty and integrity With such an inspiring subject the big guns of the party should tie ge able to create havoc in the ranks of the opposition and keep the president on the defensive until the last gun gunIs gunIs gunis is fired and the last vote is cast But the Republican leaders must remember that the President is a good explainer The owning land farmers do not want America to be turned into n D socialistic state They do not want to divide acres with the landless who prefers to sit In the shade during during dur duro ing the hot summer hours while the farmer works from sunup to sundown producing food for for forthe the na na- na tion The worker with a job Is opposed opposed op op- op posed to socialism Ke Ge is supporting supporting sup sup- por porting ing himself and family by br industry not by sitting on a park bench asking for a dole The millions of those with bank accounts the owners of stocks and bonds the holders of life Ute insurance are arc not seeking an opportunity to divide their savings sayings sav say ings with the shiftless It is the thrifty and industrious men and women that Republican opposition to the state will appeal and they represent sent a majority of the American voters They are more Interested in protecting pro their two or more goats than in the question of legal and mora moral honesty and integrity in government gov because the protection of what they have has a direct persona personal per per- sona application Why not show this greater number number num ber the dangers foi them in this rapid drift to the I left lt and make that the number one subject for the oratory of the battle of the ballots of 1952 Or Is the party as such fearful of that scattering of Republicans Republicans who are tainted with the socialistic socialistic socialistic so so- colors Any such loss would be far more than offset by bythe bythe bythe the gain Such radicals are not a party asset And the Republicans should remember remember remember re re- re- re member that President Truman has hiAS hasa a long memory and can revive the scandals of Hardings Harding's time |