Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-15 | Page 2 | Nebraskans to Name General as Candidate

Movement On to Put Forward i "Favorite Son" Ab Republi- can Nominee. ! - Pershing expresses i VIEWS ON SUBJECT 4 Not Seeking Presidential Nom-i Nom-i ination, But Would Not Re- fuse to Serve. I WASHINGTON. April 14. While general Pershing is not sock a presidential presi-dential nomination he told fellow No-fcraskans No-fcraskans hare tonight at a reception given in his honor by the iocal Nebraska Ne-braska society that "no patriotic" Am-' Am-' rican could refuse to servo if called Ioy me peopio. The statement followed references y other speakers to a movement in Nebraska t'o name General 1'crshlng a? the "favorlto son" candidate from (hat state tor the ltapublican noinina-' noinina-' (iun. "it seems fitting that 'I should say to you, my friends," Uuu-ral l'ershmg said,"lhat my wholo lite has beon devoted de-voted to tho service of our " country, And while in no sense seeking it, I feel that no patriotic American could decline to serve in that high position it called upon to do so by the people, i, Pershing Expresses Viewa. 1 Ceneral Pershing also expressed his tiews ns a Nebraskan as to labor and Agricultural problems. ; "Labor in Nebraska is especially 1 hcnorablo," he said, "'and the lubor-r lubor-r ! tng man is held in high esteem. 1 I through his Intelligence he occupies 3 . iin important place in the community. Mj ' lie. is not carried away by vague or 3 ij ffile theories of government and aoes 11 tot follow false or revolutionary lead-f lead-f drs. Nebraska labor maintains a sane Jt qnd patriotic attitude toward our inns in-ns sjlltutions and stands ever ready to de-I de-I ond them. It is for all of ua to see I II that he always receives the consider-I consider-I ' I qtiou due him and his family and (hat 111 ht be not allowed to suiter m cuinpeii-I cuinpeii-I t?on with cheaper labor in, or from, I j foreign lands." I j J Agriculture is Baaic Industry. I j Agriculture, Gen.-rl Pershing said; I ! as Nebraska's basic industry. 4 "Although scarcity of heip greatly ?, curtailed their efliciency," he added, I ;', '(no class of citizens in the union ciid I ', more to sustain the allied peoples auJ their armies during the war than th I 1 farmers. They must not m ruture I surrounded with hampering roslric-I roslric-I lions, onerous regulations or auversc 1 market conditions which prevents the II ; fulfillment of Uiis duty toward the mfn millions of people the world over who Hji depend upon them for food supply." Hj " Praising Nebraska's "commuauy j' spirit" General Pershing declared that '' "the welfare of the whole people m! means the welfare of the individuals. mU oo