Show safety sam says ily by lowell J farmer columnists get into the habit pf af making some pretty strong strone statements about things thing without knowing the facts or all sides ol of the question they get by with it t first because very few people remember what they read from dom one day to the next andl andi second because by the lie time whatever they were talking about comes canies to pass their statements state menta are aie buried bulled under volumes of print and nobody Is interested in ili anything but the news as it happens if it happens their prediction was right light they dig it out themselves and it if not they leave it buried bulled writers and speakers are human it seems ad doir bommen commentators acors teil the days news and give their slant on why it happened that way or even offer their suggestions on liow low a thing should be done in other words they criticize constructively their stuff Is seasoned with their personality and sometimes makes pretty dry reading lending or listening but in any event it one of them offers a sound solution to the problem he Is 0 K X poor commentators commentate s or colum lists make bi oath taking dictions which more moie often tha than not are wrong they are on the sensational side and some can hold us la in suspense with their entrancing gibberish and facile peddling of bushwa personally ally I 1 would rather listen to one of these fellows than to read lead a good solid columnist like walter lipmann they have personality allty and lip manns manns stuff Is dry reading leading at the best we all enjoy the sensational sat ional side of things we love to have a look at the future but that Is human too it if a choice bit of gossip or a gran dlos prediction of things to come has no basis in fact or does not materialize teri alize it still makes interesting listening or 01 reading we enjoy good showmanship and therein lies the value entertainment alone it if you want a good show I 1 would recommend walter Win or drew diew pearson the columnist I 1 started stalled to take a crack at was david lawrence I 1 read lead in one of his columns where lie he severely se criticized the failure of the allies to get help to china guess he e heard the burnia burma road load and all sea lase lanes to china were in the hands hand of the japs everyone itse else knows about it lie has no basis tor for making comments on the conduct of the wai arhe men who are fighting aie ahe only ones who know how tough it Is and no armchair Strat strategist agist Is going to make it any easier for them leaders co commentators m men gators writers all helpio help to shape public opinion all contribute in some way to bunian hu nian events disagree or 1 1 agree with the them in whichever whid hever we ma pay y 6 do Is a not to be taken lightly americans merl cans fulfil fulfill this responsibility at the polls Per perhaps laps you read in the pa tier per about a grand old man who passed I 1 its hla hun hundredth dreith birthday last week and was able to say lie he had never missed voting once one of the few real leal americans today A real american always votes |