Show HARMONY ONY AND PROGRESS SS necessity as we all know is the mother of invention for example when our forebears decided th they ey needed to get places a little easier and faster they invented the wheel I 1 politicians in that respect are just juit like other people when men they need to promote their personal progress they look for a wheel or as some would put it for a crutch it is natural therefore that they should try to build up straw men upon whom they seek to lay the blame for their own failings and shortcomings As probably was to have been expected politicians lately have found an excellent straw man variously described as the haves and the vested interests and so on ad infinitum the straw man is blamed for the depression for the present continued unemployment for governmental deficits for droughts for peace and for wars the unfortunate part about all this is that the straw men do not have bave a habit of talking back for themselves they are inclined to concentrate on their own jobs and le let t the po politicians politician liticia have their say and get by with it but we who stand on the sidelines and watch 1 can see things that neither the critics nor bor the criticized can see for instance why does docs the united states now have the highest living standard in the world why do american factory workers ride to their jobs in automobiles while those of other nations trudge through the dust why are there in more ore radios more automobiles I 1 more telephones mo more re bathtubs I 1 more of all the necessities and luxuries of life in the united states than in any other nation ln in the world did politicians create ithone those things the answer cr is obvious we know too that a lot of people fighting among themselves cannot progress the old saying 1 I 1 united we stand divided we I 1 fall is just as true as it ever was so called class hatreds hat reds are destructive it about time we buried a lot of these hatchets and blame placers and establish a rule of reason a and nd logic rather than hatred and emotion I 1 |