The Benson signal., 1918-06-29

Sug e eeStS Joint {
II E R. ROOSEVELT has sent to the Senate ten thou
|MA sand words of denunciation of the President
AVA of the United States of Secretary Baker, of
Postmaster General Burleson and Of the Hearst
papers He has caused this datrbe to printed in the
Congressional and distributed broadcast among
people at the very moment when the reach
ing its most arduous and most critical stage
very sincerely believe that Mr.. Roosevelt is max
ing a grave mistake in endeavorng to distract
leaders, disturb the machinery Of Government and
C military operations and spread doubt and dis
trust and Gissonson among people ct this serious
time This the time above all times for the sacrifice
Ct our personal asp rations and ar&agonisms
bined endeavor, for The exeIion CT most vigorous,
It IS not time for discussion and dissension and
dotrar5lcn.
All loyal Americans, individuals and institutions
should jon together regardless Of personal or political
proiudices, ar work harnoou2y to help our Pfesi7
dent and p5ople 70 win the war.
This the Hearst publications have earnestly and
rc,n t6osver a1st day Of tae var TIE Hearst
newsparcrs have believed ts9at victory would be won
by the united effort and energy oil al1 people, and
not BY TIC bcke~ng and fanltGnding Of few of our
people.
ha @ S Of e 'ns war
be conded to the Executives that while deliberation
and r2ny c9unseloI ,a We're good in peace undivided
Tho Cay afto. war was declared the Hearst papers
urged army Of million men, the larges1 increase
that con!3 1es3n'y be made in the navy, and sn-
nuI2c .3h!o 2G~opl2re3 and scop]anes."
The leaders Of h2th parties in Congress opposed
on Hut m Hco s parars Circulated petitions from
the AtIantic TO the Pacific, and collected than
100000 signatures asking Congress to pass the
Selective CONSUMPTION Act.
Only by using the full atrength Of the natio1a
AN6 Alo3r EVER4 hANS sTRENGTa m WAERn II II y
erted was the definite verbatim expression Of this PEI
ttion
nv former associates in Cor aec3 to vote r seectvc
conscription and on Apr;l At published tour-column
After the fight for the selective draft was won,
the Ee2o papers sailed for the eoaaHest M & Ct 3 the ar
urged TIC appropriation Of the $1,000 for aero
planes ard aviatora which was finally secu d. .
TWO YEARs BEFonE THE war the Hea- papers
fought with vgor and pcrsistoncy for Co.. 3rnment-
built merchant marine But the bill providing for it
killed by Glibvstcr in which Senators Penrose
and Oliver, Eihu Root and Henry Cabot Lodge of
Massachusets-al friends of Mr.. RooseveIt's Joined:
But for this fiIibuatcr might have had at least
year ago the ships required to defeat the submarine
The seective draft ships and aeroplanes having
been provided, the Hearst newspapers next petitioned
Congress or Temperance during the war; to stopethe
use of foodatus FOR raaking whisky This legislation
Was accomplished in sixty days. but the Hearst papers
had been making sustained fight against whisky for
70 aid the First Liberty Loan, s14 columns of
news editorials and cartoons were published IN the
Many thousands of posters on the Liberty Loan
drawn by Hearst cartoon13tS posted in all the
great cities Of the country. One of them, published
May p, 1917 effective that R. Y. Woolley, di
rector of publicity o. the Treasury Department. WASH
ngton, requested copies for every Federal Reserve
Bark in the Unitcd Statos-77O0 ia number-and they
furnished free.
"Your work deserved unmeasured commendation,"
wrote the Governments Director Of Publicity,
TO aid recruiting to the navy, the marines and the
volunteer army, the Hearst newspapers created
manned recruiting stations in the principal cities of the
Union.
In New York City MORE THAN HALF of the en-
iist,rc:ts made at New York American stations