The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-22
WILL CONGRESSMAN lAMPERT
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING ?

discuss more fully your record and
answer the questions that are con-
tanned herein with reference to your
record and other statements in the ad-
yertisement?
/. You say You want to deal justly
with our service boys" but would you
kindly tell what you propose to do in
the way of legislation for them: And
tell what you have done for them in
your nearly two years in congress: (:
What bills have you introduced in CON
greSs on their behalfs What laws have
you secured the passage of for them:
2. What have you done in the way
of legislation, and otherwise, to curb
the high cost of living and stop profit
eering since the president put this
matter up to congress in May, 1919?
What has the republican congress done
in this matter?
5. You say "thc farmer is entitled
to know the cost of production and to
receive such cost plus a reasonable and
fair return on capital invested and la
bor required to produce Does this
proposition require legislation national
or state? If so have you formulated
and introduced any such legislation; If
not why not? Have you worked out
any feasible plan to determine the cost
price of farm products? Upon what
basis should that be determined, upon
the original cost of the farm and i'm
provements, or upon the present mar
llet price thereof; If you are so CON
cerned for the farmer why haven't you
worked out such a plan and secured
such legislation as may be necessary to
accomplish this purpose, you have been
in congress nearly two years;
4. You voted against the Esch-Cum-
mingS Railroad bill, and you say you
believe in the public ownership of all
means of transportation. The Rcpub-
lican platform indOrseS the Esch- Cum
mlngS law as a most important piece
of constructive legislation and is
strongly opposed to government own
erShip of railroads or the operation
thereof, or of giving the employe any
voice in the operation or management
thereof. Are you a Republican: If so,
do you indorse or repudiate the Re
publican platform adopted at Chicago
Have you introduced a bill or devised
a plan for the public ownership and
operation of StOckyards, elevators, cold
storage warehouses and terminals? 1t
seems you have been in congress long
enough to do this.
5. Have you had passed any laws to
prevent Il monopoly of natural re.
sources? If so let us know what they
are and how they are being enforced.
Are there any federal laws now to pre-
vent a monopoly of natural resources, j,
Are there any state laws of this kind?
Kindly give this information.
6. iou say you are "in favor of
modifying the Nolstead act to permit
the manufacture and sale of light
wines and beer" Why haven't you pre-
pared such an amendment to the Vol
stead act and introduced it in con.
greSS?
T. You say you are opposed to the
league of nations and the peace treaty,
and favor the rejection of the treaty
in its entirety, and favor negotiations
of peace with Germany and Austria" "
This statement it seems is pure bunk, :
any man who has the slightest infor-
nation upon treaty matters knows that
this would be impossible The Repuh-
lican senate long ago rejected this idea
and the Republican platform does not
advocate such course. You say you
are opposed to the league Of nations
but "in favor of the organization Of
the nations of the earth into gcnu-
inc democratic league for the promo
ton of universal peace, justice and
righteousness assume that you
have such plan worked out. If so
have it published in the newspapers
and sent to your friends. We would
ent proposed league Of nations Why
did you not present it to the Paris
Peace conference in February, 1919,
when suggestions we're called for, or
didn't you know the peace conference
was in session then; Or why didn't
you present your so-callcd plan to the
president when he came back to this
country in February 1919, and asked
for suggestions upon this matter from
any one who would give thcm2 Is it
not fact that ex-senator Root,
Charles T.. Hughes, William Taft, and
Senator Lodge made suggestions and
asked that certain parts Of the league
of nations be changed to make things
more clear; And is II not a fact that
the president took these suggestions as
made and incorporated them into the
league Of nations, in many instances
word for word?
8, You incorporate in the closing
paragraph of the paid advertisement
the climax Of your appeal for renomi-
nation 1t is as followsi ~ favor i'm
mediaLc resLornlinn OF the cnnsliln-