Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-11
BOOSTS GENERAL
BECAUSE HE is
GREAT BIG MAN"
Omaha Grain Official Advo-
Gates Pershing's Candidacy
On Pure Logic-Cites
international Record.

Personally | favor Gen. John J
Pershing for president, not because
he belongs to Nebraska, but because
he is a great big man who has dis.
charged faithfully and well, every
duty and responsibility imposed
upon him." said Henry T. Clarke, at
torney and traffic manager of the
Omaha Grain Exchange and formei
member of the Nebraska State Rail
way commission, in a statement ad-
vocating the nomination of the com.
mander-in-chief Of the A. E. F. by
the national republican convention
in June.
In his statement Mr.. Clarke said:
"The leading candidates for the
republican nomination for president
namely, Pershing, Wood, Lowden
Johnson, Coolidge and Harding-are
all men of well-known worth and
character, and have demonstrated
that they possess those qualities oi
-statemanship, courage and leader
ship so essential in a president dur
ing this period. of reconstruction
and economic unrest.
A Great Big Man."
ANY voter, and particularly those
voters affiliated with the republican
party, could vote whole-heartedly al
the election for any one of these
candidates, confident that he would
guide this country in its foreign re.
lations along the lines laid down by
Washington and the founders of the
republic, and that in its internal af-
fairs the government would be ad.
ministered impartially but sympa-
thetically, and without favor to any
particular section or class.
His military training and record
are sufficient guarantees that he
would fearlessly and impartially en-
force the laws of this country, seek
ing only to effect results in the most
efficient manner, and that he would
not be influenced by political
exigencies to adopt any policy, un-
less convinced that the adoption OF
it would benefit the country and the
people as whole.
Fearlessly Just in War.
"We know that in the face oi
strenuous opposition, he succeeded
in establishing and maintaining the
American army as a distinct fight
ing unit in the recent war, and that
by reason thereof, the war was
brought to a successful issue much
earlier than was expected.
"We know that through his ini-
tiative and efforts, a unified COM
mand became possible on the west
ern fighting front, and that he was
largely instrumental in securing
through an allied council, a unified
command in the transport and sup
ply systems behind the lines. These
things which he made possible con-
tributed in large measure to the win
ming of the war.
''We know that he kept in re-
sponsible positions, under his COM
mand, no favorites who failed, to his
knowledge, to measure up to their
full responsibility. We know that
he appointed to responsible positions
only those whom he believed cap
able of filling those positions ef-
ficiently, ard that failure to get re-
suits on the part of any officer,
when brought .to his attention, re-
suited in the prompt demotion or
breaking Of that officer.
Highly Respected Abroad.
"He was just to all his subordi-
mates, but only those retained jobs
under him who we're able to do
efficiently the work assigned them.
Few men have as good an under
standing of world conditions. He
commands the respect and has the
friendship of those in power in Eu-
ropean countries. His high stand
ing as man and as soldier states
man would go far, if he were elected
president, toward bringing about an
honorable and amicable settlement
of all questions involving our re-
lations with foreign powers.
>"And last but not least, I am
convinced that he is big enough
man that, if elected president, he
would gather around him as ad-
visers, the brainiest, the most patri-
otic and the most competent men
that could be induced to accept and
undertake to discharge the duties
and obligations Of high public of
flee"