Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-08
Canned Editorials

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Chieftain:
MAIN STREET
Sinclair Sim lair Lewis author Of Main Street certain
book The folks in New York supposed hand
think he's just awfully realistic. They ought to Know
for the majority Of them who amount to any
vt d Of on on
minds and smuEness the horrible slime of srnugness
Now maybe if you're % ~ old fashioned and remember
County, and o old axo na o ] ho9 hs of
preston Perhaps you have thought some American
what depends you're ieoEins ss4s
and in roskns
S hm Listening ne to
ausomobiles lies and viewing themselves as the greatest
folk OF Main Street ~Aa' MI Lewis says OF the
Hes partly right too II you want to hear the truth
Lewis, Iscn, in ndstmss anhappy ism, wide enough
s our are suss Ss % dsr ans tea ssfeS
blessing from the curses put upon us.
"PoLr11oAL PRISONERS
psra M n se n to the
on part the advocates of general amnesty to
Violation the espionage law are political prisoners
neaos a,s Il law is m. ssr III the OF
them political prisoners"
will see President Harding April IL to plead for
-eease of volators of the time law much
Interested in safeguarding true Amercanism they
in securing license themselves the
eral amnesty would not present itself.
| II be that President Harding will grant the
releases sought: but IL should be o,
the persons who given freedom convicted be-
cause they adjudged enemies OF the United States
in critical period In of prison, they still bear
the brand of disloyalty.
1 PROMPT ACTION THE NEED
Whatever action congress take the tariff and
taxation at the special session should delayed
beyond the time to bring about n workable
understanding 1t Is expected that the emergency tariff