Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-26
UNCLE TED SAYS
TEAM WORK WINS
SAYS PRESIDENT HARDINGs is A
REAL CAPTAIN. HARMONY
4 THE SECRET OF SUCCESS


eve got II right here" said Jack,
as he opened one of his scnool books.
eff you'll be still long enough, I'll
read it TO you"
The matter being discussed by
Ruth and Jack had to do with the
oath taken by the President when
inaugurated. Ruth was trying to re-
member it but had failed, and Jack
was anxious to read Il to her be-
cause he had been saying that Pres
ident Harding was more than living
up to 1t.
Nov listen" began Jack, ~ do
solemnly swear that / will faithfully
execute the office OF President of the
United States, and will, to the best
Of my ability, preserve, protect and
defend the Constitution OF the Unit
ed States
That's the oath, Ruth, and. be-
lieve me, President Harding is do
ing II, TOO. Another thing found
In the Constitution is where It says
the President may require opinions
from the cabinet officers upon any
subject in their departments"
Had you noticed, Jack" inter-
rupted Uncle Ted, that President
Harding is doing that, too, and many
other things mentioned and required
by the Constitution, all of which
goes to show that he is working
hard to do as he said when taking
The oath. that he would, to the best
of his ability. preserve, protect and
defend the Constitution. Now let
me tell you short story along these
same lines"
"Oh, goodie!" exclaimed Ruth.
"Kiddies, to begin with, haven't
you ever noticed that any kind of an
organization, business, club or any
thing else must have what is gener-
ally known as team work before
very much can be accomplished.
why, Jack. you know right now that
unless you, as manager of your base
ball team, and the members of. your
team get together and talk over your
troubles and differences and come TO
agreements that mean progress, you
can't win very many games"
"You bet I know that" answered
Jack. "The boys come 60 me with
ideas to improve the team and talk
It over with them and listen to what
they have to say. Sometimes they
are good ideas and sometimes they
are not, but always listen, and try
to use the good ideas to help us have
a better team"
''You have really told my whole
story, Jack" continued Uncle Ted.
"Your way of running that baseball
team is President Harding's way Of
running his job. His Job is just like
yours, only in bigger way. He is
captain OF his team. The members
OF his cabinet and the members Of
the house and senate are the lead
fng players and the Ito, 1000, 900 peo-
pie in the United States are the en-
thusiastic fans, and many times turn
out to be players. Now, how could
President Harding's team succeed in
its games with the other countries Of
the world and in handling home
problems II there wasn't real, gen.
uine team work? Il couldn't. That
is why our government has drifted
SO far away from the Constitution
during the last ten years. There
wasn't teamwork between the exec
utive and congress, not to mention
the members of the cabinet. 1t is
really remarkable when you stop to
think that in a little less than three
months Mr.. Harding has succeeded
in making the relationship between
congress and the White House one
of respect, independence, and coop
Grafton. That, of course, means
teamwork. This all means good
government, and for that reason it
is big Accomplishment.
Gust think what 1t must mean to
the members Of the house of repre-
sentatives, and the senate, too. for
that matter. to be able to go right to
the White House and not only see