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Continued from F'lrs; Psge1
submarines, when we've already got
more submarines than anybody else in
the world You want five aircraft car
7ers. when we are just putting into COM
mission two b!anc-new ones the biggest
81 the world
Said Ar. Pro. Take the items one by
one beginning with destroyer leaders.
A destroyer leader liz q large destroyer
10 Lead squadron. with speed and sta
bility enabling IL 10 do its work We
now have more destroyerS than Great
Britain. but over half OF them are laid
Up because ve don't want U spend the
money keeping them in service All Of
them are getting old. But we have no
destroyer leaders. Great Britain has
one now anc Is u lay down two in the
nezt Two years In addition, she Is
Dui!c2sg new ceStrOyers. Italy has more
destroyer leaders built and building
than We are asking for, and France
pans about as many as We are asking
.oy We want nine
We nov have 1894 tons of suDna-
ylnes Great Britain has CT GSS tons
and Japan has 7g .407 tons Great Bit
ssn Is planning " build IL subs In the
Y4eE. tso year, The life ~ the subnla-
:1ne Is put ~ i3 years. Last year nine
~ ours reached this age limit In 1923
1ne,e ALL be { IN 1880 there Will BE-
2 ln 1881 there Will be 2S in 1882
t'4ere wlll ~ n and IN 1888 there viii be
Z Prom 1921 " 1882 IS III our sub.
B4Tlues reach tnelr age limit and 90 out
&. cate We want " replace them with
IS Ie~ oneE laying do~n seven a yeal
.1, I'VE years A. the end Of that tim'
~ VII haze 81 under j. years old OT q
JgtS. tonnage of Is 900 That viii give
ak lsss tonnage than We nov have
IEougss II would be more effective TON
nage YOU feulemDfF thF importance
a. Ihe submarine IL the last var Ifsl
ougtgt ~ be eBo4gh of al argument t0i
Nv sgDs when He !leec them.
IH aircraft carriers We have bullt
D4Dc3ng of apprDpriaLec foF. 1s TOO toflt
- against Great EYt4Ains l01 $50 afif
JapaGs 90 >0J We have the Sara
Llga, ths LezlngDDn anG the Lang
Iry Ihf SaEa1Jga aud the L@k
Iag1gn we're laid own at battle cruis
eTs END cDuyeItec into aircraft carrier
besoYs COnplelO0 JnF Langley IL 1
agg segtec collleg ard purely al sEprri
n.fnt Under the Washington treat.
- aff allowed I5a 900 byDs IN aTcFat
fzyyaeFa VIZ Nahl " hcTap tilf Lang
.fW and DQllo the maximum ali0Bt'
L4hAage by laying down I've new ships
~ want thfm be5csuAe tfle use 81 alf
stsn ~ naval warfare mas already Desi
ss,gynIztd ~ .! great Importance sH'
D.ss4 4se the new sElps vail iEcWpTab
ii4At Our F<Detts nave hafne0
.-s.G MY. CoL ia olfief "Mds. be
=. Rt sJe allowed - fatb
e..t GREAT IrtsiJ. sIia japan We wan
- earn a. J1ecausf Others ere Ia
sfto4tz thfit fret se want ~ Ucfehe'
..t ira cespl1e the faci uisi "e az
- rmpetu4E vltb snyir'dy- every
Ita, 49, LAY oO%L ne" Eeei IL WI
- ..f,sD sDIetec ~ nlra1lltIg uaA1 We az
l....af.g ~ ngIlt GREAT bfitah sH'
s.tfts .fJH egeryLDoY viii gel lIf plt'
t..s' We are gtjng " flgit Great EillSh'
H..l4e Y.j state Depatl1gFt II on 'nn@
3as a53l.. way 10 tfflpai1ce "af "o
tasy LsysrtB4eni Jf1posfs '.s' -
,.hc L,~Uy billion doilsis "i' "1i
Js't
1a.d lat Pfo ~ " true i5ist Df
81 ~ p4..i Isa Ylts are iSrlnk maze sti'h''
vaAf y5 nsAks p1F Fstt @fp"s
ifle .s A944hg ~ hIds ab''t 'hS'
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Population of Turkey
Now Totals lS.25O.OtN

Turkeys pseS;tSe taNs,lSN20t the
Near and Middle Ss>s tAnaSs fan ~
~ euhaneed, thanks 81 ;as terSns
een>u> The tctA! gN>passtk>Na n0aseeSS
l$.sAe e0e y nSuye greatly IN eNe~SS ~
she estimate Ss>gleS shat irregularities
>rSuggsd duylas the taking ~ the e~n-
>sl> ami thai the ngar~S WsFe greatly
eNaggeyAtei are nuluasd ey kG. Caaatlls
jacquard, se,Staa superintendent ef
the eea>ll< wta states taAs the figures
rvtneNenk ths trtts kN>ngtatsAn S$Vtaia
neiA AAe>,gS Nf Turkey NIL now SsFkesasSlN
gvlls>t * gs,4x taeN eNen arSAgn " ergSs~
rlal.tN ~ ~ adopting = alNStlse attitude
snMafd ths teslsesst attaeGte IL waS
ta,aSusd saat ftstkSy e>NatauAsd ne
n,osxs than StRAA>tstN ~ s,aeaQ QAe IA.
haeatAntN ami taat kaa atSa death rate
WaN ge<tcaNhlg ta@ tsgNle every SeAv
(tgeSSe Mas e>Noft>lsaG that heg kNNkstalAs
&kNN vNuA'e>t II nA& sNSSS<sea, tNagkSSS
NalN vvsag<sad Turkey ~ NAsaslN1tAat
A new rvSyssek tv4 aNsykev viii have Ns<aA
AA9N tn theSe e>'spules - . tS~tsN -
ths Ve@sAttA
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Danish Estate Tax
Blocks Iiaron's Heirs

C@ing ~ hfaFy thhatiGH owners 1f
ancient Danish estates can no h,tipef
nIBlnisU tbem
When iDe WIN al Baron Hfedtz-
Iilotl. IaLF iord III the Elralesl bnr0uy
bi Denmark, ~ah DpeHrd the heirs de
cIafed uD@A Iusbility ~ take over his
estate TINS Hsa n surprise an the
barOny Was supposed " lJsAesk large
family capital indeed. II did command
Dlg capitalization. Dut only up ~
1913, VHeD tIe new iaI iaN came
mt force reducing the capital from
- 900 900 ~ 81 900 900 This wa slt
lile cash left by the baron snd about
q thlId III II Was collected iog in
heTitsnCs Gu'y
4 result ~ tiie hsiIa rejection 0t
if4e estate is thai tilF beautiful tattnDe
Caftlf with HsiuaDie al collection,
uitnsfDO Dpeu W the public WI have
" Ee clDsec
Tue bafony il The &stnnd esisi" ~
u, suffer from hessY isAstioh. The hft
wsh tnr fsiste III BIsha II9iiebpiE
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them in memory, and mourn the loss
of their consultations; they forget that
one hand brought heaven while the
other offered hell, and that the same
mythology which SoOthed with hope
darkened the soul with fear. Surely
this horror of some evil other world
has crept into the secret heart OF Lu-
cretius: he longs to shake it off, at
whatever cost.
This terror and darkness OF mind
must be displayed by the aspect
and law OF nature I" I" wherefore we
must we'll grasp the principle by
which the courses of the sun and
moon go on, the force by which
everything on earth proceeds; but,
above all we must !.n.. odt by Aeen
reasoning what the soul and the
mind consist OF, and what thing 1t
is which meets lis when awake and
frightens our minds II we are under
the influence of disease. and meets
us and frightenS us. too. when we
are buried in sleep. so that We seem
to see and hear speaking TO us. face
To face. them that are dead. whose
bones are held in the earth's em-
brace.
So he looks about him for a system OF
thought that will rid man OF fear for
the hereafter: as others long for super
natural consolation and assurance. so
Lucretius longs for naturalistic phi
losophy. world without ghosts to hover
over the head OF man. And he believes
that Epicurus. 800 years before. gave
such healing philosophy TO mankind.
And since Epicurus did not disdain 10
borrow from Democritus. Lucretius will
be content to mold his thought upon
that OF EpicuruS, to whom he makes
obeisance reverently:
Not from myself. poor souls with
fear outdone.
Not from myself l have 1t, but from
one
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Board OF Agriculture. and be-
gan to tell them what they
ought TO do.
Alfalfa was his religion. and
he preached without eeastns
They laughed. Kansas was q
wheat State. Their fathers
had grown wheat: they were
growing wheat; their sons would
grow wheat. Why should this
wh,skered theor,st presume to
bother them with his new
tangled notions? How much
money did he have IN the bank
But he kept at II. and Kansas
has more than a milton acres OF
alfalfa today, worth many NIL
lions.
Some OF the newspaper boys
who a,bsd at Coburn 80 years
ago had the duty OF writing
handsome tributes TO him when
he died.
When ! was - and fresh from
college, wrote some pretty
smart editorials myself. A lot OF
men with erasy ideas we're loose
~ tho world. and I warned my
readers about them ~ no un'
certain terms,
Now | am getting aa toward
10. and | suppose I ought 10 have
stronu convictions, and write
laundering pieces, hat some
how have sort al iost my suh
lime sense Of omn,aCtenoe SO
many crazy fools have d,seoa
esrted me by tarn,nu out 10 be
right,
| thinks TO mYssit~~how would
ths look - . future history
"ta 1924 the great work ot Nj.
Hoos,t was greeted with snssrsi
and among others certain
Barton. an obscure writer,
branded him a. q crank"
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practice nog unknown ~ criminal III
NcSttEatsoo
"SuppNSS." /; IS asked - Federal
attlcev oc agent tosGS y hand ~ S>n-
>p.ra:oyS and trog0 day ~ day listens
~ ;helr conSey>attoH> ~ tNslg hesaSS
er elsewhere. Wo0ld the constitutional
amendments III question: render HIS
testimony sesayGtlsS SIKH statements tyf-
admissible against The pSgStasS making
them"
Arguments cp me case are set taS
February -. and, wAsle II lceA tire
perennial rENrtclEsoa question 80 set
tA;S issue ecfegc The highest e<>sltt a
she land Il is ryx<Sntss>3 that the -
es&l,Nt. whatever u GsaX eS, i<NAaSS A.
NJ far~reacasps es,ecs, n<S calS M oSN
Enforcement, ealI AZ 4 GaIGs whenever
tae w're-;SpeSaS pSoSseas may aSaIs
h<>o tlp
Evening star., 1928-01-29

Reorganization OF the union on n
I treaty basis In place OF the present ar
/ rangement. whereby the authority OF
the union Is derived from executive
orders issued by the several participat-
/ ing governments, seems a possibility.
! would not say probability. But it seems
| most unlikely that much support will
/ be found for the Mexican proposal OF
| rotation OF the Offices OF chairman OF
| the governing board and director gen.
| eral OF the union tthese Offices 10 go by
! rotation To representatives OF the 81
| participating nations In alphabetical
! order of the latter. The convenience
! OF The present arrangement tthe Secre-
| tary OF State Of the United States as
| chairman and a citizen OF the United
States as director general, is quite
obvious. and. as MIR. Hughes pointed out.
our holders Of those Offices have shown
absolute impartiality.
TO conclude the present indication is
that no fundamental change In the
constitution" OF the union Will be
made by the present conference. but
that. thanks largely 10 the extraordinary
personality OF MIR. Hughes. very great
impro1 ement Will be achieved In COM
mon understanding and In disposition
toward "felicitouS collaboration" with
out too strict engagements
United States.~~Maj Gen George
Washington GoethalS. u S. A. retired
builder OF the Panama Canal Is dead
at 20, He vas the son OF Dutch I'M
migrants. Rear Admiral Victor Blue,
T., S n. retired is dead at g.. His two
feats of heroism IN the Spanish Amer
lean Var. when he was lieutenant. are
OF immortal fame.
In February the Sikorsky twin-mo-
tored amphihian Pan American will
make surveys for the Pan American
Airways, Inc. looking TO establishment
of air mail and passenger services be-
tween the United States and Panama
Apparently two routes are In contem-
Evening star., 1928-01-29
CRANKS


III bhtt
A TIL NJ, rather self con-
" seious young man stood
n up in the Masonic Hall
IN Boston and delivered
u course OF lectures. They fur
n'shed many funny paragraphs
for the newspapers OF that day.
"Ths majority OF the sens,ble.
practical community regarded
h'm as mystical. a. GRAVY or
affected" says James freeman
Clarke. "as a fool as one who did
not himself know what he
meant"
And John Quincy Adams.
who was nothing II not hard
headed. wrote ~ his diary.
that the lecturer, "Atter failing
IN the everyday voeat,ons az =
Unitarian preacher and school
master, starts a new doctrine
OF transeendentsiism, declares
all ths old revelations superan.
nuatsd or worn out. and an
nouness the approach OF new
revelations"
The lecturer was named Elmer.
son, II he had bssa = sueosss'
ful mill ownsr or dist,ilsr, folks
might have listened 10 his ,dsas
with respect but he had failed
at school teaching and preach
,ng, YOU see. and go there could
bs no question about hia atstua,
he was clearly enough y crank.
Sometms auo Foster Dwight
Coburn died in Kansas,
A. a farmland he didnt
amount 10 much, Whsa he At.
tempted 10 run . farm ot his
own, hs hardly made ends meet
So the practical tolk Of Kan
sas made merry whs" he he
came sse's'"fN OF ths state
Evening star., 1928-01-29
BY WILL DURANT, Ph. d.,
Author Of
''The Story Of Philosophy"

to these masculine heXameters, these
picturesque unWonted adjectives. these
stately verbs and sonorous substantiveS.
And beneath the honey of the verse lies
one OF the profound and imperfect phi
lOsophieS OF all time: as we listen we
are transported into the garden of Epi-
Gurus and hear the laughter of Democ-
rituS and feel ourselves In the company
OF the Epicurean gods.
v
Nature.
For there are gods, LucrctiuS tells us.
but they are too courteous to interfere
| with the world or man, they sit in idle
! grace and careless happiness in some
| airy realm afar, and are content to see
/ the universe as an eSthetic spectacle
without seeking to subject 1t TO their
Whims. And besides how could thought
direct so vast and intricate a world?
who can rule the sun, who can hold
| in his hands with controlling force. the
strong reinS Of the immeasurable deep?
Who can at once make all the diverse
heavens to roll and warm with ethereal
! fires all the fruitful earths, or be pres
! ent everywhere always. TO bring dark
ness with clouds and shake with noise
! the serene expanSe OF heaven. to hurl
| the lightning and at times strike down
! his own temples
No, it is world without creation
and without design; the cause Of every
event is inherent In the nature OF
things: and nothing more is needed
for the explanation OF the world than
these three eternal things-atoms and
space and law" Matter is eternal and
indestructible: Things cannot be born
from nothing and cannot be brought
I 10 M nd {e
also a void" or space; for II there
were not. how could things move?
Voices pass through walls and fly
through shut houses: and the stifening
frost pierces to the bones II there are
no void parts, by what way could these
bodies pass? When a thing Is as large
as another. but lighter. surely it is
because 1t has more void in it," Mat
ter then. consists OF atoms vibrating
in the hooks and crannies of the
void: and this restless C'Brownian')
movement goes on in everything for
.s-er.
Observe whenever the rays are
let in. and pour the sunlight
through the dark chambers of
houses; you will see many minute
bodies mingling. in this apparent
void. in the light OF the rays, as in
and battle in martial order driven
apart in frequent meetings and
partingS; from which you may
guess how the first beginnings of
things tossed about in the primeval
void Again, when mighty
lcgions waging the mimicry OF war
fill with their movements all the
plain. the glitter OF 1t lifts itself TO
the sky. and the whole earth CLEANS
with brass, and from below rises
the noise of the tramping of men.
and the mountains. stricken by the
shouting. re-echo the voices To the
stars of heaven. And yet
there is some spot on the high hills
from which all these moving men
seem to stand still and merely to
shine as spot OF brightness on
the plains.
This endless movement takes two
CONTINUED on Fifth PacP1
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LUCRETIUS Debating A POEM.

At whose approach the lamps OF
all the wise
Fade and go out like stars before the
sun.
So he will eXpound and adapt Epicu-
rus, for soon as thy philosophy pro-
claims the nature Of things the terrors
OF the mind are dispelled. the walls OF
the dark part asunder, and l see things
in operation throughout space. 1t Is
a great subject. embracing all the world
OF science and religion in its web; he
feels timidly bold in attempting 1t. and
yet his blood tinges with the zest OF
daring to carve in verse so dlincuit
'h-c~a.
Sweet love OF the MUSES., with
which now inspired / traverse IN
towering thought painless h2untS
never yet trodden by the :oot OF
man! l love to approach the un-
tasted springs and to quaff love to
Gull fresh flowers and gather for my
head a distinguished crown from
spots whence the MUSES. have yet
yelled the brows of none: first be-
cause I teach OF great things and
essay to release the minds from the
chains OF TellRlOuS rear. ana tntn
because on dark subject pen such
lucid verses, o'erlaying all with the
MUSES. charm. So / now,
since my teaching will seem bitter.
and the multitude shrinkS back from
it In diSmav. have resolved to o'erlay
it with the pleasant honey OF my
verse.
Yes. It Is pleasant honey. solid and
rich. and as we sip we forgive the hon
est egotism OF the genius that distilled
1t. This Latin OF these lines Is rude
yet: a generation must pass before the
language of the Romans will be pol
ished into rhythm and refinement BY
Ciceros vain and careful! pen. But the
feminine grace OF the great orator yields
Evening star., 1928-01-29
The Story of Civilization

Nnte-ln the twenty. first installment
nf his story ~ Civilization" TO he pub.
ushed next sunday DIR. Durant Will tell
nf Marcus Aurelius. The last OF the
Romans.
Evening star., 1928-01-29

This endless movement takes two
Continued on Fifth PageD
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WORLD OIL WAR CENTERS
ON RUSSIAN CONCESSIONS
Battle Among Dutch, American and
British Interests Grows Out of Boil
shevik Grants of Leasing Rights.

OTHING more vast or more va
rious has in recent years march
ed across the stage of world af-
fairs than the present tumul-
Evening star., 1928-01-29
BY HENRY W. BUM.

THE following Is brief summary
OF the most important news OF
the world for the seven days
ended January %,
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that we are consuming some so per cent
of the worlds annual output. We are
not really giving 50 very much more
than we are using.
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" he countrynnen of Lindbergh are
way behind the Germans and
the French in the development
i oi airplane communication Serv-
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continued from First rsSeA
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LUCRETIUS AND ROMAN
PHILOSOPHY.
The Greatest Of Roman Poets.

w YE are in an old italian villa,
NJ built by rich nonentity
NV named Memmius. far from
the noise of Rome Back of
New Britain herald., 1928-11-08

Pawnee, Okla. Nov. 8 (UP)-In
the election OF Tuesday the Indian
New Britain herald., 1928-11-08

at last came into his own.
His vote in Oklahoma put the
state into the republican column.
In other western states his vote
counted heavy.
For years the Indian has been a
little child Of the government.
He was mol given recognition. The
government drought for him. Final
ly the real American was given the
voting privilege. The Indian took
advantage OF the first recognition
gravely and sedately.
He went to the polls Tuesday. He
took his Squaw and his boy and girl
of voting age and they cast their
votes.
Indians selected Hoover and Cur
tbs because the senator. in whose
veins the rich blood OF the kaw
flows. told them Herbert Hoover
would make a good white father.
They said words of truth drip
from the tongue of Uncle Charley.
He is our blood brother. We will
fight for him."
An Indian never goes back on his
word.
They won the battle Of ballots
Today they are delighted and happy.
In one day they feel. they have
grown up. They feel now they are
New Britain herald., 1928-11-08

one u able to gauge public senti-
ment and public desire In advance
of its campaign and then to pro-
duce accordingly while still able
to act promptly in the light Of
subsequent experience: whereas
the other must set forth its prin-
ciples and convictions and stand
or fall on its efforts to convince
the American people OF their eff
cacy and integrity"
The chairman then briefly dis
cussed political efficiency. The
writer suggested that Raskob
would be Democratic national
chairman for the next few years
and would thus have the opportu-
nifty to put his conviction about
continuous political effort into
practice. But Raskob smiled a
noncommittal smile.
He believes, however. that some
sort Of a skeleton organization
should be maintained on the job
to keep tabs on every political in
cident and situation and gather
material for the next attack. Ma
tional chairmen, he thinks. should
be busy in time Of peace as well
as in time Of var.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-08
MANY VETERANS IN
Fight FOR HEALTH
Insanity Alone Has Claimed
1902 EX.Soldiers

Washington. Nov. (UP)-While
millions of American soldiers are
celebrating the tenth anniversary of
the world war armistice. tens of
thousands OF their comrades in arms
manned and broken-are still
fighting a great battle-a battle for
health.
Ten years ago the war ended. leav-
ing in its wake terrible aftermath
of human wreckage. Wounded,
gassed. blind. crippled and insane
men, thousands upon thousands of
them. are still in institutions vainly
trying to regain their vigor and men,
tality.
Insanity. wars greatest horror.
claimed thousands. There are still
1902 veterans being treated for
neuropsychiatric diseases in Z. S.
veterans bureau hospitals. Thousands
of others are in insane asylums, I'M
able to respond to medical treat
ment.
Government surgeons and physi-
SiIll1 QUA AAANS o,o1p 6CACtd aAuu
surgical cases under treatment.
Many of the men under surgical care
have been operated on from 10 to
so times and in few cases new
men have been built from broken
veterans by previously unheard Of
skin and bone grating operations.
There are still in hospitals 6,507
veterans suffering from tuberculo-
sis. This dread disease has claimed
thousands of former soldiers whose
physical condition was weakened
"over there" more than ten years
ago.
Besides the o6,139 veterans be-
hospitals. federal physicians are
treating annually $4,000 men at
their homes for disabilities result
ing from military service.
Vocational Training
Caring for and nursing the dis
abled has been only a part OF what
Uncle Sam has done for his nephews
and nieces who volunteered their
service to maintain world peace. He
has educated and given thousands CT
persons new starts In life for their
valor.
Since the World war ended the
Veterans Bureau has given voca-
ticnal training to 1858 persons.
The government schools completely
rehabilitated 1881 of them and
found occupations for 105,7S2.
The government Is now paying
about $12.S00.000 a month in COM
pensation to veterans and about ST.
100000 a month in compensation to
relatives of veterans who have died.
The rate Of compensation ranges
from IS to $3.50 a month depending
New Britain herald., 1928-11-08
Now You Can
BanishP implies
In Few Days
Costs But q Few Cents to Have
Clean, Clear Skin You'll
Be Proud OF.

No matter how many thinss you have
tried to rid yourself of pimpIes and
hiackheads or how expensive the treat
nents have been you are not doing your.
sell justice until you get IS cent bog
OF Peterson's Ointment and give II q
chance to free your skin from all blem.
ishes and make It soft. velvety and good
to look upon.
Mrs. Minnie Jones of Louisville writes:
Peterson's Ointment sure is fine for
blackheada My face was covered with
them. but after using the ointment they
are all gone"
And in letter about pimpIes Miss
Genevieve Linehan of Bradford, Mass,
writes: Il had tried most every kind Of
ointment for pimples, but found none A.
good as Peterson's Ointment. l am on
my first box and my face Is nearly
clear. l am very pleased with It."
Druggists everywhere sell Peterson'a
Ointment. 1t clears the skin. IS cents .
New Britain herald., 1928-11-08
Prosperity Won
Olyany Declares

New York, Nov. S P-George
". Olvany. leade of Tammany Hall.
today offered an explanation for the
small plurality given
Smith In New York city. Tammany
h d estimated his plurality would
be 5S1. 900. whereas it was 44s,0O0.
Olvany denied E It the organiza-
ton had failed to function. Mail
that hard" he said. This organiza-
ton performed 100 lar cent from
top to bottom"
1T was the prosperity issue" he
said that caused the reduced plur-
atty. THE issue the republicans
kept to the forefront 1t held enough
of small percentage of the bust
ness men in line"