The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-10-16
CANNOT THE PRESIDENT BE PROTECTED?

TUDENTs of politics have nfrequenty depored the
conditions which make of the President of the United
States the head of his political party AS President he is
surely entitled the respect the Difference the earnest sup
port of every good citizen But politician he is target
for the Sings and of the opposition AS rule how
ever certain decent regard for the dignity and honor of the
presidential office recognition that its incumbent is ev
erybodys President and comprehension of the indub
table fact that bring the President into dsrepue to br
ing contempt upon the nation has heretofore restrained
the bitter partsans in the form and manner of their
political attacks upon the occupant of the White House.
However the new forces now dominating the Democra
tic Parys national organization in defiance of the party
better element and finer tradition have let zeal for party
lead them into and hitherto unknown type of
guerilla warfare against the Chief Executive Defeated in
1923 by perhaps the greatest adverse majority their party
sustained they have sought to reestabsh themselves
not by the production and exhibition OF great Democrat
but rather by the systematic utilization and msrepresenta
ton of the President Frank R. Kent writing in Scrbners
Magazine describes the method employed the creation of
political agency in Washington that than any other
has helped mold the public mind in regard to Mr. Hoover
Imagnifying his msforunes minimizing his achievements
and generally making life miserable for him. 1t has thwar
ed frustrated plagued and pestered him in exraordn
Iay unprecedented and effective 1t has been, and
still is remarkable performance, Illuminating ilusra
ton of the amazing power of nopposed propaganda in p
Vate hands,"
Mr.. Kent-himsef an outstanding Democratic journalist
goes point out concerning the head of this bureau
that
1t has been his pleasant task to minimize every Hoover
asset and to magnify has liabilities He takes the little mis-
takes and makes them Big He IS to obscure every
Hoover vutue and achievement and turn exaggerated
light upon all his personal and political shortcomings mis-
steps, and mshaps The Nicholson effort has been to
paint picture of Hoouer nept beOdered qceak and
IUorhy apbout of direction backbone poao
or of decision
Naturally Mr. Knts article has brought much approbrum
upon the political bureau which he saught to applaud
The charge is officially made that crcuates fasehoods
with quite much zeal legitimate political criticisms
John O. Tlson, Representative from Connecticut in pub
lie statement this week. listed wenty-eght such msrepre
pete The list as printed eomprehends amazing number
of criticisms of the President which have been unhnngy
echoed by the public quite unnformed to their partisan
and sinister
The activities of this bureau of caumny may fairly be
left to the consideration of the American people Already
apparent that of the current criticisms of the Adj
mnstration which gained public currency without thought
partisan in purpose and utterly false in statement
ton which honors it's President will do than merely
look askance at political organization which seeks system
acay to destroy him by campaign of Misrepresentation
And surely the great body of Democrats peevng the
true nature of this campaign carried in their name will
repudate it, both unwise and unworthy