The Washington times., 1932-06-02
A Threat

how our candidates react to the words they themselves
use The reason | say this is that l have received
letter-not the only one-from the forgotten man ana
he makes his plight terribly clear Will not PRINT ms
name because he ends his letter with the words MY
son going to starve, nor is my wife and the eH-
pected arrival If cannot supply them food by LABOR
III get it anyhow" Let him have his chance!
dnti ontistic Statements into anything of value to
himself he is little off the point because Mr. hoover
has ceased give out optimistic statements But the
rest of his grave accusation is not to be dismissed lie
was thrown out of work; he failed to get work
'And So
"And so we broke our home My wife and child are
being taken of by her people, and for myself am
living my peoples charity. My home is broken up
the tranquility and happiness of my family is forever
shattered and am forced stand by and my wife
and child with clothing and being fed through the
charity of Others The Administration keeps asking us
for fortitude and while road to some relief is
blocked by Mr.. Hoover through the veOing of reclp'
rOcal tariff bill and his opposition to huge building
project.
Who Will Help?
'WhIe my child together with twenty thirty mil
lion other children starving, he issues statement
after statement saying that the Federal Government
should not concern itself with direct aid, while it does
concern itself with helping the banks. If the Federal
Government cannot concern itself with its people when
these people need of it, then these same people
cannot concern themselves when the Fe0erdA "ONer-
ment is in need of them.
SureIy that sort of Government is not desirable and
should be overthrOwn If dictatorship is the right gov
tatOrship If SOciastc COmmunistc, mOnarchlst,
then let's have the sort of government that has the wei
fare of its people at heart"
A Sinister Sound
II strikes me that no matter how inaccurate this writer
may be- his very lack of plan is significant he is no
propagandist for Mussolni Marx; he doesn't know
what can be done But he is firmly persuaded that some
thing is seriously wrong with government which is
willing to call it's people for sacrifice, yet is
incapable of the slightest movement to the peoples
1i1os He is Sullen
detect the omnous sounds of the tumbrils under his
words.
Mergers in Politics
Henry Ford some time ago spoke sardonicaly of GER
tain mergers saying in effect that when wall was
falling down it Joined another wall which also fall
ing down. and when the two went down together it was
called merger It would appear that our political
PARTIES are learning this system of business operation
and the gratifying covering the events of the
next three or four months is the possibility Of merging
the two parties at least in spots. The idea is to
have an identical plank prohibition in the Democratic
and Republican Platforms thus taking the issue out OF
politics.
Thought-Saving Devices
This should be carried further. Identical plans not
only are needed all controversial subjects, but can
easily be had for Democrats and Republicans found
on both sides of every question They could ultimately
agree the wording and with the same promises on
international debts deatiOn the bond ISSUE unempoy
ment the sales tax and everything else interesting to
of voting
still hope that the two platforms will disagree vio
lently the state of the weather.
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