Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-14
Johnson Answers
Editors Quiz
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necessity again to express them in
this campaign.
For many years in the politics
of this nation two distinct political
PHILOSOPHERS have cons family
clashed, and in the present econo-
mic crisis these two conflicting phi
losophies stand out, the one against
the other in bold relief. On the one
hand is the progressive, on the
other the ultra conservative. I am
a progressive Republican,; Mr.. Hoo
yer is not. He has justly earned the
title of ultra a-conseryative.'
THE difference between the two
may be described in a generallza-
ton, and could be particularized
in a hundred acts of existing ma
tional administration.
sThe progressive believes this
government belongs to all its peo-
pie, not to a favored or privileged
few, and that it should be admins
tered equally and impartially for
all, high and low, rich and poor
alike.
THE stand-patter paying lip
service to common humanity, makes
a mock of his words, by his court
of special classes and his subserv-
iency to special interests and his
indifference, as in the instances OF
the power trust and the sale OF
foreign securities to trusting Amer
ican investors by international
bankers, to the ruthless exploita-
ton of our people.
"The progressive thinks in terms
of human beings. The standpatter
has little thought or concern for
them. When Mr.. Hoover became
president his philosophy of gov
ernment became apparent. Before
that we know little or nothing of
his policies or politics. My views
are those of a long life time.
His have been acquired in the
very brief period he has resided
among us.
Loyal to People
In your telegram apparently
you stress party regularity. In this
crisis I stress loyalty to the Amer
ican people. You say you are the
representatives of 10 Southern
California newspapers. If you were
the representatives of 1000 news
papers or just one ordinary Amer
lean citizen my answer would be
the same. I was elected by men
and women of all shades of politi-
cal opinion-Democrats, Progress
ives and conservative Republicans
by the people of the State of Cal
ifornia. My first allegiance is to all
the people of this state.
st would not taint my record or
stultify myself now by abandon
ing the principals for which the
sovereign people of California elec-
ted me in 1928. The Republican
party is not at stake in this cam
paign. 1t is only the ambition of
one man who, but a little more
than decade ago did not know
which was his party and who, pc
fore that, had no American party
at all.
I'm the present cataclysm, with
II 100000 unemployed and suffer-
ing and want on every hand, the
man who puts his party fealty and
his hope of political preferment
above the welfare of our people,
does the worst possible disService
to his country.
81 recognize that each individu-
al according as he sees the light
must make his choice. make mine.
II cannot and will not support
Mr.. Hoover"
Johnson's statement recalled Wv
idly the Bull Moose or Progressive
rebellion and still later, in 1916,
his refusal to support Charles Evans
Hughes, the Republican presidential
nominee, assertedly because Hughes
now chief justice Of the U. S. su-
preme court, snubbed him during a
campaign visit to California.
According to state political lead
ers, this withdrawal of support
from Hughes enabled Woodrow Will
son to capture sufficient Califor-
MIA votes to win the election.