Evening star., 1935-08-12

When President Roosevelt addresses
the Young Democratic Clubs of America,
assembled in their second national con-
vention at Milwaukee on August %. 1t
may be said that the opening gun" of
the coming presidential campaign has
been fired. That it will boom forth a
message which will resound throughout
the Nation and reverberate for many
succeeding months and be echoed and
re-echoed in scores of other speeches
that will follow before Democratic
groups is a foregone conclusion. What
the President says to the 10000 Young
Democrats who are expected to be in
attendance at the convention from every
State of the Union and a number of the
Territories regarding the policies and
plans of the party which he leads will
be like a Signpost pointing his followers
to the road he expects them to take. 1t
will be a similar guide to millions of
other Americans who will listen TO him
over the radio. When carefully analyzed
and interpreted. it will have an impor-
tant bearing on the events to follow
next year.
Another presidential address. but of
which will have about it touch of sad
ness-is that which he will make, prob
ably by radio, rather than in person, to
the Confederate veterans assembled next
month for their last reunion. Their
meeting this year, to be held in Amarillo.
Tex. the farthest west it has ever been
taken, will have both a historic and
sentimental significance. Only one re-
- yyafn &c
in Amarillo, and not more than 1000
wearers of the gray are expected to be
in attendance The Presidents words
to them, no doubt will be tinged with
thoughts of dying glory. praise and
pathos combined; reverent in praise OF
the unselflsh sacrifices they made and
mindful that the end of the road is near.
The last G. A. R. reunion, also, will
probably be held this year. The Sug-
gestion has been made that the two
organizations meet in a final reunion
next year. but no decision has been
reached as to whether this will be done.
Congress will have been in session. up
to and including Monday. August II,
fetal of 900 days. But it would have
to remain until after the snow flies to
break the congressional duration record.
Many previous sessions have sat longer,
although this one by the date of its ex-
pected adjournment, will have outdlS-
tanced all others since the second Ses-
sion of the Sixty-seventh Congress,
which met on December S, 1921, and
lasteo until September %, 1922. total
of 292 days. Only six sessions in the
history of the country have run over 300
days. the first of these having been in
1849-50 with others in 1873 this one
however, with two lengthy recesses), in
1878, 1889-90, 1874 and 1878.
If BENJAMIN Franklin were alive to-
day he would look with pardonable pride,
it is certain, on the great number OF
young Americans who, like him, have
been captivated by the. lure of the print
ing press. Wherever they 60. whatever
they are doing, one of the first thoughts
that pops" into the heads OF almost
any group of citizens, in convention or
elsewhere, is: Lets get out news
paper This inherent strain IN the
blood is manifested by what the boys
in the C. C. C. camps are doing in this
direction. In a great majority OF these
camps-in 1,108 of the 1,640 camps, ac-
cording to the latest available figures
some form of newspaper is published. In
most instances they are mimeographed
sheets set up with machines and other
supplies procured by the men themselves
without any financial assistance from
the Government. In few places some
neighboring town weekly sets aside