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Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29
The Republican Viewpoint
EDITED BY
The Republican County Central
Committee
LANDoN FAvORs BUDGET PLAN

In his Philadelphia speech Monday Governor
Landon called attention TO the waste OF public
money by the present administration and prom
ised to take proper action when elected TO place
the nation back on budget basis. He said:
1T is time that we restored the bureau of
the budget to its proper place in our govern
ment Fifteen years ago this bureau was esta-
blished to hold down expenditures and weed
out waste and extravaganza. 1t is supposed to
be an independent agency. It's job is to take the
budget estimates Of the various departments and
pare them down to the minimum. But since
August 1884, when Lewis w. Douglas resigned
in protest against the financial policies OF the
administration, we have had only an acting
director of the budget. The bureau has become
a part of the White House spending machine.
I intend to restore this bureau TO position of
independence with a competent director at its
head
Being a free and easy spender may be
pleasant-for a while A spendthrift lives more
handsomely-for while. spendthrift nation
can put on a show Of proSperity-for a while.
But the day of reckoning always comes. Some
time the spendthrift must pay the bill.
"If we continue our spendthrift course, if we
continue our unbalanced budget if We refuse
to cut out the waste and frtlls Of government,
our day of reckoning will come sooner than
any of US imagine. We need an administration
that realizes even Uncle Sam can go broke
THE lesson of national bankruptcy is clear
for all to read. We have seen what happens in
have seen democracies fall and relationships
rise We have seen societies, planned and liber-
ties destroyed And we have seen hard won con-
stitutions first rdiculed and then, section by
section discarded and thrown away.
Human liberty like a. tree grows slowly
For more than 700 years the race has struggled
for the liberties embodied in, our constitution,
but an ak can fell the sturdiest tree in few
short hours. Our liberties can be lost almost
as quickly This administration wields the same
ak which mas destroyed the liberties OF much OF
the old world An unbalanced budget, initiation
of the currency delegation of power TO the chief
executive destruction Of local self government.
registration outside the cities may signify as
Republicans insist strong Landon protest vote.
Roosevelt personally has been sure OF Ohio
ever since Senator Honest Vic" Donahey told
him he had it in the bag. Other big Ohio
Democrats had previously told the president the
same thing, but he remained skepticaL
The fact that Donahey recently made a hot
radio speech for FDR- the other hand may
be much more important than his prediction.
Donaheay served three terms as governor, built
big reputation as "the peoples friend and
was elected senator in 1924 by the walloping
majority Of $4,000, after the administration
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29

A person whose birthday is to-
day may have the power to sway
others by merely talking to them.
He may be terribly intense and un-
governable.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29

Thingumbobs: Mussolini h a s
mastered 81 languages Mollie
Picon, Ghetta star, has become a
hit in provincial England Dor
othy Parker and her husband have
bought an old farm overlooking the
Delaware river . Joan Lowell has
stuffed whale in her back yard
Earl Carroll is writing a week
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29
Words of Wisdom
TOday's Horoscope

Love understands love; it need
not talk.-F. r. Havergal.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29
By O. O. Mcintyre

Meadow. Here "piff -aWmers' who
used to rehearse in rented Byrant
Hall on 9Th Avenue have a free
ground to practice nip ups. back
flops. forward turns and other cast
ings. AS we'll as the perch act bal
ancers. Many an amazed pedes-
trian turns into the sudden pam
Drama of flying figures suggesting
the finale by the Arab troupe at
the old Hippodrome, Hi vi! Eeee!
Broadway at the moment has no
outstanding gangster to shudder the
visiting firemen and school marms.
Such as Legs Diamond, Dutch
Schultz and Owney Madden. Those
who have not met violent death are
keeping out Of the spot light. Among
other things, Mr.. Valentine doesn't
like them conspicuous. A few years
ago the visitor to almost any swing
mosque found beetle-browed mob
ster and his chemical chicadee &C.
cupying a ringside table. Gener-
ally the gangster had a piece" of
this club or that and was there to
see that thieves were not trimming
the thieves.
Most vaudeville fans remember
the famous Powers elephants
Lena, Jennie, Roxie and Julia. John
Royal tells me an interesting yarn
of the pachyderms. Mrs. Jeanne
Power, the owner, took them to
Europe several years ago for tour.
They were ferried over on the Min
netonka, now scrapped in Davy
Jones' locker. Recently Mrs. Pow
ers became homesick and wanted to
come back to America, only to learn
there is no ship available where
elephants can walk on. They must
be swung by cable from pier to
ship hold. And that's impossible
with this quartette They refuse to
be separated. Where one goes all
90. The ineradicable herdal in
stinct of the jungle surviving cap
tivity. If one is taken away the
others go on a rampage. So they
are eating away fortune. If they
cannot walk on like ladies-single
file-they will not play.
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Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29

Down a meander Of East Central
Park is a patch of greenery known
to the sparrow cops as Acrobat
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29

BRINGING ALI
EHE NEWG TO
n6PFkIAL
I'll VALLEY
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29

registration outside the cities may signify,
Republicans insist, a strong Landon protest vote.
Roosevelt personally has been sure OF Ohio
ever since Senator Honest Vic" Donahey told
him he had it in the bag Other big Ohio
Democrats had previously told the president the
same thing but he remained skeptical
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29

CLEVELAND, O. Among the big five"
states whose electoral votes are So vital to Gov
ernor Landon, Ohio is the only one which has
voted with the winning side in every presidential
election since 1892
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-29

The fact that Donahey recently made hot
radio speech for FD.R., on the other hand, may
be much more important than his prediction.
Donaheay served three terms as governor, built
a big reputation as "the peoples friend and
was elected senator in 1924 by the Waoping
majority of $4,000 after the administration
Evening star., 1936-10-23
Passing of Presbrey and
Pew a Loss to Humanity

To the Editor Of The Star:
This month has seen the passing on
of two noble and lovable characters:
Frank Presbrey dean Of advertising, and
Marlen E. Pew, noted trade journal edi-
tor and writer. Both men were humane
tarians in their respective fields. Scores
have benefited from their sage counsel
and benevolent aid in times Of stress
will deeply feel their absence. The fact
that Messrs. Presbrey and Pew had
reached the heights Of their profession
zine and newspaper crowd. They were
always ready to 60 below to help the
youngster who was just starting out in
life on his own. Their kindly, SYM
pathetic nature and sound advice was
always welcome and helpful to those
who needed it most. They seemed to
understand so well. And now they have
gone, leaving only testimonials of good
will behind them. And what testi-
monials! 1t was the writer's good for
tune to know and admire both gentle
men. Mr.. Presbrey was not only un-
failing in his desire to help his fellow
men, but he gave much freely Of his
time and finances to aid such great and
good work rs the national religious and
welfare recovery movement, which the
Golden Rule Foundation sponsored in
1894. Mr.. Pew's many remembrances to
jobless but one-time star reporters and
copy desk men, at the peak Of the de-
preston, may ever remain as he wished
it, masonically. But those who bene-
fited shall not forget. The good work
he and Mr.. Presbrey sowed in the souls
of other men will live on.
FREDERIC G. FROST.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
Does Relief Administration
Encourage Mendicancy?

To the Editor Of The Star:
Is the relief problem in the District be-
ing administered in such way as to put
premium on mendicancy?
If the information that have Is cor
rect, it would indeed appear to be so.
I am informed that persons are denied
work on w. P. A. projects because they
are not on the relief rolls. And at the
same time there exists no provision to
put any able bodied person today on the
relief rolls. or, indeed, even to have per-
son certified as being in need Of relief.
1t appears to the writer that an unem-
ployed person who has struggled to keep
himself off the relief rolls is more to be
commended than one who has been, so
to speak, "a good customer"
Yet am reliably informed that resi-
dent of the District has been refused
job on w. P. A. solely because he was
not in receipt of relief!
In this case-an art project Of the
w. P. A.-there was . demand for this
persons services. The project had asked
the authorities to give the man the posi-
ton as the project needed his services,
but to no avail, it seems. My informa-
ton is to the effect that this unemployed
and needy family man had spent the
Summer in cutting down trees in nearby
Maryland for his meals, in order to keep
of relief, meantime looking for q job.
Must this person now starve because Of
his enterprise?
GEORGE w. WATSON.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
No Dawn Without Crow
OF Political Chandeliers
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In recent speech on farm relief Mr..
Roosevelt easily convinced wildly cheer
ing crowd that he had repaired the
damage done to agriculture by II long
years of Republican misrule and could
now assure it a speedy, complete, and
permanent recovery. He did not disclose
the fact that the six consecutive years
OF Coolidge had maintained steady
farm income three and half billion dol
lars above that of the current year; or
that the first year Of Hoover had been
better by more than four billion. He did
not conjecture what would have happened
II Mr.. Smith had been elected in 1919;
or Mr. Hoover in 1882 He did not even
say how patriotically helpful the Demo-
Gratis had been to Mr.. Hoover In his last
desperate struggle with . disrupted
world. His purpose was merely to show
In q general way how intimately the fate
Of the farmer is bound up with good or
bad government, with aggressive leader
ship or feeble laissez faire.
In ancient Rome, it is recorded, two
priests of Apollo could not pass each
other on the street without laughing; and
in modern Washington one New Dealer
has been known to wink. But most Of
our political chanticleers do honestly be-
feve that the new day can never dawn
without their special brand Of Growing.
u q. NLkkR
Evening star., 1936-10-23

President Roosevelt on the occasion of
the latters campaign visit to Detroit.
Their meeting was the final act in q
drama of intense human interest, an
event which will be long remembered
for the sheer ~poignancy Of its implica-
tions. Both characters must have
guessed that the curtain was falling.
For the Nation, however, the passing
of Mr.. Couzens is significant of another
and perhaps more widely inclusive con-
clLsion. 1t Is an incident IN the termi-
nation Of an era. The Senator, it seems,
symbolized . period In the history Of the
world. He was the hero of "a success
story" Of q type which is not likely to
have repetition in the future. The in
vestment Of relatively small savings in
1908 brought him magnificent fortune
when he "cashed in" twelve years later.
His gamble in the Ford automobile enter
prise gave him profit of thirty thou
sand per cent in little better than
decade. With scant personal genius for
money-making, he rose from compara-
tive poverty to inordinate wealth. The
processes of his elevation to power and
fame were, as he very well knew, almost
entirely accidental. He claimed small
credit for them and foretold their elimi-
nation under the influence of changing
conditions.
But Mr.. Couzens employed his riches
with immense credit to his reputation.
He gave generously to institutions es-
tablished for the service of children. and
it may be doubted if any nobler philan-
thropy exists. More than one hundred
and fifty thousand boys and girls, it is
said, are indebted to him for restoration
to health. Probably, he could ask no
more durable monument than their graf
itude.
Washington saw Mr.. Couzens as a
fighter. He came to the Senate to make
war on faults in the national system
Of government, was leader in the pro-
gressive faction in its clashes with "spe-
cial privilege" one of the trailblazers
for the New Deal. And he kept his faith
In reform to the end, testifying for 1t
at a moment when he surely had reason
to believe that he was dying. For that
consistency and fortitude, if for nothing
else, his countrymen are proud of him
and will hold his name in memory.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
Franklin's Arithmetic
Again Declared Wrong
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Jay Franklins recent. and now self
confessed, error in the Interpretation of
a quoted premium for Lloyd's election
insurance seems to have inspired him
with a commendable zeal for future
arithmetical perfection. In his column
for October Is he refers to this writer's
previous challenge of his arithmetic,
and, to avoid further error and chal-
lenge, fortif1es q particular conclusion
respecting the Literary Digest poll with
detailed computations that we may OBJ
serve the irresistible march OF his syl-
logisms. But somehow the action Of
these syllogisms suggests that the gen.
eralissimo has had o rendezvous with
another nightmare.
Franklin discusses in particular the
Digest poll for Illinois. He points out
that of those indicating their presiden-
tial preference In 1885 approximately 81
per cent voted for Hoover In 1882 Since
Hoover received only about AZ per cent
OF the total vote actually polled in Illi-
nois in 1892. Franklin properly reasons
that the 1895 straw poll II proportionately
more representative of Republicans than
OF Democrats. Then he concludes that
Landons probable percentage vote this
year may be approximately ascertained
by reducing his percentage in the 1896
Digest poll by the extent to which the
percentage Of 1882 Republicans balloting
in the 1885 Digest poll exceeds the per-
centage OF Republicans actually voting
In 1882. In this manner Franklin dis
counts Landon's percentage In the cur
rent Digest poll. not merely TO the extent
that 1t Is made up Of disproportion-
ately large mum Der of Republican votes
"a proper corrective measure), but also
to the extent that 1t comprises the large
percentage Of Democrats who this year
are indicating their preference for Lam
don. Such discount for this latter
element Is obviously unsound. II does
seem that the syllogisms Of Q 1895 col
umnist purporting to deal with 1895
figures should reflect some Of those
figures.
A logical analysis OF the Illinois poll
figures contained in the Digest issue
of october 10 the same issue from which
Franklin makes his computation) would
show that more than one-third Of those
who voted for Roosevelt in 1882 are for
Landon this year, and that less than
one-tenth Of those for Hoover in 1882
intend to vote for Roosevelt In 1886. II
the net switch to Landon should be As
great in Illinois this year as the fore
going figures might suggest. the result
would be as disastrous to the New Deal
as to Franklin's arithmetic
ALLEN H. GARDNER.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

but to make the organization even better
than it is. The Republican nominee
takes credit for effecting, through Sena-
tor Capper of Kansas, an amendment
to the original bill, whereby C. c. c.
projects may be carried out on State as
well as Federal domain.
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Fall of Madrid will sooner or later con-
front the United States with the delicate
problem of recognition of the insurgent
regime. Current diplomatic maneuvers
in Rome and Berlin contemplate instant
Italo- German recognition of the VIC
torious rebels. Great Britain and France,
in q spirit Of realistic self-intereSt, are
reported ready to accept them, too.
Uncle Sam has traditional inhibitionS
against approving governments estab-
liShed by force, especially in Central
America, and at one time informally ad-
hered to a non-recognition pact affect
ing that particular area. But the guess
is hazarded that if Europe and Latin
America okay triumphant faScism at
Madrid, Gen. Franco viii not knock in
vain at Washington's door.
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I1lS uidJcoIy, ttlC UdUg, iidS UCSOlllC a
presidential campaign. issue. The or
ganization known as Women Investors
in America, Inc.," is taking full-page
advertisements in New York newspapers,
captioned, Get to Work, Baby-You
Owe $432 All" Then follows an explana-
ton that every baby in the land has
already inherited debt of said amount,
that will have to be paid-Some day"
The money is somehow figured out to
be baby's share of a Sits family Gov
ernment debt that father and mother
must pay as bonds come due" The ap-
peal to the Nations infantry" is di-
rected at mothers who are invited to
consider how the future of even their
tiniest offsprings is "jeopardized by bur-
densome taxation, unbalanced budgets
and the menace of imitation which
threatens fathers insurance policy" An
other nursery touch in the New York
campaign Is the offer of the "Landon
Volunteers" to send dependable young
women to homes where there are little
children and take care Of them while
mothers go to the polls.
Anybody who tunes in on an Empire
State hook-up next Sunday evening will
run into . babel Of talk unprecedented
In radio. 1t will be a broadcast appeal
BY Gov. Landon crooned in 20 different
languages. First the message will be
read in English by Edward Corsi, former
immigration commissioner. Then it will
be summarized by interpreters and sent
over the network in Yiddish, German,
Polish, Italian, Czech, Slovak, Hun
garian, Armenian, Russian, Greek, Sy-
rian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Spanish,
Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
and Croatian. That about comprehends
the league of nations otherwise known
as the American electorate.
~
Democratic and Republican publicity
chiefs hope King EDWARD win not come
to any matrimonial decisions before No
vember 3. Already the romantic stories
about the British monarch and Mrs.
Simpson are crowding Roosevelt and
Landon for preferred position on Ameri-
can front pages. If the King should
happen within the next 10 days to an
noance hts betrothal to the charming
American, with Indicated postponement
Evening star., 1936-10-23

concerned about freedom? Did his heart,
discouraged perhaps by the spectacle of
tyranny marching on, all at once turn
traitor to the ideals it previously had
held dear? What spiritual tragedy oc-
Cured? The plaster copy Of Bartholdi's
masterpiece returns no answers for these
questions. Instead, 1t silently submits
to the indignity of being knocked
down" to the highest bidder-as though
the noblest aspiration of the human soul
could be q market commodity The fate
meted out to it was joined with that
Of . portrait Of Lincoln the Emanci-
pator. seventy-five cents was the price
paid for the pair.
A peddlers' combine does the buying.
Thus, twelve bundles Of overcoats, four
bundles of trousers, several fur wraps
and an undetermined number Of hats
are purchased for two hundred dollars
as a lot. Later, the successful bidder
will distribute his acquisition among his
partners. And meanwhile, a collector Of
canes comes into possession OF enough
walking sticks to start store. Pre-
sumably 1t is his intention to "trade"
with other devotees Of the hobby to
which he is addicted. The same rule
applies to an umbrella fancier whose
offer is accepted for thirteen hundred
bumbershoots Of every conceivable size,
shape. color and quality.
But probably the greatest wonder in
the circumstances is the fatalistic atti-
tude concerning lost property which
millions of people entertain. Finders do
not invariably wish to be keepers; most
folk, rather, are honest and would like
to see owners recover their property.
The difhculty under prevailing condi-
tions is that Of time. Few patrons of the
subway have leisure to track down the
actual proprietors of the things they
find. And too many of the losers do
not bother to make inquiry of the transit
company's ofiices.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
Things Lost.

The annual sale of articles found in
I. r. T. subway trains in New York is
judged distinctively news worthy by the
metropolitan press. Valid human inter-
est, it seems, attaches to the character
Of things lost and never reclaimed by
their owners. Indeed, it is indicated
that each separate item in the auction
list symbolizes a story and represents .
career.
But curious air Of mystery surrounds
some Of the objects. For example, how
did It happen that q passenger left be-
hind him four-foot-high replica of the
Statue of Liberty and never made any
effort to retrieve his property? Is it
possible that be suddenly ceased b -
Evening star., 1936-10-23

Republican strategistS have decided to
lay down their heaviest eleventh-hour
barrage on the constitutional issue.
Stress placed upon it at Los Angeles by
Gov. Landon strikes the keynote which
will be loud pedaled during the fateful
next 10 days. Many authorities inside
and outside the elephants camp think
Landons best bet from the start was to
hammer home that the New Deal breaks
violently with the traditional fmda-
mentals of American government, and
that he made q mistake in not concen-
trating on it. The thought Is not that
the Republicans should have ignored
expenditure and taxation, but should
have made preservation of the horse
and-buggy system so paramount an issue
that popular attention would have been
riveted upon it to the exclusion OF rela-
lively minor propositions. The Jefter-
sonian Democrats, in speeches by John
w. Davis, Jim Reed, Bainbridge Colby,
Gov. Ely and others are dwelling elo-
quently on the New Deal danger to the
structure reared by the founding fathers.
Optimistic Rooseveltians tell you that
recovery-"Everything is rosy with
Roosevelt. Why change?"-(the bill
plastereO has completely backed the
constitutional controversy OH the map.
and that wind-up Republican arguments
on that score are loves labor lost.
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It was Just about 20 years ago this
week that, according to accepted legend.
Charles Evan Hughes, by failing to shake
hands with Hiram johnson in California,
lost that State and with 1t the presi-
dency. In Los Angeles the other day
Gov. Landon was scheduled to hold
conference with big group OF newspaper
men and photographers. After keeping
them waiting for an hour, SO the story
goes, he sent word that reception en-
eagement prevented his appearance. An
aide announced that the Governor could
not be interviewed, but would ike to
drop in to say hello" The aide asked
if that would be all right. mo" replied
one of the scribes, to which the Gov
ernor's spokesman rejoined: Then he
won't come at ALL" Politicians wonder
whether the Kansan made fatal break
in this "affront" to the coast-wr1tlng
fraternity.
Former Secretary of the Treasury
Ogden L. Mills duplicated over the air
this week his dramatic 1882 feat IN re-
plying Instantly to the famous pro-
Roosevelt broadcast of Senator Carter
Glass on fiscal and other controversial
questions. This time Mills went to the
nicrophone Immediately at the conclu-
sion Of the Presidents worcester ad-
dress and tackled r. d. RS statements
about Federal financing in Hoover days
and since. Mr.. Mills also harped on the
constitutional issue, asserting that the
New Deal is treading the paths OF Rus.
sian communism, italian fascism ana
German Nal-ism. The New YORKER Is
one of the most impressive spellbanders
on the stump for Landon.
Democrats always contend that one
of the weakest spots In Landon's armor
is his record Of past support OF certain
New Deal policies. No campaign utterance
along that line equals in fervcr his recent
approva, of the C. c. c. in California.
The Governor declared unreservedly that
If elected he would do everything In his
power not only to continue the camps