The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-05-08

sffidal b TnG ability 5ii to fool the pub
ior on on niI noIitical promises, and
lie win WITH Jbvnnotized into believ-
Keep tnsib he :" IS keeping those pro o,
. ing llS w lust about to fulfill
. nises~-onIs +e his chances of being
thenl-1JIltSo9'Vo or retaining, the office
eisc sso Pr President of the United
ga S's' so,,ld 20 back into history and
] c. ,l,r,e o. instances of the
dte nun IN which the gullible pub
manner aoa b he fooled politically by
E 5 asS eyerv president since Lin
'lLnOIIS ,,t this would serve only to
com ON. O oHe thing, that the gullible
snow snow U have never discovered the
g ,o,.Sniion practiced upon them I'M
=. aS'i + was too late to remedy the
tan + at least in the case Of. that
i iss39ivIidual president. l will cite
s Ilul'' onIv a few instances which
n y. ~ we'll known as to require
S u . 70 for their proof, such
~ ~ g a9 7 kept US out of War;"
SBack to normaIcy," "Silent CAL"
emitted D to be silent and wise
. .i5Tnlv because he was devoid of
:inr' and couldn't express one if
5 u'T had possessed it; "Just around
+Sa corner" and similar pronounce
,as Of the "Great Engineer"
Who finally put the train into the
ditch =,
nv noint that the public seldom if
t ever discovers the deception prac-
feed upon it until too late to Go
ANYTHING about it so far as that
narticular individual is concerned.
The single exception may be noted
in the case of the "Great En-
rneero who slept at the throttle
while the train ran through an
Open switch, and even in that in
stance the public should not be
given the entire credit, for it is
barely possible, and indeed quite
probable, that Hoover's defeat was
due not SO much to the fact that
the public had found him out as
to the fact that he sat idly by
while the greatest American ''fan
dancer" of history, Fan Dancer
Roosevelt, performed the political
fan dance which allowed him to
walk away with the show.
We now come to the perform
anCe Of one Of the greatest adopts
in history upon the political stage,
that of Fan Dancer Roosevelt and
his political "wiggle" which fooled
a larger portion Of the American
people than had ever before yield
ed to presidential hypnotist, and
to give him his just due it appears
that ne still has a majority at
least Of the gullible public fasci-
mated BY the fan dance, which does
not however display quite as much
,Hgor and "pep" as characterized
MS campaign wiggle of 1882.
Disguised with the inactivity
ana shores of the Great Engineer
WA VINO slept so peacefully at the
throttle, the public was fascinated
oy the contrasting activity of the
v ot occupant of the polite
Sage whose vigorous "wiggle" -.
eaSt promised action rather than
SlInolence, and Fan Dancer Roose-
Ivl' was acclaimed the most popu-
ar a. actor on the political stage in
Alas, for the credulitv of the
% Ts.ng public that still believes
o wdI by electing a millionaire to
f aEa Office they will secure legis-
r I~un OF benefit for the working
few ,,;, While there have been a
S S imllnC2naires in places of po-
With a authority who were imbued
n r,S The ideal Of service to the
s q mii,: as a whole, the percentage
vsv mlilllonalres in public office who
BEEN BEEN 5 service r to the public has
Mi MIL ! 50 Slow as to be practically
niiglas, would run about one in ten
fay ,,lo p; The only kind of legisla-
.fr ym which the public NAV expect
vs s5l a public officer who is a
man. iy '. man, or has the wealthy
The S,i Viewpoint, is legislation fol
F privileged class.
SFHS n Dancer Roosevelt PROM.
dresD. well. In his inaugural ad.
hone, ne proposed to "drive the
and g. Changers out of the temple
him 'n 81 hypnotized voters believed
nedistaaIhlee opportunity offered i'm.
nestas Oerate intent he funbled The
ava. eSldent. When +bo 49, :.