Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-02
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT

You make an abortive effort to belittle
me by referring to me as a lettuce trim
mer and boXnaker | have been fruit
tramp all my life, and I still am a fruit
tramp, and Z am proud of it. I came to
the Imperial Valley twentyfour years
ago. I was at that time a rather ambi-
tious sort of human being, so it was not
long until I procured job. | walked
eight miles a day to and from work. I
labored hard to provide for myself and
those dependent upon me. 1t is a fact
that | trimmed part of the lettuce, loaded
in the first car ever to leave the Imperial
Valley. The lettuce being in its infancy,
it was necessary to obtain other employ
ment in order to make a living. I worked
on ranch; headed corn and irrigated.
I carried a hod when the local plant Of
the Imperial Ice and Development Com
pany was under construction These I
considered honorable jobs. although the
pay was nothing to brag about. You refer
to the loWly lettuce trimmer and box
mer in rather disparaging manner.
You can accomplish nothing by this. Mr..
MouSseau for I believe l know fruit
tramps" better than you do. I really
should, as | am one of them. l am sure
that fruit tramps consider their vocation
as being an honorable one.
You contend that through the rehabli-
tating process of the present administra-
ton "was moved from my loWly begin
ming to an exalted place in the realm of
economic royaliStS." This is a crazy
statement and the inspiration for it must
have come from such a place as Patton.
So far as an economic royalist is con-
cerned I am at a loss to properly inter
pret the term | have heard the PreSi-
dent refer to many as being such. But
no one seems to get burned up over 1t
because no one SENS to know just what
or who they are. But since you have
seen fit to appropriate the term I be-
leve I am beginning to see the light. l
take it that an economist royalist is one
who started at the bottom with nothing,
one who has met llfe's problems honest
ly and fairly one, who by shaving has
been able to provide a home for himself
and his family. one with individualism
and initiative enough to take advantage
of honest opportunities when they pre-
sented themselves. one, who through legl
mate means has been able to build up q
business which would give employment
to thousands of men and women one
who supports local, charitable, and relief
examinations to the limit, one who mas
the civic pride of his community at heart,
one who stands for that which he knows
to be right. II this is an economic roy
alist. then I am ONE of those things;
and l am indeed very proud OF 1t.
You state that Mr.. Roosevelt has repudi-
ated the Communist party. This is cor
rect. Is it not fact that he has also
repudiated the Democratic platform
that he is the champion repudiator OF
all repudiators? You infer, in your TRADE,
that 1 have classified patriotic Amerl-
cans should vote American by voting for
Roosevelt and the Official Roosevelt Tic
ket. You should not be condemned for
making this appeal Mr.. Mousseau, II
that is the way you feel about the mat
ter I do not intend to ask any voter to
cast his or her ballot for any particular
candidate I believe that most OF the
voters in the Imperial Valley are capable
of making up their own minds and that
after careful analysis of the issues, their
consciences will direct them along the
proper path.