Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-20
The Democratic Viewpoint
EDITED BY
The Democratic County Central
Committee
SPEAKING OF COCKEYES

From The Los Angeles illustrated Daily News
President Roosevelt's rousing reception in
Kansas must have had inspiring effect upon
him for in his whirlwind sweep across his op-
ponent's state he delivered some Of the most
telling blows of the campaign.
Without any of the aspersion hysteria or
acidity that weaken the later speeches OF Gov
ernor Landon, the President seems to have an
extraordinary faculty for direct attack. When
his opponent sticks out his chin Roosevelt Strik-
es from the shoulder Evidently he has learned
the wisdom for carrying the fight to the other
fellows corner.
Landons penny-pinching in the schools and
his thin profession of interest in the taxes of
people of modest means was the subject Of the
Presidents castigation Tuesday.
The school," he declared with emphasis, lis
the last expenditure upon which America should
be willing TO economize"
The generous sums contributed by the Roose-
velt Administration toward construction and re-
habilitation Of Los Angeles County schools,
which suffered SO severely from the 1888 earth
quake are tangible testimony TO the sincerity OF
the Presidents sympathy and understanding in
this connection. In the national field his splendid
work in salvagng the souls as well as the bodies
of millions of young Americans through the
CCC and kindred agencies is one Of the dis
tingushed social achievements Of our age.
No parent can ignore the debt Of gratitude
due to Franklin Roosevelt for putting into prac-
tical shape "the sense OF responsibility TO our
bows and girls who were sunk with us in the
ruins" and millions of the beneficaries them
selves many now reaching the age of under
standing. Will remember Cllc frSSlOeHIS plOilPb
action in their behalf when they had grown
tired of living on the vanishing savings OF
their parents and had set out the highways
to look for work which could not be found"
None of his Republican predecessors who had
been giving lip service to social security raised
a hand to aid the youth of America or to give
each rising generation little better chance In
life than the that precedd it,
At the very moment when the President was
reciting what his Administration had done TO
protect these victims Of economic diSlocaton,
Governor Landon prating in Ohio about
what he proposes to do for the little man. for
people with incomes of SIS week or less
No doubt the President presently will find
opportunity to compare Governor Landon's
promises with his record Of performance, but
here is what he has done in Kansas by an in
come tax bill enacted under his administration
and signed by him.
The little man." if he is single and has no
dependent, has to pay income taxes in Kansas
on SIS a week. Under the Federal income tax
law-Whch the Liberty League-G .OP.-HearSt
candidate criticized severely he pays no income
tax on less than $40 week.
Under the law Governor Landon approved,
a married couple earning $50 a week must pay
income taxes. The Federal tax does not apply
to them unless their income exceeds $50 week.
Two Walpole, NJ H., workers lost
their sense of smell. A friend, who has
been listening to political speeches,
would like to learn how they went about
it.
Philadelphia surgeon says men have
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