Evening star., 1937-08-09

some OF us are led to believe he must
have something, even If we cannot
see It,
The Star contains so much good
material that little rotten nonsense
should not be matter OF complaint.
After all, no one is compelled to read
what he writes, but it is a waste of
good white paper.
Very truly yours,
CLARE E. HOFFMAN,
Representative. fourth Michigan
district.
To the Editor Of The Star:
lam very glad to read your editorial
In defense OF Jay Franklin. He seems
to have more common sense and more
OF the greatest Of all things: Love for
mankind, than any of the columnists
who write on affairs of State. l am
glad Jay Franklin is for our Presi-
dent, who has done more for the great
mass Of common people than per-
haps any one man in history.
When at home in Arkansas I read
Jay Franklin's column at every op-
portunity. GEORGE E. TENNEY.
To the Editor OF The Star:
l was much interested in the let
ters in The Star Saturday night pro-
testing against Jay Franklin's column
and was glad to be reassured in your
editorial that these columns will be
continued. 1 never fail to read them
as they are so frightfully funny. The
delightful part of it all is that Mr.
Franklin is apparently not Tying to
be amusing at all, but he seems to
really believe all that he says:
His humorous assertions only serve
to convince one all the more of the
excellent logic expressed in your DO
lltical columns. Which reminds me
OF the German propaganda in the
World War. The more of that l used
to read, the more I was persuaded
that the side Of the allies was the cor
rect one.
So do let him keep up the good
work. One needs a little laughter
IN these serious times.
LOUISE KAUTZ.
To the Editor OF The Star:
Thank you very much for your
editorial Of August 7, 1887, Concern
ing Mr.. Franklin" I have always
wanted both sides of any question.
and Mr.. Franklin. contrary to practi-
cally all the other columnists, some
of them carried by your very good
American paper, The Star gives
fair discussion Of the present admin
iStration
Why give the people the discussions
OF Mr.. Jay Franklin? Twenty-seven
million American voters indorsed the
administration policies which is dis
cussed sympathetically by Mr.. Frank
lin and only Mr. Franklin.
To stop this column would be unfair
to your many readers of The Star
and un-American in principle. Re-
spectfully yours.
E. M. BROWNING.
To the Editor of The Star:
"Unaccustomed as I am to such
literary endeavor as writing letters to
the papers, the controversy raging
over the column written by Mr.. Jay
Franklin proves too great a temptation
to be resisted.
The particular violence expressed
by S. H. Mumford places him definitely
among those haters of our beloved
President who are, fortunately, great
ly in the minority, and how thankful
We should be that there are but a few
OF these extremely bitter opponents
of the New Deal. Else We might wake
up some morning to find that the
White House had been treated to
something more destructive than
merely verbal bombs. 1t is fact
evident to any interested observer
that both the ultra-radical and the
ultra-conservative are in this group.
Franklin Roosevelt, being liberal and
progressive, pleases neither the ex-
treme left nor the extreme right, the
leftlsts wanting violence and a COM
plete overturn and entire change of
government and the rightists wanting
no change at all
AS you say in your excellent edi-
torial, the role of a defender of the
New Deal is an important role" and
Mr.. Franklin ably fills the role To
me he seems by far the most interest
ing columnist you have and I believe
his articles are widely read all over
the country by the people of the
United States, who have shown by
their reelection of Franklin Roose-
velt what they think of the New Deal.
(MISS) JULIA LAWLESS.
To the Editor of The Star:
This is in appreciation of the Con
corning Mr.. Franklin" editorial yes
terday
There should hardly be any objec-
ton to defense counsel in any case.
Furthermore, free speech" natur-
ally implies free screech," as free
dom of the press" must imply free
dom of the Mr.. Franklins."
So If I heard you the first time"
The Star will continue the use Of
Mr. Franklin's column" for some
time to come"
And mot to change the subject" "
I know of nothing better in their
line day after day than The Stars
"ths page" and the page opposite
this page"-bar none, and including
Charles E. Tracewell ION vacation"
F.. B. WATSON,