The Washington times., 1938-08-17
Marching Through Georgia

CENATOR WALTER F. GEORGE, Democratic states
- man whom President Roosevelt has asked Georgia's
voters to defeat for reelection has begun regular old
fashioned Southern campaign to save himself
Calling the Presidents Georgia speech endorsing
GEORGES opponent second March Through Georgia"
Mr. George goes on to mention carpebaggers, to con-
trast himself as "ful-time Georgian" with part-time
Georgian" Roosevelt to thunder about oneman party
to get in hint or that Mr.. Roosevelt is nigger
lover (or at any rate that George most decidedly sn,
and to wave the bloody shirt of State rights
It's all orthodox Southern campaign stuff and Senator
George has perfect right to put fight of this KIND
Our feeling u.s. though, that the Senator was born bit
late that he would have better chance If this were the
year 1890
Most Young Georgians appear to be extremely uncon
cerned about what General Sherman may have done to
their greatgrandpappes in the Civil War; They not
much more concerned with the atrocities of Shermans
men in the Civil War than with those of Tarletons
in the Revolution. What most of them seem mainly
worried about in this generation is how to get more dough
and thus live more comfortably.
Let's get Mr. Roosevelt's position in this matter clear
The President BELIEVES that the South, for various
reasons both under and beyond its CONTROL is the economic
stepchild of the Union. He believes
reasons TOT that something ought to be done to
ILL., "D,-o,ov improve the South's economic
dition, because such improvement
would be good for the South and for the North He be-
eves the way to bring about such improvement is to
jack up Southern wages, shorten hours, bolster farm
prices introduce crop diverscaton lessen child labor
and iron freight inequalities which hurt South
ern industry
The President is asking Southern voters who believe
he does to vote for Congressional candidates who will
support his program. He is suggesting that those who
disagree with him vote for candidates who likewise dis
agree with him. This is plain sense though
Roosevets enemies talk if it would make Jefferson
Jackson and Lincon-a of whom did precisely the
thing-revove rapidly in their graves.
George may win; don't know. Other Southern
reactonaries whom the President wants retired from
Washington public life may beat the so-called purge"
?, But we believe the battle will be
AUOOooOo"U won, soon enough Southern
Should Win voters become convinced that they
have troubles not connected with the
Civil War; and that they need modern representatives at
Washington
The National Emergency Council has just issued de-
tailed reporsponsored by Southern professors judges
businessmen, etc-on just what is wrong with the South
The report bears out with facts and figures what we've
all known in general that the South is economically
backward and that it's poverty Injuries both the South
and the Northern industries selling in the South.
When the facts in this report get spread widely enough
down South, look for upheaval which will toss
out the bloody shirt and State rights warriors of the
George school and toss lot of modern minded "young
Turks in.