The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-08-18
Communicated

AAAS 8AS0s 6oAO0IS philosopher
once said Childhood is the best
time Of mans life. And as q reward
for right living good man has been
given two. one at the beginning. Of
his earthly existence and one at
or near the close"
And I am now just beginning to
enjoy my second and believe me Il
Is great feeling. Now being q bit
simple minded and unable to un-
derstand the great intricate UNDER
lying currents of human thought
and the amazing political propa-
ganda that is being handed around
is not like having halitosis or 30.
that is your most intimate friends
do not hesitate to tell you about it.
But at that-bad as I am-there
are some who are worse-if that Is
any consolation. There is once III
while some bewildered pilgrim who
asks me what I think Of this or
that-as II my opinion could make
any difference. But I am free to
admit do not know the answers
I only know the questions. Away
back In the dim distant past when
was q kid in school we studied
books that had the problems In
front and the correct answers in the
back. But no more. Some wise
guy discovered that there could
be money made by answering other
peoples questions so they were
taken out Of the school books.
The answers our wise ones give
are not necessarily correct, but the
price is the same and collected in
advance. For doctor-two dol
lars; a fortune teller, five dollars;
q lawyer, ten dollars; q specialist,
twenty-five dollars and a politician
ten thousand dollars year. And
then they expect smart people like
you and me to tell all we know for
nothing mo wonder the honest are
poor and the good die young.
But to get back to the questions
most frequently asked. Whom do I
consider the greatest man the world
ever produced? And answer with
out hesitancy or fear of honest con-
tradiction, with the exception of one
D. Roosevelt.
Why? Because he is q peacemaker.
The Good Book says Blessed are
the peacemakers for they shall In
herit the EARTH" That Is right and
he has already received. He has
peaceful possession of the best coun-
try in the world and a big mortgage
upon all the rest.
Shall we have war during this
generation? Positively no-not while
he is at the helm.
How about a third term? BY all
means give him a third term If he
50 desires and he is the only man
who can say whether he will per-
petuate himself in office. Why q
third term? Because he sunk the
ships captain, let him 60 down
with it.
All our other great men of his
tory were or are warriors and sought
greatness by force of arms with its
resultant loss of life and untold
misery.
Our history books are full of wars,
military campaigns, battles, defeats
and conquests. King David, Alexan-
der, Caesar, Kaiser Wilhelm, Tar
Of Russia, the Emperor of Japan,
he War Lords of China; the Kings
If England, Napolean, Hitler, Muss-
,lini, Washington, Lincoln, McKin-
ey, Wilson, all great generals, but
not really great men. Washington
ought the Revolution and kept his
,oor soldiers starving and freezing
It Valley Forge while he was mil
ionaire in his own right and owned |
lcres Of land, hundreds of slaves
md his granaries were bursting !
With food stuff. Lincoln, with his i