The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-13
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It's a good thing that | am of an
orderly as well as Industrious nature
Having picked the Sabbath as the day
on which | would write something for
the column which / have been so
| graciously asked to contribute to The
| Peoples Voice, | wasn't sure, this
morning, Just what | was going to
write about. And then when opened
the. morning paper I discovered some.
thing in that, which | feel demands
some calculation by some profound In
tellect such as mine.
The story which think needs some
discussion and Qualification, was the
story about the plans of Mr.. Hoover.
the great engineer and erstwhile pres
ident of the United States For the
life OF me, / can't explain the slip. shod
methods OF the particular reporter for
the Associated Press who wrote the
story, and forgot to outline the great
engineers far-reaching plan.
No doubt you all have read the
touching (no pun intended) appeal Of
this great engineer Q'm speaking of
Mr.. Hoover) to the American people
to contribute large and small sums
to relieve the distress of the people
of Finland. With his mastery grasp
of effective organization, banks, cham
bers of commerce and large civic
groups have been enlisted as the ones
to receive the contributions of the
American people for this great cause.
There was no urging to give It'll 1t
hurts" but that admonition was, OF
course, unnecessary. They'll I'm
doubleday do so anyhow
The reason | think it's necessary
for me to explain the plan of the
great engineer, is that there might be
some vulgarians who will impugn his
fine motives and his plan which is
crystal-clear to me. These lowlifes
may begin to try to make people be-
lieve that this great humanitarian
I'm still talking about Mr.. Hooyer)
is doing this fine deed as a sort of
preliminary to building himself back
(as though he needed to do that in
public opinion as presidential DOS
sibility, because his reputation as a
great giver in the last war, probably
had something to do with his previous
election; that instead of feeding the
Firms he should feed some OF the
American people who are said to be
hungry; which, of course, doesn't
make sense.
Just to settle this thing once and
for all, | am prepared to diyulge the
great engineers 1.-THE great humanitar-
ian engineer, Mr.. Hoover, | am talk
ing about) complete plan. To do this,
have to touch on some of the in.
fluences of his boyhood, and this
should be read to the accompaniment
Of some slow, soft music:
When he was just barefoot boy
back in Iowa, with his eye fixed ON
wide horizons, and his soul stirred,
even then, by vague prompIings to al
eviate human misery (this might have
been caused by the natural craving
or food of a growing boy of course)
he people in his section used to stage
rabbit drives. The neighbors
paced themselves in a miles long
ircle and moved towards the center
irving the luckless rabbits before
hem and finally killing them. Out OF
he lessons of this simple but effcaci-
us plan, Mr.. Hoover has evolved a
Ian which if he can apply it, win
o away with hunger all over the
orld.
His idea is simply to surround"
unger on broad, international basis.
ell fling the might of his relief or
anizations to the far corners of the
orld and work toward the center,
hich knowing him as we do. is OF
,urse this country, and here on the
'ound which he worships as a great
ltriot, he will finally lay low, ami
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