Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-26
OTHERS VIEWS
ERCHf mr.. WRIGHT

Having seen many comments on
Governor u sons pronunciation OF
the name OF this State, l am moved
to wonder if the majority of them are
not prompted more by a desire to
defame the Governor of California
for giving lcn Mooney a pardon
than to make him a good ortheoplst.
This is said because 1 am aware OF
one ugly characteristic of our so
called '1best c4ass," especially in the
South, is is unCompromising dislike
for those who la4Oor, to seek just
wage Among the upper ten" in
their utter disregard for the teach
ings of Jesus when He said: What
soever e-wou.d that men should do
to YOU do we even so to them, there
is a strong sentiment to make wealth,
however gog,en, the standard of cor
rect living.
1 know nothing of Tom Mooney ex-
cept Wat Others have said, and the
greater part Of that has come through
channe inimicals to. organized labor.
Yet it is generally agreed now that
Mooney has committed no crime, but
that he was put in prison, and kept
there for twenty-five years, by or
ganized wealth in order to hamper
all who work in their efforts to bet
ter their condition. That surely un
democratic spirit prevails through
out America among those whom for
tune has blessed. 1t cropped out in
a recent speech by visiting Cover
nor who congratulated the Governor
of North Carolina for having init
mated that those who labor must,
like the old ave Negroes, know their
place by always coming to the back
door hat in hand, while he is Cover
nor.
/ wonder il our Governors, Legisla-
tors, Congressman, Senators, Judges
and all the great crowd that the farm
err and working man supports never
stop to think that these working men
and women have human feelings and
a desire to ca good food, wear good
clothes, and 1--we in decent houses. 1
wonder if they believe the farmer
and workingnan and their wives love
their Chi dren and wish to see them
getting sufficient food to make them
healthy, or see them dressed COM
fortably and neatly and have good
homes. If TINT great bunch the
workers support ever give the work.
ers and their families a thought it is
about as if these millions of poor
workers were in China or some other
far off country. I say this because,
if they did give the thought they
should, something would be done at
once to relieve the awful condition
that prevails IN our country TODAY
Read this: Las week the President
asked Congress to appropriate eight
hundred and seventy-five mil ions of
dollars to- provide a bare existence
and make joss for fathers and moth
ers who are Idle through 90 fault of
theirs. The Congress cut off $50 mil
lions of that and the Congressman
you Democrats voted for last No
vember voted for it They did a.
similar thing about two years ago
and brought US to our knees again
as you remember Your Congress
Z men vote every year to put billions
in the Golfers OF the rich while scat
-tering to the great producing class.
3 on.y a few crumbs. That is indeed
proof sufficient the men whom Won
sent to Congress care but little for
you of the producing class Will Won
vote for, the same man next year TO
represent you in Congress? 1 hope
not.
Governor Olson may not know, or
lever learn to correctly pronounce the
Adame of the Old North State, but I
!. thank the memorable hand of fate
! that California IS one state in this
-ogreat union that has a Governor with
o heart in him, respect for justice
and some feeling for those who pro-
vide his food, his raiment and his
shelter.
JAS. H. WRIGHT.
Henderson.