Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-10-18
South Dakota Senator
In First Speech
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that not even Mark Twain, Bill Nye
or Will Rogers had anything on him.
He did lots of Grating, too Any time
there was a call on him to say some
thing, he said it in tiptOp style and
on short notice. He never repeated
himself, either.
Oh, he was we'll advertised in adj
vance of his advent on Capitol Hill.
The Senate waited with bated breath
to listen to him.
Well, what did he turn out to be
but about the most reticent scion in
the memory Of the Oldest laWmak-
err He's been on the job for eight
years now, and only a few days ago
did he make his first speech OF any
consequence. It was a hum-dinger
when he got around to it. 1t was
chock-full Of dry humor; it was orr
ginal; it was poppy. 1t wasn't as pom
derOus as some legislators speeches
are, but it overlooked with ideas.
It related to neutrality revision. Bu-
lows against it. He's an absolute
isolationist l think a majority Of the
other senators disagreed with him,
but they had to admit that he's a
champion at expressing himself pun
gently.
Democracy's Obligations.
His argument was that Uncle Sam
is under no obligations to modify his
arms embargo with view Of help
ing Britain and France, like oursel-
YES, versus Germany, as a tOtalitar-
ian power.
He reasoned that the British and
French might have known that they
couldn't help Poland appreciably be-
fore that latter was eXtinguished-
and it ought to have been realized,
he said, that a dead Poland would
be hard to resuscitate. But the Allies
did promise protection. Poland stood
pat; it's squashed, with no advan-
tage to anybody Except at least tenn
porariiy, to Hitler and Foland)- and
a wars On.
If the Allies really could have saw
ed the Poles. BulOW comedies that
their promises to Warsaw perhaps
would have been justified; but they
knew that they couldn't-so he says.
Il they'd confessed that they cOuldn'
he adds, the poor Poles would have
made some sort Of terms, but, like
suckers, according to the South Da-
lotan's version, they fell for Allied
assurances; today they're obliterated.
Bill BuloW doesn't defend Hitler or
Stain, but he does blame the Allies
tNr what he considers ineXCuSable
/ laundering
LET 'em stew in their own juice"
so far as Uncle Sans concerned, ac-
cording to his motto
I don't take anybOdy's side; l say
only that the senator presents his
case forcefully, after a long silence
Why Silent So Long?
! What puzzles me is:
Why was the senator inarticulate
SO long?
For eight years he's sat at his desk
without an observation. 1t WOuldn' t
have been SO queer if he hadn't been
SO capable a talker earlier.
The funny part is that he has been
talker
He's sat in his Senate seat without
saying a word. He's voted, but he
hasn't talked until just now; in de-
bate he hasn't asked a question. Yet
he's gone home, between sessions.
and made as good local speeches as
ever.
It's in Washington, not in South
Dakota, that he's been SO tongue-tied
The usual national laWmaker likes
to make the Capitol his sounding
board. BuloW bushes up in Wash
ington. Back home is weber he
sounds off from.
It's a system that has its points