Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-21
Ed FLETCHER THE VALLEYS
BEST BET FOR CONGRESS

Imperial Valley will have profoundly
improved its positions in Washington,
ID. c., if State Senator Ed Fletcher of
San Diego county is elected to the house
of representatives, either at the primary
next Tuesday or the general election in
November Both Fletcher and his oppon-
ent, Incumbent Ed V. lzac, are running
on both Democratic and Republican
tickets.
All Izac has done for Imperial Valley
since he has been in Washington is to
make announcements of new ALLEGATIONS
and pro jScts which had been put through
without the expenditure by him of any eff
fort. Through official courtesy, New
Deal dominated agencies in Washington
have allowed him to make the announce
ments.
Fletcher, in his comparatively minor
position in the state senate, has rendered
Imperial Valley more actual service in
the last year than lac has given in his
entire term in the national capital. AS
state senator from San Diego Fletcher
has fought Just as hard for highway al
locations to this county as for those IN
his own. He was one of the leaders In OBJ
tanning earthquake repair funds for the
valley. He has evinced great interest in
the problems of Imperial Valley farmers
An interest that went beyond mere con-
verSatlon.
Imperial Valley has benefited from
Fletchers term in the state senate, even
when Fletcher was not official represent
ative of this district. Imperial Valley can
expect lot more service when it has an
official right to expect championship
from Ed Fletcher.
Fletcher's knowledge of the valley and
&c fc f.1r TO I0nn
knowledge as an encyclopedia is to
patent medicine almanac The present
congressman is so thoroughly unacquain-
ted with the valley that even yet, after
all these years, he still cannot give the
proper designation in casual converSa-
tion to some of our greatest projects. On
his tongue the name of the Imperial Irri-
CATION District has been heard to assume
a wierd sound-yet the district is the
valleys one indispensable agency. The
All American canal has been called more
than once the Gail America" canal by Mr..
lac. And so on down the line He cannot
tell you how many irrigated acres there
are in the valley, without reference
work to go by OF the bond refinancing
program so vital to the valley he knows
practically nothing.
Yet it should have been the business of
this districts representative In congress
to learn the salient facts about the dis
trlct he represents.
But our belief that Fletcher should be
elected to congress goes deeper than local
problems. 1t goes down to the bedrock of
political viewpoints
We know from his record that Fletcher
stands for economy in government, for
a minimum of governmental meddling in
private life, for federal care of indigents
who have no rightful claim on California.
We know that Izac voted for u S. su-
preme court packing, against deportation
of Harry Bridges, against the Hatch
Clean Politics act-in fact we know that
he has gone down the line one hundred
per cent-with not single exception
voting the ticket the New Dealers have
told him TO vote. Often we have found
nothing Objectionable in this. Many Of the
New Deal reforms we favor heartily But
we can never favor a Eyes man" in politi-
cal or private life Even if man is wrong
we'd rather see him vote as he thinks he
should, rather than as some party of
group tells him TO vote.
Fletchers record is an unasSailable
record of service to both San Diego and
Imperial counties We believe it merits
his election TO the United States house