The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-08

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other countries a p%icutre of a country
just itching to get into the war.
From the very beginning of the
wal when our President was telling
the belligerent nations just what we
would and what we would not put
up with until now when we propose
TO evacuate children from w~ar-torn
London, we have shown a consistent
tendency to stick our noses in Euro
pean affairs just as though they were
our own.
Hitler was certainly on safe terri
tory when he told US that if we didn't
want any trouble in this hemisphere
that VIZ certainly had no business
meddling in the European a
1t does look like we have enough
problems to keep US busy without
trying to tell any other nation what
to do. We have plenty of domestic
problems to keep US busy to say moth
ing of seeing to our national safety.
Our foreign policy, if we have one,
seems to be formed from day to day
and we have run the gamut from
sinking battleships to fighting over
drafting a standing army in the U. s..
We all say we want peace and so we
90 forward as rapidly as possible to
build up an army so that we will be
ready to fight. Our leaders say we
are getting ready to defend our
country from invasion.
r. fx~x~ 5000 that aounr-I
tion may look as ridiculous as our
sinking battleship after battleship
not so many years ago.
The plain truth seems to be that
we are getting ready to hop right in
the middle of the war against Ger
many . just as soon as we elect
a president in November.
Adolph Hitler must have smiled
when he read the account of Senator
Holt and Senator Minton, both good
Democrats, calling each other %"liar,"
''rat," Stacker" on the senate floor
this week.
A sorry spectacle, indeed.
1t does seem like Congress, in
whose hands the safety of this coun-
try rests, could adjourn petty and
party politics and get down to the
business of making this country safe
from invasion within and without.
We have q s~tupendous job ahead
of " as any schoolboy can tell you.
Grown men, whose duties consist of
government and seeing to the safety
of the country, spend their time
calling each other names instead OF
looking after the interest of our peo-
pie
1t is enough to make n doubt
the wisdom of Democracy when
those who are at Democracy's helm
conduct themselves so shamelessly.
Edward J. Flynn, the new chair
a of e Democratic National
Committee, effective August II, has
a big job ahead of him in trying to
fill the shoes of big Jim Farley.
Il is going to take a mighty big
mar to successfully succeed Mr.. Far
ley. the number two politician of the
nation. And sometimes we wonder If
FDR doesn't get some his ideas from
the Postmaster General.
There is probably no more popular
man in America than jim Farley. He
numbers his personal friends by the
thousands and every n of them
would do anything in the world for
him. He was by far the most popular
figure at the Democratic national
convention and had he not been the
kind of man he is he could have GER
tainly caused the President lots of
trouble at the convention. Things
would have gone nearly as smoothly
as they did had it not been for Mr..
Farley's god craftsmanship, his loyal
ty and personal friendship for Mr..
Roosevelt.
Jim Farley is a big man in every
sense of the word.
Another man to whom President
Roosevelt owes a debt of gratitude
for his conduct at the Democratic
national convention almost as much
as Mr.. Farley is Paul V. McNutt, who
has a great deal besides good looks
to recommend him.
Mr.. McNutt is a mar whom you
instinctively would trust and like
very much. He has a very compelling
personality and is an astute poitl-
elan. His friends made a terrific cam
paign for him maintaining elaborate
headquarters in the Stevens Hotel
and every hotel lobby was filled
with McNutt supporters.
There is no doubt that McNutt
could have secured the nomination
for vice-president had he not with
drawn in favor of the man President
Roosevelt named.
He withdrew to the sound of booes
from thousands of his supporter who
showed in no uncertain language
what they thought about FDR's
nominee.
Up in Corinth the Mayor and
Aldermen are having quite a bit OF
trouble. The Board passed an ordl-