The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-11-05

BY the time these lines are in print
| the election results will be known in
most states.
And the Administration will con-
tinue to hold control in Congress.
| The American people could not go to
the polls and vote into office any men
acing large number of non-surporters
of the war.
Funny thing about elected officials.
Once they are elected they generally
stick for the term specified by law.
a couple of sleepy admirals can be
thrown out on their tin ears, but Il
sleepy Congressman, or a dull one, or
an ornery one sticks for the term.
That's one of the dictates of democ-
| racy.
An elected official has got to be a
pretty bad egg ever to get impeached.
That makes it pretty good sense to
be careful about voting.
| x X X
Now to jump to another field-this
being the week devoted to jumping
from one subject to anOther-RaymOnd
Clapper has been saying some thing
about the Presidents wise cracks at
the press.
1t seems to me that Clapper is right
about it.
The President can afford to be a
little more generous to Il press that is
at least 95 per cent behind him for
winning the war
1t wasn't exactly dignified when the
President, as reported, greeted re-
porters with "hello suckers" because
they had made prediction which did
MT come true when they said it would,
but which come true some days later.
1t was about the appointment of James
ByrneS as supreme economic boss.
The President has an enormous grip
on the affection, loyalty and devotion
of the people. Fortunately it is that
way.
And newspapers that Il couple of
years ago We're swapping and biting
are by and large, behaving pretty de-
Gently a little credit would be a gen
erous thing.
Elmer Davis is doing Il swell job of
understanding the newspapers of the
country
| Elmer Davis seems to realize the i'm
portance of the newspapers
One who has notions that news
papers aren't 50 important ought to live
for Il time in Il town that doesn't have
one!
That's when the truth comes home
to roost.
It's pretty much like being struck
dumb
And ''it amt funny"
Neither is it funny to have news
papers forbidden to have opinions of
their own. That's like wallpaper with
out n pattern.
or course newspapers can't 90 run
ming around full of treason, any more
than can plain Bill Jones.
But that's something else. Treason
can be punished as Such-and must be.
But honest attempts to inform the
people, with loyalty to the government
and refusal to divulge information that
must be kept secret-that's American!
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w Ell, IlbN lbi dlltllltI JUMP. mar
per'S Monthly for September-if you
have one dig it up-had a piece en-
titled "rrangular BandageS Are for
| BabieS"-and it was a lulu.
All about the vast first aid training
courses given by Red Cross. Well,
there's a lot more TO be said than was
said in that article, good though it was.
Red Cross built its teaching program
in peace time and peace time injuries
are the basis of all practices.
One good block buster bomb would
blow the whole thing To Il weakened
condition. The whole thing needs re-
vision for war uses. Barring that,
graduates need hours and hours of
supplemental training.
But we're moving along, getting
better and better on all fronts.
In view of the task perhaps Il mini
mum of weaknesses have developed.
The war must be won and it will be
won. We're getting madder every day
and that righteous anger is going to
count big toward victory.-CMNN.