The Western news., 1942-09-03
THANKS COR FOR PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT
Eureka, Mont, Aug. "a. 1912

editors, news writers and members
of bureaus, etc.
These criticisms were aimed to
influence the minds of our Ameri-
can people in that they attempted
| to give the impression that Mr..
/ Roosevelt was more interested in
seeking reelection to fourth term
and to party political issues, than
he was to the matter and manner
of winning the war. One wonders
what these critics have in their
skulls that theyeuse for brains when
they attempt to smirch, belittle and
be-damn the greatest mind with one
exception, Lincoln), in all of our
presidential American history
Well, we will take the last criti-
cism first. 'The country may be in
mood to condone bad mistakes in
war prosecution due to feverish
haste and almost complete lack
of preparation before we were at
j tackled in the Pacific area. But if
political considerations are to DOM
mate, the country's spirit will be
hard to maintain The above quo
tation was written by dependable
iC) Washington news writer and
/ this newsWriter inSinuates that our
President is to blame for our un-
preparedness before Pearl Harbor.
Only an ignoramus, jackass or a
Nazi could cast such inSinuations up
I on President Roosevelt. Now, what
are the facts in regard TO our pre-
I paredness at and before Pearl Har-
t Dor, on Dec 7, l9412 The facts are
that We were prepared fully pre-
/ pared. Our naval vessels were there
fully manned and equipped to de-
feat any attack at that point. The
naval commander Kimmel, and the
army commander, Strong. were
warned from Washington that Jap
surprise raids were likely to hap
pen and to be prepared to meet
them, yet the raid came SO early on
that Sunday morning that Kimmel
and Strong were still in their little
beds fast asleep. The answer as
to why these commanders were
snoring away at this particular time
is known by some people but not by
these gluttons are drawing down
$4,000 per annum. Seems like
golden snooze to me. But our very
reliable newswriter insinuates that
it was President Roosevelt that was
sleeping on the job All our people
know that our president doesn't
carouse around on Saturday night
and sleep too late on Sunday morn
ing to get up for breakfast
Now as to the first criticism: A
member of the bureau of the Chris
tian Science Monitor who has been
attending the Presidents press con-
ferences for several years said that
Mr. Roosevelts spirit seemed
changed. He stated among other
things that, When the president
was asked five or six questions
about major matters that are now
engaging the interests Of the ma
ton that the President was more
evasve than usual and his replies
were not given in the usual clever
manner. Even his quips lacked
their old time pungency' Well, now
the President may have been too
weary to feel very gay after his
years of strenuous efforts with
Congress, newspaper guys and
4 gasping politicians, and, perhaps the
President was considering the char
acter of his audience. He might have
remembered that old adage, Cast
not your pearls before swine, lest
they turn again and rend you,p and
SO he acted accordingly. Now the
great editor, William Allen White
of the Emporia Gazette is shaking
/ in his shoes for fear that there are
political maneuvers afloat to boost
Franklin d. Roosevelt for a fourth
term in the White House and this
great editor sees the gravest danger
IN such maneuverings in its impli-
cations as regards the prosecutions
of the war. Also if the President
like the Congress is giving his first
thoughts to the November elections.
why it will give the nation the
shudders, the horrors, the blues, the
terrors and the shaking palsy and
all the terrors of Christmas night
mare. Why? Because of the dismal
present situation that confronts the
United States, the dismal situation
facing our country. Why, White must
have had bad attack of dyspepsia.
What have you been eating. old top.
to talk like that? The Japs aren't
in your backyard neither is Hit
Ter out on your front porch. so
don't squeal like stuck hog Pres
ident Roosevelt is on the lob and
he knows what to do to win this
war Our army and navy, (now that
we have gotten rid of kimmeH- are
doing grandly Our air force is SUI
preme. Hitler is putting diapers on
his storm troopers, the Japs are sick
in the tummy, Russians never sur
render, old Winnie has more CUTS
than ever and very soon thousand
bombers will be dropping thousands
of tons of bombs on Berlin. Then
watch the Nazis howl. The Ameri-
can flag, the British flag and the
Russian flag will soon be floating
over German soil. Then the poor
tortured people of Europe and Asia
will be praising Alighty God CON
tinually. A triumphant Democracy
will free all slaves and in the wears
to come every true Amaric.n u,;lI