The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-07-23
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Paul Mallon, daily newspaper
columnist, disclosed the other day the
New Deal governments plan tc
sprinkle money throughout the nation
just the day before election day.
That is STOPPING to politics in one
of its low forms and comes from the
same group that asked for a united
nation, free from politics, so the win
ming of the war would be the first job
at hand
1t was that same political organza-
ton that two years ago had it ar
ranged so that conservation checks to
millions of farmers were handed out
just prior to election, in an attempt
to influence the votes of free people
On November 2 Mr. Mallon says
around 325 million dollars of heldup
allowances will be shoveled out of the
clouds in payments to wives, children
and fathers and mothers, who are de-
pendents of men in the armed serv-
ices. No payments are to be made I'M
til then.
Mallon says the War department
declared it never heard of the cleo
ton on November 3, but that book
keeping and investigation will delay
the preparation of checks until pre-
cisely that moment from June /.
Lump sum payments of five months
arrears just before voters go to the
polls to elect new Congress!
The dependents are assumed to be
needy, else payments would not be
made. So how they will live from June
to Election time is not known, and
apparently those in authority don't
care as much about that as timing the
release of the money when it might
affect a persons vote.
If the people realize the danger of
such an attempt. it ought to have an
opposite effect from what those in
power want
It's difficult to remain unified
under such circumstances and yet we
are at war and that war must be Won
even if we have to do it in spite of
low forms of politics of those in high
offices.
We can look back to the faith of
forefathers and find the strength
necessary to carry this war to sue
cessful conclusion. Remember, we're
fighting for free democracies all over
the world We can't free the world
and enslave ourselves. Well be doing
the latter unless we get more honesty
in our government officials, from the
highest office on down.
Justified confidence in our elected
officials would boost our morale lot
People are leary of many things
that are done in the name of patriot
ism. During the rubber drive, farm
err came to The Republican and asked
where he might take some scrap. q
got truck load of old rubber bat
don't want to turn it over to anyone
who will speculate with it."
That's the sentiment of millions OF
people. They want to help in the wal
effort, but they don't want to get
gypped. They'd appreciate some con-
fidence
The Perfect Refusal
Getty Browning former Garrett
countian, now Of Raleigh n c.. has
sent US copy of the perfect rejec-
ton slip which many budding manu-
script writers wouldn't mind getting
from editors of magazines, who refuse
their copy.
The perfect refusal" is said to be
the product Of a Chinese editor.
1--WE have read thy manuscript" says
the rejection, with infinite delight.
BY the sacred ashes of our ancestors,
we swear that never have we revealed
in so enthralling masterpiece If we
printed it we should honcaforth be
obliged to take it as a model, as 2
standard of quality and achievement.
and henceforth never print anything
inferior to it.
CAS- it would be impossible to find
it's equal in 10000 years and we have
to go to press with our poor I'M
inspired paper once a day. we are
compelled though shaken with sorrow
and blinded with tears at the ncces-
sity, to return thy divine manuscript
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