Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-10-22
Charles Lynch For Congress

Whatever the opposition may say regarding the lack
of qualifications of Charles Lynch for congress, we
will that he match every single qualifca-
ton of his opponent with plenty more to spare The
opposition yells defeat Lynch and do with the
New Deal. Just what do they mean by such state
ment? The New Deal and the Roosevelt admnistra-
ton synonymous. Are we to understand that If
the Republicans (not Wendell Willkie) get in power
that they will scrap every measure of the present ad
ministration? Let's do a bit of reasoning
Let every ponder what condition the country
would have been in when the treacherous Japanese
attack possessions took place if the chaos be-
queathed the Roosevelt administration by the
ceding administration had been allowed to continue
even two three years longer And it surely would
have continued had it not been for the prompt, de-
action taken by President Roosevelt in putting
into effect the various measures of alienation and
progressive reform which collectively to be
known as the New DEAL
If the banks and insurance companies had been al
lowed keep crashing they under Hoover 8
administration, if the millions of unemployed had
been permitted develop into desperate hungry mobs
if the idle youth had received no attention, and had
inc vitaby drifed first into vagrancy and then into
crime, if bankrupt farmers had not been assisted to
reclaim their possessions, does anyone suppose that
we would be in a position to defend our land and
liberties let alone carry the into distant fields?
Reactonary elements protesting to be actuated by
wn-the-war zeal have been attempting sabotage
New Deal accomplishments under of this patr-
otic preention. They ignore the fact that these
compshments alone made the prosecution Of such
war as this possible But the of people who
have benefited from them, who rescued from
want and given security for the future need only to
cast their thoughts back few years to realize why
the nation is strong, and to give credit where
credit is due.
Let's consider the New Deal as it relates to this
congressional district. The Muskngum Conservancy
District is part of the New Deal and it is doing for
food protection just what claimed for it, Would
Mr. Griffith advocate abandoning it? Would he have
orposed it had he been elected to in his first
race. The New Deal has made possible the erection
of many school buildings; has been the means of new
streets sidewalks better sanitary conditions
reads etc. We likely to forget all those things
and take them granted, but don't lose sight of
the fact that they have all been brought about
through the New Deal.
Bob Secrest represented this district in congress for
years. Had he volunteered his services to his
country, he would again have been reelected. Why
Republican district? Because the people liked his
services-because the people approved by their bal
lets what he doing for them. Which of the two
men running for congress this year will
carrying did Bob Secrest? Mr.. Lynch has
peatedy stated that he would bend his every effort
carry on, if elected to congress, nearly like Bob
Secrest did possible.