Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-08-27

public otflce. EdWaru J. DUCK
He spoke with a most apparent
firmness in his convictions, and
ended our conversation by an
nouncing that all politicians
were necessarily thieves.
/ didn't wish to belabor the
point, as it was plain to see that
he had made up his mind not to
vote, and it flattered his ego to
think he was so much smarter
than other people.
Perhaps you feel the same
way. There are American citi-
zens who pride themselves on
not being fooled by politicians Of
any party. The best answer for
you, if this is true, is "Why not
bring Hitler over here and make
him president Of the United
States, if it makes no difference
whom you elect?"
DON'T CONDEMN
But we shouldn't condemn peo-
pie who think as my cab driver
thought. We should pity them,
and thank the Lord there are at
least a minority who do partici-
pate in elections. In Germany
five per cent of the populace
voted, and the paperhanger took
over!
In the expression, "Less poll
ticians and more statesmen" lies
the answer. But how do you tell
one from the other? Here's a
good method, / believe-and it's
quite infallible, too!
The moral of a well-worn joke
provides the means for distin-
gushing good from evil, the de-
sirable from the undesirable, the
chaff from the wheat. See if you
get the idea from the following.
Two uneducated young men
were arguing the merits and
qualifications of their respective
lady friends. After each one out
did the other in singing the
praises of their hearts desire,
they reached an impasse. Finally
after a moments silence came
the clincher: HAS your girl got
Ga deadly communica-
BILE disease)?"
as that good" countered the
other lad.
at must be-" came the reply,
"the Herald's against i'll"
And so when we think of
newspapers supporting the P. r.
system of voting, extolling the
merits Of scheme whereby the
people are unable to elect the
candidate of their choice, and
when we see Gallup Polls which
tell the workers that the major
ity of the workers are against
themselves, and when we see the
Literary Digest electing Landon
over Roosevelt by a Landslide;
and when we see newspaper edi-
tors condemning the New Deal
and sabotaging plans which
would benefit humanity the
world over; and when we see a
million other things of this ma
ture, we cannot help but agree
that the young man had some
thing when he applied his bit of
homespun logic. 1t was only by
accident that he wasn't right.
NOT ALL CROOKS
Not all politicians are crooks,
even though the majority of
them are more than a trifle
shady in their maneuverings and
self seeking accomplishments.
And right here, we could name
a few, but they have been men
toned elsewhere in this news
paper and probably will continue
to be mentioned.
If everyone just gave up in
disgust no one would be happier
than the politicians, because they
would then be free to do exactly
as they pleased. Therefore, it
behooves all of us to become i'm
terested in politics and start
against those whose
interests are against society as
whole, Don't vote for someone
because he's your friend" or be-
cause he has done favors for you
or promised favors if elected.
Tom Burke has never bought
anyone a cigar or a drink in re-
turn for a vote, and he has not
promised any political plums.
And what's more, he won't. But
maybe the cab driver never
heard of Tom Burke. He will
hear of him this year if you reg
lister before Oct. 6l