Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-20
Rupert Hughes Calls:
kelly's Speech
Pure BlaSphemy
Rupert Hughes Calls:
BY RUPERT HUGHES
Written Expressly for Hearst Newspaper,

DIV hOE LII
Written Expressly 9
CHICAGO. July 20-The most
amazing statement l ever heard
was made at the Democratic con-
vention by the mayor OF the great
city OF Chicago; yet no woman
tainted. no strong man wept; no.
body shuddered; mob o dy even
murmured a prayer or moaned,
"Oh, God help u.s.
In bidding the delegates well
come. Mayor Kelly shouted many
things. mostly polite things po-
lItely applauded. But suddenly he
cried:
IL repeat what I said In 1910:
The salvation Of this country
depends on one man."
The more YOU look at that the
more appalling il becomes. 1t
would be terrifying il il were true.
Yet il is terrifying that promi-
ncnt man could even utter such
nonsense solemnly.
WORSHIP DEMIGOD
II is also rather terrifying that
50 many of our citizens should
travel so far 10 bow down in wor-
ship before a demigod. a man
literally unique in population
OF 1876. 100000. a man on whom
alone the whole nation absolutely
depends for its salvation.
Yet at the same time they con-
fesS that four years ago the whole
nation was in just as desperate
a pickle as now. We have only
one Savior and He won't save US
WORST FAILURE
While proclaiming that the
President is the most powerful
being that ever lived. they also
shout that he is the worst failure
in human history. What Mayor
Kelley's imprisoned tribute and
prayer means, if il means any
thing. amounts TO the following
"After l2 years Of Franklin
Roosevelt's administration, the
heaping up OF debt approach
ing 800 billions, the war efforts
of IL million in the armed
forces, and the almost exclusive
war efforts of practically the
entire population for four long
wears, the United States Is eN-
actly where II was before. II
has bunged an inch from the
brink of utter ruin.
SAME SITUATION
-Four years ago, I said that
only one man on earth could
save us, and four years later l
am still singing the same dirge.
The Lord has preserved this
miracle man for four years, and
the real miracle Is that we are
not a whit better off than we
were before. Nobody else could
have kept us dangling that long.
'In fact. II the Lord does not
preserve him for another four
years-and perhaps more and
more four yearses after that
this country Is a goner for sure.
I've are met here, not to
nominate candidate, but TO
pay homage at an altar.
NATION DOOMED
Incidentally. we expect to
nominate n man for vice presi-
dent, but II doesn't matter who
he Is, for there Is only one man
on earth to whom America can
look for salvation. II Tom
Dewey should get in. this once
mighty nation Of brave and
clever individuals would simply
go up In smoke.
This In now One-man nation
and IL our one and only hadn't
consented to reign over us some
more, we might as well have got
our Judgment day robes ready.
Eve are still hanging by the
thread Of one mans life and
divine wisdom. Four years of his
unparalleled leadership has led
us into wildernesses of debt and
morasses OF bureaucracy, but we
are not four feet, not four
inches farther from disaster
than we were four years ago.
HE SAYS 1T AGAIN
II said he was the indispen-
sible man in this dependable
helpless nation four years ago.
say II again. And hope to
welcome you all here every four
years from now on TO hear me
lin our Presidents own words,
say II again and again-and
again"
Echo answering. "and again"
When a family doctor keeps his
patients at deaths door indefi-
nitely. the wise thing is TO change
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