The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-12
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By JAMES M. MOORE

preacher; If he picked up the deck of cards he would be gambler; If the Whiskey was his fancy he was destined to be a drunkard.
 Soon the boy entered the room AS the father watched, the son viewed all three objects, picked up the Bible and put it under his arm, took the deck of cards and put it in his pocket and then grasped the bottle in the other hand and left the room.
 My Lord, the father gasped in astonishment. My boy will be neith- CT preacher, gambler or drunk ard! He's destined to be 8 polite ian!"
 Prejudiced Viewpoint 1 The story may be old to most peo- pie but it is the general consensus among most as to the makeup of politics and politicians. Our ap- proach to the understanding of the true identity of politics is just as biased and foolish as the mans con- clusion. The result is that the ma- l jority of us shy away from the field without ever analyzing our feelings and lack of understanding.
 It is only by intelligent and full active participation in politics can we be assured of healthy govern ment. The hit or miss method of dis cuSsing candidates a week or two before elections and then voting in a desultory way is bound to have the repurcuSsions it has had in the lifetime of American politics and government: where bad government has set in We have indeed been for tunate to have such generally healthy brand of government con- sidering the extent of the peoples interest in most instances.
 Healthy Politics
 We are not advocating watch word societies in the midst of our politics. In fact we do advocate plenty of rough and tumble con- petition within individual political parties by the constituents. It is healthier than politics supported only by the feathery cushions of vague ideals or political parties dom- mated by few on top.
 Most of our citizens should join parties of their adoption and take full and active interest in it's af- fairs. And if it's affairs aren't in- teresting enough then set about to stimulate them by new methods and faces. Its policies and leadership should not be formulated by a few, in position to grasp them, but by the rank and file made up of the voting public who formulate those policies and shape it's leadership.
 A political party is, or should be, the property of it's members and not of few. Those members have the sole right to determine the identity of their party and there fore it's candidates, the fostering of these candidates and finally the means of making certain that those candidates are elected to office to properly serve the best interests of the majority, and respect those of the minority. Only by active parti- cipation on the part of all the vot- ing public can such formula he made a reality; and until it is a reality you will always have the elements of danger to our repre- sentative form of government with in our governments.
 Politics Human
 This world is going to be more closely-knit entity after this war. We will have closer and more per- sonal understanding and allegiance to the other people in this world. Such demands are naturally going to affect our social and economic aspects of life, and hence our own governments and the politics that create them. We can take our right full places in this nel era, here in Waterbury, by means of more in- telligent and less biased viewpoint on politics and all political affairs.
 There are good and bad politic- ians and politics. Some of the good aren't as good as they appear and some of the bad are not as bad as painted. And if that isn't proof that politics is human, then there is no proof.