Milford chronicle., 1948-09-24
BARKLEY IN DELAWARE

Senator Alben w. Barkley, Democratic !
for Vice President visited Della
ware on Tuesday. He was delightfully."- en-
tertained at Georgetown by former Senator
James NJ. Tunnel. He spoke in that town,
at Dover and at Wilmington. If the turnout
at the meetings is a criterion by which to
Judge. Democratic interest in their Ma
tiOnal ticket is almost nil. His message was
lust what was to be expected. He claimed
good for the New Deal Admins
bad he blamed on the
The great increase in prosper
ity in Sussex County was "duck soup" for
these extravagant claims. He ignores, how
ever, the great increases in cost incurred by
the pOultrymen as a result of Democratic
National policies. Speaking editOrially on
Wednesday morning, the Wilmington Nor
ming News under the caption Of "Barkley
In Sussex had the following to say. Their
reasoning is sound, and logic OF their views
reasonable. 1t follows:
Senator Barkley opened his tour OF Dela-
ware Yesterday with a speech at Georgetown
calling attention to the phenomenal prosper
ity which Sussex County has enjoyed during
the 16 years since Franklin D. Roosevelt was
first elected. 1t has been phenomenal all
right According to the figures offered by
the Democratic vice presidential candidate,
farm income in Sussex rose from S4OOOO 900
in 1892 to lush $85,OOO,OOO in 1947.
'But the senator is wasting his breath if
he thinks this is going to win the Democrats
any votes in Delaware this fall. AS every
Sussex COuntian knows, it wasn't the Demo-
Gratis who brought about the rise and it
wasn't the farmers who got the money. This
terrific Jump in sO-called farm income in a
single county was brought about almost en-
tirely by the tremendous growth of the brOil-
er industry in recent years. It's profits have
been swollen by both the meat shortage and
the war
"The brOiler industry has not special
reason to thank the Democrats for legisla-
tiOn in behalf of farmers. In fact, by main
tanning inflated grain prices despite record
crops, the present farm laws have raised the
costs of raising brOilers and cutting into the
industry's profits.
''Like most of the Democratic orators this
year Senator Barkley attempted to pin the
blame for initiation on the Republicans and
give the Democrats the credit for boosting
farm income and industrial wages to record
peaks. He can't have it both ways. High
wages and high food prices are two of the
basic causes of initiation. If the Democrats
want to take the credit for them, they will
have to accept the blame for initiation, too .
5000
MISCONCEPTIONS OF THE u. S. ARE
DANGEROUS
Have you given thought to the massive
misconceptions that exist about the United
States? They are staggering and they are
dangerous Does it matter that much of thu
world suspects that we are playing an i'm
perialist game? Or believes that our strength
is due entirely to the luck of geography? Tha
we are POLITICALLY immature and cultural!
backward? That our economy is ineVitabl,
one of boom and bust, and not one to tie to
must less to emulate?
The worlds misconceptions about us ar
due in part to simple ignorance. But a YER
substantial cause-perhaps the key factO
tOday-is the deliberate, intensive and effeC
tive campaign that is being carried on agains
us on glObal scale by world communism
The most notable thing about COmmur
ism is the religious fanaticism with which it
followers undergo every hardship, abandO
every moral code, sacrifice everything ths
is dear-Or what we would call dear-in OF
der to advance their cause. Such frenzied dt
VOtiOn generates something that is hard t
stop. 1t can be stopped only by an OppOsit
devOtiOn-a devotion to the ideals Whic
throughout the years have made us prOU
to be Americans.
We need above all, sOul-searching il
quiry into what our obligations really ar
The opportunities are limitless; the reSpOl
sibility is SOLDERING. We must first of all ha7
plain, common honesty in thinking as we'll
in deed. We must not fool others and v
must not fool ourselves. We must have sour
judgment based upon knowledge of the e
periences of history and the realities of Il
situation we face. Finally, we must have Il
courage to make decisions and the patien
to carry them out. If we do not in this gre
; crisis exhibit those qualities, the future
: dark indeed. If we do exhibit them, and a,
: to them the faith which our fOrefathe
: showed, we in this country and perhaps
= the world may be facing the dawn of a bett
day.