Arizona sun., 1950-07-07

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find that 81 years ago the people
of Arizona elected young man to
represent them in Washington.
This new representative was just
"a years of age. Despite his youth,
he already had served one term
as County Treasurer and two
terms as Sheriff of Maricopa
County. During the next IA years
this young man served as men,
Der of Congress, and in 1926 was
elevated to the Senate, where he
is now serving his fourth six-year
term.
Therefore, at AZ I am not es-
tablishing a precedent.
1.-THE young men who first sent
this youth to Congress are now
our elder citizens. A few have re-
tired with an income, while many
find it necessary to depend on old
age assistance.
During my "a years in Ari-
zona," he continued, ''I have come
to know hundreds of these pion-
eers. I am cognizant of the i'm
portant part they have played in
the development of our great
state, and I resent the disrespect-
full remarks made recently by a
leading Republican when he re-
ferred to the venerable septuage-
marian, Senator Carl Hayden, as
AN old man in his dotage.'
: Although I have no intentions
of making age an issue in this
campaign, there is no credit due
America for keeping any official
in arduous public service to the
very last. We have more consider
alton for a horse. We in Arizona
are guilty of Fastening the death
of at least two of our past Gov
ernors by demanding Just one
more term,' the demands usually
coming from selfish jobholders
who also wanted to hold on
1.-THE military services provide
for honorable retirement after 20
years, as do other government
agencies and departments gener-
ally. Even the U. S. Senate has
provided generous pension for
it's members. I think it is time to
promote World War I veteran,
Ernest Mcfarland, to senior Sen
ator and to introduce some G.I.
blood into an aenen1ic Senate
rather than to expect man who
has already been public official
for 46 years to remain on the job
for six more years.
eff we are to. have a Senate
that understands our problems,
we must elect men who have lived
lives like our own. We can't eX-
pect an old maid to understand
the problems of motherhood, nor
can banker, with all his train
ing, comprehend a workers strug-
gle to make ends meet. By the
same token, a person who merely
reads about the situation cannot
fully understand the difficulties
confronting the veterans in their
efforts to readjust themselves.
"For nearly quarter of a CEN
tury I have lived and worked in
Arizona. At least half of that time
was spent in the role of employee,
and the remainder, with three
years out for service in the us.
Army, have operated retail drug
stores. No other business or pro-
fessional man has a better op-
portunity to know the people of
his community, than the neighbor-
hood druggist. Men and women,
and children too, come to him with
their problems, although they may
not be related to the business of
selling pills. He knows their heart
aches and hardships and their
daily struggles. He knows about
high food prices, low wages,
meager pensions, sudden illness
when the breadwinner is unem-
ployed, and the needed operations
when no money is available. He
knows too about the children who
are left at home while both par
ents work and the resultant juve-
nile delinquency. He knows so very
well the multitude of reports and
the tax burden of the small busi-
ness man, including the unjust
excise tax on necessary items such
as baby cream and powder. Yes,
the neighborhood druggist lives
and works close to the people.
"In 1948 the majority of the
populace of Arizona and of the
nation voted for the present ad-
n