Evening star., 1952-10-29
Elections in the Bog-Moi|boq That Is
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paigning, it has become more and more
difficult to sift fact from fiction. Ignoble
men, in their lust for power, have
utilized their sacred American freedom
of speech to confuse issues, defame
noble citizens and spread their doctrine
OF hate and fear. 1t is quite evident
that they have betrayed that freedom
for which men through the ages have
fought to defend, and for which men
are dying today.
The immortal Jefferson fought for
freedom of speech throughout his poll
tical career, in spite of having been
victimized by infamous men who abused
this privilege. Today a spectacular
monument stands in his honor. while
his defamers have sunk into oblivion.
Honorable people know that truth
crushed to earth will rise again The
gentle Nazarene, who personif1ed truth
almost two thousand years ago, is proof
that time cannot obliterate it.
May all men use this freedom with
thoughtful discretion and may scoun-
drels who dishonor it be exposed.
Nettie M. Hodson.
I have an old electric clock, evidently
wearing out, for when Mrs. Stebbins
changed the time from daylight saving
to standard, we were greeted with
peculiar noise, something between
hive of disturbed bees and a growing
old maid. It keeps it up day and night.
This reminds me of the Democrats
telling us Of the dire results that would
come to America should there be
change. From the time of the American
Revolution to now there has always
been group who wanted the old way.
When the railroad first came to the
Shenandoah Valley, where I was born,
the farmers hauling produce by team
and wagon growled it would destroy
their business.
Every thinking American knows the
terrible financial condition this admins
tration got us into. Their only way to
try to balance the budget was to go to
war. We know how they flirted with the
Soviet and now try to deny it. Now
when we want better things, they growl.
They disregard the truth. even their own
past statements, and they make false
accusations.
Dwight Eisenhower will have heart
for the common man. He will bring
unity to Government and peace to the
world.
C. Arthur Champion Stebbins.
AS an early but presently wavering
supporter of Gen. Eisenhower it seems
that he has been semantically and
automatically bewildered by special
interest arguments, or if informed, he
has, as a matter of mistaken political
expediency, been "taken i'm by special
interest arguments for the present farm
support price legislation and the pro-
posed quit-claiming of our submerged
oil lands.
Believing in the generals essential
honesty and sincerity, it is hoped that
his support of these measures is a
matter of remediable misinformation
rather than q calculated misleading of
the people angling for the votes of
supposedly decisive sectors of the elec-
torate. In times such as these, which
may we'll be another life or death test
period for our democratic system, it
seems both politically and ethically wise
to return to basic principles such as
enunciated by our master politician,
Lincoln. Give the people light and they
will find the way" Far from furnishing
the people light, the political partisans
of our wealthy farmers and coast State
oil interests have performed master
pieces of semantic bamboozlement rival
ing or exceeding that of the "big ieS''
of the totalitarian relationships.
The truth Of the farm price support
program is that it would be difficult to
formulate more disparate program for
the special benefit of upper income
bracket farmers at the extortionate con-
sumer and taxpayer costs of all our
citizens and the malnutrition Of hun
dreds Of millions of lower income group
peoples both in this country and abroad.
The general takes the Supreme
Court to task for declaring the offShore
oil lands a paramount interest of the
United States rather than that of a
few coastal States. Surely the general.
as military strategian, must know that
petroleum is the lifeblood of our mod
ern military machine and its supporting
industrial economy which would COL
lapse, almost overnight, were petroleum
and its products cut off from an appre-
ciable portion of it as almost happened
last time when a relatively few and
inefficient submarines almost accom-
plished that feat.
John H. Brownfield.
Captain q. s. N. ret).
AS listen to Gen. Eisenhower speak
am encouraged and my faith Is re-
newed. To be sure, God in His infinite
mercy has sent us a man of great wis
dom and courage at a time when we
need most a great soldier-statesman
His honesty, integrity and ability will
not only set our own house in order.
but will am confident straighten out
the mess in Europe, and in double quick
time
The people have been fooled for 20
years now, and l am certain the ma
jority have at long last awakened and
will vote as Americans, for the best
American in all America today. Gen.
Eisenhower. He has promised he will
do what is best for America, and every
real American in his heart believes him.
Only those for selfish interests or the
Kremlin's interests will not vote for him.
The opposition boasts Of prosperity,