Evening star., 1952-11-03
1t Has Been q Year Of Badly Bent Ears
To the Editor Of The Stor:

To the Editor OF The Stor:
AS an average citizen. having lived in
an average community for over 20 years.
just want to say that have never gone
through such an awful campaign for the
Presidency as this one is. What an as
sault on the public's ears! Is there moth
ing good in either candidate for their
respective parties that the public can
uphold and vote for? So many people
have said 81 am SO confused as to whom
I shall vote for" The people are just
tired of this smear business. I know
nothing pleases the Communists so much
as to have America in such confused
state of mind. I do hope both sides win
bring something good before the people.
before it's too late. A. G. L.
We have had about 40 Presidential
elections. Never before in our history
has our very existence and way Of life
been threatened by national bankruptcy,
foreign war and subversive activity at
home.
In the face of these crises. does it
make sense to say that Presidential
election Is only decided by business pros
perity or depression? II. r. Smalley.
Voters, on the eve Of voting, ask your
selves these questions:
Are crime waves, which never seem to
diminish, symbol Of prosperity? Does
a dollars value which is depleted to So
cents denote prosperity? Do those who
toll and save to avoid being charity bur-
dens want solid silver dollar or silver
plated one? Does an unadmitted actual
war called police action or cold war
that is red hot indicate prosperity? Do
strikes which demand continuous pay
raises denote prosperity? Voteless.
World War I, World War II and the
Korean war were all under Democratic
administrations.
The world depression struck under
Republican President-with Demo-
cratic Congress tying his hands.
Current historians tell us those wars
could have been prevented by q strong
America under wise leadership. They
tell us that the world depression. SO
successfully blamed on Republican
President by the Democrats for the past
20 years, was bred by World War I. No
war, no depression.
Three wars under Democratic admin
istrations and Democratic Congresses
have taken the lives Of 500, 900 American
boys.
I'll vote Republican.
Independent Voter.
Gov. Stevenson reached q new low In
Madison Square Garden in attempting
to insult the so-called little man into
either voting Democratic or admitting
that the governors self-declared intel
lectually brilliant oratory Is over his
head. There is a difference between
talking over ones head and talking
falsehoods You can't raise cattle. Adlai,
by shooting the bull.
John r. Benedict.
Maybe 1000 years from now this coun-
try and the world, conceivably, could be
ready for the idealiStic cause Mr.. Ste
venson espouses. In the meantime 1t
will require at least most Of the inter-
vening centuries to ready the American
people (and the other peoples OF the
world) to the idea Of super world
government. It may take as many CEN
turies or more to sell the American peo-
pie on the idea of unrestricted immi-
grafton for this country. The American
people must be prepared to sustain
decline in their own living standards OF
revolutionary proportions.
q Mr.. Stevenson's belief In these things
seems to be genuine. So much so In
deed he seems to be blind to the fact
that these beliefs would destroy America.
John F. Clagett.
Mr.. Stevenson has been criticized On
his choice of campaign aides. parti-
cularly because several Of these people
are political amateurs" But this criti-
cism boomerangs when we consider the
extremely vital fact that one OF the can
didates for the highest political office in
the land is rank amateur. and without
even the saving grace Of legal back
ground.
II like Ike" too but not tshudder) for
President!
It is unfortunate that, in view OF the
important issues to be decided by this
election, there has been so much per-
sonal villification and name-caIing on
both sides. It is doubly unfortunate that
the worst offender in this respect is
the one who has been honored by the
American people with the highest Office
in the land.
Even though Stevenson might sin
cerely want to clean up the corruption
in government and eliminate the
bunglers who have brought us to our
present predicament, he could not pos
sibly do so after having accepted the
active help of Harry Truman. There
would be entirely too many obstacles
for any man to overcome.
In spite of some Of the things that
have been said about him by some OF
the Republicans believe that Steven
son is fundamentally honest. I there
fore think that he means what he says
when he says that he indorses the Tru-
man record and will try to continue the
policies the Democratic Party has been
following in the past. I. therefore, can