Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20

Pittsburgh, and Cleveland.
Here in Toledo, you have w..
own election next Tuesday. You
have a fine slate of Democratic
candidates. I know that between
now and Tuesday you will do
everything you can-working with
Mr.. Kelly and your other very ca.
pable leaders-to put them over
It is in the States and cities that
we will make large part of our
Party record.
In Toledo and in Ohio, you have
identified the Democratic Party
with good, progressive govern.
ment-with government that is re.
sponsive to all the people. That is
how you have made converts to
the Democratic Party-converts
who have stayed with us in nation
al elections, too.
One OF our big jobs, as Demo
Gratis, is to tell the people about
our policies, and principles, and
accomplishments.
To that end, we have launched
something new in American jour-
nalism-a little magazine called
the Democratic Digest. We know
the Digest is effective, because
| the word is out that the Republi-
cans are going to- copy it with a
monthly magazine of their own
There is going to be only s to IL
4, pages, though, compared to our
112.
l don't know whether that small
size is part of this new cut-rate
economy in Washington-like
four percenters-or whether it's
just reflection of how little they
have to brag about.
The Republican National Chair
man, Mr.. Leonard Hall, said a
while back that the Democratic
Digest should be stopped at the
waters edge-people abroad
shouldn't be allowed to hear criti-
cisms of the Republican Party. We
suggested that if the urge to do
some book-burning was getting too
strong, he could buy as many
copies as he wanted to and burn
them.
The press was just about unani-
nous in telling Mr.. Hall where to
get off. Your own Toledo Blade
reminded him of the attacks his
Party used to make on Democra-
tic foreign policy. The Blade also
pointed out that, "the Democratic
Digest, far from attacking our for
eign policy, defends it as con-
tinuation of policies initiated and
long pursued by Democratic Ad-
ministrations. In this respect,
then, the Digest may actually
strengthen the Presidents hand
in the conduct of foreign affairs.
To put it in blunt language, the
Republicans seem able to dish it
out but they don't seem able to
take it.
We tAink there ought to be
some fun, in politics, and the Di-
gest is having fun. It is temperate.
It tells its story with a smile. 1t
doesn't raise, its voice. It contrib
utes light, not heat.
Daniel Webster said when he
argued the Dartmouth College
case, ut is a small school but
there are those who love her"
They can't kick our Digest around
either. It's little magazine, but
there are some of us who love
her."
Now, want to tell you some of
the reasons why this big swing
back to the Democratic Party is
taking place.
One big reason people are COM
ing back to the Democratic Party
is that it is clearer, day by day,
and week by week, that we are
the Party Of all the people and
the Republican Party is not.
AS Governor Stevenson said
last year, ''The Democratic Party
is the peoples party, not the labor
party, not the farmers party, not
the employers party-it is the
party of no one because it is the
party of everyone"
The people know this is true
because they have known us well
for 20 years. Now they are getting
to know the Republicans better
and finding that the Republicans
do not represent all the people.
One Of the Cabinet members,
Secretary Mckay, made no bones
about it. .
He told a Chamber of Com
merce meeting that Were here
in the saddle as an administration
representing business and indus
try"
Now, the people of the United
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