EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE WASHINGTON TIMES TUESDAY, SEPT.

22, 1936

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22,1936

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In the year, at
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By Frank Miller Smith
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?of his pen to quote he tells a story

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about someone he knew in his
oil
Governor Alf Landon an is
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—x man, but he has a kindred feeling
home town where he puts out the

They Did Their Job for farmers.

In fact, the
R e p u b 1 i can
Oologah, Oklahoma, Oozings.
It seems to be Mr. Tinney’s view-
point that in politics you should
it with as much good
Valiant survivors of a conquering army have
once re- ?res i dential
approach
humor as possible because the re-
candidate has a
turned this week to the Capital which they defended and
kindred feeling
sults are going to cause enough
grief to someone anyway.
for whole lot
a
protected. of people. Don’t AUTHOR’S AIM

The welcome which this city felt in its heart when, take my word ¦ V 0 Even at that
though you don’t
for it, but read: from reading
get the impression
young and vigorous, the manhood of Nation rushed “Is It True
the pages that Mr. Tinney is try-
What They Say ing to be funny just to be funny.
to its succor more than seventy years ago, was no more About Landon.”
His endeavor has a broader

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by Cal Tinney,

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sincere than the welcome which the community offers to I note. He is out to give you a pic-
one of the lat- ture of a human being in politics
est and, in my
the remnants of that army now in the sere and yellow and not a politician in man's

of age. . ,il II If! opinion, one of

the best books
Gov. Landon
clothing.
There’s not much that you
on the present
want to know about the man that
And there’s been a
campaign. has been left out.
The seventieth national encampment of the Grand
plenty.

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When Governor Landon sits in

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let Cal tell about the oil
may be the last formal assembly
of the But
Army Republic and the farmers. Cal says in
h<s office at the executive man-

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man
sion he leaves the door open
of the members of the army. his book:
to

- his secretary’s office. Everyone

“Another thing was pointed
It is thought, but one which cannot be avoided,
a sad
out to him: *Alf, you’re an oil
who comes to see him and waits
in the outer office for the O. K.
for death has taken a heavy toll of those who fought .
man. Most of the voters in this to enter can see him all the time.
State are farmers, and they
the battles of fierce Mr. Tinney didn’t sit in the of-
through a war.
won’t vote for an oil man.’
fice for a long while on his vari-
thousand have been able “‘I don’t know,’ said Alf.
Probably fewer than a to ous trips there. He went inside
‘Farnfers and oil men have a the governor’s home. He talked
make this year’s journey to the encampment; those that whole lot in common. The
to his children. He talked to his
farmer puts seed in the ground
have done so will feel the wear and tear of the trip. wife. He talked to his father.
and waits for something to come He talked to his campaign man-
In the interest of their health itprobably would be up. The oil man puts a hole in
ager, John D. M. Hamilton, and
the ground, and more often
a score of others.
better not to urge them again to subject themselves to
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not, just waits.’
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the strain. fiWgfc, i Jr tsSr

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IF \ B Jr kB/ / this book interesting. Cal Tinney,
Not only has he talked to
The review which takes place tomorrow of the who writes a mean bit of homely

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as one them, but he has watched them.
humor about every two or three

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features of the encampment, therefore, will probably be paragraphs, is writing about a man
From Mr. Tinney’s book I got

grand review which immedi- 1 laifr Ll\ the impression that Mr. Tinney

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the last recollection of that who can tell a story almost as
a lot of the time just nsked them
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ately followed the victory which these men achieved.
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questions so he could get them
to stay within sound of his voice
in long enough so he could find out

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As a follow-up, he repeats
These patriots have done their job.

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his volume another story told by what they really looked like.

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They bequeath to those who survive a great tradition Governor Landon in which the He found out a lot by watch-

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claims that he knows ing. He found out how Governor
of loyalty, of courage, and of devotion. H H-V If f<
candidate

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p something about farming because Landon acts while being gov-

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he is better at it than the city ernor, a candidate,
Their’s was a glorious struggle, fittingly crowned
a father and

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boy who visited his grandfather’s a business man.

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with the achievement of national unity.
That unity has never been seriously threatened I'l I- MH R W
farm. He found out what other peo-
The city boy went out to the >; pie think of the presidential can-
barn to bridle a horse and he made |
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since they bought it at a tremendous cost. the mistake of attempting it on a instances why they think like
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That unity will never be destroyed long as Fl .¦: cow. The grandfather called they do about him. As far as I

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so could see he didn’t leave out a
after him, and the boy replied:
Americans recall with gratitude their sacrifice and “I can’t get the bridle over | thing he found out—good or bad.
his head. His ears are frozen.” The book is only 204 pages
with pride their valor. Even a story like that is worth i; long and it carries an introduc-
a laugh in the city as well as in iI tion by Lowell Thomas, but it
the country. tells a lot.

In Line of Duty Now Mr. Tinney’s manuscript is And, I thank Cal Tinney for a

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chock full of this kind of stories. personal introduction to Alf

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When he hasn’t one on the tip Landon.
police and firemen, injured in line of duty, do

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Washington
not receive hospitalization after retirement from the force on

which they served.

In numerous cases this condition works an extreme hardship.
Yes, Uncle waking up Sam is With plans of deadly violence
Marry-Go-Round
Often members of the police or fire departments are com-
By Helen Rowland
From his too-lengthy sleep. And lurk beneath the bed;
pelled to retire because of physical disability due to wounds or
Still half awake, but now aware While loudly the alarm proclaims MRS. SOLOMON SAYS—
?babyhood, and those of our
injuries received in service. Os stealthy foes that creep The presence of the Red! Behold, my baughter, the Day of fathers and forefathers mirrored

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They consequently lose out on their pay and still the District Election approacheth, and the through a keyhole. Yea, from
for their at the those who would reveal all our
refuses to grant them proper treatment injuries voice of the Spellbinder is heard
domestic secrets and our youth-
city’s expense.
Listen, World! The Human Side of the News throughout the Land.
Hear then, the petition of a ful indiscretions, now protect us.

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INASMUCH AS THE WOUNDS ARE THE DIRECT RE- Condemn us not to spend our
SULT OF COURAGEOUS AND FAITHFUL SERVICE TO
By Elsie Robinson By Edwin C. Hill nights in restless tossing upon the
THE CITY IT WOULD SEEM ONLY FAIR THAT HOSPI- whether the* ?that the planners, at least, tried pillow and our days leaping wildly
the The question of
I look at Old People, sizing them i*Aggravators—and tnat’s pom- from the heights of hope to the
do something.
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TALIZATION SHOULD BE PROVIDED WHEN TREAT- United States shall produce more to
up. Some day I’llbe old myself pous old Patriarch who turns phil- Such an argument does not hold. depths of uncertainty. Yea, spare
MENT IS NECESSARY EVEN AFTER RETIREMENT. or produce less is one of the by Beloved from becoming a dis-
and our old age, I suspect, is pretty And thenceforth The left-wing economists to whom
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osophical. pro-
most interest- the President gave full reign, were ciple of St. Vitus every time the
much what we ceeds to survey the whole human
ing and one of cock-sure, omniscient lot who house-phone ringeth. For the wife
That 13 Billion Dollar Ride choose it to be. scene with condescending pity... a

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the most im- brooked no opposition. of a Candidate must possess the
So I’m shop- smiling contemptuously on our
portant of the nerve of a Keeper in the Violent
ping around Foolish Furies... boasting how got rid of the Douglases
They Ward.
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present politi-
they've cured themselves of such and the Peeks who refused to go
Yea, deliver me from all the
picking the cal campaign.
childish turbulence. along with them and who pre- trials and excitations of a Cam-
kind of Old Per- For t hr e e
sumed to question their blue-
of Old Age is par- This
years form
the expe- paign Wife.
prints even before the President
son I want as a

pattern.
ticularly dangerous
looks so sage and respectable
because it rimen te r s
and c u r t a i Iment
in
/M,' / himself. Campaign
much politics.
Wife, who hath seen
For, verily, verily, a kind and
home-loving husband goeth forth
gets such a ready hand from al- were on top in
These all-knowing gentlemen to a political battle, and re-
Some Old Oh, angels and ministers of

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W a s h i n gton did not deal in simplicities. If they turneth a bon-vivant, a raconteur
most any audience. “How won- protect me! Let not mine and

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little question grace
People are great derful,” we sigh, wiping the sweat and, with the had. one simple a man-about-all-in. And his
arrest Husband become a CANDIDATE,
human stuff. and blood from our bewildered r u thlessness might have occurred to wife doth not recognize him. For
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deafen his

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I beseech thee! Nay,
Stout lovers their planned economy. It was so puffed up is he, from hearing
ofj eyes, “how wonderful and wise to which marks to false prophets and let him the blandishments of “the boys-in-

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ears
this:
life, as full of] possess
to
such
aloof
poise... to be able
distrac-
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they went
theorists,
"What about the increase in not hunger after false glory and the-back-room” that he thinketh
what-it-takes at Elaie
stand from all empty honors.
Robinaoa Edwin C. Hill
tions!” whole hog on population?”
Vouchsafe me, I beg, that mine

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70 as they were at 17. Inter- the idea that the way to increase
Wonderful? Phooey! There is They never thought of that. In home becometh not a political
ested, eager, impulsive.. quick wealth was to decrease produc- this year. 1936, the United States
nothing admirable nor intelligent tion and boost club, my dining roomfree-meals- a
on the trigger for either a
the prices on
has 5,000,000 more inhabitants
joke or in such detachment. It is simply at-all-hours restaurant, mine ice-
what was producer!. At the very than it had in 1930. This means
a scrap still asking enough a supreme exhibition of laziness outset of their planning, an ob- mouths box a cooler for bottled beer and
to feed,
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5.000,000 more
questions and taking enough risks and cowardice. Life was not made Stephens of Mis- my library turned into a popular
scure Senator, 5,000,000 bodies to clothe,
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more
to keep them warmly real, not just for peace—nor were our brains sissippi. saw a grievous flaw in the need of millions of homes,
bar.
given us that we might attain their blueprints. Grant me that my Beloved
“a dream walking.” millions of automobiles, millions
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to
: safety and contentment. Life was under millions of of the luxuries and comforts shall not become addicted
No let-down in these lusty old “Plow
made for action. which have become commonplace speech-making, wherein HE doeth
acres of cotton,” he exclaimed,
men, these zestful old women—-
"then tell me what you are in America. all the talking and delighteth in
THEY REALLY LIVE For an hus-
they’re still in the thick of things, to do with the workers his own eloquence.
going NEW OBJECTIVES
taking the jumps as they come, Only those who dare to act... livelihoods depend upon band is the legally appointed au-
whose
dare to experiment and adven- of those mil- To the
use expression of a dience of his wife; and, peradven- that “Hail, hail, the gang’s all
along with the yearlings. Mighty
the production
No, sir; as long prominent gentleman of the day, ture, should he acquire that dread here” is a solo.
ture, wonder and desire, yearn lions of acres?
heartening to meet Old People it is quite “cock-eyed” to preach affliction known as “Candidate’s But if my prayers are not
I have anything to say, you
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like that. They step you up! and grieve, rejoice and rebel,
not going to drive the a more abundant life while prac- Voice,” all my words would be granted, and my Beloved runneth
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Affect wine or a really live. The others have ticing the plowing under of the broken against me. and mine ears and is defeated, then let me be
you like old young men from their jobs
on
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to which would provide that would suffer forever after. generous. And when he re-
hunting song—or a stiff walk crawled into their coffins and the farms into the towns things
Stay him, I pray thee, from the turneth downcast
loafers.” more abundant life. to his home
through a November gale. You pulled the lids down after them. become
explain temptation to appear in the news- and his wife-side, make my
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As door stops, But the Tugwellians lulled Sen- Perhaps Dr. Tugwell can
glow...feel a tingling of new paper weights or reels, lest all the rest of his days tongue gentle and stay me from
and others to quiet how it is possible to supply the
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ornaments, they’re inter- ator Stephens

Nearly as many persons are out of work today as when Mr. strength and desire new
garden
wants of 127,000,000 persons by he think of himself as another seeking to “comfort” him by say-
but as Men by explaining that their program
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esting knicknacks ing, “I TOLD you so!”

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Roosevelt
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Clark Gable.
was inaugurated. pride and faith in your own not one of crop control.
was
they’re a complete flop. Defend us from the shocks of Selah.
Some twenty millions or more are receiving relief in humanity. And all life assumes will Whereupon in fact and in vio- sudden publicity. And from the (•opyright. 1938.
Yes, I know the doctors
— by King Features
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one form or another. a larger dignity and importance. tell you that this condition is due lation of the exact wording of the confusion of having our lives from Syndicate. Inc.)
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You to hardened arteries or some such Democratic platform in 1932, they

Mr. Roosevelt has spent more in his three and a half know, beyond any doubt- of
physical mishap. Don’t you be- instituted the regimentation
ing, that
years of office than the total expenses of the American they’ll die with their
Government from George Washington to Woodrow Wil- boots on,
still keen
these
on their
old battlers.
deathbeds
Be
lieve it!
function
Lively spirits can still
in shattered flesh. If
agriculture.
Today, from the President down, Today’s Boondoggle
son.
a dish o’ gossip still ready
for you
cause
become
you
aDodo at
choose to.
60 it’s be- the experimenters point to twelve-
cent cotton and dollar wheat and
J® As its day of reckoning with the electorate approaches, the
national debt has
The gone up about thirteen thou-
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Roosevelt Administration isbecoming more and more con-
to fight over the election returns. And they are worse than con- boast of how they restored the
sand million dollars under the Raw Deal. Much of that cerned about the welfare and happiness of the 3,000,000 men
Death is just another hurdle for temptible —
the complacent Me- prices of agricultural products.
represents money thrown away on boondoggling. thuselahs. traitors to and women who have found refuge on its work-relief payrolls
spirits They are THE PROPHECY
as quick as theirs. The curtailing the supply for 122,- who the
Uncle Sam makes a pertinent statement in the cartoon above. our highest human
faith. For if and are confidently expected to vote Democratic ticket
grave was never dug that could But they know in their hearts 000.000 persons. There is hope
it be a man’s duty to live life dan- in November.
Perhaps the Raw Deal’s answer will be: hold them. They’ll be raising that the ghost is stalking them, that the Administration has seen
gerously while young, it is his far An official PWA released
publication today dis- for
“Well, I didn’t get anywhere, but I had grand time Heck the ghost of the prophecy of Sen- the light. report
a in Heaven —
starting a greater obligation to live it gal-
route.” ator Stephens. That spectre for example, closes the
following enlightening concerning the information
en scandal among the angels—before lantly when he is old —as one who Secretary Roper,
still rejoices in a good bargain, points the finger and asks: is about preaching a program for wages paid on WPA projects during the last year:
you’ve even ordered the wreath. million
still pits himself against those "What about the great warehouses in which to store The average wage paid on WPA projects in New York city
The Widowed and Fatherless A TRIUMPH forces
mere
which would conquer
brute.
a workers who have been thrown
out of employment in the farm-
surpluses
shortages.
against droughts and
on August 15 of last year was 57.7 cents per hour. By July 15
Such Old Age isn’t a tragedy Wallace, too, has of this year it had risen to 70.7 per hour.
Never was the political spoils system, as practiced by the Those who. through laziness or ing States by this curtailment Secretary
—it's a triumph. But, unfortu- which increased changed his tune from destruction In the rest of the country, including New York city, the
of production
Raw Deal, better enunciated than in the statement of Frederick cowardice, slip out of the fight He now
nately, all too the prices? It is costing other of land to conservation. wage paid the WPA 15 of last
G. Skinner, Democratic leader of Brookhaven Township, Long
rare a triumph. before the curtain falls, betray average by on August year was
workers billion dollars a wants bigger and better crops. On
For to every Old Person who is not only themselves but all the one
The casualties have been many
25 cents per hour. July 15 of this year it was 44.7 cents
Island. like that, there And should be year to maintain these jobless
are a score who race. despised ac- hour.
Here it is: farm hands on relief. in this three-year war of experi- per
aren’t. Dismal cordingly! York
old dodderers,
costing the other work-
"It is
mentation against experience. A Thus, in New city, WPA wage rates increased 221/2
“Any job I can get for a deserving party member I will pesty and peevish, who make Give me hearty Old People. .
million farmers in foreign lands
a
reckless Old People. ers of the United
States at least per cent in eleven months. Outside New York city the WPA
If there are any jobs around I’ll track them down .. Old People have had to supply the food for
get. racket of their creaking joints who still dare to be mad and glad, another billion in increased costs workers received an increase of 79 per cent in t’ eir hourly
the 5,000.000 more mouths in
and a Democrat will get them. I’m sorry for widows, but and ossified emotions. Maybe sad and bad! As for I’d and in payment to foreigners rates.
me, America. Their payment, kept in
when it comes to politics I’m for the Democrats.” the Zulus weren’t so dumb with rather end up in a disorderly gut- who are supplying the wheat, America, could have been turned of business and of
their crocodile program! Haven’t ter in the middle of a gorgeous corn, meat and by-products of Employes private industry have not,
The job that Mr. Skinner got for a “deserving party mem- into production to provide em-
course, fared nearly so well, one reason for this being that
you seen a few Old Meanies you'd
brawl than on any placid Mount cotton which the million of our
ployment for a million idle Amer-
ber” was that of Mrs. Leona Newton, a widow with two chil- like to feed downstream your- Olympus that ever parked a philo- own idle should be supplying.”
icans. It’s been a costly nightmare, private business and industry are paying through taxation
self?
dren, who was Postmaster of Stony Brook. sophical posterior. Apologists for the New Deal this of reform with recovery. for large part of the increase that the Government
a has so
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