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. constructed of wood. They all Jooked plenty tanned and healthy, I stopped for the night in Watertown, N. Y, and it was raining plenty. I stayed at a tourists’ cot“tage at one side of town and walked in that awful rain to the other side - to a Greek restaurant where I dined. I met the proprietor and we exchanged some Greek (my Greek's getting bad from disuse) and he showered me with oratory and the

and float like miniature sail boats. The captain of the ferry told me they were largely skin and feathers —hence their buoyancy. I stopped up here at the home of Mrs. Henry Lawrence, my godmother. She owns the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis. I received a swell reception. 8 -N = DECRIES ADVICE OF “UPLIFT” WORKERS J By a Parent In these days of chaotic change woman has deserted her proper sphere, the home, for the arena in which men have ruled. Seeking outlet for her energies she entered the field of “uplift” and must try out her ideas, aided by the tendency of man to cater to the sex for peace if for no other reason, she turned her eye on youth, believing she saw the root of the evil in the parents. . In spite of the almost impossibility of making an unbiased and just investigation of a home they tell a child he does not have to obey his parents, but to use his own immature judgment, and they encourage him to leave the home instead of telling him to obey his parents: Ask the average man of mature - age and experience if he would enter a home to determine who is wrong and to take action in remedying conditions there. Yet we see ambitious young people, many of them unfitted, take a ‘“course” of lectures and rush into homes and, assuming an all-wise and threatening manner, state they have the law back of them and proceed to undermine home discipline. In these days they find no other openings and, as the public pays a good salary, they jump at it, few with real heart interest in the work. Youth: naturally scorns the parents, calls them back numbers, becomes the “monkey wrench in the machinery.” Let a boy refuse to obey in the schools and see how long he maintains that attitude. And the schools blame the parents if a child. disobeys or otherwise misbehaves. _ It has been said that we can not remake the world but must take it | as it is and make the best of it. | Just so we men must take the feminine temperament, bless its . dear hearts, and as long as the majority of women demand their way regardless of logic or consequences, which will be forever, why augment the burden the father already carries, compelled to command a son to obey his mother, right or wrong, by telling the son he need obey ‘neither?_ There are many homes really in more need of outside investigation than those in which a boy has inadvertently come ‘in contact with the law, but nothing can be done to them without some pretext. But see how the salary drawers light on the ow home and encourage the erring child's mistaken idea that his parents are wrong, which was why the child got astray in the first place. : ” = = IT WAS ALL RIGHT THEN, BUT TREASON NOW By Puzzled

: Now that we have a strong, intellectual leader in President Roosevelt, safely in the saddle and no danger of losing him nor his principles of economics, for the sake of honesty, let's turn back the dismal pages of history, only four . short years, and review what some ‘of the country’s leading editors and financial men were screaming their heads off for: : Quoting Frederic A. Ogg, editor of American Political Review, in Current History, September, 1932: “Finally, there is Fascism pure and simple. . . . It is known that at least two or three movements have been organized quietly. . . . May we not witness capture of power. . . . not by gross methods of violence, but by graceful usurpation—by interests that will fasten upon us a Fascist regime? Implicit in proposals is the telitale demand for a ‘strong man.’” Quoting Owen D. Young's address at Notre Dame, June, 1932: “When trouble comes we need some one with understanding and with power to marshal our forces, to direct the course of the avalanche, so that the

least damage may be done, and to|

top it if possible.” : oP Histon to this choice tidbit, from the country's champion flagwaver, Bernarr Macfadden (of all in Liberty magazine in 1932: . “What we need now is martial law; this is no time for civil law. The President should have dictatorial powers. The edicts of the Constitution do not interfere with 2 general when he is fighting a battle and the Constitution should not interfere with the remedies which are essential to get us out of this appaling depression.” These are but a few of the quo-

Labor Policies Explained

| John L. Lewis

By John McLellan, President of A. F. of L. Local No. 867

As one who was a member of the Knights of Labor, I recall it was organized on industrial lines, or the “one big union” idea, and that the I. W. W. was organized and imbued with the same idea. Both organizations are extinct. I now desire to clarify the current

opinion that the A. F. of L. stands for the exclusive application of the

| craft union plan, and that the Com-

mittee for Industrial Organization stands for exclusive application of the industrial plan. ‘The A. F. of L. policy is to favor

and apply both the craft and indus-

trial form of unionism as each situation may require and as circumstances may: permit. Recognizing that common sense must be used, that no dogmatic rule can be followed, that form of organization best suited to the needs of a particular situation be applied in the broadest possible way, respecting the legal and moral rights of all concerned so far as it is possible to do so. The Committee for Industrial Organization urgently demands that the workers in steel be turned over

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to the one big union; but those who come under their own jurisdiction, even though employed by the steel organizations—never! It has been loudly proclaimed that those in charge of this steel campaign may form a labor party, and tol gain their end evidently are willing to split the A. F. of L. wide open. Future conduct can be gauged by present behavior. If by chance they should be successful in organizing the steel industry and forming a laber party, met by a like situation in national affairs, would they endeavor to split the nation wide open? How much better it would be to give and take within the labor movement on the question of vertical or horizontal unions and inaugurate a campaign carefully organized, skillfully planned to combdt the stand taken by the Iron and Steel. Institute, backed by every ounce of strength and energy, financial and economic, which the solid United “Organized Labor Movement” could supply, instead of starting a dual organization,, thereby weakening the whole labor movement. ; The onus is on Lewis, who has refused Green’s invitation to meet on

is treason, the “saving of the nation” is “bigger than party lines, bigger than campaign issues,” we must save America for tke American way, according to the Republican spellbinders. Well, gentlemen, according to our hue and cry for a strong intellectual leader to displace the do-nothing Hoover, and his likes, we've got him. Let's keep him.

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OBJECTS TO EMPLOYER ‘VOTE COERCION’ By H. E. R.

I wish to call to the attention of the fair-minded citizens of this city the efforts of many employers and heads of firms to force their own political convictions upon their employes. Recently, my employers handed us a questionnaire and said it must be filled out and returned within three days. of a private nature we were asked to state for whom we expected to vote in the coming election. We could mark one of three places, Landon, Roosevelt or third party. There was no place to mark independent or undecided. Nothing but a direct answer was there a place for, and it must be answered, for they had put our time card numbers on the back of the sheets. We . have several times been shown whom the company wants in office, so many of us had to lie and mark the preferred name for fear of being tossed back to the unemployed. Immediately after returning the questionnaires they laid off onc foreman who did not mark the company man and also every man under voting age, no doubt to fill their places with those who will vote right. : I can’t help but believe that practicese such as these and others I hear of will but defeat the aims that'industry is striving for. = ” =

BELIEVES LABOR SHOULD ELECT FROM OWN RANKS

By a Subscriber

By electing an administration favorable to labor we mean that labor through independent political

hould elect its own members |, € ; action s ‘journalism and public speaking it’s

to office. This is the only method by which labor can hope to gain anything worth while. The present administration is attempting to please both capital and labor. This can not be done as you

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It’s Long Hour

By Jack Raper The professor emeritus of ‘medicine at the University of Alabama, who has been inveswtigating traffic accidents, says most of them occur just after cocktail hour.” “I immediately began an investigation of “cocktail hour” and a careful check of my figures shows it is any hour from ‘10a. m. to 4 p. m. in most places and in a few places from 9 a. m. to 6 a. m. The doctor believes that people should confine driving, except in emergencies, to six or ‘eight hours a day and that they should take some snacks of fruit and sandwiches or a shot of milk between meals. . I believe that if drivers had ‘to follow the doctor's suggestions they'd prefer a freight | train. They'd never get any--where. And you’ll have to ad-" mit it would take them a lot longer to get to the hospital or ithe cemetery.

hgve to be on one side or the other to; be honest with yourself. Otherwise you will have to practice nypocrisy. MY. Constant Reader is correct in his statement that economic conditions are thy of the workers’ political stupidities. A writer made the absurd statement that the word worker smacks of communism. Quoted from Webster: “Worker—One that works . ..” The source of all wealth comes

J from labor power applied to natural

resources. Why shouldn’t the worker; enjoy the fruits of his labor. The igpression can be ended. by production and distribution for use and service through democratic socialism instead of profit for a privileged few. ; | 2 #2 =» SUGGESTS THAT WE REPRIMAND OURSELVES By C-69 : : In the commentative field of

who you are and not what you say that counts. - If I'm the owner of a five-legged dog then what I say isi 10 times more important than what Hiram Lackey says, even though he is more precise than I. Long before Alf Landon became a national figure, Hiram Lackey deplored red baiting. He also spoke and. wrote against the forcing of teachers to take an oath not to teach the truth. I know Mr. Lackey I heard him say it. I read him in The Times’ Forum. When Alfred M. Landon, Republican nominee, spoke against teachers’ oaths, you wrote an editorial in

‘| praise of his'stand. If you wrote an

editorial in praise of Hiram Lackey’s stand against a national program of ignorance, it escaped my attention. Of course you mentioned the fact Landon is politically affiliated with William Randolph Hearst. However, I think your editorial was written sincerely. If you were satirizing, then you're far too clever for the likes of me. “If your Landon editorial was sincere, then you owe Hiram Lackey an apology. While you're about it you might administer to yourself a stern reprimand. i » = n PREFERS STARS TO G. 0. P. DARKNESS By Perry Rule, Bringhurst The degree of G. O. P. success in the fall election will largely de~ pend upon the manner the general public is affected by the G. O. P. fear propagandists. The consensus is that the misery

J of the unfortunate years of the

old deal is sounding again in the souls of the masses. And their minds freeze at the thought of turning back to it. Phe booming of the fearists+is to them only melancholy mockery. For the darkness they would have us see is drowned in: inexpressible fascination of the multiplicity of stars.

URGES CLEANING ouT OF POLITICIANS By J. M. J : . .. We have with us today just a

of our land to conduct the affairs of our nation in a legitimate and honorable manner, who, like the Phari~ sees of old, have betrayed their trust, and brought about conditions of the most damnable nature that any nation has ever experienced, and yet they proclaim to be the friends of the people. What is a friend? Webster says friend means “one attached to another by affection, regard, or esteem.” Now, if these men are friends of the people, who created the bread lines? And who prohibited the raising of crops? And who killed the hundreds of pigs which should have been fed to hungry children? And who stands guard at the doors of the trustee’s office to forbid admission to those who would seek food and raiment for their families? . . . Who is it that lashes the laboring man from day to day on the socalled WPA projects which have proved to be a mess of foolishness? The answers to these questions are easily found by just simply peeping through the office doors of our executives throughout the land. They, like Judas of old, care not for honor and decency, because their only aim is that of holding the bag, while the poor and helpless fill it. Shall we, as American citizens, allow these conditions to continue

at the cause at the polls in November, and bring to pass that for which we have been crying? If comfort, peace and prosperity are what we want, we must clean house -—the White House—from the attic down to the basement. : ” ” ”

BELIEVES ROOSEVELT © IS A SOCIALIST

By Robert Gaylor R. C. Lancaster, secretary of the Socialist Party of Indiana, rushed to Socialist Roosevelt's defense after my recent attacks on the “Great Unamerican Promise Breaker.” It is a noticeable fact that when Mr. Roosevelt is attacked, the first “comrades” to rush to his aid are the highly organized and trained propaganda writers of the Socialist and Communist Parties. Mr. Lancaster, true‘to the Social-

Nis purpose of deceiving the people,

states that I classify Mr. Roosevelt as a Socialist merely because, when elected, he carried out the plank of the Socialist Party which demanded an appropriation “for public roads and works, reforestation, slum clearance, and decent homes for workers.” That statement is a deliberate untruth as Mr. ‘Lancaster fully knows. It is the same old gag that Socialists, Communists, I. W. W.’s, and un-American” Civil Liberty Unioners use to twist and abuse the truth in a violent effort to mislead the American public, and especially those who profess to be Democrats, bug who follow communistic Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt has made a superhuman effort to fulfiill and carry out every plank in the Socialist Party nlatform of 1932 and the only thing that prevented him was the Supreme Court. Mr. Lancaster, why did 5000 Soclalists in New York State leave the camp of Norman Thomas and throw their support to Socialist Roosevelt? " Why did the Communists, your “comrades,” recently assembled in convention declare that the great American, Alf Landon, must be defeated in this campaign at any cost? ” £3 ”

SPEAKS ON BEHALF OF UNION PARTY By A. J. McKinnon

I have no objections to any Democrat or Republican speaking out on! the National Union for Social Justice, or the Union Party, or Lemke for President, but I feel that the editor ought at least .to give a few. lines back in defense of the Union Party, as that is the party I am upholding. . . . : The Old Deal or New Deal is not a deal on democracy. And, by the way, your editorial on “Democrats Are Satisfied”—well, how true that statement is. A little grain of salt might help. I do know of a Democrat and a Republican who are stepping to time around Mr. Lemke’s home state and on a sympathy tour in Des Moines on a conference on

By James T. Patten, Sullivan

Thursday, Sept. 3, was a red-letter day -in the chronicles of the “Hoosier Forum.” That was the day those two “bright boys,” M. R. Kuehn and John L. Niblack, exposed the fallacies of the New Deal, proved that Franklin D. Roosevelt is a dictator, pointed out how our liberties have been destroyed, demonstrated that it was not only not a “Hoover panic” but that Hustling Herbert actually had licked the depression, and finally, by their unanswerable logic and brilliant array of facts, conclusively showed that the nation will perish on or before Wednesday, Nov. 5, unless the common-sense candidate from the fertile plains of Kansas (Landon’s. the name) is elected President of these tyrannyridden United States. f Brothers Kuehn and ‘Niblack are writers of vision and great sagacity; you might say, also, of fertile imagination. They are against the Wagner labor bill which gives labor the right to organize. They are against the AAA which took the farmer out of the pauper class and restored him to his rightful place as the bulwark of the nation’s prosperity. They are against the bank deposits guaranting law ( whoa, there! Brother Kuehn is ferninst it but Brother Niblack is for it, because he says it is a Vandenberg-Repub-lican measure).

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John D. M. Hamilton By Pat Hogan, East Columbus While blaming the Roosevelt Administration for the depression, the World War, the Fall of Eden and

the Flood, Col. Knox, Gov. Landon and J. D. Mouthpiece-Hamilton are making a blatant and heroic attempt to sell the American people a pig in a poke. : ; They remind me of ludicrous incident. ] ~A family that lived ‘alongside a belt-line railroad had a blooded rat terrier. One day Mrs. Doggie came from under the house towing a family .of three. Every time a switch engine passed, mama Doggie dashed

or are we sensible enough to strike ‘to the edge of the yard and made

smarling threats, and the three little doggies quickly developed similar courage and hatred. : A little study of their mental processes showed that those puppies were determined to tear that engine to pieces. Every day they grew a little bolder, barked a little louder and went a little farther. One day they dashed across the tracks with avowed intention of demolishing the hated engine and just as they were about ready to stick their back teeth into the driving wheel, the engineer gave the whistle a fierce blast. Poor deluded little doggies changed their minds so suddenly they almost broke their necks getting back home to shelter. Even so, Messrs. Landon, Knox, ‘and Hamilton, when they expose their puerile aspirations, transparent schemes and back-seat driver theories, sound just like so many puppies barking after a locomotive; and next November they will seek friendly shelter in obscurity: where they belong. These G. O. P. spokesmen have not outlined a single specific plan for the national ills — other than those ‘proved practical by the New Deal.

the drought question without inviting our Lemke, who has a real cure for the problem. Silence, Mr. Editor, on the Union Party while five supporters of the Union Party speak to 25,000 to 50,000 a day and 10 mention of it in the press will tell the story on Nov. 3. 2 And besides I can not conceive how Andrew Jackson's home’ state would consider the New Deal that has not got. in it Andrew Jackson's coining of money and credit by the government in his day which lasted for 27 years and brought prosperity to America. Andrew Jackson's government control of the money and credit. are sure fond memories to recall. There must be something wrong with his home state today if they overlook Lemke and his Union Party platform on government control of money. This is the platform that carries the American people out of the depression. Without it the sham battle goes on for another four years. » n

CAN YOU FIND THE SLOGANS? By W. Scott Taylor A new game has been invented to relieve the monotony of the political campaign. It is called the “Cross-

words Shuffle.” The game is to shuffle the Old Guard’s cross words

Jaround in unfamiliar surroundings.

The winner is the one who can unscramble the greatest number of slogans, phrases, sayings and adjectives of recognized Old Guard

The following is an example: Boondoggling Ben, the relief worker, sat down’ tp breakfast with all his little boondogglers gathered around him. For each little unfit he

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with their healthful employment for young men and money to be sent home to their parents. They are against the Federal power projects and the taxes against surplus profits of big corporations. They are against public projects to give employment to millions of men and women.

They are for the “American way” which gave us the Insull collapse, the Harriman-Mitchell bank scandals, the Teapot Dome steal, the great Kansas bond forgeries, and the Hoover panic. They are for the “progressive” business leadership of the Morgans, Mellons, Guggenheims, Rockefellers and du Ponts.

It is a crying shame that Messrs. Kuehn and Niblack were not members of Hoover's “medicine ball” cabinet so that they could have advised him unerringly how to put two chickens in every pot and two cars in every garage. x Awake, Ame ! You have only two months 1€ft to save the Republican Party from the unhappy fate that befell the Federalists and the Whigs. Join the Volunteers and preserve the party of Jim Watson, Jim Goodrich and Artie Robinson.

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cut a slice of alleged bread at the expense of the fit. His wife then spread each

visionary and ruinous butter. She piled on layer after layer, deficit upon deficit, viciously flouting the

To Al Smith it may have seemed to be only a shot in the arm. But to the mother it was a shot in the little boondogglers’ stomachs. Not so to Ben—he was a thinker—he had just read an Old Guard editorial. The editor carried him back to the days of Herbert Hoover, when no factory was ever closed, no farmer was ever d and nobody ever tried to forcE&-feed free born Americans. He thought of Mr. fumbled with recovery and would have caught it if somebody had kicked it his way. Thinking of:fhose days when there was a future“on every pay roll, Ben arose from the table, and taking one more look at the little unfits stifling their initiative with pretended food, he strode out on a holy crusade against a swarming bureaucracy. What did Ben find on the outside? He found two candidates for Congress. One was Mr. Homer (The world does change) Elliott. The other was Mr. Louis (business on nervous edge) Ludlow.

~ Ben first looked at Mr. Elliott and asked: “Why do you say the world does change?” Mr, Elliott said “Aren't you a progressive?” “No,” said Ben, “I am a relief worker. America is in peril.” “Oh, all right, all right,” said Mr. Elliott, “I was only kidding; there will be no change.” ‘ Ben then -looked at Mr. Ludlow and said: “Why do you say business is on nervous edge?” Mr. Ludlow said: “Aren’t you a business

lief worker. America is in peril.” “All right, all right,” said Mr, Ludlow, “I am for humanity. I voted to take away two billion dollars’ worth of food, clothing and shelter from alleged destitute men, women and children. That was when the Taber motion to recommit the 4 billion 880 million relief bill came up. I voted with the: Old Guard. Don’t you remember?” . “Good,” said Ben, “I will vote for you. Nobody can buy me.” (Note: This is a 24-slogan example. See if you can find them.) = = 2

BRINGS UP QUESTION OF PREJUDICE By Hiram Lackey .

Our Republican friends accuse Roeseveltian Democrats of being ruled by prejudice, and Republicans are respectable people. Yet Democrats admit that killing pigs was a mistake, that our whole national system of taxation should be overhauled and that they have made many other mistakes. Democrats concede that it may require eight years for them to remedy all of the mistakes that the Republicans have made in 16 long years. Do these admissions of Democrats seem to indicate prejudice? Yet Republicans say that Democrats are prejudiced, and Republicans are acceptable to society. Democrats condemn the yarns in the reactionary Republican press. A prejudiced man prefers error - to truth, Democrats hate the inventions of the father of lies. Does this hatred in Democrats seem to indicate prejudice? Yet Republicans say that Democrats are prejudiced, and we all know that Republicans are honorable people, in all things not pertaining to economics and politics. z u ”

PROTESTS JUDGING IN AMATEUR CONTEST By Mrs. H. Small

I am writing in answer to Mrs. L. M. Schubert, who protests the judging of the State Fair amateur contest. I also saw all the eliminations at the Fairground and heard the semi-finals and was surprised at the judging. The little boy she has reference to is a marvel and should have been given consideration hecause he has talent and if given a chance he could soon reach success. Also the little sisters were wvery good and I thought they were the best on the air. They have outstanding talent. I think the voting should have been left to the public and not to two or three judges. = ” 2 THINKS HEARST WRONG ON TAX ATTITUDE By G. C.

Hearst in his Sept. 2 issue of the Chicago Herald-Examiner gloats over the fact that a Chicago boy who inherited more than a million dollars escaped paying the full amount of Federal tax. That shows Hearst wants the common people to be taxed but not the wealth—and Hearst is for Landon. In the same issue, he complains -about those on relief being paid three hours sooner in New York City. - : If Roosevelt is re-elected Congress should pass a law raising the number of United States Supreme Court judges from 9 to 21. Roosevelt to appoint the 12 new judges that would favor the common people in their decision. ; Who ever heard tell of our United: States Supreme Court ever doing anything for the common people or organized labor? 2 ” ” READER DISAGREES WITH COL. ENOX By P. H. :

In a speech at Hampton Beach, N. H,, Col. Knox said: “They (New Dealers) created a new depotism. . . « Until 1935 American industrial life was not only the richest on earth, it was the freest. In one year all Amercan. enterprise found itself shackled.” In the Coolidge prosperity of 1926, '27, 28 and '29 the depression was incubated by the “richest” and

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The Landon Speech

By United Press . WICHITA, Kas., Sept. T— The complete text of Gov. Alfred M. Landon’s Labor Day address here today follows: : : This is the last time I will have the pleasure of greeting the annual convention. of the American Legion of Kansas as Governor of the state.

Four four years I have enjoyed the privilege of meeting with you and visiting with you in that capacity. Our American Legion convention today is one of fellowship. We here observe that section of the preamble to the Legion constitution that calls upon us to “preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the great war.” We must not forget the incidents and memories of training camps or battlefields that bind us together. They are precious to us all. In them we regain the spirit of that supreme adventure in our country’s service. : That adventure did not end on Nov. 11, 1918. Our fellowship in past memories is fine. But it involves a fellowship in present and future duties. We shall not get the value out of our meetings if we let these duties pass out of mind. Let me remind you of them.

TOLERANCE IS URGED

First, is the duty of tolerance. It tolerance in America. We have a great tradition of tolerance growing out of the fundamentals of our past. Our forebears came of different stocks, different religions. Men of every nation, every clime—united in building this country. Protestants, Catholics, Jews, worked here side by side, good neighbors, good citizens. No other nation has such a background. But of late there has been disquieting evidence of attempts to stir up racial antagonisms. This is due in part, I suppose, to the influence of the persecuting spirit that has broken out in certain regions in Europe. In part it may be due to the depression that has strained our nerves. In part, I suspect, it is due to what we call “pure orneriness,” of which we all have a share. This fomenting of racial feeling is not serious as.yet. It would be tragic if it should become serious.

DUTY OF LEGION

The American Legion is a crosssection of America. It is made up of men of all stocks and creeds. But however different our original stock may have been, the great war taught us to like and respect each other, as good soldiers and good Americans. We are, therefore, in a position and we have the responsibility to oppose every move to capitalize intolerance; to break up the country into hostile groups. Also, we must insist upon the preservation and protection of American freedom, and above all the freedom of expression. So long as we have freedom of expression and a free exchange of ideas many of our most serious problems will solve themselves. We of the Legion must stand today in peace, as we stood yesterday in war, for one flag, one united nation. Secondly, I want to emphasize the duty of citizenship—citizenship in its broadest sense. Traveling about Kansas I get a lot of satisfaction when I find men of the Legion taking influential positions in the

“freest” band of scoundrels that ever exploited the American people. Fifteen million bread winners were out of work, at the point of starvation, while the “richest” and “freest” lived in luxury, controlled the government, industry and 96 per cent of the national wealth. - As to “shackling” industry, the financial pages of any metropolitan newspaper show gains of 25 to 125 per cent for every legitimate industry in America. Col. Knox is fooling no one but himself, and he is kidding no one except the G. O. P. Administrations which ruined. the nation. EJ on = SEES DICTATORSHIP

UNLIKELY IN U. S. By John Henry, Alexandria

The flimsy charge that the present Administration leads to a dictatorship brands the contender either woefully ignorant or maliciously bad. For the very reverse is true. What really has astounded the political “muddlers” is that a President of the United States had the audacity to consult men of science instead of men of wealth. And in the very nature of things, society need not fear a dictator, nor an attempt at fascism, so long as our chief executive proves, by his acts, he is mass conscious and is working for the whole people. A centralized scientific plan, that will enable us to catch up with a highly developed industrial scheme, will offset any and all social upheavals common to Europe.

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farming communities, in the trades unions, in the chambers of come merce; in other organizations that help our common life. We always take pride in the fact that one of our comrades is leading a charities drive, or a child welfare movement.

LABOR SPLIT DEPLORED

We went into the Army to save America. The men who make up the American Legion made the safety and welfare of the nation a matter for each man's own pers sonal concern. And now that we. are back in civilian life we must continue to make the welfare and safety of the nation our personal concern. But this goal can not be attained by individual effort alone. Achievement in this instance must come from unity, just as success in the World War came by united action.

I, for* one, am sorry to see the recent split in the ranks of labor and hope that it will be speedily

| healed. The great gains made by

labor through its organization are in danger so long as this division : exists.. Here again, unity is requi= site for progress and achievement, The prodding by labor unions in the past has frequently awakened apathetic management to the need for improving conditions. All labor will be in a stronger position if it eliminates the cut-throat competi= tion of cheap labor in the sweatshops. Low living standards for some of our people in this competi tive age are a continuing threat to the standard of workers in other sections more fortunately situated.

WANTS LABOR UNITED .

It is to be hoped that organized labor may continue in its part in thes struggle for higher living standards. And to be really effective, it must remain united.

It is our job to help keep America safe, to keep it on the lines of or= dered progress. Whatever our party, we have a duty in honor of the uni= form we wore. That duty is to work constantly for better government in our local communities, in the state and in the United States. As the people of America looked to their armies to fight for them on the bat= tle field, now, in time of peace, they look to us to show the lofty spirit of love, devotion anf courage toward our country. Thirdly, and finally, I emphasize our duty in preserving peace. Those of us who were in the service appreciate in‘a way others can not, the utter futility of war. I need not tell you of its waste, its meanings. less cruelty. You know. The Legion has worked for years for legislation to take-the profit out of war, and in the even’ of war to put everything the nation possesses in manpower, industry and resources, on an equal. footing. :

THE WILL FOR PEACE

I believe we can do much by in= telligent legislation to lessen the danger of being drawn into a war with which we have no real concern. But after all the spirit of America must be our main reliance in staying out of war. We must have the strong will for peace. We must be ready to sacrifice short run profits. We must be prepared to stifle the natural affection that we have for the lands of our ancestors. We must Keep our heads. In all this the Legion should be prompt to take leadership. 1 Yes, a heavy responsibility rests upon the men who were the nation's first line, two decades ago. They will meet that responsibility in the future as they met it in the past. : ? As Americans we shall go forward. We shall make America a better land year by year—an example and an inspiration to the orld.

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