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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1936

- PROMISES OV. LANDON made some broad promises last night about how he is going to do right by the civil service _ System “when” he becomes President. The way Gov. Landon, in the course of this campaign, has yielded to pressure—to practically every pressure that has come his way—indicates how stoutly he would stand up against the tremendous influence that is always brought to bear on any President who attempts to extend the civil service. The Governor said that “when” he gets in he will have a “spring housecleaning,” implying that Democratic spoilsmen will be fired and employes of merit hired in their places, and that he will see to it that the Civil Service Commission is provided with adequate funds to police the merit system, The record in Kansas shows that when Landon got in at Topeka he had a spring housecleaning, fired the Democrats and hired instead Republicans. The record shows also that Kansas has had a civil service law on its statute books for years, but the law never has been put in force because no Kansas Governor, including Landon, ever has seen fit to provide the funds and set up the machinery necessary to put it in force.

. SELF-RESPECT AND SECURITY

HE Social Security Law was passed as a non-partisan measure, overwhelmingly supported by both Republicans and Democrats, and would never have become an issue had not Republican campaign managers seized upon it in a desperate last-minute effort to scare voters by lying to them. However, in the long run, it may prove all to the good that this law has become an issue. For it presents a question of fundamental public policy in dealing with the most serious social problem that has grown out of the advance of the machine age. And the free and prolix debate which has sprung up has centered public attention on this problem.

Now that the G. O. P.’s misleading charges—that the social security taxes constitute a government wage cut— have been effectively punctured, the people can pass intelligently on the program which Mr. Roosevelt’s re-election would continue and Mr. Landon’s election would destroy. The principal point at issue involves the contributory old-age insurance provision of the law. The Landon-G. O. P. management would have none of it, but instead would make ~ permanent the temporary feature of the law, providing + doles for aged paupers, out of the general tax funds.

2 EJ = : ' “HE Roosevelt-New Deal-non-partisan plan, which nearly all Republicans in Congress approved, but which their party leadership is now repudiating, sets up .a pay-in-advance system by which each worker, contributing on a 50-50 basis with his employer; builds for his own future. It is a system of enforced saving, by which each worker insures himself against the need of ‘a dole in his old age. It is an orderly plan by which industry is required’ to share in responsibility for the security of employes who grow old

discarded and left to themerey of private and public charity, or are kept on the pay roll to the destruction of HRs: s efficiency and profits. Every business ofganizatioft § jm the eountey today of ‘any size and with any humanity in its management. has on its pay roll numerous Superannuated employes, :long past their prime of usefulness, but’ kept employed because the management. has not the heartlessuess to turn them out. The old-age annuity provision of the law utilizes the sound principles of insurance to provide financial shelter for these. And it will be a shelter into which they can slip without any loss of self-respect, for it will be one which they helped to build with’ their own savings. ; No other issue of the campaign is more fundamental. On one side is the Landon policy—or rather lack fof policy—clinging to the past of irresponsible individualism, accepting as inevitable that poverty and old age will always be twin evils of our economic system. On the other side is the Roosevelt program, designed to “bring about a better-ordered society in which men and ‘women can establish their own economic independence and preserve their self-respect. Even the authors of the Social Security Law admit it’

* has flaws which should be corrected. But there must be no {

‘sacrifice of the principle upon which it is based.

‘THE TORCH OF DEMOCRACY at BACK in the late seventies a public-spirited Frenchman ~ named Edouard De Laboulaye conceived the idea of a° huge statue to. commemorate the bond between two of | ‘the world's foremost democracies, France and the United

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The Liberal View

By Harry Elmer Barnes

(Substituting for Westbrook Pegler)

If Landon Wins, the Reactionary Old Guard of the G6. O. P. Will Take Control Again, Writer Says.

EW YORK, Oct. 28.—It may be problematical and uncertain as -to how much Landon will be influenced by Hearst or other individual sponsors. But one thing is certain, and that is that, if-the Republicans win, it will mean the reasserted dominion of the moss-backed and short-sighted reactionaries in the party—the Snells gnd Wadsworths, rather than the Borahs and the Couzenses—will dominate. Those

familiar with the tactics of the Old Guard that ruled the Republican Party and the country from McKinley until the Bull Moose re-

|* bellion, with the exception of the

abortive Roosevelt - interlude, will not be likely to look with pleasure upon any repetition of this spectacle. - The Old Guard were, the political agents through ‘Which’ the moneyed powers ruled the United States for most of the time between the Civili War and the World War. They reached the height of their power between the Dr. Barnes election of McKinley and’ the defeat of Taft. The Old “Guard represented the most

perfect exemplification in American history of John

Locke's famous dogma that the main purpose of government is the protection of property.’ When the slavocracy, which had governed the country during most of the generation before the Civil War, was unhorsed by the defeat of the South, the Republican Old Guard gradually emerged and created a system of industrial and financial feudalism unmatched elsewhere in the modern world. They seized upon the United States Senate as the best vantage point from which to work. The Sendtor held office for a long term and was elected by state Legislatures, which were more easily manipulated

than a whole electorate. The control of the Senators *

over Federal patronage facilitated their control over state Legislatures. The policies and methods. of the Old Guard in connection .with the protection of property and the crushing of liberal” legislation were direct and unabashed.

HEY carrie | on openly in the Senate, as Mr.

Grundy did’s. generation later in the lobby. But

was elected to the Senate ha opriety of doing openly in the Sen“no hesitation in lobbying for outside.” This fuck in fell showed that the days of the Old Guar were. over. The leaders of the Old Guard at the turn of the century were Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island, William ‘Boyd Allison of Icwa, Orville Hitchcock Platt of Connecticut and| John Colt Spooner of Wisconsin. Powerful lieutenants were Quay and.Penrose of Pennsylvania, Platt and Depew of New York, Hale of Maine

- and Lodge of Massachusetts.

Together; they formed an” ‘impregnable wall over

which the waves of ‘liberalism and radicalism brok= -

in vain until the defeat of Taft in 1912. Not even Theodore Roosevelt's’ spurts of energy were able to overcome their resistance. : 8» » . ; 'N 1012 they applied the steam roller to . Roosevelt at. Chicago, taking the logical position that they to maintain’ control- of ' a“ de party

| preferred ! rather than. to surrender: dominion’ over a ‘victorious

one. During the eight léan years of the ministration they had tough ‘going, but they -or their ~Successors took an & New lease’ of life under Harding

"The Old. Guard mentally’ snd political ohales Ce

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at Any’ moment since the statue was erected, contrary winds | A ar vaesl threatening the torch of democracy which it holds aloft. ‘our natioval ne

y, more than ever, France and America, along. with. x hifiave.» stupendous duty to mankind to Jeep she

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The Hoosier Forum I wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it—Voltaire.

SAYS CAPITALISTS BROUGHT FOREIGNERS HERE By John ‘Nevins, : Chicago In an article in Liberty of Oct. 10, Bérnarr Macfadden says we have seven and a half million unnaturalized foreigners in this country, six

million holding American jobs and one and a half million on relief and we pay taxes to support them. He says we have officials whose duty it is to see that they are sent back to their native lands; and wants to know what is wrong.

I. wonder if he knows how a lot of them happen to be here. I know how some of them! came, and why. Our manufacturers formed a national organization, I think about 1903 or 1904. Shortly after that, some of our big corporations sent agents to foreign countries to solicit cheap ‘labor, } countries ‘where they were making from 30 to 50 cents a day, but they could live on that for living expenses - there were very: cheap. They promised them jobs at a dollar and a half a day, which seemed ' exorbitant to them, but forgot ‘to ‘tell them how much it would cost to live here. So they loaded them up and shipped them in here by the thousands. As long as these people were busy piling up dollars for them, there was no complaint from big business, but when the tables turn and they are taxed to feed them, they would give them a kick in the pants and send them home. This ‘seems to be the spirit some of them take: toward all laboring people .:. . and yet a lot of them will go to the polls Nov. 3 and vote with the Morgans, Rockefellers and duPonts, and a party financed By the Liberty League. EJ RECOMMENDS RAYE CONES FOR TREASURER’S OFFICE By Frank E. Gates Marion County is fortunate in having as a candidate for the office of ' treasurer on the Republican | ticket a man of sterling worth and integrity. Such is Frank Cones. I have known him for 35 years and have had numerous and extensive business relations with him. He is honest, trustworthy and posseses Strong business ability. To. know him is to like him. The fact is that he, when at previous times he was ‘a candidate for the same office, aflvocated and repeatedly asked for a law to discontinue the enormous, in the aggregate, fee system, which was enjoyed by. former ‘treasurers. Without a

doubt his éfforts led to the passage |

of ‘such a law.’ This alone should elect him. |

AGREES wiTH fous AND JAMES M. COX

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elected are the two best arguments produced in this campaign. When President Roosevelt entered upon -his administration, everybody was with him except Al Smith and a few disgruntled others.

Had the nation stood back of Roosevelt we would have had not only the’ prosperity we ‘now have but also unbounded success everywhere. We have Alfred Landon, the lightweight, pitted against one’ of the greatest political minds in the world. He is making promises he. could not in 20 years fulfill. If he is elected the government will be without a head. The nation would be in a much worse muddle than it ever was, and nothing vital could be accomplished by a Republican President and a Democratic Senate. ® 2 2 MAKE APPEAL FOR NATION’S NEGROES By Moon Mullins ; . The Negro race is the most reliable race there is. When the wagon gets overloaded—we are allowed to help pull it over the hill. We never refuse. are loyal and we wish to live ard let live, . . The New Deal should better the conditions of the American Negroes.

There is no use beating around the

bush. The Negro race is not being treated with real justice.

rey IF LANDON GETS BY, LAD SAYS YOU WILL CRY

'By Billy Easter, 12

If you have any brains at all you D. this fall. If Landon gets in, you better not cry, because you will be heading for the soup-house by and by. ® ®2. = HAS NO USE FOR

SMITHS: AL AND GERALD

By Perry Rule . The Smith brothers: Al and Gerald, both boorish, ciownish, vehe-

MY JOY.

BY FLORENCE MARIE TAYLOR Today I Po up berries Fresh from ihe bramble patch; Tell me what other joy This homely task can match?

For in the sparkling glasses Are sunlight and the dew, The sweet taste of crushed fruit— A marmalade for you.

DAILY THOUGHT

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great’ recompense of reward. — Hebrews

10:35. Wi believe uy

Why? Because our hearts’

ment—one advocating soaking the rich, while the other pleads for the return of the Old Deal whereby the rich grew richer. Each, in his cultivated style, is attempting to coax, wheedle and

‘| persuade the timorous with his

crazy, nonsensical, absurd and. preposterously inconsistent statements about remedial legislation enacted by the people’s representatives in ‘the Congress.” The citizens who meditate, however, are not charmed, fascinated, ‘bewitched or captivated by the captious, petulant, peevish and splenic Smiths. 2 » t ASSERT COFFIN CONTROLS COUNTY ORGANIZATION

By Paul Anderson and William R. Hottle It’s the same old story, George V.

Coffin in control of the Republican organization in Marion County. Frederick = Schortemeier, county chairman, was drafted by Coffin. He

told you voters he was drafted, but he didn’t mention who drafted him. Now, Mr. Schortemeier, if you are not controlled by. Coffin, why did

/| you not do away with all of his

ward chairmen and appoint new chairmen? . . ,

Here is the reason why Coffin would not let you fire his ward chairmen. He knows that if we lose the county this fall he still will have the organization to play ball with and that’s all he cares about. y

If either of you leaders had the candidates and the party at heart you would have gotten out of the picture for. their benefit. But you did. not care anything about the candidates—you realize that 'even though they lose you still have the organization. , . ,

If the candidates had one iota

of fortitude or gumption they would

realize that they are going to go down in defeat this fall simply oy cause they will not demand a new

‘set of faces in the county organi-

zation. In other words, they refuse to remove the obstacle that will de~ feat them on Nov. 3. . It’s strictly up to you candidates

-1to clean up the organization and

take the sting or stigma of Coffinism from your shoulders. If you don’t clean up, the voters will be justified in casting their lots elsewhere. this coming election. We can not feature a candidate being dunce enough to contribute his money to a man who has been responsible for the defeat of the Republican party for so many years. Several of us precinct committee

men and committee women did our.|

bit at the last Marion County convention to rid the party of Coffinism but you candidates did not do your bit, so it’s strictly up to you. Clean up and win, or suffer the consequences. You will be the goat if you don’t clean up. We also want to mention the fact that we are not seeking jobs. However, we have the Republican Party at heart, and. do not intend to sit idly by ana ‘ses the party dragged a Schortemeler declined to make a SBieml in reply—~THE

It Seems to Me By Heywood Broun

News That Victorious Princeton Has Gone Dry Makes Columnist Wonder About Defeated Harvard.

NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—From Princeton, N. J., there comes a triumphant shout that only five empties were discovered after the Navy game. The information is given out with a trumpet-like implication that great is President Dodds and that he heals by the power of suggestion, In days of old we are informed that sometimes

. as many as five or six hundred bottles and crude

containers graced the Palmer Stadium after the final whistle had been blown. It would be interesting to know the names of the willful five who refused to refrain from the use of alcoholic liquors during the foot ball game. Perhaps they were rear admirals only recently home from foreign service and quite unaware of the fact that prohibition has ° ended and that it is again the privilege of a gentleman to say “No.” But the problem which Presie dent Dodds has blithely underMr. Brows telzen to solve at ‘Princeton covers 3 the entire collegiate front, and there are spots where victory for right and temperance may prove more difficult than in New Jersey. For instance, the clement weather fights on the side of ‘President Dodds, and so does the team, in spite of its lone defeat by Pennsylvania. Victory is in itself a heady wine, and in recent seasons the Tigers have drunk so deeply of this nectar that straight gin and Scotch seem to them just so much barley water. Before anybody declares that the fight against the demon has been won let us first hear the returns from - Cambridge, Mass. How many empty bottles were picked up after the Darthmouth debacle? Ine deed, how many Harvard students?

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! every direction the Harvard undergraduate sees nothing but waste lands and desolation. There is no fixed point upon which the -eye can rest. Even the goal posts are but a mirage. They will live only long enough to grace the wall of some ‘in vading Eli or Tiger. Is it any wonder that the lads of Cambridge have grown so bitter and befuddled that they begin to say “Hurrah for Landon!” and use other foolish and incoherent phrases? Franklin D. Roosevelt they booed because he is a Harvard man who has succeeded in his role of national quarterback. The young men of the Yard can make no common

cause save with those who are about to take a

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PON previous occasions I have undertaken to argue that lack of success upon the gridiron is 8 good ‘thing for any university, and particularly for Harvard. It seemed to me that the arts flourished when the athletes declined. There was a golden age in Cambridge when the football team was of no consequence at all, but the place was filled with Walter Lippmann, poets, short-story writers, novelists and illustrators who could imitate Charles Dana Gibson. Yale also had a spurt of literacy at a time when its eleven was less hot than now, Indeed, the team got to be so terrible for a time that the boys would on oecasion cut football games and go around to the Elizabethan Club to hear Prof. Billy Phelps read passages from Shakespeare. There are graduatés of Yale today who are happy to have heard of Hamlet only because the tackles of the team were below standard /h their day. Harvard is at the Srogaroads: and it has been for some time.

|The. Washington Merry- Go- Round:

Transient Jobless Are Real ‘Forgotten Men,’ Neither State Nor Federal Governments Aid Them and South Wants to Keep Them Out This Winter.

By Drew Pearson and Robert S. ‘Allen

- ‘WPA authorities are fully aware of transient problem, but Sndler the Lt the pola

Joliet policy have Zo funds