Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 24 Sep 1936, p. 48

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wdt .the cuTTet, ltm;n mu« âchUCh e U7 A Uuefy nm w ur or ýREGiSTER! Voters ini New Trier. 'township should net be conf used as te the necessity of registering for the, Novemâber election. Many times uninformed, persons state that it is fot necessary. to register "eut ýhere," which applies in certain lections, but flot in eothers., The Noivember* presidential election is one ini which it does not apply, andf EVERY VOTER MUSTr REGISTR, Registration" days. are Saturtday, September 26, and, Tuesday,' October 6, from 6 o'clock a.rn. unil 9 o'clock p.m. The street address.of yeur poliing place. will be found in the news columnns of this paper. Not sinice tbe American republic was established with the signing of the Constitution in. 1787 iià fliefe been an éecrtion of such 'vital irnportance te the Anierican people as the eue which will take place 'on Tuesday, November 3. Issues of far-reaching effect will be decided, possibly inciucing whether America is to continue as a republic of free people, or be plunged inte the vortex of radicalism that now enguifs many European nations. In such a crisis in national affairs, no American voter will want te be dîsqualified. The oniy way the nor ut the r worlcl. When the bloodshed and turmoil are over: .state. when the strife ýand agony that always usher in * * * these new doctrines. subside, what h;appens?This. is deep, lieavy stuif. Profound, you would Amnericans, aiong- witb, thle people of al! other njat:ion1s'where "'isms" are reachin g for:a -foothold. cal it,, belonging , as you do, to the intelligentsia. Iit concerns psychologists, whicli frate rnity lias are efititled to ask'tliemselves this question. interested us greatly always ýat evidence of Fortunately, there,,is %plenty. of the ease, with because lid to.furuisian answer. Froni any of the dic."get away with, which they tatorsbips. which. are commori to ail *isms" 0:nle conclusions murde.!Tlieir cau find ýaillthe -evidence lie neecis teo prove wbat ôften sometimes: startling, are the future holds. under any sucih'system. I.,et us probut always amusig, take but onie example. found, as you just said. Thle There, the people work Wlien and Where they national, association of these. are told, for -wlatever pay the state wants to give theni; they turu their children over to the state, delvers into the emotions and reactions of. we common merand tliey worship what and where'the state dictais was recentiy held in New t.ates.ý Freedom of, speech, freedom of. religion, Hampshire, during which Dr. of assembly, riglit f reedom of the press, freedom Lof trial b jury-ail basic rights whicli Americans George W. Hartman of Columbia University, described' acce'pt as théir coxumon heritage-ýalltvanish under an experitnent lie had made on veters i a Penna dictatorship, because dictatorships cannot exist ameng a f ree people. sylvania town. He divided them into three classes, i"emotional," ý'rational" and "control," sending *Americans who cherish these privileges as a differeut campaigu literature te the three groups. birthi-ight doubtless are considered poor, benighted serfs by the *ism" exponents ini this* As 'a result of this expensive experiment, Dr. Hartman asserted, he arrived at the conclusion country who shout 'at us froni soap boxes, from that ene can get more votes by appealing to the pulpits, f rom state legisiatures, from the halls emotiens of voters than by appealing to their of Congress, from colleges and universities. But reasoniug faculties. Which, if you will permit us Americans know that in a battle of.the "'isus' the - If the taxpayers ef Coek county have not becorne. weary and disgusted of the stealing of public funds by elected officiais they must sureiy be gluttons for punisbmeut. With approximately tiree quarters of a million dollars stoien f romi the money vaults in. recent mpQths they must indeed be asleep te their own interest if they are flot aroused te a peint where they' wili demand greater security for the funds they pay into the *planned. econoiiy%" Tugwell. undersecretary of agriculture, said: -Perliaps our vested interests will submnit te centrol witheut teo violent resistance. . . . Yet the new kind of economic miachinery we have ini prospect cannot function in our present economy.'" And again: "Lt is a logical impossibility te have a plauned econoniy aud te have business eperating its industries, just as it is aise impossible te have eue within our lresent constitutionai and .statutery structure." election et rresidernRoosevelt is an absolute, uecessity if we are to save our country from the dangers of bolsbevism aud from ultimate dictatorship." If you can't get a laugli out of that there is ne humer in yeu. Down in Tucson, Arizona, they elected a dead mnan to the office of constable. And they bad 163 candidates froni whîcli te choose. We thouglit Kentucky was the only state. in which they voted for dead men. to thie state's attorney. Now Rie is said -paring te bring court action te regain ftom which he was eusted by Superior Down ini Heopeston, Illinois, the New Dealers stopped two WPÀ prejects ini order te blast one l]oue Republican. eut of a job. Is Harry Hopkins losing lits grip? Or ge.ingsoft? We gave a gasp when we read this headline: "Peoria Bîshep Finds Much 'Good in '¶talian Jails." Maybe lie was oniy visitingthem., * TuE PHAkTo M Rnp I t

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