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EDITORIAL
UNCLE SAM FOOTS THE BILL
Int-rnational postal regula
tions have placed the United
States in the ironic position of
delivering free of charge tons of
propaganda designed to under
mine the American form of gov
crnm nt. Because of rules laid
down by the International Postal
Union, Hitler is able to ship un
told thousands of booklets and
pamphlets into this country and
force the United States postal
authorities to distribute them for
him free.
The method us d is simple. Un
der existing regulations, the coun
try of original transmission re
tains the fees for delivery, and
the country where international
onail is finally distributed makes
the delivery free of charge. So
the Nazi goverment merely turns
out the required stamps, attach
wishes to distribute in America
es them to any propaganda it
and starts it on the journey to
this country. Uncle Sam handles
the mail fr:e once it gets to Am
erica.
Even the war has not handi
capped the process. Hitler ships
his subversive propaganda by
way of Russia, and though it is
a slower process than by the At
lantic, it eventually reaches its
destination.
The German propaganda min
istry' has compiled a huge mail
ing list of German-Americans
living in the United States. Each
one on the list is subjected to a
constant bombardment of propag
anda printed in both English and
German. Many receive bundles
of 50 or morj for distribution
among Americans who are not
on the regular mailing list.
The system is so designed that
few German-Americans can get
away from constant reminders
that they are of German extrac
tion and should r main loyal to
the Nazi form of government. Be
cause there is no American cen
sorship, much of the material
contains attacks against the Pres;
dent, the United States system
of gov mm ant, the American
press, capital, the Jews and other
g' ups —and the United S'-ates
foots the distribution bill.
Let us not forget that Hitler
once said: "America is perman
ently on the brink of revolution.
It will be a simpl. matter for
me to produce unrest and revolts
in the United States so that these
gentry will have their hands full
with their own affairs.” Perhaps
*e banked upon the prot cting
influence of the International
Postal Union to help him foment
this revolution and unrest.
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The
Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By Drew Pearson and
Robert S. Allen
WASHINGTON — The recent
eLction will go down in history
as one of “the most bitter in the
past 80 years. Only the cam
paigns which re lected Abraham
Lincoln in 1864 and Woodrow
Wilson in 1916 can compare with
it for intense feeling.
Passions have flared, tempers
have been close to the surface.
There has also b-en a mo>re vig
orous and sometimes scorching
scrutiny of the issues and the
candidates than in any other re
cent election.
In fact, some diplomats who
have spent recent y?ars in Eu
rope say that this election is com
parable to those in France which
saw the rise and fall of the Pop
ular Front government.
Real test of this election is
going to be whether the elector
ate can forget the partisanship
and settle down to a reasonable
degree of unity. That, in fact,
will be the real test of democ
racy.
The next few months are like
ly to be a period of political
cross-firing. If the American peo
pie can rise above it, then democ
racy will be safe. It will be a se
vere test.
KICKED NEGRO COP
On rare occasions in this coun
try, presidential elections have
turned on the merest whim of
fat?. Most freakish year was 1916
when Charles Evans Hughes
went to bed thinking himself
President of the United States,
and woke up to find that because
he had walked through a picket
line in California, that slate —
and the election —had turned
against him.
This year a freak incident
might conceivab y have tipped
the balance in so close a race to
j Wendell Willkie. Such an inci
d nt occurred when Steve Early,
White House Secretary in charge
of press relations, tangled with a
negro policeman in New York.
Early was trying to get to the
President’s train, and was provid
ing interference through the po
lice lines for Mrs. Morgenthau,
Miss LeHand and various mem
bers of the White House secre
tariat, when three policemen,
two whit and one colored, stop
ped him. He indulged in a shov
ing bout with all three, but the
colored cop had been operated
on for a hernia and was injured.
Newspapermen on the train,
some of whom have rowed vig
orously with Steve, all agreed
that this time he was right.
However, the details of the case
were unimportant.
Word immediately was flashed
through Harl m and the negro
[districts of Chicago that Roose
; veil's secretary had kicked a col
I ored policeman. Francis Rivers,
| Director of the Colored Division
j of the Republican National Com
mittee was first to see the politic
J al importance of the situation.
But close behind him was John
ny Hanes. ex-Under Secretary of
the Treasury, but still treasurer
of the Hampton Institute for Ne
groes.
Johnny comes from North
Caro ina and the land of Jim
Crow, but he got busy with some
1 of the Hampton leaders to fan
I the flames in the big cities of
the North where the colored vote
i sometimes holds the balance of
i pow r.
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SOUTH WARNED ROOSEVELT
Aside from its political reper
! cussicns, the Early incident il
lustrated two things. One was
the efficiency of the Republican
organization in the campaign and
i the inefficiency of the Democrats
I The Republicans didn’t miss a
trick. It was a matter literally of
minutes before the Republicans
pounced upon the “kicked” po
liceman and were using it for all
it was worth.
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The Democrats, one the other
hand, with a loos:-knit lumber- (
ing organization let opportunity
after opportunity slip through
their fingers. That Roosevelt was
reelected was no thanks to the
Democratic committee.
The other deduction from the
Early incid nt is the doubt rais1
ed in the minds of a lot of pol
iticians as to whether it pays to
woo the negro vote except dur
ing the month before elections. ‘
They point to the fact that Mrs.j
Roosevelt r signed from the D.
A. R. in order to champion Mar-1
ian Anderson, that Roosevelt has j
given more relief and jobs to i
the negro than any previous j
President — all of which may
have been forgott.n over one
short scuffle on a station plat
form.
Sn Southern Democratic lead
ers are saying, “I told you so.”
NOTE—Featured by the negro
press was the fact that Steve
Early is the grandson of Gener
al Jubal Early, Confederate lead
er who nearly captured Washing
ton during the Civil War. The
colored press inferred that Steve
still believ d in the ideas of his
grandfather.
Daddy' Standley
Of Curio Fame
Dies At Seattle
SEATTLE — J.. E. “Daddy”
Stand.ey, 86, longtime proprie
tor of “Y Olde Curiosity Shop,” i
and one of Seattle’s most widely!
known citizens died here of
i
pneumonia.
The little man, who always
wore a black skull cap, moved
through the shadows of his water j
front shop for 41 years. The shop j
was a tourist attraction overflow
ing with curios and museum piec
'• s from all over he world. Collect
ors said his shop contained the
world’s largest collection of Al
aska curios and handicrafts.
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