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^s^ SOUTH BEND PUBLIC LIBRARY 304 "S.MAIN ST. , CITY pROPBa^" Short On Morals They Vote Money In nl^^^rii innoRGrant Goes Goosefles h fWDAV, OCTOBER 30th, 1942 Tries Camouflaging His Record With Silver ER' FUEHRER of the Reich (right) and the Sun of Heaven (left), in their contempts for ELIEVE IT parliamentary governmenT^-ist have chortled with great glee, not alone, first at their ob D structionist votes pre-PearTHarbor, but are chortling still at the methods being employed by American congressmen, seeing reelection, to fool the "fool people," as they regard Americans, OR ELSE —and cOfct-iMie, mayhap, if opportunity affords, in the Axis 1 MEAT O' THE COCONUT service. They , must include, in their prospectus, Robert A. • -Grant. -. -•- -- if^SI ... BY ... It was no wild exclamation of Attorney, Gen., George N. SILAS WITHERSPOON I Beamer, when he said re? Roscoe Conk- cently at Franklin, Ind., DEFENSE IN TRIAL ling, late in life that "the election of a a leader of the Republican house of rep OF U.S. VS GRANT American bar, resentatives would do in starting out (Continued On- Page Three) TAKES ON AIRS OF like all other "rising young PETTIFOGGER WITH attorneys," was once perplexed. NO CASE BLASTING A criminal case Vote! had fallen into F YOU are qualified to STATE'S ATTORNEY his hands and vote next Tuesday, by he was puzzled. He went to William Evarts, I citizenship, residence, already a top-notcher, for advice. Evarts was always kind to young lawyers; helped them .registration, or. age, vote! as much as he-could. He listened to Conk- Vote early, if possible! If ling's story. you are not qualified, don't try, and if not qualified by "Young man," said he, "here is good ad reason of negligence, such as vice in all criminal cases. If you're short on failure to register, don't facts, and the law is favorable, play up the cuss,—and don't crab.. You law and ignore the facts. If the facts are are not to blame for any- favorable, and the law against ^you, dwell on (On Page Six) the law and ridicule the facts. -If both the law and the facts are against you, then raise hell with the prosecuting attorney—but al ways salve the jury." --K Republicans Win That seems to be the modus operandi in RE the the case of United States of America vs pre-Pearl Robert A. Grant. The facts are against him; A Harbor so is the law—the Congressional Record and isolationist - ob the bills against which he voted, or if finally structionist Re to finance them, then when, why, and how- publicans, such so? Therefore, lambast Lewis J. Murphy, as Ham Fish, the prosecutor, discount his legal caliber, sneer Claire Hoffman, at the NeW Deal, he don't know how to mol Steve Day — and lycoddle reporters, used a scrap saving poster ROBERT A. for advertising, to hell .with the marines; GRANT, — en anything to take the public mind off Grant; meshed in a de salve the people by playing them for fools. liberate conspir Grant hasn't the moral calibre to defend acy to sabotage his record; there is nothing moral about it to the war, by grab defend. This refers to his congressional rec- bing off the Con ' ord and that is what he is on trial for. Per gress, through sonally, Mr. Grant isn't anything great to false pretense of brag about; but this is not a personal matter urging the war except to the extent that his official career is effort on now, involved. True he knows how to keep in and then to with, certain reporters, scrap saving to him is throw a monkey- (On Page Two) wrench into the war machinery? One could eas ily deduct such a conclusion from GRANT the manner after which congres sional campaigns (On Page Seven) Page Two THE MIRROR EUEVE It Or ELSE!! (From Page One) a were-matter of -expediency, he never set. the world on fire practicing. fow>, and; for his. being* an Olct Shuffler instead of a NewSe-tler, you can evaluate that any way you want to. The-.ssue4.et-ween;M.urphy an<| <§;ran.t is the war, grerPearl Harbor and since, an4 on into the peace, fi^on't forget that Mr. and £•••*$-,%, Vot-e-fc when you .go to the flolls next Tues day. If you. are all out against Hitler. Mussolini and Hiro hito, you C-Mfc't vote for- Gra_jtjti $nd be consistent. The latest diversion in the congressional campaign, to Making Mountains divert attention from the real issue,, somewhat na Out of Molehills tional in scope, but cen tered upon Mr. Murphy — to detract attention And Molehills of &W. Qc^ftrt,—is an effort by Frank Gannett, sub- Mountains G, 0. P. ch&Umajti of the Republi can National committee, who undoubtedly gave Mystic Artistry Sam Pettengili his G.Q.P. finance secretaryship. He would make a mountain out of the molehill of Mur^ftfet"^ ujeging the ' people to save their scrap, for war purposes; help win the war. He says the l^^ Ete-al aglricu&Ujsai dej^_r$ent in Washington is appar ently sj^o^soring Jkltorphy/s. gpmpaign, and Congressman and his great injtecest in it? Who is.he? Well, he is,a down Charltjy H&tleck, ^ fcen^^a^ ib^s taken it before congress east newspaper publisher with a meteoric record]. Before us y rres is a book by Samuel T. Williamson, distributed about two demanding-an investigation. ]|fell is out for noon. "|p^ "D ENTERS wilt become tenters What t-e-a-ly ba^ened is that Brown & Bigelow, years ago. when Gannet thought he was a. candidate for the **• if the housing shortage Minneapolis engravers, g^pt up a. handsome poster urging Republican nomination for president. He got two votes grows worse* in the convention. But his meteoric career; climbing to 18 * * * -especially farmer to cgj^i^ute their scrap. Pt states that Switzerland misses her tour the appeal is apjjvr-oved hf ,tehe Department of Agriculture; papers! I wonder how he came to drop so completely out ists. What? No lit"$e*. Japs with it was. Why shouldn't, it be>—unless you are for the Axis? of sight that Williamson couldn't find anything about him little cameras? Below the ejagravwfe poster is arfe&nk space for an advertiser during tt&e last World War? Was he a general; or some i to run an adv. spo^so^r.® tfee dj^j^hyution. It might be a thing, tyo modest to** permit mention of it, or wasn't he Test Your I. Q. hardware merchant, an impfea»e-nt deal.ejg, a dry goods house, anything? About three years in-there-are blotted out. That was the period during which Dr. Edward A. Rumely or what not, and thousands ojjji su£_i are scattered all over Rec^Bjk h,ea<41uies have made the country. In the local instance Murphy bought a hun (LaPorte), Sylvester Vierick, and others, got mixed up news that, witk live. How mapy dred posters with hiis political advertisement on the bottom. with the government over the ownership and pro-German of these events and personalities ism of the New Y'Q^ Evening Post. Rumely and Vierick are familiar to you? Wow! Wtarr.-QfisJ 1. In what country has muttt"*_y Nohafiky but a fool, Qr af goJi'tical demagogue, would were "lagged" until releasee, by President Harding pending among Nazi soldiers been re the separate peace of Paris, the sabotaging Versailles, and ported? miijj^e the approval by the Agricultural; Department as 2. What eastern rivers flood sp-QjftSe^ship of the advertise**}—in Murphy's case any more the League of N<afeo#s,——and starting Geimany on her rise ed recently, causing, millions of to her present impudence.' dollars of damage? than of the hardware merc^a^, implement dealer or dry 3. Who recently i#|H"_.ed to goods house. Doesn't Mr., Gannett, Congressm^ Halleck, Williamson sj^jjis Gannett was at first a New Dealieir. halt "phony" sales of houses? He broke with the New Deal over the supreme court reor 4. In what country are Grant, and the rest of the ^.J^achers, like tl^ jdea of the 6,0"QjB,QOO people repo^tfed on the Agricultu*^ Pepartijnent ap^^ng to the farmers to tujcn ganization bill and organized a committee to combat it. He verge of stjiafvation? made Sam B. Pettengijtt: secretary. Among the organizers 5. In what city did Generals in their scrapr—tq» help. ^n* the war ? So they would make "S^well, Auchinl^ck, and Wavell a "goat" of Murp_--j{.,. eh, to counteract the record of Grant. backing him up was Amos Pincjiot, S. $. McClure, Earl gather recently? That is all there is to that affair. But Frank Gannett, Harding, Ambrose Binkett, Fred Sexaue^, and. coincidental- Answers On Page 19 ly, of course,, the Dr. Edwaf-d A.. Rumely ^jorementioned. Cosj^i^fflfttaliy, too, they all later became rabid America Swap-Rimes. rvGreg-gfo^Powney Firsts. Now the New Deal can do no ri^-Mt. ---***• '* * * TS^ Next in the grand order of mal-confusion. Sel Campaign Issue Is dom tijfeat a newspaper al lows: one of its reporters Not Murphy Versus to use its columns to fight a personal battle Grant Bit Tribune with someone who has offended him; even to calling him down. Sel Scribe vs Murphy dom that newspapers, even editors, fight their own battles in their own coJftmnS.