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» BY ROSCOE DRUMMOND
; Chief, Washington News Bureau of
The Christian Science Monitor
The politicians aren’t going to overlook Louls H.
Bean in 1952,
No, they’re not going to nominate him, but they
are going to listen to him. He won't shape the plat
form of either party, but he well may shape the
campaign conducted by both parties.
Bean is the name—Louis H.—A. B. (University
of Rochester), M. R. B. (Harvard), Phi Beta Kappa,
infantryman in World War I, an agricultural econ
omist who is distinguished for his contributions to
a simplified method of Curvilinear Correlation,
It is Mr, Bean’s political curvilinear correlations
which interest the politicians, for once again this
scholarly statistician who applies a slide rule to
party trends has whipped out his tried and trusted
formulas, surveyed the “evidence,” graphed and
tabulated the known facts, and .come up with his
1952 presidential election forecast. He says it’s the
Democrats across the board-—White House, Senate,
House of Representatives.
He makes some qualifications, but any fair read
ing of his article in the current Harper’s magazine
puts Mr. Bean out on the limb to which he clung
with distinction in 1948.
MPE. BEAN WAS RIGHT
When so many others were wrong, Mr. Bean was
right in 1948, forecasting—long before the election,
before the nominating convention had met, before
President Truman had begun his whistle-stop cam=
paign, before those last two weeks during which
Dr. Galup figures the deciding proportion of voters
made up their minds—that Mr. Truman would win.
In 1950 he forecast that the Republicans would gain
between 25 and 30 seats in the House, and when
they won 27 seats he began looking around for that
half a Republican to balance his books.
Mr. Bean, the curvilinear correlator, indulges in
no sleight of hand. He just takes a steady aimr at
the curves of the popular vote by which the House
of Representatives is elected and then correlates
these curves into a conclusion which, by virtue of
his past record, has to be considered innocent until
proved guilty.
On this basis, Mr. Bean sees the 1952 party trend
paralleling that of 1948. He finds that the congres
sional elections of 1950 and ‘he several by-elections
©4.1951 suggest that the party balance today is about
what it was four years ago.
TIDE HAS TWO LEVELS
“The Democratic political tide,” he says, “has two
levels, a lower one in midterm years of voting
apathy and light turnout and a higher one in the
more exciting presidential years. Its lower level
moved upward from 43 percent Democratic popular
vote in 1946 to 54 percent in 1950, while its upper
level moved up from 55 percent in 1944 to 60 per
cent.
Surveying such evidence during the past year
and a half as he can discern, Mr. Bean concludes
that the Democrats normally could expect to win
this fall by a 60 percent popular vote.
As indicators that the two-party balance has not
changed, he cites the Chicago mayoralty election—
which he considers particularly barometric — in
which the Democratic candidate Kennelly received
a larger perentage of the vote than in 1947, and
also the special comgressional elections in Pennsyl
vania and West Virginia in the fall of 1951 which,
allowing for the light turnout, “showed no recession
in the Democratic tide had taken place since 1948.”
CITES ADDED SECURITY
Actually, Mr, Bean considers that he is on safer
ground today than when he made his unusually
accurate forecasts in 1948 and 1950. He cites these
factors as added security for his forecast:
That no progressive party, which four years ago
took more than a million votes from the Democrats
and put New York State out of the Truman column,
is in the offing to draw away northern Democratic
votes.
That with Mr. Truman’s removal of himself there
is reasonable certainty that no Dixiecrat party will
draw away southern Democratic votes.
That business is likely to remrain good and that
the expanding defense program is likely to sustain
substantially full employment.
That living costs, while relatively high, have not
—since Korea — outrun workers’ earnings as they
did with the abandonment to price controls in 1946.
CAN'T FORECAST MIRACLES
Even a Curvilinear Correlator deserves to have
some qualifications, and Mr. Bean reasonably allows
himself a couple of outs: He says he can't estimate
the impact of a powerful Republican personality as
nominee and he says he has no way to allow for
the miraculous. He puts it this way:
“Factual analysts of political trends haven’t any
business with miracles, so I leave it to you and
your intuition as to whether the Democrats will or
will not need a new miracle to offset continued
charges of ¢crime and corruption, and of Commun
ists in government.”
Of eourse, the miracle might be on the other side
of th¢ political fence where, if Mr. Bean is as much
r@t as usual, it is going to be very much needed.
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Note To Amateur Strategists:
Airmen Cant Win Wars Alone
Because of the way the Issue was broached, the
question of America’s air power has been plunged
into the thick of politics. This is unfortunate, since
the strategic aspects ought to transcend politics.
Senator Taft began the current discussion by
asserting that our only safe course is to create air
strength “sufficient to control the air over this
country, over the oceans which surround this con=
tinent and able to deliver atom bombs on Russian
cities.”
He feels that America’s “land generals” have
blocked the adoption of such a policy. He clearly
believes that proper stress upon air power will do
away with the need for a large land force and that
the net result will be sounder and cheaper military
security,
Now there is probably not a comrpetent “land
general” in this country who would deny the dom=
inant role of air power in any future war, And cer
tainly the air generals would like to see a vast ex=
pansion of their forces for both offensive and de
fensive use.
But it is also likely that no qualified air general
believes that even the happiest enlargement of air
power he can envisage would make this nation safe
without accompanying land power.
It has been said again and again but apparently
it does not register on those who simply do not
wish to believe it: air experts are convinced you
cannot count on delivering the atom bomb effec~
tively by reliance only on long-range bombers.
They are currently dubious about the place of the
giant bomber in that task. They insist that medium
range bombers would invariably carry a big part
of the burden.
Mediunr-range bombers mean bases closer to
potential Russian targets than the continental
United States or even any chain of islands in mid-
Atlantic, They mean bases in Europe and North
Africa.
And bases cannot be held by air power alone.
They are land. They must be protected by land
forces, and not necessarily those of the country
whose territory is involved. This is just rock-bot
tom fact from which no competent military stra
tegist, whatever his belief in air power, attempts to
, escape.
There is no evidence, either, that a colossal air
force would save the country money. The cost of
planes alone is staggering today. But beyond that
there would have to be a huge allotment of man
power to cover air crews, maintenance and admin
istration. Even our present air force demands a
million men.
To rely fully upon air power, too, would put the
fate of Europe’s great cities in the hands of long
range bombers whose usefulness in any new war is
uncertain. Naturally we should encourage the Euro=-
peans to fight a land war on the continent—should
it come—with all they can muster. Yet, since our
own security is involved in the safety of Europe,
it would seem sensible to have some share in the
ground defensé.
Beyond these purely selfish considerations, we
still consider the Europeans our friends and Allies,
What assurance is it to them to be told: “Never
mind if the Russians pour across your border and
bomb your cities, We'll bomb their cities to ruins.”
Especially since no one who has anything to do
with really employing air power believes a was
could be fought successfully that way.
Now at a base camp for acclimatization, at an
altitude of 18,000 feet, menrbers of the Swiss Mount
Everest expedition have several notable advantages
in attempting to reach the summit of the world’s
highest mountain.
Members of the team, all of whom are from
Geneva, have made ascents in the Alps together and
are regarded as the strongest group of Swiss which
could have been selected for the assault on hitherto
unconquered Everest.
The expedition has the benefit of the newest
camping and climbing equipment, including oxygen
nrasks for the upper danger zone, tents of isother
mic double canvas lined with swansdown, sleeping
bags with pneumatic mattresses and insulated
clothing.
The time available for an ascent is short. Spring
is too cold, in summer rain deposits vast quantities
of snow upon the mountain and makes it danger
ous. Autumn is again too cold. Therefore, the ascent
must be made at the end of spring, before it rains.
The Swiss plan to send up a team of six climbers
for the final assault, hoping that the two strongest
will reach the summit. In all previous assaults, a
team of two made the final attempt. If one weak=-
ened, the attempt failed.
But foolhardiness will not be in order. A fare=
well telegram from M. Hasler of the Swiss Federa=
tion for Alpine Research read: “Make a brave try,
But be brave, too, even in retreat. Come home
safely——all of you!”
Exodus To Europe
To judge from the demands for steamship and
plane accommodations, tens of thousands of Amreri
cans are convinced the immediate danger of war is
not too great. Europe this summer will draw sev=
eral hundred thousand visitors. Their purposes are,
of course, varied,
Most of these tourists want to spend their vaca
tions in Europe. Some go as students, sonmre ort busi=
ness. But all of them, whatever their purpose, are
undeterred by war alarms.
Perhaps this shows that Americans are learning
to live in an unstable world, in which there is no
real peace. Each tourist, in the impressions he
makes abroad and in those he brings home can in
his individual sphere contribute to mutual under
standing, one of the basic clements of peace.
Assault On Everest
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Virginia Woodall
"“Mr. Republican” Has Done Opposing Parly
Service Of The Year And Dropped His Cookies
Our deepest sympathies at this
point must be extended to the
Republican party.
You've just about lost it, good
brothers, and you've done a ma
gnificient job of losing it, at that.
Speak not to the Democratic party
about high-handed polities, or
government corruption. The little
black sheep you're snow-balling
into the nomination invented the
game and he’s playing it with a
vengeance.
Frankly, the Democrats can only
be grateful to “Mr. Republican”,
for he has done his opposing party
the year’s greatest service. The
power that was slipping from their
grasp has been caught again—and
this time in a clutch that won't
escape so easily.
Tattle Tale Grey
Few people regardless of party
affiliation, can restrain their in
digration that a man of Taft’s part=
icular political calibre (a tattle=
tale grey, to phrase it mildly),
should have pushed and squir‘metf‘
and edged his way into the posi
tion of power he now holds. Un
doubtedly, he has pretty well ac
camplished the first step in his
ultimate goal—a boudoir in the
White House. But that cup, “Mr.
Republican,” will never reach
your lip. Because, the Democrats
are going to have you in such a
nervous tizzie, you'll spill your tea
from here to Kingdom come.
It's sad, in a way. For the first
time in many a moon, the Grand
Old Party had some of the De
mocrats wondering if they could
sneak in a Republican vote while
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Erskifie Johnson
Shocked Film Star Blows Fuse;
Elecirician Wears Her Shoes
HOLLYWOOD — (NEA)— Be
hind the Screen: The tale of a
movie queen with king-size feet is
circulating around flicker alley.
The star in question wears
wedgies a couple of sizes larger
than Garbo wears and is very
sensitive when mention is made
of the fact.
One day she left a pair of moc=-
casins outside her dressing room
door and a burly electrician
slipped them on. The star discov
ered it and frantically appealed to
a lass in the studio publicity de
partment with:
“You have to get those mocca
sins back for me. I don’t dare ask
for them. Think of it, an electri
cian wearing my shoes. It would
ge all over the lot in two minutes
e
So the press agentess girded
herself for action, marched down
to the set and confronted the elec~
trician.
“Listen,” she said, “those are
Victor Mature’s shoes you're
wearing and he wants them back
pretty darned quick buddy!”
Remember little George E.
Stone, who put you through the
emotional wringer with his roles
in “Seventh Heaven” and “Cimar
ron,” and then menaced his way
through Hollywood’s gangster film
cycle?
Sure you do. Stone had ap
peared in 200 films until a serious
illness took him away from the
cameras five years ago. Now he'’s
back playing a Damon Runyan
character in “Bloodhounds of
Broadway” at Fox, and not look
ing a day older.
“Why should I look older?” he
asked. “I was wearing a hairpiece
15 years ago.”
Stone sees a big change in Hol
lywood since his days as a star
and he's not happy about it.
“Everything has to be done in
too much of a hurry,” he said.
“You can’t get great performances
out of people in a spit and a half.”
DON'T MIND ME
Shelley Winters breezed in
to a fur designer’s salon re
cently with a check for a crystal
mink coat that had been shown
their dead-"n-buried grandpa was
looking the other way. But “Mr,
Republican” himself pulled some
pretty raw stunts that will pro
bably send most of the rebeys scur
rying to their own back yard again.
Nope—old Brother R. A. T. will
see snow fall over the convention
hall before he’ll see a single De=-
mocratic vote slipped his way. As
a matter of fact, from his actions
out in Texas, Mr. Taft doesn’t
seem to think the Democrats am
ount to much enyway. He’ll have
a hard time, come the general
election, to convince them he “was
only foolin’”,
The whole situation tends to
point up one vital need—that is a
complete revision of the election
laws of the land. Innumerable
times during this current pre
election scramble, the nation’s
citizens have voiced a discentent
with the standing system. They
want their voices heard in firm,
‘indisputable statements of their
‘will. They grow weary of having
their declamations drowned out by
a chorus of politicians, whose
methods, repardless of party af
filiation, could stand a bleach job.
Uniform System
What the people want—and they
should ecertainly have what they
want—is a uniform method of
presidential election. They want a
two-party primary with the names
of the candidates themselves, in
stead of stand-ins who may or
may not carry out the wishes of
the majority, printed on the ballot.
They want delegates, who may be
her weeks before
“I'm sorry, Shelley,” apologized
the furrier. “But you told me you
didn’t want the coat. It's been
sold to somebody else and it will
be weeks before there’s another
supply of crystal mink. If I had
known you wanted the coat, I'd
never have sold it. But you said
you weren’t interested.”
“Listen,” blazed Shelley. “That’s
not the way to do business with
me. When you do business with
me, don’t pay any aitention to
anything I say.”‘ S
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It's Wally Vernon's tale about
an agent who told a TV variety
show producer that he had a mov
elty band composed of five mice.
“Mice!” shouted the bug-eyed
producer. “Great Scott — let’s
hear ’em.”
' So the five mice went to the
TV studio, set up their little in
struments and went to town on
the latest hit tunes.
“Well,” said the agent after the
audition, “Are my mice hired?”
“I'm sorry” replied the TV
producer, “but L can’t hire ‘em
The piano player looks too Rus
sian.”
SNOW JOKE
Dean Martin and Jerry Lew
is’ writers, Ed Simmons and
Norman Lear, are Jerry’s greatest
fall guys for his practical pokes.
One morning Jerry called each of
the writers at their homes and
asked if they, their wives and
children would like to go for some
snow fun in the mountains.
All agreed it was a fine idea and
at a Beverly Hills intersection at
7 a. m. the following day. The
writers, their wives and the chl
dren were there at the appointed
time, but no Jerry.
At 7:10 a truck pulled yp with
100 pounds of shaved ice and the
driver handed Simmons a note.
It read:
“Hope you enjoy the snow-—
Jerry.”
Screenwriter John Lucas over
heard it at the Brown Derby:
“When I married my husband, he
had a strong will—and by working
at it for 10 years, he's developed
just as stronk a won't”,
appointed or elected on separate
ballots, to go to the party conven
tions, armed with the explicit in
structions of the people, rather
than those of the politicians. Thus,
according to the majority will of
the people these delegates would
cast their votes. No state conven
tions, bribed with promises, could
then run rough-shod over the will
of the people. And again, in the
general election, the names of the
candidates nominated from each
party should be printed on the
ballot. The people would then de
cide, between the names presented
them, their choice for president.
It would, therefore, not be left to
a small group of men gathered
in a hotel room to decide this im
portant issue.
Again, we say that “Mr. Re
publican” has probably done the
nation an unexpected service. His
recent actions have once more stir
red the people to resentment
against the standing electoral
system. And the people will not
rest until they have been given
a system whereby their democratic
prerogatives may be exercised
without them being left with the
feeling that it’s all a sham and the
politician will elect their president
for them in the long run.
Once again—our sympathies to
the Republican party. You had it
in the palm of your hand. But you
couldn’t let a popular feeling rule
the nation. And to Mr. Taft, from
the Democratic party should un
doubtedly go a deep-felt note of
thanks.
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What The
People Say
Editor
Dear Sir:
It was with extreme gratifica
tion that I noted your recognition
of Lamar Dodd, University Art
Department head, in a recent edi
torial. I have watched with inter
est the progress of the University
and of its art department, and
feel that much has been done to
stimulate creativity in Athens and
Georgia youth.
Such creativity is the essence of
fine living and will form the basis
of a useful and satisfying way of
life for the future generations.
Indeed, I may say that an appre
ciation and knowledge of art is the
best antidote for our complex and
confusing life of today. :
Sincerely, :
Art Lover
Chances Of Multiple Births
Greater As Mother Nears 40
A Correspondent who signs
herself ‘“Anxious Readers” says
that she is most interested in the
vast number of reports of twins,
triplets, and even quadruplets who
are born and she wonders if these
are increasing. ]
This is indeed an interesting
subject, but so far as I know there
is no reason to helieve that the
frequency of plural births is in
creasing.
The only thing that may be in
fluencing this picture is that there
seems to be a greater chance of
having more than one child at a
single birth as the mother gets
older, at least until about the ¢/.
of 35 to 39. 3
If more women of this age
bracket are having children, there
could, therefore, be a slight in
crease in the number of multiple
births.
As things stand today, twins are
born once in about 90 births.
The chances of having triplets
are of course, much less than
chances of having twins, and this
occurs in about one in 9400 con
finements. The likelihood of giv
ing birth te quadruplets is even
less, namely about one in 62,000,
which would mean that four or
five sets of quadruplets would be
borne in the United States each
year. :
The subject of the chances of
Sonn Rdoßols o s,
Park Bench Companion Tells Story
0f Deceased Nobility And Palmisiry
Always on the look for fresh
talent in the way of yarn spin
ning, we met a genteel old lady
last week who is totally capable of
“Out-Godireying Godfrey” and
half a 7ioren other professionals
who rake their living telling
stories with a special twist.
The lady in question was a
reader of palms and was estab
lished comfortably on a park
‘bench, admiring the scenery and
complaining about the unbearable
heat. An a.r of impoverished no
bility seemred to cling to her out
dated but obviously well-made
clothing. Testefully dressed and
quietly unassuming, she appeared
to be the model grandmother type
(and for =ll we know she may
well be a grandmother and a good
one),
Our first suspicion that the lit
tle lady was attempting to “horn
swoggle” us came when she wiped
a tear from her eye and began to
mourn for her lost seventh cousin
and his “poor, dear little daugh=-
ter.” We feared that we were to be
asked for a handout and while not
objecting to sharing with worth
while persons, we hated for the
interview tu end on such a crass
note. 4
It soon appeared, however, that
her cousin’s dear daughter was
right well set-up financially. She
had recently celebrated her twen=-
ty-sixth birthday, our companion
of the park bench related. “And
how I wish I could have been
there,” she 2dded with a sigh.
“Here it comes,” we braced
ourselves. “She wants to go to
some out-of-the way place to visit
and will ask us for money.”
Again we were surprised when
that lead wasn’t followed up. Far
from being the relative of some
unknown, the lady informed us
with a slightly.regal air that her
cousin was King George of the
British Empire.
The “poor daughter” was none
other than the lovely and charm
ing Empress of the Common
wealth who has been featured in
world news headlines since her
sixteenth birthday. We gasped,
and ogled our newly found
friend.
Disdaining imperialistic atti
tudes, she helped us regain our
composure and lifted us from the
dust whera we had slid upon hear
ing the news of her ancestry. We
attempted :n make some change in
our attitude toward her, as befit
ted royalty, but were unable to
forget that she was very much
like several hundred other elderly
ladies whom we had known since
childhood.
Then came the gimmick which
we had been expecting during the
entire interview. It seemed that
the lady was impressed with the
shaping and contour of our dorsal
extremeties (themr wuz’ her
words). She asked, of course, in
genteel terins, that we allow her
Tom Brown
Hoist Anchor Fer Pop's Fishing Trip
Or Setile Down For A Long Talk Today
Father’s Day Is here.
Well, dust off “the Old Man’s”
easy chair. Stand by to hoist an-
chor for that fishing trip. Cater
to his every whim and no back
talk for at least 24 hours. That’s
the ticket in this modern, twen
tieth century eome each third Sun=
day in June.
' Good ol’ Dad, however, has re=
ceived some pretty hard knocks
in days gone by, and if you take
a look at the records, you feel
pretty convinced he’s earned that
meagre 24 hours of tribute paid
him each summer. Back in the
Stone age, for instance, Pappys
were sometimes challenged to
combat (mortal ,that is) by their
grown-up sons. After the tussle
was over, Junior becamé captain
of the cave, if victorious, and ruled
the family until he, also, was over
thrown.
Nonetheless, the Pops maanged
to pull through that era of history
and were still kicking around
through the ages. But in India,
his prerogative of wearing the
pants in the family hit rock bot-
tom. There, if he fell into debt,
Mom could sell him into slavery
to pay off the creditors. Seems
like that’s one way to balance the
budget, anyway. Although, we
hope the modern Mom will%esi
tate before she follows a similar
action. In the African Sudan, even
today, a wife may return to her
parents after bearing five chil
dren, leaving you-know-who to
having multiple children at one
birth cannot be dismissed without
referring to quintuplets, or five.
So far as this writer knows, only
two sets of quintuplets have sur
vived past infancy.
This is not surprising since it
has been estimated that quintu
plets can be expected about once
in 57 million confinements.
There are two kinds of twins.
Fraternal twins are the result of
the fertilization of two eggs. Such
twins may be of the same or of
opposite sex. Except for having
identical birthdays, they may be
as different from each other as any
other brothers or sisters, both
physically and mentally.
Identical twins are the result
of the fertilization of a single
egg which later divides. Identical
twins are always of the same sex
and are much alike in both physi
cal and mental characteristics. In
minor respects one ig the mirror
image of the other.
There are apparently about a
fourth as many identical twins as
fraternal twins.
There is a tendency for tvins
and other multiple children to be
born prematurely. This means
that they are comparatively poor
ly developed at the time of birth
and therefore have a decreased
chance of living past infancy. '
SUNDAY, JUNE i& u
to read our palm. We had smost
surrendered our hand to her so;
a seance when we bm % won
der if compliance would be merc
ly satisfying the whim of Rear
royalty or if we would be hey
debtor for the service.
Teh latter appeared to be the
case and she told us her terms
We declined loftily, dis’fi"uaiono«i
with the rapid down of the
house of England. Following the
same trends, her palm reading
price fell. Another refusal .
followed by an evem more drastic
slashing_ of prices.
We thanked her for the enjoy
able conversation and left he
twisting her handkerchief an
looking disappointed. From behin |
a near-by tree we saw her efforis
reap reimbursement when severs]
less wily persons suceumbed 1o
her persuasive powers.
Still, all in all, she spread some
good during her afternoon’s work.
One girl left her, with new hope
of getting her boyfriend to pop
the question and a waitress gaine(
new visions of entering the civil
service employment, We wondere
if maybe the cld lady, fraud as
she may be, had not accomplish
ed some good in stirring people on
to greater efforts.
The incident called to mind an
experience on College Avenue the
other day. We had just gulped a
chocolate shake at a loeal apothe
cary and were wandering toward
the University campus when we
were approached by a singularly
sad looking individual with an
equally sad story. His age, we
guessed to be some 16 summzers.
Unaware that we were being
watched, we had a long talk with
the lad and established the fact
that he needed twenty cents with
which to get home (he implied
that he would be beaten if he
didn’t get there soon). We broke
down, and finding a quarter rat
tling in a pocket gave it to him.
Shortly, we were told by some
friends who had witnessed the
whole procedure, that our erst
while *“Charity Case” was often
seen playing pin ball machines in
the neighborhood and that he kept
his cigarettes and lighter hidden
at another store while he soft
touched passers-by on the busy
street,
Filled with a burning determi
nation, we set out for the ten-cent
store to buy a pair of dark glasses
and a hat, with the full intent of
establishing ourselves for a proi
itable afternoon on a street cor
ner.
On the way to the store we re
membered an assignment for the
afternoon and returned to the of
fice where our work was at least
as fruitful as usual. It was only
when work grew too pressing that
we thougnt Ilongingly of dark
glasses and a shady street corner
—with money dropping in a hat.
look after the kiddies. That's the
most difficult way we can imagine
to fulfill a contract.
In ancient Greece, the Pagans
held an annual festival honoring
Zeus, father of the gods. Zeus was,
among his other capacities, the
patron of human fathers. But,
though his sacred statues were
crowned with new laurel wreaths
each year, the traditional gift to
the real-live Dads was a cluster of
ripe grapes. His (Pop’s) attitude
about that raw deal was a little
on the sour side to say the leas:.
The modern male may well be
grateful that here in America,
Father’s Day takes a different
twist. It’s a day of glory-be-to-
Pappa. It’s our way of paying tri
bute to fathers everywhere.
The idea for a national Fath
er’s Day came first to a Mrs. John
Bruce Dedd of Spokane, Washing
ton. Armed with her inspiration,
she went to the Ministerial As
sociation of that city and request
ed that they inaugurate the day
on June 19, 1910. That did, we got,
and that’s that.
Yes, sir, Dad’s the guy that will
be getting the gifts and attentions
today. But come tomorrow, he will
}ook at his bank account and find
it has dwindled a little bit more.
So, when July 1 knocks at his
door, he will find bills in the mail
box to commemorate his day of
pleasure. He doesn’t grumble too
much. He enjoyed the attentions
given him on June 15, though he’s
the one who really paid for his
fun in the long run.
Remember, don’t under-rate the
guy. He knows! And there are
some things that you know, too.
You know that Dad is the fellow
who is always ready to listen to
your, troubles. His advice is
steeped in experience. When one
of his offspring errs or strays
from that right road in life, he will
advise them toward the straight
and narrow, but he doesn’t try to
influence their decisions to the
point of delivering ultimatums. If
the young man or woman decides
in favor of Dad’s advice, more
likely than not they are “putting
their best foot forward.”
Pop remembers his youth and
the blunders that he has made. He
will tell you what hurdles must be
jumped before success can be at
tained. His sons and daughters are
his pride and joy. He wants them
to take their place in sociely as
the courteous, courageous, patrio
tic, religious and honest indivi
duals he hopes théy will be. He's
the guy that has tried to guide
them on the right way.
Pop’s the guy, too, who warned
you about your driving just‘.',nftczr
you received your first drivers
license. He is the one who tells
you your faults and then pats you
on the back and says, “Do your
best.”
Dad gives you the needed ad
vice and then leaves it to you t 0
make the decisions.
In short, Dad’s a great fellow.
So here’s to him on his day.