AS THE CROW FLIES
Meyer, Ernest L.
As the Crow Flies By ERISEST L. MEYER ONE of the mora pleasant phenomena of the coming presidential sweepstakes is that willy-nilly, no matter who wins or under what party label, we shall have in...
...This brave dedicatioi to the cause of liberalism is shared even by candidates for minor offices...
...His early digressions on the subject of birth control have for the moment been forgotten...
...This was good business, and Mr...
...Cromwell rehabilitated himself...
...The atmosphere has not been quite the same since...
...In his statement, Mr...
...Cromwell described himself as :, liberal...
...Among the institutions which Mr...
...And Jersey voters may reasonably conclude that whereas it is immoral to check life at inception, it is not only pious but patriotic to let the seed grow to maturity and then have the completed torso blasted by a bomb...
...Cromwell advances eloquent reasons...
...Of recent months, Mr...
...Now it appears that some years ago Mr...
...who has formally announced himself as candidate for the Democratic nomination for senator from New Jersey...
...Latest to declare himseli is James H. R. Cromwell...
...Cromwell in the senatorial race is the old war horse, McAlister Coleman, running on the Socialist ticket...
...As the Crow Flies By ERISEST L. MEYER ONE of the mora pleasant phenomena of the coming presidential sweepstakes is that willy-nilly, no matter who wins or under what party label, we shall have in the white house an authentic liberal...
...With the world in flames," he said in his statement, "there is no place today in politics for evasion if we are to maintain institutions and the way of life which we cherish...
...Crom-: well was being bruited about as a senatorial candidate...
...Cromwell was promptly and properly rebuked by the state department...
...Cromwell cherishes, it may be added, are three estates and 20 millions in the poke...
...He said Cromwells were used to losing their heads...
...body met up with on-lately...
...U. S. minister to Canaaa...
...So Mr...
...As a political plank birth control is not so hot in the fecund fortresses of Jersey feudalism...
...Cromwell, quietly and unostentatiously, was put qn the shelf with the spoiled goods...
...He asked for it...
...He enters the campaign with the indorsement of Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, another well-known liberal...
...Coleman, I believe, who once said: "People born in Jersey City have a Christian Front and a policeman behind...
...As a war whooper, Mr...
...He added, just to make sure that nobody might suspect him of incendiarism, that he also understands the point of view- of conservatives "because I was reared in that atmosphere...
...For most of the candidates In the running, from White Hope Thomas Dewey to Dark horse Wendell Willkic, have come out boldly and confessed that they arc liberals with a unanimity which must give the conservatives moments of acute spiritual anguish...
...But some unkind person dug up a minor opus written by Mr...
...That is, if he wants to Keep out of a Jersey City jail...
...However, he kept not only his head, but the headlines...
...Has an...
...All in all, the Jersey campaign promises fun and fireworks...
...Cromwell profited politically...
...Particularly because one of the opponents of Mr...
...It was Mr...
...Cromwell is a multimillionaire both by conviction and matrimony...
...Cromwell, apparently, now favors cutting off life in the middle years instead of at the beginning...
...Cromwell in which he came out, rather indelicately, foi birth control...
...For his militant sweats, Mr...
...He wanted it...
...He did this by making a speech, as minister to Canada, whooping it up for American participation in the European war on the side of the Allies...
...That is—which is doubtful—if there are any con ¦ servalives left...
...Nobody questions the liberalism of Mayor Hague...
Vol. 10 • May 1940 • No. 18
