NATIONAL LEADERS SPEAK FOR NORRIS
National Leaders Speak For Norris William Allen WhiteEMPORIA. KANS., EDITOR AND AUTHOR The nomination of Senator Norris of Nebraska Is the most important matter before the Republicans of...
...He Is a man of great ability...
...BISHOP M. E. CHURCH The leadership of Senator Norris cannot b; spared today...
...Let any man know him personally, know his life and his achievements, know his superb courage, his kindly spirit, his hi^h ideals, his human touch, and he will likewise become a convinced admirer of George Norris...
...Anything but a triumphant reelection would be a national calamity...
...He is scrupulously honest...
...For 50 years and more the Missouri valley and the upper Mississippi valley have been dominated by leaders like Norris and his kind...
...KANS., EDITOR AND AUTHOR The nomination of Senator Norris of Nebraska Is the most important matter before the Republicans of this country...
...For nearly 14 years I have been a member of that body and during that period one man, George W. Norris, by his rugged honesty, his obstlnancy for the right, his absolute Impartiality, his justice and his fairness, his extraordinary ability and unflinching courage, has towered among his fellows...
...Senator Norris is a poor self-adviser but when the public services of men of today are measured cooly by an ordinary citizen he is seen as a wise, far-seeing, courageous statesman...
...The citizens of other slates in the Northwest who have at heart the agricultural problems which are pressing for solution will rejoice in a smashing victory for Senator Norris in the coining primary campaign as well as in the general election...
...they led under the banners of Populism and Rooseveltism but they never were Democrats and don't want to be...
...FORMER CHIEF, -CHILDREN'S BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Senator Norris is trusted by all voters and especially by all women voters who believe that the welfare of mothers and children is an important, dignified, public concern...
...Men like Norris can not lightly be replaced...
...Agree with him or not you still can not get away from the act that the country is better for hLs unselfish and inspiring leadership...
...It would have spared agriculture much of the distress it has .suffered...
...I cannot believe that the power interests can deceive and mislead the intelligent voters of Nebraska...
...His courage, wisdom and independence make him a natural leader...
...Quite naturally the administration regarded it as "too radical...
...He has the courage always to expose their greed and selfishness...
...as dead as the Mound Builders and as obsolete as the feudal system...
...Norris ls no partisan but he is the party's bsst friend and its only hope in this election...
...He is an outstanding public servant, an untiring fighter for the principles and the issues in which he believes...
...his bravery, no matter how powerful might be the opposition, has compelled every man's admiration...
...He is not only the dean and leader of the progressives of the senate but also of the nation...
...But he has not only stood the champion of the people against exploitation, but with his long experience and marked legislative ability and wide vision, he has solved many of their problems...
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...His Independence has won the respect of all...
...Again and again he has prevented the perpetration of wrongs...
...Gifford Pinchot— FORMER GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA AND CONSERVATION LEADER As a friend, of Senator George W. Norris for more than 20 years and also as a Republcian who believes in the principles laid down by Lincoln and carried forward by Roosevelt, I make this statement...
...Later on his remarkable record in the senate gave him the -unique position which he enjoys today...
...Senator DillOF WASHINGTON The reelection of Senator Norris is the biggest work for the progressives of all parties at the coming election...
...of the Republican lump and the party would soon become petrified and lost to the nation...
...Upon the highest plane he has played the role of wise statesmanship...
...it would have curbed the conspiracy, now consummated, to permanently fasten war prlcei for the necessities of life upon ttie consuming public: it would have broken the strangle hold of monopqly on the food of the people...
...people made by men whose concealed purpose Is to exploit, the people...
...any serious opposition to his election...
...his steady principle unshaken in every crisis, his intuitive perception of his country's welfare, and his unflagging efforts for the people, have earned him the respect of enemies and the undying affection of friends...
...Immediately alter the World WHi- he introduced tlie h'st bill giving Kgriculturr equality Willi other industries...
...Senator Johnson— OK CALIFORNIA Never In our history was there more urgent need for men of vision, ability, and courage in the United States senate...
...The nation cannot afford to lose him...
...Senator McMuster— OK'SOUTH DAKOTA The record and work of Senator Norris is outstanding...
...Senator Norris is an irregular Republican from a territory which would much rather be Republican than not...
...Not only the state of Nebraska, but the entire Northwest needs him In the United States senate...
...Francis J. McConnell— NEW YORK...
...The regular stand-pat, the Bourbons, learn nothing and forget nothing...
...He carries with him into the campaign the hopes of millions throughout the nation...
...Housekeeping women who bear the brunt of hard times and high prices are coming to know the meaning of Senator Norris' efforts for such public control of public resources as can be used to lessen living costs...
...John Dewey— EDUCATIONAL LEADER, PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY...
...We forget the men who happened to occupy the White House and think of that epoch as the era of Clay, Webster and Calhoun...
...He has unfailing power to diagnose every pretense of fairness to the...
...He is & thorough student of public questions, He has been the leader in the fight for agricultural justice...
...It ls inconceivable that there should be...
...The senate of late years has become the last remaining free forum of the people...
...He was a lender in the elf oris to save and carry on the conservation policy, whether in the coal lands of Alaska or in the fight to save tlu- nation's water power resources...
...Hp has never surrendered It to any political party or machine...
...He has Drought imperishable fame to his state...
...They merely make a majority on the eastern seaboard, while the western Republican gives color and direction and leadership to the actual Republican policies which hold the West and the party and when the West goes Democratic, the Republican party is done...
...I am a strong admirer of George Norris...
...He has great ability as a parliiiiiicnlBrlan...
...I wonder If history will not write down our present period as the era of George Norris...
...The nation can not dispense with this kind of service...
...COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Senator Norris is the outstanding figure in the American congress...
...George Norris has always thought first of principle and his own conscience, and never of expediency and political advancement...
...but he has done much more than this...
...Julia C. Lathrojj— ROCKFORD, ILL...
...The leaders came from the Republican party into these various movements and returned to the Republican party making it the party of progress in this country...
...The only way the Republican party of this nation can remain in power is to keep men like Norris in office: men who revive it, refresh its Ideals, strengthen the faith of the people in the party, and serve bravely and wisely in the midst, of the encrusted conservatism...
...Senator ha Follette— OK WISCONSIN . Independence runs like a boIuVu thread through Senator Norfl*' record...
...He stood by the Roosevelt policies as few men did...
...These are a few of the things which make his rc-clecll'Mi Hie dominant issue of the hour...
...Where others at times have been doubtful, he has piloted the way for his country in great constructive policies...
...Ha ls tearless...
...When the Republican leaders through the use of money and by the influence of selfish leadership turn down Norris and his kind they will face their final downfall...
...No man has done more for their cause...
...They furnished the leadership of the Greenbacks and Grangers...
...He is a political guide post for all those who look for leadership in the interests of the people...
...No one has sided more effectively to keep the Children's Bureau a scientific body free from political interference...
...Take this progressive leaven of midwestem Republicanism out...
...Senator Cutting— OF NEW MEXICO As we look back to the late 30s and 40's of the last century we see them in the light of the great figures who sat in the two houses of congress...
...Since the armistice Norris has fought and won, almost single handed, the battle which has saved Muscle Shoals from the fate of Teapot Dome...
...To an exalted enthusiasm for high causes he joins a marked power of critical reflection and of practical sense...
Vol. 1 • August 1930 • No. 36
