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the current issue. THEEL'EGTION Iflast week's, genéral election results were r. a greater.,surprise to Republiatis than to Demn- ocrats. it was because the former had' become too accustomed to defeat to allow theirhopes to run h:igh,,while the latter had becom)re so ,accus- tomned to victory that indications o! a»'reverse at the polsg were discoutited.. By no means cati the severe joltadministèred. to the New 'Deal administration 1e attributed exclusively to Republicans. True, it.was due in part toa areturn, to cam !mnRpbicans who -had 'strayed awayý to follow blind. gods in 1932 and 1936. They helped. So did Anti-New Deal Demnocrats who have had no stomach for the radicalism that has spread from Washington to every part of the country since early 1933, andfld !,voice in legislation 'thatsought to control the private lives 'o! men and womnen in jail walks o! life. But the real credit must go to f that great body of independent voters who wear no party tag and vote as their consciences die-, tate. This contingent' is made up of what, for lack of a bett.er appellation, is called the "middle class." It includes those who are neither wealthy nor paupers; whose 'cireumnstallces permit them to earri a decent livelihood; who own homnes; who have life insuraflde policies; who own a moder- ate amount of stocks ini going concerns; who well as, the next one. It. was- these same voters who elected Mr. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936 be- cau se things were in a bad way, and they believed his, glowing1 promises to. set everythitig to rights immediately he was elected president. After six years these independent thinkers found conditions not only unimproved, but de- cidedly worse. They found practicaily the same nuxnber of people unemployed; an increased number on relief; the national debt increased .by vg*n t.rn~t-sev billion dollars; anid they ing rather than to take chances on the "lis mentioned. The resuits in New Trier township are indica- tive o! what took place generally over the coun- try. While this area is normally Republicati by a large majority, thatticket.won in 1936 by only 2 to 1 .- Last week the t)ëemocratic ticket was beaten by 4 to 1. CHRISTMAS SEA.LS. The 1938 Christmnae Seal sale Winl'.open on Thanksgivifig Day ad continue through New Yeat's Day. In Kenilworth and, Glencoe the sale is conducted throughl the schools. In Win- netka it is hatndled by mhail by the Tuberculosis Institute of Chicago and Cook, county,, which sponsors the sale throughout the counity. I n Wilmette the' sale is also: conducted by Mail: under, direction of theinstitute, through.,a local comrnittee and the facilities of Wilmette Health Center, proceeds being used exclusively for tuberculosis work. 'Residents o! New Trier townshi'p villages whose business*cônnetiong are 4in Chicag~oare o! necessity solicited in the metXropolis as well as in their home towns. Heretofore the Io-al sale has suffered because o! this fact, donors maà-ng seal purchases in the city and considering that, sufficient. Emphasis is belng placed thus early on the need for -local support of local tubercuIosiýs work. It là-'hot asked or desired that villagers restriet their seal purchases te the home town, because there is great need for funds in the city. Ail that is asked is that purchasers divide their' nurcgha.qpq hetween the two.. so that both will Statesoutnumber such .deaths by m&ôre thar to one.'..Âe acepted weapon against thE sidious disease is education, and it is for fi ance o! this program that funds from the sa Christmnas Seals are used. INTOLERANCE- erance has been the outstandi chara i tWO e ini- .urth- le of 'torld duing he-l- t sxy-rs-t-thi-con tomdtulinformea- cht oni Wdea sday ev co- fdnisflloing emlectonWe mdnesdthe sua preparatiloi o!ligting a logmfie thn thea gréae raing up igte eaychaire noing the grdrd close tyeandsettchaidon ovreceive thei cspiulexalatnd sttdws expece t tonoe rthe elanthe aes rom tt magic voice oat he*Pakth.aesapital of "Fol eo loan. Bite.r was ouredcapiltefFltdéhen upn. terg i, only he cackleo stticwas heard. Patnt n .ly e aite.klAs' theeie hour o!a. mianiehtlypproaed.oubthegn to ur- ce mdecnfidence, but h o tli emained Sur- céyé thePreidenit will ntlh eoplie doSure- sly tho rsient wods o ttrium p d o chee sil coe But c ons-tanturni ndg o the dia brl ortnothinBut "fashes" ting of. hdat had' happned in tOhio, Pesylvaflia, Mic hant Minnaesta, icnSQil, PKanss and otMheigans Mnrhsoth ascnst Like ýandpoor rlion nhesth.clndbut s the dké tickr elaonf h lone sme hoçursgrutalthe oocek away d fwe toded re o t bed The Prednt had leu tdwn," off th e asThconsius thoh"lt was. Have thosed te lhtlfirsie cht orne to a ~permanent end?' Postal Telegraph company? Take thi.s message. to Clarence H. Mackay, please: There are many men in this country we could have better spared than you. But' thank you for having lived - and lived'here. * * * A Chicago picture house was showing "shorts" depicting events in American history, among thern being the writing and signing of the Dec- laration of Independence. After Thomas Jeffer- snhad read ihe instrument, a "loseup" of it Not that it, makes much difference, b ut did yýou notice that last week's election knocked the 'T' out' of C0.O..? $6,000, pr ofit for this year on an excperimnt ili. ferming. financed by Henry Ford. -M r. Fordý got his mnoney back ýand the experimenters divid- ed the balance. If you remember, Mr. Ford icter- is one of those tory industrialists who believe oyed,~ in letting people starve. ;M of* lagt weIn luspite of prÉ they saw i the record.- t the contrary,. si legislation, .enacted :n want none 'of it, iA What do you think of that? And Chritmas almost at hand, too. A baby born at Des Moines, Iowa, has twelve granidparents. What wouldt a kid give for that many grandparents at Christ- mas time? TiHE PHANTOM -REPORTER t