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Patton Courier, Established Oct. 1893
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na or .saing towns.
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The political pot is boiling. What
the interest among the voters them-
selves will be in turning out at the
polls on November 7 will amount to,
remains to be seen, but in the af-
fairs of the candidates and the party
workers matters are different. How-
ever, in most of the boroughs and
townships of the county, local can-
didaes have developed a keen com-
petition, and there’s nothing like lo-
cal political scrops to bring out the
vote. Even a war in Europe won't
keep them home. In the county both
major political partis show great ac-
tivity. Rallies are the principal meth-
od being utilized. In some cases the
attendance is not so large.
°
Perhaps the bitterest fight in this
section of the state is devolving around
the mayorality battle in Johnstown, in
which Danny Shields, by spending a
lot of money, has succeeded in secur-
ing the Republican nomination in the
city. He is opposed by John Conway,
Democrat. Out here in the county dis-
tricts, some of us will say that's noth-
ing to us. However, in the nomination |
of Danny Shields for mayor in Johns-
town, he and his organization, built
up their own fences at the expense of
the Republicans of the county districts.
- In order to secure votes for Shields,
the Shields organization traded votes
with all Republican candidates for
| county office in the Johnstown
| and vicinity districts, with the result
| that Republican candidates in the nor-
| th of the county were let out entirely,
| nominated,
| balanced all
city
and only, one, an Ebensburg man, was
so that a map of the can-
aidates geogrophical locations would
show practically ALL coming from the
Johnstown area. The Democrats have
been successful, whether through luck
or planning, is nominating an evenly
county ticket, with the
nominees residing all the way from the
extreme north of the county down to
the south. With the same old story
that the G.O.P. has unfolded for years,
there's still no place for a Republican
north county candidate on its ticket.
°
Not only have the Democrats an
evenly balanced ticket geographi-
cally, but likewise they have a tick-
et nominated that augurs competen-
cy and capability along the line.
In the Republican primary there
were some candidates nominated
that even some leading Republicans
will admit are “not so hot.” And in
at least one case an upstanding and
worthy north eounty candidate was
“ let down” for nomination by the
south county Shields crowd. While
we won't endeacor in any way to
advocate straight party voting in a
county election, nevertheless it will
be a pretty had pill for some north
county Republicans to think that
way, as well,
°
One of the Republican nominees is
conducting a “poverty campaign,” and
that method likely was helpful in win.
ning him a nomination. He hitch-hikes
over the county, and dresses poorly.
Yet reliable sources show this man is
comparatively wealthy. His realestate
| holding alone are over a thirty thous-
and dollar valuation, and he pays his
taxes.
The public press in Cambria coun-
ty, whether of Democratic or Repub-
lican faith, seem to be pretty gener-
ally agreed upon one thing, and that
is that County Commissioners Frank
P. Hollern, Democrat, and John
Thomas, Jr., should be and will be
re-elected. This satement is made on
the belief that politics should not be
the primary consideration in elect-
ing men to serve as county mana-
gers. Cambria county is a_8155,062.870
corporation, that being the assessed
valuation of the property in the
county. In selecting men to manage
the affairs of this corporation, the
voters should be certain that they
are capable of managing it in an ef-
ficient manner. Messrs. Hollern and
Thomas have proved that they are
capable of administering the affairs
of the county honestly and efficient-
ly.
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In the case of Frank P. Hollern, it
might be well for organized labor par-
ticular to get a short sketch of his
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life. He was born at Barclay, Bradford
County, Pa., on Feb. 25, 1882, and mov-
ed with his widowed mother to Ash-
ville, Cambria county, when four years
of age. He attended public school at
Ashville until 13 years of age when he
went to work in the mines of the Al-
toona Coal Company at Coupon. In
the fall of 1914 while still a miner, he
was elected to represent the people of
the second legislative district of Cam-
bria county in the legislative halls at
Harrisburg. In the fall of 1916, he was
re-elected. During the session of 1915
he worked and voted for the first
Workmen’s Compensation Law and for
all legislation favorable to labor. In
the session of 1917 he sponsored an am-
endment to the Weights and Measures
Law which brought the mine scales
under the jurisdiction of the Sealer of
Weights and Measures. The law, as
first placed ‘on the statute books did |
not include these scales for inspection. |
The act as sponsored by Mr. Hollern !
Thursday, October 26th, 1939.
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session, was signed by the Governor |
and became law. Since that time mine |
scales are being inspected by Sealers
of weights and measures.. i
During Mr. Hollern's (and, of course
also Mr. Thomas’) term as county com-
missioner, the bonded debt of Cambria
County was reduced $2,177,000, the real
estate tax 25 per cent and the occupa- |
tion tax 62% per cent. He has been on |!
the job every working day tor the best
interest of all the taxpayers of the
county. The door of his office is al-
ways open and if at Ebensburg, you
will see people of all classes going to
him for help, sympathy and advice. No |
one is refused admittance and none
leave without having their troubles re-
lieved, if not entirely, at least to some
extent. The re-election of Frank P.
Hollern as your county commissioner
will keep in office an honest, faithful
servant.
But there are three commissioners
to be elected. Eddie McCloskey has
the Democratic nomination, and John
Lloyd Jones is the Repubiican nom-
inee. Mr. Jones is at present the
County Treasurer, had been a poor
director prior to that time, and be-
came a naturalized citizen only in
1924. If the newspapers are correct,
while in the office he now holds, a
period came in which the affairs of
the office were in such a muddled
state that the county commissioners
and the controller found it necessary
to establish a new system, hire some
different help, and take an interest
not their own, in the treasurer's of-
fice, in order that the fiscal affairs
of the county be properly and effi-
ciently conducted. If such is true,
and the Johnstown Democrat says
the record proves it, then Mr. Jones
can hardly point to his past record
in advancing his candidacy for coun-
ty commissioner. The county com-
missioners are the men who spend
the taxpayers money. They are your
most important officials. :
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Which brings us to Eddie McClos-
key, former mayor of Johnstown, and
member of the state boxing commis-
sion under the Earle administration.
While this newspaper was whole-heart-
edly for George C. Hoppel for county
commissioner at the primaries, it made PRICES
no attempt to discredit any other of eo
the remaing Democratic aspirants. Mr. START
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at the primaries. Likely he will be on
top, also at the general election. As be-
tween he and Mr. Jones you have an
out-and-out comparison. Eddie McClos-
key, as mayor of Johnstown, left that
office with a record of honesty, integ-
rity, and above all of economy. He was
not a spendthrift of the Johnstown
taxpayers’ money, and above all, the
affairs of the city government were al-
ways made public. Nothing was done
behind closed doors. Eddie McCloskey
“knows what it is all about,” and if
chosen a county commissioner you can
rest assured the people of Cambria
County will also know what all is hap-
pening in the commissioners’ office,
and in all offices in which the com-
missioners contact in a public and bus-
iness way. Eddie McCloskey is of and
for the common people. His campaingn
is not one of promises of what he will
do in the commissioners’ office when
elected. It is a campaingn to do his
best as a county commissioner and a
promise that all will be treated fair-
ly, courteously, and equally to the best |
of his ability. Hence, we join with the
majority of the county press who ex-
press views on politics in advocating
| the election of the Messrs. McCloskey,
Hollern and Thomas as county com-
missioners at the election on Tuesday,
| November 7th.
And there is a lot to be said for a
number of other candidates. Lack of
space this week causes us to defer
all that until next week. The Dem-
ocratic ticket alone offers northern
Cambria County voters any choice of
Candidates who reside in anywhere
near our home section. With the ex-
ception of a candidate from Ebens-
burg the Republicans have forgot-
ten the north county exists.
LJ
Since we've talked nothing but poli-
tics in this column this week, we might |
just as well keep at it, but now it is
in respect to the state administration, |
and the following story is taken from |
the editorial columns of last Sunday’s
Pittsburgh Press, and to our mind is
| by far the best story of the man down |
at Harrisburg “who thinks he is run- |
ning for President;”
°
The advertisements which the |
James administration is running in
national periodicals at a cost of near-
ly $11,000 per month to the taxpay-
ers, border on outright dishonesty.
Not only do they contain half-truths
and untruths, but the nature of them
is obviously political—intended to
boost the national reputation of Gov
ernor Arthur H. James. If you do
not believe this, we ask you to turn
to page 87 of the current Saturday
Evening Post and see for yourself,
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and then to send for the booklet de-
scribed in the advertisement and al-
so to examine it. This administra
tion, which has so bitterly attacked
the honesty of the previous Demo-
cratic regime, is using taxpayers
money in a method which we charge
is immoral and unfair. We call your
attention to news story which an-
alyzes the claims made in the latest
James advertising and compares
them with the actual facts.
.
Everybody knows that Governor
James is running—or thinks he is run
ning—for the presidency. He even has
a presidential campaign manager, Col.
Carl L. Estes, a Texas newspaper own-
er and oil man, who moved to Harris-
burg to direct his presidential boom- |
let. And now it develops that the Gov-
ernor also has a presidential publicity |
bureau, operating under the name of
the newly created Department of Com
is a contention that state payrolls have
been cut 17 per cent and administra-
tive expense has been cut 20 per cent.
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There’s just one answer to such
extravagant claims: If true, why
did the James administration re-en-
act every one of the 163 million dol-
lars of emergency taxation imposed
by the Earle administration, and
which the governor attacked during
his campaign as driving business out
of the state? Why, if true, is Penn-
sylvania now faced with a special
legislative session to raise through
new iaxation an additional $150,000,-
000 in relief funds not provided for
at the regular session?
.
The advertisement declares that 175, |
000 persons were taken off relief rolls
from Jan. 7 to June 3
| of the Department of Public Assist-
merce, which has a $113,700 advertis- |
ing fund for the type of material now |
appearing and another $227,700 for ad-
|
ance showed 704,999 on state relief on
but the records
Jan. 7, and 717,835 on state relief June |
3—an actual increase.
The Pennsyl- |
vertising designed to attract tourists. | vania booklet, recently prepared by |
So, in addition to the copy now appear- { the Department of Commerce starts off |
merly used exclusively to build and new J. & L. Strip mill and the electri-
maintain highways—to finance
the | fication of the Pennsylvania railroad—
new department which has been turn- | 2ll of which took place under the Earle
ed into a James publicity bureau.
The claims contained in the current
advertising are amazing. Among them
administration, but for which neither
that nor any other administration was
entitled to any credit. Such things as
| ing, you may soon expect to see some with a full page picture and message |
| tourist advertising containing the Gov- | of Governor James and then proceeds |
{ ernor’s picture and telling how he has | to tell of great industrial developments |
| improved the beauty of Pennsylvania. | during his administration among which |
| Four hundred thousand dolars was ta- | are construction of the Carnegie-Illi
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this we contend are false and mislead-
ing—and the expenditure of state
funds to boost the personal stock of the
governor Is a gross misu
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