The Massachusetts SpyVolume CCXXXVIII, Number 224 November 1, 2008

From our archives

Editors' Note: As the Spy's readers are aware, in all matters of partisan politics, this publication remains strictly impartial [It does? – Copy Ed.] and accordingly refrains from sullying its hands with political endorsements. Long-team readers may recall that this was not always the case. As Election Day finally draws nigh, we take you back to 1932, when the Spy waded into the political muck and endorsed a Presidential candidate. 

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The Spy's Endorsement: Voters
   Have Only One Logical Choice 


The Spy's choice


The People's Choice



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Important notice from the Worcester Election Commission



Persons unable to read an English- language ballot should not try to vote.


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Until further notice, the Bank will be open Monday from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m.

At this critical hour, the Nation faces the most important decision since 1860. That election confronted voters with a stark choice: whether to preserve the Union or to acquiesce in its destruction.

The election of 1932 presents the same choice. Will America retain the calm, sensible leadership that has prevented an excessive response to the current economic difficulties, or will it turn its back on American values and embrace Soviet-style Socialism?

The Spy urges its readers to put aside all issues of narrow self-interest, such as food and shelter.  Instead, the electorate should put its country first by casting a ballot for Herbert Hoover, the Republican candidate for President.

We are not insensible to the misfortunes of those who have lost their jobs, homes, savings, or family due to the present economic situation. We say to those unfortunates; the path to recovery does not run through Moscow.  

Rather, recovery can only happen when government stays out of the affairs of business, and lets business create jobs and prosperity.  Imagine what would happen if the salutary job-creating efforts of small business were to be strangled by redistributionist and confiscatory taxation, or even worse, compelled trade unionism!

We admit that the Democratic candidate, Mr. F.D. Roosevelt, is a smooth and polished speaker. He has a good educational background. But what do we really know about Mr. Roosevelt? That he has spent one term as Governor of the State of New York, a hotbed of leftist thinking. That he consorts with known agitators and criminal syndicalists, such as Mr. Harry Hopkins. That he has little executive experience and no knowledge of business.

What would America be like under the regime of Roosevelt? We got a frightening preview just this summer, when thousands of Communist hooligans, pretending to be "veterans" seeking "bonuses" besieged Washington City, threatening insurrection until President Hoover and Gen. MacArthur rousted the malefactors and restored peace and harmony at gunpoint.

This is no time to risk our country's future on untested leadership, especially of a pinkish hue. This is a time to restore our country's greatness and prosperity by voting the straight Republican ticket. The choice is obvious and the duty of the voter is clear: to re-elect President Herbert Hoover.

– The Editors. 

A STORY SO NICE, THEY PRINTED IT TWICE 

NEW DELHI – The Indian capital was rocked by terrorist attacks on Saturday as a series of synchronized explosions hit five crowded markets and thoroughfares, including Connaught Place, a tourist destination in the heart of the city. . . . 

– The New York Times, September 14, 2008 at 8.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least five bombs exploded in quick succession in crowded markets and streets in the heart of New Delhi, India's capital, on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and injuring scores more, the police said.

– The New York Times, September 14, 2008 at 9.