Louis LaCoss

“ Out of the mating of depression and political trickery, came the insidious thinking by millions of Americans that hard work is positively silly; that if one does work, do the least possible, draw the biggest pay possible—and strike for more. ”

“ The level of public morals is low. Unfortunately, the good example is not set in Washington. The President is victimized by his friends, but a false sense of loyalty prevents him from moving forthright against them. ”

“ Among too many of us the accepted premise is that anything is fair unless we are caught; that each of us is entitled to something for nothing; that the world owes us a living; that an honest day's work for an honest day's pay is almost unethical ”

“ Others who were not athletes cheated because that was the easy way to make passing grades.
The excuse of the athletes accents the abnormality of thinking in many institutions of higher education as to the part sports should play in college life. ”

“ The close personal friend of the President, a Major General, has a desk in the White House where he conveniently hands out receipts for deep freezers presented him gratis and which he distributes where they will do good politically. ”

“ The youths, such as the West Pointers, with whom we are concerned today, were babies then. They have grown into manhood in an environment of take-it-where-I-find-it entirely alien to the American tradition. ”

“ The discharge of 90 West Point cadets for cheating at examinations, is only one facet of the many-sided problem of moral disintegration nationally that is causing many persons to wonder whether America is going down the path of decay that caused the Roman empire to fall. ”

“ An Army General sees no wrong in accepting gifts from those with whom he does government business, nor in diverting government materials to private use.
The chairman of the Democratic National Committee yells "smear" when it is discovered that he is on the pay roll of a St. ”