The Pittsburgh Press (September 25, 1944)
Editorial: Every dog has his day
Just a couple of sidenotes about the President’s first official campaign appearance.
He didn’t dwell on the Commander-in-Chief. It was frankly a political speech. As it should have been.
Memories of 1912 came back when Fala was introduced. Recall the Champ Clark campaign song:
It makes no difference if he is a hound,
You’ve got to stop kicking my dog around.
Champ’s dog was just a mongrel from Missouri, didn’t go either to Groton or Harvard, or to Adak or Québec, wasn’t a Scottie, but played a big part in the campaign that finally nominated Woodrow Wilson.
And as Mark Twain said, “The more I see of men the better I like dogs.”
Anyway – if Fala, the Scottie, were made Secretary of the Treasury, we’d save a lot of billions.