New-York tribune., 1920-10-13
Miller Proves
HIS Is Friend of
Welfare Plan
Candidate Has Been Guide
and Helper to Employees
i'm Firms With Which
He Has Been Associated
Smiths Charges Denied
Governors Failure to Dis
cuss National Issues Is
Called Reputation of Cox
From a stor Correspondent


PLATTSBURG, N. Y, Oct. IL CON
board the Miller Campaign Special -
Judge Nathan l.. Miller. Republican
candidate for Governor, speaking at
the City Hall here tonight, charged
that his opponent, Governor Alfred E..
Smith, has attempted to create the
impression that the Democrats Of this
state are the only exponents of social
welfare legislation and that the Gov
ernor is entitled to the lions share of
the credit. Judge Miller declared that
Governor Smith has attempted to rep
resent him as the arch foe of these
progressive measures.
Governor Smith charged in a speech
Saturday night" said Judge Miller,
that | am counsel and director of
corporation, and sought to convey the
impression to his hearers that l do
not look at these questions from the
standpoint of those who toll. | don't
like to be personal, but | wonder if
he regards it matter of reproach for
a lawyer to be counsel of an indus
trial corporation or even a member of
its board of directors.
"He might have gone further and
said that l was one of the executives
Of that corporation and n group of
industrial corporations who are united
in various activities extending over
great many states in this country. TO
the charge l plead guilty. But l shall
have but one client after January l.
the people of the State Of New York"
Crowd Applauds Miller
A crowd which overhowed into the
corridors and the stairs shouted its
applause. When quiet was restored
Judge Miller contnued
"Apropos Of the charge made by
Governor Smith and it's insidious pur-
pose must be manifest to all. want
to call the Governors attention to the
fact that had he taken the pains to in
quire he would have found that all
these industrial corporations, of which
| am counsel, have, through co0pera-
ton with their employees, established
for many years the very things that
he charges me, by inuendo, with being
so vigorously opposed to. The thing is
simple. 1t does not require the estab-
llshment Of expensive bureaucracies in
the state. 1t merely means applying
the square deal to industrial elections.
The Governor, if again he had taken
little pains to inquire, would have
found that the employees of these in
dustries are treated as men and women
with human hopes and aspirations, who
receive not only fair wage, but that
they had time away from their toll to
devote to the families and friends, to
the improvement of the mind and
heart, and that I, as counsel, had the
opportunity to study the problem of
industrial relations"
Judge Miller said that the amazing
thing about Governor Smith when he
talked on social welfare was that he
would have the people believe that
Democrats we're not only to the fore
in championing the cause, but that the
Democrats, and the Governor in pay
ticular, were entitled to all the credit
for passing the forward-looking laws
now embraced in the labor code.
Judge Miller then went into details
saying that practically all the impor-
tant measures of this character were
passed by Republican Legislatures and
signed by Republican Governors.
Governor Smith said that admitted
that need to study these problems" !"
said Judge Miller "T frankly admit it..
l do not Pretend to know it all, for we
have only started to study the great
problem of bringing about industrial
and social justice"