New Britain herald., 1924-08-21
DAWES WILL EXPLAIN. ATTITUDE ID UNIONS .
Tells Reporters in New York 10
 Await Speech Saturday

New York, Aug, si,-eharlss c Dawes republican candidate for vice. president will make known his atti- tuds toward trade unions in his speech st Augusta next Saturday in which he will open the republican campaign in Maine,
 He announced this between trains st the Grand Central station today m response 10 ihe question Of one of sev- eral newsnapermen who sought 10 In, terview him on the rear platform of the car on which few minutes later he left for Westbrook, Conn.
 Do you wish 10 say anything con. corning reports that you are unfriend- ly to trade unionsF" he was asked,
 "You will find an that in my Angus "a speech" he replied readily, "Ao- body who reads my speeches is going 10 have any doubt as to where l stand but I'm not going to make any stump speeches on railway platforms"
 The vice. presidential candidates fit- teen minutes stay in New York was oeeasioned by the necessity Of chang ing trains on his way from his home in Evanston, H., 10 Westbrook, where he will spend tomorrow with Walter A. Wilson. business associate of Chi oago. Tomorrow night he will depart for Maine.
 Iilson Meets Him
 He was met at the station by John c. Tilson, chairman of the speakers bureau Of the republican eastern head quarters: F. T. Hicks. eastern cam paign manager, and large crowd Of newspapermen, photographers and motion picture camera operators.
 He posed several times for the "still" camermen graclously enough, but refused to leave his car platform to go into the great waiting room of the Grand Central station 10 permit the motion picture news men to grind their cameras at him. The movie men had erected two great arc lights in the waiting room in anticipation Of filming the candidate.
 A persuasive crank grinder finally prevailed upon Mir. Dawes to walk to the center of the big waiting room where the glaring lights had been set up. Close to 2,000 persons, anticipat- ing sight of MT. Dawes and drawn by a number of actors and actresses of the films who stood beneath the lights awaiting the candidates ap- proach, milled unanimously about the spot.
 Doesn't Want Movies
 Mir. Dawes, fanked by the jubilant movie men, walked up to the edge of the cleared space and saw one of the screens prominent leading men and a little-less prominent leading woman posed under the lights, conspicuous in their makeup.
 Mir. Dawes came to a full stop at the sight, surveyed the scene with flashing eyes an instant turned abruptly on his heel and returned to his car.
 "They're not going to make movie actor out of me-" the one-time gener- al remarked tersely on being inform ed that he had just avoided being ln- cluded as an unknowing dramatic character in a feature picture.
 One of the film cameramen told Mir. Dawes that his refusal to pose might jeopardize the movie" vote.
 "I don't want that kind of vote,' he replied. T will stand on the rec ord of my speeches. the record of the party, and common sense.' By The Associated Press.
 Albany, N. r, Aug. 21.-(En route to Maine with General Dawes) s)-De- termination to conduct "a campaign | of brass -tacks-not bomhast' was re- peated by Charles G. Dawes as he | travelled eastward on his first cam- paign trip.
 MT. Dawes feels that voters want a discussion of issues, conducted with | definiteness and force, rather than any exposition of generalities.
 The American voting public in my opinion want straight from the shoul- f for national office and I intend to give it to them," was the way he