Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-28
LONGWORTH FLAYS
lRASKOB ON TARIFF
Speaker Accuses Democratic
: Chairman of Misrepresent-
ing Party's Stand.

John j. Raskob. Democratic nation
al committee chairman. was aSSailed
in a radio address last might from Sta
ton WRC BY Nicholas Longworth
Speaker of the House, for "misrepre-
senting" his party's stand on the tariff
Touching only lightly upon other is
sues in the campaign Speaker Long
worth dealt mainly with the tariff is
sue and during the course of his adj
dress he criticized the Democratic tar
if plank as "a thinly yelled effort to
delude the voter into belief that the
Democratic party had abandoned its
age-old opposition to the protective
theory"
He declared that the recent state
1nent of Chairman Raskob on his
party's tariff stand was "barefaced
Misrepresentation of fact" Such dec
1arations. he said, ARE not worth the
paper they are written on"
In discussing the Democratic tariff
plank, the Speaker of the House de-
clared that its declaration of effective
competition" meant that the foreign
producer will have an advantage over
the home producer through lower labor
costs. which is the largest item in pro-
6uction of many articles. Such poll
cy. he said. enacted into law would
cause the American producer to quit
business or cut wages.
This he added. was demonstrated in
the Underwood tariff, which. during
the time it was effective, caused extern
sive business depression.
Lauds G. o. P. Tariff.
mo Republican tariff ITSELF" he said,
sever closed a factory, mortgaged a
farm. or caused an American man or
woman to lose their jobs. No Demo-
cratic tariff law ever failed to do all
three"
He declared that no Democratic
President ever vetoed tariff bill. Even
President Cleveland, he said, denounced
the Wilson bill. but let it become
law without his signature.
Speaker Longworth asserted that the
Democratic caucus in Congress has
rules which bind it's participants on
questions of principle by a two-thirds
vote Members of this caucus cannot
bolt this action, he said. and pointed
out that two-thirds of the Democrats
in the present House come from States
which have practically no manufactur-
ing industries.
Deplores Religious Issue.
Touching on the religious issue, he
said: II pray that the day may never
come when we In America may divide
politically into parties based upon ge-
ographical location, race or religion.
I have no conviction more profound
than that no American citizen is dis
qualified from holding Office. whatever
his religion may be. This I am sure
is the position of every responsible
leader of the Republican party from
our candidate for President down. If
the religious issue has been injected
into this campaign it is no fault OF
ours If it continues to be projected
we can only deplore it,
Speaker Longworth reviewed the &C
complishments of the last seven years
of Republican control with particular
respect to debt and tax reduction and
restriction of immigration; and paid
a high tribute to the administration
Of President Coolidge.
with House of Representatives con-
trolled by the Republican party and
an effective majority lin the United
States Senate" he concluded. with
Hoover and Curtis at the executive
helm. America will continue her march
to heights undreamed of by the Fathers
of the Republic"