New Britain herald., 1928-07-03
SMITH PLANS TO TAKE SHORT REST
 But Has to Make Two Speeches | Tomorrow
 POLITICS IS 1ABooED

kluX Alan Wh1ch VIII lASteQ 10 His Bitterest Foe, Sen. Tom Hef- lin of Alabanla.
 New York, July 3 R1Gover-
 Nor Smith acknowledged today
 that he expected the presiden-
 tial race to be hard fight but
 he made it clear that this was
 not in tribute to any unusual
 strength of his present political
 adversary.
 Certainly" he told a report
 CT who asked him if he believed
 that the battle would be hardly
 fought, II never knew one that
 was easy"
 Are you in good shape phys
 ically for such a battle?" he
 was asked.
 If it was to start right now
 I'm all right" he said.
 New York, July Rl-With no formal political conferences on his schedule, Gov. Smith today looked forward to few days of compara- tive rest occupied only with patri- otic and routine matters.
 I'm trying to ease off a little bit." he explained. "The excitement of the crowd coming from Houston and of the last few days generally has been trying and what l want now is a day or two of rest"
 Tomorrow the democratic presi- dential nominee is scheduled to make two patriotic addresses, oae at the annual Tammany Hall Inde- Wigwam in 14th street, soon to be torn down, and the other before 15,0O0 newly naturalized citizens ir city hall park. Politics will be taboo at both meetings.
 Hcflin to Address Klan.
 Gov. Smith has declined an invi. tation 10 address a July { ku klua klan meeting in Queens Borough The governor said he had accepted two invitations for the day a montl ago and declared that's enough fol any man."
 Senator J. Thomas Heflin. his bit terest political foe, is scheduled tt address the klan meeting.
 Secretary of the Treasury Mellol and Gov. Smith were under tn. same roof for time but did no meet. The secretary was registere, at the Biltmore hotel, Gov. Smith New York home. It was believed Mr. Melons visit had no politica significance as he apparently say none of the republican leaders whil' here. He gave no interviews ant checked out late yesterday.
 Mir. Melons -in-law ant daughter. MT. and Mrs. David K, F Bruce, have homes here and ol Long Island and it has been hi custom to spend week -ends her, during the summer while Presiden Coolidge is away from Washington
 During the day Gov. Smith say several democratic leaders but sai, their visits were purely social an, that politics was not discussed,
 The governor is avoiding politica discussions pending the two high lights of the democratic pre-cam palgn period. One of these will b the meeting of the national commit tee here July II, at which time new chairman and other officers ar to be named and the other his for maj speech of acceptance of tn nomination at Albany late in Jul or early in August.
 The speech of acceptance is like ly to be the real keynote" presen tatlon of the issues upon which tn governor expects to make his fieh He has let it be known that he wi elaborate his views on prohibitio in his acceptance address. A statement by Josephus Daniel, secretary of the navy under Presi dent Wilson, urging southern demo crats 10 vote for the party candiat and later fight in congress any a, tempt to modify the prohibition Ia !. was called to Gov. Smiths atter tion.
 T have already said" the goye, nor commented, that would mak my position perfectly clear in m acceptance address"
 Telegrams, cablegrams and Iette, or congratulation continue to pou III on the governor from all over tn world. One of those received wa from Trader Horn. whose real nam is Alfred Aloysius Smith.
 Heartiest convivial congratuls tons to Gov. Smith as one Alfre smith to another" the South Afr can author wired from England.