The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-09-14
AL SMITHS ACCEPTANCE
(From Minneapolis Labor Review


Al Smiths speech of acceptance is progressive doc
ument. No one who is honest with himself reach
any other conclusion Hoover's acceptance address
sounded like the voice of yesterday; Smiths, like the
voice of tomorrow.
To briefly describe his criticism of the Coolidge ad
ministration he may be said to call it do-nothing ad
minisration That in the guise of lowering taxes it
has increased taxes and under the pretense of pros
perity has permitted agriculture to decay and
plOyment to increase
Smith takes issue with the foreign policy of the pres
ent administration. He declares against interfering
with the internal affairs of American countries
and particularly Mexico.
He points out the uselessness of the treaties pre-
sumed to prevent that Kellogg is now negotiating
because they permit each nation to define what is de-
fensve warfare
The most dangerous statement President Coolidge
ever made that the person and property of cit
izen are part of the national domain even when
abroad" The democratic presidential candidate calls
attention to this and declares 81 do think that the
American people would approve doctrine which would
give to Germany, France, or England or anv other
country the right to regard citizen of that country
or the property of citizen of that country situated
within the borders of the United States part of the
national domain of the foreign country"
eve declare for the principle of collective bargain
ing which alone can put the laborer upon basis OF
fair equality with the employer" This is one of the
striking sentences from the portion of Gov Smiths adj
dress dealing with labor 1t is clean cut and meaning
full. '-i-''e
He pledges himself to cooperate with the udiciar,
committee of the Senate to end existing labor iniunc
tion to 1os.,1es
ton Endorsed by the American Federation of Labor
Regarding the coal strike Gov Smith, like Hoover
is silent.
Like Hoover he promises everything but nothine
specific for farm relief
1t is difficult to find any accord between the ex
pressons of the Smith acceptance speech and the prn
cipes for which Raskob of General Motors one of hi
managers, has always contended.
Much more encouraging and definite is the Smith
than the Hoover speech of acceptance No one whc
reads the Smith speech (and everyone should read
as well as HoOvers) will have any difficulty in under
standing what the democratic presidential candidate
means
The question is, a candidate receiving the ire
mendous financial support that both Smith and Hoove
are receiving be his own master? Milonaries who in
vest in presidential campaign funds expect returns
We cant imagine them investing with All Smiths ac
ceptanee speech prospectus
Among our souvenirs is little botter issued NV III
democratic campaign committee in the last wiso,
campaign There are two pictures on one side A
one END OF the blotter the picture of boy dying o.
the Oatue1leld. On the other the picture of bow in
comfortable home reading to his mother Beneath th
pictures this Inscription: (which do YOU prefer2 Wa
or peace? If you wish peace vote for Wilson IF w,
wish war vote for Hughes?"
Several thousand men who voted for Wilson died !,
tne flelds of France and Flanders