New Britain herald., 1928-06-30
SMITH TO TALK TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE
Will Tell What He'll Do il
Elected
WILL NOT KNOCK HOOVER
No Canned" Speeches In Campaign
and No One VIII Tell Smith What
to >ay-Hi> Own Boss-Wires
Pour In.
BY W. w. CHAPLIN
Associated Press Staff Writer.

w. W. NAl-hA III Az
Associated Press Staff Writer.
Albany n. Y, June 80 R-"Con-
structive craftsmanship" will be the
watchword of Governor Smiths
campaign for the presidency.
Il don't know when the cam
paisn is going to begin or what ter
ritory it will cover.' the governor
said. but l do know that ! will talk
to the American people just as I've
talked TO the people of my own
state in past campaigns"
And the way he has talked TO
New Workers, his intimates add is
to tell them what he plans to do II
he is elected; to give them in plain
language picture of how he hopes
to help them. and not to run down
the other fellow so that Smith
may seem desirable by comparison.
No Canned Speeches
What he will do when he starts
campaigning, one man close to the
governor in past political battles
said. lis just to lay before the peo-
pie how he thinks he can act SO as
to make the L. $. A. little better
place TO live in ~
There will be no canned speech
es,' this man said. and there will be
nobody telling the governor what to
say. He will figure out for himself
py1pt1y, q ,Vh1t b., ha1iar.u u
complish if he is elected and he will
state his case in his own language
for the approval of the voters.
1t was learned today that the gov
ernor did not actually write any OF
the planks in the democratic plat
form but that he did talk to the
people who did write them and they
were conversant with his principles
as stated in public addresses as gov
ernor.
To Go to New York
Tomorrow the governor will go TO
New York city and in the next few
days ill meet national committee
men for discussion of the campaign.
He will attend the annual Fourth
OF July meeting at Tammany Hall
and address meeting of new
voters from the steps OF the city
hall.
He returns to Albany next Thurs
day and plans to attend the annual
10y ScoHt outing at Bear Mountain.
He hopes to be able to take a
Shnrf { y-lpatin,, to
campaigning. ca
Rainy weather postponed until to-
night a public parade and demon
stration for the governor, but IT
could not keep him from being
thoroughly kissed by three stenog-
raphers.
Wires Pour In
When kilograms of congratulation
on his nomination flowed in so fast
that the telegraph companies gave
up putting each one in an envelope
and sent them up to the executive
mansion in patches Of 100, three
state stenographers from the capi-
tol were called in to sort them out
and take answers to them. As they
entered the governors home they
met him in the hall and throwing
their arms about his neck kissed
him resoundingly.
And plus that the governor
said in relating the incident, they
gave me big bunch OF roses"
The governor was amazed at the
I mi lnr nf fa1erray,,u haf
in on him and considerably per-
turbed that because of their num-
ber he would be unable to ac-
knowledge each one personally.
In all my political career" he
said. Il have always answered
with a signed letter."
Il have always felt this way
about it. You can't send a telegram
for less than quarter and some OF
those from Houston and other places
must have cost a couple OF dollars.
Well. IL anybody is glad enough to
see you win TO spend money to tell
you so they must mean it. Id like
to thank every one Of them. but II
would take me months to do moth
ing but send letters to them. So
please tell them IN the papers that
l appreciate their kind thoughts"
The governor said today that he
was very lonely for his wife and
children. who have been at the con-
vention In Texas. and was looking
forward eagerly TO seeing them
again when the special train on
which they are travelling reaches