Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-10-05
Gov. SMITH IS
BETTER FITTED
TO HEAD NATION
Eminent Republican Banker Calls
Him Master of Science
of Government.
HOOVER LACKS DIPLOMACY
AND COURAGE, HE SAYS
Jerome Davis Greene, Rockefeller
Associate, One of Many Prominent
Figures Who Repudlate Party's
Candidate.

Describing Governor Smith as proba.
bly, the greatest living master of the
science of governmental reorganiza.
ton, Jerome Davis Greene, the bank.
er who is associated with John D.
Rockefeller the management Of the
vast Rockefeller business and philan-
thropic interests, has declared In a
Times that he will support the Demo.
cratic candidate.
Mr.. Greene. a Republican and Con.
gregationalist. is director in many
great corporations and an officer and
member of many scientific organiza.
tons. In his letter, which was not
solicited by the newspaper nor by any
political organization, he comments
that Hoover's supporters urge his
election on the ground Of his admins
trative ability. That, he asserts. 10
an obvious fallacy.
Pointing out that whatever success
Hoover achieved as a food admins.
traitor was due, not to courage or di.
plOmacy, but to the almost autocratic
power with which he had been invest.
ed. Mr.. Greene continues:
The candid and gallant stand which
Governor Smith has taken upon the
subject OF prohibition by Federal en-.
actment as an instrument of social
reform, and the outstanding impor.
lance Of the issue thus presented. has
somewhat obscured in the public mind
his Legitimate claim to preference
over Mr.. Hoover in respect to the one
qualification which is urged, with per.
haps more emphasis and greater sin.
certify than any other. In support of
Mr.. Hoover.
Science Of Government
MANY, especially those who live out
side the State Of New York, are per.
haps unaware of the fact, known to
all students of recent advances in the
science of governmental organization
In this country, that there Is probably
no man In public life more familiar
with the theory and recent improved
practice OF that science than the
present Governor Of the State Of New
York.
Governor Smith has made a record
Of which the people OF his State are
Justly proud. Moreover. II is a record
made by an avowed political partisan
who has subordinated his political
craftsmanship In those matters to tho
higher call of loyal citizenship and
enlightened craftsmanship. In so do
ing. he has more than once found him.
self willing and welcome collabo.
rator with like-minded men whose
political partisanship was hostile to
his own.
III all this be OF Tammany. let US
have more Of It,"
Philanthropist Supports Governor
Another eminent financial figure
who has added his name to the long
list OF leading Republicans to declare
for Governor Smith, is E. s. Hardness.
capitalist and philanthropist, and one
Ct the largest holders OF railroad Sc.
curities in America. Sending a $4,000
contribution to the Smith campaign
fund, Mr.. Hardness wrote:
Amy nation that can produce a real
leader is to be congratulated and !
cannot but feel that Governor Smith
has demonstrated to the people Of this
country that he possesses rare quail
ties OF leadership"
Among other wealthy and prominent
Republicans who have recently bolted
their party to support Smith. are
Charles w. Clark. mine owner. and
son OF the late Senator William A.
Clark OF Montana, who has voted the
Republican ticket since 1896; Haley
Fiske. president OF the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co., who is actively
identified with the affairs OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church. and
Thomas Gerald Condor, railroad
builder with vast holdings In the coal
and iron regions.