Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-02
Observers Feel National Com
mittee Will Follow His
Directions.
DUE TO GIVE IS SPEECHES
THROUGHOUT THE NATION
Addresses Expected to Deal With
Problems Easily Understand
able to Voters.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, July Gov. Alfred E
Smith was in New York today for some
thrash out the details of his campaign
for the presidency with few close
friends.
The first meeting of the National
Democratic Committee is not until July
IL. but it is generally believed that
before that time the governor will have
decided exactly what course he will
follow and will merely inform the COM
mittee of his decisions.
Those close to the governor say that
he intends to decide all important mat
ters relative to the campaign himself,
and that the national committee will
follow his directions rather than act
in an advisory capacity.
Cheered at Station.
The governor came here last night,
boarding at Albany the special train
on which several members of his fam
ily were returning from Houston with
delegates. An enthusiastic crowd
cheered his arrival at Grand Central
Terminal He went Immediately to his
suite in the Biltmore.
This morning he had appointments
at his headquarters with persons whose
political acumen he respects, but their
identity nor the nature of the discus
sions he intended to have with them
was not made public.
He has decided to limit his two
months campaign to about is speeches
in various parts of the country. They
VIII all be broadcast, and there viii
be no back k-platform talks to station
crowds as the campaign train moves
from one chosen city to another.
There will probably be one speech
IN this city. one in New Jersey, three
IN New England, one each in Detroit,
st. Louis and Denver. and the rest
In the border States, with one possible
appearance in West Coast city.
To Shun Foreign Affairs.
The is speeches viii all be different,
but they will be alike in that they will
deal with easily understandable prob
lens. stated so that they are UNDER
standahle and appealing to the multi
tude. Foreign affairs and other matters
which do not as a rule directly touch
the life OF the common man" will be
passed over as not good campaign ma
terial.
Smith supporters feel that the gov
ernor has the gift of making people
who have never seen him and who
know nothing of his political policies
except in relation to one or two out
him.
They point to the thousands OF teIe-
grams and letters which have .come in
since the nomination, hundreds Of
which cali the governor "Al' and ad-
dress him In terms of familiarity.
Most OF these people have never seen
tne governor" one man close to the
nominee said today, but they've heard
about MIN and something In his per-
sonality has caught their imagination.
he mas got himself across to them
somehow SO that they feel friendly and
seem 10 actually think they know him
personally. There's a big vote of that
kind going to Smith,"
The governors first speech since his
nomination win be at the Tammany
Society's annual Fourth of July cele-
bration.
Advertisements in New York news
papers announce that patriotic
speeches" win be delivered by the gov
ernor and Senators Copeland and Wag-
ner. IAN citizens OF the United States
and lovers Of Americanism are cordially
invited" the advertisement says. The
speeches are to be radiocast.
smith circles were much interested
today in the appeal of Josephus Daniels
TO Southern Democrats to support Gov.
Smith, but TO stand in Congress like a
stone wall against any recommendation
that Smith as President would make to
modify the prohibition enforcement
act"
George w. Olvany, head of Tammany,
issued a statement on arrival from
Houston predicting that capital and la
Dor both would aid Smith and that his
election would help industry.