The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-11
Flags Ford, Sloan as
Causes of Low Pay
and Unemployment.
ROBINSON RAPS RASKOB
Attacks Propaganda Mill
of Democrats in
Linton Speech.
BY BEN STERN
Times STAFF Corresnondent


Ford and Alfred P. Sloan, automo-
tive industry leaders, were held up
as causes of unemployment and
cheap labor in the United States by
Senator James E. Watson, opening
the national Republican campaign
here today.
Ten thousand central and south
ern Indiana Republicans had
gathered for the third biennial bar
becue and rally, launching the state
G. o. P. campaign, and a note Of
was added with an
by the Republican ma
tional committee that Watson's adj
dress also would inaugurate its CAM
paign.
Senator Watson struck at Ford
and General Motors, of which Sloan
is president, for manufacturing au-
tomobiles in foreign lands, and for
their criticism of the Hawley- Smoot
tariff bill.
Moves to Ireland
Ford recently has moved his en-
tire tractor production to Ireland,
where labor costs are just half what
they are in Detroit" Watson said.
General Motors people have
made tie-up with the German
motor industry. where wages are
40 per cent of what they are here,
and Ford is opposed to any tariff
that interferes with great access of
his feebly-made motors into the
American market.
THE motives Of these interna-
tional financiers and industrialists
are obvious, and portend only I'M
employment or cheap labor in this
country"
Watson, senate majority leader,
continued to defend the tariff, the
Presidents methods during the
stock market crash, business de-
preston and drought, and the
federal farm board.
Robinson LasheS Raskob
Senator Arthur r. Robinson at
tackled John j. Raskob, Democratic
national committee chairman, and
MS propaganda mill.
Governor Harry G. Leslie took up
praise Of the state administration
and lauded Republican national and
state history.
Within four weeks after congress
opened, it had passed "in compare
tive unanimity," Senator Watson
said, a federal farm board bill Of
the type promised in the party'S
1928 national platform.
The tariff act, too, accomplished
platform detectives, Watson insist
ed. CAS- finally enacted, the tariff
made very few changes in non
agricultural items" he said, and
all such alterations amounted to but
6.25 per cent as compared to 93.75
per cent of items in the agricultural
groups"
Cites G. o. P. Achievements
Ignoring congress- frequent refusal
to do President Hoover's bidding the
senate leader declared:
I'VE plant the achievements of
the administration before the peo-
ple-itS passage of a farm bill, its
enactment of a tariff law, its re-
Mobilization of our merchant marine,
its solid measures for further pro-
viding for the soldiers or the
Republic, its consolidation of all
agencies for the enforcement of the
prohibition law under one head, and
many other measures, too numerous
to recite, the results of a hearty and
sympathetic cooperation between
the President and the congress"
Robinson blamed everything ex-
cept the drought upon Raskob, and
praised President Hoover for his
patient and courageous" handling
of the nations affairs during a
time of STRESS"
Shortly after the triumphant
election of Herbert Hoover, Raskob
opened an Office in Washington and
installed a bureau to issue venom
Gus propaganda against the presi-
dent and the Republican party.
Instead of cooperating with the
administration in overcoming the
depression that inevitably followed
the crash in the stock market last
October. this propaganda machine
has gloated over the misfortunes of
the people and sought to ride into
political power as result thereof"
said the junior senator.
Governor Also Is Heard
Raskob advised everybody to go
into the market, Robinson con-
tinued.
For this wild orgy Of stock
speculation which produced the
catastrophe and the depression that
followed, I charge that John j. Eas-
kob, directly and indirectly, was
more responsible than any other
person in the whole world
Governor Leslie read the records
of past administrations to show that
the tax rates under Democratic lea
dership had been high, mentioning
specifically that the most expensive
legislative session was in 1918, when
the Democrats were in control
which cost $162, 507.67; while the Re-
publican 1925 session over which he
presided as speaker was the cheapest
and cost 99,266.31.
Leslie discussed the work Of the
various commissions which he has
appointed and declared that of the
236 units making application for
state aid, pit are supervised by
Democratic school superintendent.
Preceding the addresses, David
r. Scott, Second district leader,
welcomed the Republicans and in
PRODUCED Ewing Emison, second dis
trict chairman, who in turn intro
duced Eliza o. Rogers, state chair
man.