New Britain herald., 1930-10-28
.RASKOB URGES DRY
 REFERENDUM VOTE
Also Suggests Five Day Week
 With Monday Holidays

New York, Oct. 2S tPD-Just q week before election, the chairman of the democratic national commit tee last night suggested a national referendum on prohibition be made one Of his party's objectives if it obtains power
 John J. Raskob advanced the pro- posal as one of six points in the course of a campaign address car ried by radio all over the country.
 Taking first place in his program was the five day week for working men. His other suggestions includ- ed determination by the federal trade commission of the legality of proposed business combinations in advance of their formations; aboli- ton of the capital gains and loss tax; appointment of tariff commission members for life to take the tariff making out of politics, and employ ment of caution by congress to have all it's legislation square with good economies"
 Is there any dry so stubborn" asked Raskob, that he would insist on the country being dry if the peo- pie by referendum abolished the 1 Sth amendment? Or is there any wet so bigoted that he would refuse to abide by the decision if a refer endum showed the country to be dry?"
 The democratic chairman, who ,1 iS of ASSnniotinn Against the Prohibition Amendment, said it was q sorry plight indeed" to sec ministers and other good citi- zens 'unconsciously working hand in hand with bootleggers and racket cers in an effort to deny the people of the United States an opportunity 10 vote on this great social eXperi- ment after ten year trial.''
 Alters Holidays
 Together with the five day week proposal, Raskob suggested the cele- bration of legal holidays on Mon day to give three continuous recrea- ton days. The shorter week, he maintained, would result "in suffi- cient savings to enable industry to pay the same wages for five days as are now paid for five and one-half days work"
 The increased leisure of workers and their families, he said, would in crease their expenditures and thus the output of the industries. He sug- gested as a first step that the demo- cratic party work for adoption of the five day week by the government anl the states for their own en- ployes. Legislation to declare every Saturday a holiday, to permit all banks to close if they wished, also was suggested.
 Raskob took occasion also to deny a republican charge that he had maintained a democratic publicity bureau in Washington to smear Hoover" He termed the accusation | a childish attempt" indicating the i ''irresponsibility of panic minds.'
 No one ever heard me utter one 1 unlkind word about MT. Hoover or the president of the United States" i he said. This does not mean that l | or the democratic party hesitate one 1 second in offering a constructive 1 criticism of the actions of MT. Hoov- i CT and his administration
 In concluding the address Raskob | asserted no country in the world was | ever in as splendid a position to go forward to period of prosperity 1, as the United States today.
 Everything has been thoroughly i def1ated and business is now turn ing upward" he said. We will | quickly leave depression behind and all be singing Happy Days Are Here Again"