The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-19
DENIES HE WOULD
DIVIDE CLASS TO
!. gain NOMINATION
Tells st. Paul Audience He Fav-
ors Community Of Inter.
est in Nation
PREDECESSOR IS PRAISED
commends Smith For Part in
Preserving New York's
Power Resources

st. Paul, April ia.-R- Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York
has picked up the challenging gaun-
tlet hurled at him by former Gov
Alfred e. Smith.
Addressing a st. Paul audience
Monday night, he denied vehemently
the inference Of Smith that he pro-
posed ito set class against class" to
further the ends of his campaign for
the Democratic presidential nomina-
ton. :.
Gov. Roosevelt declared himself
pledged to a program calling for q
national community of interests" as
espoused by his party's founder.
Thomas Jefferson.
IF this be treason" he said make
the most Of It,"
And though his rejoinder to Smith
was emphatic, Gov. Roosevelt took
the occasion few minutes later TO
praise his distinguished predeces-
sor, Gov Smith" for his part In pre-
serving New York's power resources
for the people Of that state.
The Smith speech, to which Roose-
welt replied. was made at Jeffer-
son-Day address at washington last
week and dealt with an address
which New York's present chief exc
cutive delivered about two weeks ago
on the subject of water power. tariff
and other questions.
The statement of the 1928 Demo-
cratic standard-bearer Immediately
construed as an attack on Roosevelt,
was:
II would take off my coat and vest
and fight to the bitter end any candi-
date who persists in any demagogic
appeal to the masses Of the working
people of this country to destroy
themselves by setting class against
class and rich against poor"
Cites Famous Leaders
Citing jefferson, Benjamin Frank
lin and Theodore Roosevelt as cham
pions of the philosophy he Is pledged
to- Gov. Roosevelt said he was
pleading for a policy broad enough
to include every part OF our econo-
mic structure"
It was policy. he said, that seeks
to help all simultaneously, that shows
an understanding of the fact that
there are millions of our people who
cannot be helped by merely helping
their employers because they are not
employees in the strict sense OF the
term"
He declared that by those millions
he meant the farmers, the small bus
mess men and the professional peo-
pie.
Help for them." he said, means
e greater consumption not OF luxur-
les but of the necessities of life and
this means more factory wheels turn
ing in the cities. more employment
for the strictly industrial population.
for the railroad workers and for the
distributors.
He condemned the Hawley- Smoot
tariff bill and blamed 1t for contri-
buting Importantly to existing condi-
lions. He urged downward revision,
asserting "a proper tariff policy must
be a great change from the methods
of the present administration" He
declared the increases provided by
the Hawley- Smoot tariff were not
based on any scientific analysis, but
were political favors."
Hope for establishment Of peace
in his relationship with Smith was
expressed Tuesday by Governor
Roosevelt as he started homeward.
He hopes his address last night will
be the final chapter in the recent
cross-fire between the two men who
for many years were close political
friends.
THAT is about right, It Is what I
hope" the governor said after news
paper comment had been read to him
referring to his address as IAN an
swer to Smith which should bring to
q close the Smith Roosevelt breach
and substitute peace for their misun-
derstanding."