Nogales international., 1932-02-27

gales, chairman of the Santa
Cruz County Democratic Central
Committee, was named this
week as Santa Cruz county vice
president of the Arizona RoOse-
welt For President Club.
Ruff F. Tatum of Phoenix, is
&tate president; Louis B. Whitney
of Phoenix, state president;
and W. Roy Wayland of Phoenix,
secretary and treasurer.
Relative to the club, President
Tatum this week issued the follow
ing statement to members of the
State Democratic Central Commit
tee:
| Dear Committeeman:
"By virtue OF authority granted
by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Ma
t.onal Headquarters sponcoring his
candidacy for the Democratic Nom
ination, large number of Arizona
democrats met recently at Phoenix
and organized an Arizona Roosevelt
! for President Club.
1.-The object of this club is tc
work for an instructed delegation
to th3 National Convention to be
held in Chicago in June.
GAS member of the State Cen.
trail Committee, you are one of the
delegates to the State Convention
that will select delegates to the
National Convention. Said State
Convention to be held at the call
of the Chairman.
Hon. Alfred E. Smith as leader
! Of the National Democratic party
he,l stated, according to reports, that
he will permit his name to go be-
fore the National Convention and
! if after due and careful considera-
ton the convention expresses a de
sire for him to again become 4
candidate for the presidency, he will
acospt the nomination, but states
he VIII not make campaign for
! an instructed delegation, and that
no one has ever been nominated who
did net conduct a preconvention
campaign.
TN other words, Mr.. Smith is not
an active candidate and 80 far as
he is concerned leaves the field op-
en- for other candidates and their
: friends to work for their nomina-
ton
with Mr.. Smith taking this at
titude as the leader of our party
and believing the State of Arizona
is in favor Of the candidacy of Mr.
Roosevelt, it is proper and import
ant that our delegation be instruct
ed to cast it's vote for Roosevelt
I'm dLculsing the matter of the
resolution Of instructions to be
adopted at the State Convention,
it is thought best to frame said re-
solution to mean, in effect some
thing like the following;
THAT our delegation be instruct
cd to cast its vote for Mr.. Roose-
velt and change only when ma
jority of our delegation in confer
ence with our national committee-
men determines that to vote for
aome other candidate will advance
the cause and harmony of the Ma
tional Democratic party.
\ In other words, Arizona is for
: Mr.. Roosevelt first, but is willing
to sacrifice her vote and change
to some other candidate if, and
when, it apears it will be to the
best interest of our party. Such a
procedure is ela5tic enough to as
sure our delegation a fair and pat
riotic position.
1.-The issues of this campaign are
already we'll known. In fact so well
known that every child of high
school age is acquainted with them.
The sum total of the situation il
the lack of leadership on the part
of the Republican party for the
past several years. The present
chaotic condition of our Nation
al affairs is the stinging Indictment
of failure
"It is fact that the interest of
the maa1es have been ignored and
that of the money power protected
and allowed to run wild until the
bulk of the wealth of the nation
is 90 centralized that a few men