Evening star., 1932-11-01
By the Associated Press.

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memories. I have met multitude OF
old friends with whom I have been
associated in public life for more than
20 years
If we're to start referring to each
of them by name, should have to call
the roll of Massachusetts, Democracy
All can say is that I appreciate the
fact that today, a week before election
We have a united party-a party which
will be supported by free-spirited Re
publican and independent voters in
securing a great victory on Novem-
ber 8.
And other memories have come from
far back beyond my earliest political
experience. AS a boy I came to this
State for education. To that education
l look back with open and sincere
pride and gratitude.
Then I came and lived at great
institution for the freeing Of the human
mind from ignorance. from bigotry Of
the mind and the spirit. knowledge
that is education in its true sense
is our best protection against unreason-
ing prejudice and panic-making fear,
whether engendered by special interests,
illiberal minorities or panic-stricken
leaders who seek to perpetuate the
power which they have misused.
l hope 1 have learned the lesson
that reason and tolerance have their
place IN all things, and want to say
frankly that they are never so appro-
pirate as when they prevail in poltl-
cal campaign.
Dignity Has Suffered.
I say this with some feeling because
I express widespread opinion when l
nf tln ~ffI nf
President has suffered during the past
week. The President began this cam
paign with the same attitude with
which he has approached so many Of
the serious problems Of the past three
years. He sought to create the i'm
preston that there was no campaign,
just as he sought to create the impress
sion that all was well with the United
States.
But the people of the country spoiled
these plans They demanded that the
administration which they placed in
power four years ago, and which has
cost them SO much, give an accounting.
| They demanded this accounting in no
| uncertain terms.
This demand of the people has con-
tinued until it has become an over
| Whelming, irresistible drift Of public
opinion.
AS this storm of approval for the
Democratic policies has grown, several
moods have cCma over the utteranceS
OF the President, and his supporters.
First. they were plaintively apollo
getic then they were indignant at
! Congress.
Finally they have in desperation
resorted to the breeding of fear.
At first the President refused to
/ 1,o iv,
But as the people have responded to
our program with enthusiasm he recog-
nized that we were both candidates.
! And then dignity died.
At Indianapolis he spoke OF my
arguments -misquoting them. But at
| Indianapolis he went further. He
abandoned argument for personalities.
| In the presence of a situation like
/ this I am tempted to reply in kind.
| shall not yield to the temptation to
which the President yielded. On the
contrary I reiterate my respect for his
person and his Office. But l shall not
not be deferred even by the President
of the United States from the discus
sion of grave national issues and sub
mitting ID them the truth about their
national afairs-however unpleasant
that truth may be.
People are Hopeful
The ballot is the indispensable instru-
ment of free people. 1t should be the
true expression of their will. 1t is in
tolerable when that is ccerced-wnat-
ever the form of coercion-political or
economic.
The autocratic will of no man-be
he President, of general. or captain of
industrySshall ever destroy the sacred
io1, of themselves n de-
termine for themselves who Shall
govern them.
Secure in their undying belief in this
great tradition the people of this coun-
try, the employed. the partially en-
ployed and the unemployed-thoSe who
are fortunate enough to retain some of
the means of economic well-being and
those from whom these cruel condi-
tions have taken everything-have
stood with patience and fortitude in the
| face of adversely.
There they stand. And they stand
peafecully, even when they stand in
the breadline. Their complaints are
not mingled with threats. They are
| willing to listen to reason at all times.
Throughout this great crisis the strick-
en- army of the unemployed has been
| patient, laW-abiding, orderly-because
| they are hopeful.
But the party that claims as its
! guiding tradition the patient and
| generous spirit of the immortal Lin
coin, when confronted BY an opposi-
ton which has given to the Nation an
orderly and constructive campaign, has
descended to an outpouring OF mis-
! statements. of threats and intimidation.
| The administration attempts to
undermine reason through fear-to tell
| +lof ba yrror1I will n O n end
| on November if they are not returned
| to power for four years more. 1t
sadly misconceives the good sense and
! the self-reliance of our people.
They tell us further that the present
| administration will be unable to hold in
| check the economic forces that threaten
us in the period between election and
inauguration They threaten American
business and American workers with
dire destruction from November to
March.
Seek to Save Themselves.
! They crack the whip of fear" over
| the backs of American voters.
Ambassador Mellon, the representa-
| tive of the United States at the court
! of st. James, who should represent the
whole American people there, appeals
| to an English audience on English soil
for the support of a party candidate
| 5000 miles away, and invokes the same
sinister threat and seeks to spread 1t
i to the rest of the civilized world.
| We are told that there was Roman
Senator who threw himself into chasm
to save his country. These gentlemen
4 are of a new breed. They are willing
to throw their country into a chasm
to save themselves.
! Another means of spreading fear is
through certain Republican industrial
leaders. I have said, and without being
controverted. that 5000 men in effect
control American industry. These men,
possessed of such great power, carry
likewise a great responsibility.