Evening star., 1932-10-05

BY the Associated Press
STATE ARMORY. ALBANY. N. Y,
October 5.-An abridged text of Alfred
E. Smiths address by which he placed
Herbert H Lehman in nomination for
governor of New York 2rd attacked the
Republican administration follows
Mr.. chairman, and my fellcW Demo-
Gratis
1 am reminded by the gathering to-
night of about this period four years
ago, and I am particularly reminded OF
the headlines of the Republican press
and of the Republican propaganda and
of the Republican campaign generally
At that time We were given to under
stand that our Republican brethren had
some kind of peculiar patent en- pres
perity that there was something about
Republican administration that could
so bend itself as TO meet economic con-
ditionS within our own lands as we'll as
abroad 1t was a kind of an Aladdin
lamp proposition; all you had TO do was
to rub the mysterious lamp and to make
some kind of a wish and under Re-
publican aupices it was Immediately
granted
A Great Engineer.
Now, as indicating that they had the
man power, the present President or
the United States was held up t. the
American people as the great example
of public efficiency in office. a great
engineer a man familiar with our for
eign problems. man that knew the
problems at home man that had sat
in the problems of two Presidents. and
therefore. was particularly qualified and
particularly equipped to stand on the
bridge of state and bring that into a
safe harbor
Well, what happened? In 1929. it
must have been apparent to the Depart
ment Of Commerce that the market
collapse was due. because commodity
prices early in that year had begun to
fall
And Immediately after the October
crash. widespread Unemployment was
beginning to be felt. Nobody admitted
it. Figures frcm the United States De-
partment of Labor were at variance
with the figures Of the Department OF
Labor in this State and it was denied.
Well, the President called special
session at the request Of Senator
Borah. : !. He called the boys together
and they could not resist the oppcr-
tunity to take another little bang at
that tariff
Hoover said We were self-contained
nation and did not need any outside
help. We were able to take care of our
selves and dismissed 1t with single
wave Ct the hand. until in the Fall Of
1880 when large group Of business
men and flnancierS were compelled to
meet he well considered and listened
to the reports that came from chari-
table agencies and imposed upon them
So 900 900 to prevent suffering, sickness
and distress That was bound to occur
from unemployment
Committee Appointed.
Well. the President did do something:
he did do something. Let us be fair,
let us give him credit; he did do some
thing; he appointed large committee
laughter) and the committee went into
executive session and they discussed the
unemployment and the relief program
and they brought forth report and the
report they brought forth was that there
was nothing the Federal Government
could do ab3ut it: it was up to the
localities. good deal like the old farmer
in Ohio that when he died left his son
the whole State to make his living in
tLaughter)
When the first proposition was ad-
vanced for a bond issue for public
WUlhS III VI UcI W StlfIluldtc dIlQ
stimulate employment it was opposed
by Hoover himself
Finally in 1882 we got the Recon-
struction Finance Commission.
l think I say in simple justice and be-
yond the power of reasonable or sensi-
BILE contradiction. including this minute
We are here on this platform, that
nothing happened to that that gave
one job to one man. (Applause)
am going now, am going to that
death-bed confession on prohibition
daughter and applause). and I am
thinking that not even the confession
is on the level daughter and applause)