The Washington times., 1932-10-01
VICTORY IS SURE
IN NOVEMBER,
HE WRITES
Calls "Forgotten Man" a
Myth; Article in Outlook
StirS Much Discussion

Political circles reverberated
today with discussions of the
statement of former Gov. AL
fred E. Smith, in his first
article as editor of the New
Outlook, that the Democratic
party is not united and that it
is composed of a number Of
conflicting elements and in
terests.
The Democratic party must
purge itself of these influences"
If it is to serve the nation in the
present crisis, Smith declared.
He also took a slap at the re-
iterated references to "the for
gotten man." He said:
"The forgotten man is a
myth and the sooner he disap-
pears from the campaign the
better it will be for the cOun-
try"
Sees Democratic Victory
Smith, while studiouSly refrain
ing from mentioning the name of
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the
party'S candidate for President,
expressed the belief that the
Democratic party will go into
power. nationally, as a result of
the November election. He said
that ito all intents and purposes
the campaign may be said to be
over" He added:
"The real question is what
will the Democratic party do
with its victcry?"
The identity of the conflict
ing elements" in the Democratic
party was not disclosed by Smith,
and, naturally, this omission Gre
ated no little discussion and some
conjecture in political circles.
Says Party Is Divided
After assuming that a Demo
cratic President will be elected in
November, Smith asserted that "a
change in government of itself
does not insure improvement in
conditions" He wrote:
"The first issue to be de-
cided is what elements will con.
troll the Democratic party. be-
cause it must be admitted that
the party is not united and
that it is composed of num-
ber of conflicting elements and
interests. This was clearly in
HSnoknl ~ %Hn -nonn& TTaSon~~
convention.
with some of the elements
and forces of the party 1 am
completely out of sympathy;
not for personal reasons, but
because / believe that they are
inimical to the best interests of
the country. In my opinion,
the Democratic party must
purge itself of these influences
if it is to serve the nation in
this crisiS.''
All Set for a Change
Smith said the country sis set
for change" adding that he
believed the best interests of the
country will be served by the
success of the Democratic party
and the election of it's ticket in
November. He declared:
81 believe that the present
Administration in Washington,
If continued, cannot begin to
solve our present problems. It
had a chance to do SO and
has failed utterly. The hope
of the country lies in Demo
cratic success.
"The one great chance that
the Democratic party has had
during my lifetime is pre-
sented to it now. believe it
is able to meet it. 1 believe it
can 60 as far as government
can go to solve the problems,
which are as far from solution
today as they were when the
depression started.
81 believe that the success of
the Democratic party in the
coming election is essential to
the upbuilding of our national
prosperity and our national
well-being."
ACLackS hepuDIICanS
Smith further declared that the
Republican party must take the
responsibility for it's palpable and
inexcusable mistakes, delays and
general ineptitude which have in
tenSified the bad times" He as
serted:
"The present Administration
not only failed to read the
signs of impending difficulties,
but it refused to face the facts
when they were obvious to al
most everyone. 1t bIindly re-
fused to recognize bad times
when they were upon us. 1t
refused for a long time to or.
ganiZe to fight the depression.
It even denied statistics"
Smith, in characterizing "the
forgotten man" as a myth, as.
serted that there is no other
country in the world where indi.
vidual initiative counts for so
much, where opportunities to rise
are so great, and where class
prejudice is so unimportant.
Discussing prohibition, he de-
clared the President still insists
on kicking away the hundreds of
millions of dollars which could
easily be raised by tax on beer