Evening star., 1932-11-01
ROOSEVELT FLAYS
CAMPAIGN OF FEAR
Governor Denounces Presi.
dent for Reference to
Personalities.
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ernment should provide temporary work
whenever possible In the national for
ests, on flood prevention and in the
development of waterway projects
already authorized, which could give at
least temporary employment to thou
sands
Thirdly, said the candidate. the Fed
eral Government should expedite the
actual construction Of public works
already authorized.
In addition. there has been long
overdue a reduction of the hours of
work and the number of working days
per week" he continued. The great
Qualifications Of modern industry are the
cheapenlng OF production and the less
ening of the toll of man
These fruits will be dead fruits un-
less men earn enough so that they
can buy the things that are produced
and have the leisure for the cultivation
OF the body, mind and spirit, which
the great inventions are supposed to
make possible"
Denounces whip Of Fear"
Roosevelt told his audience that the
administration cracks thD whip of fear
over the backs of the American voter"
Another means OF spreading fear is
through certain Republican industrial
leaders" he went on. Some Of these
5000 men who control industry are
joining in the chorus of fear initiated
by the President. the Secretary Of the
Treasury ,Mr. Mills and the Repub-
lican National Committee"
Roosevelt asserted they are telling
their employees that II they fail to sup
port the administration of President
Hoover such jobs as they have will be
in danger. Their threats are empty
gestures"
The President began this campaign
with the same attitude with which he
has approached SO many Of the serious
problems Of the past three years"
Roosevelt said He sought to create
the impression that there was no cam
paign, just as he had sought to create
tho impression that all was well with
the United States.
Says Accounting Is Dema nded.
But the people of the country spoiled
these plans. They demanded that the
administration which they placed in
power and which has cost them SO
much, give an accounting
AS" said the speaker "a storm of
approval for the Democratic policies
grew" the Republican leadership was
plaintiyely apologize: then they were
desperation resorted to the breeding of
panic and fear
Ambassador Mellon" he said, "the
representative 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
inyokes the same sinister threat and
seeks to spread it to the rest Of the
civilized world"
Roosevelt's Boston speech was the
| last of his more important declarations
He will speak at Brooklyn and New
| York City this week end. but both raj
| lies will largely be State and local af-
| fairs.
Today the Democratic nominee COM
pletes his motor tour of all the five
| New England States, en- route to his
| Hyde Park home.
Political Chiefs Speak.
Hours of oratory by the leading Dem
| ocratic orators of Massachusetts, held
| the attention of crowd of 10000 be-
| fore Gov. Roosevelt arrived.
The speakers included United States
j Senator David l. Walsh. Gov Joseph B.
Ely and Mayor James NJ. Curley of Bos-
! ton Senator Marcus Coolidge was on
! the speakers stand.
! Four wears ago both Alfred E. Smith
and President Hoover spoke in the
Arena during the presidential campaign.
Smith spoke here again last week in
| Roosevelt's behalf.
temporary speakers stand for the
Roosevelt address jutted out from the
permanent rostrum.
100000 Majority Predicted.
Hanging from the roof beside the
speakers stand was a huge banner pro-
claiming Gov Ely and Mayor Curley
welcome to Boston our next President
Franklin D. Roosevelt Massachusetts,
will give Roosevelt -Garner-Ely and the
entire Democratic ticket a majority of
100000"
Curlev and Ely were the rival Roose
welt and Smith leaders in the primary
fight last Spring
Ely in a brief speech asserted: Il
am happy that all factions are united"
Curley referred to Ely's term in Office
as "a great progressive administration. :"
Relatives Present.
Half an hour before Mr.. Roosevelt
was due to speak his daughter, Mrs.
Curtis Dali; his daughter law. Mrs
James Roosevelt. and Mrs. Roosevelt's
SlSCer Mary ana DrOIner, Harvey CuSn-
ing, children of Dr. Harvey Cushing en-
tered section reserved for them over
looking the speakers stand
Ely brought a loud cheer from the
crowd when he said his travelling with
Roosevelt had convinced him that Mas
sachusetts will support the New York
Governor. There was roar from the
audience as he concluded and Gov.
Roosevelt entered.
The band struck up the familiar
campaign song, Happy Days Are Here
Again." and COW bells clattered inces-
sanity from around the wide circle of
boxes. Paper came showering down
from the galleries, leaving those below
covered with scraps of the white stuff.
looking as if they might have come
in out of snoWstorm.
Long Demonstration.
As the demonstration continued,
Mayor Curley presented the Governor
with blackthorn cane which he
waved in the air.
The shouting, yelling throng waved
hundreds of small American flags,
pressing the demonstration on past the
five-minute mark
In the midst Of the demonstration,
banners moved across the rear of the
hall, SOME Of which asserted
Lets greet 1888 with Roosevelt and