Evening star., 1932-04-09
DEMOCRATIC UNITY
URGED BY R|TCH|E
Governor DiscIaims Any
knowledge of 'Stop-Roose-
VeIt' Movement.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, April Gov. Albert
c. Ritchie of Maryland, himself favor
lite son candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination, yesterday call
ed for unified support of the man who
emerges strongest at the convention.
The Governor disclaimed any knowl-
edge of stop Roosevelt movement
and predicted harmony in the conven-
ton.
Prohibition and unemployment will
be the principal issues, Ritchie said
unless there is a chicken in every pot
and car in every garage" by Novem-
Der. OF this, he said he was not opt1-
mistic.
Ritchie said the primaries in Wiscon-
sin and North Dakota indicated strong
detection of Republicans to the Demo-
cratic side.
The Governor gave a s36,690 check,
representing Marylands contribution
toward the party's $1,500,000 prepared
ness fund, to John w. Davis, general
chairman Of the Democratic victory
campaign.
Hoover Sends Greetings.
Maryland was called the birthplace
of political freedom last night by
Ritchie. who was among the speakers
at a meeting of the Caivert Associates
in celebration of the 298th anniversary
of the founding of Maryland.
A letter from President Hoover eX-
tended greeting to the associates.
"One. of the proudest traditions OF
our history" he wrote, ''is the early
date at which our Nation comyitteed
itself unreservedly and permanently to
| the principle of freedom OF conscience.
and the very early action of Maryland
in this respect was one OF the most I'M
portant influences leading to the adop-
| ton of this principle"
Gov. Ritchie called religious and po-
| litical freedom 'the two priceless con-
| tributionS which Maryland under the
| Calverts made to world sorely IN need
of both"
He listed as the principal political
contributions "the right of the people
| to convene their own Legislature, the
right of the people to initiate their own
laws through their Representatives in
their Legislature and the right of the
people to have no laws and no taxes
imposed upon them which their Legis-
lature does not approve and pass"
Told to Mind Own Business.
Speaking of the religious freedom es-
tabliShed, he said:
In plain language, when 1t came to
religious questions, everybody was en-
! joined to mind his own business-an
amazingly advanced standard for that
world of widespread bigotry, where non-
conformity to the established religion
usually meant both heresy to the church
and treason to the state"
Among the other speakers was the
Rev. Richard Washington, lineal de-
scendant of Lighthouse Harry" Lee OF
Revolutionary fame and of John Au-
gustine Washington, eldest brother ol
the first President.
| Father Washington, pastor Of the
Shrine of the Sacred Heart at Hot
Springs, Va, is also related to Gen
Robert E. Lee.
The third speaker was Joseph NJ
| Proskauer, justice of the appellate divi-
sion of the New York Supreme Court
John Mccormack, the tenor, sang.
The celebration began a Nation wide
campaign in preparation for the ma
/ tionaal observance of the Maryland
! Tercentenary in 1884
Michael Williams, president of the
! Calvert Associates, presided. recep-
ton was given Gov. Ritchie.