Evening star., 1932-10-23
Roosevelt Saws
Report of 1922
Was asIgnored.
$4,000 PRESENT
FOR HIS TALK
C.. o. p. Branded as
| Destructive to Pros
perity in u. S.
az the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ABOARD ROOSEVELT SPECIAL,
October 22.-Franklin D. Roose-
welt brought his campaign into
Kentucky today with declaration
at Louisville that the Republican
leadership had shown itself "abso-
lutely destructive of the prosperity
of America"
Speaking to upward OF $4,000
persons who crowded into the
huge Jefferson County Armory,
the Democratic presidential can
didate said the failure OF this
administration to NEST the reali-
ties of 1929 started the world into
the depression" and that the
Hawley- -Smoot tariff carried the
decline in world trade from what
amounted to minor disaster to
a genuine international calamity"
The speech which preceded his
swing down through the Kentucky
mining and hill country into Ten
nessee brought a reference by Mr..
Roosevelt to a report of COM
mission appointed by President
Harding in 1920 to study business
declines. The Democratic candi-
date said that President Hoover,
then Secretary of Commerce,
wrote the introduction in the re-
port, the conclusions of which Mr..
Roosevelt added asserted that
peace time slumps were the direct
results Of booms.
Cites Report Of 1922.
when the boom started In this
country on an unprecedented soda
about the year 1927, there was no at
tempt on the part Of the administra-
ton to give any regard to or even to
read over the sound conclusion stated
in that report of 1922, which had been
done under the auspices of Secretary
Hoover" he said.
In fact as have shown repeatedly.
the administration from 1927 all
through 1928 and down to the actual
crash in the Fall of 1929 instead of
trying to flatten, instead Of trying to
prevent the boom from going on up
ward, actually promoted and encour-
aged that boom, and then after 1t
broke proceeded to minimize its impor-
tance to the Nation"
And so,' he added a moment later.
There is a clean-cut argument and I
submit that it is test of the sincerity
OF the alibi of the Republican leader
ship in this campaign"
Dozens Cling to Rafters.
Il couldn't help but think this morn
ing, as we came over the bridge from
the other side of the Ohio River" the
nominee concluded Il couldn't help
but think of the line in the old song. |
Hard times come a knocking at the
door, They have-hard times have
come a knocking at the door
but remembered the other line, The !
sun shines bright on my Old Kentucky |
Home"
The candidate was interrupted by
frequent bursts of applause that echoed
up to the steel-girded rafters where !
clung dozens of men seeking a vantage !
point from which they might see Mr. !
Roosevelt. He went to the armory in !
a parade through crowded streets and |
before leaving Louisville issued a state
ment thanking the city officials, most |
of whom are Republicans, for the man
ner in which the crowd was handled
1T was Kentucky hospitality at its |
best" he said.
The Governors train came here from |
st. Louis, where he spoke last night |
A large crowd swarmed around it as it |
pulled into the depot in New Albany, |
Ind across the river from Louisville, |
and cheered as the Governor spoke in !
formally from the rear platform.
Met by Gov. Laffoon.
At Louisville the Governors party |
was met by Gov Ruby Laffoon, Mrs |
Laffoon. Mayor William Harrison and |!
others
I'm so glad to see you. Mr.. Mayor" |
Gov Roosevelt said to Mayor Harrison !;
as they we're introduced.
you're mighty good to come down |
here to see me, and hear you're a |
good mayor, even If you are a Repub- |
lican," he added with a laugh.
Leaving Louisville at noon the spe- |
cial train Of the candidate bore him !
down into the mining regions of the |!
Southern Kentucky hills.
AS the train pointed southwark each
station brought its throng of persons !
pushing toward the rear platform to |
see and hear the candidate.
At Lebanon so great was the crush !
that two members Of Roosevelts party
were caught in the crowd and had to !
be helped over the rail of the back plat |,
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