Evening star., 1934-03-07
SHOEMAKER TALK
BROADLY CRITICAL
Utilities, N. R. A. and Con-
Qress Assai|ed in Columbia
Heights Address.

Representative Francis Shoemaker,
Farmer-Labor, of Minnesota, devoted
an hour to denouncing things In gen.
eral before the Columbia Heights Citi-
zens' Association last night. He start
ed with public utility companies the
Nation over and ended with the Presi-
dents recovery program.
During the afternoon, a warrant
had been issued for the lawmaker
charging him with assault on q
taxicab driver. He did not COM
ment on the incident during his
speech other than to say that II
his personal "advertising' and the
advertising Of the meeting had been
hooked up, several hundred persons
would have been present. The num-
ber there was much less.
His verbal attack was concentrated
mostly on the N. R. A., Hugh s..
johnson and Wall Street.
He charged that the boost in the
price of gold gave SIS, 100000 profit
to Wall street profiteers." He said
100000, 900 of gold was shipped to
Europe last Summer at S20.67 an
ounce and now is coming back to the
United States at $35 an ounce.
Johnson Draws Attention.
"And while this was going on, Gen.
eral Goldfish Crackerdowner' john
son was performing SO We would watch
him and wouldn't see the gold move. "
Some of his statements follow:
II am interested in public utility
| matters rightfully-1 am Socialist
and I believe in public ownership of
| utilities.
Minnesota is the only State which
is neither Republican nor Democratic.
They know out there the only diff
| ference between the Republican and
Democratic parties is that one Is a
carbuncle and the other is a boil, and
they don't vote for either.
The Democratic and Republican
parties are the gold dust twins Of
Wall street.
Throughout the ages there have
been two PHILOSOPHERS of government.
Under one, everything was arranged
for the benefit of a favored few.
Under the other, human rights was
the important thing. That was the
fight in Russia Under the Gar. the
Gar owned everything. Human rights
were trampled under foot. Then the
fires of liberty were kindled and
started burning. The explosion came
and where is the Car today?
Invisible Government Hit.
What happened to the Car In
Russia is going to happen in the
United States of America. The only
reason there hasn't been a revolution
so far is an invisible government with.
in the democracy far more vicious and
exacting than any monarch on earth
A financial autocracy has been built
up into an invisible empire and the
people do not know at whom to strike
THE Government has fallen so low
1t will not even observe its own laws
The N. r. A. is continually talking
about higher salaries and then the
Government cuts the salaries Of its
own employees.
| BRIG. Gen Goldfish johnson Is the
right-hand bower Of ]. Pierpont Nor.
gan.
"Mr. Hoover and his Republicans
promised chicken in every dinner
pail Then the Democrats thought
they had to make good so they put a
blue crow in every window"
Liquor License Opposed.
The association urged the District
Commissioners to protest granting OF
q liquor license to a store near Central
High School.
| Other resolutions were adopted op-
posing the manufacturers sales tax or
the ground that 1t would increase the
cost of living. and urging the appoint
ment of thoroughly qualified man
to fill the vacancy on the Public
Utilities Commission.
A Special Committee was chosen tc
attend a hearing before the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board Saturday. The
group consisted of Mrs. Margaret
Hopkins Worrell, association president: !:
George H. Brown, Mrs. Lucy Crawford
| and F. M. Barnes.