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Cites Roosevelt Record
Just a little passing reference,
for the record, before l leave,
this question of business associ-
ateS. Let me remind the enthu-
siaStic spokesman for the New
Deal that they find it very con-
venient to forget that the pres
ent Chief Executive, whenever
he earned dollar outside of his
public salary, he earned it as a
lawyer and as corporation
executive in the Wall Street
district.
There is another great an
sWer. 1t makes a great hit. 1t
has to be more or less Whis-
pered, and the whispererS all
have grudge. Nothing could
be as stupid, nothing could be
as silly as that. 1 have no
grudge against the National
Administration, or anybody con-
nected with it. My fault with
them is that they have betrayed
the party. They fooled me. and
they fooled the millions of Dem
ocratS that 1 suggested SHOULD
vote for them.
AS far as the President him.
self is concerned, why, GER
tainly, l entertain no grudge,
no ill-feeling. I supported him
every time he was a candidate.
He didn't always support me,
but I don't feel much about
that. I appointed him to a posi-
ton in my official family, while
/ was governor, and insisted
upon his nomination in RocheS-
ter in 1923, over the protest of
practically every leader of the
party.
l was with Roosevelt in 80
and placed him in nomination
at the Syracuse convention. al.
though l was not a delegate
l brought about a change in the
rule of procedure SO l could
put him in nomination.
SCOTS at 'Grudge'
Well, of course there was sug-
geSted that 1 was a little bit
disturbed because l wasn't Of
fered a position in the Cabinet.
That is silly, where, as matter
OF fact. l couldn't afford to take
a position in the Cabinet.
l couldn't live in Washing
ton and give my time for the
salary of a Cabinet officer But
there is one thing that I can
and will say. l was always
ready to give advice-but I was
never asked for it.
Fact of the matter is, I only
saw the President once since
the day he was inaugurated,
and he asked me two queS-
tions-what l thought of the
appointment of James Hoey and
the President inquired for the
grandchildren and. of course. l
told him they were wonderful.
1t has been 33 years this COM
ing month since l was first
nominated for public office.
Since that time I ran for public
office 81 times and was elected
10.
My name was before the con-
Vention at San Francisco as far
back as 1920, as a candidate for
the nomination of President.
Seconded Roosevelt
And at that convention I
seconded the nomination of
Franklin D. Roosevelt for Vice
President.
Let me hasten to add here
that after being nominated at
Houston in the state of Texas
in 1928, l travelled over $4,000
miles through this country
preaching the gospel of Democ.
racy and I think 1 can say with
out ego that I planted the seed
that brought the eventful nomi-
nation in 1882.
OF course it occurs to me, and
think it should occur to you
that with all of that experience,
I should know who the Demo
cratic leaders are and I should
know where the men are who
give their time and service to
the party.
But 1 am compelled to say
who is IckeS, Who is Wallace"
and in the name of all that is
good, who is Tugwell and where
did he blow from?
could mention dozen
others, but these are the key
men of the New Deal, but 1
Goubt if one of them read the
Democratic platform.
But 1 don't have to tell it to
you, you know it as well as do
that when this Administration
went into power on the fourth
of March, 1888, the whole coun-
try was with them.
The whole country felt that
the President of the United
States was the Count of Monte
CriSto.
He was sitting on top of the
earth He could commander
the very best for this country.
and this is as compared to Will
son during the period of the
war.