The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-29

sn Liberty League last saturdas N8n'e address is as follows:
 xndleg and gentlemen of. thu I4zlo audianee: I shall take fol
 1y text tonight Genesis, the 27tt EHepteE, verse 22: ''The voice q 1zcob's voice, but the hands are fI11 hands of Esau."
 Aifred '. Smith sought the Presi. Nency ia 1923, when Q man who NAleed his voice on behalf of the HHeat causes of social justice and Nen1ocratic principles was regarded 5ay the etock-ticker patriots with Sfs1ug toleration or as Q potential &nelny of his country.
 Governor Smith in 1928 waged Q Dlean and honorable campaign in Behalf of common men and women, but he was swept down to defeat by greed and privilege hiding be- hind a lnurky and maladorouS hsiiOlescreen. Greed supplied the thirty pieces of silver and passion brought about the base betrayal of Fundamental American principles.
 Now we are on the threshold of smother national campaign with the naEzie two armies facing each other nIcng the battle line. The prelimi- nary diminishing is under way and what 10 our aKI1azement to find Governor Smith enthroned in the camp of the enemy, warning like one of the Janizaries of old against his own people and against the men and women with whom he fought shoulder to shoulder in the past.
 Happy Warrior"
 A few nights ago there was held ln the city of Washington ban- nuet by the miscalled American Liberty League" and the main at- traction on the occasion was none other than our old friend. the rTIappy Warrior" who won his spurs battling for the rights of the plain people.
 Let me read to you a description of that occasion from @ Washing ton newspaper:
 ""Jammed elbow to elbow, tail- coat to tailcoat, fluttery bOuffant dress to sleek black velvet dress, the tables set so cl0yely together Hn the main ballroom that the ushers in the Confederate gray mess coats and black pants scarcely could wiggle between the nsnAa- NAx., nAan nAMa nAeNaANen Ia n eRA Republicans alike gathered to hear the magic rasping voice of Alfred E. Smith belabor the pres. ent administration.
 Another writer in the same paper described it as a billion dollar audi. esNe that glanced up with eyes of wosship and love at the new cham piQn who had come amongst them. It vas the swellest party ever given by the du Fonts.
 Yes, Governor Smith not only has changed sides in the great battle, buS his whole outlook seems to hare undergone Q transformation He has forgotten, apparently, the issues upon which he ran for the presidency. The brown derby has been discarded for the high hat; he has turned away from the East Side with those little shops and fish markets, and his gaze rests lov- tslgly upon the gilded towers and palaces of Park avenue.
 Tn the old days, Governor Smith was one of the most constructive and penetrating critics in American public life.
 What . Change!
 But now what Q changel His hour long harangue before the mis- called Liberty League was barren and stirile without 0 Single con- structive suggestion for meeting the great social and economic prob- lefns confronting this government. He laid down . six-point program fin which he proposed somewhat childishly that the democrats should forget about the election, resurrect the platform of 1882, cease com- promising with fundamental prin- cipies of government, remember oaths of office and regard the Con-