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Evening star., 1936-01-09
S1OD,0(|D DINNER
NEAR D. c. MARK
Farley There in Only One
of RuaI RoIes-Picture
of Jackson Insured.

Round and round went the music
last night at the Mayflower. Heads
spun and bands blared at the S50-a-
plate dinner. TWO blocks from the
affair honoring the memory of An
drew Jackson the orchestra could be
heard playing:
Happy Days Are Here Again"
| The tune shifted to THE Music
Goes Round and Round" When the
President arrived the trumpets
walled. Home on the Range" Thomas
/ Corcoran. brain truster, led his table
! in close harmony.
This epicurean, musical and polit-
| ical triumph was a hundred thous-
and dollar banquet the Democrats
said-2.000 dinners at $50 each.
Hotel officials said it was one of
the largest such affairs ever held in
Capital hotel. 1t crammed the ball
room floor, filled the balconies. over
flowed into broad lobby and the
adjoining private rooms.
Ticket Desirable, Not Imperative.
Entrance without ticket was diff
cult. but not impossible. A reporter
assigned to the story at the last min
ute and without a press ticket ap-
preached the door as the crowd
| went in.
where's your ticket, buddy?" a big
policeman asked.
IT don't have a ticket. I'm work.
ing newspaperman."
Working or loafing, you've got to
have ticket"
More argument. The policeman
said:
I'll tell you. You 60 in, and II you
are working, work. But don't eat"
The great ballroom glittered with
lights. Over President Roosevelt's
head hung a portrait of "Old Hick-
ory," lent by the Corcoran Gallery. 1t
was insured for $25 1000 for the night.
Mr.. Roosevelt wore tuxedo. Two
of the few dressed in formal tails and
white tie were the LABOR leaders, Will
liam Green and John L. Lewis.
Farley In One Role Only.
Next to Mr.. Roosevelt were James
Farley, in the role Of Democratic Ma
tional Committee chairman and not
Postmaster General, and Bruce
Kremer, former Democratic National
Committeeman from Montana. Be-
side Kremer sat Vice President Garner,
who explained the absence Of his wife:
"She don't polite"
On each side Of the central group
were the members of the cabinet,
Speaker Byrns, high-ranking Senators
and committeeman They had ordi-
nary chairs, but the President sat in
| a large stuffed. brocaded seat and had
to lean forward to down his terrapin
soup.
The Presidents arrival was dra-
matte. The dining room was filled.
Suddenly a curtain parted and Mr.
Roosevelt was disclosed beneath the
picture Of Jackson.
The band launched into "Han to
the Chief" Cheers, screams and
handclaps thundered around the room.
Secretary Perkins arrived in a black
evening gown 20 minutes after she
reached her apartment from the Labor
Department In business dress.
Evening star., 1936-01-09
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
OVERFLOW DINNER.
1900 Throng Two Hotels to
Hail Memory of Andrew
Jackson.

District Young Democrat clubs to-
day reported receipts from more than
1900 men and women who, at $40 a
plate. last night ate 20 the success OF
the coming campaign and hailed the
memory of Andrew Jackson.
So popular was this supplementary
jackson day dinner that the Young
Democrats packed the diners into six
Willard Hotel rooms and sent the
overflow to the Washington Hetel
nearby.
Only holders 81 seats on the tenth
floor of the Willard could see as we'll
as hear the five speakers of the eve
ming. Loud speakers carried the
speeches and introductions to the
other dining rooms.
Mrs. Roosevelt Cheered.
See or not, however, most of the
jackson day celebrants cheered en-
Enthusiastically when Mrs Roosevelt, in
troduced as ''the ideal mother. the rep
resentative lady of America" said Of
the Young Democrats:
II am glad to see the younger men,
bers taking such an active interest in
the party councils. The younger ones
are those who are going to decide what
is going to happen N the next few
years"
Before the speeches began, orches-
tras played the tunes popular GEN.
tury ago when Jackson was President.
Toastmaster ]. Ham Lewis, Illinois
Senator, launched the after-dinner
speakers with introductions so polite
that they all began their talks with
compliments which made Lewis blush.
Mrs. Florence Jackson Stoddard,
collateral descendant and nearest
living relative of Jackson. in a three
minute address poked hilarious and
poetic fund at THE Nine Old Men,"
after this opening:
According to Chinese proverb, a
wise man changes his mind; a fool
does not"
Controller O'Connor Speaks.
The other speakers were Frank
wickhem, national president of the
Young Democratic Clubs Of America.
and Controller of the Currency
OConnor, who gave warm oratorical
review of the life of jackson, and
compared him favorably with Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The Presidents speech was brought
by loud speaker. Dancing followed
the dinner and addresses.
The $40 menu, arranged by the
five Young Democratic Clubs of the
District, began with melon and ber-
ries delices and ended with coffee
after fancy cakes and mintS.
Between the fruit and fancy cakes
were creme of tomato proftrole, celery
hearts, olives, salted nuts. roast sir
loin of beef with mushroom sauce.
new peas, potatoes delmonico, salad
alberta, special waters and bomee
Neapolitan.
Evening star., 1936-01-09
TALMADGE THINKS
HE MISSED NOTHING
Sends Two Emissaries to Jackson
Day Dinner, but Is Glad
He Didn't Go.

By the Associated Press.
Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia.
who saved $50 BY staying away from
the Jackson day dinner at the May
flower. congratulated himself today
with the observation he didn't miss
anything.
He talked like he was afraid to say
something" he remarked of the Presi-
dents speech. which he heard over
hotel room radio.
However. the militant anti-New
Deal Governor sent two emiSsaries.
Mrs. Susie Moore of Tifton, Ga, ap-
pointed Georgia national committee
woman by the Talmadge- controlled
Georgia State Executive Committee,
and zack Cravey, Georgia game and
Fish Commissioner, attended the BAN
quet.
Asked why he would not eat with
the Democrats, Talmadge retorted:
Fifty dollars is why. ] don't want
10 contribute that to the war chest
of the present administration"
The doom of A. A. A. was view by
the Governor as spelling defeat Of
Roosevelt for denomination, and he
predicted real" Democrats will take
charge of the national convention,
select the nominee and write the
platform.
Evening star., 1936-01-09

but BY thousands who had be-
longed to other parties or belonged
to no party at all, Andrew Jack
son was compelled to fight every
inch for the ideals and policies OF
the democratic republic in which
he believed. An overwhelming
proportion of the material power
of the country was arrayed against
him. The great media for the dis
semination of information and
the moulding of public opinion
fought him. Naughty and sterile
intellectualism opposed him. Musty
reaction disapproved him. Hollow
and outworn traditionalism shook
a trembling finger at him. 1t
seemed that sometimes all were
against him-all but the people OF
the United States.
Jackson Stands Out
As Great American.
Because history so often repeats
itself, let me analyze further. An
drew Jackson stands out as a great
American, not merely because he
was two-fisted and fought for the
peoples rights. but because.
through his career, he did as much
as any man in our history to in
crease, on the part of the voters,
knowledge of public problems and
interest in their solution. Follow
ing the fundamentals of Jefferson
he adhered to the broad philosophy
that decisions made by the average
of the voters would be more
greatly enduring for, and helpful
to, the Nation than decisions made
by small segments of the electorate
representing small or special
classes endowed with great advan-
tages of social or economic power.
He, like Jefferson. faced with
the grave difficulty of disseminate
ing facts to the electorate as a
whole, was compelled to combat
epithets, generalities, misrepresen-
tation and the suppression Of facts
by the process of asking his sup
porters, and indeed all citizens, to
constitute themselves into informal
committees for the purpose OF
obtaining the facts and of spread
ing them abroad among their
friends. their associates and their
fellow-workers.
I am aware that some wise
cracking columnist will probably
say that good old Jackson no doubt
realized that every red-blooded
American citizen considered him.
self a committee of one anyway.
Nevertheless, Jackson got his ideas
across, not through any luxurious
propaganda, but because the man
on the street and the man on the
farm believed in his ideas. his
ideals and his honesty, went out
and dug up the facts and spread
them abroad throughout the land.
Becoming Dimly Conscious
OF National Election.
History repeats-I am becoming
dimly conscious of the fact that
this year we are to have a ma
tional election. Sometimes at the
close of q day I say to myself that
the last national election must
have been held a dozen years ago
so much water has run under
the bridge. so many great events
in our history have occurred since
then. And yet, "a months, less
than three years. have gone by
since March, 1888.
History repeats - In these
crowded months. as IN the days
Evening star., 1936-01-09

of Jackson. two great acnleFe-
ments stand forth-the rebrth OF
the interest and understanding of
a great citizenry in the problems
of the Nation and an established
government which by positive
action has proved its devotion to
the recovery and well-being OF that
citiZenry.
Whatever may be the platform.
whoever may be the nominee OF
the Democratic party-and l am
told that a convention is to be
held to decide these momentous
questions-the basic issue will be
the retention of popular govern
ment-an issue fraught once more
with the difficult problem of dis
seminating facts and yet more
facts, in the face of an opposition
bent on hiding and diStortins
facts.
That is why organization, not
party organization alone-impor-
tant as that is--but an organiza-
ton among all those, regardless OF
party, who believe in retaining
progress and ideals, is so essential.
That Is why, in addition to Or
ganization, I make this SPECIFIC
recommendation- each and
every one of you who are inter-
ested in obtaining the facts and
in spreading those facts abroad.
each and every one of you inter-
ested in getting at the truth that
lies somewhere behind the smoke
screen of charges and counter
charges of a national campaign.
constitute yourself a committee of
one. To do this you need no
parchment certificate, to do this
you need no title. To do this
YOU need only your own convic-
tion. your own intelligence and
YOUR own belief in the highest
duty of the American citizen.
To act as such committee OF
one you will need only your own
appointment, an appointment
which carries with it some effort,
some obligation on your part to
carry out the task you have as
signed to yourself. You will have
to run down statements made to
YOU by others which you may be-
believe to be false. You will need to
analyze the motives Of those who
make assertions to you, to make
an inventory in your own COM
munity, in order that you may
check and recheck for yourself and
thereby be in a position to answer
those who have been misled or
those who would miSlead.
Message to Congress ...--
Brings Many Letters.
After my annual message to the
Congress last Friday evening, I
received many appreciative letters
and kilograms from all over the
country and I think it will inter-
est you to know that within few
hours I received more of these
than at any time since the critical
days of the Spring of 1888. I
have carefully read those letters
and kilograms and found two facts
which are worthy of repeating to
you tonight. The first is that
very large number we're sent to
me by families who evidently
heard my message while grouped
together in the family home. My
wife and I want you to know how
much we appreciate" ct cetera-or
''The Jones family. gathered to-
night with our friends, sends you
this message Of cqnndence." In
Evening star., 1936-01-09
Text of President Roosevelts Jackson DAY Address
Is Man and
Fne,B andH II

other words. as greatly and per-
haps even more greatly than on
any other occasion since I have
been in the White House, I have
the definite feeling that what !
have said about the great problems
that face us as a Nation received
a responsive. an appreciative and
an understanding answer in the
homes of America. This means
a lot to me.
The other interesting fact about
these letters and kilograms is the
very great number Of them that
come from business men, store
keepers. bankers and manufactur-
ers. The gist of their messages to
me is that they appreciate and are
grateful for my statement that 1t
is but minority in business and
finance that would gang up"
against the peoples liberties. I
reiterate that assertion tonight.
BY far the greater part Of the
business men, industrialists and
other employers Of the Nation seek
no special advantage; they seek
only an equal opportunity to share
in the benefits and the obligations
of government.
am naturally grateful for this
support and for the understanding
on their part that the Government
of the United States seeks to give
them a square deal and a better
deal-seeks to protect them and to
save them from being plowed
under by small minority of busi-
ness men and financiers, against
whom I shall continue to wage
war.
We can be thankful that people
in all walks of life realize more
and more that Government is q
living force in their lives. They un-
derstand that the value of their
Government depends on the inter-
est which they display in it and the
knowledge they have Of its poll
cies.
A government can be no better
that the public opinion that sus-
tainS it.
Supreme Courts Opinions
Most Momentous.
I know you will not be surprised
by the lack of comment on my part
tonight on the decision of the SUI
preme Court two days ago. I can
not render offhand judgment with
out studying. with the utmost care.
two of the most momentous opin-
ions ever rendered in a case be-
fore the Supreme Court of the
United States. The ultimate re-
suits of the language Of these opin-
ions will profoundly affect the lives
of Americans for years to come. 1t
Is enough to say that the attain
ment of justice and prosperity for
American agriculture remains an
immediate and constant objective
of my administration.
Just as Jackson reused the people
to their fundamental duties as cit
izens, so must the leadership of
this era do its utmost to encour-
age and sustain widespread inter-
est in public affairs. There was
something of the eternal youth in
the spirit of Jackson. The destiny
of youth became the destiny OF
America.
Tasks Immediately before us are
as arduous as the conquest of the
frontier a hundred years ago. The
Nation Is still young, still growing.
still conscious. of It's high destiny.
Enthusiasm and the inteliisenes
Evening star., 1936-01-09
ARMY AND NAVY UNION
SUPPORTS BONUS BILL
Declares Payment at This Time
Will Relieve Hardships
Endured by Veterans.

The Army and Navy Union has
thrown its strength behind the Vim
son-Patman-Mc Mccormack bonus bill,
it was announced today.
Robert Shrage, national command
er of the union, in letter forwarded
to members of Congress, declared:
while many members of this or
ganization are not eligible for, and
will not receive, any direct sum Of
money by the passage Of this pro-
posed legislation. nevertheless, it is
the unanimous opinion of the entire
membership that such an expendi-
ture, by the National Congress at this
time, will be a tremendous medium
in stimulating business throughout
the Nation and will relieve great
hardships now endured by veterans
Of the World War"
Evening star., 1936-01-09
SPEECH REACTION
ELATES PRESIDENT
Jackson Dinner Remarks
Well Received, Flood of
Messages Indicate.
BY ]. RUSSELL YOUNG.

President Roosevelt today was
highly elated over the early reaction
to his speech at the Jackson day
dinner last night.
A complete check-up on the re-
action throughout the country was
lacking. but the flood Of messages
which greeted the President satisfied
him that his remarks were well re-
ceived generally.
401 Favorable i'm Ali.
1t was said at the White House that
AT kilograms and other messages,
only 10 of which expressed unfavor-
able comment, were received before
noon. The messages came from 80
States, with 10 unfavorable ones COM
ing from persons in nine States.
The President is reading each Of
the messages and will answer them
personally. He was especially touched
by one message received from group
working on the night force of the Ag-
ricultural Adjustment Administration.
Remaining Three AS"
This message, after congratulating
the President upon his speech, said:
Though the A. A. A. may be gone.
these three AS remain: A-Acclama-
ton for you; A-ASsociation with you;
A-Appreciation of you
After reading all the kilograms the
President arranged for buffet lunch
con on-reception to the members OF the
National Democratic Committee and
other party members who are in
Washington for the committee S
meeting.
The President sent to Congress a
report made necessary by the terms
of the emergency appropriation act
of 1885 explaining what he has done
since the act became a law. This re-
port, while voluminous, was principally
Of historical nature.
Evening star., 1936-01-09
CAN'T FIND DEPRESSION

ST. PAUL (P.-Dr. C. L. Liu came
all the way from China to see the
American depression.
He asked, Where is it?"
DR.. Liu, eminent Chinese ento-
mologist. said: II cannot even find
your depression. Every one Is well
dressed. happy and riding In new
automobiles" A
Evening star., 1936-01-09
text of President Roosevelt's
address at the Jackson day
dinner last night at the May
L flower Hotel follows:
Mr.. Chairman. NV Friends:

address at the jackson ia
dinner last night at the May
l. flower Hotel follows:
Mr.. Chairman. My Friends:
This meeting tonight, in the City
Of Washington. is one of many hun
dreds being held throughout cur 48
States and territorial possessions.
and even on board ships at sea. in
honor OF the memory OF great
general and President, Andrew
Jackson. To all Of you l extend
my most sincere and hearty greet
ings.
am happy to stand here tonight
and declare to you that the real is
sue before the United States is
the right of the average man and
woman to lead a finer, better and
a happier life. That was the same
issue, more than 100 years ago,
that confronted Andrew Jackson.
speak tonight to this Demo-
cratic meeting in the same Ian
guage as If I. were addressing a Re-
publican gathering. a Progressive
gathering. an independent gather
ing, a gathering of business men
or a gathering of workers or OF
farmers. There Is nothing that I
say here tonight that does not ap-
ply to every citizen in the country,
no matter what his ,r her political
Affiliations may be.
It is true that we Americans have
found party organizations to be
useful. if not necessary, in the
crystallization of opinion and in the
demarcation of issues. II is true
that I have received many honors
at the hands of one of our great
parties. 1t is, nevertheless, true
that in the grave questions that
confront the United States today
I, as President of the United States.
must and will consider our common
problems first, foremost and PEE
eminently from the American point
of view.
jackson Is SymD0I
or Great Ideals.
To most of us Andrew jackson
appropriately has become the SYM
boil of certain great ideals. I like
best to think of him as man
whom the average American deeply
and fundamentally understood. To
the masses of his countrymen his
purposes and his character we're an
open book They loved him well
because they understood him we'll
his passion for justice, his cham
pionship of the cause Of the ex-
plotted and the down-trodden. his
ardent and flaming patriotism.
jackson sought social justice and
fought for human rights in his
many battles to protect the people
against autocratic or oligarchic ag-
gression.
If at times his passionate devo-
ton to this cause Of the average
citizen lent an amazing zeal to his
thoughts, his speech end his ac-
tions, the people loved him for it
the more. They realized the inten-
sity Of the attacks by his enemies,
by those who, thrust from power
and position, pursued him with re-
lentleSs hatred. The beneficiaries
Of the abuses to which he put an
end pursued him with all the vio-
lence that political passions can
generate. But the people of his
day were not deceived. They loved
him for the enemies he had made.
Backed not only by bis party
Evening star., 1936-01-09
Vickers

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-01-09


lieved the British government had no
knowledge Of this agreement.
This evidence is not correct"
The Vickers executive then called
attention to two paragraphs of letter
from the admiralty to the Vickers COM
pany to prove his point.
Sir Charles said that had he known
his letters to Carse and other officials
of the American company were to
have been published his wording
would have been different. His sole
object, he insisted, was to impress on
the Electric Boat Co. that its royalty
on submarines would be reduced, a
task in which he was successful.
Questioned concerning the possibil-
ities of bribery, Sir Charles said he
did not think ANY bribery goes on
which would create alarm" but add
ed: Roughly speaking. the farther
you get away from here the looser
business morals are"
Evening star., 1936-01-09
ANTI-VESTED INTERESTS
ISSUE SEEN IN CAMPAIGN
Miss Mary Dewson, Leader OF
Roosevelt Women, Addresses
Democrat Committeewomen.

oCmOI4 dI W SA~~>~~'
Miss Mary Dewson, who has headed
the women in past Roosevelt cam
paigns. declared the coming campaign
will be on a basis of anti-vested in
terests and anti-special privilege. She
spoke to Democratic committeewcmen
and the wives of committeeman at the
National Democratic Club yesterday.
She declared. also, that unless DEM
ocrats hew to the line of making the
country happier place to live" new
groups such as the Townsendites
would flourish.
Although she said she did not be-
lieve the A. A. A. decision doomed the
social security program, which she has
stressed in her work with Democratic
women, she saw in it a necessity for a
reporter plan," by which women
would inform themselves and instruct
others on New Deal measures.
Miss Dewson predicted Roosevelt
victory this Fall and a Democratic
victory in 1910.
Evening star., 1936-01-09
Priest Fined.

For displaying church flag insteal
of the 'swastika on the Matthias
Church in Berlin, Father Coppenrath,
a Catholic priest, has been fined $50.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-09-10
CAMERA CLAN SEE
COLORFUL FILMS

The Waterbury Camera Clan held
q meeting last night at the Malta
tuck Historical society building at
which time A. O. Shelton, ardent ex-
ponent Of color photography and
traveller, addressed the gathering on
his favorite following.
Besides giving q lecture and de-
scription OF the development of the
color photographs process, MFR.
Shelton showed over 90 pictures OF
his recent trip to Newfoundland.
The pictures were exhibited TO show
the difference between the terrain
In the east and west sections OF
Newfoundland. The contrast be.
tween the good roads and other inn
prcvenaents IN the eastern sector
and the wilderness OF the western
area proved Of great interest 10 the
camera clan.
MRS. Frank Wright, club presl-
dent presided -..-.