The Coolidge examiner., 1936-10-16
LETTER GIVES FRIENDLY
ADVICE TO AL
Whipple. Ariz.
October 2, 1883
An Open Letter To
Mr.. Alfred f. Smith,
Empire State Building,
New York N "


New York, N. Y.
Dear AT:
Last night I heard the broadcast
OF the speech you were making in
Carnegie Hall, and l felt that SIM
ply must write you a letter.
In the very beginning, though. I
want to ask you to please excuse
any mistakes l may make in my use
Of English.
My main reason for making this
an open letter is, that l am saving
every cent that I possibly can be-
tween now and November third. 10
Use in betting that Franklin ID.
Roosevelt will be reelected, and I
did not feel like spending the three
cents 1t would require to post this
letter.
Now, the reason for the letter IT.
self. 1t Is to give you some good ad-
vice. You mentioned in your speech,
that when the present administered
ton took office, there was one thing
you were willing to do, and that
was to give advice, but they nevel
did ask for any. Well, l am a cheer
'ul giver, myself, when it comes to
advice. So here goes.
| would advise you to make A
more thorough and minute examiua-
ton of the Republican platform. 7
heard some of the speeche. YOU
made in 192S,-I was strongly N
favor of your election at that time.
but wonder if I could have been
wrong then, or if it is that you are
wrong now? | guess it is both
and oh. what things you did say
about that platform, and yes. what
things you did say about some of
the very men who are leaders nf
the Republican party right now. I
know there is a vast difference in a
view from atop the Empire State
building. and view from amidst
cactus and sage brush. but to me if
looks very much like the same old
platform. OF course, some of th ,
panks have been turned so as 10
put the better side out, and some
other planks that had begun to
show too much signs of wear, have
Deen patched up, with some thing
similar to plastic wood.-You
know, you can cause very decep-
tive appearance, by the expert an
pllcation OF plastic wood, or of plas
TIC oratory.-so, some of the peopl :
may be fooled into thinking it is a
new platform, but the majority. as
you will see after election. Will ra.
cognize it for what it really is.
AS an Illustration, let us suppose
there are two yards of lots divided
by fence. In the one is a catherine
Of Old Guard Republicans. and il,
the other, gathering of Democrats,
A crew of Republican builders de-
eide to erect their platform. strad-
ding the fence.-which would he
the most likely place they could
f'nd. Maybe the fence would helm
support lt.-In this process of erec.
ton, great care is exercised to place
the planks so, that, for the side on
which the Republicans are standing
1t looks just like the same old plat,
form, but from the view point of tho
Democrats, it has all the aspects If
al odd, unstable, contraption. which
II Is. However, there is one among
the Democrats, who, due to the fac.
that he has been otherwise occun;
cd, has worked to the outer edge of
thc Sroup and on the side farthest
from the scene of construction
FINALLY, the noise the builders are
making attracts his attention, and
hc looks up to see this platform Ht
lS quite a distance away and fcr
that reason has the wrong perspec.
tive entirely, but it does lOoI, a..
tractive to him and he decides to
climb up on it. The poor : low
What surprise he will get when
the thing does collapse.
Enough OF that. | want to saw y
word or two about the poor mis-.
guided fellow, who, during a nause
IN your speech, undertook to asl.
you question. l could not catch
what the question was, and am
flied with burning curiosity Rut
Just to think OF such audacj:1 fo-
him to dare to ask you a question
without first being sure that i was
framed in the very best English
Amt it awful al? (By the way,
believe, that during the time cf the