Evening star., 1936-10-26
AMERICAN SYSTEM
At STAKE, LANDON
SAYS IN MARYLAND
"Foreign Pattern" of New
Deal Is Issue, Crowd in
Baltimore Told.
WILL BE A NEIGHB0R
IN JANUARY, he SAYS
G.. O. P. Candidate Leaves for
Philadelphia to Make Major
Address Tonight.
(Tert OF Landon Speech on BID

By the Associated Press.
ABOARD LANDON SPECIAL EN-
ROUTE TO PHILADELPHIA, Octo-
Der 26.-Gov. ALI M. Landon told the
Nations voters today the presidential
election is choice between the
american system under the Amer
lean Constitution" and the New Deals
foreign pattern"
Opening a new Atlantic Seaboard
drive in Baltimore, the Republican
nominee pictured "the fundamental
New Deal policy" as leading toward
"the misery, the poverty, the hope
iessness out of which relationships
arise
The crowd, estimated at 5000 to
10000" by Police Capt. Frank Catch,
foared mo as Landon demanded
Shall we give four years more to
the men who are working on this
foreign pattern? Shall We give them
what they will construe as mandate
to finish the job?"
"Or shall we vote to return to the
American system under the American
Constitution"
Yes" shouted his hearers, stand
ing in a ring around a temporary
speakers stand before the station.
Confident of Answer.
st know what your answer will be
on the Sd of November" Landor
concluded, his face grave.
The Republican nominee prefaced
his address with the statement, u
am only sorry I am not reaching
Baltimore at meal time. hear it's
the best place in America to eat.
But there is this consolation. After
January /, I'm going to be your neigh
Dor. You can expect me over now
and then"
Wearing an overcoat and a red
scarf about his throat, Landon spoke
with trace of the hoarseness that
has been affecting him. His physi-
clan, DR.. L. B. Spoke, reported i'm
provement, however. His train de-
parted from Baltimore at 11:l5 am.
for Wilmington. Del. and Phila-
delphia.
Landon based his bid for Maryland:
support upon conferences with party
leaders aboard his Sunflower Special
and the address at Baltimore in which
he asserted:
"It is the essence of the New Deal
that the Constitution must go in order
to give men in Washington the power
to make America over; to destroy
the American way of life and estab-
lish foreign way Of life in its place.
After the stop at Baltimore, Lam
don planned a rear platform appear.
ance at Wilmington before reaching
Philadelphia for a major radio ad'
dress to be delivered at $50 O'Clock
Eastern standard time) tonight.
Quotes High Official"
Landon quoted "high official o.
the New Deal as saying that "planninf
will necessarily become a function o.
the Federal Government. Either tina
or the planning agency will superseds
the Government ="
do you want the kind of dictator.
ship this New Deal leader advocates?'
Landon demanded. Can aide said HI
quoted Rexford Guy Tugwell, Under
secretary of Agricultural
Taking up New Deal measures ont
by one, Landon said they hope tn
country will forget"
"They tell us balanced budget il
on the way" he said. "They hope tn
country will forget that six times il
the past four years the President ha
promised to balance the budget, ant
only last week he promised the seventh
time.
They give lip service to the Amer
lean form of government. They hop
the country will forget that nine ou
of the eleven major statutes enacte,
by their administration have been hel,
unconstitutional by the Suprem
Court"
Landon enumerated as "New Dea
policies every one of which woul,
be a major issue in an ordinary cam
paign:
Waste and extravaganza in Gov
eminent.
1.-THE debauching of civil service.
1.-THE alliance with corrupt city ma
chimes.
1.-THE extending Of Farleyized meth
(See LANDON, Page A-5)