Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-17
Sen. Dickinson Is
Bitter Enemy OF
ROOsevelt's Acts
Iowa Republican Scores New
Deal; LIE Gore Makes
Impression

implacable foe of the Democrats,
made the striking assertion at a Re-
publican rally last week that "you
can afford to devote 80 per cent of
your time to politics from now to
the election to save America for Am
ericans." From this curious theme
the Westerner developed an interest
ing, if somewhat overdrawn, account
of the evils of the Roosevelt admin
istration.
The rally was held Friday after
noon on the farm of Walter Johnson,
the former star baseball pitcher of
the Washington Nationals.
Harry LeGore, Of Frederick Coun-
ty, who seeks the Congressional seat
now occupied by David (Davy) j.
Lewis, also made a speech and al
though dealing mostly with dry sta
tistics, made quite a hit with the
farmers because of his quiet dignity
and apparent sincerity.
Dickinson, always an actor, kept
the crowd in good spirits as he lam
basted the New Deal. With his pc
cularities of speech, including queer
laugh at the end Of nearly every SEN
tence and his habit of saying "didya
get that?" he put on quite an enter
tainment. LeGore was not so enter
tanning but one had feeling that
his heart and mind were on the sub.
ject.
Walter Dawson also made a gooc
talk as he introduced Sen. Dickinson
Robert Lucas, former national lead.
er of the G. 0. p, also spoke.
Senator Dickinson said he had op-
posed the New Deal from its incep-
ton and that the few good features
of the present administration are not
New Deal features at all but adapta-
tons of Republican programs.
He declared the banking bill did
not have the bank guaranty feature
when it was presented and that this
guaranty clause the New Dealers
'have crowed about" actually was in
serted at the insistence of Republican
Senator Vandenburg.
Eighty-two per cent of the banks
that were closed by the President
opened up within three weeks. They
had the same assets and the same
securities they had when they closed
and if they were solvent when they
opened again they also were solvent
when they closed, Senator Dickinson
declared, in belittling the bank holi.
day.
He declared that the farmer is not
going to be pulled out Of the depres-
sion by paying him not to raise what
he ought to raise.
Restoration OF confidence is the
chief need of the people, he said,
and it cannot be restored "by apple
sauce about green pastures" or by
conferences of Governors to cure
drought that only God can cure.
The tariff bill also was attacked
by State Senator LeGore.
Taking land out of production has
opened an abundant American market
to foreign competition and the alien
farmer is laughing up his sleeve at
the agriculturists Of this country. If
our farmers are to maintain produc-
ton they should have the benefit of
the domestic market and sufficient
steps should be taken to protect
them," he said.
Walter johnson opened the rally
with an address of welcome. Earl
Whittier Shinn, president of the Lam
don-McGore Club, presided and in
troduced Senator Dickinson. Walter
w. Dawson, chairman of the Repub-
lican State central committee for
Montgomery County, introduced Le-
Gore.