Evening star., 1936-06-12
FOUGHT WAY Up
BY HARD LABOR
Knows Problems OF LabOrer,
Farmer and Business Man
From Actual Contact.

OF the speech by John
~ Hamilton. Republican ma
iionsl committeeman from Kansas,
nominating Gov All NJ. Landon
tor the Republican presidential
nomination:
Today this Nation Is faced with
the unusual picture OF President
Of the United States. apparently
without concern, and at times
seemingly by design, using the
powers and prerogatives Of his
high office to undermine the Amer
ican democracy. Under his ad-
T1inistra tion we have seen the
courts circumvented; indefensible
waste and extTavagance reflected
IN mounting deficits; the use for
partisan purposes of authority and
money granted by Congress sup
posedly to avert suffering and dis
tress
His only fixed policies have fos-
tered monopoly; threatened the
Nations credit; driven needed cap
ital. from the field OF industrial
enterprise: increased unemploy-
ment. and caused confidence in
representative government to reach
It's ebh. From 1t all there has
rome sense OF insecurity, OF un-
certainty and even Of dread, pre-
Guiding any hope OF re-establish-
tns individual security, OF moral
reapakening OF our people, or OF a
oermanent rehabilitation OF agr-
culture and industry.
Republican Party Sole
EalIying Ground for Action.
Although we come as Republic
ans we are here, in fact, repre-
senting every man and every Wom-
an who slories in the accomplish
ment Of our Nations past and has
faith in our Nations future. For
this great group Of our people the
Republican party provides the sole
rallving ground for uaited political
action, We are, therefore. charged
with the responsibility OF carrying
out our duties here with unques-
toned good faith TO party and to
country. and we cannot be uncon-
scious OF the profound obligation
that is ours. So grave are the
issues. so serious the task confront
ing us that we must. in the full
f1llment of that obligation. enter
tain from this platform no sugges-
tionS of measures or OF men I'M
less brought TO US freed from self
ish motives and personal smbi-
tions.
II we are 10 full that obligation,
we shall here nominate one whose
personal history gives full sssur-
ance OF a sympathetic understand
ing OF the problems at hand and
whose experience in private life
and as a public official holds out
will be met with efficiency, hon.
nsty and courage. Specifically, 1t
means that he who carries the
standard OF AmericaniSm in the
have a clear conception OF the
problems of those who labor,
gained not from q detached, theo-
retical viewpoint, but because he
has labored; that he must have a
realization OF the needs OF those
in distress, not from the informa-
tion of others. received in sur
roundings OF luxury. but from per-
sonal contact with those who have
been IN want: that he shall know
the problems of those who culti-
vate the soil, not through what he
has learned from others who pom
der these questions in academic
halls, but by having lived among
them. and having heard the story
from their own lips He must
know something of the difficulties
and intricacies Of American busi-
ness life, not from economists who
have never known the necessity Of
meeting a pay roll but from his
own experience in business. He
needs must realize that the dis
hursement Of public funds Is q
public trust and not a political
revelry. and he is the more apt TO
have that realization If his own
property has not been bestowed
upon him. but has been gained
through his own efforts
History OF Gov. IandOn Is
Story Of Modern America.
Fully conscious Of the duties and
obligation 1 conceive to be mine
as q delegate to this convention,
and apprecisting the character
that we must require of our nom
inee, give you the name OF a
Republican Governor from a Re
publican State-Alfred Mossman
Landon of Kansas.
The personal history of Gov.
1Andon Is a story of modern
America. 1t Is a tribute TO indi-
vidual opportunity and to individ-
nal character. Gov. Landon was
no more favored by fortune than
millions OF his fellow citizens. His
education and upbringing were not
those which great riches can pur-
chase. His heritage did not include
material wealth. But he did share
with millions of the rest of us in
the mighty fortune with which
American principles of life and
American opportunities for life
have endowed us. Faith in Ameri-
ca and confidence in themselves
guided Gov. Landons parents
while he was a boy, and that same
faith has guided him in his activ-
tiles as man.
In common with the great ma
jority of his fellow citizens. Gov.
Landon learned from the precept
and example Of his parents the
abiding virtues of work. of hon.
esty. of thrift. of modeSty, and OF
tolerance, and he learned also the
excellent and unanswerable rea-
sons why these virtues remain with
Hs while others less substantial
fade away.
Shared In War and With
Army Of Peaeetime Workers.
In common with all of his gen.
Grafton, he shared the advantages
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