Evening star., 1936-06-14

all about and, to save my life, I can
not discover any basis whatsoever"
The following Is the text Of Farley's
statement:
The Republican party has set the
stage for the great comedy Of 1885 by
nominating a synthetic candidate on
a counterfeit New Deal platform.
This is the weakest ticket ever NOM
mated in the history Of the party
and it is doomed to overwhelming de-
feat. Resigned to the inevitable, the
Republicans should adopt Lose With
Landon" as their campaign slogan.
Their candidate was, until he was
lifted to eminence by the familiar
build-up process, perhaps one Of the
least known of the Governors of the
48 States. His nomination is con-
feSsion of guilt ON the part Of bank
rupt Republican party. In effect, the
American people are asked to perform
the dangerous experiment of turning
over the reins Of government to q
man whose record has been concealed,
whose views are mystery, and whose
career in public life is without single
achievement to indicate that he Is
equipped for the exacting duties Of the
White House. No one knows what he
stands for, what he wants, or what
he proposes to do.
Grab Bag" President.
i At time when crucial foreign and
domestic problems are pressing for
solution, the Republican party Is i'm
ploring the voters to install a grab
bag" President in control of the Ma
tons affairs.
wonder how the Republican lead
ers keep from laughing out loud at the
gigantic hoax they are trying to put
over on the country. First, they de-
nounce President Roosevelt's policies
for whipping the depression as dan
gerous and radical, and then they
nominate man who advocated poll
cies far more drastic than the Chief
Executive ever thought of attempting.
The convention adopted a platform
calling for Sound currency to be
preserved at all hazards" Gov Lam
don adds hazy Interpretation of his
own about gold basis. The amazing
part about that is that less than three
years ago he was urging President
Roosevelt to initiate the currency and
to pay off the fourth Liberty loan in
greenbacks At a conference Of Gov
ernors in Des Moines, Iowa, in Oc-
tober, 1888, Gov. Landon authorized
his representative, j. H. Mercer, to
sign resolution for him. The reso-
luton called for Government price
fixing of farm products. The news
papers related how the program was
rushed to President Roosevelt at the
White House.
AS we are assured by the Hearst
newspapers that Gov. Landon always
has his feet on the ground" the reso-
luton must be an accurate picture
Of his views at that time.
Afraid of Straight Out Test.
The Republican party placed the
brand of insincerity upon its own ac-
tions when 1t nominated Gov. Lam
don for the presidency. Why did the
convention delegates deliberately pass
over Mr.. Hoover, Senator Vandenberg,
Col. Knox, Representative Wadsworth
and other prominent Republicans who
have been assailing the New Deal un-
mercifully during the past three years?
Why did the convention select a can
didate who, as late as year ago, when
campaigning in a State enthusiastic
for the New Deal, was pleading that
he had co-operated with the New Deal
better than the Democrats?
The answer is obvious. The Repub-
ncans were afraid to go before the
voters on straight-out test Of re-
pudiation or Endorsement Of the New
Deal. As usual, the party lodged and
evaded the issue. Every single Repub-
1ican who had had part in shap-
ing party policies for the past gen.
Grafton was passed over In favor of a |
man who 18 months ago was unheard
Of by 95 per cent of the American |
esople. The fact is that even at this