The Washington times., 1936-06-23
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(COntlnued from rage ~
to assure him prevented any
possible increase in available
jobs.
"a correction of this obstinate
and inhumane policy is one of
the first essentials of recovery
and the greatest duty we owe
the unemployed"
At the beginning of his ad
dress Hamilton took up the claim!
put forward by Farley in recent
months. lie said:
"Ten days ago, as 1 am sure
you have heard, something hap
pened in Cleveland. The Re
publican party in convention
assembled actually failed to ap-
prove the record of the present
Federal Administration and ne
elected to urge the reelection of
Mr.. Roosevelt himself.
"Such action, of course,
amounted to a reputation Of
- the political prophecies Of Mr..
Farley and that gentleman has
indicated the Republican dele
gates will live to regret their
impertinent action.
81, myself, would not be so
optimistic over the results of
the coming campaign if 1 could
take my old friend 'Three-Way'
Jim Farley seriously, but 1
haven't been able to do that
since the summer of 1884, when
he spoke at Salt Lake City and
said, We are having the most
economical Federal AdminiStra-
tiOn you have had for years.
"That evidenced his splendid
sense of humOr which he has
apparently retained in spite of
what he has had to deal with
for he recently spoke of Cover.
nor LandOn's candidacy as an
experiment
"JIM'S JOLLY JEST"
''NOw, it is difficult to con.
ceive how anyone could have
been in Washington for the last
three and one-half years and
speak seriously about expert
mentS.
"We shall just pass it over as
another Of Jim'S jolly jeSts, but,
II it was not said in the spirit
Of fun, then / must caution Jim
to look over Charlie MichelSOn'S
speeches more carefully because
l am afraid Charlie may have
him slipped another typical
Prairie State phrase and Jim
can't stand many more of those"
The convention candidates and
their platform, Hamilton declared,
have appealed to citizens through
out the nation, without regard to
party lines.
OF the methods allegedly pur-
sued to lull the public into false
sense of well-being. he said:
'Mr. Roosevelt has counted on
the fact that there seems to be
no direct connection between
the life of the individual citi-
zen and the governmental poll
cies he has pursued. He has
relied upon occasional gestures
and praises Of good will to direct
attention away from the prac-
tical results Of his impractical
actions"
STOOD ON HONOR
The spirit of the party plat
form, Hamilton declared, reflects
the spirit of Governor Landon,
the party's candidate. Referring
to Landon'S telegram to the con-
vention, Hamilton said:
'EHe was more concerned with
honor, and his fearless telegram
to the convention was proof
enough that he was unwilling to
leave any doubt in the mind Of
either the party or the country
as to what his convictions were
and what his attitude might be
on any major question"
Hamilton continued:
1--WE shall bring to the atten-
tiOn Of our people Mr.. ROOse-
veIt's statement that the merit
system har been and will con-
tinue to be extended during my
Administration and at the same
time the fact that the percentage
Of Government employees under
Civil Service is the lowest in
rs years.
"We shall note Mr.. Roose-
veIt's words uttered on Septem-
ber IA, 1882, in my home city
. of Topeka, when he said that his
= farm plan must not be cOercive'
and also the fact that under the
e.: potato control act of 1885, the
Kerr tobacco act and the Bank
head cotton act taxes, fines and