Evening star., 1936-07-29
'LANDON VAGUE
GOVERNORS INSIST
Six Democratic State Ex.
ecutives Term His Speech
Disappointing.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. July 29.-Six Demo-
cratic Governors last night Joined In
q reply to Gov. ALI M. Landon's &C
ceptance speech. terming it vague"
indefinite" and disappointing"
Speaking from their home States in
a Nationwide broadcast sponsored
by the Democratic National Commit
tee, each Of the Governors analyzed
a different section of the speech and
gave what they said was the reaction
In their States.
Those who spoke were George H.
Earle Of Pennsylvania, Theodore r.
Green Of Rhode Island, Henry Horner
of Illinois, Charles H. Martin of
Oregon, r. L. Cochran Of Nebraska
and Clyde L. Herring Of Iowa.
Gov. Earle, speaking from Phila-
delphia. said the people of Pennsyl-
vania were bitterly disappointed"
after hearing the speech because Of
its vague, far-reaching. indefinite
generalities
Sees Harm to Labor.
He declared that Gov. Landon's
nearest approach to q declaration of
policy on any issue Is his acceptance
Of the company union, the most pow
erful weapon against the rights Of
labor ever invented"
In Chicago, Gov. Horner said:
THE Middle West is frankly disap-
pointed in that speech. He had been
pictured to US by his sponsors as a
strong, silent man. From such a
man we naturally expected frank dis
cussion of the issues. We found that
he was indeed a silent man. silent
on the issues of the campaign and
| even more silent as TO the policies
he intended to carry out"
He spoke at length on Landon's
promise to restore government ''on a
constitutional basis" declaring:
If the sponsoring Of a measure.
later declared unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court, is to be construed as
enmity Of the Constitution, neither
Gov. Landon nor the party that he
represents can be considered as sup
porters OF the Constitution"
Terms Landon Confused"
Gov. Green, speaking at Providence
said: THE more definite" Landon be-
came, "the more confused he seemed
He steered shy Of the tariff, q
Green said He made a wide detoul
around the utilities question. Hs
didn't mention stock market regula'
ton. He breathed never q wore
about banking legislation or q public
works program or specific labor legis.
lation.
You and I have . stake in al
these issues. Gov. Landon chose te
ignore them. We know that the Gov
ernor likes to ride horseback. that HI
loves his family, that he works In hi
shirt sleeves. But that's just about al
we do know about him"
Gov. Martin, at Portland, said th'
people Of Oregon "see no reason fol
substituting something else for th'
New Deal" and that if Gov. Landor
thinks we should, it is up to him Il
convince U.s."
Sees no Reason for Change.
But I must confess" he added
there was nothing in his talk of las
Thursday to give our citizenry thu
slightest reason for turning its bacl
upon the present administration a
Washington"
In Omaha, Gov. Cochran compared
the Republican nominees fiscal recort
In Kansas to his own in Nebraska, de
claring that kansas has been IA
from a self-sustained State during tn
administration Of Gov. Landon."
We find that Kansas, though TWEEN
ty-fourth among all our States in pop
ulation,'' he said, lis fifteenth anon!
the States in amount Of help received
from the Federal Government.
IT do not see anything in Gov. Ian
don's record in the State of Kansas Il
give cheer to the taxpayers"
Gov. Herring. speaking at De
Moines, criticized Gov. Landon's farm
program as vague" and declared tina
he promises, If elected, to do abou
half as much for the farmer as th'
New Deal has already done"
Fair Break" From New Deal.
"The New Deal program has givei
us a fair break" he said. 1T haI
placed the farm producer upon al
equality with the producers Of othel
sections and that Is all we ask.
I'VE have performance, not promises
and we decline to be detoured down th'
side roads of political promises"
Gov. Herring, referring to Gov. Ian
don's strange hostility to the A. A. A.,
declared the Roosevelt farm program
brought over $l00,000,000 in casl
benefits to his home State of Kansa
and nearly doubled the. income o
Kansas farmers from 1882 to 1885,"
Quoting Landons acceptance speecl
as saying even before it was ruled ou
by the Supreme Court, the A. A. A. wa
capably disorganizing American agri
culture" Gov. Herring asked.
Cannot Gov Landon remember q