Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
Happenings That Affect Dinner Pals,
Dividend Cheeks And Tax Bills
OF Every individual


On at least one point opponents OF
the Roosevelt Administration are in
agreement with its principal strate-
gist. When James H. Farley opened
the campaign for the Democrats at
Philadelphia he said that there was
but one big issue at stake-the New
Deal. Mr.. Farley is unquestionably
right-and he might have gone a
step farther and said that the issue
is President Roosevelt. Mr.. Roose-
welt is the New Deal-and his per-
sOnality, his opinions and his record
are infinitely more important in this
platform or the speeches Of the
Chiefs lieutenants.
Speeches at the cOnvention-as at
the Republican conelaVe a fortnight
befOre-fOllOwed a definite pattern.
The Keynote address of Senator
Barkley-teFmed by H. L. Mencken
the longest keynote speech since the
fall of the Roman Empire-was we'll
delivered, carefully thought out,
highly OratOrical Even as Republi-
can KeynOter Steiwer could find
nothing but evil in Democrats and
nothing but virtue in Republicans,
KeynOter Barkley found that the Ad-
ministrations of Harding, Coolidge
and Hoover were 100 per cent bad
and that the Administration of
Roosevelt was 100 per cent good. A
similar attitude was expressed the
next day when the Senate majority
leader. Robinson of Arkansas, took
over as permanent chairman and de-
livered an address praising ROOse-
welt to the skies and tearing down
his detractOrs, including The Liberty
League, AL Smith, and ex-President |
Hoover.
Grand finale was the denomination |
by acclamation of Roosevelt and |
Garner (marking only the second |
time in the partys history that a
has been nominated with
out going through the fOrmality of
calling the roll of delegates) and the
Presidents acceptance speech. In
this speech, which was short, pointed
and delivered in his best manner,
Mr.. Roosevelt declared war against /
what he termed economy tyranny"
said that his party and administra-
lion were following the mandate of
he people and were fighting to save
democratic government, said that
governments and presidents can
make mistakes but better the bc-
faults of a government that
ives in a spirit of charity that the
consistent omissions of a government
rOzen in the ice of its own indiffer-
nee" Mr.. ROOsevelt's speech was
with tremendous applause,
IS was every mention OF his name by
'ther orators.
Most important item in Mr.. ROOse-
-elt's speech was a clearing up of
he much talked about question of
in view of the Supreme
,Ourt's abrOgatiOn of so many of his
major legislative acts, he would go
rankly on record in favor of a new
mendment to the Constitution. He
id, though he did not define precise
what kind of an amendment he {
lanted. And he said that he stood
qnarely by the platform.
p II is inevitable that there will be I
luch comparing of this platform l
nth that adopted by the Republi-
ans. Neither document can be hon [
silly called great. Neither is un- t
luivOcal. Both leave plenty of room s
Ir evasion, and both prefer generali- t
es to specific declarations of policy. ?
9th are full of what acidulOus COM d
lentatOrs on the political scene call s
weasel words"
Big cleaverage in the two plat d
rms occurs in the relief planks. a
he Republicans favor return of re- d
ef to the states-the Democrats de- q
nd and continue to favor the ad- p
inistratiOn Of relief by the central n
'vernment, as has been done the d
st four years. e