Evening star., 1936-10-23
Al SMITH REVIEWS
NEW DEAL ATTACK
Tells Chicago Audience
| People Are Being Used
as Foot Ball.
By the Associated Press.

By the associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 23-Alfred E.
Smith. form er Democratic candidate
for President, turned toward Pitts
burgh today to continue his attacks
on the New Deal after declaring he
was satisfied millions and millions
of Jeffersonian Democrats" would vote
for Gov. Alfred M. Landon Novem-
ber 3.
In his speech last night, the third
he has made against the Roosevelt
administration since the first Of the
month, he said the Jeffersonian DEM
ocrats ARE out on limb today, hold
ing the bag, driven out Of the party
because some new bunch that nobody
ever heard of in their life before came
in and took charge of things and
started planning everything"
People Are Foot Ball.
He said the New Deal is playing
foot ball, and the rank and file OF
the American people are the foot ball."
"On November g." he continued, "I
am perfectly satisfied that millions
and millions of Jeffersonian Demo-
crats-Democrats who believe in the
fundamental principles of the DEM
ocratic party, who regard it as their
political byword. Democrats who be-
lieve in the 1882 platform and want
1t enforced-will go to the polls and
so cast their votes as to let the New
Deal play foot ball, while different
administration will give sane, Or
derly, sensible, comprehensive admin.
istration under Gov. Landon of Kan
sas''
Smith said he was speaking against
the New Deal because he believed he
was actually helping to save the
Democratic party"
Discussing the Government debt at
length. he said it would take $4,000
years to pay off the $4,000, 900, 900 he
asserted was now owed by the Gov
ernment, If it were paid at the rate
Of 81 q minute.
Citizens Must Pay.
who Is going to pay it?" he asked,
then answered, 1--WE are"
when I hear this talk about soak
ing the rich," he continued, you
know If we took all the rich men in
the country and stood them on their
heads and took everything away from
them including their undershirt, you
could not begin to pay any part OF It,
He said the money to pay the debt
els going to come out OF the pay en-
velopes, from the proceeds OF the. sale
Of stock on the farm. from the cash
register in the office of the small
business man, and from the treasurer
of the large corporations"
ANY government. like any family"
he asserted, "can for a year spend
little more than it earns, but you and
I know that continuation of that
habit means the poor house. That
was said by the President on July
30, in the city of Albany. in 1887.
I submit we are already there"
He said the ALLEGATION of relief funds
to the various governmental Depart
ments by the President instead of hav-
ing Congress distribute the appropria-
tions means dictatorship"
1.-The duly elected and properly ac-
credited representatives Of the peo-
ple," he declared, should be the mas
ter of the country's purse strings"
Cheers for Roosevelt.
While he was discussing the ma
tional debt, gray-haired man, identi-
fed by police as Harry Trcak, an en-
ploye of a Polish language newspaper,
ran down the center aisle of the
crowded Civic Opera House, shouting:
LET me say just word"
When Smith stopped talking Trcak
began shouting, Roosevelt! Roose-
yelt!" Several persons in the audi
ence yelled, Throw him out" but he
continued to shout, "Hooray Tor
Roosevelt"
He was finally taken from the au-
ditorium by four men, one OF them
holding a hand over his mouth, as he
continued to call President Roosevelts
name. The interruption delayed
Smiths speech about two minutes.