The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-02

why even Q cOmmu0lSt W1Lu wild whiskers and 8 smoking bomb in his hand is welcome as long as he signs on the dotted line. And whf1e we're at that what about the mayor of New York? Good neighbor nowI What about the mayor = ne's 8 New dealer-he spends 8 large part of his time in Washington and re- gently be went out West some place to meet up with the Pro- gressives that are going to stand behind the New Deal. Now, is LaGuardia Communist If he is, then I'm a Chinaman with a hair cut.
 Now ask yourself this question --is the New Deal right, and is everybody else in the United States wrong? How about the democratic newspapers? The Lord knows there ain't many of them in the United States, north of the Mason and Dixon line. But within the last two weeks more of the most permanent den- ocratic newspapers that have stood behind the democratic party, in season and out of season, vic- tory or defeat, have declared in their columns that they've gone as far as it is possible for them to go with the New Deal administration. What about the democratic Uni- ted States senators? There's about seven or eight of them down in Washington that on the floor of the senate said more cauStic and more bitter things about the New Deal than I've so far said tonight or that I even intend to say. Let's have just one of them from the dean-United States Senator Glass of Virginia.
 Senator Glass
 Here's what ne says: "The New Deal taken all-in-all is not only a mistake-it's a disgrace to the na- ton. And the time is not far dis tant when we shall be ashamed of having wandered so far from the dictates of common sense and common honesty. If it weren't so many people who depend upon me and by that do not mean my family, I would rather rave died than live to see the disgrace of this error. That was published as an interview in "The Washington Post, and never denied by the senate. I regard Senator Glass as one of the leading democrats of this country. owe him 8 very personal debt of gratitude because he battled for me in 1920 in the State of Virginia against hope less proposition.
 Senator Bailey, Senator Ash- forth and our own Senator, Sen- ator Copeland of New York have all in their time said harSher and more cruel things about the New Deal party than do.
 What about all the men that started out with the New Deal and couldn't last any longer? There is a long list of them that would take me 8 long while, beginning with Peek, and you read Peek's story in "The Saturday Evening Post", and you've got something worth while spending an after noon reading.
 Warburg
 Read what Jim Warburg said, and he was a trusted financial adviser and was a delegate from this country to the Monetary Conference in London, and, above all things, be sure to read what Douglas said, who is the director of the budget.
 We'll, we are coming near the end of the radio time, so let me just say this: If the Administra- tion in Washington-no matter what it desires to call itself, had lived up to that democratic plat form that was adopted in Chicago in 1882, and if it had remained true to the principles of Jefferson, that kept the democratic party alive in this country after one bitter defeat following the other, if the president himself had made good on his promises I wouldn't be on this platform tonight. There would be collation. of American women opposing the national ad- miniStration.
 I know where I'd be, I'd be at the democratic committee head quarters, where I've been for SO many years, ready to bat for a success, but I can't see how any, body can expect me to battle or even battle for or even defend a failure.
 Here we are up to our neck in debt, twenty-two million people getting government relief, millions out of employment, the farm problem unsolved, after all the power and all the money, we find ourselves where-on the dead end street called Failure-dismal, dull, dark, dreary, Failure.
 American Citizen
 Newton Baker, the secretary of war in the cabinet of President Wilson; recently delivered a speech before the American Le- zion, and he said in his speech that the proudest boast of the ancient world was I am a Roman citizen. Well, you remember the recitation, Rome, thou has been a tender friend to me, Rome that sat upon her seven hills, and from on her throne of beauty she ruled the world" In that time to be Roman was greater than to be king. In this troubled world today let it be our proud boast I am an American citizen.
 For Landon
 America, you have ben tender friend to me, you have been Gods gift of opportunity to me, and to be an American is greater than to be a King, and am an American before am 8 democrat, before am republican or before I'm anything, and have never in my long public career ducked, dodged and pussyfooted. I have never found fault with anything unless I was prepared to suggest a rem-