davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1936-10-02
By thA Associated press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 2.-High
lights from the address Of Alfred e.
Smith here last night follow:
Unless you are ready to subscribe
for the New Deal 100 per cent and
sign your name on the dotted line,
you are a tory. You are prince Of
privilege.
The American business man is GER
tainly having q swell time of it get
ting kicked around all over the lot.
The New Deal was entirely
unwilling to meet the issues Of States
rights. They preferred to go up q
dark alley and do it under cover.
I have no grudge against the ma
tional administration or anybody con-
nected with 1t. My fault with them
is that they have betrayed the party.
II there ever was narrow, personal
and partisan administration, vim
Evening star., 1936-10-02

the platform. After get finished.
you can get up here and have as
much as you want to say.
(Cries of Put him out."0
Mr.. Smith-Just be quiet. This
is a Democratic meeting.
Ready to Give Advice,
But Nobody Asked for II.
Then, of course, there was sug-
gested also that I was a little bit
disturbed because I wasn't offered
a position in the cabinet. Well,
that Is silly. That is about as
silly as anything could be. Why,
as a matter Of fact, couldn't
afford to take a position in the
cabinet. I couldn't afford to live
in Washington and give all my time
at the salary that a cabinet office
pays, but there is one thing that
I could have done, and one thing
that I always stood ready to do,
and would not have hindered a
moment Of my business time. 1
was always ready to give advice.
But I was never asked for it.
The fact Of the matter is I only
saw the President once since the
day he was inaugurated. He asked
me two questions. He asked me
what I thought Of the appoint
ment of Jimmy Hoey. I told him
I thought it was a good appoint
ment, that Mr.. Hoey was a friend
Of mine, and he is an outstanding
citizen. Then he inquired for the
grandchildren, and, of course, I
told him they were wonderful.
While We are on the subject Of
grudges let me talk to you about a
grudge on a grand national scale,
and that was set forth in the
statement of the chairman of the
Democratic National Committee
when he said you were on the out
side unless you were for Roosevelt
before Chicago. If ever there was
a narrow, personal and partisan
administration. vindictive against
everybody that doesn't agree with
its leaders. it is the New Deal, and
that kind of an administration
cannot be democratic.
Well. let's go back little bit.
1t Is 80 years ago this month since
I was first nominated for public
ONCE. Since that time I ran for
Evening star., 1936-10-02

public ONCE 81 times and I was
elected l9. My name was before
the convention at San Francisco
as far back as 1920 as a candidate
for the nominstion for the presi-
dency. I was put in nomination by
Representative Cochran from New
York, and in that convention I
seconed the nomination of Frank
lin D. Roosevelt for Vice President.
Planted Seed That Bore
Democratic Victory in 1882.
Down in old Madison Square
Garden for about two and a half
weeks, we battled over the nomi-
nation. In 1928, finally, in Houston
in the State of Texas, was nomi-
mated and Travelled $4,000 miles
through this country spreading the
gospel Of democracy, and I can
say without ego that I planted the
seed that brought the eventual
victory of 1882.
It occurs to me-and I think it
would occur to you-that with all
OF that experience I should know
who the Democratic leaders are.
I should know who the men are
that gave of their time and their
service to the party. But I am
compelled to say, who is Ickes. who
Is Wallace, who is Hopkins, and in
the name of all that Is good and
holy. who is Tugwell, and where
did he blow from?
could mention dozens of others.
but these are keymen. These are
the men who sit around the table
for the flxation of national policy,
and I don't think one of them
ever read the Democratic platform.
Why, don't have to tell it to YOU.
You know it as we'll as do. When
this administration came into
power on the 4th of March, 1888.
the whole country was with them.
The President of the United
States was the Count of Monte
Cristo. He was sitting pretty on
top of the earth and the world
belonged to him. He could have
commandeered the best brains in
this country. No man put any
more service under him than they
could refuse to Wilson during the
period of the War. No man was
ever given greater power by Con-
gress, and look at what we got.
Why, I think our friend ought to
get the good neighbor treatment.
We ought 10 say good night.
Well now, I just happened to
pick up the paper yesterday and
here is where I got that thought
from. Here is what the President
of Dartmouth College said about
it:
In place of leaders of balanced
judgment and capacity for dis
eliminating counsel, the New Deal
has elevated to many of its FORE
most positions of authority and in
f1uence in this time of crisis men
of no better than second rate
qualification and with little expert
ence in dealing with affairs of any
magnitude"
Administration Is New Deal
Not of the Democratic Party.
Well, what is the reason for that?
There is a reason for everything.
We come back to what said a few
minutes ago; that is not a Demo-
cratic administration. 1t is never
referred to as such by its own
people. 1t is called a New Deal.
You don't hear of Democratic
policies, you hear Of Roosevelt
policies Why. I don't have to re-
mind the people that live in New
Evening star., 1936-10-02
Ouips Taken From Al Smiths
Speech n gair,st Ne,v Deal

dictive against everybody that doesn't
agree with its leaders, it is the New
Deal, and that kind of administra-
ton cannot be Democratic.
Who Is Ickes, who Is Wallace,
who is Hopkins, and in the name of all
that is good and holy, who is Tug
well, and where did he blow from?
Is (Mayor) La Guardia a Demo-
crat? If he Is. then am a China
man with a haircut.
Ask yourself this question: Is the
New Deal right and is everybody else
in the United States wrong?
80 II the President himself had
made good on his promises, I would
not be on this platform tonight.
I firmly believe that the remedy for
all the ills that we are suffering from
today is the election of Alfred M.
Landon.
Evening star., 1936-10-02
Smiths Speech Indorsing Landon
That the Remedy for All Our Ills Is
Landon's Election

the Steering Committee to the
bandmaster that he should not play
"The Sidewalks of New York" any,
more.
That is Democratic song. That
is the song that recognizes the exist
ence Of Mamie O'Rourke. And in
its place was substituted the New
Deal anthem, Happy Days are
Here Again"
Another one of the powerful
arguments that was made in de-
tense of the New Deals position
against my Washington speech was
my business associates. Well, just
let me deal with that for about q
half a minute. In the true sense of
the word, I have no business as
sociates, and by that I mean that
am not engaged with anybody in
any business where any Of it comes
to me. I am q salaried man. I
have never been anything else.
am working for q salary. And there
Isn't any difference between me
and any other salaried employe.
Lack Of Early Education
Handicapped Economic Fight.
Let's see how that comes. After
left Albany the first time, I came
down here to New York. I had no
means. had to go to work. I left
Albany on the first Of January. and
I was working on the second. I
had no money to start a business.
had no profession because I didn't
have enough early education to
equip me for any kind Of profession.
I didn't have q rich aunt or a rich
uncle to take care Of me. I GER
tainly didn't know anything about
farming. and even If did, I didn't
have the farm.
And outside Of that period of
time that lived in the Executive
Mansion in Albany, I spent nv
whole lifetime on the water..' mt
of New York and I couldn't even
be a good sailor because get sea-
sick too easily.
The same thing occurred in 1928
when I returned to New York.
Well, Of course. I met men of
means. didn't have to wait until
came down to New York to meet
them. I met them while I was in
Albany. and they are only paying
me what they think am worth,
don't know anybody giving any,
thing away. But let me say this
fer the benefit of the New Deal
cr$.c: Every decision that I ever
had to make in my executive ca
pacity has been made in the inter-
est Of the men that we're working
under me.
OF course, I make no apology for
being in business. There is moth
ing dishonorable about business,
whether it be large or whether it
be small, or about business men,
whether they be big or whether
they be little. because in the last
analysis We have got to look to the
business men of this country if we
are going to have a permanent
solution of the unemployment
question. or any return to anything
that looks like permanent pros
Evening star., 1936-10-02
"I Firmly Believe
~ the Associated Press.

Gy Lne ASSOCldLeQ FTSSS.
NEW YORK, october 2.-The tex
pf Alfred E. Smiths address before
the Independent Coalition Of Ameri.
can Women at Carnegie Hall last
night follows:
I desire at the outset to thank
the National Coalition of American
Women for this opportunity to ad-
dress their organization and their
guests here in New York City.
Before I get started I want to
deal very briefly with one Of the
chief characteristics Of the New
Deal. That characteristic is. be
sure that you heap plenty of abuse
on anybody that happens to dis
agree with you. Unless you are
ready to subscribe for the New
Deal 100 per cent and sign your
name on the dotted line, you are
Tory. You are prince privilege.
You are a reactionary, or you are
an economic royalist.
Bear in mind that nobody es-
capes that. You come ready for
your share of it tomorrow morning.
The smear department, the national
committee, will be working over
time tonight.
That can be taken lightly, and
we can pass it over with a smile.
but nevertheless, to my way Of
thinking, that Is a rather serious
situation in this country, for this
reason: It tends to breed class ha-
tired. It tends to set up one class
of our people against another, and
that is not healthy In this country,
and real Democrats do everything
they possibly can to escape 1t.
Good Neighbor Speech
OF Last March Is Recalled.
Let us see what we should really
be. The President was speaking
at Rollins College in Florida on
the 23d of last March, and he
voiced a very beautiful sentiment
"Your Neighbor." This is what he
said: THE good neighbor is not
just the man who lives next door to
you. The objective includes the
relationship of your family to his.
It extends to all the people who
live in the same city, the same
county and the same State, and.
most important of all to the future
of our Nation, 1t must and shall
extend to all our neighbors, to our
fellow citizens in all States and in
all regions which make up the
Nation
That is a beautiful sentiment Of
brotherly love. That promotes the
natural instinct of love Of neigh
Dor. but when the President re-
ported to Congress on the state of
the Nation as he is required to do
by the Constitution, he had some
different things to say about his
neighbors in the Nation. and in the
course of his long report on the
state of the Union he used the
following:
Hatred of entrenched, unscru-
pulous money-changers. Their own
stubborness and their own incom-
petence could hardly cloak the en-
slavers of the public malefaction
that is being spread. am conf
Evening star., 1936-10-02

York that In 1888 the New Deal
party put its own ticket in the
field In this city against the regu-
lar ticket Of the Democratic
organization.
And does the New Deal always
support Democrats in primary and
general elections? Not at all.
What about Nebraska? What
about Minnesota? And what about
Wisconsin, where men of the oppo-
site political faith, because they
call themselves Progressives and
put the stamp Of approval upon the
New Deal, receive the strength and
the power of the so-called Demo-
cratic administration? Why, even q
Communist with wire whiskers and
a torch in his hands Is welcome, so
long as he signs on the dotted line.
While We are at that, what about
the mayor of New York? Good
neighbor now. What about the
mayor? He is a New Dealer. He
spends a large part Of his time in
Washington and recently went out
West some place to meet up with
the ProgresSives that are going to
stand behind the New Deal. Is La
Guardia Democrat? II he Is, then
am Chinaman with a hair cut.
Ask yourself this question: Is the
New Deal right and is everybody
else in the United States wrong?
How about the Democratic news
papers? The Lord knows there are
not many of them in the United
States north of the Mason and
Dixon line, but within the last two
weeks four Of the most prominent
Democratic newspapers that stood
behind the Democratic party In
season and out of season, victory
or defeat, have declared in their
columns that they have gone as
far as it is possible for them to go
with the New Deal administration.
Democratic Senators
More Caustic in Criticism.
What about the Democratic Sen
ators? There are 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 have so
far said tonight or that I even in
tend to say.
Let's have just one Of them,
United States Senator Glass Of Vir-
ginia. Here is what he says: 1.-The
New Deal, taken all in all, Is not
only mistake, it is a disgrace to
the Nation and the time is not far
distant when we shall be ashamed
of having wandered so far from the
dictates of common sense and COM
mon honesty. II it weren't for so
many people who depend upon me,
and by that I do not mean my
family. would rather have died
than lived to see the disgrace Of
this era"
You can't beat that. That was
published as an interview in the
Washington Post and never denied
by the Senator. I regard Senator
Glass as one Of the leading DEM
ocrats of this country.
owe him very personal debt
of gratitude because he battled for
me in 1928 in the State of Virginia
against hopeless proposition.
Senator Bailey, Senator Ashurst
and our own Senator, Senator Cope
land of New York, have all. in their
time. said harsher and more cruel
things about the New Deal party
than I did. What about all the
men who started out with the New
(see SMITH, Page C-e.l
Evening star., 1936-10-02

dent that Congress is ready and
willing to wage increasing warfare"
johnson Comment
OF "Rabble R0user" Quoted.
There is a neighborly spirit for
you. Well, I don't want to give my
opinion about it. If I can get an
opinion that suits the situation bet
ter, I think I ought to give 1t to
you. I will give you the opinion of
Gen. johnson. Gen. johnson is
supporting the New Deal in the
columns Of the metropolitan news
papers, but Immediately following
that report on the state of the
Union over his own signature, that
is what he said about it: "A rabble-
rouser. A deliberate appeal to pas
sion. The Joy of every advocate Of
class hatred, here and in Russia,
makes him chief of the factions of
discomfort"
I am in favor of taking the gen.
erals explanation of it.
In January last I made a speech
in Washington. 1t was not cloaked
in general terms. I was specific
about what said and I invited
criticism in the event that may be
wrong with respect to the record.
took the Democratic platform as
it was adopted in Chicago, plank
by plank, and I read it to the as
sembled guests and I then pointed
to the record. ! was either right
or was wrong. II I was wrong,
why it was perfectly easy thing
for any representative of the New
Deal to pick up that same platform
and point to the accomplishment of
the different planks either by leg
tslation or by executive action.
Did anybody attempt that? They
did not. But, one of the Democratic
leaders undertook to make reply
to it, and what was the reply?
Well, Al has gone high-hat.
Old Friends Still
Welcome as Of Old.
That is a perfectly good excuse
for disregarding the sacred promise
OF the party given to the people in
1882. There is another mistake
about it. have a high-hat. So
has every other man that ever goes
to a wedding or a funeral. But I
also have a brown derby.
Then there was another very
potent and very forceful argument
in defense of the New Deal, and
that was that AL moved away from
the fish market, and he forgot his
old neighbors. Well, nothing could
be further from the truth than that
because there are good many of
them in this building tonight and
anybody connected with my organi-
zatic1 knows that the door of the
Empire State office of mine is open
to them just the same as it was
when I sat in the club house night
after night to meet them while I
was a member of the assembly.
Nobody can dispute that.
The Sidewalks of New York" is
still in existence, although accord
ing to the newspapers, during the
progress of the convention at Phila-
delphia, word came from one of
Evening star., 1936-10-02

perity. But in the meantime the
American business man Is certainly
having o swell time of 1t getting
kicked around all over the lot.
Humane Legislation
Framed Within Constitution.
The President was speaking In
Syracuse at the State convention.
and he spoke about the record at
Albany. He is right. I battled as
hard as q man could possibly for
the factory laws, for workmen's
compensation, for the child welfare
bill. I went around the State of
New York and just took pounds
OF myself talking in favor before
every audience that I could bring
within reach Of my voice.
And I stand today Just exactly
where I stood then. But by con-
trast with the New Deal per-
formance, let it be noted on the
record that every one Of these laws
were passed within the four walls
of the State constitution. Except
one, and that was the workmen's
compensation act.
The first act was declared void
under our Constitution by the
Court of Appeals, but when the
Court Of Appeals rendered that
decision, the Governor and the
Legislature leaders did not 60 into
a huddle and find fault with the
court. What did they do? They
proposed an amendment to the
Constitution and they submitted
it to the people of the State and
the people of the State ratified it
and the workman's compensation
act was thereafter enacted In ac-
cordance with the Constitution.
OF course, we had an entirely
different system in Albany. The
President didn't speak about that.
Here Is the way he handled It:
When the Democrats won In
Albany, the counsel to the Gov
ernor and the legislative leaders
sat down around the table and
we prepared the bills that would
carry out the platform promises.
But down in Washington there
was an entirely different procedure.
The bills were drawn by the brain
trust in the White House and they
were sent down to Congress and
with them the. command: This
must CO."
New Dealer Unwilling
to Meet States Rights Issue.
While it is a matter Of record
that in the newspaper conferences
with the newspaper boys, the
President himself pointed to the
bills that he said were on the
must list" That is something
Congress must do. Just consider
for a moment the independence of
the legislative branch of our Gov
ernment. Our Representatives, the
people who are speaking for us, are
told what they must do. II the
A. A. A, N. r. A., the Guffey coal
bill, the Bankhead cotton act, the
hot oil bill and the rest Of the un-
constitutional enactments were
good-if they were good-why Is
it that the New Deal didn't submit
an amendment to the Constitution
Of the United States, so that they
could be legally and properly en-
acted.
ask the question, and I will
answer it myself. The answer to
that question is that the New Deal
was entirely unwilling to meet the
issues Of states rights. They pre-
ferred to go up dark alley and
do 1t under cover, and do it in
Evening star., 1936-04-23

WOODBRIDGE. D. c.
ave spieHdid M boroom homs nEoo close Lose to
like rent
New Groom Colonial with recreation
room. attic ard garage: So $50
WOODRIDGE REALTY CO.
2317 r. /. Ave. NE North 1908.
S9,5no-ONE OF THE BIGGEST VALUES
on the market. @ in Mt. Pleasant; Owner
pad Sl6 900 for the home and offers it at
above price for quick sale A 23l2-ft. brick
house with Z rooms a bed rooms).. 2
BATHS:, one in large basement: 2 big
automatic heat and refrigeration: pretty
LOT and garage BOSS & PHELPS. Ma
TIONAL $500. EVENING PHONE. ADAMS
Evening star., 1936-04-23
MT. PLEASANT.

II ROOMS IS BED RoOMs,, " BATHS.
Just west OF Mt. Pleasant St.-Attrac-
tive history BRICK. completely furnished
and filled with roomers and boarders
Price. sl2,50U. Has hot-water heat. cleo.
large dining room. Frisidaire.
IT CPAUATTE
Evening star., 1936-04-23
WOODBRIDGE BARGAINS
3sU4 24th 81. NE. Day or Eve. Pot. 6O21
SACRIFICE-PRICE. 81 200

Only $500 above building and loan trust
of $4,000. A 20-ft, Groom and bath
brick home in northwest; elec.. h-ah.
and garage. A real buy for home invest
ment or speculation Act quickly. Phone
National 2227 during week DAYS 23s
Evening star., 1936-04-23

LOOK! NORTH BEACH COTTAGE AMI.
near Bay; also corner lo., by owner. THEO.
F. SCHULZ. Phone Greenwood 1870.
Evening star., 1936-04-23
, ,54os CONN. AVE. NV.

NEAR SOLDIERS HoME-TWo ROOMS,
Kitchen. bath. inclosed porch. SCI CO.
Evening star., 1936-04-23

AUCTION = l5-ACRE FARM. GROOM
house. elec.; 100 yds. of Baltimore Blvd
near Laurel. Md. at ONE-sPOT Town. Ad-
dress VIM. COWSILL. Elkridge, Md. Sale
al l pm. Saturday. April 25. "a
ESQ A. ON HIGHWAY, NEAR ROCKVILLE;
an unusual property with Improvements:
well financed; bargain; owner Address
Box BID Star Office.
500 ACRES GOOD LAND. 5 MILES FROM
Rockville. Nd: fair farm buildings. good
land, hard road. cleo. $50 per acre This
Is real investment BUELL. M GARD
NER. Rockville. phone $50.
193-ACRE DAIRY FARM NEAR LAYTONS-
vile. Montgomery County Nd, only S10,-
small and large farms Cali Mr., Thomas,
BOSS & PHELPS
14l7 K St National $500.
Evening star., 1936-04-23

3 LOTS. 5Ox176 FIT. EACH. ON MEALS
Greek near Rock Point. D. D. DAVIS. I0l6
Evening star., 1936-04-23
S5,45U.
EASY TERMS.

See these new 5-room brick homes. close
in. all modern conveniences. 100 to 170S
Lyman LfIns II pl ne; tBladensburs I'd to ten n St
CARR. Minis Bldg. National oS66
Evening star., 1936-04-23

BEVERLEY BEACH CHESAPEAKE Bay
Lots, bungalows terms; Gentiles only Send
for booklet Address MAYO A A Co Nd.
Evening star., 1936-04-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

YOUNG LADY OF REFINEMENT WANTS
well-furnished cheerful 1-room and bath
apt. NV. section; quiet and ample venti-
lation essential. Please include address
phone number and rental in reply Ad-
dress Box 23l-G, Star Office. "a
2-RM.. KIT. BATH PORCH APT. BY
man and wife: D. c. or nearby Va: May
1st Give price. full particulars. Address
Box 451-G Star Office. "a
FURNISHED LlVING-BED ROOM. DRESS
ing room. dinette. kitchen. bath in modern
apartment bldg. good location convenient
to car line. Address Box 255-G. Star ONCE.
"a
QUIET COUPLE DESIRE UNFURNISHED
Groom. kit. bath apt. or small house in
District Of Columbia or nearby Md. or Va.
VIII pay S35. May l, Address Box 24o-G,
Star Office. 24s
Evening star., 1936-04-23
MONEY To LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN FOR REFINANCING.
white or colored property: 81 Interest
very low payments. MR. SMITH District
Ubb3. Evenings and Sunday, Wise. 5207.
Evening star., 1936-04-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

UNFURN. APT. / ROOM. KITCHEN AND
bath: no children 30 Johnson ave, Hy-
attsville, Md. Phone GREENWOOD 1871.
ALEXANDRIA-3-ROO APT. AVAIL
able May !. Private bath cleo range
and garage: entire second floor of pri-
vate home on Russell rd. Apply S. B.
DYAL. 129 Linden ave. Phone Alex. 1O93-J.
UNIVERSITY PARK = ATTRACTIVE,
modern, partly furnished, rooms bath
with shower. screened porch PittSburg
h;-w.. heater hardwood floors. elec. range
oil burner; private entrance; adults.
Greenwood 1888
TAKOMA PARK-S40; BRAND NEW; LIV-
ing room. bed room. kitchen; oil heat, hot.
water included Phone Shepherd 2546.
Evening star., 1936-04-23
WANTED-MONEY.

$4,000 AS FIRST TRUST ON $50 ACRES
Of land n FAIRFAX County Va, with a
two State highways: well timbered elec-
tricIty available; S miles out: title fur
nIshed: commission. 81: interest. or
MARTIN I, WEBB. Anna ndale. Va. P. o.
Fairfax. Phone Alexandria 43-F-13.
Evening star., 1936-04-23
THOMAS P. BROWN.

SIS 4th st. SW National 1919
1920 WISCONSIN AVE. r., K. B
47.50; 1924 Park rd 3 r, k, b.. $50.
Phone Metropolitan 1900.