Metropolitan news., 1936-10-24
ROOSEVELT OR LANDON

The time is now short when you will have the highest
privilege known free and this privilege is that of
freely casting your ballot for choice The privilege
is should be exercised in other and
for other purpose than that for which given you
The Negro sufficient break the tie and that makes
his voice of greater if not the greatest Importance at this
time This his opportunity and the great question is what
will he do with it The world looking at him and his future
for the next decade at least will be largely determined by
what he does November the 3rd.
You know pretty we'll what the Roosevelt administra-
ton has done for this country and for You do not
need much teaching that subject You know what your
condition under the Hoover administration and you
what it is under the Roosevelt administration Pot
cal promises worth very much at best and the sens
BILE thing to do is make careful and impartial comparison
and yourself what you should do and not be
persuaded by the figures about which know nothing and
the persons trying to tell you know less There is
thing you do know and need to tell you and that is
the difference between 1882 and 1886 You know that
Judge the future by the past good advice to follow Gov
Landon is reported to have said and it is not denied
October18h 1884, II have cooperated with the New Deal
to the best of my ability September 18TH 1884 he said
"From the very first advocated the granting of unusual
powers the President because of the national emerge
cy" Willard Mayberry, Secretary Governor Landon
in speaking before the Republican Women May 14th 1884
said: e (Gov Landon) has cooperated with the Federal
government in it's relief program to such that
has been declared by Washington to be the best
model state for the At others Senator Borah sad he
nsdous deadening coils of onopoistic and corporate
terests have drained away from the Republican Party ls
energies it's courage hndering and embarrassing every
effort within the party to meet the pressing problems OF
Justice On June the 28th 1884 Governor Lando
requested loan from the government OF S224OOOOO Tor
road projects The Topeka Daily Capital Senator Cappers
paper that June the 29th 1884 that Governor
Landon hopeful of approval of loan of $157ooOooo
the larger part include construction of ponds small
and large lakes overflow DAMS If it right then to
help the states and not right why 1t that the
Governor has always favored the New Deal until his
was mentioned for the Presidency These facts for us
look in the face If Mr. Landon has changed his mind
about all of that you able to how long it will
take him change his mind the promises he makes
you Negroes not able to point out much good and
benefit to them in the past fifty years that they point
in the Roosevelt administration in the past three years
Get your book and seeI
The ability with which President Roosevelt has handled
the depression the benefit of ALL and the great strides
made in udong eWelve year in three and
half years. is modern miracle His experience and back
ground his integrity and industry coupled with the fact
that he has surrounded himself with against whom
there has come scandal is another most unusual thing
The further that every state in the Union has been
helped as we'll every person in the country make him the