Evening star., 1936-10-23
Landon Oklahoma Speech
Citizens Reminded of Days When Presidential
Candidate Worked With Pipe.
line Gang.
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down the confidence Of our peo.
pie in the integrity and independ.
ence of the Supreme Court.
Natural Opposition
OF Real Democrats.
And 1t is only natural that real
Democrats should join Repub-
licans in the defense Of States
rights of home rule - against
greater centralization Of power In
Washington. The party of Jefier-
son has always been the jealous
guardian OF States rights.
One of the best defenses OF
States rights in recent years was
made by the Democratic Governor
of one of our great States. He
pointed out that our country was
too vast, its regional interests and
conditions too diversified. to be
fitted into a straitjacket tai
lored in Washington. This con-
vincing statement was made by q
Governor of the great State OF New
York. The name of this Governor
was Franklin D. Roosevelt. But he
made this statement when he was
only a candidate for the presi-
dency-when. he still talked the
policies and beliefs of the Demo-
cratic party.
Once in office, these policies and
these beliefs were forgotten. As
candidate he looked in one dilec-
tion; as President he looks in
another. This has been true, not
only of his attempts to create a
one-man government of sweeping
and unlimited powers, bat of his
financial, social and economic poll
cies as we'll.
In the program of the present
administration there are hone Of
the historic stands Of the Demo-
cratic party. To real Democrats
respect for the Constitution, re-
spect for the Supreme Court and
respect for the rights Of the
States, have been more than mere
theories. They have been cher
ished because of their practical
application to our daily lives. They
guarantee those personal liberties
that American citizens possess TO a
greater degree than the people Of
any other nation on earth.
Here in Oklahoma you have been
particularly interested in the plans
of this administration for solving
the growing farm tenancy prob
lem. This should have been one Of
the first problems attacked by this
administration. But you know
that so far it has been talk, not
action. In fact, this administration
has made the tenancy problem
worse through its large payments to
big landowners. The Republican
program would limit such benefits
to the family type of farm. 1t
would not help corporation farmers
concentrate land ownership still
further.
The farm-tenancy problem is one
of the most serious long time prob
lens confronting the Nation. It is
more than just a farm problem.
1t touches every State, every Sec
ton and every field of endeavor.
and there is no problem that I am
more eager to solve.
Correction Demand
of National Welfare.
Our national welfare demands
that this situation be corrected. II
history teaches us anything, it
teaches that the stability of civili.
zation depends upon ownership OF
the land by the man who works
the land. The owner-operated
farm is the foundation Of a sound
agriculture.
1t is our pledge to extend, within
the limits of sound finance, ade-
quate credit at reasonable rates, to
capable tenants and experienced
farmers, for the purchase or re-
financing OF farm homes.
Protection of the family type Of
farm is the philosophy that runs
like a thread through the Repub.
lican platform. It Is in keeping
with the American tradition. which
is based upon preserving individual
opportunity. And we must pre-.
serve that opportunity if our farm
boys and girls are to make the farm
their homes and farming their life
work.
With the election less than two
weeks away the present admins
tration Is desperately worried. It
knows that it will not be reelected
if it depends upon voluntary sup
port. So it has turned to coercion.
You in Oklahoma know how the
w. P. A. was used ruthlessly in
your primary campaign. It Is the
same story in every State. The
facts were given me in the Eastern
and Central States. I heard the
same report this week while going
through New Mexico. heard it in
California. I heard it in Arizona.
But I know that American voters
cannot be bullied into voting for
any party.
The Democrats of Minnesota were
sold down the river. At the last
minute their major State candi-
dates deserted the people who NOM
mated them in an effort to swing
votes to an extreme left-wing group.
Nebraska Democrats
In Like Condition.
The Democrats in Nebraska have
suffered a like experience. One
of the principal candidates-the
nominee to the United States Sen
ate-has been deliberately spurned
by the present administration.
The present administration in
Washington Is not a Democratic
administration at all. It has for
feited all claims of allegiance from
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