The Washington times., 1936-07-14
HAMILTON NIPS
ANTI-SEM|T|C
RUM0RS

NEW YORK, July IA QN.S0 .
John D. M. Hamilton, Republican
national chairman, relied upon his
record today as he vigorously re-
Sented insinuationS that he and
Republican Presidential Nominee
Alfred M. Landon are anti-Semitic.
Hamilton was to confer at Port
land, Me-, today with Representa-
tive Joseph w. Martin, jr., East
ern campaign manager for the Re
publicans.
Insisting both he and Governor
Landon fought the Ku Klux Khan
openly" Hamilton warned 1T is
a dangerous thing to inject race,
color, or creed as an issue in a
campaign, and the Democrats have
seen fit to do it."
First "Red Herring"
Pounding his palm with a fist
to emphasize his words, he de-
clared:
"There is not an iOta Of truth
In such a thing and it is a de-
liberate attempt by those other
people to throw a dust cloud
when they know their ship is
sinking. We have a red herring"
in every campaign, and appar-
emily this is the first attempt.
81 want to get this straight
once and for all. Governor Lam
don is just as tolerant as l am.
We both fought the Ku Klux
Khan openly. 1t beat me for the
governOrship Of my own State.
History will show that dur
ing the Democratic convention
in 1924 in Madison Square Gar
den here, when the platform
makers were lodging the Khan
issue, Governor LandOn had al
ready been in the field fighting
against the klan n in his own
State.
81 formerly was a law partner
Of a Jew, and my present Secre-
tary, standing at my side now,
Is Of Jewish faith"
WAR ON NIGHT RIDERS
Hamilton reviewed his activities
in the last Is years, relating how
he had been defeated for governor
of Kansas because of antl-klan
views and how, later, he had been
elected to the State legislature
and appointed speaker Of the
house ON anti-klan issues. He con-
tinued:
st is one thing to discuss
intolerance in a big city like
New York, but it is another
thing to go out and fight hooded
night riders, and that is what
/ was up against out there.
During my campaign for public
office I had the support of every
reputable Jewish leader in the
State.
cit is q dangerous thing to
inject race, color and creed as
an issue in q campaign, and
they have seen fit to do it. Well,
if they want to do that, we'll
show them q few things. Gov
ernOr LandOn and 1 both hope
that such an issue will be taken
out, just as we took the farm
issue out. They are both not
for campaigns.
WON'T BE STAMPEDED
"And while I'm on the sub
ject, / want to say that the Re
publican party is not going to
be Stampeded into building up
an organization based on any
such issue. There will be no
issue as to race and religion,
and the men who are going to
take part in this campaign will
be picked by what they can do,
and not for what church or re-
igiOn they may have"
Scornfully, Hamilton struck
back at statement by PoStmas-
ter General Farley, who predicted
President Roosevelt would carry
New York State by larger plur-
atty than in 1882, when he polled
100000 more votes than President
Hoover.
Hamilton said:
Governor LandOn will come
nearer carrying New York State
by that figure. In other words,
it is going to be 100 per cent
in reverse for President ROOSe-
welt this time"
Coming here from Chicago
where reports from all parts OF
the country are being tabulated
Hamilton declared there is al
ready evidence of a steady swing
away from the New Deal and to
the Republican ticket.
AS evidence of the popularity
of the Landon-Knox ticket, Ham.
ilton said contributions to the
national campaign fund ARE com
ing in at an amazing rate" On
Monday of last week, he said,