The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-09-17
President Roosevelt Declares
Depression Is Thing Of Past
In His Address at Charlotte
Large Delegation from County
Attend Rally; Rain Fails to
Dampen Enthusiasm
$4,000 PRESENT AT SPEECH

| President Roosevelt, rainSoaked
himself and facing a rainsoaked au-
dience estimated at 10000 to $4,000 in
and around Charlotte's new Memo
rial stadium at the seven-states
Green Pastures rally Thursday, as
serted that the Nation has rounded
that historic corner" to prosperity
and that individual liberties have not
been removed nor inherent rights of
sovereign states been invaded.
| President Roosevelt rode in an
open car, bareheaded, hat in hand,
waving and smiling at the cheering
throngs, while the rain poured But
just as he left his automobile and
stepped onto the speakers platform
at the stadium, the clouds broke
! away, the sun shone out and a rain
bow arched the eastern sky.
A burst of applause rang out as
he remarked as he began speaking
that he noticed ''that a rainbow
shines in the sky"
Here and there in his address he
touched ISSUES on which campaign
attention has beeen focused, although
he had announced before coming to
the South that he would not make
political speech.
He placed the depression definitely
in the past and maintained that his
administration had created def
mite upturn," Better conditions" had
been brought to the farm, factory
and home, he asserted, and declared
that very much larger number"
of individuals, small businesses, corp
orations and municipal, county and
state governments "are back in the
black" whereas few years ago they
were not making both ends meet"
In the process of attaining these
successful ends" the Chef Executive
said, individual liberties have not
been removed, and inherent rights of
the sovereign states have not been
invaded"
''It was obvious, of course" he con-
tinued, because of the economic un-
ity of the entire country, that no
group of individuals and no individ-
ual states could, by themselves. take
4thes action snecsS sEy to restore the
I purchasing power of the Nation. On
/ ly the Federal government could ac-
complish that
President Roosevelt said the sun
shine as he entered the stadium was
a fitting climax to two of the most
delightful days have ever spent in
my life"
During the two days he had mo-
tored from Knoxville, Tenn, to
Charlotte, toured through the Great
Smoky Mountains National park,
spent night at Asheville, and then
crossed the Blue Ridge through Hic-
kory Nut gap on his way to the
Green Pastures rally.
| Following his address in Charlotte,
the President went directly to his
special train, which left about 7:15
p. m. for Washington, with scheduled
stops at Salisbury, High Point and
Greensboro, for rear platform talks.
The train had been brought from
Knoxville to Charlotte while the
President was motoring through the
mountains.
The rally and the Presidents visit
brought to Charlotte one of the larg-
est crowds gathered there in many
years, including many from all over
the Carolinas and some from other
states.
A big delegation from Ashe at
tended the meeting, the majority of
them acting as marshals. Ira T. john
ston, county chairman of the Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, was ap-
pointed an assistant head marshall.
Those attending from here included:
L. S. Vannoy, z. v. Gambill, Gwyn
B. Gambill, E. B. GRAPHICAL, A. M.
Frazier, L. P. Coward, w. E. Miller,
B. w. Jones, Austin Jones, j. E.
I Roland and son, Robert Barr, E. D.
Barr, C. M. Yates, H. L. Steele, w. S.
Moretz, c. S. Neal, Ira T. Johnston;
Mrs. Ira T. Johnston and son, Thorn
as; G. M. Baldwin and S. v. Alexan-
der.
All of those attending reported
that they were able to see and hear
the President well, and few of them
admitted that they got wet standing
in the rain.