Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-13
Candidates After Governor
ship Are Hot For FDR Now
(C<,llirued from Fage One,

have any money to give to campaigns
but who are the ones who in the end
nominate and elect governors, sena
tors, congressman and members OF
the General Assembly.
DR.. Ralph w. Mcdonald, of Win
ston-Salem. was, the first candidate
definitely to align himself with Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the New Deal and
months ago promised that if he
should be nominated and elected gov
ernor he would bring a New Deal
here in North Carolina and bring the
State administration into close coop
GRAFTON with the New Deal in Wash
ington. And since the light has been
turned on the mugwumpian animal
known as the Liberty League, show
ing that it is being almost entirely
financed by the duPonts Raskob and
other wealthy indus,rialists opposed
to Roosevelt and the New Deal, Nc
Donald has been increasing his popu-
larity iSy assailing this organization
as only another effort on the part Of
the rich interests to Cypress the poor
and bring back the return of en-
thrOned privilege.
Indications also are that Clyde r.
Hoey, of Shelby. intends to track
along with the Roosevelt administra-
ton, sing it's praises and assail Re-
publican selfiShness and reactiOnism,
although he has not yet mentioned
the Liberty League. But in his Jack
son Day dinner address in Shelby last
week, Hoey waded into opponents of
the New Deal and even lOosed some
biting criticism against the Supreme
Court and its AAAd eciSion. He also
predicted the denomination and re-
election of President Roosevelt and in
Dictated he intcnde both to stand by
the record of the Roosevelt admins
tration in Washington for the past
hrae years and to support it for the
net five.
This action on the part of Hoey
has served to shock some of those
who heretofore have regarded him as
the ultra-conservative candidate for
governor and the one more likely to
get the support of the big, money
interests because they believed him
less likely to go New Deal than any
of the others. But if Hoeys Jackson
Day dinner speech is to be interpret
ed as an indication of the course he
expects to follow from now ON in the
conduct of his campaign, many &c
lieve he has definitely cast his lot on
the side Of the masses and common
people-and where most of the votes
come from-instead of with the Lib
erty Leaguers and the mugwumps. If
he continues this line of attack and
can convince the masses that he is as
interested in their welfare as he
seems and not merely pulling an Esau
and Jacob act to get votes, it is con-
coded that he may cut heavily into
orally conceded to have among the
loyal supporters of Roosevelt and the
New Deal.
Lieutenant Governor A. H. Graham
has not made any speech or state
ment during the past week or ten
days. or since the AAA decision was
handed down. but his supporters
maintain he has been and still is an
enthusiastic supporter of the Presi-
dent and the New Deal and that he
can be depended upon to stand by the
national administration in Washing
ton. In fact, they point out that his
platform from the very announce
ment of his candidacy last spring has
been along liberal lines and that he
has stated his position much more
clearly and definitely on most State
issues than has either Hoey or Nc
Donald. He is the only one of the can
didates which has urged a special
cocc;oo of tho General Assembly to
enact State social security legislation
so this State may participate in the
old age benefits and unemployment
insurance programs of the Federal
government.