Evening star., 1936-10-31
Roosevelt
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Republican leadership and an out
line of New Deal achievement" was
the consensus of presidential init
mates.
Such was the tone Of his 1,300-word
address last night in the jammed
Academy Of Music in Brooklyn. He
again struck at the Republicans and
a few employers" for their attitude
toward the social security act, enumer-
ated New Deal acts which he said
brought about a better, happier
America" and expressed confidence
the voters next Tuesday would say
that our policy for the future is their
policy for the future"
Remark on G. o. p. Emblem.
Between assertions that the admin
istration had brought about a more
united America" by assisting all
groups together, and that past ad-
ministrations had ''fostered' diff
ferentiation between classes, he in
terpolated a remark about the 1886
Republican emblem that brought the
loudest applause of the evening. He
read a telegram he said he had re-
ceived on his special train coming up
from Washington, as follows:
In the morning the sunflower
turns to the East. In the afternoon
the sunflower turns to the West-and
goes to seed before November"
A roar of laughter and cheers swept
the gayly decorated hall, whose 1000
seats were filled and every aisle was
packed before the President stepped
to the platform
About midway in his speech, Mr..
Roosevelt raised his hand as if to
hush booing Of Alfred E. Smith.
whose name was shouted by
galleryite.
The President had just concluded a
statement that the Republican lead
ership, driven to desperation and
urged on by the same sinister forces
which genera ton after generation
have opposed all social legislation, now
repudiate their own Representatives
and Senators IN the halls of Con-
gress and leave them looking posi-
lively silly"
AL Smith Booed.
THAT includes AL Smith," said q
man in a lower balcony.
"Boo-oo," yelled several in the au-
dience.
The President had mentioned the
social security law after referring
to the N. r. A. as having brought
business men together to encourage
them to increase wages, to shorten
hours, to abolish child labor" He
gave no inkling of how he felt about
an N. r. A. for the future, as had
been demanded by his Republican
opponent, Gov Landon.
He said the social security law,
which he described as a new magma
charta for those who work." had re-
ceived the support of n Republicans
in the House and Is in the Senate
and only l8 of that party voted
against it in the House, with five in
the Senate.
That fact, he added. was perhaps
Of the paradox" in the
closing days Of the campaign that saw
Republican leaders repudiating that
group of 80 in their own party.
The President then put in a word
for Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, who
preceded him with a speech that
also touched on the old-age pension
and unemployment insurance law.
Lehman is running for a third term
at Albany.
Praises Lehman's Work.
Praising the great social reforms"
and liberal government" under Leh-
man. the Chief Executive asserted:
There are none among you who
believe that on Tuesday next there is
one chance in thousand that New
York State will turn its government
back to the old guard"
After outlining what the New Deal
had done at Washington and topping.
of each of three phases of activity
with an assertion the people on Tues
day would say, That is a job well
DONE" he declared:
"An equally important task remain&
To go forward, to consolidate and to
these gains-to close the
gap by destroying the glaring inequali-
ties of opportunity or of security which,
in the recent past, have set group !
against group and region against re-
gion.
by our policies for the future we
will carry forward this program of
unity. We will not be content until |
all our people fairly share in the ever
increasing capacity of America to