The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-05
PRAISE FOR FDR IS KEYNOTE OF
 VICTORY DINNER
at Banquet President Roosevelt Is
 Large, Enthusiastic


 Democracy expanded last night at the Democratic Victory Dinner in the Odd Fellows Hall in an efful- gent spirit of good-fellowship, threaded with a seriousness, that in dicated the various speakers faith in it's principles and their respon- sibility in carrying them to fulfill ment.
 Pleasing, was the entire absence of gloating over the victory, or any harangue relative to the defeated party. The Democrats even sang "Oh, Susanna dedicated to Repub- lican Representative Harry Race and Mrs. Race who attended the dinner.
 Tn response to Toastmaster Judge George F. Alexander's introduction, Gov. John w. Troy said that just four years ago he. in company with MT. and Mrs. J. J. Connors, and other Alaskans. had witnessed the impressive inauguration ceremonies of President Roosevelt.
 Victory Votes Large
 Apropos of the occasion the Gov ernor pointed out that President Roosevelt had been elected in 1882 by one of the largest majorities ever accorded a President, and that four years later his victory was the most pronounced in the history of Am erican politics.
 Speaking for the Third and First Divisions, President of the Sen- ate M. E. s. Brunelle, and Speaker of the House Joe Green, both stressed the opportunities the Ad- ministration policies had offered the people as whole and in particu- lar the new opportunities created for the youth of the nation through legislation enacted during the past four years.
 Youth is Recognized
 .sThe youths of the country have again been recognized and given op- portunity; it is their privilege to work and live through one of the most interesting periods of the worlds history, with one of the greatest Presidents in American his tory" MT. Green said. New eco- homie benefits for a better and hap pier life have been opened to them"
 Mrs. E. H. Kaser, President of the Democratic Womun's Club, quoted from the National platform of the Democratic party, excerpts of im- portance to women, relative to the protection of the home and family, the pledge for adequate schools and social legislation, which she said, the mother heart of the nation was eager to grasp, and which had given hope again to the young people Of the nation.
 Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, President of the University of Alaska, when called upon to speak, mentioned also the recognition given the young people of the Nation by the Roose- welt Administration He told of the advantage to the youth of the coun- try to be able to attend universi- ties and colleges with government assistance, and explained that at the University of Alaska, with it's comparatively small registration, seventeen young people were secur- ing government aid while attending the University to the extent of $l5 month in payment for work they do out of school hours.
 Progress Described
 Senator O. D. Cochran of the Second Division, forcefully describ- ed the progress of the Administra- ton from the dark days of the banking holiday of 1882, through the Democratic legislation which opened new fields of opportunity. Senator Cochran conceded mistakes had been made and probably will be made from time to time, but that he believed an honest effort was being made by the President and Congress to solve the many perplex- ing problems confronting the nation and the world.
 Senator Rivers Speaks
 Senator Victor Rivers, of the V. lContinuad on paua I,hraa