Evening star., 1938-08-12
Roosevelt
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speak at Chickamauga National Park,
near Chattanooga. Tenn. He will
have an opportunity then to renew
his argument that if the South is to
solve its social and economic prob
lens, it must elect liberals to Office.
N. E. c. Report Due.
The Souths needs will be pointed
up this week end by publication of a
report by the National Emergency
Council, which Mr.. Roosevelt had
asked to survey what he called "the
Nations No. economic problem.
Speeding Northward into South
the Chief Executive spoke informally
from the rear platform of his train at
Greenville.
introduced by Johnston.
He was introduced by Gov. Olin D.
Johnston, who has pledged loyalty to
the administration in his race for the
Democratic senatorial nomination.
Other contenders for the nomina-
ton are Senator Ellison D. Smith, the
dean of the Senate, and Edgar Brown,
a State Senator All three candidates,
along with Senator James Byrnes, were
visitors to the Presidents special car
before he spoke
In his address the President said
he had promised Gov. Johnston "a long
time ago" to visit Columbia, the South
Carolina capital. some time this year.
The President said that it was i'm
possible to meet social and economic
problems without legislation"
LAS President" he added, Il can't
do it alone
Mild in Comparison.
Mr.. Roosevelt added that if his
listeners wanted to carry out the ad-
ministration's objectives he hoped
they would send representatives to the
National Legislature who will work
toward those ends"
Although the Greenville address
could be interpreted as an indication
of friendship for Gov. Johnston-the
only member of the South Carolina
delegation who stood with the Presi-
dent on the train platform-it was
mild in comparison with his speech at
Barnesville. Senator Smith has op-
posed the court bill and various other
administration measures.
George on Platform.
Senator George, who sat on the
speakers platform with Mr.. Camp,
Gov. E. D. Rivers and Senator Richard
B. Russell. jr., looked intently at the
crowd throughout the Chief Execu-
tive's talk at Boonesville. When it
was over, he arose, shook hands with
Mr.. Roosevelt and told him.,
"Mr. President, regret that you
have taken this occasion to question
my democracy and to attack my pub
lie record. I want you to know that
I accept the challenge"
The Presidents response, as relayed
by Senator George to reporters, was:
God bless you, Walter, Let's al
ways be friends"
Senator George has served in the
Senate Is years. Mr.. Roosevelt took
occasion in his address to explain why
he had supported Senator Alben w.
Barkley for denomination in Kentucky
and still was opposing Senator George
The President argued in Kentucky
that Senator Barkley was more ex-
perienced in national affairs than his
opponent, Gov. A. B. Chandler.
But he told his Georgia audience
that in Kentucky there was no clear
cut issue between liberal on the one
side and dyed-in-the-wool conserva-
tive on the other"
Mr.. Roosevelt then went on to de- |
scribe Senator George as my old
to add that he also in
cluded among his close friends several
in Congress whose views |
were poles apart from his own.
The Presidents talk, made after he
had received an honorary degree from
the University of Georgia at Athens
earlier in the day, had all the trappings |
If big Southern political rally.
Several listeners tainted under the
soaring Georgia sun. One telegraph |
operator had to leave his wire and |
retire to the shade when his neck was
olistered.
But the crowd was one of the most
lemonstrative the President had on
ais entire journey.
Early in the talk there were cri9t