The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-22

First I shall not make my
maiden speech in the Unlteo
States Senate in support of bar
rooms for the District of Column
bia, nor will my last speech be III
advocacy of the establishment o.
race track. will devote my
time and energies to the real ana
definitely serious questions c0"-
: fronting our Nation.
Second, | will not have as my
sccretarv a citizen of Virginia or
Of any other State except Norm
Carolina. | am not only COM I
dent | can, but | am DETERMINE H.a.u
TO. employ from my native otaIe
such people as | need and am al
! lowed When North Carolina 1alls
to have among its citizenship the
brairs I require it will then be
time for me to come NOME a'N
retire from public life.
Third, shall not sell the name
and dignity of your Senatorshlp
to ANYBODY or any concern, be II
a slick "alien" trading with the
! War Department or brand OF
cigarette which | may or may NOT
smoke. AS long as l am your rep
resentative the title to that o11ice
shaIl he and remain vested in the
people of North Carolina. l snail
be your Senator, responsible TO
YOU and beyond the touch OF any
| interest, save the interest of the
people of our great State.
Fourth, shall not follow the
sensationalism of William Ran
dolph Hearst, arch enemy or
President Roosevelt, or any other
foe of progressive government. |
will get my publicity on the basis
of constructive accomplishments
or do without publicity. 49,.
Fifth, | shall not, through con-
Germ over the free access OF IL
ouor, offer any silly bills provid-
| ing that it may be given to dumb
animals: but instead will give my
/ thought to the serious problems
of State and Nation and expect
our intelligent people, by referen..
DUN, to determine the sort. OF
liquor laws they may want.
Sixth, shall not for months at
a time leave the affairs of North
Carolina to the discretion OF a
resident of Virginia or anybody
else, but shall myself serve the
people who elect me. My office
I shall be open, not closed, to those
who have business with me during
office hours. ,, -,
Seventh, | shall not belittle the
dignity of your Senator by bounc-
ing about the country advertising
myself and a 06-year-old man who
has become the father of a baby.
His accomplishment is sufficient
| reward unto itself and do not
consider it the function of a Sen
aotr to add to his advertisement.
Eighth, l shall not promise the
veterans or any other group 10
have one of their members in my
office and then repudiate that
promise, but, being myself mem
her of the American Legion, !
shall help them with their affairs
svmpalhetically and personally.
Ninth, ! shall not be the most
costly Senator North Carolina
ever had, and | shall have no In
tercst in investigating the Virgin
Islands. There are many islands
off the cost Of my State, and |
/ feel the impulse of consistency
when | say that | should like to
| investigate them, but those inves-
+ LEGATIONS will not cost the tax
payers any money.
Tenth. | shall not be a resident
of the world for five years and a
resident of North Carolina for
one, but shall be available to the
people of my State just as much
| in wears when | am not a candl-
date as in the years when | am.
| And when / make speeches to
/ the people of North Carolina or
any other State | shall make them
under my own auspices or that of
the Democratic party. l shall not
use your office to propagandize
the ambitions of any league or
group of self-seeking individuals.
1.-THE above were taken from his
opening speech made in Raleigh
over WPTF in the interest Of his
! Candidacy for the United States
Senate.) Advertisement