The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-06
ROOSEVELT BIDS FOR
FARM-LABOR PARTY
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Roosevelt said that the "Demo-
cratic party will live and continue
to receive the support of the ma
iority of Americans just so long
as it remains liberal party" If
it reverts, he warned, sit will
fail"
"As leader of that party" he
declared. al propose to try to
keep it liberal. As president of
the United States | conceive that
course to be in the best interc~ is
not of the Democrats alone but
also of those millions of Ameri-
can men and women who arc af
flated with other parties OF with
no party at all. And have the
right. in sincerity and honesty, to
make that statement in any state,
in any county and in any com
munity of the United States Of
America"
The speech marked the prcSi-
dents first direct appeal to Mary
land voters to rcpudiatc Tydings
and replace him with Rep. David
J. Lewis, 69-year-old new dealer.
He did not mention TydingS by
name but few weeks ago he
branded him a "bctrayer" and list
cd him along with Senators Wal
ter George of Georgia and Ellison
D. Smith Of South Carolina as
conservatives" who must be ban
iShcd to the sidclines.
Sitting near him yesterday were
Lewis, whom he praised highly,
Democratic national chairman Jas.
A. Farley who also wants TydingS'
scalp, and Rep. T. Alan Goldsbor-
ough whose guest he was.
"Thc great test for us in our
time is whether all the groups Of
our people arc willing to work to-
gcthcr for continuing progress
the president said. "Such progress
comes from the rank and file of
our citizens, and through the rep
resentativcs of their free choice
representative willing to Coop
crate, to get things done in the
true spirit of give and takc'-not
representative who seek every
plausible excuse for blocking &C
ton"
This was a direct blow at Tyd-
ings who has opposed more than
two-thirds of important admins
tration legislation while PROCESSING
to be for the "bone and sincw of
the new deal"
The Maryland phase of the
presidential purge" confrontS
Mr.. Roosevelt with probably the
scvcrest test of his personal pres
tigc and popularity. He suffered
a sharp setback in South Carolina
when Senator Smith was renoml-
mated. nut all the resources of the
administration arc behind the
drive TO defeat TydingS and the
conservativc-libcral issue is tight
ly drawn.
In addition part Of Farlcy'S
prestige is at stake. He has re.
NAMED scrupulouSlv out Of all
other state party fights but has
stood souarelv behind the prcsl-
dent in Maryland.
1t was estimated that 1000 per
sons were present and Mr.. RooSc-
welt was given a big ovation as he
drove to the flag-drapcd speaking
platform. He was presented by
Rep. Goldsborough who hailed him
as the man who led US out of the
wilderness of uncertainty"
The crowd was friendly and
there were frequent shouts OF
"Hurrav for Lewis" when PrcSl-
dent Roosevelt praised him as the
father of the parcel post system,
of social security, and of the orig
inal workmen's compensation law.
Mr.. Roosevelt emphasized that
the choice of senatorial candl-
date in the forthcoming Demo,
cratic primary is "solcly yours.
but added that "may express the
hope that the choice will be the
choice of all who are entitled to
vote not the choice of group,
an organization group or an an
reorganization group :. Not the
choice of only a part of the voters
either in city or country. but the
choice of all who have the right to
make the choice"
For the most part the crowd
was orderly. The Eastern Shore
is conservative and TydingS
stronghold and there have been
persistent reports that the people
.4al 4ha nrnSidnnt,S trim hcrC