Evening star., 1939-01-08
Roosevelt Urges All Liberals
To Aid in Fight for New Deal,
Warns Against Dissension
Sounds Call to Bottle
In Jackson Day
Dinner Talk
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Invoking the shades of Andrew
Jackson to bear him out, President
Roosevelt told Democrats gathered
at jackson Day dinners throughout
the country last night that they had
nothing to fear from the Republican
victories in the elections of 1898.
However, in sounding a call to
battle-with a liberal Democratic
leadership-for 1910, he cautioned
that internal dissension now may
mean defeat. He appealed to all
liberals and independent voters to
Join with the Democratic party in
fighting for continuance of the New
Deal.
The President spoke at the $780,
a-plate dinner at the Mayf1ower
Hotel. His address was broadcast
to all the other dinners and to the
Nation.
Republican victories last Novem-
ber, Mr.. Roosevelt declared, should
have the effect of uniting the Demo-
Gratis for the battle of 1940-"us real
Democrats"
Must Be Fought Out.
eft" he said, there are nominal
Democrats who as a matter of prin-
ciple are convinced that our party
should be a conservative party-a
Democratic tweedledum to Re-
publican tweedledee-it is, on the
whole, better that the issue be
drawn within the party, that the
fight be fought out, and if the twee-
dledums are defeated they join the
tweedledees."
This was interpreted as meaning
= the President has by no means
abandoned the purge idea, which
he sought to put into effect in the
Democratic primaries last summer.
Mr.. Roosevelt added, however,
that the prospects of a row in the
Democratic party ARE far more re-
mote than members of the opposi-
ton would have you believe"
Yet the President concluded with
his warning to the Democratic hosts
that they must avoid intraparty
strife If they are to be continued in
ONCE.
IF we Democrats lay for each
other now" he cautioned, I'VE can
be sure that 1910 is the corner where
the American people will be laying
for US.
Predicts United Front.
1.-THE way to avoid fighting among
ourselves Is to fight together against
the enemies Of the American peoa
pie-inertia, greed, ignorance, short
sightedness, vanity, opportunism-
all the evils that turn man against
man."
The President expressed belief
that the Democrats will maintain a
united front against those enc
mics of America" not only for the
next two years Of his administration,
but for a generation to come. He
concluded by saying:
Let us remember the example OF
Andrew Jackson, who fought to the
last for united Democratic Nation.
IF we do that-by the Eternal, we
shall never have to strike our colors."
Following the President, Speaker
Bankhead also called on the Demo-
Gratis not to "allow petty differences
of opinion along any line to shatter
the solidarity of our party"
I'VE must, of course" continued
the Speaker, seek to correct any
errors that we may have made in
Judgment as to the details of legis-
lation, but, for one, am unwilling
to depart in principle from the
splendid basic principles of this ad-
ministration."
Bankhead Lauds President.
Praising President Roosevelt,
Speaker Bankhead added: 1T should
be a source of intense qualification
1 to us that every reliable poll Of
public opinion in the country re-
fleets the consistent affection and
trust of the masses of our people
in the leader of our party, the
President of the United States, who
has suggested the institution of
these reforms
Vice President Garner, who in re-
cent weeks has been regarded as
more and more rallying post for
the more conservative Democrats,
was introduced as the dinner closed
to wave good night" to the diners.
There was demand for speech
from the Texan, in which the Presi-
dent himself joined. But Mr.. Gar
ner insisted he had said he was not
going to make speeches when he took
office, and he concluded, II am not
going to make one now" Nor did he.
Postmaster General Farley, chair
man of the Democratic National
Committee, was on the program for
an address. He limited his remarks,
however. to hearty thanks to the
chairmen and their committees who
had made success of the Jackson
Day dinners all over the county.
Then he presented President Roose-
welt.
President Given Ovation.
The President was given an ova-
.tion. There were those among the
diners, however, who obviously did
not relish several parts of his speech,
particularly those in which he de-
clared that the New Dealers must
continue to lead.
OF the three Democratic Sena-
tors whom the President sought to
eliminate" In the primaries last
summer, only Senator George OF
Georgia was present.
The Presidents reference in one
(See JACKSON DAY, Page A-5D