The Ely miner., 1940-11-14
CAMPAIGN HISTORY

InTeW a LerrluC scare INTO MT.
Roosevelt's headquarters. was
there and / know. They said that,
in rank violation of the specific
platform, Mr.. Roosevelt planned to
debase the gold content of the dol
lar.
Public reaction adverse to Mr..
Roosevelt was so alarming that
something had to be done about it,
fright now" Mr.. Roosevelt's rec
ord for keeping promises as COVER
nor of New York was nothing to
write home about. There was how
ever, one man in our camp whose
honor was SO bright and his knowl-
edge so profound that his word would
be accepted at absolute par by all
the people. His name was Carter
Glass. He was i'll, but our need
was great enough to drag him from
a sick bed.
After conference with the candi-
date, he went on the air and deliv-
cred the most devastating blast of
the campaign, repudiating the Re-
publican charge as an assault on the
credit of the United States.
Mr.. Roosevelt called it a "mag-
nifcent philippe" and then proceed
ed t. register gravity, earnestness
and sincerity in indignant denial"
Words could not have been invented
to make his promise clearer or more
emphatic, that no such terrible thing
would ever be done.
Six months after his election, Mr..
Roosevelt violated the promise of his
platform, the promise of Senator
Glass, his own most solemn promise.
WILLKIE AND JOE PEW
During the campaign Mayor La
Guardia said that Joe Pew dictated
the nomination of Mr.. Willkie at
Philadelphia. What are the facts?
I know and like Joe Pew. He is
fortnight but an Economic Royalist
with the courage of his conviction.
He pays the best wages in indus
try. He takes care of his workers
in sickness and in health. His men
will tell you that, he is the best
employer they know, but he is frank
ly a political reactionary.
At Philadelphia he was enthusias-
tic for Robert Taft. All the politicos
were against Wendell Willkie. Mr..
Pew actually did control the Penn
sylvania delegation. When the crit
ical ballot came, he missed the boat.
After sticking consistently with Taft
ON that last ballot, when Pennsyl-
vania'S time to vote came, the state
passed. If Joe Pew's intention was
to push Willkie over and claim cred
it, he certainly missed the bus. Be-
fore Pennsylvania could vote, the up
surge of popular opinion for Willkie
had been so great that he was NOM
mated before Pennsylvania voted.
Every newspaper man knows the
truth of what say. Joe Pew never
came out for Willkie until others had
nominated him.
One reason for the defeat of Al
Smith in 1923 was that he went
through the Middle West surrounded
on the back platform, not by those
prairie roughneck neighbors OF
mine, but by lifelong friends-New
York and Tammany politicians.
They may be all right but they can
never click in the great open spaces.
AIS answer to criticism was: Il
am not ashamed of my friends.
Take me as 1 am or not at ALL"
That is high principle, but not good
politics.
Willkie hadn't been a particular
friend or familiar of Joe Pew. But
when he went through Pennsylvania
during the campaign Joe hoped the
train and stayed. That wasn't Wen
delPs fault. 1t was just his innate
sense of hospitality. He couldn't
kick an ardent supporter out on the
right-of-way.