Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-24
New Deal Promotes
Bigotry, Says Smith,
Citing Egg-Throwing
Denounces Third Term;
Fears Roosevelt Policies
Leading to War
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Oct. 24-Al Smith,
1928 Democratic presidential nomi-
nee, says President Roosevelt claims
the third-term principle" must be
abandoned so that he can finish
the work he began but that IF he
does the country will be finished
first"
In his first radio address in sup
port of Wendell Willkie. the man
whom Mr. Roosevelt dubbed the
Happy Warrior" II years ago told
Brooklyn audience last night that
the indispensable man" is indis-
penSable only TO the recipients Of
political patronage" and to those OF
his political faith.
Often provoking laughter from
his audience, which filled the 2.100-
seat Brooklyn Academy of Music
auditorium, the former Governor
of New York grew serious when he
touched on recent eggingS of Mr.
Willkie and his wife Mrs. Willkie
was on the platform as Mr.. Smith
spoke.
Tell me what has happened in
this country that a lovely American
lady like Mrs. Willkie cannot be in
the company of her husband in a
crusade TO save this country with
out being spattered with eggs and
having her clothing destroyed.
The Appeal to Bigotry."
Il will tell you what it is. II is
the appeal to prejudice, the appeal
to bigotry, the setting up Of class
against class that has emanated for
the last seven and half years from
the New Deal, and the chief apostle,
the occupant of the White House. is
himself the greatest offender"
Earlier Mr. Smith had dined with
Mr. Willkie aboard his special train.
He told reporters afterward that
war" was the most important issue
of the campaign and said he shared
"a general belief among people that
the New Deal is trying TO get US
into war"
Mr.. Smith termed the New Deal
the greatest aggregation Of crack
pots that ever gathered in any one
country in the history Of the world"
Charges New Deal Smearing.
Il went around this country y
years ago." Mr. Smith said. The
Lord knows that I met an awful
lot Of people that hated me. I could
tell the way they looked at me. but
outside of burning of crosses along
the line Of the railroad tracks. they
treated me courteously. I was al
ways safe"
Mr.. Smith charged that the New
Deal publicity bureau had been
active with the smear pot" in an
effort to create IAN atmosphere
that made Wendell Willkie a bigot."
The former Governor said that
nothing can be more stupid and
recalled:
When he was delegate to the
1924 convention in Madison Square
Garden, the convention controlled
entirely by the Khan. what hap
pened? He voted for me for the
nomination for the presidency.
He voted against the Khan
Mr.. Smith. who came to New York
on the WIllkie train, said he had
found "a ring of sincerity and a
ring of earnestness about Wlllkle
that commands attention"
Ridicules Democratic Convention.
Discussing the Democratic Con-
vention in Chicago, the former Gov
enor said:
OF course that convention draft
ed its candidate. Drafted, eh?
Bunk and boloney,
las matter OF fact he CRooSe-
velt was the candidate all along
and used the power and patronage
of his Office TO demand the noml-
nation at the hands Of the party
leaders.
Furthermore, he refused to let
the convention select the Vice Presl-
dent. He said No, I will do that. l
will save the convention the trouble
And the other day he said,
Democracy is safe while we have
free election
DO you know" Mr.. Smith
shouted, that that is exactly what
Hitler said to the German people?
The only difference between him
saying it and Hitler is that Hitler
says it in German.
Try and get him out of power !
Nothing doing!"
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