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thrown into the committee meeting
remains to be seen.
In his address Chairman Farley
declared the present program
which has kept our country al
peace: tha- has restored business te
g peak that has not been paralleleo
since the last Republican admins
tration led us into depression,
must not be interrupted. He sale
the Democrats have saved the coun-
try without the sacrifice of any Of
our cherished institutions. Free
dom, he said still f1ourishes ir
America.
Turning to the assault which the
Republicans are making on the
Roosevelt administration because Of
the vastness of the public debt, Mr..
Farley said, They, Republicans,
dare not permit the comparison Of
things as they are with things as
they were, when a disgusted coun-
try turned them out of Office for
simple ncompetence-for a COM
plete bankruptcy not only of policy,
but even of ideas. OF course we
have huge public debt; that is the
price we pay for averting chaos.
The situation is comparable with
that of a family stricken with a
dreadful disease that goes into debt
in order to save the patient. We
have had big debt before, and
have worked out of it with no great
distress. The Roosevelt administra-
ton didn't invent the deficit. We
had two or three years of deficit
under Mr. Hoover"
Mr.. Farley said he had no great
apprehension as to the result of the
coming election. He pointed out
that the Roosevelt administration
has expended enormous sums of
money with not a single scandal" !"
But while expressing his belief that
the Democratic party is in healthy
condition, he urged the Democrats
to take no chances, pointing out
that "the opposition is bitter and
resourceful and has at it's command
bottomless money bags to carry on
its campaign"
Active Campaign Forecast.
MIR. Farley urged the Democrats
to conduct their campaign in a
manner that the great body of in
dependent voters will approve
Nothing, he said, would make the
independent voters waver so much
as the spectacle of shattered Dem
ocratic front.
Il look forward to a very active
pre-convention campaign" said Mr.
Farley. For there are many can
didates, each with his devoted ad-
herents. The greater the enthu-
siasm that can be aroused for these
varying candidates., the greater the
good to the Democratic party, al
ways provided that the pre-conven-
ton campaign does not become sc
bitter that the rivalries will hold
over beyond the period when our
coming convention gives us ticket
Victory is again within our grasp
We can lose only if, through over
confidence, we neglect to do the
things which we are able to do
We must never lose sight of the
principle that good government is
good politics. We must realize that
our term in Office can last only sc
long as our administration meets
the popular will and wins the popu.
lar approval. We are all gooc
Democrats, of course, but we art
loyal Americans first"
Malcolm S. McConihe, Democratic
national committeeman for the Dis.
trict of Columbia, laid before thu
members of the National Committe.
proposal to Americanize the Dis.
trict by granting it's citizens the righ,
to vote for Representative in Con.
gress and for President and Vice
President.
Vice President Garner, a can.
didate for the Democratic nomina.
ton whether President Roosevelt
runs or not, was applauded by the