Evening star., 1940-11-02

torium yet chosen for major cam
paign address by the Democratic
candidate, the speech last night was
rougher and tougher than any
previously given by Mr.. Roosevelt
this year-and was second only to
his Philadelphia address in the en-
thusiasm which it drew from the
immediate listeners.
Wholly political in both content
and tone, 1t was q speech beating at
the record of the Republican party,
impugning the motives of that
partys leadership today, linking ex-
tremes of reaction and radicalism
under the G. o. P. banner, and be-
laboring a most ipdiscreet political
remark by Republican campaign
orator.
"Unholy Alliance"
Probably the most interesting
twist in this address, fully in keep
ing with all the other strange quail
ties which have marked this un-
usual campaign, was the implication
that Republicanism Of today is in
fact an "unholy alliance of Com
munism and Naz-ism.
Something evil" is happening in
America, he said, when "organiza-
tions which make no secret of their
admiration for the dictatorship
form of government" distribute
vast quantities of Republican cam
paign literature.
Il am very certain" he declared,
that the rank and file of patriotic
Republicans do not realize the
nature of this threat. They should
remember, and we must remember,
what the collaborative understand
ing between Communism and Nazism
has done to the processes of democ-
racy abroad.
Many conflicting interests, many
irreconcilable social outlooks. many
fundamentally opposite economic at
titudes have been thrown together
under one political roof" the Presi-
dent told his audience. There is
something very omnious in this COM
bination. No elements in Amer
ican public life have made such
vicious attacks upon each other in
recent years as have the members
of this new unholy alliance against
each other.
These forces hate democracy and
Christianity as two phases of the
corpo oivili1ofior 1rboy onroco
democray because it is Christian
They oppose Christianity because it
breaches democracy"
Returning then to the familiar
subject of the pre-New Deal Amer
ican and the circumstances imme-
diately preceding the economic COL
LAPSE of 1929, Mr.. Roosevelt recalled
how there was little opposition to
the swift action OF the Federal Gov
ernment in the spring of 1888.
THE bitter opposition from Re-
publican leaders did not come until
a little later-when this admins
tration made it clear that we were
not merely salvaging few things
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determined to make our system of
private enterprise and private profit
work more efficiently and democratic
cally.
Most Republican leaders in our
country for the last seven years
have bitterly fought and blocked
that forward surge of average men
and women in the pursuit of happi-
ness. And let us not be deluded
that overnight those leaders have
become the real friends of these
average men and women"
AS he did at Hartford Wednesday,
Mr.. Roosevelt last night accused
certain insurance companies of
preaching fear to the American
people by warning policy-holderS
against continuance of his admin
istration.
This is just another form of pay
envelope campaign OF fear like the
one in 1885," he raped angrily.
Dealing briefly with the credit
standing of the United States Gov
ernment, in the face of charges of
financial responsibility so often
directed at the administration, the
President drew some of his best
applause of the night when he de-
clared the Commonwealth & South
ern Corp, of which Wendell Willkie
formerly was president, has bought
and is holding $21 100000 in Gov
ernment securities.
Working again at levelling the
political distinctions of races and
nationalities, always factor in