Smyrna times., 1944-08-31
STATE COP HITS
DEMOCRATS
Isaac r. Brown Accuses Oppo-
sition of Being Vague,
and Insincere
NIGHT CONVENTION

the Republican State Committee
let go with his party's first official
campaign barrage this week, &C.
cusing the state Democratic organ
ization of promising anything as
long as it will mean votes" He
was the principal speaker at q
convention-eve meeting of the Re-
publican State Committee in the
Hotel DUPONT and he opened his
formal address with the statement
that he never read "a more vague
incomplete, insincere and ridiculous
conglomeration of words than that
purported to be a party platform
and approved by the Delaware
Democrats in their convention"
Attacks Incincere
Throughout the speech, Mr.
Brown accused the Democratic
party of ''insincerity as it lays its
lines for the coming election" He
said that only when some clear
heads began functioning on the day
of the Democratic Convention" was
it realized that the contemplated
plank for refund of the one pei
cent war emergency tax was sc
much political sop"
Speech Wins Approval
When he stated that "the bright
idea of refunding the. : tax dawn.
ed on them it was a blino
thought, without even a glance tc
the future" and added that "this is
merely an illustration of the type
of leadership the citizens of Della.
ware might expect from the Dem.
ocrats," there was a general muir
muir of approval from the more
than 80 committee members who
attended the dinner meeting. He
drew another response when he
stated that What the Democrats
actually plan for the postwar per
iod must be a military secret be.
cause their platform fails to furn-
ish any hint of it.
The Negro Plank
One of his strongest accusations
of Democratic insincerity came
when he stated: ut is very easy to
recognize the fact that an election
is approaching, because suddenly
the Democrats pose as friends OF
the Negroes and begin to become
concerned over their welfare. They
included a plank in their platform
which they intend only for the pur-
poses of attracting the Negro vote
That is the extent of its sincerity
and honesty.
Called Hypocritical
1.-THE Negroes have only to re.
view the activities of the last Dem.
ocratic National Convention or tc
read speeches by leading Demo
cratic Congressman in the Con
gressional Record to appreciate the
fact that this plank in the Demo.
cratic platform is some more Of
their political hypocrisy. Look
back at the New Deal record fol
almost II years and ask yourself
what has this administration ac-
complished in the direction of anti
lynching and anti-poll tax legisla-
ton p"
First Night Convention
The convention Tuesday night
was the first night convention in
the history of the Delaware Repub-
lican Party and was called because
the original convention of July 1s
was nullifed by the failure of the
Kent and Sussex Republican Com
mittees properly to advertise their
delegate elections. The convention
also nominated three presidential
electors: Darlington Finn, New
Castle County; William w. Sharp,
Kent County, ard Frank c. Hurley,
Sussex County. For Representative
in Congress: Earle D. Wiley, Do
yer. For Governor: Walter W.
Bacon, of Wilmington; for Lieu
tenant Governor: Clayton A. Bunt-
ing, of Selbyville; for State Treas
urer: John S. Isaacs, of Glendale;
for State Auditor: 7. Morris Har-
rington, of FELTON,. All except the
presidential electors and Mr.. Bunt-
ing, who is president pro tenn of
the State Senate, are incumbents.