Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-07
The Man of (Broken) Promise
(Reprnted from the New York Daily Mrror)

(Reprinted from the \
OUR NEIGHBOR on E. AID street, the Daily News
" seized upon one of andidate-Presdent Roosevets
celebrated broken promises the other day and offered
$4,000 award in connection Herewith
The News quoted from Mr.. Roosevelts Boston speech
of Oct. 80, 1910 in which he said
"And whiie talking to you, mothers and
fathers gUe you haze said thus
before, but shall say again, and again and again:
your boys not going to be sent into any foreign
IUaTs"
lot of pro-Roosevet people according to the
News have accused the News of not giving the FULL
quotation and have insisted that Mr. Roosevelt added
unless we are attacked"
The News proposition rs that potent old argument
stopper: Put up or shut up - -. A.
Roosevelt did NOT add !" unless we are attacked"
And any who says he DID put up $4,000 against
it, and whoever wins will earniark the pot for some
organized charity.
A SPORTING proposition. But why confne the offer
"A to just ONE of Mr.. Roosevelt's broken promises.
This is where WE in. Sincerely congratulate
ing neghbor for good idea will offer not $4,000
but $4,000 However, we will demand more work by
the challenger challengers This entirely proper.
More production for cash not nfatonary (some
thing the New Deal should have rememberedD.
We offer here 10 classic Roosevelt statements which
$50 contend variance with Roosevelt actions
and which constitute promises direct implied, which
have NOT been kept
We will put up $1,000 for each promise to go to
Mr. Roosevelts supporters if they prove that the
commander in chief with the only mature mind liz
America) did not make it and BREAK j.
Only ONE award of $1,000 is offered in connection
with each promise-a total of ONLY $4,000 In the
case of each promise ONLY the FIRST challenger to
match our offer of ST. 900 h1 1000 of his own will
be considered Our offer thus stands the basis of
first come, first sefved%1
THE promises fQl9M They are not in chronological
/ order:
BUREAUCRACY: On Sept 20 1892 at Sioux City:
a. Mr. Roosevelt accused the Hoover administration of
piing bureau on bureau, commission on commission
He said Bureaus and bureacrats have been retained at
the expense of the taxpayer and he made this promise
ION my part, ask you to assign to me the task OF
reducing the annual operating expenses of the national
government
Has Mr.. RoodtUeIt kept that promise?
THE NATIONAL DEFICIT: On July 80, 1882, Mr..
Roosevelt spoke by radio from Albany 1t was his first
speech since he had accepted the nomination Chicago
four weeks earlier Although he did not employ the
sautation my friends it was in reality the first reside
chat, and in this sense historic.
LIE SPOKE about the Democratic platform and he
defined party platform "a proposal and at the
same time a PROMISE binding the party and its
candidates"
The platform PROMISED balanced budget Mr.
Roosevelt, commenting on that PROMISE added this
further implied promise
LET us have the courage to stop borrowing to meet
continuing deficits. Stop the deficits"
Did Mr.. Roosevelt keep that promise? Did he
intend to keep it? Did he stop the deficits in
crease them?
FOREIGN WARS On Dec 20 1910 Mr.. Roosevelt
There is demand for sending American
pedtionary force outside borders. There is
intention by any member of your government to send
such a force"
Did Mr.. Roosevelt keep that promise?
LESS than 10 months later, on July L 1941 while
still at peace Mr.. Roosevelt announced to
electrified Congress that the United States had occupied
Iceand)
OPEN COVENANTS: On Nov 2. 1910 at Cleve-
land Ohio Mr.. Roosevelt said:
There is NOTHING SECRET about foreign
policy 1t is NOT A SECRET from the American people
and ii is not secret from government anywhere in
the world. have stated il many times before"
Has Mr. Roosevelt kept that pron1ise2 Is he keep
ing it noW?
CECRETARY OF STATE CORpELL HULL on April
~ g. 1914 told the nation in a radio address that:
1--WE at a stage where much of the work of formu
SALLY'S SALLIES BY r. j. Scott