Evening star., 1946-10-27
Reece and Hannegan
Argue ove,r: j: Roosevelt
Voice in Campaign
BY the Associoted Press

Republican National Chairman
Carroll Reece said last night the
Democrats are "resorting to one of
the cheapest and most grisly STRAIT
gems in the history of American
politics" in using the recorded voice
Of the late President Roosevelt for
campaign purposes,
Democratic National Chairman
Robert E. Hannegan replied:
Our Republican opposition does
not like the sound of the name
Roosevelt They vince when they
hear It,"
A spokesman said the Democratic
National Committee has been using
recording Of statements of the late
President, President Truman and
Mr. .Hannegan. He added there has
been no secret about it, as the re-
cordings have been broadcast to
the Nation.
Duel for Labor Vote.
After trading formal statements
on recordings, Mr.. Reece and Mr.
Hannegan dueled later for the labor
vote on an AFL radio program in
which AFL President William
Green said the organizat ton has a
nonpartisan political policy.
Mr.. Reece said the Democratic
National Committee plans to use
the Roosevelt voice in canned"
radio programs designed to give
the impression that Mr.. Roosevelt
favors the election of Democratic
PAC candidates for the Senate and
House OF Representatives"
The Republican chairman de-
clared the Pendergast political ma
chine in Missouri is a main cog in
the radical machine alliance of
the Democratic Party outside the
South. President Truman, he said,
is a dues-paying member Of the
machine.
80 we have the supremely ironi-
cal - and disgusting - spectacle of
the voice of a dead President being
used to promote the interests of
corrupt political machine the head
of which was sent to prison under
Mr.. Roosevelt's own administration y
Mr.. Reece continued.
Insult to Memory.
This insult to Mr.. Roosevelt's
memory by those who fawned upon
him during his lifetime will be ap-
praised accurately by the American
people-as device which could only
have been adopted by a Democrat
PAC leadership rendered desperate
and unmindful of all the restraints
of common decency by the fore
knowledge of defeat"
Mr.. Hannegan retorted that the
Republican record was one of bitter
and constant opposition to the
Roosevelt program while the late
President was alive.
Their concern now over pro-
posed slur on his memory has a
false and synthetic quality" he said.
The Roosevelt name will be used
often in the campaign, Mr.. Ham
negan said and the people will be
warned that everything the name
means to them is at stake in the
election.
Green Opposes Straight Ticket.
Mr.. Green contended that voting
q straight ticket may be smart
politics but "it does not make for
good government. He urged the
voters to ballot for candidates on
.the basis of their records, not party
label
On another front Senator More,
Republican of Oregon, declared
there had not been time in many
years when a change of party ad-
ministration in America would be
more beneficial to the rights and
interests of the Negro people"
{ He made the statement in a
letter to the New York Herald
Tribune and the National Associ-
alton for the Advancement of Col
ored People. The letter was released
by the Republican National Com
mittee.
Senator Morse referred to an
article in the newspaper by Walter
White, secretary of the association. /
He said Mr.. White wanted readers |
to draw the conclusion that the |
Republican party is no more prone
than the Democratic party to pro-
tect civil rights for Negroes and
provide equality of economic oppor-
tunity and freedom from discrimi-
nation. Senator Morse challenged