Evening star., 1948-10-29
Martin Supports
On Welfare
Promises Legislation
As 6. O. P. Nominee
Visits Home Town
BY NewboId Moves, Jr.
Stor Stoff Correspondent

leader OF Congress, today took
up Gov, Dewey's pledges of an
expanded social welfare pro-
gram and made them his own.
In Boston last night Speaker
Martin had attracted attention with
his worried look as Gov. Dewey
told an overflow crowd at the
arena he was certain legislation for
broadened social security, higher
minimum wages and expanded
health service would have Con-
gress' enthusiastic support.
The Republican, controlled Con-
gress rejected President Truman's
requests for such legislation.
The Republican presidential can
didate pointed out, however, that
the welfare program he outlined
was written into the party's cam
paign platform. I'VE shall carry it
out" he said
5000 Turn Out.
When Gov. Dewey's special train
stopped at North Attleboro, Mass,
this morning, on its last-lap gun to
New York. where Gov. Dewey
speaks in Madison Square Garden
tomorrow night, Speaker Martin
added his pledge to that of the
candidate
North Attleboro is the Speakers
home town and more than 5000 of
his 12,500 neighbors turned out to
hear Gov. Dewey speak from the
steps of the Legion Hall. Intro
ducing the candidate, Speaker Mar
tin told them what Gov. Dewey had
said in Boston. Then he added
Il want to tell you, my Republican
friends and neighbors, that the Re-
publican Party keeps its word. We
will be loyal to our platform"
In the arena last night, Speaker
Martin had greeted the Dewey
promises with three distracted
hand-claps and a wry smile at the
press table. Today. however, he
assured the audience that Gov.
Dewey and he see pretty much
eye to eye"
Visit Martins Home.
In his short speech at North At
tleboro. Gov Dewey reciprocated the
Speakers cordial sentiments. He
thanked the town for keeping the
two-party system alive in America
by keeping Representative Martin
in Congress. He called the Speaker
"a symbol of our type of govern
ment" He promised to be a Presi-
dent who respected the opinion of
the House and the Senate"
Gov. Dewey drove to Legion Hall
from the outskirts of town, where
his train halted. On the way he
stopped at Mr.. Martins white frame
house. where Mrs. Dewey presented
the Speakers mother with a bou-
quet of flowers
At Providence, r. l., approximately
$4,000 turned out to hear Gov Dewey
at the railroad station. Rhode
Island is considered the only New
England State likely to go Demo-
cratic next Tuesday, and while the
crowd was roughly equal to the one
which greeted President Truman in
Providence yesterday. some of those
present wore Democratic buttons
and carried Truman banners.
Got Respectful Audience.
Nevertheless. the Republican cam
didate got respectful even enthu-
siastic hearing as he spoke of the
necessity of leading for peace from
strength instead of from weakness
as We have been doing" The free
people" of the world outnumber the
slave people" three to one, he said.
The North Attleboro and Provi-
dence speeches were two of six the
Republican presidential candidate
had scheduled as he wound up his
New England campaign today,
Other appearances were to be at
Westerly, r. l., and New London,
New Haven and Bridgeport. Conn.
On his arrival in New York at
5:35 pm. he is expected to attend
a reception of the Republican Wom-
ems National Committee at $50.
He will stay at the Roosevelt Hotel
Speaking last night before an
overflow crowd at the Boston Arena.
Gov. Dewey went further than he
has ever gone before in committing
Republican Congress to the kind
of liberal legislation for which it
has shown its distaste on numerous
occasions.
Several hundred persons who
could not get into the arena heard
Gov. Dewey's words by loudspeaker
in the street. The halls seating ca
pacity is limited by fire laws to 7,50"
out t1remen and police said uncon-
cernedly they though there might
have been a few hundred more than
that in attendance at last nights
rally.
: Gov. Dewey promised the Bos-
tonlans that his administration
would produce legislation extending
Federal social security to persons
excluded under the present law and
increasing benefits to those included.
There should also, he said, be
higher legal minimum wage and a