Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1928, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON., D. C. FRIDAY. AUGUST 31 1f . BOWERS NOTFIE t PARTY'S NOMINEE Editor Calls for Real Leader- ship in Nation's Capital. HOT SPRINGS, August 31 The following is the of Claude G Rowers' speech formally notifying Sena- tor Robinson of his nomination At Houston we witnessed the mobili- pation of the army of Demosracy. The ceramonies tonight the prelimi- naries befors the Tomorrow comes 1 and in ext close ba nder of the guns November of the triumph of <o come from nat te of Augu the pea the nal conve stus € of com ant son hly earn n and affection of SeA to seR ta baitle for s of the party lions of We bid v be con ble of the the whole ¢ n Independ: of Rights. and renounced in_administration tha are today. The imperative need of hour it for less centralization and more governmen:. less bureaucracy and more demoe g vrrmmental s achinery t { common sense. less red d blood. less privilegs sore equality, less cvnicism &nd a veater capacity in Federal officials for righteous wrath end insiant action when eorruption appears in the pul eerviee and mo Real Leadership Needed of action. We need a real i* inherent in the ma which is dependent on t ® depreciation of thirt 1 d the value of farm lands and equipmer in five years of this administration re to find a remedy is a confession of incapacity in constructive statesman- * tructive hip that D But our indiztment of the faflures of the present regime iz not based whol on the lack 01 consiructive ab; in pert on the unresponsivencss of the heart. It wes bad enouzh to make no move tn salve th~ problem of the tillers of the sofl: i was downright wicked to manifest no svmpathy with the farmsrs plizht And that brings us to ar the injection of more #irit into the processe We have been livinz under a regims which assumes that the functions of government are confined to the keeping ©f books, the eollecting of taxes and the pori 1l e are hungering 1onay for who know ther need the uman of gvernment * happiness and com- women and chilaren Thus we propose to humanize zovern- meni. and make it an organized azency ©f human wrifare. Ané we enter th~ campa eonfidence since we have the cause. wr have the principles. we have the in- centive, we have ths will. and through Furh leaders as we have summoned tn the bearing of the standard we fird the wax with Man of the People at Head. In the Houston convention we placed the supreme command in the hands of & man of the paople who has captivated millions by a rare combination of the qualities of mind and heart e need Rot rely on printer's ink to humanize our candidate, for nature made him human and humane. He has demon- strated an unquestioned genius in state- craft. He has the eye of a realist, and he recognizes problems when he sees them. He has vision—and he finds a plan for their solution. He has con- struetive- initiative. and he puts it into form. He has courage and honesty mits it to the people. He biood of a two-fisted fight- ing man and he fights it through. And that is the reason that he has literally made over the governmental machinery of New York, given a new diznity to Btate sovereignty. and written his name indelibly into history as one of the gw]’,ey creative forces among all the rilliant and able executives of 2 mighty eommonwealth. i Having selected one of the tuxs'hud leaders of the North vention turned for hit running mate 10 the section that has heen gprnlmr in leaders and political thinkers since long before the establishment of the It iz the section that gave us the sword of Washington, the phil- osophy of Jeflerson, the constructive genius of Madison, the foreign policy of Monroe. democraey of Jackson distin- the con- Historic Ceremony Noted T know of nething so utterly without yme nr reason as the exclusion for generations from the twn high~st honors of the Nation of the statesmen of this section. and this ceremony is all the more historic and gratifying tn this committee because it has the honoi of bearing a_commission of leadership from the Democracy of the Nation tn one of the most gifted and thoroughly tested of the sons of the South Your feliow Demoerats turned 15 ven Benator Robinson, brcaise of son sen- #oned statesmanship. your established leadership. the robust quality of your Democracy. the Jeflersonian character of your political concepts, and your fine fidelity 1o American ideals. They have noted with increasing respect and ad- miration your positior Benate or the corruption that has shamed our prople. and toward those knocking for admissior the S8enate door with tainted credentiale in their hs b t ideals of 1 and the for a at he conseience people hip of those the e oeli §o0d fight a tribite n No stom and keep 1 mightily 1n ember and eor tahle W. C.T. U. VOICES REGRET Texss Deplore Sheppard's AUSTIN ) Mrs Claude de S aont o Texas branch of the Women's Christiar Yemperance Unlon informed Un tates Benstor Morris Sheppard kana. suthor of the eighteenth ment. in an open letter, that her organs pation. “numbering thousands of ,'::.v'yv stie Christian omer together with thousands of friends and co-workers, do deeply regret that you propose mctively 10 suppor! President of the United later the most outstanding wet of the Natior Mrs. Watls referred tn rep. pard’s recent declaration of support for Goy. Bmith ed Texnr amend of Chir earhing Our § ¥ tripled £110.000 000 in spite of the troubled conditions last mpor shall | | tions urged by . ROBIN HOT SPRINGS, Ark. Augnst 31 The following is the text of the address of Semator Joe T. Rabinson accepting the Democratic nomination for Viee Prasident last night The attention of the public through- out the United States is being coneen- tratad on politieal affairs to a degrec ensity never befors known Voters are interssted, not alone in the | problems and with which the saign i expected to deal, but also the of issues car in the parsonal characteristics of candidates. The preliminary cvents of the contest adicate that in order fo avoid bitier- ness the lenders on both sides must dis- plav a sen:e of justice and fairnoss by refusing to become the beneficlaries of political influences and processes which they themselves ars unwilling to em- play. In this way, and in no other. may the poisont slander and libel be teracted and overcome The quadrennial political contest for ich elective system nntable 5 inspiring spectacle when onducted in accordance with high tandards of cthies. No botter evi- ence can be produced of the soundnes Drmoeratic theory of —govern- than recognition e right of the people to govern themselves through the selection of official representatives. dark and striking from cover, and with venomous malice seck to poison the thoughts and arouse the prejudice of those who will decide issues of {ar-reaching importance Scund public policy encourage full k and fearless discussion of issues records. It discountenances ntation, perversion and falso- No end aimed at by an individ- a political organization can the secret or open employment upt or otherwise dishonarable Th~ spokesmen of a party has quty 1o tell the whole truth. and stified in urging conclusions which his conscience approves, however dis- taste . harmful they may be to the oppo: He proves himself un- worthy if he knowingly accepts Ad- from falschood. even though tered or inspired by himseif the hope that frankness. sincerity and fairness may govern he campaign. and that they be ‘mpered by the spirit of charity which ronstitutes the sublimest attribute of our Christian eivilization, the disens- ion of th~ measures at issue is entered upon in the belief that the wisdom of vaters will eorrectly and justly de- de between the two great parties which present their candid=tes and platiorms It will not be practicable in this ad- dress to touch upon all of the fssues raised. Many subjects of importance d for comment hood e} v or Ir Demoeratie Agricultural Policy Pezhaps the most important issue in this campaign arises out of the atti tuds of the two major partics toward th> problems affecting agriculture. Roth platforms recognise the dis- tressed condition of the industry. an “mbrzce promises. the relative value of which s apparent from & comparison of th* two pronouncements The Republican _piatform subject of farm relief is not readily disiinguishable from that of 1 pledging the part 1o take whatever on the steps are necessary to bring back a bai- | anced condition between agriculturs dustry and labor.” The farm problem December of 1921 Harding requested the former Secre- tary of Agriculture, Mr. Wallace. to call a ‘conference. The confercnce was feld in January, 1923, and a resolu- in- had appeared in when President tion adopted calling upon the President | to take such steps | and the Gongress wouid immediately re-establish a exchange value for all farm prod- uets with that of all other commodi- ties.” Th> Becretary of Agriculture, Mr. Wallace, took the lead in the prepara- tion of a measure which has bscome widely_known as the McNary-Haugen bill. "Prior to the national eonventions of 1924 it was defeated in the House of Representatives, and consequently was not considered by the Senate during that session This was the situation when the promise of 1924 wrs made by the Re- publican party “to take whatever steps Are necessary to bring back a balanced condition between agriculture, indus- try and labor, * *+ ¢ To regain the confidenee of the millions of voters who experienced dis- appointment in the faflure of his party 10 keep its pledge, President Coolidge announced during the campaign 1924 that he would call an agricultural conference 1o consider legisiation for the next session of Congress. The first report of this was transmitted by the President to the Congress January 28, 1925, em- bracing the following amazing recom- mendations There must, therefore, be establish- er a balanced Americen agriculture by which production is kept in step with the demand of domestic markets and with only such foreign markets as may be_profitable.” Thus originated the doctrine of which Mr. Herbert Hoover, Republican nomi- nee for President. became a champion that agricultural production should bs imited to the demands of our domestic markets Th! conference report also contained recom- mendations which the President strong- ly approved for legisiation on the sub- ject of co-operative marketing The legislation suggested followed the general line of the Capper-Williams bill recommended by Mr. Hoover. It met with opposition from all the principal farm organizations. and was defeated in the House. However, another co-opera- tive marketing bill was passed One of the prineipal distinctions he- tween the two measures is that the ad- ministration bill placed eo-operative marketing associations under Govern- ment_control. while the bill which passed the House gave the co-operatives eertaln Government assistance with ontrol. The latter bill was never brought 1o # vote in the Senate Bill Modified. In the short session of Congre which expired March 4, 192 the McNary Haugen bill, modified, was reported by the committees on agriculture in both the House and the Senate, but did not come A vote in either bhody In the Pacific Ruralist of February 7, 1924, Secretary Hoover, outiining his the agricultural question the fundamental neing of agricultural home demand plen announced by Mr. Hoover alieged relief of agriculture con- ted the contractjon of the farm ndusiry that production in excess of the home demand would be elimi- nated, and the export field left entirely 1o the industrial exporter During the session of 19251026 Me -Haugen bill was added as a committee wmendment o House bil 893 create a division of co-opera- tve marketing in the Department of culture. The amendment was de- feated and the bill was passed as it came from the House Numerous other bills, perhoaps 50 signed to promote agricuitural pros ity were introduced, but not one them war strong enough o receive ote in either House The Sixty-ninth Congress parsed the McNary-Haugen bill by a of A7 per cent of the Democrats and 52 per cent of the Republicans. President Coolidge vetoed the bill During the Iast session the hill was modified 10 meel many of the ohjec- the President in his first message. and again passed both increased majorities For a the President, vetoed the need s production the Ag de of " Houses by ceond th “This ot is & partisl recpitulation [ throughout | of | SON’S ACCEPTANCE | S INBERW OO LS. tf NIERW (*OO’DL SENATOR the events which disclose that through- out the last eight vears the Republican party has admitted the urgent charac- ter of the agricultural problem. These facts prove also that the Republican party is either incapable of successfully dealing with tha question or has delib- srately vinlatad its express promises to the farmers of the Nation. It would seem that eight years have afforded ample time for action, and that a political or- canization which has had every op- portunity which these voars could bring 1o obtain beneficial results should not now be heard to ask for a renewal of jts lease on power merely to repeat th- 31d promises which have been 5 often broken. But the argument docs not snd at this point Lays Blame on Hoover ent’s trusted porhaps more direct ponsible for the faflurs of farm relief legislation during the eight vears re- | ferred to than any other single politi- eal leader. His prezsnt position touch- ing legislation agriculiural relief marks no material edvance. In his speech of acceptance it is essorted The most urgent economie problem in our Nation teday is in agriculture + « + Differences of opinion as to both causes and remedics have retarded the completion of a constructive program of relief. ¢ * o Thix language the persistence of the what is more significant hiz party to advence “a rogram of relief.” What are the methods suggested by the nominee for President in his inter- pretation of the Republican platform? | 1. He assertz: “An adequate tarifi i the foundation of farm relief’ Will the farmers of th> United States. who, have waited eight years for Mr Hoover and his associates to serve them, | accept the tariff as a remedy “for de- pression in farm products” whose demestic prices are controlled in mar- kets not shielded by the tariff wall? Our farmers usually produce for export large quantities of wheat. corn, cotton and other staple products. Increased tariffs can afford no relief 2. The next propnsal in Mr. Hoover's acceptance speech Is the development of inland waterways, No political party opposes the im- provement of rivers and harbors; but. if the farmers of the United States must wait untii transportation rates are sufciently reduced by means of water- ways to bring them prosperity may as well give up the fight and ae- cept the humiliation and ruin which has threatened them throughout the last eight years. 3. The remaining feature of Mr Hoover's plan for farm relief is the stimulation of en-operative marketing by_advencing Federel credits. The co-operative marketing system has long been recognized by many members of both parties as helpful, but If it 15 to be regarded as of controlline value in the solution of the farm prob: lem. why have the administrations in which Mr. Hoover has served as a Cabi- net member falled to apply this remedy with promptness? Mr. Hoover, as the P adviser, is re- for expressly recognizss problem and the faflure of constructive Cites Democratic Policy. Contrast with this record of fechle- ness and failure the Democratie policy for the improvemeni of agriculture 1. We repudiate Mr. Heover's pro- posal to limit farm production to the domestic demand, as caleulated to br- little, rather than to encourage the great industry of agriculture Wheat, cotton and other products have long eontributed maintenance of our balance of farm to the trade. In 1927 we sold to other nations cotton | 1:mu:m)m 10 $959.000.000 abroad helped 1o swell our exports $324.000.000 I Mr. Hoover's \u::: tion should be carried out, hundreds of thousands of farmers and their fami- lies would lose their property and be driven from their homes. to swell even further the ranks of unemployed in the urban_centers 2. The Democratic party recognize the right of farmers o lead i ll:‘r-mdl: velopment. of farm polictes One of the reasons the Republican party has failed is thAt it has relled on the judgment of politiclans and re- Jected the opinfons of men whose inter- fsts and assoclations have prompted them to devote lifelong study to farm probleme That adequate credit facliities | better administration of the m::y:a v"m *ystem be aseured in the interest of tarmers The mismanagement during the Inst few years has aroused the feers of many that it mav be wreeked or {ts effectiveness greatly im- palred if present policles are continued o4 The necessity s recognized by lie Democratic party for an organized sgriculture through which the farmer may work out and apply his own reme Aies, as well as receive Government aid throueh a4 Pederal Farm Board 5 'The creation of a Federal Farm Board and the financing of eo-operative I.Iwm:.m. to deal with the crop sur pluses oV hile the equaliztion fee provided Or in the McNary-Haugen bill 15 not Xpressly approved, the Demacratic nlatform does recognize the prinetple of listributing the cost of operations with | renpect ta Surplus crops over the mar- ed units whose producer; - Ao ol producers are bene If & more equitable and effective plan than that comprised by the equalization fee 15 discovered, 1t should he adopted | The time has eome, however reonomie adventure {5 justified in be- | half of the milllons who engage in that { ndustry without whieh — elvilization feould not survive. The Democratie nominee for President himself (o prompt and decisive action wheat sold of this system they | when an ! has committed ROBINSON in accordance with the principles out- lined in our platform Enforcement of Prohibition. There has always been room in the Demorratic party for those who differ as to the bast means of promoting tem- porance and of suppressing the traffic in aleohoiic beverages. A proposal for changes in the existing national prohi- bition svstem, and alsy a resolution ap- the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act, were submitted to the committee on platform and res- olutions of the Houston Convention Neither was adopted Both the committee and the conven- n. aftar prolonged hearings. recog- fzed the futility of attempting to so- cure unanimity for either contention The committee reported. and the eon- vention unanimously adopted. a decla- ration in_the following language The Republican party. for eight ears in complets control of the Gov- srnment at Washington. presents the remarkable spectacle of feeling com- pelled in its national platform to yromise obedience to a provigion of the Federal Constitution which it has fia- grantly disregarded and to apologire to the country for its failure to enforce laws enacted by the Congress of the United Stated Speaking for the National Dem- ocracy, this convention pledges the I and its nominees to an honest effort to enfores the eighteenth amend- ment and_all other’ provisions of the Federal Constitution and Al laws enacted pursuant thereto. This provision condemns the Republi- can party for insincerity in promising obedience ta the eighteenth amend- ment after having flagrantly disregard- ~d for eight years that amendment and the law for its enforcement. The con- ention recognized that the Demiocratic party is neither a prohibition nor an anti-prohibition organization, but if intrusted with power its duty would be «_enforce all laws. To one who for 25 years has uni- formly supported measures for prohibi- tion, it has been disappointing to note ths methods and agencies employed by the Republican party in the enforce- ment of national prohibition Iaws The question should not be treated as merely political, but rather as moral | and economic. Some claiming to be | reformers. have clouded the subject with econfusion | They have discradited the motives | these who display moderation and fair- ness in public discussions and have auestioned the loyalty to the cause of temperance of all who are dissatisfied with present conditions Cites Wilson's Veto, President Wilson vetoed the Volstead act. The integrity of hit purpose was not questioned: his good faith was gen- srally conceded. The Democratic candidate for Presi- dent, Gov. Alfred E. Smith. declared in his_telegram to the convention: “The equal and even enforcement of |the law Is the corner stone on which | rests the whole structure of Democratic government. If it is the will of the people of this Nation that 1 am to take an oath as President of the United States to protect and defend our Con- stitution and laws, T will execute that anth to the limit of my abliity without reservation or evasion.” | This Ianguage ix an unqualified ac- ceptance of the obligation to enforce the Jaw to the' best of his ability Throughout the last two administra- tions the Prohibition Bureau has been under the Treasury Department, whose head. prior to national prohibition, was Iargely interested in the liquor business | Vare Urged Dry Repeal. Mr. Vare, who thwarted the move- ment to “stop Hoover” at Kansas City end forced Mr. Hoover's nomination claimed election to the Senate on a platform containing a single plank— | the repeal of national prohibition, Can it be said that because Gov. Smith believes that, without returning to the old evils of the saloon, temper- ance and respect for law can be pro- moted through changes in the existing system, he is a nullificationist and an enemy of the Constitution? Such argu- ments impeach the intelligence of their authors It is certain that only such modifica- tions as meet with the approval of public opinion are possible, no matter who serves as President | Having in_mind that the law for en- forcement of prohibition has been dis credited hecause good faith efforts have not been made for its enforeement, the conclusion 15 nsserted that a breakdown is not threatened by mere proposals for modification, but rather by indifference of the public to proper execution and by corruption and inefclency of many | enforeement ofcers. It 1s recognized {that the people constitute the reservoir of all political power and have the right. in the constitutional manner, to e Constitution and the law The execu- tive has no power to modify efther. It it in no sense an attempt at nullifica- tlon to suggest changes in the Consti- tution or the law. Nullification sists in refusal or willful faflure to en- foree To summarize, the Democratic plat- {form does not commit the party for or agalnst. modification. 1t does pledge | the nominees to an honest effort to en- | force the eigtheenth amendment and the laws enacied pursuant thereto. | Gov. Smith has promised his best ef- (forts o enforce prohibition, His per- sonal opinfon that the law or the Con | stitution should be changed (o make certain better ohssrvance and enforce- ment. does not affect his disposition or ability to perform that duty. Merchant Marine, An adequate merchant marine is ree- ognized by the Democratic party as SPEECH and misunderstanding. | of | I for changes In either or both the | con- | !annfl:’ ta the safety of the Nation | |and the independence of its commeree. | When it became apparent that the United States might bscome involved | in the late World War, which began | in 1014, her merchant marine had ai- most, disappeared from the seas. Presi- dent Wilson announced a_policy which In the emergency met with general ap- | | proval. The Democratic Congress gave | effect to his recommendations and pro- | | vided liberal appropriations for _the construction of ships for the carriage | | of our commerce. Democrats have| | never advocated and do not favor as| A permanent policy Government owner- | ship and operation of shipping lines if private enterprise will provide the funds and agencies required to give Ameri-| can shippers the necessary carrying service under our own flag. The Re- publican party has been quick to re-| spond 1o private influences and the ! propaganda of our rivals in commerce. vhile Democrats have been concsrned primarily with the interests of our own people. We have refused to approve reckless sacrifice and favoritism in the sale of vessels. We have insisted that the serv- ice of the United States Shipping Board shall be continued without discrimina- tion against sections or ports until it brecomes practicable to transfer the iines for private operation under con- ditions that will protect our commerce in prace times against discriminations which are certain to be imposed upon it if transportad largely under foreign flags: and it must be made certain that in the event of war the merchant ves- sels, reasonably required as auxiliaries to naval operations, shall be available | for prompt use without rellance upon the shipping facilities of other powers While the necessity for Government | ships continues, and until they can be | transferred under satisfactory condi- tions for private operation, the service should be kept efficient and should be improved to meet competition with for- eign lines and to provide for the ex- pansion of our commeree. Political Corruption. Honesty in public affairs is of tran- scendent importance. Corruption is the red signal of decadence. Corrupt elec- tions breed dishonest public officers That this issue exists is proved by the fact that both of the major parties | have 50 declared in their platforms | That the platform makers at Kansas City dread the issue is shown in their effort to anticipate the declaration on the subject by the Democratic party. While rare cases of fraud may be re- garded as unavoidable in any business comparnble in volume to that of the United States. it becomes a matter of general political conesrn when the party in power proves so derelict as to fall to prevent shocking and repeated departures from standards of common honesty in the transaction of the public business. The basis for the platform declarations referred to is found in no- torfous and criminal breaches of duty in several of the executive departments instances which have come to light during the last seven years. The whole- sale frauds perpetrated hy Republican office holders since March 4. 1921, have prompted pledges in language which im- plies recognition of the ' necessity for reform. In the Kansas City platform assartad by the Republicans: We stand for honesty in government for the appointment of officials whose | integrity eannot be questioned.” * ¢ * If this principle had been applied by it is the Republican administration it would | not have baen necessary for the Senate 1o advise the discharge of an Attginey General who had fiagrantly disregarded the obligations of his offiee and con- tributed to the pollution of the foun- tain of justice. ‘The country would have red the spectacle of the Execu- staining this faithless offieer until public ssatiment compelled dismissal and the dismissal would have been made without an expression of confidence lin the faithless officer by the Chief | Executive. If the reputation of *he | 'Government had been duly safeguarded | “here would have been no necessity for | | the Senate to urge the retirement of the Secretary of the Navy, who had blindly approved the enrrupt contract by whici the Nation's ofl reserves were bartered to private interests through the bribery of a fellow cabinet officer. the Secretaiy of the Interior | consequence that a national administra- | tion shall sustain and justify the pub- lic confidence by the prompt dismissal of faithless cabinet officers than that the feelings of sueh officers shall be soared by retaining them in authority after their miseonduct has been dis- closed Recalls Breaches of Trust, Breaches of trust in the Veterans' Bureau and in the Alien Property Cus- fodian’s office; the seeret exaction of “normous campaign funds from de- spoilers of the public domain, and the widespread sale of favors and appoint- ments by patronege dispensers disclose ronditions which should have been cor- rected long Ago And which make the piatform_ declaration of the Republi- can part® for “honesty in government™ and for “the appointment of officials | whose integrity cannot be questioned.” appear insincere and for the purpose 5 securing another lease on power The Democratic party pledges itself to “rescue the Government from those | who have betraved their trust by aracing it”; and supports its claims to the confidence of the.voters by compar- !ing the last elght years of Republican maladministration with the record of jur great Democratic President, Wood- row Wilson. During his presidency the usual administrative responsibilities were added the duty of carrying on the greatest war of all times, = Numerous committees of investization created by the opposition after it had secured con- trol of the Congress immediately fol- lowing the war disclosed no breach of trust part of any Democratic office holder Throughout almost four terms Democratic nominee for President has served as Chief Executive of New York During all his service the searchlight nf hostile scrutiny has been thrown tn full glare on his admintstrations | Gov. 8mith's record has stood the test & evidence of that extraordin; | executive ability and fearlessness re- jquired in a President of the United | Statex, who Is expected to safeguard the | Government against such thieves and | crooks as have plundered it during re- cent years, Issue Seen In Gifts. Campaign contributions and fair slections are intimately related to hon- st government. Here again both plat- forms recognize an lssue. The Republicans say i “Economy, honesty and decency in the eonduet of political eampalgns are A necessity If representative govern- ment 15 to he preserved to the people and political parties are to hold the re- spect of the citizens at large “The eampaign of 1924 complied with all these requirements. Ii was A cam- paign the expenses of which were care- fully budgeted in advance, and which, at the close, presented a surplus and not a deficit ™ If the spirit of these declarations had governed, the former Republican national not have secretly extorted or committee could recelved from a beneficiary of the naval ofl lease | large amounts in Liberty bonds for the | payment of a defieit coming from the 1020 campatgn, and without the pay- | ment of which the budget of 1924 could | not have been balanced without dis- closing the arrangements which would | have forfeited public confidence in the | campaign methods of the Republiean party, The secret procurement of Lib- prty bonds derived from a corrupt busi ness transaction in ofl, and the effort | by the former chairman of the Republi- |can national committee 1o distribute | the bands among cabinet oMcers, Sena- tors and other Republicans of great prestige: the deliberate concealment ok the plan from the Senate committee of investigation disclose practices at va- riance with the pledge now made not to create any deficit In campaign ex- Surely it is of greater | dis- | to | no instance of dishonesty on the | the | That | chairman of the | RASKOB SAYS FARM ISSUE 1S GREATEST Declares Smith’s Views on| Equalization Have Been Misrepresented. By the Associated Press HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. August 31.— Farm relief was characterized yesterday s the atstanding campaign’ issue in the farm belt by Chairman John J F kob of the Democratic national com- | mittee, who said Gov. Smith's position on the equalizatior fee had been mis- represented. Upon his arrival here for the notifi- | cation ceremoni= of Senator Robinson tonight. and after conferences with the viee presidential nominee and other party leaders, Mr. Raskob held an ex- tended conference with the press, during which he outlined his views on the |farm question and the campaign gen- erally. Overshadows Prohibition. Smith has never stated his in regard to the equalization fee,” Mr, Raskob said, adding that newspapers had misrepresented the | presidential nominee’s position. The plight of the Middle Western | |tarmers is a real problem, Mr. Raskob | said, and that it was “unbelievable that | {so little could be known in the East of | a problem of such far-reaching impor- tance.” | | " “I am greatly impressed with reports brought to me by leaders in various sections of the Middie West during my trip out here, with reg the con dition of the farmers” he declared unquestionably is the outstanding cam- paign issue in the farm belt.” He said in response to quetsions from newspaper men that it overshadowed prohibition, of which. he said, he had heard little on his trip Explaining he had never made a care- | ful study of the farm question, Mr Raskob outlined as his view on farm velief a plan by which Federal machin- ery would be set up to assist farmers in’ uniting in the regulation and mar- keting of their products. Tells of Plans. “Regional branches similar tn the Federal reserve banks might be estab- lished to direct the work in their sec- tions.” he explained Mr. Raskob was to leave tonight after the cercmonies with Senator Peter Ger- rv of Rhode Island. chairman of the Democratic national advisory commit- | tee, for Columbus, Ohio, where a con- | terence <1l be held with Ohio party leaders. They are to arrive in ‘Colum- bus at o'clock tonight Encouraging reports on the chances | for success of the party were brought to him in St. Louls, where he stopped en route here by leaders in the States under the St. Louis regional party head- quarters, Mr. Raskob said. Asked concerning the situation in Oklahoma, he said: “Oklahoma is a Democratic State, and we have no rea- son to ssume it will not go Demoeratic this vear.” The _tentative speaking itinerary for Gov. Smith calls for a trip to Okla- homa, probably tn Oklahoma City, Mr Raskob said. It is improbable the gov- ernor will come to Arkansas, he said. | “Gov { position 'STRATON CHALLENGED T0 DEBATE ON SMITH Former Georgia Governor Seeks to Meet Pastor in Atlanta | September 4. By the Associated Press | ATLANTA. Ga. August 31.—Thomas W. Hardwick. former Governor of Georgla and likewise former United States Senator. has challenged Dr. John Roach Straton, pastor of Calvary Bap- | tist Church, New York City, to a_de- bate when Dr. Straton speaks here Sep- tember 4, in a telegram addressed to | the New York pastor vesterday Dr. Straton also has received an in vitation from James F. Griffin of the | Wake County Democratic Club, Raleigh I N, C.. to debate Gov. Smith's candidacy with” Mr. Hardwick when he speaks there September 3 Dr. Straton replied to Mr. Griffin that “I am entirely in the hands of those who invited me to Raleigh and hall have to refer vou to them. Will hope to get even my old friend Hard- wick on the mourners' bench. if not across the line into the Kingdom." In his telegram to Dr. Straton today Mr. Hardwick said: “Since your North Carolina friends, In whose ‘hands you | | placed yourself. do not seem to have | develoned sufficient grit to face the mu- sie, and since you are advertised to speak in Atlanta at an early date. as- | safling the Democratic party and its | candid; 1 respectfully suggest that | vou could have no finer or better op- portunity of getting me on the mourn- ers’ hench than when you speak here. Several days ago Dr. Straton an nounced he would make an address in | Atlanta in.response to invitations from anti-Smith organizations. Mr. Hard- wick offered to bear half the expenses of the speaking date of the pastor hould the challenge to the debate nere he accepted ACCEPTS POST. Representative Manage Arkansas Ragon to Campaign HOT SPRINGS. Ark. August 31 .P) Representative Ragon of the Afth district has necepted the management of the Democratic national campaign in Arkansas. This was announced last night following a conference of Demo- cratic leaders with Senator Robinson A statement issued after the confer- ence said Mr. Ragon had consented to accept the post at the request of Sena- ! tor Robinston, Senator Harry B. Hawes of Missourd, reglonal director, and Vin- cent Miles of Fort Smith, Ark.. national mmitteeman and to keep the public fully penditures the sources of campatgn advised of funds Attention is now | declaration in the Republican form There will not be any vesolite endeavor to keep our eloctions clean, honest and free from taint of any kind. The improper use of money in governmental and political affafrs is A great national evil, * * © This provision is amusing in the light of recent history. Tt implies that \ determined cffort heretofore has been made- to “keep elections clean” and to | prevent the improper use of money. The | implication is contradicted by the | facts | “The safety of our politieal institutions | depends on fair elections and honest | | Government You may never expeet | n Government if nominations or | elections are to be bought and sold directed to another plat- relaxing of ot ! sourse, such methods do not meet with | approval by the majority of the Repub- | liean party. 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