Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1928, Page 11

SMITH TAKES RADI ANNOUNCER ONTRIP Norman Sweetser of WJZ Will Supervise Broadcast- ing of Speeches. :By the Associated Press. GOV. SMITH'S TRAIN, September © 18.—Included, in the list of aides and friends who are slated to make Gov. Smith's first campaign trip one of com- fort and smooth running is Norman ‘Sweetser, the first radio announcer to be a member of a presidential campaign art; P P‘,Sr the hour hook-up in each of the #ix cities in which the governor wil make addresses' during the next two weeks, Mr. Sweetser will be in charge. The candid#te, who is lord of the spe- cial 11-car train that is carrying him and the near 100 friends, newspaper men and train crew to the first stop in Omaha, will place himself in the hands of the announcer and go on the air when the mechanics of the hook-up have been completed. “Personality, that’s the thing Gov. Smith has,” was Mr, Sweetser's com- ment upon the candidate, and when he was asked about the chances of get- ting his personality over on the radio he added loyally: Praises Governor's Voice. “The microphone tells the truth, and Just as the governor speaks. the thou- sands of radio listeners will hear it. “Gov. Smith has an excellent radio voice, and he has learned how 'o use it for the best results over the micro- phones. This same personality wiil be Just as much in evidence to the radio sudience as it has always been to his cioser audiences.” The extent of the hook-up in each of the speaking cities has not yet been determined, though Mr. Sweetser said e did not believe any one would cqual that used at the time of the governor's fcceptance speech in Albany, The National Broadcasting Co. is in control of the radio arrangements at Omaha, Oklahoma City, Denver, St.| Paul and Milwaukee; while that at Helena, Mont., is a network of inde- pendent stations assembled by local Tadio companies. ‘The announcer has declared he will take ‘but little part in"the radio pro- grams in which the candidate is star performer and said he hoped the 'cere- Mmonies. would be gotten under way in each city. without the introductory re- marks of any local chairman. Bar Train Broadcasting. “Of the 60 minutes we will be on the air,” he said. “I expect to take three minutes opening up and signing off, L lenvlng at least 57 minutes for Gov. Smith.” Mr. Sweetser, who is announcer at Btation WJZ, New York, gave his hearty approval of the governor’s disinclination to make use of the radio that has been installed in his private car and an ex- tension in the club car for the use of other members of the party. “Radios,” Sweetser said, “never work ‘well on a moving train and I guess the governor has had enough experience ‘With them to lay off .on this trip.” e e R e ey NEIHART FOR CONGRESS. TOPEKA, September 18 (#).—C. T. Nenuri Lyndon lawyer and banker, has been named as the Democratic nominee for Congress from the fourth Kansas district, taking the place of Alva Sweezey -of Olivet, who withdrew * because the State party platform con- tained a plank indorsing the McNary- Haugen farm bill, which he character- fi; as “be!onzinx to the Republican Y. The fiomination was made by the district congressional committee of the gll = Nethart - -will oppose Homer och, Mpuhlimn incumbent. SEES HOOVER'S TRIUMPH. SALT LAKE CITY, September 18 (#). ~—Senator Reed Smoot of Utah last ight predicted that Herbert Hoover ould be elected President with a larger jority* than that given President Coolidge four years ago, and that five and possibly six States of the “solid South™ would support: the Republican nominee. In a speech here the Senator said he believes Tennessee, North Carolina, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky and possibly Florida would go for Hoover, Heflin, Bishop Cannon, he Re: THE EVENING EX-TAMMANY CHIEF WELCOMED HOME BY OLD DOMINION FRIENDS Lewis Nixon Makes Reception at Leesburg Occasion to Deliver Speech in Support Of GOV. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star, LEESBURG, Va. September 18— Before a respectful but not over- enthusiastic throng of home folk packed into the historic Courthouse Square at this one-time capital of the country, Lewis Nixon, former sachem of Tam- many Hall, came home last night to “sell” Tammany and Gov. Smith to Old Virginia. If the size of the crowd, which came by automobile, buggy and horseback to_the venerable courthouse, may be taken as an indication of a mission successfully performed, then former Sachem Nixon eminentiy succeeded. If the quictude which marked deliv- ery of his lengthy message in_behalf of Gov. Smith and against Herbert Hoover is a criterion by which to measure the receptive mood of the audi- ence, then the Democrats in this arid section of the Old Dominion were not very receptive last night. Swanson Arouses Enthusiasm. There was a display of old-time po- litical enthusiasm, all right, but it was elicited not by the reading by Mr. Nixon of his prepared address, but by the fervent, forensic efforts of Virginia's senior representative in the United States Senate, Claude A. Swanson. The | latter’s high-powered appeal to his fel- | iow citizens to stand by the ranks of Democracy to the last ditch evoked a concerted, shout of acclaim that ruffied the leaves on the giant oaks and elms tHat overspread those seated on the courthouse lawn, It was evident that what the Loudoun County folks wanted last night was lots of oratorical spell-binding. Senator Swanson, a veteran political campaign- er, produced the goods, but the former big chief of Tammany, not claiming to be a spell-binder in the campaign sense of the term, didn't even pause long enough in his reading. to let the citizens applaud, if they had wanted to. Real Home-coming Event. As a result, it was apparent that some of his auditors were restless, and groups of them left for home before the ad- dress was completed. All in all, how- ever, the home-coming of Lewis Nixon, shipbuilder and Tammany chieftain, to his birthplace and boyhood haunts was an occasion “long to be remembered in these parts. There was the unusual spectacle of staid Democrats of the Old Dominicn rising to their feet as a boys’ band from Washington struck up “East, Side, West Side,” just as they had done to the rousing strains of their beloved South- ern anthem, “Dixie.” And scores of those in the audience, as well as the guests on the improvised platform on the courthouse steps, wore from their lapels celluloid buttons bearing the likeness of Al Smith and from which dangled miniature brown derbies. Nixon characterized Tammany as “the South's proven friend and always constant ally,” against which the charges of ‘“vast corruption are un- proven and untrue. Condemns G. O. P. Dry Rule. Condemning prohibition enforcement under Republican rule, Nixon spoke of the widespread corruption and law- flouting. 'He eriticized Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney General, for her night-club raids New York City and added: “Perhaps before she is muzzled she will be placed in the class with Senator Msl; ‘William Allen Whil n and ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION 7th St. & La. Ave. N.W. 60th Issue of Stock Now Open for Subscription Money Loaned to Members on Easy Monthly Payments James E. Connelly James F. Shea President Secretary Bunions @fl‘ Quick relief from pain i Prevent shos pressure (oot DzScholls p.pm. Zin Ead‘t'.' i Smith. the young Col. Roosevelt, who are help- ing 'so much in raising the tide of Democratic enthusiasm.” He said “the Republican candidate is dry in the dry States and near-dry in the wet States and stands before’ the people in a_ storm-door_attitude. His Tollowers will need a. daily weather Te- port or a barometer to tell whether he is wet, moist or dry at any particular dafe.” He called attention to “rumor: that a $10,000,000 fund has been rai by bootleggers to defeat Gov. Smith, and remarked “It is probably true.” Discusses Religious Tssue. Nixon condemned the tendency toward “religious intolerance” in this | campaign, sayin “I know there is prejudice in some parts of our Soutlland, but when such prejudice is spread by sneaking propa- ganda used to hurt the chances of our candidate, who has never permitted re- ligion to detract from or favor any of his appointments to office, should we let such prejudice be used against him and ourselves be made the tools to betray our_party? “If slander and abuse can divert the | minds of men who do not know the man nor his merits by striking below the belt and muddying the stream of public thonght by talk of religion and Tammany, so much less will a proper understanding of this great man of our Democracy be taken at his true value.” Attack on Hoover. A good part of Nixon's speech was devoted to an attack on Hoover and his attitude “cn farm relief, prohibition and other questions and an exposition of | the views of Gov. Smith on similar problems. He concluded with the final appeal: “Let us not permit the tom-tom beat- ing of our enemies to divert our minds from faith in this man by false state; ments, bigotry and the stressing of questions %adlng to a division in our own ranks. It is a great leader that we want, and the Democratic party in this time of national need has found him.” Senator Swanson stated that the “fortunes of Virginia are wrapped up in the fortunes of Democracy.” Ralsing his hand high above his head, he shouted “See that hand? For 40 years it has been scratching tickets for the Demo- cratic party, and as long as I am able to 1ift it, so help me God, it will con- tinue to do 50.” Veteran Gives Rebel Yell. There was a great outburst of ap- plause and cheering, and an old Con- federate veteran seated in front gave vent to a rebel whoop and cried, “That’s it, that's it! Pointing out that Hoover was a col- league of Mellon in the cabinet, he said: “If you want a continuance of the present lack of enforcement of the dry law, hold your nose and vote for Hoover, my dry Democratic friends!” He denounced attacks on Smith be- cause he is a Catholic, and declared that if he ever went to!New York the Tolmanized Collars Wilt Slowly THE_TOLMAN LAUNDRY Business Theatre Golf Tennis College School Shopping Govt. Bldgs. Convenient to All' Car and Bus Lines. Live in The Bradford 1800 K St. N.'W. Furnished and unfurnished apartments, 1 room and bath to 7 rooms and 2 baths. Elec- tric refrigeration. 24-hour tele- phone and elevator service. Manager on Premises. Geo. W. Linkins HARRISON LAUDS SMITH OVER RADIO Senator Says “Candor and|ro Courage” Are Among Nom- inee’s Qualities. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Scotember 18.—Sena- tor Pat Harrison of Mississippi, direc- tor of Gov. Smith’s campaign in the South, last night broadcast over a net- work of Eastern stations the first of a series of radio campaign talks planned by the Democratic national committee. “Candor and courage are among his ptedominant qualities,” Senator Har- rison said in describing the nominee’s right to be designated “The Happy Warricr.” “No other State in the Union has so mang complicated prob- lems as New York, yet this Democrat in a Republican State has been steadily advanced by Republican and Demo- cratic votes_alike.” Leading Republicans have attested the governor's fitness for office, Senator Harrison _asserted, quoting Charles E. “first_thing T would do would be to join Tammany. Representative R. Walton Moore and Chairman J. M. Hooker of the State Democratic committee also appealed to the audience in behalf of Gov. Smith. Wilbur C. Hall, Loudoun County's dele- gate in the Legislature, presided over the rally. He announced Gov. Byrd's and Senator Glass' regrets at their in- ability to be present. Prior to the meet- ing Nixon and the other guests of honor attended a dinner at the home of Mayor Charles F. Harrison. The Nixon_address broadeast by Sta- tion WRC of Washington CHRONIC INDIGESTION if neglected may result in a serious illness. Consult a physician, Among these WAHL » EVERSHARP Fountain Pens there’s one that writes like you | A new idea in fountain pen making and fountain pen buying. With the Wahi-Eversharp Pen, at $3.00 to $10.00, you have the choice of fourteen graduated points. Here are pens suited to every individual need. Pick your own point, pick the one that writes like you. The smooth- est and sweetest writing pen you ever used. The Wahl-Eversharp 'Fountain Pen is a self starter, Hughes, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler and Elihu Root as among those who have pald tribute to Gov. Smith's ability. Defending the nominee against charges of Tammany affiliation, he as- serted that “in more than two genera- tions Tammany has not been convicted of any wrongdoing,” and declared that “in every presidential campaign the Democratic nominees without exception have received Tammany's active sup- rt.” If America is to remain united, he said, there must be no departure from the “complete separation of church and state,” adding that as governor the Democratic nominee’s appointments, “as shown by his record, are free from all religious influence.” Record Refutes Charge, He Says. “His whole public record,” Senator Harrison declared, “refutes the charge that he Js either narrow, partisan or intolerant in the consideration of ap- pointments. ‘The promotion of the public welfare is the chart that has ever guided his course.” Senator Harrison was introduced by Senator Peter Goelet Gerry of Rhode Island, chairman of the Democratic advisory committee. 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