Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1928, Page 6

¢ DAVIS SAYS SMITH 1S LEADER OF MEN Declares Him Better Fitted for Presidency Than Repub- lican Candidate. By the Assoclated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky, October 25.— Teking issue with Charles Evans Hughes' recent comparison of the quali- fications of Herbert Hoover and Gov. Alfred E. Smith, John W. Davis, Demo- cratic nominee in 1924, told an au- dience at the Jefferson County Armory last night that a President of the United States “must be something more than a scholastic economist, an engi- neer, a succeseful administrator and distributor of organized charity.” Gov. Smith, he declared, is a leader of men, is possessed of ability and force and is close to the hearts of the people. { After picturing Hoover as a aelf-(‘du—l cated man who achleved success as an engineer through his own ability, Mr. | Davis asserted that this alone is not a sufficient recommenidation for a Presi- Belglan Work ‘Well Done.” Referring to the Republican nomi- nee’s work as food administrator and a8 head of the Belgian relief, Mr. Davis declared the work was well done, but was accomplished in time of great stress and with unhmited tunds and resources at his command, “And yet some of his eulogists would have you believe he distributed his per- sonal wealth,” Mr. Davis said, In a subsequent discussion+of Hoover’s experience as Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Davis declared he would not say that Hoover did not prove an efficient ) Secretary, but asked what great battle he had fought in that capacity. Mr. Davis then sketched the hirth, home life and traiing of Gov. Smith, outlining his early itical career as assemblyman and sheriff, until he final- ly became became governor. -In the lat- ter capacity, the speaker declared, Gov. Smith fought unceasingly for the en- actment of “the most humanitarian | laws ever written In any State.” Among these reforms, he said, were the reor-; ganization of the State governmental machinery, a liberal workmen's com- pensation act, a mother's compensation measure, the short ballot and the cx- ecutive budget, As to “Washington Background.” Mr, Davis ridiculed the contention that a presidential candidate should “background.” land, Mr. Davis said, had never been in Washington until after he was -‘ected President, nor had President Couiidge until called there following his election as Vice Presi- dent. Moreover, he added, that Presi- dent Coolidge had never been west of the Mississippi River until his vacation last year in the Black Hills Paraphrasing a statement by Presi- dent Wilson in 1915 that the Republic- y had not advanced a new declared been made in 1919, assailing Hoover for “price " whichi assured ers a 20 per mcm,mmffimnotm Nation were crying for food. WAITRESSES FIRED ' FOR CHEERING SMITH finiun’ League, Philadelphia, Con- siders Outburst as Insult to'Guests Greeting Mrs. Hoover. By the Associated Press. By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, Mass, October 25.—Gov. Smith spoke here last - ht as follows: m_aning, not to hide it.” On August 11 of this year in the State of California the Republican can- didate in his speech of a tance made use of the that have just spoken, and held out a high hope the peopie of the Uni*:1 States that in th course of the campaign plain speak- ing would give ‘i American people an ogporumlt to render their verdict on the 6th of November in the light of a thorough understanding of where the candidate stood on all of the great questions upon which this contest must be decided. If lived up to, it would be ::1 innovation in Republican campafgn- | | g. Let us take up some of the subjects before the electorate and see how far the Republican an candidate has used words to convey his meaning. ‘Take first the question of the devel- opment of our great natural water- power resources. Let me first state the question at issue. Throughout the length and breadth of this country today there are great water-power developments. The Democratic platform refers to them as the last line of public resources not yet in the hands of private companies for private gain and private profit. Raises Zower Question. The question is, how are they to be developed? By the Government itself, retaining ownership and control for the purpose of putting the Government in & position by contractual agreements to guarantee fair rates and equitable distribution to the users of electrical energy, developed as a result of ther ownership of these resources? Or are they to be alienated and fall into the hands of the private power companies, eagerly sceking an opportunity to use the natural resources of the country, the property of all the ~eople, for their own profit?> Early in the campaign I exposed the operation of the power lobby and their attempts for many years to discourage public development and ownership. We are dealing with no new question, but with one that has mn before the country for quite some e ‘There can be no mistake about the Democratic position: or about my own attitude. I am endeavoring to apply to the Nation the principles that I app)~d in the State of New York, where piTo- ably the largest and the greatest of these water powers now reside. Only two years ago I successfully defeated the aspirations of the power trust by calling public attention to the fact that Commission of New York State was pre- pared to turn over the potential water- power possibilities of the St. Lawrence River to a subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of America. Properly developed, there is enough publicly-owned water power in the State of New York to light New England, and it is running to waste tonight while we are gathered in this hall, simply be- cause it has been impossible up to date to get any agreement as to the manner and method of dealing with it. The private companies have been successful in_blocking all attempts at public de- velopment. All this is known to Mr. Hoover, as it is to the Republican leaders of the country generally. Two Sides to Problem. There can only be two sides to the question—either the people are to re- tain these water-power sites under public ownership and public control or they are to lease them to private com- panies for private profit. It should be, in the ordinary course of events, a perfectly easy thing for any public man to declare without equivocation just where he stands on the fundamental principle inyolved. Take the very speech of acceptance, in which appears the text of my speech tonight. In so far as its deals with ed transportation, irrigation, , domestc water supply, hy- dro-electric power, and frequently the necessities of flood control. But this development of our water requires more definite national policles in the sys- tematic co-ordination of these different works upon each drainage area.” ‘What does all this mean? I am un- mm October 25.—Seven ‘Waitresses have been dismissed at the Union League, it was learned yesterday, after what was characterized by the house committee as an insult to Mrs. ‘Herbert Hoover and thousands of Re- L Thursday to gress he wite of (he greet. e of the Republican nominee. Charles E. Roberts, chairman’of .the house committee, said the waitresses ap- peared at the windows of the dre Tooms fronting on Moravian street and icheered for Gov. Smith. This and oth-. er streets surrounding the league were filled with womep awaiting an oppor- tunity to greet Mrs. Hoover. “It was purely a social event,” Roberts said, “when suddenly the voices of seven ‘waitresses ‘were heard calling, ‘Hooray for AL’ It is not a question of partisan Joyalty. Employes of the league vote as they wish, but we require that they be courteous to our guests. “Several members of the league con strued the cheers of the girls at thig particular time and place as insults to our guests. For that reason they were discharged.” SAYS HOOVER DRIVEN INTO CLINCH WITH SMITH orgenthau Declares G. 0. P. Can- didate Forced to Abandon “Dodging Attitude.” i By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 25.—Henry { Morgenthau, former Ambassador to £ Turkey, declared last night in a radio address that Herbert Hoover “has been forced to abandon his attitude of silence and dodging and come to a clinch with ‘Gov. Smith.” “‘Mr. Hoover didn't want to call the governor what he is—a fine, successful governor of New York,” Morgenthau sald, “but he did call him a Socialist, because Smith had the courage to sug- t gest a remedy for the dismal failure of the ignoble experiment of prohibition. “To Hoover it seems a crime or a Socialistic move for Gov. Smith to pre- vent our great waterpower from being treated as Teapot Dome and Salt Creek oll reserves were treated by the Repub- lican party.” et it -SMITH AGAINST SALOON, ASSERTS MRS. THOMPSON New York Govemo:l’lctured as Wanting to Make Prohibition Enforceable. | pe By the Associated Pre .. EAUELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo., October Z5.—Mrs. Genevieve Clark Thompson, daughter of the late Champ Clark, in an address here last night, declared “Al Smith's prohibition pronouncements signify an intention to simplify the law to make it enforceable, not a design to return to the saloon.” “I' abhor' the saloon,” Mrs. Thomp- son said, = “Our constitutiopal smend- ment on prohibition never will be changed. Gov. Smith does not. want to return to the old saloon.” ‘Turning to a discussion of the reli- glous issue, rMs. Thompson said; “I was born a blue-stockinged Presbyterian. Later I joined the Episcopal Church. 8o far as the Pope is concerned, he does not seem to have made a great able to make anything out of it, and if the American public can I would like to know what it is. Where could you find in any political campaign of the past a better example of the use of words to hide rather than to convey a meaning? Following his speech of acceptance, the Republican candidate was con- fronted with a nation-wide - demand that he use words to convey his mean- ing and not to hide it. “As a result, on the 18th of August, one week after his speech of acceptance, he spoke at Los Anj . 1 carefully read the speech, and all that he said about the funda- mental principle of control of the source of supply was that he was in favor of the highest dam at Boulder Canyon, on the Colorado River, that the engineers would recommend. Avoided Principle. This is to do with construction. The undamental principle he carefully voided. He next touched upon water power in the State of Tennessee, a State which would be 1y benefited by com- plete development of a water power on the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals; and, strange to say, in his entire speech he never even mentioned the words “Muscle. Shoals.” The following is an extract from his H 3 “Violations of public interest by indi- viduals or corporations should be fol- lowed by the condemnation and punish- ment they deserve, but this should not induce us to abandon progressive prin- ciples and substitute in their place deadly and destructive doctrines.” ‘What did_he mean by’ “deadly and destructive doctrines”? Did that mean public ownership and public control? If =0, why not use words to convey the meaning? And what did he have in his mind when he tried to hide it? Let me read further from the speech: “There are local instances where the Government must enter the business field as a by-product of some great ma- jor purpose, such as improvement in navigation, flood control, scientific re- search of natlonal defense, but they do not vitiate the general policy to which we should adhere.” What Is General Policy? What is the general policy to which we should adhere? What is the candi- opment of water power? The candidate’s statement at Eliza- bethton was so far from conveying any meaning that a chain of newspapers ing his candidacy had one of its men call upon him to find out exactly what he meant, and it is reported that in a private conversation with one of the newspaper editors on the subject of Mnscle Shoals he said: “You may say that means Muscle hoals.” Even after the newspaper interview, upon his return to Washington, he made a third statement with relation to Mus- cle Ehoals. This, the last and final statement, was more complicated than the first. I am not simple-minded on this sub- ject. I knew all along exactly where the Republican candidate stood. What I have been trying to do is to drag him into the open. From August 11 until October 22 Mr. Hoover succeeded in using words to hide his meaning, but on last Monday night | the cat got out of the bag, and at Madi- son Square Garden, in New York City, he told the progressive members of his own party, as well as the Democrats of the country, that their proposals would “canse us to turn to State socialism.” deal of headway in New York under Smith’s administrations.” 1f what he says in his Madison Square Garden spe¢ch is true, then all the “We shall use words to convey our|did the Republican-controlled Water Power | throughout the United States support- | | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. O, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25 TEXT OF SMITH’S BOSTON SPEECH members of Congress, Republicans and Democrats, who voted for the Muscle Shoals bill, vetoed by President Cool- e, are Socalists. Where did I hear this before? Where this n of “State socialism” ol ate as applied to State ownership and development of water power? It is the stock argument of the power trust and was used against my power plans by the power lobby in the State of New York. It was the vei; same 10/ argument made by the present’ chair- man of the Republican State commit- tee of New York, who, until the day he was selected to be the leader of his party in the State, was at the head of th2 Northeastern Power Co. and who, as speaker of the Assembly, stood against evary proposal for State development and State ownership. I can almost picture the Republican candidate saying to Chairman Machold, Smith's water power p 2" and Machold’s reply: “Refer to it as State socialism; that is best calcu- lated to scare business men, large and small.” 1 am pretty sure, however, that Chair- man Machold did not explain to the candidate that there are some distin- guished men, some of them members of his own party in the State of New York, who, so far as the power subject is con- cerned, lined themselves up with what he is pleased to call a socialistic doc- trine. Let us see who they are. Quotes Theodore Roosevelt. Former President Theodore Roosevelt, speaking about the power possibilities on the'St. Lawrence River, said the follow- ing: ““You have in this section a most valu- able asset in your natural water power. ‘You have elected too many men in the past who have taken what belongs to the Nation. Coal and oil barons cannot compare to water power barons. Do not let them get a monopoly on what be- longs to this State. There has been a persistent effort to give private corpora- tions control of the water power in this country. There has been an effort to give that control to the Aluminum Trust. If the Aluminum Trust makes its money fairly, all right. But when it gets money and power by taking the natural resources of the State, it is time for us to object. Do not give up your water power for a promise of quick development. We are poor citizens if we allow the things worth most to get into the hands of a few.” Another distinguished soclalist, ac- cording to the Republican candidate and the Republican chairman, is former Gov. Hughes, ex-Justice of the United States Supreme Court, ex-Secretary of State and candidate of the Republican party for the presidency in 1916. As far back as 1907, 21 years ago, he first advocated the development of public waters in the State of New York under State ownership and State control. ‘These words I have taken directly from the title of an act passed in that year placing upon the then existing water- power commission the duty of drawing a_comprehensive plan, and the words, “State ownership and State control,” are written into the law. Nathan L. Miller, former judge of the Court of Appeals and former Governor of the State of New York, advocated the erection of State-owned and State-con- trolled power plants on the Erie Canal, and while we are here in this hall to- night they are operating, gencrating electrical energy and earning for the State a large return upon the State's investment. If Mr. Machold and Mr. Hoover are right, former Gov. Miller takes his place among the soclalists on the ques- tion of water power development. Young Is Quoted. Owen D. Young, chairman of the board of directors of the General Elec- tric Co., an advocate of State-owned and State-controlled power sites, must, according to the language of the Re- publican candidate, take his place in the rank of State socialists. Taking the candidate at his own words, why does he not, instead of hid- ing behind the catch phrase of “State socialism,” come right out and say, I believe in leasing or selling or other- wise alienating the water power of this country in the interest of private power companies for development by them for privete profit and private gain, and I am opposed to Government ownership, Government control and Government development? ~ Why not be as frank and open as he was in the speech that he delivered before the annual conven- tion of the National Electric Light As- sociation in 1925, wherein he went so far as to discourage public ownership and public development that this as- sociation issued his speech In a pam- phlet as part of the propaganda that they spread throughout the country against all proposals for public develop- ment? No more palpable example of usin, words to hide a meaning can be foun than the candidate's own statement in his s at Square Garden on Monday night, when at great length he attempted to lead the American peo- ple to believe that public ownership and public aevelog:unt of water power meant putting the Government in business and to bolster up his claim, he quoted from a speech delivered by Samual Gompers at Montreal as far back as 1920, and attempted to make that speech apply to water power when it was really made against Government ownership and oper- ation of railroads of the country. 'here is a wide difference between a privately owned railroad and water- mwer site, the ownership of which in e first instance, resides directly with the people of the country. Mr. Hoover failed to differentiate between the de- velopment of a natural resource and the operation of a privately buflt-up business. ‘This is using words not only to hide the meaning but to attempt to distract public attention from the main issue. Corruption Recalled. “In the past years there has been cor- ruption, participated in by individual officlals and members of both political parties, in national, State and municipal affairs. Too often this corruption has been viewed with indifference by a great number of our people.” I just read to you again from the speech of acceptance of the Republican candidate for the purpose of calling to your attention that here also we find words used to conceal rather than to convey a meaning. This is a national campaign. why any reference to State or municipal affairs? Ahd if words are to be used to convey our meaning, and the candidate is dealing with corrup- tion, why not speak about the oil scandals and the frauds in the office of the alien property custodian? Why not condemn the disgraceful thefts of the Veterans’ Bureau, unearthed °largely through the efforts of your distinguish- date’s policy with regard to the devel-| €d Senator Walsh? I aisagree with the candidate that the people generally view with indifference storles of official corruption made pub- lic as far back as 1923, If there has been any indifference to official cor- ruption it is more noticeable among the leaders of the Republican party than among the rank and file of the people. The rank and file of the American peo- ple, Republicans as well as Democrats, are thoroughly disgusted with the whole oil question and they naturally look to publican candidate for strong denun- ciation of the Republican officials and party managers in any degree invoived. The American people in 1924 lieved that they had heard the last of this dark chapter in American history, but were greatly stirred when, subse- qhu:nt to the 1924 election, it developed that a part of the oil money found its way into the campaign funds of the Republican party itself, linking not only dishonest public officials with the ofl scandals but also the chairman of the Republican national committee and such members of the party as were willing to assist him in having the oil money find its way into their party | treasury. That incident closed, the American people hoped that they had heard the last of it, and now it crops up again in 1928, when the chairman of the Republican national committee, the Republican leaders and to the Re- the former Secretary of the Interior, renewed for five years the contract of the Sinclair Oll Co. for the royalty oil in the Salt Creek oil region. Oil Lease Renewed. The original sale was made by Sec- retary Fall for a five-year period, with the option of a five-year renewal. Ref- erence to this matter during the tria} of one of the oil magnates, and in the Senate investigation, should have been sufficient to put Dr. Work, the Secre- tary of the Interfor, on notice, so that at least before renewing the option he would get an opinion of the Attorney General as to its validity. This, how- ever, was not done, and the renewal was executed in January of 1928 and branded by the Attorney General as illegal and improper in the middle of October of this year, after the matter had been onh.hls desk since the second f last Marcl % . What more palpable exhibition of indifference on the part of a party leader could you find than the news- paper interview with Dr. Work re- ported in the daily press? I shall d it: R"Why didn't you inquire of the At- torney General's office about the validity of the lease before its renewal?” “There was no question of its validity. Get this clear: There was nothing to do with making a lease or examining its validity. A lease had existed five years. There was an option for a five- years renewal. It was only a legal question of renewal, and the depart- ment acted on the solicitor’s advice.” “Weren't matters in the Interior De- partment ever referred to the Depart- ment of Justice?” “Yes. When there was occasion to. There was no occasion in this matter.” Work Had Nothing to Say. “Doesn't it seem queer to you that the Attorney General should have can- celed the lease immediately upon dis- closure of the facts by the World?” “No It's all over. I have nothing to do with it. Furthermore, I've noth- ing to say.” “But weren't you.inclined to be sus- picious or curious because this was a Government oil lease with the Sinclair Co. 'No. Why should I be?” Dr. Work suddenly looked up and said: “You understand I'm- not being in- terviewed. I won't be interviewed on this matter at all.” “Very well. I can only quote what you've said so far, then.” “You can't quote me at all. I'm not being interviewed.” A “You said nothing of the kind, sir.” “Well, you're a gentleman, aren't you?” “If you had told me you were speak- ing in confidence I should have been bound, sir. But I told you who I was and where from at the outset and asked questions directly, which you answered.” “What is your name?" He was told the reporter’s name. “Well.” concluded the former Secre- tary of the Interior, “I have nothing at all to say on this matter. I have nothing to do with it. And it is all a matter of record now, not discus- sion. Talking about indifference, here is a report of an interview with Mr. Hoo- ver himself. One newspaper man said to him: “Do you agree with Dr. Work that the people are tired of hearing about oll?"” & Hoover Refuses Interview. “I will not discuss that matter,” said Mr. Hoover. ; Let the American people judge what meaning Mr. Hoover meant to convey or to conceal by this silence. In the early part of my speech in reference to water power I clearly showed that the Renublican candidate left the minds of the public in dark- ness for two and a half months, and finally disposed of the public water- power develonment by calling it “State socialism.” He has taken that identi- cal course on the subject of farm re- lief. In his speech of acceptance and touched upon the question of farm relief he used words to hide his real meaning, but at New York on Monday night he declared my plan for farm relief to be St:e socialism, although the fundamental principle of my plan was recognized by the Congress of the United States and twice approved by an overwhelming vote of Democrats and Republicans in both houses, and twice submitted to the President of the United States and twice vetoed by him. despite the fact that he had no plan of his own to offer in its place. Let us see whom we can add to the ranks of the Socialists as the result of that vote. ‘The vice presidential candidate is a 50 per cent Socialist. He voted for it when it came before the Senate originally, but refused to vote for it over the veto of the President. We materially add to the ranks of the State Socialist party when we take in the members of of both parties in both houses at Washington who twice voted for the principle set forth in my stand for farm relief. State Socialistd Cited. Former Gov. Lowden of Illinois, ac- cording to the candidate’s Monday night declaration, is an active and mili- tant member of the State Socialistie party. Let me not at this time overlook the Vice President of the United States, who, because of his advocacy of the principle set forth in my speech of ac- ceptance, would become a member of the State Socialist party. How must it ring in the ears of the farmers in the wheat and corn belts of the country to have the Republican ran- didate on Monday night at Madison Square Garden line them all up with the State Socialist party? The Republican platform adopted at Kansas City says: “The agricultural problem is national in scope.” With that we are all in accord, be- cause there is no denying the fact that when one-third of the whole population of America is in distress and their buy- mf power is paralyzed, the other two- thirds must feel it. That New England does feel it there can be no doubt, al- though the Republican candidate, when speaking in the city of Boston, referred to the wages paid in the textile industry as indicating a great prosperity evenly spread all over the country. While in Boston the candidate spoke of the prosperity of New England, but in his speech of acceptance he said that agriculture, coal and textile industries are still lagging behind. Reviews Textile Industry. What are the facts? In one manu- | facturing city alone in this State the number of wage earners in industs dropped from 33,300 in 1921 to 24,800 in 1927, a loss of work for 8,500 men and women, particularly in the woolen and cotton mills. In that same period the amount of wages earned in a year had fallen from $36,904,884 to $28,961,- 874, or la loss in wages of $8,000,000 a year. The figures come from the Massachu- setts State Department of Labor and Industry. In his Boston speech Mr. Hoover of- fered the textile workers of New Eng- land the consolation that they earned on an average of 40 cents an hour, and for that reason they were much better off than textile workers in other parts of the world. . For a little over a 53-hour week 40 jcents an hour would make the weekly wage of a full-time textile worker $31.36 a week. Even this small amount is not agreed to by the Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics in Washington, which only re- cently issued a statement declaring that a survey of the cotton textile industry showed that for a little over a 53-hour week the worker received $17.30. Let us see how the report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics at Washing- ton squares with the advertisement in- in all of his speeches in which he has | the . lican p-m adver “Republ prospe! increased rity has hours and earning Buying Power Paralyzed. That cannot be made to apply to the farmer, and because it cannot is one of the reasons why it cannot be made to apply to the textile workers of New England, for the reason that the buying powelr :‘n one-third of the fimm people been 3 ment says that "mm prosperity has Fut a chicken in every pot and a car in every back ly.:'rd." textile workers of New England, at $17.30, can- not buy very many chickens nor very much gasoline. “Republican efficiency has filled the working man’s dinner pail and gasoline tank besides, and placed the whole Nation in the silk-stocking class.” I should like to have a picture of a $17.30-a-week textile worker riding out to cinner in his automobile with his silk stockings on, In the face of the candidate’s own statement, in the face of the Republi- can party’s own declaration that agri- culture is prostrated and that the buy- ing power of one-third of the people; of the Nation has been paralyzed, the Republican _candidate at Madison Square Garden on Monday nigh' of this week declared the Democratic rem- edy for the economic ills of agriculture to be State soclalism, without offering anything in the way of a remedy for their solution. Unfounded statements of that kind go farther to build up the ranks of socialism in this country than | anything else. As far as these problems are con- cerned, certainly words have not been used to convey a meaning, but have been used ‘to hide it. Turns to Prohibition. ‘Talking about using words to hide a meaning, let us take the gem of the speech of acceptance of the Republican mx:!dldue. Speaking of prohibition, he said: “Our country has deliberately under- taken a great social and ecopomic ex- periment, noble in motive and far reach- ing in purpose. It must be worked out constructively.” What does that mean? What is the matter with the noble experiment that, after eight years of trial, it is necessary for the Republican candidate to say it must be worked out constructively? Is it working mow? If not, what is the maiter? And what is his remedy? ‘Why not use words to convey the mean- ing and not to hide it? Further in his speech he says: “Common sense compels us to realize that grave abuses have occurred.” What are they, and what is the rem-| edy for them? Speaking in Milwaukee, in great de- tail I laid before the American people the abuses of prohibition—bootlegging, officlal corruption and general disrespect for law. And I offered a remedy. Strange to say, at Madison Square Garden on Monday night my remedy— modification of the Volstead act and the application of State's rights to the solution of the problem—is referred to by the Republican candidate as State socialism. It cannot be possible that Mr. Hoover means seriously to try to lead the American people to belleve that the cure of these evils by the applica- tion of the principle of States’ rights can be attacked as socialism. Present Condition Anarchy. ‘Where does Mr. Hoover's do-nothing 1928 CONCRETE WORKER HURT. Suffers Serious Injuries When Pinned Beneath Heavy Mixer. Pinned beneath a 'heavy concrete mixer when it overturned at 7100 — Georgia avenue, at 5:30 yesterday| Chile plans to spend nearly $11,000. afternoon, Willlam Bowser, colored, 35 |000 on improving its highway system. years old, 1326 Harrison avenue south- Influenza Hits Californi; Boweer. i emploe of ihe Columbia| SAN - . October zgmm_ Construction Co., of that address. was | Dr. Walter H. Dickié, head of the State working on the mixer when it over-| poard of sald yesterday' that urned. He was e other and taken to Walter Reed Hospital, and later he was removed to Emergency, thence to Providence. ZAAN Society Brand Clothes are sold in Washington Exclusively by The Hecht Co. policy with r to prohibition get us? For mnmtml fw has to sug- gest we shall continue to live under the present grave abuses. my of liquor control is State socialism, the present condition of bootlegging, hijack- ing, racketeering, corruption and law- lessness is governmental anarchy. Is this cry of socialism anything new? Not to a man with my experience. have heard it raised by the reactionary element of the Republican party in my own State over a period of a quarter of a century. Every forward-looking, pro- gressive, up-to-date legislative enaot- ment in New York was at some time or another referred to by reactionary Re- publican leaders as State socialism. T recall vividly to mind the debate in Assembly wi I was the leader of the Democratic party on the floor of that house on the question of for widowed mothers. The Republican leader referred to it as paternalism and as soclalism. The workmen's com] = tion act, enacted by a Democratic leg- islature and signed by tic governor, was referred to as paternalis- tic and soclalistic. All of the salutary amendments to the factory code intend- ed to promote the health and well be- ing of women and children in industry were decried as being socialistic and paternalistic. As early as 1922 a large part of the argument made against me and my campaign for the govemorshl}) was predicated on the theory that I favored paternalistic legislation, because I ar- ed for the strengthening of the child labor laws, the lawys for the protection of women in industry and the extension of the benefits of the widows' pension act. And in the present campaign in New York State, the Republican candi- date is building a large part of his ar- gument on a promise to extend the benefits of all these laws, notwithstand- ing that at the time of their original introduction they were all decried by the reactionary element of the repub< lic?n party as socialistic and paternal- istic. Foster Cry of Socialism. The cry of socialism has been pat- ented by the powerful interests that de sire to put a damper on progressive leg= islation. . Failing to meet the arguments fairly and squarely, “special interest” falls back on the old stock phrase of social- ism. The people of New York State are tired ot the stock argument, have dis- covered it means nothing, that it is sim- ply subterfuge and camouflage, and I am satisfied that the people of the Na- tion in their wisdom will so appraise it. As far as all these problems are con- cerned, I have certainly used words to convey my meaning and I have not attempted to conceal it, and it made no erence in what part of the coun- try I was talking. To refer to the rem- edles for all these evils as State social- ism is not constructive statesmanshi it is not leadership, and leadership is what this country is hungry for today. It has not had it in the last eight years, and it has little prospect of it in the four to come in the event of Republican success. ‘The solution of these Trohlemx along sane, sensible, progressive lines can only come from the restoration of the Democratic party to power under a leadership that I promise will be active, alert, forward looking and successful. |SPEAKER SEES COURAGE Woman Democrats Set Precedent in Supporting Hoover, Dry Secretary Says. By thie Assoclated Press. EVANSTON, Ill, October 25.—The women of the W. C. T. U. have done an unprecedented thing in backing the candidate of a political party this year, and “no one knows what they have done and what they have suffered” in this campaign, Mrs. Anna Marden De ‘Yo, national secretary of the Temper- ! ance Union, told its Illinols State eon- ( vention yesterday. “Think of what it has meant to the tens of thousands of fine Democratic women of the South and other States,” Mrs. De Yo saild. “It is a bitter experi- ence for them to turn away from their 1 i much courage for these Democratic W., C. T. U. women to support Hoover and | Curtis as it took.eur crusading mothers to pray on the floor of saloons.” SO - Sociely Brano ‘is not equipped to make a’ poor, Overcoat Even if they tried, they cdixldn:t doit. The cutters would knit their brows and worry. The L tailors would fail to understand. And in spite of all instructions, they would turn out the same amazingly good-looking clothes as before. 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