Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1936, Page 8

STRESS PROGRESS - OF THE NEW DEAL Country Is Not Declared in Financial Distress at Present. BY WILL P. KENNEDY, Stafl Correspondent of The Star. ' PHILADELPHIA, June 26.—Demo- cratic women said their say yesterday on the important question of finance at the second of the four regional Wwork meetings, which was addressed by Representative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey, “Mayor of Washington.” _They also expressed their gratifica- tion that women had been admitted to the party Platform Committee on _equal terms with men. Miss Molly Dawson of New York and Matne, *‘¢hairmen of the women’s division of “he national campaign organization “wid: “I don't believe women realized how “great a victory it was when the reso- . lution admitting them to the Platform OCommittee went through. We will ~ now have 2¢ women on the Platform * Committee. At the Republican Con- vention at Cleveland there was only 7 .one woman on the Platform Commit- tee. This resolution is very important because women will have a share in - formulating the platform. The reso- g-dution went through without any ob- Ziaction from the men. A number of Z¥gdelegations caucused on the floor to ~pick their women for the Platform .Committee. <> Cites Ready Willingness. *“T think we should rise in respect to “<8he men of our party who took us in 5o willingly. Many of them said ‘Why didn’t you ask for it?"" Miss Dewson turned an historical phrase to Democratic duty when it ' was called to her attention that John Hamilton, Republican campaign man~ ager, had said: “The Democrats are scared to death.” Miss Dewson's | reply was “Speak for yourself, John.” - Mrs. Norton paid tribute to the suc- cess achieved by Miss Dewson in “bringing women up in the party to increase their importance, until she * has made ideals practical” She also congratulated Mrs. George Bass, who «was director of the women’s division Yhefore enfranchisement of women, ‘working with those States where .- Women voted by virtue of State laws. %#You were awake while the rest of us =awere asleep,” she said. . . Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, first vice chairman of the Democratic Commit- « fee and first director of the women's ‘division after enfranchisement, was 8lso praised by Mrs. Norton, who “galled her a “mighty good politician.” -#he said that Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, tvice chairman of the Democratic “Committee from 1928 to 1932, is “be- Joved of aHl Democratic women.” Mrs, Norton urged that the title of vice chairman of the National Committee should go to Miss Dewson. Mrs. Blair urged that it should go to “someone who is actually working in the party, someone who is leading the Demo- cratic women,” meaning Miss Dewson. Tell of Campaign Plans. Mrs. Beulah G. Price, chairman of the State Central Committee Illinois, and Mildred R. Jaster, direc- tor of the women's Wivision in Ohio, made reports on the progress in their States by Women and regarding or- ganization of the coming campaign. Mrs. Norton discussed “What the New Deal Means to Women Investors” and in conclusion said “The New Deal has built safeguards around your in- vestments. President Roosevelt has fought and struggled and worked hard and long to renew the inalienable right we as Americans have to invest our savings and our capital safely and productively. He has succeeded with the help of a sympathetic Con- gress. We women now are safer and because of that security, happier in the life which is at best fraught with lurking trials and dangers. We need courage and faith, courage which must dwell within each one of us and faith which must be fostered by some ome we can trust. We can trust our President.” Miss Harriet Elliott, dean of the Women's College, University of North Carolina, told “What the New Deal Means to Youth,” pointing out that “thousands and thousands of high school graduates were leading idle, useless lives, unable to go to college, unable to find work. Several hundred thousand of the more adventurous, or more desperate, among the unem- ployed young men and many young women turned .to the open road in search of work. From this vagrant horde came the young recruits for criminal bands. America, the wealth- lest Nation in the world, like Russia, ::: its gangs of destitute wild chil- n. Says Youth Inspired. “The gallant mood with which our President has allied himself officially with those who believe that human life, is more important than profits, appeals tremendously to youth. Thelr dream of a better world has beem Tevived. Their hope for progress is Tunning high” America’s public debt under the Roosevelt administration represents not extravagance, but a bargain price, comparable to buying “a first-class automobile for 10 cents,” the women speakers argued. Mrs. Blair Bannister, Assistant Treasurer of the United States; Suzanne Lighton, State chairman of Arkansas, and Mrs. Dorothy McAl- lister, national committeewoman for the Young Democrats of Michigan, spoke. Denies Excessive Debt. Mrs. McAllister compared national finances to bungalew housekeeping, and the soft-spoken assistant treas- urer, sister of Senator Carter Glass, explained that the country is only half as deep into the red as debt fig- least two significant factors should be taken into consideration. “We have many very valuable assets to counter- balance the rather disturbing figure THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1936. % Text of Mack Speech Roosevelt Nominator Cites President’s Long Serv- By the Associsted Press. PHILADELPHIA, June 26.—The text of the speech by Judge John E. Mack of New York nominating President Roosevelt for another four-year term in the White House follows: Mr. Chairman and delegates to the Democratic National Convention— ‘We meet again. Four years ago we met at a period of great concern, & ‘period of depression and dissatisfaction and a period of widespread alarm as to our farming and business prospects and the future of our country as & whole. At that time the convention had promised an earnest, sincere and de- termined effort, under the leadership of a man whose courage Was unques- tioned, to bring about a recovery from 1lls accentuated and incressed by Re- publican uncertainty and instability. We now meet after three years of such effort. We meet to account for our stewardship, and to give to the people the man best calculated to suc- ceed in carrying out and continuing the rehabilitation so quickly begun and 80 successfully carried out since 1933. I am here to nominate such a man. Probably because I have such an in- timate knowledge of this man and his early history, I have been selected for the honor of presenting him to you. We were raised as boys in adjoining towns, but with different horizons. My horizon was the Hudson Valley—his the universe. T was his senior In years. As a Democratic office holder I presented his name s our candidate for State Senator in 19i0. I believe I knew him better than most of his constituents. I told them that this young man was ready to carry out the heritage of his birth, to give his time and his life foy the benefit of his State and his coun- His district was almost hopelessly Republican. With his usual perse- company with Dick Connell, a much older man, the Democratic candidate for Congress. Dick had been the perennial Demo- cratic candidate in this wholly Repub- lican district. Whenever he came to & little old red country school house he went in and made a speech on patri- otism to the pupils and teacher—and he whispered to his younger co-candi- date, “You know, if I live long enough for these children to grow up, they will vote for me and in time elect me.” This vision grew into a reality in 1910, because the Congressman and Senator were both swept into office. From the beginning our nominee, al- though coming from a distinguished family, fought the fight of the com- mon people and against the domina- tion of the railroads, then at the height of their power. He opposed the influence of financial interests in politics and government. He showed & complete understand- ing for the farmers, who had just come through a period of depression and farm foreclosures. He opposed the efforts of the chambers of commerce of {in his district to freeze out industries which paid their employes a living wage. He opposed the blacklist, se- cretly managed by manufacturers’ as- sociations. When this young man arrived in Albany he found that a leader of his own party was about to send to Wash- ington as United States Senator a man definitely tied up with a powerful and selfish traction interest. against this betrayal of the people’s trust. He continued it with such de- termination and unflinching courage that the nomination was blocked and there was selected as United States Senator a lawyer and judge of un- questioned probity and integrity. The triumphant re-election of our nominee in 1912 was proof of the con- fidence the people of his district had in him and a recognition of his leader- ship in the State Senate. It was also & demonstration of the fact that he represented not any particular interest, but the entire people, His service in the New York Legis- lature directed the attention of the Nation to this young man. He was invited to become Assistant Secretary of the Navy by President Woodrow Wilson, a post formerly filled by his Here again were shown his determi- nation and ability to get at the bot- tom of things. He familiarized him- self with every detail of the Navy. He covered and become familiar with the needs of every part of the coun- try, and took an active part in the World War, here and in At San Francisco in 1920 his party recognized his fighting ability by nominating this young man for the office of Vice President. His brave fight and his noteworthy loyalty to his chief are history now. Outstand- ing above all in that campaign was his sportsmanship in defeat. “He could take it.” Then in 1921 came the sudden af- fliction which seemed to all of us would forever remove this young man from public life. Providence Prepared Him for Future. ‘We did not know in those days that Providence was only preparing him for the greater work the future had in store for him. I had not then studied Emerson's essay on the “Law of Com- pensation.” No one can have full sympathy for the misfortunes of oth- ers until and unless he has suffered himself, its own vaults more than $2,000,000,000 of gold, which it uses as its stabiliza- tion fund, and this is the result, you know, of the change in the gold con- tent of the dollar. So that, after all, the net increase in the debt is really around $7,500,000,000.” verance and courage he stumped it in | PeOP! ice in Cause of People—Rising Prosperity Is Cited. All of the suffering througn which he has gone has broadened his heart, his given him a greater capacity for sympathy and understanding of hu- man needs of all kinds. Jt prepared him for the stricken Nation which ‘was placed in his hands on the fourth County friends. Happy in the knowledge that he was pulling his own weight in the boat, in 1928 he came back to public life in New York State, not because of any political ambition of his own, but solely in answer to the call of friend- ship. He came to 1932 with a background of four successful years as Governor of the Empire State. Despite an op- position majority in the legislative body, his every nomination had been confirmed, and nearly every important proposition submitted by him was ulti- mately approved and put into legisla« tive form. In his own State, as Gov- ernor, he came to be known as the champion of the liberties of the plain le. In 1932, not only the Democratic party, but the entire country, were on the lookout for a man of broad vision, one conscious that the prosperity of the United States depended upon the well-being of the entire people and not of any special class. It had at last become apparent that the great banking and financial and business interests had through mis- management, lack of foresight and lack of prudence, brought their temple down upon their own heads. ‘When the crash came, neither the bankers, nor big business, nor the ad- ministration whick had given them aid and comfort, had any workable suggestions for relief. It is true that some aid was extended to certain favorite banks and institu- tions, but the chief wail we heard was “that prosperity was just around the corner.” The people had lost confi- dence. Six thousand banks had failed, bankruptey was rampant throughout the land. The country, led by the Democratic party, turned to this young Galahad for relief, for aid and for help. urrounded Himself Si Withi Progressives. As a result, on March 4, 1933, there came to the city of Washington, as the Chief Executive of the United States, & man with this splendid background and thorough training, filled with re- lentless determination to rejuvenate this Nation, to break down special privilege and to place this country on a permanently sound and stable foot- He immediately took up the fight | 106 He surrounded himself in his cabinet with the most able and progressive representatives in the Union. He did not wait for prosperity to come around the corner. He knew that the best defense to depression was an attack. He saw that unless something was done at once starvation would soon face the United States. ‘With the aid of his splendid cabinet, Wwith the aid of & Democratic Congress and with the aid of the forward-look- 1ng, country-loving and farseeing Pro- gressives and Republicans, he pro- ceeded to place this country on its feet. ‘We have blased a path to prosperity and security. Our faces are toward progress. We shall not turn back in this conflict between greed and hu- manity. Our friendly enemies—friendly until the approaching election — cheerful until the approaching election, sud- denly discover that the Nation is going to the dogs. Whence come these cries? Not from the farm owner and home owner whose properties have been saved from foreclosure. Not from the million and & half boys who have obtained employment in the C. C. C. camps. Not from the millions who have received through the in- strumentality of the relief and public ‘works agencies. Not from the suffering farmers whose purchasing power is being re- stored, Not from the citizens of that vast section of the country where lives and property are being preserved by flood contral. Not from the millions now receiving electrical energy at a fair rate because of the efforts of the T. V. A, the Federal Power Authority and other instrumentalities of the Government. whose savings in banks are guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Not from the small merchants and storekeepers. Not from those having investments for whose benefit we have endeavored to insure a living wage. From where, then, arise the cries of anger and the viclous attacks? From those who themselves brought about the great depression. From the great financial interests whose plunge themselves into debt and unload their bonds on trusting American investors —bonds many of which are now in default and practically worthless. afford relief. Why this ungratefulness now? Why these complaints? Every American knows the answer. ‘These classes of privilege have seen the handwriting on the wall. They know that under this administration the power and influence over Govern- ment which their wealth had given them is now gone. They know, from the new laws supervising holding companies, regu- lating of the sale of securitles, from the social security sct and from the new tax laws, along with a scare of other measures, that the control of legislation has passed from their hands to the people themselves. The issue is now whether the people are going to retain that control of the processes of government or wheth- er they are going to turn them back to this small group, whose destructive abuse of their former power was re- sponsible for all our troubles. ‘We are ready for the issue. We have ended starvation, bread lines, soup kitchens and have brought this coun- try through the greatest depression ever known. ‘With increasing national income and increasing national prosperity, we are moving forward. The credt for all - | this improvement is due to our leader, his splendid cabinet and the splendid Congress which backed him to the last ditch. He is willing to take responsibility. He fears not those who are dissatisfied, nor do we fear criticism. The great masses of the people of the United States are well aware of our condition in 1833 and of our condition in 1936. With our decks cleared for battle, with justice and right and progress with us, we are ready for more action under the inspired leadership of that great American whose name I give you as your candidate for President, no longer a citizen merely of one State, but a son of all the 48 States, Franklin D. Roosevelt. CITIZENS OF MALTA GET TERMS FOR ESPIONAGE By the Associated Press. VALETTA, Malta, June 26.—Two citizens of Malta were sentenced to three years imprisonment today under conviction of espionage. ‘Three judges, sitting in Camers, decided Nicolo Delia, nationalist law- yer, and Joseph Flores, tobacconist, were guilty of trying to obtain secret information calculated to prove useful to an enemy. One of the features of the trial was 8 written declaration, attributed to Delia, in which he implicated the Italian consul general who, it wes stated, asked Delia to obtain secret information concerning the British Navy dockyards. BOOM LAUNCHED FOR MISS DEWSON Mrs. Norton Starts Move- ment to Name Her for Vice Chairman. By the Assoctated Press. PHILADELPHIA, June 26.—A “Mary Dewson for vice chairman” movement was started yesterday by Representa- tive Mary T. Norton of New Jersey as the convention women chuckled over the aftermath of yesterday’s Dewson- to-Farley-to-McNutt triple play. ‘That was the coup which created for the first time an “opposite sex” alter- nate for each Resolutions Committee member, causing an immediate influx of woman alternates into that solemn, secret and important commitice’s ses- sions. Miss Dewson passed the pro- posal to Chairman Farley, who had it introduced by Gov. McNutt of In- diana. Alert little Puerto Rico varied the program by caucusing quickly to pick the two first man alternates under the “opposite sex” ruling. For though tied up by a contest which resulted in two delegations being seated with half a vote each, Puerto Rico had put two women on the Platform Committee. Frederico Vall-Spinosa was chosen as alternate for Mrs. Donald Draughon and Mr. Walter McK. Jones for Mrs. Herman Cochran. The one woman who managed to make the still more secret and solemn & 3 the California delegate actually appointed as alternate to J. Stitt Wilson, the subcommitteeman, whose temporary absence let Mrs. Graham in. “Mrs. Graham is slternate for Mr. Wilson on the convention floor. And I hadn’t even heard about my ap- pointment when it happened. “I would have given anything to be sitting there. I missed my one big moment.” : Mrs. Norton made her speech urging Miss Dewson for the vacant vice chair- man post before a meeting of woman delegates and commitieewomen, prais- ing her “magnificent courage and spiritual ideals.” 1 Marian Fere of Florcsville, Tex., as she was named “Queen of the Convention” at Philadelphia last night. By the Associated Press. CARIBOU, Me., June 26.—Married since 13 minutes past midnight today, Clarence Chamberlin and the former Louise Ashby prepared the trans- atlantic fiyer's plane, Miss BStrato- sphere, for an serial honeymoon. Chamberlin and his attractive 29- year-old second wife said they would fly directly to New York today and would proceed to St. Louis, Mo, to- morTow. The couple was married st the —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. . Chamberlin Wed at12:13 A.M., Goes on Air Trip With Bride home of the bride’s parents, State Senator and Mrs. George F. Ashby, at nearby Fort Pairfield. Rev. Thomas L. Brindley, Fort Fair- field, officiated at a brief, simple cere- mony in the presence of 13 relatives and friends of the bride. Chamberlin, laughingly, explained hix choice of the hour and number of guests as due to his superstition. “The number of my ship is 13,” he said. Ken Curran stops 2% Million Cars. KANSAS CITY, MO. TRAFFIC OFFICER KENNETH L. CURRAN was recently awarded a gold watch by the citizens of Kansas City, Mo., for his fine work at Woodland and Independence Avenues. At this post he has to stop an average of 10,000 cars each working day . . . a total of more than 2,500,000 CARS A YEAR! * * % Officer Curran is one of 131,000 hard- working American officers who make the crossroads of the nation safer. But with traffic officers, traffic lights and [ J 4 OUT OF EVERY 5 MILES YOU DRIVE SHIE'I‘ING gears on just one of your 30 stops can use up enough gasoline to take you one-third of a mile. Fast accelerating, you know, can use up 60% more gasoline than steady running. traffic jams, YOU AVERAGE MORE THAN 30 STOPS A DAY. CHANGE IS URGED 'A. F. L. Counsel Sees Need for Broadening of “Wel- fare” Ciause. Py the Assoclated Press. TAMIMENT, Pa., June 26.—Charl- ton Ogburn, general counsel of the American Federation of Labor, today urged the adoption of a “strong” amendment to broaden the “genersal welfare” clause of the Federal Con- stitution. In a speech prepared for the second annual Tamiment Economic and So- cial Institute, Ogburn supported such an amendment on his theory that dis- senting opinions of the United States Bupreme Court in decisions invaldat- ing New Deal legislation had fitted more closely into the present social pattern than the majority opinions. Ogburn expressed the opinion an amendment, if it follows the current trend of social thinking, would in ef- fect constitute a distinct change in the Amercan form of Government. He asserted the Supreme Court had “arrogated to itself supremacy over Congress and the President” which the framers of the Constitution had not originally intended. Ogburn forecast a great increase in the ranks of organized labor if the court upholds the Wagner labor rela- tions act, and said he saw only in or- ganized labor the power “to combat organized wealth.” This must be done, he said, “but whether it shall be done through the present Democratic party or through a new labor party is as yet undecided. Your round table discussion will be in- teresting to watch, to see how this question develops.” He referred to an informal confer- ence to discuss the proposal of Louis | Waldman, right wing Socialist leader of New York, that labor united to re- elect President Roosevelt, yet organize a separate party and forward its own slate of city and State office candi- dates. In last night's opening meeting Mrs. Elinore M. 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